◈ 202. [STAGE 8] A Stranger’s Country
Dark events for this stage are as follows.
[Activated Dark Event: Boss Enhancement I]
> One random enhancement attribute is given to the boss monster.
So, you won’t know what kind of enhancement traits are given until you meet them.
In addition, it is not yet confirmed which of the monsters in the slime corps is the boss.
‘Slime guys are quite diverse… … .’
Who would win as the boss monster? Slime King? Slime General? Slime Abomination?
Still, in the current situation, I think it will be dealt with in a dizzying way… … .
thud.
“?”
thud.
“hmm?”
… I think I’m hearing something ominous.
thud-!
An unidentified heavy roar echoed continuously from the end of the right side wall. The hero soldiers and I all looked in that direction in unison.
I can’t see anything.
Kugoong!
However, an invisible ‘something’ is climbing up the wall.
The iron plate on the right side of the castle wall is being crushed as if being crushed by a huge weight. what is this… … ?
‘Among the slime monsters, none have the ability to become transparent, right?’
If so, could it be that the boss monster was given ‘stealth’ due to the dark event enhancement?
“Damian! Can you see that?”
I urgently called Damian, but Damian also frowned and only drooled.
“Oh no. I can’t even catch it with my eyes. I know there is something… … .”
You mean you can’t understand it even with the [Clairvoyant]? Just how high level of stealth are you?
I can’t let go of it though. I ordered urgently.
“For now, shoot over there!”
Damian immediately drew the Black Queen and aimed at something invisible.
“The tip of my gun is shining… The trigger judges.”
No, the second middle school comment is over, shoot it quickly!
Tuquaang-!
The magic bullets fired from the Black Queen’s muzzle tore through space and rushed. Matan hit the ‘something’ that was coming up the right wall.
Fuck!
Then, the secret of the invisible ‘something’ was released and the identity was revealed.
boooooo!
it’s huge… … It was indeed a gigantic slime.
Hundreds and thousands of colors are swirling in the slime, streamlined body. A slime about the size of a hill.
A golden crown made of magic slowly rotated on top of its huge body.
‘A giant slime wearing a golden crown?’
I gaped.
“This monster bastard… !”
[Enemy Info – STAGE 8]
– Lv.35 Slime Emperor < Enhanced Stealth >: 1
– Lv.30 Acidic Slime: 26
– Lv.25 Three Color Slime: 33
“It’s the Slime Emperor… ?!”
It is the highest tier monster among all slime-type monsters that I have never seen while playing < Defend the Empire >!
‘Anyway, you gave this guy the stealth attribute as a dark event? Aren’t you crazy?!’
Besides, no matter how much stealth you have, if it’s a normal slime monster, it’s normal to come with your allies.
Because he was granted stealth, while all his subordinates were killed, he kept secret and maneuvered stealthily to bypass the battlefield and climb up the wall?
Is this something slime-type monsters can do?
“It’s to the point of damn it, Sipal-!”
Booooooo!
With a sound similar to that of an elephant roaring, the Slime Emperor jumped up the wall.
I screamed to break my throat.
“Artillery! All retreat-!”
Quagmire!
Smashing all the cannons placed on the right side of the wall, the Slime Emperor stood on top of the wall.
The gunners screamed in unison and began to flee inside the walls.
A cold sweat ran down my back from embarrassment at the unexpected situation, but there is still a way.
“Lily! Use [start over!]!”
“yes!”
At my instruction, the Artifact Team alchemists whimpered and took out a metal plate the size of a human upper body.
It is an SSR grade water-based artifact obtained from the box can after the end of Stage 5 [Start again!].
If you shine your enemies inside this huge golden metal plate, you can force teleport them to the starting point of the wave.
Although it is limited to once per stage, it is an extremely useful artifact in certain situations. Same situation right now!
“Activate Artifact-!”
The alchemists aimed at the slime emperor with a metal plate and activated the artifact.
Whoa-!
The metal plate glowed white. ‘Click!’ It will catch the opponent’s monster with a sound and blow it to the starting point of the wave.
But at that moment,
I’m going to go to the middle of the day!
Slime Emperor’s body shuddered like water droplets, and small slimes vomited out of it.
It was the Slime Emperor’s power, Slime Summon.
Small slimes shot like a shot put poured towards the Artifact team and
click-!
[Again from the beginning!]’s view was completely blocked.
A small group of slimes swept away by the artifact flew to the starting point of the forced teleport wave at once – but the slime emperor remained there without any incident.
I gritted my teeth.
can’t be must die here.
“Jayen-jaaaaang!”
Unreasonable game difficulty.
Among the dark event enhancement attributes, I myself did not think of stealth.
And the monster in front of you.
After swearing at all three of them, I stretched out my hand.
“Come out with all possible blunt weapons and shields for hand-to-hand combat! No matter what happens, stop him on the wall!”
Already, Evangeline and Lucas are running forward.
After giving instructions to hold him down with full force capable of melee combat, I saw the wizards.
“Let me tell you first. Slime Emperor is virtually immune to elemental magic.”
Slime Emperor has all the characteristics of all types of slimes in one body.
In other words, the fire, water, lightning, wind, and ice possessed by other attribute slimes… … It has all of the properties, etc.
If you hit it with attribute magic, it changes the attribute granted to you each time and halves the damage.
Non-attribute magic or light or dark attribute magic is at least effective, but there are no such magicians in this place.
At this rate, the strongest dealers, mages, could not play any role and had to watch.
And that’s why there’s not enough damage to kill him.
can’t be like that
“Junior. Get ready to use the ultimate skill [Dismantle Element].”
If it was a junior’s ultimate skill that gnaws the target’s magic stat down to minus, it would be possible to ignore no matter how the attribute changes and insert magic damage.
With Junior’s ultimate skill, Slime Emperor’s magic stats are changed and Reina’s powerful wind magic ends.
This was the way I thought I would finish him off.
Then Junior answered with a confused expression.
“I’m really ashamed to say this, but Your Highness… … I just needed some time to recover because I was a bit overworked with the magic burst.”
Junior’s complexion is pale. I’m not feeling well, but it seems that I’m in an unreasonable state. But it’s not that there’s no way.
“Assist Reina Junior.”
At my words, both wizards gave a disgusted expression. But I put a bluff with a stern face.
“Don’t talk nonsense, do as you say. Can’t you see the situation? Enemy boss monsters are on top of the castle wall. If we don’t stop here, this city is doomed!”
On the other side of the wall, hand-to-hand combat had already begun.
boooooo!
Long tentacles stretched out from the slime emperor’s huge body and swung at humans.
I saw the swept away shield soldiers screaming and falling.
“Junior, cast magic as quickly as possible. While recovering mana with the essence collected in the staff. got it?”
“… I understand, Your Highness.”
“Raina. Assist Junior with all your might. And when the assistant is over and Junior uses [Dismantle Element], don’t delay and attack the Slime Emperor.”
Reina asked with a face that she couldn’t understand.
“What on earth is this kid’s magic that allows him to break through that monster’s thick magic defense?”
“You see for yourself.”
Reina reluctantly put her hand on Junior’s shoulder and helped cast a spell. Other wizards belonging to Reina’s party also assisted.
“Whoa… going!”
Whoa!
Junior started preparing for [Dismantle Element].
It’s a time-consuming magic, so you have to stop the Slime Emperor in the meantime.
“Damian!”
I called a sniper.
“Can you see its spirit core?”
Damian, who was aiming at the Slime Emperor with his gun, muttered in a trembling voice.
“No, Prince. I can’t even see his spirit core. no… There are too many spiritual nuclei. Almost the entire body is filled with spiritual nuclei. where to aim… … .”
Slime Emperor is a monster that is a collection of thousands of slimes merged into a single entity.
There are not many points to aim for as Damian, who specializes in sniping individual spirit cores.
However, other roles can be assigned.
“Damian. Your role today is not to kill him. It is to save the life of an ally.”
“yes?”
“If you are looking at the battle situation and your allies are in danger of being attacked by that monster, fire a sniper to stop it. Can you do it, Damian?”
Damian, who was looking at me with a confused face, eventually nodded his head with a smile on his face.
“Keuk… I like it. I will try.”
He still couldn’t get used to that pretentious smile, but when he was given the role of protecting allies rather than killing enemies, Damian seemed more comfortable. This natural born healer child… … .
In addition to that, after giving instructions to the back row members such as Lily and Marherita, I hurriedly ran to join the front row.
bang! Kwakwawang!
The man-made defenses on the ramparts barely held out.
“mister! Bottom right!”
“Know! You block the top left!”
Evangeline and Lucas, each holding a shield, were in the forefront, receiving the Slime Emperor’s attack.
The regular soldiers standing right behind him also formed a square with their shields in good order, and at the same time, three or four of them received the Slime Emperor’s tentacle attacks with their shields.
“Aww!”
“Heuk!”
Every time I fell backwards, I was able to maintain the defense line without being pushed back.
“The wizards are preparing a spell to kill him! Hold on until then!”
I encouraged my allies and commanded the defense line.
I wanted to keep the defense line like that for a while.
“Aww! It stings!”
“Keugh… !”
Evangeline and Lucas’ bodies suffered from minor injuries.
Slime Emperor’s tentacles were so numerous that they couldn’t be stopped, so Evangeline and Lucas each wielded a hammer and mace. Each time, acidic liquid splashed out.
“Heh heh!”
“Aaaagh!”
Ordinary soldiers also showed limitations in continuing to hold out.
Everyone was having a hard time after getting the tentacles together and falling out, repeating several times.
bang! Quaang!
As the battle continued, the only regular soldiers who did not retreat were 50 reinforcements sent by the emperor.
Indeed, like the elites sent by the emperor, they raised their shields in perfect order and received the Slime Emperor’s attack.
But even on their faces, a weary light began to appear.
‘How much longer can I hold out like this… … .’
Looking at the battle situation, I flinched as I grinded my teeth
. flinch.
Among the defense units, I saw guys who kept trying to fall back.
A new penal unit.
The buttocks of the ragtag bandits kept pulling back. And the burden on other defense units was getting worse.
“These bastards… !”
Running behind the penal unit, I shouted out loud.
“What one! Don’t fall back! Maintain the line of defense!”
“Ha but… .”
The bandits looked back at me with pale faces.
“It’s scary.”
“what?”
“I don’t want to die from monsters like that on the front lines in other countries!”
other country… … ?
At a loss for words, I stared blankly.
boooooo!
The slime emperor’s tentacles were falling one after another on our heads.
