◈ 038. [STAGE 2] No business in front of quantity (3)
Hostile NPC.
Literally, characters who are hostile to the player.
These bastards invade the stage and feed the players candy, and they are largely divided into two categories.
first. The type that engages in direct combat.
Like the playable characters, the enemies are enemies with skills and ultimate traits.
Usually these guys are all names, so they count dirty.
second. The type that indirectly harasses the player.
They don’t directly participate in battle, but they harass the player with special abilities.
There are all sorts of guys who can control the weather, cast curses, and so on.
‘That bastard is the second type.’
I gnashed my teeth as I glared at the bard in a cone-hat standing on the distant horizon.
‘I give orders to monsters with a flute.’
Yes, I’ve met them a few times during the game.
However, during the game, it wasn’t so annoying that I couldn’t remember it right away.
An NPC from the Lake Kingdom.
A bard who does not have the ability to fight directly, but can give commands to monsters with a flute.
Users call it- ‘The Pied Piper’.
Except for a few special corps, most monsters have extremely simple behavior patterns.
It just runs to kill the closest human being.
But when the Pied Piper appears, things change.
The monsters will attack the target designated by the Pied Piper first.
“Damian! Come on, shoot him!”
“… .”
“Damian!”
Damian couldn’t move as he aimed his crossbow.
And the piper took the flute in his bosom and turned around and disappeared as if his business was over.
“I’m sorry. Prince.”
Slowly lowering the crossbow, Damian lowered his head.
“but… Even if it’s an enemy, shooting people is not for me… … .”
“… .”
I lightly tapped Damian’s shoulder.
“Let’s talk more later.”
To begin with, Damian is a healer. He was a young child whose main job was to save people, not kill them.
While fighting on the monster front here, even though I’ve killed monsters, I’m sure I’ve never fought a human.
‘But there are plenty of humans among the enemies.’
In the future, we will have to fight against humans.
If this problem is not overcome, Damian’s combat power will eventually be cut in half.
I turned my head and shouted at the soldiers.
“artilleryman! Archers! what are you doing Concentrate your firepower in the center! Get rid of them all!”
“yes!”
The aiming of cannons and ballistas has been moved to the center of the wall. Soon, cannons and ballistas began pouring out shells and arrows.
pop! Pervert!
Patter… … !
A massacre took place.
In the smoke and arrow rain, the rats died in an instant and collapsed.
But that’s for a while.
Kirik! Kiriririk!
The rats began to advance steadily, hiding among the corpses of their comrades.
A wall of corpses piled up like a mountain was becoming a barricade to block our attacks.
“They keep attacking the walls! The walls are being destroyed!”
Despite Lucas’ urgent cry, I tried to remain calm.
“don’t worry. We just need to kill them all while the walls hold up.”
No matter how hastily repaired, no matter how flawed, it is a fortress wall. not easily pierced
“Does the fortress built by the Empire look like an X, you fucking rats?”
I turned around and shouted.
“Jupiter! It’s a job! Come out!”
“I knew you would and I was preparing.”
Pachichi Pachichichi… … .
Jupiter, who was already preparing his magic behind me, raised his hand. I stretched out my hand and shouted.
“Fry them all!”
Jupiter stretched out his hand in the same motion as me.
Kururureung… .
The light scatters from the dark clouds gathered in the sky and
flashes!
Dozens of bolts of lightning struck the ground.
Quagmire!
The thunderbolt turned the rats that had been flocking together to ashes in one fell swoop. It was an inexorable force.
But it shouldn’t end here. I shouted at Lily, who was managing the artifact.
“Lily! Prepare the flamethrowing artifact!”
“How many should I use?”
“Of course everything! At full power!”
I pointed at the corpses of the rats piled up like a mountain.
“Burn it all over!”
“Flame Throwing Artifact! It activates!”
Following Lily’s instructions, the alchemists activated the artifact.
In just a few seconds,
roaring!
The artifacts installed at the edge of the fortress spewed out blazing flames.
The flames turned all of the rats’ corpses into ashes, including the rats that had been hiding in between.
A battlefield engulfed by lightning and flames.
Everyone gasped and looked at it. I said forcefully.
“Okay. It’s worth stopping.”
I was a little taken aback when they started destroying the walls.
Think of it simply. They are converging on one point and being guided.
“All you have to do is focus crossfire on the points where they are flocking! No worries!”
All you have to do is turn the area in front of this wall into a kill zone.
We need to fix it before the second wave of them arrives. It was the moment I was about to give such an order.
Tring!
system notification sound.
Ominously, he tapped his ear.
Really reluctantly, I checked the system window that popped up in front of me.
[Enemy Info – STAGE 2]
– Lv.30 Ratman Champion < Elite >: 3
– Lv.5 Giant Gypsy Rat: 1574 (Kill Counts: 1677)
The names of boss objects that were always marked with ??? have been revealed.
Ratman Champion.
As the highest-ranking rat man, it is characterized by extremely strong tenacity.
And now that this name has been revealed… … .
Kyaaaaaaa-!
It means they appeared on the battlefield.
Leading the second wave of rats behind, three level 30 ratman champions waddled their massive bodies.
He has almost the same appearance as the rat man he encountered in the dungeon.
It just feels like it’s doubled in size. Almost the size of an elephant.
‘Usually, they’re just meat shields.’
It’s an ordinary blood pig monster with no difficult gimmick, just kill it one by one by concentrating firepower.
But what about now?
In the current situation where all the monsters are trying to break through a point on the wall- Kung
!
The Ratman champion in front kicked the ground.
Then, running on four legs, it began to rush towards the wall at a speed that was unbelievable that it had come out of that giant.
“Block it.”
thud! thud! thud!
I screamed as I saw the guy approaching in an instant.
“What are you staring at blankly?! Stop-!”
The soldiers who came to their senses then fired cannons and ballistas.
pop! Pervert! Patter… … !
However, the Ratman champion did not budge even though he was bombarded with explosions and arrows and came close to the castle wall.
Do-do-do-do-!
When it came within range, the automatic defense turrets reacted, firing rounds like shotguns.
puck! Bubbubuck!
The sound of the magic bullet piercing the skin resounded terribly.
Kieeck!
The rat man champion, who gave a desperate cry, fell down with his feet twisted right in front of the castle wall.
The massive body rolled on the floor several times raising clouds of dust before stopping.
A moment of relief flashed across everyone’s faces. But it was never a time to be relieved. I yelled in succession.
“More to come! Get ready-!”
Two Ratman Champions.
And the rest of the 1,500 rats began to rush at once.
thud! thud! thud! thud! thud!
Doo doo doo doo-!
The earth trembles.
I unknowingly swallowed my dry saliva.
The swarm of rats rushing to a point was no more than a gray wave.
It was almost at the level of a tsunami.
“We must kill the Rat-Man champion first!”
I pointed my index finger at the second rat man champion that came in front.
“Shoot! Do not spare everything!”
Shells and arrows were fired all at once.
However, the rats who were running around were beaten and fell instead, protecting the Ratman champion.
Chunk! Chunk!
The automatic defense turret, which had run out of ammunition, went into reloading.
I grinded my teeth. He’s already a tough guy, but if it’s like this… … !
“Jupiter!”
“I know!”
Jupiter casts a second spell.
“Activate Lily’s Magic Amplifier Artifact! The target is Jupiter!”
I even turned on the one-time damage boost artifact magic amplifier. A subtle buff aura hung over Jupiter’s body.
“Just say it, you rats.”
Jupiter stretched out his hand with blue light streaming from his only eye.
Dark clouds gathered and poured out dozens of lightning bolts. A thunderbolt struck the head of the oncoming rats.
Quguaguagwang-!
The power is immeasurable.
The area struck by the lightning was burnt to black.
But there are too many mice.
The thunderbolt was dispersed because of the rats who were beaten instead of competing, and the ratman champions, although they were hit by magic, still endured and ran.
“shit! Was it not enough!”
Jupiter clicked his tongue.
In the first place, Jupiter is a wide area wizard. In such a melee situation, it is unreasonable to hit a single object accurately.
So I can’t help it.
“Lily! Flamethrower!”
“yes? The flamethrower artifact is still on cooldown… … .”
“Then you breathe fire instead of the artifact!”
I snatched Lily’s wheelchair and ran to the edge of the wall. Lily was in tears, but calmly gathered her magic.
“Because I knew it would turn out like this… clothes!”
A large fireball shot from Lily’s fingertips.
squirm… … !
The fireball exploded right in front of them.
The entire body of the rat man champion in front of him was scorched black. But he kept trying to come running.
hooked!
An arrow went through his left eye.
It was a crossbow arrow shot by Damian. The arrow that pierced his eye stirred his brain like bread dough.
Kiek… … .
thud!
The second Ratman champion also fell.
But the third rat man champion running right behind him was alive and well.
He lightly jumped over the corpse of his comrade and ran forward.
Now it’s only a few steps before he reaches the wall.
“Huh-Ah-!”
Sreung!
Lucas drew a longsword from his waist and threw it.
The longsword flew round and round and stuck between the neck and shoulder of the Ratman champion. Blood spattered profusely.
But it’s not enough to kill.
In an instant, I called out the name of our sniper.
“Damian! hurry-!”
Clap!
Damian, who slowly but surely loaded the next arrow, lifted the crossbow with
a jerk and shot!
shot
The arrow flew in a perfectly neat trajectory
!
It penetrated the right eye of the rat man champion, who was about to reach the castle wall.
“done! I’ve done it-”
I involuntarily sang joy.
But no. It was my mistake.
Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Even though he was mortally wounded, the rat man champion pushed forward with all his energy and rushed with all his might.
A flaw made earlier by the first wave of the Rat Corps.
Throwing my heavy body into the place where the iron plate was split and the stone was dug into it.
Quguaguagwang-!
crashed
The top of the wall shook greatly. All the soldiers screamed and held on to the wall.
“majesty!”
Lucas grabbed me as I was about to fall.
Barely holding on, I looked down at the walls.
Towards the lower part of the castle wall, which was thick with clouds of dust, rat monsters were pouring in like dirty water being sucked into the drain.
I gritted my teeth.
I got a gut feeling.
The wall has been breached.
