LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 20
Huh!
The demon’s huge arm swung in.
Kaang! Papapakapak!
Blocking that attack, I calmly chipped away at the demon’s HP using ‘Thrust.’
[3 Named]
[Level 27 Sealed Demon]
[HP 361,510/500,000]
The demon’s HP was nearing 70%. It would soon enter a special pattern.
For about 20 seconds, I had been attacking using only Block and Thrust.
The cooldown for transitioning to the Sword Drawing Technique via ‘Moonlight Slash’ was 30 seconds.
Sure, the damage from consecutive ‘Moonlight Slashes’ during Sword Drawing Technique was explosive, but I needed to conserve the transition cooldown.
Of course, using any other skill would immediately cancel Sword Drawing Technique.
So then.
Huh!
The last arm swing just before entering the 70% special pattern, during this pattern.
Kaang!
I activated ‘Moonlight Slash’ which immediately triggered from Block.
Swirl.
Chaak!
At the same time, the demon’s HP dropped below 70% from my Moonlight Slash attack.
In that moment, it seemed flames danced in the demon’s eyes.
Pa-at!
Even as the huge demon’s arm swept toward me rapidly, I didn’t use the ‘Backward Evasion’ skill.
Instead.
[Counter]
[Usable from ‘Sword Drawing Technique’]
[Targets the opponent’s back (Cooldown 8 seconds)]
The ‘Counter’ skill usable from Sword Drawing Technique.
Using explosively increased agility, a skill close to teleportation.
With this,
Swish.
My body left an afterimage as I moved behind the demon, while its hand grasped at thin air.
Seeing that, I quickly moved to the right and smiled slyly.
Indeed, I could avoid it with ‘Counter’ too.
There was no need to exclusively use ‘Backward Evasion.’
Ku-woong.
The demon jumped slightly, creating distance between us.
Woong.
At the same time, a purplish energy began to swirl inside the demon’s huge grip.
Earlier, I had just fallen back with backward evasion, so it had cast magic in place, but now, if it was close, it seemed to be making distance.
Anyway, having neutralized the grabbing pattern with ‘Counter,’ I could now freely use ‘Backward Evasion.’
Kwaaaa!
The purplish sphere of energy concentrated in the demon’s hand crashed toward me.
Tata!
Kwa-kwakwang!
My body activated backward evasion and emerged unscathed from the massive explosion.
The ‘invincibility while casting’ had allowed me to ignore the wyvern’s breath damage.
As expected, it was also effective against the demon’s magical energy attack pattern.
‘Counter’ could only be used if a target was in front of me.
For the grabbing pattern, it was ‘Counter’, and for long-range magic attacks, it was ‘Backward Evasion.’
The demon’s special pattern had been perfectly neutralized.
Tatatatat!
I rapidly approached the demon, which had momentarily stopped moving after the strong magical attack.
Now there surely wouldn’t be any more, right?
“Then die!”
“Soon it’s the 10% special pattern! This might be the last one!”
“WOOOOO!”
Pa-at!
The demon’s massive arm swung in, and the fighter Deathly Death used the ‘Counter’ skill to lessen the damage, immediately burrowing into the demon and delivering a powerful punch.
Kwaang!
Pa-at!
At the moment the demon’s HP dropped below 10%, the rapidly approaching hand grasped Deathly Death’s body.
This was a pre-arranged event. Deathly Death deliberately did not use backward evasion and entrusted himself to that hand.
“Cough, I leave the back to you!”
“Bae Merong!”
Woong.
At Chris’s shout, Bae Merong raised her staff, causing a magical circle to rise beneath the demon.
Pat, pat, pat!
Chris also took out charms, placing one at each of the six points of the magical circle.
Paaaat!
Soon, the magical circle glowed, and the demon shook its head in agony.
Ka-aa-aa!
The demon lost its grip on Deathly Death. At that moment, Cherni’s spirit, Undine, rushed in.
Chwaaa.
The stream of water emitted by spirit Undine sealed the movement of the demon, which had lowered its magical resistance.
Seeing that, Cherni shouted.
“6 seconds left!”
“Alright! It’s free damage for 6 seconds!”
Papapakapak! Kwaang! Kwaang!
Ice arrows from Bae Merong, Demon Sealing Technique from Chris, and Stone Edge from Cherni poured down on the demon whose movement was sealed.
Deathly Death, now free, also launched several punches at the demon.
Chris smiled.
If the tank got caught in the demon’s ‘grabbing’ pattern, the demon would become distracted and vulnerable to bindings.
If they successfully restrained the demon’s movement, the whole party could deal free damage.
Through this coordination, they could rapidly chip away at the demon’s enormous HP.
Ka-aa-aaah!
Woong.
After 6 seconds, the demon, released from Undine’s restriction, began to gather energy in its arm as it shook its head.
Tatat!
Noticing the omens of a magic pattern, the party members gathered around the wizard Bae Merong.
Seeing that all the party members had gathered, Bae Merong cast a mana barrier, just as the demon’s purplish sphere exploded overhead.
Kwa-kwakwang!
The deafening noise and impact signaling the end of the last special pattern, and the demon’s remaining HP was.
[3 Named]
[Level 27 Sealed Demon]
[HP 14,874/500,000]
“Taaaaan!!”
Deathly Death shouted and leaped toward the demon. The ranged classes unleashed their main skills.
Kwa-kwakwang!
Ka-aa-aa–at!
The demon let out its final roar.
Ku-kung.
Its massive form fell to the ground.
Beep-
[‘Chris Raid’ party has successfully conquered the ‘Lesser Demon’s Tomb’ in the Elite Dungeon for the first time!]
“Wow, that was so tough.”
“Sure, the level 2 and 3 Named were like that, but that level 1 was pure hell.”
Even after taking down the last Named of the Elite Dungeon ‘Lesser Demon’s Tomb,’ the members of ‘Chris Raid’ showed more signs of exhaustion than joy.
“Now we have to keep farming here, but how do we deal with the level 1 Named?”
“Hmm. I can’t shake the feeling that it was quite lucky. We survived the last special phase by skipping the scale pattern and using our own survival strategy this time.”
As ‘Chris Raid’ began the last special phase of the level 1 Named, they had entrusted individual survival to the airborne Black Wyvern’s scale pattern and chased after the baby wyverns.
Thankfully, since Deathly Death, who had no ranged protection, did not get targeted, it was a relief. Had he been attacked twice, they would have failed the strategy.
Cherni opened his messenger and exclaimed.
“Wow, I have a ton of messages. They’re asking how we managed to beat the level 1 Named?”
“Indeed, as far as I know, there isn’t a party that has cleared the level 1 Named yet.”
“What’s the standard strategy? We cleared it, but I still feel like we used a workaround.”
Chris pondered with her chin resting on her hand.
Anyway, this was the first clear. For each member of the party to obtain their accessories and weapons, they needed to keep running around for farming.
To farm smoothly, they needed to establish a strategy for the level 1 Named.
“If our party doesn’t have enough firepower, even handling all the baby wyverns before the wipe breath pattern will be tough.”
“But then, didn’t Deathly Death-senpai survive once during the breath pattern? What if we use that?”
“If we could make it past the breath pattern once, we’d have plenty of time to deal with the baby wyverns.”
“Uh-huh. It seems like the ‘invincibility while casting’ state was activated for ‘Backward Evasion.'”
Chris shook her head.
“That’s not easy. Cherni, do you think you could accurately grasp when the breath damage is applied?”
“Uh, umm, that’s right.”
The Black Wyvern’s breath pattern, which poured out, shrouding the entire view.
Without animalistic intuition, one wouldn’t be able to activate ‘Backward Evasion’ at the precise timing of damage application.
“If all party members could do that, we could adopt a strategy of surviving with each other’s evasion skills. The scale pattern would have to be protected together with ranged protective spells. But the difficulty is too high. Even if one person fails, it’s game over.”
“Honestly, I think it’s a problem that can be solved by increasing firepower. If Bae Merong can quickly take care of the baby wyverns with magic, the Black Wyvern will come down to the ground faster.”
“Exactly. For that, we need our party member classes’ weapons to drop in this reward.”
As Chris smiled, approaching the spot where the demon had fallen, it was finally time to check the rewards.
[Sealed Demon’s Blade]
[Elite Level]
[Attack Power 120]
[Damage from ‘Moonlight Slash’ increased by 30% upon successful Block]
“This is amazing.”
Indeed, the weapon from a level 25 elite dungeon had incredible specs.
Compared to the ‘Orc King’s Weapon,’ its attack power was double. It was even 50 points higher than the field boss weapon from the Fames Desert region.
With this level of attack power and skill ratio, they could quickly deal with the baby wyverns.
But unfortunately, it wasn’t a weapon for the classes of the ‘Chris Raid’ party members.
“It’s a sword. It’s a pity it’s not our class’s weapon, but it’s the first weapon, so everyone can take away a good cut.”
Chris sighed and opened the auction house only to halt suddenly.
A white-haired girl flashed through her mind.
If I gave this weapon to Rain, would he be happy?
I could take care of the members’ share and just buy it for myself to give it to him.
In a moment, Chris thought like that, but she soon shook her head.
Even just handing Rain a 1-gold outfit would raise tremendous suspicions.
It was about the same difficulty as personally feeding a cat that had never been touched before a tuna can.
Considering Rain’s disposition, he would definitely refuse such an expensive weapon.
“I should probably find one for him later when it’s cheaper. Or feed him directly.”
Chris tried to push down her disappointment as she opened the auction house.
Then, she felt that familiar discomfort again as she recalled the first clear of ‘Orc King’s Cave.’
“Huh?”
In the auction house’s ‘Sealed Demon’ weapon category, there was a weapon that shouldn’t be there at this time.
[Sealed Demon’s Yin-Yang Jewel]
[Elite Level]
[Attack Power 120]
[Damage from ‘Demon Sealing Technique’ increased by 20%]