Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Level 2 Player

Basilisk

Slash! Splat!

Dududuk! Crunch! Crunch!

The desert-type monsters that rushed toward Jin-su died in an instant.

The desert-type monsters that were running on the sand died without being able to pierce the defense wall of the summons, and the guys that were hiding their bodies in the sand and moving also died without being able to pierce the defense of the sand worms.

‘Since 2 sand worms were added. There is no work for me to do.’

Earlier, there were quite a lot of guys that hid in the sand, approached Jin-su, and revealed their teeth. However, now, perhaps because all were handled by the sand worms, there was not even 1 monster that approached Jin-su.

‘Thanks to the sand worms, the hunting speed became far faster.’

It seemed he could properly do a touring performance. The desert-type monsters could not pierce the wall of the summons and were unilaterally ground.

‘Is it over?’

Once the incoming experience became sparse, Jin-su moved to another place. And there, he repeated the same action. Like that, a day’s time passed.

‘If like this, it is troublesome.’

Jin-su frowned. The level rose well. Achievements also rose without problem. But the sand worm did not reveal its appearance at all.

‘Don’t tell me there is only 1 sand worm in the mission place?’

He wanted to believe it is not. However, the thought that perhaps it might be so came.

Jin-su hunted the sand worm before regression. However, most players chose to avoid the sand worm, not hunt it.

‘There was also a guild that cast endurance with the sanctuary, it was said.’

In the survival mission, there is no monster that must be caught to clear. That is why even if the healers take turns casting the sanctuary and only endure recklessly, the mission can be cleared.

‘Since the time-attack type survival mission itself does not come out if going to the upper layers of the Tower, there is no meaning.’

In the mid-lower layers, it was a quite usable survival method that can easily clear the time-attack type survival mission.

‘Although there is the disadvantage of not being able to grow. Ordinarily, it is not that they only endure recklessly.’

If there are numerous healers who learned the sanctuary skill, it is fine if fighting when fightable and casting endurance with the sanctuary when a hard-to-handle monster like the sand worm appears.

If using this method, the balance of growth and safety can be matched to some degree. However, since the sanctuary skill has to be activated frequently, numerous healers had to be essentially possessed.

‘The problem is that the number of healers is small.’

The healer class change certificate drops in smaller quantity compared to class change certificates of other classes. On top of that, in the aspect of force, they have no choice but to become the weak, and level up itself was impossible without the help of colleagues.

Worse, players or monsters with some intelligence make healers the top priority assassination targets once combat occurs. Although the party members try hard to protect as much as possible, it cannot be perfect.

‘Also, if a situation occurs where the party itself collapses and each has to survive on their own, it is practically a dead life.’

If a situation occurs where busy saving one’s own life, unless responsibility is strong to some degree or the connection is deep, most cases were abandoning the healer or mage with low physical ability and going.

Then naturally, the survival rate of healers has no choice but to plummet.

‘If the ratio is low, the body price rising is a natural principle.’

However, in hunting monsters, the existence of a healer is essential. Frankly speaking, if there is no mage, it is only inconvenient and the hunting efficiency drops. However, if there is no healer, hunting itself is impossible.

The reason was simple.

‘This world is not a game. Because it is reality.’

The Tower is a game-like world where a special power called the system exists. Like a game, one can level up and possess a superhuman-like body, and learn skills and make fireballs or iceballs.

However, there is no save load function, and one cannot revive in the village after dying.

‘If dying, it ends as is.’

Even if receiving a fatal wound, if only alive, one can be completely cured if receiving the help of colleagues and going up to the next floor of the Tower. However, if dying, it ends.

It is a world where one can die from a small wound festering if there is no healer. If there is no sanctuary skill, one cannot even sleep comfortably outside the city, and auction house use is also impossible. So naturally, the healer has no choice but to become an essential existence in hunting.

Especially in a time-attack type survival mission like Floor 199, how many healers one possesses was a matter directly connected to the survival rate.

‘Is that why, in the case of Floor 199, most were guys who broke through by guild unit bringing numerous healers.’

That was why there was no great crisis.

To the degree where there were even cases of clearing the Floor 199 survival mission without even seeing the sand worm.

‘Is the sand worm really only 1 the end?’

Thinking carefully, he had never seen a player who said they met more than 1 sand worm during the Floor 199 survival mission.

‘If like this, it is troublesome.’

In his heart, he wanted to fill all the remaining seven seats except the three of Bone Dragon, Demirich, and Orc Shaman among the Army Summon seats with sand worms.

‘But to think it is the end after only filling one seat.’

Jin-su felt deep regret. However, he did not give up. He resolved to move even more diligently to fill even one more of the remaining six seats with a sand worm.

‘Let’s search the entire desert.’

Who knows? If immersing in hunting hard, even 1 more sand worm might come out.

***

Time passed in an instant. And 6 days of time flowed since starting the survival mission of Floor 199.

‘Now only a day remains.’

However, there were no additional achievements. Jin-su immersed in hunting without rest with the momentum of catching all the monsters in the Floor 199 survival mission place. But he only caught a lot of ordinary desert-type monsters.

The expected sand worm could not even be seen after catching 1 on the first day.

‘It seems there is really only 1. Well, ordinarily, even 1 is hard to catch.’

It could be understood to some degree, but the regret could not be helped.

‘Let’s finish well at least.’

The goal of additionally hunting sand worms and increasing Army Summons was not achieved. However, the goal of hunting all the monsters in the Floor 199 survival mission place had some realization possibility.

During the past 6 days, Jin-su confirmed the end of the desert existing on Floor 199. Then he set out on a large-scale monster subjugation.

‘It is not infinitely wide to the degree of no limit or end just because it is a mission place.’

After confirming the end of the desert, Jin-su plannedly divided the areas and hunted monsters. As a result, Jin-su achieved the achievement of cleanly sweeping monsters in more than 90% of the areas of the desert unfolded on Floor 199.

‘It will end in half a day.’

On Floor 199, monsters do not regenerate. That is why it ends if only hunting the already existing monsters.

‘I will obtain one achievement.’

It seemed something like the one who first hunted all the monsters of the Floor 199 mission place would come in.

‘Let’s quickly clean up and rest.’

There was a need to have even a little rest time before going up to Floor 200.

Jin-su used the Water Barrier magic attack skill as done so far and sprinkled water on the summons. Leo and the Orc Shaman also cast wide-area provocation roars and drew the monsters’ aggro.

Shuuk!

Then the desert-type monsters that were hiding in the sand gathered quickly like iron powder attracted to a magnet.

“Kirrrk!”

“Kyaaaak!”

All kinds of desert-type monsters rushed and died to the summons.

‘There is no special one.’

From Jin-su’s perspective who thought whether 1 more sand worm might not come out, it was a regrettable matter. As time flowed, the number of desert-type monsters gradually decreased.

Then in the end, experience no longer came in.

‘In the end, it does not come out.’

At the moment Jin-su felt deep regret.

Shuuuuk!

The sand vibrated roughly.

‘Is it a sand worm?’

Jin-su’s expression brightened.

‘Yeah, there is no way there is only 1 in such a wide desert.’

At that time, a system message floated in front of Jin-su’s eyes.

[You have hunted all the monsters for the first time in the Floor 199 survival mission. The lord of the desert, Basilisk, awakens from deep sleep due to rage.]

‘The lord of the desert, Basilisk?’

Jin-su’s face brightened.

The Basilisk was a monster with a grade incomparable to the sand worm.

‘It is not a monster that comes out on a lower layer like only Floor 199.’

It seemed it appears because Jin-su satisfied a special condition.

‘It appears because I hunted all the monsters in the Floor 199 survival mission place for the first time.’

Looking at the words of awakening from sleep for the first time, it seemed correct.

‘To think a jackpot like this jackpot bursts.’

Jin-su could not even imagine in his dreams that the Basilisk would appear during the Floor 199 survival mission.

Puaak!

Parting the sand of the desert, the dragonkin monster Basilisk with a heavy body revealed its appearance. Although smaller than the Bone Dragon, it was still a huge size to the degree of about one-third.

“Krrrr!”

The Basilisk growled lowly and gathered mana.

Tak!

At that moment, Jin-su threw his body.

Dudududu!

At the same time as Jin-su threw his body, the summons also charged toward the Basilisk.

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

From the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword held in Jin-su’s hands, pure white aura and blood-colored aura burned like flames.

Whoosh!

Jin-su stabbed the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword toward the nape of the Basilisk’s neck.

Crack!

At the moment the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword were embedded in the nape of the Basilisk’s neck.

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

The Basilisk emitted petrification breath toward the summons.

Dududuk!

The summons that could not avoid the petrification breath changed into stone masses in an instant and then were reverse-summoned as is.

‘The wound is shallow.’

On the other hand, Jin-su’s attack could not cut the Basilisk’s breath.

‘It is a guy with enormously high durability stats.’

However, it was not Bone Dragon grade.

Slash! Splat!

Jin-su successively swung the swords and attacked the Basilisk’s eyes. Although the Basilisk hurriedly closed the eyelids, there was no great effect.

“Kyaaaak!”

The Basilisk whose two eyes changed into a bloody mess let out an angry roar and shook its head left and right while emitting petrification gas from the mouth and nose. The petrification gas has weaker power than the petrification breath, but it spread far more widely.

Dududuk!

The surface of Jin-su’s armor that touched the petrification gas quickly changed into a stone mass.

‘It is a troublesome guy.’

At the moment Jin-su frowned.

“Purify!”

Shin Su-a’s purify skill came in, and the armor of Jin-su that had changed into a stone mass returned to the original form.

“Purify! Purify! Purify!”

Shin Su-a abused the purify skill on the head of the Bone Dragon. At the same time, the summons that were not reverse-summoned but had part of the body changed into a petrified state and mobility dropped recovered their original appearances.

“Krrrrng!”

“Kyaoo!”

At that time, the 2 Bone Dragons bit the head and body of the Basilisk.

“Kyaaaang!”

The Basilisk thrashed its body and tried to hide its body in the sand.

Dudududuk!

At that moment, the 2 sand worms popped out from the sand and bit the soft lower belly of the Basilisk with saw-like teeth.

“Kyaaaaak!”

The Basilisk went mad even more strongly and emitted petrification gas.

‘Why is the hide this tough?’

Jin-su was dumbfounded.

Even at Jin-su’s sword strikes filled with a lot of aura and the biting attacks of the Bone Dragons and sand worms, the Basilisk was intact. Although the hide was torn and blood was flowing from the opened wounds, it was still moving fiercely, biting the Bone Dragons, scratching the sand worms with claws, and emitting petrification gas.

‘With this degree, it seems fine to see it as an out-of-spec monster.’

If it is to the degree where Jin-su feels tricky, it meant it is the same as a monster made for other players to die.