Chapter 23 · 11 min
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Level 2 Player
White Drake (2)
‘Even with a bleeding resistance skill, a wound this big can’t be helped.’
Kwakwakwakwakwa!
The Bloodsucking Sword, which had sucked a great deal of dragon blood and leveled up, emitted a blood-red aura.
“Kraaaaang!”
The White Drake, having lost its fingers, let out an enraged roar and raised a red heat haze all over its body.
‘Already going berserk.’
It seemed quite angry.
Hwiik!
The White Drake swung its enormous tail. Jin-su tried to leap and dodge.
Cheojeojeojeok!
But the frost that had been emitting cold air turned into ice and wrapped around Jin-su’s body, hindering his movement. Just as the White Drake’s tail, wrapped in red heat haze, was about to strike Jin-su’s body, the Shadow Knight blocked in front of it.
Kwaaaaaang!
With a loud explosion, the Shadow Knight’s body was pushed back.
Hwareureureuk!
At the same time, the Shadow Mage’s attack magic flew toward the White Drake.
Pueong! Pueong!
That wasn’t the end.
Shushushushuk!
The Shadow Archer fired arrows to keep the White Drake in check, and the Shadow Warrior swung a greatsword to strike the White Drake’s hind leg. The Shadow Assassin stabbed a dagger toward the White Drake’s vital point, and the Shadow Healer cast curse, worsening, and decay skills.
Shin Su-a also cast recovery, protection, and purification skills for ranged support.
“Kueoeoek!”
While the White Drake writhed in pain after being hit by multiple attacks, Jin-su once again leapt and swung the Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword.
Seogeok! Jwaak!
The White Drake’s thick scales were cut away, revealing the bright red flesh inside.
‘Regrettable.’
Perhaps because of the bleeding resistance skill, almost no blood flowed out. The blood that had been spurting from the severed fingers also completely stopped at some point.
‘This one’s level is higher than I thought.’
The fact that the Bloodsucking Sword power-leveled just from tasting a little dragon blood was decisive evidence. The unfortunate point was that even though the Bloodsucking Sword had power-leveled, the cutting power increase skill and bleeding induction effect skill weren’t properly taking effect.
‘The Shadow Healer’s curse, worsening, and decay skills also almost aren’t landing.’
The worsening skill contained in the Ring of Worsening was also ignored as if it were natural.
Bugeulbugeul!
Not only that, the wounds created by Jin-su and the summons combining their strength began to close at a rapid speed.
‘The self-recovery skill’s level is quite high.’
The White Drake’s level Jin-su had estimated was around 200–300. So he thought it would be a bit hard but he could still catch it relatively smoothly.
But upon actually clashing, the White Drake’s level looked much higher than expected.
‘At least Level 400 or higher.’
Perhaps it even exceeded Level 500.
‘It won’t be caught easily.’
He thought there would be some error. In fact, since it was an absolutely unhuntable monster, it was natural that it wasn’t easy.
‘Still, this is a bit much.’
Dragon race monsters have overwhelmingly higher stats per level compared to players or other race monsters.
Even a Level 300 dragon race monster can act as an emperor beyond a king on Floor 50. But if it was Level 500 or higher, it was the same as a transcendent existence like a god descending.
‘Well, if I beat down a guy like that, they’ll give a more abundant reward.’
Jin-su gritted his teeth and drew up mana. Although most skills were only Level 2, he believed that with the basic stats increased by the blessings, the amplified abilities, and the Shadow Summons, he could sufficiently cover the fact that the skill levels were only 2.
Kwaang! Pueong!
Jin-su and the Shadow Summons tangled together as one and continued the close battle with the White Drake.
Shin Su-a also supported with all her might from the rear. As soon as the protection skill was shattered, she applied a new protection skill, and if Jin-su was injured, she immediately used the recovery skill.
Moreover, she used the purification skill at the right time to normalize the body that had been dulled by the cold air.
‘It’s more helpful than I thought.’
Overall stats were low and skill levels were low, so it was support at the level of ant tears. But because the close battle was so fierce, even that weak level of support was quite helpful.
Kwaaaaang!
The shield of the Shadow Knight that had been receiving the White Drake’s attacks head-on was dented and the armor was shattered. Although it could be quickly restored with the help of the recovery skill and by consuming the core’s mana.
‘The speed of destruction is faster than the speed of restoration.’
However, because the Shadow Knight was using the provocation skill to forcibly draw the White Drake’s aggro, Jin-su and the other Shadow Summons could attack relatively comfortably.
‘Is this a fight of who collapses first?’
The White Drake’s mana and stamina can’t last forever either. If mana bottoms out, it can’t use freeze skill, berserker skill, self-recovery skill, etc., and if stamina bottoms out, its movements become dull.
“Krrrrung!”
Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The White Drake that had been growling lowly broke free of the compulsion of the provocation skill and sprayed pure white breath toward the Shadow Mage and Healer. The Shadow Mage and Healer whose feet were bound by the freeze skill were in danger.
“Purification! Purification! Purification!”
Shin Su-a urgently cast purification skills in succession. But because of the level difference, the purification skill didn’t properly take effect.
In the meantime, the Ice Breath the White Drake had exhaled reached right in front of the Shadow Mage and Shadow Healer’s noses.
Hwiik!
Just before the Shadow Mage and Shadow Healer were hit directly by the White Drake’s Ice Breath, the Shadow Knight blocked in front.
Kwaaaaaang!
The White Drake’s Ice Breath and the Shadow Knight’s shield collided head-on. The Shadow Knight excellently blocked the White Drake’s Ice Breath.
[The Shadow Knight has been extinguished.]
And it was extinguished as is.
‘Damn it.’
Jin-su clenched his teeth. Shadow Summons are basically maintained continuously unless reverse summoned or extinguished after summoning. But if reverse summoned or extinguished, they can only be summoned again after 24 hours of cooldown.
Because of this fatal drawback, Jin-su had sealed the holy-type status window and continuously maintained the dark-type status window so far.
“Kraaaaang!”
As the Shadow Knight was extinguished, the White Drake began to rampage even more roughly.
‘I should have cut off its breath when it fired the Ice Breath.’
He failed due to the interference of hard scales, high Durability stat, guardian skill, self-recovery skill, etc.
‘Still, I inflicted a fatal wound to some extent.’
It was a large wound where bone was exposed between the torn muscles. Although the self-recovery skill was continuously activating, Jin-su and the Shadow Summons poured fierce attacks and continuously interfered with the recovery of the wound.
The problem was mana.
‘Not only me but the Shadow Summons’ mana is gradually bottoming out.’
Especially the Shadow Mage that had continuously poured powerful attack magic skills and the Shadow Healer that had continuously cast curse, worsening, and recovery skills were the problem.
‘Shin Su-a also seems exhausted.’
She hadn’t cast the Sanctuary skill yet. But if mana completely bottoms out, there was nothing she could do except cast the Sanctuary skill and hole up inside it.
‘It would be good if external attacks were possible from inside the safe zone.’
Unfortunately, the safe zone blocks external attacks but also blocks attacks fired from inside to outside. In the case of the safe zone created by the Sanctuary skill, unlike the city’s safe zone, entry and exit weren’t free either.
It was only divided by whether you were within the range or not when the Sanctuary skill was cast. Until the Sanctuary skill is released, you can neither enter nor escape.
‘But it’s not that the Sanctuary skill is completely useless in combat.’
Jin-su used protection and recovery skills and raised his voice while looking at Shin Su-a who had collapsed on the floor.
“Shin Su-a! Did you use up all your mana!”
“Yeah, sorry.”
“Use the Sanctuary skill right now!”
At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a cast the Sanctuary skill while deeply bowing her head with a greatly intimidated expression.
‘Done.’
A smile bloomed at the corners of Jin-su’s mouth. Jin-su who had been fighting while keeping distance from Shin Su-a in the rear gradually narrowed the distance and continued the battle.
“Kueoeoeoek!”
Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
In the middle of the fierce battle, the White Drake launched a second breath along with an enraged roar. At that time, Jin-su dodged behind the Sanctuary that Shin Su-a had created together with the Shadow Summons.
Kwaaaaaang!
The Sanctuary acted as a kind of shield and lightly blocked the White Drake’s Ice Breath attack.
Taak!
As the Ice Breath stopped, Jin-su attacked the White Drake while leaping together with the Shadow Summons.
‘This is exactly the utilization method of the Sanctuary skill.’
To pierce the defense of the Sanctuary skill recognized as a safe zone by the system, an enormously powerful attack is needed. And that not in a single shot but in continuous fire.
From the perspective of Jin-su and the Shadow Summons, a kind of temporary fixed shield had been created.
‘Well, it can’t be used for long.’
If the White Drake was a low-intelligence monster, it could continue to be used. But the intelligence of the White Drake, a dragon race monster, is inferior to humans but at the level of dolphins or elephants.
“Krrrrr!”
The White Drake stopped using ranged skills.
Saaaaaaak!
Red heat haze and pure white heat haze wrapped around the White Drake’s body.
Kung! Kung! Kung!
The White Drake charged toward Jin-su and the Shadow Summons at tremendous speed.
‘It diverted all the mana used for ranged attack skills to physical strengthening.’
In this case, the safe zone created by the Sanctuary skill can only play the role of indestructible terrain.
‘It’s not that it absolutely won’t break either.’
Even if it’s the Sanctuary skill, if it continuously receives the powerful attacks of an out-of-spec monster like the White Drake, there was a risk of destruction.
Using it moderately like now was the best.
‘Still, this much is sufficiently satisfactory.’
Anyway, thanks to the Sanctuary skill, he easily blocked one Ice Breath that consumes enormous mana. Considering Shin Su-a’s level and stats, it was an enormously great achievement that could absolutely not be accomplished.
‘That guy has also become urgent.’
The White Drake had been indiscriminately emitting mana and spraying skills so far. It was a reaction shown because it thought of Jin-su and the Shadow Summons as ants with attack power that would only sting a bit if bitten.
‘Would an arrogant dragon race seriously engage in combat against a few ants it can trample anytime.’
It was probably only full of the thought of killing them quickly even if it wasted mana while seized by anger.
But Jin-su and the Shadow Summons weren’t ants that give a stinging degree of pain if bitten. They were butchers and hunters who came to kill the White Drake.
Seogeok!
Jin-su’s sword cut the tendon of the White Drake’s front paw.
Kwajik!
The Shadow Warrior’s greatsword was deeply driven into the White Drake’s wound.
Puuk!
The Shadow Assassin’s dagger coated with poison dug into the relatively soft underside of the White Drake’s belly.
The Shadow Archer’s arrows concentrated attacks on relatively weak parts like the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Kwaaaaang!
The Shadow Mage’s attack magic skill with powerful destructive power burned the scales and muscles. The Shadow Healer’s curse dulled the movements and slowed the self-recovery of the wounds.
However, the White Drake that had felt a threat to its life and seriously entered combat was also not an easy opponent.
“Kuwoeoeoek!”
The White Drake unleashed the stiffness skill Fear.
Kwajik!
In the brief moment of hesitation, the White Drake’s sharp teeth chewed up the Shadow Mage whole.
[The Shadow Mage has been extinguished.]
Udeudeuk!
The White Drake’s front paw crushed the Shadow Healer.
[The Shadow Healer has been extinguished.]
Kwaaaaaang!
The White Drake’s tail that was swung powerfully shattered the Shadow Archer’s body into pieces.
[The Shadow Archer has been extinguished.]
What remained were only Jin-su, the Shadow Warrior, and the Shadow Assassin. The situation wasn’t that easy.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!
The White Drake launched a fierce attack while burning the remaining mana and stamina. On the other hand, Jin-su was in a state where mana and stamina had completely bottomed out. The Shadow Summons were the same.
They don’t need rest, sleep, or meals, but if the mana contained in the core bottoms out, the Shadow Summons are also nothing more than empty cans that can’t move.
‘Is this the end now.’
Jin-su gave instructions to the Shadow Warrior and Shadow Assassin.
“Krrrrung!”
The White Drake thrust its sharp teeth, and the Shadow Warrior and Shadow Assassin didn’t dodge.
Kwajik!
The bodies of the Shadow Warrior and Shadow Assassin entered the White Drake’s mouth and were torn to shreds by the sharp teeth.
Kwajik! Seogeok! Puuk! Puuk!
Until just before extinguishing, the Shadow Warrior and Shadow Assassin stabbed the greatsword and the poison-coated dagger toward the White Drake’s palate and tongue.
[The Shadow Warrior has been extinguished.]
[The Shadow Assassin has been extinguished.]
“Kurrurur!”
The White Drake that had finished off all the Shadow Summons sneered at Jin-su with its body in tatters. Because it had grasped the fact that Jin-su’s stamina and mana had all bottomed out.
Kwakwakwakwakwakwa!
The White Drake launched an Ice Breath made of cold air while gathering the remaining mana as much as possible toward Jin-su, the final adversary.
Pisik!
Jin-su looked at the Ice Breath flying toward himself and gave a faint sneer.
‘Status Window Switch.’
He changed the status window from dark-type to holy-type.