Chapter 57

Chapter 57

Level 2 Player

Pursuit Squad (2)

“I’ll tear you apart and kill you!”

“Blessing of Wind, Blessing of Earth, Protection of Wind, Protection of Earth.”

“Flame Hell! Land of Flames!”

The enraged pursuit squad members emitted killing intent in streams and rushed toward the place where the magic attack skills and arrows had come from.

It felt like well-trained elites. The surviving healers calmly cast blessing skills, protection skills, curse skills, and corruption skills, and the mages cast attack magic.

Shushushuk!

The archers also launched arrows all at once.

Kwaaaaang!

Pukpukpuk!

Magic attack skills exploded and arrows lodged in.

“Die!”

The melee dealers who reached the target swung their weapons vigorously.

Slash!

However, what they could cut was only the trees that had arrows lodged in them and were burning.

“They’re not here?”

“Did they dodge in that short time?”

“There’s no way a mage is that fast!”

While the pursuit squad members were falling into considerable confusion.

Thud!

Slash!

“Aak!”

“It’s an assassin!”

Jin-su and the shadow assassin aimed for the mages and healers remaining in the rear while receiving the protection of the tankers.

“Protection of Earth!”

“Shield of Protection!”

The healers urgently cast protection skills and the tankers activated protection skills. However, it was after three mages and two healers had already lost their lives. On top of that, the ambush was not over.

Shushuk!

Pukpuk!

The arrows launched by the shadow archer targeted and sniped the archers who had relatively weak defense.

“You rat-like bastard!”

Whoosh!

The tanker burst into a rage and swung a huge square shield toward Jin-su.

‘Touch of Black Darkness, Shackles of Restraint, Crown of Thorns, Body Weakening, Twisted Footsteps.’

At that moment, Jin-su poured curse skills toward the tanker. Tankers were one of the class groups with the strongest resistance to curse skills. However, they could not withstand the curses poured by Jin-su, whose mana and mental power stats were overwhelmingly high.

“Uuuugh!”

Due to the stacked curses, the tanker’s vision was obscured and his feet became heavy, making his movements dull.

Saaak!

“Why is the protection skill!”

Jin-su, who had bound the tanker’s feet using curse skills, swung the Baekcheon Divine Sword, and at the same time the healer’s protection skill melted away in an instant.

The Skill Nullification of the Baekcheon Divine Sword had activated.

Thud! Slash!

“Keok!”

Jin-su, together with the shadow assassin, cut off the lives of the healers whose protection skills had disappeared.

After the healers, it was the mages’ turn.

Jin-su, the shadow warrior, the shadow assassin, and the shadow archer aimed for the mages.

Slash! Splat!

The two swords in Jin-su’s hands cut off the mages’ lives. The shadow warrior also swung his greatsword from the front and cut down the mages.

Whoosh! Thud! Slash!

The shadow assassin also moved diligently, throwing or swinging daggers and eliminating the mages.

“Hieeek!”

In the case of the mage players running toward the tankers’ side, they received a baptism of arrows from the shadow archer.

Shushushuk!

Pukpukpuk!

Pitch-black arrows lodged in the mages’ vital points.

“Keok!”

“Grk!”

The mages lost their lives after being hit by the shadow archer’s arrows.

“You sons of bitches!”

The enraged tankers swung swords and shields.

Clang! Slash!

However, Jin-su, the shadow warrior, and the shadow assassin did not retreat and faced the tankers head-on. Aiming for the healers, mages, and archers first was due to strategic judgment, not because they were afraid of the tankers.

Saaak!

“Why is the protection skill?”

But the tankers who received Jin-su’s attacks had no choice but to be shocked. Because the protection skill that could be called a tanker’s lifeline melted like snow in sunlight the moment it met the Baekcheon Divine Sword.

“Endure with your body!”

“Block no matter what!”

In a situation where the protection skill was nullified, the tankers were considerably flustered. However, as if they were not chosen as elites of the Hwangryong Guild for nothing, they blocked the attacks of Jin-su, the shadow warrior, and the shadow assassin with bodies like steel.

Meanwhile, the melee dealers who had struck empty air approached Jin-su and the shadow assassin while emitting a fierce killing intent.

‘Shackles of Restraint, Body Weakening, Twisted Footsteps.’

Toward those melee dealers, Jin-su and the shadow healer cast curses.

“Ugh!”

“That bastard!”

Hwareureureuk!

Toward the melee dealers who had instantaneously lost mobility, Jin-su and the shadow mage poured magic attack skills.

Kwaaaaang!

With a loud explosion, the bodies of the melee dealers with low defense were instantly engulfed in huge flames and lost their lives.

In an instant, the melee dealers, ranged dealers, and healers were wiped out, and only the injured tankers remained.

“Run!”

“Shatter the rescue stone!”

The tankers who realized that winning was hopeless scattered and fled.

Kuuuung!

However, the shadow knight and Stone Golem were firmly holding the tankers’ escape route.

“Break through!”

The tankers tried to push forward with their shields, but.

Kwaaaaang!

It was impossible for tankers with low mobility and weak attack power to break through the shadow knight and Stone Golem who had received Shin Su-a’s blessing and protection skills plus Jin-su’s summon-exclusive buffs.

“Hieeek!”

“Move! I said move!”

Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaang!

The tankers looked at Jin-su and the shadow summons gradually approaching and struggled to escape. However, no matter how much they struggled, they could not break through the defense of the shadow knight and Stone Golem.

Crack!

“Keok!”

“Aaaak!”

The tankers blocked by the shadow knight and Stone Golem died one by one and in the end were all wiped out.

“Huu!”

Jin-su let out a long sigh.

The blood that flowed on the battlefield was all absorbed by the Blood-Sucking Sword. Thanks to that, there was no smell of blood. However, for some reason, he felt as if the surroundings were filled with a thick smell of blood.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah.”

At Shin Su-a’s question, Jin-su answered briefly.

“Reinforcements will come.”

“I know.”

He deliberately left the tankers activating the rescue stones alone. It was to inform through the rescue stones that the Hwangryong Guild’s pursuit squad had been wiped out.

“Let’s go for now.”

“Okay.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a collected the spoils and quietly left the battlefield.

***

“The pursuit squad was wiped out?”

“Yes.”

“Ha? Hahahaha!”

After hearing the subordinate’s report, Jucheonguk, the guild master of the Hwangryong Guild, burst into loud laughter. They say that when something is too absurd, laughter comes out, and it was really like that.

“Call all the higher parties that are hunting.”

Jucheonguk, who had stopped laughing and changed to a cold expression, called all the guild’s elites.

Now was not the time to be leisurely hunting.

Following the guild members, even the Hwangryong Guild’s elite pursuit squad had been hit. This was not at the level of lowering guild members’ morale or becoming a laughingstock of other guilds.

‘It must be resolved no matter what.’

If not, either a mass of withdrawals would come out from the Hwangryong Guild, or else Jucheonguk himself might be driven out of the guild master position.

The moment the assembly order fell, 10 elite parties of the Hwangryong Guild gathered.

In an instant, top-tier players of Floor 100 totaling over 100 people gathered in one place.

“We move immediately.”

With the order of Guild Master Jucheonguk, the top elites of the Hwangryong Guild moved to catch Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

***

‘There are many.’

Jin-su looked at the elites of the Hwangryong Guild through Kkami’s gaze flying above the city.

A total of over 100 people, and their armed state was also quite excellent.

‘So they scraped together power to the maximum.’

Even if they were elites, one party was easy. Even three parties could be wiped out without any damage.

‘But there was also the point that we were lucky.’

The opponent let their guard down greatly. So they did not prepare for an ambush at all. Jin-su used that carelessness to eliminate the healers and mages in the early stage. That was why he could easily wipe out three parties.

But now the situation was quite different.

‘The current Hwangryong Guild is not in a situation to do something like letting their guard down.’

Conversely, they were in a state where poison had firmly risen and they would do their best even to catch a single ant.

‘There are too many people.’

Even reducing the enemy’s numbers sharply through an ambush looked difficult.

‘They’re preparing for an ambush to an excessive degree.’

Even inside the city, tankers, healers, and mages moved together.

‘Can I disperse them?’

The tanker player who had been guarding the undead hidden dungeon paid the price for saying lies instead of the truth. However, the rescue stone he possessed was still in Jin-su’s hands.

‘Let’s try.’

The place where Jin-su wiped out the pursuit squad was quite far from the undead hidden dungeon.

‘About 50 kilometers.’

The shadow summon skill that had grown to level 522 had a distance limit of 60 kilometers.

‘If I prepare in advance, it’s possible.’

Jin-su handed the rescue stone that the tanker player guarding the undead hidden dungeon had possessed to the shadow assassin.

‘It would be more convenient if I had Kkami do it, but.’

Kkami had to monitor the elites of the Hwangryong Guild. The shadow assassin who received the rescue stone used a stealth skill and quickly moved to the target point.

Meanwhile, the elites of the Hwangryong Guild who had exited the city moved quickly toward the place where the last battle had taken place.

-A battle took place here.

-Track them quickly.

-Yes, understood.

Jin-su, who had eavesdropped on the appearances and conversations of the Hwangryong Guild’s elites through Kkami, frowned.

‘As expected, there was a player with a tracking skill.’

It was a natural thing, but also a regrettable thing.

‘I hope the operation works.’

Jin-su waited appropriately. Then he instructed the shadow assassin to shatter the rescue stone.

-Huh? The rescue stone of the party that was guarding the front of the hidden dungeon where the bastards who wiped out Janghong’s party were has shattered.

At the mage player’s report, Guild Master Jucheonguk frowned.

-Of all times, now?

-Yes, what should we do?

-Immediately divide the personnel, wait.

Jucheonguk, who was giving the instruction to divide the personnel, stopped speaking.

-How many are the number of the guys we’re currently tracking?

-7 people.

-The guys who entered the hidden dungeon were also 7 at first and later reduced to 2.

-That’s right.

-Ignore it and continue tracking these guys.

-Yes?

The player with the tracking skill was startled. The ones who murdered the sworn brother and real younger brother have appeared, yet ignore that?

-There is a high possibility that the guys we’re tracking are the same people as the ones who attacked Janghong’s party.

-Ah!

Only then did the other guild members make surprised expressions.

-Even if that’s not the case, dealing with the bastards who murdered over 100 of our guild members is the priority. Those guys can be tracked and eliminated later.

Jucheonguk showed an appearance of prioritizing the grudge of the entire Hwangryong Guild over personal grudges.

-As expected of the guild master.

-He prioritizes the prestige and safety of the guild above everything else.

Jucheonguk’s statement gained the favor of the Hwangryong Guild members.

‘It’s no good.’

Jin-su, who confirmed that scene through Kkami’s eyes and ears, frowned. He thought he might be able to divide the elites of the Hwangryong Guild into two groups using the rescue stone, but it failed.

‘Then there’s no answer other than guerrilla.’

Reducing the Hwangryong Guild elites one by one with hit-and-run tactics.

That was the best move Jin-su could choose now.

‘Still, being able to openly monitor the enemies is really convenient. It was great luck that Kkami came out as the second summon.’

Actually, when Kkami first came out, he was quite disappointed. Leo was sufficiently earning his keep with cuteness and the wide-area taunt roar that drew monster aggro. However, the lack of combat power was always regrettable.

‘So I hoped the second summon would be a guy with strong combat power.’

If possible, he hoped an inanimate type that did not require loyalty work like the shadow summons would come out.

But what came out was again Kkami with no combat ability, so from Jin-su’s perspective he had no choice but to be disappointed. However, after directly experiencing Kkami’s reconnaissance ability and intelligence ability, the previously disappointed feeling disappeared to the point of being extremely satisfied.

‘It feels like playing a game with map hack turned on.’

As the saying goes, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you will not be in danger in a hundred battles, so if you hold the information, that war is already as good as won.

‘Then shall I go prepare in advance?’

Jin-su moved to the path that the Hwangryong Guild’s tracking team would pass for the ambush.

***

In Jin-su’s field of vision, the elites of the Hwangryong Guild approaching from afar were visible.

‘Their preparations are thorough.’

Especially the protection for healers and mages was almost at an ironclad level.

‘They’re guys familiar with battles against players.’

However, there were still half-baked points.

‘Prepare.’

At Jin-su’s instruction, the shadow archer drew the bowstring.

‘Shall I start too?’

Then Jin-su also stored the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword in his inventory and took out a bow and arrows.

Creeeak!

The bowstrings drawn by Jin-su and the shadow archer screamed and were pulled taut. Shin Su-a’s blessing and the archer-exclusive synthesis skill newly acquired not long ago created synergy, and powerful mana was loaded onto the arrows.

Twang!

Jin-su and the shadow archer released the bowstrings at the same time.

Ping ping ping ping!

At the same time as releasing the bowstrings, Jin-su and the shadow archer fluidly sent the next arrows flying.

Swooooosh!

Dozens of arrows from long range flew toward the targets at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.

Pukpukpukpuk!

The arrows launched by Jin-su and the shadow archer successively hit the targets accurately.