Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Level 2 Player

Guerrilla (2)

“Uaaaaak!”

Jucheonguk let out a roar filled with anger. They were raided again. As a result, the number of allies was reduced to 45.

In the meantime, 4 more had died.

As the raids continued, the scale of damage was gradually decreasing. However, this was by no means something to be glad about.

‘Just being angry will not solve it.’

To speak coldly, the reason the scale of damage decreased was because the number of mages and healers that the tankers had to protect had decreased, so it happened.

‘If we continue like this, it’s annihilation.’

The scale of damage had only decreased. Deaths were steadily occurring.

‘We have to withdraw.’

Jucheonguk had a violent personality that got excited easily, but...

He was not a fool who could not even make the minimum judgment of right and wrong. That was why he knew the point that the battle situation was disadvantageous and the fact that if they did not want to be wiped out like this, they had to withdraw around here.

“Um...”

At that time, one Hwangryong Guild member carefully opened his mouth.

“The enemies’ escape is too elusive, so tracking like this seems impossible. First, starting from players with professional tracking skills, large-scale reinforcements seem necessary.”

Reinforcements are needed. The words sound plausible, but in the end it was saying to retreat to the city. If it was when blood had rushed to the head and he was extremely excited, he would have ignored it, but now it was not.

Actually, tracking was not a problem even now. Because there were periodically large traces. The problem was that it was a trap and that they realized it too late.

“I also think that would be good.”

“Preparation and reinforcements are needed.”

Those who agreed with the Hwangryong Guild member who brought up the words began to come out one by one.

‘If it’s this much, the justification is sufficient.’

Accepting it while pretending he could not win was beneficial.

“Well, reinforcements are needed, I guess. It can’t be helped.”

Jucheonguk turned his body with those words.

There was no opposition.

Already more than half of the comrades had died. Next might be their turn. To the surviving Hwangryong Guild members, their own lives were more precious than revenge for the dead comrades.

***

‘Withdrawal.’

Jin-su was monitoring the elites of the Hwangryong Guild in real time through Kkami’s eyes and ears.

‘He seemed quite hot-blooded so I thought he would go easily. It seems he wasn’t a complete fool.’

Seeing the appearance of Jucheonguk and the Hwangryong Guild elites rushing into the trap while raging, he thought things would resolve easily. So he thought he could easily wipe them out, but unfortunately they came to their senses in the middle.

‘Well, it’s already late, though.’

The elites of the Hwangryong Guild are in a state where their power has dropped to less than half.

‘Skill checks are sufficient at this point too.’

Jin-su tested the performance of the improved shadow summons and the power of the synthesis skills against the elites of the Hwangryong Guild so far.

‘Then shall I do the final test?’

Until now, the main force of the attack was the shadow archer and shadow mage. However, this time he planned to test the performance of the shadow knight, shadow warrior, shadow assassin, and shadow healer.

‘There is a need to confirm whether the ability to hide the body in shadows and move can be utilized even during close combat.’

The reason he had not deployed the shadow knight, shadow warrior, shadow assassin, and shadow healer so far was for safety.

‘Because if discovered in the middle of the enemy formation and subjected to concentrated attacks, they will have no choice but to be annihilated just like that.’

Although the cooldown of the shadow summon skill had been sharply reduced to 2 hours, Jin-su had no intention of taking unnecessary risks. Also because the enemy’s power was not to be taken lightly.

‘But now the circumstances are different.’

The enemy’s power had been reduced to less than half. On top of that, they had been frightened and decided to withdraw.

‘Coming might have been possible at your discretion, but going is not.’

Jin-su had no intention of letting the elites of the Hwangryong Guild go alive. Letting enemies with grudges go alive is inviting unnecessary danger.

‘Rather, if they had decided to withdraw when their power was intact, I would have had no choice either.’

The Hwangryong Guild is on a different dimension of strength from the Chabel Guild. Jin-su had also become much stronger. However, because the base stats were in a stagnant situation, there was a limit.

Colliding head-on with 100 Hwangryong Guild elites was too dangerous. That was why he reduced the numbers through hit-and-run guerrilla.

However, now that the power had been reduced to half, even if a full-scale battle broke out, he had confidence in winning.

‘If I use the Bracelet of Shortening, even if the shadow summons are annihilated, I can summon them twice in a row.’

On top of that, if health and mana are depleted, he can switch the status window to the holy type that can use powerful ice-type magic attacks.

‘I can also summon the Dragon Tooth Soldier and the Asura Ant Colony.’

Jin-su, who had solidified his resolve, rapidly closed the distance toward the withdrawing elites of the Hwangryong Guild.

‘First, long-range attack skills are suitable for the preemptive strike.’

Creeeak!

Jin-su drew arrows together with the shadow archer.

Shushushuk!

Pukpukpuk!

The arrows containing penetration skills shot by Jin-su and the shadow archer flew toward the elites of the Hwangryong Guild.

Thud!

“Keok!”

“Aak!”

“It’s an ambush!”

“Block!”

Bang! Clang!

However, the results were not that great.

‘Only two?’

The damage continues to decrease. The reason was simple. Because the healers were pouring full power into protection skills, and not only that, the tankers, warriors, and assassins were also putting full effort into defense.

Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping!

Jin-su and the shadow archer continuously launched arrows containing penetration skills. The tankers blocked with shields and protection skills, and the warriors and assassins endured by dodging the arrows or defending vital points.

Thud!

“Aak!”

Jin-su’s arrow pierced the heart of one assassin. However, that was the end. There were arrows that hit arms or legs, but they did not pierce vital points.

‘They have no intention of counterattacking.’

Even in a state of receiving unilateral arrow attacks, the warriors and assassins did not rush like a boar that had been shot as before. Rather, they were continuing the retreat at a slow speed.

‘Take this too.’

Jin-su changed the skill contained in the arrows from penetration to explosion.

Thud!

Boom!

The arrow lodged in the assassin’s leg exploded just like that.

“Aaaak! It hurts! It hurts!”

The assassin who suffered a large wound to the point where bones were exposed writhed in pain.

“Rapid Recovery!”

“Holy Healing!”

However, as soon as the healers’ heal shower poured, the large wound to the point where bones were exposed healed in an instant.

“Ugh!”

The assassin moved his steps again with a limping leg. Although the wound visible on the outside had healed, the ligaments and muscles had not been perfectly recovered. However, even that much was enough to move.

Boom! Boom!

Jin-su continued to launch arrows containing explosion skills together with the shadow archer. However, the results still stopped at the level of inflicting injuries.

Hwareureuk!

At that time, the shadow mage’s magic attack skill flew.

Kwaaaang!

However, there was no damage at all. The healers who predicted that a magic attack would come had cast blessings and protection skills in advance. On top of that, the tankers’ protection skills also shone properly.

‘Well, they’ve been beaten that much, so they should deal with this level of attack skillfully.’

Players whose skills were so low that they could not deal with expected attacks had already died long ago. However, what the Hwangryong Guild members predicted was only long-range attacks.

Thud!

The dagger of the shadow assassin who had secretly approached while hiding his body in the shadows and activating a stealth skill lodged in the healer’s heart.

“Keok!”

“What? Kill it!”

Attacks toward the shadow assassin flew from all directions.

Saaak!

At that moment, the shadow assassin hid his body in the shadow of another healer.

“What? Where did it go?”

“There!”

The moment one Hwangryong Guild member who belatedly grasped the shadow assassin’s mana shouted.

Thud!

“Cough!”

Another healer lost his life. The shadow assassin continued assassinating healers while hiding his body in the shadows and actively utilizing the stealth skill.

‘This is beyond expectations.’

Jin-su was quite surprised by the shadow assassin’s performance. The result of combining the shadow summon’s passive ability to hide the body in shadows and the shadow assassin’s stealth skill was truly astonishing.

‘At this level, I should have deployed it earlier.’

Jin-su additionally deployed the shadow knight, shadow warrior, and shadow healer as well.

Kwaaaang!

“Kraaak”

The shield of the shadow knight that popped out from the shadows crushed the mage’s body just like that.

Slash!

“Keok!”

The shadow warrior also revealed himself from the shadows and cut the body of one healer with his greatsword.

“What are those guys again?”

“They’re different from the one earlier!”

“Attack for now!”

All kinds of curses and magic attack skills and the dealers’ swords and spears flew in.

Kwaang!

The shadow knight blocked the attacks with his large shield and quickly hid his appearance in the shadows. The shadow warrior also used his greatsword as a shield to block the attacks and hid in the shadows.

“There! And there! I feel the flow of mana!”

However, they were discovered soon without any meaning to those efforts.

“Die!”

“Where do you think you’re running!”

Crack! Thud! Kwaang!

The shadow knight and shadow warrior were subjected to the concentrated attacks of the Hwangryong Guild members and had no choice but to reveal themselves again.

‘Quite different from the shadow assassin.’

The shadow knight and shadow warrior do not have stealth skills. That was why every time they hid their bodies in the shadows and moved, they got caught.

‘With basic concealment ability, the limit is clear.’

In a state where there is some distance, they can relatively easily extract themselves, but at a distance right in front of the enemies, it was impossible.

The shadow knight and shadow warrior received the concentrated attacks of the Hwangryong Guild members.

[The shadow warrior has been annihilated.]

The shadow warrior with low defense was annihilated first.

[The shadow knight has been annihilated.]

The shadow knight held on a bit longer than the shadow warrior, but in the end was annihilated as well.

‘There doesn’t seem to be a need to deploy the shadow healer either.’

Probably the moment it was deployed, it would cast a few curse skills and then be annihilated just like that.

‘Regrettable.’

Still, there were results anyway. Because the shadow assassin was rampaging splendidly like a fish that met water.

‘The number of healers has decreased sharply.’

The surviving healers also had no room to pay attention to the warriors or assassins as they did their utmost to protect their own lifelines.

Ping! Ping! Ping!

Aiming for that gap, Jin-su continuously launched arrows together with the shadow archer.

Boom!

“It hurts! It hurts!”

“Aaaak!”

The assassins hit by explosive arrows writhed in pain. However, the heal shower did not fly like a moment ago.

Thud!

“Ugh!”

Jin-su appropriately combined explosive arrows and penetration arrows and slowly reduced the number of warriors and assassins.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaang!

The shadow mage was also continuously pouring magic attack skills. When the attacks of the shadow assassin rampaging inside were added, the damage of the Hwangryong Guild elites snowballed.

“Caught it! This bastard!”

The moment the shadow assassin revealed itself, Jucheonguk threw his body.

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

The sword of Jucheonguk, whose entire body was covered in red aura, cut the shadow assassin’s body.

Crack!

[The shadow assassin has been annihilated.]

The shadow assassin that had been assassinating healers while hiding its body in the shadows utilizing the stealth skill was annihilated in an instant.

It was not that he launched an attack aiming for the core.

He simply evaporated the entire body of the shadow assassin with aura using overwhelming attack power.

‘His skill is certain.’

Guild Master Jucheonguk possessed skill that could be called the strongest among the players on Floor 100 of the Tower.

‘Although it seems most of his stats and possessed skills are focused on close combat.’

Short-distance movement skills like charge or leap looked quite high level. However, that was all.

‘There is no long-range attack means.’

The movement speed was also only average level for long distances, even if short distances were fine. That was why...

Boom!

Kwaang!

He had no choice but to be unilaterally beaten by the attacks of the shadow archer and shadow mage including Jin-su.

“Grinding teeth! Withdraw!”

Jucheonguk shattered the arrows flying at him, cut the magic attack skills with his sword, and shouted while grinding his teeth.

‘I thought he would rush like before.’

It seems he realized that even if he did, he would only strike empty air and gave up.

‘Then shall I attack without burden?’

Jin-su separated from the shadow archer and joined the shadow mage.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaang!

Then he poured magic attack skills to his heart’s content.