Chapter 72

Chapter 72

Level 2 Player

Bone Dragon Raid

‘It is certain that they believe the city’s walls with the safe zone spread will absolutely not collapse.’

That is why they maintain such a leisurely attitude.

‘It is fortunate that the Daehan Guild took the rear.’

The probability is high that the reason Kim Young-cheol and the Daehan Guild could retreat with only minimal damage even though they participated in the Bone Dragon raid before regression was because they belonged to the rear.

‘The problem is after the city walls collapse.’

The moment the city walls collapse, if the players who gathered boldly saying they would catch the Bone Dragon get scared and run away, the raid and everything ends right there.

‘I have to give hope that the Bone Dragon can be caught.’

No matter how powerful the Bone Dragon’s physical abilities are, it cannot collapse the city’s walls with the safe zone spread in one go.

‘I just need to give meaningful damage before the city walls collapse.’

Only then, instead of getting scared and running away, the players will try to continue the raid filled with the hope that they can catch the Bone Dragon.

‘I have to step forward actively.’

The players of Floor 100 before regression were defeated by the Bone Dragon.

‘To not repeat the matter before regression, there needs to be a variable.’

The person who can become that variable was only Jin-su himself.

‘I will do my best.’

It is not simply to obtain feats and items.

‘I cannot miss the golden opportunity to make the Bone Dragon into a summon.’

The problem is the special nature Jin-su possesses.

‘Going back and forth between holy type and dark type and using skills of multiple classes will clearly have no choice but to become a problem.’

The other players will clearly try to dig out Jin-su’s secret.

‘There will also be those who try to obtain my favor.’

There will clearly also be those who try to use shady methods like poison or curses.

‘If there is a fortune, it is that there are not many people who know of my existence.’

If only those people are made to keep their mouths shut, there will be no matter of information about Jin-su leaking out.

‘The problem is that the Mask of Lies is a skill registered on the dark-type status window.’

Then naturally the Mask of Lies skill cannot be used on the holy-type status window.

‘It is fine as long as I do not expose only the face.’

When it is the dark-type status window, he will wear the Black Dragon’s Cursed Armor Set, so there is no problem even without using the Mask of Lies skill.

‘When it is the holy-type status window, let’s wear a mask.’

If he wears a mask containing a recognition reduction skill, he could reliably cover his face.

“Are you keeping in mind the possibility that the city’s walls will collapse?”

“Yes, in preparation for such a time, we have separately gathered the top-elite tankers of each guild.”

It seemed they had made some preparations in case of an emergency.

“Ah, is that so. But there are a few things I would like to request.”

Jin-su requested Kim Young-cheol for control of his personal information.

“That much is not difficult. I will do it as you wish.”

Kim Young-cheol readily accepted. From the Daehan Guild’s perspective, it was better for Jin-su’s information not to be known than to be known.

This is because Jin-su is close to a mercenary identity temporarily hired rather than affiliated with the Daehan Guild.

From Kim Young-cheol’s perspective, it was beneficial for the guild masters of other guilds to misunderstand Jin-su as affiliated with the Daehan Guild.

‘Whether he becomes affiliated with the Daehan Guild or maintains a good relationship like now, it is better for only us to possess the information about Jin-su.’

If it becomes known that the excellent skilled person Jin-su is unaffiliated, only competitors will increase for no reason.

“Now it is about time to go out. I look forward to your continued favor.”

Kim Young-cheol said while getting up from his seat.

“I look forward to your favor as well.”

Jin-su also got up from his seat.

Now was the time to move for the Bone Dragon raid.

***

Shuuuuk!

One huge Bone Dragon crossed the sky while flapping a pair of wings. In front of such a Bone Dragon existed a city surrounded by huge walls.

“It’s coming.”

The players waiting on top of the walls prepared for combat with tense expressions.

“Archers prepare to attack first!”

Creeeak!

Once the attack command fell, the archers with the longest attack range all drew their bowstrings at once.

“All archers fire arrows!”

Shushushuk!

At the same time as the attack command fell, arrows of various colors containing skills of all kinds flew toward the Bone Dragon.

Kwaaaang!

Puung!

Large and small explosions burst out and arrows containing various attributes collided with the Bone Dragon’s wings.

“Kyaaaaak!”

The Bone Dragon let out an enraged roar and twisted its body in the air. The Bone Dragon’s wings originally had holes pierced densely and had torn parts in the middle.

The originally poor wings became even worse in condition once they received the players’ arrow attacks.

“The attack works! Keep pouring!”

“Waaaaa!”

Shushushushuk!

The players let out cheers. At the same time, the archers continuously shot arrows and concentrated attacks on the Bone Dragon’s wings.

Puung!

Crack!

‘It will fall soon.’

Jin-su looked at the Bone Dragon staggering in the air. The Bone Dragon is a monster capable of flight. However, the durability of the wings was not that good. That was why the flight speed was also not that fast.

‘The Bone Dragon originally has poor wing durability.’

The only part of the Bone Dragon’s body not made of bones is the membrane of the wings.

‘It does not seem like a time to be happy.’

The players were greatly excited saying their attacks worked. However, looking closely, only the membranes attached to the wings were damaged, and they could not inflict any particular blow on the relatively thin wing bones.

“Flame-type mages prepare to attack!”

Once the distance with the Bone Dragon became closer, the mages prepared magic attack skills with powerful destructive power.

“All flame-type mages fire attack skills!”

Hwareureureuk!

Skills harboring the attribute of hot flames flew toward both wings of the Bone Dragon.

Kwaaaaaang!

An explosion powerful to a degree incomparable to the archers’ attacks occurred.

“Kyaaaaak!”

At the same time, the membranes that existed on both wings of the Bone Dragon that was flying in the sky while staggering completely burned away.

Kuuuuung!

With a huge collision sound, the Bone Dragon’s huge body fell to the ground just like that.

“Krrrrr!”

Black flames burned in the two eyes of the enraged Bone Dragon.

Thud thud thud thud thud!

The Bone Dragon rushed toward the walls with a fierce momentum.

“All long-range dealers attack!”

At the same time, the archers and mages poured concentrated attacks toward the Bone Dragon.

‘There is an effect.’

Jin-su looked at the battlefield with cold eyes. Large and small wounds were forming on the Bone Dragon’s body.

‘It is really disgustingly hard.’

Even though it received concentrated bombardment from over thousands of archer players and mage players, to think that only large and small wounds forming is all?

‘If it was another monster, it would have turned to powder long ago.’

However, even if it is not great damage, the fact that the players’ attacks work on the Bone Dragon anyway was an encouraging thing.

‘Gather dust to make a mountain.’

There is no hindrance at all to the Bone Dragon’s movements. The formed wounds are also not deep. Compared to other monsters, it is a level where only the leather is wounded without damaging the muscles and bones.

Kwaaaaang!

The Bone Dragon launched a body slam toward the city’s walls just like that.

Kuuuuung!

“Ugh!”

“T-the walls are shaking!”

“At this rate, won’t they collapse?”

“The walls are fine!”

“Trust the safe zone!”

“Close-range dealers start attacking!”

Those who looked like the brains of the guilds calmed the surprised players and gave attack commands.

“Waaaaa!”

The close-range dealers jumped down toward the Bone Dragon below the walls and poured attack skills.

Puung!

Clang!

Auras of all kinds rose and attack skills of all kinds activated and pounded the Bone Dragon’s huge body.

“It is extremely hard!”

“Concentrate and aim only at one place!”

“There is an effect!”

“Where is the core?”

The close-range dealer players stuck like ants and attacked the Bone Dragon. The Bone Dragon concentrated on destroying the city’s walls rather than attacking the players stuck to its body.

‘I need to participate too.’

Long-range dealers are free fire, but the attack order of close-range dealers was fixed. Because the number of players was so large, it was a measure to reduce deal loss.

‘But I am also a long-range dealer in terms of type.’

Jin-su used the shadow summon and Army Summon skills.

Saaak!

The shadow summons and Army Summons revealed themselves and attacked the Bone Dragon.

“Huh? What is this?”

“Monsters?”

“No! The appearance is different. They are a summoner’s summons!”

“There are summons like that too, interesting.”

Some players were surprised, but because the appearances were so peculiar, they were not mistaken for monsters.

Kwaaaang!

The giant thorny boar launched a body slam.

“Krrrr!”

Crack! Creak!

The variant lycanthrope bit the Bone Dragon’s body and scratched with claws while pouring a fierce attack.

Thud! Crack!

The shadow summons also attacked the Bone Dragon while swinging their respective weapons.

“Krrrrk!”

Not long after Jin-su’s summons started attacking, the Bone Dragon that had been concentrating on destroying the city’s walls showed a reaction.

Whoosh!

Kwaaaang!

The Bone Dragon swung its tail like a whip.

“Hiiik!”

“This guy is counterattacking!”

“Dodge!”

Jin-su’s summons and the majority of the players quickly dodged their bodies.

“Aaaak!”

“Keok!”

However, dozens of players who could not dodge the tail attack lost their lives in an instant.

“Keep attacking!”

“Seeing that the guy is reacting, it means there is an effect!”

The brains of the guilds packaged the Bone Dragon’s counterattack as a positive signal.

“Uaaaa!”

“Die! Die!”

Kwaang! Kwaang!

The players poured attacks even more fiercely.

The attacks of Jin-su’s summons and the top-tier players inflicted meaningful blows on the Bone Dragon.

Cracks formed and split in the bones composing the Bone Dragon’s body, and large and small fragments burst out.

“Krrrrr!”

Even while ramming the city’s walls, the Bone Dragon occasionally swung its tail or used the wings with the membranes gone and the front legs to attack the players. However, the players’ damage was not that large.

“Good! Very good!”

“Hahaha! This can be caught easily?”

“First, let’s cut off one front leg!”

The faces of the guild brains brightened. Although it is not that there is no damage to the players, compared to the number of thousands of heads it was not that great damage.

From the perspective of the guild brains who thought that in the worst case the Bone Dragon raid might fail, the current war situation was quite smooth. However, soon an abnormality occurred.

“Huff huff huff!”

“The body is too heavy!”

“My head feels like it will split!”

“Uweeeek!”

The attack speed of the players who had been pouring fierce attacks slowed. The archers and mages even staggered their bodies.

“What are the healers doing! Use dispel skills and purification skills!”

The guild brains urged the healers. Then the healers’ protests followed.

“We have been using dispel skills and purification skills since earlier!”

“The speed at which the curses stack is faster than the speed they are dispelled or purified!”

“What?”

“This is a big problem.”

The curses sprayed passively from the Bone Dragon’s body were the problem.

‘It is a problem that arose because the number of players is too large.’

Even if the Bone Dragon sprays curses as a passive, if the targets are few the burden on the healers decreases. However, because one person has to dispel or purify the curses of a minimum of 4 people to a maximum of 8–9 people alone, the problem grew.

‘The skill cooldown is also a problem, but the decisive thing is mana.’

Because the targets to use dispel skills or purification skills on became many, the healers’ mana was being depleted at a fast speed even though it was not that they used heals.

‘At least it is fortunate that the city’s walls are holding up.’

The moment they collapse, it is the end.

‘It is not attack power that tankers can endure with their bodies.’

If they collide with the Bone Dragon, the tankers will clearly be swept away in an instant like a sandcastle meeting waves.