Chapter 75

Chapter 75

Level 2 Player

Betrayal

‘At least it is fortunate that I warned in advance.’

If there was no Jin-su’s warning, more players would have lost their lives.

‘The core is in the spine or chest bones.’

If the core was in the neck or skull, the body that lost its head would not have been able to move that freely.

Although the head that fell off along with part of the neck bones was attacking the players while moving like a snake, the mobility was too poor to begin with.

Although it was doing the action of trying to bite the living according to the unique instinct of undead monsters, perhaps because it was separated from the core, it could not use threatening attack skills such as shooting breath or emitting a powerful curse roar.

‘The core has to be destroyed for it to end.’

If not that, he has to wait for the Bone Dragon’s mana to be completely depleted, but the probability is far higher that the players’ mana will be depleted first before that.

“Even though the neck was cut off, it is fine, what is this!”

“How on earth do we catch that?”

“It was not a guy made to be caught to begin with! We were reckless!”

The morale that had soared the moment Jin-su cut the Bone Dragon’s neck dropped rapidly. At the appearance of the Bone Dragon that emitted powerful curses and rampaged the same as before even though the head and body were separated, the majority of the players lost their fighting spirit.

“Then what do you want to do, even run away!”

“That is better!”

“We almost caught it, it is wasteful!”

“What almost caught! The mana pouring out has not decreased at all!”

“That’s right! On top of that, the curses are stacking more and more!”

“If not now, there might not even be a chance to run away!”

The momentum of the players who had been greatly excited at the thought of tasting the sweet fruit by succeeding in the Bone Dragon raid was completely broken upon facing the cold reality.

“Then shall we give up like this?”

“Don’t you even feel sorry to the dead guild members!”

“Then you die together too!”

“The mana of the mages and healers is right before depletion! There is no chance of winning!”

“I will give up!”

The players’ opinions divided into two. Too naturally, the number on the side of giving up the Bone Dragon raid was far greater. In a situation where hope is not visible, the Bone Dragon’s attacks are continuing. In the meantime, the curses stacking up were an enormous burden on the players.

‘Troublesome.’

Jin-su frowned. Currently Jin-su’s mana was almost right before depletion. Among the shadow summons, the shadow mage and shadow healer had not much remaining mana.

In the case of the shadow knight, shadow warrior, shadow assassin, shadow archer, and Army Summons, the mana was still intact. However, if the players withdraw, he will have no choice but to face a crisis immediately.

‘Aim at the front legs.’

Jin-su poured a fierce attack aiming at the front legs that had become ragged due to the players’ concentrated attacks. The players also had the opinion of retreating dominant, but they were still continuing the combat for now.

Kwaaang!

The Baekcheon Divine Sword with the Skill Nullification option emitted pure white aura and strongly struck the Bone Dragon’s front legs.

‘It is definitely weaker than other places.’

Jin-su poured a fierce attack while swinging the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword. However, because mana was right before depletion, the aura pouring out from the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword was gradually weakening.

“It’s hopeless. It’s hopeless.”

“Yeah. It seems hard.”

The morale of the players who realized the fact that Jin-su’s mana was at the bottom dropped even more greatly.

“Still, let’s try a bit more.”

“If we shatter the front legs, there is a possibility.”

If mobility is lost, there was a possibility of winning. Jin-su and the players squeezed out mana and continuously swung their weapons without rest.

Jin-su’s summons also did their best efforts.

Kwaang!

The giant thorny boar launched a body slam, and the variant lycanthrope also bit and scratched the Bone Dragon’s front legs using sharp teeth and claws.

Crack!

As a result, one of the Bone Dragon’s front legs could be cut off.

Kuuung!

The Bone Dragon that momentarily lost balance had its body roll on the ground.

“Waaaa!”

The players’ morale that had dropped rose.

“Now! Concentrate the attack!”

“As expected, it was good that we fought a bit more!”

The players squeezed out mana and poured a fierce attack.

Kwaang! Puung!

Swoooosh!

At that time, the Bone Dragon that was receiving concentrated attacks raised its huge body using its tail and hind legs.

Kuuung! Kuuung!

And it attacked the players using its hind legs and wings.

Crack!

“Aak!”

“Cough!”

Among the players who became dull due to the curse, some were trampled by the Bone Dragon’s hind legs and had their bodies pierced by the wings and died.

“What? It is fine?”

“We should have cut the hind legs, not the front legs.”

“Even cutting one thin front leg was hard, how do we cut such thick hind legs!”

At the appearance of the Bone Dragon that was fine even after losing its head and front legs, the players completely lost their fighting spirit.

“Retreat! Retreat!”

“At this rate, we all die!”

“Run away!”

Some of the players gave up the combat and chose to flee.

Crack! Thud!

Once the targets decreased, the Bone Dragon’s attack accuracy rose. The damage to the players who remained for combat inflated like a snowball.

“There is no more chance of winning!”

“We will also retreat!”

The players who resisted until the end withdrew in a rush.

“The Daehan Guild will also retreat! Let’s go together!”

Kim Young-cheol said to Jin-su in an urgent voice.

“I have no intention of giving up.”

At Jin-su’s words, Kim Young-cheol made a flustered expression.

“Even though mana has all dropped, by what means do you intend to endure? Before the body becomes heavier due to the curse, retreating is...”

Before Kim Young-cheol’s words even ended, pure white mana poured out in streams from Jin-su’s body.

“Huh?”

Kim Young-cheol’s mouth opened wide. Jin-su who had been holding two swords and wearing armor was somehow wearing a staff and robe.

That was not the end.

The summons that had been emitting pitch-black light like obsidian disappeared, and summons that emitted pure white light like pure white marble revealed themselves.

Crack!

The pure white mana that poured out from Jin-su’s body turned into cold chill.

Kwaaaang!

A storm of chill covered the Bone Dragon.

Dudududu!

At the same time, summons of pure white color rushed toward the Bone Dragon.

“W-what is this?”

Kim Young-cheol was quite flustered at Jin-su’s completely changed appearance. And that was the same for the other players who were retreating.

Jin-su who switched from the dark-type status window to the holy-type status window had his body condition reborn to the best. The body that had become heavy became light again, and the mana that had completely bottomed out was in a full state.

Jin-su attacked the Bone Dragon with the Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Army Summons summoned using the Dragon Tooth Soldier and Army Summon skills. He did not summon the Asura Ant Colony. For the Dragon Tooth Soldiers as well, he only summoned 9 made with the White Drake’s teeth.

‘Summoning the Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with lizardman teeth and the Asura Ant Colony is a waste of mana.’

The Asura Ant Colony and the Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with lizardman teeth as the base were not that strong. The only advantage is the large number of heads, but unless fighting many enemies, against the Bone Dragon it would only waste mana and be hard to be of great help.

‘Ice Storm, Ice Explosion.’

Jin-su sprayed magic attack skills. Once Jin-su’s high mana stats and mental power stats and the assistance of the Blessing and the chill skill reinforcement due to the Staff of the Ice Dragon overlapped, the huge Bone Dragon turned into an ice lump in an instant.

Creak!

However, the Bone Dragon broke the ice and moved its heavy body to attack Jin-su.

Whoosh!

Jin-su lightly dodged his body and swung the Staff of the Ice Dragon.

Kwaang!

The wing bones that were flying toward Jin-su like spears collided with the Staff of the Ice Dragon and bounced away while scattering bone powder.

“Huk!”

Kim Young-cheol’s mouth opened wide upon witnessing that appearance.

Whether Kim Young-cheol did that or not, Jin-su continuously sprayed skills and swung the staff while fiercely attacking the Bone Dragon. The 9 Dragon Tooth Soldiers made with the White Drake’s teeth and the 6 Army Summons also pounded the Bone Dragon’s body with a fierce momentum.

The target Jin-su was aiming at was the spine.

“Ha, I will fight together!”

Kim Young-cheol changed his mind. Once the situation became like that, the players who were trying to withdraw also began to waver.

“What should we do?”

“Shall we join?”

“It seems better to give up.”

“I will just give up.”

“You go. I cannot do that even if it is wasteful.”

The players divided into two. Some joined the combat to help Jin-su, and the rest retreated just like that.

‘Regrettable.’

The number of players retreating was overwhelmingly many. The number of remaining players was only about 300.

‘Even that many remaining is better than nothing.’

It was fortunate that there were those who resolved to fight together with Jin-su while taking on the risk of stacked curses and possibly losing their lives.

Jin-su poured mana without sparing and cast magic attack skills. Coldly speaking, even if he switched the dark-type status window to the holy-type status window and became in a perfect state, he did not have confidence that he could defeat the Bone Dragon.

However, Jin-su was thinking of unconditionally catching the Bone Dragon.

‘In the worst case, I use the Ouroboros’s Greed that is the option of Ouroboros’s Ring.’

Whether the option effect will appear properly due to collision with the Blessing. Also, whether the Blessing can offset the side effects was questionable. However, even if he takes on the loss, he had to succeed in the Bone Dragon raid.

‘Feats and items are covetable, but.’

The most important thing was the point that this raid is the only opportunity on Floor 100 to make a monster of the grade of the Bone Dragon into a summon.

Kwaang! Clang!

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers and Army Summons steadily pushed the Bone Dragon.

“Eat this!”

“Just die! Die!”

The players who chose to remain on the battlefield also pounded the Bone Dragon with all their power.

‘There is an effect.’

Due to the chill-type magic attack skills Jin-su used, the Bone Dragon’s movements became dull. Along with that, whether the Bone Dragon’s remaining mana was not that plentiful either, the defense-type skills surrounding its body were disappearing one by one.

Naturally, the attacks of Jin-su and the summons and the players entered properly without being offset by defense skills. However, regrettably, even excluding the defense skills, because the Bone Dragon itself was so hard, fatal blows could not be inflicted.

On top of that, unfortunately, it was not only the Bone Dragon that weakened. The players excluding Jin-su were gradually being driven to the limit due to the stacking curses and depletion of health and mana.

Especially in the case of the healers including Shin Su-a, it was to the point where the intervals of the dispel skills and purification skills could be felt gradually lengthening.

‘If the healers’ mana is depleted, it is the end.’

Without the support of dispel skills and purification skills, they have no choice but to be fully exposed to the Bone Dragon’s curses.

‘I will decide the match before the healers’ mana is depleted.’

Jin-su raised his mana to the maximum.

‘Ice Penetration Arrow.’

Jin-su created multiple ice penetration arrows and then shot them all at once toward the Bone Dragon’s spine.

Pukpukpukpuk!

The ice penetration arrows lodged into the Bone Dragon’s spine. Although they were not lodged deeply, this much was sufficient.

‘Ice Explosion.’

Puuung!

With a huge explosion, half of the Bone Dragon’s spine flew away.

Kuuung!

The body of the Bone Dragon that had been standing firmly with its hind legs and tail staggered and then collapsed on the ground just like that.

“It is the chance!”

“Concentrate the attack!”

The players rushed in like a swarm of bees and concentrated attacks on the Bone Dragon’s spine. Jin-su also continuously cast attack skills.

“Kraaaaang!”

The Bone Dragon’s head crawling on the ground let out a roar and attacked the players with its mouth full of sharp teeth. The body also resisted powerfully while violently swinging its legs, tail, and wings.

“Don’t retreat!”

“Attack more!”

Jin-su and the players squeezed out the remaining mana and health and poured a fierce attack.

Crack!

At that moment, the Bone Dragon’s spine completely shattered, and the Bone Dragon’s body separated into the upper body with the front legs and wings attached and the lower body with the hind legs and tail attached.

‘Done.’

Jin-su’s face brightened. The reason he aimed at the spine rather than the chest bones was this.

‘Even if the core was in the chest bones, since the body has been cut into three, resisting will have no great meaning.’

Jin-su gathered the remaining mana and prepared an attack skill in case. However, there was no need to do so.

Because the mana and energy of curses flowing in the Bone Dragon’s body disappeared cleanly.

He succeeded in the raid of the out-of-spec monster Bone Dragon of Floor 100.