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It was not a dungeon in which the boss room was really far away, but it was difficult to break through quickly as the number of monsters pouring out on each path kept increasing.
A wolf-type monster that was not easy to kill because of its fast movement speed and high defense appeared this time. SInce they came from all directions, it was quite difficult to find a place to shoot the damage deal.
Just as he was avoiding the attacks of the monsters with the evasion skill and poured out the skills that cast relatively quickly, someone suddenly clung to him.
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Kyaaa,ㅠ I’m scared!!!
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: It hurts so much, please save me ㅠㅇㅠ!!!
“……”
As I wondered what it was, I saw that it was Cotton Candy Fox getting beaten by a monster and had half of her blood drained.
As the long-distance dealers, the Witcher and I, were running around and putting damage deals in, the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox and Healer Bumble Wing Wing were forced to dodge the attacks and assist.
Cotton Candy Fox was putting in heals in between and was doing well compared to the Bumble Wing Wing, but barely managed to escape with 20% of her remaining blood. So, it seems like she was hit on purpose.
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Sleepy Oppa
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Please catch it quickly ㅜㅡㅜ
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Fox is very scared~;ㅡ;
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Skill casting speed increases.>
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Magic skill damage increases.>
“Huh………”
At the same time as chatting like a beggar, the buffs came in. I killed the monster that followed Cotton Candy Fox with my head facing downwards. That way, I won’t see those horrible chats anymore.
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: Everything is going well
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: But aren’t the buffs being used too often, you guys? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] Bumble Wing Wing: Uh-huh
[Party] Bumble Wing Wing: Then you wouldn’t be able to continually get the attack buffㅡㅡ
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: fr ㅋㅋ
[Party] Suwon Special City: Please be careful
[Party] Suwon Special City: I need a recovery buff too Fk
The number of overlapping buffs is at most three, and the duration is short, so the buffer had to cycle through the buffs suitable for each job group without a break. At the words of the Witcher, Cotton Candy Fox used an additional buff skill.
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Defense increases.>
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Health recovery speed increases.>
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Healing skill’s recovery amount increases.>
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: ^^
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: Ha sweet..
[Party] Bumble Wing Wing: sweet.. heh
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: no, fkㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: You’re really cool
[Party] Suwon Special City: Did you hit your head Witcher;;
It was a chatting conversation that only made me give a sigh of relief, but what was surprising was the fact that the number of monsters decreased rapidly as each of them did their job thoroughly while laughing and chatting like this.
‘No matter how you look at it, it looks like this is a party of sub-accounts………’
Compared to others who got along for getting the quest reward or were wearing equipment that was relatively cheap, their understanding of the game and skills were far superior. For a party who are together for the first time, there were not just one or two suspicious parts.
It’s clear that most of the people here are using sub-accounts, considering that the amount of damage is not low even while actively using the control to avoid attacks or chatting.
Did you come here to help Cotton Candy Fox, who isn’t at full level like me? But anyway, if you’re going to do a dungeon raid, you don’t use sub-account, do you? That was weird too.
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Sleepy Oppa, Well done! >ㅡ<
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Is it your first time here?
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: It’s amazing that you didn’t die once or twiceㅇ.ㅇ
[Party] I’m Sleepy: yes it’s the first time
As soon as Cotton Candy Fox finished dealing with the monster, she ran to me as if she had been waiting and gave me all kinds of aegyo [1] and flirted non-stop.
‘I mean, I guess I’m amazing.’
Of course, the strangest of them all was Cotton Candy Fox. Why is a Netkama doing such obvious tricks these days? To be honest, I’m really dying to ask that question. Has anyone really fallen for something like this?
[Party] Suwon Special City: Let’s meet the main boss now
[Party] Suwon Special City: Right, let’s go?
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: Sleepy-nim, it’s okay?
[Party] I’m Sleepy: let’s go
Since it was normal difficulty, we were able to meet the boss right away without encountering the middle boss. The moment everyone in the party went through the warp portal, the screen changed, and a cutscene appeared.
「New prey… has arrived! 」
The floor cracked, fire soared, and a lion-headed demon with large fangs appeared. This boss monster wielding a giant hammer was Marbas, one of Solomon’s 72 demons.
When the cutscene ended, Marbas cried out loudly in front of the gathered characters. The full health bar at the top appeared briefly and then disappeared.
This is one of the reasons why the dungeon raid was difficult. Unlike field raids, the health bar was not visible, so it was very difficult to estimate how much damage to put in and hold on till the end.
[Party] Suwon Special City: Avoid the initial pattern but it’s okay if you do it anyway
[Party] Suwon Special City: If you get hit, drink the potion right away without waiting for a heal
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: okayham
When What Do You Soy Milk raised the sword he was holding, a white shield appeared in the air. Cotton Candy Fox also started buffing accordingly.
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Defense increases.>
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Health recovery speed increases.>
<You have received the buff of the Buffer Cotton Candy Fox! Attack speed increases.>
Marbas has a total of three phases: In the first phase, its attacks only reach the middle of the map, so the ranged dealer or assistant had to stay outside of its range and assault the dragon.
Moving on to the second phase, the entire map was within the boss attack range, so the first phase was really the only time the long-distance dealer could comfortably attack without getting hit in return.
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: Sleepy-nim
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: Move back further
[Party] Let’s Go Witcher: Even if you step back right in front of Fox-nim it’s okay
[Party] I’m Sleepy: okok
Although I had already looked at the strategy video, it was my first map, so I didn’t know exactly the attack range of the first phase, so I was content chatting with Let’s Go Witcher.
As soon as I retreated backwards, Marbas slammed his hammer into the ground and the raid started. The ground violently shook and so did the screen.
<System> The demon Marbas roars!
<System> Fear reduces health recovery speed and movement speed.
「Don’t expect that you can survive this!」
It was the line that signaled the start of the first phase. Like I saw in the strategy, I started charging Thunder Lightning.
Fireball did more damage, but in the first phase, where CC [2] was done to some extent, the Thunder Lightning was better.
Krrong! A red light appeared on the map floor at the same time as the monster howled. It was an indication of the range of the attack.
When Marbas raised one leg and slammed the leg down, the ground sharply shook and the part of the map marked with red cracked, while flames were rising. Suwon Special City skillfully avoided the wide-area attack by doing some backflips.
As soon as the second consecutive strike was over, a red light appeared in the shape of a fan and the hammer swept heavily. After confirming that Suwon Special City had barely avoided it, What Do You Soy Milk cast the <Provocation> skill.
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: I put in my
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: Deal go
It was one of the exclusive skills of the tank class ‘Guardian’. A white spark spread widely around What Do You Soy Milk, and Marbas’ gaze flew towards him.
In this brief moment when the boss’s aggro was stuck on the tank, the dealers poured all their skills. I started charging for a fireball immediately after shooting a charged Thunder Lightning, and the Witcher pulled out a shining-silver bow.
It was the Sharp Shooter’s ultimate skill, the <Judgment of Light> skill. It was possible to use the ultimate skill so quickly because it was a skill with a shorter cooldown time than the other skills overall.
「Kaaah!」
After receiving all the attacks from the sharp shooter’s ultimate to the full charge of my fireball, Marbas tilted his upper body and roared once more.
「From now on, I’ll deal with you sincerely!」
It was the beginning of the second phase. From now on, the entire area in the map is included in the attack range. As expected, as soon as the dialogue was finished, a red light spread all over the floor.
‘Oh fuck……!’
The problem was that I knew the order of the attacks but didn’t know the exact range. I did not know which spots the first wide-area attack or the second wide-area attack would.
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Come here
After Cotton Candy Fox rushed to chat with me, I had no choice but to use the evasion skill to move backwards. I quickly identified the location where Cotton Candy Fox was.
Fortunately, it wasn’t too far away. My hand moved first before deciding whether it was a good decision.
Kwakwakwakwang! Marbas made a big 360-degree spin with its hammer horns nailed to the ground. While all the ground was being dug, I used my evasion skill and flew to the side of the Cotton Candy Fox, so I was able to arrive safely with only half of my blood gone.
“Haa……….”
When I saw that the place where I had just stood had been decimated, I took a deep breath of relief. I couldn’t completely avoid it, so it cut a little bit of blood, but that was okay.
[Party] Bumble Wing Wing: Gosh Sleepy-nim omg omg
[Party] Bumble Wing Wing: Glad you avoided that;;;
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: Ah this
[Party] What Do You Soy Milk: Do you want me to say it without discord? It’s hard to explain this
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Sleepy Oppa
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Stay with me this time ㄱ
Cotton Candy Fox, who got rid of the strange emoticons and speech, continued chatting.
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: This place is the second safe spot right now
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Mages need to go closer to the monster
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: I’ll need to see the position of the monster so hold on to me till the end
[Party] Cotton Candy Fox: Please follow me
At the same time as the Cotton Candy Fox hit the chat, she also used her evasion skill to avoid the second wide-area attack. It was an attack that was much easier to dodge than the previous one, so I frowned while evading it with control.
‘……You want me to follow you near the monster since I’m a mage?’
You are not even a max level... you are also a buffer at that? There aren’t many skills either...…
‘Perhaps, Cotton Candy Fox is also a sub-account.’
As a first-time user like me, there were too many obstacles to clear through. I was a bit troubled, but now it was not the time to discuss. I clicked my tongue and answered back.
[Party] I’m Sleepy: okok
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Note:
[1] Aegyo – behaving in a flirtatious, coquettish manner
[2] CC (Crowd Control): A generic term for techniques that incapacitate a character’s behavior by interfering with it. Usually there is fainting, sleep, bondage, and paralysis.
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HM: our MC is too smart.. I thought it was going to take another 10 chapters for him to realize
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor: Meimei
HM: our MC is too smart.. I thought it was going to take another 10 chapters for him to realize
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yeah, I like that MC is quick to realize it