My Characters Are Heroes From Another World 183

Chapter 183 – Arceus (4)

Arceus is a demon…

I’ve never thought of this before.

Among the contents of the game, there was no way to fuse demons and people, or any entity that suggested such a method.

It might have been better to throw out a rumor that there was someone in the game who thought that way, but since it wasn’t even mentioned, I concluded that Arceus had nothing to do with Elion.

But now the system message conveyed surprising information.

The black membrane that trapped us was clearly called a bead of darkness and said it was a pattern.

「~~ The skill cannot be used during the pattern.」

This phrase is a system message you hear too often when playing Elion.

For example, Bael’s 3 phase pattern is like this.

After selecting one of the party members and locking them in a makeshift prison so that they cannot move, the remaining party members can rescue the party member trapped in the makeshift prison by destroying the lightning rod-like structure created in the corner of the memory.

If rescue is not possible, a shock wave with instant death level damage spreads across the entire field, wiping out the party.

A character trapped in a prison cannot move, but can use skills. In the case of jobs that can teleport across walls, such as the 〈 teleport 〉 I used, people initially used skills to escape this prison.

I thought all I had to do was escape the imprisoned characters.

Funny enough, this was possible at first.

Of course, because the pattern itself could be destroyed too easily, Elion operators immediately patched it as a bug.

So, when I used a skill that could forcibly break the pattern in that situation, I often saw the same system message pop up.

That message just popped into my head.

What does this mean?

That is, the black membrane that imprisons us is the same as the pattern that forcibly confines us, such as Bael’s prison pattern as an example.

So how did Arceus use this pattern?

Are you saying Arceus also fused with Demon?

I thought about that at first, but then I mentally shook my head.

Because that can’t be possible. Because among the daemons I know, there is no daemon that uses this pattern.

After going through all of Elyon’s dungeons ad nauseam, I can assure you that there has never been a demon with this pattern.

Then, I came to the conclusion that Arceus was not fused with a demon, and then I remembered Drakan, a demon I had seen for the first time today.

A demon in its first form.

I have never seen a demon like that.

Arceus uses a demon I’ve never seen before and a pattern I’ve never seen before.

What do these two facts mean to me?

One thing I was certain of was that Arceus was not fused with a Demon, but a Demon.

I don’t know why I felt that way.

Unfounded convictions are swirling around in my head.

Arceus seems to think that we are a very fun toy.

Anyway, I looked at Arceus thinking he was a demon, and the barrier he was currently wearing was clearly part of the pattern.

If there is a pattern in which our attacks do not even pass through and do no damage, then the invincibility effect is basically floating around.

So how is it supposed to be destroyed?

A pattern that Elion operators frequently create is to apply a certain effect to the boss and then create a specific structure nearby and have the user destroy the effect to nullify the effect.

But I haven’t seen such a structure since Arceus appeared here.

We ruled out the possibility that a structure so small as to be invisible to our eyes was created.

The demons that appeared in this world clearly used patterns in the game, and those patterns did not deviate from the structure I knew.

There is no way Arceus was the only exception to this.

The movement Modeus used to attack us earlier was the same as the pattern I knew.

The same goes for all demons so far.

But now Arceus isn’t like that?

The reality is that I don’t think such an exception will fit neatly into this situation.

So, unless the invincibility effect is applied due to the structure, it is a different pattern… The next most common form is when the user attacks with a counter in line with the demon’s attack.

If the counter succeeds a certain number of times, the pattern ends.

This is a pattern that requires careful observation of the demon’s movements and countering it, so breaking the pattern if you are not used to it is much more difficult than destroying a specific structure as explained first.

This is because if you are seeing a demon for the first time, it is difficult to know which movement to attack and successfully counter.

Then, I wondered if the barrier around Arceus should be removed in this way, but I thought this was not the case.

Because when we put in the counter pattern, Arceus has already attacked us in 3 different forms.

It was too broad an attack to be countered.

Starting with shooting black flames with our hands, magic circles that create explosions on the floor and chase us, or magic circles that shoot black thorns.

And the patterns that confine us with a black membrane are too vague to counter.

If it is a pattern that requires a counter, it is usually a normal attack to the user rather than a colorful attack like this, making the movement easier to see.

However, there was almost no way to counter these magical attacks.

So that means it’s not even a counter.

The last thought that came to mind…

Even while I was thinking for a moment, Arceus did not leave us alone.

Arceus stretched out his hand towards us and again shot another black flame.

“Mine! Avoid!”

When Arceus attacked, we moved quickly to avoid the attack.

The black flames passing between us gave off incredibly hot heat just by passing nearby.

Even though I was just passing right next to it, I felt like my skin was getting cooked.

Was Ellie blocking something like this with a shield?

Therefore, it seems that Ellie was in pain even though the damage was reduced with 〈 Divine Shield 〉.

I sent a whisper to everyone.

‘Everyone listen to me carefully. First, we have to remove the barrier around that guy. ‘Do as I say!’

If I said it directly, Arceus might hear it, so I chose to whisper something that only we could hear.

‘First of all, in order to attract Arceus’ attention, Rhenia, Rachel, and Yuria should use their skills as much as possible. Yuria is riding on Minercia’s back. Please put us down on the ground.’

Yuria, who heard me, immediately lowered us to the ground. Meanwhile, Rhenia and Rachel fired their skills as wildly as possible at Arceus.

〈Vertical Shine Flare〉

〈Flame Tornado〉

〈Dark Meter〉

〈Thunderbolt Calling〉

Numerous shining lasers were fired and a small black hole that seemed to swallow nearby objects fell on Arceus.

In addition, a hurricane made of flames and numerous lightning strikes struck Arceus.

Of course, these attacks did not cause any damage to Arceus.

Still, this is the expected range.

As of now, we will not be able to cause any damage as long as there is a barrier around Arceus.

‘Freya, please stay and assist Renia, Rachel, and Yuria.’

“Sister Freya, Rachel, I’m going up again.”

After Freya and Rachel got off Minercia, Yuria took control of Minercia again and flew into the air.

“Master, do you have any thoughts?”

“Of course I do. Otherwise I would have just run away. Follow me.”

I immediately ran to one side.

“Sir, where are you going?”

As I ran, Lien, Noah, and Ellie followed me, and Lien asked me.

“If what I think is correct, the barrier on Arceus’ body cannot just be removed. If there is a way to remove it…”

I ran and looked around as best as I could.

I thought I couldn’t see properly like this, so I jumped to the high roof.

I’m sure there will be…

What I’m looking for now is the dungeon that maintains Arceus’ barrier.

It was strange to find a dungeon in the city, but I thought there must be one.

I thought this was the only thing left, unless I could eliminate the barrier with structures and counters.

This is also implemented in Elion, and in fact, the raid bosses that came out earlier also have it.

No, it would be more accurate to say that it is applied rather than having it.

Elion’s raid requires some parties to attack bosses, but also requires parties to attack other dungeons within the raid.

This is because those dungeons support the raid boss, increasing the defense of the raid boss or giving debuffs that lower the attack power, attack, and movement speed of party members attacking the raid boss.

So, the way to complete Elion Raid is for the remaining party to clear other dungeons and dismantle the ones that apply above.

Of course, later on, even if you receive these debuffs or the raid boss’s defense increases, the characters’ specifications will increase accordingly, so you ignore them and catch them.

Still, there are some things that cannot be overlooked.

Like now, the raid boss becomes invincible, but if you clear another dungeon, the raid boss’s invincibility is permanently or for a certain period of time.

If my thoughts are correct, I think Arceus’ barrier invincibility is currently in this form.