Chapter 244 – Enduring Phase 2 (1)
In the game, the pattern that is activated immediately after Chaos Alcatraz enters Phase 2 is the breath that we are going to use now.
In the game, a green floor is created on the floor as a sign of a safe location, and as time passes, the green floor begins to move. The main problem of this pattern is that users can safely avoid the breath emitted by Chaos Alcatraz by following the moving green floor. It’s the law.
Otherwise, you will receive all of the breath, and no matter how good the item is, you will receive damage that will inevitably result in instant death without using any defensive skills, so even extremely strong dope players tend to break this pattern as usual.
The problem is that in reality, that green flooring is not displayed, so I thought a lot about it.
Considering the difference between the situation in the game and the situation I am in, even if there is no green floor that shows a safe location, I and Freya can block the breath attack by using defensive skills in succession or by using Rachel’s auxiliary magic. I actually did that last time. So I thought about going through this method.
However, since we don’t know how he will react after that, and since other than me and Ellie have very little experience or knowledge about Chaos Alcatraz, it was decided that it would be better to save defense skills as much as possible and use them in dangerous moments, just in case.
Therefore, if I go in the direction of saving my defense skills as much as possible, I was wondering how to destroy the breath in question, and thanks to the actions of Doler, I now know how to do it.
The dolphin moved to that location even before the green flooring appeared and could be seen moving as if predicting the green flooring.
I wondered what that was and asked Dopeler, and he said that in this pattern, the location where the green floor first appears and the path it moves on are fixed.
And it is said that because he did it so much, he roughly memorized where it appeared and where it went.
It was truly a very simple destruction method. All you have to do is memorize the location and route.
When I heard that, I thought this guy was definitely a good person, so I immediately added him as a friend and received as many tips about Chaos Alcatraz as I could. Normally, there would have been things I could have gained while playing the game, but at the time, I had so little time, so it was inevitable.
Even though he was a bad guy, he was a very, very nice user. When I told him I was a returning user, he spoon-fed me all of his know-how.
Did you say ‘sleeve insertion’?
And thanks to that, I was not at all embarrassed about Chaos Alcatraz’s breath attack that was about to attack and gave instructions in a whisper to everyone.
〈Divine Field〉
‘Everyone run to the place I marked! Make Minercia small!’
I used the skill to lay down the green linoleum where the green linoleum would appear and showed everyone where it should go. Since Minercia is treated as a skill type in the game, you don’t have to think about taking damage from this pattern, but since it is a reality now, you had to make it small and avoid it all together.
Then, everyone who heard me quickly ran towards that place and moved to the location where 〈 Divine Field 〉 was laid out. Then, the breath of Chaos Alcatraz attacked us.
No, more accurately, it passed between us.
“Wow! You’re really here, so you’re not missing anything, are you?”
“If the master says so, it is natural. It is not surprising.”
I’ve said in advance that there is a safe location, but isn’t it completely different from actually experiencing it than just hearing about it?
Noah said, looking curiously at the breath passing over or between our heads.
Besides Noah, Yurina and Rachel were also looking around her as if they were curious.
“It’s not over yet! I’ll mark the path, so you have to follow it!”
〈Shine Spark〉
I fired a light laser in advance and marked the path we should take between the breaths.
And now, a signal was sent to everyone at the right time to move along the road.
“Now! Let’s go!”
Everyone followed my lead and passed through the breath.
I knew it and was running between the breaths I was currently doing, but strangely, the breath attack did not reach properly only at the location where we were moving.
In the end, since I’m only human, I couldn’t draw the exact path, so there was a slight error, so part of the breath brushed against my shoulder or leg, which caused pain, but it wasn’t so much that I couldn’t bear it.
Since I could endure it, I thought that it wouldn’t be a problem for everyone who was following me, and everyone was able to get out of the breath safely.
The place that came out of the breath was under the body of Chaos Alcatraz.
This pattern can be said to have been broken by moving under the body of Chaos Alcatraz, which has become huge.
“Hey, hey… Is everyone okay?”
〈Hymn of Heaven〉
I asked everyone and used my healing skills in case there were any injuries that I didn’t know about.
Fortunately, although there were wounds like mine from grazing the breath, no one seemed to have suffered fatal injuries.
Shortly after we exited the breath, Chaos Alcatraz stopped emitting breath and the pattern ended.
“No!? Did he die without a trace? That can’t be possible…》
Chaos Alcatraz, which stopped breathing, was surprised when it couldn’t see us.
Naturally, we would have thought that we were either suffering damage from the breath or that we would survive the breath in some way like last time.
But it seems he never imagined that we were under his body.
It may be natural. How many beings have ever been able to avoid their own breath in this way?
Seeing Chaos Alcatraz moving his head back and forth and looking around, I created an ice spear in his hand and threw it at Chaos Alcatraz’s side.
“Yuria! Ride Minercia and rush over there!”
“Okay!”
The reason I threw the ice spear was not to attack, but to mark where we should go next. At my words, Minercia, which had shrunk to avoid the breath, once again grew into a holy dragon, and we flew to the place I marked.
Since Chaos Alcatrazen didn’t feel any pain or itchiness from my attacks, it didn’t even seem to know that my attacks were coming, which actually worked for the better.
The place I marked is the area where Ellie successfully attacked when Chaos Alcatraz first transformed into Phase 2. At the time, I hit it by chance, but now I know the exact location and marked it.
The place I marked is now the first place to attack after starting Phase 2.
In other words, when Chaos Alcatraz enters Phase 2, the area to be attacked is determined, and in the game, NPCs such as colors and reinforcements inform you of the weak points of this area.
However, this reality is cruel and there are no hints to indicate such a part. In the past, we searched for it ourselves and were able to find a part by chance, but now it is completely different from then.
The part, location, and order to attack are all well stored in my head.
Of course, even in this state, you still have to guess the 10th time. So, I set the count to 9…
“Lien! Hit with all your might!”
“Yes, my lord!”
〈 Self-denying technique (極技) Shout Hwangpa Cheon Fist (霸皇破天拳) 〉
Bang!
When Lien hit the side of Chaos Alcatraz, a huge roar rang out, like a car crash.
《Ugh!》
Along with the sound, Chaos Alcatraz’s pain-filled voice could also be heard.
Chaos Alcatraz, startled by the sudden pain in his side, moved his wings and soared upward, spotting us.
《How did you avoid my breath attack? Has time stopped again like last time? He suddenly jumped out next to me…》
I’m sorry, but I haven’t even used time stop 〈 or 〉 yet, you idiot!
I don’t plan on using it unless it’s for emergency purposes when it’s really dangerous.
Chaos Alcatraz, thinking that his own attack did not cause any damage to us, this time created countless magic circles in the sky.
Oh, is this it?
Last time, a lot of black thorns came out of that magic circle and fatally injured Lien and Noah.
At least Freya and I were together and we were able to block it with 〈 God’s Power: Barrier 〉 and we were safe, but Lien and Noah, who were far away from us, were not safe.
Of course, this isn’t scary anymore.
Why should we be afraid of an attack where we know where it will fall?
