Chapter 178 – District 3 (7)
21. District 3 (7)
[Speed check]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 4
Eugene: 6
Illumina: 4
Heart of Fear: 5
[Eugene’s turn comes first.]
Normalized speed checks that were suspended due to the suppression of the damned. Looking at it now, the speed of my colleagues except me was just 1 less than that of the heartless bastard. Needless to say, it was painful to lose 1 speed in the third suppression.
‘It was saved in preparation for the unknown District 4… I can’t help it.’
It was a very famous adage to say that you save and become shit. I activated all the two artifacts that were not activated, which I had saved for use in important battles.
[Kaleidoscope]
– 1 designated ally’s stats +1
– Can be used once per battle
‘Add 1 to Illumina’s speed.’
[‘Kaleidoscope’ increases Illumina’s speed by 1.]
[Kaleidoscope cannot be activated further until this battle is over.]
[The effect of the kaleidoscope is maintained until the battle continues.]
With this, Illumina’s speed increased to 5. Illumina was a buffer, and the base speed was 2 faster, and I couldn’t help it because I had to put a stigma on the first turn anyway, but at least they were faster than Kaya and Shay, so it was important to buff them. And she still has one more step left.
[Great Step]
– When activated, speed of all allies +3 at once
– Destroyed when effect is activated
Even the Great Step, a one-time artifact that can almost unconditionally capture Sunton when activated.
Some boss mob wouldn’t do that, but this guy should never have gone to a long battle. Simply because your stamina is running low, because your mentality is exploding… It wasn’t that kind of problem.
If time is dragged on against a madman, you have to hit a skill that gives you a fucking double desire, commonly known as a heart attack… If you’re lucky, it’s going to ‘death and death’ or erosion, and if you’re unlucky, it’s an instant death without anything like that.
‘I thought only you would be branded!’
[Find a wanted criminal]
[Eugene brands the Heart of Fear as a wanted criminal.]
[Eugene deals 1 damage to Heart of Fear.]
[Remaining HP 224/225]
[Stigma lasts for 3 turns.]
[As long as the stigma is maintained, all physical damage is amplified by 25%.]
[Eugene’s HP decreases by 2.]
[Remaining HP 18/24]
[Eugene mentality -3]
‘225 stamina…’
[Heart of Fear]
Stamina: 225/225
Attack Power: 8~17
Defense: 13
Speed: 5
If I remember correctly, it was about 30% stronger than the Eye of Horror, the boss of District 2. Compared to the strength of normal or elite monsters, 30% was no different from a fairy… Considering his strength, the 225 HP and 17 max attack power was a pressure in itself.
[Speed check]
Shay: 7
Kaya: 7
Eugene: 9
Illumina: 8
Heart of Fear: 5
[Illumina’s turn will come first.]
When the two artifacts were activated, the speed of all the warriors increased by 3, and the speed check was renewed when the speed was reversed. Everything is to give that bastard one less sun turn. It was in order for Shay and Kaya to receive Illumina’s buff and hit them even once more first.
“Illumina. The third string.”
“Yes… !”
Faster than the gale, sharper than the wind.
Unstoppable like a typhoon, secretly like a breeze.
[Attack Melody]
[The melody of Illumina soothes the hearts of the warriors.]
[All warriors’ mentality +2]
[Recovers an additional 1 point of mentality due to the ‘Natural Songwriter’ feature.]
[All warriors critical strike rate +8]
[All warriors speed +2]
[Due to the ‘Innate Songwriter’ feature, the critical strike rate increases by 1.]
[Eugene’s HP decreases by 1.]
[Remaining HP 17/24]
[Eugene mentality -4]
After District 2 was over, it was worth raising the level of the attacking melody to 4. It was because the speed increase increased from 1 to 2 at level 4. With this, even if the effect of the great step disappears, we can all speed up ahead of the madman for now.
“Keugh… !”
“Hendrick!”
“Are you okay!”
Although my heart was throbbing as my stamina decreased every turn because of the stigma that the heartache had put on me, the progress was not bad except for the fact that my mentality was also blacked out at the same time.
[The speed of Shay and Kaya is the same.]
[Speed roll]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 3
[Shay’s turn will precede Kaya’s turn.]
The setup turn was almost over. Now Shay had to show me the first attack that combined my brand debuff and Illumina’s buff.
‘Genius that adds 10% to all stats, Slayer that adds 10% to Critical Hit, and Justitia’s Advent that increases skill efficiency that uses light and justice by 10%. And even a brand that amplifies damage by 25%.’
Shay’s attack power is 14-24. The defense of the heartless bastard is 13. If the critical hit doesn’t explode, and if the mindem explodes due to unluckyness, the expected damage is quite low.
“Whoa…”
I saw Shay take a deep breath. Each turn was precious. I had high expectations, but I didn’t want to burden them. It wasn’t her fault that she couldn’t land her crit.
[Judgement of Justice]
[Shay deals 16 damage to Heart of Fear.]
[Remaining HP 208/225]
[Resist the Heart of Fear Judgment.]
[The Heart of Fear resists the status ‘stun’.]
[The Heart of Fear deflects the Judgment Brand.]
[Eugene’s HP decreases by 1.]
[Remaining HP 16/24]
[Eugene mentality -5]
‘Ah…’
16 Dem.
Obviously not bad. But it was too bad. In my mind, I wanted to put 0 after 16. The heart pain that was getting worse every minute and the mental pressure that was getting worse made me more nervous.
‘Let’s relax, relax.’
Shay’s expression was not good. She knows her too. As far as she couldn’t inflict huge damage.
Kaya’s shoulder, which was the next turn, seemed to be strained. It must be that you are feeling a heavy burden.
Don’t be burdened You just have to do your best… Saying something like this would be worse than not saying it in the current situation.
It was a situation where I had to do well unconditionally even if I had a burden. Knowing that, she was just trusting and directing.
[Everything according to God’s will]
[The effect of New Conviction is activated, ignoring 6 Armor from Heart of Fear.]
[Kaya deals 27 damage to Heart of Fear.]
[Remaining HP 181/225]
[Eugene’s HP decreases by 1.]
[Remaining HP 15/24]
[Eugene mentality -6]
Complied I threw 10% in one shot. However, realizing that the next turn was the turn of the madman, I still couldn’t help but feel sad and impatient. Kaya was also gritting her teeth.
“Hmm… Is it this much?”
After our first round, it was the damn turn. His words were heavy. He seemed to be mocking that he only shaved this much.
“The oppression we’re applying right now isn’t weak… I must come out stronger than I thought.”
The heartthrob with a low mutter reached out his right hand and clenched it into his fist.
‘What are you doing?’
The moment I thought that there was no pose like that when I was doing The Long Terror.
Doo kung-
“ぅ!”
“Captain… ?”
“Leader!”
“Hendrick!”
Doo- kung-
“Chehehehe… !”
When you enter this room, if you feel your heart squeeze.
Now.
It really felt like it had exploded from the inside of the heart and the heart suddenly stopped.
[I offer my heart]
[The Heart of Fear bursts the stigma of oppression hanging from the heart of the champion.]
[The hero receives damage in proportion to the number of times he has been suppressed.]
[Suppression count: 4]
[Eugene received 16 damage.]
[Remaining HP -1/24]
[Eugene mentality -16]
‘Ah.’
Okay.
Was that the official name of the heart attack skill?
I don’t know. Now it’s the first round.
No, is this all a futile idea? Strictly speaking, this wasn’t the Long Terror I knew…
‘I shouldn’t have gotten used to it, but I thought I’d gotten used to it… No matter how many times I’ve been through it, it hurts like hell… ,’
[Eugene has entered near death.]
[All buffs on Eugene are removed.]
[All of Eugene’s values decrease by 33%.]
[Eugene will die if he receives damage while in the state of near death.]
[Fear quickly rises in the hearts of the warriors at the sudden collapse of the captain.]
[Shay Mentality – 21]
[Kaya Mentality – 15]
[Illumina mentality –23]
Even as I grabbed her by the chest and collapsed, I thought that the Illumina buff on me had disappeared and that my bamboo spear handling was overdue because of the 33% death and fatality debuff.
“No! No, no, no!!!”
“Leader! Leader!! Calm down please! Leader!!!”
“Therapy! Okay! Shay! Sister! Get healed quickly!”
Is it because I have adapted to some extent, or is it because my level has risen?
It didn’t feel like I was trapped in my own space like last time, but it felt like I was paralyzed. I felt a blur as my colleagues grabbed my body and sobbed.
‘Okay… I’d rather be beaten.’
When my colleagues heard it, they would go crazy over what they were talking about, but it was better for me to collapse than for them to collapse after suffering this pain.
However, soon after, I realized that it was only my self-satisfaction.
‘No, if I collapse here and can’t do anything, won’t all my colleagues go to the next world after all?’
Gotta get up
I struggled against the oppression of the heartbroken bastard who was holding onto the weight like a dick, but I can’t keep lying down just because my heart burst once.
What? If your heart explodes, is it right to turn around?
Fortunately, not yet. Maybe it’s because I’m in a dungeon where the game and reality are bizarrely mixed, because I’m still wandering between ‘death and death’.
If it had been the Longer Terror, an illustration with a painful expression would have appeared and you could have acted right away, but it’s absurd that you have to go through all the pain you can go through and overcome it yourself… Still, there is something that didn’t die instantly like in the real world.
There was no strength in the limbs yet. The brightness was dropping moment by moment, and the pain was not adapted at all. That guy still has 181 stamina left, and because I just fell into near death, my mentality, which was fine without me, was ruined.
I opened my eyes. My eyes met Kaya, who was holding my cheek and repeating the words, “Come on, hurry up.” Her eyes doubled in size.
‘Stand me up.’
Kaya roughly wiped her tears and grabbed my shoulder. Shay and Illumina also joined. It was very funny to see him slump leaning on his teammates without even attacking once on the subject of trying to clear a dungeon.
Still.
I led them, and they supported me.
So I was able to come this far.
And now, with the support of my colleagues, I got out of the 67th near death and picked up the ax again.
Even if the crit buff is off.
Even if the near death debuff was thrown.
Although holding an ax with both hands was daunting, approaching it was even more daunting.
Even so, my ax will split your head.
[Crush the head]
[A thrilling blow!]
[Eugene is near death. Due to the effect of the last dagger, attack power increases by 5.]
[Eugene deals 69 damage to the Heart of Fear.]
[Remaining HP 112/225]
[The warriors rise to their feet in the struggle of the captain who has entered the brink of death.]
[Shay Mentality +8]
[Kaya Mentality +9]
[Eugene mentality +6]
[Illumina mentality +9]
“Oh, heh… How… I’m sure my heart must have exploded… !”
“Phehe… Wow.”
Damn it hurts so bad
Still… I keenly sympathized with why the warriors in the game spit out such words before dying and prepared for death.
“Did you think I’d search for you, you heartless bastard?”
