Chapter 170 – 170 Hidden Dungeon (9)
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When we opened the door after we were ready to bloom, something of a gigantic shape stood in the center.
A statue of a gigantic size that can be seen beyond 4m, there was a plate armor worn by knights.
The statue, kneeling on one knee and sticking a sword into the ground, boasted its majesty even from a distance.
I don’t know if the armor had a luster that reflected light when it was first made, but the armor I see now has a strong rusty feel.
A tooth was missing from the middle of the sword, a gigantic size that was well over our height, and a long piece of frayed red cloth dangled from the end of the handle.
“It must be just a statue..?”
Da-eun muttered in a worried voice. Certainly, it looked visually different from the monsters that have appeared so far.
Pink slime and man-eating plants had a bit of an easy feel to it, but that guy looked so hard that I couldn’t figure out where to attack.
The moment we stepped forward, a red light flashed in his eyes and he began to move.
As the gigantic size began to move, the surroundings began to shake like an earthquake.
Little stone crumbs starting to bounce in all directions.
“Could that be the boss here?”
“It feels like the difficulty has suddenly risen too high.”
The knight who thought it was a statue straightened his knees and began to stand up. The enormous pressure that comes from its size.
“Everyone avoid!!”
The knight immediately struck the spot where we were with his sword without any action. It was obviously quite a distance away, but it was an instant to approach us.
__Quaang!!!”
There was a strong shockwave along with an intense shaking that made it difficult to keep the balance. Fortunately, Min-ji got off to the side by rolling, and Da-eun was now in my arms.
Moving skillfully even with such a large shield seems to have adapted to the shield now.
It’s too fast at this speed.
“Minji, are you okay?!”
“Divination. Are you okay!”
To be honest, I had no confidence to dodge the attack at this speed. In addition, if you see the shock enough to break the ground, it is certain that it will go to the goal in one shot.
“Bar… Baro doesn’t seem to be able to move.”
The knight who leaped in an instant raised his sword slowly again.
“Are there any preparatory movements?”
Often, when dealing with a monster, the way the monster moves, in other words, the information about the pattern is important.
Just as humans have habits when performing certain actions, monsters also have their own movements whenever they perform certain actions.
Even with different entities, certain behaviors all showed the same, so we called them patterns.
“Dae-eun, I’ll draw attention, so prepare an attack!”
Minji beat the shield and drew the knight’s aggro. I was worried that it would work for a guy of that size, but he turned his head to Minji.
“Kim Siwoo! Don’t worry, I’m protecting Da-eun!”
I tried to run to help Min-ji, but because of Min-ji’s block, Da-eun had to stay by her side.
It was only natural that Da-eun, who had a wizard job, had no means to react to that bastard’s attack.
“Beware of rushing like before!!!”
“I know too, so don’t worry!!”
As soon as Da-eun, who was next to her, heard Min-ji’s cry, she started preparing a huge magic. Dozens of runes began to fill the magic circle that appeared in front of Da-eun.
I wonder if that was a skill I acquired while leveling up earlier, or that it consumed very high MP, so maybe that’s why it didn’t look unusual at first glance.
I checked Minji’s condition with a worried expression. It’s not that I don’t believe Minji, but the moment I was worried about what to do if I was attacked by him.
He suddenly bent down and swung his sword downward.
It was a different type of attack from the top down, as it was a horizontal ship attack, so the range was wide, and of course it seemed impossible to avoid rolling.
“It’s Minji!!”
__Kwaaang!!!
“That bastard!”
Dust covered my eyes with a strong impact sound. I lost control for a moment, and then I ran to Minji without realizing it.
What if Minji gets hurt?
Do I have to reload Should I give up hunting him?
The moment all sorts of miscellaneous thoughts popped up in my head, I heard Minji’s voice.
“It’s okay, so focus on it, you idiot!!”
When I came to my senses at Minji’s voice, I saw Minji, who had managed to block his attack by putting a huge tower shield at the forefront.
It was blown off a little by the impact, but it didn’t look like it was seriously injured.
‘Except for the fact that 40% of HP was gone.’
It looks like he has another attack pattern. Charge down, slam down, and do a downward horizontal exhaust.
“Take this..!”
With Daeeun’s cry, a huge chunk of meteorite that appeared in the air flew toward the knight’s head.
Meteor, a skill that creates a huge meteorite in the air to attack the enemy.
Its shock and power were unspeakable, but he did not panic and raised his sword to strike Meteor down.
__Quaaaaa!!!!!
A strong impact sound, he hit the meteorite with his sword, but he stumbled as if it was too much to block Meteor’s impact.
‘There is an effect… But can I defeat him with this?’
Meteor was a special skill that required the use of more than half of Daeun’s MP.
There is a recovery potion, but can I still use only Meteor?
Although Minji was attacking the staggering ankle with a sword, it felt like only the armor was slightly distorted and no effective hits were received.
Meteor also held out, but there was no way our attack would work.
‘Should I defeat him in a different way?’
Even when dealing with slimes, there was a special device inside the boss room. I hurriedly looked around before he came to his senses.
There was nothing to be seen except for the stone statues around the temple-like atmosphere.
A lever that can be pulled or a device that can be operated is not visible.
I felt like I was breaking out in a cold sweat.
‘Wait, only the eyes of the stone statue over there are shining…’
Only the eyes of a stone statue of a woman sitting on a luxurious chair, wearing a crown that looked like a queen, were shining red like that knight.
“Minji, please provoke me!!!”
“Is it Siwoo?”
As long as it’s not just a rushing attack, Da-eun won’t be in danger. With that shield, you can withstand the attack, so if you destroy that stone statue in the meantime, you’ll be able to finish it off.
Using my quick agility, I quickly ran towards the statue of the queen.
As if the investment in agility was worthwhile, I was able to quickly run towards the stone statue. If you run a little further like this, you can reach the stone statue.
“Okay!!”
Minji listened to my request and started hitting the shield again to draw aggro of the stone statue.
The moment I thought I could destroy that stone statue, a huge shadow suddenly appeared behind me.
“Is the answer correct?”
If you destroy that statue of the queen, it seems that she will collapse. When the statue of the queen is in danger, the provocation skill won’t work.
It seems like it’s nothing to him to close this distance because he’s so big.
It was difficult to check his back because he was already running.
He’ll probably hit the sword right away.
Should I dodge to the left in case I should dodge to the right?
Even though Minji was holding a shield, her HP was gone by almost half, so I don’t know if I can live up to that as a thief.
‘Should I die once?’
50% of the time I chose left. He turned to the left, but the shadow of the sword also turned to the left.
“It’s judo.”
“Kim Siwoo!!!!!!!!!!”
It seems that you can’t avoid it by moving ahead. It’s just looking at the position and attacking right before it strikes.
This is why patterns are so important. Do I have to do it again
__Quaaaaa!!!!”
With a strong explosion sound, his sword cut my left side just barely.
Although he dodged the sword, his body staggered from the shock wave created by the attack.
In a situation where it was clear that I would collapse at this rate, I raised my arms.
‘Blessing of the Storm’
As my feet began to touch the air, I was able to run off the wobbly ground.
Turning my head for a moment to check, it seems that Da-eun fired a meteor attack and missed his attack.
Inwardly, I thanked Da-eun and ran straight to the statue of the queen.
A rushing blow that deals damage to enemies in proportion to running speed.
Currently, thanks to Artifact, I was in a situation where my speed was faster.
It was belatedly heard the sound of the stone statue moving again, but it was already too late.
“Search!!!”
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As the statue of the queen was smashed, the knight did not move any more.
After overcoming the death crisis and defeating him, the passage to go down was no longer visible.
“Thank you Daeun.”
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
“Haa.. You’re bleeding, you idiot.”
I didn’t notice it earlier because of the adrenaline, but her blood was flowing here and there, probably from scratches on her stone fragments.
“Stay still, Siwoo.”
“It’s fine.”
“Quiet.”
Da-eun came with a recovery potion and started to treat my body, and even Min-ji, who had been attacked more severely than me, rushed in and healed my body.
“Looks like it’s over now.”
“There doesn’t seem to be any way down…”
There seemed to be no going down any more. That said, it seems that the stone statue that was defeated earlier is the final boss.
That must mean that this is the last time, and we sat down in a state of exhaustion.
Now the beastly life has come to an end. It was time to get out of the animal-like life of mingling with each other as soon as we met eyes as we progressed through the dungeon.
“Didn’t anything come out of this boss?”
Minji sighed and walked out holding the dented shield. Literally, there was no reward this time.
It’s not that what I’ve gained so far is bad, but compared to the hard work, the rewards honestly feel salty.
It will depend on how great the effect is, but it’s honestly not enough compared to the days and days of suffering.
“Um… There’s a door open over there.”
“Door?”
Could there be a reward in there?
