Chapter 103 – Careful Preparation (10)
14. Careful Preparation (10)
[Wolf S. Roar of Slaughter]
– Can only be used when transforming from human form to wolf form
– Simultaneous attack on all monsters (damage correction -66%, fixed damage)
– Reduces the attack power of all monsters by 15% of Ar’s median attack power
– Reduces the armor of all monsters by 20% of Ar’s armor
– Grants a status ailment ‘Paralysis’ (1 turn) with a certain probability
– Reacts when an enemy is killed with a skill (1 time)
[Wolf 1. Internal dismantling]
– Can only be used in wolf form
– Can hit up to 2 enemies at the same time
– Damage correction – 20% (damage correction 0 when hitting 1 object)
– Critical Hit Chance + 10%
– Grants ‘bleeding’ abnormal status with a certain probability
These were the two skills that Ar turned the battlefield upside down at once. The roar of slaughter would be hard to use more than once in a battle due to the conditions of use, but the effect was great. It felt like a costly skill to gain instead of giving up the advantages of being in human form.
‘All of the skill names are bloody.’
In addition, the first skill in the wolf form, ‘Visceral Disintegration’, which turned two lions into a lion/character at once, was in a way compatible with Shay’s ‘Justice Enforcement’ skill. Considering that Shay’s skills were generally of a high level, it would have been proof that Ar’s skills were exceptionally high, or that the Werewolf’s wolf form was top class only for explosive battles.
‘If you calculate the physical increase when transforming into wolf form, the wolf in wolf form… 1st in physical among all classes. It’s an unbelievable number, really. Is it a class for short-term combat?’
The maximum health correction value of the wolf form is +9, exceeding the previous highest correction value of the strongest toughness guardian +7. Not only that, but the maximum attack power modifier was +6, which surpassed even the +5 modifier of the Berserker, the strongest fighter.
‘The human form physical is weak, but the human form skills are not bad. Besides, when combined with Ar’s characteristics, you can hit a critical hit from a distance without limiting your seats…’
At this point, I wondered if it would be better to have Ar as the main dealer and I to be the support. Of course, there were no lousy things like class changes. The impact was so intense.
“Arrrr…”
“Beautiful!”
But Ar’s condition was strange. The wolf Pom Ar, who was fine until he killed a tiger with a roar that made him faint, and the blood of two lions was scattered by the reactivation he gained thanks to that, collapsed as soon as he returned to his place!
As he approached, his whole body was as hot as a ball of fire.
“Ar, ar!”
[The scattering blood and flesh begin to awaken Ar’s true nature.]
[Ar’s ‘reasonableness’ trait refuses to awaken his true nature.]
[Ar’s ‘Hemophobia’ trait affects the Awakening of Nature.]
[The characteristics of the race and the characteristics of the individual conflict.]
[Armentality –10]
[The attribute conflict continues until the transformation is canceled.]
[Mentality]
Shay: -24
Kaya: -19
Eugene: -22
Ares: -69
‘Fuck, it wasn’t getting better, it was actually getting worse!’
Before the transformation, he flinched every time he attacked, and when he hit the monster with a critical hit, his mentality was often reduced to the point that he almost missed the whip. So, right after the transformation, I wondered if the characteristics were offset because I didn’t see that kind of appearance, but rather, it was like pouring oil. Wolf Form The power of the wolf was unparalleled, but he did not want to deal with the unconfirmed aftermath.
“Beautiful! Transform now! Beautiful!”
Except for his wolf ears, fingernails, and sharp fangs, Ar, who was no different from a human, groaned in my arms and shook his head.
“You are in danger!”
“Okay…”
“Hey!”
It was clear that he understood what I was saying, seeing as he used his skills according to my commands. However, Ar refused my words to release the transformation. I somehow got up from my seat even though I was sweating profusely. Communication was one-way, and when my words were chewed up, there was nothing more I could do.
“Why are you doing that! Damn, I’m going to turn around!”
“Leader! Look over there!”
“What? Altar? Why is the altar all of a sudden?”
“Don’t you think there is a subtle difference between the two?”
Kaya pointed her mace at the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock altars. Although the colors of the two altars were slightly different, there was a difference. The color of the altar at 3 o’clock was slightly darker. It was such a subtle difference that you wouldn’t notice it unless you observed it carefully. No, if Kaya hadn’t informed her, she’d almost never notice.
‘Is it almost the effect of Ar killing the two monsters at 9 o’clock earlier? But the message said that it changes every round… Ah? No way?’
It didn’t matter whether it changed suddenly after one round passed or whether it changed gradually like now.
The slight difference in color.
That was two
‘Fuck this fucking system. I wondered why the siege release conditions were hidden, but it was like that… !’
No matter how difficult it was for the first time, Playtime did not betray us. The brain, which suffered from various patterns and pitfalls, went back to full, and soon came to a fucking conclusion.
“Listen, everyone.”
The tone went down without my knowledge.
“Those altars. It seems that when the monsters accumulate for a certain amount of time, the color changes to darker. The altar at 3 o’clock is slightly darker than the altar at 9 o’clock. I think it’s because Arr caught two monsters at the 9 o’clock side earlier. Otherwise, there is no basis to explain that change.”
“Then…”
“Can you feel it? Never. That I should never let go That the altar wouldn’t turn completely black. Even if you allow a little attack from the monsters in front, you have to kill the ones on the altar as much as possible. I think the only solution is to keep dealing with the monsters so that the altar doesn’t get completely tarnished.”
Maybe if it was a game, it would have been counted like this, 2/100. I don’t know if I really need to catch 100 of them, but that was the conclusion I came to.
If the altar is destroyed, the counting will be reset and the siege will still continue.
[If the altar is destroyed, a new altar will appear and new monsters will appear.]
This may be true, but to me it was a terrible deception. Because it was a fucking thing to give reassurance by saying that this opportunity is not a one-off, and then give greater despair later.
“From now on, Kaya will be in charge of the 9 o’clock side altar, and Shay will be in charge of the 3 o’clock side altar. Given the situation, I will support the more urgent side.”
“Ar, are you okay?”
“Ar is…”
Ar, with his upper body lowered, was staring at the spot where the blood he had scattered was. Although his body is shaking.
“I don’t know. I don’t think it’s an emergency right now, but it’s never a good situation. Transformation seems to have a worse effect, but I won’t listen.”
Ar refused our contact except for the first time I hugged him. He told me not to approach him and not to touch him.
“I can’t help it. Let’s just think about killing those monsters as quickly as possible, both for us and for Ar.”
“Captain.”
“Why.”
“Retreat… Shouldn’t it?”
“… It will be difficult.”
It was surrounded on three sides. Horses on three sides, if it weren’t for invisible walls, they would have been surrounded on all sides. I haven’t tried it, but what if we try to retreat through the seemingly open rear?
[The warriors cannot retreat until the siege is lifted.]
Can we defy this message?
I shook my head. It was too much of a gamble. Originally, even in The Long Terror, it was different depending on the difficulty, but retreat was accompanied by a significant penalty. There was also a chance of failure. However, I couldn’t openly say that I couldn’t retreat. Like those monsters, we could have been caught and exterminated while desperately trying to be blocked by an invisible wall.
‘If the weapons and armor hadn’t been upgraded, it would have been much more difficult.’
Since the initial purpose of checking Ar’s specs and checking his fighting skills and combinations was accomplished, it wasn’t that he couldn’t see the answer at all if he could fight while protecting Arman.
‘It’s a glass cannon. Glass cannon. A glass cannon that is in danger of breaking after one shot.’
I put aside my bitter heart and pointed at the tiger roaring in a low voice at 9 o’clock to Kaya, who was waiting for my next words.
“Destroy those bastards completely.”
“Yes, chief.”
Quadduk-!
Kaya’s mace shattered the heads of the crazed beasts at once. She backed away from her as swiftly as she could, but couldn’t avoid getting bit by bit of her blood and flesh.
“Auuuuu!!!”
The wolf right behind the smashed one gave a long howl, and a new wolf was immediately recruited. I could see Kaya clenching her teeth.
“Fuck… !”
The attack of the allies in the order of Na-Shey-Ar-Kaya had just ended, and a wave of attacks by monsters, most of which were equal to or inferior to us in speed, began.
Why hey hey hey hey hey——–
It started with a giant mosquito that was luckily not paralyzed at 3 o’clock. The giant insects were fucking disgusting. Nausea came out. The flapping of the wings and the saliva were also a problem, but the eyes unique to insects were the most fucked up.
[Fierce vampirism]
The giant mosquito hovered around us, making a crazy buzzing sound, and directed a terrifyingly long stinger at Ar.
Woowoowook-
“No!!!”
“Beautiful!!!”
It was a truly terrifying sight. He had never been attacked by giant insects before being surrounded. Compared to the seawater side, the speed of the pest side was faster, and the stamina and defense were weak, so it was because they were killed first before being attacked.
However, the number of enemies to deal with increased from 4 to 12, and there was a hole in the plan to maintain the power of allies with a preemptive strike. Then, the stinger of a giant mosquito that seemed to reach over several tens of centimeters aimed at the hole. They are also in the most insecure state.
“Rurr-r–!!!!”
Why hey hey hey hey—!!!
But a strange thing happened.
It’s safe to say that it’s a handmade rapier rather than a stinger, but Arr caught the mosquito’s stinger with his whole body!
Just like when a mosquito bites, if you strain your muscles, you can’t spit out and sting!
“Crazy!”
“Beautiful!!”
Blood was coming out of his side as if it had been pierced quite deeply, but Ar contracted the muscles of his whole body to the limit and held on to the giant mosquito. The giant mosquito swung its wings more violently to get the stinger out, but Ar went one step further and stuck his fingernails into the mosquito’s stinger.
[Ar is fiercely resisting the fierce blood-sucking of the ferocious giant mosquito.]
A situation where dust is blown by the flapping of the wings of a giant mosquito, blurring the field of view. The confrontation between Ar and the giant mosquito was so sharp that it was difficult to approach as it was likely that Ar would be pierced as it was if he made a mistake.
[Resistance roll]
“Beautiful!!”
Eventually, a roll of fate occurred.
“When I go back after this time, I’ll make you eat whatever you want all day! So don’t give up!!!”
Ares: 4
Vicious Giant Mosquito 17: 3
[Ar resists fierce vampirism.]
[Resist status ailment ‘Bleeding’ (3 turns)]
[Resist status ailment ‘Poison’ (3 turns)]
[17 Vicious Giant Mosquitoes deal 4 damage to Ar.]
[Remaining HP 17/21]
The stinger broke in half, and the giant mosquito hurriedly ran away. However, even for a moment of joy, Ar saw the needle stuck in his side and pulled it out before it dried.
Fuhuaaak-
“Yumma!!!”
[The blood flowing from his body begins to awaken Ar’s true nature.]
[Ar’s ‘reasonableness’ trait refuses to awaken his true nature.]
[Ar’s ‘Hemophobia’ trait has a strong effect on the Awakening of Nature.]
[The characteristics of the race and the characteristics of the individual conflict.]
[Armentality –12]
[The attribute conflict continues until the transformation is canceled.]
“…”
“Beautiful! Beautiful! Dude! Wake! Come to your senses!!”
“Beautiful! Are you okay? Answer me!”
“Beautiful! Are you all right!”
“Err…”
“Hey dude…”
Ar, who did not show any signs of pain, stared at the blood flowing from her side for a while.
When she raised her head to the cries of her comrades.
More than half of Ar’s right eye, which had been shining silver, was stained with blood.
