Chapter 123 – District 2 (2)
16. District 2 (2)
[Speed check]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 4
Eugene: 7
Illumina: 5
Senior Disciples: 4
Horror Beasts: 5
[Eugene’s turn comes first.]
At least the ones that appeared in District 1 were all humanoid monsters, and although they looked disgusting, they did look like humans. However, District 2 was located deeper than District 1 due to the setting, which meant that District 2 was closer to the longest fear than District 1.
A Shinto who is still human but has a more severe mutation. And a ‘beast’, not a human.
The believer, who had become stronger by accepting more of the power of fear, and the monster, who could not overcome the mutation and turned into a beast, were baring their teeth at us.
[Chief Disciples]
Max HP: 46
Attack Power: 7~12
Defense: 4
Speed: 4
[Beast stained with fear]
Max HP: 40
Attack Power: 8~11
Defense: 4
Speed: 5
‘Crazy… Is it a true story? A normal monster?’
Instead of making her chest grand, it was a rate of rise that shrank on its own. If you compare the layman in the first room in Area 1 with the senior member in front of you, it’s more than 70%.
What if you never upgraded your gear?
‘Oooh shh…’
I didn’t want to imagine. No, actually, I was already nervous. Illumina’s armor is 3 and max HP is 15, but even a critical hit could put a normal monster on edge.
‘As expected, the answer is to kill faster than to endure.’
Still, it was a normal monster. It wasn’t an enemy enough to consume my turn with the stigma. I raised the ax that had become even heavier.
The target is the humanoid monster “Chief Disciples”.
It wasn’t just those guys who got the spec up. It’s time to show off the power of your powered-up ax and powered-up skills for this day.
“Fuck you, eat a lot of fear!”
I swung an ax at a monster that looked like waste that forced me to fear.
Fuhuaak-!
“Horror, sir… !”
[Crush the head]
[Eugene deals 17 damage to the Chief Disciple.]
[Remaining HP 29/46]
Not bad. It’s definitely enough to feel worthwhile after spending a lot of money and upgrading. But as always, the perceived damage was relative.
‘I wanted to take off half the skin…’
I swung my arm and brushed off the monster’s blood from the axe. Kaya and Shay calmly watched the monsters and pointed their weapons, but the Illumina was frozen at first sight.
“Calm down, Illumina! Have you ever seen blood?”
“Ugh, ugh!”
[The speed of Illumina and the feared beast are the same.]
She had been wandering around the world by herself for quite some time, and she probably wasn’t particularly afraid of blood. Maybe it’s because they look so damn good, or maybe they’re surprised at how different I look.
Of course, the dungeon doesn’t care about such circumstances at all.
[Speed roll]
Illumina: 6
Horror Beasts: 5
[Illumina’s turn precedes the feared beast.]
‘Wow.’
I never thought a roll like this would happen in only the first room.
It’s not like the party is in danger of being destroyed just because Illumina loses that roll, but it’s just something out of the ordinary. I have to say that I feel like I won’t be able to take care of even the smallest things.
In any case, it was fortunate.
‘Illumina. With the melody of the raid.’
After giving her order, Illumina, who had been trembling as she swallowed her spittle, heard her vey wave. Her trembling hands touched the strings and she calmed down as if it had never been. She strummed her third string.
[Attack Melody]
“Faster than the gale, sharper than the blizzard.”
[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 +5]
[All warriors speed +1]
[Due to the ‘Innate Songwriter’ feature, the critical strike rate increases by 1.]
‘Kya!! That’s it!’
The moment Illumina plucked her strings and recited the words that were close to incantations, a feeling of lightness in her body, a pleasant feeling that could not be described well other than that, spread through her whole body. Shay and Kaya were also surprised and looked at Illumina for a while, it was a strange feeling.
Is it simply about recovering your mentality and feeling better?
It wasn’t.
[Speed check]
Shay: 5
Kaya: 5
Eugene: 8
Illumina: 6
Senior Disciples: 4
Horror Beasts: 5
[The speed of Shay and Kaya and the fear-stained beast is the same.]
As the four people ran, of course, a significant change occurred in the speed table, and the system had no choice but to check the speed once again. Originally, the fear-stained bastard would have gone mad at us, but the speed roll occurred.
[Speed roll]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 4
Horror Beasts: 4
[Speed roll]
Shay: 2
Kaya: 6
Horror Beast: 1
[Kaya’s turn precedes Shay’s and the Horror Beast’s.]
[Shay’s turn precedes that of the feared beast.]
‘Is this Kaya?’
From Illumina’s skill effect, which is more pleasant and effective than expected, to Kaya’s pleasant twist. Shay ruined the roll for some reason, but both of them caught the sun turn because the beast was more ruined. It was a very good start, except for the fact that the monster’s specs had risen to the point of being blacked out.
“Kaya.”
“Yes.”
“Show me. The target is a beast.”
“As the captain wishes.”
Kaya’s mace, which was filled with Raella-sama’s kindness, emitted a ferocious force. She spun her shoulders and assumed her characteristic crouching start, ricocheting in front of her like her own bullet.
“La Ella, please give strength to her daughter who is lacking.”
[Everything according to God’s will]
Quadduk-!
——–!!!
“Yes!!”
[A powerful blow!]
[Kaya deals 21 damage to the feared beast.]
[Remaining HP 19/40]
[Courage wells up in the hearts of the warriors.]
[Shay Mentality +3]
[Kaya mentality +4]
[Eugene mentality +3]
[Illumina mentality +3]
The blood and flesh of the beast spread in all directions with a heavy rupture. The deafening scream added to it was obviously creepy, but Kaya, who returned to the ranks, was smiling.
Maybe I’m laughing too?
“Shay!”
“Yes!”
“Let’s make the beast not even bark.”
“Yes! Captain!”
As if touching the baton with Kaya, Shay jumped forward. Her movement was like that of a massive tank moving forward at full speed.
“Die!”
[Judgement of Justice]
[Shay deals 10 damage to the feared beast.]
[Remaining HP 9/40]
[The terrified beast succumbs to the stern judgment.]
[The feared beast is stunned (1 turn).]
[The feared beast cannot perform any actions for one turn.]
[A brand of judgment is engraved on the fear-stained beast.]
[Stigma lasts for 3 turns.]
“Good!”
The best thing to do is to kill with a critical hit, but what if it doesn’t explode? I fed him fainting!
[The fear-stained beast skips its turn.]
Look at me
The beast that lost half its blood in a single blow from Kaya’s mace was beaten by Shay again, so he couldn’t even bark and groaned.
The condition of the monsters was unreasonable in the 3 consecutive attacks of the warriors that raged like a gale. Even on the first turn.
‘Maybe it’s because there are always a lot of cases where everyone except me starts right, so it’s very awkward. This kind of development.’
Something came to pass as smoothly as I had thought, and I was in a state of bewilderment.
“Fear… Accept… !”
[Dedicated to fear]
[Chief follower deals 1 damage to Shay.]
[Remaining HP 23/24]
“Kuk!”
“Shay!”
[Resistance roll]
Shay: 3
Senior Disciples: 5
[Shay is inflicted with ‘Bleeding’ (3 turns).]
[Takes 2 damage per turn.]
Chief Disciple’s ATK is 7-12. However, Shay’s defense was a whopping 12. Looking at her attack power alone, it should have been 0 damage even if he launched a max damage, but it seems to be an attack with damage compensation. It was very itchy even with that included, but it was a little annoying that she was taking pointless damage because of the bleeding.
“Shay! Are you okay!?”
“This is no big deal. Thank you for your concern, but don’t make a fuss. We are fighting.”
“Ugh, ugh.”
The head priest’s dagger grazed Shay’s left cheek, where her blood continued to flow. Illumina jumped up and down, but Shay wiped the blood off her wildly, and pointed her claymore casually forward.
‘A fucking bastard who only knows how to scream fear.’
Just because me and Kaya weren’t talking, it didn’t mean she wasn’t worried. A fire was burning inside me.
‘She has a lot of scars all over her body, but she’s a woman who has to cover her clothes every time, so at least scar her face without her scars?’
Did really.
It was my turn again.
“If it’s a trash mob, just put your head on it and get out of the way!”
[Crush the head]
[Destructive blow!]
[Eugene deals 35 damage to the Chief Disciple.]
[Remaining HP –6/46]
[The chief follower has died.]
[The warriors gain hope in a blow that destroys those who serve fear.]
[Shay Mentality +4]
[Kaya mentality +2]
[Eugene mentality +4]
[Illumina mentality +3]
‘This is the fuck! This is delicious!!’
The chief disciple couldn’t even scream and his head was crushed. The ax split not only through his skull, but through the top of his chest, kicking the monster through the chest and pulling the ax out. Then his corpse collapsed, pouring out blood, brains and organs.
“Hey, Hendrick…”
“Why. Are you scared?”
“Amazing… !”
“What else am I saying?”
Kaya and Shay nodded slightly. He wiped off the blood and returned to his place. Next was Illumina’s turn.
“Even if we go on like this, we’ll be able to catch it easily… Can you change it to a melody of courage?”
“Yes!”
Anyway, the young beast had little stamina left and was in a state of fainting. I wanted to realize the dignity of the attack power buff at this point.
Illumina plucked her first string this time, chanting another line.
“Like that one step on an untrodden land.”
[Melody of Courage]
[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.]
[Attack power of all warriors +3.5]
[All Heroes Accuracy +9]
[Due to the ‘Natural Songwriter’ feature, attack power increases by 1.]
[The effect of Melody of Assault is gone.]
Melody of Courage level 3 basic effect of 3.5 additional attack power, 1 added as a natural songwriter characteristic, a whopping 4.5 additional.
Unlike the raid melody, various kinds of rejection including the disgust when seeing that monster… What should I say… Yeah, I felt insignificant. And it seemed like I could easily destroy them anytime, anywhere.
“Kaya.”
“Yes.”
“Joe.”
It wasn’t because of the blood, but her mace, which had a slightly red aura, was inserted into the beast’s waist, which was already in a state of wounds.
[Everything according to God’s will]
[Kaya deals 19 damage to the feared beast.]
[Remaining HP -10/40]
[The feared beast has died.]
19 damage to a monster with 4 armor.
A beast that looked like a dog and a hyena or somewhere in between, scattered into unrecognizable pieces of flesh.
“Everything, according to God’s will…”
Ah.
Everything according to our will.
“Hey…”
“What’s wrong, Illumina?”
“Oh no! Nothing! Yes!”
It was a very refreshing start.
