Chapter 139 – District 2 (18)
16. District 2 (18)
[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
[Chief Priest]
Max HP: 40
Attack power: 5 to 9
Defense: 2
Speed: 3
[Those who are brainwashed by fear]
Max HP: 35
Attack Power: 5~6
Defense: 2
Speed: 3
2-7 were regular monster rooms. It wasn’t as good as the resting place, but it wasn’t bad either. There were four of them, but their attack power was lower than our defense, so at least we didn’t have to worry about getting beaten to death.
‘Even though Illumina’s defense is only 3.’
At least, chief followers with high attack power and beasts stained with fear will only be able to hit the second row. The other two could attack, but even with a simple calculation, the chance of being hit was 25%. Even if she gets hit really badly, you should be able to survive her one or two blows… What matters is mentality. It seemed that only the head priest and those brainwashed by fear in the 3rd and 4th rows of enemies would need to be cut off quickly.
[Speed check]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 4
Eugene: 7
Illumina: 5
Senior Disciples: 4
Horror Beasts: 5
Chief Priest: 3
Brainwashed by Fear: 3
[Eugene’s turn comes first.]
‘First, let’s bring the guy from the fourth row.’
Both the head priest and those brainwashed into fear were monsters that mainly attacked mentality. By dragging either one to the first row, he could push the fear-tinged beast from the second row to the third row.
[Where are you running away]
[Eugene deals 1 damage to the fear brainwashed.]
[Remaining HP 34/35]
[Eugene succeeds in attracting those who have been brainwashed into fear.]
[The one brainwashed by fear is in the first row.]
[All monsters except those brainwashed by fear are pushed back one space.]
I was fortunate to have been able to do the rope work for the first time in a while. My rope is human… It was very absurd to say, but he accurately captured the head of the brainwashed and pulled it forward. The brainwashed one let out a terrible sound close to that of a beast growl and had seizures, but collapsed unsightly.
[The speed of Illumina and the feared beast are the same.]
[Speed roll]
Illumina: 3
Horror Beast: 1
[Illumina’s turn precedes that of the feared beast.]
[Illumina passes the turn. (Remaining turns: 1)]
The Illumina was fidgeting with the Vape, which was now almost repaired. She was still somehow splicing the broken strings. It was fine. This was a room she could hold on to.
[Brightness: 93]
‘It’s bright enough.’
When Illumina’s turn passed, the next turn, a beast stained with fear, was scratching the floor with its paws and drooling. The beast, who was once a human, lost his senses and changed his body at the same time by accepting fear too much, revealing his teeth and claws…
——!
“Under! What a dirty beast! What if I bark at you!!”
[Vicious Bite]
[The feared beast did 0 damage to Shay.]
[Remaining HP 9/24]
[Shay mentality -4]
[The fear-stained beast tries to infect fear.]
[Shay resists fiercely.]
[Resistance roll]
Shay: 4
Horror Beast: 3
[Shay resists ‘infection’.]
The beast’s teeth and claws couldn’t pierce Shay’s claymore and armor. She competed for strength for a while, but when she threw it away with all her might, she let out a sound like a beast in pain and fell out. Shay’s damage was only mentality -4. Of course, it was unpleasant to have one’s mentality blackened by a normal monster’s single blow, but what is it?
[The speed of Shay, Kaya and Chief Disciple is the same.]
[Speed roll]
Shay: 4
Kaya: 3
Senior Disciples: 2
[Shay’s turn precedes Kaya’s and Chief Disciples’ turns.]
[Kaya’s turn will precede the chief disciple’s turn.]
What you can do if you beat it up.
[Judgement of Justice]
[Shay deals 14 damage to the fear brainwashed.]
[Remaining HP 21/35]
[The one brainwashed into fear succumbs to judgment.]
[Ji who has been brainwashed by fear will be stunned (1 turn).]
[A brand of judgment is engraved on those who have been brainwashed into fear.]
[Stigma lasts for 3 turns.]
[Everything according to God’s will]
[Destructive blow!]
[Kaya deals 21 damage to the fear brainwashed.]
[Remaining HP 0/35]
[The person brainwashed by fear has died.]
[The fear that was trying to disturb the hearts of the warriors subsided slightly.]
[Shay Mentality +6]
[Kaya Mentality +5]
[Eugene mentality +5]
[Illumina mentality +6]
[Shay’s HP is restored by 3.]
[Remaining HP 12/24]
[Dedicated to fear]
[The chief disciple did 0 damage to Shay.]
[Remaining HP 12/24]
The damage from the beast and the chief follower was minimized, and the brainwashed person who was pulled into the first row was cut with a hard damage to Shay and Kaya’s attacks. The fact that Shay’s health recovered by 3 after the referee’s stigma exploded was also quite impressive.
As the brainwashed were searched for, the head priest, who was in the third row again, screamed loudly, and when it was his turn, he prayed with a straight face. It was because the madness peculiar to heresy and fanaticism was visible.
“How can you confidently maintain such a false belief after coming all the way to this depth!”
The head priest, who raised his blackened and withered arms and spoke bizarre words, pointed at me with a finger worse than a dried squid leg. Then, what looked like soot came out of his fingertips and scattered into the air, then all at once poured into my head.
“Fear! That must be the only instinct and source!”
“Captain!”
“Leader!”
“Hendrick!”
But oddly enough, I wasn’t afraid. Of course, just looking at that smoke-like thing was unpleasant, and it seemed like it would make me feel very dirty if I touched it. Among those guys mental attacks, how can one of them not be nasty and dirty… Isn’t that dirty and nasty mental attack, if you don’t get hit, it’s enough?
Like the tingling sensation felt through the handle just before the critical blow, I felt the same this time.
That bastard’s dirty attack doesn’t seem right.
[Position to face fear]
[Eugene avoided it.]
[The chief priest did not do any damage to Eugene.]
“Puhhhhh… Fuhahaha!”
“Unbelievable… Nonsense… His strength, how… It can’t be like this!”
“Nonsense? Your face is even more ridiculous. How did he look like that Aren’t you sorry you were born?”
“How dare I, who was favored by him…”
“I received a grace that is worse than shit, so what can I do?”
[Where are you running away]
[Eugene deals 1 damage to the High Priest.]
[Remaining HP 39/40]
[Eugene succeeds in attracting the head priest.]
[The chief priest is in the first row.]
[All monsters except the Chief Priest are pushed back by one space.]
“Come forward and look at the loving mace and just Claymore, it’s a baby.”
“Ughguk… !”
[Illumina passes the turn.]
[Illumina can play Vape again.]
Tiriling-
Finally, a clear melody that contradicted the atmosphere of the dungeon, announcing that the repair of Vapor was over, flowed from Illumina’s fingertips.
Shay smiled for a moment at the melody she heard, then she ran in front of her with her face contorted.
“How dare you play such a dirty trick on the captain!”
“Aagh!”
[Judgement of Justice]
[Shay did 14 damage to the High Priest.]
[25/40 HP remaining]
[The head priest surrenders to the judgment.]
[Chief Priest gets ‘Stunned’ (1 turn).]
[The chief priest is branded with the mark of judgment.]
[Stigma lasts for 3 turns.]
Shay, who stabbed the chief priest’s stomach with a claymore and then stirred it, finally shouted with a refreshing smile.
“Sister! It’s your turn!”
“Received.”
After barely enduring the wicked Claymore of Justice, the vicious Mace of Benevolence awaited the Chief Priest.
“Fear…”
“Die.”
Quadduk-!
**
“Cozy like a mother’s arms, fresh like a spring breeze.”
[The melody of vitality]
[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.]
[Health recovery +1 per turn for all heroes]
[Recovers mentality by 1 when attacking all heroes]
[Due to the ‘Innate Songwriter’ feature, HP recovery per turn increases by 1.]
I first cut off the head priest who had been harassing me and the fear-stained beast whose mentality would drop every time I was attacked. Now, there is only one senior member left.
[Brightness: 71]
‘It’s still bright enough, so I’m ready to drink it now.’
The buff Illumina received after a long time was amazing. Along with the feeling that her whole body, soaked in her fatigue, was refreshed, her head also felt refreshed.
‘Now, I can recover 2 HP and 3 mentality per turn, and can recover up to 4 when attacking.’
As it fell here, it met all of the stalling conditions for the first time. It’s a stalling that can be the first and last, but shouldn’t you enjoy it properly?
I ordered Kaya.
“Repent that bastard. Live as best you can.”
“For a very long time, I mean.”
“Yes.”
It’s also Kayara.
Kaya, with her slight smile, licked her tongue as she swung her mace horizontally instead of vertically.
“Even if not, I was curious. How far can Raella-sama’s kindness go?”
“… !”
“Please, hold on as long as you can. Heresy.”
Puck-!
[Repent]
[Kaya deals 2 damage to her head disciple.]
[Remaining HP 44/46]
[The chief disciple has been stunned (1 turn).]
[Kaya’s HP is restored by 2.]
[Remaining HP 14/20]
[Kaya mentality +1]
“Shay, this time to the execution of justice.”
“Yes! Captain!”
[Justice Enforcement]
[Shay deals 6 damage to the Chief Disciple.]
[Remaining HP 38/46]
[Shay’s HP is restored by 2.]
[Remaining HP 14/24]
[Shay Mentality +1]
[The chief follower passes the turn.]
[The chief disciple has escaped from the abnormal status ‘fainting’.]
“It can’t be done.”
[Evidence Preservation]
[Eugene deals 5 damage to the Chief Disciple.]
[The chief follower fails to resist.]
[The chief disciple has been stunned (1 turn).]
[Remaining HP 33/46]
[Eugene recovers 2 HP.]
[Remaining HP 15/20]
[Eugene mentality +1]
The key to stalling was to keep the monster alive for as long as possible by attacking but attacking with the weakest skill possible. To that end, we left monsters with as high blood pressure as possible but less demanding ones, and we also used skills that took a lot of negative damage. It could have just skipped the turn, but if it did, there was a chance that the brightness would decrease faster and the mentality would be blacked out.
‘I hit you as weakly as possible… I can’t roll for as long as I thought. If so, go bold instead of shortening the turn.’
“Illumina. By overlapping.”
“Yes!”
Feeling stronger than before, she looked at Shay’s back as she summoned the scales once more.
‘Shay! Kill me! Gentle!’
I am the chief believer.
Only three rounds.
Endure only three rounds, no more, no less. Huh?
For some reason, it must be because of his mood that the head disciple seems to be trembling, right? Fearless warriors who have gone crazy with fear, there is no reason to tremble at such a thing!
Coo-! Shay Mindem Nice!
