Chapter 182 – Arceus (3)
Arceus had an amused look on his face as we dodged his attacks.
This guy really sees us as toys.
This time Arceus raised his hand and waved it forward.
Then, countless magic circles were created in the air around us.
“What again this time!”
As we looked closely, black thorns made of magical power were created in the magic circle, and they were clearly targeting us in the air.
If it continues like this, it will turn into a beehive in the air.
The moment I thought that, I saw black thorns created from the magic circle shooting out at high speed, and I immediately used my defense skill.
〈God’s Power: Barrier 〉
Burbubbuk!
The black thorns disappeared without being able to reach us due to the 〈 God’s Power: Barrier 〉 that I activated, but if we hadn’t blocked it with this skill, I can only imagine the terrible things that would have happened to us from this attack.
And if there is one thing that is clear from this attack, there is no answer to Arceus’ attack by simply blocking it with damage reduction skills.
Ellie’s 〈 Divine Shield 〉, which was used earlier, took damage even though it is a skill that can be blocked with almost no damage if it were not for the instant death pattern used by the level 100 raid boss Modeus.
Gedi was granted up to 〈 God’s Protection 〉.
It is said that it is difficult for Arceus to defend against even ordinary attacks, but what on earth is Arceus?
First of all, we have to deal with the barrier that our attacks don’t work on, but I don’t know how to eliminate even that.
“Is this how you block this attack? Then how will you react to it?”
Then a black curtain surrounded us.
What is this again…
Because of the black membrane surrounding us, no light could come in, so the surroundings became dark and we could not see.
“Jinunim!”
When her vision was blocked, Renia immediately created a sphere of light and created an object that served as a light bulb.
“What the hell is this…”
“Is this a bit ominous? I think we need to get out of here right away.”
As the surroundings were blocked by the black film, Rachel leaned towards me, probably scared, and Noah, who was always relaxed, seemed to have sinister thoughts like me.
〈Dragon Breath〉
Yuria seemed to have the same thoughts as us and immediately took control of Minercia and attacked the black membrane.
The flames emitted by Minercia flew as if they would burn when they touched the black membrane, but like the barrier used by Arceus, the black membrane did not even respond to Minercia’s attack.
“Is this the same as the barrier from earlier? Rachel, do you think you know what this is? You use magic too.”
“I’m sorry, Ellie… It’s my first time seeing magic like this. I don’t even know how it works… But one thing I know is that we need to get out of here quickly…”
Sensing something ominous, Ellie asked Rachel, who was familiar with her magic, about the black membrane, but Rachel responded with fear.
“Oh, hasn’t this gotten smaller?”
When Noah suddenly said he didn’t know, I looked around.
As Noah said, the black film had clearly shrunk compared to the first time.
Is this… A plan to crush us to death?
“Haaa!”
Rhenia summoned her Spirit Kings around her and fired her attacks towards her black membrane.
〈Fire Lance〉
〈Ice Lance〉
Numerous spears of fire and ice were created around Renia, and she flew towards the black screen.
Unfortunately, the attack did not penetrate the black barrier.
As Renia began to attack, the black membrane began to noticeably get smaller, as if reacting to the attack.
When I saw that, I immediately screamed.
“Renia, stop!”
“Uh, yes, yes!”
Renia’s attacks stopped and the black film stopped shrinking.
This makes one thing clear.
“I don’t know what the principle is, but it seems like this black membrane has a structure that shrinks faster when we attack. If we attack rashly, that membrane will shrink even further and crush us to death.”
“Master, then what should we do? It seems there is no way to escape from here without being attacked…”
As Lien said, we can feel the black film shrinking at a very slow rate even if we do not attack.
However, if it attacks, its size decreases at a faster rate.
Are you in a situation where you are stranded?
No, you can’t do that.
“Everyone come around me.”
Everyone who heard me gathered around me, and the moment they confirmed it, I activated my skill.
〈Hyper Teleport〉
This is an interpersonal teleportation skill used when entering the city.
Okay, let’s escape with this.
But surprisingly, nothing happened.
“The skill cannot be used during the Dark Orb pattern.”
Hmm?
A message suddenly appeared in my head and the 〈Hyper Teleport〉 I used did not work.
“Jinu? Is there a problem?”
As I looked surprised that 〈Hyper Teleport〉 did not activate, Renia looked at me with a worried expression and spoke.
“Uh… I used 〈Hyper Teleport〉 to escape here, but a message popped up in my head that I couldn’t use it inside this black membrane.”
“So this is the skill we used when we entered Morpia City. But you’re saying it doesn’t work?”
I nodded at Lien’s words.
“We couldn’t go outside because of the barrier, so we didn’t know what to do, so we wondered how Jinu got in here, but it turns out she got in using the dimension shifter skill.”
“The problem is that it doesn’t work this time.”
Damn it, how am I supposed to escape?
Even as we talk among ourselves, the black curtain is slowly getting smaller.
At that moment, the words of the previous message were on my mind.
I used 〈Hyper Teleport〉 to listen to the message again.
Then the same message appeared in my head and the skill was not activated.
“The skill cannot be used during the Dark Orb pattern.”
The same phrase comes to mind.
Among those phrases, there was a word that bothered me.
There was a word that bothered me more than saying I couldn’t use a skill.
Pattern.
A pattern? I don’t know what it’s talking about, but the message clearly refers to this black film as a pattern.
This is my first time experiencing something like this, so I can’t figure out what’s going on.
This is the first time a message like this has appeared in this world.
No, since I couldn’t use the skill in the first place, it’s only natural that I’m hearing it for the first time.
With the word pattern stuck in my mind, I looked around more closely.
It was clearly said that the message was a pattern.
If the pattern is correct…
“Ah!”
And I saw a little X moving quickly across the surface of the black membrane.
The speed at which it moves is quite fast and its size is so small that it seems to have been invisible until now.
“Ellie, if you look closely you will see a fast-moving X. When you spot it, do you want to attack it immediately?”
“I understand, Jinu.”
Ellie didn’t know what I meant, but she answered as if she understood.
It’s the pattern just mentioned in the message, and the X mark moves around the surface of the black film.
It would be nice if these two things were true…
“Haap!”
Ellie, who was quietly watching the black screen, noticed the
Bang!
Then, surprisingly, the size of the black membrane became more visible than before, expanding the space.
“Huh? It suddenly got wider.”
“Jinu, what happened to this?”
Everyone looked at me with puzzled expressions at what had just happened.
“I don’t know exactly yet. But one thing is for sure… To escape from here, you have to hit the X like Ellie just did to increase the size of the black screen.”
Everyone who heard me attacked as soon as they found the X mark, and the black film gradually grew in size.
Yes, as expected, this was a pattern.
That’s also a pattern in a game that could come out of Elion.
If you attack the black membrane carelessly, the size of the black membrane will decrease, and if you attack the X mark, it will increase in size.
And if this is a pattern, I expect that the black film will disappear when the size increases to a certain extent.
And as I expected, when it got quite big, the black film burst like a soap bubble, and we were able to see outside again.
Arceus’s face could also be seen watching it as if it was amusing.
“Can we escape this attack? That’s fun. Very fun.”
Arceus’ reaction was unpleasant because it felt like he was praising his pet dog for doing a good job when he put his butt on the ground when told to sit.
However, there is one thing that has become clear with the removal of the black film just now.
I don’t know the exact identity of Arceus, but I think I know what kind of being he is.
If you think about it, the black flames that Arceus attacked us with, the exploding floor magic circle, and the magic circle shooting black thorns in the air are also demon attack patterns that we see quite often in Elion.
And the black curtain was just removed as if destroying the game pattern.
Yes, Arceus… I thought he might be a Demon.
