Chapter 185 – Arceus (6)
The interior of the palace was incredibly spacious, as if it had come from the Middle Ages, where a king might have lived.
We must find the device that maintains Arceus’ barrier within this spacious palace.
No, honestly, I’m not sure if such a device exists, and I don’t even know if it’s maintained as a device or if there’s another way.
Since there is little information about Arceus in the first place, we have to act in the hope that there is.
Still, I thought there was a high possibility that my thoughts were correct, as the fact that there were so many Drakans currently occupying this large palace meant that Arceus had some reason to protect this place.
Bang!
This is the third group of Drakans that I encountered after entering the palace.
“The arrangement is complete, Jinu.”
“Let’s move quickly. The longer we delay, the more dangerous it becomes for everyone we left behind. Let’s go there next.”
After looking around, I pointed my finger to one side and spoke.
As soon as I said that, he ran towards us quickly.
The Aldoran Kingdom palace had a unique structure that was slightly different from the palaces of other kingdoms.
Palaces around the world usually start with an entrance and have numerous rooms through wide hallways on both sides, and as you go a little further, you move to the throne where the king is.
However, the Aldoran Kingdom here was unique in that it had a large room starting from the entrance, with the next room attached to it.
It’s like a dungeon in a game where there are monsters in one space and if you defeat all the monsters, you can move on to the next space.
Normally, you wouldn’t build a palace, or even a building, with this structure.
Did Arceus remodel the palace?
That’s not important now.
We have entered the palace and are now passing through the third room.
Inside, there were drakans waiting for us, and there were about 10 to 15 of them.
It wasn’t that much of a problem for us, so we had no trouble getting over it.
No, honestly, I just feel annoyed that these guys are interfering with our path.
I was in a hurry and wanted to just ignore these annoying guys who wasted my time, but unfortunately, that couldn’t be done.
I don’t know what they did, but it seems like the walls of this palace are also surrounded by Arceus’ barrier.
Thinking that every room in the palace could not be breached, Lien tried to break it by slamming her fist into the wall, but the wall did not show any signs of breaking, and even left no trace of where Lien had hit it with her fist.
In the end, we had no choice but to cross the room one by one.
Even if you don’t kill the Drakans, the door becomes locked and cannot be opened.
It almost feels like a makeshift dungeon has been created inside the palace.
I can check if I can go back, but I haven’t checked that.
We don’t have time to choose to turn back now.
So, I defeated the Dracans in the room so far and continued to advance through the room.
We moved to the next room in a frustrating situation where we didn’t know how many rooms were left.
“Hmm? I didn’t know there was actually a guy coming to visit.”
What was waiting in the next room was not a group of Drakans.
Sitting in the room was a being similar to Drakan, but different from Drakan, who was slightly larger than Drakan and had slightly different color scales on his body.
Moreover, all the Drakans I’ve met so far could do was howl, but now this guy was speaking straight.
Is this guy also a fusion of a human and a demon?
Or is it the Demon himself?
I don’t know, but that’s not important right now.
Looking at this, I can feel that the inside of the palace really is like a dungeon.
Until now, several Drakans had been placed in the room as miscellaneous mobs, but this time, named monsters were placed in the room.
It feels like I’ve really entered the game.
Even in Elion, there was a dungeon with this structure.
If there are a total of 6 rooms in the dungeon, place miscellaneous mobs in the first and second rooms, place only named monsters in the third, or place multiple miscellaneous mobs and named monsters in the fourth room, place miscellaneous mobs again in the fifth room, and then place miscellaneous mobs again in the third room. The room is where the boss monster is placed.
Does this palace now have a similar structure?
While I was thinking, the enemy in the room slowly woke up.
“Monk Arceu said the enemy might come here, but he found it hard to believe. I didn’t know they would show up so proudly. If the enemy came, I can only rule it out. Die!”
Saying that, the enemy made his claws long and swung them as he rushed towards us.
The speed of the attack was quite fast, but not so much that it could not be avoided.
Immediately we split to the side and avoided the enemy’s attack.
〈Blood Boom〉
Pubbung!
Noah dodged the enemy’s attack and sprayed his blood on the enemy before exploding.
With that as a signal, Ellie and Lien also rushed at the enemy.
〈 Shredding Fist 〉
〈Divine Furnishment〉
“Ugh!”
The enemy who was attacked by three people at the same time had an expression of pain and was pushed in the direction they were attacked.
〈Wind Blade〉
After seeing that, I joined in the attack, being careful not to interfere with their attacks as much as possible.
In the past, I had no means of attack other than running to the enemy with a sword and attacking, so being able to use skills like this has helped my strength incomparably compared to before.
A cut was created on the enemy’s body by the blade of my wind.
But this alone did not defeat the enemy.
It certainly seems to be on a similar level to the Named Monster.
All of the Drakans in front could have been defeated with this level of attack, but this guy clearly seems to have taken damage, but he does not fall.
But we don’t have time to be caught up in this guy.
“Everyone, save your ultimate skills. You should probably use it on the enemy guarding the end room here.”
Due to time constraints, everyone will be able to use the ultimate, but I told them not to use it.
If this has a similar structure to the dungeons I know, there must be an enemy at the end of the dungeon room that acts as a boss.
It is more efficient to save some of the powerful skills that can be used now and then use them there.
So, I think the most efficient way to fight right now is… This.
I walked towards the enemy with great strides.
After that, I immediately fired off my skills.
〈Power of God: Bondage〉
〈Blood Spear〉
〈Ice Storm〉
〈Thunderbolt Calling〉
〈Shine Spark〉
〈Dark Meter〉
Numerous Elyon skills materialize before my eyes and strike the enemy.
If a stranger saw that scene, wouldn’t it look like God?
The sight of magic made up of fire, ice, and various other attributes being fired at the enemy.
This ability that I recently awakened is truly perfect for me.
It’s amazing that I can use all of Elion’s skills that I know.
I even like the fact that there is no magical power consumption when using skills.
Since I have no magical power, it is originally impossible to use magic attacks like I do now, but with this ability, I can use any magic skill implemented in Elion at any time.
If I had awakened this ability a long time ago, I don’t think I would have suffered so much in the past.
I learned this by randomly firing skills like I am now, but the time it takes to use the next skill after using a skill is extremely short.
Since there is no delay in using the skill, you literally become a magic cannon, firing wildly at the enemy in front of you.
Of course, there is a cooldown after using a skill, so it is impossible to use the same skill again right away.
However, there are numerous jobs in Elion, and half of them can use magic-like attacks.
Since there are at least 15 skills in one job, you cycle through one job’s skills, move on to another job, and by the time you return to the job where you used all the skills, the cooldown time has already passed.
I don’t know why, but for me now, the cooldown was set shorter than it should have played a role.
After tying up the enemy, I fired my skills wildly, and at some point I stopped firing my skills because I couldn’t hear the enemy crying out in pain.
There, the enemy’s original form was so damaged that it was unrecognizable.
“That’s amazing… We understood that you were able to use other people’s skills in a variety of ways, but we didn’t expect it to be to this extent.”
“Depending on the situation, the owner may be stronger than us now. I don’t have the confidence to withstand being attacked without being able to defend myself with various skills like I am now.”
When I defeated an enemy that appeared to be a named monster, they all approached with surprised expressions.
“I didn’t know it would be this bad, but once I tried it, I was surprised. For now, the priority is to solve this problem. Let’s go to the next room!”
We held on to the door leading to the next room and moved on.
