Chapter 561 – The Cursed Throne
‘…Shall we go back to reality and rest for a while?’
Ethereal Stones, Incomprehensible Rings, etc. On the way to this place, the number of uses of the artifact was consumed.
For this reason, Seong-il ponders whether to return to reality for a while and fill up the number of times the item has been used.
‘No… The incomprehensible ring’s consumed spells can be filled with spell traps anyway, and the Ethereal Stones can be recovered as much as they are consumed with inner strength.’
Seong-il, who organized his thoughts like that, gulped down various potions in front of the dragon’s rare and told the party.
“…Let’s prepare the finishing touches.”
“OK.”
At Seong-il’s words, the party quietly starts reciting divine spells as if they had waited.
Then, various buff spells began to be applied to the party members. Basic divine spells such as body strengthening, as well as all kinds of divine spells such as elemental, fear, and mental barriers, start to take on party members.
‘…The divine spell is definitely a scam.’
In reality, it would be difficult for an A-class person to cast such a buff spell, but in the fantasy world, Seong-il feels a bit bitter that any skillful priest can use such a powerful spell.
‘Fuck… If that ability could be passed on to real humans, it would be of great help in the fight against aliens.’
Seong-il, who thought so, tries to recharge it by infusing magic into the ethereal stone.
‘It’s a little disappointing that the ordering system in this world is memorized. Eating potions doesn’t restore consumed spells…’
However, that doesn’t mean you can’t spend the night in front of the dragon’s nest to recover the consumed spells like in the game.
Therefore, Seong-il leads the party to meet the owner of the castle with a slightly nervous expression, leaving his regret behind.
“…Everyone keep your distance, remember?”
“Of course.”
In order to prevent a catastrophe in which all the buffs that have been applied at once are blown away in one shot, Seong-il strongly warns the party to keep their distance carefully. In the meantime, the ruins that can be seen at the end of the cave.
‘Oh… It’s much more colorful than the game…?’
Overall, the feeling of emptyness was strong, but perhaps because the rocks on the floor were cut straight and the rocks outside were carved like temples, the ruins gave off a strangely antique atmosphere despite their emptiness.
“Oh. You came so quickly.”
And a handsome man with impressive red hair that can be seen in the middle of the ruins. Seong-il answers his words with a slightly mocking tone.
“Hmm? Ah, the guards aren’t good enough.”
“Haha!! That’s right. They were just toys prepared to serve customers.”
After answering that, the man’s body instantly starts to radiate intense magical energy. Soon after, he transforms into a giant dragon.
‘It’s fucking big.’
The appearance of a red dragon that appears to be the size of a four-story building. Seeing that overwhelming majesty, the group’s expressions hardened little by little.
『Apostle of the great existence. Do I have to see blood? If you withdraw even now, I will see the face of the god you worship and hand over the piece without a fight.”
“Eek?!”
Since Seong-Il didn’t explain in advance, Sena looks surprised at the dragon’s appeasement.
‘Take advantage of this gap…’
Since the dragon didn’t try to fight, Seong-il pretended to talk to him and gave his teammates a hand signal.
And the companions who saw the signal start to spread out carefully at a speed that is not too excessive.
“I should have said it clearly last time, right? In addition to the fragments, I also need to retrieve the ‘Holy Sword’ you stole.
“If you really want to drink punishment. I once again spoke respectfully to the god you serve.”
After that, the dragon raised its head and let out a powerful roar.
『Cooooo!!!』
‘I blocked Dragon Fear for now.’
The dragon’s roar, the symbol of the start of battle. A normal enemy would have gone mad in fear and confusion as soon as he heard this roar, but since the Holy Day party has already applied all sorts of mental defense spells, he only slightly frowns, but does not break down and bravely tries to charge as planned.
“Sena!!”
“Huh!!”
Alone, Senna was 20 meters away from the group of vanguards. In the meantime, as her holy day calls out her own name, she turns her back and runs towards the pillar next to her, tearing one of her scrolls apart.
“Summon the Dancing Sword!!”
Then, three or four swords made of magical power created about 5m in front of Senna. According to the will of the summoner, the sword full of anticipation starts charging into the dragon.
『Kyaaaaa!!』
As the dancing sword charges, the dragon’s pre-set magic trap explodes at the bottom of the ruins, resounding with the terrifying banshee cries.
Shuuuuu…
A scream spreads, and the summoned beast Senna summons is reverse-summoned on the spot with a metallic sound.
“Now!! Everyone start!!”
“Hmm!!”
However, rather than thinking of the situation negatively, some of the party in the rear regard the banshee’s scream as a real flare-up and start chanting all sorts of spells at the same time as they had practiced beforehand.
『The worms dare to order while I am standing in front of them!!』
After the intruders neutralized the defensive magic installed in their nest with a summoned decoy, the dragon roared with a puzzled expression when the intruders showed off their tricks as if they were trying to summon a powerful summoned beast all at once.
“Die!! Worm!!』
After exploding all the buff magic stored in advance at once, the dragon mercilessly whips its huge tail like a whip, making Seongil, Ban, and Gaaz retreat.
“Kuh…!!”
Then, the dragon starts charging wildly, aiming for Bruno, who casts summoning magic closest to him.
Thud! Thud!!
The sound of the dragon’s footsteps shook the earth with each step. José, who is as big as a building, rushes at Bruno as fast as a leopard.
『Remove the target.』
In the midst of that, a mechanical voice echoed from the outer pillars of the temple.
『!!』
The dragon, startled by the bizarre voice he had never heard before, instantly casts his gaze there.
Then he saw a bizarre piece of metal whose body was made of silvery metal.
He was also shooting a green ball of light that he had never seen before in his life, and the dragon flinched at the unknown attack and stopped the charge for a while to block the attack.
『A guy like a flying fly!!』
When Edward elaborately fires a plasma bullet in the direction of the dragon’s eyes, the dragon quickly turns its head to protect its eyes from the bullets.
Pew!! Pew!!
Although they fail to make eye contact, Edward still successfully lands the plasma bullet in the dragon’s face.
“Is this all?”
Despite being hit directly in the face by a plasma bullet that turns into green porridge on the spot if a living creature is hit, surprisingly, the dragon only frowns slightly and seems not to have been hit at all.
“Guardian of the hammer and anvil!! Defeat my enemies!!”
“Jjiik!! Sage of knowledge!! Defeat my enemies!!”
A divinity summoning spell that was completed while the dragon looked away for a moment. Although it is a small number, when the minions endowed with unique and powerful divine power are summoned to the battlefield, the dragon frowns at the minions.
『Do you think you can do anything about me as such a trash minion!!』
‘Would you like to?’
Even Seong-il himself, who ordered his teammates to summon the beast, did not expect the minions to attack the dragon in any meaningful way, so he laughs at the dragon inwardly.
‘Still, God’s servants have quite useful ranged attacks, so if they persistently attack only the dragon’s eyes, the dragon will get annoyed and try to kill them.’
‘The role of a summoned beast is enough to draw the dragon’s attention for a while.’
It was a great success even if the minions received the dragon’s attack several times, so Seong-il laughed at the dragon’s ridicule and proceeded with the plan after diligently planning it.
“Sena!!”
“Huh!!”
Recognizing Seongil’s cry without explanation, Senna took out a magic scroll from her leather bag.
“Mind Barrier! Fear Resistance!!”
Senna rips the scrolls she bought from the temple and applies buffs so that the minions can withstand the dragon’s attack even a little longer.
“Die!! You bastards!!』
As the ant-cubs do their best to do something in their own way, unfazed by their attacks, Kasarak’Tarun is overcome with a desire to burn all the insolent mortals.
Wooooo!!!
A red dragon that jumps wildly backwards in a rage. At the same time, it swings its huge wings strongly into the air, spreading powerful winds in all directions.
“Come!!”
And the people who had memorized deep in their bones through mock combat training over the past few days that that act was a precursor to a breath attack.
“Spread wide!! Sena!! Behind the pillars!!”
The party frantically runs as if spreading around against the wind blowing from the dragon’s wings.
In the meantime, they desperately try to form a formation to surround the dragon as promised in advance.
『Kwoaaaaa!!!!』
Ignoring Edward, Senna, and the hamster hiding behind a pillar, the dragon spews a fiercely hot flame breath toward Seongil and Ban, who are united with the minions.
‘It took.’
However, Seong-Il puts on a smile of repentance at that attack. He watches the flying flame breath and quickly activates the magic imprint on his back.
‘Blink!!!’
Seong-il quickly moves behind the dragon by blinking and easily evades the dragon’s breath.
“Keuug…!! Justice!! Give me strength!!”
However, unlike Seongil, Ban and his minions, who have no means of evasion, are beaten with the dragon’s flame breath.
“Nice…”
However, surprisingly, despite being directly hit by flames hot enough to melt the floor, half suffered only light burns and did not appear seriously injured.
‘As expected, minions can’t stand it. What… That’s okay Because he’s satisfied with just drawing attention for a moment.’
『Fire Resistance Aura…? Come on, I will personally tear you apart and kill you!! You bastard of justice!!』
Perhaps as a follower of the god of struggle, a rival of the god of justice, the dragon quickly figured out why Ban was fine despite being hit directly by his flame breath, and attempted a melee attack to finish it off.
“He’s coming!! Be surrounded!!”
“The hammer and the anvil sing!! A storm of lightning strikes down and burns the wicked…!!”
At the words of the holy day to be surrounded, Bruno mechanically begins to sing the war hymn, a wide-area heal and buff spell.
Gaaz, who saw this, ran as fast as he had practiced dying for several days, and tried to surround the dragon within the influence of Bruno’s war chant.
‘Breath can be used three times a day, and requires at least 5 minutes of warm-up time after each use…!! Aim for that gap and launch a siege!!’
A sharp strategy that only Seong-il, who has accurately penetrated the dragon’s attack pattern, can do.
『Where…!!』
The dragon, who saw the enemy grouping together using tricks against his charge, laughed lightly at the party and started casting spells at great speed.
『Release of wide-area spells!! Weakened magic resistance!! Slow!! Extreme confusion!! Terrible fear!!』
A dragon that literally pours out spells like a ‘storm’ in one breath. Befitting the pinnacle of magical creatures, he makes three enemies pay the price for their arrogance.
『Advanced Acceleration!! Rock Skin!! Order reflection!! Sphere of Magic Defense!!』
Even, despite having such a powerful body, the dragon cleverly commits atrocities by applying all kinds of buff magic to its body. After that, the gnome again attempts a physical charge towards the party at insane speed.
『Come out!! They are my servants!!』
Even while charging, the dragon summons several ifrits and orders them to ambush their allies.
‘Fuck… It’s more bloody than the game. Casting a spell while on the move…’
‘It’s a pattern of annihilation, but…!! This is where I am…!!’
However, he himself is a deceased person among deceased people. Since he has killed the dragon in front of him hundreds of thousands of times in the game, he quickly finds a gap in it and tries to attack again.
