Became a tyrant of defense games - Episode 122
◈ 122. [Free exploration] Bitter taste
After traversing the long corridor, we returned to base camp in a few hours..
The curse on the vertical passage had also been lifted. When I opened the manhole cover and came out, it was a familiar safety point..
I sighed in exasperation.
“I came back alive…….”
My mind was confused because I had no idea that I would be surprised by the stage boss in a place like this..
Mental fatigue was as great as physical fatigue..
‘Dungeons are the headquarters of monsters, so of course they can be attacked by surprise. However, the fact that the stage boss came in person was beyond normal..’
The difficulty of the game, which I had lost interest in, was fluctuating again..
Measures must be taken. As soon as I get back to Crossroads, I'm going to grab the director by the collar and beat him up..
At that time, the party members, who also looked tired, passed through the vertical passage and climbed up one by one..
I tried to smile at the party members..
“Everyone had a hard time.”
All four of them stood in front of me. Everyone still has a gloomy face.
“Hey, I told you not to make that face! It's natural to lose to that guy now..”
No, it would be weird if I won. That's more of a lack of conscience..
“Because I'm lacking…….”
Lucas lowered his head and mumbled in a suppressed voice..
“We exposed our lord to the enemy. You are disqualified as an escort..”
“Hey. Because you are not lacking.”
If the SSR grade is not enough, what happens to me, who has a bug stat lower than N grade? Should I go somewhere and put my head down in a corner? huh?
But Lucas doesn't seem to want to stop blaming himself..
Lucas pursed his lips and lowered his head..
Next to it. Damian was looking down at the broken crossbow in his hand..
“……I was able to follow the vampire with my eyes. But her body couldn't respond.”
I guess you chased it with your eyes. That's also huge.
“Just by seeing with your eyes... … There's something that can't be done..”
Wow.
Damien clenched his fist and looked at me with a determined look..
“I'm going to train my body. Prince. Just to use my eyes better……!”
“…….”
I was secretly surprised. Because I didn't know Damian would say this first..
Evangeline next to him gritted her teeth and raised her shield..
“I can stop it next time.”
“That guy's attack? really?”
“sure. Although I couldn't read the trajectory of the attack with my eyes like the sniper, I could intuitively know which direction the attack was coming from..”
Evangeline raised her piercing green eyes fiercely..
“My hesitation in not trusting my intuition and acting on it led to my defeat..”
intuition.
Is it related to the activation of Evangeline’s exclusive attribute [Crosslord]?.
This time, I wouldn't have been able to activate it because I didn't have the dedicated equipment..
“Next time, I won't just block it, I'll blow that vampire bastard's chin off with my shield..”
Evangeline growled fiercely..
“We'll see. Next time, definitely.”
Finally, Junior shrugged his shoulders..
“As for magic, it seemed completely over the top of my head..”
It seems that the Vampire King was at a much higher level than an SSR grade genius wizard..
“I've never seen such a concise calculation of magic spells. To turn my magic to nothing in a split second... … I guess he was given the position of monarch for no reason..”
Immediately after, Junior burst into laughter..
“But thanks, I got the hint.”
“hint?”
“yes. I never thought there would be a way to use it like that... … I'm thankful for that vampire. Thanks to her, she gained valuable knowledge..”
Are you saying that you learned something from being attacked by Celendion?.
I looked around at the party members. Everyone seems to have come to some kind of realization..
Celendion only came because he wanted to ask me a question, and in the process, he may have subdued my party members without even thinking about it..
Rather, it may have provided an opportunity to make my party members stronger..
“Whatever it takes.”
Lucas gritted his teeth..
“Next time I see him, I'll do whatever it takes... … I will stand guard in front of my lord. Regardless of means or methods.”
I tried to stop him, but I just nodded..
“Don't believe it. lucas.”
I decided not to relax my escort's resolve for no reason..
Instead, I decided to hope that my resolve would become sharper and more polished..
No matter how you package it, defeat is defeat.
After thinking about and reflecting on that bitterness, you will be able to become stronger..
“Hey, new chicks!”
It was then. We saw a dwarf blacksmith stomping towards us. It was Kelly Bay..
“These idiots! I heard you went straight into the loser's path and left for the Colosseum! How did you come back alive?!”
Kelly Bay, who was running towards us with a giggle, soon noticed that our complexions were not very bright..
His voice became cautious..
“What, what happened? Did you fail??”
“The Colosseum was conquered. Craftsman.”
I shrugged..
“There was a problem after that.”
“After that?”
“The Vampire King himself has come to visit. We got beaten up one by one..”
Kelly Bay's eyes got so big that they almost popped out..
“What?! Celen Dion himself,?!”
I handed the entire bag of dark crystals into Kelly Bay's arms as she wanted to ask more..
Kelly Bay took it in a daze..
“Kelly Bay. Sex is a weapon, please take care of me.”
I spat out in a serious voice..
“We must pick off that monster bastard. But the reality is that we lack power. So the weapon the craftsman will make for you is more important than anything else..”
“Hehehe.”
Kelly Bay, who opened his pocket and smiled lowly, winked at me..
“All the ingredients have been gathered. good. Let me get started right away. What type of weapon should I make??”
“Long sword. Cavalry. and.”
I glanced at Damian and spoke emphatically..
“arrow.”
Kelly Bay was startled and jumped up from her seat..
“what? Fire, arrow? The son of such a rich family! Are you saying you are going to waste that precious silver with arrows??!”
“sure.”
I didn't hesitate.
“If it could be used to kill the king of vampires, would it be just Seong-eun? I'm willing to throw away something more precious than that..”
“…….”
“So, don't be a nitpicker and make it of the highest quality..”
Kelly Bay, who was looking at me with her mouth slightly open, immediately burst into laughter..
“Good good! It's as you said. If you can kill Celendion, there's no need to save the castle..”
Kelly Bay took something out of her arms and showed it to her..
“I already got this to make your weapons more special..”
“This……?”
it was a tree branch.
Red energy oozes from all over the branches... … A tree branch emitting strange waves.
“It is the ‘Devil’s Mistletoe’ that grows only in the deepest level of this dungeon. Also called Mystiltain.”
“branch of curse……!”
That's a rare material item that can only be found in the later stages. I swallowed dry saliva..
“If you make an item using the branch,…….”
“Whoa. I guess you know, Prince Saksu..”
Kelly Bay explained with a smile..
“If you use these tree branches as material to make a weapon... … It becomes a cursed blade that drastically reduces the healing ability of the enemy hit..”
This blacksmith grandpa, why does he have a face like Santa Claus?.
“There can be no better gift than this for vampire bastards..”
What Kelly Bay is saying is that the castle will add a healing reduction effect to the weapon as an additional effect..
This truly becomes a vampire's extremely hard counter weapon..
Surprised by the unexpected windfall, I stayed still and glanced at Kelly Bay's shoulder..
“Did you get hurt while trying to get it??”
Kelly Bay has a bloody bandage on her shoulder..
How come you weren't there? Looks like he went to get that. Then I got hurt.
“Hey, don't say anything weird! It's just that I fell and got a little scratched in front of you. Well, this tree branch is something I picked up on the way back from a short trip over there..”
Kelly Bay, who grumbled for no reason, soon came out and looked around at the party members with a heavy gaze..
“This is all I can do to help..”
The face of the blacksmith who lost all his brothers to Selendion was unusually serious..
“Be sure to kill that monster bastard..”
***
[Free exploration ends!]
[Level up character]
- Ash (EX) Lv.34 (↑10)
- Lucas (SSR) Lv.40 (↑2)
- Evangeline (SSR) Lv.40 (↑1)
- Jupiter Junior (SSR) Lv.37 (↑1)
- Damian (N) Lv.35 (↑2) (2nd job advancement possible!)
[Dead and Injured Characters]
- doesn't exist
[Acquired Items]
- Crystal of Darkness: 20
- Summoning Scroll: Chimera Origin
- Colosseum Victory Box: 6
***
The party disbanded as soon as they returned to Crossroads..
Each person was sent back to their lodgings..
“Everyone, don’t think anything and get some rest! Lucas, you too, rest until dinner.!”
1It was a 2-day schedule, and I was beaten up in battle, my pride was scratched, my legs were tired from walking for a long time, and everyone felt like death..
“All right. I will rest for a bit and resume my escort duties, my lord..”
“I'll get some sleep. See you later at dinner, senior. Whoaam…….”
Lucas and Evangeline entered the manor house.,
“Call me anytime you need me, prince.!”
“I guess I'll have to relive today's battle. Well then, Your Highness? I'll wait for you to call me.”
Damian and Junior returned to the temple and inn respectively..
I waved my hand at the party members trudging away toward their respective dorms. Get some rest, guys..
“Ugh, it's hard.…….”
As soon as I got back to the mansion, I went back to my room and fell on the bed. flutter.
It seems that fighting alone with the vampire king caused more mental fatigue than expected..
I feel dizzy and nauseous..
‘…….’
When I thought of that guy, my consciousness became clearer, regardless of my condition..
those red eyes.
A predator's gaze that looks down on humans as if they were insects..
‘How can you look so insignificantly and beg for death from a human being? This is absurd..’
I gritted my teeth and got up from the bed..
I felt tired all over my body, but I felt like I couldn't rest comfortably..
‘Let’s start with what we ate this time..’
I sat up straight on the bed and opened my inventory..
The items obtained during this free exploration are not bad at all..
First of all, Summon Scroll: Chimera Origin.
It is a one-time skill that allows you to summon and control boss-level monsters..
Like the giant steam golem that was useful in Stage 3, it is now possible to summon Chimera Origin..
‘The Black Queen is a monster that was pulverized with a single shot, so it feels a bit weak, but.’
Actually, Chimera is a strong enough monster..
It may not be as powerful as a giant steam golem, but it will do quite well against vampires..
‘Above all, the chimera's blood is poisonous. It's like I'm resistant to vampires..’
……Although I know this theoretically, it is still a big deal that it was blown away with a single shot. I feel so weak. Tsk.
Anyway, why has the number of cards that can be used increased? I thankfully registered the skill using the summon scroll..
‘Next is the Colosseum victory box..’
The Colosseum Dungeon does not have separate box looting, but rewards are paid by placing boxes in the inventory according to the number of waves won..
If you had beaten Wave 7 Jackal, you would have received the 'Colosseum Winner Box', but perhaps because Jackal skipped the event, these 6 were all you had. I wonder where this is.
‘There are also some boxes that I didn't open before and saved them..’
I took out the boxes I had kept in my inventory..
Boxes received as rewards for clearing Stage 4.
5 R-rated reward boxes. 2 SR grade reward boxes.
There were some items I left out because I didn't need them right away, but in fact, there was only one reason I didn't open these boxes..
It was because of superstitions when playing games..
‘10If you collect them all together, you get the feeling that a better item will emerge.!’
In fact, the probability of an item appearing is the same regardless of whether it is a single car or an annual car..
For some reason, when I collected them in groups of 10 and opened them at once, I felt like the golden color appeared more often..
I know this is just a matter of mood, but if you do this box-cracking thing, you can't help but be influenced by shamanism and totemism.!
Anyway, a total of 13 boxes were collected..
I decided to open it generously. I opened the boxes all at once..
‘God of lottery, please! Please help! what kind of relationship are we!’
Flash! flashing!
The light emanating from the boxes filled my room..
I shouted with all my might.
“Did you realize it?-?!”
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