Only I Level Up: Ragnarok - Episode 158
Only I Level Up: Ragnarok Episode 158
shadow dungeon.
A world of quiet rest in black and white.
Now here, the untimely flapping of the wings of bees was making a small noise..
Weeeeenn-
[……It's really amazing.]
Queen bee Arsha let out a small exclamation as she walked through the shadow dungeon..
[Is this the world of rest ruled by the Shadow Lord?.]
Surprisingly, she was now in the shadow dungeon in her ‘main body’ state..
The conversation between Suho and Arsha was cut off for a moment due to Baek Yunho's sudden intrusion, but after that, Suho dared to bring Arsha's body in front of him..
Since Arsha was in no position to disobey Suho's orders anyway, she had no choice but to obediently follow Suho's words..
The result is this right now.
From now on, Arsha's main body will live trapped in the shadow dungeon..
So to speak, hostage.
or confinement.
In short, from now on, Arsha's main body will be unable to leave the shadow dungeon without Guardian's permission..
However, her clone still remained outside, and it was possible to use that clone to monitor the situation outside..
But that's all.
As long as the main body was trapped here, it was difficult to fully demonstrate its power..
At best, reconnaissance was the best..
‘……But this isn't necessarily a bad thing.’
I didn't know it when she was being subjected to one-sided abuse of power, but Arsha was surprisingly quite pleased with her current situation..
‘I'm sure it's abusive, but the welfare is better than I thought..’
Arsha's ultimate goal was, of course, to inherit the power of Queresha, the king of bugs and the lord of plague..
But before that, her most important goal was, of course, ‘survival.’.
In that sense, this shadow dungeon was a safer place than any other place..
‘Most of all, I like that I don't have to act anymore..’
Arsha was not particularly dissatisfied with the current treatment based on this fact alone..
In the past, when she accidentally fell to Earth while wandering through a dimensional gap, she chose to imitate herself as a human and naturally blend into human society..
I acted like a human and catered to humans..
It wasn't an adaptation, it was just a parasite.
It was shameful.
I have to live my life acting like mere humans, even though I was born as a queen bee..
But no matter how strong he was, he couldn't take on all the humans on Earth..
Therefore, I had to increase my subordinates and create a force that would no longer require me to hide myself..
In order to reign as a true queen bee.
But not now.
There was no need to act like a human anymore than here in the shadow dungeon..
That fact appealed to her more than anything else..
Of course, there was just one element of anxiety..
That's right, Suho.
Since the main body is trapped here, from now on Suho can kill himself whenever he wants..
-I plan to kill you at any time. But I promise I won't kill you if you don't go against my wishes..
[……It's okay, right??]
Extremely unreasonable and one-sided contract.
Arsha's eyes suddenly trembled with anxiety as she remembered the oath Suho had made..
But what can I do?.
Now that it's like this, I have no choice but to do my best not to go against Suho's wishes..
Wasn't it the situation where you were running away from Suho even when you were outside anyway?.
[hmm. This would be good.]
Arsha, who had been wandering around the shadow dungeon for a while, suddenly stopped when she found somewhere..
This is a corner of the shadow dungeon, a little away from Ammut's pyramid..
Arsha, who was carefully looking around the area, stretched out her hand with a satisfied smile..
[Soar, my worker bees.]
Weeeeenn-
Then the bees she had brought with her flew out of her body all at once..
Arsha solemnly declared to the guys:.
[I command you in the name of Queen Bee Arsha. Work hard, worker bees. Let us build our new kingdom here..]
Weeeeenn-
Arsha ended up like this anyway, and decided to build a comfortable palace for herself to live in in the corner of the shadow dungeon..
Anyway, the main material for the honeycomb was Arsha's magic power, and the remaining materials could be sufficiently collected in this area..
So after some time.
Before she knew it, the beehive, with its basic structure already visible, was gradually becoming complete..
But is it because we have become too accustomed to human life?.
It could hardly be called a beehive, but the queen bee's bedroom was built like a very comfortable and elegant princess room..
[Hehehe. Good, good. Make a bed here. Queen size would be nice. And here is a tea table and a sofa.…….]
The worker bees were buzzing and working hard to match Arsha's detailed orders..
Arsha couldn't hide her satisfaction..
Then a thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to continue living like this... … . hmm? what am i thinking…….’
Arsha said that she had a thought that was unbecoming of a queen bee for a moment and hastily erased the thought that had just occurred to her..
But deep down she knew.
The life of a queen bee is to live in a safe place and leave all the other troublesome and dangerous tasks to the worker bees..
Arsha felt grateful to Suho for providing such a comfortable space for her, and conveyed her thoughts to her worker bees wandering around Korea..
The content of that thought was the order that Su-ho had given himself..
-My worker bees! Hurry up and find Hwang Dong-su!!
Yes.
Suho was not only entrusted to the White Tiger Guild, but was also enlisting Arsha's workers to search for Hwang Dong-su's location..
Weeeeenn-
Arsha's worker bees outside the shadow dungeon heard the queen's command and began to flap their wings even more and disperse throughout the country..
* * *
While Arsha was building a beehive.
Suho finished his daily quest and walked out of Ammut's pyramid..
[thank you for your hard work.]
Behind Ber, who approached first and spoke, the shadow soldiers of the Guardian were gathered..
Suho's eyes looked at them..
Excluding Ver, the total number of shadow soldiers he has saved so far is five..
Shadow Lancer Quay.
Shadow Minotaur Minnow.
Shadow Minotaur Tau.
Shadow Assassin Kira.
Shadow Shaman Harmakan.
Of course, the strongest among them was Harmacan, an elite knight..
However, from the perspective of dealing with him directly, Harma Khan's specialty was 'magic'..
In that sense, in order to use Harmakan appropriately in the future, it was necessary to properly understand its abilities..
“Harmakan, tell me about your abilities..”
[Yes, master.]
Harmakan's answer continued, and in summary, it could be broadly classified into three categories..
1) wraith magic
2) Curse (debuff)
3) Instance dungeon activated
[……However, witchcraft to cast a spell is only possible when there are spirits of the dead nearby..]
“It's an ability that has limitations depending on the situation..”
[That's right.]
Suho suddenly remembered Harmakan attacking Yamiri village using the ghosts of the dead people..
At that time, Harmakan used the souls of humans, but in the dungeon, it seemed like he could use wraith magic on the souls of demonic beasts..
‘However, the abilities of wraith magic overlap with shadow extraction..’
Strictly speaking, Shadow Power could be said to be a much higher level power than Wraith Art..
“Then, from now on, we can collect strong demonic beasts as shadow soldiers, and use the souls of the remaining miscellaneous mobs as ingredients for wraith magic..”
[I'll keep that in mind. And the curse I use is…….]
“Oh, let's see it with our own eyes..”
[……?]
Suho's sudden grinning smile made Harmakan feel ominous and he quickly looked around..
Then, before he knew it, other shadow soldiers were surrounding him..
[Lord, master?]
“attack all.”
[……!]
Wow!!
As soon as the order was given, the shadow soldiers began to attack Harmakan..
[Oh my!]
Harmakan was embarrassed and started cursing quickly..
At that moment, system messages appeared in front of Suho’s eyes..
[Harmakan uses ‘Skill: Damage Amplification’.]
[Harmakan uses ‘Skill: Exploitation’.]
[Harmakan uses ‘Skill: Thorn of Pain’.]
“Yeah, this was it.”
Suho nodded, checking again the performance of the Harmakan curses he had personally encountered..
‘Damage amplification is a debuff. Exploitation absorbs vitality. Thorns of pain reflect damage.’
Looking back, they were quite interesting skills..
In terms of the game, Harmakan could be seen as a necromancer specializing in debuffs..
And in the game, just as the debuffer does not show much power without party members, the same was true for Harmakan..
In fact, even now, even if you apply a debuff, there are no ghosts that will attack you..
[Wow!]
As a result, Harmacan was being one-sidedly beaten by other soldiers without even being able to attack properly..
Even though he was an elite knight, he had an unsightly appearance..
However, in the process, the ‘thorn of pain’ shone through..
[All pain and damage taken by Harmakan is shared with the attacking target..]
Kwaaang!
[……!]
Just then, Kira's body, which attacked Harmacan with great force, exploded and was thrown backwards..
At the same time, Harmakan also felt pain, but Kira, who had relatively weak defense, fell first..
Suho chuckled at that sight..
“This makes you a tank, not a necromancer.?”
But what if it were like this??
Suho changed his fighting style.
“Harmakan! Can you inflict the thorns of pain on all other soldiers as well??”
[OMG! Yes, yes! Anything is possible!]
Even though Harma Khan was beaten by the soldiers, he steadily answered his questions..
“Then use it all on other soldiers.!”
[Harmakan uses ‘Skill: Thorn of Pain’.]
As soon as he said those words, a curse enveloped the bodies of all the soldiers, and this time, Su-ho ordered the soldiers to attack each other..
Then an indiscriminate fight broke out..
[Wow!]
[Haaap!]
Clap clap clap clap-!
Ku-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwaang.!
The shadow soldiers attacked each other without hesitation, perhaps because they had accumulated so much from each other..
Then, at the same time as the attack, their bodies exploded one after another..
However, in the meantime, they look like berserkers who do not stop attacking each other.…….
[Guys like cockroaches.]
Queen Arsha, who witnessed the fierce and fierce battle from afar, clicked her tongue and ran away to build a beehive again..
Shwaaaaagh!
In the meantime, Suho's mana drained out, and the damaged bodies of the soldiers began to recover quickly..
Suho’s eyes sparkled when he saw that..
“Good?”
Thorn of Pain, which returns damage taken, had very good synergy with Shadow Soldiers..
Shadow soldiers were able to recover no matter how much damage they took..
Of course, the prerequisite for this was that it had to be supported by Guardian's mana..
“……From now on, I will have to invest in intelligence stats as well..”
Suho immediately invested all of the daily quest rewards he received today into his intelligence stat..
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