Doll

[Field Boss]

In Leore, field bosses are a slightly different concept of boss than in other RPG games.

Literally, a boss in the field. A boss strong enough to be compared to most raid bosses. The difference from raid bosses is that there is no limit to the number of people.

Raids are basically done with 20 people, but with field bosses, everyone around can enter the field boss area.

The special thing about field bosses is the level-restricted area, which means that no matter how high your level is, it will be adjusted to the field boss level.

Because of that, no matter how high your level is, you can’t kill a field boss in one hit.

Streamer Kang Han-gil came down from the upper levels to the lower levels this time to catch the field boss, Orc Chieftain.

Of course, it was for content, and to broadcast clearing the Orc Chieftain with a small group of only 5 people.

Until now, the smallest party to catch the Orc Chieftain was 6 people, and he was going to where the Orc Chieftain was to break that record.

[Thank you, ㅇㅇ-nim, for the 5000 won donation.]

-Is it possible with 5 people?

“I think there’s a 99% chance of success.”

-That raid party also had 6 people though?

-It looks like there’s one less healer, can the healing amount be handled?

-Theoretically, if you parry all attacks, one healer can do it alone

-Say something that makes sense

-Bullshit, parrying my ass

[Thank you, ㅇㅇ-nim, for the 5000 won donation.]

-Here’s another parry-nut.

“That’s right. I’m going to parry.”

-Wow. Kang Han-gil has finally gone crazy, lololol

-lolololol parrying? Insane

-Looking at it now, there’s one person with a one-handed sword

-I see, are they going to parry together?

Parrying.

Parrying is deflecting an incoming attack with a weapon or shield by timing it right.

It takes much less stamina than just blocking an attack with a weapon or shield, and if you block with perfect timing, it’s a good method with no after-delay.

The problem is what happens when you fail.

If you fail to parry, you obviously have to take the attack head-on. It doesn’t matter if you’re just hunting monsters, but in a raid situation, you take instant-death damage, so the situation becomes difficult.

Moreover, if it’s a poorly timed parry, you become incapacitated due to knockback or after-delay, and then you have to take the next attack without any defense, so failing to parry in a raid is directly linked to death.

Usually, that’s why a large number of people parry at once to reduce after-delay, or a sturdy tank just blocks the attack with a shield.

Even the most hardcore players in Leore hardly ever used parrying in raids unless it was an obvious parry pattern, and only used it when catching regular monsters.

“Hey, who do you think I am? Plus, Demok-nim is here this time.”

-Demok? That one-handed sword master?

-Ah, seriously, are they going to parry together? Can they handle the after-delay?

-It seems like the damage will be lacking in the first place?

-Who’s going to do the damage?

-This is 100% going to fail, lololol

“Woooaaaaah!!!”

As they got closer to the field where the Orc Chieftain was, a roar announcing the start of the Orc Chieftain’s battle echoed through the field.

“Huh? Looks like there’s another team?”

-Hmm? Really?

-There was no talk of recruiting a raid party on the inventory?

-Don’t tell me another newbie who doesn’t know anything went in? lololol

-Looks like it? lololol

One of the bosses that newbies underestimate while playing Leore is the field boss. This is because the existence of a field boss is not that significant in other games.

However, in Leore, field bosses are raids that test your so-called physical skills, close to end-game content for a small number of people, so it’s a raid that newbies can never clear.

Of course, there is a level adjustment, so you might have the conditions to clear it, but you need a perfect raid party, a perfect party, and a perfect combination.

“Shall we go take a look? If they’re newbies, we should rescue them right away.”

-ㄱㄱ Let’s go right away

-Another fresh newbie’s head is going to fly off

As soon as they arrived at the place where the Orc Chieftain was, what they saw was a young girl who looked like she was just in middle school charging at the Orc Chieftain.

“Ah!”

-Ah, another one goes to Orc Chieftain-nim, lol

-lololol Really a newbie

-Goodbye, another mosaic coming~

Everyone imagined the future where the young girl’s body would be cut by the Orc Chieftain’s giant axe attack, but a different future than everyone expected was drawn.

Kaang!!!

A sound everyone knows.

The Orc Chieftain’s axe went up, and the young girl was pushed back greatly.

“Parrying…?”

-??

-What? What did I just see?

-Shit?

-Is this a hidden camera?

It wasn’t a perfect parry, but it was judged as a parry. In the first place, it was absurd that a single person received a parry judgment against a boss’s attack.

The level and nickname above the young girl’s head.

Level 5, Lee Arang.

The young girl with a level that didn’t even match the boss level and a nickname that seemed like her real name countered the boss’s attack with a parry.

She survived an attack that should have killed her in one hit, with half her health remaining.

If this scene had appeared in a raid, everyone would have cheered and immediately covered her, but right now, the girl was alone.

Just as Kang Han-gil was about to move to help the girl, she narrowly avoided the Orc Chieftain’s attack.

-Am I seeing this right now?

-Isn’t that a regular orc, not an Orc Chieftain?

-Can’t you see the red name above her head? Are you blind?

-Wow…

-Crazy

The young girl was fighting the Orc Chieftain 1 on 1. And it was evenly matched. In a fight that didn’t allow for a single mistake, the girl dodged the Orc Chieftain’s attacks without a single error and crammed in damage.

Perfect calculation of pre-delay and after-delay. Movement as if she could see the attacks, and she was dealing damage after perfectly catching the damage opportunities without missing a single one.

“Is she human?”

Even he himself only had about a 50% chance of parrying against regular monsters. But against a boss, it was maybe 10%, but that young girl was parrying without a single failure.

On top of that.

Kaang!

A cheerful sound.

It was a perfect parry. The young girl, who charged in without after-delay as soon as she was knocked back, eventually blew off the Orc Chieftain’s head after several attacks.

-???????

-Did she catch it alone? Is it possible?

-What is she, an NPC?

-Can’t you see the color above? She’s a player

-No, is that possible? Is a 1-person clear possible?

-It’s theoretically possible

-I’m also theoretically possible ;;

-Fucking crazy

The young girl, who had single-handedly defeated the Orc Chieftain, jumped up and down on the spot, rejoicing like a young girl, and then logged out and disappeared.

“Ah.”

==

As soon as I caught the Orc Chieftain, Anna called.

As soon as I pressed the logout button, my vision was dyed black, and I felt like my whole body was sinking into the depths of the sea, and then a bright light shone on my eyes.

It was the ceiling of the hospital room I had seen earlier.

“Ah, Arang-ah…”

I turned my head to the familiar voice coming from the side, and there were Arang’s parents with worried and moved faces.

“Oh, Mom, can you, can you recognize me?”

“…Yeah.”

I answered with a feeling as if a doll was speaking, with Arang’s unfamiliar emotions.

“Ah… Thank you. Thank you. Thank you…”

Arang’s mother hugged me and cried, and her father just shed tears from behind and looked at me.

My parents, who are now Arang. They had been through a lot of heartache because of Arang for a long time.

If my parents come sometimes, I think I should still come out and talk.

“Arang-ah. Did you like the game you played this time?”

My mother, who had calmed down to some extent, carefully stroked my hair and said.

Arang, who had lived without emotions for a long time, came back to life as soon as I started playing Leore, so I think she has a good impression of Leore.

Well, since she doesn’t have a big aversion to games, she must have gotten this end-of-life access device through a huge sum of money.

Nod.

“Really? That’s a relief. Mom will put some allowance in the access device. You can buy everything Arang wants. Okay?”

Nod.

My mother is the best.

“Instead, is it okay to be with your family today?”

Nod.

“…Yeah.”

I granted her request to be with my family, and I thought I was going home, but she said I couldn’t leave this hospital room because of an illness that could happen at any time.

I don’t know why, but I know that my condition right now is perfectly healthy. But everyone doesn’t know that I’m healthy.

Future medical technology is so advanced that my body is in a state where no impurities come out, and the end-of-life access device can also take in nutrients, so theoretically, I’m healthy enough to play games 24 hours a day, but they don’t know…

Anyway, I was taken care of by my family, and many words were exchanged…

I was starting to understand a little why Arang died.

I realized for the first time how uncomfortable it is to not have arms and legs. I didn’t know because I kept moving my body in Leore.

I kept going back and forth in my parents’ and Anna’s arms, being held like a doll, and all I could do was turn my head and wiggle my body.

‘At this point, I’m not a person, I’m a doll.’

After being in reality for about an hour in this situation, Arang’s emotions began to rise greatly.

The feeling of my emotions being dragged into the depths of the sea even though I didn’t want to. The feeling I get when I come out of the access device into reality was getting stronger.

The senses around me began to fade, and my body didn’t respond as I wanted. It’s like being trapped in a doll.