Chung Job

The queen ant without a head started charging madly.

Holding the Other-Mind Sword in my hand, I charged towards the queen ant, along with Arm-Length.

With perfect timing, my Other-Mind Sword and Arm-Length’s shield collided with the queen ant’s attacking arms.

KA-ANG!!!

The impact from the colliding sword, shield, and the queen ant’s sharp claws was so strong that I was about to be blown away due to my low Strength stat, but Arm-Length’s hand supported my waist.

“Thank you!”

Seeing the queen ant up close made my heart pound heavily.

I’ve always liked Aliens.

I didn’t like horror movies, but I really liked monster movies.

Among many monster movies, I thought Alien was the coolest, so I was sad that I couldn’t see the old movie in theaters, but later, when the next Alien movies came out, I remember enjoying them in theaters.

I like it that much, and this queen ant’s design is similar to Alien, so I like it quite a bit. It’s a bit of a shame that it doesn’t have a head.

I wonder how cool its head would have been if it had one.

But what’s in front of me now is the boss of this dungeon.

Now, [Annihilation Persona] through [Revenge]!

As I raised the Other-Mind Sword to my right shoulder, the black light, which is the skill effect of [Annihilation Persona], enveloped the Other-Mind Sword.

“Huuuuh…!!!”

I slashed the queen ant’s arm with a force that even I found hard to handle.

The intense black effect of [Annihilation Persona] wrapped around the queen ant’s arm.

13200!

“Huh?”

The damage of [Annihilation Persona], which should easily exceed 20,000 with full buffs, is only 13200, almost half of what it should be…

Ah, the [Revenge] skill disappeared, didn’t it? With the final damage reduced by 30%, it’s no wonder this kind of damage is coming out.

“Arang-a!”

I was so flustered by the lower-than-expected damage that I didn’t notice the queen ant’s attack coming at me.

Puh-uh-uhk!

I took intense damage that engulfed my whole body in a strong vibration. Damage that shaved off half of my HP in an instant.

I couldn’t avoid the next queen ant’s attack due to the vibration, but I wasn’t worried at all and thought about what to do for the next attack.

A pure white effect enveloped my body, and Arm-Length appeared in front of me, 멋지게 (meotjige) blocking the queen ant’s attack.

I took a deep breath and, as soon as I confirmed that the stiffness from the vibration was gone, I went next to Arm-Length.

The queen ant’s aggro was completely on Arm-Length, so I could easily go behind the queen ant.

From now on, a normal party’s boss raid began.

The main tanker, Arm-Length, takes the aggro while receiving the queen ant’s attacks.

The healer, Belly-Blanket, cares for the tanker, Arm-Length, and the dealers, Soon-Choo and I, attack the queen ant.

Is it because it’s a main quest dungeon? There weren’t any major difficult gimmicks.

It was annoying that normal ants rushed in to protect the queen ant from time to time, but it didn’t pose a major threat to the queen ant’s raid.

[Manipulated Queen Ant]

[■■■□□□□□□□□□□□□]

The queen ant’s HP is not much left.

As the blood decreased, the queen ant’s body collapsed. The queen ant’s cool 육체 (yukche – flesh/body) fell to the floor one by one.

I didn’t think it would end like this, and my thoughts were right.

The cordyceps on the severed neck gradually proliferated, and the small stems controlled the queen ant’s body as if they were manipulating a puppet.

Arm-Length’s HP started to decrease rapidly due to the stronger attacks and faster speed than before.

Belly-Blanket was flustered by Arm-Length’s suddenly decreasing HP and focused all care solely on Arm-Length.

Because of that, Belly-Blanket’s mana noticeably decreased.

“I can’t hold on for long! Arm-Length-nim, please focus only on defense!”

“Understood!”

The nest vibrated greatly due to the queen ant’s rampant attacks, as if it had gone berserk, and all the monsters in the nest rushed in to protect the queen ant.

Looking at the current state, it was obvious that Belly-Blanket’s mana would run out in less than a minute.

That means this gimmick is a simple yet difficult gimmick.

The tanker must withstand the attacks of the queen ant and many monsters and must firmly hold the aggro. A healer who must protect such a tanker.

And we dealers must defeat the queen ant before the tanker and healer collapse.

I butchered the queen ant’s body without a single second of delay, thinking of canceling all the pre-delay and post-delay of all skills in an instant.

Each time the blood disappeared, the queen ant’s body became more rampant, and the slender bundles of cordyceps wriggled and turned into sharp tentacles, dominating the surroundings and rushing in.

The ranged dealer, Soon-Choo, quickly backed away and continued to attack.

But I didn’t avoid it. It’s nothing to me unless it’s the boss’s strong attack.

I just have to block everything.

The Other-Mind Sword in my right hand emitted a blue light, blocking all the tentacles of the wildly raging cordyceps, and I shoved the sword into the queen ant’s body in between.

The tip of the sword 난도질 (nandojil – mangled/hacked) the center of the queen ant’s body, tearing it apart, destroying the thick root mass that seemed to be the center of the cordyceps, and blowing away the core inside.

When the core of the cordyceps controlling the queen ant was blown away, a huge storm arose, emitting intense 광채 (gwangchae – radiance/brilliance) and dazzling particles exploded.

“Wow… that was close.”

“That was really my last mana…! Ugh…”

“Arang-a, good good~”

I high-fived Soon-Choo who was coming over, opened the system window to check the equipment that came out after clearing the dungeon.

[Shellfish Armored Gloves]

Level: 400

Physical Defense + 650

Magic Resistance + 1100

HP + 2500

Attack Power + 500

Equipment level is 10 levels lower than the crafted equipment that Belly-Blanket made. The overall stats are also slightly lower.

As expected, the items that come out of a normal dungeon are not very appealing.

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After safely finishing the dungeon, I disbanded the party and entered the guild house that I had prepared myself, with my own fingers.

I lay down on the sofa on the first floor and checked the meter of the dungeon I had just cleared.

I don’t like my damage indicators displayed on the meter, even though I parried so much.

The damage has definitely decreased because I don’t have [Revenge].

Maybe it’s because the [Revenge] effect and the 손맛 (sonmat – feeling/sensation) are less when I parry, but it feels kind of 흐느적, 흐느적 (heuneujeok, heuneujeok – limp/flabby/wobbly).

After all, what I felt while raiding this dungeon is that Soma has now left my hands.

I should prepare to switch to another job right away. I need to level it up to the max so that I can immediately equip the gear I get from the raid.

What I’m thinking about right now is none other than [Assassin], which is considered the most Chung job among the Chungs in LORE.

It’s a so-called back attack dealer who has to hit all attacks from behind, and it’s a job that’s difficult to survive because it has the lowest HP and defense among all jobs.

The damage is strong because it’s a pure dealer, and it’s a job that many people do because the skill effects use daggers and the assassin-like red blood and red moon are 간지 (ganji – cool/stylish).

The problem is that the user perception of the [Assassin] job has gone to hell because it has the most deaths in all raids due to the restriction of having to do all attacks from behind and the 개복치 (gaebokchi – sunfish)-like HP that dies easily.

To the point where users call them Assassin-Chung, Assassin-Chung.

I’m thinking of doing that Assassin-Chung.

An assassin, with daggers, blood, and even a red moon. Honestly, the 간지 (ganji – cool/stylish) is the best. That’s why many people do it even though they sing Assassin-Chung, Assassin-Chung.

I went to the city right away to get the [Assassin] job.

As soon as I got the assassin job, which is the first job of the [Assassin] job, in the city, I went back to the guild house and equipped the dagger I received.

Then, in an instant, all the max-level equipment was stripped off.

I was in my underwear.

Is it because it’s for ages 15 and up? It’s all wrapped up tightly.

I quickly equipped the level 1 equipment.

It’s level 1 adventurer equipment, so it’s just a plain skirt and a plain short-sleeved shirt, so it’s not 간지 (ganji – cool/stylish) at all.

The dagger also looks like a dagger I just picked up from somewhere, so I sigh.

First of all, leveling is important, but it’s important to take care of the 간지 (ganji – cool/stylish) first.

If I’m an assassin, the black armor costume I have is not good. If I’m going to do it, I have to wear a tights costume like an assassin.

I immediately opened the store and went costume shopping.

As I scrolled through, LORE really seems to be bad at making costumes.

I felt it when I was choosing the Soma costume last time, but it’s hard to find something I like. I spent a long time finding a costume I liked.

It was a costume with an assassin-like sexiness.

It’s a leotard, and because it’s for ages 15 and up, the short shorts slightly cover up the sexiness, and the 멋진 (meotjin – cool/wonderful) coat and red scarf are the points, so I like the costume.

It’s not a perfect assassin outfit that’s both sexy and 간지 (ganji – cool/stylish), but it’s a pretty good costume.

Is it because it’s a legendary costume? The price was quite expensive.

It’s just a costume with no stats, but the price is 150,000 won. If it were me in the past, I wouldn’t have bought it while 욕 (yok – cursing)…

It’s peanuts to me now that I have 100 million won in the store. I pressed the purchase button right away without 고민 (gomin – hesitation/worry).

I immediately took out the costume that came into the inventory and put it on.

“Oh…”

I liked it when I just saw it through the window, but I like it even more when I wear it like this.

And I thought there were shorts because it’s 15, but this is not a costume with shorts attached, but a costume that can be unequipped separately.

Shall I take it off once?

Tti-ring.

I took off the shorts and looked at myself…

It’s too 야한 (yahan – sexy/erotic) even for me, who likes 야한 (yahan – sexy/erotic) things. No, it’s beyond 야한 (yahan – sexy/erotic), and I feel like I shouldn’t do this.

I was about to put on the unequipped shorts.

Click. Click.

The sound of a screenshot echoed in the guild house.

I immediately turned my head in the direction of the sound, and there was Belly-Blanket, bleeding from the nose and covering his mouth with his hand.