Second Raid

Time passed, and the promised day approached.

I checked the gear specs of the raid members and nodded.

As if everyone had worked hard to prepare for this day, most of the equipment was of Unique grade, level 45.

I also had an item prepared for this day.

It was the [Thunder Ross]’s Head item, a field boss that randomly spawned in the level 45 field.

[Thunder Ross’s Head]

The severed head of Thunder Ross, a dragon who commands storms and lightning.

Submitting it to the Knights of the Capital City will trigger the [Thunder Ross’s Roar] buff for everyone in the map.

Yeon- [Gather in the Capital City before departure. We’ll apply the full buff and then go.]

Before using the item, I summoned the raid members.

I confirmed that everyone had arrived through the raid interface, which allowed me to check the status of the raid members, and then handed Thunder Ross’s head to the Knights in the center of the plaza.

A tall knight took the giant dragon’s head and placed it on a large altar in the center of the plaza.

Then, lightning struck with a *kwang!* directly hitting Thunder Ross’s head.

The lightning that fell on the head didn’t stop there.

The flashing lightning began to brightly illuminate Thunder Ross’s dull eyes, scattering a massive force in all directions.

Puh-ung-!

[Thunder Ross’s Roar]

Damage taken reduced by 10%.

All damage increased by 10%.

Duration: 2 hours

,Are you using this buff right away? Are you sure we don’t need to practice? Use it when you’re confident.”

I shook my head at Hwarang’s words and replied.

,We’ll clear it on the first try. Absolutely.”

I wasn’t worried. There was no need to worry. Deron’s development company made one mistake in the raid created this season.

They overlooked the [Blessing of the Sun] buff that appeared last season.

This item, with its enormous stat boost and damage reduction effect, allowed us to ignore most of the patterns that appeared in the raid.

Most raid parties would surely clear it on the first try.

After checking the various buffs, I immediately started moving with the raid members.

Everyone followed me with faces mixed with anxiety and anticipation.

The place we arrived at through the portal was an area called [The Corrupted Sanctuary].

A large building, half-collapsed, greeted us.

An ominous black aura rising from within enveloped the entire building, darkening the atmosphere.

The sun in the sky couldn’t illuminate this building alone.

Because the corrupted energy flowing out from within was too intense.

This was the place where we would proceed with the level 45 raid dungeon.

,Everyone checked your doping status, right? Anyone short on potions, speak up now.”

Everyone nodded with firm expressions, as if they were ready.

,Then, let’s all go in.”

It was the moment I turned around and headed towards the entrance of the dungeon.

I felt a hot gaze from behind and stopped in my tracks.

I didn’t say anything in particular, but they were expecting it, as expected.

I pursed my lips.

There was no need to bring down the mood unnecessarily.

To repay the expectations of the raid members, I jumped up and down in place and leaped into the entrance of the dungeon.

,Wow, the raid leader-nim jumped, as expected.”

,Kya… Awesome. That jump was really awesome. You were like a complete rabbit.”

,Let’s go in too.”

All sorts of embarrassing compliments poured out. The tips of my ears were slightly hot.

I turned around and glared at the raid members.

They even jumped up and down in place, as if imitating my actions.

,Everyone, stop messing around. We’ll clear the path to the named monster and then have a quick briefing.”

I gestured to Dogric, who was standing beside me.

He was still in the tank position, wearing a large shield and full plate armor.

Because I, who had been the tank leader, had moved to the dealer line, he had risen to become the main tank.

,Clear the path. You saw the named monster’s location and map structure on the website, right?”

,Yes, I’ll clear the path.”

Dogric, who answered my words, began to clear the path with his large shield in front.

Blocking the way were corrupted priests and paladins.

,Everyone, don’t hold back on using the Sun’s Blessing. Use it right away even when clearing the path.”

The raid party, which had initially moved cautiously, gradually began to increase its speed of advance as the elite monsters blocking their path were swept away faster than expected.

The tanks blocking the way also knew that the damage they were taking wasn’t significant, so they began to pull even more monsters.

It was all thanks to the doping item called Blessing of the Sun.

How long had it been?

Walking straight along the path on the right, a wide auditorium unfolded.

In the center of the auditorium stood a muscular man with a bloody, bare upper body.

An ominous aura flowing from his two fists slowly spread out.

[Inquisitor Lava]

Aside from the charge pattern towards the healer and the occasional wide-area curse debuff, it wasn’t a very difficult named monster.

,Briefing…”

I habitually tried to brief about the named monster, but then I shut my mouth.

I almost made a mistake. There was no revealed information about the raid dungeon right now.

If I said something here as if I knew the named monster’s patterns, my situation would definitely become very difficult.

,Actually, there’s nothing to brief about, right? The patterns haven’t been revealed. We’re the advance party.”

I quickly changed my words and looked back at the raid members.

They nodded at my words and raised their weapons.

They seemed to be somewhat prepared as an advance party.

,Let’s try it out for now. Each job leader, record a video. We need to analyze the patterns after the named monster fight.”

After finishing my words, I gestured to Dogric, the main tank.

It was the start of the first named monster try.

As Dogric began to approach with his large shield, the Inquisitor standing in the center raised his head, scattering black glares.

[Oh, ho… Heretics have come…]

He, who had served the Sun God, showed a completely deranged appearance.

It was because the Sun God had fallen, and he had accepted the energy of corruption as well.

,Deal damage!”

The moment Dogric secured the aggro, the damage began to pour in.

The performance of the characters, covered in various buffs, began to show a performance that exceeded the developer’s expectations.

I also drew my large greatsword and mercilessly stabbed the named monster’s back.

The health was decreasing really quickly.

Less than 30 seconds after starting the damage, the named monster’s health was at 50%.

At that moment, a black energy poured down from the sky and began to heal the named monster’s wounds.

It’s a heal pattern. I shouted immediately.

,Heal! It’s a heal pattern! Warlocks, use the healing reduction curse!”

The moment my order was given, a black-purple energy was immediately fired towards the named monster.

It was the healing reduction curse used by the warlocks.

The raid members reacted quickly. The named monster couldn’t recover much health and moved on to the next pattern.

The moment the named monster’s health dropped to 30%, the guy crouched his large body to the floor.

As if preparing to jump out.

Should I say something? Or should I just watch?

I swung my sword and watched carefully.

At that moment, the named monster, who had been crouching, quickly jumped out and punched towards the place where the healers were gathered.

Kwang!

A massive shockwave erupted from the fist that struck the ground.

If they hadn’t equipped raid armor, if they were generally trying for the first time, the healers would have definitely died from that attack.

But the healers were also using the Blessing of the Sun doping.

The healers succeeded in surviving with a sliver of health left.

Of course, not all of them survived.

I immediately used Dash to follow behind the named monster.

Two healers died from this pattern, but there are still 5 healers alive, so there won’t be much difficulty in proceeding.

,Hiyaaaa!”

Using a shout skill to gather aggro.

The named monster’s gaze turned towards me at the feeble shout that burst from my mouth.

I immediately swung my sword and struck the guy’s body.

The muscular body staggered from the considerable impact, and I immediately turned around and started running.

,Tank! Transfer aggro! Healers, heal yourselves first!”

Dogric, who was running over without me having to say anything, brushed past my body and blocked the named monster’s body with his giant shield.

Immediately after that, a huge shout burst from his mouth.

,Uwaaaaaa!”

The named monster’s aggro was successfully transferred back to the main tank.

Even in the midst of that, ranged attacks continued to fly towards the named monster.

[Ugh… My, my… Sun God-isiyeo…]

Eventually, the body of [Inquisitor Lava] collapsed.

Battle time: 1 minute 20 seconds.

Number of dead raid members: 2.

Everyone must have felt it after finishing the first named monster battle. That this raid would be easier than expected.

I check the first drop item and proceed with the auction. This time, the dropped item was priest and mage armor.

The named monsters we encountered afterwards also proceeded without much difficulty.

It was possible because of the fraudulent performance of the Blessing of the Sun doping.

After defeating two more named monsters, we faced the final named monster.

A giant body and sparkling scales, with a black aura surging above it.

[Corrupted Divine Dragon Sunforce]

Unlike the humanoid named monsters we had met before, guarding the final gate was a giant dragon.

I was sweating coldly. It was too difficult to endure the body from reacting to the patterns I already knew, rather than attacking the named monster.

The moment I thought about it, I was already moving, so I had to intentionally change the direction of the attack or pretend to fall *kwadang* on the floor.

,It’ll be easy this time too, right?”

,This raid seems really easy. Maybe they just threw all the other patterns into the last boss?”

It’s true that the humanoid named monsters we met earlier were easy.

But this guy in front of me had several particularly difficult patterns.

A flying pattern in the sky, a corrupted breath pattern that spews out over a wide area, and even a pattern that seals the healers’ heals.

The tail swing pattern that occasionally appeared couldn’t be ignored either.

It was a pattern that scattered the melee dealers attached to his back in all directions, causing a loss of damage.

,Entering.”

After a short break, the main tank took out his shield and slowly began to approach.

At that moment, the Divine Dragon, who had been crouching, began to scatter black glares and raised his head.

Kugeugeugeuk-

The surrounding air began to fluctuate. Black heat began to rise in the mouth raised high in the sky, and the Divine Dragon’s chest swelled greatly.

A sign of the breath pattern. A pattern that all dragon-type bosses have.

My head turns white. Using breath as soon as we enter the named monster battle, this wasn’t a normal pattern.

It was a clear abnormality.

,B, Breath! Evade!”

A desperate cry burst from my mouth, but there was nowhere to escape.

The breath pattern appeared after the aerial pattern.

The general strategy was to have the Divine Dragon fly into the air, drop a large boulder towards the ground, and then avoid the breath pattern behind it.

,There’s nowhere to escape!”

,Corner! To the corner!”

The moment I ran to the corner with the raid members, a huge breath poured out from the named monster’s mouth.

Kwaaaaaaa!

The black burning corrupted breath covered the entire named monster room.

Tanks, healers, and dealers were all swept away.

In the midst of that, the only one who could stand until the end was me, the only berserker in the raid.

,This is insane…”

I survived alone. With everyone turned gray and lying down, there was nothing a berserker could do alone.

I also fell to the floor after the 3 seconds of invincibility time passed.

After resurrecting together, we tried again.

But even after that, the Divine Dragon continued to shoot breath as soon as the battle started, wiping out everyone.

,This… seems like a bug?”

Dogric, who had just finished resurrecting, said cautiously while watching the situation.

I thought so too. There was a bug in the Divine Dragon’s pattern right now.