Equipment Farming

There was something everyone did when a new expansion pack came out.

Hunting to reach the level cap and farming items to meet the conditions for raid dungeons.

I, too, was leveling up today to prepare for the raid dungeon.

If you clear all the quests prepared in the new expansion pack, users’ levels will stop at 60.

In my case, I skipped almost all the side quests, so I stopped at 58.

But it didn’t matter. More than doing side quests, moving to a higher hunting ground and camping there to hunt was faster for leveling up.

The point in time when the new expansion pack was released and three days had passed. It was also the time when ordinary working players completed all the quests.

I managed to reach the level cap of 65 even faster.

I leveled up at the right time. It was the time when users who had completed all the quests were slowly flocking to elite hunting grounds, so if I had been a little late, I might have had to fight for a narrow spot.

If you reach 65, there was something you had to do first.

That is to choose a 6th rank job.

There were good jobs that could be selected from the 6th rank, but I strengthened the Demon Lord’s job.

Overall, the performance of the skills was improved, and the duration of Awakening was increased by 20 seconds.

It meant that I could wear the wing costume for 20 seconds longer.

I immediately opened the guild window and started checking the levels of my raid members.

Everyone had already surpassed level 60, but there were no users who had reached the level cap yet.

As expected, I was the strongest since the shutdown law disappeared.

In order to clear dungeons quickly and reliably, fixed party members were needed.

I scouted the guild members with the highest levels.

Snow Mage’s level was 64, the next highest after me, and then Helena’s was level 63.

If I waited just one more day, everyone would reach level 65 and be able to start dungeon farming.

Then it seemed like I would have to do other farming today.

,Come out!”

I raise both arms and summon a large magic circle.

As always, my mount, the Battle Hell Wolf, was summoned from inside the large magic circle.

,Keureurang.”

I started running on the Hell Wolf.

My goal was the gathering items blooming throughout the Plague Zone.

Quite a large amount was needed to make high-grade potions and antidotes.

I rode the wolf here and there and diligently picked herbs.

But I couldn’t pick as much herbs as I thought, because of other users who were running around the map besides me.

I thought about their appearance.

Wouldn’t it be better to just kill them?

If only they weren’t there, all the gathering items in this area would be mine.

If this area was Hell, I would have stabbed them in the neck without hesitation.

It hasn’t been long since the new area opened. Of course, the price of gathering items was considerable.

The value of the potions made from it was needless to say.

After thinking for a moment, I shook my head. Just because I became a demon, I couldn’t think like a demon.

I was a very good student.

In the end, I ran around the map all day picking herbs.

After picking herbs until dawn, I was still able to make enough potions for myself to use.

***

The next day. Since the main members of the guild had reached the level cap, I started forming a party for instance dungeon farming.

The members who were fixed in their positions were me, Helena, and Dogric, who was a tanker.

This time, I couldn’t tank, so I had no choice but to be with another warrior.

Even though the defense equipment overlapped, Dogric was a tanker user to the bone.

He didn’t even look at two-handed weapon series that warriors could equip. So all the weapons are mine.

The third person recruited was Chloe, the priest leader of our raid.

He, who had changed his job to a Majinkan, a higher job of the Hell Priest, was walking around with a small imp next to him.

Now there is one spot left in the party.

I was thinking about that spot.

Should I put Hwarang in? Or should I put Iyap in?

To be honest, both of them dealt well. But as expected, ranged dealers were safer than melee dealers.

I invited Hwarang as the last dealer.

Iyap was left alone, but I wasn’t worried because there were many other excellent people left in the guild.

Hwarang, who arrived in front of the 65 instance dungeon [Kalandor Mansion], was wearing a different weapon than before.

The long musket that was hanging on his back disappeared, and two large pistols were hanging on his waist.

[Desperado]

It was the 6th rank job of the archer.

The main weapon used was two pistols, and it was also a job for concept-obsessed people who chased romance.

To be honest, I don’t know the archer job tree in detail.

I just know that archers can produce decent damage no matter which tree they take.

I also didn’t know if there were any skills that were compatible with Hwarang’s previous job, [Musketeer], and [Desperado].

,Does that deal well?”

,I’ll be stronger than you?”

Hwarang fluttered his leather coat with a confident expression.

It seemed like he watched a Western movie and slept last night.

,If you don’t deal well, use a rank reset ticket.”

,I’m telling you I’ll do better than you.”

Helena also got a new job.

Behind her back, a large clock repeatedly appeared and disappeared in a blurry form.

The job [Chronomancer] that can be selected in the 5th rank. It was a wizard with the concept of manipulating time.

It was a job that could increase the movement speed of party members to the extreme for a short period of time, or stop the opponent’s movement, and its performance varied greatly depending on the user.

[Kalandor Mansion]

Before the plague spread, Kalandor was a nobleman and paladin respected by the people of the territory.

However, thanks to the sudden spread of the plague, his territory collapsed and he also died buried in the plague.

The plague revives everything that is dead.

Kalandor himself and his territory people also became living corpses.

,Let’s go!”

I shouted to Dogric, who was holding a large shield.

It didn’t matter what the story of the dungeon was.

The only thing that mattered to me was high-performance items.

The progress of the dungeon was smooth.

When Dogric gathers monsters, the dealers pour out damage.

I checked the DPS graph that was updated in real time.

1st place was Helena.

2nd place was me.

3rd place was Hwarang.

To be honest, it was meaningless to argue about damage in the mob clearing section, not the named section, but I still felt good.

Hwarang was also frowning, as if he was secretly conscious of it.

,You said you were strong?”

,I’ll see you later.”

Kwang! Kwaaang!

Whenever Helena’s staff pointed towards the sky, a huge meteor fell without fail.

It was a skill with a long casting time, but she used [Time Acceleration] on herself to reduce all casting times to the extreme.

The party, which was smoothly breaking through the dungeon in that state, finally faced the first named.

[Butler Hubble]

The dungeon’s named didn’t have any particularly difficult patterns.

Just run up and beat him up.

The surprise patterns that popped out in the middle were at a level that could be easily overcome with individual skills.

Before the battle started, I stretched out my sword forward.

I had been hiding it from everyone, but now was the time to reveal it.

,What are you doing?”

,Yeona…?”

,Watch closely. My power.”

I said that and winked at Dogric.

He, who was blankly watching me, shook his head and rushed at Butler Hubble.

,Awakening!!!”

Kwaang!

In time with the lightning falling from the sky, I equip the wings from the costume window.

That’s how I became the Demon King himself.

Hwarang and Helena, who were watching by my side, were twitching their eyebrows.

I passed the two and rushed forward quickly.

It was because I couldn’t control the powerful power flowing through my body.

,Hiyaaaat!”

The large demon wings sprouting from my back fluttered wildly every time I swung my sword.

I gritted my teeth and poured out all my skills.

This is a battle of pride. I can never be pushed back by jobs that eat ramen and deal damage from behind.

Besides, I even have a world item.

Absolutely, I couldn’t lose.

Hwarang and Helena also started pouring out tremendous damage.

With the 6th rank job unlocked, users’ specs have been greatly improved overall.

DPS figures that were incomparable to before began to be recorded.

After a short battle time, the dealers’ figures were revealed.

1st place was Helena.

2nd place was Hwarang.

3rd place was me.

In fact, the difference between 2nd and 3rd place was negligible.

If the battle time had been longer, I would have won.

,Wow, our Blood Demon King-nim is so weak.”

But the results were telling. I had lost.

I sat down blankly on the floor.

Me, me losing. I lost to a bullet-slinger even with a world item?

Although the magic sword was a level 45 item, Hwarang was holding a level 65 rare weapon…

As expected, the shock was not light.

,Yeona. Did you wear this to match the transformation effect?”

,Huh…?”

I was able to come to my senses only after hearing Helena’s words.

Helena, who came closer, was touching the demon wings worn on my back.

The effect of the transformation had already worn off. But I was so shocked that I forgot that I had to remove the wing costume.

Ppyong-

I hurriedly removed the wing costume and cleared my throat.

,Ahem… I guess there are bugs sometimes.”

,Really? Should I inquire with you?”

,Ah, no! I already did…”

I grabbed Helena’s hand and got up from my seat.

Behind Helena was Hwarang, spinning his twin pistols and smiling slyly.

After a short break, we started the dungeon again.

I desperately used all the doping.

Using the Blessing of the Sun was basic, and I poured out even the high-level doping potions that I had saved for the raid.

As a result, I was able to beat Hwarang at the last boss of the dungeon.

,Aja!”

Hwarang turned his gaze away with a bitter expression.

He also used any means to beat me.

But the results are proven by numbers.

I was able to beat Hwarang.

,Noob.”

I lightly ridicule Hwarang.

He couldn’t say anything.

I felt very good.

The item dropped by the last boss was a one-handed sword series.

Of course, Dogric took that item.