First Raid

Current time: 7:30 PM.

A whole 30 minutes left until the agreed time.

The place prepared for the raid was the schoolyard of a high school.

I arrived without being late.

Sohee and I got out of the car and looked around the schoolyard.

“Aren’t you cold?”

“No. I’m okay.”

The cold night breeze was quite chilly, but my body would heat up as I moved around anyway.

I nodded at Sohee’s question and operated the D.R.

Bbeep- bbeep.

A small sound rang out several times, starting to invite other users to this location.

It was true that they had to come to this place to proceed with the raid, but that didn’t mean everyone had to come.

If just one user arrived at this place, the rest of the members could use the invitation function to fly to this place.

In hologram form, of course.

[Identified Area: Sacred Land]

[Scanning the area to use the invitation function.]

[If you directly select the scan location, the maximum size will be limited.]

The moment I activated the invitation function, a bright light spread from the D.R.

How long had it been? The moment the bright light that had spread from the D.R disappeared, a translucent message appeared.

[Scan Complete.]

[Level Restriction: 85]

[Sacred Land]

[This area is prepared for the raid.]

[Recommended Party Size: 40 people]

All preparations were complete.

I activated the D.R’s function to bring up Yeon-i Princess’s data, and started inviting the raid members.

Paaat-!

As I sent invitation messages to the raid members, people started arriving one by one.

The first to appear with a translucent pillar of light was Snow Mage.

[Gasp! Blood Demon King-nim!!!]

Snow Mage ran straight towards me the moment he saw me.

I glanced at Sohee standing next to me and smiled awkwardly.

“Nice to meet you. Can you see me well?”

[Yes!]

Snow Mage circled around me with a delighted expression.

At that moment, Sohee stepped forward in front of Snow Mage and activated her D.R function.

Immediately, light burst out and Sohee transformed into the appearance of Helena, a magician wearing a red robe.

Bringing up a virtual appearance meant that her appearance was also visible to Snow Mage.

[Gasp…! Helena-nim…!]

Snow Mage made a shocked expression at Sohee’s sudden appearance.

“Nice to meet you.”

[Y-yes… ]

I left the two of them alone and shifted my gaze.

Because new people were arriving even at this moment.

What arrived at this place with a pure white pillar of light was the pure white Holy Knight, Jupiter.

[Hehe… is this the place?]

“Hello, Jupiter.”

[Blood Demon King…!]

I looked at Jupiter worriedly.

I had included her as a raid member because we were short on people, but I doubted whether she could properly perform the tank role.

“You’ll be able to do well today, right?”

[Isn’t that obvious? Trust me!]

It’s good to see her full of confidence.

I nodded and shifted my gaze.

Immediately, new raid members appeared.

Iyap, Hwarang, Chloe, etc.

The guild’s executives and key figures of the raid were also appearing one after another.

“Welcome, everyone.”

[Hello.]

[Aigo… I had a hard time finding a suitable place.]

Iyap, who always played a rogue, must have thought that he couldn’t participate in the raid with his real body, so he came as his alternate character, an archer.

It wasn’t just Iyap. Most of those who mainly raised melee characters had switched to ranged characters.

I came as Yeon-i Princess, so how could the others be any different?

I understood the raid members’ choices.

7 archers, 25 mages, 6 priests, and two warriors…

Can we really clear this?

I looked at the huge monster that was appearing in the middle of the schoolyard.

[Earth Divine Beast – Kamok]

A lion-shaped boss whose entire body was made of rock.

Kamok was not a monster that appeared in dungeon-style raids, but a field boss that respawned in the field at certain times.

The raid members who found this place as holograms started freely chatting, curious about the appearances of the other people.

Just like I was seeing the raid members as translucent holograms, my appearance would be seen as a translucent hologram to them.

As time passed, it became 7:50 PM.

I focused people’s attention and opened my mouth.

“Everyone, please focus!”

[Wow… you look exactly like you do in the game.]

[I’m focused!]

I cleared my throat and continued speaking.

“Earth Divine Beast Kamok, a field boss from the old expansion pack. I trust you all know the strategy.”

[I don’t know!]

“It’s okay. I’ll tell you. Just follow my orders.”

[Yes!]

It doesn’t matter if they don’t know the strategy. The person who just raised their hand is a mage anyway.

The difficulty of the field boss itself wasn’t that high, so there might not even be a situation where I need to give special orders.

I nodded and continued speaking.

“It won’t be too difficult. If it were a game, that is. You’ve all tried hunting using the D.R function, right?”

Three days had passed since the test server started.

Of course, they would have experienced combat at least once.

At least those who were invited to this place would have.

“It’s very different from Deron. That’s why the melee classes have changed their jobs. Mages have location-changing skills like Blink sealed. Please keep that in mind, everyone. And focus on the raid.”

That’s all I have to say as the raid leader.

I looked around at the quiet raid members and crossed my arms.

“Aren’t you going to clap?”

[Gasp…!]

[The raid leader wants applause!]

[Blood Demon King-nim, you’re awesome!]

The raid leader’s announcement was over.

The raid members should naturally clap in this situation.

I smiled contentedly as I watched the raid members belatedly clapping.

It’s almost time.

I opened my mouth towards Jupiter, who was standing at the very front.

“Main tank, enter.”

[Going in!]

“Healers, focus on the main tank, and sub-tank, be ready to take over the aggro at any time.”

[Understood!]

Hoo…

I looked up at Sohee standing next to me and took a deep breath.

[Hayyaaaat!]

The battle started as Jupiter began to charge.

She looked a little strained as she ran, holding a holy sword that scattered light and a large shield.

[Kkwaaaaaak!]

The huge divine beast immediately swung its forefoot.

A normal attack pattern.

It was an attack that could be easily blocked using a shield.

[Iyap!]

Jupiter immediately raised her shield to protect her body.

Kwang!

A huge sound effect echoed throughout the schoolyard, but Jupiter didn’t budge an inch.

No, her body didn’t even shake in the first place.

Of course. Just because a hologram and a real body collided didn’t mean she would receive physical impact.

Jupiter seemed a little awkward in that situation, and walked forward a little more with a hardened expression.

“Start dealing!”

The moment I gave the attack order, brilliant lights were fired from all directions.

The sight of it decorating the night sky was like watching fireworks.

Kwang!

Kwagaagang!

[Kieeeeek!]

“Dealers, manage your aggro! Main tank, focus on the boss.”

The boss’s health started to decrease rapidly.

At this rate, the battle time would be no more than 3 minutes.

The main tank, Jupiter’s, health was stable, and the aggro was also firmly secured.

Just when I thought the first raid was going to end smoothly like this, the huge divine beast raised its head towards the sky and started roaring loudly.

[Kuweooooooo!]

“Everyone, get ready to run!”

A sign of an area-of-effect attack pattern.

We have to avoid the rocks falling from the sky.

[Kkwaaaak!]

The rock pattern started the moment the roar towards the sky ended.

I looked at the ground rather than looking up at the sky.

Immediately, a wide orange circle spread out.

A huge rock would fall into the middle of that circle in 1 second.

Sohee and I started running.

“Iyap!”

Tadadak-!

Kwaaang-!

The moment we moved out of the way, a huge rock fell straight down.

But the rock attack wasn’t over with that.

The dealers have to keep moving when this pattern starts.

Tadadadak-!

Tadadadak-!

Tadadadak-!

[Huk… huk…]

[Aigo, I’m going to die…]

[How long do we have to run for…!]

“Heeek…!”

Groans were heard from all directions.

People who don’t usually exercise naturally let out groaning sounds.

That was the same for me.

I hadn’t even run that much, but I was already out of breath and my legs felt heavy.

“Hayeon-ah… can you run?”

“I-I’m okay…”

I can still run for now, but if I keep going like this, my real stamina will be depleted and I’ll collapse.

[Aigo… I can’t run anymore…]

[My knees are…]

Two of the raid members who were panting stopped.

I understand because they are quite old.

The two of them laughed blankly as they watched the boulders falling from the sky.

Kwang!

Because it was a skill with instant death judgment, both of them died as they were.

[Huk… huk… Blood Demon King-isiyeo… I’ve reached my limit…]

Jupiter, who had been running hard, also retired.

She also failed to avoid the rock falling from the sky and was knocked out as she was.

This is a disaster. Now that the main tank is dead, the sub-tank must take over the aggro immediately.

“S-Sub-tank huk… huk… huek…”

Unlike my urgent heart, the voice coming out of my mouth was too small.

Only Sohee, who was right next to me, could barely understand.

“I-I can’t do it anymore…”

My stamina ran out.

I’m so out of breath that my chest feels like it’s going to explode.

I collapsed to the floor as I was and panted.

“Hayeon-ah…”

Sohee, who was running with me by my side, looked down at me with pitiful eyes.

At that moment, a wide circular floor pattern formed in the spot where Sohee and I were standing, and a huge rock fell from the sky.

“Ah…”

I can’t use Blink either.

But I can’t run any more than this.

Kwang!

A huge rock fell, and Sohee and I were eliminated together.

I panted and looked around at the raid members running around.

The appearance of Iyap, a middle-aged man, had disappeared long ago.

He seemed to have been eliminated silently.

[Evade it!!! To the corner!!!]

The one running around the most was Snow Mage.

I can’t help but admire him when I see him screaming while having so much stamina even in reality.

After the area-of-effect pattern ended, only 15 survivors remained out of the 40 members.

The situation was completely ruined after just one area-of-effect pattern.

I sighed and closed my eyes.

The first try is a failure.

“Again!”