383. Raid (2)

“Hehehe. To dare come to this place, you’re truly infuriating uninvited guests!”

The Black Wizard is using magic while staring at us with eyes that have lost focus and possess a deep gray hue.

Each and every spell that shoots out is more powerful than those of an average wizard, and the moment you let your guard down even once and get hit by a spell in a defenseless state, nearly half of your HP is blown away.

The moment HP is cut in half, the healer has to heal that dealer, and in that fleeting moment, the tanker has to muster extreme concentration to minimize the damage as much as possible.

Just what the hell did he do? Even for a Black Wizard, he possessed power that transcended humanity.

Does he have Administrator Miko’s protection? That’s not it either.

And the biggest problem is that there’s no pattern.

What I mean by that is exactly what it sounds like.

Usually, after starting a raid and progressing for about 5 minutes or so, you can see a repetitive pattern.

For example, a 180-degree frontal attack, area-of-effect attack, single target attack, tanker attack, etc. There are various actions that are consistent or have repetitive patterns that you can easily identify what kind of attack it is at a glance.

But the Black Wizard didn’t show anything like that.

I wondered if he had multiple patterns, but after fighting for about 5 minutes now, there hasn’t been a single overlapping attack.

It’s to the point where you can’t even call it a pattern anymore.

“Oh wave containing cold mana, target the object before me.”

Hearing Mozza’s masculine voice chanting, who is in charge of ranged dealing, I immediately backed away.

“Pierce them!”

At Mozza’s shout, the mage’s magic surged towards the Black Wizard and the moment it was about to engulf him, I immediately rushed forward.

Now, Soonchu, who has been through several raids, subjugation battles, and dungeons with me and has learned to read my actions, immediately knelt down and deeply bent over, opening a path between me and the Black Wizard.

I stepped on Soonchu’s back and leaped towards the Black Wizard.

“Hmph. How simpleㅡ!”

The highly intelligent Black Wizard seemed to have anticipated my attack, as he stretched out his hand towards me. Then, from the 8 hands on the Black Wizard’s back, chains made of magic shot out towards me.

‘I’ll cut them all downㅡ!’

Normally, I should retreat and let Soonchu, the tanker, take all the chains, but if I do that, the distance between me and the Black Wizard will widen again.

My condition is very good right now.

I can’t maintain 100% of the awakened mode because my period is over, but instead of not being able to maintain the awakened mode completely, I can now use my body 100%.

Instead of seeing flimsy ribs, my body has become healthier to the point where you can’t see my ribs anymore, and my chest has grown from AAA to AA.

I’ve pushed my body’s senses to the limit by practicing with Baedeopgae.

I decided to try parrying with all my might.

Perhaps it’s because it’s not ordinary magic but uses the life energy of countless people, the power felt from the chains in front of me was terrifying.

But I didn’t miss a single one and captured them all in my eyes. And I raised my sword and accurately read all the chains coming for me.

Having identified the chains I could avoid and the chains I had to parry, I swung my sword at the chain approaching me the fastest.

Chaeng!

The moment my beloved sword, Taseomgeom, clashed with the chain.

The chain bounced off, and my hand trembled as I failed to perfectly parry the powerful magic, but I didn’t get stunned, so I swung my sword at the next chain targeting me.

Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng!

I avoided the chains I could avoid and parried all the chains I could parry.

The Black Wizard, surprised that the chain magic he used with the intention of killing me was so easily deflected, distorted his face and shouted.

“Haa!? You dare deflect this body’s magic? Die obediently by this body’s magic!”

After cutting down all the chains, just as I was about to swing my sword at the Black Wizard who had entered my attack range, the Black Wizard’s body disappeared.

In an instant, the Black Wizard retreated, and the raid boss in front of me now feels not like a raid boss butㅡ

[ This… feels like fighting a user? ]

As Yesol said, it felt like fighting a strong user like a world boss, not a raid boss.

No gimmicks, no patterns, just the feeling of fighting a strong person.

“This aggro seems like aggro in name only, it’s useless.”

As Soonchu said, aggro seemed useless.

Of course, it’s not completely useless.

From the two arms located at the very top of the 8 arms, laser-like magic is continuously fired periodically.

That laser is clearly only being fired at the two tankers with the most aggro.

But other than that, aggro wasn’t very useful.

Just now, as soon as I came forward, even though Soonchu was the aggro target, he clearly aimed at me and shot the chains.

“This is so annoying?”

“That’s what I’m saying. Haa…”

The healers, Pinkeu and Illyuet, were annoyed. But this can’t be helped.

The most difficult part for healers is irregular HP reduction.

In Leore, it’s not just about healers healing, dealing damage is also important.

Therefore, healers perform set heals in set situations and deal damage in the remaining parts.

But right now, except for the fact that the tanker is taking damage regularly, the Black Wizard is attacking as he pleases, so the healers are having a hard time.

“I’m the one who’s annoyed, I wonder why? Haa… These ignorant, foolish, trashy little shits are as tenacious as cockroaches. Especially those healer bastards, I don’t like them.”

Feeling the Black Wizard’s eyes accurately turn towards Pinkeu, I immediately turned my head and looked at Pinkeu behind me.

Being a healer, she was at the very back, so no one was paying attention to Pinkeu’s back.

A large black sword had appeared behind Pinkeu. I immediately ran towards Pinkeu.

“Unni, get out of the way!!!”

This is not enough.

At my shout, Pinkeu turned her head and noticed the magic sword behind her.

But the sword is too big, so it’s too late to run away. Healers don’t have any movement skills.

Thenㅡ

I threw my sword.

My sword didn’t rush towards Pinkeu as a black sword falling to kill her, but towards Pinkeu.

“Eueh!?”

My sword was embedded in Pinkeu’s abdomen, pushing her greatly to the side, and a huge shockwave erupted with a huge roar in the spot where Pinkeu had been just a moment ago.

After all, attacks from the same party don’t deal damage, only exert physical force.

If a healer were to be hit by such a huge attack from the Black Wizard, who has the specs of a raid boss, it’s certain that she would die. It’s important to survive like this rather than that.

I checked the party window.

Fortunately, Pinkeu’s HP was fine.

The black sword embedded in the floor scattered and disappeared back into mana.

“Yesol unni. Were there any peculiarities in the skills the boss has used so far?”

[ There weren’t. The boss doesn’t have set magic coming out of his hands, and except for the laser magic, it’s just a jumble. ]

“Tsk.”

The Black Wizard looked at me with very interesting eyes.

“How fascinating. How can an individual possess that level of power?”

“I find you more fascinating.”

Are raid bosses now equipped with AI that has the same intelligence as humans?

Has the non-combat hidden job started to affect raids, and are they planning to include hidden jobs in raids later on?

Are they really thinking of making a game like something out of a web novel? Not a game where everyone is equal, but one where they really plan to divide based on luck, money, or time?

Whatever, the important thing is that it’s getting interesting.

An RPG where everyone is equal? An RPG where everyone can have the same strength if they just invest time?

It’s definitely a good game because you can play without stress. But it’s a bit different if you say it’s a super fun game.

No matter how hard I play the game, there’s a limit to growth, and eventually, people who start the game later will grow to be the same as me.

It’s not like that for everyone, but where do people who usually like games find fun?

When I was a man, most RPG games didn’t show such great momentum.

Usually PVP games. Games that take a short 20 minutes or a long 60 minutes per match were popular.

What’s the reason?

To put it simply, it’s because you can feel the emotion of, ‘I’m superior to the other person.’

Fighting and winning against someone is surprisingly exhilarating.

In RPG games, you usually check with a damage meter, but to see the statistics, you have to go to the Leore Log site instead of being able to check directly in Leore.

But recently, it’s changing.

It’s because of world-class stories, hidden jobs, and unique items.

Originally, when you reached a certain high rank, everyone had the same equipment.

Of course, the Taseomgeom I’m using is also a unique type of item, but it’s just an item that the boss drops. It’s not the only one that exists, at least 100 people in Leore will have it.

So if you look at it normally, there’s no difference. But now it’s different.

Unique items with no duplicate options, hidden jobs that exist only uniquely unlike the jobs everyone has.

Gamers can’t help but go crazy for this.

Instead, it’s not fair.

If you’re unlucky, you may never get a hidden job in your life and just play the game with a normal job and normal items.

However, most users will welcome it if they change it to be like the games in web novels or comics.

Isn’t everyone thinking this?

As long as it’s not me.

And I’m not worried.

Because I’m already active as a world boss.

Well, there’s a lot of talk here and there, but it’s not like it’s decided that Leore will change like that!

The raid boss in front of me was showing me in advance that it would be like that.

A boss that simply doesn’t have set gimmicks or patterns.

“This world with such disgusting plays is stillㅡ”

Kwaaaang!!!

Before the Black Wizard could finish speaking, Keil’s arrow flew.

The Black Wizard, who was about to get angry at me, was horrified by the powerful bow skill flying towards him and created a shield to block it. And once again, he shouted loudly.

“Shibal, how dare you interrupt this body’s words!?”

Light began to emanate from the Black Wizard’s 10 hands.

The battle, which had been in a lull for a while, flared up again.

“All the strategies we’ve planned so far are unnecessary. From now on, it’s just moment-to-moment judgment.”

I pulled out the sword embedded in Pinkeu’s abdomen and raised it towards the Black Wizard.

“First, fill up the awakening gauge. Use it according to Yesol unni’s signal. But exclude me.”

[ Roger ]

“”Roger.””

After finishing speaking, we rushed towards the Black Wizard again, and the Black Wizard opened his mouth and began chanting for the first time since fighting us.