Duck Bomb Build

Peong-!

A short explosion from behind.

Immediately after, a small groan was heard amidst the explosions.

Someone must have stepped on a mine laid by the ducks.

As I expected, there wasn’t just one enemy.

Some specific group.

It was an attack by those quite familiar with PvP.

I frowned, looking through the smoke rising from the aftermath of the explosion.

Dual swords in both hands, crouching as low as possible.

The impression was blurry due to the rising smoke, but negative emotions overflowed in their eyes.

Immediately after the server merge, most of the grudges I had on the Korean server were settled.

So, the group that would attack me narrows down to one.

“Keueut…”

The smoke from the explosion scatters with the wind.

The figure revealed was all too familiar.

The rogue who stepped on the mine was wearing blue holy robes.

The appearance of the equipment worn by a specific group.

Exorcist Guild.

It’s them.

I bit my lip.

I heard most of the guild executives were suspended, and the guild had practically collapsed, but it seems the remnants were still around.

The image of Snow Mage constantly harassing the remnants of the Exorcists came to mind.

She was right. I shouldn’t have stopped attacking until these crazy bastards were completely gone.

Tang-!

Ping-!

Sniping aimed at me and Jupiter continued to fly, but Jupiter calmly deflected all ranged attacks.

“Blood Demon King…! Hurry!”

I silently summoned ducks one after another.

I have no intention of running away. I’m Yeon, the Blood Demon King, after all.

“Jupiter.”

“Eung?”

“I’ll give you acceleration, so please take care of the snipers.”

“Hah, but if I move…!”

“Do you think I need your help?”

“Th, that’s…”

“Who am I?”

“Blood Demon King…!”

“Go.”

Jupiter seemed to hesitate for a moment at my words, then bit her lip and nodded.

Now’s the time.

I slammed the end of the staff in my hand into the ground.

Kiing-!

The top-tier buff skill that increases all action speed for a short time.

[Time Acceleration] has been activated.

This skill, which raises action speed to the maximum, allowed even the frail body of a mage to move at the same speed as the Yeon character, who temporarily possessed the stats of a warrior.

Taat-!

The moment the silver paladin kicked off the ground, I too began to move.

I also sprint. In the opposite direction from Jupiter.

Extremely accelerated thoughts were making the surrounding time feel slow.

Only one person has revealed themselves so far.

Moreover, he was restricted in his movements because he had stepped on a mine.

He seemed to have noticed that there were other mines around, and he was crouching, unable to do anything.

“S, you evil demon!”

A gaze filled with anger.

The moment I got close to the rogue, he smiled, revealing his teeth, and swung his sword.

He must have been amused that a mage would approach him directly.

Hwiik-!

The blade flew, cutting through the air.

It was an attack that felt like it was meant to cut the body in half from top to bottom.

But it’s slow.

I stop my legs. The moment the sprinting body is braked, the weight of the body is thrown forward due to the recoil.

Hwiik-!

The tip of the sword grazed my nose by a hair’s breadth.

I felt a stinging pain, but I didn’t care.

If the enemy’s attack is over, it’s my turn now.

Kkwaek kkwaek!

Duck toys I had summoned in advance.

I throw those toys at the enemy.

The many ducks scattered in all directions flapped their wings and charged at the enemy.

Of course, the attack didn’t end there.

The last step is needed for the ducks to attack the enemy.

Magitech Bomb.

The moment I used the skill, semi-transparent bombs were scattered in front of me.

“Th, this is…!”

In a brief moment, the enemy’s gaze was filled with bewilderment.

Ducks and bombs, it must be a very unfamiliar combination.

He didn’t seem to anticipate what would happen next.

At that moment, my body began to slow down.

It meant that the duration of the acceleration had ended.

I immediately used Blink to pass the rogue and move behind him.

Paaat-!

Peong-! Peobeobeong!

The moment my body passed the rogue, the rogue user disappeared with a huge explosion.

Immediately after confirming his figure, which didn’t even leave a corpse, I ran forward.

I can’t stop because I don’t know how many enemies there are.

I ran vigorously and plunged into the middle of the forest.

Baseurak-

I can feel many presences in the forest.

I can feel more than ten gazes.

But that’s good.

If it’s a forest with such dense undergrowth, my side will be a little more advantageous.

The small size had the advantage of being easy to hide.

Kkwaek kkwaek!

I began to summon the ducks again.

I was going to make this entire forest my territory before the enemies moved first.

The number of ducks summoned was 30.

I laid mines on the backs of the ducks and spread them in all directions.

Kkwaek! Kkwaek! Kkwaek! Kkwaek!

The ducks had one characteristic.

If there are users nearby, they cry out loudly, asking to play with them.

That means that enemies are hiding where the ducks’ cries are echoing loudly.

Kkwaek! Kkwaek! Kkwaek!

I sense the movement of enemies with the cries of the ducks.

But the duration of the ducks is very short.

Eventually, the ducks, having run out of time, buried mines on the ground and disappeared.

My mana is empty. It’s because I repeated summoning ducks and laying mines.

The potion is also on cooldown.

I checked the cooldown of the dwindling potion and thought of Jupiter.

The time she can move is limited.

She used Acceleration to protect me, so she only has about 30 seconds left to move.

I had to quickly deal with these guys somehow and go help Jupiter.

How nice would it be if I had a summons order at times like this.

The sub-character, Yeonigongju-nim, rarely logs in except for raids, so there was no summons order item in the inventory.

I didn’t even have any cash coins left.

It was because I recently bought a new underwear costume.

I watched the movements of the enemies and requested help in the guild chat.

Yeonigongju-nim – [I’m being attacked by the Exorcist Guild right now. Please help! (Check coordinates)]

I sent the message with the coordinates, so the guild members will come running.

I closed the chat and started to concentrate.

Burning pain.

The incandescent flame heated my brain and began to delicately draw out all my senses.

Sasasak-

I can hear the sound of the undergrowth brushing in the distance.

It’s not a natural wind. Enemy.

It’s the sound of two or more people moving.

The enemies were circling around and approaching me.

It means they know where I’m hiding.

But I didn’t move.

There are already a lot of magitech mines laid around here.

Those spread out widely were in the shape of a spider web.

Kwaang!

Kwaaang!

Kwang!

There were victims of the mines.

But they didn’t die. It can’t be helped.

It’s a low-tier job skill. It inflicted a debuff that injured the ankle and reduced movement speed, but it didn’t deal enough damage to instantly kill a max-level character.

“It’s a mine!”

“Just charge! The demon is alone!”

“I’m separated from the fallen paladin!”

The situation was not good.

I bit my lip and used Blood Magic.

Crimson effects soared from under my feet.

Either way, a mage is done for if they get hit once.

Even if it means using up all my remaining health, it’s the right decision to take down more enemies.

I checked that Blink’s cooldown was back and ran out of the forest.

Immediately after, a barrage of ranged attacks began to pour down.

In a brief moment, I scanned the sky and roughly grasped the number of enemies.

There are 15 types of skills flying towards me.

That means there are more than 15 enemies hiding in this forest.

I also identified the locations of the enemies through the direction of the incoming attacks.

Kkwaek kkwaek!

I summon ducks while running.

Those ducks stretched out in all directions and began to draw a huge circle.

The enemies were distracted by the ducks, but they didn’t seem to care much.

Pabababak!

The moment I ran vigorously and hid behind a large tree, numerous skills poured down on it and smashed the tree.

I immediately used Blink to move behind another tree.

It would have seemed to the enemies that I had disappeared in an instant.

“Did he die?”

“Find the corpse!”

“He’s not dead! The outlaw index hasn’t gone up!”

Shouts were heard from here and there.

I identified the locations of all the enemies.

Kkwaek!

I moved the ducks scattered far away and shook the undergrowth.

It was a small sound, but it was enough to distract the extremely excited enemies for a moment.

I intentionally control the movement of the enemies by moving the ducks.

So that everyone can gather in the middle.

They won’t know.

That the cries of these ducks are a funeral song leading to death.

Kkwaek!

All the enemies have gathered.

I lowered my hand under the tree and continued to summon ducks.

I consume my health to the limit. I use all my health to summon ducks.

I drink a health potion and summon again.

The number of ducks summoned in that way reached 50.

Go!

Kkwaek!

The 50-duck army ran vigorously towards the center where the enemies were gathered.

It was a shame that I couldn’t use Time Acceleration, but the enemies didn’t scatter.

Rather, they seemed to think I had run away, and they began to talk to each other with disappointed expressions.

Kkwaek kkwaek kkwaek!

The heterogeneous duck army arrived among such enemies.

The ducks that arrived under their feet cried out loudly, asking the enemies nearby to play with them.

Now’s the time.

I jumped forward and threw a magitech bomb.

Hwiririk-!

Peong-! Peobeobeobeong-!

A chain reaction of explosions erupted after the initial explosion.

The entire forest was shaken, and the trees, grass, and dirt piled up in all directions scattered in all directions.

The enemies didn’t even leave a scream.

I looked around and checked my condition.

Remaining mana 13.

Remaining health 22.

It was a state that could be described as having squeezed out everything.

It was health that would kill me the moment I stumbled while walking.

“Haa…”

I take a breath and move forward.

I cross the traces of the explosion that didn’t even leave a corpse, pass through the forest, and head in the direction Jupiter had jumped.

The cooldown of the mana potion was slowly coming back.

That meant that Jupiter could no longer move.

I have to hurry.

The Exorcists don’t just kill those they designate as evil.

They force them to kneel and humiliate them in front of everyone.

That was their execution ceremony.

I walked slowly and arrived at the forest on the other side.

Seeing the corpses scattered messily around, it was clear that they were all Jupiter’s work.

Sword wounds that cut across the chest and corpses with their heads dented from being hit with a blunt weapon.

All were traces of the paladin’s close combat.

The corpses were leading deep into the forest.

I followed the corpses for a long time.

I was finally able to find Jupiter.

The corpses of the Exorcist remnants were scattered messily around her, and Jupiter was standing in the middle, panting.

I could tell at a glance.

That she was overdoing it beyond her limits.

Jupiter’s blurry gaze swept past me, but she didn’t seem to notice me and disappeared weakly.

“Dirty heretic… This is the end here.”

A man covered in blood was standing in front of Jupiter.

It’s someone I’ve never seen before.

It seemed that a new person had taken the position after the guild executives were all suspended.

Holding a huge two-handed sword, he slowly began to move forward as an executioner.

He had realized it.

That the tip of the sword Jupiter was holding while panting was not pointing at him.

I look around and check if there are any enemies left.

There was no enemy gaze caught in my senses.

In other words, Jupiter had defeated all these people alone and made her way here.

There wouldn’t have been enough time.

The limited time for Jupiter was very short.

The cooldown of the mana potion has returned after walking all the way here.

The refreshing scent filling my mouth restored the mana in my body.

Slowly and carefully, I summon the ducks.

When 30 ducks were summoned in that way.

I used the skill I had been saving.

Kiing-!

A huge clock-shaped effect spread out from under my feet.

A fraudulent skill only allowed to mages.

The Chronomancer’s [Time Stop], which manipulates time itself.

“Th, th… this?”

The man who was slowly walking and raising his sword stopped in his tracks.

He froze with a bewildered expression, as if he didn’t know what had happened to him.

I moved towards the enemy with the ducks.

“I stopped time.”

Kkwaek kkwaek!

The time I can stop is only 2 seconds.

1 second has passed.

The enemy doesn’t move.

The only things that can move around here are me and my ducks.

When the summoned ducks began to stick to the enemy’s body, I scattered magitech bombs at the enemy.

Hwiririk-!

This is the end of 2 seconds.

Even at the moment when the magitech bomb touched his body, the enemy showed no reaction.

This moment was only my time.

I won’t waste even 1 second killing the enemy.

“I-!”

The moment the stopped time began to flow.

The enemy let out a short death cry.

Peong- Peobeobeobeong-!

The aftermath of the chain explosion that erupted greatly completely overturned the place where the enemy was standing.

Hudududuk-

The dirt that had been scattered into the sky began to fall to the ground.

I walked silently to Jupiter.

The [Standby Mode] mark floated above Jupiter’s head.

It meant that she had left the character on the game and left her seat for a while.

It was the same as what she had shown in the competition.

“Guild Leader-nim!”

“Blood Demon King-nim!”

It was about 2 minutes later that the guild members arrived.

I smiled silently and sat down next to Jupiter.

I was going to wait here until she came back.