Fallen Moonlight

The raid started today without fail.

All 40 raid members arrived at their spots on time without a single absence.

“Ehem…”

I smiled with satisfaction, confirming the raid members’ diligent appearance.

While rechecking the Doping Potions and potions needed for the raid, someone among the raid members raised their hand high.

A white and slender hand.

A faint chill lingered around it.

“Blood Demon King-nim!”

The raid member who raised their hand was a Snow Mage.

“What is it?”

“How was the new school you started attending?”

Here we go again.

The Snow Mage’s question wasn’t related to the raid, but I couldn’t not answer it.

It was still before the raid started, after all.

“I don’t know what you’re expecting… but it’s probably not going to be fun, you know?”

“Please tell us anyway!”

I checked the time and nodded.

There were about 5 minutes left until the raid started, so having a brief conversation wouldn’t be a problem.

I began to briefly list the things that had happened since I entered school.

Stairs that were too harsh for an ordinary high school student, and a murderous amount of studying.

On top of that, mandatory club activities.

High school was like hell to me, who preferred Deron over reality.

The Snow Mage, who had been shining her eyes and looking forward to it, looked dejected as she listened to my words.

It seemed that the Snow Mage was expecting things like a youth romantic comedy to happen in high school life.

“So…”

Even though I had cut it down as much as possible, 5 minutes was an absurdly short time to describe my high school life.

I checked the time and closed my mouth.

7 PM.

It was time for the raid to start.

Enough with the chitchat.

“Then let’s proceed!”

I clapped my hands to change the atmosphere.

The raid members, who had been focusing on my words, sighed as if they were disappointed, but they weren’t going to open their mouths any further now that the raid had started.

I entered the raid dungeon with the raid members.

We had already caught the third named monster, Crow, so it was time to catch the fourth named monster this time.

The main tanker, Dogric, calmly cleared the way and led the raid members to the front of the named monster.

Of course, I summoned duck quack-quacks behind him and threw bombs.

Quack quack!

“Ducks…?”

“I guess the raid leader was bored.”

“The ducks are so cute.”

“Did you change the build again?”

I smiled as I listened to the raid members’ questions and conversations.

They don’t know. How powerful my duck bomb build is.

Vampire!

Pretty girl!

Bomb!

It was truly the birth of the most perfect build.

I swept my hair back and let out a silent laugh.

“I think you’re imagining something weird again…”

“Raid leader, please stop taking out the ducks… Quack quack is so noisy…”

Ignoring all the raid members’ words, I move forward.

The blood-colored cloak spread out behind me fluttered majestically, symbolizing my dignity.

Following Dogric’s lead, we arrived at a small prayer room.

Inside the prayer room, a strange humanoid named monster was praying.

[Sister Iona]

How many people could call that a nun?

Her red-stained skin, grotesquely protruding fangs, and bumpy body had only her arms swollen to a deformed size, dragging on the floor.

[You’ve come… adventurers… ]

Sister Iona discovered us and opened her mouth as she rose from her seat.

Unlike her grotesque appearance, what flowed from her mouth was a very clear woman’s voice.

A sticky saliva dripped from her widely opened mouth, not matching her voice.

[I’ve been waiting…]

“Shall we proceed?”

Dogric frowned at Iona’s line and asked me.

“No!”

“Let’s listen a little more!”

The raid members who seemed interested in the story wanted to hear more of Iona’s story.

I shook my head at Dogric and opened my mouth.

“Wait for now. Let’s listen to what lines come out in the meantime.”

“Huh…”

“The raid leader didn’t skip?”

“Are you sick somewhere?”

“Could it be that you’ve become more generous since you became a high school student?”

“But you’re still small…?”

[I have seen… other worlds like this one… I was there…]

The reason I was listening to Iona’s words wasn’t for any special reason.

I just needed time to summon the ducks.

“Sub-healer, please heal me.”

“Ah, yes!”

Before starting the battle, I used up all my mana to summon the ducks.

Immediately after that, I drank a potion and took out the ducks again.

Next is blood magic.

The moment I used blood magic, a crimson effect soared from under my feet.

“If my blood is draining, please keep healing me.”

“Yes!”

I summoned the ducks while consuming my health like that.

The maximum number of ducks that can be summoned with the help of a healer is 200.

When I had summoned about 190, I shouted to Dogric and the raid members.

“Prepare for battle!”

[Adventurers, that’s why…]

“Wait a minute! It’s almost over!”

“Uryaahhh!”

Dogric did not hesitate even at the desperate voice of a raid member.

He is a raid member. Of course, he has no choice but to follow the raid leader’s orders.

Dogric ran vigorously and plunged his sword into Iona’s huge body.

Crack!

[Kyaaaaaaak!!!]

The battle started like that.

Iona screamed horribly and swung her huge arms like a windmill.

Thump thump thump thump-!

Now is the time.

There was no more time to hesitate.

“Go forth!”

Quack quack!

The duck quack-quack army, who received my order, ran vigorously and began to stick to Sister Iona’s body.

Quack! Quack! Quack!

“Dogric-nim! Step back a little!”

The range of the chain explosion is quite wide.

They are the same raid members, so there won’t be much damage, but their posture might collapse due to the aftermath of the explosion.

I confirmed that Dogric was stepping back and scattered magic engineering bombs forward.

Whiririk-!

A transparent bomb flying while rotating.

The bomb met the duck quack-quack crawling vigorously on the floor and caused an explosion.

Boom-! Pububububeong!

The sound of explosions spreading in an instant.

At the same time, Iona’s health was being shaved off.

The DPS figure soared high, and the aggro figure also soared suddenly.

I immediately used [Ice Shield].

Kwaddeuk-!

Cold ice rising from under my feet.

Because of the True Blood race trait, the ice shield that froze my body had a crimson ruby-like shape.

The biggest reason why mages are said to be overpowered is this [Ice Shield] skill.

Ice Shield is an invincible skill with a short cooldown, so its efficiency in PvP goes without saying, and its ability in PvE is also enormous.

A mage whose body has stopped and is covered in ice receives a very special effect.

[Battle Location Departure]

In other words, the aggro figure of all monsters is reset.

As the aggro figure, which had soared in an instant, dropped to 0, Iona, who had turned her body towards me, turned her body again and began to beat up Dogric.

I checked Iona’s health beyond the crimson ice shield.

200 duck bombs deleted 10% of Iona’s health.

Even considering the preparation time, it’s not the level of damage of a normal dealer.

If this is noticed by the management team, it seemed clear that it would be difficult to avoid a nerf.

“No… crazy…”

“Didn’t we start fighting 10 seconds ago?”

“Iona’s health is down 10%?”

The raid members who witnessed the true power of the duck bomb looked at me with astonished eyes.

Jjeojeojeok-!

The ice breaks as the duration of the ice shield ends.

I walked out of it and let out a small laugh.

“Heuk heuk…”

Quack quack!

Duck summoning does not stop.

When the ducks I summoned diligently walked and reached the vicinity of Iona, they invariably threw bombs.

Boom-! Pububububeong-!

There was no big explosion like before, but even so, the duck bomb steadily ate away at Iona’s health.

As the battle continued like that, the cooldown of the Ice Shield finally returned.

“Please prepare for healing!”

I once again squeezed out everything I had and began to pour out the duck quack-quacks.

Quack quack quack!

The cooldown of the Ice Shield is 1 minute.

It takes 30 seconds to summon 200 ducks while receiving healing.

If you start summoning ducks when the cooldown of the Ice Shield is about halfway through, it means that you can blow away 10% of the named monster Iona’s health every minute.

The 200-duck army that went out for the second time like that.

“Go forth!”

Quack quack!

The ducks running quickly threw magic engineering bombs the moment they reached Iona’s front.

Boom-! Pububububeong-!

A huge chain explosion occurred like before, and Iona’s health flew away in an instant.

I immediately used the Ice Shield to blow away the aggro figure.

[Eueu…]

Iona’s remaining health is 75% now, 3 minutes after the battle started.

The pale moonlight began to pour from the sky the moment Iona, whose health had been greatly reduced, crouched down.

[Ah… moonlight that leads me…]

The named monster, whose health had been reduced, suddenly uttered a line and changed its posture.

It’s not a normal pattern. It meant that the named monster’s second phase had begun.

The red-stained grotesque nun fully accepted the pale moonlight falling on her.

“Kill her! Attack now!”

A forced pattern change soon meant a deal time.

I shouted loudly from inside the ice.

At that moment, a pair of moonlight holy swords descended dancing in front of Iona, who was spreading her arms in the moonlight.

Kaang!

[That’s right… the me in that world was a warrior…]

“Dual swords…?”

Someone among the raid members muttered.

That’s right. The holy swords that fell from the sky were dual swords.

Iona took a low stance with the dual swords shining with moonlight in her hands.

As if she would run forward soon.

That gaze was directed exactly at me.

For some reason, an ominous future was drawn.

Kwajijik!

The duration of the ice shield ends.

The moment I came out of the ice shield like that.

Iona, who had been crouching, suddenly began to sprint.

Kwaaaaang!

The surrounding area is overturned the moment she kicks off the ground.

The rush that stretched out in a straight line blew everything in front of her to the side.

Dogric and the sub-tanker ran vigorously, but Iona’s rush speed far exceeded their speed.

I frowned and used the [Time Acceleration] skill.

Not only that, but I also used the Blink skill.

I created a great distance, but Iona continued to follow me.

“This…”

Crack!

A cold moonlight sword piercing through my shoulder.

Iona did not stop even though she had stabbed the sword into my body.

Kugugugung!

I am dragged by Iona with my shoulder pierced.

The place I arrived at like that was in front of a small altar prepared inside the prayer room.

Iona plunged the holy sword together with my body onto it.

[Ah… Lunarissiyeo… I will dedicate this body for you…]

“What…? Body?”

Iona answered my question with the holy sword on the other side.

Crack!

“Euheok…”

Both of my shoulders were pierced by Iona.

I thrashed on the altar and shouted to the raid members.

“Please save me!!!”