Fallen Moonlight

,Ah, before we start, dealers, buy some Surprise Party Potions.”

Before entering the named room, I stopped and spoke to the dealers.

There are various toy items in Deron, including an item called [Surprise Party Potion].

[Surprise Party Potion]

An item created for event purposes.

A special potion imbued with the secret arts of alchemists.

※ When used, your appearance changes to an NPC of similar build.

※ Duration: 20 minutes.

As you can see, the item’s description isn’t particularly special, but there’s a hidden secret: using this item to transform into the opposite gender unlocks gender-locked costumes.

In other words, if a female character transforms into a male NPC, they can wear costumes designed for males.

If my prediction is correct, this Surprise Party Potion will be the most important strategic item in this raid.

,Oh…”

The raid members seemed to remember the potion’s existence only then, nodding and starting to purchase potions through the auction house.

I looked at the top-tier dealers in the raid.

Yerin.

Hwarang.

Helena.

Snow Mage.

Iyap.

If a female character gets dragged away by the vampiric pattern, you just need to change her appearance to male.

Iyap and Hwarang were originally male characters, so they didn’t need to drink the potion, but Yerin, Helena, and Snow Mage absolutely had to take it.

And me as well.

Yerin was the first to gulp down the potion.

The appearance of the knight wearing light armor instantly began to disappear, replaced by the figure of an old wizard with a faint glow in his eyes.

,Oh…”

A woman’s voice that didn’t match the appearance.

The item’s effect only changed the appearance, so the voice remained Yerin’s.

,Is there any discomfort in moving around?”

,There’s not much discomfort. I think it’s because it’s a similar build to my original body.”

Yerin nodded at my question, swinging her sword around.

Snow Mage was the next to use the Surprise Party Potion after Yerin.

The appearance of the mage wearing a blue robe slowly began to disappear, transforming into a knight wearing silver armor.

,Wow! I became a knight!”

The knight became a mage, and the mage became a knight.

Since it transforms randomly without a set formula, this transformation was just a simple coincidence.

I looked at Helena with shining eyes.

,Hmm…”

Helena looked at the potion in her hand with a disgusted expression.

It seemed she felt quite uncomfortable with her appearance changing.

But this item was essential to successfully clear the raid.

If Helena gets dragged away by mistake, wouldn’t all the health we painstakingly chipped away be restored?

I nodded beside Helena.

I wonder what appearance Helena will transform into.

,Eup…”

As if drinking something terrible, Helena’s expression instantly contorted as the potion went into her mouth.

Immediately after, the transformation came.

The appearance of the mage wearing a red robe slowly began to disappear, replaced by the figure of a gloomy-looking warlock.

Pale skin and deep dark circles under the eyes.

The curly, dark navy hair instinctively created a sense of repulsion.

Of course, it was just an external impression; in the end, it was still Helena.

I don’t do things that hurt my friends.

I swallowed hard and carefully approached the transformed Helena.

,How is it? Is there any discomfort in moving around?”

,Yeah…”

Was it because she didn’t like turning into a male?

Helena barely nodded with a listless voice.

It was a different reaction from Snow Mage, who was admiring his own appearance.

Now it’s my turn.

I rummaged through my inventory and took out a large potion.

What appearance will I transform into?

Gulp-

I didn’t feel any aversion to drinking the potion.

,Uwo…”

The moment the potion’s cold liquid flowed down my throat, my body began to change.

The red robe I was wearing began to disappear, and my long hair also shortened.

The completed appearance was that of a [Lost Boy] commonly encountered near the capital city.

,Perfect.”

With this, the preparations for the strategy are complete.

As I nodded, confirming the appearances of the transformed raid members, Helena, standing beside me, muttered in a gloomy voice.

,I don’t like it… Yeon-i* has changed… Yeon-i… Yeon-i’s* appearance…”

I let out an awkward laugh at Helena’s voice.

Helena is extremely averse to my appearance changing.

She said it feels like her precious friend is disappearing?

,Helena. It’s just a temporary change.”

,But…”

,If you don’t like me being in this state, we’ll have to clear the raid quickly, right?”

,Yeah…”

,Then let’s start.”

I said that and gave a signal to Dogric.

The raid strategy begins with the main tank’s charge.

,Huryaaaaat!”

Dogric charging with a loud shout.

I carefully examined the DPS numbers from behind.

The Duck Bomb build is very powerful. So, if I start dealing damage, the raid’s damage ranking will naturally rise to first place.

Experiencing my body being taken over once is enough.

Quack quack!

Of course, that doesn’t mean I won’t deal any damage.

I also summon just a few ducks and throw bombs.

Iona’s health is being chipped away like that.

The huge arms with reddish skin relentlessly pounded Dogric’s shield.

Thud! Bang!

,Ugh!”

The appearance of a pattern I hadn’t seen before.

Iona raised both hands high and slammed them down on Dogric.

The powerful destructive force that slammed the shield made it impossible for Dogric to use his shield for a short time.

It’s a pattern that reduces the main tank’s defense capabilities.

The number of things to watch out for has increased.

,Hyayaaat!”

Dogric bravely fought back.

Even without a shield, he is a tank.

If he uses various damage reduction skills, he can endure the short time he can’t use his shield.

[Ugh…]

While steadily chipping away at Iona’s health.

That pattern finally appeared.

A pattern that changes Iona’s attack method and selects a sacrifice to summon the Lunarissiyeo* goddess.

As Iona’s huge body knelt on the floor, pale moonlight poured down on it.

[Ah… the moonlight that guides me…]

,That pattern is coming!”

,Deal as much as you can!”

I shouted to the dealers and took out ducks to throw.

Quack quack!

The ducks flying and sticking to Iona.

Immediately after, the flying magic engineering bomb caused a chain explosion with the ducks, relentlessly pounding Iona’s body.

Puh-buh-buh-bung!

You have to cram in as much damage as possible when the boss isn’t moving to make the next pattern easier.

The raid members poured skills into Iona’s body as if emptying everything they had saved up.

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

The twin moonlight swords fell from the sky with the set lines.

Iona grabbed the twin swords and began to sprint at a terrifying speed.

The direction is where I am.

I shouted in great panic.

,Why, why meeee!”

The gaze doesn’t fall off. The DPS ranking should be Hwarang in first place.

I was controlling my damage to stay in 5th place.

,It doesn’t seem to be the damage ranking…?”

,Aren’t they grabbing the smallest person?”

,Hiyaaaak!”

I can’t avoid it. Despite using all my survival skills such as Blink, Time Acceleration, and Ice Shield, Iona didn’t stop.

Crack!

,Huek!”

Pale moonlight piercing my shoulder.

The holy sword that popped out with blood shook my body relentlessly.

,Hieeeek!”

,Yeon-aaaa!!!”

As expected, Helena is the only one who truly worries about me.

Although she’s in the form of a gloomy warlock, hearing Helena’s voice doesn’t make me feel so bad.

,Heueeeeng!”

Iona didn’t stop.

Just like before, she dangled me around and put my body on the altar.

Crack!

The remaining holy sword piercing the other shoulder.

With both shoulders pierced like that, I was fixed on the altar and once again received Lunarissiyeo’s* possession.

[Ah… Lunarissiyeo*… I offer this body for you…]

It’s similar to the sensation I felt earlier.

The moment the world I was viewing in the first person changed to the third person, I could see my body floating in the air.

The body transformed into the appearance of a [Lost Boy] began to accept the pale moonlight.

Paaat!

[Fallen Moonlight Lunarissiyeo* is attempting possession.]

[Unstable possession! Lunarissiyeo’s* health is reduced by 10%.]

[T, this body is…? Iona… you useless thing…!]

[Ah… Lunarissiyeo*…]

Completely different lines than before are popping out.

The raid members are also tilting their heads as if something is strange.

,Could it be because you’re transformed right now that it’s like that?”

,Maybe?”

That made some sense.

A raid member who is serious about the story said that the Lunarissiyeo* goddess hates men.

It seems she doesn’t like that the body to possess isn’t a girl.

[Get out of the way!]

[Heueuk…]

Lunarissiyeo*, who had completed the possession, emitted the energy of moonlight towards Iona, who was praying in front of her, and blew her away.

Paaat-!

Lunarissiyeo*, who possessed the body of a small boy, stretched out her hand towards the raid members with a face twisted as if she didn’t like anything.

The vampiric pattern was activated from the start.

,Eeeit…!”

The one floating in the air was Helena.

Helena, in the form of a gloomy warlock, was dragged to Lunarissiyeo* without any resistance.

[Become my blood!]

The vampirism appeared with the set lines.

I looked at Lunarissiyeo* with a doubtful heart.

Lunarissiyeo* is weakened by possessing the body of a boy.

She absorbed the blood of Helena, who is in the form of a man, so she should show some reaction.

[Kueueuk… T, this blood is… T… this filthy thing!]

Chwaaaak!

Lunarissiyeo*, who had absorbed Helena’s blood, spat out all the blood she had absorbed and began to rapidly dry up.

Just like Helena’s corpse lying on the floor.

[Clean… clean yet strong virgin blood… eugh…]

Lunarissiyeo* continued to use the vampiric pattern afterwards.

But only the dealers with male appearances were dragged away every time.

After completing a total of 3 vampirisms like that, Lunarissiyeo* collapsed on the floor and spat out all the blood in her body.

[Kuaaaaak…!]