First Raid

After a short break, I logged back into the game.

I went out and showed my face to my mom who had returned from work, so I should be able to focus on the game without any interruptions for the time being.

“Is everyone in their seats?”

I gave a generous 10 minutes for the smokers.

The raid members who returned all seemed satisfied.

“Let’s resume. Check your doping status. If anyone is short on potions, please speak up first.”

We resume the raid that was paused. The atmosphere within the raid party was very good.

It’s the first raid in Deron Online. The difficulty is bound to be easy. But since it’s a situation where you’re facing monsters with a real weapon instead of a keyboard and mouse, the perceived difficulty is higher.

While clearing the path and advancing, we encountered the 4th named monster.

[Tamer Big House]

A named monster known for its high difficulty.

Befitting the name Tamer, this guy is accompanied by a huge [White Frost Wolf Jin].

There are two ways to attack this named monster. Two sub-tanks take on the wolves.

They just hold them. The main tank takes on Big House, and all the dealers focus on Big House.

Since the named monster is just Big House anyway, the White Frost Wolves automatically fall when his health drops.

The second method is to take out the White Frost Wolves first.

It minimized unnecessary patterns, but had the disadvantage of lengthening the raid battle time.

If the battle time gets longer, the dealers’ mana also runs out. Not being able to smoothly rotate skills meant a drop in DPS, which meant Big House’s berserk state would also last longer.

The named monsters’ berserk states were especially dangerous.

It was right to keep the battle time short.

The raid parties in this world usually chose the second method, but the method I chose was the first.

“Assign one healer to each of the sub-tanks, and have them lead the Frost Wolves to the farthest place from the named monster. Dealers, don’t worry about the Frost Wolves, just DPS the named monster. Save your long cooldown skills and unleash them during the berserk phase.”

“We’re not catching the Frost Wolves?”

“No, we’re not.”

I am the raid leader of this raid party. It’s okay to question the tactics, but for now, you have to follow my orders.

When recruiting, I added the condition that even if I gave strange orders, they shouldn’t object until the attack was over.

The raid members who remembered those words just nodded.

That’s how the battle began.

The moment I ran forward and swung my sword, the sub-tanks led the huge Frost Wolves to the corner as I had asked.

The two healers placed by the priest leader also followed the sub-tanks.

Since we’re keeping the battle time short, the named monster will be defeated before the two healers’ mana runs out.

There are two classes specialized in aggro management. They were carefully selected sub-tanks, so they will faithfully carry out their assigned tasks.

[Ahahaha! Stupid humans!!! I’ll give you as Jin’s food!]

With a loud shout, a huge iron club was swung.

The heavy attack that cut through the air shook my body.

Kang!

A tremendous impact is transmitted to the shield in my hand. My vision shook greatly. But I was only pushed back, not knocked down.

I only deflect attacks that can’t be blocked with minimal movement. The moment the iron club passes over my head, I swing my sword and wound his wrist.

Numerous spells poured out from behind the tamer.

The dealer line’s attacks steadily chipped away at the named monster’s health. Then, the moment his health entered 50%, a pattern was activated.

[Jin!!! Show them the power of the Frost Wolf!]

As the tamer commanded, the Frost Wolf activated a wide-area skill.

But the Frost Wolf’s position was quite far from the main force’s position.

The dealer line was not affected at all.

I quickly checked the raid party’s situation. The first thing that caught my eye was the sub-tanks’ health status.

The red gauge bar repeatedly decreased and recovered. It’s stable. It was okay to ignore it.

I repeat the same actions as before. I block and deflect attacks, and swing my sword again to steadily accumulate aggro.

As I endured and endured and endured, the tamer entered a berserk state.

[Kuaaaaak!]

Now it’s a speed battle. The tamer’s berserk state also puts the Frost Wolf into a berserk state.

My request was not difficult. The mages, who had been saving their powerful skills with long cooldowns, began to pour them out now.

The DPS graph fluctuated rapidly, and the rankings began to change significantly.

Among them, the female mage with the nickname Helena was showing an overwhelming ranking.

Kung-!

The moment the tamer’s health hit rock bottom, his huge body collapsed powerlessly.

I immediately checked the dropped items.

Two pieces of mage-only armor were dropped.

Armor is an easy item to obtain, and the average successful bid price is set at 200-300 gold.

This time was the same. The robe was won for 300 gold, and the shoes were won for 250 gold.

“Now only the last boss is left.”

We sliced all the named monsters. The last one left was a huge boss monster called [Red Orc Warrior Crier].

The huge red orc was giving off a completely different vibe from the ones we had encountered before.

The scars engraved all over his body were traces showing how many battles he had fought.

“This is the last one. Don’t relax just because you’ve been clearing easily so far. Check your doping and let’s go in.”

After confirming that the raid members were ready, I walk forward.

At that moment, the red orc’s eyes, which had been standing in the wide open space, flashed red.

[In the end, you’ve come this far… ]

“Mages, save your Blink. If you move to DPS and follow with Blink, you won’t be able to avoid the charge pattern. Sub-tanks, stick to the mage line and grab the aggro of anything that charges. Then the main tank will take over again.”

I sighed. To be honest, this boss wasn’t that difficult either.

In the game where I operated the keyboard and mouse, anyone could defeat the raid.

Even if you rolled a pick-up group, you could somehow clear the [Red Orc Empire] raid.

“Let’s go.”

The battle began. I immediately ran out and swung my sword at his huge leg.

Seugag!

A golden flash grazed it, leaving a fairly deep wound.

[Kuaaaaak!]

I successfully got the first aggro, but the problem was what came after.

His setting is that of a born fighter. Crier is able to freely use the orcish instincts engraved in his body after a long battle.

The berserk state was activated from the first exchange. His size increased even more, and his attack speed increased dramatically.

Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!

The hand holding the shield trembled greatly. If I made a mistake, I would be pushed back and fall to the floor.

I immediately angled the shield and threw my sword.

Kwang!

The sword wrapped in golden radiance and Crier’s toothed greatsword collide.

Huge sparks flew, and my skill was activated.

[Counterattack]

A skill that counters the opponent’s attack.

It had the condition that it had to be used at the exact timing, but I succeeded.

At that moment, a red effect burst out as if blood was splattering, greatly cutting across the orc’s chest.

“There’s no separate burst-deal timing. Just pour it all out when you get the chance!!!”

I shout after seeing the DPS graph that doesn’t go up easily.

At that moment, the raid members who followed my words put on buffs and began to pour out numerous skills.

Kung!

It was that moment. The huge sword surface struck my body and pushed me far away.

The charge pattern was activated.

[You’re annoying!]

Kung kung kung kung kung!

Crier, who had pushed me away, turned his body and began to run.

The red aura blooming from his body flashed menacingly.

“Mages within the charge range, use Blink!!!”

[Kuaaaa!]

Crier’s sword, which had charged quickly, slammed into the floor, and a tremendous shockwave spread out.

The mages who answered my command quickly used Blink to get out of range, but there were also people who couldn’t.

The 40-member raid party was reduced to 39.

I immediately shouted to the healer.

“Don’t use resurrection! Save the cooldown!”

My insides are boiling. To die when it’s not even a difficult pattern to avoid, my head started to heat up.

If they had been concentrating, it was a speed they could have responded to sufficiently.

But they died. It meant they weren’t concentrating on the raid.

The sub-tank, Dogric, who was standing in the mage line, was skillfully grabbing the boss’s aggro.

I immediately attached with a charge and shouted.

“Hiyat!”

The aggro immediately returned.

I led the boss and kept as much distance as possible from the dealer line.

The charge pattern comes out unexpectedly. I had to keep as much distance as possible from the dealers so that they could react.

After that, the charge pattern appeared 3 more times, and 4 more mages died.

I checked the nicknames of the dead.

A yellow card was given to each of them in my mind.

It was that moment. When the boss’s health dropped to 50%, the next pattern was activated.

[Help Krasia-nim!]

For the sake of the king of the Orc Empire, his people stepped forward.

Red orcs began to pour out from all directions.

“Sub-tanks!!! Grab the monster wave!!!”

I had the sub-tanks attached to the mage line. They naturally ate the aggro of the elite orcs approaching from the front, and then began to spin around.

At that moment, the mages began to use Blink. It seemed like an action to avoid the orcs that were close to them.

But, this won’t do. If you use Blink at that time, you won’t be able to avoid the boss’s charge pattern.

“Don’t use Blink!!!”

But it was already too late.

Crier immediately blew my body away, then turned his body and began to run towards the mage line.

Kwang!

Krasia, who had charged quickly, slammed his greatsword into the mage line.

The shockwave turned 10 mages gray.

“Ah…”

10 dealers died from one boss pattern.

It meant that the elite orcs could not be dealt with quickly.

The battle gets longer. They can’t receive focused healing. The healers’ mana starts to run out quickly.

A total of 15 dealers have died so far. That vacancy has returned as a burden to the other dealers.

They use more skills to make up for the lack of damage.

Mana begins to dry up, and they can’t handle the elite monsters. Healing also decreases.

The first try ended in failure like that.