Let’s Meet Up After Clearing the Raid

Level 85. The section where new jobs are unlocked.

The raid members each started using new skills, paving the way forward.

Splendid effects burst out from all directions, and the sound of swords clashing echoed.

The path inside the Imperial City wasn’t that complicated.

By blocking the waves of elite monsters along the wide-open path, the first named boss would appear.

A cold chill flowed from the sword at the tip of my fingers.

It was because of the White Dragon Swordsman’s passive skill that I chose at rank 8.

Each sword strike scattered into the air was imbued with a cold chill.

Black magic was added as if scattering over the white spreading chill.

“Yap!”

Chwaak!

The moment I knocked down the monster with a short shout, the first named boss finally revealed itself.

[Otherworld Invader Jaon]

In the lore, he was the best sorcerer of the Imperial Family, whose body was being consumed by an otherworldy god.

If you looked up places like the wiki, you could find more detailed lore, but it wasn’t really important information.

“Everyone, do your doping. We’ll enter in 20 seconds.”

At my words, the raid members each started using doping potions.

I also took out and used all the doping potions I could use.

Tier 8 alchemy potions that increased attack power, defense, maximum health, and maximum mana, and even the Blessing of the Sun, which amplified all stats.

“Enter.”

Following my order, Dogric took out his shield and headed forward.

And so, the battle began.

I’m a latecomer. Because of that, a lot of information about the first named boss was already out.

I knew the strategy. I knew where and what patterns would appear through the trial videos.

But even if I knew it in my head, my body reacting was a separate issue.

Wipes, resurrections, and retries are repeated.

As a result, we were able to catch the first named boss after a total of 10 retries.

It wasn’t a bad result for the first raid of this season.

***

“Wow. This is tough as hell…”

The main tank, Dogric, muttered in a weak voice.

The raid, which was conducted with knowledge of the strategy, eventually continued until the evening.

As a result, we were left with only the final boss, the last section of the raid.

It was as Dogric said. It was tough as hell. There was no need to express it in other words.

Everyone was tired. It was a section that required a short break.

I stuck my sword into the ground and said.

“Let’s take a short break!”

Even though it wasn’t a scheduled break time, no voices of dissatisfaction came out.

Everyone laid down on the floor with exhausted faces.

There would be no physical fatigue. But everyone laid down because they were mentally exhausted.

Leaning on my sword, I stared at the final boss far away. [Otherworld God Elder].

A grotesque mass of flesh, a body combined with the Emperor and the leader of the Myung Cult, and a mass of tentacles replacing the head of that body.

The otherworld god, Elder, had achieved complete descent.

The strategies for all named bosses except the last boss Elder have been revealed.

There are more than 10 trial videos.

However, only Elder’s strategy was not revealed.

There are few trial videos, except for one or two. In other words, we have to attack this guy in our own way from beginning to end.

I was lost in thought and about 10 minutes had passed.

I turned my head and looked at the raid members.

Everyone who had briefly left to smoke a cigarette had returned.

I pulled out the sword stuck in the ground, put it on my shoulder, and said.

“Everyone, get ready.”

Current time is 9:05 PM.

The time promised for the end of the raid is 10:00 PM.

Although there wasn’t much time left, I was going to do my best.

“Let’s go in!”

Dogric seemed to be thinking the same thing as me, shouting in a revitalized voice and running forward.

The battle with the last boss, Elder, begins.

At that moment, horribly shaped black tentacles soared from all over the boss room.

I held the incandescent sword in my hand and started running towards Elder.

At that timing, lightning fell from the sky and a change came over my body.

Kwarurung!

I didn’t forget to equip my wings either. The moment huge demon wings spread out behind my back, the shape of a white dragon was created at the tip of my sword.

“Hoo-“

I let out a low breath. The quickly swung sword was stretched out with a white dragon flashing with black lightning.

The White Dragon Swordsman’s skills were short, concise, and powerful.

[Spinning Slash]

As my slightly raised body began to rotate, the white dragon formed at the tip of my sword revealed its tail and spread out over a wide area.

Chwaak!

The sensation of cutting through Elder’s body was clearly felt at my fingertips.

There was not a single hesitation. I put all my nerves at the tip of my sword.

The sword also stops the moment the skill’s motion ends.

I immediately activated the next skill.

Kwajijik!

The moment the space I was standing in distorted, my body disappeared as if melting away, and a pure white dragon took its place.

The rapidly firing sword strikes were like the white dragon’s teeth.

Chwaak!

The white dragon’s long tail scattered thick snow, and then the next attack followed.

[White Dragon Strike]

It was the White Dragon Swordsman’s most powerful dealing skill.

The moment my entire body transforms into the appearance of a white dragon, it pierces the target five times and disappears.

The moment the skill’s activation ends, I return to my original position, and cold sword strikes soar like white snowflakes over Elder’s body.

Cold snowflakes scatter right in front of my vision.

At that moment, an incomprehensible shout burst out from Elder’s mouth.

[■■■!]

The pattern that appears this time was the split pattern.

Elder’s body is three in one.

Elder’s head controlling the body, the Emperor’s body that has already been merged, and the leader of the Myung Cult’s body.

The merged bodies of the Emperor and the leader are torn apart and pour out different attack patterns.

Moreover, the split bodies could not even have their aggro grabbed by the sub-tanker.

The split bodies summon spheres that explode upon contact at regular intervals, and after teleporting, they fire a powerful beam in the direction they are facing.

That beam was so powerful that it could melt even tanker-type jobs.

Now it was the dealers’ and healers’ turn to move busily.

To prevent the beam pattern from hitting the main tanker, they must not stand in the position facing him.

Of course, you also have to be careful of the exploding sphere, which is a pattern that explodes upon contact.

It doesn’t end with the explosion. When the sphere explodes, an otherworld portal is created in that spot for quite a long time.

The created otherworld portal blows users passing over it out of the boss room.

The raid member’s departure from the battle location meant death.

Even resurrection is impossible. It meant that they could only watch the raid’s progress from outside the boss room.

You have to avoid the spheres and the wide-area beam pattern. Even so, you have to deal damage to the boss.

Of course, the pattern didn’t end here. Elder attempts wide-area attacks using the huge tentacles installed throughout the boss map.

It was an attack that no one knew who it was targeting. Everyone had to be on their guard and engage in battle.

While swinging my sword for a while, the split Emperor’s body teleported right in front of my eyes.

It was a beam attack pattern. I immediately moved out of the way.

“Dodge!”

It was a beam attack fired in a straight line. There wasn’t even a red line drawn on the floor.

You have to estimate the direction of the attack by looking at the Emperor’s appearance that appears through teleportation.

Kwaaang!

The long beam covers everything within the straight-line range.

Two dealers and a healer died in that one shot.

The priests couldn’t use resurrection skills. This was due to the exploding spheres that constantly required movement, and the beam patterns that could fly in from anywhere at any time.

As the battle continued, it was the moment when Elder’s health dropped to 50%.

His next pattern began.

Kuuung!

Huge otherworld portals were created in the east, west, south, and north directions.

It was different from ordinary portals. The edges of the portals were wrapped in horribly shaped tentacles, making it a design that evoked disgust just by looking at it.

But I had to go inside.

“Hwarang! Helena! Yerin!”

A total of 4 portals required 4 dealers.

I jumped into different portals with the dealers I had called out.

Even while a total of 4 dealers were performing tactics inside this portal, the battle outside did not stop.

I swung my sword and ran forward.

“Hyaaaat!”

If you don’t break through the path within the allotted time and break the large jewel at the end, a one-shot kill pattern begins.

All the dealers who entered the otherworld portal die, and Elder, who has fully absorbed the otherworld power, uses a very powerful range skill to wipe out the other raid members.

I had to break through the path quickly.

The monsters blocking the way weren’t very powerful guys.

It’s just a pattern to prevent you from moving forward.

I couldn’t even afford the time to swing my sword at the monsters.

The quickly running body begins to run through the air, jumping over the heads of the monsters the moment it slightly rises.

Using the [Flight] skill. But the gliding time is excessively short.

I frowned and rotated my body.

The leg stretched out along with the slightly turned body touches the wall. Immediately activate the [Dash] skill.

The body runs quickly in the same posture as it is attached to the wall. It doesn’t stop here. Forcibly switch the running posture and prepare the posture for the next skill.

At that moment, the activation of the dash skill ends, and the next skill is activated immediately.

Chwaaaak!

The stopped body is fired once again. Golden radiance covers the body and creates a long dragon’s tail.

[Fierce Dragon Strike]

The huge golden dragon reaches the end of the road.

Now, if I take one more step and break the huge otherworld jewel, it’s over.

But at that moment, a message arrived from Dogric, who was giving orders in my place from outside.

Dogric-[We wiped.]

Yeon-[What, suddenly?]

Dogric-[We all got swept away by the beam.]

Dogric’s message was true.

The moment I broke the otherworld jewel and went out of the portal, what was waiting for me was the raid members who had become gray corpses, and the attack of huge tentacles.

Kwang!

“Euek.”

With a short scream, my body is flattened.

I sighed and pressed the resurrection button.

10:00 PM.

The promised time was approaching.

Everyone had tired faces, so I couldn’t bring myself to say let’s try a little more.

“Everyone, you’ve worked hard.”

It was a shame, but what could I do? It was time to part ways here.

Just as everyone was starting to disperse, Snowmage approached me, looking around.

“Um, um. Raid Leader-nim.”

“Yes?”

“When are we having our 2nd meetup?”

“2nd meetup?”

“Yes!”

At Snowmage’s words, I crossed my arms and let out a small groan.

That’s right, it had been a long time since we had met after the first meetup. Even so, other guild members often asked me when we would have another meetup.

“Shall we make plans after clearing this raid?”

“Heok, really?”

“Yes.”

“Waa~”

Snowmage waved both arms and rejoiced at my words.

Aren’t you ashamed to act like that when you’re a grown adult?

I shook my head at that ridiculous behavior.