New Build

“Hmm…”

The raid that had been scheduled for today ended, and everyone disbanded.

I was racking my brain trying to figure out how to use the Blood Magic, the True Blood race skill.

Of course, Snow Mage and Helena were also helping me, as my knowledge as a mage was shallow.

The two of them were sitting with me at a large table, looking through numerous item options and job trees.

“Blood Demon King-nim, how about this?”

“Hmm…”

I tilted my head at Snow Mage’s words.

What she was setting up was a job tree optimized for the True Blood race.

“Battle Mage and Rune Caster? Aren’t you taking any higher-level jobs?”

The job tree that Snow Mage presented was as follows.

Ice Caster x1

Fire Caster x1

Rune Caster x2

Battle Mage x2

Elemental Master x2

There were no higher-level jobs in the job tree that Snow Mage presented.

All jobs were selectable from Tier 4 or below.

Helena, who was watching the scene from the side, also exclaimed as if she had realized something.

“Ah…”

I tilted my head, looking at the job tree that Snow Mage presented.

“Why did you come up with this job tree? Battle Mage is a job specialized in PvP. It doesn’t seem to fit well with the rest of the tree.”

“I’m only going to take the passive skills from Battle Mage.”

Snow Mage said that and showed me the passive skills that Battle Mage possessed.

[Flow of Battle]

Recovers 3% of mana for every 1% of health lost.

[Reversal of Fortune]

If your health is below 30%, the damage of magic skills below Rank 4 is increased by 100%.

“This is…”

“Blood Magic skills are a burden to ordinary mages, but if you have the characteristics of a Battle Mage like this, you can get a considerable synergy.”

“But in the end, there are no higher-level jobs. Is it okay to choose only these low-tier jobs?”

“It’s enough. If the build I’m thinking of works.”

Snow Mage said that and showed me only the core skills from the jobs she suggested.

“First, Rune Caster.”

[Rune Imprint]

When using a magic skill, creates a rune imprint with the same attribute as the skill.

1 Rune Imprint: Magic Damage + 10%

2 Rune Imprints: 30% reduction in mana consumption of magic skills

3 Rune Imprints: Casting Speed + 20%

4 Rune Imprints: +5% to the stats of nearby allies

“This is the only skill to take from Rune Caster.”

“Are you throwing away the rest of the skills?”

“Yes.”

“And you only chose one Fire Caster and Ice Caster at the bottom for rune imprint generation?”

“Yes!”

I grabbed my head at Snow Mage’s words.

I was unfamiliar with the method of consuming two job ranks just to get one buff skill.

“The last one is Elemental Master. I’m only going to use two skills here.”

[Elemental Overload]

30% increase in mana consumption of magic skills

50% increase in magic skill damage

[Elemental Cannon]

Fires a beam with 4 elemental attributes.

The mana consumption of the skill increases by 1% per second for every second of use, and magic damage increases by 10%.

※Maximum Stacks: 15

“This…? It’s a skill that no one uses.”

“It’s just that it wasn’t used because it wasn’t efficient.”

“Oh…”

I nodded, looking at the build that Snow Mage presented.

If you look at them one by one, they were somewhat flawed skills, but when I put them together like this, a plausible build was completed.

“Shall we reset the ranks right now?”

“Huh?”

“It’ll be stronger than the build you’re using now, right? Helena-nim.”

I looked at Helena’s expression at Snow Mage’s words.

My current job tree was what Helena had told me. I looked at Helena just in case, but she also nodded as if she saw the possibility in the build that Snow Mage had chosen.

“Is it that good?”

“It’s not bad. If you only look at the damage, it’ll be the strongest of all the mage builds that have come out so far.”

“Is it that good?”

“But the downside is that there are no survival skills…”

“Hmm…”

“At this rate, you’ll definitely be able to beat Hwarang-nim too, you know?”

I can beat Hwarang?

The moment Snow Mage’s words ended, my hand was rummaging through the cash shop.

***

The evening after defeating the second named boss, the Vampire Dragon Bahamut.

The raid time I had been waiting for had finally returned.

I stood on a hill far away from the raid members, with my arms crossed.

Whoosh-

The strong wind blowing strongly fluttered the cape spread out behind my back.

“The raid leader is posing…”

“I guess he’s going for a chic concept today.”

“I think he really likes that cape. He keeps taking it out.”

I can hear everything, no matter how quietly they whisper.

I turned my head at the voices of the raid members and jumped off the hill in a cool way.

Thud-!

It was a really, really cool landing.

When I subtly gave a look, Snow Mage, who was hiding among the raid members, applauded.

Clap clap clap-!

It’s hard to start. Snow Mage’s applause soon spread to the entire raid.

The raid members, who applauded without knowing why, applauded until I raised my hand to tell them to stop.

I was quite satisfied.

“6:50 PM. I’ll check the members.”

I said that and checked the raid members.

No one has changed their job. No one’s equipment has suddenly weakened.

The party’s composition is also perfect.

All 40 people, including me, are here.

Everything was perfect.

I nodded and opened my mouth.

“Everyone, enter!”

I enter the raid dungeon with the raid members.

The place I arrived at was in front of a huge altar where the third named boss was located.

The named boss that appeared this time had a familiar appearance to everyone.

[Corrupted Moonlight Crow]

Crow.

A character who played the role of the protagonist in Deron’s story.

He didn’t have much importance in the new expansion pack, but he suddenly appeared in the raid dungeon in a corrupted form.

“Oh… is it Crow again this time?”

“Isn’t this the second corruption this time? Does he always get corrupted?”

“Actually, there were signs of that in the main story… so…”

The raid members who delve deeply into the story started talking among themselves.

Apparently, there was something in the main quest that showed Crow’s potential for corruption, but it was hard for me to understand.

Who cares who the named boss is. I was more interested in the items that bastard drops than the story of the game.

“Let’s proceed!”

I shout to the entire raid.

Then everyone used buff skills and took out doping potions.

Dogric, who was watching all of this, nodded and started approaching Crow.

[Oh… is it you guys…]

Crow, who was wearing old armor, looked different from before.

A faint moonlight was flowing from the shining silver armor, and the sword in his hand was shining brilliantly as if it had been made by splitting the moon floating in the sky.

He looked more like a paladin serving the god of the moon than a corrupted knight.

“Hyaaap!”

Dogric rammed straight into Crow, who was saying something important.

When his heavy body collided with Crow’s body with a *kwadang*!, the battle naturally began.

“Ah… the lines…!”

“Gasp…!”

Some raid members let out sighs full of regret at the situation.

But what can I do? The battle has already begun.

Crow started swinging his sword with the lines skipped.

[Haaat!]

Chwaaaak-!

The widely swung moonlight sword.

The slash drawn by the sword spread out widely like a crescent moon, damaging the melee dealers around it.

I looked down to check Hwarang’s DPS stats.

The guy who was recording the highest ranking at the same time as the battle started was rolling around on the floor and shooting his gun, just like yesterday.

I smiled at the sight.

I will win now.

“Yap!”

Before starting the damage dealing, I start the work of creating rune imprints.

I quickly spin low-level skills with short casting times and cooldowns to create 5 rune imprints in an instant and immediately take a stance.

It took 5 seconds from the start of the battle to the proper preparation.

My current DPS ranking is very poor.

But this was just the starting engine.

The true performance of this build starts now.

I spread my legs shoulder-width apart and take a stance.

Immediately after that, I extend the staff I’m holding and aim at the enemy.

The humanoid Crow was difficult to aim at because he was small and moved quickly, but that didn’t apply to me.

The aiming is over.

Next.

I shouted loudly.

“Fire!!!”

Jjuuung-!

The beam fired from the end of the staff was very thin.

And it was weak.

The raid members around me widened their eyes as if they were surprised by my loud shout, but I stared at Crow, who the staff was pointing at, with concentration.

“No… raid leader?”

“He’s shooting a strange beam…?”

Those who chose the mage job started looking at me with questioning eyes.

It was natural. Because my build had suddenly changed. And because I was using a skill that no one used.

My DPS stats were still at the bottom.

But that was only for a moment.

“Hyaaaaaat!”

As the duration of [Elemental Cannon] lengthened, the thickness of the beam coming out of my staff was gradually increasing.

The damage also increases as the thickness of the beam increases.

Of course, the DPS ranking also rises vertically.

My ranking, which had been playing in the 30s, had already risen to near the top 10.

Kwaaaang-!

As time goes by, the sound gets louder and the effect gets more flashy as the beam gets thicker.

By the time the dark red beam covered Crow’s entire body, my DPS ranking had risen to 5th place.

I turned my gaze to check the amount of mana I had.

The bastard who was sucking 1% per second was now sucking 10% per second.

My mana was running out in an instant.

I immediately used the Blood Magic skill to convert the consumed mana into health.

Kwaaaang-!

The Blood Magic skill is basically a buff skill with an on/off function.

Of course, I could use it while maintaining [Elemental Cannon].

The moment I turned on Blood Magic, the health I had was quickly drained and my mana quickly filled up.

The moment 30% of my health was gone, I immediately released the buff of Blood Magic.

It doesn’t stop.

I keep shooting.

The lost health is replenished by the sub-healer’s heal.

In other words, if the healer’s mana is sufficient, I can continuously unleash tremendous firepower.

Kwaaaang!

The beam that was coming out of the end of the staff expands as if it explodes once.

I finally arrived.

At the final stage of sucking 15% of mana per second.

Of course, the magic damage was also increased by 150%.

Kwagagagagang!

The DPS stats that had been staying in the top 10 rise vertically.

It didn’t take more than 3 seconds for the ranking to rise to reclaim Hwarang’s 1st place.

But the DPS stats do not stop rising.

“Hiyaaaaaaaaaa!”

When my mana runs out, I turn on Blood Magic to replenish my mana.

When all the mana is full, I turn off Blood Magic to consume mana again.

As the repetitive work continued, Crow’s health had reached 70% in less than 2 minutes after the start of the battle.

“No, you crazy…”

Hwarang, who was rolling around and shooting his gun, looked back at me with a surprised expression at my DPS stats.

The difference between his and my DPS stats is more than double now.

It’s still widening, so it will eventually stop at about 3 times.

It was then.

Crow, who had been facing Dogric in front, suddenly turned his body and started approaching me quickly.

“No!!! No!!!”

Dogric screamed and swung his sword, but Crow didn’t even bother to look at Dogric.

Even if you use a forced taunt, it’s only for a moment.

Crow kept walking towards me.

“Ah…”

I opened my mouth blankly.

Having a high DPS meant that the aggro stats were also high.

I was producing more than twice the firepower of the number 1 dealer in the raid.

Of course, the main tank would not be able to handle the aggro stats.

“T, this…!”

I immediately canceled the magic and used Blink to create distance, but I couldn’t completely shake off Crow.

Crow, who had run quickly, shoved the moonlight sword into my chest.

Kwajik-!

“Hieeek…”

The strength drained from my body and my vision turned gray.