Orb of Corruption

After disbanding the raid party, the first place I went was the Temple of the Sun God.

But contrary to my expectations, I couldn’t get any hints.

The NPCs were just repeating their set lines.

I was wandering around the entire capital city in that state.

The orb I was holding suddenly started to shine, emitting a faint black aura and flowing in a certain direction.

It seemed like a hidden quest had started.

I followed the black aura that flowed in a certain direction as if guiding me.

The place I arrived at following the black aura was where the upper-level Dark Wizard job instructor NPC was sitting.

The NPC, who was wearing a black robe and exuding a gloomy aura, looked at me and took off the hood he was wearing, revealing his face.

His corpse-like pale skin and black, glossy eyes gave me an unpleasant first impression.

,I sense a familiar energy… You have something interesting.”

[Nerim]

Hell Witch Job Instructor

“Are you perhaps looking for a way to use that thing?”

Nerim’s gaze was fixed on the Orb of Corruption I was holding.

I nodded.

Then Nerim reached out his hand and said.

“Can you show it to me for a moment, just a moment?”

As I handed over the orb, Nerim carefully lifted it up as if handling a precious treasure.

The orb placed on his hand began to absorb the black aura flowing from Nerim’s body.

“Oh, ooh… I knew it…”

Kilkilkikil-

A low laugh flowed from his corpse-like blue lips.

Nerim seemed to be done with his appreciation of the orb and returned it to me.

“I propose a deal. You won’t lose anything either.”

“What are the conditions of the deal?”

“I’ll tell you how to use that orb, and in return, you give me the orb after you’re done using it.”

The start of a hidden quest. There was no way I could refuse.

I accepted Nerim’s offer.

Then, a new quest was updated in the quest notification window at the top right.

[Obtain the Heart and Blood of the Demon Race.]

Demon Heart 0/100

Demon Blood 0/100

“I need a sacrifice to strengthen the power of corruption. You should be able to get it easily. I’ll prepare the altar in the meantime. Come back here when you have all the materials.”

Nerim left those words and went into his workshop.

I used the warp portal to head to the hunting grounds in order to carry out Nerim’s quest.

The place I arrived at was the [Contaminated Forest], a level 42 hunting ground.

It was a map that the demon race from hell had established as their base.

The Contaminated Forest was the closest place to hell, so everything was dark.

The dark red clouds covering the sky and the rotting earth.

The trees and grass that made up the forest were contaminated by the mana flowing from hell and had transformed into a gruesome appearance.

A faint smell of sulfur mixed with a fishy smell of blood wafted through the air.

A blood-like liquid that soaked the floor squelched and seeped into my toes.

The Contaminated Forest was not a popular hunting ground because it made users feel so uncomfortable.

I equipped the Dragon Claymore and Orc Warrior’s Ring that I had taken out of my inventory.

Powerful strength began to return to my listless body, and a heavy greatsword appeared in both hands.

As I passed through the entrance of the forest and began to enter deeper, green arrows and dark red magic flew from all directions.

I immediately swung my greatsword to deflect all of those attacks, but the demon race’s attacks did not stop.

,Human!!!”

A small imp popped out of the black-stained grass and swung its claws at me.

The monsters that live here are ordinary, not elite monsters. I could take the attacks as much as I wanted, but my body moved naturally.

I stretch my leg forward and swing the sword in my hand horizontally.

Chwaak!

A long streak of red blood stretched out, and the imp’s upper and lower body were separated and fell to the floor.

I checked the dropped items between the torn imp, but the demon race’s heart and blood were not dropped.

It seemed that the drop rate of quest items was low.

I hunted for a long time like that, and collected quest items until just before the shutdown, but I couldn’t collect them all.

[Obtain the Heart and Blood of the Demon Race.]

Demon Heart 8/100

Demon Blood 12/100

Considering the time I hunted, it was about 30 minutes, and this was the limit of what I could collect during that time.

The drop rate was much lower than I thought. It seemed like I would have to be stuck in this forest all day tomorrow.

***

At 9 PM, users who were playing Deron could confirm the message that Yeon’s raid party had achieved the first clear achievement.

-The middle school girl raid party has achieved the first clear achievement.

It was the first clear of the raid that was rumored to have a bug. It was after it was revealed that Sunforce’s entrance breath pattern was not a bug, but users with slow news still thought there was a bug in the raid.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[It’s not a bug, it’s just that the Holy Blessing is blocked] [5]

[I heard there was a raid bug so you couldn’t clear it????] [2]

[lol first clear 2nd day cut lololol] [6]

[Please refrain] [1]

[Middle school girl first clearㄷㄷ This season’s ending is out lol]

[Gallery master’s panties screenshot.jpg] [11]

[I heard there was a raid bug, didn’t you clear it with a bug?] [6]

[First clear [ Just meaningless lol It’s for achievement whoring: it]
[Where are the bastards who told me to buy Holy Blessing full?] [11]

To users who played normally, the first clear achievement was just a unique title, but to raid parties who sincerely aimed for the first clear, it had a special meaning.
But it was taken away. The first raid and the second raid. There was no choice but to lose motivation.
As the members of the top raid parties gradually left, the raid parties began to collapse due to the loss of motivation of the raid leader.

Users were curious. What method did they use to clear the raid?
But there was nothing they could know. The middle school girl raid party did not broadcast or participate in external sites.
Since the information that users were curious about was not released, the topic of the gallery naturally began to change slowly.

And that day at dawn, a user named Aegis recruited a last-minute raid party again.
The raid party that started that way successfully captured the 4th named, Sunforce.

But the problem was after that.
The problem was that they recruited many ranged dealers to ensure the stability and firepower of the dealer line.
Aegis’s last-minute raid party, which had passed the wall of Sunforce, was blocked by the final boss, Corrupted Sola.

But he didn’t give up. The other users who participated that dawn also did not give up.
They continued to move forward slowly.
After trying and trying like that, it was finally the moment when Sola’s health was reduced to 20%.

After the second Black Sun pattern, a named monster was mixed among the newly summoned paladins.

[Knight Commander Executioner Crow]

Aegis’s last-minute raid party consisted of two barbarians wearing Orc Warrior Rings and three tanks. And ten healers, and all mages and dark wizards.
The members of the raid party used skills to deal with the paladins summoned earlier.
However, Crow had a hidden pattern that reacted to ranged attacks.
The mage line, which was pouring out skills without knowing anything, collapsed without being able to stop the rushing Crow.
Crow, who had accumulated the Execution stack, became stronger than the boss monster Sola and swept away all the members.

But Aegis did not give up.
He encouraged the raid members and continued to try to find the cause.
As the attack time lengthened, people’s concentration decreased. But they kept pushing forward.
They repeated wiping out without even reaching the Crow summoning pattern, but eventually they were able to analyze all the patterns for Crow.

Melee dealers are needed.
Aegis felt the need to adjust the raid party members.
They had to remove too many ranged and fill in melee dealers.

There are many rogues. There were more than enough.
Aegis removed the mages and barbarians and recruited 10 rogues to fill the raid party.
The raid started like that. But was it because the members had changed? The rogues kept dying as soon as they were picked.
In the end, Aegis’s last-minute raid party collapsed that day.

Aegis posted a post on the gallery just before going to bed that day.
Hoping that someone would clear the raid.

[You have to be careful of the Crow that Sola summons in this raid.] [26]

(Image of Crow taken)

The last-minute raid party exploded because of this bastard earlier.
You have to recruit a lot of melee dealers to clear it.

There is a pattern that reacts to ranged, and if you get hit by a ranged attack, it immediately rushes and stabs the ranged dealer who hit it with a knife.
It gets stronger every time it kills a user, and you can’t revive if you die to it.
This is important, priests don’t bother casting for 10 seconds to use resurrection.

It’s the same even if your health is low, all raid members must manage their health, if it drops below 20%, this bastard runs like crazy and stabs you to death.
Berserkers and barbarians should take off their rings here because they will get stabbed as soon as they come out if they are wearing them.

[Comments]

[Then can rogues go to the raid?]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ This is the guy the rogues have to catch]
ㄴ[I’m a rogue, please include me]

[If you go with stupid rogues, you’ll only strengthen Crow, you have to manage your health well]

[Look at the stupid rogues popping out right away lol]
ㄴ[Call me Rogue-nim]
ㄴ[There are a lot of thieves besides you]

[Is it necessary to catch this Crow? Can’t the tank just catch it and spin around?]
ㄴ[If you don’t kill this bastard, it runs to the boss to give it heals and shields lol]
ㄴ[Crazy bitch lol]

[How did the middle school girl catch this? She’s a berserker]
ㄴ[She probably did it without the ring]
ㄴ[If you take off the berserker ring, isn’t it a shitty deal?]
ㄴ[I saw her wearing a shield when she was raiding earlier. She probably tanked Crow herself]

[It seems that the raid has become easier since the upper-level jobs came out, you can go to the boss with a last-minute raid in the first week.]
ㄴ[It’s really easier. I think the increase in skills has a big impact]

[Are berserkers and barbarians falling?]
ㄴ[I don’t think so, it’s just because of Crow]
ㄴ[Just reduce the boss’s health and die before Crow comes out]
ㄴ[That’s it lol]

***

“Ha-yeon-ah.”

“Huh?!”

School had just ended.
I was about to rush home when I turned my head at the voice I heard from behind.
There, So-hee was standing with a bright smile.

“Do you have some time today?”

“No!”

I didn’t have any time. Even while I was doing this, the time I could play the game was slowly flowing by.
The shutdown law had taken away my leisure time.

“Oh, you don’t…?”

“Yeah! See you later!”

I waved to So-hee and left the classroom.
I had to go home quickly and clear the hidden quest.