Second Perfect Clear

Executioner Crow, does he have a pattern where he gets stronger every time he executes a player? Right after dealing with me, he became even more powerful and tore through the dealer line.

As the ranged dealers started collapsing in an instant, the sub-tank desperately jumped in, but couldn’t stop the Crow who had become too strong.

And so, this try ended in failure.

Everyone must have thought it. That this time, we could clear it.

I thought so too.

,Umm… Crow, he suddenly got stronger, didn’t he?”

,Maybe his stats increase every time the execution pattern is triggered.”

,Then we shouldn’t die. No, I think it’s better to focus fire and take him out right away at the beginning.”

I briefly coordinate opinions with the party members and nod.

The Crow that appeared this time showed unexpected power, but if the ranged dealers take him out first and then charge in, we should be able to get through it easily.

But to use this method, we needed one more tank to hold Crow.

I took out the shield that was sleeping in my inventory.

I was really glad that I had prepared a level 45 unique shield just in case.

I wouldn’t be able to tank a boss or dozens of paladins, but I should be able to handle Crow alone before he stacks up execution stacks.

,Let’s try it for now.”

I shouted, drawing the holy sword that I hadn’t taken out for quite a while.

Since you can’t change equipment during battle, I had to deal damage with the holy sword and shield.

I also took off the Orc Ring that maintained a low health state from my finger.

It was an unavoidable choice to avoid execution.

The battle with the boss begins and time starts to flow.

Aside from the occasional small mistake, it was going smoothly.

After the second Black Sun pattern, the paladins appeared.

This time as well, [Knight Commander Executioner Crow] revealed himself.

As the sub-tank started kiting the paladins, I immediately stuck to Crow.

Kang!

The moment we collided using Charge, he swung his sword. I tilted my shield to deflect the attack from that powerful blow.

As the holy sword overflowing with black energy stretched out, I also swung my holy sword.

Kang!

Crow, being a paladin as well, was holding a shield.

The moment we exchanged attacks and defenses, a pure white flash flew from afar and struck Crow’s head.

Ping-!

The bullet that hit his helmet ricocheted off, and Crow’s body shook violently.

I didn’t miss that opening.

The quickly swung holy sword struck Crow’s body in succession.

My attack power was very weak because the Berserker’s unique passive wasn’t activated, but I succeeded in breaking his stance.

I turned my gaze. The paladins that the sub-tank was kiting had just been swept away by the mage’s AoE skills.

If we finish off Crow now and focus our damage on the boss, we should be able to clear it.

That’s what I thought.

Crow, who had been staggered, suddenly started emitting black energy and began running at an incredible speed.

That speed was faster than me running with the Charge skill.

,Oh, ahh!”

The place he quickly ran to was in front of Hwarang.

Could there be a pattern that reacts to ranged attacks?

Crow, who arrived in front of Hwarang, swung his sword at an incredible speed.

Hwarang tried to dodge by rolling on the floor, but he soon fell.

Crow’s execution finished off Hwarang.

Crow’s stats increased.

The black energy flowing from his body became even greater.

,Everyone, don’t attack and fall back!”

I shouted urgently and quickly stuck to Crow.

I closed the distance in an instant by using Charge and Leap Slam.

Crow’s black holy sword and my sunlit holy sword clashed, and a bright effect burst out.

To catch this guy, the melee dealers had to stick to him.

,Mages, all boss damage! Rogues, stick to Crow!”

The moment the order was given, the rogues began rushing towards Crow, taking advantage of their quick mobility.

The mages also ignored Crow and started pouring damage into the boss according to my command.

I’m deflecting all attacks with my shield and sword, but it’s still too much.

I gave a signal to the sub-tank next to me.

It was a signal to take over the aggro.

I let out a sigh of relief the moment the sub-tank quickly approached and took over the aggro.

Was it because his stats increased from the execution? Crow wouldn’t fall easily.

If we keep dealing damage, we’ll eventually catch him, but Crow, who uses the paladin’s unique shield and heals, wouldn’t fall easily.

I watched that and stuck my holy sword into the ground.

I was thinking of using an AoE buff to increase the dealers’ DPS.

[Declaration of the Sun God’s Sanctuary.]

Kwaaaat!

The sunlit aura that spread widely began to soar into the sky.

It was the moment when the AoE buff that increased all stats and continuously restored health was created.

Crow, who was swinging his sword at the sub-tank, suddenly knelt on the floor, and his name, which had been marked in red, turned green.

[C, cruuu… This is…]

,What…?”

Crow’s attack stopped. Our attacks don’t go in either.

Monsters and NPCs have their names displayed in red when they are hostile to the player.

On the contrary, if they are friendly, they are displayed in green.

That means that Crow, who is kneeling now, has become a friendly ally on our side.

[I see… I have been…]

Crow, who was holding his head and spouting something, stood up from his seat.

The black energy that had been swirling around his body had disappeared.

Replacing the black energy was a brilliant sunlit aura.

[Oh you who possesses another holy sword, thank you for saving me. From now on, I will become your strength.]

Crow, who was scattering sunlit radiance, charged towards the boss at an incredible speed.

That powerful attack that had been directed at the players began to pour towards the boss.

But perhaps his attack power was nerfed as he turned to the player’s side, his health didn’t decrease as much as I thought.

Instead, Crow, befitting his high-ranking paladin class, increased the stability of the raid by scattering heals and shields in all directions.

[Kruuek! Crow! Why you!]

[Corrupted Sola-isiyeo, my sun is in this heart.]

I was embarrassed by the unexpected situation, but I stuck to Sola’s back with the rogues and started dealing damage.

How long has it been? Sola’s health reached the bottom and that huge black giant collapsed on the floor.

Koo-oong!

[T, this can’t be… This can’t be happening… My, my power… The sun…]

As the black energy slowly began to escape from Sola’s body, Crow’s body slowly began to turn transparent.

Since the raid boss disappeared, Crow, the summon he summoned, was also disappearing.

I raised the holy sword in my hand.

It seemed that the developers had hidden an Easter egg in this world item.

,Wow… What was that just now?”

,It looks like the guild leader-nim’s holy sword purified the named monster?”

,Is it something like an Easter egg?”

[Server First Achievement Achieved!]

The title [The One Who Reclaimed the Sun] has been sent to your mailbox.

The voices of the party members scatter.

It must be because the message window that they cleared the achievement popped up in front of them.

Everyone is probably blankly opening their mouths and checking their achievements.

The guild chat started to burn.

It must be because the clear message popped up throughout the world.

,Anyway. Everyone, you’ve worked hard. We cleared it before 10 o’clock.”

I said, checking the time.

The smile didn’t leave my face. The current time was 9 o’clock, and there was still an hour left until the shutdown.

The unfortunate event of being kicked out while holding an auction like last time will not happen.

,Let’s check the drop items and proceed with the auction.”

I approached Sola’s corpse and checked the drop items.

[Ring of the Fallen Sun]

Strength +150 Agility +150 Unique

Maximum Health -10%

Bound on Acquire

Level Restriction 45

20% chance to increase all stats by 15% upon attack.

One of the Sun God’s relics.

It has been eroded by the corrupted energy.

The evil energy is so strong that purification is impossible.

[Shield of the Brilliant Sun]

Strength +70 Health +100 Unique

Maximum Health +15%

Bound on Acquire

Level Restriction 45

[Veil of the Sun] is activated, reducing all damage by 20% when equipped.

The prototype of the shield used by the Solar Knights.

It is imbued with the blessing of the Sun God.

[Weapon Blessed by the Sun God – Staff]

Intelligence +120 Mana +70 Unique

Intelligence +15%

Magic Attack Power +980

Bound on Acquire

Increases all elemental damage by 15%

Level Restriction 45

A weapon blessed by the sun.

It is imbued with powerful divine power.

[Orb of Corruption]

Item bound to Yeon.

An orb that feels like an evil aura of corruption.

There were no items with outstanding performance among the dropped items.

However, as raid equipment, it showed an overwhelming difference in performance from the level 45 unique equipment that can be obtained in general.

The Orb of Corruption seemed like the starting item for a hidden quest.

It seemed that it was not visible to other users as it was bound to me as soon as it was dropped.

This orb was definitely related to [Sun God Sola’s Holy Sword].

,Let’s start the auction.”

The start was [Ring of the Fallen Sun].

As a ring used by both warriors and rogues, it was sold at a fairly high price.

The owner of the ring is Iyap.

He took the ring for 2,500 gold.

I wanted to bid on the item as well, but I didn’t have enough gold.

It seemed that I would have to sell one of the Orc Rings sleeping in the warehouse.

Next, the auction started for [Shield of the Brilliant Sun].

Since I had no intention of playing as a tank this season, the two people in the raid who were in charge of the tank started competing.

As a result, Dogric took the shield for 1,500 gold.

Finally, it was the turn of [Weapon Blessed by the Sun God – Staff].

,3,000 gold.”

Helena called 3,000 gold from the start of the auction.

No one followed after that.

There was no need to rush to get a weapon. After all, you can exchange it through raid coins.

The auction was over and the gold distribution was over.

I was lost in thought, looking at the [Orb of Corruption] that came into my inventory.

Now I could easily admit it. Deron in this world is very different from the Deron in the world I know.

,Everyone, you’ve worked hard~ See you next week.”

Watching the party members disbanding, I slowly moved the holy sword in my hand.

It seemed that I had to search all the maps related to the Sun God.