Terrifying Wasteland Raider

The number of people to split the gold with increased from four to five, but with Helena’s outstanding skills added, the raiding accelerated.

What do you think is the best talent needed for a mage user?

If you ask the users who are playing Deron, most of them will answer like this.

Calmness that doesn’t panic in any situation.

Helena was a good example of such a mage.

She doesn’t avoid attacks rushing towards her. She stares at her opponent with a calm expression and thinks about her next move.

It was an impossible way to play if she didn’t trust her party members, or if she didn’t trust her own skills.

“Hiyaaaaak!”

With a rough shout, the enemy’s attack flew towards Helena, but her gaze was not directed at the enemy.

She uses the [Time Stop] skill on the opponent beyond him.

The enemy mage, who was raising his staff behind the warrior, freezes.

At that moment, Iyap, who popped out from behind the mage, shoved a dagger into the mage’s neck.

Kwajik!

It was a silent ambush without even a scream.

Immediately after that, the enemy warrior’s sword was about to cut Helena, but her body appeared in a distant place with a small group of light.

Escape using Blink. Ignoring the warrior following her, she buys as much time as possible and deals with the most annoying ranged users first.

The magic stored in her staff was not constant. Sometimes, several instant skills with short cooldowns were charged, and sometimes only three Blinks were stored.

The stored skills were different, but the result was the same.

She never died in any fight.

Chaeng!

“Kueuk!”

He swings his sword strongly and knocks away the opponent’s upper body.

The moment he sees that greatly exposed chest, he quickly rotates his body and swings his dark sword.

Chwaak!

“Hmm.”

He blew away the fallen opponent’s neck and looked around.

Overall, the situation was favorable. Since they were people who were used to fighting against many enemies due to the prolonged war, it didn’t seem like they needed much help.

It’s the same even if you look at Snow Mage.

If Helena fights in a way that she moves with thorough calculations and designs the fight, Snow Mage was the opposite.

He uses Blink without hesitation, and robs his opponents with fights and psychological warfare using his physical abilities.

He waits for the opponent frozen by ice and rotates the cooldown of his skills.

Such an impromptu fighting style occasionally acted as a threat, but when Hwarang’s support fire continued, even those shortcomings disappeared.

Taang-!

Hwarang, who obtained the world item, Dusk and Dawn, fought really dirty.

He hides his body behind a large rock, briefly checks the position of the enemies, and then shoots his gun from behind the rock.

The hook shot that popped out from his widely swinging arm curves greatly and flies to pierce the opponent’s head.

He never reveals his position. Thanks to that fighting style, no one could approach Hwarang.

How can you approach when the opponent’s attacks keep flying from a position you can’t hit?

However, the enemies hiding behind the rocks were not safe.

Hook shot. It is a skill that fires bullets that curve.

The bullet fired by Hwarang greatly passed the enemies’ cover and pierced the head of the hiding opponent.

Lastly, Iyap…

“Kuaaak”

Iyap, who quietly revealed himself from the shadows, stabbed a knife into the neck of the enemy user.

And then disappears again.

He’s doing well. That’s what a thief is. It was really nice to see him doing his part reliably without being noticeable.

I nodded and swung my sword.

It was a fairly large gold rush party, but since it was caught by me, I couldn’t just let it go.

“Ah, no! Please! Please stop!”

Last one. The surviving user looked back at the wagon and appealed, but it was out of the question.

If he was a demon user, I might have felt sorry, but this person was an evil human user.

“Any last words?”

The terrifying wasteland raider sometimes shows a little generosity.

Now was just such a time.

“Mi, mi…”

“Mi?”

“Michi…!”

He swings his sword before the opponent can finish speaking.

The quickly drawn black flash completely cut off his neck.

No survivors from the party that was conducting the gold rush.

Perfectly successful takeover.

I approached the large wagon with an evil smile.

It was time to check the amount of gold inside.

“Ihihi-!”

Chwaaaak!

When I removed the tarp covering the wagon, huge, sparkling gold chunks appeared from the inside.

Huge gold! This is all gold.

“Heok…”

The amount of gold is more than I thought. Maybe I’ll get more gold than the first raid.

“Kahaha! What a huge amount!”

The raider NPC, Twilight’s Siberik, also smiled with joy as he looked at the huge gold.

Siberik, who lost in a 1-on-1 battle with Hwarang, died and disappeared. This Siberik was a newly respawned NPC.

Of course, he didn’t remember the conversation he had with Hwarang.

Hwarang was looking at such Siberik with a complicated expression.

“Hmm…”

“Why, do you feel strange?”

“The opponent doesn’t know me, but I know the opponent… Is this what it feels like to be a regressor who is in his second life?”

“… Don’t say weird things.”

“Heh… Siberik of the previous round… He was a strong opponent.”

I shook my head at Hwarang’s words and walked away.

I know what he means, but I felt strange hearing those words from him.

“Take the wagon!”

At Siberik’s command, the surviving raider NPCs got on the wagon and started driving.

Now is the beginning of a full-scale battle.

[You have successfully raided the Gold Rush]

[Your infamy spreads widely across this wasteland.]

[From this moment on, you will be wanted and unable to leave the Ruthless Wasteland area.]

[You will be chased by sheriffs and bounty hunters.]

[Even if you exit the game, your character will remain in place.]

[Your location is displayed on the map.]

[The sentence and fine are determined according to the gold you have plundered.]

[Estimated sentence – 15 days]

[Estimated fine – 25000 gold]

The estimated sentence was the same as the first raid, but the fine increased.

It meant that the gold in the wagon we took was more than the first raid.

“Run!”

“Hieeeeng!”

When I swung the reins in my hand like a whip, the pony ran quickly.

When I unfolded the map while running, red dots were rapidly approaching from all over the map.

They were all sheriff NPCs and users coming to catch us.

Helena was mixed in with that group during our first raid.

I turned my head and stared intently at Helena.

If I didn’t have the escape skill called Heteromorphic Shift, I would have been caught on the spot.

If I had been caught because of Helena, what kind of reaction should I have shown her?

“Why are you looking at me like that…?”

“Because you’re pretty.”

I shook my head and answered Helena’s question.

A fierce battle will unfold in the future. I didn’t want to complicate my mind with unnecessary thoughts.

The red dot users marked on the map did not follow us like before.

They were just gathering in one place.

“As expected…”

Where should we wait to easily stop the gold rush raiders?

It was the entrance to the raiders’ village, No Pain No Gain.

The sheriff users had to block that entrance at all costs, and the raider users had to break through that entrance at all costs.

The gold rush raid was not only attempted by us. It’s been two days since we spent time inside the raiders’ village.

During that period, many users attempted raids and succeeded in raiding.

Users have become accustomed to fighting with raiders.

But we have Helena.

Before the wagon arrives at the village, if she uses the time stop skill in a wide area and pours out the wide area skills stored in her staff, she alone will be able to wipe out the large number of people stationed at the entrance.

“Helena!”

“Huh, uh?”

“I’m counting on you!”

“Ah… okay…”

Helena nodded with a red face.

Why is she making that expression? Is it because she’s hot?

Whatever the reason, Helena started casting magic with a flushed face.

“Snow-nim!”

“Yes!!!”

“The moment we enter the village, please give time acceleration to the party members and time stop to the enemies!”

“Trust me, Bandit King-nim!!!”

As expected, the most responsive party member was Snow Mage.

I nodded with a satisfied smile.

“It’s an enemy!”

The moment the rapidly speeding golden wagon approached the raiders’ village, the raider NPC who was driving the wagon shouted loudly.

It was as he said. And it was as expected.

Numerous users were blocking the entrance to the village that we had to pass through, and they were taking out their weapons.

“It’s Cow King’s party!”

“Blood Demon King-nim! Look over here!”

I wasn’t the Blood Demon King or the Cow King now. A terrifying wasteland outlaw. Bandit King was my identity.

I turned my head and called Helena.

My loyal subordinate and most trustworthy friend.

“Helena!”

“Hoo-“

At my call, Helena stepped forward and took out her staff.

Behind Helena, Snow Mage also took out his staff.

Except for the 1st and 2nd job ranks, the two people’s job trees were the same.

Kiing-!

The moment a large clock-shaped effect spread from the bodies of the two people, many users who were standing as if guarding the entrance to the village froze.

All preparations were complete. Helena shone her eyes and raised her staff high.

The time that the users stopped was only 1 second. Moreover, not everyone in this place stopped.

1 second. A brief gap. But that 1 second was enough for Helena.

Goooo-!

Four magic circles floated above the sky, and what appeared from the inside was a huge burning meteorite.

It was a quadruple cast of the skill [Meteor Strike], which has a wide range and definite destructive power as the casting time is long.

The moment the four meteorites covered the sky, the stopped time began to flow again.

“Ru, run away!”

“Don’t run away! Fight back! If the road is opened, the gold will be stolen!”

The huge meteorite begins to move in the sky.

That meant that the magic had left Helena’s hands.

Now I can’t even cancel it. Four meteorites began to fall towards the ground.

Kwagaaaaang!

The ground is overturned and the gray corpses of users fly in all directions.

The effect is good, but the road that the wagon has to pass through is broken.

But I wasn’t worried. Because we had Snow Mage.

“Yap!”

With a playful smile, Snow Mage swung his staff, and ice covered the overturned floor, creating a temporary road.

He broke through the road and made a road.

The wagon made a clattering sound and safely entered the village.