Yeon vs. Yeon

Block what you must, but evade if you can.

However, always expose the boss’s backside to the dealers.

That was my basic philosophy as a tank.

Kaang-!

A massive shock travels through the hand gripping the shield.

But I endure.

Shadow Yeon was unleashing powerful attacks, but my stance remained unshaken.

I hid behind my shield, checking his health.

Less than 30 seconds into the fight, and he’d already lost 5% of his health.

Even with me, the main dealer, out of the picture, the rate at which his health was dropping hadn’t slowed down much.

This must be because the boss’s movements were minimized, increasing the accuracy of ranged skills.

In fact, the DPS of the mage class had slightly increased.

The moment the boss’s health reached 90%.

The first pattern finally began.

A charge towards the ranged dealers after a brief wind-up, followed by a barrage of area-of-effect attacks.

,Haat!

There wasn’t much I could do in this situation.

All I could do was swing my sword at the wind-up as much as possible, dealing some pathetic damage.

What happens after the charge depends on the raid members’ skills.

Chwaaaak-!

The moment Shadow Yeon transformed into a white dragon.

The mages quickly used Blink.

These guys had plenty of experience already.

They could easily handle a pattern like this.

Kwaaang-!

Black lightning rained down on the pure white dragon form.

Returning to his original form, Shadow Yeon shook off the remnants of the lightning clinging to his body, swinging his magic sword.

Dogric charged in with vigor as he watched that scene.

,Heuaaaat!

The pathetic shout typical of a middle-aged man.

Dogric, who had been repositioned as a sub-tank, hurriedly grabbed Shadow Yeon’s aggro and began pulling him towards me.

Watching him, he looked like a creepy old man trying to lure a child to do something weird.

“…”

Isn’t that right?

It’s not just my personal opinion. The other raid members were also looking at Dogric with strange expressions.

But Dogric didn’t care about those looks.

He kept shouting and pulling Shadow Yeon towards me.

I took over Shadow Yeon’s aggro from Dogric as he approached.

And so, the battle with Shadow Yeon began again.

The more his health decreased, the clearer the red blood energy flowing from his body became.

The clearer the blood energy, the stronger the Berserker’s exclusive passive skill was being activated.

Shadow Yeon swung his sword, which was wrapped in red blood energy and black magic.

Kwang!

As time passed, the burden on the tank became considerable.

I understand now that I’ve experienced it firsthand.

Why those who played the main tank role sucked up so much of the healers’ mana.

Shuwak!

A blade overflowing with dark magic flies towards my head.

I slightly lowered my upper body to avoid the attack, but the following black magic grazed my shoulder.

The sensation of it grazing my shoulder is light.

But the amount of health being drained is shocking.

It’s this level even without a direct hit.

If I lose focus even for a moment, it will lead to the wipe of the entire raid.

I focused my mind and dodged the incoming attacks.

Even though it was the first battle after the rank change, the progress itself was going smoothly.

And then, the moment Shadow Yeon’s health reached 50%.

He entered the second phase.

,Now’s your chance! Full DPS!

Now, while he’s transforming, is the opportunity.

Usually, it was polite to wait when the protagonists transformed, but this guy isn’t a protagonist or anything.

He’s just a simple monster wearing my appearance.

No one was going to stand around and wait for his transformation.

Pajijik!

Black lightning gathers in the sky.

Shadow Yeon sat down on the floor to transform.

The transformation takes 5 seconds to complete.

During that time, Shadow Yeon doesn’t do anything, so there’s no better time to deal damage.

After a storm of skills poured down on Shadow Yeon.

Shadow Yeon, who had been sitting, stood up, and lightning fell from the sky.

Kwaaaang!

[Awakening]

Demon arms and legs, large horns sprouting from his head.

A face that scatters red glares and wears a bitter smile.

Although he wasn’t wearing a wing costume, Shadow Yeon’s appearance looked like it wouldn’t be lacking even if he was called the Demon King.

This is the real deal from now on.

I swallowed hard, watching Shadow Yeon slowly approach.

At that moment.

Shadow Yeon kicked off the floor and swung his sword at me.

Kaaang-!

,Ugh!

A short groan escapes.

My body is pushed back slightly by the powerful blow.

The force pushing me back is incomparably stronger than before.

I’ll be sent flying the moment I let my guard down.

Put strength in your legs and endure.

The moment I get pushed back, it will lead to the wipe of the raid.

,Heuyaaaat!

Activating [Taunting Shout], which the Knight possesses.

As I let out a thunderous roar, a huge barrier was created beneath my feet.

,Hiyooooot!

If you can’t avoid it, face it head-on.

Use all available buffs to reduce damage.

A huge divine power falling from the sky spreads around, forming a sanctuary.

At the same time as huge divine wings spread behind my back, an angel’s halo floats above my head.

Just as the Death Knight’s advanced class, the Demon Lord, has a transformation skill.

The Paladin, the advanced class of the Holy Knight, also had a transformation skill.

A completely opposite appearance to the Demon Lord, who gets closer to the appearance of a demon.

The Paladin’s transformation skill, [Divinity], had the effect of making the user’s appearance closer to an angel.

Kwang!

Tang!

Kwaang!

Kaaang!

Every time sword and sword collide, divine power and magic mix and spread in all directions.

While continuing the battle with him.

He suddenly stepped back and reached out to the healers.

That hand.

That pose.

It’s definitely a familiar sight.

I quickly jumped in front of them and raised my shield.

,Haat!

Kwaang!

Fixing the end of the shield on the floor, I block it as if protecting the healers.

My prediction might be wrong.

A completely unexpected skill might pop out and wipe everyone out.

Even so, there was no hesitation in this choice.

Chwaaak!

But my prediction was correct.

What Shadow Yeon was casting was [Touch of Death], a skill possessed by the Death Knight.

A skill that pulls a distant target in front of you.

The demon’s hand, which was quickly fired, flew towards the healers, but what was blocking it was me.

I poured a huge amount of divine power onto the shield.

,Haaaat!

Kiiing-!

The divine power that escaped from my body spread out widely, creating the shape of a huge shield.

The demon’s hand that had come in front of it was blocked by the shield of light, but it began to bend to the side as if it hadn’t given up yet.

If this goes on, one of the healers will be caught and dragged away.

I bit my lip and shouted at Dogric, who was lying next to me.

,Dogric!!!

Honorifics are omitted because it’s an urgent situation.

Dogric seemed to be aware of the situation as well, and immediately answered.

,Yes!!!

,Sacrifice yourself instead!!!

,Huh?

,Hurry! Come here and die!!!

It’s better for a sub-tank who has nothing to do to die than for a healer to die.

Dogric, who had hesitated for a moment, was startled by my roar and came running as if he was jumping.

I’m forming a wall with a huge shield to prevent the demon’s hand from approaching the healers, but the hand is still bending without disappearing.

This pattern.

It’s a pattern that ends only when someone is caught by that hand, no matter what.

Dogric, who was watching for an opportunity, approached the huge black hand.

At that moment, the demon’s hand spread out widely and grabbed Dogric, who was loitering in front of it.

,Heueok…!

Pudeudeudeuk!

A chilling sound was heard.

Contrary to the expectation that he would be dragged in front of the boss, the huge demon’s hand squeezed Dogric’s body and turned him into a corpse.

There was no time to pour in heals.

It was an instant death judgment.

Shadow Yeon, who had created one casualty in that way, smiled contentedly and retrieved the demon’s hand.

I watched the scene and retrieved my shield.

A miserable death.

Dogric’s sacrifice will not be in vain.

,Hiyoooaaaat!

I let out a rough shout and run towards Shadow Yeon.

When I flutter the angel wings spread behind my back, my body lightly floats, adding to the speed of the sprint.

Shwaaaak-!

Chaeng-!

Kwaang-!

Kang-!

The sword is swung quickly.

We exchange blows, swinging our magic swords at each other.

The moment Shadow Yeon’s health enters 30%, the blood energy flowing from his body becomes even thicker.

The Berserker’s characteristic of unlocking all power in a low health state has been activated.

It’s different than before.

Even though I had strengthened all my equipment to the highest grade, it was difficult to endure.

Let it flow lightly.

I feel the white pain that is slowly rising and avoid the attack.

Don’t overdo it, just take it.

This isn’t a place where I’m fighting alone. I can’t overdo it like in VRS, so I stick to the safest way to proceed as much as possible.

Even though I can attack, I don’t attack, and I absorb the shock using my shield.

At that moment.

Finally, the preparation stance for his most powerful pattern came out.

,Whirlwind!!! Dodge it!!! To the corner!!!

You have to create as much distance as possible to survive.

Only the main tank needs to endure this pattern.

The melee dealers who were dealing damage around me ran away without looking back at my warning.

Shadow Yeon, who had pulled his magic sword back, began to rotate his body with a low laugh.

All of the Berserker’s skills had the condition that attack speed and range increased when in a low health state.

Shadow Yeon, who had copied my skills exactly, was also receiving the same effect.

Shwaaaak!

The widely spread blood-colored blade covered more than half of the named room and began to rotate.

Tadadadang!

,Eueueut!

I’m holding up my shield and blocking all the attacks, but my body is being pushed back significantly, and my health is starting to decrease at an incredible rate.

While I was struggling to take all the attacks.

I was able to recall one fact that I had forgotten.

Blades are not created near the caster of Whirlwind.

In other words, if you get close, you can escape all attacks.

Of course, I couldn’t be sure.

The skills that Shadow Yeon is currently using are all modified into boss-only skills, even if they have the same name.

Just looking at the skill that instantly killed Dogric was enough to show that.

But it was a gamble worth trying.

I slowly took a breath and activated a buff that reduced the damage I was taking.

Paaat-!

The pure white flash that spreads throughout my body creates a shield, but its duration is very short.

I took advantage of that gap and jumped next to Shadow Yeon.

,Hayat!

Seugagagak-!

While the shield was being torn to shreds by the rapidly rotating blade.

The sound of the blade hitting my body disappeared.

,Heok…

The shield is gone, but there is no change in health.

That means my gamble was successful.

Shadow Yeon was frowning and spinning around.

They say the center of the storm is calm.

It’s so cute to see him like this.

There’s still time until the duration of the Whirlwind ends.

I sat down on the floor and started taking screenshots of Shadow Yeon.

The panties that Shadow Yeon was wearing were white and sky blue striped.

It’s the same as what I’m wearing.

I frowned and changed the color of my panty costume to white.