STGB Chapter 224

Episode 224 Like a Flame (4)

The Darkness You Can Reach with Just a Few Steps.

They rely on shimmering torches and are in dense formation.

The surroundings are full of displeased glances.

‘It’s not like flirting.’

Hundreds of eyes bloomed in the darkness.

It seems that you have entered a cruel fairy tale characterized by a dark and bizarre atmosphere.

Of course, it’s just the atmosphere.

The outcome is up to us.

If you overcome adversity, it will be a story of hope.

If it collapses, it will only remain as a cruel story.

Whii profit!

The awl-shaped shadow embedded in the shield is pulled out and retrieved into the darkness.

It has already been repeated several times.

Since this bastard was the first time I met him, he seemed to be covering his face.

‘Is it a good thing in terms of wasting time?’

With that thought in mind, check the condition of the equipment.

A shield with holes all over the place.

The warrior next to him murmured.

“If you leave, I’ll have to buy a new shield.”

Basically, it is a word with the premise that you will go back alive.

I answered with a smile.

“Oh, I’ll have to buy a new one.”

we survive

even one more person.

Swoop.

At the end of the 4-pyeongtae, a sign came from the darkness.

Okay, so the trial is over, right?

Swoop.

Soon, with the sound of the grim wind, he appeared.

Height is about 2m.

There is nothing shameful about the outfit that is worn over a rugged robe that the dead would wear.

The outline is also the basic human form.

However, as if it were a spirit-living monster, only dark blue smoke swayed in the parts exposed outside the clothes.

Also…

Flash-!

The place where the head should be above the neck.

In the shaded spot with the hood pulled over, only red eyes are blooming.

It is clearly different from human structure.

First of all, there is only one pupil that emits light.

It is not only located in the center of the face, not on the right or left side, and is out of proportion….

It is huge.

It is as if the entire head is made up of giant eyeballs.

“If possible, avoid eye contact with him.”

As soon as I confirmed his appearance, I fixed my gaze on his shoulder.

The reason is simple.

[Do not be afraid.]

The moment you meet eyes, you fall into ‘fear’ with a certain probability.

And…….

[Look at me.]

When fear is stacked nine times, the character becomes a subordinate of the Lord of the Abyss permanently.

Like countless monsters in the labyrinth.

They become enemies and attack us.

‘It was a damn pattern.’

In fact, it is safe to say that it is a conditional instant death.

‘Monsterization’ is not solved even after the boss attack is over.

‘Well, attacking isn’t the goal, we only need to endure for 10 minutes…’

I don’t think there’s anything that will lead to ‘monsterization’ within 10 minutes.

But you can’t be at ease.

We didn’t come here fully prepared.

Horror-related settings didn’t do anything.

To put it simply, the ‘fear’ of the condition is enough to be threatening.

“Kkeuh…….”

A warrior next to him groaned as he put his head on his head.

It seems that he and I met eyes.

If he was frightened, he would either drop his weapon and flee or attack us—

“Bjorn!”

“Careful!”

While briefly checking the condition of his comrades, a shadow stretched out from Bezak’s chest.

A courtesy awl that struck my shield time and time again.

However, it was a slightly different pattern from before.

whee profit.

The fiercely flying awl splits into dozens in the middle and attacks me.

It’s like a net.

good.

A shadow clinging to the body like an octopus sucker.

You can feel the pulling power all over your body.

The intention was clear.

It’s going to take a long time if you just hit a normal hit, so he must be dragging me into the dark.

Huh, we’re not that big of a dick.

“Ecovir Iheran Ifoun.”

Kyle cast the magic he had cast in advance.

7th grade auxiliary magic ‘property’.

For reference, the attribute is the sun attribute, which is incompatible with dark monsters.

Fire-!

A pure white flame that combines fire and holy attributes covers all weapons except for the knight.

The reason I didn’t write to the article is simple.

Slow-!

Because if you have an aura, you can hit him without ‘attribute’.

“Save Bjorn!”

As soon as my body was bound by the shadows, the warriors ran and cut or smashed it with weapons engulfed in flames.

A body freed in an instant.

However, without a chance to breathe, dozens of shadows came out of his body again.

Whoa!

This time, it was a different pattern than before.

He’s targeting everyone, not just me.

I hurriedly fixed my shield.

‘From now on.’

It’s time to start fighting in earnest.

***

The eye monster I killed earlier.

‘Watcher of the Abyss’ is a summoning skill that Berzak uses to select the next victim after one battle.

When cast, it is summoned throughout the cave, and the watcher wanders around looking for sacrifices.

By the way, if you run into it once, that’s it.

There is no other way to break the aggro.

So, without hesitation, I burst my eyes and killed him.

It’s impossible to lure him out unless someone draws the main aggro.

As you can see just by looking at it now, he only recognized me as the enemy until his colleagues attacked first to save me.

[But then, wouldn’t it be better for someone to step up and sacrifice?]

When we were making the plan, someone gave that opinion, but it was a realistically impossible operation.

Leaving aside the question of who would fill the role.

Bezac’s vision radius is about 2 km.

At least, it would be meaningless if we couldn’t hold out until the expedition was completely out of his sight.

’10 minutes.’

Kyle estimated that time to be about 10 minutes.

If it is defeated before then, it will pursue the expedition again and soon commit a massacre without rules.

That’s why…….

Kuung-!

hold out

I’m not alone.

With the wizards and warriors who followed me.

“Behel—laaaaaaa!!”

Wielding a flaming weapon, resist the darkness.

It wasn’t easy.

Whii Yii Yii-!

An awl-shaped flat blow with high penetrating power.

If it was normal, I would have reacted without difficulty.

I don’t know how long it will last, but once you block it with a shield, you won’t be seriously hurt.

But…

‘Damn the game.’

The problem is that you can’t see straight ahead.

I lower my vision to avoid eye contact, so it keeps happening that I can’t react in time.

By the way, this was also the case in the actual game.

[Do not look into the eyes of Belzak.]

When this instruction was applied to the character, the evasion rate and defense success rate dropped sharply no matter how high the agility value was.

like right now

Pooh-!

A shadow dug deep into his shoulder.

“The body regenerates quickly due to the recovery (upper) effect.

”

Although the aggro has been dispersed, the main aggro is focused on me.

But in the meantime.

“Ahh!!”

It doesn’t just stab, it flies in the form of a net and drags its comrades into the darkness.

So far, I’ve been diligently cutting through the shadows to block them, but…

‘Damn it.’

I couldn’t stop it forever.

Eventually, the first victim occurred.

“Cillian!!”

Silian Nerf.

He was the guy who followed me because he thought it would be cool to solve today’s work at a drinking party later.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!”

A terrible scream ensued in the darkness to which he had been dragged.

I felt very strange.

In the game, I thought it was just a directing to save the atmosphere.

“…….”

Anger boils.

But the more you do, the more you need to be mindful.

Again, there has to be at least one person like that.

“Stop.”

“but!”

“If you go, you will die too.”

Since it has already been sucked in, it is impossible to retrieve it.

at our current level.

“Shit!”

A warrior vented his anger.

It wasn’t something I couldn’t understand.

I couldn’t even watch with my own two eyes the comrade I’d been fighting with all day.

I only heard the voices beyond the darkness.

helpless

It was a feeling I felt countless times just today.

But lethargic or not, the battle continued.

“The body regenerates quickly due to the recovery (above) effect.”

Berzac also used the skill.

[Call of the Abyss].

A skill that gathers rubbish mobs within the gnome’s field of view into one place.

“Greuk! Greuk!”

The Abyssal Goblin, who was called upon, released a pack of monsters, summoned monsters, and set traps from afar.

One person died because of this.

push.

A melee battle in which the trap is triggered and the monster that jumps out of the monster bundle is active.

An awl-shaped shadow pierced the body of a colleague.

Even the wizards, who used to use mana shields to prevent fatal injuries, failed to react.

dump.

One more died like that.

“Kyle! How many left!”

“Four minutes.”

what 3 minutes?

“Four minutes have passed.”

I almost got my heart fluttering for a while—

Kwajik-!

Then the first variable was created.

“It’s a troll! Push it out!!”

one more died

The cause of death was a troll summoned right in front of their noses.

The problem was that the deceased was a wizard, not a troll.

‘Nimiral.’

The death of a warrior was considered inevitable, but a wizard is different.

I placed it in the middle to somehow protect it.

‘If this happens, the mana will come out quickly……’

It’s the worst.

While thinking about that, I continued to move my body.

Time passed just like that.

“Five minutes left.”

“Four minutes!”

Perhaps to boost morale, Kyle told me the time every minute passed.

“Now I only have to hold on for 3 minutes!”

Since the wizard’s death, there have been no victims.

Like veteran explorers, their combat proficiency gradually began to accumulate.

It was only when it was 8 minutes.

“I can’t use magic anymore. It’s all about maintaining the enchantment.”

Kyle informed as if informing.

‘We have to hold out for two more minutes without the wizard’s support…’

It’s earlier than expected, but there’s nothing we can do.

A wizard dies. Because I threw it away.

There would have been no other choice if I wanted to leave the magic power to activate that magic circle.

“Kieye!!”

As the wizard’s wide-area magic stopped, the monsters protruding from the bundle gradually piled up. The

number of people reduced.

The absence of magic.

In a situation where the burden increased

even more ,

Bezac shot a shadow like an arrow from afar without resting

.

I can’t leave a will during such an intense battle.

The enemy, whether it’s a monster or a person,

isn’t kind enough to give me time to do that.

So we talked beforehand.

[ If you can, bring your equipment and give it to your comrades.]

It was a will he left behind.

But even though I said it then, I don’t think I’ll have the time to do that

. Help me too!”

The guy right next to me was pulled by the shadow and disappeared into the darkness.

“Ah! Aaaah!!”

I chewed my lips as I heard the resounding screams.

[Tell my son the news. If you go out, I’m sure you’ll be famous. He’ll love it.] I’ll be able to

keep this. ” If I could go back alive.

“I’ll use the magic circle now!”

With 1 minute left until the target of 10 minutes.

The wizards activated the magic circle they had drawn in advance.

I swung my mace frantically. I

can’t see where the shield went .

“I didn’t.

Oh, I threw it up earlier asking what I would use it for. It

‘s not a waste that it won’t be repaired anyway.

“Come to Yandel!”

Oh, did it already?

Soon , a brilliant light emanated from the floor.

“…….”

It was only for a moment, but the battle stopped.

I

quickly looked around.

I couldn’t see all the dead

bodies

. .Because

some were dragged into the darkness.’There

must be some nearby… Ah!’

At the end of the light, there was a corpse I was looking for. I

quickly approached and retrieved the sword and shield.

I had to exert quite a bit of strength.

Even after he fell down, he was holding the weapon with his eyes open.

“Bjorn!”

Someone shouted and I rolled on the floor. Entering the magic circle,

the warriors

didn’t ask

why

.

For a while, the light emitted by the magic circle seemed to be taken aback.

He seemed to have decided that this was not a threat.

“You’re bothering me until the very end!

” I think I’ll have to go soon?”

“It’s just a matter of time!”

I stared at the front.

I saw Belzac.

[I looked at you.]

What the fuck are you looking at ?

.Cillian

Neroff,

Neil Paymez,

Paul Agmus, Garpen Gulan

,

Matt Elvans,

Leprechaun Siaberus,

a total of six.

‘Yes, someday you will see it again.’

Riakis, the Lord of Chaos,

Regal Vargos the Dragon Slayer,

and even Berzak.

「Kyle Pevrosk cast [Multiple Teleportation], a level 4 space magic.」 I

hope these bastards know.

I won’t run away forever. *** When

I

opened my eyes, there were a lot of people around me.

Yes, you came right. “How

far did you spread the distance with him?”

They’re completely out of sight, so they won’t be able to follow us. Ah, if I meet the Watcher of the Abyss again, it will be a different story.”

I checked my back like a possessed person.

There wasn’t even one of those fucking eyes in the darkness. It means I succeeded in teleporting that distance.

“That’s great. ”

“That’s great. If I hadn’t entrusted the coordinate designating medium to this side, even I would have been unable to reach this distance. Oh, I also shared the magical power of other magicians.”

Well, he said it modestly, but it’s not something anyone can do.

No matter how much other help there was,

using that kind of magic in a place like this where the magical efficiency is reduced by a quarter is not. It’s not easy.

“…Then let’s go first.”

”

Without

resting?

”

Before long, I saw the people I was looking for.

They were Garpen Gulan’s colleagues. They were so close that they wanted

to

come to the front line and take him away, asking why they were going out to the front and struggling for nothing.

“Take it.”

”

…Are you dead?” A female

explorer asked

tearfully,

and I was silent. Her mouth was silent. It was opened after a while.

“I’ll take this… But take this one.”

The woman picks up the sword and hands me the shield. ”

I

think you’ll need it

. ”

I threw it away.

I thought that refusal here would be more painful.

“Then

I’ll leave

. ”

Has anyone been hurt in the meantime?”

“…….”

No one answered my question.

They just looked at me blankly.

Misha even trembled. Oh,

are you trying to scold me for being hurt?

”

I hope you didn’t get hurt. Then I’ll go first—”

“Stop.”

“…….”

“Please stop and get some rest. Isn’t that enough? Huh?”

“Yes Mr. Yandel. Do as Carlstein says. Going forward like this won’t help either. I heard that we might have a big fight later.”

I soon brushed off my stubbornness.

Raven was right.

After so much, there are still mountains to climb.

You’d better stock up on your

stamina .

While clearing the road, I recovered my stamina by following the procession alongside my comrades.

How long did it take?

[Stop!]

The message stone gave instructions to stop the procession.

I could intuitively feel it.

That I had reached my destination.

[ Is the portal open?]

Kyle’s voice was heard, followed by Teterud, the leader of the Dwarf Clan who was entrusted with the front line.

[It’s open.]

Yes, you’ve come to the right place.

For some reason, your legs feel weak.

If it was smashed here, it would be real I must have gone mental.

“Raven, please.”

“Yes, go. It’s going to dry anyway, right?”

“…….”

I passed the explorers and headed to the front line.

As soon as I arrived, Teterud greeted me.

“Now, what are we going to do? Are you going to go in right away?”

“As soon as the preparations are finished in the back.”

“You’re going to lead again this time?

” After all, you guys will come in right away.”

“Haha, is that so?”

Soon I stood in front of the portal.

After about 10 minutes passed, I got a call from Kyle through the message stone.

[The preparations are complete. You can go in now.]

I closed my eyes and I calmed down my breathing.

I could feel my breathing getting rougher.

But the more I did, the more I remembered the positive side.

‘There could be no one there.’

From Noark’s point of view, he would have thought

that even if someone came up alive, there would be a minority

.

Of course, that’s just one possibility.

He could have deployed troops and tried to finish off even the few survivors thoroughly.

But…

‘I don’t think there were too many left.’

No matter how much equipment you ate on the 1st floor, you can’t make a living with it

.

I myself am not sure even though I think so,

but I put my foot forward.

‘Not once or twice.’

How many times have we been confident?

We don’t have a choice anyway.

If we wait, we’ll only suffer from the Abyss Goblin and our power

will

decrease

.

“I have entered the Goblin Forest on the 2nd floor.”

My vision turned black for a moment.

Before long, I felt the sensation of flying through my body.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a green forest.

“Nimiral.”

There was one good news and one bad news.

First of all, the good news is that there weren’t many troops nearby.

And the bad news is…

‘Fuck, I thought these bastards would remain.

My expectation that the core force was going up and digging for magic stones was wrong

.

Balancing and landing on the ground, I observed three people in the forest. I

could recognize them just by looking at them.

At least two of them.

“The first survivor.”

The one who destroyed all the portals

.

“Haha, didn’t I say that if I waited for sure, at least one person would come? Hey Barbarian! Congratulations. Did you have a hard time coming?

An unknown number of people.

And…

“Hey, are we meeting again here?”

The man still wearing that white mask at that time.

“I guess we’re meant to be?”

body collector.

“Fisit.”

He looked at me and smiled.