STGB Chapter 33

Episode 33 Warriors (1)

Monsters are largely classified into four types.

1. Variant.

This refers to cases in which the racial value is the same, but the class is different, such as a goblin archer and a swordsman.

2. Higher species.

Desfind met in the land of the dead belongs to this category.

For reference, this is a relative classification method, and if a grade is higher than the average grade of the floor, it is called a higher grade.

3. Rare species.

Monsters like Corpse Golems, which can only be encountered in specific cracks, or extremely difficult monsters like Mimics, are included here.

4. Higher variants.

It refers to a named monster with an individual memory and individual name.

The biggest feature is that it has the ‘power of essence’.

In a word, much stronger and more demanding.

What would happen if an ‘ogre’, famous for its thick hide, had the ability to regenerate a ‘troll’?

A mad monster is born.

That’s why……

***

I’m running with all my might.

“What the hell is that guy talking about! Why the hell are vampires in a place like this…”

“Run at the time to whine, Dwarf.”

Leaving the entrance to the boss room

“Heh heh heh heh I can’t run anymore…”

“Excuse me Raven.”

Follow the way you came, past the water pipe and say,

“I can’t leave this place unless I catch him anyway. Wouldn’t it be better to fight?”

“At least go where there is sunlight.”

“Let’s just say it’s sunlight, isn’t it the red sky!”

“It’ll be better than here, though.”

Even after entering the maze-structured dungeon.

“Turn left here!”

It continues to run full power.

After all, this place is no different from his home ground.

I have to go outside somehow.

That way, there is a chance to live at least a little bit.

“For a top four mutant to be a Guardian… it’s unprecedented.”

Well that’s not really the case.

Even in the ‘White Temple’ on the 3rd floor, higher mutants appear as guardians. From the 8th floor, which is classified as deep, it was safe to say that all cracks were such cases.

Well, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that there is no precedent based on the first floor alone.

Even I, a 9-year-old person who had accumulated 10,000 plays, had never met ‘Vampire Duke’.

I only knew of its existence when I saw a recording that a player posted on the only community site.

“Oh right! How did you know Mr. Bjorn earlier? You told me to close the door!”

Does that damned passion for learning work even in this situation?

“I repeat, run at that time.”

“But I’m not running myself, am I?”

yes you are

but am i not?

“…I just had a gut feeling.”

Before it bothered me more, I just looked around and blocked the conversation.

However, if I had to answer it in my heart…

It was thanks to the color of the doorknob that I was able to notice the change.

Because that was the only thing that was different from the usual Bloody Fort in the recording that user uploaded.

When the vampires did not appear even after trying hundreds of times under the same conditions as the user in question, I was looking through the recordings to see if there was some special condition, and I was able to find that small change.

If he hadn’t been so excited about his luck, would he have found it before opening the door?

Well, it doesn’t seem like a problem to think about now.

“These are impolite guests.”

As soon as we reached the second floor of the dungeon, he appeared.

Shaaaaaa-!

It was pursuing us in the form of a black mist, not a human.

It is not a vampire’s ability, but one of dozens of black magic that he must have possessed, ‘wonderful marriage’.

This is why I hate monsters that use magic.

Utility is crazy.

“Raven!”

I immediately called our sorcerer.

It was to ask if he knew how to use sun magic, one of the opposites of vampires.

But was it a meddling?

“Everybody close your eyes!”

The wizard lady had already been cast.

“Ahessenbert Too!”

‘Glimmer Explosion’.

A support spell that is usually used as an area blind effect.

Even with my eyes closed, I can clearly feel the momentary intense flash of light.

Beep-.

Ignoring the ringing in my ears and opening my eyes, I see the black smoke that was chasing me has disappeared.

thank god.

Blocked the use of the core combo of ‘Revenge Hwa’, ‘Individualization’.

It’s safe to say that you earned at least 3 minutes.

He should have woken up in that worship room by now.

But does the news of victory always come with bad news?

“Bjorn! The Wizard was hit!”

“what?”

Examining Einar’s words, it appears that Raven passed out while being held by the carrier. Blood is dripping from his mouth as if he had suffered an internal injury.

…what? Did that bastard do some magic?

You won’t be able to use attack magic in the state of ‘Revenant Spirit’, right?

‘Could it be the power of essence?’

Maybe so.

In the recorded version, it was impossible to confirm which monster’s essence the Vampire Duke additionally possessed because they were wiped out without any time to do anything.

Various possibilities swirled in my head, but I decided to think about it later.

“What! Without running?”

“Hasn’t the wizard who knows the way passed out!”

“Don’t worry. I know the way.”

“…how do you do that?”

Looking at the dwarf full of questions, I answered briefly.

“I memorized it.”

“I’ve only been here once…?”

Hundreds of times actually.

I really wanted to meet the vampire duke, so I went in and out of here all the time. I didn’t expect to see that face here, not across the monitor.

“Follow me.”

No further questions were allowed and he took the lead.

That I’m going to look like a peculiar barbarian when the wizard wakes later?

what does that mean

First and foremost is to survive.

“You really memorized the road……”

The dwarf exclaimed as he ran nonstop and reached the first basement floor.

“Is it true that you guys finished your coming-of-age ceremony last month?”

“Of course! Didn’t I tell you! Bjorn is a great warrior!”

“A great warrior… I really don’t know if I will one day.”

Praise makes even a whale dance, but I am not a whale. Please, in that time, please run harder.

I think it’s only been about 2 minutes.

Tada da dot.

Go straight left and right Go straight right and left Go straight.

Drawing a map in my head and running nonstop, I finally see the exit.

Was it just 3 minutes?

I checked my back one last time before climbing the stairs.

“Whoop whoop…….”

Everyone was breathing hard, but there were no dropouts, probably because everyone had good basic stamina.

The problem is that you can see the smoke coming from beyond the team members.

Shaaaaaa-!

Did I just throw away the whole backpack?

Then we could have spread a little more distance.

Even if you regret later, nothing will change.

Let’s focus on what we can do now.

Tadada dat!

I accelerated my steps.

But did you write ‘bodyization’?

each saga.

The sound of something being assembled comes from behind.

Now it’s the judge’s board.

I jumped up two or three steps at a time in a last-minute spurt.

And…

“It’s out!”

finally came out on the ground.

without a single fatality.

“I was worried, but it seems they’re not following me…”

muttered the dwarf under breath.

However, his gaze is fixed on the stairs leading to the basement.

Hey, if you have eyes, you’ll know.

In the end, it was just a matter of buying a little more time.

None of the issues have been resolved yet.

“…How long do you think it will take?”

At the dwarf’s question, I shrugged my shoulders while looking at the ridge on the other side of the castle wall. Well,

I do

n’t know the exact time…

It is certain that time is not on our side.

Sooner or later, that dark red sky will turn completely black.

So, you have to prepare before that.

***

“What exactly is the status of the wizard?”

“Since you took the potion, you’ll come to your senses soon.”

“Are you sure?”

“…I’m sure he will.”

That’s your hope and baby.

After all, doesn’t this guy have no idea what happened to him and why he’s whimpering like this?

I said emphatically.

“This time, you have to do one person’s work too.”

“But…”

What is a but?

“Do you want to lose everything here?”

Sometimes the most direct expression is the most effective.

If we all die anyway, he alone can’t protect the wizard.

“…What can I do?”

If you ask me, it doesn’t really make much of a difference.

I just wanted to reconsider my resolve before the battle begins.

“Protect the wizard. Even at the risk of your life, surely.”

“…Of course.”

His voice became quite believable.

So now this kid is done.

Is there only one preparation left?

“We’ll move to the outer wall. It’s better for us to have some cover.”

I made an absurd excuse and led the party to the outer wall.

Actually, it would have been best to leave everything here and go alone, but…….

If he pops out in the middle of that, it would be game over.

“Wait here for a while. I’ll look around and come back.”

“Dispersing isn’t a good choice!”

The dwarf shouted something, but I pretended not to hear and ran to the fountain I had noticed earlier.

In order to obtain the item that I had to pass by because I did not want to stand out earlier.

Quaang! Booth’s.

A fountain full of dry pebbles.

After breaking the statue in the middle, I rummaged through the debris and took out a small box.

“The character obtained [Tears of the Goddess].”

Upon checking, the content matched the game, and

the other good news continued layer by layer.

“This is …….”

Raven came to his senses as he returned after packing the preparations into the groove of the boots.

“Vampires! What happened to vampires?”

“I managed to escape somehow. But it will appear after the sun goes down.”

“okay.”

She frowned as if the pain was still there.

This time it’s your turn to ask.

“What the hell did you do?”

Raven took a sip of the potion the carrier gave him like bottled water, and answered in a half-dead voice.

“It’s too early to be sure, but… ah, judging by the symptoms… It is highly likely to be ‘pain sharing’.”

‘Pain sharing’.

If that is true, it’s fortunate.

‘ Nightpla’ with that skill belongs to the axis with low basic stats among level 8 monsters.

The difficulty would have risen even more if the Essence had reached level 6, no, level 7.

“Ah… All in all, the recoil came when I tried to use the spell one more time…”

Raven suffered. I grabbed the collar of my chest with a sad expression.

Seeing that, I felt quite hurt.

It seemed like it would take some time to do my part again.

“How long will it take to recover?”

“Eh, complete recovery is impossible. The circuit is completely twisted.”

“A rough estimate is fine, so tell me in numbers.”

“20 minutes? That should get you back enough to use up to 5 rank 7 offensive spells.” Five

Fire Baptism-class magic spells.

This is a real big deal. “Do you know

of any other solar spells?”

Did you know that it’s very rude to ask?’

Of course, in terms of the worldview setting, I know.

But now I am a barbarian with extreme rudeness who has a culture of spitting flat words at everyone except the king.

When I responded with the look in my eyes, Raven sighed and replied.

“I can use a sunspot orb.”

“Blackspot…”

is a 6th grade offensive spell similar to fireball in its basic form, but using the solar attribute rather than fire.

How can I really rub this off?

“Can I use the ‘Enhance Attribute’ spell on the sunspot orb at the same time?”

“…If I can gather my mana for another 10 minutes.”

“Okay then. Until then, I’ll try to hold out somehow. So don’t go out to help and save your mana.”

“Yes, I will… Wait, but why is Mr. Yandel acting as the leader?”

Are you a wizard? know how things are working around.

The dwarf came along as soon as I set the mood.

“Then is there anyone who would do otherwise?”

She glanced at the carrier Einar dwarf in order, then nodded in agreement.

“That’s for sure… yes it is.”

“Ha ha ha! I’m sorry! How can I be born like this?”

The dwarf scratches the thick back of his neck as if he is embarrassed. And Einar, seeing this, joins the conversation, wanting it to be this time.

“Are you admitting that barbarians are better than dwarves!”

“It’s not like that! It’s just that this fellow here is special, as the barbarian lady said. For a moment, I could feel it.”

“Special……?”

“Even if you look at it like this, you have a confident eye for people.”

Raven wonders what happened while she passed out, but alas, she can’t spend her precious time on that.

“How many essences does Murad have?”

“Four dogs.”

“What kind?”

I vomited out the questions as briefly and succinctly as possible, grasping the dwarf’s power.

Among the essences he possessed, there were no key cards that could turn the tide of the game…

but, to some extent, a strategy was drawn in his head.

The only thing I regret is that I didn’t have enough time to share the strategy with my teammates.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

A cool breeze blew and the shadows covering the ground grew thicker.

30 minutes left until preparations are ready.

「It’s night.」

Now there is nowhere to retreat.

I just have to endure it somehow.