529 New Content, Aesthetics (3)

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A spire on a glacier consisting of 25 floors.

Ian's group marches to the fifth floor at incredible speed.

And it was a natural order.

The difficulty is not significantly different from the first area, and all the unique abilities that were hanging on the item have been lifted.

It took Ian's group exactly five minutes to get to the fifth floor.

But Ian was not satisfied.

No, I couldn't be satisfied.

‘This time limit seems too fast.... ’

It was because the time limit was too short, even though it was moving so fast that it could not be broken through.

It's a one-minute drill, but the problem is you have to get to the 25th floor in 20 minutes.

If you go up at this speed, you won't reach the top before it becomes a time limit.

- We've breached Gateway 2, 5th floor of Glacier Spire.

- Entering Glacier Spire Level 6.

Even as soon as we entered the sixth floor, the appearance of the dungeon changed.

Kung-Kung-Kung!

New spirits started appearing on the 1st or 5th floors that had never been seen before.

“Looks like a higher-ranking spirit, right? ”

In Sarah's words, Vanessa nods and answers.

“That's right. There's Casa." A lesser spirit of fire. I've summoned and used it before. ”

After hearing Sarah's words, Ian became a little stiff.

He had experienced the evolution of this because he knew how big the difference in the ranking of spirits was.

‘We have to find something. ’

Ian quickly scans the map of the sixth floor, fixing the handle of the sword one by one.

Kailan's planning team couldn't have created an unbreakable gateway.

And Ian's eyes glowed sharply.

The ceiling was blocked up to the fifth floor, but it was blown up from the sixth floor. ’

Up to the fifth floor of the spire, it was a very simple structure.

If you break through the inside of a wide tower and move to the other side, there is a staircase that goes up to the top floor.

However, from the sixth floor to the top floor, it seemed to be the entire structure.

Spiral staircases rise endlessly along the outskirts of the tower.

And there were numerous lesser spirits guarding the path throughout the stairwell.

‘You'll never make it through the breach in time. ’

The life force of a Lesser Spirit will be twice that of the Lesser Spirits, if not more.

Ian thought it would take longer than 30 minutes to clear the path by normally killing all the spirits.

‘For this to be physically possible, we have to ignore the monsters. ’

Ian's eyes turn to the front.

One day, Sarah and Vanessa were climbing the stairs, working together.

After all, what Ian was given was a free roll, so he was doing the work of two people regardless of Ian.

At that moment, I remembered a family that I hadn't thought of.

‘By any chance, breaking through the gate...' Shouldn't one of us reach the end of the line? ’

There is no story of killing monsters anywhere in the quest window.

Moreover, given the case of the first gate, Ian's family became more plausible.

‘Yes. Even at the first gate, I was the first to arrive at the last point. And before the other two arrived, I remembered a quest completion message. ’

Of course, Ian arrived first, which was a minor difference of a few seconds.

If it had been much different, Ian would have figured it out by then.

‘Okay, let's do it. ’

Ian, who holds the Bloody Levangie and the Earring Shield in both hands, gives orders to Woundee.

“Woundee, you have to stay close behind me. ”

Bloop-oop.

Woundee scratches her little head and replies to Ian.

At that moment, Ian's new brother was shot into thin air.

Oops!

Bloody Revenge's unique ability to trigger Blood Split.

“Ah, ah! ”

A startled voice echoes from Sarah's mouth, a bloodshot shadow flashing across her side.

And the red shadow seared straight into the front of the spirit that Sarah and Vanessa were attacking.

Kuaang -!

Then in front of the three people's eyes, a system message came to mind.

- Tyring!

- Party Member Ian triggered his unique ability, Blood Split.

- You have dealt fatal damage to the lesser spirit, Casa.

- You have successfully defeated Casa!

Sarah, surprised for a moment, swept off her chest... ….

“Oh, my gosh. I thought you dropped your heart. ”

Vanessa gives you a pinky glass.

“Why waste your unique abilities here when there are so many others ahead? ”

But the next moment, the two sisters were even more surprised.

Ian's new brother, who defeated Casa, was once again leaping into the air.

What was confusing, however, was that Ian's shadow was the center of the dungeon that was pierced.

“Why are you coming up and down? ”

“I'd rather keep punching you in the front! ”

Ian arrives at the edge of the stairs going up to the seventh floor using Blood Split.

After taking another leap towards the center, he thought he would fall down to the sixth floor.

But their expectations were completely off.

Around Ian's air, red blood blood blood began to bloom again.

Means that Blood Split's cooldown time has been reset.

Ian's eyes start to move sharply.

‘One. And two in the back. ’

It was impossible to defeat a spirit in a single blood split with all the equipment's stats at zero.

As a result, Ian was about to hit the Blood Split with as many spirits as he could.

‘We can't even use weak spots, so at least five are safe. ’

If weakness detection was available, Ian was confident that there was a nearly 100 percent chance of a critical hit.

However, other skills aside from the item's abilities were not available at this time, there was a half chance of a critical hit.

It was because they could not accurately determine the location of their weaknesses.

A stack of Critical Hits stacked up while killing Casa for the first time.

And with three Critical Hits stacked, Blood Split's cooldown time returns.

This Blood Split requires a critical hit on two or more Spirits.

Ian's whole body, which was measuring angles, was completely red.

‘Now……! ’

Paen-!

At the same time, Ian's new statue, which had fallen from the air, rises to the top as if it had bounced off.

Bloody glow that cuts through the air.

The intense flash of light crashes through the spirits gathering at an oblique angle on the stairs.

- You have dealt fatal damage to the lesser spirit, Casa.

- You have dealt damage to the lower spirit of the earth, Noes.

- You have inflicted fatal damage to Silaf, a lower Wind Spirit.

Ian, who grabbed Bloody Levangie in reverse, protrudes out among the hordes of spirits.

And without a doubt, the blood-red fog rises again.

“How is that possible? ”

As Ian jumped up to the eighth floor in a flash, Vanessa looked ridiculous.

It's because she didn't know about Blood Split's unique ability.

Seeing Vanessa's blank expression, Sarah kindly explains.

“This is a unique ability with conditional cool initialization options. ”

“Oh, yeah? ”

“But it won't be that easy to meet the initialization requirements……. ”

While the two sisters were talking, Ian's new brother was shot out to the top again.

And it continued three more times in a row.

- You met the requirements.

- Resets the cooldown time for unique ‘Blood Split’ capabilities.

Ian literally went up to the 10th floor and threw it away.

Paen-!

But using Blood Split so continuously could not go on indefinitely.

Unfortunately, with less Critical Hit Stack, the skill association is persistent.

On the 11th floor, Ian sighs faintly as he sees the gathering spirits.

“I got cut off sooner than I expected. ”

But this was also not unexpected.

With the dragon shield raised, Ian makes his way toward the spirits.

“Come on, let's just catch five guys. ”

One of Ian's tails dries up.

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Ian is surrounded by numerous lesser spirits.

Sarah and Vanessa shout at Ian in a worried voice.

“If you're going to die, just jump down! ”

“Yes, we're going to save him! ”

Their worries were natural.

I know Ian is good, but the situation was too dangerous.

With over a dozen lesser spirits fighting three or four of them, they were targeting Ian.

But Ian, the party, was relaxed.

Let's take out the second card. ’

Ian's second card is the unique abilities that are assigned to the 'Dragon Shield'.

The shield's unique abilities, 'Spirit of the Dragon’ and ‘Fury of the Dragon', were also great abilities as the Blood Split.

Cool, eight percent transcendent options. ’

These two abilities would help Ian survive.

* The Soul of the Dragon

By communicating with the spirit of the noble dragon, you can instantly summon the self-immolation of the shield to your desired location.

Summoned Self absorbs all projectiles for 3 seconds and holds for 15 seconds.

- You can summon up to three identities at a time.

- Items can be used without equipment. (However, you must have one in your inventory.)

- While the spirit of a noble dragon is maintained, the health of all summoners is restored by 1 percent per second.

Cooldown: 10 minutes

* Fury of the Dragon

If you successfully defend against enemy attacks, there is a 15 percent chance to reverse 50 percent of the damage absorbed.

Each time an enemy's attacks are defended, an Attack Buff is applied for 0.5 percent of each attack that is accumulated, and when 100 attacks are accumulated, it becomes invincible for 5 seconds.

-Buffs can be stacked up to 100 times and last for 15 seconds.

-If the attack is successfully defended before the buff's duration ends, the duration is reset.

Especially 'Fury of the Earrings’ was the strongest buff skill and survival skill.

‘Let's catch only five of them until Blood Split returns. ’

Blame-!

Ian's new brother, who set a goal, protrudes toward the front.

The first thing to stop him was the spirit of the Lesser Wind, Silaf.

Peek-a-boo!

Ian's sword and Silaf's spear clash, and a cheerful hiss echoes.

‘Looks like he's a physical attack spirit, too, like Sylphide. ’

Lesser Spirit of Fire Kasawa Lesser Spirit of Wind Silaf.

Enemies surrounding Ian now were these two kinds of spirits.

"You need to know Casa's unique ability to lead a battle. ’

Silas' unique ability was already roughly understood.

In the process of going up to the top, he saw the scene of Silaf's unique ability to trigger.

A short-range dealing skill that swings a spear at you in a row.

Casa's unique abilities, on the other hand, have not been demonstrated.

"Shall we draw Agro? ’

Ka-chow!

Ian pushes the rushing silaf with all his might, using the recoil to leap to the other side.

Then he began to observe Casa's movements closely.

‘If unique abilities were non-target range skills, I would start casting now……. ’

The faster and better the target moves, the harder it is to match the target skill.

However, there was an inevitable situation when the target skill was distracted, so it was time to leap into the air.

It is because there is no way to change direction in the air without a special unique ability.

When the target leaps, it's not difficult to predict the drop point, and you can fly the projector to that position ahead of time.

So monsters with AI above a certain level were designed to trigger skills at that point.

Ian, he was after this system.

‘As expected……! ’

And Ian's expectations were exactly right.

Whoo-hoo!

A red flame started to erupt around the five ‘Casa’ that were herded around Ian.