540 Gain a New Spirit (1) (Beginning of Book 24)

“Chesk, cover fire! ”

“Inisco, stop the rear monsters from approaching! ”

The northern passageway of the Valley of Storms dungeon.

At the end of the road to the altar, three men were sweating red as they continued the battle.

And countless Abyssal Spirits surround them and attack.

“Ugh, hold on a little longer! ”

“Ralph, don't you think it's better if we just take them out one step at a time? If you go too far, you'll be dragged into Aggro and you'll be in danger! ”

“Don't throw up on the order, Inisco. As soon as we get to the altar, it's over! ”

“Okay... uh, brother. But I can't do this for more than three minutes! ”

“That's enough! ”

In fact, the canyon dungeon of the storm was not a very wide map, and the distance from the third cave to the altar to find the beads was not very long.

However, as this section is the last gateway to clearing the dungeon, the number of monsters appearing and the difficulty was the hardest.

Because of this, a formal tactic was to enter by killing the monsters one by one.

If you keep running towards the altar, you'll be surrounded by too many Spirits.

Right now, like Ralph's crew.

Boom-boom-!

Lots of Borat bullets were pouring down and a violent explosion sounded.

Then a system message appeared in front of Inisco's eyes.

- Tyring!

- Summoner ‘Rinkies’ is critically damaged!

- Summoner ‘Rinkies’ health reduced by 1029!

- Summoner ‘Rinkies’ is critically damaged!

‘Rinkies’ is a legendary summoned number with the shape of a giant bean worm.

A powerful summoner among the Tanking Summoners of the upper tier, who taunt his enemies by dragging Aggro and turning his body into a sturdy sheath, and who is the most tanking summoner of the Inisko's summoners.

But even this one couldn't withstand the heavy artillery of powerful Abyssal Spirits.

The life force of 'Rinkis’ will be exhausted.

- Tyring!

- Summoner Lynches is completely depleted.

- ‘Rinkies’ will be unsummoned.

“Damn it.”

Insults spilled from Inisko's mouth.

We wouldn't have to lose Lynkiss if we'd just moved on slowly.

Of course, it wasn't that I didn't understand Ralph's order.

If the monster wakes up before they reach the altar. So if you take out Ian's group and run for the altar,

Everything we've devised will go back to bulldozing.

But apart from that, it was difficult for Ralph to place an order that was too self-centered.

“Ralph! I can't do this anymore! ”

“It's done! Now the real 20 seconds! ”

Kuaa-!

Ralph's Great Sword floods out in red and spills a fierce flame forward.

And there's a wide open road where the fireworks have erupted.

Not all the monsters in place died, but the knockback effect pushed them both out.

Ralph quickly plunges into the sword as he retrieves it.

Now the altar was really within reach, which meant clearing the quest.

Blame-!

“Ahhhh!”

Ralph leaps forward as he breastfeeds.

Then, before Ralph's group's eyes, he remembers some unexpected system messages.

- The conditions are met.

-As a result of terrain changes, some of your party members will be disconnected.

- The party has been disbanded and reorganized.

- Current Party Member: Ralph, Chesk, Inisko.

And Chesk and Inisco, who saw the message, looked up at the same time.

“Huh?"

“What? Why did the party break up? ”

However, Ralph rolls his head quickly, smiling with a cheerful look.

“Idiots, don't you see the situation? ”

“Huh?"

“What do you mean, brother? ”

Ralph arrives in front of the altar, rolling his mouth up and pulling the marbles out of his inventory.

Then he opens his mouth again to Inisko and Chesk.

“Why do you think the party broke down? ”

“ ……! ”

“Stupid bastards broke down the iron gate and locked themselves inside the cave. ”

“Oh, so…? ”

Then the two people who understood the situation nodded at the same time.

And his face brightened.

If Ian's group is trapped in the cave with the "monster," we can buy them more time.

Ralph grins and puts the orb in his hand into the altar.

Immediately, the blue light started to curl up on the altar.

Whoo-hoo!

Ralph and Chesk. And Inisco, he looks at it with a satisfied look.

I didn't have to fight anymore.

As soon as the altar kicks in, all the monsters surrounding them will be wiped out.

Kung-fucking-fucking-!

At the same time, a large vibration sounds, blue flashes of light rush from the altar.

They then began to fire at a number of monsters.

Pow! Pow!

And with a cool sound, the monsters disappeared as if they were fireworks.

As the altar worked, the Abyssal Valley began to purify itself.

“That's it! We did it! ”

Ralph clenches his fist and glances at the cave where the "monster" would be trapped.

In fact, I've succeeded in my previous trials until I put the beads in the altar.

Nevertheless, we failed to complete the quest because the altar worked and the ‘monster’ ran out and destroyed the beads.

If the bead is destroyed before the valley cleanup is complete, the last gate will not be activated.

In other words, the way to the "Holy Spirit" does not open.

That's why Ralph couldn't be relieved, even though he set up the altar.

If a monster breaks through the cave and runs outside right now, the quest will fail.

It's not over until you get the message that the gate is active.

"Please, don't come out of there! ’

As if promising, the gaze of the three was fixed at the entrance of the cave.

with a sincere desire not to let the monster escape.

And their wish.) seemed to be achieved.

Ten seconds, 20 seconds, maybe a minute.

The monster didn't show up.

But the three of them, they could never be happy.

“ ……? ”

“What is this? ”

“No, there are all these cases? ”

The creature didn't appear, but the gate to the Holy Spirit's Sanctuary wasn't activated either.

But in front of their eyes, there was a kind of message I had never seen before.

And the three people who confirmed the messages only wanted to deny the reality.

- 'Abyssal Peasant’ is active.

- The conditions are met.

- The Abyssal Valley is beginning to purify.

- Purification rate 10…… 25…… 70, 80, 85, 90 percent.

- Some areas of the valley are cut off by an unknown force.

- Failed to purify the Abyss Valley.

- Once all conditions are met, we must reactivate the altar.

Whoo-hoo!

With a low resonance, the violent vibrations of the altar begin to subside.

And the blue energy that surrounded the altar disappeared somewhere.

“Oh, no... ”

Chesk's sighing echoes powerlessly.

Then, before the eyes of the three, a line of system messages came to mind.

- Purification failed, resulting in the re-creation of contaminated spirits.

The spirit of the Abyss begins to become Jen again in front of the three people standing at a dead end.

* * *

Glug - Glug -!

With a groaning hiss, a giant monster stands in front of Ian's group.

Kuung-!

More specifically, it was a giant lump of iron that matched more than a "monster."

What the hell is all this? It's bigger than Thor, isn't it? ’

According to the name "Machine Watcher," he had a complex appearance made of numerous machines and parts.

And seeing his appearance, Ian was deeply amazed.

"Khh, cool! I wish I had a summoner with a mechanical appearance like this! ’

But Ian's mind couldn't last long.

It was because Muel, who was next to him, sighed with a blank expression.

“It's over now……. ”

“Yes?”

“Ian destroyed the iron gate, and now we're all doomed. ”

“Hmm…? ”

Muel shakes his head in despair.

But Ian couldn't understand her.

It was because she and I had different directions of thinking in the first place.

“What's that supposed to mean? Why are we exterminating them? ”

“ ……? ”

“I don't think I just saw the word in the quest window that we're going to be exterminated. ”

“Eek?”

Ian speaks again, pointing to the mechanical watchman who is still awake.

“That guy over there. If we catch him, we can get out of here, right? ”

“That's it, isn't it? ”

“Let's catch that hunk of scrap from now on. ”

Ian smiled at Muel and glanced at the judgment of the Spirit King.

And looking at Ian like that, Muel shakes his head.

‘Well, it looks good to be confident... …. ’

Previously mentioned, Muel recognized Ian's skills.

Muel never kneels compared to any ranker he's ever seen.

But by doing so, I don't think Ian is going to be able to defeat that monster.

‘That monster wasn't made to be defeated...' ’

The ‘Machine Watcher’ in front of them is not just a powerful monster.

It was because of all his combat abilities, starting with his vitality, as well as those with even more gruesome "attributes."

‘How can I beat up a Zion attribute boss monster with a transcendent life force of 100,000 units……. ’

The attribute ‘Zion’ was the first attribute that appeared in the spirit system.

And the characteristics of monsters with this attribute were that they had enormous HP recovery speeds.

You can only kill a boss monster with more than a dozen times its HP if you have to kill a normal spirit with Zion attributes.

A mechanical watchman who never lost half his health even when Ralph's party put him in a rage.

No matter how good Ian is, it was impossible to defeat him.

What, Ralph and his whole crew come to a pool party, and we're half the winner? ’

If I had known Ian's group were this good, I would have thought about attacking the mechanical lookout with Ralph's group.

But it's already a meaningless assumption.

Muel shakes his head again, thinking it was a silly thought.

He then sits behind Ian and prepares for an imminent battle.

Even if it's a fight that doesn't win, at least I didn't want to hear that it was destroyed because of me.

-Absolutely. Waking me up... You're a bunch of scared Humans...

Kung-!

The mechanical watchman leans forward and roars as Ian approaches.

- Kiaaaaaa!

Then the next moment.

White light emanates from the machine watchman's torso.

It was a very familiar effect for Ian's group, who had fought many times in the dungeon.

“Zion……! ”

From Vanessa's mouth, a small sigh leaks out.

A Zion attribute that was the most difficult to deal with among the contaminated spirits in the dungeon.

It is because the white and cloudy energy that is characteristic only of Zion appeared from the machine watchman.

But on the one hand, there was also a person who had a completely different reaction.

“The attributes of Zion... This is fun.”

Muel was even more embarrassed when he heard it.

It was because Ian did not shrink at all, even though he realized that the watchman was a Zion trait.

It didn't even shrink, but it didn't even seem surprised.

What confidence is that? ’

But her panic did not end there.

It was because the Ian and the twin sisters started a conversation they couldn't understand.

“This, I really can't do anymore. ”

Ian says Vanessa shrugs.

“Yes, Ian. We can't get wiped out here, can we? ”

Even Sarah who was still began to help.

“It's actually a miracle I've kept it hidden so far. ”

“That's right. Ridiculous knight class cosplay……. ”

“But you know what really creeps me out, Vanessa? Even if someone who knew the truth saw that he didn't feel any danger.... ”

“That's right, sis. Plus, I'm pretty sure things aren't normal right now. ”

Muel, unable to understand their conversation, stared at the three people in shifts with a puzzling look.

But that's when it happened.

Whoo-hoo!

The familiar effects around Ian begin to come to mind in succession.

Activation effects of 'Summon' skills that can only be demonstrated by a Summoner.

A number of summoners began to be summoned around Ian.

“What the...! ”

And Muel couldn't keep his mouth shut for a while.