Chapter 268: Smith (3)At the Level 1500 Hunting Ground…
Thud! Thud!
Just like the hunting ground where we had hunted using the keys one month ahead of the others, huge monsters appeared in the Level 1500 Hunting Ground that had revealed itself in the territory of Korea.
Of course, it wasn"t that unusual. However, the problem was that they were very agile for their huge builds. They were also very st.u.r.dy for their huge builds, unlike our expectations that they would be frail. That was especially true for the monsters called t.i.tans, which were probably the evolved form of the monsters that had appeared here, the Golems. The t.i.tans were even stronger than we thought they would be.
As soon as I exited the safety zone and entered the Level 1500 Hunting Ground, I witnessed something striking in the fight between the monsters and the Daesung & Kusan Alliance.
“d.a.m.n it! Don"t let them get off attacks!”
“Fire! Attack them one by one! If you don"t launch a concentrated attack, this is going to be a tough fight!”
“Yeah!”
“Poison Arrow!”
“Bursting Flames!”
“My shadow will be a string that cannot be untied. Shadow Bind!”
“Summon! Wind Spirit, Wind Spirit!”
“My attack breaks everything. Giant Strike!”
“Three o"clock! Watch out for three o"clock! Tanks, keep your places! Healer, wake up! If the tank you are responsible for loses health, inject heals into him right away!”
“Understood, Great Heal!”
“Mega Heal!”
Of course, they were not pushed out by the monsters; the number of Daesung & Kusan Alliance players was far from small. Nonetheless, they were in a dangerous situation. The monsters here had a far higher perception range. As a result, although the Daesung & Kusan Alliance players were not small in number, more and more monsters had gathered despite their focused attacks.
“Kheeeeek!”
“d.a.m.n it! Don"t allow their attacks through!”
“s.h.i.+t, do you think I allowed it because I wanted to? They"re attacking so fast!”
“Hey, stopping them is you tanks" job!”
“Bulls.h.i.+t!”
Then the Cunning Vampires that had appeared in the Level 1200 Hunting Ground attacked, starting off with Blood Curse, then launching skill attacks such as Blood Explosion and Blood Suck.
Even the t.i.tans appearing in the Level 1500 Hunting Ground occasionally launched skill attacks, and ranged attacks called Land Anger too.
Of course, the tank players could distract the t.i.tans by striking them before they attacked, but it seemed they were not yet competent enough to control the monsters who were appearing in this Level 1500 Hunting Ground. In other words, it was not the tanks" fault alone, for it was unreasonable to force them to be more competent than they were.
Watching them, I stepped forward a bit and turned toward the t.i.tans. I had made myself known to them while visiting this place back and forth for the past three days.
“Ice Spear! Multiple Ice Arrow!”
Puck! Puck! Puck! Puck!
After using Ice Spear and Multiple Ice Arrow, I immediately used Ice Ball and Ice Bolt in succession. Of course, my main speciality was AOE skills.
By choosing Ice Tornado rather than the single-target skill Ice Punishment, my use of AOE skills stood out. I was not affiliated with the Daesung & Kusan Alliance, nor was I part of their party, so I could not use AOE skills that showed extraordinary power in all areas, like both damage and striking range.
No matter how good my intentions were, my efforts would be useless if I hurt the players.
To be honest, my attacks were more than enough. I used all my skills which had almost no cooldown, including not just Ice Ball and Ice Bolt, but also Ice Sphere and Multiple Ice Arrow, launching attacks endlessly.
As a result, I got rid of all the t.i.tans in sight, though it took more time than I expected.
I didn"t take the decisive final blow on purpose when I attacked the t.i.tans. The Daesung & Kusan Alliance was aware of the ongoing event.
When I did all this, the Daesung & Kusan Alliance players just watched me with blank expressions.
Since I didn"t intend to draw their applause, I just pa.s.sed them by.
After I moved some distance away from them, I distanced myself further using Blink with zero cooldown in order to hunt comfortably. I wanted to make sure they dare not chase after me.
What did I do after that?
“Ice Field! Multiple Thin Ice!”
Pasasasak!
I used my familiar skills habitually, but they were very useful in this hunting ground.
[Land Anger!]
[Land Anger!]
The t.i.tans used not only direct attacks against me, but also a skill that allowed for ranged attacks. As the skill suggested, it caused a pretty big explosion on the ground, so much so that it was quite intimidating to damage-dealers, healers, and enchanters.
However, the ground I was stepping on and all my surroundings were overlaid with Ice Field, reinforced by Thin Ice.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Even though the explosions were loud enough to smash the Ice Field, the monsters" Land Anger could not destroy my Ice Field. Honestly, it didn"t matter to me even if I was. .h.i.t by the attacks directly, because my stamina and health were abnormally high.
Anyway, I felt very good about the fact that I had nipped my opponents" attacks in the bud.
With a smile on my lips, I immediately unleashed Blizzard and Ice Storm.
Puck! Puck!
Bang! Bang!
As if proving they were the monsters of the Level 1500 Hunting Ground, they resisted my own attacks in turn. Those farther away used Land Anger, while those nearby swung at me with their huge fists.
However, this was not the first time I had dealt with the level 1500 monsters. I"d been dealing with them for a month, and in the process I had plenty of experience fighting them off easily. As a result, the monsters that attacked me so tenaciously began to collapse one by one before my Blizzard and other ice-type attacks.
A series of messages rang out as they fell, which I hadn"t heard before.
[You have defeated a level 1500 monster.
-You have acquired three points.]
[You have defeated a level 1500 monster.
-You have acquired three points.]
[You have leveled up.]
“Hahaha!”
The moment I confirmed the message that I had leveled up along with the acquisition of three points, I exclaimed in joy. Unlike other quests and events in the past, this quest increased my level, which was my most urgent task!
“Good! Let me try if I can have the cake and eat it, too!”
It seemed that I could do that this time!
I happily charged at another group of t.i.tans.
While Juyoung was absorbed in hunting like that, a new interesting development was unfolding in Sydney, Australia.
“Captain! Do we really need to go now? We are partic.i.p.ating in an event right now!” Julia, called the Third, and the only woman among the five members acting with Smith, asked unhappily while looking at her boss.
Smith replied as if he took it for granted they were going right now, “Yeah, we have to go now, because that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Asirante is going to be ranked among the top players, or more precisely, he is going to win first place in this event. Then he is going to be even stronger than before.”
Julia persisted as if she could not understand him easily, “No matter how strong he becomes, he won"t be able to increase his reality actualization rate as high as ours, right?”
“Well, that makes sense if you talk about other players, but our opponent is Asirante. We have to nip him in the bud in order to stop him from growing further.”
“Captain, don"t you think you are overestimating him? Of course, it"s true that he"s strong, but he is only strong within Revival Legend. In reality, he can never be stronger than us now and in the future,” spoke up John, the “Fourth” of the group.
Smith answered firmly, “I have already made the decision. That"s why I said that about Asirante. So, if you want to opt out, tell me now.”
“…”
“…”
“…”
All of them had no choice but to shut their mouths.