◈ 085. [STAGE 4] Storm (2)
Wheein-!
A terrifying gust of wind blew through the center of the wall.
The left and right sides of the defense line are blocked with cannonballs and ballistas, and wind magic is fired with a gust of wind artifact at the gargoyles flocking to the center of the hole.
The gargoyles whose wind magic had been erased from their wings lost their lift and fell repeatedly.
Most of the gargoyles that rushed in front fell under the castle walls and were smashed.
Krrr… … !
Clara!
However, a few tough ones survived and succeeded in landing on the wall.
1st line defense party- Started a battle with our main party.
thud! thud! thud! thud!
A gigantic statue monster made of rock and steel lunges at us.
It was an enemy he encountered during free exploration, but he was able to easily defeat it back then. Because there was Jupiter.
However, there are no wide-area mages now.
So, should I let go of it?
No way.
“Damian.”
It’s just that the first option is gone, but there are of course plenty of breakthroughs.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes, Prince.”
The designated marksman of our party.
My strongest cheat key, Damian, was already ready to shoot.
A total of six horse guns were lined up in an orderly fashion on the platform next to Damian.
two long guns. single shotgun. three pistols.
Taat!
Damian smoothly picked up one of the long guns. It was a long, black long rifle.
The most powerful weapon we have at the moment.
A clear white balance breaker.
SSR grade horse gun, Black Queen!
Damian skillfully took a shooting stance, took aim, and pulled the trigger.
Bang-!
There was a sound like a cannon shot.
Magic bullets gnaw through the barrel and sparks fly from the tip of the muzzle.
The bullets, scattered with sparks, pierced the air and pierced the center of the body of the gargoyle that was charging at the forefront.
puck! Tuhak! Puck! grasp-!
After that, he blew off the chest, shoulder, neck, and head of the four gargoyles in turn.
five swarms.
The five that were pierced by magic bullets at once fell backwards without even screaming. Cudangtang… … !
“… … Whoa.”
Damian, who had succeeded in the insane feat of one-shot five-kill, slowly lowered the horse gun to the floor.
The reverberation left after burning magic from the heated muzzle forms smoke and spreads out.
Damian looked down at the smoke and sighed.
“I won’t be able to deal with as many enemies as efficiently as Grandma Jupiter, but… … .”
Damian’s large eyes shone brightly through his brown curls.
“I will try as much as I can.”
No, I think what you just did is efficient enough… … .
Our party, as well as the two sub-parties waiting in the back, and the other soldiers who were in charge of forming the net, were dazzled when they saw this feat.
I screamed quickly.
“hey! Is it time to see you here?! Everyone, focus on what you have to do!”
Anyway, with just one shot, the brunt of the first group of gargoyles was broken at once.
The gargoyles that followed were blocked by Lucas and Evangeline and dropped out of the castle wall, and Damian cut a hole through the defense of the two knights.
not too long ago,
“First line, annihilated!”
I heard Lucas’ sonorous cry.
I was able to defeat all the gargoyles that came in first.
“Don’t relax! Because it starts now!”
The gargoyles were divided into six groups.
Now, about 100 people have been eliminated from the front.
I was able to annihilate them in one fell swoop with two artifacts, but they still linger.
thud! Kugoong! thud-!
Shortly thereafter, a second group of them began pouring into the center of the wall.
“Huh!”
I also took out my staff, ‘Maestro’, and swung it forward.
The three swords of magical power created behind me spun around and shot forward.
The magical blades mercilessly cut off the fingers of the gargoyles climbing the walls.
“good!”
Retrieving the Magic Sword and putting it back behind me, I grinned.
Actually, I practiced alone for the past few days.
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I had a hard time because my proficiency didn’t rise because of the commander class debuff, but thanks to practice, I was able to control it quite finely in real combat.
‘It’s pretty easy to stop if we keep going like this… … .’
It was then.
“majesty!”
Lily called me urgently. As I looked there, Lily pointed to the artifact.
“The second gust artifact is running out of time!”
has it already happened Time flies too fast.
“Turn on the third right away!”
“yes!”
The third gust of wind artifact was activated, blocking the center of the wall.
thud! Kugoong! Kugua light… … !
Most of the gargoyles that were still charging lost their ability to fly and were falling.
However, this wind defense line also ends in the next five minutes.
Then, until the cooldown of the first artifact you turned on earlier ends. For exactly 5 minutes the center is empty.
‘Until the artifact turns on again, how to endure these 5 minutes is the turning point of this defense battle.’
I swallowed a dry saliva as I watched the monsters fall down the wall.
‘Can we hold on, we… … .’
Right after that, I shook my head vigorously.
No, it’s not ‘will I be able to hold on’.
I gritted my teeth and glared fiercely at the front.
‘It makes me hold on. It’s me!’
For that I am here.
The next five minutes flew by as well. It was around the time that they had annihilated the second generation of them, and about half of the third generation.
Lily exclaimed urgently.
“Gust Artifact, one minute until it stops working!”
“Everyone, get ready.”
While the wires were in a lull for a while. Lucas and Evangeline retreated in front of me.
Damian counts the remaining ammunition in the horse gun. And Lily, swallowing dry saliva, looking at me from the alchemist team.
I looked at the members of the main party one by one, but Lucas said urgently.
“Lord! When the artifact’s effect ends, they’ll surge into the center. Why don’t you turn the net and block the center?”
“no. If you do, the fire net of both wings will be thinned out, and they can break in that way.”
Cannons and ballistas spraying fire nets are not prepared for melee combat at all.
It would be a disaster if the gargoyles invaded there after disturbing the network for no reason.
If the cannons and ballistas are attacked, the fire net will become weaker, and gargoyles will infiltrate everywhere.
Eventually, the whole wire will fall like dominoes.
“It’s better to focus the enemy’s attention this way.”
After all, they are monsters with high resistance to physical attacks. It’s better to kill it with the elites here.
“Okay, everyone pay attention.”
I clapped my hands and focused the attention of the main party, and nodded heavily.
“everyone. In the next five minutes, the real battle begins.”
There is no tension on the faces of the party members. There is only cold, refined concentration.
“I think that all of you who have been trained in battles will be able to withstand it, but there are many variables in actual battles. You never know what will happen.”
I slowly put my hand in my bosom,
“So, before the decisive battle… … .”
He took out his wand.
“Let’s start with one palm at a time.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
For a moment there was silence.
Among the party members standing with dumbfounded faces, Lucas asked in a blank voice.
“… … yes?”
I waved my staff and shouted ferociously.
“Let’s get hit one by one, czars!”
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The wand I am currently equipped with, ‘Maestro’, has one special function.
– When attacking directly with this staff, it deals fixed damage equal to 1% of the target’s current HP and applies a random buff. (Activates only once a day on one target)
Even though it’s random, this wand and buff effect are pretty good. Hanging it will help you throughout the battle.
Of course, it’s a waste to start by cutting 1 percent now that everyone is in full strength… … Well, if it doesn’t work out, you can drink the potion that’s been prepared.
Worse than that, the effect only activates when I hit party members with this staff anyway.
After trying to figure out how to explain this bizarre mechanism, I finally gave up.
Instead, I decided to get it through my body.
“Come on, there is no time! Everyone, palm up!”
At my prompting, Lucas, Evangeline, and Damian were bewildered and held out their palms in front of me.
As I approached Lucas, who was closest to me, with my cane, Lucas stared at me with a teary face.
“Lord. Did I do something wrong… … ?”
This child, again and again. Again, it looks like a dog in the rain.
“I would gladly accept corporal punishment, but if you tell me what I did wrong, I will definitely fix it next time… … .”
“Ay! Noisy! I didn’t do anything wrong, but I got hit once!”
I tapped the golden retriever’s palm lightly with my cane.
match!
[Advanced buff win!]
[The ‘half MP consumption for 3 minutes’ buff is applied to Lucas (SSR)!]
It must have stung Lucas, and his big body trembled.
Immediately after, his eyes widened.
“oh?”
After that, he looked at his body and let out a strange exclamation.
“Ohh, ohh… … ?”
Are you feeling the effect of the halving MP consumption buff? I can’t apply the buff myself, so I don’t know how it feels, so I won.
After a while, Lucas nodded his head at me.
“majesty.”
“huh?”
“Please hit me often from now on.”
“Uh, uh… … ?”
Could it be that I opened Lucas’ eyes to that world? All of a sudden, all sorts of thoughts ran through my mind. isn’t it? Hero? isn’t it?
Evangeline, who was looking at us with a sad face, held out her hands to me.
“I don’t know what kind of perverted conversation this is, but anyway, if you get hit with it, something good will happen, right?”
“You’re also quick-witted. Head of the Academy.”
“Then I’ll hit you quickly. Because there is no time.”
Without hesitation, I tapped Evangeline’s palm lightly. There’s nothing more enjoyable than punishing a model student!
“10 points to Gryffindor!”
“What are you saying… … ?”
match!
[Lesser Buff Winner!]
[Evangeline (SSR) will receive a 10% increase in defense for 3 minutes!]
“Ah go!”
Even though it’s an SSR-class tanker, it looks sick. Well, since it’s a fixed number of damage, it hurts.
Shaking her palms lightly, Evangeline frowned.
“Huh. It’s like this.”
“Can you feel the effect?”
“yes. It’s definitely fine. But from now on, ask for something other than the palm of your hand. To a place where there is no hindrance to battle.”
“okay? Then, where should I hit you next?”
Evangeline opened her mouth at my words.
Well, objectively, the format of the question is a bit odd… … .
“Why did you ask me that! Seniors decide on their own!”
“Yes, sorry… … .”
I turned sideways. Lastly, Damian.
Damian closed his eyes tightly and held out his hands in front of him, trembling. why is he like this
“Sah, slowly… … Please… … .”
“… … .”
It reminded me of the fact that Damian spent his childhood in an orphanage.
I said it was a terrible place. Maybe you have bad memories of corporal punishment.
‘I’m sorry, Damian! But it’s a buff for you!’
I pressed the wand to my palm as lightly as possible. Anyway, the damage will be the same.
match!
[Winning the highest level buff!]
[The ‘3 minute unlimited stamina’ buff is applied to Damian (N)!]
“… … .”
Damian opened his eyes wide and looked back and forth between his hand and me.
Why, you got the highest level buff, tell me your impressions.
“Prince.”
“Uh, huh?”
“I… … I feel like I can do anything now.”
That’s great. After 3 minutes, that feeling will go away, so enjoy it to the fullest.
I turned and shouted at Lily from the Artifact team.
“Lily! Would you like one too?”
Lily shook her head with a white face. Dude, don’t you want to be beaten like that?
But that was not what he meant. Lily screamed.
“End of Artifact! coming-!”
“… … !”
At the same time, the gust of wind stopped.
The wind wall blocking the center of the castle disappeared, and the very next moment.
thud! thud! thud! Kugoong-!
One after another, the gargoyles flew in and landed.
It is different from the ones that have come intermittently in the meantime, starting with the unit of numbers.
Wave 3.
The 3rd gargoyle.
About half of them crashed, but the number of them who crossed over the fire net and the wind wall and landed safely in the middle of the castle–about fifty in all.
“5 minutes.”
I spat out calmly at the party members who were in formation.
“Five minutes will change the world.”
50 vs 5.
In a defense RPG, numbers like this are few and far between.
I flicked my staff lightly to control the magical blade, and tore off the cast that was still on my left arm.
Tuk, toduduk… … .
Although a little stiff, the feeling in his left arm is intact.
I grinned as I randomly scattered the pieces of the cast hanging from my left arm on the floor.
“let’s go. Let’s play together.”
