Episode 172: The Master of Lies (1)
172. The Master of Lies (1)
War in a fantasy world.
Giant monster.
Magnificent magic.
Men armed with steel.
These could all be said to be keywords that stimulate a man’s romanticism, but this is only true in the virtual world.
The violence and death that we actually see before our eyes is so heavy and overwhelming.
“He’s a minister.”
Kang Hyun nodded his head while looking at it.
“Is it time to look around now?”
“No, I have to go quickly.”
Kang Hyun looked at the top of the temple in the distance.
“Does he look like a boss?”
Everyone nodded to Kang Hyun’s question.
“Originally, this kind of game was over once you cut off the boss’s head. There’s no point in fighting the underdogs.”
Kang Hyun, who had been thinking for a moment while stroking his chin, continued speaking.
“We are flying!”
“Flying?”
“Yes! You have to get close to the boss and deal with it in close combat. The boss is a wizard, right? Then you can’t give him any distance! You have to get close to him in one breath and deal with him in an instant.”
“It’s a great plan.”
Shin Sung-ah clapped her hands and smiled happily as if she absolutely believed that Kang Hyun was right.
“Well, it’s not bad.”
Yoon Na-rae also agreed without saying much this time, perhaps because she thought Kang Hyun’s words made sense.
“Look! There’s a smart guy in the raid team too.”
At that moment, a person with the ability to fly through the air appeared, perhaps having similar thoughts to Kang Hyun.
“After all, people need to use their heads.”
That moment.
-Wheeeeeeek… Kwaaang!
“huh..?”
A huge beam of magic energy shot from the boss struck the ability user.
Everyone’s mouths dropped open as they watched the ability user disappear into ashes without leaving even a trace.
“Uh… let’s just run.”
“That would be great.”
“I originally suffered from acrophobia.”
It seemed like flying would have to be postponed until the next opportunity.
**
The lizardmen responded with a fierce attack on the party that entered the battlefield.
“Why are you guys so absent-minded!?”
The lizardmen, with their glowing red eyes, were far more ferocious and powerful than anything I had ever seen before.
“The boss periodically emits magical power that seeps into the enemies. It’s probably some kind of buff!”
Kang Hyun frowned at Yoon Na Rae’s answer.
“What kind of buff are you putting on hundreds or thousands of people? Isn’t this a scam!?”
Even the boss occasionally casts attack magic while applying buffs.
“There’s no answer if we go on like this. We have to get rid of these guys and go to the boss!”
It was a given.
“How are you going to go!?”
But the strategists who have been struggling to execute it so far are not stupid.
The raid team had been trying to get to the boss for a while, but there had been no progress until Kang Hyun and his group arrived.
“Mr. Kang Hyun. Do you have any plans?”
“You’re pushing with force!”
There was no way there was a plan.
“Speaking of sensible words! How can you push through with force!?”
Yoon Na-rae swung her sword while shouting angrily.
“Everyone, get right behind me!”
Kang Hyun enlarged Pilsian’s hammer to its maximum size.
“Yoon Na-rae! Buff!”
Kang Hyun activates ‘Wayne’s Secret’ and ‘Giant’s Strength’ and receives additional buffs.
Then, in an instant, Kang Hyun’s strength soared to 110.
“Ugh!”
After wearing the ‘Warrior’s Last Flame’ this time and increasing my strength, the burden on my body has become much greater.
“Good!”
Instead, he also gained a lot of power.
“Run! Follow me!”
“yes?!”
Kang Hyun’s sudden words.
But the group soon understood the meaning.
“Keeeek!”
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“Kkuruk! Kruak!”
Kang Hyun ran forward, smashing the lizardmen blocking his way with a hammer of enormous weight.
The lizardman was thrown in all directions, suffering fractures that required more than 12 weeks of healing after being struck by the hammer.
“Hahahaha! We’ll go straight to the boss! Kill them all!”
“Ahhhh! Slow down!”
If Kang Hyun had just run, it would have been over, but the people following him were in dire straits.
The group quickly followed Kang-Hyeon, swatting away the lizardmen flying in from both sides.
At that time, I was getting close to the boss so quickly.
“Stop!”
Yoon Na-rae suddenly shouted.
“What? Why!?”
Kang Hyun was annoyed at Yoon Na Rae for interrupting the flow, but he quickly realized the reason and had no choice but to stop.
“The boss is looking this way!”
I didn’t realize it because I was running so fast, but a tremendous amount of horsepower was gathering in front of me.
“Come on! Get ready!”
It seemed like the target was himself.
“Everyone, get behind me. Yun Na-rae, deploy your shield!”
Yoon Na-rae was embarrassed by Kang Hyun’s words.
“Can you stop it?”
“That one!?”
Yoon Na-rae was terrified as she recalled the magic that had just blown away a person with powers without a trace.
“I don’t know! I’ll stop it too, so try it! If you can’t, you die!”
As soon as Kang Hyun finished speaking, a huge beam of magical power was shot at the group.
-Kwagagagagaga!
A beam of magic power flew as fast as a bullet and struck the group.
Kang-Hyeon’s body, led by Philsian’s hammer, was pushed back without stopping.
“Eeeeek!”
Yoon Na-rae also held a magic potion in her mouth and deployed the strongest magic shield she could.
“Khuuu…”
After what seemed like an eternity of seconds, the magic finally passed them by.
“Oh my, it’s a sack!”
I felt like every muscle and bone in my body was screaming.
When I turned my head to check on the group, I saw Yoon Na-rae hastily drinking a magic potion.
“Me too, me too!”
Kang Hyun quickly took out a potion from his inventory and drank it.
“Khuh… Is it all worth doing?”
“What’s the point, I’m going to die…”
Yoon Na-rae muttered in a weak voice.
If you do the same thing one more time, your magic circuits will be damaged and you may not be able to use magic for a while.
“If it’s okay, I should go again!”
Kang Hyun had no time to wait.
As soon as Kang Hyun got his body together, he tried to run towards the boss again.
“Mr. Kang Hyun. Could you please wait a moment?”
“What? Why?”
“Give me one minute. No, just 30 seconds.”
Shinsungah’s sudden request.
‘There must be a reason.’
Although the situation was urgent, Kang Hyun nodded without saying a word.
“Protect everything, Shinsungah!”
The group gathered around Shinsungah blocked the rushing lizardmen.
“Phew…”
Shinsungah was concentrating, looking at something while holding a bow.
Her arms began to tremble and some magic began to leak out of her body.
‘Did you practice…?’
Kang Hyun, who saw it, exclaimed in admiration.
Shinsungah was the only one in the group who had no talent for magic.
Because of that, the weapon was not able to be powered by magic, so it was far behind in terms of power, but it seemed like they were trying to make up for that.
‘Even so, the amount of magical power is too insufficient.’
The effort was good, but it’s not like you can turn the tide of battle with just an arrow loaded with magic power.
I definitely thought so.
“I don’t know what it is, but I’ll help you.”
At that time, Yoon Na-rae approached Shin Sang-ah and poured her magic into her.
“Hey! You shouldn’t do that recklessly!”
The moment the two magic powers mix, the body can become a mess.
Kang Hyun knew it well, as he had defeated numerous enemies in a similar manner.
“I need to concentrate! Be quiet!”
However, Yoon Na-rae succeeded in getting Shin Sung-ah to use her magical power without any discomfort.
“Okay!”
At the same time as Shin Sung-ah’s okay sign,
-Peshuk!
A blue arrow was shot.
The arrow, filled with magical power, was embedded in the boss’s body.
“Haa, haa…”
Shin Sung-ah looked quite tired, perhaps due to having exerted concentration that exceeded her limits in a short period of time.
But Kang Hyun was skeptical about what could happen with just one arrow.
At that moment,
“Kueuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”
The boss started screaming in pain.
**
High Priest Kosik.
Although he was slower than other lizardmen due to his larger body, his two eyes were able to perceive the situation faster than anyone else.
“You’re quite capable. But how long can you last?”
He periodically cast frenzy on the lizardmen army and snipes the ability users whenever he has free time.
“That bastard is like a fly.”
A human was approaching the air fearlessly.
-Wheeing!
Cosick used powerful sniping magic to eliminate his target in one breath.
“It ends so vainly.”
At first it seemed like he was trying to be a little propagandistic, but in the end he was just a human.
Those who dare enter the Holy Land will pay with their lives.
That was when I thought about it.
“Are you a new human?”
Four humans appeared from somewhere.
They quickly collapsed in formation and approached at a terrifying speed.
“Human. You’ve hidden a secret.”
I don’t know what the principle is, but the person at the very front was using brute strength that surpassed common sense.
I didn’t think I would be affected just because they approached, but it was better to nip the variable in the bud.
-Wheeeeeeek…
Cosick prepared the magic he had used to snipe the flying man a moment ago.
But this time, he had gathered much more magic power.
“Die.”
-Kwaaaaang!
A purple magic beam shot out at incredible speed and hit them directly.
Cossack didn’t bother to confirm their deaths.
Because it was clear that he would have died anyway.
He turned his gaze again and prepared for the next spell.
“The madness period is coming to an end.”
Repeatedly casting the spell will cause a strong side effect after the spell ends.
A situation where you could easily turn into an idiot or become disabled.
But Cossack didn’t care, as there were plenty of warriors to replace him.
“It is an honor for a warrior to fight until he dies.”
Just as he was about to gather his magical power and go berserk again, an arrow flew in from somewhere.
Cosick didn’t care because he always had a magic shield around him.
‘hmm?’
But contrary to expectations, the arrow smoothly passed through the magic shield and struck Kosik’s waist.
A prickly sensation, as if slightly pricked by a needle.
‘Now is not the time to worry about arrows and such.’
Since it was not a major damage anyway, I ignored it and tried to use magic.
At that moment, blood suddenly gushed out of Kosik’s mouth.
‘this…!’
This is because the arrow was stuck in the exact place where the magic was gathered before the magic was shot.
Just before using magic, the magical power became so entangled that several circuits that circulate the magical power burst.
“Kuaaaaaaah!”
Kosik screamed in intense pain inside his body.
“High Priest! Are you alright!?”
The sorcerers surrounding Kosik approached and examined his body.
“Let go!”
Cosick shook his body violently and shook off the sorcerers.
“What kind of guy dares!”
He quickly checked his surroundings and saw the four humans who had been approaching him a moment ago.
“Are you still alive!?”
Humans who are still standing despite being hit by their own magic, no matter what method was used.
It didn’t even seem like much damage had been done.
“Krrrr…”
Cosick’s body trembled with anger.
“I’ll admit one little trick.”
Kosik, his face distorted, called the sorcerers.
“Those humans over there. Take care of them no matter what. I don’t care about the damage to my own kind.”
“All right.”
At Cosick’s command, five sorcerers began to cast spells at Kang-Hyeon and his group.
Meanwhile, Kosik examined his body.
“Crash! Why did I have to be attacked at that exact moment?”
An attack of such a pathetic level that I wouldn’t have even cared about it under normal circumstances.
However, as if aiming for it, the arrow struck right before the large-scale magic was unleashed.
Because of this, his magical power ran wild, and as a result, the inside of Cossick was in shambles.
“Krrrrr…”
For a normal wizard, at least one day.
A wound that requires intensive treatment and recovery for several days.
But he himself is the high priest who serves the great Crocta.
As I moved my magic precisely and repeated the treatment, my insides soon began to stabilize.
“I will kill you painfully.”
In less than three minutes, Kosik, who had recovered most of his wounds, looked at the humans.
“Are you still alive?”
“I’m sorry. They’re stronger than I thought.”
It seemed that even though they had left it to the sorcerers to deal with, they were being taken advantage of instead.
“Get out of the way. I’ll finish it myself.”
Humans approached within about 500m.
Cosick continued to cast spells at them.
-Bam, bang! Kwarung!
The magic poured out without stopping, as if he would not forgive those who dared to hurt his body.
Fire and lightning, wind like blades.
A myriad of types of magic attacked humans in a frenzy.
“Are you still alive?”
But humans persisted tenaciously.
Although he was clearly wounded and tired, he was still standing on the ground.
“This is interesting. Let’s see if I can handle this.”
Cosick gathered his power with the intention of finishing it off.
A magical power of a different level than before.
Humans won’t be able to endure it.
Just before the magic happens.
“for a moment-!”
The human shouted with a tremendous voice.
Cosick tried to use his magic without paying any attention, but he had no choice but to stop after hearing the following words.
“I know where Krokta’s legacy is hidden!”
His own wish. No, the long-cherished wish of all lizardmen.
It was coming out of a human mouth.
