Chapter 335 – Chapter 335 Yggdrasil (3-43)
A bat-shaped monster that was flying towards me was hit by my arrow and fell in the form of a formula ship, spitting out a short agony.
Kiek…. Iron puck.
The bat that fell to the floor quickly disappeared in the form of a hologram.
And the moment he confirmed that the last monster was dying, a green light emitted from the jewel on his back.
“Uh!? What?”
“Kyaaaaagh!”
Everyone was surprised and turned around to look at the jewel.
The timer was still running with a large green jewel the size of a man behind me.
But what was different was the fact that the details were displayed under the timer.
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23:29:28
1 wave clear.
After 29 minutes and 28 seconds, wave 2 will take place.
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It was a signboard that could tell the identity of this place at once.
‘Defense….’
A mission to protect the base while dealing with a huge amount of enemies.
It’s simple, but thanks to that simplicity, it’s true that there are many cases that are simply pushed to the sheep.
Even considering the 1 wave monsters we were dealing with, it was not difficult at all because they were the only ones worth seeing on the 0th floor.
However, the amount of material that lasted for 30 minutes was enough to tire everyone except me.
“Ah… I guess it was just a sign that it was over. It’s a surprise….”
“Is everyone okay?”
“Whoa… Yes.”
Starting with Park Seon-hee, the other people also started to answer my words while catching their breath.
“I was worried because I thought I was doing this non-stop, but fortunately it stopped in the middle.”
“If you fight for 30 minutes, do you take a 30-minute break?”
“Then it must be too hard at the end? You’re talking about not being able to sleep for 24 hours, right?”
“I’m glad though. Prepare thoroughly before entering the dungeon.”
As Min Ha-yeon said, everyone prepared thoroughly and was able to greatly reduce anxiety.
Everyone laid down mats on the floor, took a break, and started eating snacks.
“First of all, why don’t we simply rest before this wave, check the wave, and get some sleep?”
“Yes, I think that would be a good thing.”
I experienced it in the 1st wave earlier, but in defense-type battles, the amount and level of monsters tended to increase significantly towards the second half.
So it was important to get the first button right.
Because if things go wrong from the start, most of them can’t even go halfway and collapse. That’s what defense is all about.
And there was one important fact about rest.
“Hey, midsummer.”
“… Why?”
“Go and pick up some fallen items and bring them back.”
As soon as Midsummer heard my order, he summoned bright red earthworms between his forehead and muttered.
“Are you trying to pamper me in this situation? Don’t you know you should save as much power as possible? Don’t you know I fought so damn hard earlier?”
“I’ll make it if you’re helpful, dude….”
“It’s great….”
Midsummer did not help throughout the battle, she only interfered.
You sway in front of me and interrupt me, go to the place where the trio are fighting and interfere again….
The problem was not the feeling of being interrupted while working hard, but the fact that the feeling of being interrupted was really strong.
Except for Min Ha-yeon and Han Bom, the rest of the trio muttered with dissatisfied faces.
“Okay. Why don’t you just stay still?”
“It seems like you’re saying that you’re going to get points for nothing, but since it’s a party anyway, it seems like you have to take care of the distribution. Stay still.”
“Okay. I’m afraid you’ll get hurt… It’s because I’m worried.”
Everyone started to laugh at Park Jin-hee’s words.
“Sir….”
I smiled and said after hearing the trio’s words.
“Now, did you hear? Your job now is not to fight.”
“… Then what?”
“Go and collect the items from the monsters and leave them all here. If even one is stolen, the contract is immediately terminated. Understand?”
“Ouch….”
Midsummer stood up, trembling, and began to collect items dropped by monsters as I said.
Looking at that midsummer, I said with a smile that he could hear.
“That guy is helpful.”
“Foot.”
The trio smiled and responded with a smile.
In fact, it wasn’t me or Min Ha-yeon that suffered the most in the current battle, it was the three of them.
Even if Min Ha-yeon and I had good skills as long-range jobs, it was much more efficient to take down these weak monsters all at once.
Perhaps because they were level 0 monsters, two or three of them died in one blow from the three of them.
It also meant that he had suffered so much.
“For now, the three of you, get some rest. If you’re resting, I’ll let you know before wave 2. You can sleep.”
Hehe, thank you.”
The trio started to relax really comfortably while saying thank you.
While everyone was resting, Midsummer took all the items that were scattered around and threw them on the ground.
Whoops.
“Hey, put it down quietly.”
“What? It’s a japtem anyway. You don’t have to put it down carefully….”
“Can’t you see I’m resting next to you right now? Keep an eye on it.”
“Fuck….”
I checked all the items Midsummer brought.
‘It’s all japtem.’
As Midsummer said, everything was a japtem that had to be sold at a store.
It was a natural result considering the level of monsters in the first wave anyway.
After checking all the items, I quietly said to Hanyeoreum.
“Hey, when you fight now, just stay still and don’t move a single fingertip.”
“Can I fight too?”
“Is playing with children fighting?”
“Fuck….”
“Don’t be proud of yourself and stay calm. And when the battle is over, collect the items. OK?”
“Suddenly….”
The dentist will freak out when he sees your teeth, you bastard….
After that, Han Yeo-reum calmly sat down on her mat without any resistance or retort and began to stare straight ahead at her.
‘… Do you have any plans?’
[It gives off such a feeling.]
Han Yeo-reum, who usually expressed her dissatisfaction with an annoyed expression, looked at something calmly like that and was immersed in her thoughts, so it was obvious that she was thinking something strange.
But in the end, it was just a regressor in the palm of my hand.
‘Still, since Ha-yeon and Bom are next to me now, it’s fine if I take them with them even if they return.’
I checked the time at the top of the green jewel while feeling so relieved.
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23:03:12
1 wave clear.
After 03 minutes and 12 seconds, wave 2 will proceed.
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“Now, everyone, get ready.”
My voice became a signal, so everyone stood up, grabbed their weapons, and started staring endlessly into the dark space.
And not long after….
Ayeek! Kww!
The sound of monsters swarming greeted us.
***
Midsummer began to break out in a cold sweat while picking up japtem scattered around.
‘Fuck… Isn’t it like a real boss battle?’
Midsummer, who was frightened at first because she thought it was a boss fight like on the 0th floor, was relieved as she watched the mobs come rushing in.
It was to the point where I wondered if the monsters that came out compared to Shockbee would yawn.
It was only compared to the boss fight on the 0th floor….
It was midsummer when she didn’t think much of it because of the defense battle that flowed so lightly, but as she wave after wave, she got a feel for it.
Unlike the early days when the monsters on the 0th floor were lined up, after the 6th wave passed, monsters from the 1st floor gradually began to appear.
And I was able to understand the midsummer when I was just watching 7 Wave.
‘This wave is really tough.’
The fact that the difficulty has risen significantly….
‘Starting with 7 waves, 1 hour, 1 hour break…. And then the level of difficulty goes up….’
It was noticeable that the size and level of the monsters had changed significantly as the hour progressed.
The monsters that had been attacking ignorantly while rushing in formed formations to attack, avoiding close range enemies and starting to attack Min Ha-yeon and Seong Su-ho.
However, fortunately or unfortunately, Seong Soo-ho and Min Ha-yeon’s skills were so good that the monsters approaching nearby quickly turned into arrow targets.
And the following Hanbom’s recovery skill.
It was a party with the best combination of attack, defense, and even leisure.
But, except for one….
‘Fuck, fuck, fuck! It can’t go on like this. If this is really a boss fight on the first floor….’
Midsummer didn’t fight, she just picked up her items while resting throughout the battle, but she was showing more exhaustion than the people who fought.
‘I haven’t even seen the video yet.’
According to her contract with him, the contents of the jewelry for shooting were currently not visible.
Even if you tried to sneak a peek, you couldn’t see it in an empty lot like this.
‘Looking at the contents is no longer a problem! If you go to the second floor like this….’
Above all, the time the defense ended was the point at which the contract was concluded.
What if you go upstairs before then?
That much had to be stopped.
‘Should I disturb you? Or should I secretly stab him from behind the Seongsu-ho? Damn, that bastard blocked suicides and attacks, so that’s not even possible!’
Seong Soo-ho, who signed a contract with Han Yeo-reum, ordered him as a matter of course as soon as he started.
He was ordered not to attack himself and not to commit suicide.
I didn’t know why the suicide was blocked, but I understood it with the intention of making him experience a hellish experience.
‘I don’t care if that guy goes up or not, as long as I don’t go up… For a moment….’
The moment he thought so, Midsummer put the japtem in his inventory, and two semicircles began to appear in his pupils.
A key that allows you to create a circular shape by sticking two together.
‘… Wouldn’t this be possible?’
Midsummer continued to fidget with the two class members in her inventory and began to think deeply.
***
I gave a signal to the party members, confirming that there were no more monsters charging around.
“I think I got it all. Rest.”
“Ha… Ha… Wow, no joke.”
Everyone sat down on the mat in a state of fascination, or lay down and gasped for breath.
After the 9th wave, a total of 11 hours had passed.
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12:59:43
9 wave clear.
After 59 minutes and 43 seconds, 10 waves will be played.
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Everyone took breaks between waves to recover his energy, but that didn’t stop his fatigue from building up.
According to the last hour, the sun had set and it was time to sleep.
In comparison, we had to keep leading this defense, which was still only halfway through.
I sat slowly on the mat and looked at the other party members.
“Everyone, please rest as much as possible. I’ll let you know in three minutes.”
“No. Get some rest now, too.”
Hanbom stepped forward and started offering me a break.
In fact, I couldn’t even say that I was in a light state.
People who don’t know me would think that a job using a bow would be an easy job to shoot arrows, but in reality it wasn’t like that at all.
His arm muscles were overworked, and he demanded concentration as there was a penalty for mis-hit.
And the most important thing of all was the fact that you shouldn’t hit your allies.
The arm muscles that you keep using, the concentration that you have to focus on one shot, the stress of not hitting your allies.
Because such things work in a complex way, they were demanding a tremendous amount of labor force as much as the short distance.
Han Bom, who knew that well, was forcing Min Ha-yeon and me to take a break.
“I’m fine. Han Bom is really having a hard time with recovery skills. So….”
“I’m fine. You know it’s a real big deal if you collapse here, right? Come on, get some rest.”
“Well… Thanks.”
I pretended to lose and decided to just accept her words.
In fact, even if Hanbom used her recovery skill, it was difficult to see her in such a difficult position.
It wasn’t that she was unnecessary.
However, compared to Hanbom’s help so far, she probably didn’t feel that her help was desperate.
It was only
‘Isn’t it strange?’
[That’s right. The monsters are belligerent, but rather than the feeling of attacking people….]
Armonia, who was silent, spoke her thoughts.
[I felt more focused on the jewel in the center.]
It certainly wasn’t that she didn’t attack party members.
However, she couldn’t help but feel that she was focusing on the huge jewel in the center when it came to the way she rushed.
Thanks to that, she didn’t take much damage even from the triumvirate, and above all, she was treating her perfectly when the wave ended.
‘It looks like this place was originally built on the premise that there are no healers.’
Every time a wave ended, a green light was emitted, healing all the wounds of the party members.
But it was also true that she felt reassured just by the fact that she had a healer.
Even if it’s a small wound, once it happens, your concentration will be disturbed.
In addition, it was also a situation where you could be defeated if you tried to use a potion because you pushed it with quantity.
‘As expected, nobles are nobles.’
As a result, it was also a place where she could see how important a healer was.
After another break, an hour passed.
“I only have half left. Everyone is doing their best.”
“Yes.”
The triumvirate put on a difficult expression, but did not show it as much as possible, and began to straighten out the battle lines.
That was the moment the 10 waves started working.
The monsters that seem to come rushing in… Did not come.
“What?”
That was the moment when Min Ha-yeon looked around and was wary.
Turn it off… Keeh….
Strange voices resounding from all directions, and slow footsteps as if dragging the ground….
And when those beings came into our field of vision, we could know the identities of those monsters without speaking.
But even though he knew his identity, he didn’t want to believe it.
Everyone opened their eyes wide and started making faces that wanted to ignore reality.
However, one after another gradually increased, and Park Sun-hee, the first among us to escape from reality, opened her mouth and let her face the situation we were in.
“Um, that one over there… Zombie… Right?”
