Episode 61 Week 4 Strategy (3)
I went forward confidently, but the two boss-level trolls were not an easy opponent.
You have to at least make a plan and then go for it.
In a 2 vs. 2, or in fact 2 vs. 1, situation like now, the safest way would be to gradually chip away at them from a distance.
However, considering their resistance and regenerative powers, that method would likely take all day.
You need to accumulate damage and knock it down in a short period of time, and to make that possible.
‘Close combat.’
It was a thought that a normal wizard would never dare to conceive.
However, she aims to be an all-rounder caster.
Although immature, I had learned some close combat skills.
The ruby embedded in the wand flashed a red light.
[Overheat]
A faint flame began to burn and glow all over Hong Yeon-hwa’s body.
And then he lifted his wand and pointed it at a troll, and that became the signal to start the war.
“Kuaaaah!”
Two trolls rushed at her.
Hong Yeon-hwa walked straight towards him and quickly assembled a spell in the hand that was not holding the wand.
– Boohoo!
Slightly tilt your body to dodge the swinging club, then immediately step back to get out of range of the double axes that slash the air indiscriminately.
Movements so agile that it’s hard to believe he’s a wizard.
It was the effect of the flame series physical strengthening skill, [Overheat].
Maintain a certain distance while evading.
A distance where a melee attack can barely reach, but a magic throw can hit right away.
Soon, Hong Yeon-hwa held a fireball the size of a person’s head in her hand.
[Flame of]
– Boom!
The troll’s upper body was engulfed in flames.
He swung his blunt weapon without caring whether it was hot or not.
I avoided it, moved a little further away, and looked, and saw a faint burn mark on the upper body where the embers were still burning.
At the same time, the same burn marks were carved into the body of the man who had wielded the axe.
Hong Yeon-hwa crumpled her impression.
‘Life Link? It’s a real dungeon crawler… … .’
[Life Link]. Life sharing magic.
When one entity takes damage, the damage is split between the two connected entities.
When you take 100 damage, you get 50.
Even without magic resistance, the damage is reduced to 90 and 80, and even that is divided in half.
Damage received in this way is quickly recovered using the troll’s unique high regenerative power.
‘You didn’t want to give it full marks that much?’
To do such a fatal thing to the last two.
Whoever designed this artificial dungeon, I don’t know, but it must be really mean, pathetic, and mean—
– Boohoo!
Hong Yeon-hwa’s thoughts were interrupted by another flying club.
He steps back and casts a second Flame Orb.
‘It’s still possible.’
The reason why the damage just now wasn’t that great was because of the [Life Link] that was applied to the trolls, but it was also because the size of the fireball was small.
It was good that it was made smaller to reduce casting time, but its power was also reduced.
Then let’s make it bigger this time.
– Phew!
A much larger explosion engulfed the upper body of the club troll.
If you want to see how much damage has been done, look at the twin axes instead of the burning club troll.
Because the damage is shared.
Judging by the rapid spread of the burn marks, it appears that significant damage has been done this time.
“Kuaaaah!”
However, they did not stop attacking even though their entire bodies were burning, whether they felt no pain or they were just fighting by converting the pain into rage.
A burning club was swung.
Just as I was avoiding it, something whitish came quickly approaching, drawing a line of sight.
– Whiriliririk!
“!”
Rather than checking, avoiding it right away was the top priority.
When Hong Yeon-hwa quickly tilted her body to the side, a few strands of her hair were cut off and scattered.
It was only when I saw that the twin axe troll was only holding one axe that I realized that what had just passed by was a hand axe.
“Kuaaaah!”
The axe troll didn’t stop there, he jumped up and brought down his last remaining axe.
As if to assist him, the club troll lowered his posture and swept the floor.
A combined attack that targets the upper and lower body simultaneously.
The combination was unusual for a monster.
Hong Yeon-hwa concentrated her mind.
As I lightly kicked the floor and rose into the air, the club passed under my feet,
As soon as you land, kick the ground again, leaving you out of the range of the axe swing.
And in the meantime, throw the completed Flame Orb.
– Phew!
Damage that continues to accumulate.
And the trolls continue their chain attacks without a care.
“!?”
Hong Yeon-hwa felt uncomfortable and paused for a moment.
And in a brief moment, with cool eyes, he grasped the true nature of the feeling of discomfort.
‘I reversed the pattern.’
The club was swung at the upper body, and the axe was aimed at the lower body.
If I had responded the same way as before, I would have jumped up and been hit by the club, which would have been a huge blow.
But that wasn’t all.
– Whiriliririk!
A blast of lightning is coming from behind.
‘What is this?’
As he hurriedly flies his body to the side, the hatchet passes by and is caught in the axe troll’s hand.
It circled around a long distance and returned like a boomerang.
[Recovery] A throwing weapon with a series of magic.
Hong Yeon-hwa was dumbfounded.
‘Isn’t that foul play?’
What kind of artificial dungeon boss has a magic item in [Life Link]?
Hong Yeon-hwa, who thought that this was going too far, was rather annoyed.
‘Let’s see who wins.’
“Kwaaah!”
The battle, which had been in a brief lull, resumed with the twin axe troll throwing one of his axes.
The chain attack itself continued in the same fashion.
One on top, one on bottom.
However, it was very confusing because the club was aiming upward and downward irregularly.
As if that wasn’t enough, Hong Yeon-hwa’s hands and feet suddenly became dizzy as she tried to avoid the hand axes flying back and forth from time to time.
A situation where there is hardly any room to apply magic.
If you leave it like this, even the damage you’ve built up will be recovered.
We need to find a breakthrough.
The most annoying thing is the boomerang-like flying hatchet, but it seems difficult to neutralize it.
‘… … a club.’
Well then, let’s start by destroying that club.
When Hong Yeon-hwa concentrated her mind for a moment and used her skill, one of her hands turned red up to her wrist.
He dodged the swinging club and grabbed it tightly, waiting for the moment it was retrieved.
[Phoenix grip]
– Kkwadkku!
The middle part of the club crumbled and turned into firewood.
The troll threw down his half-broken club and then charged at me swinging both his fists.
yes,
– Whiriliririk!
I hear the sound of an axe flying from behind.
Hong Yeon-hwa prepares to escape,
– Whirlwind!
From the front, something whitish is also rapidly approaching.
I checked the axe troll and it was completely empty handed.
Hong Yeon-hwa realized a simple truth once again.
‘Oh, I see.’
If you can throw one hatchet, you can throw two at once.
I can’t avoid this… … .
In a brief moment, all sorts of thoughts passed through my mind.
If it’s right, is it an immediate retirement?
What would it feel like to have an axe stuck in your head?
You’ll find out soon enough.
The moment Hong Yeon-hwa shrank back and closed her eyes tightly,
– Thud! Thud—!
An unfamiliar crashing sound rang out near my head.
When I slowly opened my eyes, Kim Ho was standing in front of me, and the hatchet that had been flying at me had bounced off to the side.
“… … !”
Hong Yeon-hwa’s mind became even more jumbled.
To name a couple, ‘What have you been doing so far that you’re helping me now?’ and ‘Well, you’re helping me anyway!’
“Kuaaaah!”
The troll charged forward, swinging both his fists aggressively.
Kim Ho faced the bastard without even thinking about evading.
Then I took a step forward and placed my hand on the guy’s shoulder.
– Thud!
The sturdy body staggered back a few steps.
When Kim Ho glanced at her from the corner of his eye, Hong Yeon-hwa straightened her posture without realizing it.
Kim Ho’s mouth opened.
“Stand up in position.”
“Cannon, cannon? What kind of magic?”
“Fire pillar.”
A magic spell that creates a pillar of fire within a certain area.
I had used it as a decisive move in the placement test with Kim Ho, but I still had a painful memory of not being able to reduce my stamina by even 1%.
It is a magic that has overwhelming power, but also has clear drawbacks.
It is useless if the enemy leaves the range.
So, if you use this magic, the first question that should come up is ‘How do I bind my enemies?’
But Hong Yeon-hwa somehow felt that the question was useless.
So I sat down without saying anything and recited my order.
Complex characters were carved into the ground, and a circular magic circle was completed.
The trolls sensed something was wrong and tried to escape the magic circle’s range, but
– Thud—!
Kim Ho circled around them, blocking them and pushing them inside.
The hand gesture seems to be a light tap, but every time it touches, it gets pushed away helplessly.
“Kuaaaah!”
The axe troll threw his hatchet.
However, when Kim Ho touched something similar to a horizontal bar, a strange crashing sound was heard and it fell to the floor.
His feet tremble as if trying to turn back to his master.
– Whiriliririk!
Then a second axe flew in.
Kim Ho lightly reached out, grabbed it, and threw it back.
An axe that spins back at a terrifying speed and slams into its owner’s shoulder.
“??? ?????”
Hong Yeon-hwa’s eyes widened at the sight.
The magic I was casting was almost canceled, but I desperately concentrated my mind to prevent it.
‘Let’s just, let’s not think about it… … .’
Hong Yeon-hwa decided to erase what she had just seen from her mind.
Because now it’s important to fulfill the role you’ve been given.
Let’s start by making everything from the fire pillar.
As the man in front of him held the two trolls in a circle as if he were playing with them as children, the magic circle began to glow a bright red, indicating that it was complete.
Kim Ho kicked the last rampaging troll inward, then lightly jumped backwards.
The next moment, a pillar of fire rose up fiercely and engulfed them.
– Kwaaaaah!
While the two were watching the fire for a while, the results came out.
[Number of monsters remaining: 0]
[Completion: 100% = 800 points]
+[Clear Bonus: 200 points]
—————
[Total score: 1,000 points] * 0.8x
= 800 pt
This was the highest score possible in this week’s strategy battle.
Now we can go our separate ways,
“That, that place.”
“… … .”
Hong Yeon-hwa still has business to attend to.
After hesitating for a while while facing Kim Ho, he opens his mouth.
“Um, uh… … . Could you please make the replay private… … please?”
In this strategy battle, she showed herself flustered in many ways, which was unusual for her.
It was because I was very flustered in front of Kim Ho.
A typical example was crawling into a cave.
Kim Ho said, “Go check it out,” but then he thought about it again and realized that there was no need to crawl in.
All you had to do was pour fire magic inside.
Besides that, she had a lot of dark memories that would make her kick the blankets off at night… … .
It was a replay that people would not find beneficial at all.
The problem is that there is no particular merit to Kim Ho giving up the points.
Hong Yeon-hwa took out a ruby from her inventory, thinking that it would be right to give something to balance things out.
“Instead, this… … .”
“No need.”
Kim Ho shook his head.
Are you saying that a ruby this small is not enough?
Hong Yeon-hwa quickly took out another ruby from her inventory and handed it over.
One that is several times bigger than the previous one.
“… … .”
Kim Ho accepted it and looked down at it silently.
As silence returned for a while, Hong Yeon-hwa kept checking his expression.
‘Is this not enough? Mr. Ha, there’s nothing more.’
The ruby he had just given her was the most valuable item she possessed.
I am looking at it with a nervous heart,
Kim Ho nodded slowly.
“… … Okay. Thank you for your hard work.”
And then he walked out of the dungeon.
Hong Yeon-hwa blinked, doubting her ears.
I thought I had misheard that last sentence.
“… …Thank you for your hard work?”
… … Did you get complimented?
