Episode 97 Week 6 Mentoring, Strategy Battle (4)
The statue of the Goddess of War still stood there, bathed in the sunset light, looking down upon the ruined temple.
Song Cheon-hye, who had been looking up at the statue of the goddess for a moment, gave me a look asking if I was ready, and I nodded slightly.
[3]
[2]
[1]
[Start!]
[Goddess Statue 100%]
[9:59 remaining]
An army of goblins advancing at a rapid pace.
Song Cheon-hye walked out the front gate, her eyes fixed on them.
– Chijijik,
The dark gloves on his hands sent sparks flying and electricity running through the floor.
A large circle drawn around Song Cheon-hye.
A magic circle that gradually glows and geometric characters within it.
Regardless of whether the goblins approached or not, Song Cheon-hye continued to focus on drawing the magic circle.
The magic circle that was soon completed began to emit a bright light.
[Lightning Field]
The area, bathed in the red glow of the sunset, feels a little brighter, but other than that, it’s hard to tell what else has changed.
The true power of the magic came into play when the goblins approached right in front of the temple and began to charge.
– Crackle! Crackle!
“Huh?”
“Squeak!”
The moment the goblins stepped within the range of the magic circle, sparks flew wildly around their bodies.
The power itself is not very strong, but it continuously deals damage and paralyzes the body, slowing down movement.
‘Longboard magic.’
Song Cheon-hye admitted that the reason she occasionally missed one or two fish in her first challenge was due to her lack of control.
The skill cast to compensate for this lack of control is this long-range magic, Lightning Field.
There is no room for control when covering a certain area with lightning.
All that matters is the massive amount of mana that goes into maintaining the magic circle.
And Song Cheon-hye is a magical monster that even I acknowledge, so mana consumption was not a problem at all.
“Keeeek!”
“Keeruk!”
Goblins were vicious in their own way.
Normally, if sparks were flying from my body, I would have said, “Oh, hot,” and taken my feet away to run away, but [the Commander]’s rules forced them to advance.
Of course, it was clear that their advance had slowed down, and then more powerful lightning magic covered them.
– Pats pats pats!
Song Cheon-hye, standing in the center of the magic circle, continued to defend the main gate by sequentially using several area-of-effect magic spells.
– … … !
– … … !
As I leisurely watched the scene, I heard a loud noise from the side and a crashing sound as if something was hitting my body.
I walked towards the wall, as it was about to be breached.
– Gulp,
As soon as the wall collapsed and a hole opened up, I focused my windforce there.
A panicked sound comes from beyond the hole.
“Huh?”
“Keruk?”
The goblins were stopped before they could even attempt to rush out.
Under Dang Gyu-yeong’s command, we try to move forward steadily, but there are things that can be done by force and things that cannot.
The F-class monster’s body was too weak to go against the wind that contained physical force.
He continued to blow the wind to block the wall, then turned his gaze back to Song Cheon-hye.
– Crackle!
‘It’s blocking pretty well.’
Song Cheon-hye was using lightning magic to kill the goblins as they approached.
Not a single one has passed through the main gate yet.
This is my second challenge and I have already improved on many of my weaknesses.
[Goddess Statue 100%]
[4:46 remaining]
I failed my first attempt after not even making it past 5 minutes, but now I can do it with ease.
‘So far, everything has gone smoothly.’
It’s about time the next obstacle appears.
As I was thinking about that, I felt a clear presence from somewhere.
“… … ?”
Song Cheon-hye anticipated the enemy that would appear next and became tense, but at the same time, she had a puzzled expression.
I’m sure I’ve experienced a similar presence somewhere, but I can’t quite remember where.
“… … !”
But soon an exclamation mark appeared above his head.
I saw it walking confidently through the crowd of goblins across the field of vision.
It is two or three heads larger than a typical goblin, has a muscular and stocky build, and carries a large cleaver in one hand.
“Grrrrr… … .”
Decapitator Goblin.
The formidable enemy of the time attack strategy game appears here.
‘It’s a bit early to appear, though.’
The reason why the [Strong Enemy] rule is not applied to this Gu/Shin Temple Defense is because the Decapitator only appears briefly near the end, in the last minute.
That period was brought forward through Dang Gyu-yeong’s intervention.
Should I say that my last conscience is not to jump out right away as soon as the battle begins?
There was no change to the fact that it had to be taken down anyway.
Song Cheon-hye and the beheading goblin stared at each other for a few seconds,
“Grrrr.”
The beheader began to run at a fast pace.
Blue mana gushes out from his entire body and surrounds the cleaver.
Song Cheon-hye also summoned a large lightning bolt in one hand and faced them.
The distance between the two narrowed in an instant, and the mana-infused knife and the lightning clashed.
– Wow!
The result is clear at a glance: Song Cheon-hye has the upper hand.
While Song Cheon-hye stood there as if nothing had happened, the beheader took a few steps back absentmindedly.
An electric current crackles through the hand holding the knife.
Soon the bastard started screaming and charging at me, as if he didn’t want to admit that he was losing the fight.
“Ghaaaah—!”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye calmly takes out the next lightning bolt and responds.
There were several strong clashes, mana and sparks flying, and each time, it was the beheader who retreated.
It means that there is quite a difference in skill level.
It’s just coming to mind, but Song Cheon-hye was a first-year student leader.
The only problem is,
‘Winning or losing isn’t what’s important right now.’
The goal of this battle is defense.
What really matters is whether you can stop your enemies or not.
In the current situation, the question is, ‘Can you stop the goblins while dealing with the beheader?’
It was true that Song Cheon-hye had the upper hand, but she was not an easy opponent for the beheader to take down easily.
Because quite a lot of power was concentrated in the attack and defense against that guy, the once sturdy main gate defenses began to show weaknesses little by little.
“Keeruk!”
Soon, a goblin passed through the lightning field, dodging area-of-effect magic, and eventually passed Song Cheon-hye.
It was a truly un-goblin-like tenacity and persistence.
Before running towards the statue of the goddess, he looked back at Song Cheon-hye and even laughed.
“Kihihihi!”
“That’s… … !”
Song Cheon-hye was furious, but she couldn’t chase after the man who was fighting her.
The goblin continued to laugh and jumped forward.
No, I tried to jump.
“Kihi… … hee?”
The new form of the bastard stopped in midair as if it was blocked by something, and then quickly fell backwards as if it was being bounced away.
Song Cheon-hye, who realized what had happened, glanced at me,
“Is this okay?”
“That’s enough.”
– Kkurung! Boom!
I quickly struck the goblin with lightning before it could get up from the ground.
After Song Cheon-hye exchanged a few moves with the goblin beheader, this time two of them broke through the defense line.
“Keruk?”
“Huh?”
The goblins who were trying to run past just stood still.
It’s clear that you’re taking steps forward, but you can’t move forward.
That’s because it was blocked by the Windforce I cast.
I had to cast it from far away because I was blocking the side wall, but even if it was against the [close range] rule, it was still possible to block movement for a short time.
And that brief moment was enough time for Song Cheon-hye to fill the gap.
A lightning spell swept past the goblins who were floundering in confusion.
– Parts! Parts!
Song Cheon-hye, who was about to connect the next spell, suddenly turned her body to the side.
A cleaver filled with mana cuts through the empty air.
“Grrrr… … .”
The beheader growled softly as if asking why you kept looking away.
He then continues his attack by swinging his knife wildly.
“Ugh… … .”
At this time, we had to focus only on stopping Song Cheon-hye, who had been in the lead.
And that meant the gap would soon widen even further.
“Keeruk,”
“Keeeek!”
Two goblins break through the main gate defense line, then four, then five… … .
Even if you stop it for a moment with Windforce, a goblin appears that Song Cheon-hye cannot deal with in time.
Similar to the first challenge, the gap becomes uncontrollable once it starts to grow.
The more this happens, the more Song Cheon-hye quickly loses her composure and her hands and feet become dizzy.
I called Song Cheon-hye like that.
“Song Cheon-hye.”
“yes?”
“Just take down the beheader. Let’s see how long it takes.”
“……! All right.”
Song Cheon-hye quickly figured out my intentions.
The idea is to concentrate firepower to quickly eliminate the beheaders, and use the experience and data gained from there for the next challenge.
– Chijijik… … .
The lightning field covering the main gate faded and disappeared completely.
Instead, Song Cheon-hye’s whole body began to crackle and emit a strong electric current.
The mana supplied to the magic circle was cut off and concentrated solely on the main body.
The next moment, Song Cheon-hye’s new form shot out like a ray of lightning.
– Pot!
“Ugh?”
The goblin decapitator reflexively raised his cleaver, but the lightning struck his face just a little faster.
– Gulp! Boom!
‘I should go and stop it soon too.’
[Goddess Statue 48%]
While I was looking away for a moment, the goblins clinging to the statue of the goddess reduced her health gauge by half.
If you leave it like this, you will quickly lose all your remaining stamina and fail.
The dungeon gets reset.
At least we have to buy some time until Song Cheon-hye defeats the beheader.
I walked towards the statue of the goddess at a slightly faster pace, but still without losing my composure.
[Use ‘amplify’.]
[‘Windforce’ grade increases. (C+->A+)]
He continued to approach and cast Windforce over a wide area.
As a gust of wind filled with physical force swept across the area, the goblins fell over like fallen leaves in the wind and rolled to one side.
Let’s blow the wind wide again and this time roll it in the opposite direction.
“Keeruk!”
One goblin desperately tried to keep his balance and threw the wooden spear he was holding.
The thing that flies straight at me has a surprisingly high hit rate.
After taking a quick look at the bastard, I just kept focusing on swinging Windforce around.
Just before the wooden spear was about to hit my chest, it bent on its own and stuck in the floor.
[‘Distortion’ is activated.]
[Reuse Wait Time 23:59:54]
The goblin who threw the wooden spear had a dumbfounded look on his face, not understanding what was happening.
I was swept away by the wind force and fell over,
“Keep going!”
Like everyone else, I ended up just rolling around helplessly.
Now that this has been settled, let’s turn our attention back to Song Cheon-hye.
– Crackle! Crunch! Crunch!
He is pressuring the beheader by repeatedly firing powerful brain magic spells.
Even when fighting goblins and decapitators at the same time, Song Cheon-hye had the advantage in the fight itself, but now that she only had to deal with the decapitator, there was no need to say anything.
“Grrrr… … .”
The decapitator goblin, whose resistance is gradually decreasing.
The mana attached to the cleaver fades and its movements become dull.
His staggering form told me that his stamina was nearly depleted.
And just before Song Cheon-hye finished it off with a powerful blow,
“Ghaaaah!”
The goblin decapitator let out a loud roar.
Then he gathered all his remaining mana, focused it on the cleaver, and hurled it with all his might.
A blue-tinged cleaver flew across the temple, spinning around and around.
– Crunch!
He passed by, cutting the waist of the statue of the goddess in two.
The severed upper body fell to the floor with a loud noise and was shattered into pieces.
[Goddess Statue 42%]
[Goddess Statue 0%]
[1:21 remaining]
[The statue of the goddess has been destroyed.]
“… … ?”
Song Cheon-hye stared blankly at the goddess statue with only the lower body remaining for a while, as if she couldn’t believe what had happened.
Then, as reality slowly begins to dawn on me, my mouth slowly opens wide.
“… … ?!?!?”
I was so shocked that I couldn’t speak and just kept opening and closing my mouth.
Even after the dungeon was completely reset and the goddess statue was restored to its original state.
Dang Gyu-yeong said as he sat down nearby.
“You did better this time. If you just improve a little more, you’ll succeed next time. Go out and meet Hong Yeon-hwa and Gwak—”
But when he saw Song Cheon-hye’s face, he stopped what he was saying and kept his mouth shut.
“… … .”
He pretends to be expressionless, but he can’t hide the corners of his lips twitching.
Dang Gyu-yeong desperately tries to hold back his laughter.
Grit your teeth and take slow, deep breaths to calm your mind.
Dang Gyu-yeong regained his composure completely.
And the moment I saw Song Cheon-hye’s face again,
“Thump!”
Failed to hold back laughter.
Dang Gyu-yeong hurriedly covered his mouth and turned his back.
Occasionally, her shoulders shake with a soft sobbing sound.
“Heh heh, phew, keuhng!”
“… … .”
Song Cheon-hye looked confused as to whether she should cry, get angry, or laugh along.
