85. Hunting mobs
The criteria for a miscellaneous mob varies from person to person, but in general, it refers to monsters that can be easily caught.
To Ryumin, centaurs were part of a miscellaneous mob.
‘For other people, it might be at the level of an elite mob.’
It will be a difficult opponent for current players in their early 20s.
However, there is nothing that cannot be caught.
If five people come together, they can easily handle one animal.
‘The problem is that he is a scoundrel.’
Contrary to people’s expectations, centaurs are not bosses.
The real boss is a bull-headed minotaur somewhere.
‘To catch the Minotaur, there must be at least 20 people of level 20.’
In other words, a party of 5 requires four teams to be at least comparable.
He’s that strong.
‘Of course, in my opinion, it’s just a monster with strong determination and slow movements.’
Players probably thought about this while creating a party.
It’s an easier mission than you think.
I thought that with 5 people, we could defeat the boss.
‘But even if it’s possible for a centaur, it’s impossible for a minotaur. ‘It’s not hard to be 5 people in the early 20s.’
To catch it with 5 people, you must be at least level 30.
No, level 30 is honestly too much.
‘Maybe it’s level 40.’
This is why the angel said that he could never catch it alone.
Basically, the Minotaur is not something you can catch on your own.
‘The trap for this round is right here. It was designed so that if you form a party of 5, you can defeat the boss.’
Of course, I never said that 5 people can defeat the boss, but… … .
‘Even though he knew that at least 20 people had to stick together to have a chance of winning, the angel boy probably pretended not to notice.’
The fact that he didn’t tell me the information he should have been told could only be seen as intentional.
‘Well, I guess I just followed the instructions from above.’
However, there is no justification for bragging about it.
It only creates unnecessary doubts.
‘I have no choice but to just watch.’
Those who have encountered the Minotaur will realize this.
That a party of only 5 people cannot compete with just one team.
In order to catch the boss, you need to add cooperation to cooperation.
‘Once they realize that, several parties will come together and help each other.’
That’s the strategy for round 6.
You can only survive if you cooperate with each other and give up kills.
‘There may be some trouble in the process, but we will cooperate in the end. ‘Because that’s the only way.’
Some people will think.
Then there would be no need to catch the centaur.
Because he had nothing to do with the purpose of the quest.
‘But any savvy player would know. Why is there a time limit?’
Why was there a 6 hour time limit?
‘The intention is to use that time to catch and hunt centaurs to raise your level even a little.’
You can catch the Minotaur later.
Because the number one measurement method was not in the order of catching first.
‘First place is determined by how little time it takes to kill it.’
In short, the order doesn’t matter.
As long as you kill it in the shortest amount of time, you can rank first.
That was the reason Ryumin behaved somewhat leisurely.
‘The other team members knew that too, so they didn’t act impatiently.’
There were six pieces of information that Ryumin gave as a prophecy.
first. Round 6 is a mission to form a party of 5 people and defeat the boss.
second. Centaurs are minor mobs and Minotaurs are the real boss.
third. The boss requires four teams of five people to defeat, so cooperation between parties is necessary.
fourth. The ranking measurement method is not based on the order in which they are ranked first. The order of time taken to kill is less.
fifth. The team that catches the boss is immediately protected by a pillar of light. In short, it is rather disadvantageous because you have to spend the remaining time meaninglessly.
Sixth. It is best to defeat the centaurs within the time limit to become stronger and then challenge the boss.
This was the key strategy for round 6.
Only Heo Tae-seok, who did not hear the prophecy, does not know, but everyone knows.
“Looking at the other team’s reactions, it looks like that guy isn’t the boss. There’s probably a real boss somewhere else.”
Ryu Min, who was talking about what he already knew as if he had discovered it on his own, spoke to the party members.
“I’ll tell you my plan now.”
“Please speak.”
“I will postpone the boss until later and start by killing that half-human and half-horse to raise my level. Until the time limit runs out.”
“Yes? Why…?”
“It’s a half-human that I had a hard time catching with the five level 20s. If that guy is just a random mob, it would take at least several teams to catch the boss. Since I don’t know how strong he is, it doesn’t seem like a good idea to hastily catch the boss. There must be other traps. It might be possible.”
“ah…….”
“What if I catch the boss early like in the first round and get trapped in the pillar of light? Since I will only suffer losses for the remaining time, I think it would be a better decision to wait and see the situation while hunting down random mobs first.”
“Ah… I see.”
Ahn Sang-cheol was secretly surprised by Ryu Min’s judgment.
‘Well, the Black Scythe had this much insight… … .’
The point is that you have to gather other parties to defeat the boss.
If you catch the boss, you will be trapped in a pillar of light.
The purpose of the time limit is for hunting, etc.
I figured out the strategy accurately without listening to the prophecy.
If it had been me, I would have thoughtlessly gathered another party and tried to catch the boss.
“So, you’re saying you’re going to kill the mobs first and the boss later?”
“yes.”
“Then you might lose first place. Are you okay with that?”
“It doesn’t matter. Even if we don’t get the 1st place reward, we still have experience for hunting for 6 hours. Maybe the way to measure 1st place is not in the order of catching it first.”
“…….”
Ahn Sang-cheol was speechless.
‘That’s incredible. ‘How do you find the right path without prophecy?’
It’s like escaping a maze you’ve encountered for the first time without making a single wrong turn.
“Okay. Then, shall we all go hunt down the half-man, half-horse? Ah, before that, I think we need to come up with each other’s positions and a simple strategy….”
“No, there is no need for that. I will kill the monster alone.”
“Huh? Black Scythe, alone?”
Everyone in the group, including Ahn Sang-cheol, was surprised.
Are you going to kill a monster that even a party of 5 can barely catch by yourself?
Of course, considering the level of the black scythe, it is quite possible.
But if you catch it alone, what’s the rest of the group going to do?
Ryumin opened his mouth as if he had read that thought.
“You don’t do anything. I’m the only one who kills.”
“Huh? Then what should we do….”
“All you have to do is follow me around and get experience points and gold. In a way, I guess that’s awesome.”
So to speak, they are offering to give you a ride on the bus.
“Instead, I will eat all the items received through contribution. In return, you will be able to quickly raise your level and gold without risk. How about that?”
“Hmm… if that’s the case….”
It was certainly an attractive proposition.
Is there any reason to refuse when you can safely gain experience and gold by giving up some items?
“great.”
“What about the others?”
“It’s good for us too.”
“I will follow Black Scythe’s will.”
Ryu Min agreed and nodded.
“You chose well. You probably won’t be disappointed.”
Even as Ryumin, soloing is easier than fighting with everyone else.
Even if you’re there to help, it’s just a nuisance.
‘Centaurs are nothing more than random mobs to me.’
Ryumin heard the Death Side.
“Then shall we go?”
Taaa-!
The group was surprised to see Ryu Min jumping out like a bullet.
“Ooh, let’s chase after him quickly!”
Starting with Ahn Sang-cheol, everyone chased after Ryu Min.
Even though the movement speed was quite high due to the Swift, the distance did not narrow.
‘How can you be so fast?’
‘How high is your agility? … .’
Heo Tae-seok, who was confident that he was relatively fast, was only at the level of a cat in front of a cheetah in front of a black scythe.
“Oh, there!”
Ryumin faced a centaur for the first time.
“Koooh-!”
Before the shouts were over, his head fell off.
The time taken to kill the centaur was 0.3 seconds.
The hunting party that was running at a speed that took less than a second stopped in a daze.
‘W-what happened?’
‘It’s one room… … ?’
No one knew that a centaur would die in one hit.
Ryumin, whether aware of the group’s reaction or not, ran straight toward the next target.
* * *
Has it been about 30 minutes since we hunted?
[The location of the target ‘Centaur’ has been discovered.]
[It is currently 52 meters away.]
Ryumin, who had been using his tracking skills to immediately find his prey, took a moment to catch his breath.
[The centaur has been defeated!]
[A 3x experience buff is being applied.]
[Experience points increase by 1.5 times due to the title effect.]
[Experience +0.89%]
[Gold+60]
[Current kill count: 172/100]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
A treatment message appeared in one corner of my vision.
‘172 animals in 30 minutes. ‘Not bad speed.’
There are a total of 2,000 centaurs loose in the field.
At this rate, you might be able to monopolize the whole thing in 6 hours.
‘Well, I’ll catch other players too, so I’ll just leave out a few.’
Ryumin’s gaze turned a little lower.
[Stack built with beads of spiritual face: 71/100]
[Current durability of the bead of eternal sleep: 828/1,000]
[Stat points obtained from the Bead of Eternal Sleep: 11]
Below, a bead message of eternal peace was also posted in real time.
If you catch a mob while wearing a bead of eternal sleep, a message like this will appear.
‘After seeing this, just catch the centaur until its durability becomes 1 like before.’
It’s very convenient because you don’t have to check the equipment window one by one.
‘When I get back, I’ll have to ask Russell to fix my durability again.’
While I was thinking about that, I suddenly heard the sound of running.
When I looked back, the party members were running towards me, panting.
“Heh, heh, heh…….”
“Ahh… I’m going to die.”
Seeing the party members having a hard time even chasing after me made me smile.
“If you’re tired, take a break.”
“really?”
“Go, thank you!”
During the break given for the first time in a long time, the group sat down in their seats.
Seo A-rin and Heo Tae-seok, who had low strength stats, went all out.
“Chasing after it is work, really.”
“I thought the range was 100m, which would be plenty, but that’s not the case….”
“That’s right. Whew….”
Even though I said that, it couldn’t be anything other than a happy worry.
Because I already leveled up in 30 minutes.
“Black Scythe. You are truly amazing. Your hunting speed is so fast.”
“Does this mean you don’t like it?”
In response to Ryu Min’s mischievous question, Minjoo-ri waved his hand.
“Oh, no. Not at all! Just chasing after him will increase his level, so there’s no way you wouldn’t like it.”
“You call this a bus? Black Scythe is having more trouble than us.”
Seo A-rin thought it was time to attack her, but Ryu-min only spoke calmly.
“It seems like you guys are having more trouble.”
“haha…….”
At that time, while he was laughing and catching his breath, there was a group of people approaching Ryumin.
“Huh? It’s a black scythe, right?”
“Wow! Is this really true?”
The number of groups is four.
As a total of 20 people approached, the party members’ laughter died down and their eyes looked wary.
But there was nothing to worry about.
There was no way those guys were crazy enough to attack a party with a black scythe.
just as expected.
As soon as they saw Ryumin, they bowed their heads politely.
“Hello, Black Scythe. I guess I’m lucky to see you here at the moment. Hahaha!”
“Okay, what’s going on?”
“Ah, it’s just that we are recruiting a team to hunt bosses. How about joining our group…”
