Episode 198
198. Episode 198
“Ugh, huff huff! Brother, can’t you walk around here with that magic too?”
“doesn’t exist.”
“Then why are you going this way? I can’t even see properly in front of me!”
Anyway, I have a lot of free time left.
Seun went in the direction where the smoke would not disperse even with wind magic as he had originally planned.
It’s a path that most players avoid, and even if there’s something there, it’s difficult to explore.
And that thought.
– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’, keeps sniffing as the delicious smell gets closer.
– The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’ mutters that even ashes are edible at this point.
Beelzebub’s message changed me into conviction.
At the end of this thick smog, there exists what appears to be the boss monster of the 25th floor.
“Brother, I found something! Isn’t this the relic?”
“That’s shit.”
“yes?”
“It’s shit. It’s hardened and covered in ash.”
“Whoa!”
– The constellation, ‘Donkey-headed Snatcher’, laughs at the apostle’s inability to distinguish between dung and relics.
“Don’t wander around and just follow me. Even if you can’t follow me, I won’t come looking for you.”
“Oh, that can’t be!”
“If you fall, just find any relic.”
“Don’t assume that you’re going to fall already!”
Wind Field was a 5-circle spell, so it required too much mana to maintain. That’s why Seun was moving forward with Wind Curtain instead.
I thought this was enough since I knew the direction.
In fact, there was a smoky atmosphere even though we were using wind curtains.
As we went forward, the smoke became thicker, making it difficult to see even though we were using magic.
“Hyung, bro. Doesn’t this look a little weird? If it weren’t for this magic, I really wouldn’t be able to see in front of my nose.”
Smoke came through the wind curtain.
I could smell the distinctive, acrid smell of smoke at the tip of my nose.
Now that it seemed pointless to use magic, I released the wind curtain and focused on my senses instead.
“Brother, I can barely breathe and I’m dying. Can’t we just go back now? It feels like a ghost might come out of here… .”
“Bow down.”
“yes?”
Park Jeong-pil tilted his head at Se-woon’s order, but he unconsciously bent down.
It has been worthwhile to properly ‘educate’ him so far.
– The third technique of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Attack, is strengthened through internal energy.
– According to the secret of Jahashin Gong, heat is added to the martial arts.
Crunch!
“Eww!”
A red sword strike struck the head of the old man, Park Jeong-pil.
Then, as if by magic, the shape of something that had been rippling above it dispersed.
‘As expected, it’s an amorphous monster.’
A monster that hides in the smoke and was not even discovered by Seun before his return.
I had a rough guess, thinking about that trait.
The enemy is probably the smoke itself.
Just like the Living Lava we encountered in the volcano, it was a monster whose entire body was made of smoke rather than matter.
So there was one problem.
‘I couldn’t cut it.’
It wasn’t a miss.
Even though it was accurately hit, the attack itself did not work.
I had expected that physical attacks would not work, so I deliberately used the power of the yang energy to attack using the magic of the Jahashin attack.
“Shaaaaa-”
Perhaps because his identity was revealed, the guy no longer tried to hide it and started making strange noises.
It was a spine-chilling sound, like the scream of a ghost.
– The power of ‘Ice Needle’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Damn it!
He hurled an ice pick in the direction from which the sound was heard.
Even among the amorphous monsters, those without a core were known to be difficult to deal with. This was because the phenomenon called smoke itself had to be eliminated.
Seun knew most of the monsters that existed in the tower, but since this was his first time encountering a monster like that, his first priority was to figure out its weaknesses.
That’s why I was trying to attack with various attributes.
– The power of ‘Aqua Filler’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
– The power of ‘Tornado’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Quaaaat!
Whistle, whistle, whistle!
A huge cylinder pierced through the smoke, and a strong wind blew the smoke away. No, that was what he tried to do, but the result was different from what Seun had expected.
No amount of magic could affect the ghostly figure riding the smoke.
It feels like I’m attacking the welcome.
‘Is this really a welcome?’
I searched the surroundings with a search spell just in case, but there was no sign of the illusion.
I tried attacking with every attribute available, but the result was the same.
“Shaaaaa-!”
“Huh!”
I swung my sword at the guy who was approaching me with a faint ripple, but as expected, it didn’t work.
Even when I used shield magic, it really did flow through the magic like a ghost.
A guy who passes through Seun’s body with a bang.
There was no physical damage, but I felt like my mental strength was suddenly lost.
If this were a normal player, this alone would have been enough to make them lose consciousness and pass out.
‘There’s no way it’s invincible.’
There was no such thing on the tower.
Although there may be beings that are close to being invincible, there certainly are no beings that are absolutely invincible.
Even if they were the highest levels of the tower, even if they were constellations known as the great transcendent beings.
In reality, didn’t the constellations get eaten by the Outer and the tower eventually collapse?
Those outers that seemed invincible were destroyed by Seun’s power in this life. So, there must be a weakness to Smoke as well.
‘There is definitely no nuke. It is impervious to both physical and magical attacks, and it is not an illusion or magical entity.’
At that moment, a possibility occurred to me.
Immediately, the power of Leviathan was manifested.
The target is, of course, that unidentified monster that’s swirling around in smoke.
– The gaze of envy does not feel jealousy from ‘Smoke’.
– The power of jealousy is quelled.
Shh.
Even though the use of power failed, a smile appeared on Seun’s face.
It was the same as when I faced the sorcerer Zebus Seru in the 10th floor trial. The fact that the power of jealousy was quelled meant that the target was not suitable.
‘There is a separate body.’
Normally you would look for a sorcerer, but there are definitely no monster-like creatures here.
If so, there must be a ‘medium’ that is not a living thing.
The question is how to find it.
at that time.
“Kueuk! Miss, what is this! Whose grave is this? Brother, is that a real ghost?”
Park Jeong-pil’s voice was heard from behind.
It seemed like he stumbled and fell over, but the moment he heard the word ‘cemetery’, he instinctively knew that it was a ‘medium’.
“Park Jeong-pil, where are you!”
“Here it is! Here it is! Ye-woof-woof! Queue!”
Because the view was extremely blocked, we had no choice but to find it by sound.
The smoke was so thick that even the sound couldn’t be conveyed properly, but Seun’s hearing was extremely developed due to Mammon’s treasure.
The conversation soon stopped, perhaps due to the smoke’s interference, but Park Jeong-pil’s location could be guessed right away from that short shout.
“Bow down!”
“Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh!”
– The power of ‘Fire Cannon’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
The magic was immediately activated without any time to confuse the location.
A red flash of light spread out toward where Park Jeong-pil’s voice was heard.
Smoke was pouring in, but the guys were completely immune to attacks. In other words, it was impossible to even block the attacks.
BANG!!
An explosion occurred about 10 meters in front of us.
Fortunately, Park Jeong-pil was able to avoid the blast range by instinctively throwing himself even though he was covered in smoke.
‘also!’
The flames briefly obscured my vision.
As Park Jeong-pil said, there was a rock that resembled a tombstone, and in front of it was a small incense burner.
Gray smoke was rising from the end of the incense burner, and its appearance was very similar to smoke.
‘It looks like it has its own defense shield.’
A semicircular gray curtain was visible around the incense burner.
It didn’t seem to be magic, but it seemed like a pretty good defensive barrier if it could block fire cannons.
“Shhh-”
“Shhhhhhhhh-!”
Is it because the main body was discovered?
Smoke began to seriously target Seun.
I thought there was only one, but I can feel at least ten in the smoke right now.
That unique attack that attacked the mental power itself was a threatening attack no matter how strong it was.
Even so, it was impossible to respond because the defense did not work.
then.
‘The player will win.’
All you have to do is attack first before you get hit.
– The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.
[ Red Spear, Gedarug ]
– A red spear granted to the hero of the Knights of Piana, ‘Diarmuid Ur Dubner’. It is a magical spear known to be able to nullify magical protection.
I couldn’t keep making useless attacks when I didn’t even know how durable the shield was.
Because the smoke that had already grown to over twenty was approaching Seun.
The road is completely blocked and it is difficult to approach.
So, there’s only one thing left.
It’s a javelin.
WHEEK!
Achilles’ spear, Aphelion, imbued with the power of the Cedars, flew powerfully.
Although the description said that it neutralized ‘magical protection’, its true power was the power to neutralize all protections made of supernatural powers, not just magic.
In other words, no matter how strong the defensive barrier is, it cannot stop a spear imbued with the power of Gedarug.
Jjaeng!
As soon as the spear tip touched the ground, the shield in front of the incense burner shattered into pieces.
It was a barrier that could easily block even fire cannons, but it shattered like glass with the power of Gedarug.
This is the power of the crab.
With the barrier broken, only one thing remained.
Phew!
A spearhead was stuck in the center of the incense burner.
Indeed, it was no ordinary incense burner, for even though I threw the spear with all my might, the tip of the spear barely managed to go in.
However, the incense burner already has a surface that is pierced and cracked.
‘collect.’
Chomp!
The window fell open again, unable to handle the shock it caused.
One of Aphelion’s abilities, ‘Recovery’, caused the spear to fall out, and a bronze censer exploded.
The pile of ash inside it dispersed into thick smoke. The smoke-like figures that had come close to Seun’s nose stopped moving.
“Shit-”
And then the guys slowly disappear.
Park Jeong-pil was seen covered in a heap of ash next to the broken incense burner.
– Completed the hidden quest, ‘Ashes Incense Burner’.
– Additional points are awarded for the trial ‘Scattered Relics’.
– Clearing the smoke on the 25th floor grants additional points for the trial ‘Scattered Relics’.
It wasn’t just that he defeated a monster made of smoke.
Whether this incense burner was the source of the smoke that had filled the 25th floor or not, the smoke around it was all disappearing.
‘It wasn’t just volcanic ash.’
I thought it was a phenomenon caused by volcanic ash since it was the next field after the volcano, but it seems it wasn’t only that.
Soon the smoke cleared completely and the surrounding scenery came into view.
Although I could feel the acrid ash in the air, it was nothing compared to the thick smoke that blocked my vision.
and.
“Whoa, whaaa! Hehe… … . Brother, please be careful when you attack. I was caught by those things… … .”
“Get out of the way.”
“Kueuk!”
Among the broken incense burners, I was able to find an ‘artifact’ that seemed even rarer than the one I had obtained on the 25th floor before returning.
fantasy,
