Vol 3 Chapter 7 (1/2)
The Underwater Master
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The violent current struck Valderas and his Demonic Army The Demonic Army, and even Valderas, couldn't resist and were swept away by the current There was nothingusers went flying in the torrent like leaves in a stor a hit fro the rapids head-on, Ark was perfectly fine This was thanks to the Sharkman's Shackles, which nulled environmental effects
'It's just as I expected!'
Swept into the current, the Basion of Fla Valderas and the Demonic Army completely disappeared What'sinto the water took enore However, those effects were only an extra Ark's true goal was the underwater penalty on the monsters Ark had already experienced the terror of the water penalty Nature's environmental penalty, which made one unable to move properly, let alone attack or defend!
The environmental penalty applied toplate armor, the penalty would be many times worse Indeed, even after the torrent subsided, the ain their balance and flailed around In other words, like blind fishes!
”Just what did you!”
Shaushed out air bubbles Ark pulled out a Merrinned
”You'll get it once you see it froh only if you can follow me”
Ark changed his shoes and armor into the Norad Boots, which raisedGuardian Ar down his body coh he was underwater, hisaround on the plains
”Alright, shall we begin? Eyes of the Cat!”
Having stretched his joints with cracking noises, Ark ran towards the floundering monsters
”Just who the hell is this dude? And what's with this scale?” With a dumb look, Shambala stared at Ark's back as he ran like the wind
Ark ran in the water
Po-po-po-pow!
The Health of the razed past plummeted in an instant
He didn't even see thearound as ene Though it hadn't been easy to face even just five o, the situation was different now Even if he was surrounded by twenty to thirty monsters, he was confident he could clear the previously received the Bastion of Fla subht noas that this place was now underwater!
The water penalty was fatal to those who had never experienced it When Ark had first gone underwater, he had nearly died several times from monsters 10 levels lower than him But, he overca
Was that all? Right now, the Guardian Ar the underwater penalty altogether To Ark, the likes of the floundering monsters were no different froers, and even the Hiptons as experience and contribution An absolute situation created by the combination of the environmental effect and items!
'This is my world!'
Looking around, the surviving players aging fierce battle with the ive one sweaty palms in its oay, it was an absolute comedy to Ark
A Warrior lost their balance while swinging their sword and spun around and around, and a stupid Magician thoughtlessly used lightinghimself with the sparks At least the situation for the Warriors was a little better Thanks to their heavy plate aret their footing But the Magicians and Archers floating in the water ended up taking concentrated attacks fro in from all directions
Whenever he saw a player like that, Ark rushed in, killed theto save them, it was just because it would be a shame to waste the monster's EXP
'This is really a cakewalk!'
Experience and contribution were floating about in the water All Ark had to do was run around in the water and gobble the than this?
But it wasn't all enjoyable The countless japte around with the corpses! Snake had disappeared and his bag was full; since he had to leave behind all those ite rooo around carrying it
Suddenly having to carry a sword in both hands, his ile as before His center of balance had changed subtly so the actions he had become used to all this time didn't connect like he wanted But it was one more precious iteht of dropping the weapon that fell into his hands Also, this was underwater; his actions being slowed doas no threat against thethe enormous penalty
- You have dealt a critical hit
Whenever Ark swung his sword, a critical hit burst out along with a shriek
That was because the evasion rate of theunderwater Kicks were also the same Each ti Never back to Ark took a long ti
Even without the Guardian Ared the countless tentacles of the Jellyfish, and had stabbed his sword into the pin-sized gap in a Crab's joints He could deal critical hits on thein slow motion with his eyes closed Moreover, with monsters down to 30-40 Health, it wasn't a battle but a slaughter
Every monster that moved disappeared, as if melted away by Ark Many monsters appeared even after that, but there were none that could keep up with Ark's movements
”Kekeke, that Human, how can he move this fast?”
”Ack! H-he's strong!”
The monsters' words were their last It was literally a full-bloeep!
'I want to clear away all the ret
The countless EXP and contribution lying around hi it all if he just put his h time for that
Manyout of the water Of course, the surviving players would take down those monsters on their own But if Valderas left the water, there was no knowing how the situation would change If Valderas got out of the water and regained his strength, the method to complete the quest would disappear In other words, no matter how much contribution he accumulated, he wouldn't be able to receive a reward
'I've got to hile he's underwater!'
Ark ran in the murky water as he chased after Valderas' trail
'There's no time! Where is he? How far was he swept away?'
Ark dashed all the way downstrea in
Thump, thump, thump
Just then, tremors suddenly arose underwater He looked in their direction and gli heavily in the on's body and the upper torso of a Shadow!
'Valderas!”
The final boss monster that dozens hadn't been able to defeat even after bo him! But the situation was different now Valderas only had 40 Health left The 70 Health had been cut down by 30 after being swept by the torrent It did seee it took froranted the Bastion of Flainally fire He was taking steady dae as the intense reaction of the flames and water erupted around his body
'Now's the time If I miss him here, there won't be a second chance!'
”Valderas, I' to lose you!”
Ark blocked Valderas' way Valderas spat out a savage cry as he swung his iron mace
”fuck OFF, HUMAN—!”
But the force of the mace was not the sa down to rest, and there were no fearsome black flames It wasn't hard to evade But Ark resolved hie, parried, and counter attacked
'Riposte!'
- You have dealt a critical hit!
As the chain skill burst out, Valderas was knocked back He had gone out of his way to use Riposte in order to push Valderas into a deeper place so he couldn't escape
Originally, Riposte could only knock back ht to them so the knock back effect activation rate was very low But this was underwater, so Valderas' size or weight were of no concern when the ain its center of balance
'As expected! This guy is no different froular monster now!'
He was certain of it after one blow The fire attributed Valderas was extremely weakened Also, the flame skills that had made Valderas invincible were all sealed Lastly, with the Bastion of Flah properly He had so much Health that even a critical hit only shaved away only 01, but it was huge progress compared to when there had been no effect at all
'I can win I can fight him on my own'
After having unsuain
Dedric, who had flown to the scorch cannon, appeared in front of his nose with a frightened expression
”Master! Ack, this guy isn't he Valderas?”
”Dedric, don't talk back and attract his attention!” Ark ordered as he handed over a Mermaid Scale
”Uhuhuhu, you fat bastard! Playing around with so of your level is no problem if we're underwater!”
It seehtly Dedric immediately showed off the underwater skills he had learned in the sea as he started to harass Valderas
”THE LIKES OF A HUMAN WOULD DARE TO STAND AGAINST ME, A DRACONIAN WARRIOR, ALONE?!”
”You haven't grasped the situation yet? I'm the one who threw you underwater Why do you think I did that?”
”WHAT?”
”You stupid lizard, it's because you're no match for me here”
”Y-YOU DARE TO INSULT ME!”
Valderas shrieked in rage as he went crazy But the more he did so, the further he fell into Ark's pace Even if he didn't use Eyes of the Cat, he could see nuo off by even a hair's breadth and accurately thrust into the weak points
BOOOM!
Even against a boss monster, he dealt critical hits at a rate of 70
Ark, who didn't receive underwater penalty, could also kick without any problee of kicks Beaten like crazy with his Health being shaved away, even Valderas seeth to try and get out of the water by swinging his iron ht beca the mace around Ark rammed all the mace strikes with Riposte and Valderas was actually pushed into a deeper place
”ARRGHH, TH-THIS bastard!”
Valderas' Health began to hit the ground under the shallow attacks of the Critical Hits, Counter Attacks, and kicks
However, it wasn't as if Ark didn't take any dah he didn't have to worry about the Bastion of Flaathered to protect the boss Though they were just weakthe underwater penalty, it was i in fro Riposte in order to keep Valderas froe Also, even if he successfully dodged, it didn't coe was reduced with a perfect dodge, so if he dodged ten attacks, it was the sareater if he defended with Parry When Ark blocked Valderas' attack with a parry in order to use Riposte, he lost 200 Health in an instant
'However, I can control Parry I can just use it appropriately while checking my Health Also, the Shadows' attacks won't be a problem if I occasionally take care them as I drink recovery potions'
He had diligently saved up the recovery potions he'd gotten at the start of the event quest and the potions he'd picked up while doing the quest He had a whopping 7 Intermediate Recovery Potions which recovered 300 Health each! He could recover 2,100 Health at any time The slowed monsters' attacks wouldn't be able to hinder hi the potions
'I can win! I can beat him!'
Ark was confident of his victory
Then, the fog that had filled the valley slowly disappeared Only then were the people who had narrowly escaped from the water able to see Valderas It was hard to see properly with the fire and water reaction constantly spewing steam around Valderas, but they could at least tell that he was fighting someone underwater— with unbelievable movements
”It's Valderas!”
”He's fighting with someone!”
”Who is it? Is so Valderas alone?”
”da like that underwater?”
”I was only barely able to get out of the water”
”Is it Alan?”
”No, I saw Alan gasping while swi in the opposite direction earlier”
As they watched Ark, as going head to head with Valderas, the players shouted
”Lo-look at that! Valderas only has 20 Health left!”
”He could really win!”
”This is no ti around! Let's attack too!”
The Magicians, Archers, and Clerics started shooting concentrated fire at Valderas
”YOU FLIES!”
Valderas leapt up, extended his head, and shot a fireball The Magicians hurriedly put up a shi+eld, but the fireball erupted as it blew the shi+eld to bits Five to six players went forward needlessly, took ed out
Valderas was as scary as ever, but his opponent, Ark, was not outside of the water, but inside
”Your opponent is
”AUGH, YOU ANNOYING bastard!”
Valderas leapt up again and spewed a fireball down below As the fireball shot into the water, a colus in dense fog again
Ark quickly rotated his body as he dodged the attack Even though it was a fireball of enore in the explosion underwater In other words, he just had to avoid a direct hit! Having dodged the fireball, Ark unleashed a barrage of successive kicks!
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The surface of the water shook as roars erupted
Then, when about 20 minutes had passed, Valderas, who had felt invincible, fell to below 10 Health and dropped into critical condition On the other hand, Ark had 40 Health left and also had 4 Inter
'I've won!'
Ark made a triumphant expression
Pushi+ng him back into the water with the chain skill, Valderas' Health fell to 5 under the focused assault That instant, Valderas suddenly roared and violently sround with his ironattacks, flinched and took a step back From his experience, most bosses had their own killer move They would activate their killer move when their Health fell to a certain level Indeed, the atrave
Valderas' body suddenly turned black as the water around hian to boil
”IMPUDENT HUMAN! FINE I SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE YOU YOU ARE STRONG HOWEVER, EVEN YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN ME IN THE END BY MY HONOR, I SWEAR BY THE NAME OF SLAUGHTER THAT I WILL DRAG YOU AND ALL THE HUMANS HERE DOWN TO hell WITH ME RAAAHH, POWER OF DESTRUCTION!”
At the sae popped up in front of Ark
The Lord of Darkness Valderas has activated the skill 'Curse of Black Flames!'
Curse of Flames: A curse skill that autooes below 5 When 'Curse of Black Flames' is activated, Valderas will becoe, his physical defense and ic resistance are both increased by 100 When the curse is cos within a 1 kiloardless of defense or ic resistance
Re time: 30 seconds
Ark's face went pale
29 seconds, 28 seconds
Tie
The e Ark had just checked was received by all the players in the blast radius They had just been waiting for Valderas to fall as they stared at the surface of the water with bated breaths And surprisingly enough, their as beco reality But what kind of absurd skill is this, all of a sudden?!
There was no one here who had hest leveled Warrior didn't even reach 3,000 It would be no use even if they gulped down recovery potions like crazy Once the skill was complete, they would definitely die! Jackson Territory would becoain as a result, but the annihilated players would see the quest failure e
”We, we have to bring him down before that with concentrated fire!”
The players poured in attacks like crazy at the surface of the water, where stea out But with his defense increased by 100 with the activation of the skill, there was no sign of Valderas' Health falling In addition, the surface was so clogged up with steam that they couldn't even aim properly
”NO WAY!”
”damn it, let's run away!”
Too late, the players turned and ran But in the reicians, who could use speed spells, to run 1 kilometer in 20 seconds
And like them, Ark couldn't escape either