Vol 4 Chapter 5 (1/2)

ACT 5 The Red Man

Kurururu!

There was a deafening honk

Following Sarah, we reached the Brown rock area within 30 minutes

Ark’s party reached the bottohtsIt was an area of darkened stone around Giran; with such excessive heights that Ark had never even been thereThey took a break to view the stunning scenery but some of the vieas blocked by the ruins

While Ark was looking around, Sarah pointed to one sideAt the back of the falls was a sh

When just looking at it straight on, the e impossible to see

Sarah thrust a hand in and showed that the space was larger than it seems Inside the entrance a bunch of moss was attached to it

[Unidentified thieves hideoutInside the Brown Rocky area are ruins that have been abandoned a long tioIt looks like one of the places that are often abandoned However, traces of people can be found at several different locationsThis re so to explore the ruins, proceed with extreme caution]

-You have found an undiscovered dungeon As a new discover, you can gain an additional 700 experience and 30 Faister?

Ark obviously refused registration and entered

” This place was a hidden dungeon!’

He’s coeon

It was hidden in a place that people wouldn’t have iined

Of course, this was not the only dungeonSo far, Ark has been in nueons

‘When I first started the game, I would have missed them …… ‘

When Ark first entered New World, he wasn’t interested in everything

He would overlook a suspicious forest or rockEven a waterfall suddenly appeared in a rocky area then he would’ve just ignored it

It is a long game, if you only relied on information that was already discovered that you would be unable to proceed much further

This was caused by the excessive need to level up

”But in New World there is a lot of information that is yet unknown

And that is what you have to figure out by yourselfIn the future, I should pay s’

Finishi+ng his self-criticism, Ark turned to Sid and said

“SId please set up camp here and wait patiently with Sarah”

“Yes,”

Sid answered and pulled out firewood to create a campfire

Then Sarah pulled Sid’s sleeves and asked

-Sid-oppa is not fighting?

“Eh? I am a merchant…… ”

-Being hit would hurt more …

Sarah’s sneaked a glance at Sid and then looked down

“Eueu……Should have chosen a warrior”

That struck a blow and Sid once again regretted his career choice

Leaving the two behind, Ark entered the dungeonThe roaring of the waterfall shook the dungeon

The noise of the waterfall was close enough that it created static around the earsIn addition, every step he took he could feel the tension!

Ark stealthily entered the mouth of the tunnel

‘That reminds me ‘

“Dedric, surveillance”

“Roger, master”

Ark advanced carefully with Dedric ahead of hiht One passage consisted of a circular shapeBesides, no matter how much he looked for a thief, he didn’t even see a mouse

‘What the? Sarah saw the thieves drag her father here What was going on? ‘

If so, only one answer ree somewhere

Therefore Ark used the skill Eyes of the Cat to observe the area around himAnd after a few round

The blood stains were quite new……

‘This is it! ‘

It was clear that Sarah’s father was dragged by the thieves and shed some blood

This means that if he followed the blood trail then he will find the secret passage, Ark reasoned

The blood stains were sparsely scattered at areas with dead ends

They were kind enough to shohere the secret passage was by splattering a few drops of blood on the walls

”Is this where the switch is? ‘

Ark peered at the walls and the fall but no matter how meticulously he looked, he could not find the switch10 tedious minutes had passed when suddenly the faed

Ark instinctively pressed his ear to the wall

“It really……is boring”

“How long ……this …… wait?”

“Any other way? … … …It’s an order………While activities ………stay hidden…… ”

“Che, …They’re surprisingly cowardly… … …Why should we listen to them? ”

“He……what skills do you have… … …if you offend him… … ”

“And then ……Here too … … …Do you know ”

“Aaa………That man ………we paid compensation … … … that……words? ”

“Now you can harvest soon ………If everything goes well … … …get big profit … … … … ”

“Huhuhu, indeed…”

“Although … … …I heard ru robbers ……there is a hunter? ”

“Aaaa……Heard … … …No party…it was said to be alone? ”

“A pretty strong guy … … … …looks like… …It’s unrelated to us … …”

“damn ……by such a person ……and want … … … …I wish ……before I die of boredom ”

Because of the falls the sound was broken but information doesn’t really matter to me

The i is that there are thieves inside the secret passage!

“Okay, Dedric, Skull, lurk back around the corner”

Ark commanded in a small voice and they moved to positionAnd attacked the ith his sword

A deafening bang, and the walls vibrated He couldn’t even scratch the walls but that didn’tto break the wall

“Eh? What……Sound? ”

“I heard outside … so collapsed……did?”

“da … … ”

“For the tio out”

With a mechanical sound, the wall pushed outwards and rose up

‘What the? Everything’s fine? ”

“So as that sound before?”

“Did the stone roll away fro?”

The 3 thieves appeared and looked around through the secret door

Ark who had hidden hi fro the thieves with the sword

-Critical Hit! Backstab effect has increase dae by 200 The thief will be stunned for 10 seconds

The vitality of the thieves was reduced by 30 as the quickly hid hiain…

“What, what?”

“The enemy!”

Two thieves panicked and pulled out a sword However, Ark’s actions was several times faster

“Snake, nerve paralysis poison!”

Snake had eaten a poisonous plant and spouted black venom

The venom flew across the small space and hit the neck of the thievesAnd the voice of the loudest thief suddenly stopped

That tactic was one that they had used and successfully mastered on other thieves

When using paralysis poison, you can attack the throat and paralyze the vocal cordsWhen that happens, if the eneanized thieves then their communication eaken

“Now, Dedric, Skull! Plan B-1! ‘

Ark as hidden in the corner called out a command

While Ark took care of one enean the operation, which had a 70-30 offense and defense ratio used to stop the ene the enemy’s retreat was plan B-1D

Additionally, the airborne ratio was 50:50 for plan B-2, 20:30 for B-3 and to stop attacking and stop the eneainst thieves, the experienced Dedric and Skull skillfully avoided the thieves’ attack

Meanwhile, Ark violently attacked a thief who stuanizational skills had been destroyed, they were no match for Ark

Hunting a user that was a thief was far roup of thievesTheir level was 100!

On the other hand, he was only level 85 but the dungeon allowed limited roouaranteed that his stats added up to around level 110At the same tily effective

He also used his Eyes of the Cat skill to search for any weaknesses

A kick quickly took care of the stu thief and attacked the throat of the middle bandit who had been hit with the paralysis poison to stop co him to fall into critical condition Once he fell, the final thief opened his mouth and ran away

Are they trying to request help?

‘Don’t miss? ‘

Ark turned and threw so away

Due to the poison the thief’s legs became paralyzed and he fell down

The chances for a double critical hit activated immediately!

Even if he couldn’t see it the results were clear

“Well, this was a fairly decent battle”

When he checked only 30 of his health was shaved off

But he would have to be careful because he wasn’t sure how”

Ark used Eyes of the Cat and activated ‘Stealth’ while hiding in the secret passageway

There were also long tunnels that connected froe

Within a few minutes some roads that lead back to a main square room appeared The square was lined with balconies, each flanked by two thieves standing guard

The square

There was no way to avoid being seen froet away undetectedHowever, that didn’t matter to Ark as he has the skill ‘stealth’

‘The stairs to go up the balcony can’t be seen froo up inside the balcony? I better find the stairs to go up where I can remain undetected‘

Ark silently crossed the square

Although he had ‘Stealth’ activated, he was still quite nervous when he entered the vicinity of the guardsAnd just as he was about to cross the square, a situation that had never happened before occurred

He happened to step on soround

-A trap has been triggered Critical Hit! You have received 200 dae

‘Bleed’ status 10 hp will be consumed every 5 seconds for one minute

He never expected traps

So far he’s never fought against an opponent who used traps, but the problem was not the trap

The attack had cause him to enter a battle state and the ‘Stealth’ ability was deactivatedAt the moment, the eyes of every thief were concentrated on Ark

“Intruder!”

“How did you get here?”

“Whatever it doesn’t matter! Kill him!”

Two people at a time deliberately lifted their bows, for a total of 4 people

The arrows simultaneously flew from different directions The situation was one where he couldn’t predict and avoid the arrowsHowever, Ark did not panic He had experienced this with countless other bandit groups

There was no reason to rush and get upset

“Dedric, Skull! Plan B-4! ”

“The right wing Ok!”

Crackle!

Dedric and Skull used all their evasive power to avoid the arrows and destroy two

Then, Ark grasped his sword tightly and concentrated on the re towards him Just as the arroere four feet away fro his sword

He pushed forhile si the arroith his sword… At the ed to counter attack and successfully pulled off Riposte

He ed to attack a thief faster than the arrows could be shot

“Gwak, how, the arrow …!”

The thieves burst out a shocked cry

After being backed into a corner by the Silver Arrow group, he relentlessly polished the activation rate of his Riposte skill Thanks to this training, there was a 70 chance that Riposte would activate and parry the arrows

Once the arrow had been deflected, Riposte was useful in dealing the first blowIf an arrow hits there is a high possibility that an abnormal status will be inflictedAnd it’s the same for thieves too If two thieves were hit with arrows, they et paralysis or slow etc

In other words, the robbers were also in danger of being hit by the arrows There was also Dedric and Skull to decrease the burden on Ark

For Ark, the li arroo feet

This was a sh number that he could use RiposteWhen Ark deflected as many as five arrows, the thief’s health was decreased by at least 40However, it was not a 100 chance

If Riposte failed to activate then the penalty was numbness of the body

When the arrow hits, his health was slowly decreased until it was almost 50

” There are four people leftIn his state, the success rate of riposte was downIf this goes on for longer than I ae ‘

Then, while he was flying around and evading arrows, Dedric noticed so and exclaimed

“The switch is here!”

“Huh? That guy … … …!”

“Hihihi, he discovered the proper designWhat is this? It’s like, what? ”

Clink, Kurururung!

With a smile, Dedric avoided the thieves and the arrows and took out the switch With a sound, the balcony lowered to the ground like an elevatorThe machine was built to act separately from the stairs

“Well done Dedric!”

An eerie light shone in Ark’s eyes

A er fro in front of hi Ark

Ark iround

‘Hyuu……Nevertheless the party quest was quite difficult

The thieves were high level and had the geographical advantageIf it hadn’t been for his experience hunting bandit groups, Ark would have probably been the one lying on the ground

‘Maybe it was fortunate that I discovered this place late ‘

Ark used food to restore his health and Mana to 100 beforeto the stairs

He walked more cautiously than the first time he entered

” I never thought there would be traps in the cave’

The biggest problem is that it is a trap

Fortunately the dauarantee that the next trap he encounters would be at the sah the cave could cause serious problems

However, even if Ark found a trap it would be difficult to deactivate it

The trap-related skills belong to professions like Archers or Explorers who search through ruins

In New World, it was i for freeHowever, for those who don’t have the required professions the success rate is less than 10 Therefore the party shape for dungeons requires the right combination of professions

‘What if? He couldn’t avoid the traps …… ‘

Ark began to get worried

It was then that Skull came forward and stumbled on an idea

Skull had complete loyalty!

But when Snake evolved, Skull was utilized lessSkull was only used when Ark picked hi ankles

Although he had a lot of stas to attack

Because of that, in recent times Skull had become quite depressed

Skull could not recognize the expression on his master’s face

Ark thought that this was really a difficult situation

“What happened to Skull?”

Crackle!

Skull was bravely prepared and rolled stu forwardHe rolled forward a few feet until there was a snapping sound and a rain of arrows shot from the walls

However, the people who installed the traps never would have thought that a skull would be the one activating it

Of course the arroere aiht and shape

“Yes! There is that method!!”

Crackle! Crackle!

The skull proudly stumbled forwards

“Okay, Skull You will put out the traps ”

After that, Skull always rolled 10 meters in front of him to check for traps

Of course, arrows shot out or a sung and there was even iteh stamina and survived all the trapsIn addition, Ark did not have to worry about an alarered

Even if a nuered, he did not enter a battle state

Therefore, he used ‘Stealth’ and just hid from any thievesOn the other hand, Skull could simply be unsummoned to deceive the thieves

‘What the? Why did the traps activate? ”

“There’s no one around?”

“da?”

The thieves floated around the peri to their positionsTherefore, Ark found a way to cope with sieons

The dungeon has a relatively simple structure

A long passage with open up to a large roo in the room

The large rooured out the combinationsHe properly activated the machine then went on and defeated the enemies

He passed through 10 or more room

Then unusually the nore doors

‘This is the boss’s room? ‘

It was different from the trapsHe knew that if he opened the doors then enemies would appear

Ark checked his equipment and carefully opened the door

Although the sound of the waterfall echoed loudly in the dungeon, the creaking sound of the unusually large doors opening was clearly audible

“What the hell!”

A sharp sound was heard from the side where a variety of tools were scattered

The first thing he saas the black robe covering the bodyHowever, it was not a human NPC or a humanoid monster…the face that was revealed between the hood was surprisingly that of a reptile

At the sae flashed before his eyes

-The Boss monster ‘ Mysterious Conjurer Kirk’ has appeared

The yellow eyes like a snake rolled around and stared at Ark

“You are the bounty hunter? No, you shouldn’t have taken the reward…Well it doesn’t matter Anyone that comes here won’t be allows to leave alive!

Kirk was also a level 100 thiefHowever, a boss nored

Also a level +E difficulty boss monster could be compared to AdelaineHowever, Ark had already defeated Adelaine a while ago

Ark snorted and grinned

“That is not so that you will decide”

“Impertinent, how dare a human talk like that?”

Flash-!

Kirk chanted a spell and 3-4 light rays eed

It was a low-level ed professions to ician

While a warrior used a sword, it was the priiciansHowever, if it is a couple of shots flying at the sanore it

Ark rolled to the ground to avoid the daic

Putt putt POW!

“Ugh, this, unbelievable!”

Kirk wobbled and retreated

‘That’s it Riposte also works on ic! So there was a way for him to win! ”

“Dedric, Skull! Plan A-2! ”

He commanded as Ark, Dedric and Skull spread in three directionsThey azeat Ark who used Riposte as much as possible to parry and counter attack

Kirk began to use more powerful spells However, the ic to cast

The ball shaped fireball y bolts

Double bang!

When the fireball was repelled back to Kirk, his health decreased by 10Even if he was a boss ician was its low defense

”I was nervous because it was the same level boss as Adelaine but he’s not so hard No, is it because I’ve becoree of difficulty should be no problem! ‘

With his confidence boosted, Ark’s concentration also increased and he returned even ic

However, there was so Ark hadn’t considered

The boss monster’s racial special skillAfter around 5 minutes, Kirk’s health had been reduced to 50

When his attack ic did not hit, Kirk spat out curses with a harsh voice and started to chant a long spell

“God dammit, human prepare to be immobilized!”

“”Dedric, Skull! Prepare to stop hi the spell

Ark had felt so sinister and shouted

However, before Dedric and Skull could interrupt, Kirk’s ic had been completed

“Mimicry!”

At the ed and he disappeared

Ark looked carefully at the surroundings

Suddenly the figure had vanished Ark could use ‘ stealth ‘ but this appeared to be a different skill Because ‘stealth’ could not be used in battle In addition, the Eyes of the Cat were a skill that could see anything that was hidden through level ic, but it could not find any traces of Kirk Kirk could also use ic even while he was hidden

“The crystalized rock crystals arise!”

He heard Kirk’s voice fro from an unexpected place

Then all of a sudden, the ground rose up and golems the size of humans forh of them to fill the room

The goleed

Ka bang, bang!

The golems surrounded Ark from all directions and attacked

Since they were only level 50 they didn’t do a lot of daeHowever, that was different for his level 40 suh they tried to avoid all the attacks, every time they were hit than health was drained He never expected such ic from Kirk

‘day is this? ‘

Ark struck a golem which was replaced by another one

Ark was suffering from a situation where the enemy couldn’t be seen

The last time hen the squid shot out black ink underwaterThe only way heat the flow of the current and following itHowever, he couldn’t use that method with Kirk

There werearound the way and there was no way to look for traces of Kirk

Kwajik!

The situation couldn’t continue for oleolems disappeared as wellAll the attention turned to Ark who received additional dae and was soon in a critical state

‘I rong, I can’t win like this! ‘

Ark hurriedly turned and tried to exit the room

“Kukukuk, did you think I would miss that? Go loyal servants!”

The golems obeyed and pursued hiole a spell

Ark turned and stared

‘Riposte! ‘

Ark’s goal was to strike all the golems with his counterattack

The terrain in front of the rooeIn addition, the opponent was a olem

The golem as hit with Riposte flew backwards into the crowded area and collided with the golems behind it

Strike!

The entangled golems fell like dominoes

“Uhh, this bastard …!”

And Kirk as hiding soic cancelled

Meanwhile, arc ran frantically down the passage After he ran away for 1 minute then the battle state disappeared

Ark immediately hid himself with ‘stealth’

“Oh dah the surrounding area Hearound here somewhere! ”

After a brief period of tiolems However, he still did not have a way to attack when Kirk is in a mimic state

Ark had returned to the secret passage using ‘stealth’ When he checked the info , it was not a joke

The durability of all his arth of the goleic restoration spell to repair the equipment, the maximum durability would still be reduced

With tears in his eyes, Ark had to use the repair box which he nor due to low stock and cost