Vol 24 Chapter 5 (1/2)
ACT 5 Idea Maze (Ⅱ)
‘What the? That guy, he wasn’t just an ordinary NPC?’
Ark beca the spider like form that Maseutyu had transformed himself into However, a s his inforly Maseutyu was level 800 However he wasn’t an elite boss No h levelled the boss was, he wasn’t a hed and lifted his fist
“Let’s start It is 800 vs 1”
He opened his fist and headed towards Maseutyu
Syu syu syu syu, syu syu syu syu!
A continuous streaic arrows Fire, ice, lightning, poison, etc All types of ic arrows flew in an arc towards Maseutyu No, as soon as it was about to hit!
“Teleport!”
Maseutyu invoked a high speed incantation and chanted his spell with extravagant speed before disappearing
“……Is he trying to buy time?”
Ark ic couldn’t be easily caught Furthermore, ‘Teleport’ was different fronated However, Ark had a ician slayer that could destroy Teleport!
“Do you think you can escape? Burning Soul, use Stalking to keep track of Maseutyu’s location!”
Kurarara, kurarara!
-Burning Soul has used Stalking
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“The rear! All archers concentrate on shooting 100 metres away in the 6 o’clock direction……”
Ark shouted before flinching and closing his mouth Maseutyu had teleported to the place where the attack squad was crowded If arroere shot blindly then the attack squad s
“But having sorave All nearby soldiers surround him and use shi+eld Stroke to cancel the spell!”
The soldiers flocked like vultures towards Maseutyu after hearing Ark’s cohed and shouted
“……Run out of control, demons! Shout, devil subordinates! Devil Explosion!”
A black sphere floated about Maseutyu’s head Dozens of chains shot from the black sphere and tied up the members of the attack squad The sphere exploded at the sa rapid dae to the soldiers All attack squad members within 20 metres of Maseutyu received a critical hit and became paralyzed As the other squad led and said
“Kukukuku, Teleport!”
“Oh my God, what is this?”
Ark’s mouth dropped open as he saw Maseutyu’s battle style While Teleport was a nuisance spell, it couldn’t actually be used for combat The reason was that Teleport required 1 h speed incantation, it still required 30~40 to finish the chant Furtheric Even if he chanted the spell within 30~40 seconds, it would only teleport hiic that could be prepared before the battle began Yet Maseutyu had solved these issues because of his two heads One head used Teleport while the other one used Devil Explosion While Devil Explosion blocked the attack squadthe Teleport spell That gap was only 10 seconds Devil Explosion took care of all the obstacles while the other soldiers wouldn’t be able to reach in ti Teleport and Devil Explosion, it was like twice the aic
“da Soul knows the location of the teleportation!”
Devil Explosion had an attack range of approximately 20 ic and arrows However, Maseutyu always teleported aic Devil Explosion blocked close ranged attacks while Teleport blocked long ranged attacks
“Hahaha, you stupid fellows! Devil Explosion!”
Ka kwang, ka kwang!
Maseutyu appeared a the soldiers like a fish in water and used Devil Explosion Devil Explosion wasn’t powerful enough to kill the soldiers in one bloever, the warriors surrounding Maseutyu were paralyzed so they couldn’t use shi+eld Stroke As soon as Maseutyu used Teleport to escape, the attack squad ic That’s why nobody had been killed despite receiving several attacks……
‘That guy’s purpose isn’t to kill the soldiers He wants to waste time’
That’s right There was no reason for Maseutyu to risk danger by fighting the attack squad There was only 2 hours and 40as he tied theulfed in darkness If this situation kept on continuing then it was highly likely that would happen
‘But there is no way to stop hi between the members’
Ark bit his lip and stared at Maseutyu It was a simple but effective tactic
‘Wait? He is appearing where the soldiers are gathered Then……’
An idea popped into Ark’s head He turned around and shouted towards Roco as singing the Song of Recovery
“Roco, use that!”
“What?”
“The skill you used to trick Jewel in Lancel village!”
“Ah!”
Roco’s eyes sparkled at Ark’s words Then she began to strum away at her harp with tremendous speed Suddenly the 800 people multiplied and the area was filled with thousands of people That’s right It was the Illusion Sonata thatto find Lancel It was the secret technique that she learned frohost Melody
“Hahaha, Devil Explosion!”
At that moment, Maseutyu appeared in an area croith soldiers and used Devil ExplosionThe black sphere floated over his head and chains appeared all over the place However, the chains just went through their body into the ground They were the illusionary soldiers
“What, what the?”
“Huhuhu, why are you so surprised? It is tightly stuck”
Ark ser The archers simultaneously fired their arrows
“Huck! T-tele…… Waaahhhh!”
Maseutyu rushed to use Teleport but the arroere faster Maseutyu looked like a hedgehog as he was pierced by more than 100 arrows And…
“There’s another round You stupid spider Launch!”
Syu syu syu syu, syu syu syu syu!
Maseutyu had appeared in a place where the soldiers were created using Illusion Sonata Burning Soul had predicted the location using Stalking so the archers had been prepared in advance to shoot hundreds of arrows Maseutyu received the shower of arrows and 70 of his health quickly fleay It was a natural result since Maseutyu wasn’t an elite boss and he was also a ic that eak to weapons
“Kuuuuoh, these guys…! They dare to use such tricks……”
Maseutyu gnashed his teeth as he was hit by another shower of arrows But Ark just smiled and retorted
“A spider like you dared to call such tactics cheating?”
“You…… Don’t think it will end like this Kuwaaaaaaaah! Come out!”
Maseutyu’s body shook as he shouted Maseutyu who had transformed into a spider suddenly shot thousands of fist sized spiders into the sky They showed sharp teeth and headed towards the attack squad members Maseutyu’s intention was clear The spiders would pass through the illusionary members and attack the actual soldiers He would then teleport to the place where there were a lot of spiders
“What? damn, he still had a surprise like this”
Ark murmured as he stared at Maseutyu Then Shambala and Bread shouted in desperate voices
“Now’s not the time to stare stupidly!”
“Yes, the illusions will be destroyed by the spiders”
But Ark just laughed and took a deep breath And he roared into the sky
“It’s been a while Spirit of the Cat!”
Nyaaaaa!
At that moment, the forold and it let out a large cry, round Spirit of the Cat was a skill Ark learnt in the beginning that made all small monsters in the vicinity paralyzed
“I-it’s a scam!”
“You’re saying this? Salvo!”
Syu syu syu syu, syu syu syu syu!
A huge amount of arrows headed towards Maseutyu
“Ugh, Teleport!”
Maseutyu fired the prepared Teleport He appeared aain but Maseutyu didn’t use Devil Explosion Thick cobwebs shot out from his hip and shot towards theto run away into the maze
“Not a chance! Matanyi Shooter no 1, Devil Penetrating Arrow!”
Tiround, jumped up and fired soht and cut through Maseutyu’s cobwebs The body that was surrounded by the cobweb fell to the ground
“Now Archers and icians, attack!”
Hundreds of arrows and ic exploded from the attack squad members
“Kuooh… H-how annoying But… You guys will never get away frorave Kukukuku Hahaha, kuaaack!”
As expected, the bossand collapsing froic
-Your level has risen
“Boring bastard!”
Ark e surfaced in front of hiained 1 level fro him? Furthermore, his experience had already been at 80 so Ark actually only got 20 experience Even the attack squadan elite boss, he should’ve gained more than 1 level
“dareat”
Ark’s face became even more offended as he examined the items
-Holy Bible of the Dark Church
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-Church of Darkness’ Staff (Rare)
Weapon type: Staff
Attack: 30~38 Durability: 55/90
Weight: 50User Restriction: Level 350 or ician
The staff used by Maseutyu, the archbishop of the dark church The original staff of the dark church had a tremendous amount of dark power concentrated on it The dark power allowed an archbishop of the dark church to su demons But it became lost when the dark church was destroyed by the soldiers on the continent This staff is just an imitation of the lost staff
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The Holy Bible of the Dark Church was just an ordinary book that could be seen anywhere And the Church of Darkness’ Staff was just a rare staff that only level 250~300 icians users would useHowever, the item restriction on this staff was liicians
‘Well, the loot isn’t that important……’
Ku ku ku ku, ku ku ku ku, ku ku ku ku!
All of a sudden the floor started vibrating and a warning e appeared
-Thethe 3D
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“It is collapsing?”
“Ark, over there!”
He heard JusticeMan’s voice on the outskirts of the square He turned his head and saw the outskirts of the 3DHowever Ark didn’t panic There was no need to panic The attack squad had already arrived at the exit Thisof Maseutyu’s final words There was 59 minutes until it collapsedIt was plenty of time to open the exit and leaveThere was no need to worry about escaping from Idea Maze
‘The final battle will start the moment that door opens’
That’s right The Dark Lord hadn’t been resurrected yet but the Red Man and deathered on the other side On the other hand, there were 800 attack squadthe enemy, 800 wasn’t a lot of people But he couldn’t expect any reinforcements because of the shi+eld so he had to make do with these troops
‘Then we should at least be in our best condition!’
“The exit is already secured so there is no need to hurry If we leave the Idea Maze then it is likely that the battle will start straight away This ht be the last opportunity for a rest so we should recover our health and mana to 100”
The soldiers nodded and sat down to recover In order to prepare for the final battle, the ed their bags
“I guess I should prepare to”
Ark muttered as he watched the otherafter they exited thehe could be sure of
‘The Red Man!’
That’s right The source behind this event was the Red Man! He already kne strong the Red Man was after fighting him in Seutandal Of course, he had only been level 300 at the ti in the Deed to a 2nd profession His battle sense had also improved Even so, Ark wasn’t sure that he would be able to overpower the Red Man At that ti power
‘But I had no information at that time and also wasn’t prepared for the combat It won’t be so easy this time’
In fact, Ark had been worried about it from the moment he left for Kwarian And he came up with a countermeasure
‘I didn’t want to use this ain if possible… But it is the best method’
Ark sighed before looking at Curio
“Curio, come with me”
“What? Why?”
“Stop talking nonsense and just follow!”
Curio immediately shrunk back with a scared expression However, Ark just grabbed Curio’s wing and pulled him to a corner
“Eh? Eh? Eh? Why?”
Curio looked like a freshed to the restroom by a senior but……
“Kikikiki, Master should’ve said it sooner I would welcome it at any time”
“damn, have some moderation Huck huck huck…”
The frightened Curio soon becaht after a fewwith a pale face
“Ark-nim!”
“Ark oppa!”
Lariette and Roco both looked aghast as they saw the returning Ark They both flinched and looked at each other before averting their gaze Ark refused to notice the atmosphere and quickly spoke
“It’s not a big deal Are all your preparations finished?”
“We’re in the best condition!”
“Okay, then let’s go Brace yourselves”
“Yes Let’s depart!”
“Ohhhhhh!”
The attack squad members shouted excitedly That sword that was repaired shone with a bright light while the ar equipht of hope appeared in the eyes of the 800 soldiers Noas the final step to stop the Dark Lord’s resurrection and rescue New World……
“Eh?”
Confusion eed from Ark’s mouth as he approached the red iron door Red sparks appeared all over the door the moment a hand reached out to touch it He was hit by soe appeared in front of him
-You have received dae from an unknown spirit
500 dae!
The attack squad members muttered noisily in front of the closed door
“What the? What’s going on?”
“Is there a problem?”
“Hey, this isn’t a joke There’s only 30 minutes left until this space completely disappears Now there is a problem?”
JusticeMan and the heroes’ descendants were also disturbed
“Ark, what is going on?”
“This… It won’t open”
“It won’t open? What does that mean? We killed Maseutyu”
“There must be some other problem… My hand can’t even touch it”
Ark ht The person who trapped them in this maze was Maseutyu! Ark was convinced that the Idea Maze was resolved because they killed Maseutyu And he thought it was possible to exit the exit at any time Therefore it was possible to have some leeway to rest and recover
But when he tried to leave, his hands couldn’t even touch the door
“Is a key or so necessary?”
“No…there is nowhere to insert a key”
Ark replied while Maseutyu’s last words popped into his head
‘You’ll never be able to escape the Idea Maze even if I die!’
He thought it was just the nonsense of a person dying However, he couldn’t think of it as nonsense anymore now that he couldn’t open the door
‘Does that mean I’ll never be able to open it?’
His heart dropped at the thought Ark shook his head and denied the idea
‘That is ridiculous This is definitely the only exit in the Idea Maze There is no other reason for Maseutyu to be watching it And there has to be a way to open the exit If there is a way to enter then there is also a way to exit That is the rule of New World Even the Red Man can’t ignore New World’s rules!’
He had already confirht the shi+eld was able to withstand the concentrated force of the expedition because the Red Man was a hacking progranored the rules of New World But the shi+eld was just due to the recovery rate and the ancient sacrifice ic The Red Man was more powerful than others because he knew all the secrets of New World and took advantage of it
‘Yes, this is the same as the shi+eld Just like an unbeatable shi+eld doesn’t exist in New World, there is no door that absolutely won’t open A way to open the door has to exist This is why Maseutyu risked his life to buy so it……’
“Get out of the way!”
Ark was using his brain at full capacity when there was a sudden yell Bread had rushed towards the door froreatsword
“I will crack it open!Gate Destruction!”
Ka kwang!
The greatsword hit the iron door Players who used a greatsword can perforave an additional 200~500 dareatsas engulfed in a red aura and bounced back like a rubber ball At the sa the door formed sharp points and shot towards the attack squad
Syu syu syu syuk, syu syu syu syuk!
“W-what is this?”
“It is a trap! Defense formation!”
The soldiers gathered near the door screamed and raised their shi+elds However, the red sharp points penetrated their bodies before they could completely switch to a defense stance The warriors lost 20~30 health despite wearing heavy armour Fortunately they had recovered their health to 100 so none of the warriors died from the attack
“T-t-this is not……”
“You idiot, think a little before youbitten?”