Vol 9 Chapter 8 (1/2)
ACT 8 Stabbing Ark to Death
Rain poured frohtning flashed a ripped through the darkness Black and white shadoere seen flying through the sky
Kaaaaaaa-!
Four stingrays were flying through the heavy rain
“Sheesh, this weather is insane Guran!”
Ark shouted as he clenched the stingray’s reins tightly
“It the thunder hits then a serious incident will occur Let’s fly lower between the valley”
“I understand Hiyah!”
Guran twisted the reins forcefully and the stingray folded its wings and shot doards The rest of the stingrays followed closely through the valley Ark could hear Buksil and Sapjil screa from behind him
“Hieee, we’re falling!”
“Hold on tight! I-I-I-If they miss then it’s the end!”
“Kikikiki, look at those faces cru”
Dedric cackled and laughed Yes, Ark and his corays……let’s try to explain how this happened If we revert to theafter it But after a while, Dedric returned with a tired face
“I made a mistake, Master It is impossible to catch up with it”
“This good for nothing fellow!”
While Ark was berating Dedric, Guran interrupted him
“I knohere the Draken is going”
“You do?”
“Yes, the crest of the Nakujuk clan was stamped on the Draken’s neck Obviously the Nakujuk had been breeding the Draken Then heto the Hill of Despair The Nakujuk have a base there”
“Do you know the location of that place?”
“Of course”
Guran nodded and added
“But no matter how fast you are, it’ll take two full days on horseback to reach the Hill of DespairFurthermore, there is a steep erous to cross it The Nakujuk clan aren’t afraid of threats because of that mountain”
‘damn……’
“I have a way But I have to return to the village in the valley”
So Ark returned to the valley with Guran Beseutyu also heard that his grandson Bona had been captured by the Nakujuk
“Aaaaah, I knew it! I kneould be like this! I shouldn’t have let hio……now it’s all over Ah, Bona!”
Beseutyu was plucking his hair and crying when Guran said
“Please relax Teacher It’s not the time for this”
“How can I calm do? Huh? This is all because of you You couldn’t defend Bona……”
“I’ll receive any punishment you want But before that, don’t I need to rescue Bona-nim?”
“You idiot! You think you can rescue Bona from the clutches of the Nakujuk?”
“It is possible with that person”
Guran looked at Ark with eyes overflowing in trust
“I saw his skills with my own eyes A normal Myutal can’t compare to that person’s unusual martial arts ability He’ll definitely be able to rescue Bona-nim from the Hill of Despair”
After Guran’s description, Beseutyu wept and grabbed Ark’s hands
“Oh, yes I can only believe in you now Please rescue randson”
“Don’t panic I’ll bring him back no matter what”
Ark nodded and the quest informationupdated
Quest has been updated
Beseutyu’s Worries= Rescue Bona!
Although you have found Bona in Hagel Forest, he has been kidnapped by the Draken of the Nakujuk clan Beseutyu is on the verge of insanity worrying about his grandson Bona He o crazy If you want to obtain information from him, you should chase after Draken and rescue Bona But this mission won’t be easy Since the Hill of Despair is the base of the Nakujuk clan, there is no guarantee that you or your colleagues will live
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It connected to a B ranked difficulty quest It was the first time he saw a B ranked quest But Ark had no choice He had to complete it if he wanted to receive the desired reward from Beseutyu
‘I can’t believe I met Lariette-nim here’
His mind was very confused She was a special existence for Ark
Love at first sight……the expression was a little bit exaggerated, but froe that was difficult to put into words In that situation, the simple hand that she stretched out s was closer to adiven up when he saw her with Alan However fate was truly weird After all that had happened, to meet in a place like this……
‘Anyway, I can’t just pretend I didn’t see her’
He had to complete the quest and rescue Lariette
‘Since it requires the saoals’
“Now you have to hurry Come over here”
Beseutyu lead thee to a place close by in the valley He belatedly realised that there were a lot of Myutal trainers Their job was to capture wild animals and tame them That was the reason why there were e It was in order to use the tah the sky Ark had often witnessed skyrays flying above him in the wilderness
“I’ll guide you until the Hill of Despair”
Guran said as the skyray rose towards the sky So the desperate Ark and his party rode the skyrays towards the hills They quickly passed through the wilderness, the stone forest and the river of light After 1 hour the storm erupted and they reached the final hurdle, the steep mountain
“When you pass through this valley, you will see the Nakujuk’s home”
Guran shouted as they flew through the storh the valley where sharp rocks rising out of the ground And just as they were leaving the valley, a loud shriek was heard above them
Kurarwa-!
Guran reflexively lifted his head and paled
“D-Drakens……!”
“The attack is co Move!”
Two Drakens shot towards their party Ark quickly pulled the reins and stopped the skyray Then the claws of the Draken passed right by him Guran also sharply turned and avoided the Draken’s attack
“daht I would be attacked in this situation”
Ark glanced around hi, they had floards towards the valley with sharp rocks Now there was no space to land on the ground In other words, he had to fight against the Draken in the air! But it wasn’t easy to ride the skyray, let alone swing is sword properly
“I have no choice but to try Dedric, while I deal with this guy, go and distract the other one so that it doesn’t attack Guran and the pigs!”
“M-me?”
“Isn’t that obvious? Just hold on until I’m done!”
Ark yelled and fleards the Draken
“Dark blade!”
Ark wrapped the reins around his body and swung Gwisal’s bladeHowever, this was the sky and it wasn’t difficult for the Draken to avoid his attacks This aerial coround, it could suddenly narrow the distance at a tre when the gap was only 1 ht And while he had been riding Radun, his ‘Riding’ skill was still only beginner level It was hard to control the skyray and catch the ti to attack On the other hand, the Draken could freely attack Ark while flying through the sky
Snap!
The D=rakan’s claw scratched his shoulder and he immediately lost some health But the problem wasn’t his health Draken no Ark’s weak point It was the skyray! Draken quickly turned around and attacked the skyray After a few ed and torn
‘Ugh………I won’t be able to survive in this situation!”
The wounded skyray struggled to stay in the sky One of its wings was alradually decreased After twoArk completely lost control of it and the Draken immediately rushed towards Ark
Kurarwa-!
‘Oh my God!’
Ark felt dizzy looking at the fangs rapidly approaching If he fell into the valley where the sharp rocks eed like needles, it would be the end At that mo the whip towards Draken The rapped around the Draken’s fangs and Ark kicked the skyray’s head and flew into the sky
Kwadududuk!
The skyray was crushed in the Draken’s mouth Meanwhile, Ark used the whip like a rope to climb onto the Draken’s back
‘This bastard, it thinks it can fly around freely?’
Ark squeezed the Draken’s neck with his legs and changed weapons to Gwisal’s sword
“Take this, De Dark Blade!”
Kurarwa-!
After Ark used Dark Blade, Gwisal’s sas buried between the sensitive ears! The Draken yelled and ra to throw hirabbed hold of his body and he started to slip However, Ark was already crazy He bent his neck backwards while trying to grab on and stabbed the head The continuous backstab steadily drained the Draken’s health After it fell into a critical condition……he used Gwisal’s sword to slit its throat A tremendous amount of blood poured out like a waterfall The Draken reflexively flapped its wings and struggled to stay in the sky like a headless chicken
-Your level has risen
In the ained one level
“Aaargh, M-Master! I’! Ack!”
On the one hand, Dedric had lured the reh Guran was steering the skyray and trying to help him, the situation was still dire Dedric was in a critical condition, while the wings of the skyrays that Guran and the baby pigs were tattered and barely hanging on
“Aaaaah, help me!”
Even in this situation, Buksil showed his professionalisic projector on However………Ark was also falling doith the Draken It was truly a desperate situation!
“Radun, pick up Draken’s items”
In these circuet about the iteue and collected the items on Draken’s body
“Dedric, fly towards me!”
“U-understood! Ack, it is co!”
Dedric approached Ark with the Draken chasing close behind hi Draken
“Eh? M-Master……stepping on h!”
Ark used Dedric’s head like a stepping stone and landed on the back of the chasing Draken The situation that unfolded was si his legs and used Dark Blade like crazy! The health of the Draken quickly becauy was braver (?) than the first Draken When it fell into a critical condition, it i its throat slit by Ark, it chose being impaled by rocks as its method of death
“Ark-nim-!”
Guran screamed and fleards hiround!
“I’uy like you!”
Ark grabbed the Draken’s head and turned it The Draken instinctively opened itssword
“You stupid lizard, Riposte!”
He used counter attack against the fangs! Then his chain skill Riposte was activatedIt pushed the enes from the neck, he was pushed back and thrown into the air On the other hand, the Draken accelerated and crashed into the ground at an even greater speed
Kurarwa-!
The needle like rocks skewered the Draken
“Ark-nim Here!”
Guran finally reached hirabbed the hand and Guran looked at him with admiration and respect
Ark just gave a sigh of relief and clis torn by the Draken so it was difficult for the stingray to carry 2 people No, even without Ark, Guran and the pig’s skyrays were gradually flying lower
“Please just hold on a little bit more Once we leave the valley then it’ll be the Nakujuk’s home!”
Ark used ‘Nursing’ to help the skyrays regain solide for a little bit……and they finally escaped the sharp valley Then he saw a huge building with some demonic statues
“We did it! It’s the home of the Nakujuk clan!”
The place that Guran pointed to was a building with a strange architecture It looked like a tower built underground…… A hole was drilled into the hill like a huge crater And the buildings were arranged around the edge and spiralled undergroundLooking froround
‘This is the destination?’
That hat Ark thought The skyray suddenly fell out of the sky and crashed into the ground Fortunately, the skyray used the last of its power thanks to Ark’s nursing and ot off the skyray, a eappeared in front of him
Abyss of Despair
After passing through the sharp valley, you have arrived at the Nakujuk’s home This placed is called the Abyss of Despair and it used to be the Holy City before the Nakujuk caic history of the Holy City is evidenced by the bloody smell that permeates this placeEven those armed with sword and shi+eld cannot be assured in the Land of the Dead To enter here, tenacity is needed e
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“Phew……this seems to be the destination”
Ark ignored the threatening de Deimos’ transformation, Ark cooked a variety of dishes to restore the health and mana of Ark and his pets, as well as increase their stats in preparation for the dungeon There was no time He couldn’t afford to hesitate
“Let’s go, now it is time for the real threat”
Chiing………
Once again thebehind Ark
“Flash!+”
A ray of light shot through a group of Nakujuk warriors 10 Nakujuk instantly had their health decreased Not only did the Nakujuk lose some health, they also became ‘Frozen’ and had their movements slowed It was the ‘Flash’ and ‘Elemental Sword’ combo attack
“Now, Dedric, Deimos Gather all of them in one place!”
“Okay! Over here stupid!”
Clack clack clack clack!
Dedric and Deiathered the Nakujuk into a corner Dei an opponent
Daeng kang!
When Deimos hit them with the shi+eld, the Nakujuk wobbled and retreated In fact, normally Deimos’ focus in a battle was h and he needed to block any attacks when Ark plunged into a group While protecting Ark’s back, he nor a shi+eld to block also needed its own tricks He had to effectively use the shi+eld in order to cut off an ene those sorts of battles, Dei a shi+eld
You pet ‘Deiht
shi+eld Stroke (Beginner, Passive): Deiht Warwick’s abilities After accu more experience, he will have the opportunity to learn Warwick’s diverse skills One of thethe shi+eld to strike an enemy
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While Dedric awakened his va Dunphil, Deiht Perhaps if he awakened more skills then Ark would be able to utilize hiressive in a fight after he evolved Since Ark insisted on hi, ‘shi+eld Stroke’ was the first offensive skill Deimos learnedHowever, Ark didn’t care even when he learnt the skill Honestly, Ark felt like the skill he had learnt after much difficulty was quite trivial He didn’t need to push an enemy with the shi+eld skills When Deie only increased by a little bit and there was a 10 chance of causing stiffness It was also a basic skill for anyone with the warrior profession
‘Still, any attack skill would be helpful at the moment’
Dei the Nakujuk with his shi+eld Normally their speed would be too fast to follow, but after ‘Frozen’ stacked up many times, their movement speed was at the lowest possible
“That’s it Radun, sword! Blade Storm!”
The sword in Ark’s hands exploded The sharp sword frag a ind The Nakujuk were struck and collapsed one after the other Only 4 Nakujuk barely survived
“De!”
Kiiyaaaaaak-!
A piercing wail e was used Thanks to the enore, the Nakujuk couldn’t hold out and eventually died It was an a skills parade! The scene was repeated dozens of tie number of NakujukHe came across as little as 10 and as much as 30 troops at one timeIn addition, the distance between troops was s
‘I have to lure a suitable nu fast battle’
He urgently ht of Lariette, Ark becaeon
‘I should avoid fighting too many enemies’
Therefore Ark used ‘Stealth’ to wander around The structure of the dungeon twisted like a pretzel and led doards It was a simple structure but the inside was complicated like a ht be a unit of Nakujuk warriors waiting there In order to figure out the terrain, he hid using ‘Stealth’ and checked every corner to see if there was a unit Once he figured out the terrain and enemy place his ‘Taunt’ skill! If two units were too close to each other than Dedric would lure one awayThen Ark and Deimos would block their escape
“Guran, Buksil, Sapjil, stay in the corner!”
“Yes, yes!”
The three of them immediately went to the corner and Flash was used Ark used Flash three or four times It wasn’t just Flash It was the combo of Ele that coroup instantly lost 40~50 health Then he followed up with the incredible da A truly powerful co so many skills immediately made his mana drop to the bottom after each battle But he had a surplus of food so it was no problem In addition, didn’t he have Uency? Thanks to that, Ark had no obstacles It was possible to do down to the 20th floor of the basement in only 1 hour
‘There’s only 3 o down’
Ark was able to confirm this thanks to a balcony in theon the skyray, he knew that the altar was on the bottom floor And there were iron doors on either side of the square Bona and Lariette were probably trapped somewhere behind the doors And because of the difficulty of the quest, there was likely to be a boss
‘It doesn’t matter if I just jump off here, but I have to take care of the Nakujuk or else they ht attack me from behind’
“Okay, you can put away the corpses”
Guran and the little pigs began to clean up Since it was an enehold, so If they saw bodies then the enemy troops would attack from behind Therefore he needed to hide the bodies at an appropriate place In the meantime, Ark checked his equipment and used maintenance where needed
‘I got quite a bit of experience and ite those troops’
Since he killed an average of twenty people at once, his experience shot up like crazy In addition, he used Drastic Measures approxiot an extra 14 experience Thanks to that, he raised his level several times in a few hours
Character Name
Ark
Race
Human
Alignment
Good +350
Fame
9,075 (+ 500)
Level
242
Profession
Dark Walker
title
Cat Knight, Caretaker of the Battlefield, Jackson’s Hero, Great Adventurer
Health
3,795 (+ 150)
Mana
3,985
Spiritual Power
200
Strength
460 (+28)
Agility620 (+55)
Stamina
710 (+20)
Wisdom
85 (+10)
Intelligence
768
Luck
100 (+30)
Flexibility
92
Art of Communication
46
Affection
131 (+10)
Resilience
276Special stat: Knowledge of Ancient Relics
138Equipment item effects
Guardian Armour of the Merpeople: Water Attribute Resistance +100, Penalty based on water is nullified
Cat Paws (Gloves): Attack Speed +10, Agility +15, Critical Hit +10
Raccoons Pith (Helility + 10, Wisdom + 10
<king> Set effect: Strength + 10, Agility + 10, Stamina +10, Defense +20
Warrior’s Transcripts (Shoulder Blades): Strength + 3
Wind Spirit’s Boots (Shoes): Agility + 30, Movement Speed +30, Attack Speed +10, ‘Slide’ available
Galgashi+’s Fur (Mantle): Cold resistance +100, Agility +20, When health is less than 50, ‘Magic Protection’ automatically activates
Adelaine’s Necklace (Necklace): Defense + 40, Affection +10, ‘Blessing of the Sea’ available
Resurrecting Spirit (Ring): Strength + 5, Mana recovery + 5
Mind’s Eye (Ring): ‘Mind’s Eye’ enabled
Amulet of Vitality (Bracelet): Health + 50, Health recovers by 5 every 20 seconds