Vol 9 Chapter 8 (2/2)
Gladiator’s Honour (Bracelet): Strength, Agility, Stamina +10, Fame +500, Sword-based Skill Growth +5
40 increase all skills in the dark
You have the ability to hide in the darkness (20 et into combat)
Resistance to Fear, Darkness, Blind, and Seduction spells is increased by 50
You can bring out the true abilities from all types of tools
Shock absorption is increased by 20
Poison resistance has increased by 50
Skill points: 10
Ark was level 242! When he applied the dark attribute bonus, he was level 338 which was a lot higher than the Nakujuk warriors And 60 of his bag was already filled with japtem
‘I’ll have to send one of those guys back soon’
Ark glanced at Buksil as turning on the ic projector He had to protect the cautiously because of them If he was alone then Ark would be able to escape, but it was is
“Well, wait here please I’ll go and scout the area”
“I understand”
Ark co ‘Stealth’
‘That path leads down the 3 floors……it should take 10 minutes to reach the bottom’
Dong, dong, dong, dong!
Then, there was the loud ringing of a drum Ark felt his heart suddenly fall
‘What, what the?’ Has a patrol found the corpses?’
The problem he orried about occurred If they found the dead bodies then the entire dungeon will enter eency mode The monsters would become more alert and the battles eon would gather where the bodies were discovered
‘damn, how many times have I told them to put it away carefully……’
Ark was torn about what to do
“Oooh, it is time for the ceremony”
“Tamura-nim has called us”
“Gather all the soldiers around the altar”
The Nakujuk clan rushed down the stairs
‘Cere on?’
Anyway, the situation he was concerned about hadn’t happened But clearly so Ark immediately looked down at the altar from a balcony
“We finally caught up”
Jewel muttered as she stood in front of the demonic statues
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, there’s no doubt He’s in this dungeon”
Jewel checked the radar of Mana Perfume and nodded The red dot in the rid was drawn as a scale Because Mana Perfume was applied to the Wind Spirit’s Boots, the red dot indicated Ark’s location After entering the Netherworld, they ht up with Ark
“He descended the eon”
“There is only one exit as well”
“Noe’ve caught him”
Jewel, Duke and the Hermes members smirked as they looked at the entrance They had only been in the Netherworld for a few days Because they were using the radar to chase Ark, it was possible to ht line and no wander That didn’t h it wasn’t asBrothers, they also suffered in the Netherworld over the last few days Because of that, they coars
“Still, ere quite lucky”
“That stupid old e He just handed over the mounts once we said ere friends of Ark”
“Thanks to that, we’ve eon”
That’s right The reason they were able to catch up with Ark so fast was because of Beseutyu When they looked for ru And when they said they wanted to help Ark, he ihtly uncomfortable voice
“But isn’t it a little weird?”
“What?”
“We encountered quite a lot ofhere”
“So what?”
“So weren’t most of the monsters level 300? Moreover, isn’t this the lair of the Nakujuk? Then how could Ark get past all those eon?”
“That old man said that he only lent 3 skyrays to Ark His previous colleagues weren’t there They must be people he helped in this dimension No, that is obvious”
Duke’s mouth twisted at the answer
“He has two users with him If we include the NPC then it is 3 people Meanwhile we have 10 people It shouldn’t be a probleues of Ark, we can’t leave them alone”
“It is like you said”
Duke nodded Apart frouild Since their party had a coroups of Nakujuk
“That guy cleaned out eon We just have to s people”
“I hope he hasn’t killed the boss yet”
“I don’t care As long as we catch Ark”
Jewel laughed and took out a bunch of scrolls They first thing they did when leaving Silvana was obtain some scrolls [Robbery], [Seize], [Peek], [Unlucky]………all the scrolls were designed to steal items Now all they had to do was kill him
“Coo It is time to pay him back”
So the group intent on stabbing Ark to death entered the Abyss of Despair
‘Phew………………How did this happen?’
Lariette sighed and looked around She was trapped in a carriage with dozens of the dead stared at the sky Lariette stared at one of the deceased
‘This must be him’
She knew the identity of this deceased person The reason she cahost Thanks to Alan, she had to go to the Netherworld to rescue the soul of the Holy Knight……at the gravestone, the boy ghost said that he would guide her to where the Holy Knight was So she saw the deceased in front of her as soon as she entered the Netherworld She could recognize the ghost of the Holy Knight with one look Unlike the other deceased, he had a beautiful silver necklace hanging from his neck But he remained silent no matter how much she used ‘Sensitive Soul’ He just wandered around while drooling Eventually, Lariette had no choice but to follow him She didn’t knoould happened if he died because of ht to protect others in the gas she had to learn that she was unaware of But luckily, there were only wild ani around Of course, so monsters so she had to run away but she also learned new skills and raised her level Then the Nakujuk clan caht her
‘Nohat?’
Sob, Sob
Then, she heard soht, a little boy was also captured
“I’randfather”
“It’s okay, it’ll be okay”
Lariette soothed the boy as she hugged him
“But randfather called the Nakujuk the most brutal of the Myutal clans We’ll be eaten”
“No it won’t Didn’t you see? There are people trying to rescue us That person won’t leave us like this He’s probably already close by No, I have no doubt that he is near”
“R-really?”
“Yes, that person……he is really strong”
Lariette shtly as she said that Then, there was the sound of drums and the iron doors opened
‘What on earth? This seems bad……’
In thedown at the altar froregating around the altar Then like a cult, the Nakujuk all bowed on the ground and chanted
“Tamura!”
“The absolute Myutal!”
At that time, the iron doors on one side of the altar opened and so a robe crossed to the altar and shook a stickred eyes and raised his stick
“Finally the time has come!”
A red warning e floated in front of Ark
-The boss monster, Master Necromancer ‘Tamura’ has appeared!
‘Boss monster!’
Just like he expected, there was a boss h battle Anyway, Tarand speech
“We have been living in the darkness for a long ti and perseverance has ended Today the power of the great darkness will be awakened! Using this power, the Nakujuk will once again rule the Netherworld”
“Oh, Tamura!”
“In order to obtain the power to rule the Netherworld, wethe Festival of Blood and Flesh!+ Then no one will be able to stop us! Behold, this is the crystal that contains the true darkness! The form of the God that we serve!”
Tamura forcefully struck the floor with his cane Then a sed froan to squish together An incredibly ominous aura swirled in the square Tah the open ceiling
“Today is the first day of complete darkness to occur in 10 years! Even the celestial Gods are sed by the darkness This is the perfect opportunity to resurrect the darkness! Now, prepare the sacrifices!”
‘Huk, that is………!’
Ark abruptly flinched The doors on the other side opened and the Nakujuk caes The deceased were trapped inside the carriage And soe that the Draken kidnapped contained Lariette and Bona
“Start!”
At Taes fell into a hole After a moment, the black spirit bubbled up and sed them With a violent sound, the dead people melted down and were absorbed in the darkness At the same time, the aura became even more sinister
‘What, what the? How a to do this?’
Ark became baffled If he left Bona and Lariette trapped then they would soon fall inside the pit Ideally he wanted to save Lariette but Bona was the h Lariette could resurrect, Bona was a NPC It he died then the quest would fail But he couldn’t just blindly jump into the square There were 200 Nakujuk and the boss Nohe was, it wasn’t possible for Ark alone
‘Dammit, why did he appear before I killed all the Nakujuk?’
After looking at the situation, it was obvious that Tamura appeared after certain conditions This condition was probably ht on New Year’s Eve If he had killed all the Nakujuk before Taht him But now he had to deal with 200 Nakujuk and the boss monster
‘Now I knohy this is a B ranked quest It is a party quest!’
Ark becaive up on the quest and Lariette even though he came all the way here? It was at that tie appeared
-‘Stealth’ has been released thanks to a Ranger’s ‘Sixth Sense’
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‘Huk, what, what the?’
Ark panicked and turned his head
“As I expected, ‘Sixth Sense’ turned it off”
“Ark………No, isn’t it Dark Wolf?”
“Since you’re alone, have all your colleagues died? How disgraceful, peeping while hiding your form……”
Ark became even more confused
“Y-you……what are you guys doing here?”
“Did you think you would never see us again?”
Auild lined up behind Ark Of course, Ark realized that those guys would track hiet away He never iive him time to think as she said
“You’re finished now!”
“I’ll teach you the price of et Ark!”
Jewel activated all the scrolls at once
-The [Unlucky] scroll has been applied
-The [Robbery] scroll has been applied……
10 warning es appeared
‘Oh my God! A scroll combination……!’
Ark felt a chill go down his spine Ark understood the power of the scroll coar when Andel used it on hiht then the quest would be unrecoverable And no ainst Jewel, Duke and 8 of the Hermes members
‘I’m not the saht be able to handle it But I can’t deal with the 10 of the Jewel and Duke I have to run away!’
As soon as the idea appeared, his body auto on the balcony If hemove then he would be surrounded by 200 Nakujuk and the boss The only way out was the corridor Jeas blocking!
“Dark Dance!”
Ark iaps Although the speed of Flash was overwhelly faster, Dark Dance was better for defense
“Not a chance!”
Duke lowered his stance and used ‘Rapid Fire’
“Slide!”
“damn, son of a bitch!”
Ark used ‘Slide’ to avoid the arrows Duke’s face contorted angrily While Ark was avoiding the attacks, Jewel boosted her ic ‘Mana Explosion’ and shot a fireball
“Now Flash!+”
Ark wrapped his ht for the fireball
Ka kwang!
Jewel had calculated the gap and used a fireball She used fire e was reliable But when Ark rushed forward using ‘Flash,’ the fireball exploded in front of Jewel The narrow corridor ed with flames and Jewel and her allies received the full brunt of the dae Even with Ark’s 75 fire resistance, he still received 400 dauys didn’t have fire resistance and received double the dae also inflicted by Ark’s continuous use of Flash, they quickly lost 30 of their health However, soic and they recovered 10 instantly
‘daer, warrior and clerics Their party is prepared’
“Ugh, how impertinent……kill him!”
Jewel ordered and they rushed forward in formation However, Ark blindly used his skills and stopped their approach He ed to penetrate their encircleka’s fruits from his pocket and threw them When they touched the bodies, vines sprouted around Jewel and her party
“Eh? What is this?”
“Sprint!”
At the same time, Ark started to run away on the other side and never looked back
“Catch him!”
“damn, Freedom from Chains!”
A shaic However, Ark used Sprint and had already disappeared froht Fortunately, Ark had already handledNakujuk were surrounding the altar so there was no one to block hih he used Sprint and knew the dungeon, he couldn’t outrun their pursuit No ed to catch up
‘I’raphy’ skill………so how do they know the way? In addition, they’re accurately chasing in the right direction No, how did they eon?’
Even though they shadowed hied to lose Ark for a while in the Netherworld So how had they found Ark so quickly? Even if they came to the Netherworld before Ark, it didn’t explain how they found him
‘They’re clearly using ato find out my location……what is it? The [Track] scroll doesn’t detect outside a certain distance……no, they have so that works well on me……wait, perhaps?’
Ark briefly stopped and took off the boots
‘It has to be so to do with these shoes!’
“Discerning Eye!”
He used Discerning Eye to look at the information
-Wind Spirit’s Boots has been cursed with Mana Perfume
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‘Indeed……!’
If so difficult to understand was encountered in New World, it was most likely because of a skill
‘Not just unidentified items I should also check iteht there was this skill But I can cleanse the curse using Purification Restoration’
Ark was already cornered Getting rid of the curse wouldn’t help him escape the crisis Still, it would be better than broadcasting his location while running away But just as he was about to use Purification Restoration, an idea popped into his head
‘Wait, they can find ht be a chance Okay, with my low mana I wouldn’t be able to evade them with Sprint anyway This is the only way to escape the crisis’
Ark used Sprint to return to the roo
“Ark-nim, you’re safe”
“We orried e heard the strange pounding drums!”
“I don’t have time to explain in more detail Sapjil, please write a contract!”
Ark hastily handed over his items when he received the contract Then he looked carefully at the surroundings and said
“There’s no time Run to the place I told you to!”
“Yes, but what’s going on……”
“There is no time to explain You’ll know later so just run!”
When Ark raised his voice, Sapjil became surprised and iave a wicked smile and handed Dedric the boots
“Dedric, follow Sapjil while carrying this”
“This way!”
Jewel looked at the radar and ran
“damn, he’s pretty fast That bastard!”
“But he won’t be able to keep up that speed forever”
“And he still hasn’t noticedsomewhere Since earlier, his dot hasn’t ?”
Jewel murmured and s again However the speed wasn’t as fast as before
“He’s finally run out of mana It’s not far so we can catch up!”
Jewel and her party chased after the red dot And how long did they run for? After turning a corner, they heard the sound of footsteps running away The Nakujuk were gathered so the only ones left were Ark and Jewel’s group Jewel tracked the red dot closely and saw that it went back to the balcony where they first met
“Hah, trying to hide in the dark? But it won’t be enough to fool me Ark!”
“Huk!”
Ark as hiding at the end of the balcony turned around and panicked No, the person with a frightened face wasn’t Ark It was the dwarf merchant, Sapjil
“What, what the? Who are you?”
“It makes no sense……the radar clearly shows……”
Then, Jewel’s eyes saw the bat flapping behind Sapjil The bat was fir the boots……the Wind Spirit’s Boots with Mana Perfume on it
“Oh my God, did he notice? So where is Ark………?”
“Here I am you damn bastards!”
Ark’s voice was heard behind them Jewel and Duke flinched and turned around
“You guys can go through soo!”
Ssak ssak ssak!
“What, what the! This lizard is?
Radun turned into Radunroup Jewel and her coroups of 2~3 and coe, they were literally pushed towards one direction The warriors tried to swing their swords……but it was a stupid idea
“Riposte!”
Ark used Riposte to counterattack The group was shoved towards Sapjil at the end of the balcony and they all fell overboard Since it was only 3 levels, the fall dae crash and the eyes of the 200 Nakujuk and Tamura concentrated on them
“Who are they?”
Tamura’s face hardened
“How dare you interfere with the sacred rituals……kill them! Tear them down and offer them as sacrifices!”
“Ooh oh oh oh!”
The Nakujuk clan stood up and rushed forwards
“Huk, run away!”
“We’re already surrounded There’s no way to run!”
“Hang in there! We can’t die without killing Ark!”
Jewel and her group used ic and skills to attack the Nakujuk So the battle between the 10 Hermes members and the Nakujuk took place And Sapjil who also fell was killed by the Nakujuk at the beginning of the fight
“Sob, Sapjil……”
Buksil turned on the ic projector and recorded the noble (?) end
‘Now there’s only 1 left of the Three Pig Brothers’
His sacrifice was necessary to deceive Jewel
“Master, take it”
Then Dedric flew closer holding the boots
“Huhuhu, such crude methods suits someone like you”
Ark cleansed the boots using Purification Restoration The skill ended up being in his favour If they chased after Ark using the [Track] skill then he wouldn’t be able to use such a wonderful trick Thanks to those guys, the fight against the 200 Nakujuk wasn’t so hopeless anymore
“Fortunately Bona and Lariette are still safe Guran, Buksil, co”
Ark led his group and descended towards the altar
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