Chapter 122: Verification of Life (1) (1/2)
“What is that!”
“How could she…”
After Yeorum exploded the entrance of the boss room, angry complaints echoed across the auditorium.
“Isn’t that too much?”
“Can the security guards even go in?”
“Is it allowed to block the entrance like that!”
In response to the denunciations of the guardians, the professor in charge of the assignment, Katreyvan spoke.
“It is a practical application of the landscape, and there is no problem with it according to the regulations. It’s not like she was attacking a cadet either.”
“No, but even then…!”
They hesitated during their complaints. It was because it was related to none other than the Yu household, which was one of the most troubling topics recently.
“Can the securities even protect them at this rate?”
“Of course. Team 3 of the guards are currently on the mission.”
Team 3 was a stealth group, specialised in fluid-like movements. By relying on the flow of mana, they could stealthily travel to places without being bound by physical restraints. More complaints like, “Even if there aren’t any problems with the regulations…!” and, “She has no etiquette.” were heard.
Those continued until Mihailov shot out of his seat and yelled.
“Seriously! You guys are being too noisy. There would be no problems if your cadets have the ability to destroy the rocks blocking the road and go in, no?”
“Of course!”
“That’s not the problem here!”
“Now! Since there aren’t any problems with the regulations either, just stay quiet and watch! Don’t you understand that the kids on our side are also taking a risk?” Mihailov continued.
“That’s true but…”
…Wait, something was weird.
“Sorry? You mean they’re trying to defeat a B+ ranked boss with a four-man party?”
“They’re not trying to just buy time for their recovery?”
Things were different from their original plan. Mihailov wasn’t certain either, so he kept his mouth closed.
How can four cadets defeat the boss of a B+ dungeon? The minimum number of members required was 8, because Spider Queen had a large body, with a lot of vitality and defensive measures.
The guardians who had been causing a ruckus from their discontentment closed their mouths. One quarter of the screen focused on Yeorum’s party.
There were lots of people watching the raid.
Unlike the individual spars that had been uploaded a few days after the event, the dungeon raid was revealed live by the PR team in order to prove that the assignment was genuine.
A war correspondent from Serbia who had won the Pulitzer Prize; a prestigious superhuman analyser who had himself been in the top 200 ranks worldwide before retiring from injuries –
Petrovic.
He was doing a live stream while commenting on the videos.
– Holy shiiit.
– How do you even defeat that thing?
– Are they really trying to defeat that? Impossible.
People that were interested in Lair gathered from worldwide to watch the competition of 1st grade cadets like it was a sport. There were 120 thousand live viewers, with live comments being uploaded in many different languages.
“It’s a shocking turn of events indeed.”
Petrovic gave a frown.
“As I’ve mentioned before, this year’s line-up for the Yong household is exceptionally great. It might be possible for their 4-man party, but it will be a long battle, and would only be possible as long as Cadet Yong Taeha doesn’t make a single mistake.
– What about other cadets?
“Only Yong Taeha and Tyr Brzenk will be able to damage the boss in a short period of time. Other cadets do not have enough power.”
The immense vitality of the boss, Spider Queen, was the biggest problem.
– What is Cadet Yeorum’s blessing? We haven’t heard anything about it yet.
“Her blessing is probably related to body strengthening.”
– Why?
“It’s nothing but an assumption, since Cadet Yeorum has never made it clear. However, you can tell that she has an extremely tyrannical way of fighting from the individual sparring sessions.”
– I see. Will Cadet Yeorum be able to defeat the boss?
– It’ll be difficult imo. Body strengthening has a hard time dealing with things that are bigger than themselves.
– Yu Yeorum is strong, yeah. Might just be because of the size of her body though.
– I still think it’ll be impossible.
– Same. It’s too reckless.
– She might get injured.
Most of the comments expected Yeorum’s team to go down.
“Indeed… it seems difficult from what we’ve seen so far.”
– Do you think they’ll lose as well?
“We don’t know about that yet. A superhuman is called a superhuman because they go beyond the limits, after all.”
Petrovic watched the situation unfold with a worried expression. Before long, Yeorum’s team began fighting the Spider Queen head-on, and his words gradually became faster.
“The most terrifying thing about the Queen, is that she can increase the number of her army.”
As soon as his words came to an end, dozens of eggs came flooding out of the Queen’s stomach. Each and every one of those eggs was an ‘underground spider’. Although the spiders that had just hatched were weak, they were very aggressive.
Dozens of spiders dashed towards Yeorum’s party whilst staggering. Soujiro and Kim Ji-in sniped the heads and the eyes, but there were too many of them.
– What do they have to do to win?
“They must control the situation. 3 of them need to locate and defend an advantageous area and deal damage over time, while one of them shifts the attention of the boss to them.”
That was the thought of a soldier who had, 5 years ago, been the raid leader of a S+ dungeon, that had triumphed over 200 dungeons.
And as he had expected, Kim Ji-in and Soujiro with Sophia at the lead eliminated the baby spiders and focused their shots on one of the Spider Queen’s legs. Soon, one of the eight legs was crushed.
At the same time, Yeorum stepped on top of the spiders and the wall, and attracted the gaze of the Spider Queen by jumping up.
“As we thought, she is trying to gain aggro… Ohhh!”
Petrovic let out a yell. Yeorum suddenly dashed up to the head of the boss – at the gray upper body of a human that was attached to the spider’s chest!
– ??
– Huh? Why’s she doing that?
– Risky!
It was an extremely dangerous idea. Mother-type monsters had all sorts of defensive measures at the cost of their agility.
Tentacles came shooting out of the Queen’s body. With poisonous thorns hanging here and there, they surrounded Yeorum and simultaneously shot for her body.
That was when flames surged forth from Yeorum’s shoulders, ribs, back, chest, legs, ankles and her two hands that were holding onto a sword.
“Oh my word!”
It was a feat that had never been shown before.
Attaching the blazing mana onto her blade, Yeorum slashed all the tentacles apart. The tips of the tentacles were scorched after being cut by the blade. The Queen tried to raise her legs to block it, but Yeorum’s sword created a massive explosion the moment it touched the Queen’s legs.
Kwakwakwang–!!
Petrovic shouted in surprise.