Chapter 18: How Many Tails? (2) (1/2)
Chapter 18: How Many Tails? (2)
The Players stared at the nine swaying tails before them
“No way It’s a Nine-tails?”
“T-this is crazy! Specter was barely able to defeat a Six-tails!”
“Ah, ah…”
All the Players, including Cha Min-Woo, turned pale They lost the will to fight just by the sight of it Such was the nature of a ‘Boss Monster’
Even if he was going to die soon, Cha Min-Woo was still an elite He raised his voice and spoke to the fearful Players “There’s no place to run within the Gate As soon as we turn our backs, we’ll all die!”
Of course, he hadn’t expected a Nine-tails But his spirit wasn’t shaken
‘It’s still a monster If we pierce its heart or cut its head, it’ll die’
Plus, the traps that they had prepared for the Cinder Fox were at least three tier than the first wave of traps earlier
“We can do it! Everyone, get it together!” He shook theether”
“We’ll die if we try to run We should at least get in a punch or two” The Players got back into formation At the same time, the Cinder Fox slowly started toward theave the command, the Players activated the trap
Bzzzzzt!
The trap activated in the same manner as before The transmitters were three times as thick, and it boomed like thunder as it activated
It made the Cinder Fox pause
“I-it worked!”
“The trap worked!”
“We can do itWe can defeat it!”
They had hopes that they would be able to write their naes of history
And then they saw it
Grrraaahh!
The eyes of the Cinder Fox becaah!” They lowered their eyes without even knowing A shi+ver ran down their spines and goosebumps prickled their skin under the eyes of the predator
The Cinder Fox splayed its tails like a fan
The ic it released destroyed the trap in one fell swoop
Crackle! Pop! Boom!
The Players started to panic as they looked upon the reht now?”
“No!”
Dozens of Fire Foxes trailed behind the Cinder Fox Each one held as ic user’s ‘Fireball’ spell They attacked at once, breaking through the Players’ formations
Crash!+
Slam!
The sand kicked up into the air, and the Players started to fall, shrieking
“Gaaahh!”
“Urk, !”
“I-II can’t see!”
As battle erupted around hi?! Stick to the formation! If we break it, noe’llAhh!”
His shoulder was suddenly filled with burning pain Quickly turning, he saw that it was ablaze with foxfire
‘I didn’t even see it co…!’
As soon as he put it out, the skin on his shoulder started to bubble and blister
This was the strength of his eneant to ever think that he could defeat them
“What is this?”
With a dejected look on his face, he let out a low laugh Weren’t the monsters supposed to be at his level?
He shi+vered The desert was hot, and the Cinder Fox’s fire onlyto feel cold
“”
His eyes glazed over; his conviction broken
‘It’s over’
“None of our strategies, tactics or hi-tech equipment worked How…” Hoere they supposed to defeat it? How had Specter killed such a monster?
He couldn’t find an answer He looked up at the sky, feeling the heat gather around hilowed The fire fell around the Players like a falling sun
At that ht to himself
‘AhThis is how I die’
He had no thought to dodge it, nor did he have any time to process it as the fire hurled toward hiht hiies, tactics, and, as it, hi-tech equipood”
Step, step
A man walked on the hot sand, toward him He casually stood in front of Cha Min-Woo and looked up “Do you want to knohat you do when you cos?”
Without knowing, Cha Min-Woo nodded He didn’t understand why he thought this, but he believed that this man would know the answer
Despite his scrawny body, it felt like Seo Jun-Ho was like a light in the darkness
“It’s siht it even when they first appeared Even after all these years, it’s so!
Seo Jun-Ho’s sword rang as he pulled it fro combat ability”
“!”
Cha Min-Woo’s eyes reflected against Seo Jun-Ho’s back
He sliced froh a wall of fire
Wooooshhh!
It was the Cinder Fox’s strongest attack—Cinder Fireball Seo Jun-Ho lowered his aro’
It had used a third of his ic in the attack But the poor soul next to hih?’
Seo Jun-Ho looked behind hiet the others out of harm’s way
He looked back to the Cinder Fox