Chapter 66: Chapter 65: Kill Stealing Isn’t Bad Manners, Part 2 (1/2)
Chapter 66: Chapter 65: Kill Stealing Isn’t Bad Manners, Part 2
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
”Out of the way! I'll block it!”
”Heal! Get ready to heal! DPS, fall back!” Shin Hyuk charged in ahead of his teammates and brought his Rank 6 Giant's Shield up close to his shoulder in front of the Stone Golem, bracing for the impact. The Stone Golem unleashed its Rockslide on top of Shin Hyuk.
”Gahhh!” Boulders the size of a full-grown adult crashed down upon Shin Hyuk. His grunt of pain could be heard from beneath the boulders.
”Chun Song Yi! Don't stop healing! We must persevere!” Kang Il Hwan quickly took over command and shouted to Chung Song Yi.
”Got it!”
The Stone Golem's Rockslide rained down boulders for seven seconds, and Shin Hyuk couldn't be seen beneath it. Finally, the boulders shifted, and Shin Hyuk got up with his shield still raised.
”I'm alright. Go! Attack now!”
”Continue your attacks! Take up formation one!. Attack once and retreat. Don't get greedy!” Once Kang Il Hwan noticed that Shin Hyuk was still up, he ordered the other two damage dealers to follow him and attack. Kang Il Hwan was an archer and used his wide view of the battlefield to give out the proper orders. He and Shin Hyuk had made that decision just prior to the raid.
”The healer can't help you. Look out for your health on your own and don't be hasty!” Their only healer could only aid Shin Hyuk, who was taking the brunt of the Stone Golem's attacks. The dealers were strong enough that they wouldn't die from a hit or two, but it had already been three hours into the battle; they couldn't afford to take any more hits.
All they could do was to rely on potions and back off until the potion's cooldown expired before they could use another one.
Kang Il Hwan hadn't expected Shin Hyuk to fight this hard. He did tell him to at least look the part, but he was doing much better than anticipated. The most important part of being a tank was being able to take a boss's attack and remain standing. That was the main role of a tanker, but there was more to being the perfect tank.
The perfect tanker could not only block a boss monster's attacks, but also keep the boss monster's attention on the tanker, and away from the other party members. This was known as aggro. A tank's skill in combat was based on the tank's ability to aggro monsters. The better the aggro, the safer the damage dealers were in battle. If the boss monster wasn't focused on them, they could unleash more attacks and skills onto the boss. In other words, good aggro shortened the length of a boss raid!
Shin Hyuk's skill as a tanker was only C-grade. Compared to Song Haein's B-grade, his skills definitely lagged behind. However, the dazzling skills and aggro retention Shin Hyuk was showing right now were that of a B-grade. Thanks to Shin Hyuk's enthusiasm in the fight, the entire party saw a ray of hope that they could succeed. The damage dealers decided not to give up, and put more effort into their attacks.
”Damn it! Chun Song Yi, how much more do we have left?” Shin Hyuk asked Chun Song Yi, who had the Detect Skill, after retreating from the Stone Golem's attacks for a moment.
”Its health is below 10% now.”
Shin Hyuk felt conflicted with what she just told him. They went into this battle, half-expecting to give up halfway through the fight, but sometime in the middle of the battle, they were giving it their all.
Shin Hyuk had led many boss monster raids at the Eulsukdo dungeon. The Seorak dungeon was a low-grade dungeon like the one in Eulsukdo, but this boss was much stronger, so much stronger that it was recommended to have a minimum of eight party members. The Eulsukdo dungeon only needed six. The Eulsukdo dungeon was also in the middle of his guild's territory, and he had raided it a few times to see what his abilities were like.
He had never failed.
Of course, he always went with a full party of six, and they were all elites of the Yung Gong Guild. He was able to consistently and easily fell the dungeon boss monster.
This Seorak dungeon was very difficult for Shin Hyuk, even with all that experience. His party of eight had fallen to five total members. They had a 70% chance of failing. They didn't expect to succeed when they first entered the boss room.
They were severely unprepared for the battle. They were thinking about the best way to die during the raid. But this difficult and seemingly impossible boss raid seemed to have awakened something in Shin Hyuk.
Shin Hyuk's determination was like a weed that bloomed into flower amidst the struggle.
”Out of the way!” When Shin Hyuk noticed that the Stone Golem shifted its focus to a greatsword-wielding warrior, he rushed in. He raised his shield in front of him and charged at the Stone Golem.
”Provoke!” Shin Hyuk cried out as he crashed his shield into to the Stone Golem's leg. The Golem turned around to face Shin Hyuk; he had successfully aggroed the boss once more!
”I told you not to attack too many times in a row. Its HP is below 10% now. I'll block all of its attacks, so retreat after attacking once. We're done for if we lose one more!” The Stone Golem had a very high health regeneration rate. If they lost one more damage dealer, they wouldn't be able to effectively lower the boss's health, and would end up losing the battle.
”Yes, sir! I'm sorry!”
The Stone Golem turned its body to bring its fist crashing down once more on Shin Hyuk. Shin Hyuk was a typical tanker with low AGI. He didn't think about dodging the attack and raised his shield once more to brace himself.
The crash of impact was teeth-rattling!
”Attack again and retreat!”
”Double Power Shot!”
”Mighty Blow!”
”Heart Strike!” Once the Stone Golem attacked Shin Hyuk, the three damage dealers shot off their most powerful skills. When the Stone Golem turned to face them, Shin Hyuk raised his shield and intercepted the Golem again.
”Shield Bash! Provoke!” He raised his shield above his head and slammed it down on the Golem's foot. He used his Provoke skill to make the Stone Golem focus on him once more.