Chapter 212. List of Calamities (2) (1/2)

The Guild Alliance and the Rankers responded enthusiastically to Crevon’s call for help. They insisted that they had received a lot from Crevon and that they shared deep emotional bonds with it, but in truth, most of them were after the money that Crevon had put up.

They all gathered at World’s End in the East.

“…This is no joke.”

But the calamities that they came to face far exceeded their expectations in terms of scale and intensity. Four calamities were stationed in the vast area about the size of Jeju Island.

Medusa

Minotaur

Chimera

Cyclops

The Players stared at the creatures from myths and legends that anyone would have heard of at least once. Their overwhelming presence shook the earth. The Players dared not venture into it and could only watch from afar.

“Huh? What’s that?”

Suddenly, a child-like voice broke the silence dominated by tension.

It belonged to Yi Jiyoon. Everybody turned their attention to her. Yi Jiyoon, unperturbed, simply stared in one direction.

Before long, everyone turned their gaze to where she looked.

An archer stood atop a nameless, gracefully steep mountain.

A black lotus was engraved on his robe which fluttered in the wind. He aimed his bow at the vast field below without leaving any room for error.

“…Black Lotus.”

A series of murmurs—more like laments—broke out at the same time. The people gathered here knew him all too well.

Black Lotus. He had come back. It was clear who his arrows defined as the enemy.

A tiny wave of panic swept across the entire crowd.

Everyone watched him pull the bowstring.

Some tried to put up a barrier, and others were already running away.

But the arrows were fired before anyone could react.

At the sound of the arrows flying through the air, some screamed, and others got down on the ground.

But no matter how long they waited… the attack that they anticipated never came.

Black Lotus’ arrows were not aimed at them.

Upon this realization, a series of doubtful murmurs broke out. His arrows were actually fired in the opposite direction, towards Chimera, the 3rd calamity, and the group of monsters near it.

Chwaaa…

The arrows fired in a single shot divided into many different paths and rigorously tore up the monsters.

“…Wow.”

“Is this… real?”

“What….”

His archery skill had surpassed the human domain. The arrows, divided into five different paths, moved as if they were self-intelligent. The five lines pierced one monster after the other. The arrows moved as though they were painting in the air. One little move was equivalent to the death of at least 10 monsters.

Gruooooo—!

The monsters roared in fury at the surprise attack. They were again shot to death by the arrows. And yet the monsters were not frightened, and the arrows too continued to pierce them without hesitation. Their stubborn animosity had no effect on the arrows.

That's when the players realized that Black Lotus was helping them out, although they weren’t sure why.

In that case, there really was no reason for them to be so afraid.

The most simple-minded guilds were the first ones to think so, and they ran. They were the members of the Chinese guild, ‘Empire of Glory’, and the Indian guild, ‘Mumbai Crew’. They ran to where Black Lotus’ arrows had just landed. To earn TP, they killed and tore apart the monsters that were already half-dead.

Seeing this, other guilds also rushed in impatiently, and High Rankers were left with no choice but to participate as well.

It was the start of a war.

**

Boss joined us soon after the fight, which was way too disorganized to be called a war. She was completely prepared for action, and we all rushed towards Python, who was by itself.

Python was literally a giant serpent, but her head slightly resembled that of a human.

She was scattering her bodily fluids and eggs in the canyon to mark her territory.

“Can I go in and fight now?”

Cheok Jungyeong asked as he began to stretch. He seemed to acknowledge her as a challenging opponent, seeing how he put quite a bit of effort into stretching. Arms as big as my thigh and legs as wide as my body moved around intensely.

The exorbitant size of his biceps made me wonder what his stats looked like.

There was only one way to satisfy my curiosity.

I took the Directory out.

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▷Stats

*Variable Stats

[Strength ??]

[Stamina ??]

[Speed ??]

[Perception 10.7]

[Magic Power ??]

[Vitality ??]

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“….”

I was at a loss for words. All but his perception stat had question marks, which meant that they were well over 11.

He seemed more of a monster than Python.

“…What are ya looking at?”

Of course, it wasn’t like they didn’t make any sense. Cheok Jungyeong had acquired ‘Secret March’, a special skill that boosted physical stats, and his base stats were high to begin with, thanks to his Gift.

“Ah~ I see.”

Cheok Jungyeong gave a broad grin.

His Gift was ‘Inheritance’, which allowed him to connect with his former life. And in his former life, he was the strongest warrior in Goryeo.

“But our bodies are made differently, so you can never be like me.”

Cheok Jungyeong mistook my gaze as a sign of envy and remarked.

“…It’s not like I want to.”

“Heh, don’t lie.”

“Whatever.”

“Oh?”

“You’re too noisy, Gyeong.”

Boss stopped Cheok Jungyeong. He mumbled in dissatisfaction and retreated.

Now, it was time for the mission briefing.

I gathered all of my dark ore arrows in one place.

“She’s pretty tough, so we can’t just do whatever we want. Each of us will have to play a specific role.”

This was obvious to anyone who has played MMORPGs before, but the cooperation among team members and the strategy were the most important aspects of a raid.

Cheok Jungyeong, who liked to play solo, seemed pretty annoyed, while Jin Yohan smiled and nodded.

“I know, I know. But there’s only four of us.”

“No, there’s seven.”

At that precise moment, a dark flash and a white bird of prey appeared, wrapped up in wind.

Sannuri and Spartan stopped next to me. They brought Jain, who had been sleeping, with them.

“Haa… I wanted to rest for a bit.”

Jain got off, tidying her disheveled hair.

Finally, everyone—me, Boss, Cheok Jungyeong, Jain, Jin Yohan, Spartan, and Sannuri—was here.

“Well, then….”

I began assigning roles.

When taking on a snake that big, it was better to divide her into different parts(?) and attack. And so Cheok Jungyeong was put in charge of the tail, which was Python’s vital point, Jin Yohan was assigned to the right side of the body, Boss was assigned to the left side of the body, and I assigned myself to the head.

“We can leave the other monsters nearby to Sannuri and Spartan.”

“…What about me?”