Chapter 45 (1/2)
I looked down at the spider side dish (?) with pitying eyes.
“Shiik... shiik...”
“Bake it golden-brown.”
The spider queen was making a faint sound and had no strength to stand up. Somehow, she was a little pathetic but I had no mercy. “You attacked first, right?”
In South Korea, the person who hit first was unconditionally wrong. No matter the reason, I was proud to beat her. I turned my head and saw the smaller-sized Solar hovering around Ragneos.
“You! Go away! Kiik!” Ragneos’ face became distorted as he watched Solar, who wouldn’t disappear when he swung his staff. He was suffering from Solar’s passive skill, Curse of the Sun. It would be a bit of a headache. Keke.
[Sun Elemental - Solar has 5% of sun energy left.]
“Hmm?”
It seemed that Solar wasn’t invincible. In fact, Solar’s energy had run out due to the explosion that occurred earlier. It had consumed a significant amount of sun energy in order to absorb the fireballs shot by Ragneos and return it as stronger damage. Of course, this was something I learned a bit later.
“It is dependent on energy these days? I should feed it some health food.”
Of course, the ingredients were...
Smile.
It was the spider queen in front of me.
“Shall I finish this?”
* * *
“Go away! Go away!” Ragneos’ mind was full of anger.
He continued to swing his staff at the damn fireball but it kept surviving without disappearing. Sun energy was still being consumed but Ragneos didn’t know this. Just then, loud noises were heard. He felt a great heat and turned his head to see a fire burning the spider queen’s body.
Ragneos was furious when he saw it. “T-That guy!! Kiiiiiik!”
He wanted to save the spider queen. His plan had failed but this was his favorite pet spider. He couldn’t die in such a vain manner. Thus, Ragneos chanted a spell. However...
[You have received the hatred of the sun elemental.]
[The casting has been canceled.]
“This damn fireball!”
The spider queen turned into a pile of ashes. Ragneos watched the process and shed tears. He seemed to become decades older. “Human! Human!!!”
At this moment, a bead fragment reacted to his anger. Purple waves of energy spread around him. In the process, the fireball around him suddenly disappeared. Ragneos sat on the ground with his staff and looked gloomy. “You guys...! I will kill you! Even if I have to become a demon!”
* * *
I quickly collected the loot after killing the spider queen. I checked but there was no inner core. All I got was a variety of materials, spider venom, and the carapace. A message came as I was moving toward Ragneos.
[The sun elemental ‘Solar’ has exhausted all of its sun energy.]
[Solar can’t be summoned for the next 24 hours.]
It seemed like Solar was gone. It was a bit painful that it couldn’t be summoned for a day but I was satisfied because I made the most of it. There was another problem...
[Ragneos has used the inherent skill ‘Frenzy of Darkness’.]
[For a period of time, lower grade dark magic can be used with no cooldown time.]
[All objects nearby are considered as enemies, apart from the caster.]
[The goblin priest Ragneos is reciting the oath of darkness.]
[If the spell isn’t stopped within three minutes, he will become demonized and be more powerful.]
“Demonic power...?”
In the distance, I could see Ragneos chanting a spell. The skull staff inserted in the ground produced numerous dark arrows. This was ominous...
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ says that you have to stop him!]
I quickly rushed toward Ragneos but countless dark arrows were flying at me. It was more than I thought...
I didn’t expect so many to be created in such a short amount of time. I dodged by twisting by body in the air but one struck my arm. “Ugh.”
An unknown black smoke could be seen rising from Ragneos' body. However, the dark arrows that suddenly appeared obscured my vision. It was twice as many as before.
“This is bullshit. Truly.”
I currently only had around 500 health. It would be nice if I could avoid all of them but this was frankly questionable. I would be killed in five hits so it was a dangerous gamble.
...It seemed I would have to use Keen Insight. The moment I was running toward the incoming arrows.
“Storm Spear 1st Style.” A man approached this place and rotated his spear. Wind gathered at the tip of the spear and swarmed toward the rushing dark arrows. ”Wind Blast!”
The energy of the wind at the end of the spear spread out in a fan shape and all the dark arrows exploded. I had a sullen expression on my face at Kerenos’ arrival. “Why are you showing up now?”
“Haha. I was late because I was busy moving the lord to a safe place.”
“What about the other knights?”
“They are defending the lord.”
“Damn... there is no time. If we don’t stop him quickly, he will become a demon.”
“A demon?”
Shit. Taking the time to explain...