Chapter 15 (1/2)
Each of the five skeletons held a blunt weapon.
Then Sungwoo used the orc’s leather belt to knot the sword on the one-armed skeleton’s back, so it could make use of the synergies, <Warrior (1st stage)> and <One-armed Warrior(complete)>, at any time.
“The sword feels heavier now.”
When the synergy of <Warrior(1st stage)>, which reduced sword weight, disappeared, Jisu murmured while lifting her saber. Sungwoo also felt the great effects of the 50% sword weight reduction.
However, a new synergy soon became active.
<The ‘synergic effect’ is active because of your teamwork.>
<List of synergies:
Madness of the Wilderness (1st stage)
Classification: weapon synergy
Condition: five bone weapons need to be loaded
Effect: additional damage when attacking below maximum health (+30%)
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Stick is Medicine (1st stage)
Classification: weapon synergy
Condition: more than five blunt weapons need to be loaded
Effect: faintness with constant probability (5%), additional damage to mid-sized monsters (+10%) >
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“Ah? Wait a minute.”
As if he recalled something, Sungwoo unknotted the sword from the one-armed skeleton’s back and gave it to Hanho.
“Hey, Hanho. Hold it.”
“Oh? Thanks! Yeah, I can…”
“I’m lending it to you. You have to return it to this guy when I tell you to do so.”
Then Hanho’s eyes were full of disappointment.
“Are you kidding me? Why don’t you just give it to me as a man?”
“…You witnessed the wonderful synergy of <One-armed Warrior>, right? I can’t cut one of your arms for that, Hanho.”
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When he said that, Hanho nodded quietly, and the synergy of the warrior was effective again.
They resumed moving and climbed up the trail. The sunlight beaming through the trees and birds’ chirping suggested it was another peaceful day, but the constant screaming from the campus over the trees broke the peaceful mood.
This was still hell.
“How many are going to be killed?” Jisu asked with a frown.
Sungwoo replied calmly, “Well, it depends on how well they can adapt.”
Like he said, the current situation was turbulent. Those who failed to adapt were killed, and their families perished.
“If that’s the case, adapting is not that easy.”
“I agree, but the first step to adaptation is very easy.”
“What’s that?”
“It is whether you admit it or deny it.”
“Admit it or deny it?”
Sungwoo nodded.
“The moment you chose a card, confronted a goblin, and had to kill the goblin, most of you denied the situation and tried to run away, right?”
“What you mean is that you can fight only when you admit the situation is real. Then you can survive, right?”
“Yes, that’s what I mean. Oh, we’re already here.”
In no time they arrived at the end of the trail. After they walked down the wooden stairs, they saw the main gate.
“Carefully look around you when you walk down the stairs.”
“Sungwoo, don’t you feel uneasy? Why are all the cars stopping in front of the gate?”
For some reason, lots of cars were blocked near the school gate. It looked as if they were trying to get out of there, but got stuck because they couldn’t leave.
Soon Sungwoo found out the reason.
<They have been sealed by strong magical power. The gate will open when you kill the ‘boss monster’ in this region. *The boss monster will be strengthened if you fail to kill it within the time limit. (08:31).>
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“Ah, again?”
The moment when the clock switched to 08:00, the following message appeared before the eyes of all the survivors on campus.
<The orc unit has started their ‘hunt.’ Choose a proper place and confront them.
*The orcs will start hunting after smelling their prey. They will dispatch more warriors to bigger groups.>