Chapter 97 - The Underground Waterways (6) (2/2)
The poison attacks wouldn’t be light. So, Kamian couldn’t help but voice his concern as he was sure they were able to completely block the attacks with the shield.
Moreover, Soo Hyuk was a mage, and it was basic common sense that they have very low health.
But of course, Kamian’s concern was fully valid as he didn’t know Soo Hyuk well. All he knew was that Soo Hyuk had a strong offensive power, what he didn’t know was his health was more than 110 thousand, much higher than their tanker Ketoto.
“I’m afraid it’ll take too long if we rely on the shield. First, let me try to hit and kill them, if it gets too difficult, we can use the shield.”
Soo Hyuk explained himself with reason and logic, so he didn’t need to explain about his health. Listening to him, Kamina and the Koma guild members agreed with his plan.
With that decided, he looked at the map and the group set out, a few moments later, K-Cross who was walking ahead of the group signaled them to stop. He had been watching ahead with his skill ‘Hawk’s Eye.’
“There are chimeras ahead.”
K-Cross warned.
“I see three of them. They might range between 900,000 to 1 million.”
Saying that K-Cross couldn’t help but stumble back a bit.
-Huh? What’s this smell?
-Smells like a human.
-Huh, really a human?
Just as K-Cross stumbled back, they heard a voice in front of them.
‘Voices?’
If their health were between 900,000 to 1 million, that meant they were normal chimeras. But unlike a Wolf-orc chimera. The Fox-Goblin chimeras were fluent in human language.
‘Is it because it’s part Goblin?’
Are they the same level as before just with an intelligent goblin?
“Wait a moment.”
Soo Hyuk stepped forward.
“Just in case, Ketoto, be ready!”
What if the Fox-Goblin chimeras are more cunning than we expected and unexpectedly attack. So, Ketoto moved forward upon hearing Soo Hyuk.
“Ok! Just give me a signal, and I’ll be there in no time.”
After Ketoto’s assurance, Soo Hyuk proceeded forward.
-Huh? Only one?
-Huh? But I smelled several of them?
-I think he’s here alone.
Soon, Soo Hyuk met the chimeras face to face. Just like the Wolf-Orc variant, the Fox-Goblin chimeras had a goblin for its upper body.
-Be paralyzed!
The center chimera attacked first, it tried to paralyze him with its poison attack.
‘I’ll have to take the hit.’
Soo Hyuk was wondering how strong the attack might be.
Hiikk!
Soon, saliva flew out of the goblin’s mouth; Soo Hyuk raised his arms to take a direct blow. As soon as it made contact, a notification appeared.
[You have resisted poisoning.]
Just as he expected, he didn’t get poisoned, then he opened his stats, checking his health.
‘500.’
He lost 500 health.
‘I don’t have to worry.’
He knew, the more health taken, the higher the damage. However, he didn’t need to worry even though the Chimeras had the health of 900,000 to 1 million. Even if he got hit three times, it would still only add up to 1,500.
It would take a long time for 110,000 health to reach zero, and by that time, Soo Hyuk was confident he could kill these Fox-Goblins.
-Oh, he’s moving.
-I guess the poison hasn’t had its effect yet.
Soo Hyuk, who was busy looking at his stats while those chimeras were talking, opened his mouth.
“Fire Spear!”
Just one spell was enough to heavily damage one of the Fox-Goblins, there wasn’t much need to attack much more.
Kwang!
Though Fire Spear was quite explosive, it was just the beginning.
“Flame Dance!Poison Chains! Firebolt! Fireball! Poison Spear!”
Soo Hyuk showered them in spells, soon, a notification appeared before him.
-Fox-Goblin’s special poisonous needles [2].
-Fox-Goblin’s poison.
‘I knew, I didn’t need to worry.’
Looking at the window in front of him, Soo Hyuk wondered why the chimeras were unable to resist his attacks. Soon he concluded it was because he didn’t give them any room to attack. But, they were different from Wolf-Orc’s who narrowed the distance little by little.
‘I think we can move forward.’
Soo Hyuk, who thought something might go wrong and had attacked so fiercely, took his items and returned to where Kamian and the Koma guild waited.
Kwang! Kwang! Kwang! Kwang!
Hearing such a swift and fierce battle, Kamian, Ketoto, Garan, and K-Cross had their mouths wide open from shock.
‘I don’t think he needs a shield.’
After such a shock, Ketoto was the first to break the silence.
He couldn’t help but feel bitter. No matter how strong Soo Hyuk was, he thought he would be the tanker.
This stage had a much higher difficulty than the previous zone, so he had been hoping this was his chance to show off his abilities, but…
Just like the Wolf-Orc’s, Soo Hyuk defeated the Fox-Goblin chimeras on his own, he simply didn’t need a tanker’s help.
‘I’m useless.’ (1)
At least K-Cross and Garan could help, it wasn’t much, but they could still help while he did nothing making him feel bitter.
He forced himself to stop his self-loathing and looked forward. Finding Soo Hyuk approaching.
‘Should I change my job and be a mage?’
Looking at him, Ketoto had an impulsive thought. Seeing Soo Hyuk’s strength, the mage class looked quite attractive.
Of course, such a thing happening was unthinkable to Ketoto who had invested a lot into being a tanker. Changing to the mage class was just a fancy thought.
“I don’t think we need the shield for now.”
As soon as Soo Hyuk arrived, Ketoto, who was already feeling bitter, felt worse. But the conflicts didn’t show on his face, there was no need for him to ruin such a good team and wasn’t it a good thing that the tanker didn’t need to step up?
“Let’s go!”
“Okay!”
Hearing Soo Hyuk’s words, Ketoto snuffed out his bitterness and replied with a voice full of energy, following behind him.
‘Huuu…’
With his feeling snuffed, Ketoto sighed.
‘Will there be a situation where I’m needed?’
Will there be an opportunity where he could execute his role as a tanker?
‘I want to do something, but…’
Ketoto followed Soo Hyuk, because of the name he has gained as the Demon hunter who slaughtered the Demon guild. He thought following Soo Hyuk would bring him a new scapegoat.
But just as he was swimming in his bitterness, Ketoto’s wish came true. (2)
“Ketoto.”
“…Yeah!”
Ketoto, who had been, lost in thought, heard Soo Hyuk call him and came to his senses. Then, he couldn’t help but smile when he heard his words.
“I have a favor to ask of you.”