Chapter 284
Chapter: 284
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>Translator: penny
>Chapter: 284
>Chapter Title: Impulse Soft (4)
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-Pangea Chronicle Free Bulletin Board
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>Mage) Theme Dungeon) Urgent! Help me out!
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>Just leveled up and I'm a mage in the middle of my first job change quest.
>Heard the job change items are pricey at the auction house, so I came to a theme dungeon with my party to grind it out.
>We entered the F-rank Golden Goblin Dungeon, but for some reason, our damage isn't landing. Their HP is higher than regular goblins, sure, but it shouldn't be over 120%. The white tags say they're same-level or lower mobs no matter how you slice it.
>But even spamming Magic Missiles like crazy, their HP doesn't budge a single point! I'm rocking electric property crit gear, so crits pop every three attacks, but HP doesn't drop at all—not even knockback! Is this a bug?
>Please help! If I die now, I'll go into EXP debt and lose all my job change quest progress!
>- Don't go barging into places without reading the guides first, dumbass!
>└ Ugh I'm desperate, don't yell, please help
>└ Dude, instead of commenting, search "Theme Dungeon" on the tips board. There's like five pages of solid guides.
>└ I skimmed them, but nothing I can use right now! _
>- That's probably because the entire theme dungeon has Justitia's "Condition" debuff. Check the main story—there's a "Hero's Condition" section.
>└ Main story right now...
>└ Hero's Condition means your party's DPS is key. Until you prove it, Justitia's protection barrier keeps the monsters invulnerable. Straight-up can't attack.
>└ What’s the condition -
>└ F-rank: melee class. E-rank: ranged. D-rank: magic or summons, mental attacks, etc. Land over 70% of the mob's total HP in one hit to break the barrier, then it's cake. C-rank and up get trickier.
>- Sounds easy, but nailing the condition is sneaky hard. Mobs have solid HP pools for same-level. Easiest is just riding a high-level carry. Call a buddy and clear it.
>└ Already inside the dungeon—teach me how to fix it here 0
>└ Stack gear on your warrior-class party member and pile on buffs. Warrior just needs one hit to break the barrier, then it's way easier than a normal dungeon.
>└ But we're a same-level party—can't hit 70% even with buffs?
>└ No other fixes then. Just wipe, respawn at the nearby green zone village, use friend chance, and retry.
>- Reset that job quest lol
>└ Aaaargh seriously
>* * *
>Theme Dungeon D-rank. Ice Banshee Dungeon.
>Unlike the ragged banshees in regular dungeons, this mystical theme dungeon featured ethereal girls like air sprites glowing with blue light, floating about.
>High chance of rare item "Scream Scroll" as clear reward, plus the cute ice banshees themselves made it popular.
>But for the Silent Villains currently fleeing for their lives, none of that mattered.
>Kyaaaaah—
>Kiyaahah—
>Feeling their HP chip away bit by bit from the screams echoing all around, the party poured everything they had into sprinting deeper, deeper inside.
>[Are we sure this is D-rank? What the hell is with their defense!]
>[They look like banshees! Different appearance, but movements and attack patterns are identical! Banshees aren't supposed to have this much defense—why isn't our damage sticking at all?]
>[So pretty! So mystical! But so scary!]
>Pew pew pew pew!
>Sungjin followed behind them for now and asked.
>[Everything's fine, but why keep heading deeper into the dungeon?]
>The relatively lagging Hatasu Titi, weighed down by her heavy shield, shouted urgently.
>[Banshees have wider aggro range than most mobs! Can't shake them completely at a narrow entrance!]
>But charging deeper wasn't a great choice either.
>They were already dragging a horde of banshees like a tail, and their numbers were multiplying exponentially.
>Kyaaaaah—
>Of course, Sungjin could only roughly guess that from the growing chorus of screams behind.
>Any glance back got instantly blocked by text.
>〚Hey kids! Before logging in, be aware this game has violence and gacha ratings...〛
>Damn it, these pop-up texts are the real violence! What was the dev thinking with this skin?
>[Anyway, there has to be a way! No well-known guides?]
>Popular dungeon like this—bound to have proper docs.
>[I vaguely heard from regular users that something like that exists.]
>Owen answered, glancing back.
>He kept checking if the newbie was keeping up, so he couldn't hit full speed.
>[I heard too! Somewhere users share docs of their experiences!]
>Hatasu Titi added, slinging her shield on her back to pick up the pace.
>[But Seongjin—even if those posts exist, we can't read them! User posts don't translate properly for us! We're guest ID users!]
>So they'd been fumbling through purely on trial and error.
>Owen from the Delcross dimension, Hatasu Titi and even Gurupyaragurub Bipyariplib who'd never played games like this in their worlds.
>Wonder how many failures it took for them to get comfy with Pangea Chronicle's systems.
>But even they had never hit a wall where attacks were completely nullified.
>'Who'd have thought newbie me is the most game-savvy here...'
>Sungjin had a few guesses.
>Physical resistance to melee and ranged, special conditions for attackers.
>No mage in the party—maybe only magic works on these special mobs.
>But hard to test without seeing anything.
>'First, gotta fix this skin!'
>While running, Sungjin scanned the hovering menus.
>If he could equip a skin, he could unequip it, right? Better glitchy graphics or shadows than this. At least shapes would be visible.
>'Any options menu? Gotta be one around here...'
>Right then.
>Swoosh—
>Chilling presence from behind!
>Sungjin leaped without looking.
>Boom!
>The spot he'd just stood on cratered from some mosaicked thing.
>They'd stopped screaming—how'd they sneak up like that?
>[Damn, banshee stealth mode! Chase speed ramps up— this is bad!]
>Lagging Hatasu Titi yelled with a worried look.
>Sungjin spotted a weird mosaic hurtling at her.
>Smeared into the background, formless, but instantly obvious as a banshee attack.
>[Dodge! Titi!]
>Ignoring the text blinding him, Sungjin kicked off the ground and launched a hoof at the mosaic.
>Squelch!
>His hoof hit something rubbery and gross.
>Grazed away from Titi, but no damage registered.
>[What the hell are you doing?!]
>Owen suddenly barked, lagging back, then grabbed Sungjin's collar before he could respond.
>[Newbie worrying about others? She's tanky, but you're a barebones newbie without reinforced gear!]
>[But Hatasu Titi...]
>[I told you! Guest ID users can't die here! Focus on yourself!]
>Dangling from Owen's grip like a kitten by the scruff, Sungjin felt a weird déjà vu.
>'Huh? Didn't this just happen recently?'
>Not the point right now.
>Now unburdened by looking back, Owen charged steadily with Sungjin in tow.
>Sungjin finally had breathing room to check his status and disable the external skin.
>〚Background – Skin 'Gather, Friends'〛
>〚On/*Off*〛
>〚Object - Skin 'Gather, Friends'〛
>〚On/*Off*〛
>Whoosh.
>Lighting dimmed sharply, colorful mosaics vanishing.
>Finally, Sungjin's vision cleared to the dungeon background and faint shadowy banshees.
>Nice!
>'Leave options like this—any magic skills I can use now?'
>Scanning menus carefully, his eyes caught dark ceiling hung with icicle-like stalactites.
>Unlike prior low damp caves, this was a high-vaulted corridor. So lofty and gloomy, it felt like a graveyard under black night sky.
>Hang on— that's pretty high up.
>[Hatasu Titi. "Wide aggro range"—just ground-level radius? What if vertical distance?]
>Titi followed his gaze, then yelled forward like she'd realized something.
>[Gulup! Ceiling!]
>Surprisingly, frontrunner was the mollusk Gulup, tentacles wriggling furiously. It sprang back at her call.
>[Got it! Leave it to me!]
>Two tentacles shot out, coiling around party members: Hatasu Titi and Owen.
>'Huh?'
>Sungjin blinked in surprise—
>Whip!
>Thicker-than-expected tentacles hoisted them effortlessly. Sungjin, dangling from Owen, rocketed upward.
>Gulup sprang, climbing the walls with its three free tentacles at insane speed—no different from floor-running!
>'......!'
>What even is this guy?
>As Sungjin dangled pondering, Gulup reached the ceiling, wrapping three tentacles around icicles and clinging tight.
>[Very cold! Can't hold long!]
>Ignoring mini-goat Sungjin, it bore heavy-shielded deer and burly Owen like nothing.
>Kyaaaaah—
>Kyyyiii—
>The ploy worked.
>Ice banshees lost their target, dropping stealth to mill confusedly below.
>[Whew. Never thought of that.]
>[Just a temp fix. Cold-weak Gulup can't last.]
>[Gulup! Keep going!]
>While they caught their breath, Sungjin rummaged his unfamiliar status screen. He found the skills tab, spotting two shiny icons.
>〚Basic Swordsmanship Lv. 2〛
>〚Summoning Lv. 0〛
>'...Summoning?'
>Hold up—swordsmanship aside, when did I learn this?