Chapter 122
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 122
Chapter Title: EP.122 High-Rank Raid
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“Haaah!”
With a shout, Na-yeon drew up her mana.
At her command, the three mana orbs began spinning in place before shooting forward like bullets. Na-yeon's orbs, normally white, were now dyed a blood-like red.
A yellow energy gathered at the center of the orbs as they flew in a precise pattern. Then, with a roar, it fired a beam of mana straight at a scout positioned at the rear of the charging Hop Goblin horde, who was raising its weapon high.
Weeeeeng!!!
The deadly light from the three orbs incinerated the scout's head on impact. Even as an elite monster among goblins, it was just a regular mob, not a boss-grade threat. Small types like these didn't have much vitality anyway.
It was well within Na-yeon's capabilities to handle effortlessly. Having taken out the ranged attacker first, she turned her orbs toward the goblin mage as her next target.
- Keruk! Kek! Keeek!
The Hop Goblins spotted Na-yeon maneuvering her orbs and bared their sharp fangs. But as the death spheres unleashed volley after volley of mana beams, scorching the ground and themselves alike, their ferocity swiftly turned to terror.
“Freeze!!!”
Ye-rin, who had switched to the Unique-grade Witch of Severe Cold class, was fully leveraging its traits to restrict the Hop Goblins' movements.
She was also pelting them from the sky with an AoE spell that summoned hail.
Thanks to the class trait that boosted any spell incorporating even a trace of water-element mana, the relentless barrage of hard hailstones from above quickly turned the Hop Goblins into a bloody mess. Even the healers' recovery magic was utterly useless.
“They're solid.”
Hyun-ah nodded approvingly at the reliable performance of her two dealers. Ye-rin Jeong and Na-yeon Shin—both were dealers more than capable of tackling a 【B-3】 difficulty dungeon. Their current showing alone proved they were no cause for worry.
But Minguk was different. Sure, as a healer, he was a top-tier hero.
'Still, as a dealer...'
He was completely unproven. No, recalling his Hero Academy days only made her anxious. His performance in the hotel training room yesterday had been decent enough to praise, but training and real combat were worlds apart.
With that thought, Hyun-ah turned her head toward the two o'clock position on the battlefield. Her eyes widened.
'Fast...?!'
Minguk, gripping a bluish-glowing dagger, was charging toward the Hop Goblin horde with long strides.
Dirt clods flew into the air from the ground before he rocketed past them at speeds no ordinary human could match. It was mana-enhanced movement.
As he closed in on the horde, Minguk's figure vanished in an instant. A mere blink later, he reappeared behind the wand-wielding healer.
- ?!
The healer's throat was pierced by the sharp dagger; it collapsed forward without even a scream. Having dispatched the healer in one go, Minguk gripped daggers in both hands and swung his arms in an X pattern.
- Kee...?! Kriek!
The scout, about to alert its allies, had a mana-infused dagger jammed into its mouth. At the same time, the goblin mage's body slowly toppled forward.
Minguk's thrown dagger had buried deep into the mage's occiput just moments ago.
“Hup!”
Recalling his dagger with mana, Minguk ignored the charging shield bearer and engaged the mace-wielding squad leader. Hyun-ah watched his exploits with a dazed, slack-jawed expression.
“Uh, umm...”
Minguk's DPS on the Hero Pad was skyrocketing. No wonder—he'd taken out three goblins in a flash. His DPS even outpaced Ye-rin, the Witch of Severe Cold, and Na-yeon, the super-prodigy prospect.
Even Kendall the healer was glancing his way while casting her recovery spells.
“......Coincidence, right?”
Hyun-ah, who'd been ready to assist Minguk only to find herself with nothing to do, muttered that and let out a hollow laugh. His healing was impressive enough, but if his dealing was this good too... She had no words. And he was the raid leader to boot.
Hyun-ah's gaze stayed locked on Minguk. He deftly dodged the pincer attack from two goblins swinging shield and mace, moving like a true melee dealer.
Whenever danger loomed, he escaped using the unique ability of Evil's Blade: Edge of Darkness. Astonishingly, Minguk seemed to know exactly how to wield the 'Edge of Darkness' skill.
“This isn't some fantasy novel...”
Black energy flowed along his body. It looked ominous, but it was actually the passive of Evil's Blade, converting absorbed life force into a protective barrier.
“Minguk, the C-rank archer, turns out to be a genius dealer?”
His bow skills back at Hero Academy had been so abysmal, even the most generous assessment couldn't call them good.
She'd seen a post online once: True masters hide about 30% of their true power... But the Minguk before her eyes felt like he was hiding more than 50%.
“N-No way he’s good at tanking too, right?”
For some reason, that would really bruise her pride.
While Hyun-ah pondered that, Minguk kept weaving against the protector and squad leader.
“...Hoo, hoo.”
Facing the monsters' ragged breaths and thick killing intent up close made his blood boil on instinct. It was a sensation he hadn't felt in ages.
Moreover, Defense-type dungeons like this required battling hordes, not just a single boss. Minguk swung his weapons ceaselessly at the mobs.
- Keeek!
His dagger sliced deep into the goblin's neck with wrist strength, blood spurting out. Sensing killing intent from behind, Minguk instantly activated Edge of Darkness without hesitation.
Bwooom!!!
His body turned semi-transparent as a massive mace crashed where he'd stood, pulverizing the ground. But having evaded with Edge of Darkness, Minguk immediately grabbed the squad leader's head barehanded.
Plunk!
Before the protector could react, he stabbed his dagger into the squad leader's throat. Holes punched repeatedly through the Hop Goblin's thin hide, oozing thick green blood.
The fishy stench of blood hit him, his heart pounding uncontrollably.
Feeling the squad leader's life force fade, Minguk hurled its corpse at the charging protector.
Thud crash!!!
The protector collided with the body and tumbled spectacularly. Minguk closed in, kicked off its helmet, then plunged his dagger into its skull.
The cranium and brains crushed instantly, the body twitching like a bug. The high Gear Score dagger's edge was no joke.
'My senses are sharpening bit by bit.'
As the saying went, nothing beat live combat for training. Minguk felt his battle prowess steadily improving to his satisfaction.
Luckily, the monsters' killing intent wasn't as intimidating as expected. Probably thanks to the Revival Stone. If he had to nitpick, his senses were honing to a razor's edge like the female heroes', his body heating up fast.
Adrenaline surging, no doubt. His pants were bulging massively as a result.
Daaang!
The bell tolled again, another Hop Goblin horde emerging. This one was even larger than the last.
Minguk eyed them with madness-glazed eyes. His dagger thirsted for blood.
Splat!
With a gruesome crunch, the last surviving Hop Goblin's head burst, ending the raid. One Try clear.
“Uh, umm...”
“W-We won, right?”
Checking the raid logs on their Hero Pads, the team all stared at Minguk in shock. Especially dealers Ye-rin and Na-yeon of Team GGW—they rubbed their eyes in disbelief at the records before them.
All three dealers had similar damage outputs, but Minguk's DPS topped the charts. And this was his first raid as a dealer.
Records showed his last raid as a dealer was the 【B-9】 dungeon for his hero certification—and it had been pathetically low.
“Hyun-ah.”
Ignoring the team's stares, Minguk slumped onto the tower's stone steps, unbuttoning his collar as he called her. The raid had left him unbearably hot.
“Y-Yeah? You called?”
Hyun-ah scurried over with confused eyes. Minguk's dealing in the raid had been that inexplicable.
Up close, she sensed his dangerous aura and swallowed hard. She couldn't tear her eyes from his veiny hands.
He'd always been like this, but his changed vibe—unnoticeable before—now made her heart race harder. His tensed, masculine hands pointed downward. His massive erection beckoned her.
“H-Here?”
Glancing back at his demand, she noted Na-yeon and Kendall Vudsen were present.
“Suck it. Now.”
His irritated command made Hyun-ah awkwardly drop to her knees. She fished out his cock and took it into her mouth.
Soon feeling his hand on her head, she opened wider, sucking him roughly.
“Alright, minors not allowed to watch.”
As the mood heated up, Ye-rin turned Na-yeon and Kendall away with an awkward smile.
No issue if it were just Cartel girls, but Kendall and Na-yeon were among GGW's few outsiders.
Na-yeon wasn't even an adult, and twenty-year-old Kendall was untouched by men.
'Raid Leader hates outdoor stuff, doesn't he?'
But Minguk ravaged Hyun-ah's mouth with wet slurps, then came hard down her throat before flipping her and thrusting in from behind without pause. He looked like a female hero in heat.
“Hngh...! Yes! Ahh! Aaaah! So, good...!”
As Minguk stirred her insides, Hyun-ah wailed in near-screams, gasping. She tried holding back for Na-yeon and Kendall's sake, but her moans escaped beyond willpower.
“This seems to be Raid Leader's first proper raid as a dealer.”
Glancing at the intense sex, Na-yeon commented. No experience herself, but she knew the basics.
Minguk claiming Hyun-ah was the textbook image of a dealer hero pumped on combat adrenaline.
“La la la la. I can't hear. Can't hear. Can't hear.”
“......”
Meanwhile, beet-red Kendall covered her eyes and ears, flustered beyond words.