When Evolved Soo-chan and Elise Enter the Giant Rock Lizard Raid Dungeon
Around the time Evolved Soo-chan and Elise entered the Giant Rock Lizard Raid Dungeon.
With the raid wrapped up, the gallery chatter naturally shifted to the next boss.
Second boss Giant Mud Crab almost timed out with the usual raid comp.
So yeah, third boss needs a different approach ㅇㅇ
That's the key to Giant Rock Lizard strat.
Formation and comp already spoiled, so the rest is...
While the gallery buzzed about boss strats, the shelter factions fixated on rewards from the new bosses.
Topping that list: the Magic Tower, glued to the Raid Dungeon broadcast.
They'd scored an intact core from a Giant Slime variant thanks to that clown mask guy, and it brimmed with potential. So they watched the new bosses intently, betting on fresh materials.
But a monitoring researcher sighed in disappointment.
"Hmm... No core like the slime this time... Broadcast shows just a golden inner core."
Aisha, hearing the report, nodded matter-of-factly.
"Cores only drop from amorphous monsters like slimes or golems anyway. Other byproducts will have value too—keep monitoring."
These Giant bosses were unprecedented, their materials shrouded in mystery—prime bait for Tower researchers.
Still, Aisha got the researcher's letdown. The Giant Slime variant core was endlessly bizarre the more they poked it.
Scans kept shifting internals and readings. Unstable till cracked open, maybe fueling explosive output.
They hadn't cracked the energy secret despite grinding, but extracted some power successfully.
'Either way, this'll shake up the shelter...'Regrettable, though. New raid bosses with cores would've been gold.
"Variants might differ...?"
The Giant Rock Lizard Raid Dungeon.
Rumble rumble—
The dungeon crawled with people.
Raid prep time, but raised voices far off signaled trouble.
"Raid leader, like before, standard methods risk failure!!"
"Right. No ticket if we fail—think differently now?"
Raid members, spooked by prior shaky raids, nitpicked the plan.
The leader looked pained.
"Haa... Calm down. Raid in 30 minutes—can't swap formation or strat now. Best we can do is shift warriors back a bit."
"No!! Make the ground swampy like Rock Lizard bog? It'll sink and do jack!!"
"No time for swamps—bring realistic ideas..."
Brash explorers yelled at the leader to change this, tweak that.
Elise and I watched from afar.
"Whoa, raid leader's pissed..."
"Jeez... Ridiculous. No time, what're they doing? Be right back."
"...Don't fight, Elise."
"Fight? Why would I with those losers?"
She headed over. I eyed her back, anxious.
"She'll be fine... right?"
Elise had been a loner in academy days, post-shelter just dungeon dives or magic grind—no people skills.
In other words...
"You got zero social game..."
NEET me levels of social ineptitude.
Goseongji, broadcasting the Giant Rock Lizard Dungeon, watched the raid leader argue with members.
"...Doomed before start..."
> Fr, fucked before it even starts
> Fighting so can't terrain or form up, this real?
> 20 mins to raid lol
> Yes lol this is experience broadcast—finally a fail!!
> Whoa that elf's rack is insane ;;;
> Here to mediate?
> Cow beastkin vibes ㄷㄷ;;;
> Elf I'm dyingggg!!!!!!!!
> Haa... Dirty old men then pretty elf—eyes cleansed...
> Wait... Not mediating, joining the fight??
> Lmaoooo elf pissed lolololololololol
Elise, face beet red, screamed at the bald raider.
"What the fuck, say that again!!"
"What'd I say wrong? Tits like a cow, all nutrients there. Ahem... Never seen a decent bitch who struts on rack alone..."
"You fucking pervert octopus freak—!!! Die!!!!"
She'd backed the leader at first—top mage here, no time for changes—but the bald guy opposing eyed her nasty, mixed in sexual harassment.
Fallen noble or not, ex-lady exploded.
"I-I choose bald, not balding!!! Strike first? Self-defense, I'll show you!!!!"
"Uwaaa calm down!!!!! No fighting pleeease!!!!!!"
As Elise wound up a punch, leader clawed his scalp, wailing.
I rushed in, grabbed her from behind, hoisted her up.
"Elise calm down!!!!!!!!"
"Grrr let go!!!! That fucker's leering and harassing!!!!!"
She thrashed in my grip.
No magic though—reason intact.
...Or already lost it.
"Tits that big, eyes wander—it's not like looking wears 'em out."
"Die you fuckeeeeeer—!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Gaaaaak!!!!!!!!! Uncle please chill you're gonna diiiiiie!!!!!!!!"
The fight escalated, prep zero—raid kicked off in chaos.
30 minutes in, Giant Rock Lizard respawned...
All expected wipe—no prep.
But boom boom boom boom— squeeeeek—!!!
One person solo'd the fresh Giant Rock Lizard mid-air, pelted by starlight barrages.
"......" "......"
Raid team silent. Chat too.
Experience demo, so Elise held back one-combo, but choked it breathless with heavy hits.
Beside her, bald raider trembled, peeking at her mood.
"...Elise, uh... raid boss demo..."
"This mess? No real raid possible anyway—what's it matter?"
True—no formation, no terrain. Without us, total flop.
"...But... at least show patterns? Looks like durability test..."
She sighed, eyes softening a tad.
"Haa, fine, if you insist."
Anger eased, she recalled starlight.
Boom boom boom—
"Ow! Ack!!! Aaaack!!!"
Bonus: smacked the trembling bald guy endless times.
"Why stand there risky? Thought you were dazzled."
Bald guy cornflakes shed, sprawled—nobody dared complain.
"What're you lot doing? Strat now. I did my part—I'm out."
Her sweep and word snapped the dazed leader.
"Uh... R-right, charge!!!!! Now's our shot!!!"
"Waa, waaaa~!!!" "Last hit gooo~!!!"
Awkward rush at the ragdoll lizard.
"...This okay?"
"Free carry for us..."
Goseongji, watching, marveled.
"...She's insanely strong. That woman."
> ...Top-tier explorer? Why there...?
> Sometimes powerhouses skip rank updates...
> Ah know her. Completed hierarchy first, then leveled?
> Feel bad for lizard...
> Don't give up lizard!!!!
> You got this!!!
> Wtf these guys?
> Fight on!!! Rise up!!!!!
> Stand lizardiii!!!
Slash— boom—
Slashes and spells gnawed the lizard.
It wailed pitifully each hit.
Squeeee—!!!
Powerless lizard teared up. Ragged body barely moved, no patterns shown—slaughtered helplessly.
Raiders hesitated.
"...This feels..."
"Like we're the bad guys."
One-sided massacre.
Chat shifted too.
> T_T Lizard crying...
> Don't cry T_T
> Stop hitting our lizard!!!
> Protect the lizard!!!
> Mood wtf ;;; It's just a monster guys
> Let it... Surface monsters have life too bs from some, this tame
> If uglier no sympathy lol
> Obv memes dipshits
> Fr T_T
> Tough vitality tho
Chat felt like strat over.
Lizard wailed again.
Squeee—!!!!
Dungeon sync tingled with its despair.
"Yo lizard why crying..."
......
"I see..."
......
"I'll put it down."
Elise eyed my nonsense.
"What bullshit?"
"Bored, just memeing..."
Mid-sentence, sky ripped—a black beam plunged.
Hit the punching bag lizard dead-on.
Ground under it spun suddenly.
Centrifugal flung nearby explorers.
"Ack!!!"
"What!!"
Dungeon anomaly.
'Kkomangi...?'Quiet lately, now this.
Others blind, but my sync saw beam contents.
Like... stone tablet. Ivory bone material, engraved pic...
"Dragon inscription...?"
Black-lit lizard swelled.
3x original size min.
Raid panicked.
"Wh-what!!!"
"Fuck what pattern!! Wasn't it done!!!!"
Light faded, lizard revealed.
Flesh/scales gone—pure bone.
Like...
"No way... B-bone dragon!!?"
"No wings, skeleton lizard-like... Undead why?"
"Uwaaaak Giant Skull Rock Lizard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Evolved bone dragon roared pent-up pain.
Roooo—!!! Throooaaaaar—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Booooom—!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shockwave hurled front-line Jeonbung-i like ragdolls in storm.
"Kaaaaak!!!!!!!"
"Fuck you Dunbungi—!!!!!!!!!"
Jeonbung-i screamed flying off—I blanked.
"......Fucked."