Dungeon Hidden in the Floating Island of Paravi? (3)
In the center of the floating island of Paravi, rough breathing could be heard.
“Hah… haaah.”
“Kuuuuh…”
“Huuu…”
They were not native to this world and instead looked like humans. Yet they were the hunters of Earth. While panting as if they were about to die, they were not being pursued or attacked by villains.
They were simply exhausted and gasping for breath. And the party was none other than Park In-su’s group.
The initial hunt had been led by the Dohyun party, with most of the kills handled by them. After that, Park In-su’s party joined in the collaboration.
Since they were not a formal party, the points were split. Still, the Dohyun party had hunted with remarkable efficiency.
Using magic to block the escape route and drive the monsters into a herd.
By sealing off the retreat, the beasts had grown even more ferocious. Hunting them en masse was no easy task.
Especially since this was not a game.
Because they could not casually use wide-area skills, fighting one by one was a terrifying experience.
Park In-su’s party had higher stamina than the Dohyun party, yet the latter never seemed tired.
While Park In-su’s group watched and thought they were perfect, they could not help but admire. But honestly, neither Dohyun, Rin, nor Yu-chan felt that way.
Instead, even during breaks, they discussed while watching each other.
“The wind barrier that Rin used earlier doesn’t work well in this area.”
“Yeah. Probably because of the floating property. It’s hard to block with wind. What about linking wind with fire?”
“No, I disagree. The heat would blind us before we even get close. Visibility would be ruined.”
“Yuchan’s right. We should only use it to block the path, not for offense. Linking it means we intend to use it for attack too.”
“True.”
“Also, when Yu-chan uses the sword, he doesn’t pay attention to his lower body. Just now he almost tripped because of a floating spirit’s tentacle.”
“Be careful.”
While the Dohyun party humbly accepted Dohyun’s feedback on their shortcomings.
Seeing this, Park In-su’s party had no choice but to give up their previous admiration for the Dohyun group.
This was not something talent alone could explain.
Simply having talent and trying to improve through feedback like this required ability beyond talent.
The Park In-su party had no choice but to reflect deeply upon seeing the Dohyun party.
And the exhausted Park In-su was the first to rise and approach Dohyun.
Dohyun, having finished the party feedback, looked at the approaching Park In-su with curiosity. Park In-su looked at Dohyun and said cautiously.
“Could you give us feedback as well?”
Even the strongest in Park In-su’s party, Park In-su, was asking for help to learn. How about the others?
Jang Yun-ho and Kim Jin-ha, looking anxious, quickly sat beside Park In-su and said to Dohyun.
“Us?”
“Could you give feedback?”
Dohyun was momentarily startled.
Park In-su’s party were basically seniors. Hunters with far longer experience and knowledge than him.
Asking a talented child prodigy for study advice from a high school senior was not easy. But doing so meant they had enough desperation.
Dohyun could somewhat understand that feeling, so he nodded without hesitation.
Feedback was not that difficult.
More importantly.
*If I observe someone else’s growth, I can gain stats.*
That was why he gave feedback to Rin and Yu-chan.
Analysis allowed him to observe opponents’ stats and abilities in detail and provide clear help with growth.
Even simply giving the right direction created enormous synergy. Then naturally, they would grow, and with growth came Dohyun’s own stat increase. A virtuous cycle.
Park In-su’s party was the same.
If they grew here, Dohyun could grow too.
Unexpectedly, the points of the Rin and Yu-chan who had grown from this feedback appeared.
[Successfully analyzed the growth of others’ stats.]
[Permanent +1 to Strength and Mana.]
[Permanent +2 to Health.]
Nothing could be sweeter than this.
There was nothing more beneficial for Dohyun than continuing to hunt and grow here. So he gave feedback to Park In-su and the others.
“In-su hyung, you’re using a greatsword. But you’re not utilizing the advantages of a greatsword as well as you could. Since it’s a greatsword, heavy, powerful strikes are important. But for it to be heavy, your lower body must not wobble. Right now, the power is being scattered because of that wobble. To fix it, it’s important to build some flexibility. Just being rigid can break, but with flexibility, you can maintain toughness while smoothly channeling the power.”
“A-ah! T-thank you!”
“And Yun-ho, you’re using the shield together. Your hands and feet don’t match up. The moment you block with the shield, you rush to attack without even removing the shield and swing your hammer. That’s the problem. It’s better to block, then shift to close the distance or disrupt the opponent’s stance before attacking. But because you’re too hasty, it collapses. That’s why even when you block with the shield, you feel the urge to counter immediately, causing the shield to wobble too. It’s not your lower body shaking, it’s your upper body. Just controlling that urge will make it much better.”
“Ooooh! T-thank you!”
“And Jin-ha, you seem to be wasting too much on healing. Using mana to heal an injured opponent is obviously good, but you’re using it too early. If you’re not even injured yet and you heal anyway, mana waste is terrible. It would be much better to heal after they’re hurt. And you know the healing range is short, but trying to move too far ahead is not good. You should only move when necessary. Just like just now, by moving too early you attracted aggro from the floating spirit and nearly got hit by its tentacles. You need to be careful.”
“Hah, thank you.”
The nearly perfect feedback left Park In-su’s party deeply impressed. They mulled over every word of Dohyun’s feedback. It was feedback that would turn into blood and flesh, so they engraved it in their minds.
Dohyun smiled faintly while looking at them and recalled his own shortcomings.
At the moment, he was showing the best movement he could. But there were clearly things he could improve.
The other party members might not notice, but Dohyun knew.
*I’m not utilizing Analysis as well as I could.*
He was good at feeding the passive benefits of Analysis, but he did not have enough will to use Analysis actively himself. Since it was passive, that was only natural, but he believed that learning to use it on his own would make him more advanced than he was now. So he decided to be mindful of those points.
The Analysis he was using now was mainly about sight, but Analysis was not limited to just sight.
If it were, it would not be Analysis but Observation. That was why Dohyun used multiple senses to analyze more deeply.
Notably, hearing.
In this encounter with the bat humanoids, he had used hearing to the maximum and used Analysis extensively.
With that, the range Dohyun could perceive reached a full 100 meters.
Of course, if he wanted to approximate, it could extend to 500 meters, but the distance at which he could clearly notice was 100 meters.
That alone was an immense ability.
At that moment, something caught in Dohyun’s ultrasonic waves. At first, he thought it was a monster like a floating spirit, but no.
Dohyun instantly pricked up his ears and turned his gaze that way. Several others also turned their gazes. Even though the dense foliage made it hard to see, Dohyun could definitely feel it.
“Something’s coming.”
No one else felt it, but upon just Dohyun’s words, everyone, even in the middle of rest, quickly shifted to combat posture.
With six people tense and staring at the location, figures shaped like people began to appear one by one from the place Dohyun had indicated.
Their appearance was similar to humans, but much more beautiful and graceful than people, with sharp ears like the sky, blue eyes, and hair that matched the green of the ear-green.
The elves frowned at the Dohyun party.
And, looking displeased, they said to the Dohyun party.
“Half-breeds.”
It would have been surprising in a fantasy story to hear elves speak like that, but since the Black Gate had appeared and elves were now familiar to them, neither the Dohyun party nor Park In-su’s party was surprised.
Any hunter would know that elves in the Black Gate were people with extreme tendencies who considered themselves superior. So the two parties immediately prepared for battle.
But.
*There are quite a few of them.*
Five figures had appeared in front, but Dohyun knew. There were another five hidden behind.
And Dohyun quickly analyzed the leader of the elves standing at the front.
Then.
[[Sword King’s Intuition [A]]’s effect. Successfully analyzed.
[500 AP acquired.]
Dohyun tensed slightly upon seeing it and looked at Jerphael.
*He’s no pushover.*
Elves were the upper tier of Black Gate species, after all.
Not a single stat or skill was ordinary.
The trait was also B.
A formidable opponent.
He had not seen the other elves’ status windows, but the aura from Jerphael, the apparent leader, was far from strong. It was barely Park In-su level. So checking their status windows quickly, as expected, the other nine elves were D-rank like Park In-su.
[[Successfully analyzed 9 status windows.]
[Total 1,350 AP acquired.]
Although he had acquired a large amount of AP, it was not the time to rejoice.
In the instant before the elves also prepared for combat, Jerphael, the leader of the elves, raised his hand.