Chapter 72
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 72
Chapter Title: The Half-Moon Bears of the Third Wave
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The Half-Moon Bears of the Third Wave.
Forget that they were Level 150the sheer numbers were overwhelming.
Are you okay?! Theres too many!
Yeo Min-ji hurriedly assumed a stance and unleashed her highest-damage Obliteration Fist into the gut of a charging Half-Moon Bear while shouting.
Im fine.
Fine...?!
The numbers were insane.
Hundreds were visible to the naked eye alone.
If not for their levels and stats being adjusted to 150, he couldve hunted them all with ease.
Of course, items were covering for them to some extent, but not enough for this many.
The same went for Jeong Hoon, but he had an ace up his sleeve.
Time to use it?
Ability Stat Amplification Ring (One-Time Use)
-Type: Ring
-Rank: Epic
-Special Ability (1): When drawing out the rings mana, temporarily boosts the wearers all ability stats by 50.
-Special Ability (2): Reduces the targets all ability stats and attack damage by 50.
-Once used, the ring becomes unusable.
An item from an Unknown Box.
Not incredibly amazing, honestly, but exactly what Jeong Hoon needed.
Hed known a situation like this would come up.
Jeong Hoon focused his mana into the ring on his index finger.
The gem turned red and immediately released its power.
All ability stats increased by 50.
Damage reduction of 50 applied.
Duration: 1 hour.
For one hour, all his stats rose 50 to 225.
An ability stat amplification item?!
Spotting the change in Jeong Hoons aura, Yeo Min-ji recognized it instantly.
To think shed witness up close the use of an ability stat amplification item, said to be near impossible to obtain.
Where on earth did he get something like that?
Its one-time use, so its not that rare.
Jeong Hoon brushed it off casually and began hunting the swarming Half-Moon Bears.
Lets join in!
Jang Ha-jin, whod been watching from behind, drew his sword and slashed at a charging Half-Moon Bear.
Kuwaaah!
Shit! It doesnt die in one hit.
Jang Ha-jin spat curses as he swung his sword relentlessly.
Then, two Half-Moon Bears lunged at Jang Ha-jin.
Look out!
Yeo Min-ji intercepted the Half-Moon Bears heading for him.
The hunt was on, and as time passed, Half-Moon Bear corpses piled up.
Of course, over 80 were Jeong Hoons kills alone.
After theyd taken down nearly 400-500, the other users finally joined.
Hey! We gotta catch up quick!
While Jeong Hoon and Yeo Min-ji hammered the remaining Half-Moon Bears, the users rushed in to finish off the rest.
The Third Monster Wave has ended.
Current Base Damage: 0.256
Base damage at 0.25.
A quarter of the 1 limit.
This should be enough to hold for sure.
The finale was the Level 170 boss.
Competition Uijeongbu 1 Damage! Siege Ends!
Chungbuk Cheongju 1 Damage! Siege Ends!
Gyeongnam Geoje 1 Damage! Siege Ends!
Jeonbuk Gunsan 1 Damage! Siege Ends!
Gyeonggi Paju 1 Damage! Siege Ends!
...
As the Third Wave ended, countless notifications popped up.
Korea, excluding Seoul, has been completely wiped out.
What? Only Seouls left?
Does that mean if we fail here, Koreas done...?
The users faces filled with dismay.
No one had dreamed that everywhere but Seoul would fall in the Third Wave.
Normally, Seoul wouldve fallen too.
Korea ends without even seeing the Fourth Wave.
The same for other countries.
An event made of PC bang users couldnt move this precisely.
Jeong Hoon knew no country successfully defended their siege in this event.
Total failure.
The trigger for Earth suffering all sorts of disasters.
Are you alright?
Yeo Min-ji approached Jeong Hoon and checked him over.
Yeah. Perfectly fine.
Jeong Hoons body was exactly as before the fight.
Not a single scratch.
Hed used his upgraded Epic-rank Mid-level Healing to recover.
Unaware of that, Yeo Min-ji clicked her tongue in amazement.
...Anyone else wouldve collapsed.
Even with an ability stat amplification item, soloing hundreds of Level 150 Half-Moon Bears was impossible.
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Suddenly, applause filled Namsan.
An NPC named Lingling appeared in hologram form in midair.
Feels like I lucked out handling the Korea server. Never imagined youd perfectly block up to the Third Wave.
The users buzzed at the sudden event NPC.
Whos that NPC?
Whyd she pop up there?
Does that mean the siege is over?
Lingling smirked, pleased by the reaction.
The siege aint over. I came to make you an offer.
Linglings gaze subtly turned to Jeong Hoon.
He was the top contributor this siege.
Fourth Wave Difficulty Increased
A massive hologram message appeared beside Lingling.
Difficulty increased?
Theyre raising it even more now?
The users muttered in disbelief.
As if expecting that, Lingling added,
If you succeed, Ill give super special rewards. Ones you wont regret, for sure.
Rewards scrolled up.
Starting from a one-rank job grade increase: Unique weapons and armor, rare skillbooks with skills inside.
Even a chest with tens of thousands of gold.
Seeing the rewards, the users eyes lit up.
Theyre really giving those?
Whoa... insane.
Im Rare rankdoes this mean I jump straight to Epic?
Too tempting to refuse.
Theyd joined late anyway, so high ranks were out of reach.
Better to up the difficulty and snag rewards.
What do ya say? Up for it? Oh, and those rewards are random.
The users exchanged glances and nodded.
Lets do it.
Me too!
No brainer!
With over half accepting, Linglings lips curved wide.
Jeong Hoons face subtly hardened.
Tricking them into a bet like this?
Great! Lets start right now!
Lingling snapped her fingers and vanished.
Fourth Monster Wave difficulty increased.
Fourth Monster Wave begins.
As the Fourth Monster Wave started, a gate larger than any before formed.
One monster slithered out.
Lv.175 Dragonia
A monster shaped like a massive dragon.
The users were speechless at Dragonias majesty.
Dragonia...?
Yeo Min-jis face hardened too.
Dragonias original level was 420.
Even Rankers over 400 hesitated to challenge it; kills could be counted on one hand.
Now it appeared at Level 175.
Why Dragonia of all things...?
The users knew Dragonias infamy well.
Because of its ability.
Obliteration.
Users hit by Obliteration have their HP, mana, and holy power drop to 1.
Plus, recovery blocked for 30 secondsno potions or skills work.
Pure cheat ability.
Without a skill to nullify it, giving up on Dragonia was the smart call.
S-still, maybe it cant use Obliteration...?
The silver lining: Level 175.
Even at 420, it didnt spam Obliteration; at 175, maybe not at all.
Yeah! We overwhelm it with numbers!
No matter how Dragonia, it couldnt handle this many users.
They grouped by parties and moved to take it down.
Damn humans!
Dragonia opened its maw wide, preparing breath.
B-breath!
Defense walls! Defense walls!
Couldnt let it use breath.
Not just for the kill, but to protect the base from damage.
Mages hurriedly deployed defense walls centered on Namsan, radius 500m.
Dragonia unleashed its prepared breath.
Dragonia uses Breath.
The breath smashed the walls.
Crash!
The walls shattered under the breath.
But it wasnt useless.
The Level 175 breath was partially absorbed by the layered walls; remnants scattered.
Base takes damage!
Damage: 0.261
Attack!
Itd just used breath, so cooldown till next.
Users went all-out to pressure Dragonia.
But
Dragonia uses Obliteration.
All HP, mana, and holy power reduced to 1.
Recovery impossible for 30 seconds.
Users hit by Obliteration dropped to 1 HP, mana, holy power.
Prepared skills vanished from lack of mana; healing impossible for 30s.
Faces turned pale.
This is bullshit!
Its down to Lv.175! Why use Obliteration?!
Pleased by the reaction, Dragonia fired a shockwave.
Users at 1 HP couldnt withstand and vanished on the spot.
Dead.
Dodge!
Obliteratedhide from Dragonia for 30s.
But the base?!
Base takes damage!
Damage: 0.282
Dragonias rampage spiked base damage fast.
1 wouldnt take long.
Then, one user stepped forward.
Jeong Hoon.
Even hit by Obliteration, 50 remainsfine.
Still under the rings effect.
Obliteration nullified 50, leaving half HP.
Huh? That Martial Artist with Yeo Min-ji?
Whats he doing alone?
Users fleeing Dragonia stared at Jeong Hoon in bewilderment.
DragoniaI can hunt it.
Jeong Hoon had experience taking one down.
He knew better than anyone: just dodge Obliteration, and its nothing special.
Weakness: defense.
Not a real dragon.
Mutant that failed to become one.
Powerful abilities, but low defense as trade-off.
Relatively low compared to Level 400s.
Tougher than mid-late 300s, though.
But now Level 175.
With amplified stats, Jeong Hoon was confident he could end it in one go.
Lets finish quick.
Jeong Hoon nocked his bow.
What? Inferior breed.
Anima glanced at the giant Dragonia and lost interest.
Nooom!
Dragonia roared in rage.
Dragon Fear.
Dragons sense each others auras.
Animas presence exploded its inferiority complex.
Noisy one.
Anima raised short arms to cover ears.
Lets finish quick.
Jeong Hoon drew the string.
Hed trial-and-errored Dragonia before, found its weak spot.
Finally, he released.
The arrow flew, striking near Dragonias left chest.
Kraaaak!
Dragonia screamed as it hit.
Debuff: All Stats -1 activated.
Dragonia stunned for 7 seconds.
Dragonias all abilities sealed for 10 seconds.
One of Animas abilities: low-chance random debuff procced.
Lucks really shit.
First debuff in ages?
Forgot it even had the option.
Not even once since Uradon.
0.1 or whateveraint this too unlucky?
Jeong Hoon muttered, and Anima flushed red, yelling.
Hey! No reinforcement and it procs? Thats great!
Anima had evolved from Unique to Legendary rank onlyno further upgrades.
Impossible at current level anyway.
Needed Legendary Upgrade Stones, but supply near zero, success rate abysmalno one tried.
Well, thatd be fixed soon.
Who said otherwise?
Your face was totally cursing me.
Must be imagining.
Jeong Hoon drew again.
Chatting in front of me... How far will you mock me?!
It screamed at Jeong Hoon, bloodshot eyes.
But Jeong Hoon knew it was at Anima.
Rejected by dragons as inferior.
Shut up and die.
Jeong Hoon released; arrow hit same spot.
Kraaak!
It tried writhing but was paralyzed.
Jeong Hoon kept firing.
After nine arrows, Dragonia crashed to the ground.