chapter 71
71 – Just Follow Me (1)
“Hey… Hey. A boss room. Didn’t you hear what I said?”
“I know. It doesn’t matter. As long as the road to this side is blocked, it’s too late to wait for them to come in from the outside. Once we’ve fully recovered, we’ll start attacking right away.”
In the game, it’s not just one playable character that I directly control.
As long as there is a party function and a companion system, there is no choice but to include a strategic part in elements such as dungeons and raids.
Even if I can’t demonstrate my skills in control since I have to move myself, I can clearly see through all patterns when it comes to command.
“What nonsense are you talking about? Let’s challenge the boss room again in this state?”
“I’m grateful that you came to rescue me…”
“…..”
Of course, there are obstacles in this area as well.
Unless you’re a member of the team you’ve been working with, there’s no way people you’re seeing for the first time, and people who’ve already worked together with your team, will go along with my words that you’re crazy.
“It’s impossible right now. Wouldn’t it be better to at least get some more rest?”
“There’s no time for that. Moving right now…”
“Yes. You’ve been talking like you’ve become something since before. Why don’t you do it in moderation?”
“Why don’t you calm down and find another way?”
I know, but what can I do to feel frustrated.
Since [Exploration] Intervened in affairs, there was no way he would have made a way out of this place, whether for a cause or just to pass the time.
But, I am the only one who knows this.
There is no way to explain why I know this, and there is no reason for the other side to believe it even if I tell them.
Whoa… Calm down.
Take a deep breath and then slowly talk again… Bring it up.
“Right now, the external situation is not so good. Before more Armor Ants are created, it’s better to quickly clear the dungeon and escape…”
“No, I mean, why the hell do we have to get out first. It doesn’t matter if we stay here a little longer and then join the rescue team, right?”
Talking…
“Ha, you’re still a cadet, what do you really know? It’s much better if you just listen to me.”
‘The fact that there was an outside intervention means that it is dangerous to remain here for a long time.’
“Haa… You bastards. We’re all imprisoned together because of them, don’t you have a conscience?”
Ah.
I don’t know anymore.
“What, what? What are you saying…”
“You’re just out of it. It’s been interfering with the progress of the story since before.”
“What is that…”
“Whether or not there was an outside intervention in the first place, in the end, it wasn’t that side that failed to properly check and attack.”
“That, that’s…!”
“Thanks to that, the damage on the outside is not insignificant, and even the one who came to the rescue is in danger… Let’s spend more time here? Do you have any thoughts?”
A melee fighter wearing a bandana on his head from earlier starts arguing.
Even the actions of a seemingly insignificant guy are annoying.
Sweet Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Sweet Potatoes.
How long do I have to eat these things?
“That… Accelerator, calm down for a moment…!”
“Okay. Calm down, both of you. There’s nothing good about fighting between us right now. Let’s hold on to our reason for a while…”
“No. I’m rational enough. I’m just very realistic about the situation we’re in.”
I just sunk him with a bundle of facts.
There is absolutely no reason to waste time on a guy like that right now.
The priority is to finish the situation quickly and join the outside.
“Why are you guys taking that bastard’s side? Aren’t you crazy? That bastard is driving us right now…!”
“Calm down. I’m not saying you’re wrong. You’re uncharacteristically excited.”
“Ha… To be swayed by the words of a bastard with no blood on his head…”
People around me tried to stop me, and then I couldn’t get my head around it again.
Is this level equivalent to not having the ability to learn?
“Hey.”
“What else this time…. MUCH…!!!!”
“………!!!!!”
In an instant, I accelerated in front of him and grabbed him by the collar.
It is best to block these carcinogenic characters in advance.
It overpowered them by exercising overwhelming speed and physical power.
“No matter how long you’ve been living this life, no matter how old you are…”
Gulp.
“You’re a failure from the moment you fail in your strategy. If you can’t accept that fact and you’re just going to stick around, just sit back and watch.”
“…….”
“Did you understand?”
“……. Uhhhhh…”
With the collar he was holding down, he returned to his seat.
The venue became chilly in an instant, but rather, creating an overwhelming atmosphere like this is good for guiding people for a short period of time.
“Others do the same. There will be no more unnecessary conflicts. From now on, we will go [Raid] This dungeon under my leadership.”
“… No matter how much you control the initiative of the party…”
“All I can offer you is the flow of the big battle. The original party leader will continue to direct the details.”
“Okay. Let’s listen first.”
“Okay. Then let’s move to the boss room.”
Okay.
With this, we passed the first hurdle safely.
The guy who was badly beaten by me didn’t show any signs of attacking me again, as if he was already scared, and other people were giving me a slightly hostile look, but they themselves followed my words as if they were stabbed somewhere.
All that’s left now is to successfully finish the raid and escape out of the dungeon.
“…….Over there.”
“Huh?”
As I was moving in front of the boss area, Arya, who had returned after all the other team members had recovered to some extent, spoke to me from behind.
“That… I saw today’s appearance again.”
“… Ah. I’m sorry. Originally, I didn’t mean to do this, but as I get a little emotional, harsh words keep coming out.”
“Yeah, that’s not it. I think it’s better to push forward in this area. It’s just that I’ve never shown myself or Cheonhwa like that before.”
“…That’s a little different.”
………
Including Killia, they should be out of the question.
Natural disasters.
Force Majeure.
A lottery with a pre-determined future.
With just these words, you can tell what kind of existence they are to me.
I can’t win the fight with my skills.
It is difficult to cope with existence itself.
Because it is synonymous with ‘I don’t want to live’, touching the psychology of the girls who already know that they will become stronger with a world view.
Trying to get over them in a good way as much as possible means that it has nothing to do with my will.
Anyway, we finally reached the front of the boss area.
“We’ll start raiding from now on. Keep the formation we used in the original raid, but the two wizards there.”
“Huh?”
“Are we talking?”
“Yes. The two of you should come out of your original roles and set up a camp near me separately.”
Before starting a raid in earnest, you need to set up a basic formation and go.
Since I can’t directly control the number of people, I only attach two people to my side as the minimum number of people I can control, and leave the rest to the soldiers.
“From now on, the two of you will aim for [Queen Armor Ant] Directly with me.”
“Hey. If the two mages get out, the AoE damage will be lacking, and the attack will be disrupted.”
“That’s right. If you count the amount that is higher than usual, it’s a little bit like two wizards joining the boss…”
“That part is fine.”
The strategies are all written in the strategy notebooks of users using patterns of monsters that have already been accumulated multiple times.
In the case of Queen Armor Ant, there is a pattern that pushes with the number of soldiers armed with solid defense.
At first glance, it may seem like it would be better to block the incoming quantity with AoE, but it is difficult to penetrate them with one or two weak AoE skills.
That’s why, in my strategy, from the beginning, I try to exclude as much crowding of them as possible.
“Armor Ants have high defense, but they are also heavy, so once the space is completely filled, no matter how many they are, they cannot join the attack.”
“Ohh…!”
“I never thought I would use that method.”
“Besides, now that the number of healers has increased, it won’t be difficult to hold on like before if you remove a few of the warriors and archers in the divided teams that are attached to the tank.”
Even if 100 of them flocked, only 5 could hit the shield, so the strategy is to catch the boss first while keeping the 5.
Since the queen armor ant itself is a pattern for creating new armor ants and applying buffs rather than the ability of the body itself, dealing with it first makes the difficulty two or three times easier.
“Wizards, please send me a signal when you finish building your camp.”
“Hmm. Okay.”
“From then on, I’ll send you a signal again. Each time, you can use the strongest single attack skill you can use, or pour magic such as crowd control on it.”
“I can roughly understand what it feels like. Does that mean you’re going to make a 1:1 confrontation with the boss yourself?”
Yes.
The biggest key to this strategy is the number of people who need to defeat the boss, and usually the playable character naturally faces the boss in this position.
Now that the volume has increased due to the influence of [Exploration, Keia], There will be no choice but to allocate most of the number of people to the side that endures.
So the number of people to deal with the boss will decrease, but
In fact, I alone is enough.
In the first place, there is absolutely no way to get hit by that slow Armor Ant’s attack.
The magician will make up for the lack of deal, so all I have to do is believe in that and beat them with excitement.
Once the foundational strategy has been laid, the rest is just putting it into practice.
From now on, let’s go through the process of starting the deceased person’s raid lecture and physical episode.