chapter 33
33 – Stealing Mid-Range Skills
“The two of us can take the avant-garde. And with the wizard at the center, Suran and Yeon-hee should be positioned on either side. Rear guard I wonder if a skeleton soldier can escort the dealers, but is that possible?”
“It’s possible…”
Man-woo Han, the shield soldier, put his ear as close as possible to Yeon-hee, as if he couldn’t hear Yeon-hee’s voice, and nodded.
“So before we go in, let’s decide on one thing. What is the criteria for retreating?”
What Han Man-woo asked was, when meeting a group of swarming fire monkeys, if the number exceeds a certain level, they will run away without looking back.
’70. More than that would be difficult.’
“50. Any more than that.”
Unusually a wizard who calls a smaller number than I thought. However, it was a reasonable size in a situation where we did not know exactly Yeonhee’s ability as a summoner.
“Okay. If you encounter a group of more than 50, the Skeleton Soldiers will be at the forefront and will run away until their tails fall off.”
Although individual objects are much weaker than Big Boar, Fire Monkeys are much more difficult to deal with because they take out bullets with fire properties from their chest pockets and throw them for mid-range attacks.
The reason why we were selected from among the many applicants was probably the result of considering Yeonhee’s ability as an archer.
“Then let’s go in.”
Sleep-
It was time to enter the dungeon and look around for a while, feeling the disparate sensation of passing through the gate for the first time in a while.
‘Hmm?!’
I felt a long empty space that took a sensory level.
‘Is there a hidden space right at the entrance? This is the first time.’
Of course, it wasn’t right next to the entrance, but there was a space that went down to the basement, which could be reached by walking for a minute.
In my lifetime, it must have been a space someone robbed before I arrived at this dungeon.
‘It will be difficult to enter right now… Should I go in when I leave…’
This is why parties are uncomfortable. As soon as he entered, his head became complicated, but he soon regained his composure and formed a formation behind the wizard.
– Maybe it moves on its own, isn’t it?
– The summoner must have given the order. Doesn’t it have to be verbal to give instructions?
The two shield soldiers were talking to each other about me, as if they had no intention of hiding anything, and Yeon-hee didn’t seem to care too much.
Then I went straight through the official route.
“Go around this area and move forward little by little. It’s not going straight away.”
Nod-
The reason why leader Han Man-woo insists on telling everyone what he knows is that there are so many hunters who act without thinking.
And it took about 10 minutes to go round and round around the entrance.
Kiki!! Hee hee!
Ukaukakakak!
Han Man-wu raised his hand and clenched his fist. And Uncheol, who was next to him, relayed the information that the size of 30 animals was through a hand signal.
(How? Wizard?)
Han Man-wu nodded and pointed at the monkeys playing around the small tree, throwing and catching fruits.
Nodding-
The sorcerer Yudali, who was holding a wand that was a little greener than last time, began to cast a spell.
Giik-
Yeonhee started pulling the bow string tight. There were already sturgeons around Yeon-hee, and slime was wrapped around her arm.
Other hunters who saw it raised their lips round and expressed small admiration, followed by arrows flying as a signal of the activated binding magic, announcing the start of the battle.
The three vanguards who had already jumped forward right before the magic was activated struck the heads of the monkeys bound by the stems that suddenly rose from the ground with their shields and huge greatswords.
Pereouk-!!
Awesome!!
ㅡ!!!
The group of fire monkeys, startled by the sudden attack, immediately changed their stance and began taking something out of their pockets.
Fuwook!!
Kihehehehe-!
One fell from the tree after being hit in the eye by an arrow shot by Yeon-hee without even trying to attack. Soon after, the monkey who seemed to be the leader of the group screamed loudly in our direction, and about 10 fire monkeys started running
“There you go!!!”
Someone shouted loudly from the front line, but we were already building a defensive line.
“······ Cuvalr!!”
As soon as the magician Yudali cast the spell, he erected a wall of thorny vines surrounding us in a circle. It was a very good defense to keep them from encircling us, as we barely had room for a couple of people to pass in front.
“Haaa… 1 Minute. I can’t keep it longer than that.”
“Chu, that’s enough.”
‘Wow, what a coveted wizard. Hitting walls at this speed on this scale is a talent.’
The fire monkeys panicked for a moment when they were blocked by the thorny wall, but when the leader under attack shouted again, they attacked through the narrow space that was open.
I couldn’t block that space by myself, but when I blocked it with the Lizard 1 summoned next to me, I came up with a perfect angle to hit the monkeys who entered through the space at the same time.
f*ck!! Puck puck puck!!
I just had to defeat the monkeys hiding in the wall next to the open entrance, so I was able to subdue them without too much difficulty. By the time about 7 of them were attacked by us, the magic was broken and all directions were open.
– Your level has risen!
‘For now, let’s look at the stats later.’
“Lizard No. 2 Protects this person. Hard!!”
Chiruru!!
The monkeys, who were trying to play with Yeon-hee, who looked the most vulnerable, turned wide to the left and right, covering their ears at the sudden reverberant sound, and retreated far away.
Kikiiik!!
As if they were terribly angry after hearing the sound, their faces turned red. They started throwing flame bullets at the sturgeons, and Lizard 1 defended them by hitting them with a machete.
What’s wrong?!
The fire monkeys seemed greatly embarrassed by the situation in which the bullets hit the iron beetle, and the pain came to their bodies as well.
The more you attack from a distance, the more the thorn rune reflective damage effect decreases, but it was enough to prevent you from actively attacking.
And I was once again in awe of the kleptomaniacity.
‘Finally a mid-range attack… I’m so moved that I’m in tears.’
– You have killed the fire monkey!
– Acquired a small amount of experience.
– Acquired a low-level magic stone. Manastones are moved to the summoner’s inventory.
– Attribute [Kleptomaniac] Is activated.
– Randomly steals skills from fire monkeys.
– Acquired the skill [Low Flame Bullet].
Lesser Flame Bullets
– Mana materializes into a circular sphere, stores it, and throws it when necessary to inflict damage.
– In storage 0/10
‘I thought it was excrement, but was it realized with magic?’
A skill acquired from the Fire Monkey When he cast a low-grade flame bullet, a sphere the size of a bottle cap blazed up on his hand.
‘Eat this or that!’
[Dagger Throw]
HP -2
The [Lesser Flame Bullet], Calibrated by the skill Dagger Throw by adding 1 magical power, hit the fire monkey’s head exactly as it threw the flame bullet at the crackler.
Tak- Perong!!
Ukihik?!
The two remaining monkeys hurriedly escaped to the place where their boss was.
Kihehehe…
To put out the fire on his head, I ran to the guy who was rolling on the ground and hit his head hard with a stone hammer.
Puff!!
And surprisingly.
– You have killed the fire monkey!
– Acquired a small amount of experience.
– Acquired a low-level magic stone. Manastones are moved to the summoner’s inventory.
– Attribute [Kleptomaniac] Is activated.
– Randomly steal traits from fire monkeys.
– Acquired the attribute [Ovez’s Blessing].
‘Oh!! Crazy!!’
Is it the effect of the 1% Kleptomaniac activation from the reward given to Yeonhee last time?
Ovez’s Blessing
– A small blessing bestowed by Obez, who became the starting point of the Fire Monkeys.
– Additional damage +20% for fire property attacks
‘A small blessing? Aren’t you sick?!’
There was a momentary surge of excitement, but soon three struggling vanguards entered the field of vision. And when our side was clear, they started falling right back.
‘I’m quick to judge.’
Piphook- Towoong ㅡ
Yeon-hee sensibly covered the retreating vanguard with arrows.
Wizard Yudali was in a state where he ran out of mana while hitting the vine wall, so he was bitten to the very back and put a cracker next to him.
“Stop it!”
Then, Lizard 1 and 2, who received instructions from me, ran into the fire monkeys chasing the retreating hunters and crashed them.
[Reckless Charge]
Kwadangtangtang ㅡ!!
There are still about 15 of them left, so if you use a skill to hit them together, the fire monkeys will bounce away like bowling pins.
Stamina: 42/49
I was damaged by the flame bullets thrown by the monkeys as I charged, but it wasn’t too much trouble.
As we joined, the 3 vanguards, including Han Man-woo, who took a brief breather, spread out wide again and pressed the monkeys, and they just panicked and panicked.
Puppuppuppuppup!!
Even so, the spirit of throwing flame bullets was admissible, but the two Lizardmen and I didn’t care and hit them randomly, so after a while, he started to step back.
However, the magician, who had recovered a little bit of magic, created another small wall at the back to block their retreat, and I rushed once again and ran into what seemed to be their captain.
Kwaaang!!
Kieh!!
Puck Puck Puck Puck!!
I hit the fallen guy’s face with a stone hammer and turned him into a mop. Looking around, I saw that most of the monkeys were spread out on the floor and a few were running away.