One hearthstone was given to 5 of the 7 humans.
"It is a Hearthstone that leads to this place."
Seo Moon-yeop explained the Hearthstone.
"Since this place has several layers of barriers, it cannot be invaded by the way the king opens the gate. Of course, you can break the barrier with physical force from the outside and force entry, but as long as the location is not discovered, it can be said to be a safe place."
"You mean to use this to escape in case of emergency?"
Shuran asked.
Seo Moon-yeop shook his head.
"It's not an analogy. You guys use the hearthstone immediately after each attack and run away."
"One attack?"
"okay. tell me honestly To put it simply, the four of you are like one-time attack cards."
Shuran's eyebrows twitched. It hurts your self-esteem. The same goes for Roy Meyer and Nathan Bernach.
Only Cho Seung-ho, who had no self-respect, was relieved.
"You guys are like 4 surprise chances that I can use. You won't be able to take on any more than that."
At Seo Moon-yeop's words, Roy Meyer opened his mouth.
"The ratings are too low. Haven't you tried it yourself yet?"
"It is something you have to experience for yourself. Just listen to me."
Continuing on, the queen distributed another item to everyone. It was a dungeon core processed with magic stones.
"This is the dungeon core. If you install it everywhere and activate it, the whole area becomes a dungeon and is isolated from the outside world."
Seo Moon-yeop explained.
"Dungeon? this?"
Everyone looked at the dungeon core curiously.
Seo Moon-yeop's explanation continued.
"When the king appears, the first thing we need to do is create a dungeon to isolate the king from the outside world. There are three reasons. First, if you create a dungeon and fight in it, you can minimize the aftermath of the fight. Second, if the king's presence is blocked, other monsters invading the ground will lose their focus and panic. cheap everywhere
It will help other players who cry. Finally, the third is because of the Queen."
The queen nodded and helped.
"We, the underground people, cannot use our power for long in a place where light hits. So, if I want to participate in the battle, I have to create a dungeon to block the influence of light."
A high-level underground person can exert some power under the influence of light, but soon after their aura gradually hardens, they become no different from ordinary humans.
Anyway, in the position where I had to do anything if it was helpful, I decided to include even creating a dungeon in my strategy.
"Then, first of all, we need to know what a king is, so let's try it out."
The seven people entered the prepared access module and accessed the dungeon.
The Serpent Dungeon of Prophecy had the giant snake Seo Mun-yeop and Pietro always dealt with, but the difference was that the background was a modern city. Now that the place to fight is on the ground, the background was applied accordingly.
Seo Mun-yeop took the lead with his spear in his hand and said.
"I'll start first, so take care of the rest and intervene freely when you can. Let's go, Pietro."
"I will."
Seo Moon-yeop started the fight with Pietro first.
The other 5 people couldn't hide their astonishment at the terrifying fight between the two with the giant snake.
Whoops! Aaaaaang!
The giant snake caused disaster every time it moved.
There was an earthquake and dust covered the world as if a volcano had exploded.
Contrary to its size, the giant snake was ridiculously fast.
When he wanted to start attacking, part of his body was already attacking Seomunyeop.
Even Nathan Bernach could not guess the timing of his evasion even though he was watching from a distance.
"How the hell do you avoid it so well?"
Nathan was confused.
Seo Moon-yeop easily avoided the giant snake's attack. He tried to watch and learn, but the timing just couldn't catch on.
"I know the attack in advance and avoid it..."
muttered Roy Meyer. She couldn't believe it either.
"Can't it stay like this? I need to hit something."
Saying so, Shuran pointed his index finger toward the giant snake.
A large amount of aura was concentrated on the index finger.
Chwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The annihilation ray of condensed aura stretched towards the giant snake's face.
Quaaaaaaaa!
Indeed, Shuran's extinction beam was powerful. The moment it was struck by the extinction ray, the giant snake's body flinched. The right head turns to the side.
But that was it.
When the extinction beam stopped due to exhaustion of the aura, the giant snake turned its head and glared at Shuran.
The moment he met the gigantic yellow eyes, Shuran was overwhelmed with a heart-stopping death.
The giant snake began to slither and approach Shuran and the others.
"Come this way!"
Nathan drew his double sword and shouted.
"I'll try it too."
Roy Meyer decided to try his hand.
The first thing I tried was the ice wall!
Kwaji Jijik!!
The giant snake easily crushed the ice wall in front of it and continued moving forward.
Roy Meyer gritted his teeth and cast an ice seal this time.
Wow!
The giant snake's whole body seemed to be wrapped in ice.
however······.
Quadruped!
The giant snake shook itself lightly to shake off the ice seal.
Roy Meyer was dazed.
"You say it doesn't work at all?"
The giant snake came closer and closer.
"Hey!"
Nathan unleashed his clone and charged at the giant snake. The two Nathans scattered in both directions at once. But the giant snake was faster.
Quack! Tup!
Both clones were swallowed in one bite by a giant snake.
After a while.
The seven people disconnected and came out.
"Hey, you stone heads! If you attacked once, you used a hearthstone to jump out, right?"
Seo Moon-yeop expressed his displeasure.
Seo Mun-yeop stopped training because all five of them were wiped out.
The queen tried to block the giant snake's attack by spreading a shield, but it was all swept away by a single tail attack.
Cho Seung-ho has never done anything.
Realizing the real power of the giant snake, Seo Moon-yeop said to the five people who were in a daze.
"Now you know how strong you have to fight, right? If we collide head-on like we did just now, we will be annihilated without being able to do anything."
"It hurts my pride to say this, but are we helping?"
Roy Meyer asked.
"It took about a second or two for your ice wall and ice seal to catch the giant snake, right?"
"yes. It didn't work at all."
"What doesn't work? Didn't you hold on for one or two seconds?"
At Seo Moon-yeop's words, Roy Meyer was puzzled.
"If he held on for a second or two even though he charged head-on, it would be of greater help if he used it as a surprise attack at a more important timing. Maybe you can give him a chance to give him a big blow."
4 surprises.
It was just like the expression.
Seo Moon-yeop tried to use the queen, Nathan, Roy Meyer, and Shuran to temporarily steal the gaze of the giant snake.
Originally, that was the role that Pietro took on, but with the help of the four, it was possible to further reduce the consumption of the aura.
Roy Meyer nodded.
"I can do that. No, I will have to do it. It is a battle for the fate of mankind."
"But what about me? I couldn't even access it. It ended up being swallowed in one bite like goldfish food."
Nathan complained.
When could this handsome French young man have suffered such a disaster?
Nathan's expression grew serious at the thought that he was of no help.
Seo Moon-yeop said.
"You must not move within the sight of the giant snake. As we just saw, you can't move faster than a giant snake."
"You mean to attack from behind?"
"okay. Fortunately, the King is only paying close attention to me and Pietro, and you guys are completely ignoring it. So if you kill the enemy from a place you can't see and approach, you can easily surprise them. However, even if I ambushed, the attack will not work."
"Yes, it was to the point where even Shuran-san's extinction ray didn't work at all."
"Perhaps it's only at the level of an ant's bite. But there won't be any way for your attacks to work."
"How?"
"The only thing that can hurt his body is my attack. You make me attack the wounds I put on you. Then he will take care of you too."
"It's my role to distract him once and for all. All right."
"And the queen?"
"Yes, please."
Seo Mun-yeop explained his idea to the queen this time.
"As you just experienced, you can't block an attack even if you spread the shield."
"Yes, I was surprised too."
The queen was shocked that she couldn't block a single attack despite all her strength to create a shield.
Although she had almost no combat experience, she was as confident as Miss Aura after being chosen by the light of the beginning.
"Your role is a support role, not a direct part in the fight. Moving my comrades to their destination by space movement, and put the same protective shield on me."
"Even though it didn't help much?"
"His attack is serious, even if it passes. But if he puts a shield on him, he can be safe from a grappling attack."
"I understand that much."
"Lastly, Seungho Cho."
"yes!"
Cho Seung-ho replied.
Seo Moon-yeop looked at Cho Seung-ho with narrow eyes.
"Aren't you full of thoughts of just delivering and jumping?"
"yes!"
Jo Seung-ho confidently replied.
Other than that, he was convinced that there was nothing he could do.
"But what? Besides that, you have an important role to play."
"It can't be."
Cho Seung-ho denied that. An estimate has already been issued. The giant snake was never something he could do with himself.
But Seo Moon-yeop was adamant.
"I actually fought the king. I fight with a pattern of anticipating his movements, dodging, and counterattacking, but this tactic had one drawback."
"Blindness?"
Nathan pointed out.
Seo Moon-yeop nodded.
"that's right. His body is so big that the closer he gets, the less he can see. Not too long ago, he said that I died and that his tail came flying from behind and beat me up. He is unpredictable unless you can see him."
"Ah, I have to compensate for the blindness by delivering the vision."
"Yes, observe him from a distance and keep showing him through sight transmission."
"That means that I must be with you throughout the fight..."
"of course."
Jo Seung-ho's expression darkened. The idea of just delivering an aura and quickly bouncing it off became a bubble.
"You can think of your aura as 70% for aura transmission and 30% for sight transmission."
"yes······."
The reason why Seo Moon-yeop formed a team of 7 was finally revealed.
Seo Moon-yeop was envisioning a battle in which all seven people could play their part.
'The king will know that I am dead. If we take advantage of this and carry out a surprise attack, we might be able to see the effect.'
The king's only weakness revealed in the analysis is arrogance.
Since the analysis plan says so, Seo Moon-yeop tried to dig into that part as much as possible.
From that day on, the 7 of us started training in earnest. According to Seo Moon-yeop's idea, everyone trained repeatedly so that they could play their roles.
Since we didn't have much time, we saved time to eat and sleep and strengthen our teamwork.
and a week later.
Gates opened all over the world.