Before the raid, Indra upgrades the raid team's gears using his Rune Magic. He doesn't charge them, which makes them very grateful.
"Don't mind it. I need you guys to be stronger even if it's just a little."
"A little? Your magic literally increases our gears' powers a few times."
"But it's not that much in the face of the S-Rank dungeon's monster. Anyway, let's focus on the raid. We don't know what kind of monstrosity awaits us inside."
They enter the Gate with Dewi and Il Hwan holding big shields at the front to block any sudden attacks. These 2 aren't Tanks, but they surely can tank better than the S-Rank Tanks.
"Good, no monster at the entrance. Let's proceed."
They let the other Hunters enter while looking around the dungeon. It's a field type dungeon, a vast savanna with gigantic bushes and gigantic trees. It's just like another Africa in the dungeon.
"Dina, can you cut the bushes and trees?"
"Yes. But won't it be better to burn them?"
"The heat and smoke will hinder us."
"They will, but we can just stay near the entrance or even go out until everything is burnt, right?"
".... That's not a bad idea."
Dina's idea is certainly good. They need to clear the bushes and trees that obstruct their sight to avoid being ambushed by monsters.
"Dina is right. Burning them now is better because most of our Mages use Fire Magic. We will get trapped in fire if we don't burn them now. The monsters might also use Fire Magic, after all."
Il Hwan agrees with the idea and the others also think the same. So Indra buffs all the Mages including Dina who uses Wind Magic. Her Wind Magic strengthens Fire Magic, after all.
The Mages then shoot powerful Fire Magic in all directions. The bushes and trees are burning quickly. It doesn't take long for the savanna dungeon to turn into a sea of flame.
Indra uses his Barrier Magic to protect everyone as they watch the fire from the entrance. The barrier blocks all physical and magical energy from outside, so they don't feel the heat and the smoke can't enter the barrier too.
"It would be great if the fire just kills the monsters like this."
Everyone agrees with Dewi, but they all know that it won't happen. It's possible in low ranking dungeons, but it won't happen in an S-Rank dungeon full of S-Rank monsters like this.
The fire spreads rapidly and the burnt vegetation turns into ash quickly. They watch the dungeon burn before they suddenly hear an ear deafening roar.
Then they see some tornadoes that move around swiping the fire. The tornadoes suck the fire and the vegetation until the fire disappears.
"Seems like the monsters use Wind Magic. This is not good."
Almost all of their Mages are Fire Mages, so the Wind Magic will catch their fire and return it to them with stronger power if the Wind Magic is stronger.
"Don't worry too much. If all the Mages work together, we can surely overpower the monsters' Wind Magic. We also have my brother's buffs to strengthen our attacks."
"That's right. Besides, their Wind Magic will strengthen our Fire instead if we use it well."
While they are thinking about it, Indra and some of them who have strong senses suddenly feel some presence approaching.
After a while, they see 11 gigantic white White Lionesses come out of the bushes. The lionesses can't hide in the bushes anymore because the Hunters have burnt a lot of the bushes and trees.
"Are the monsters a pride of Lions? Then that means the boss may be a male Lion."
"Yeah, maybe it was the one that made those tornadoes."
"Good thing we burnt the bushes first so these monsters can't hide there."
"The boss hasn't come, so let's get rid of these Lionesses quickly."
Indra buffs everyone as he says that. His buffs are much stronger than when he raided the first S-Rank Gate.
It's also thanks to the Rune Magic he placed on everyone's gears that enhance the effects of his buffs.
"Let's go!"
The melee fighters charge forward to attack the giant White Lionesses. Indra quickly casts Binding Chains, creating massive black chains that bind the monsters.
Dina casts 11 massive rotating wind javelins, followed by the Fire Mages that create fire around the wind spears.
Only Kwasi can create 11 equally powerful fire balls to merge with the wind javelins. The other S-Rank Fire Mages can only create 1 fire ball to match the power of each wind javelin.
There are 5 S-Rank Fire Mages, so 5 of the Flame Javelins are stronger than the other 6.
After the fire merges with her Rotating Wind Javelins, Dina shoots them at the monsters that can't move because of Indra's chains.
The massive Wind Javelins hit the Giant White Lionesses and explode before engulfing them in fire and burning them.
Indra maintains the black chains so the monsters can't retaliate. Then the melee fighters finally reach the monsters.
Along with Dewi, Il Hwan, and Jin Woo, there are 5 more S-Rank melee fighters. The other 2 are Tanks that stay behind to protect the Mages.
Indra can cast Barrier Magic to protect them, but it's better to let the Tanks block the attacks they can Tank to reduce his burden.
It turns out to be a good decision because the Mages' attacks create powerful shockwave impacts that spread everywhere and the Tanks can block them, so Indra can focus on maintaining the black chains.
Dewi and Il Hwan attack a White Lioness each while Jin Woo is assisted by 2 S-Ranks. The other 3 S-Ranks are attacking another monster, so 4 monsters are being attacked by the melee fighters, leaving 7 unattended.
Jin Woo is still recovering his power, so he needs to hold back to recover faster. That's why he only shows a power similar to normal S-Ranks.
He only uses his close combat skills without using his summons or magic. But his vast experience makes his movements and attacks much more effective than the others.
The melee fighters are targeting the monsters' ankles first to immobilize them. Dewi and Il Hwan are attacking the other monsters after cutting their first targets' ankles in a minute.
It wasn't that easy to cut the monsters' ankle tendons because their bodies are very hard although not as hard as Kamish's scales. Still, it needs quite a lot of effort.
As for the other S-Ranks, they keep attacking the same monsters after cutting the ankles for a longer time than Il Hwan and Dewi.
Their attacks aren't lethal to the monsters even though they attack as strong as they can. So they are concentrating their attacks on the same spots to increase the damage.
But then Indra suddenly senses more monsters are coming. He immediately creates a massive barrier covering everyone and the monsters that they are facing now.
"HURRY UP AND FINISH THEM! MORE ARE COMING."
The Hunters keep attacking the monsters and then 10 more Giant White Lionesses suddenly appear outside the barrier. They jump at the barrier and start attacking it to break it.
Indra's barrier doesn't budge, but the normal S-Ranks who don't know the strength of Indra's barrier are being frightened.
"KEEP ATTACKING! HIS BARRIER WON'T BREAK! EVEN THE DRAGON COULDN'T SCRATCH IT AND THESE GUYS ARE WEAKER THAN THAT DRAGON, SO DON'T WORRY!"
Il Hwan shouts to calm everyone. He knows that while the Barrier won't break, maintaining such a massive barrier for a long time will take a lot of Indra's mana, so they need to kill these monsters quickly.
Dewi gets the first kill after ripping a monster's neck with her sharp rabbit claws that were enhanced with Light Magic. Then she quickly moves to her next target and aims for its neck too.
"AIM THE PART OF THEIR NECKS THAT CONNECT TO THEIR HEADS! THE SKIN IS SOFTER THERE AND THEIR THROATS ARE CLOSER TO THEIR SKIN IN THAT LOCATION."
After hearing Dewi's instructions, the melee hunters start aiming that exact spot on each monster. It certainly is easier to damage the monsters in that spot.
Indra and the Mages are moving closer to the monsters. He has an idea to finish this faster.
"MAKE A HOLE IN THEIR THROATS! THE MAGES WILL BURN THEIR INSIDES."
The melee hunters nod. They don't finish the monsters and just make holes on the monsters' throats before moving to other monsters.
Only Kwasi prepares the spell now. Dina doesn't join because she needs to save her mana for the other monsters.
The other S-Rank Mages also don't join because their mana is much lower than Dina and Kwasi, so they need to save up even more.
Kwasi shoots fire pillars at the holes on the monsters' throats. The fire enters the throats and burns the monsters from inside.
Indra's chains are binding their mouths, so the fire doesn't escape and cooks the monsters alive. Dewi and Il Hwan also rips the monsters' throats so Kwasi doesn't need to burn them all.
It takes a while before they finally roast and kill all 11 monsters. But there are still more monsters waiting outside the barrier.
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