The raid team stays near the Gate instead of moving deeper into the cave. But Il Hwan is not in the group. He has gone to scout the dungeon and find the monsters because he has a stealth skill he got not too long ago from a rune stone.
Indra doubts that skill was from a rune stone though. He thinks Jin Woo transfers that skill to Il Hwan, but he doesn't ask because it's not his concern and it's good for Il Hwan to have more skills.
The raid team doesn't relax even though they are just waiting near the Gate. Il Hwan might return anytime and the worst case is he returns with some monsters. So they need to stay on guard and are ready to fight anytime.
Thankfully, Il Hwan returns alone without taunting any monsters. But his expression isn't good, so there must be something worrying that he found inside.
"The monsters are Giant, just as Indra said. There are 20 of them and they are bigger than the Giants we found as bosses in A-Rank dungeons. I also think these Giants are much stronger than those bosses. I'm sure of it because I've fought a Giant dungeon boss. The pressure I felt from each one of the Giants here is stronger than that Giant boss I killed."
"20, huh? That's not a small number for Giants with power surpassing Giant A-Rank Bosses." Zhigang frowns when he thinks about how difficult it will be to face 20 Giants with such power.
"There are many of them, but it's still within our expectation since we knew that this dungeon is more dangerous than Kamish's dungeon. The problem is the boss. What about the boss, Mr. Il Hwan?" Dewi asks the most worrying question.
"That guy is a few times bigger than even those Giants. And don't ask about his power! I couldn't even enter the boss room because of the pressure from his magic power. It's not that I'm afraid. But I felt like I would get discovered as soon as I entered the room, so I retreated."
"How's the boss compared to Kamish?" Thomas asks what everyone wants to know as well.
"..... I feel like this one is stronger."
Il Hwan's answer is not something that they want to hear even though they've expected it because Indra has briefed them about it.
They had a small hope that what Indra said was wrong, but now they can only accept it as the truth because someone else feels the same.
"Alright, let's focus on the mobs first. Are they separated or gathering in the same place?"
"They are together. This dungeon is big, but it's not that deep and there's only 2 paths. The left path leads to the boss room and the mob Giants are gathering there in a much wider area than this place. The right path is narrower. It only has enough space for 2 Giants to walk side by side."
"So that's why they don't stay there. It doesn't have enough space for them to stay comfortably and they can't fight freely there." Reed nods while saying that.
"I believe so too. But we can't ignore this path. Inside this path, there are a ton of high-quality magic crystals along with things like mushrooms, moss, and other magical plantations that should be very useful for alchemy."
Everyone is surprised to hear so many treasures are hidden here. The other S-Rank dungeons didn't have anything other than powerful monsters, so this is very surprising.
"Those plants might be the Giants' food." Dina's assumption is supported by the others.
"Most likely. There are just too many of them and I didn't find anything else that they could eat other than those plants."
"Alright, we can think about those valuable things after we deal with the mob Giants. But we need to inform the hunters outside about it so they can mine and gather those materials later. Sis, can you go out for a while and inform the Bureau agents outside? Tell them to brief the Hunters and they can use our Guild's tools. We'll clear those resources before fighting the Giants, so tell them to move quickly."
Dewi nods before executing her brother's order. She quickly dashes out through the Gate while everyone else is confused by Indra's order.
"You want us to fight the Giants after collecting those resources? Won't the Giant attack the miners and collectors then?" Jonas frowns, not understanding why Indra does that.
"No, the Giants won't attack them. I will hold the Giants in their place using my barrier. Mr. Il Hwan, the boss is too big to enter the resource location, right?"
"Yeah, he won't fit in there."
"Then as long as the mob Giants can't enter that path, the miners and collectors will be safe. Also, don't you think it's better for us to fight the Giants on that narrow path?"
Now everyone finally understands why Indra wants the resources to be cleared before fighting the Giants. It's because he wants to fight them in that path, so they need to take all the resources first.
"Only 2 Giants will fit in that path if they walk side by side. That means only 1 of them can move around to fight with that width. Their movements will be restricted a lot because of the cave size, which will help us a lot."
Everyone agrees with this plan because it feels to be the safest and has the highest success rate. They believe Indra's barrier won't break even if all of those 20 mob Giants attack it.
Heck, they even believe the boss that's stronger than Kamish won't even put a scratch on Indra's barrier. That's how much they believe his barrier to be unbreakable.
So they aren't worried that any of those 20 Giants will sneak into the resource location as long as they are caught by Indra's barrier.
"But to be safe, I want all of you to guard the miners and collectors. Wait! Maybe not all. I need someone to carry me to that location quickly after we're done collecting the resources because I can't run that fast, so the Giants might catch me."
Everyone except for Il Hwan and Jin Woo is nodding at that statement because they think that Indra really can't run as fast as physical type Hunters as a Healer.
But Il Hwan and Jin Woo know that only Jin Woo at full power can outrun Indra in a race. The same also applies to his strength and overall abilities. He is basically a Demigod already now, but he's just so good at hiding his power.
Dewi returns after a while and it's decided that she will be the one accompanying Indra while everyone else guards the collectors just in case some Giants aren't caught in Indra's barrier.
As long as the boss doesn't disturb them, they won't be in danger because even without Indra, they should be able to defeat some mobs on their own.
They quickly move to the mob Giants. Indra goes there with Dewi, Il Hwan, and Shiddarth. Il Hwan will show the way while Shiddarth will taunt the mob Giants so they will gather in 1 spot which will make it easier to trap them.
They move slowly and carefully to not alert the Giants before they arrive. It will be bad if the Giants rush out of the left cave path and come to the main path because then they will block the way to those resources.
Thankfully, the Giants are busy preparing their weapons to slaughter the humans. Though they seem to be just loitering around while playing with their weapons while talking in monster language that no one there knows.
The team nods at each other before they finally show up in front of the Giant. Shiddarth takes a deep breath before roaring very loudly. The other 3 feels like their eardrums will burst from his powerful roar.
His roar contains magic power that spreads all over the room. It's his taunt skill and he manages to gather the Giants' attention.
They look at him and when they see some humans there, their calm eyes are suddenly filled with murderous intent. Then they roar before charging at the hunters together.
Shiddarth puts up his shield and Indra buffs his stats before he uses his defensive skill. He creates a gigantic magic shield in front of him and the Giants'gazes turn into that magic shield.
Even his shield skill has a taunting effect that makes his enemies focus on his shield and will attack it. He is a true tank, through and through.
The Giants start attacking Shiddarth's magic shield, but Indra doesn't make his barrier yet. He needs to wait until all the Giants gather in 1 spot and besides, Shiddarth seems to be enjoying the tanking even though he is having a hard time stopping some Giants' attacks at the same time.
"HOLY SHIT! THEY ARE REALLY STRONG. THEIR PHYSICAL POWERS ARE NO JOKE. TOGETHER, THEY ARE ALMOST AS STRONG AS KAMISH IN TERM OF PHYSICAL STRENGTH, AND THEY ARE JUST MOBS. DAMN!"
This is the first time Shiddarth has talked this much during a raid, which is quite surprising.
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