Level Up Inquisitor [EN]: Chapter 201

201. Clearing the Path (2)

Before entering the scenario dungeon boss, Regias Raid, Eile briefed Alisa on everything to watch out for, including the boss’s attack patterns and characteristics.

Although she had triggered the scenario dungeon’s appearance conditions, she hadn’t actually entered it herself, so she lacked internal information like the boss’s patterns. “I think that’s enough, right?”

“We’ve only seen the 2nd phase so far. We’ll have to face it directly.”

Eile and Alisa exchanged smiles and stood side by side at the cliff’s edge.

[‘Light Judge, Ru’ is staring at you.]

‘What’s wrong with her all of a sudden……?’

Eile tilted his head, noticing the message that appeared before his eyes.

Ru had been acting strangely uneasy for a while.

It seemed to start after meeting Alisa, but he couldn’t understand why she was suddenly like this, especially since it wasn’t their first encounter.

Kwarooo!

“Eek.”

As soon as they appeared at the cliff’s edge, a breath attack hurtled towards them as if the boss had been waiting.

Judging by the deafening roar, it seemed incredibly angry.

However, the fact that it was exhaling its breath into the air meant it couldn’t spew poison while preparing the next breath.

“Let’s go!”

At Eile’s signal, the two jumped off the cliff simultaneously.

It was a deadly height, but they didn’t hesitate.

Koong!

They landed safely on the ground, avoiding Regias.

Their legs tingled, but they weren’t stunned, and their health was only reduced by about half.

This was thanks to Alisa’s potion, which significantly reduced fall damage.

Clang!

Immediately restoring their health to the maximum and discarding the potion, Eile and Alisa headed for the passage on the side.

Regias, of course, relentlessly pursued Eile, determined not to lose him.

‘Good, that’s exactly what I wanted.’

The reason they turned their backs was simply to change locations.

Too much poison had already accumulated under the cliff, and they needed to reposition immediately.

“Eile-nim!”

“Yes!”

Chwaaaak!

Eile nodded and quickly turned around.

He swung his sword at Regias, who was mindlessly chasing after him.

Caught off guard, perhaps not expecting the sudden turn, Regias didn’t react properly, and the ‘Judgment Strike’ slammed into it head-on.

Kwaddeudeuk!

As Eile’s strongest single-target attack skill, Regias’s health plummeted, and the added stun effect kicked in.

Simultaneously, Alisa, who had positioned herself beneath the boss, thrust her spear.

Although her damage was far less than Eile’s, it was still significant, even for a healer.

The reason why she, a healer, could inflict meaningful damage on the boss-level monster Regias was simple.

[Strength stat has greatly increased!]

[Agility stat has greatly increased!]

[Stamina stat has greatly increased!]

[Armor penetration has increased!]

[Poison resistance has slightly increased!]

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Before they knew it, Alisa’s buffs enveloped Eile and herself.

As a support skill from a professional healer over level 200, it was far superior to the buffs of mediocre jobs.

Skills maximized to the limit of stackable buffs.

Eile’s stats were now significantly higher than when he had rushed Regias alone.

Koo-oong!

Just then, Regias writhed violently, unleashing a shockwave.

The two, who had approached, were helplessly thrown back by the shockwave and slid across the floor, barely maintaining their balance.

Eile immediately approached again without delay.

On the other hand, Alisa kept her distance, avoiding a rash approach.

As a result, even though Eile continued to fight Regias up close, no shockwave occurred.

‘Good!’

The activation condition for the shockwave pattern was when the majority of the raid participants were nearby and the boss felt threatened.

As long as Alisa stayed in the rear without approaching, there would be no shockwave.

Since there were quite a few of these patterns in Warlord’s boss monsters designed for multiple people, he had predicted it in advance, and the hypothesis was correct.

Moreover, they learned more than just that from the situation.

“How many seconds was that just now?”

“9 seconds!”

Alisa answered and stepped forward.

She moved to Regias’s back, who was rampaging wildly, and stabbed her spear into its scales, constantly disrupting it.

Rather than trying to inflict maximum damage herself, it was a move to free up Eile, who was responsible for the main damage dealing.

Originally, if two people participating in the raid approached at the same time, the shockwave pattern should have been activated.

But Regias did not emit a shockwave.

Paat!

Alisa, who had been calmly keeping time in mind, suddenly retreated significantly at a certain point.

As expected, Regias’s shockwave pattern activated 9 seconds after approaching.

Having learned that fact, Alisa approached and drew its attention until just before the boss felt threatened, then stepped back to reset the time and repeated the approach again.

It freed up Eile’s movements, and at the same time, there was no chance of being hit by the shockwave, so damage dealing was possible stably without breaking the flow or causing damage loss.

With her assistance, Eile unleashed high-powered skills such as Ilseom [One Slash] and Baptism of Fire, maximizing damage.

Kwarooo!

At that moment, Regias’s breath, which had gathered again, stretched out.

Eile and Alisa scattered to the sides simultaneously to avoid the breath, but avoiding it wasn’t the end of the problem.

Cheee!

The poison of Regias, which had become stronger as it entered the second phase, spread.

[Your health is greatly reduced due to the terrible poison!]

A space contaminated by just one breath.

Because of that, their health continued to decrease.

However, Eile silently swung his sword without paying any attention to the decreasing health.

The situation was different from when he tried the raid alone.

[A brilliant healing light envelops you!]

As Alisa’s continuous healing skill activated, the decreasing health bar began to fill up again.

The presence of a healer supporting from behind.

Even if strong poison ate away at health, it could be countered by recovery up to a certain level.

Of course, its poison became stronger each time it spewed out its breath, and the moment when Alisa’s healing couldn’t handle it was approaching.

“Eile-nim!”

“I understand!”

Right then, they lured Regias again to change positions and continued the battle.

All he had to do was move according to Alisa’s signals, who was constantly checking the party’s health bar and various status conditions.

That was the role of a healer required in the highest level of raids, and Eile, who was in charge of the main dealer role, just focused on dealing as much damage as possible.

Kwaaaang!

The divine power that had resided in the longsword exploded with the ‘Divine Explosion’ skill, creating a large explosion, and Regias’s giant body shook greatly.

Kieeee!

‘Damn it, the problem is still there.’

Eile sweated as the boss became more agitated as it took damage, and he straightened his sword.

It was clear that he was taking the lead and directing the battle.

However, even though he had been beating it tremendously for a long time, Regias’s health was still quite high.

‘It’s at a level where I would have caught two or three bosses already, but this guy is making me work so hard.’

Currently, Regias’s remaining health is 31 percent.

He had reduced it a lot in the meantime, but he couldn’t say that the end was in sight.

Regias’s physical resistance, which had soared to 82 percent as he entered the second phase, was still a headache.

Even after hitting it for dozens of minutes, its health did not easily decrease.

‘The next phase is still left, and the remaining time is running out…….’

Unfortunately, the last scenario had a time limit.

Before he knew it, the 2 hours and 55 minutes he had been given had less than 30 minutes left.

Whether the boss would simply retreat somewhere, or whether it would suddenly become stronger and force a failure.

Due to the characteristics of Warlord’s dungeons, no one knew what would happen if the time limit was exceeded.

Kwak!

At that time, Eile’s longsword pierced Regias’s side.

Its health finally dropped to 30 percent, and the movements of the rampaging guy suddenly stopped.

‘What?’

Eile looked at it with a sudden sense of unease.

“Wait a minute……!”

Alisa, startled, paused.

The color of Regias’s name, which had been floating on the information window, had changed.

‘Epic Boss……?’

The third phase was activated as it entered the 30 percent health range.

The guy, who already had a terrible difficulty, had its grade as a boss completely changed as it entered a new phase.

Whoong!

Regias’s arms rose high up.

Sensing that something was wrong, Eile and Alisa hurriedly stepped out of the range of its arms.

But that wasn’t enough.

Kwagwagwagwang!

A huge impact struck the ground.

The massive impact spread along the floor, turning the surroundings upside down and destroying them.

In the wreckage of the collapsed pillars, Eile barely poked his head out, with the dungeon interior turned into a mess with just one attack.

“Ptooey.”

Eile spat out the blood that had pooled in his mouth.

He couldn’t react for a moment because he didn’t expect the sudden grade increase and such an attack.

‘Well, it would be strange if it wasn’t an epic boss at this level.’

Koong!

Alisa, who also had blood on her forehead, emerged from the wreckage on the side.

“Are you okay?”

“Yes… I’ll heal you first.”

Alisa used healing magic without even having time to fix her messy hair.

With a white light, her health filled up.

Krrr.

The sound of Regias crying lowly was heard.

Unlike before, when it was unable to control its temper and went mad, it was now looking down at them with arrogant eyes.

“Ha…….”

Perhaps it belatedly realized its identity as a dragon, even though it was a mess of a chimera.

Eile let out a hollow laugh at the sight of it.

He had no choice but to admit that it was the most difficult opponent he had ever seen among all the monsters he had seen so far.

The physical resistance, which had further increased as it entered the 3rd phase, was now 85 percent, and furthermore, the characteristic window showed ‘Resistance to all status conditions’.

It had all three types of resistance, and two of them were completely immune.

As expected of a guy standing at the top of the infamous Maze Forest, it was truly a terrible opponent.

“You’re really going to be punished if you don’t give me the right item.”

Kwak!

Eile pulled out the longsword that had been stuck between the wreckage.

“Alisa-nim, let’s use that.”