Level Up Inquisitor [EN]: Chapter 202

202. Clearing the Path (3)

“Pardon?”

Alisa reacted to Eile’s suggestion to use it.

The trump card they had prepared before entering the raid.

She questioned his decision, which seemed somewhat premature.

“We still have 30 percent of our health left. Would it be okay? What if the fourth phase appears just as the duration ends…?”

“No, we’ll finish it within the duration. More than anything, we don’t have much time left,” Eile replied firmly.

Only about twenty minutes remained.

Having lost the initiative they had seized to Legias’s sudden change in atmosphere, there was no hope if they continued like this.

Even if they saved that method, it would be meaningless unless they seized the opportunity now to quickly finish him off.

“Understood.”

Alisa nodded and immediately gripped her spear.

She had never coordinated with Eile using this method before, but there was no choice in the current situation.

She first retreated far back to avoid being caught in Legias’s even larger attack range.

On the other hand, Eile stepped forward.

Whoosh!

Blue light swirled around Alisa’s spear, and at the same time, all the buff effects that had been on Eile disappeared.

And only one new buff effect remained in Eile’s status window.

Tap!

Confirming it, Eile immediately rushed at him.

Then, as if waiting, Legias began to attack.

Sharp winds swept around with his wing flaps, and an incredible range was devastated each time his arms and tail were swung.

The entire area was being destroyed by the enormous range of attacks, which was incomparable to before.

However, unlike what it seemed at first glance, the battle was different from when Eile was initially caught off guard and swept away by the range attacks.

‘It’s manageable enough.’

Eile’s golden eyes darted busily.

Surprisingly, Legias’s attacks, which had become even more powerful, were not reaching Eile at all.

It wasn’t just because it looked flashy or because Eile was lucky.

The only buff surrounding Eile right now.

It was due to the effect of the unique-grade buff skill of the healer class, ‘Invocation.’

Instead of all kinds of buffs on the target disappearing, it had the effect of giving a huge buff to only one ability.

It was a skill with very extreme effects, not a simple stacking of ordinary buffs that evenly raised overall stats.

This method naturally had a high risk, and regardless of the grade, the control and senses of those who used it were very important.

And the buff of the skill applied to Eile right now was ‘Speed.’

Kwaaaa!

A breath was spewed from his wide-open mouth.

It was a breath with a large range that completely covered the front, but Eile, who had read the movement in advance, easily avoided it by breaking through.

Generally, even if you read all of your opponent’s moves, whether you can avoid such a wide-ranging attack is another matter.

That’s why the role of the extremely increased speed was important.

Eile’s body completely followed the reaction to the attack read by Eile’s reflexes and the action of Overdrive.

Kwaddeudeuk!

As Legias released mana, the floor sharply rose.

However, Eile instead penetrated straight ahead with surprising speed, reaching right in front of him in an instant.

‘Of course, even if I only maximize speed, it would be impossible to finish within the time limit,’ Eile thought, floating in front of Legias’s head.

His physical resistance was a whopping 85 percent.

No matter how fast he became and how many attacks he made, his high durability remained unchanged.

Furthermore, since the attack and armor penetration buffs he had been receiving had disappeared in exchange for explosively increasing speed, it was still true that clearing within the duration would be difficult.

‘But…!’

The moment the longsword reached right in front of Legias, the buff given to him suddenly changed.

Alisa’s buff had already been switched to ‘Strength’ instead of ‘Speed.’

Kwaaaang!

A huge amount of damage erupted from the tip of Eile’s sword.

Thanks to the converted stats, a great shock was applied, and Legias’s health, which had been unmoving, was greatly reduced.

‘Nice!’

Eile clenched his fist and briefly exchanged glances with Alisa.

It was a buff conversion made at the perfect timing.

Her skill, Invocation, consumed a considerable amount of mana to maintain, but the cooldown was not immediately activated.

Activation and deactivation could be freely performed for 15 minutes, the maximum duration of the skill.

That meant that the buff could be switched at any time, and the ways to utilize it increased infinitely.

Of course, it was a story that could only be possible if the skills and coordination of both the caster and the user receiving the buff were top-notch.

But that wasn’t a problem for them.

Jjeoeong!

Kieeeeek!

A buff that freely converts.

He was breaking through Legias head-on, taking both damage and speed.

Despite the fact that Alisa had only recently acquired the new skill and had never coordinated with him in advance, they showed truly amazing teamwork.

Thanks to that, the boss’s health was rapidly decreasing.

In less than 10 minutes, the remaining health plummeted to just over 10 percent.

And at that very moment, the entry into the 4th phase, which they had worried about whether it existed before the attack, began.

Jjeojeojeok!

“This is…”

Legias’s twisted body began to contort wildly.

Changing even more grotesquely than its original form, numerous faces screamed and writhed on its body.

The little remaining health flickered, but its physical resistance soared to 88 percent.

“Really persistent…”

Kwaaaaaaa!

The breath that stretched out from Legias’s mouth passed him by.

Whether he had misaimed or passed by, it was completely different from the breath he had shown before.

Even Eile couldn’t see it and avoid it, let alone avoid it, because of its unbelievable speed.

“Ugh…”

Alisa frowned.

The attack just now was aimed at her, not Eile, and blood was dripping down her cheek.

Even this was not because she saw the breath and avoided it, but because she barely reacted thanks to detecting the preliminary motion in advance.

Pasasseu.

Behind her, the pillars with completely disappeared contact surfaces were left empty.

The breath that penetrated multiple layers of even the thick walls of the underground dungeon was no longer a problem of high power.

‘Instant kill…’

Eile narrowed his brows and jumped forward without hesitation.

Legias showed such a threatening pattern as soon as he entered the 4th phase, and he had to finish it as quickly as possible to reduce unpredictable variables.

But the moment he swung his sword a couple of times and inflicted damage, a purple wave arose from his body.

Deudeudeudeu!

‘Another pattern?’

Eile prepared for an attack that would spring from the floor on the trembling ground.

But the result was the opposite.

All sorts of debris in the dungeon floated up, and Legias sent the debris flying using telekinesis.

The objects he manipulated ranged from small fragments to large rocks.

Kwaak!

Eile, who had approached avoiding the fragments, climbed onto Legias’s neck and plunged his sword deep inside.

But apart from the fact that he was struggling in pain, the telekinesis that had begun to run wild did not stop.

Kwaaaang!

“Keuk…”

Eile, who was hit by a fairly large fragment, was thrown out.

His health was reduced to 30 percent.

Originally, it would have been a life-threatening figure, but he was able to survive thanks to momentarily switching the buff skill to maximize defense.

His health was reduced, but he was immediately healed, and his health was full.

Kugugugugu!

The runaway telekinesis was becoming more and more rampant.

Eile shouted at the increasingly rough pattern.

“I think we’ll have to let the small ones go!”

“I understand!”

Alisa in the back nodded.

She was also in a situation where she was out of her mind with the fragments of pillars and boulders flying at her in the rear.

Although the offensive was less than that of Eile, who was penetrating to the center, it would not be strange if she, who had to pay attention to the situation on both sides without a buff, was hit at any time.

If either of them were hit, the attack would be as good as a failure, and they had to make a decision as quickly as possible before the duration of the Invocation skill ended.

Kwaak!

One heavy fragment hit Eile’s head as he approached Legias.

His vision shook, but Eile gritted his teeth and swung his sword with all his might.

What he needs to focus on now is the boss’s health situation.

He couldn’t avoid all the attacks among the many objects swirling like a storm.

He avoided large fragments, but only let small fragments flow in the line where he wouldn’t die, and increased his defense at the moment of being hit to halve the amount of damage.

Which attack to avoid and which attack to let flow.

Alisa, who was assisting him, made an accurate judgment about what stat amplification was needed at what moment.

At the same time, Eile moved, fully believing that her judgment and his judgment would match.

The moment he hesitated even a little, the breath would be broken.

Kieeeeeeeek!

Legias’s desperate screams echoed loudly.

Even though he knew that the current battle was virtual reality, his whole body was tingling, and his synchronization rate had already exceeded 131 percent.

The maintenance time of the Invocation skill was only 20 seconds left.

If the duration ended, he would have to fight him without a buff, and considering that the time limit for this scenario itself was running out, he could suffer a great loss.

‘Just a little more…!’

Kwaddeudeuk!

Eile’s longsword, which he had re-inserted, shattered the hard bones and went deep inside.

And Legias’s health finally entered the 4 percent range.

“Eile!”

“I saw it!”

Eile and Alisa captured his health bar almost simultaneously.

Then they turned and started running.

Legias, who had already started to run wild, chased after them without looking back.

[The duration of the skill ‘Invocation’ has expired!]

Eventually, the buff that had been maintained disappeared while moving.

The clear time for the final scenario was only a few minutes away.

But there was no hesitation on Eile’s face as he turned around.

Kieeeeek!

The place where they stopped was in front of the sanctuary.

It was like returning to the cliff below where they had started this battle.

But there was a slight difference from then.

Numerous explosion scrolls that had been left behind in advance during the process of moving the position were placed under the cliff.

The moment Legias, who had lost his mind, approached the cliff.

“It’s over.”

Kwaaaaaang!

The scrolls under his feet exploded all at once.

As much as he had used most of the contribution points he had left in case, the power of the explosion was great.

Of course, no matter how strong the explosion magic of the scroll was, it did not inflict any damage on Legias, who had magic immunity characteristics.

But what Eile was aiming for was a little different.

Kugugung!

The huge cliff collapsed entirely.

Even if he wasn’t injured, Legias couldn’t move immediately due to the recoil of the explosion.

Kieeeik!

He was eventually buried under the collapsing cliff.

No matter how much physical resistance he had, he couldn’t be safe as long as he was buried under the rock with only 4 percent remaining.

The final finish that had been prepared since before the start of the raid.

It was a card that had been left until the end because he had expected that the moment he entered the last phase would be the most difficult.

Kung!

But without even having time to feel relieved, they immediately approached the rubble and began searching for something among the piles of rocks.

“It’s here!”

Alisa shouted, discovering a blue light seeping out from the rubble.

Then, Eile, who had rushed over in a hurry, took out the princess who was being protected by a barrier.

The princess, who had been left in the sanctuary on the cliff, was able to survive this explosion thanks to the royal family’s artifact she was wearing as a ring.

“Whew, thankfully she’s safe.”

The appearance of Seia, who was breathing quietly without even a speck of dust on her.

Seeing her safe, they finally let out a sigh of relief.

He wondered if it was okay to treat the royal family like this, but he had used the best possible number because the situation was not good in many ways.

“We… we did it, right?”

“Definitely.”

Thud!

Eile and Alisa, whose legs gave way, sat down at the same time.

[The final scenario has been completed!]

[By clearing all scenarios, you will be given a huge reward!]

[Due to the much smaller number of attackers than the standard, you will receive twice the additional reward!]

[The quest for divinity has been completed!]

[You have acquired a large amount of experience and contribution!]

[You have executed the existence of sin, the blasphemer!]

[Level up!]