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Chapter 76
Chapter 76: The Forest Covered by Snakes (10) (2)
The suppressed Min Chae-hwan’s expression kept changing rapidly.
From injustice to astonishment.
From astonishment to helplessness.
From helplessness to anger.
In his final expression, it seemed like he wanted to tear Kwon Oh-jun apart.
Kwon Oh-jun’s words were evidence that he was telling the truth.
‘Oh…!! Min Chae-hwan! That was his name.’
And then, I finally remembered Min Chae-hwan’s name.
The Holder is mentioned as infiltrating the <The Judgment of Fire> in the original work.
His name was Min Chae-hwan.
-The <Judgment of Fire> Clan, the first attempt to conquer the undiscovered dungeon failed… Clan member Min Chae-hwan revealed to be a spy for the Villain Clan…
At the time, the story passed like a fleeting newspaper article. Since this dungeon conquest, which I only slightly deviated from as an intern, had not involved any of the main characters, it had faded from memory. That’s why I couldn’t recall it at all.
The fact that the first dungeon conquest had failed, that the archer Min Chae-hwan was a spy for the <Villain> Clan—everything came back to me only after hearing Kwon Oh-jun’s words.
“It’s all over now, so kneel down and wipe your neck.”
That was Kwon Oh-jun’s final verdict to Min Chae-hwan.
It was a terrifyingly cold and cunning plan.
In <The Judgment of Fire>, they knew everything about the <Villain>.
Obtaining information about the ‘Forest Covered by Snake’, mobilizing resources to monopolize the rewards of that dungeon, and even planning to conquer the dungeon on behalf of the 5 hunting teams.
<The Judgment of Fire> had developed a counterplan that exploited the <Villain>’s own plans. Instead of transmitting information as it was, they advanced the deployment date to make the <Villain>’s preparations less thorough.josei
Then they deployed reinforcements to block any variables. Spy Min Chae-hwan was brought into the dungeon, where he was used to his full potential, and at the last moment, subdued…
This was a fight that the <Villain> couldn’t win from the beginning.
“Damn it…”
Min Chae-hwan slowly knelt down and threw his bow on the ground.
His expression was filled with disgrace.
In reality, it was almost like surrendering.
“Then…”
“Team Leader!”
However, at that moment.
Even though Min Chae-hwan’s range of movement had been suppressed…
Arrows rained down rapidly from the sky.
It was like a multiple attack reminiscent of the earlier wooden snake’s magical assault.
The black arrows that filled the sky made it seem like PTSD would set in.
“What the…”
Kwon Oh-jun immediately spat out abusive words and held up his spear.
The other party members also took a posture to defend in their own ways.
I don’t know exactly what skill it is…
A remote skill used by Min Chae-hwan, an archer.
It was the last desperate effort he threw when everything was over.
Everyone was nervous and had to defend themselves.
But looking at it, I thought.
‘This… Isn’t that a physical attack anyway?’
This shower of arrows is not a magic attack.
It can be known by just understanding Min Chae-hwan’s surroundings.
He didn’t show any momentum to raise his magic.
If Min Chae-hwan tried to use magic.
At that moment, he would have already been attacked by Choi Dong-wook.
This shower of arrows seemed to be a physical attack-oriented remote skill, probably caused by Min Chae-hwan dropping his bow as a trigger.
Let’s think about it.
Rather, I felt at ease.Since it’s a physical attack from a distance.
No matter how many objects…
It couldn’t do any damage to me.
Tuduk- Tuduk-
To Do Do Do Do-
To-do-do-do-do-
A myriad of arrows were stabbed into the ground helplessly.
The expression of the party members changed every moment at that amazing sight.
“… … ?”
“What is this…”
“Team Leader, what’s going on?”
“…Well.”
I smiled slightly.
The reason why the arrow baptism was nullified lay in my skill.
[War Declaration of a Hundred Soldiers].
A skill obtained by combining the superior rune [Master of Martial Arts].
During battles, it provided an incredible effect of ignoring all physical attacks from a distance for 10 minutes.
‘I guess I can finally make use of this.’
When I fought against the Mountain Serpent, I had no use for it.
Most of his attacks were close-quarters, and his ranged attacks were earth-based magic using magic.
However, in this particular situation, it was a skill with a perfect score of 200% effectiveness.
“What the…”
The surprise arrow baptism had ended anticlimactically.
Because of that, Min Chae-hwan’s expression was tinged with confusion.
But I didn’t stop there.
‘This is an opportunity.’
After using [War Declaration of a Hundred Soldiers] to deflect all the arrows.
I didn’t pause but quickly drew my sword and charged forward.
And I stabbed it right into Min Chae-hwan’s shoulder.
It was an attack on him, who was still being subdued by Choi Dong-wook.
“K-Kuuaaack…!!”
Min Chae-hwan screamed suddenly at the sudden attack.
I put magic into my thrust, piercing through his toughness stat.
Naturally, it would hurt.
But I didn’t care about the spy’s pain.
‘This is an opportunity!’
Even while being subdued, Min Chae-hwan had used a skill to launch an attack, and I had defended against it using [War Declaration of a Hundred Soldiers].
In other words…
Min Chae-hwan and I had engaged in a mutual exchange of attacks.
It was a kind of duel.’
So, this was an opportunity.
An opportunity to devour one of Min Chae-hwan’s runes.