SSS-Class Ranker Return

Chapter 223

ancient city (1)

Retake of Kitanro Castle! The meaning of that was not just the restoration of the base.

dispersion of the enemy’s main force.

and each breakout.

The Dwarf and Gnomish allied forces decided to retreat at some point, probably because the mutual damage was too great to be annihilated.

“As expected.”

There’s one more thing. The Dwarf and Gnomish allied forces even abandoned Nihilman Castle. This is because it was likely that more damage would be done if Mercury was attempted at a place that was not in a half-wave but in a “full-wave” state.

But perhaps it was the same with the Orcs, so they gave up on advancing to Nihil Manseong, and Nihil Manseong was engulfed in a strange silence as a windless area.

“Now… … .”

Thanks to that, Krocchi also found some time to relax. Although the gnomes’ obsession towards the race quest was scary, it seemed that they would be okay because they had not yet identified the location of the ancient city.

Moreover, including Nihilmanseong, Kitanro and Hilos Castle had to be crossed.

Krocch, who thought this was enough, disappeared from the battlefield.

* * *

Orc users who do not yet know Krocch’s hidden secrets praised the hero’s name highly.

His name was immediately elevated on the user rating table created by Quang, and those who actually witnessed his battle could not deny it.

SS class (cannot be estimated, cannot be estimated): Krocch

What was displayed was in the order of combat power rating, level ranking, and level.

Because he appeared like a comet while no one knew him, his level could not be estimated or ranked, but his combat power was evaluated as SS, the highest level among users.

Considering that not all master level users were evaluated as SS level, it was a very high evaluation.

I didn’t even know he was a fictional character.

“Damn, who curses me?”

And at that time, the owner of the blue was picking his ears and traversing the land of the Orcs.

“It’s not about looking for a royal family in China, but… … .”

The ‘Land of Abandoned Iron and Sand’ located at the rear of the Hilos Territory.

The land was not used because there were a lot of stones and scrap metal, and it was not suitable for clearing or building, and the special ground was not hard.

It is said that it was not originally, but since some time in ancient times, desertification has progressed, and the floor is made of coarse sand, and at some points it is completely submerged into the ground, making it difficult to move, let alone hunt.

Even the monsters appearing there are difficult.

“You are bothering me.”

The desert ant series experienced a difficult subject while moving through a hole in the sand with a hard shell, and did not give the item properly, and the scorpion’s poison and armor-like shell were even more terrifying.

The cactus monster, the sabotender, who pretends to be an object and then blows hundreds of thorns, was also devastated. Among the other monsters with the ‘desert’ modifier, they have a ‘drought’ effect, so there are many types that take moisture from the body and cause abnormalities It made the consumption of ‘canteen’ items increase.

Whoops!

However, that was limited to a general level. The heat of the deserted terrain did not work for Lokan, and the effect of Scorpion’s Dokdo was negligible.

Outer shell as hard as armor It was a lokan that could tear even real armor like a piece of paper and split bones.As it was an area neglected by users, the abandoned land of iron and sand was full of monsters, but it was just annoying.

“The time has come to come out… … .”

Rokan, who wiped away the body fluids of monsters from the large battle axe, was filled with the remains of dozens of monsters next to Krocch.

Usually, this would be enough to change seats, but he didn’t seem to want to do that at all.

He is waiting for something.

doo doo doo.

And after a while, with the vibration of the floor, something appeared through the sand.

“how ”

dory dory.

What appeared was none other than Diggdog.

One of the two methods Krochsch prepared to find the ancient city was to use Diggdog to explore the underground.

However, he left them open for a long time and let them play in the ground, but nothing was found.

After all, the abandoned land of iron and sand was never a small field.

Finding it at once was more unrealistic.

So he hoped for the one remaining method.

“I can’t wait for the gnomes, so is this all that’s left?”

There was another way. Rather, there was a more sensible way.

It was the standard way for a gnome user who received a gnome race quest to arrive here with various hints and devices, search for it, and operate the engine.

But even in previous lives, the ancient city was discovered in a completely different way.

Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooing.

I felt a strong vibration under my feet.

Did Diggdog, who went out on reconnaissance, return or not, it was a much louder sound than that.

“Come!”

At that moment, the sand on which Rokhan was standing was eaten up. into a huge mouth protruding from the floor.

[Giant Sand Worm][Lv 332]

A sand worm called the strongest monster in the desert terrain devoured him.

tooth profit.

His esophagus and stomach churned and he swallowed anything that entered his mouth.

The same is true for Lokan who has turned into a crocs. It was swallowed whole without chewing, so it was thrown around with the corpses of the monsters he had piled up.

[Exposed to the gastric juices of giant sand worms. Takes 30 continuous damage per second.][Caution! If you don’t escape before you run out of health, you may die.]

Mixed together with gastric juice, the vitality began to decline.

‘now.’

Krocch, who had been wallowing in a dizziness, at some point fixed his body. In the body of the giant sand worm, which was constantly moving, it was difficult to center and get up.

The first goal is success.

Now all that remains is to defeat the giant sand worm before dying and escape.

Krochsch immediately began work.

However, it was not the large battle ax that Krocch used. Sealed Chain of Winds Battle Ax. Polymorph was not released, but Rokhan’s main weapon was in his hands.

At least in this way, there is nothing to be found out by anyone.

“bombing! Chain of annihilation! Wheel Wind!”

“Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

Skills with powerful destructive power unfolded one after another. It stirred the inside of the giant sand worm and popped its flesh.

Each time that happened, the giant sand worm struggled painfully, but that was all. There was no way he could attack the opponent inside his body.

‘This is the only strategy, it’s terrible.’

The sand worm, which exhibits great resistance to external blows and devours it with any magic attack, was almost invincible in its previous life.

It was even said that it might be more convenient to catch a younger dragon than to catch a sand worm.

Unfortunately, only two methods of treatment were known later. Attacking a weak point the size of a pea at the bottom of your stomach you don’t know where it is, or going into your mouth and ripping your stomach out.

Neither was an easy task, considering the character’s incredible resistance and vitality, but Rokhan chose the latter.

It’s difficult to find a weakness and attack over and over again before being crushed by him, but he’s confident that he can create a chaos inside with his overwhelming attack power.

“Frenzy manifestation!”

After pounding the giant sand worm’s flesh for a long time, Kroc Chwi measured his timing.

Aiming for the moment when his vitality was about to hit the floor, he activated the manifestation of the storm that he had saved. He was using the manifestation of the storm from the beginning, but he was aiming for a time when his attack power was not enough.

“The one who rides the legend!”

In addition, he summoned Fenryl. In terms of attack power, he summoned Fenryl, an outstanding player, and ordered only attack until his health was exhausted.

Summoning Kai would be one way, but if the giant sand worm’s tough skin was able to withstand the gigantic body, it was Rokhan’s side that would be in trouble. He’ll either be crushed or waste a lot of time.

“Glow!”

Kroc Chwi, who raised his mastery skills, did his best.

In fact, he thought that he might not even have to use the Frenzy Incarnation, but the rate of decline in life was faster than expected, and his vitality was enormous.

It was because it started without any external damage, and the corpses of the monsters being digested together restored some of their vitality.

So he needed to be stronger.

Use all attack skills in one turn and inflict continuous damage with Horse Chain and Wheel Wind. Then, when the cooldown came back, he focused on one point with his attack skill.

Pugh!

When the attack was so concentrated, even the Giant Sand Worm could not stand it.

All the thick flesh was blown up and a hole was punched in the tough leather. I had no choice but to allow Krochsch to escape.

[You have leveled up.]

My whole body was covered in gastric juice, but the clear and refreshing level-up notification changed my mood.The extreme amount of experience gained not long after raising the 1st level through the Deadly Fighting Quest, and the experience gained by catching giant sand worms were combined to achieve another level-up.

It was only natural that the rewards were large since I caught the ones that were originally classified as ‘Raid-class’ monsters.

“There are no treasure goblins.”

Besides, it wasn’t the only reward. A huge amount of items were piled up in the stomach of the giant sand worm, which roamed the abandoned iron and sand land and swallowed all the food and the inedible.

Since all the insignificant items were dissolved in gastric juice, only items with at least a rare grade or higher remained.

[Heart of Sandstorm][Unique]

A necklace made of special gems found in the depths of the desert. It has a powerful fire energy.

-Fire Resistance + 30%

-Fire attribute attack power + 30%

-Fire magic casting speed + 50%

-Intellect + 100

– Health + 100

[Withered Desert] [Unique]

A dagger that contains the power of the dry desert. Makes the opponent feel the pain of the withered.

-Attack power: 1,300

-Durability: 800 / 800

-Fire Resistance + 25%

-Additional fire attribute attack power + 15%

– Chance to activate [Curse of the Dry Desert] on hit

– Stamina + 90

Perhaps because of the nature of the desert terrain, most of the options were related to flames, and many of them came with a lot of things that users would find with their eyes turned on.

Dozens of such things entered the inventory at once. As if the sand worm was not called a moving treasure trove or a treasure chest for nothing.

But Crocch paid more attention to something that looked like a japtem than other items.

[Unknown ancient mechanical device parts] [Rare]

Mechanical device parts of unknown purpose. The ancient patterns engraved with intaglios are unique.

“bingo.”

A smile spread across Siik Lokan’s lips. And immediately released the polymorph. After discovering this, there is no reason to be in the form of an orc any more.

“Digdog!”

Lokan immediately summoned Digdog and began to enter the tunnel the sand worm had made.

Hopefully he didn’t expect to find it in the first place, but in ‘Ancient City’ he met a sand worm that devoured something it appeared to have swallowed.

If so, on the other hand, if you look back on the path he has been digging in, wouldn’t it mean that there is an ancient city somewhere?

Lokan and Diggdog went underground and underground while tracing back to the giant tunnel the giant sand worm had passed through.

Finally, I was able to face the ancient city I had been waiting for.