SSS-Class Ranker Return

Chapter 48

Brand (1)

“Kiyot! Die, human!”

Kaang!

What the mining kobolds threw at them was a pickaxe. But Lokan could never be vigilant. This is because this is their combination skill.

“dash.”

When a throwing attack carrying a powerful energy enhanced by a skill combination flew from the narrow passage of the mine, even Lokan could not ignore it and concentrated on avoiding it. He can use the Force to block it, but he doesn’t have one or two enemies to deal with, so there’s no reason for him to take any damage.

“Lethal Strike!”

What triggered it was a fatal blow. For a moment, Lokan’s body disappeared and he appeared in front of him.

With a blow with great power like Taesan!

[critical!]

The head of a kobold, also called a buttman, was split with its helmet. It was more like a hard hat rather than a helmet, but its defense was hard to find in the trin-sik. However, he also could not exceed Lokan’s attack power.

“Feel so good!”

The helmet and skull were split together, and a heavy sensation caught on the fingertips. It was incomparable to the previous monsters that fell like a pile of straw.

Instead of shivering from the thrill, Rokhan flew at the other mining kobolds that drew their weapons at him.

After the combination skill of throwing a pickaxe, they pull out their weapons and start a normal battle.

“Yeah, try to resist with all your might!”

However, they could not be the opponents of Lokan who lost their combination skills. Although they were 10 levels different, Lokan’s fighting power was already ahead of them. Moreover, he knew all of their fighting styles, so only one-sided beatings were left.

“Kuh hun!”

Mining kobolds with high strength and agility, but that was the problem. Neither side was overpowering, so they had to clash with Rokhan’s weapons, and it was only the gnomes who suffered losses each time.

If it collides, the weapon will bounce off, and if you block, your knees will be bent, so how can it be a proper battle? Some tried to bite with their sharp teeth exposed, but Lokan’s response was bitter.

“guard!”

Whoops! Hood!

The skill he used was a guard that raised his defense, but his action was a flawless attack. Rather, he swung his forearm and slapped his mouth. Naturally, the teeth were not pierced, and only the teeth that had been broken by force were scattered in the air.

“Heh heh! Quietly give me the item!”

[You have acquired a blue mineral.]

So the quest items piled up pretty quickly.

Mining kobolds have an advantage in combat in the mine terrain, and users who have just arrived at the Crossroads are usually not easy to deal with, but Lokan was already a monster that was difficult to see at the same level.

Although it was a mining kobold with a fairly fast respawn time, it continued to hunt faster than that and advanced deeper and deeper.

Of course, it was not possible to hunt infinitely with Lokan. Although the combination skills are relatively easy to dodge mine kobolds, they hunt at a speed so that other guys do not stick to them during battle, so their mana is less than their vitality.For that reason, the mine kobolds hid themselves in the gap where the movement lines did not overlap, recovered mana, and moved inside while repeating movement.

‘I think it’s time to come out… … .’

That was then.

Inside, the boss monster was in the middle of urging the mining kobolds.

[Mining Officer Kimoty][Lv 115]

“Kuruk! Hurry up, we need to mine as many as possible before the muscle pigs arrive!”

I didn’t even have to ask who the muscle pig was. Wasn’t it obvious that they were Dwarves? In the first place, this mine itself belonged to the Dwarves.

‘That was probably the material to make the mana ingot’

Lokan, who watched the piles of minerals essential for the production of high-grade items due to the high mana conductivity, made a plan of his own.

No matter how rokan it was, it was unreasonable for a mine kobold to run into a place where there were more than ten and even boss monsters.

If so, what should I do?

‘I’ll have to pull it out.’

The method is simple. It’s to lure in as many guys as possible.

‘Stealth.’

Lokan disappeared with his stealth skill and approached them. Even if you used stealth, it would be easy to find out if there was a level difference, but Lokan had the experience and sense of distance to measure the gap.

He approached, keeping a reasonable distance, and grabbed ‘something’. It was a cart full of blue minerals mined during that time.

“Come on, let’s go!”

From strike to charge, to dash.

Lokan, mobilizing all his skills, pushed the cart and started running.

He was moving so sudden and so fast that even the mining kobolds could not react properly.

“Hold on, hold on! Don’t let him run away!”

If you don’t have enough time already, if you lose that, it will be really difficult to achieve your goal. When the named monster realized this and shouted, the mining kobolds threw their pickaxes all at once and started chasing Lokan.

‘Okay.’

Even while sprinting, Lokan glanced back and smiled with determination. Most of the mining kobolds were running, but the mining officer was just staring in dismay. As he chased after himself, there was no one to guard the empty mining yard.

“That’s it, Escape, Stealth, Dash.”

Rokhan, who had been running so chased by the mining kobolds, fell from the cart when he thought he had gained enough distance. Then he pushed the wagon along the rails towards the entrance and went back the way he had come in hiding.

The mining kobolds, who were focused only on the cart, passed the hidden Lokan, and from the moment they thought they had all dropped it, they boldly released their stealth and started running.

“Come on, we don’t have time, so let’s finish it quickly! Heh heh heh heh heh!”

A roar filled the cave. The mana energy contained in it stopped his nerve cells from acting all at once. Dazedly, he didn’t think to take any action, he just looked at Lokan’s ax flying towards him.

“Queek! Frenzy!”

Then he suddenly came to his senses and ran on all fours. He was out of attack range.

“Sheesh!”

Thanks to this, Lokan hit the air, but it was not without a very good harvest. Because I put one of the combination skills on cooldown.

And the opportunity to attack wasn’t completely over either. He immediately followed him and attempted another attack.

“Rush of Destruction!”

If he was a mad dog, Rokhan was like an angry bull. He rushed forward with his shoulders in front, as if he was about to crush everything that stood in his way.

“The whip of obedience!”

As the distance between them quickly narrowed, he also gave up on escaping. Instead, he quickly shifted to the offensive and unleashed the whip that had been tied around his waist.

A whip that inflicts horrendous pain to make the opponent submissive.

But the opponent was bad. The compatibility of skills did not match.

Rush of Destruction is a skill that greatly amplifies not only destructive power, but also defense power. Effortlessly enduring the stinging blow, Lokan shoved into the man’s chest.

The armor seemed to be good enough that the guy who seemed to stretch out like a flattened frog rolled his body and endured it.

“Cook!”

“Ugh, I’m holding out for a while.”

But that’s all, the one who used the ever-changing attack method through the whip was not Lokan’s opponent. Before the whip could ride like a snake, Rokhan’s battle ax reached him.

“Force, strike!”

It is often said that the river (剛) must be confronted with Yu (柔) and Byun (變), but that is also a story when the level is right to a certain extent. In the face of overwhelming power, nothing was just a leftover.

Rokhan’s Battle Ax, imbued with the power of the Force, ripped apart Kimoty, the Mining Officer’s tiny body.

“Good start”

It was a good start in many ways. The strategy worked well, and he succeeded in destroying the named monster at once.

It is a strategy that usually fails several times even after forming a party, but Lokan did it all by himself and with ease.

Since Lokan has a lot of work to do alone in the future, all of this felt good.

“I will be back soon.”

After confirming that the combination skill was as powerful as he thought, and that his ability was sufficient even in the tertiary city, Lokan took a breath.

And as he confirmed that the mine kobolds that had disappeared are slowly returning, he added strength to the hand holding the Battle Ax once again.

“Where can I test my limits, Berserk!”

This time he plunged into the middle of the enemy line to push himself to the limit.

* * *

“Crazy.”

This time, I thought that Lokan would struggle too. Although the bar combination skills of the mine kobolds are poor, they are level 110 monsters, and they gain an advantage in the mine terrain.However, the combination of Critical Strike and Berserk was great. No, this is crazy.

“I didn’t expect it to this extent yet… … .”

Because it is not a humanoid, the critical strike chance of basic attacks was 30%, but if you defeat enemies in a row, it increases up to 40%, and if you use Fatal Strike, the critical strike chance is 90%, and damage is almost 8 times higher.

Is there no reason why Lokan, who gains immortality, infinite mana, and up to 8x attack power, should suffer even a little from those who could not be matched even when nothing was used?

The destructive charge, ignoring even the combination skills of the boss monster, made all the enemies that passed by it like a mouse gun, and the fatal blow split it in two.

“Cancel!”

[Not enough vitality. If you do not recover to 9% of your maximum health within 10 seconds, you may die.]

After slaughtering them all and canceling the Berserk, Lokan took out his medium stamina potion, drank some, and sprinkled some on the wounded area.

Although he wiped it out with an overwhelming attack power, he received a lot of damage from the combination skill of the mining officer in the first place, and the mining kobolds above level 100 were not dead just standing there.

“I think this is where it was”

When I checked my inventory, I had acquired all fifty blue minerals, the condition for completing the quest. Even if you use the return scroll to report your achievements as it is, you can get rewards for catching the boss monster, but Lokan didn’t.

He instead moved his body a little more inward, using stealth, though he was a bit dangerous.

‘bingo.’

and he found Those who originally guarded this mine.

The dwarves could not eat, so they had been locked up in iron bars.

shudder!

Rokhan approached without delay and opened the door of the iron cage. He grabbed Kimoty and the ‘unknown key’ he got turned into a ‘temporary prison key’ and fit right in.

“Humans came to save us”

“Where are the brothers!”

“Ah, thanks anyway!”

After being released from the cage, the Dwarves were thrilled for a moment, then each grabbed their tools and ran towards the entrance.

If I let it go, it would go back to the Crossroads on its own.

‘I’m glad it’s not an escort quest.’

If it was a quest to escort them and go out again, it would be troublesome, but I didn’t care because they would disappear like ghosts if I left them alone.

Lokan then returned to the Crossroads using the Return Scroll.

* * *

‘Isn’t this 100% achievement rate?’

The obtained minerals were not clumsy, they were mined by the kobolds of mines, and they not only slaughtered all those who occupied the mines, but also rescued the imprisoned dwarves.

It was set to be taken away again because there were no warriors to occupy and protect the mine anyway, but Lokan was confident. Lokan smiled broadly as he recalled the rewards he could get through them.

Except for the user, all Dwarves are advanced blacksmiths. What can you really get from them?