Chapter 382

Chapter 382

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-Chew!

The Red Ogre roared and swung his fist wildly.

“Determination!”

Warrior user Zereon, the target of the punch and standing in front of him, used the defense skill Steadfast Will to slam his weapon, a two-handed greatsword, into the ground as the punch flew by.

Swoosh!

A transparent shield appeared in front of Jerreon, followed by the Red Ogre’s fist crashing through the shield.

Bam! Thrrrr

The shield shook violently as the Red Ogre’s fist struck, and then it was gone. Zereon saw the shield was gone and called out to the party behind him.

“I’m gonna put a stun on you, be extreme!”

Calling out to his party, Zereon quickly drew his greatsword from the ground and swung it at the Red Ogre’s torso, shouting, “I’m going to kill you!

“Shred!”

Boom!

Zereon’s greatsword slammed into the Red Ogre, creating a tremendous roar, and the punching Red Ogre stopped in its tracks.

“Now!”

Stunning the Red Ogre, Zereon quickly flung himself to the side and shouted, “I’m out of here.” And with that, Zereon was out.

“Song of Ice!”

“Spear of Doom!”

“Triple Shot”

The party members behind him began to attack. Unable to move, the Red Ogre had no choice but to allow the attack to continue.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Freezing, popping, smashing, each and every one of them very threatening, but the Red Ogre didn’t die under such a devastating attack.

-Chew!

The Red Ogre is stunned, and with a roar, it begins to move again. The Red Ogre’s new target was the party members, not Zereon. But was it because of the previous attack? The Red Ogre’s movements were considerably slower than before.

“Stop the dill! I’ll take the uggle!”

Jerreon, who had fallen to the side, saw the Red Ogre’s slowed movement and called out to his party, swinging his sword at the Red Ogre again.

Bang! Bang!

-Chew!

“어글 잡혔어요! 어글 안 튈 정도만 딜하시고 1분 뒤 다시 스턴이니 극딜 준비하세요.”

After a few attacks and succeeding in catching the Red Ogre’s aggro, Jereon checked the cooldown of ‘Shred’ and called out to his party members.

“Here we go! Shred!”

A minute later, Shredding’s cooldown returned, and Jereon called out to the party, casting Shred on the Red Ogre.

Boom!

-Khee hee hee.

The shredding crackled, and just as quickly, the Red Ogre stopped moving. Seeing that the stun had worked, Zereon quickly flung himself to the side. With Zereon out of the way, the party members behind him, who had been using only basic attacks, began to pull out the best deals they could as if they had been waiting.

Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!

-khee hee hee…

A flurry of attacks of varying, colorful, and devastating levels hit the Red Ogre, and the seemingly unstoppable creature began to fall forward.

“Done!

Jereon grinned broadly at the falling Red Ogre.

Thump!

[Level up!]

The Red Ogre was soon defeated and a level-up message appeared.

“Oh yeah!

After seeing the level up message, Jerreon cheered inwardly and walked over to the Red Ogre’s corpse to check the items it had dropped.

‘Five tendons, one heart. That’s good.’

The items that dropped were fairly decent, with 5 tendons and 1 heart.

[You have mastered the tendons of the Red Ogre].

.

.

[You have mastered the Heart of the Red Ogre].

“Let’s take a break!”

With all of his items in hand, Zereon called out to the approaching party members and then opened his character window.

Nationality : Helioca [Empire]

Class : Iron Wall Warrior

Reputation: 105,070 Achievement: 105,770

Title: Animal Hunter (Deals 20% additional damage to Animal-type monsters)

Level: 250

Life: 526,500

Mana: 51,400

Strength: 2,500 (+300)

Agility: 2,000 (+400)

Health: 9,530 (+4000)

Stamina: 1,370 (+200)

Wisdom: 1,200 (+100)

Mills: 130

Bonus Stets: 10

‘250!

At the long-awaited level 250, Jereon distributed 5 bonus stats each to Strength and Health, then closed the character window and opened his inventory.

‘I finally get to wear this.’

Opening his inventory, Zereon smiled and checked the information for the item he’d been waiting for at level 250: the Armor of Accureth.

Limit: Level 250

Physical Defense: 5000

Magic Defense: 3000

20% less damage taken

The armor of Accureth, the King of Survival.

After checking the information on the rare scam item, the Armor of Accureth, which reduces damage taken by a whopping 20%, Zereon changed his armor with a smile on his face.

“Huh? The armor, that’s the armor, right?”

“Huh, did you buy that?”

As he changed his armor, the party members who had been resting opened their mouths to speak, and Zereon, still grinning from ear to ear, began to converse.

“Yeah, I couldn’t sleep the day I saw him, so I thought about it all night, but the next day was payday, so I finally gave in, haha.”

“Congratulations!”

“Hey, I guess PVP will be okay now?”

“After the hunt, I’d like a drink!”

“Ha-ha-ha, yes, I lost last time, but I’m going to win this time…hmm?”

After agreeing to a party member’s request for a favor, Jereon was unable to finish what he was about to say.

“What is that?

Jereon stared at the back of the party with a puzzled expression on his face.

“Am I looking at it wrong?

Jerreon rubbed his eyes and looked behind him again, wondering if he’d misread it.

“…Hmmm.

But when he realized that he hadn’t been mistaken, that he hadn’t seen the wrong thing, he let out a short exclamation before slipping into a daze.

“…?”

“…?”

At his reaction, the party members who had been looking at him turned around to see where he was looking with puzzled expressions.

“…Huh?”

“Hmm?”

“…?”

The reaction of the party members behind him was no different. The party members stare in bewilderment as they realize where Zereon is looking.

-khee hee hee…

Thud.

-khung…

Thud.

There, dazing the party, including Jereon, were Red Ogres falling one after another.

“What, what, are those users, or are they NPCs?”

The first party member to wake up opened his mouth and muttered something. The Red Ogres that were falling were not falling of their own accord. They were hunting, being hunted.

“How do you…”

“No, no, no.”

One by one, the awakened party members spoke up. Their faces were filled with disbelief, shock, and surprise.

“How do I do that…

Jereon, the first to spot it and the first to fall into a stupor, looked at the falling Red Ogre, the player who was taking it down, and the player next to him and thought.

“Can I catch it on my own?

There were a total of two players walking towards the Red Ogre. The problem was that only one of them was attacking the Red Ogre. The other was just walking alongside him.

“How do I…

I didn’t understand. No matter how much I thought about it, it didn’t make sense.

‘Even we, the rankers, are struggling with the party…’

Jereon and his party were no ordinary players. They weren’t ranked, but they were top players who were not far from ranked, and could be taken over by lower ranked players at any time.

“Who the hell is this?

Jereon wondered who would be able to easily take down a Red Ogre that would take a party of Ranked players a long time to kill.

“Ranker?

The first thing that came to mind was rankers. Of course, I didn’t think of the lower ranked players, but the top ranked players.

“But…

With the top rankers in mind, Jereon realized there was only one problem.

“It’s uncharacteristic…

We needed features to identify who it was, and the user who was hunting the Red Ogre had no features.

“But even if you’re a top ranked player, can you still hunt with flat hits?

A sudden thought.

“…impossible.

Jereon shook his head. It was impossible to kill a Red Ogre with a single blow, even if you were a top ranked player. No, it was possible, but it would take a very long time.

“Then…

If he wasn’t a ranker, there was only one thing left.

“Unofficial Ranker!

The unofficial rankers, those who weren’t registered in the rankings but could compete with the ranked players. The user hunting the Red Ogre right now was most likely an unofficial ranked player. No, it was definitely an unofficial ranked player.

“Mr. Jereon.”

“Yes?”

Lost in thought, Jereon was interrupted by the voice of a party member calling out to him, and he answered the call.

“What are you going to do?”

Zereon replied, and the party member who had called him asked.

“…What?”

How do I do that?” Zereon asked, cocking his head at his partymate’s sudden question. The party member frowned slightly at Zereon’s question.

“He’s coming this way.”

“…Ah.”

Zereon let out a short exclamation at his partymate’s next words, turning his head to look at the two users approaching, hunting the Red Ogre.

‘If you’re a PVP user…’

What if those two users are PVP players who specialize in PK?

“I don’t think I can beat that one.

It was unlikely that a lone Red Ogre hunter would win. No, they would be killed 100% of the time.

“…Gentlemen.”

Finished with his thoughts, Jereon called for his party.

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

The party members replied, and Jereon continued.

“It’s a bounce.”