Chapter 21 - That's Not Something You Should Catch (2)
It’s often said that if you delve into anything persistently and profoundly, you’ll reach enlightenment.
An archer at their peak can accurately pierce an apple placed on a child’s head, and a swordsman who has attained enlightenment can even slice an incoming bullet in half, they say.
The same goes for lying.
As I kept doing it, my tongue grew long like a snake’s, and I became able to hide a knife in my smile. Like the serpent in Eden from the Bible, I’ve reached enlightenment in the art of lying, you see.
And now,
I’m in the middle of playing weak while hiding my strength.
For example…
“No, is this right? Who was the one who set the mission earlier? When you said lizard, I thought of a small and cute, adorable body like mine. But what’s this? It’s not a lizard, it’s a dragon. It looks about ten times bigger than me.”
“That, that… Look at its angry expression. If I get close, it looks like it’ll come to eat me right away? From today, HaYoo is a pacifist. I don’t want to kill a lizard that’s just minding its own business. I’m not scared.”
It’s what you’d call imitating a so-called lewd newbie who’s afraid of the Sapphire Lizard guarding the crystal.
-Lol
-Scared?
-Unlike in Galaxy War, her tongue is long here
-Expecting a good meal lol
-Ah lol it’s not her territory lol
-This bitch is a money ghost, she’ll never give up on 100,000 won
Actually, I wasn’t scared at all. In my previous life, I was a veteran who poured 10,000 hours into this game, and I had slain about a thousand of these creatures.
Sapphire Lizard. A mini-boss existing in the ‘Gray Tomb’, the early area of
Because the reward wasn’t big, new users didn’t really need to force themselves to catch it from the start, and there was no need to do so.
In fact, I passed on it too when I was a beginner.
The monsters in
In this friend’s case, it has six patterns.
Left bite, right bite, front leg attack, tail attack, rolling, and breath.
The trickiest pattern was the biting attack. The attack speed was deceptively fast and the damage was considerable, so beginners with slow reaction speeds and poor coping skills often got bitten.
“Guys, then give me some tips at least.”
‘CoMan’ donated 1,000 won!
-First, take off your loincloth
“…Ugh, pervert.”
‘CoMan’ donated 1,000 won!
-No no, it’s because the more naked the character is, the faster the dodge roll.
“Oh, really? I thought I had to undress myself, I was about to take off my underwear too. How embarrassing.”
-Ah f*cking idiot
-CoMan JOAT bitch
-No sense…
-ㅗㅜㅑ,,,
-Wakkya pya heuk nong jjuk lol
-(Pepe emoticon holding a bamboo spear)
-Undress (that’s right)
“So are there no tips about combat?”
‘RPG Lover’ donated 1,000 won!
-Dodge and learn all the opponent’s patterns, then hit once at a time
“Ah, there are many attack methods? You mean I should do it calmly while watching those? Got it.”
With my loincloth completely removed, I boldly ran towards the Sapphire Lizard.
As I entered a certain distance, the lizard roared and showed its aggression.
Like stacking one sheet of paper at a time, I confirmed the lizard’s patterns that I already knew completely.
While pretending as much as possible to be fresh water, not stagnant water.
Roll, roll, and roll again.
“I think this game suits me well.”
After familiarizing myself with the patterns, I started attacking.
Dodge the tail attack and hit once.
Dodge the front leg attack and hit twice.
The lizard’s HP had already been reduced by half.
-?
-Did You Died unnie clock out?
-I thought she’d charge in and die but what’s this lol
-Well, clearing it in one try is one thing, but not getting hit even once is impressive
-What’s with the streamer, she’s good?
Then.
The Sapphire Lizard, with little health left, retreated, screaming and drawing in the cold air around it.
It was the breath attack.
The breath attack was an instant death if hit, so it couldn’t be blocked with a shield and had to be dodged at all costs.
I pressed the spacebar hard to approach the lizard’s rear.
“If your, movement, is big, you’ll, die!”
The breath attack was a powerful attack that could cause instant death, but at the same time, if dodged, it was a sucker pattern that allowed for plenty of dealing due to its large action delay.
The timing to hit exactly four times. I stabbed that timing and depleted all of the lizard’s HP.
The lizard dropped a sapphire fragment and disappeared.
“Who recommended this? It is a healing game. The impact feeling is heavy, I like it so much.”
-???
-Is this right?
-The streamer is really good lol
-Is the game originally this easy?
-How does she dodge the bites so well
-She’s amazing lol
-This bitch must have played before?
“What do you mean played before? Didn’t they say this game was released not long ago?”
[‘RPG Lover’s 100,000 won mission has been completed!]
“Woohoo- 100,000 won get-todaze. Let’s keep going.”
Leaving the Gray Tomb, I entered the Gray Ruins filled with the dead.
“Huh? What’s this?”
I pressed E to interact. Then I reached out and lit a fire in the fireplace.
“What is the 화롯불 (hwarotbul) used for?”
-Save point
-It’s 화톳불 (hwatotbul)
-It’s 톳 (tot), not 롯 (rot), teacher
-From Ulari to 화롯불 (hwarotbul) lol
Realizing it was time for money collection, I ignored the chat and started a skit.
“The 화롯불 (hwarotbul) is so warm. Everyone sit down quickly and take a good rest.”
‘CoMan’ donated 1,000 won!
-화톳톳톳톳톳톳불 (Hwatottottottottotbul)
“The 화롯불 (hwarotbul) is so cozy and nice. This is real healing and fanservice. Right or wrong?”
An angry viewer blew a fanfare and pointed out my incorrect wording.
‘CoMan’ donated 30,000 won!
-It’s 화톳불 (hwatotbul) you f*cker
Okay, 화톳불 (hwatotbul).
“Thank you for the 30,000 won pat pat. Everyone, it’s not 화롯불 (hwarotbul) but 화톳불 (hwatotbul). Tot, tot!”
I advanced step by step, cutting down the dead wearing black robes.
And as I entered what looked like ancient ruins, the screen changed and switched to a cutscene.
In the sky as gray as if ash had been poured, suddenly a winged monster appeared with a roar.
“Ah… what’s this now.”
As I always say out of habit,
It’s a familiar face, so I’m glad to see it.
That guy is the Prince of Anguish, Xanthus.
The tutorial boss of
[‘RPG Lover’s 1,000,000 won mission!]
[Success if you catch it no matter how many tries lol]
“Wow, thank you for the million won mission. This one looks even scarier, but I’ll try my best to win somehow!”
-You bastard lololololol
-Devilish bastard lol
-Get rid of this vicious mission
-Lololololololol
-It’s practically a pie in the sky
It was a defeat event.
Streamer Blue Hair, a broadcaster specializing in games from Soul Game Company.
Today, too, he was streaming Black Souls with about a hundred small-scale viewers.
“Ah, the pattern is too tricky. This one has such off-beat timing that I can’t catch the parrying timing.”
True to the new work of Soul Game Company, notorious for its vicious difficulty, he had been struggling from the middle part.
Blue Hair massaged his throbbing head and lay down on the gaming chair like a scarecrow.
“Ah, I give up today. I really can’t handle this.”
He had been pouring his heart and soul into clearing it since doing an open run as soon as Black Souls was released.
The title he wanted was the first domestic Black Souls clear user.
However, several days had passed, but there was no sign of clearing it. Of course, this applied to all other broadcasters, including himself.
Because it hadn’t been long since its release, there was no information. Naturally, there were no guides or walkthroughs.
Like crossing a vast sea in pitch darkness, there was no way to know how far he had come or if he was going in the right direction.
Blue Hair messed up his hair, pulling at it.
“I really feel like I’m going to die from cancer. Bros, is there anything fun? I’m too tired to continue today.”
Then one chat message came up.
-HaYoo cleared Sapphire Lizard in 1 try
Blue Hair reacted cynically.
“Anyone with a bit of talent can catch a lizard. It’s just a mini-boss. I guess she received good advice from some backseat gamers.”
Assuming it was more about advice than skill, he sneered lightly.
Although he knew HaYoo was an incredible expert in the
But a few minutes later.
-Breaking news) HaYoo attempting to clear Prince of Anguish lol
-?
-WTF
-No lies
-It’s true
“No way, really?”
Blue Hair stood up in disbelief.
Prince of Anguish, Xanthus.
Extremely vicious attack power, countless off-beat patterns, a perverted system with 3 phases for a tutorial boss.
It was definitely not something a beginner could clear.
Even Blue Hair himself wasn’t confident he could clear it in that state.
In the first place, Xanthus wasn’t meant to be cleared by the developers, it was a kind of forced defeat event.
‘If a level 1 character does a normal attack, it takes 180 HP. Since Xanthus has 18,000 HP, it means you’d have to avoid all attacks and hit a hundred times… That’s impossible.’
Denying and doubting the chat until the end, he entered HaYoo’s stream.
Then,
─Roll, roll, roll, hit!
─No, how many hits does it take to die? Why is there still this much health left… Kyaah! This friend has quite a dirty personality. It’s not right to attack while I’m in the middle of speaking.
─Hey, Mio! How many hits left? Twenty? Okay, you’ve got this bastard.
Finally,
HaYoo cleared it, even avoiding Xanthus’s extreme pattern of grabbing.
“Wow, she’s crazy.”
At the same time, Blue Hair said with a fishy smile,
“…Bros. Shall we invade as a dark spirit and snipe her?”