During that time, how well they prepared to attack the boss monster was the main issue of their performance on the day of the competition.
“JT Telecom is decreasing the health of the snow mountain cyclops at the fastest speed.”
“This is the speed of the team that was ranked first in the raid last season.”
“It is more than twice as fast as the other teams. It’s amazing.”
Unsurprisingly, JT Telecom was the fastest to kill the snow mountain cyclops. The combination of the front desk’s excellent analytical ability and the superior skills of the players meant they soon completed a strategy to attack the snow mountain cyclops.
“It is time for a pattern to come out. It is Ice Ray or Hitting the Ground!” Kim Jinyong shouted loudly.
The time had come for the snow mountain cyclops that held an ice club in its hand to use a skill. The first pattern appeared when its health was reduced by around one-third. It was either Hitting the Ground or Ice Ray.
Hitting the Ground was a CC device that made it impossible to move. The snow mountain cyclops would use the club in its hand to make the surrounding land shake. Ice Ray was where the snow mountain cyclops fired a beam of ice from its huge lone eye. The beam alone was naturally powerful, but once it hit, it would also create a frozen state, and those who were hit wouldn’t be able to move. If the players were hit by either of the two skills, they would be out—logged out.
The melee classes, including Jung Hanbaek, quickly retreated to the place where Kim Jinyong, the priests, and the magicians were gathered. Just then, the snow mountain cyclops’ eye turned blue, and it fired a white ray. This was the first pattern of the raid boss monster, and it was extremely powerful—so powerful that even the air froze.
Nevertheless, JT Telecom had experienced dozens of ice rays previously, so they already knew how to cope. The priest’s shields and magician’s magic started to block the cyclops’ ray before the ice ray reached them.
“It will start from me in order!” Kim Jinyong yelled.
The white wall he’d created froze and broke. However, this was enough. The defensive wall played its part. Its purpose was to weaken the ray slightly. Another white wall was raised in the spot where Kim Jinyong’s wall disappeared. There were two priests in JT Telecom after all. Once again, the defense wall froze and burst. Still, the ice ray had thinned to the point where it had become noticeably thin.
“Run out!”
The snow mountain cyclops couldn’t do anything for three seconds after Ice Ray ended. It was in a state of exhaustion. This was the best opportunity. There was no better time for the players to use a big skill. Three seconds was a long time for a melee class.
“Attack!! Use the powerful ones first!!!” Kim Jinyong knew this well and ordered them to use big skills. Acting accordingly with Kim Jinyong’s order, Jung Hanbaek’s and Yoo Bin’s swords simultaneously stabbed the snow mountain cyclops’ ankle. It was a simple stab, but it was a different story when a lot of pure energy was poured out. The two men pierced the skin of the snow mountain cyclops with their swords, and similar sounds were repeated over and over again. The other players wielded and stabbed with their swords from their respective positions.
Blood spilled from the cyclops’ body. It was red blood. None of the players pulled out the weapons they had inserted into the cyclops’ body. They used their skills in this state. Even a three-year-old child knew that hitting relatively soft inner flesh could deal more damage than thick skin.
Explosions occurred here and there as the three seconds passed by. The snow mountain cyclops’ stopped time started to flow again.
“Kuaaaaaah!!!” It screamed and started to swing the ice club in its hand. The cyclops raised its wounded leg and then lowered it.
Kim Jinyong saw it and shouted, “Get back!! Foot Stomping!”
Foot Stomping—it wasn’t a big pattern like Ice Ray or Hitting the Ground, but it was still a pattern that could log out a player if they were caught by it. Just like the previous two skills, it limited their movement, and they could be hit to death by a follow-up of the ice club.
The JT Telecom players followed Kim Jinyong’s order and widened their distance from the snow mountain cyclops. The moment the players retreated, the cyclops’ foot touched down hard against the ground. It was Foot Stomping. However, the burden of the fight was on everyone, and this burden caused someone to make an unexpected mistake.
“Yoo Bin!”
Unlike when they were practicing, Yoo Bin couldn’t get out of the effective range of Foot Stomping. During practice, he had never been caught by cyclops’ patterns. This was the case before the analysis on the cyclops was completed and even more so after there was a strategy. Yet the first time they met in an actual battle, Yoo Bin was hit.
‘Uh...’ His mind went blank. Among the items he wore, there were some that could clear status abnormalities. It wasn’t just one. There were at least two. However, Yoo Bin couldn’t use them now as he couldn’t even remember that he had such items. He just stood still and stared blankly at the cyclops’ knees.
“Yoo Bin! Wake up!” Do Jeonghyun shouted when he saw that. Nonetheless, Yoo Bin was already in a state of panic. Then the cyclops’ ice club fell.
“What? Can’t you wake up?”
Slap!
Choi Wonseok, the best warrior on the team, slapped Yoo Bin on the cheeks. He even used his buff to save Yoo Bin before the ice club fell on him. They were usually good brothers, but Choi Wonseo was merciless at this time.
“Uh...? Uh...! I’m sorry, Hyung. I’ll do it again properly.” Yoo Bin shook his head from side to side as if he had come to his senses.
“Sigh... I’m glad that you’re not dead,” Kim Jinyong sighed.
They had passed a big crisis. If Yoo Bin died here, their clearance time would’ve been delayed by at least 10 minutes.
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