[World Boss]
[Green Dragon]
[HP 159,900,540/200,000,000]
Kaaaaaah-!!
Rumble rumble.
The dragon’s roar that shook mountains and forests spread out, and for a moment, the bodies of surrounding users stiffened.
The Green Dragon’s pupils shone sharply as it glared at the users before it.
Its entire huge scales glittered like steel.
The World Boss ‘Green Dragon’, the size of a house, rolled its lizard-like eyes and slowly inhaled.
Woong woong.
As its massive chest expanded, the Green Dragon’s unique distinctive radiance spread from deep inside its mouth. Its mouth slowly opened, and green energy began to swirl fiercely inside. That light grew stronger, illuminating its mouth brightly like a small sun.
In front of that destructive power, the Guild Master of ‘Plan B’, Swordsman class ‘Rock Cho Hyunsoo’, who was standing proudly, shouted to his raid members:
“Even if it looks like an overwhelming power that can’t be resisted, it can’t break through invincibility skills! We’ll proceed in the predetermined order!”
As soon as his words ended.
Flash!
A destructive force mixed with pure energy and poison poured out towards the users.
Boom boom boom boom!
Intense green energy spread out as if to cover the entire forest, cutting through the air. That intense light dyed everything around it green.
The vegetation in front of the ‘Dragon Lair’, a huge cave drilled into the rocky cliff where the World Boss raid was taking place, was uprooted by the shockwave accompanying the breath.
Rumble rumble!
Tap tap!
The raid members’ bodies blurred and quickly moved to the rear within the breath. Afterwards, ice, water droplets, and talismans protected the party members’ bodies in order.
Spaaah-!
The power of the breath that seemed like it would never end gradually weakened, and the ‘Plan B Attack Team’, which mobilized all personal invincibility skills following party protection skills, succeeded in resisting the World Boss’s first breath.
Cho Hyunsoo let out a frivolous laugh.
“Kikikiki, good. Everyone survived this time. Indeed, it wasn’t a pattern we couldn’t overcome.”
“Guardian tanking returning!”
Immediately, two sub-tanks each stuck to two Iron Golems.
[Iron Golem]
[HP 48,050,049/50,000,000]
The attacks of the guardian ‘Iron Golem’, covered all over with green dragon scales, were also very threatening. But thanks to the sub-tanks drawing aggro, the main damage dealers could focus damage on the Green Dragon.
Thud!
The two guardians had their aggro drawn back to the sub-tanks again.
“All raid members, chug potions and antidotes! From now on, this area is a poison zone! Don’t spare potions!”
At Cho Hyunsoo’s instruction, the raid members consumed potions and antidotes simultaneously.
The lingering poison damage left by the Green Dragon’s breath hindered the attack.
The first antidote consumption resolved the poison accumulated so far, but the subsequent stacking poison damage until the cooldown returns must be forcibly covered through potions.
Overwhelming HP, wide-range breath, lingering poison damage, two guardians, terrifyingly powerful normal patterns.
‘Green Dragon’ was indeed worthy of being called a ‘World Boss’.
Whoosh!
The Green Dragon’s huge tail, thicker than a human torso, was suddenly swung. The enormous range of that tail attack included all raid members.
Clang clang clang!
“Ugh!”
“Uwaah!”
Although everyone used counter skills, they couldn’t completely absorb the damage. The HP of two ranged damage dealers who hadn’t fully recovered from the poison damage shook precariously.
Still, if they continued the attack like this, it seemed they could reach the next special phase.
However, the characteristics of this area as a ‘faction battlefield’ prevented Plan B’s Cho Hyunsoo from fully concentrating on just the boss attack.
“Damn, it was going well. What’s with those GG Group bastards, being quiet for a while and now this?”
Cho Hyunsoo’s heart became urgent.
This was because Plan B guild members informed through guild chat that the situation in the faction battlefield ‘Berbeia Forest’, where the World Boss attack was taking place, was rapidly changing.
“They say Alpharion Empire’s offensive has strengthened! It doesn’t seem like we can continue the attack for long!”
“Should we pull out?”
“Of course those guys won’t be able to clear it, but we can’t shave off the World Boss’s HP and hand it over either. Let’s reset for now! We need to push back those Alpharion Empire bastards once and attack again.”
The main force of ‘GG Group’ had reached near the Dragon Lair. They’ll break through here soon.
In Cho Hyunsoo’s view, who was gradually retreating while responding to the Green Dragon’s normal patterns, a Fighter wearing a red robe came into sight.
Seeing his appearance, Cho Hyunsoo gritted his teeth.
“WeGotMarried…!”
“Huhu, Mr. Cho Hyunsoo. Where are you going in such a hurry?”
Tap!
The Guild Master of ‘GG Group’, WeGotMarried jumped towards Cho Hyunsoo with a slippery smile.
Boom!
Clang! Rattle.
“Ugh! PVP setting!?”
Cho Hyunsoo’s body, which blocked WeGotMarried’s Wind Fist that thrust in while stomping strongly, was pushed back several meters.
If it was penetrating damage that broke through a user’s block, it was clearly a PVP setting focused on player-versus-player stats.
“WeGotMarried, you should know that you can’t change item settings inside the faction battlefield, right? Are you planning to attack the World Boss with PVP settings?”
“Of course not, I may not have the qualities of an excellent raid leader and arena skills simultaneously like you, Rock teacher, but I know enough that you can’t catch the World Boss with PVP settings even if dozens of people stick to it.”
“Then!”
“The team that will attack the World Boss today isn’t GG Group’s attack team.”
“What!”
At WeGotMarried’s bombshell statement, Cho Hyunsoo hurriedly looked around.
Boom, crash!
“Argh!”
“Ugh!”
The ‘Plan B Attack Team’ members who had PVE settings for World Boss attacks were falling helplessly to GG Group’s main force. This was because all of GG Group’s main force who broke through Plan B guild members’ defensive line had PVP settings.
There were no personnel who looked like World Boss attack teams with PVE settings.
“So you plan to push us out first and then send in the attack team. Kuku, we’re retreating for now, but I hope you guys get a good taste of the Green Dragon’s ferocity too.”
If they fall here, the faction battlefield re-entry penalty cooldown will start.
Cho Hyunsoo decided on a strategic retreat and took out a special return scroll, holding it in his hand.
The only path left for him was to try to prevent GG Group alliance’s World Boss attack team from entering as much as possible with the Plan B alliance personnel remaining inside the forest.
It won’t be easy to block the first entry. But by the time GG Group’s World Boss attack team is wiped out by the Green Dragon, the Plan B alliance should have reorganized their forces. After that, he intended to intercept them inside the forest to prevent re-entry.
If they then push out GG Group’s main force over time, they should be able to attack the World Boss comfortably again.
“Kikikiki!”
Flash!
Leaving behind a frivolous laugh and using the return scroll, Cho Hyunsoo’s form soon disappeared from ‘Berbeia Forest’.
The Green Dragon had already returned to its lair when the attack team users went out of its recognition range.
WeGotMarried looked at the place where Cho Hyunsoo disappeared for a moment.
Then, looking up at the sheer cliff where the Green Dragon’s lair was drilled, he muttered softly.
“‘Red-White’ Guild. The Plan B side will be blocked by GG Group, so please take care of the Green Dragon attack.”
* * *
I stuck close to Chris’s side and watched the Plan B attack team retreat.
Kaaaaaah-!!
Looking at the Green Dragon returning to its lair with a victory roar, I let out an exclamation.
“Oh.”
Indeed, it’s different from mere wyverns. What an impressive presence.
But dragons in the Astria continent are just large and powerful wyverns.
It’s just that the gap of that simple difference is enormous, which is why dragons have become World Boss level.
On top of that dizzying cliff where the World Boss attack took place, the Dragon’s lair, 13 users were gathered.
This is the full force of the raid-oriented guild, ‘Red-White’.
Chris turned around and looked at the 13 raid members including herself.
“It’s nice to meet everyone. It’s a bit much that the first full gathering of the Red-White Guild has become the front line of a World Boss attack, though.”
Light smiles spread on the raid members’ faces.
I also stuck close to Chris and looked around at their faces.
Besides Chris’s party, there are two more advance parties.
These are the ‘Red-White’ guild members who will participate in such large-scale raid attacks together in the future.
There were also familiar faces.
“Nice to meet you, little Swordswoman. Haha, sorry about the bus incident.”
A Warrior scratched his head and smiled at me.
I nodded too.
A male Warrior with the ID ‘Leroy Hopkins’. He used our bus once when his party members weren’t around.
He’s the person who hurt me, but thanks to that, Chris and Lee Seulbi met, so I don’t have any hard feelings towards him now.
So he was also the party leader of an advance 4-person party. No wonder he dealt good damage even as a bus customer.
The party leader of the other party was a male Ranger with blue hair.
He also greeted Chris.
“I’m ‘Disappointing’, the party leader of the Disappointing party. Recently, we moved the faction of all party members to Alpharion Empire for World Boss attacks.”
I tilted my head.
That person seems familiar too.
Hopkins party, Disappointing party. 8 people in total.
Chris’s party, 4 people.
No Name party, 1 person.
Here, a total 13-person raid party was formed.
Chris looked around at those members and started briefing.
“Since we discussed the direction of World Boss attacks through video in the group messenger, I’ll skip the detailed explanation.”
Hopkins nodded while touching his chin.
“Green Dragon, huh. The presence is certainly different from seeing it on video. Will it go as we thought?”
“It’s rather more certain. We might even clear it in one go. The Plan B attack team left a lot of information.”
“Ooh.”
“Indeed.”
At Chris’s bold declaration, exclamations burst out among the raid members.
“Everyone brought floating potions, right? If you drink that and fall from the cliff, you can avoid fall damage.”
Bae Merong whistled while looking down the cliff.
“Whew, to think of entering through the cliff top route. I don’t know about anything else, but the view is certainly good, right?”
“It’s quite a detour, but we can avoid unnecessary PVP battles. And we can find things like this too.”
Chris stroked my head while looking around.
Two huge ballistas were hidden in the bushes on top of the cliff. They will certainly be needed for the World Boss attack.
“A World Boss with wings. Judging by the ballistas here, there will probably be a flying pattern when it reaches a certain HP. Understand? For now, two Rangers please stay on top of the cliff.”
Disappointing and another Ranger nodded. They will use the ballistas to aim for the dragon’s wings when it flies.
Cherni asked Chris.
“The breath is very threatening. Should we use party protection skills sequentially like the Plan B attack team did?”
“After using all party protection skills, ranged damage dealers become vulnerable to the Green Dragon’s area physical attacks. Even if the Plan B attack team had continued the attack, all ranged damage dealers would have been wiped out before the party protection skills’ cooldown returned. Rain found something. We’ll proceed with that method.”
I pointed at the guardian ‘Iron Golems’ on both sides of the Dragon Lair that had gone into standby mode.
“Those green scales covering their bodies, they look like shields, right? Surely, if we catch those…”
“I see.”
Hopkins nodded.
The other attack team members seemed to understand too.
The green scales covering the guardians will become objects to block the breath.
But the guardians’ HP is 50 million. All damage dealers will need to focus damage to take them down quickly.
“Then the range of party protection skills will inevitably be limited to damage dealers around the guardians. The Green Dragon main tank will be positioned outside the range of party protection skills.”
“If the main tank dies, we have to start over from the beginning. I understand why the Plan B attack team chose to just draw aggro from the guardians and focus damage on the boss. If party protection skills don’t cover the tank who has to face the ‘Green Dragon’s’ patterns alone…”
Listening to Disappointing’s words, Chris looked at me.
“Rain, will you be okay?”
“No problem.”
I looked up at Chris and said. Chris gave me a smile as if trusting me.
Gulp gulp.
I drew my sword and drank a floating potion.
The simulation is over.
First World Boss raid, Green Dragon attack.
Raid leader, Chris.
Main tank, Rain.
Tap.
My body, slowed by the floating potion, started falling down the cliff.
Chris also jumped down the cliff as if following me.
Whoosh!
Chris, who had somehow approached my side while piercing through the wind, held my hand tightly and said with shining eyes:
“We’ll clear it in one go.”