Chapter 124

Кhаn оnсe agаin сhесkеd the levels оf Аilee, Кarel, аnd Drаzеоn.

[LV.104 Аilеe, Pаrty Leаdеr of Аilее’s Раrty]

[LV.106 Кarеl, Adventurеr оf Аilеe’s Pаrty]

[LV.98 Drаzeon, Advеnturеr of Ailee’s Раrty]

Even upon rесhecking, Ailee аnd Кarel wеre оvеr lеvеl 100, and Drazeon wаs also сlоsе to 100 at lеvеl 98.

‘Аnd yet, this is аll they сan manage.’

In Кhаn’s view, the сurrеnt cоmpositiоn of Aileе’s Pаrtу was quite good.

A tаnk-tyре wаrrior drаwing aggro, а swоrdsmаn dealеr striking vital роints, аnd finаllу a mаgе dеaling burst dаmаge—this structure.

Among the parties that three people could form, he thought this might be the best possible party.

‘They’re fighting too simply. Especially… that tanker, Drazeon, needs to risk his life more.’

While many think the tanker’s role is minor in typical games, Khan didn’t see it that way.

‘The tanker is just as important as the dealer.’

From Khan’s perspective, it seemed Drazeon needed to perform the tanker’s role a bit better.

Ideally, he should charge at the monster with a resolve to die, continuously drawing aggro, but since this wasn’t a game but reality, doing so to that extent was impossible.

‘The dealers’ levels are too low compared to the monster.’

In Khan’s view, the individual skills of Karel and Ailee were far superior to his own.

‘Ah, but now that I’ve obtained the Dark Flame skill, I’m probably stronger.’

However, that was before obtaining the new skill ‘Dark Flame’ after reaching level 60.

Currently, those two were strong adventurers, but they were insufficient to defeat the Wolf King, a boss-rank hidden monster.

Seeing the Wolf King recover from its wounds, the adventurers of Ailee’s Party gradually began to feel that something was wrong.

‘It’s much stronger than I thought!’

When Ailee had roughly investigated information about the Wolf King, she had definitely thought it was defeatable.

‘The rumors I heard never said the Wolf King was this strong… If it really seems impossible, we might have to run.’

Ailee slightly turned her head to check the Gate behind them.

If defeating the Wolf King was judged to be completely impossible, they would have to run.

But then, something unbelievable happened.

‘The Gate… it’s closed? Could it be because of that thing…?!’

She had never once heard a story that the Gate closes when the Wolf King appears.

“D, Drazeon! Karel! The Gate is closed…!”

“What?”

“Crazy, you’re serious…?”

Drazeon and Karel also heard Ailee’s words and hurriedly checked the Gate entrance.

Nothing was visible in the place where the Gate should have been.

“Let’s focus for now…! In this situation, we have to defeat that thing somehow…!”

“Hoo, this is insane.”

“If you don’t want to die, everyone focus.”

The only fortunate thing was that the Wolf King showed no movement while recovering its body.

The adventurers of Ailee’s Party considered that fortunate, but from Khan’s perspective, it was an absurd situation.

‘These bastards, what are they doing right now?’

The Wolf King had a total of four patterns.

Khan, who fully understood the Wolf King’s patterns, knew that now was the adventurers of Ailee’s Party’s only chance to defeat the Wolf King.

The Wolf King’s first pattern was a simple swinging attack with sharp claws, and the second pattern was exactly that body recovery.

‘If the third ends and the fourth begins… they’ll definitely die.’

The third pattern was also an attack, and the fourth pattern was an attack too.

They might barely dodge or block the third attack, but the fourth pattern’s attack was almost an instant kill.

However, during the second recovery pattern, the toughness of the hard hides covering its body weakens.

While it’s recovering its body and seems like any attack won’t work, in fact, attacking now could deal quite significant damage.

‘Their last chance flew away.’

Khan smiled inwardly.

In this situation, the adventurers of Ailee’s Party would fail to defeat the Wolf King and would inevitably ask for his help.

They couldn’t even run outside.

Typically, when a boss-rank monster or hidden monster appears on a map, Gate access is restricted.

‘The Gate opens only when everyone inside is dead or all monsters are dead.’

Therefore, that Wolf King now could be considered Khan’s.

Khan’s current level was 60.

If he defeated the Wolf King and gained experience points, he could immediately rise to level 70.

‘It might not rise that much, but still, his level would increase considerably.’

He needed to plan how to combine and use his skills when defeating the Wolf King, so he opened his Status Window.

◈ LV.60

◈ Khan (Lee Huseong)

◈ Mana: 8350/8350

◈ Talent: Magic

◈ Experience Points: 2.1%

◈ Skills: (10★)Sage’s Heart, (8★)Growth Acceleration, (1★)Arrow, (1★)Barrier, (2★)Fire Boom, (2★)Fireball, (2★)Mirror Defense, (2★)Mana Enhancement, (1★)Wind Cutter, (3★)Dragon’s Breath, (4★)Mana Circulation, (4★)Space-Time Leap, (5★)Dark Flame

After checking his skills, Khan immediately grasped how to defeat the Wolf King.

‘If I combine and use them roughly like this, I can defeat it in one go.’

Khan spoke inwardly as if it were natural that he could defeat the Wolf King in one go, but in reality, it was absolutely impossible for a level 60 user to defeat a level 140 boss-rank hidden monster in one go.

‘Although my current body lacks Mana, in terms of skills or growth, it’s in an excellent state.’

Khan leisurely watched the Wolf King and the adventurers of Ailee’s Party fight.

Grrrooooooaaaaar!!!!

Before they knew it, the Wolf King, having fully recovered its body, roared again.

It was the signal announcing the start of its third pattern.

An immense amount of Mana erupted from the Wolf King’s body.

Perhaps because the Wolf King’s size was large, its Mana Capacity was no joke; just standing still, the pressure from the Mana made their entire bodies feel crushed.

“M, Master…! This isn’t dangerous, right? If this continues, those people will all die…!”

“Wait. If we intervene now, we’ll be stealing the monster.”

“Steal or whatever, shouldn’t we help them……?”

Sharin, who had been silently watching beside Khan until now, also wore a worried expression, perhaps sensing something ominous from the Mana erupting from the Wolf King.

But Khan had no intention of intervening now.

If he was unnecessarily faulted here, he might lose all the loot obtained from defeating the Wolf King to those adventurers.

‘Since they might accuse me of stealing the monster, it’s better to be as certain as possible.’

The adventurers of Ailee’s Party must also be gradually thinking something is wrong.

‘From the start, defeating the Wolf King at that level is absurd.’

In fact, even if Khan wanted to help them now, he couldn’t.

Although Khan had obtained the new 5-star skill ‘Dark Flame,’ even with that, defeating the level 140 boss-rank hidden monster Wolf King was impossible.

For Khan to defeat the Wolf King, its fourth pattern needed to begin.

‘If I use its fourth pattern, I can easily defeat it, so I need to wait a bit longer.’

Meanwhile, Ailee, Drazeon, and Karel were truly in a desperate situation.

The Wolf King’s third pattern was attacking while drawing up Mana.

All the attacks they had somewhat gotten used to in the first pattern were now imbued with Mana, increasing their power and speed several times over.

Swoooosh!!

Swoooosh!!!

The Wolf King’s sharp Aura Claws flew toward Drazeon.

“Drazeon!”

Ailee hurriedly cast a defense-boosting buff magic on Drazeon.

Drazeon also raised his axe, trying to somehow block the Wolf King’s attack.

But.

Clang!!!!

Craaack…!!!

Squelch—

Crunch!!!!

As soon as Drazeon’s axe touched the Wolf King’s Aura Claws, it split in two.

“Gyaaaaaaaah!!!”

Drazeon, whose shoulder was pierced by the claws, screamed in pain.

“You arrogant bastard!!!”

As Drazeon was hit, Karel charged at the Wolf King and swung his sword.

The Wolf King’s skin, covered in Mana, had become even harder than before, and Karel’s sword bounced off without penetrating.

“Damn it…!”

Seeing his attack ineffective, Karel cursed and ran toward Drazeon.

Karel lifted Drazeon and quickly joined Ailee.

“Ailee, the situation isn’t good at all. Defeating the Wolf King at our level is impossible. We’re all as good as dead!”

Until that Wolf King is defeated, they cannot escape this place.

The fear that they might really die now overwhelmed them.

But Ailee knew one method.

“No, there’s still one way to survive…!”

Shouting that, Ailee looked toward Khan, who was standing by the closed Gate.