Chapter 116 – Frost Giant – [Two]

Since it was after returning from battle, looking around the courtyard, everyone was cleaning their firearms. Among them, only Seo Yun’s party was not holding guns.

Han Siwoo quietly approached with Gaeulbi and muttered.

“Do we really need to be here? Yetis were being taken down with guns, but can’t Frost Giants be taken down with guns?”

Gaeulbi answered.

“They can’t!”

“Why? Is their hide too thick?”

“Because Priests learn the Non-Magical Weapon Immunity Spell at Level 11! Bullets and whatever won’t pierce them.”

Coincidentally, since Seo Yun’s Level was 10, she was about to learn that very spell soon. Han Siwoo looked this way and started arguing pointlessly.

“Why are Priests so overpowered?”

Seo Yun, with great benevolence, comforted a class whose only merit was not being a Martial Artist.

“Warrior is a better class. I originally wanted to be a Warrior.”

But it seemed the comfort didn’t work. Han Siwoo glared while Gaeulbi joined in.

The chimpanzee girl’s gaze looking this way was strange, so Seo Yun exercised her benevolence once more.

“Of course, Martial Artist is also a good class. I originally wanted to be a Martial Artist too…”

“Can I hit her?”

As Gaeulbi clenched her front paws, Seo Yun fled behind Han Siwoo. However, Han Siwoo betrayed her, grabbing and pushing Seo Yun forward, so she inevitably got punched once in the stomach, but Seo Yun could generously forgive them by glaring at them for about twenty minutes.

Though busy since coming here, her mind was at ease. Because several complicated matters had been resolved.

One of the conditions for Seo Yun’s party participating in this hunt was relocating the people of the mountain valley camp to the Dwarf Mage’s mining village. The relocation had already been completed with everyone’s agreement. It was a necessary measure since hungry soldiers might invade while they were away hunting.

Continuing with the abandoned animal metaphor, it was like successfully paying money to entrust an old, sick dog they had no intention of raising to someone else.

And Gaeulbi—judging by the audacity to dare lay hands on a human, it was clear—the girl had regained her original cheerfulness. With this much time passed, she seemed to have recovered from the shock of the previous incident.

On top of that, team-level Level Ups were going smoothly—everything was flowing well.

“You got upset even though I didn’t hit you that hard? I’m sorry, so cheer up, okay?”

Finally tired of glaring at them, Seo Yun pretended to relent and accepted Gaeulbi’s apology, then did her own work. As the only Priest in the group, she healed the injured, lit the cooking fire, and received everyone’s praise.

She was leisurely passing the time.

“A magpie.”

At someone’s words, Seo Yun also looked up at the sky.

As they said, a magpie was circling in the air. It was a common animal, but she couldn’t take her eyes off it. It was truly a pure bird she hadn’t seen in a long time.

“All the small animals died recently, but it’s surviving somehow?”

Someone said if they caught that, they could get meat, but they just got scolded for wasting bullets.

Soon, the magpie landed on a rock. Just as everyone’s gaze focused there.

The magpie opened its beak.

“Why are you disturbing my territory?”

It was a voice coming from the magpie’s beak. That fact made everyone’s eyes widen.

The magpie continued speaking.

“I roughly know what you’re after. But what you want isn’t in my home. If you make me angrier—”

An animal that can speak is one of two things. An animal controlled by magic, or a transformed animal.

Whichever it was, it wasn’t welcome, so the Dwarf Mage shouted.

“What are you doing? Shoot it dead!”

While opening and closing its beak, the magpie received the riflemen’s fire all over its body.

Bang, bang bang! The gunshots echoing from everywhere made Seo Yun’s ears ring. Having taken over a dozen gunshots with its tiny body, the magpie should have been torn to shreds beyond recognition.

But even after the gunfire ceased, the magpie’s body was intact. Not a single feather had fallen from its body.

“What…”

At this incomprehensible scene, Seo Yun recalled the spell mentioned earlier. Immunity to Normal Weapons.

The magpie said.

“You have no intention of talking. Rude dwarves.”

A furious roar and a clamorous drumming sound rang out just as the magpie flapped its wings and flew up.

Everyone turned their gaze from the magpie and looked toward the source of the sound. Then, seeing Yetis pounding their chests and charging wildly, they all hurriedly raised and aimed their guns.

“Ambush!”

It was truly a sudden ambush and gunfight. And while it might seem fair if humans and Yetis exchanged bullets, that wasn’t the case.

If a human got hit by a bullet anywhere on their body, they could no longer fight, but Yetis didn’t even flinch at taking one or two bullets somewhere. Despite having bodies that made cover almost impossible, they exchanged bullets comfortably with the Players here. Moreover, they closed the distance by simply pushing aside the barricades set up in preparation for soldier attacks.

“Mom!”

Gunshots and screams chaotically mixed. In this chaos, her Spirit 9 Ability Score made Seo Yun focus on what she needed to do immediately.

Seo Yun summoned a new Flame Spirit and shouted toward Han Siwoo.

“Get Eulbi to safety!”

Then, with the Flame Spirit leading, she hid behind it and ran. Toward the Yetis gathered there, firing their guns wildly. The bullets they fired passed through the Flame Spirit’s body, losing force like bullets in water, and fell to the ground.

Seo Yun focused her spirit on the guns the Yetis held, then made them explode.

As Seo Yun reached Level 10, her Pyrokinesis ability had advanced. Now she could not only control or extinguish fire but also ignite it anew. She couldn’t ignite fire anywhere; it was only possible at relatively close distances and on highly flammable materials. For example, ammunition.

As Seo Yun focused her gaze on the Yetis’ guns, the ammunition inside exploded, scattering gun parts. The Yetis who lost their weapons, perhaps because their comrades were firing wildly, stopped charging and stood still.

As Seo Yun continued making guns explode, something flashed not from the front guarded by the Flame Spirit but from the left side.

Seo Yun glanced over and saw a Yeti aiming a gun this way.Seo Yun flinched, and in that moment, Han Siwoo rushed over with magical speed, raising his shield to cover her side. The bullets fired from the Yeti’s rifle merely clattered noisily against the shield, failing to reach her body.

Even in the urgency, Seo Yun grinned and gave a thumbs-up. Han Siwoo’s expression twisted oddly, but she couldn’t afford to pay it any mind. Seo Yun continued to blow up their guns, one after another.

The gunfire from over there ceased.

Thanks to that, the others had a moment to catch their breath, and Seo Yun had a moment to chant her spells. She hurriedly cast every combat spell she could upon herself.

It was a good thing she did. Not long after, the Yetis charged.

“Fall back!”

The Yetis charged, their chests pounding like drums, creating a clamorous beat. The sound of their footsteps was just as deafening as the gunfire had been moments before. Facing the oncoming horde, the Players on this side retaliated.

“Concentrated fire! Concentrate your fire!”

As the Dwarf Mage commanded, they fired their guns in unison. While the leading Yetis fell one by one, those behind used the bodies as shields and continued their charge.

Just as the distance between them narrowed and everyone’s focus was fixed on the charging Yetis…

Seo Yun heard the sound of spell chanting from somewhere and hurriedly turned her head. Where was magic being cast?

After frantically looking around, Seo Yun finally spotted the spellcaster.

The magpie from before was perched on a rooftop. Seeing its beak continuously opening and closing, it was clear the creature was chanting a spell.

Soon, as if it had finished the incantation, the magpie transformed.

It was a scene that blatantly defied the law of conservation of mass. The tiny bird, less than 30 cm, transformed into a blue giant standing about 7 meters tall.

Unable to bear the immense weight, the building collapsed, roof and all, and the blue giant stood tall in its place. Even amidst the ongoing battle, many turned their gaze there and froze.

The Frost Giant was not holding a priestly sword or mace or anything of the sort.

It was holding a large, yet seemingly small compared to the giant’s stature, autocannon. Where did it get that thing? Did it rip it off a helicopter or a Dawn Corps soldier’s vehicle? It was so absurd that Seo Yun stared blankly, lost in thought.

‘There’s no transformation in playable Priest Spells. Is it a special monster-only Priest?’

There was no time to think deeply. Shell casings exploded from the autocannon, and 20mm rounds poured from its barrel.

It was too far for Seo Yun to block immediately.

Consequently, three men caught in the line of fire were torn to shreds. And the Dwarf Mage who had been commanding them was also caught in the hail of ammunition.

No, unlike the other men, the Dwarf Mage’s body didn’t scatter into blood and flesh but dissipated into blue smoke. It seemed it had been an illusion.

One couldn’t exactly be glad he hadn’t died, nor could one condemn the audacity of using an illusion while others fought for their lives. The Frost Giant’s autocannon continued to spew fire. In a brief moment, nearly ten people died.

Seo Yun gritted her teeth and approached the Frost Giant. She focused her Spirit on the autocannon that was relentlessly spewing fire and ammunition.

When even that autocannon exploded, the Frost Giant flinched. Its gaze met Seo Yun’s.

Then Seo Yun extended her palm toward the giant. As her lips moved, a Firebird that appeared before her flew low along the ground. Leaving a trail of spiritual fire on the floor, the Firebird flew forth.

The Firebird engulfed the Frost Giant. Clinging to its body, it spiraled upward. In an instant, the giant’s entire form was set ablaze.

“Argh—!”

Just as a thunderous scream erupted from the giant’s mouth, Seo Yun swung her arm forcefully. As her sleeve fluttered, all the flames blooming around her surged toward the giant at once.

The flames swelled into a fierce wave, about to crash over the giant, but the giant quickly moved its lips and transformed back into the magpie.

The magpie flew upward, evading the surging flames. It seemed to have no intention of continuing the fight personally.

As if trying to leave this place, the magpie flew off in that direction. After all, whether covered in burns or poisoned, continuing to fight is the behavior of a game Monster, not a real creature.

Watching the retreating Frost Giant, Seo Yun raised her gun to shoot but stopped.

As seen earlier, ordinary weapons don’t work on that monster. Unless it’s something like a magic arrow…

“The Lava Weapon spell duration was three hours, right?”

Gaeulbi, who had approached her side unnoticed, asked, and Seo Yun nodded. Then Gaeulbi picked up a crossbow and aimed it at the retreating magpie.

The arrow nocked on it glowed a fierce red. And, Thwack!

“Got it!”