Chapter 285

The demons from the underground were very strong .

Their strength couldn’t be assessed that easily .

The illusion demons that were level 300-350 had been summoned to push him into a corner to test his capabilities .

‘Sh*t, these monsters seem too smart . ’

At the beginning of the game, it was difficult for users to hunt a monster that had a higher level than them .

There was always a limit to the skills one possesses, this was because there were always unexpected factors in combat .

However, as the game progressed to the next level, the users were clearly able to overcome the level gap they had with the monsters at a faster rate .

This was because the users could play with their intelligence as the monsters had to rely on their AI .

And the monster’s intelligence also had been increased and the AI was also upgraded, but it still had its limitations .

Therefore, as the users level up, and their abilities were diversified, these skills could be used in the right moment to create a favorable situation and take down monsters that were stronger than the players .

Having better equipment was so much better, but this was how it was played .

And now here was the reason why Ian was struggling .

The ‘suitor’ summoned opponents for Ian to beat so he could showcase his strength .

And these monsters somehow seemed to be more intelligent than the other monsters .

Ian narrowed his eyes .

‘It is almost like I am dealing with 5 users . ’

But somehow, Ian had to overcome this situation .

‘I’ll probably take more damage than I assumed . I need to put an end to this as fast as I can . ’

Ian’s vitality was still full .

Ian didn’t get himself attacked, and the enemy didn’t bother to either .

And Ian had both Bbookbbook and Halli on his side .

Ian did manage to defeat one of the five demons and inflicted damage to the remaining four .

But Ian still thought that the balance between their powers hadn’t still been achieved .

‘I’m still in a disadvantageous position . ’

The demons weren’t that great, but their skills were still sufficient to damage Ian .

And their vitality would recover little by little over time .

Ian too had a wide range of Heals, but it was an entirely different story .

There was a fairly long cooldown time on his Heals, and those monsters didn’t have such conditions on their recovering ability .

“Phew . ”

Ian was able to breathe in between the battle as it had been so long since Ian had to face such difficulties after getting his familiars .

And now he had to look for small gaps in his enemies defenses and use his strongest attacks .

‘They are as smart as users . I need to play thinking I’m in a PVP . ’ Thought Ian to himself .

The battle was still going on,

Ian was just waiting for the right time .

Kwang- Kwawang-!

Even in a fierce battle, Ian made sure to calmly assess the situation .

‘The guy who’s holding a bizarre scythe is the most dangerous, and that guy who looks like a Liche . ’

Ian was more aware of those two monsters in the remaining four .

One of the demons was holding a scythe-shaped weapon . The demon had a horn and was wearing a dark hooded cloak . The other one looked like a Liche and had a skull shaped head .

Ian suffered the most damage from the demon with the scythe .

The demon with the scythe didn’t pose such a major threat, but the demon would always deal him damage in the most crucial moments .

Halli—who tried to maintain Ian’s vitality while he battled that demon—died instantly with its hit and Dukdae who had half of its vitality left died with a single strike .

Ian thought that it would be best to avoid his scythe .

‘I wasn’t able to see it that clearly… but this technique seems like it is using darkness . ’

Even when hit with an explosive Halli and Bbookbbok would have managed to stay alive, Ian wouldn’t have had a problem in identifying the nature of the weapon .

He was now able to find out the identity of the weapon that had caused him such damage, and he checked the object right away .

However, Ian’s familiars would die every time they got hit by the demon’s weapon . He wasn’t able to find out the weapons nature even after thoroughly analyzing it .

‘Can’t do anything . I guess I’ll have to take a chance…’

Ian tried to take a chance and gamble with the assumption that the attributes of the demon’s attacks were of ‘Dark properties’ .

And it started to move slowly once again .

“Bbookbbook-ah, stay ahead and look for an opportunity, if I manage to attack him, then consume him immediately, alright?”

Once Ian was done talking, Bbookbbok nodded .

“Okay-bbook . ”

Kaka who was flying next to Ian’s shoulder, watched Bbookbbook as he walked forward and spoke to Ian .

“What are you trying to do master? Their next target will be Bbookbbook . ”

Ian nodded and briefly ordered .

“I know . ”

As of the moment, Bbokbbook’s vitality was about 40% .

Bbookbbok didn’t have a great tanking ability like Dukdae, but its vitality could sustain the strike from the demon’s scythe .

Before running towards the enemies, Ian stared at Kaka and spoke in a low voice .

“Kaka, do me a favor . When that demon swings its scythe, spread the darkness that its attack will emit . ”

“…!”

Kaka was smart so she could understand right away what Ian was trying to do .

She thought that this was a great plan when she realized that she could do whatever she wanted .

“I understand master . I trust master’s decision . ”

Before Kaka was about to finish what she was saying, Ian ran towards the demons .

Ian was aiming for the Liche shaped demon who had powerful magic .

“Karceus, Pin! Surround the enemies and follow Ly!”

“Okay, Master . ”

Krr- Krrrr-!

Even Bbookbbook started to follow Ian with its heavy body .

‘I had gambled everything, there is no other way but to succeed . ’

Ian jumped towards the Liche with all his might .

However, the other demons were ready for Ian .

They quickly stood in front of Ian to block him . Karceus who was on top of them used Breath on them, and Pin used Crush .

Kwahhh-!

Kwkwang-!

But then a translucent violet shield showed up in front of the demons .

The shield wasn’t able to prevent the damage that came from Breath and Crush, but it reduced the damage significantly .

Given the fact that they were two of the most powerful familiars with great skill that Ian had, this could be considered as a small achievement .

But Ian was smiling in the inside .

‘Yes, just as I had expected . ’

Ian was going towards the Liche, but he suddenly changed directions and ran towards Bbookbbook .

It was because the demon was moving towards Bbookbbook, and it was obvious that Bbookbbok would get sick because of the darkness .

Smoke puffed up in front of Bbookbbook .

[Kiki- you’re late, human . ]

In a moment the demon instantly appeared in front of Ian by using the space movement ability .

The demon moved its sickle towards Bbookbbook .

He moved as if an illusion had distorted the space and appeared in front of Bbookbbook .

But at that moment .

Ian surprisingly gave Bbookbbook an order even though Bbookbbook was about to die .

“Bbookbbook-ah! Use Greedy Predator!”

“Okay-Bbook-!”

The ability of Greedy Predator had been triggered, and the sickle in the demon’s hand wavered for a second .

Anyone could tell that Bbookbbook’s chances of survival were almost impossible .

But then, darkness started to spread around the battlefield .

Woong-

The system messages that Ian had been waiting for came up in front of his eyes .

[Slave ‘Kaka’ unique ability ‘Dreaming Devil’ has been activated . ]

[During ‘Darkness Control’, all the party members attacks will be increased by 5%, and damage caused by Darkness will be decreased by 50% . All the enemies within the radius will be visible . ]

This was what Ian was aiming for .

And among those effects, what Ian wanted was the reduction of the damage caused by dark attributes by 50% .

This…

[The ability of ‘Bbookbbook’ ‘Do not interfere while eating’ has been activated . ]

[Shield with the durability of 343762 has been created . ]

The ability ‘Greedy Predator’ of Bbookbbook was an attacking skill .

It was a skill that would instantly take down the life force of the enemy, it was almost impossible for this attack to be avoided once activated .

But this time, Ian took advantage of another passive skill that was followed by his attack ability .

If Bbookbbook activates the ability ‘Don’t interfere when eating’ while using the Greedy Predator, then a shield would be created that would save 50% of the familiar’s vitality .

This play had a chance to fail, but this was the gamble that Ian was betting for .

The reason why Ian went for this gamble was—first, the damage from the demon’s scythe would be reduced if the skill was a dark attribute because of Kaka’s ability .

The second was the shield that Bbookbbook activated, so there was no way the demon’s strike could kill Ian’s familiars .

Fortunately, Ian’s gamble was a successful one .

Puahk-!

[Lateros ‘Sickle of the demon’ has a unique ability . ]

[Your familiar Bbookbbook received devastating damage from Lateros . ]

[The vitality of Bbookbbook has been reduced to 100055 (-443817) . ]

Ian was now able to realize the destructive power of that demon the moment he saw the system message .

‘Dukdae had about 700,000 vitality taken away from him, and Halli had about 1 . 2 million vitality taken away from him, and Bbookbbook had about 800,000 taken away from it . ’

The last system message, ‘Vitality of Bbookbbook has been reduced to 100055 (-443817) . ’

The numbers in the brackets were obviously due to the darkness control ability of Kaka’s .

The additional 340,000 of added defense that Bbookbbook got from his shield had been pierced . Bbookbbook was now left with only 100,000 .

Ian had the ability to grasp the situation once he had experienced it or had seen it .

‘Kaka’s long-range effects last for about 10 minutes . I need to think of a plan in this duration . ’

Since Bbookbbook did not die, the greedy predator skill was withdrawn . The demon was flustered when it saw that Bbookbbook was still alive .

The vitality of the demon didn’t drop that much .

However, Ian and Ly—who was there to help Bbookbbook—took advantage of the effect of the darkness and did a surprise attack on the demon .

Though the Greedy Predator ability wasn’t activated, the damage that the demon took was so powerful that the demon died .

Ian—who arranged the most nerve-wracking play—swung his spear and stared at the three remaining demons on the battlefield .