Chapter 19: Impregnable Wall
Chapter 19: Impregnable Wall
The tremors from the battle in Broodmother’s den could be felt even more at where the porters and hunters waited.
The cave seemed to shake on every part of it.
Kim Ji-woo then suggested they go to the Park Jae-jin squad and try to help them if they could after looking at mister Lee and the hunter’s face.
The two hunters and mister Lee agree. But, the three porters didn’t want to go at first.
But, since it was a four versus three situations. The other porters didn’t have any choice.
In the end, all of them then went to the Broodmother’s den.
The porters and the hunters on Kim Ji-woo’s side didn’t want to rush to the Broodmother den, even though they worried about their squad members.
Ji-woo, too, didn’t urge them to move faster either. Considering he could feel the Mana from the den, he knew the situation was not dangerous yet.
“We will be fine, mister Lee.” Ji-woo kept assuring mister Lee of their circumstances since earlier. He felt grateful and owed a favor to mister Lee. Since helping him to find a job again. Although, it was just a part-timer.
Mister Lee was glad that Ji-woo kept trying to calm him, and he felt relaxed while in this uneasy condition.
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In the Broodmother den, the battle between the hunters and the Broodmother was a deadlock.
But, it was clear if this continues for an hour, the hunters will lose miserably.
On the side of hunters, even though they didn’t suffer any casualties. The damage caused by the Broodmother was enough to make them feel pain all over the body, and the fatigue, reaching a new high for them. It was because their low Mana pool gets almost emptied.
Mana was one of the essential factors here.
The Broodmother’s body didn’t suffer any deep wounds. Its durability was better with the support of its Mana that huge. The stamina was still good enough to last for longer too.
Hosh, Hosh–
“This damn beast is sturdy!”
“How many times it took our hit, some of them even hit the mark. But, it seems not enough.”
The Broodmother body might have strong resistance against the Magic.
It was why Park Jae-jin now tried to change his plan again. Rather than focus on harassing it with many Magic spells attack. He wanted to focus on physical strength.
“Now, the Magic spells only should get used to distract or help other hunters when they are in trouble facing the Broodmother.
“Or you can boost our overall power with the enhancement whether on the body or the weapon.”
Park Jae-jin’s resolved to fight the Broodmother with the same style it used to fight against them.
So far, the Broodmother did not use any Magic spells despite having huge Mana compared to the hunters.
It either the Broodmother didn’t want to use it because it was not in a dire situation. Or the Broodmother didn’t have any Magic spell except the ability like Insatiable Fear and Spider Bite.
Park Jae-jin’s opinion fell to the latter. So, he decided to invest all of their remaining Mana in physical strength.
“Now!”
Along with a shout-out from Park Jae-jin, the hunters familiar with fighting conserve their Mana as much as possible. And only use it if they need to defend or attack the Broodmother.
On the other hand, the Spellcaster hunters use their Mana left to give the frontline hunters Buff.
“Go!”
Der, Daar–
Many hunters jumped their way to the Broodmother side. Their movement speed was increased by fold.
Not only that, the weapon the hunters wield had the enhancement too.
The Spellcaster Hunters knew that if they upgraded their weapons with elemental spells, they wouldn’t be able to injure Broodmother.
So, they used their Mana to boost weapon endurance.
Teng, Ting–
Sreet, Creet–
Some of the hunters’ Broadsword, hitting the Broodmother’s left and right sides, tried to crack its body defense.
Meanwhile, the other hunters used their spear and arrow to try piercing them.
But, Park Jae-jin still used his lighting Magic along with other hunters Buff on top of it. His speed was faster than the hunters that had already doubled their movement speed.
Not only that, Park Jae-jin’s overall agility got increased too. His Broadsword slash couldn’t be seen anymore by the Broodmother.
“Hyaa!!”
Zert, Zert—
The Broodmother couldn’t handle so much pressure at once, with so many hunters attacking itself. It tried to run away and evade the attacks. But, every time it wanted to move, the Broodmother action got caught by the tanker hunters that used their shield to seal the movement.
Hywaaaa—
The beast cried out the pain from getting hit by so many hunters’ attacks. But, it still was not enough to break the impregnable wall of the Broodmother body.
Hosh, Hosh–
Park Jae-jin almost ran out of his Mana, and his stamina got dropped. However, he insisted on keeping what they were doing now.
Right now, the difference in Mana showed how important it was to have a large amount of Mana capacity when fighting one another.
Park Jae-jin and co had limited options and could only do the offensive right now. Hoping the defense would break at any moment.
While Park Jae-jin and the other hunters still onslaught the Broodmother.
Ji-woo and the others were getting close to the den entrance.
“It seems like we reach the entrance. Let’s take a look first.”
“Okay.”
The two hunters talked to each other and put the porters at the back.
Ji-woo wanted to take a quick look because he didn’t know why Broodmother didn’t move when he had plenty of Mana, whereas the Hunter’s Mana was getting less and less over time.
Ji-woo then heard the hunter that took a look inside the entrance shouted their squad leader’s name.
“Park Jae-jin~si!”
Park Jae-jin was surprised to hear his name got called in this kind of situation.
“You guys?! Why are you here? Just stay back. We can handle this.”
The hunters didn’t know whether they could trust Park Jae-jin or not after looking at the fight that seemed to be in a stalemate. But on the leader’s side, they seemed exhausted while the Broodmother kept defending its body.
Park Jae-jin shifted his gaze back to the Broodmother and gave another command.
“Try to get its eyes!”
Teng, Ting–
Sreet, Creet–
The hunters shifted the focus of their attack to the Broodmother’s eyes. But, it immediately covers the eyes from the attack.
Suddenly, Ji-woo spoke to the two hunters at the entrance with a low voice.
“Go, help Park Jae-jin~si and others. With additional fresh hunters, that thing wouldn’t be able to endure it any longer.”
The two hunters were surprised hearing Ji-woo on their back and thinking about what he said to them. It was really tempting to finish that Dungeon Owner faster.
“Don’t worry. We will be fine here. There seem no monsters around here.”
Ji-woo knew that they were safe now around the entrance. No other beast would dare to get close to the Broodmother den.
Even if there were Spiderlings left, all of it should be out to protect the Broodmother.
The two hunters understood this too.
“Just go, help leader Park to kill that beast.” It was the voice of mister Lee, who was at Ji-woo’s side.
The two hunters looked at Ji-woo and mister Lee’s eyes. They instantly nodded at their idea.
“Alright, but if there is some danger in here, come inside and get close to the spellcaster hunters. They are not doing the frontal assault. So, they can protect you if something happens here.”
Ji-woo and mister Lee nodded back to assure the two hunters.
The three porters that did not agree with them to come before didn’t dare to get close to the entrance and stayed still at the back of Ji-woo and mister Lee.
Park Jae-jin looked at the two new hunters that were coming to the battlefield. He was confused why they still wanted to appear while leaving the porters behind. But, he didn’t have the luxury to think about it.
“Use your Mana to enhance your strength and agility. Both of you will be heavy hitters here.”
One of the hunters used a spear, and the other used an ax. They jumped to the Broodmother after confirming the task from Park Jae-jin.
“Haa!!”
Zwish, Zwish–
Deug, Bang–
Incessant spear attacks and heavy hits from the Axe created an explosion shock wave from the center collision.
The two new hunters chose to target the eyes covered by the Broodmother legs.
But, the new combo attack was not enough to breach the defense. The Broodmother was still in good condition and tried to break through the imprisonment strategy from the tanker hunters with their big shield.
Ji-woo just saw the fight that happened and sneered. “Tsk, this Broodmother wanna do the attrition.”
Ji-woo then picked up a small rock on the ground. He backed off a little bit and now stood behind mister Lee that still looked at the battlefield.
‘This should be enough.’
Ji-woo stretched his hand to throw the small rock, and the veins bulged in his hand.
Wooshh–
Bang–
The small rock collided with one of the Broodmother legs and instantly turned into dust. But, it was enough to break the balance of the Broodmother, making it fall to one side.
The legs that used to cover Broodmother eyes now moved from its spot.
The odd occasion didn’t slip away from Park Jae-jin’s eyes. He didn’t know why the Broodmother fell, but he saw the eyes didn’t get covered anymore.
‘Chance!’
“The eyes! Attack its eyes, now! Quick!”
All of the hunters heard the scream from Park Jae-jin and used all of their Mana left to attack the Broodmother’s eyes.
The hunters could feel from Park Jae-jin’s voice. It might be their one and last chance to kill the Broodmother.