Chapter 211
Chapter 211: Raid: Clear
'Got it.'
A smile appeared on Baek Woohyun's lips as he confirmed the staggering 【Lord of Storms】 while lowering his arms that had been raised toward the sky.
With this, the DPS Force Through mechanic skip he'd hoped for when throwing the Otherworld Stone had been achieved perfectly.
The flow of power that had been connected from the dark clouds filling the sky was cut off, and the mechanic-breaking methods including the patterns carved into the earth had disappeared without a trace.
"···!"
"Oh?"
There were many besides Baek Woohyun who realized that the mechanic had been forcibly ended by the Otherworld Stone.
Well, it would have been impossible not to notice when the 【Lord of Storms】 staggered with a tremendous explosion and everything that had appeared vanished entirely.
Especially since they didn't know what kind of mechanic it was and had been keeping their eyes fixed on it, wondering if there might be some hint in the Raid Boss's behavior.
"Mechanic's over! Everyone attack!"
"Oh? Ohhh! Let's go! 【Lake's Judgment】!"
"【Wave of Earth】!" "【Sealing Sword of Light】!"
-DPS Force Through successㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Should we even call this DPS Force Through
-Item?Force?Through?
-Anyway just DPS!! DPS!!
Kwaang! Kwaagwang!
When Redok quickly gave instructions, the raid members gladly responded by pouring out their firepower. Including their ultimate skills without reservation.
Various supernatural ability skills as diverse as the supernatural ability builds flew toward the 【Lord of Storms】, and it allowed them all to land.
It was because it had been neutralized to the point of being unable to even control its own body properly due to the aftermath of the forced mechanic skip.
'Oh?!'
Redok's eyes flashed at the sight.
The neutralization of the Raid Boss following the mechanic break.
There was only one thing this meant.
"It's Free DPS Time! Go all out!"
"Jackpot! 【Lake's Sword】!" "All my skills are on cooldown though?!"
"If you used all your skills, just throw whatever you have! Like this! Haaaat!"
-? How do you just shoot lightning like that?
-Possible because no correction
-Fact is that's also fucking hard
-Is it because she traveled with Hackphysical the longest? She's good, Jeong;
"Huaaap!" "Kiyoot!"
"What was that battle cry!"
With the arrival of Free DPS Time, free from threatening elements, the raid members gritted their teeth. Considering this the greatest opportunity, they truly gave it their all.
Following Jeong Nayeon's lead, several of those who had used all their supernatural ability skills even attempted to unleash unrefined power.
These were primitive forms of attacks that couldn't form into skills, barely managing to generate their attributes, but even those were appreciated at this moment.
This was a situation where five people had died in Phase 2 before even seeing the first mechanic.
In their view, if time continued like this, the number of dead would increase even more rapidly. After all, the lower the Raid Boss's health, the higher the difficulty rises.
Therefore, having barely obtained Free DPS Time now, they truly had to pour everything out. Even if it meant completely exhausting the stamina they'd planned to use later.
"Hoo─"
The Free DPS Time created by the Otherworld Stone explosion was a huge opportunity for Baek Woohyun as well. Perhaps an even greater opportunity than what the raid members received.
Because he had been under concentrated pressure from the 【Lord of Storms】 all along. To the point where it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he'd essentially been in a direct confrontation with the Raid Boss.
This meant he hadn't gotten a proper DPS window throughout the entire raid. If someone else had taken his role, they would have been fortunate to land any damage at all.
Yet despite this, he'd dealt several times more damage than the other raid members, which is why everyone was amazed.
Kwaaaaak!
For Baek Woohyun, who had steadfastly shown tremendous DPS in an already difficult situation, this was his first Free DPS Time.
Those who had consistently watched the 'Nuclear Tourism' content could predict just how destructive the power would be.
An intense storm would overwhelmingly tear apart something like the 【Lord of Storms】. A storm even greater than what Baek Woohyun had shown while fighting against it...
───!
-?
-What
-Stream cut out?
-Was there lag
···Was it because expectations were that high?
When Baek Woohyun swung 「Soul Eater」 and cut down the 【Lord of Storms】, the viewers all widened their eyes in confusion.
The reason was simple. They had clearly been watching Baek Woohyun take his stance—but the next moment he was already sheathing 「Soul Eater」.
Their confusion was entirely natural before a scene where the middle process of swinging the weapon seemed to have been cut out entirely.
To the point where comments about the stream cutting out or lagging had to appear in the chat. After all, from their perspective, only the result of the slash appeared without any process.
───!
-Crazyㅋㅋ
-It wasn't the stream cutting outㄷㄷ
-You mean the swing itself is invisible?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-No wtfㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Fortunately, the viewers' confusion didn't last long.
Baek Woohyun immediately swung 「Soul Eater」 again, clearly showing them what was happening.
Their stream was fine. No lag, no buffering. Simply, Baek Woohyun's sword strikes were so fast that they couldn't see them with their eyes.
To the point where it looked like the 'take stance-swing-take stance' process had the 'swing' part cleanly removed.
───!
Moreover, the viewers could now identify what that momentarily ear-splitting sound that kept occurring was.
It was the roar created when 「Soul Eater」 swung by Baek Woohyun tore through the air at tremendous speed!
'OneNuclearMan' donated '1000 won'!
[Lethal serious swing ㄷㄷ]
-Is this that stealth attack thing
-Invisible attack (literally)
-It's not even invisible but you can't see it wtfㅋㅋ
-That's not human···
"······."
-Even more terrifying fact) This is a normal attack
-The peak of melee builds is at an insane level but
-While others are firing ultimates and waiting for cooldowns, he just goes swish swish slash slash?
-How many people can even swing like that
Completely unaware of what chats the viewers were typing—or even if he knew, he wouldn't care—Baek Woohyun silently continued his attack.
Taking his stance and swinging 「Soul Eater」, then pulling it back while taking his stance again. Simply continuing to repeat that process.
After swinging, wrapping the remaining force to swing again, and once more wrapping the force to swing again, again, again.
────!
As the slashes continued, the power contained in the blade grew exponentially stronger.
The process from pulling back 「Soul Eater」 after swinging to swinging again became so fast that Baek Woohyun's body appeared to be multiple figures.
Around him, even the pouring rain was swept up in the overwhelming flow of power and pushed away in circles. Even the natural environment couldn't dare touch him.
There was no way the 【Lord of Storms】, which had been cut piece by piece by weaker attacks, could withstand this.
Its body like a swirling rainstorm was completely dismantled and torn to shreds before the blade of 「Soul Eater」.
It was fortunate that it was a giant dozens of meters tall; otherwise, it would have been lying on the ground in dozens of pieces by now.
'If I can just cut a bit more like this···.'
【──!】
"It's awake! Everyone be careful!"
Kuaang!
"······Mm."
The 【Lord of Storms】 belatedly broke free from its groggy state, roared, and released energy in all directions.
However, the effect was minimal. It could be considered nonexistent. After all, there were only three melee builds—Baek Woohyun and the Beau-tiful Twins—and currently only he was near it.
Moreover, he wasn't someone who would be pushed back just because it blew some wind. At least it managed to stop Baek Woohyun's attack that had been pouring out like crazy.
Furthermore, its action meant to show its dominance, asserting it hadn't been broken yet, wasn't very imposing.
Unlike when they first encountered it, the giant body over dozens of meters was damaged with wounds carved by Baek Woohyun and the raid members.
The sight of it standing proudly, far from plunging the raid members into despair, actually instilled hope in them. Hope that they might clear it on their first attempt.
"We can do this. This is happening!"
"We're almost there! Let's push just a bit more!"
-Can we? Really can we?
-First try clear???
-Thanks to that groggy state just now, it seems possible
-As long as no one else dies here···!
【──!】
"Kyaak!"
"No!"
-Who was the one who just typed that chatㅅㅂ
-Raised a flag and immediately one person cutㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Only nine people left now;;
-If everyone dies during the Berserk pattern, upvoteㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Baek Woohyun, a cheat key capable of both DPS and tanking.
Raid members well-trained to manage their own share even with no correction.
Plus a special item called the Otherworld Stone that skipped a mechanic and even gifted them a groggy state.
The 【Lord of Storms】 raid, utilizing everything available, was still brutally difficult.
To the point where it was ridiculous that this was included in the story and was the first publicly revealed raid. As if saying, of course it's called Hackphysical difficulty.
No one would be able to say this raid was easier than Mythic raids. Unless they were really forcing themselves to criticize it.
【This can't be, this can't be happening!】
"···! Watch out for the Berserk pattern!"
【Die! I said die! ──!】
-Please die pleaseㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-The lines are patheticㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This kind of thing··· an Otherworld Lord?
-Nope~ no plans to die for you~ you die instead~
Kuwaaang!
"Kyaaak!" "I'm flyingaaak!"
"Hold on! Somehow hold on while DPSing! We just need to get past this!"
【──!】
'ㅇㅇ' donated '1000 won'!
[It's chaotic as hell ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
The Berserk pattern they finally faced was just as insanely difficult.
The 【Lord of Storms】, which had treated them like insects but now faced death at the hands of Baek Woohyun and the raid members, fired attacks indiscriminately while burning through even its own life.
The attacks reeked of its nasty temperament—determined to take down with it those who dared target it, since it would die anyway.
Bone-chilling raindrops and sharp wind blades whirled in all directions, and even the remaining pieces of land collapsed one after another, disappearing into the void.
Naturally, the nine remaining raid members weren't unscathed before the rampage that seemed ready to crush the Storm Fortress itself.
Dying from being hit by the 【Lord of Storms】' fist, dying from wounds inflicted by wind blades, dying from being unable to escape the disappearing land.
"We just needed to hold on a bit more─···"
-Stop dying!!
-Somehow survive and DPS~
-Only five left including Hackphysicalㄷㄷ
-Except for raid leader Redok, only those who learned from Hackphysical for a long time barely survivedㅋㅋ
"······."
Whether several died behind him, however deeply related the survivors were to him, Baek Woohyun once again showed no interest whatsoever.
In the 【Lord of Storms】 raid, the only role given to him was one thing—to deal damage that would tear apart the Raid Boss.
Even if the entire raid had been wiped, his reaction would have remained the same.
He didn't have enough leisure to glance elsewhere in the first place.
While the other raid members were suffering from the strengthened area attacks, he also had to endure the attacks the 【Lord of Storms】 directly unleashed.
Just looking at the current situation showed that. The moment he lost focus for an instant, he would be flung from the giant's body and fall dozens of meters below.
Kwagagak!
Baek Woohyun racing while pulling 「Soul Eater」 embedded in the 【Lord of Storms】!
Even while climbing up a giant dozens of meters tall, his actions were unhesitant. Like someone who didn't understand the fear of falling from heights.
It was confidence befitting someone who had already traversed the dizzyingly high sky. That's why he could make the choice to walk the heavens while stepping on whirlwinds.
The 【Lord of Storms】' attempts to somehow kill the insect slicing through its body in real-time all ended in vain.
A massive frame was a fierce weapon in itself, but in this situation, it was merely a weakness. Like a human hundreds of times larger being tormented by a mosquito.
And so, finally.
【So··· futilely···】
The 【Lord of Storms】 collapsed.
As slowly as its massive frame.