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Chapter 220
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Chapter 220 – Encounter
Entonia Fire Rock Cave, Day 3:
My clothes barely burn anymore, and I’ve gotten used to hunting. However, there’s no escaping this heat.
I sneak into the shade, making sure no one is around, and then…
“Water!”
I shout toward the ceiling.
With that single word, two buckets’ worth of water—consuming 8 mana—rained down from above, washing away the large beads of sweat on my forehead and cooling the stifling heat somewhat.
“Ah, it’s so hot!”
Unlike in typical game worlds, there is no lava flowing through the cave or other terrifying field traps in this hunting ground.
Flaming, pulsating rock stretched endlessly into the depths. That was all there was, yet the temperature rose the farther one went in.
As a result, many parties that came in to avoid the crowds couldn’t last long and returned to the crowded entrance.
I stubbornly stayed in a corner in the depths, watching the comings and goings from a distance.
In the end, soloing was more efficient.
Even if there were five people in a party, and some of them could use water or ice magic, they would still have to use their magic on the other four to deal with the heat.
If they used those kinds of magic sparingly during combat but kept using it during breaks, they would run out of mana in no time.
But if I’m alone, I can just splash some Water Magic Lv.1 on my head to cool down.
I’m still wearing farmer’s clothes that are too breathable.
When I get wet, the fabric absorbs the water well. Even though it’s heavy and makes it hard to move, the comfort of wet clothes outweighs the inconvenience in this environment.
Plus, after getting decent stats with Soul Armor, the only times I use magic are for Flight for the Fire Bat and Body Strengthening when I feel like it.
I have more than enough magic to use Water Magic Lv. 1, and it recovers quickly.
I once measured the magic recovery speed in the Lulub, but clearly, the recovery speed per “1” mana is faster now.
In fact, it’s so much faster that I haven’t counted exactly, but I can definitely recover about three mana in a minute now.
Rather than the recovery time for one mana is fixed, I think the total recovery time—that is, the time it takes to fully recover—is determined by the total amount of magical power, regardless of how much magical power you have.
Even when my magic was almost depleted from the Poison Cloud, I woke up fully recovered. Therefore, I feel like increasing the total amount of magic power is becoming more and more important.
However, leveling up is difficult, so I must steadily improve the skills that give magic power bonuses.
(The only other option is to earn it through bestowal.)
The old dwarf told me that there’s an enchantment specialist at the accessory shop, though he doesn’t know their level.
I think it should be easy to get an Increased Magic Power Automatic Recovery.
I shouldn’t say this since I spent 16 million bees to aim for double enchantment. Even so, if I go to Freyville soon, I can make decent, long-lasting equipment using materials from A-rank hunting grounds. The equipment I’m currently having made is just temporary.
In a way, it’s not an exaggeration to say that the equipment is for raids.
If it’s useful for that raid, it might be worth investing a day’s worth of loot… But wait, what?
Is the boss, Varakan, currently spawning?
It was just a question that popped into my head.
They said Queen Ants appear when strong hunters visit, according to a cycle.
According to the reference book, I had mistakenly assumed that I was trapped. However, it seems that the spawn cycle of about half a year was common knowledge.
However, there was no cycle information for this boss.
It’s unlikely that this is an unexplored boss.
Could it be a randomly spawning boss that happened to appear, and are they giving players extra time to gather members?
Or, is there some kind of regular cycle information circulating among those in the know, and are they just waiting for the right time to coordinate their efforts?
If so, though, the person who initiated the member recruitment was an A-rank hunter.
Even if there are S-rank hunters who are even more powerful, why would they go through the trouble of posting a recruitment notice to prevent other strong hunters from targeting the boss?
Hmm… I-I don’t know.
One thing I can confirm right now is that…
(Sh-Should I at least check it out?)
If I can confirm its existence from a distance, that’ll be enough.
I’m worried that I bought equipment specifically for raids and prepared everything, but then the raid was canceled when it came time to do it.
Honestly, that would be really tough.
But if the boss is there now…
There’s still a chance it’ll be defeated before I get there. At least I can be sure the raid is happening.
Ugh…
Even thinking about it makes my feet move on their own.
Who said, “It’s dangerous, so don’t go near the boss yet”?
(This game brain might be beyond repair.)
Aware of that, I push forward, deeper and deeper, while staying on high alert.
What a weak resolve!
A gaming brain that knows the risks are high.
Sometimes…
It can bring misfortune or good luck.
This time, it seems to have leaned toward the latter.
(It’s much bigger than I thought…)
A gigantic Flame Rock appeared in my field of vision.
It was a monster nearly three meters tall.
An Overflame Rock was standing there.
Should I call it a rare species, a higher-ranked species, or a named creature?
In this world, only higher-ranked species seem to be common, so I have to decide, but…
It was just standing there among the other monsters. At least it didn’t seem to be a higher-ranked species like Lokish, which feeds on other monsters to become stronger.
Without worrying too much, I walked steadily toward my target.
Buh…
A piece of its body flew toward me like a rock. I dodged it, and it crashed into the rock wall behind me and shattered.
This time, however, the shattered rock flew back at me with great force.
That’s the difference between Separation and Combination.
I’ve seen this pattern before and don’t think the speed is any different.
(As the Insight check indicated, it’s just big and doesn’t affect its skills or strength.)
If that’s the case, I have sad news.
I was planning to come back and hunt the golden frog at Voice Lake, but now I’m losing hope.
The sound of the rocks colliding must have alerted it to my presence.
Several salamanders and fire bats have entered combat mode, so I’ll start with the salamanders on the ground.
When the fire bat I had ignored cast a fire spell, I finally understood the difference.
“Huh…”
The Overflame Rock, which is shaped like a human torso, caught fire and formed eyes and a mouth, making its appearance more distinct. The same thing happens with regular Flame Rocks.
I had already confirmed that this rock’s skills remained unchanged even when it was set ablaze.
However, the color was different.
The surrounding flames had changed to white, and the heat reaching me was clearly increasing.
Still, it’s just a bunch of weaklings.
As it continued firing superheated rocks, I activated Soul Armor, tore several rocks from the wall, and threw them back.
They weren’t enveloped in flames, but with my full strength and speed, their velocity and power were off the charts.
Like bowling pins, the rocks that made up its body flew apart, and the surrounding flames scattered easily.
‘You have acquired White Fire Lv. 1.’
“Agility is 74. The Soul Armor was a complete miss, but…”
But what really caught my attention was this skill.
First, though, I need to take down those sneaky bats that keep firing magic spells from above without ever coming down.
I silently clear the nearby monsters——
I checked the overview of skills specific to rare species for the first time and proceeded further into the depths.
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