Golden Experience

Episode 145: The Queen's Punishment

After "Cyclone", the first thing to think about is to continue to spread the magic range and reduce the number behind. The three frontmen are holding back, so we'll have to leave it to them for now. If I shoot magic at you, I could get involved.

Spiders certainly seemed to be more durable than the lower-level species they had fought before, and some spells could not fall with a single hit.

Attacking with powerful magic damages the material and is not good for real. But it's more important to survive first. If they are wiped out at this point, unnamed Elves who have more consumption experience than Mr. White and others will be in deficit.

Varied range of shots. Magic, fortunately, the advanced spider seemed able to knock it down. There doesn't seem to be too many parties that have defeated this so far, but if they can fight normally, even mid-level parties can defeat them enough. The problem is behavioral inhibition and abnormalities due to surprise attacks. That should also reduce the risk by accumulating information.

The first sight is horrible, but if you can establish an offensive routine, you can also turn it into an efficiency hunt.

If you take a look at the avant-garde, this one seems to be doing well to reduce the number.

This minute will allow us to handle the recast time and rest for a while.

"Ha!"

Haruka scratches the thread and slashes the spider's belly. It still seemed impossible to defeat with a single blow, but the poisonous needle that was released shortly afterwards was using a shield to avoid it.

Fang attacks are played with a sword and hit from the bottom with a shield.

Where his upper body floated, a sword protruded from the side pierced the spider's belly, which was also pierced by Hulka in the position he attacked earlier.

It's backup by the wax we were fighting next door. And Hulka poked his sword at the border between the head and chest of a fallen, lying spider, and definitely stabbed Todome.

Hulka beat the spider that Sugurumpu was fighting with a shield from the side and disfigured him.

These three were breathtaking. It's their job to support the avant-garde with collaboration. That doesn't change when each one is attacking another, not a single Enemy.

And while the three avant-gardes support the front line, it is the job of the unnamed elf to stab the enemy with a todome.

"'Blaze Lance'!

Now that the recast time has been cleared, shoot a single magic as backup. Be alert to enemy reinforcements and avoid shooting in succession to avoid recast this time. Primarily targets enemies who have not yet taken damage, and reliably deals with single-element magic that is more powerful than range magic.

"... is this the last time?

"Looks like. Hmm. I can handle it."

The spider ambush of the superior species, which wiped out Mr. White and his men, survived.

Thanks to the advance information.

If it hadn't been for it, I would have been ambushed, frustrated in the nose with yarn and hair needles, and deprived of pace.

Even so, I don't think it will be completely destroyed, but I don't know what will happen if follow-ups come from there.

"... we will resume the retreat while alerting to reinforcements."

Check the direction of removing the compass from the inventory. The direction we were about to take was subtly uneven with the direction we were supposed to take.

It's not a big gap. It would have been possible to escape if we kept going. But the distance we were supposed to travel to escape should have certainly increased. An increase in travel distance means an increase in the number of fights, which leads to a decrease in survival.

"It's pretty tough, isn't it..."

I am well aware of the difficulty of knowing the direction in the woods.

So I usually secure my way home by marking, etc., but that doesn't work in this forest. I wouldn't have known the exact direction without the compass.

"It's not a straight line, but it's the shortest way out."

The compass is heavy and bulky, but I can't help it. The orientation needs to be checked one by one.

The line stops from time to time and proceeds through the woods with the directions corrected. It is necessary to bypass not only dense trees, but also large debris, etc. The path had to be changed considerably, such as where the trees were growing to sew large rubble gaps that seemed to have originally been there.

That shouldn't have happened on the outbound.

This would mean that the structure inside the dungeon has changed, resulting in such a route.

It's easy to get into this forest, but it's hard to get out.

"Ali, you're a hell of a dungeon..."

Ali Hell, run by ants, is not funny.

"Nacchan, wait a minute!

"Nacchan says... don't..."

It's a mistake. The compass was distracted too much by the direction.

It was meant to bypass blocking debris and trees and go around, but it was a trail ahead.

It's not just a trail. There is a little space in the square. There are no trees growing unnaturally just this corner.

"Once you get back..."

Looking back, it sounded quick or heavy. The rubble that has fallen out of nowhere blocks the beast path that has just passed.

"No, seriously, one of these things..."

I'll look up, but up there, just tree branches intertwined and blocking the sky. It is inconceivable, for example, that the debris had accidentally fallen at this time, as there were trees that were growing by pushing up the debris.

"Maybe we should think that some kind of monster blocked our escape to lock us in here..."

"That's Nacchan. Sounds like the right answer. Look at that."

It is no longer the case that the nomenclature is corrected.

Looking back in the direction indicated by the wax, or near the centre of the square, there was a giant spider there.

"... boss battle..."

"... I can't get away with that. That's what I'm fighting for, boss...."

I don't know if I can escape from the fight with the boss from other dungeon reports.

Anyway, at the moment, there are no reports of encounters with monsters that look like bosses.

I think some parties are attacking low-difficulty dungeons with the aim of attacking them, but it is unclear whether they have not yet been cleared or whether they have only been reported, but they have not yet been written anyway.

"I wonder if we're the first"

"If you take him down, but..."

Haruka's irony is, however, true.

To the unnamed elves, who are not a balanced party, but just a party that gathers a balanced avant-garde, it's bad minutes to be a first-sight strong enemy.

The opponent has fought so far, even bigger than the superior spider. The legs look elongated, but they just seem to do so because of their size. If you look closely, the thickness may be slightly thicker than previous spiders.

Unlike before, the shape of the legs was also rounded, and the joints were stretched sharply like thorns. The color is not as dark as it has ever been, but it contains yellow, red, and other shades that instinctively create a sense of crisis.

It looks more like another species altogether, even the same spider, than the more superior species of spiders we've fought so far.

More importantly, from where its head should be, a human upper body had grown instead.

That doesn't mean the human upper body is growing intact. It feels like it was molded into a human form using spider parts.

"Queen, what a name! This is definitely...."

We know as knowledge that some demons, such as ants, have demons like the Queen who heads the lower species. Many of them are powerful enough to destroy small towns easily, but they are not powerful from the moment they are born.

There is probably no doubt that this spider queen is the boss.

But it was today that this dungeon was liberated. Maybe he hasn't grown that far yet.

"Nooo... The queen ants can only produce weak ants when they're weak, and it's probably too late to have a little stronger spider just now."

"That's right..."

Spiders appear one after the other from the rubble and from the top of the tree, distorted by the sounds of the trees called deliberately.

Plus the ants crawled out of the ground.

"There are fish!

"This could be stuffed... I can't help it, if I destroy it all, I'll kill it as soon as I can and earn experience before I die!

Some of the money I earned fighting the top spiders earlier. Probably something like a ton in terms of experience even if you die here.

Even if the experience was in a slight deficit, the material obtained so far was not so much a loss.

Considering that I could grasp this dungeon trend as a real feeling, I'd say positive.

I'm sure this dungeon sees the difficulty vary depending on the challenger's combat power.

You should think that 3 is only average, indicative.

I thought I might be able to earn experience until I was about middle-sized, but maybe I'm dealing with more difficulty than that.

That's what I noticed again when I saw the miscellaneous fish springing up in this boss room.

There is no doubt that the boss in this room is the queen spider.

So who the hell are the ants that have just crawled out?

There was a queen spider as the spiders' boss.

Then as boss of the ants, there must be at least a queen ant.

I don't know where she is, but I'm sure she has this information when she comes looking for ants.

That is not surprising if, assuming the party of the unnamed Elves were stronger, the Queen Spider and Queen Ali were present here together.

The difficulty adjustment for this dungeon is that it can still be modified upwards.

"... in the meantime, I'm glad I could play around here for a while."

It's worth changing the base.

"Coming!

The queen is flying a poisonous needle.

Doesn't it look like I have that much body hair in my appearance, but does it grow surprisingly on my abdomen? I'm not even sure where I'm flying from, but I'll have to deal with it anyway.

"'Cyclone'!

But with the magic I unleashed with the intention of spraying it, I could only do it off track.

The damage was reduced to zero, but it's still more troublesome than any previous spider.

"I'm sorry, but magic can be tough to guard!

If this happens, leave the guard of the flying object to the avant-garde, and the magic should be used to defeat the enemy for sure.

Spiders surrounding them unleash the range magic of 'Fire Magic'.

If this one gets caught in smoke or surrounded by fire, we could strangle ourselves by burning in the trees or something. Because of this, 'fire magic' weighed heavily in the woods, but this square would do somewhat better.

Even if hairy needles and threads fly from the surrounding circles, there is also an aim to see if they can be burned in the air.

Spiders and ants in flames mostly die instantly, exposing themselves to an innocuous appearance. The value as a material is hopeless, but we just have to prioritize knocking it down anyway, just as we did earlier.

Normally, while the three avant-garde fighters are holding down the boss, an unnamed elf sweeps the fish and enters a full-scale fight with the boss once the fish is cleared. Deals damage with sword and magic to the boss, and the boss's attacks are pared by the three avant-garde enemies as they scatter the target.

I kept attacking with that intent, but my surroundings won't dwindle forever. It doesn't mean I haven't been able to defeat you. Experience is pretty much coming in.

It's coming from somewhere from next to next.

If you look closely, it mixes not only the top spiders, but also the bottom spiders that fought at the beginning. Hitting range magic on weak spiders is a waste of MP and recast time, but it doesn't mean you can only hit strong individuals, and you can't help it.

But inherently a wizard is a showdown weapon, and not suitable to counter these corrugated attacks. Gradually, the recast time overlaps, and there are fewer means that can be taken.

It's time for a break for MP recovery and recast time processing.

The avant-garde Halka have managed to contain the Queen. I don't see the point in not being able to get rid of the fish, but there's no point in being strong.

Unnamed Elves also has quite a long experience with VR games. Even when it comes to magic specialty builds, I have melee weapons for times of need, and I'm used to handling them. I can swing my sword without my skills.

Because STR is low, it cannot be defeated or dealt effective damage, but it is not impossible if you just sneeze at the attack.

"We can't handle the fish in time! I'm sorry!"

"Then let's give up! At least take down the boss!

"Okay!

"Copy that!"

"Whoa!

The leader is certainly an unnamed elf, but when someone comes up with a plan, such as when they have to aggressively come up with the next policy, and other members' approval of it can determine the behavior of the party. We all decided to take part in Halka's remarks this time. No matter what you say about the leader, he's only four friends after all. In fact, it doesn't matter who takes the head.

Range Magic is mostly being recasted, but I don't use standalone magic at all. If you only want to defeat the boss, shoot magic at the boss while attacking the fish.

That said, it is quite difficult.

While managing to spot the attack of the miscellaneous fish, consciousness turns to the queen and concentrates on magic and releases it.

"'Blaze Lance'!

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However, a flaming spear suddenly appeared in front of the queen, heading for the unnamed elf.

"Lying! Magic!?

The two flames collided near the center of the two to be inhaled and exploded.

Two rounds of Blaze Lance energy are scattered around, and the surrounding spiders are burned in flames.

"Come on!"

"Ahem."

The same goes for Halka and the others. She was safe behind the Queen, but the other two suffered minor flame damage. Originally for stand-alone magic, it has been considerably weakened by diffusion, but it is still equivalent to the magic of two top players. It hurts a little to ignore.

Some human-shaped demons, such as goblins and skeletons, use magic while few, and demons with skewed attributes, like tigers, can also attack attributes.

But I've never heard of worm demons using magic. The monster of Queen Ali, supposedly in another country, should also have been talking about only physical attacks coming. There was a record of NPC knights crusading or something, and the players I looked into, though I'm not sure which country it was, were putting the information up to the SNS.

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But I can't afford to be dazed. In front of the queen stands the next magic, perhaps the single magic of "Ice Magic".

"Uh, uh," Flare Arrow "!

But this is weak. You won't be able to take it until it's completely offset. "Blaze Lance" has not yet finished recast time in this short time. It can be said that there was virtually no choice because the magic of nearby attributes also caused damage to the surroundings when offsetting.

Ugh!

The advice was slightly smaller, but the ice spear pierced the arrow of the flame and struck directly at the unnamed elf.

Magic shooting each other can be described as this one's loss. In the first place, they don't care about their people's damage at all, but this one can't be like that either. It's not a fair fight from the start.

"... I mean, bugs and magic fights, they're unexpected in the first place..."

While healing damage in Healing, think about your next hand as you move. Other members want to recover, but the unnamed Elf has not even acquired the "Recovery Magic". Because I hated other magic and recasting, but I should have kept it.

I moved to position myself so that the damage from the magic collision would not reach my allies, but the effect was weak as the Queen turned around to suit us.

He towed it in the midst of a miscellaneous fish attack, twitching around, but eventually returns to his original position.

"I can't help it! It's a little big. I'm gonna shoot you.

"Whoa!

The only thing that replied was the noose, but make sure everyone nodded and unleash magic.

The shooter is Lightning Shower from Lightning Magic. The range is magical and uses the Queen as the starting point, so even if the Queen tries to offset it, the Queen herself suffers the most damage.

Also, this magic has a narrow range of effects even in range magic, and Hulka and the others should be able to move quickly enough to get out of range.

"'Lightning Shower'!

"All right, avoid it...!?

"Ah! Why not?

"Liar!? My legs!"

The Hulkas fall on the spot and do not try to escape.

But the magic has already been activated.

The queen looked down at the three falling in, and herself jumped big. Originally 'Thunder Magic' is quick to activate, so it's almost impossible to avoid it after seeing it, but it seems to have alerted them to the fact that they were speaking beforehand and that the Hulkas had made moves to leave.

Ugh

"Aah!"

"Shibibibi"

As a result, unnamed Mr. Elf's magic only damaged his people and ended without any achievement.

"Sorry! Are you okay!?"

But if the queen flew away, she could also come near her companions. That would restore the damage to him with 'treatment'.

If used in conjunction with potions, you should be able to manage to take it all the way to a combat-sustainable LP.

The spiders and ants that surrounded the Queen since she began using magic haven't come too close to the Queen, and now they can heal without disturbing her.

"'Treatment' … and potions. And just in case, I need an MP potion, too."

"Thank you.... But this might already be packed."

"What do you mean?

"Why did we fall?"

"It's hard to see at my feet, but it's fixed to the ground. Probably the queen's thread. I think he was fighting a little bit by bit."

"You just circled around, didn't you? Maybe that was the finish."

I tried to stand up aggressively, but I crouched on my standing knee, so I couldn't raise my grounded knee.

The ground is soil, so even if it is fixed, it is likely to peel off, but this is not the case.

It looks dirty, but I guess this is all stiffened with yarn. And as he fought, he laid a thread for the adhesive trap on it, trapping the unnamed elves.

In fighting the boss of this class, the three tasks of the avant-garde are the diversion of Hate Control and Attack. If it is not a range attack, it will not be greatly avoided, and even if it is an attack, if the character who took the target is deceiving, the spearhead of the boss's attack will be blurred, so stop and do everything possible.

I mean, how this one moves depends on the boss's attack. If that's why the boss wanted to direct you, that's not impossible either.

If this was the PvP, Haruka and the others would have been wary, but the opponent was an insect-based monster after all. They are generally less intelligent.

"... I should have known when I used my magic. See INT for most magic behavioral decisions. That means we should have thought there was some kind of INT at the point where we could use magic."

Furthermore, it is possible that the same amount of INT was fired by the magic of almost the same power as the unnamed Elf's "Blaze Lance". It is unclear whether the monster's INT is related to his ability to think, but INT stands for intelligence and is usually considered intelligent. It has been proven that when STR is raised, heavy objects can be held, so it is not surprising that the higher INT, the higher the thinking ability.

I didn't come threading at all to tell you I was the spider queen if you ask me. The rest of the surroundings had chorochoro yarn out, but I didn't even care much for it because it was mostly magically blown away.

But it wasn't. The yarn was out properly. It's just that the dumb unnamed elves didn't notice.

If a boss like this controls more than one, it's only natural that this forest has a low survival rate.

But if you try to be a demon, there's absolutely no benefit in letting the players go home alive. If these queens were always out there, strong or weak players, the survival rate would have been zero instead of low.

That doesn't mean they're usually restricted to the system or something. These nightmares are only unleashed when players of more than a certain strength have probably killed more than a certain number of monsters.

I guess that's what this is about.

"It is likely that we can hunt critically and efficiently...... I got some information about this forest. About middle-sized. So 3 Do you mean difficulty? Well done."

If we don't investigate it beforehand, we'll just die like Mr. White and even if we had gathered information before the attack, a few will die. But overall, it's still positive, and if you don't die, it's a big deficit.

Besides, the queen's punishment awaits the top players who attack with a Doya face.

He's not going to bother coming up and attacking the unnamed elves who can no longer move.

I see a queen spider generating a giant fireball ahead of me. Range of that class If you get shot at continuing to build magic, there's probably nothing you can stand at this party.

"Well, my balls broke. Next time... I don't know yet, but I'll attack you soon."

The flames, the ice, the thunder, the wind.

He was attacked by unknown elves, and finally crushed by a rock mass and flushed into the water.