GM Ch101

Before the full-scale dungeon raid began, Lee Hana used her search skill first.

Watching the process, Minjun took out a beanie from his inventory and put it on his head snugly. It was a hat he had received from the glacier terrain dungeon he had first entered with Soohyuk. He was going to return it after the raid, but Soohyuk had told him to keep it as a gift.

Originally, hunters were resistant to heat and cold. This was especially true for S-class hunters. However, the dungeon environment was harsh, and it was good to wear even a small item.

“Are you going to wear that?”

Soohyuk spoke to him as he pulled the beanie down.

“Yes.”

“It has low stats.”

“It’s okay. It’s warm.”

Minjun couldn’t understand why Soohyuk was making a displeased expression. When he looked at him questioningly, the man smiled ambiguously.

“The hat looks uglier now.”

“Huh?”

“You pulled it down too far. Just a moment.”

Soohyuk reached out and folded the edge of the beanie and adjusted Minjun’s hair. It was a frequent occurrence, so Minjun let him do as he pleased.

He felt the gazes of Lee Hana and the Lucky Guild members, but he didn’t care. Since they were getting to know each other anyway, he thought it was okay to do this much. If they said they weren’t dating after this, then so be it.

He felt a little strange, but he didn’t pay much attention to it. He had made up his mind, so this was no longer a concern.

“All done.”

“Thank you.”

While he was calmly adjusting his hat, Lee Hana finished her search.

The Blizzard Dungeon raid began.

The A-class Blizzard Dungeon mainly featured large ice-attribute monsters. There were ice golems, ice centipedes, ice worms, and ice gargoyles, among others. The biggest characteristic of the Blizzard Dungeon was that all these monsters were hiding underground beneath the snow.

The dungeon environment, with snow falling constantly, no landmarks to indicate direction, and all the monsters lying in ambush, was very challenging. However, the raid proceeded smoothly.

This was thanks to Lee Hana, who specialized in search skills.

“Three large monsters in the 11 o’clock direction. They’re gathered together.”

Minjun looked in the direction Lee Hana pointed. He couldn’t see anything but the white snowfield with falling snow, but he believed that there were monsters there. Lee Hana had the best detection ability among the S-class hunters in Korea. Her search skill wasn’t a one-time thing but could be sustained for hours.

In a situation where the Great Cataclysm had occurred and systematic dungeon raids had not yet been established, hunters were busy fighting monsters head-on. It often happened that they were helplessly ambushed by lurking monsters. As casualties increased, Lee Hana created and distributed the first combat manual that used search skills to find monsters and counterattack.

“The buff time is running out, and I want to finish quickly. How about doing it one-one-six?”

The basic method of dealing with a large number of lurking monsters was to lure them out one by one. This was especially true for large monsters with high defense.

Lee Hana’s proposal was that Soohyuk and Minjun would each take on two of the three monsters, and the Lucky Guild hunters would take on the remaining one.

There were a total of three S-class hunters participating in the Blizzard Dungeon raid, including Lee Hana. Lee Hana, the party leader leading the raid, didn’t unilaterally push the raid forward. She always asked for Soohyuk and Minjun’s opinions when necessary. Her proposal was reasonable, so there were no objections.

“I agree.”

“Me too.”

“Good. Just focus on defense so they don’t aggro. I’ll join you as soon as we’re done here.”

Minjun and Soohyuk both agreed on the most basic strategy. The first to move was Lucky Guild.

Lee Hana used a long-range skill to accurately attack the spot where the monsters were ambushed. A huge, blue ice golem emerged from the snow, screaming.

Kuaaaaaah!

There were several types of ice golems. Among them, the blue ice golem had very high defense.

“Then, I’ll leave it to you.”

Lee Hana smiled brightly and left. The movements of the Lucky Guild hunters, who had been managing the Blizzard Dungeon for six years, were flawless. They knew exactly what to do organically. They took the quick blue ice golem, which was unlike its clumsy body, far away.

Minjun, who remained on one side, exchanged glances with Soohyuk. For the past two months, he had been going in and out of the dungeon with Soohyuk almost every day, understanding each other’s tendencies.

“I’ll take the right.”

“Then I’ll take the left. Don’t get into close combat. I’ll be there soon.”

Minjun stared at Soohyuk, who was naturally going to help.

“Do you know what?”

“What?”

“Favorite’s Kiss can be used on yourself.”

“You haven’t done it until now.”

“There was no need to. I can go help guild leader.”

Minjun kissed the back of his right hand as if to show off. It was inefficient to use it on himself when he was C-class, but not now. As soon as he used the skill, his stats increased by 77%.

Whether it was a proper provocation, Soohyuk smiled, revealing his teeth.

“We’ll see.”

Soohyuk, who revealed his teeth at the provocation, moved away from Minjun and used a wide-area skill where the blue golem appeared. Long golden swords poured down from the sky like rain and stuck into the ground.

Two blue ice golems appeared at the same time. As promised, Minjun swung his spear and attacked the right golem. Then, one of the blue ice golems running towards Soohyuk turned towards Minjun.

Minjun also backed away, distancing himself as much as possible from Soohyuk and the Lucky Guild hunters. Since they were competing, he was going to use his full strength.

The blue ice golem had high defense, but was weak against fire due to its attributes. Minjun quickly summoned the fire spirit first. He couldn’t directly attack the golem with the spirit, but he could create a powerful flame to reduce its defense and inflict continuous damage.

As Minjun recovered his lowered rank, the spirit also became stronger. With just the supply of magic power, the fire spirit created a huge and powerful flame even on the snow.

As the snowy field was covered with hot flames, Minjun used the skill ‘Shooting Star’. Originally a wide-area skill, Minjun could designate a target to attack.

He could also summon Harha to attack the blue ice golem. Just as items were a hunter’s hidden power, the spirit of Shooting Star was also another weapon.

But he refrained from calling Harha because it seemed like he wasn’t showing his full power. Instead, he poured out skills with the highest possible attack power.

Shooting stars struck the blue ice golem, trapped in flames and waving its arms wildly, one after another.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

With a heavy breaking sound, cracks appeared all over the blue ice golem’s body. Shooting stars were, as the name suggested, stars falling from the sky, and their temperature was hot due to air friction, so they dealt great damage to the blue ice golem.

At the same time, Minjun used the skill ‘Supernova’ to attack the blue ice golem.

The blue ice golem, hit by the Supernova explosion, shattered after being hit by eleven shooting stars. Notice to All windows popped up one after another, indicating that the blue ice golem’s magic stone and byproducts had entered Minjun’s inventory.

“Hmm?”

Minjun sent the fire spirit back and looked around. Soohyuk, as well as the Lucky Guild, were still fighting the golems.

It seemed that he was the first to defeat the blue ice golem. He had used his skills with determination, but he wondered if this was possible.

A few seconds later, the golem that Lucky Guild was fighting shattered, and a Notice to All window popped up. Next was Soohyuk.

Minjun, who missed the timing to support, stood still. Then, everyone else approached Minjun.

The first to speak was Lee Hana. She looked at Minjun with disbelief in her eyes.

“This is embarrassing. There were six of us.”

“I worked really hard.”

“But, about that earlier. It’s originally a wide-area skill, right? You fixed the target and concentrated your attack?”

“Yes.”

“That’s cheating. If that’s possible, you can do complete burst damage.”

“Maybe.”

Minjun replied indifferently. Perhaps because of the nature of the skill, he was able to control Shooting Star from the beginning, so he didn’t think it was special.

“Hunter Kim Minjun has not only the same name, but also similar skills.”

“Yes?”

“Ah, I’m talking about the hunter Kim Minjun with the same name. That Kim Minjun also had a meteor skill. It was really powerful.”

“There are many similar skills.”

Minjun was taken aback by Lee Hana’s sharp remark, but he pretended to be nonchalant and gave the answer he had prepared a long time ago. Since they were the same person, the skills were bound to be the same. Fortunately, there were many similar skills among hunters, and there were quite a few cases where the names were exactly the same.

In addition, the skill utilization methods had changed a lot in the other world. So it was possible to insist that they were similar.

“What’s the skill name?”

“It’s a secret.”

Minjun couldn’t remember exactly whether he had told the S-class hunters the skill name Shooting Star in the past. In these cases, it was better to be cautious than to take risks.

Fortunately, it was common to keep the name or details of a skill secret. Lee Hana didn’t ask twice, shrugged her shoulders, and declared a break.