Return of the Archmage

6.

Time flies fast.

Especially when the event is going on.

Eight days of invasion.

Every day is such a busy moment that users can't even check the time.

Because it's not just a game.

I don't have much time to rest.

The endless ringing tablet is an event for users, but for Earth, it has sent out emergency notices about the indiscriminate attacks of monsters that are a disaster for ordinary people.

Users who participated in the event with a light heart at first also gradually endure heavy shoulders.

"Hundreds of people died today alone, right?”

"That's a good block. When monsters come out, I'm busy running away from the number of users. How do we catch a bunch of guys who are all over the place, or who are all over the place unless there's a ranker?"

"I know. But it breaks my heart. I think people who don't need to die are dead."

"Oh, my God. What can I do? We can't put the damn system on trial."

There is no stupid idea like asking the system for recognition.

We don't punish whining users more harshly, but if we don't meet the needs of the system at that time, it's the world of users who end up falling behind.

Instead of sending pity and sympathy for the harsh and cruel reality, you can try harder.

How should we solve this?

How can we find a loophole in this system?

It's not easy to find.

It's like a perfect game structure.

So I hope.

I hope high-level users block it.

So that they can sleep with their legs stretched out because there are no casualties caused by monsters escaping from the door they face today.

It's been eight days.

[Third invasion terminated]

[Start settlement based on contribution]]

[Additional ratios based on order are included in the settlement.]

95 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds until the fourth invasion.]

As time goes by, compensation for difficulty increases as the event progresses.

Event points earned by users increased and points according to settlement increased.

As hard as it is, a smile is made.

And the changes that follow.

"What? It's down to four days.”

"From two days to four days, from four days to eight days, from eight days to four days?"

"Should I say it's a good sign.

"I think it's good to have less time to invade because that's what eight days off or four days off is.….”

Obviously, there is nothing good for users and for the planet.

As time goes by, users tend to lose their concentration, and if that happens, there will be a door hole that can be completely blocked, allowing one or two monsters to leak, which will lead to casualties or property damage.

Even if it's not necessarily the case, long fights inevitably lead to destruction of the surroundings.

Korea alone, which is considered one of the best countries to block right now, has already suffered severe damage nationwide.

Even if the reward is filled to some extent with monsters from the event, the problem doesn't end there.

"By the way, I heard there are monsters that haven't been dealt with, but is there anything strange about monsters popping out of the mountain instead of wild boars?"

"Users will take care of it for the most part."

"Right? The monsters can't hide if they don't have anything to eat anyway.

"There's nothing wrong with satellites."

"But it's still scary. It's not like you're out of a certain area like a crack brake, they're just walking around like a centipede.”

Since the doors are open all over the country, not all the monsters that come out of the doors have been disposed of.

All the users have done is look at the nearby doors and monsters.

Monsters who come out of the door check the numbers and count them out, so if you look around, you can't even check them.

I just want to grab what I see and not anymore.

"By the way, Lee Hye-sung's party is joining us this time. Did you have fun?"

"I heard you're going to turn on the video this time. We're getting ready to enter the fog zone."

"Wow, it really does go in. There's already a lot of fog in there, covering more than a third of the desert."

"I'm too scared to go in. It's great."

"I was planning to go home in a month, but I think I've pulled a lot of buffs since it's been moved up that much."

An official announcement was made with the murmur of users.

"The eight-level crack brake in the Sahara Desert has moved up the period of entry into the fog and is not an official target. It's going to be an exploration, and a month later, and now three weeks later, we've moved up because of the buff provided in the event quest."

Only then do I realize.

The third buff was actually good enough for the top rankers to come forward and get it.

Late, the story of the third superimposed buff becomes a hot topic in the user community.

Originally, there was a lot of talk about this, but users didn't pay much attention to it because there were many opinions that it was consideration for users for high difficulty.

We can collect them slowly.

If you get hurt while overdoing it, I'm the only one who loses.

Even if they knew, it was not easy to build buff overlapping for those level users, but users who heard the application of buff stacking and cracking and hunting began to strengthen their determination.

- Make sure to collect them in the next invasion. I gave up on level 5 crack because it was close, but the crack will do.

It's almost like a drug. fixed-term drugs

Wow, I did collect a little bit, but I should have worked harder.

oblivious to the fact that desperate wishes do not come true every time.

***

[Overlapping buff effect]

▶ Attack power +3%

▶ Mana +4%

▶ Travel speed +5%

Kang In-ho's forehead, which is effective, is wrinkled endlessly.

"The wizard is bad. Wizards that break the balance with cowardly and cheap magic must disappear!"

"I don't think you're in a position to say that."

Lee Hye-sung replied nonchalantly.

That's true.

Kang In-ho's words are so absurd that other users hear them.

Every time he wields a sword, the examination and the mana wave in the form of a half-moon is as clean as magic.

Most of the users who use the sword would say that they want to be like Kang In-ho rather than Lee Hye-sung's magic.

Of course, it is not a big deal for Kang In-ho.

I can see that the buff effect is more than double right now.

It's not even a play.

Rather, Kang In-ho spent more time hunting.

Nevertheless, I dare not follow Lee Hye-sung in terms of efficiency.

"Well, it's definitely good for short-term use."

"…Sage, keep it to yourself. Don't show me."

"Two percent attack,"

"No!"

Another sorcerer's salt added to it.

Kang In-ho quickly covers his ears and shouts ahah.

Ariel pats Kang In-ho like that.

"Madam, I didn't collect much. Don't be so heartbroken."

“…….”

He shakes his head at a horse that doesn't comfort him at all.

Then he tries to change the subject.

"There are at least four days of the next invasion, two or eight days, so let's get in there as soon as possible and scout when the buff effect lasts."

"I'm nervous."

"Honey, don't you think there will be event monsters inside?”

"It could be."

The schedule changes like hotteok, but no one complains.

That's how ready they are.

The same goes for Kang In-ho.

Except for a slight heartburn, he also gained visible effects through the third round of buffs.

It's not enough to bring about a sudden change in the world.

Level 8 crack brake, it's hard to get into an unknown fog.

Dream party is on a private plane.

***

A significantly higher level of difficulty, and an unknown threat rooted in the Earth.

If the third invasion was the occasion when the seeds of despair were rooted, the beginning of the fourth invasion was a spark of hope.

For users, monsters that may be hiding somewhere are not very afraid.

Even if it's selfish, most users who participate in the fourth invasion have the ability to subdue or run away even if they meet monsters below level 3 in real life.

So instead of worrying, I hope.

This is because the purpose of the event quest, which goes back and forth between heaven and hell, has been colored into a pink heaven due to Kang In-ho's presentation.

"Will there be a monster buff this time?"

"I just want it to be a random buff superposition."

"I don't think it'll come out in the fourth round."

"No, I don't know yet. The pattern can change every time. It could be random."

Expectations always bring disappointment.

[The fourth invasion begins.]

[4th buff applied to monsters]

[Random buff is triggered every time a monster kills a user]

There was a buff that users wanted.

But the target was the opposite.

This time, monsters, not users, will be the main characters.

I can't help but pouting.

"Hey."

Though roughly expected, the scheduled ending results are regrettable.

Naturally, I feel less motivated and sigh.

Of course it didn't last long.

The invasion, led by the pouring level 4 monsters, was so fierce that it was only a level difference.

Fortunately, the attack was not as strong as the second invasion.

However, users know from the example of Kang In-ho's party that the scarier buff is a random superimposed buff.

It's not noticeable, but it definitely shows visible growth.

What if it explodes from a monster?

The fear was revealed for the first time in the world when a Level 4 monster claimed the life of a unlucky level user.

Pot!

Light bursts and seeps into nearby monsters.

"What, what!"

"He's dead!"

"Wake up!"

Users are embarrassed by the sudden change.

At times like this, if users were at a level where they could act on the idea of calmness, there would not have been victims immediately after the attack of Level 4 monsters in the first place.

While there are places where monsters are systematically blocked, there are also many places where they are clumped together.

A very appetizing prey for monsters!

Monsters with light on themselves made their way to the floating users.

Pot!

The speed at which users can't move at the moment!

Monsters with random buffs were fast.

Unlike users' long-term overlapping buffs, which are permanently applied throughout the event, the buffs of monsters with short-term effects were more threatening.

"Argh!"

"Save me!"

A real event, a real event that you don't know who it is for, has begun.

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