Life Howling Chapter 32

"Now do you understand? We even have those two over there. They didn't even bring anything since they're noobs. If we happened to get stuck here for a month, we'd end up die of starvation before we even beat this place."

"Do you really think we'd be here for a month? We've only done this four times, you know."

"I don't know, but you've seen how difficult it's gotten all of a sudden."

Yoon-Ji just stared at her can of corn.

"How many days can you get from that?"

"at the most... three days."

"And what about water?"

"I have.. Enough…"

"Great."

I really thought I was going to lose my mind over what was happening.

"I guess it really can't be helped this time around…but be sure to bring enough next time, got it?"

"Alright, I will…"

Nodded.

While Yoon-Ji and Hye-Won answered, the two high schoolers next to me looked terrified.

I tossed them something to eat.

"Eat."

"T, thank you."

"Thank you so much."

THey happily ate what I gave them. With everything we have... between the five of us… it still won't last us a week…

Tch, it would help if there was somewhere to get some water. Even if it was dirty...I could use my Purification skill on it to detoxify its contents.

And, just like that, we rested. Unfortunately, not a single person looked alright. That included me as well.

***

Thud. Thud. Thud.

After eating, I treated everyone with Basic Recovery magic to help them heal their stamina.

I stood up thinking how laying around wouldn't help the situation.

We began slowly heading towards the inner pathway. I took lead through the pa.s.sage where it was only wide enough to fit two people next to each other. I kept advancing with a shield in one hand and a mace in the other.

The light shining from my body pierces through the darkness.

Soon, we made it to a room after reaching the end of the pathway. The room must've been around 3,000 sq. ft. in area and there seemed to be something standing at the end of it.

It had on a very old, rusty armor which looked like it was made of iron. It was a single-piece armor that covered the chest, shoulders, and even the arms. Although it appeared to be very old and rusty, it still seemed very st.u.r.dy.

I know what that is.

It's a full-plate armor. It was an armor that covered its wearer with barely any open spots. Only downside to these armors is that they're not very mobile.

Moving around like in the action movies is something that's almost impossible with a full-plate armor on.

Come to think of it, I sure do know a lot of useless information….maybe it's from playing too many games.

The armor was worn by someone or something that had their face covered with only the eyes cut out. I could see two crimson colored eyes glowing within the cut outs.

An undead.

Are you telling me that the knight looking figure there is another corpse? A single knight at that….

That's terrifying… even a novice can tell that's a boss right there.

G.o.d d.a.m.n it.

I could tell that he'd be h.e.l.l of a lot stronger than the ghoul without even having to fight him. But strangely, he didn't seem bothered by our presence. At least not yet. I should be thankful, because it would've been a serious problem if he charged at us the moment he saw us.

He just stood there like they would in the movies with his large sword resting vertically from the ground up with both of his hands on its handle. His armor alone looked intimidating, but his sword was another game. It was abnormally big. The blade's width itself could be 10cm in diameter. As for the length… I couldn't tell. Why? Because it's jammed in the ground.

"Hyung… that thing there…"

"It's probably a boss."

The thin one named Kim Sung-Hwan came walking as he asked, and I nodded in response. That thing there… was a boss.

This time around, I was in a better situation compared to when I was in the forest… For starters, there's 5 of us. Even if the two high schoolers can't help out as much, I have Hye-Won and Yoon-Ji to support me. They ought to prove themselves as very formidable allies.

I'm not entirely sure what Yoon-Ji is capable of, but since Hye-Won can cast fire magic…. We should come up with a strategy.

"You two."

"Yes?"

The two high schoolers looked.

"You've played games before, right?"

"Yeah...kind of."

"Same for me…."

"Then, you should know what raid means."

"Of course, but why…?"

That's it for these two. I turned to look at Hye-Won and Yoon-Ji.

"Yoon-Ji, you should know what raid is, but what about you, Hye-Won?"

Hye-Won shook her head with a blank look in response to my question. She had no idea what I was talking about. Looks like I need to explain it a little.

"It's a game term. It's what people call when going against a guy like him. Simple, huh?"

She nodded. As always, she nodded in silence.

"During raids, everyone has their own little parts. What I've done up to this point was a Tanker. A Tanker's purpose is to block all melee attacks from the enemy. Nothing else. As for you and Yoon-Ji, you two will be Dealers. Dealers have to keep attacking the enemy until they die. The key thing is here that you have to make sure that a Tanker, me, don't get caught in the crossfire, and that's not the only thing. There could be a chance that he'd come after you as well, so be weary of that. Okay?

"Do we…. Really have to defeat that thing?"

High schooler named Park Sung-Jin came talking. By the time I turned to face him, he had this stupid look to him.

"There is a pathway behind him. We should just go around…"

"I want to do that as well, but what are you going to if there's a trap? Not to mention that thing can make sudden movements."