Sky World Vol 1 Chapter 4.02

VOLUME 1

Chapter 4: The Duel
Part 2

Their plan for beating the Veil Guardian was simple.

A few days earlier, at a strategizing meeting in the bar on the first floor of the inn, Jun presented his plan.

“Even if I attack using up all of my mental points, the Veil Guardian would only lose 10% of its HP. From watching my damage in the battle log, I can surmise that it has roughly 600,000 HP. As a reference, the Dread Sphinx’s health was only 200,000.”

It really was three times that of the Dread Sphinx.

“Aside from that, its firepower is nearly double that of the Dread Sphinx. It also has regeneration abilities. If I were the only attacker, it would be correct to say that defeating it would be impossible.”

“Well, what are we going to do?”

Kasumi, sitting in the chair opposite Jun across the desk between them, looked tense.

Smiling brightly, Jun looked next to Eri, who was right next to Kasumi.

Eri glared at Jun and said, “Just come out and say it without being so arrogant about it.”

“We need to get damage by some other means.”

In MMORPGs, there were many ways to reduce monsters’ HP other than attacking that were originally disallowed.

However, now wasn’t the time to consider those things. There wasn’t anyone to enforce such rules. That fact was obvious from the MPK attempt earlier.

“So, following from that thought, we’ll push the Veil Guardian off the cliff.”

“Pushing it off? How would we even do that?&h.e.l.lip;”

“As a matter of fact, I thought of this idea back when I was being a.s.sailed by the Crimson Scarf Knight a.s.sociation.”

Jun placed his tablet on the roundtable and pointed at one item’s icon.

“Ah&h.e.l.lip; Hmm&h.e.l.lip; I see.”

Eri clapped her hands together.

However, Kasumi tilted her head.

“Using the knockback gauntlets &h.e.l.lip; right?”

“Yeah. Kasumi-san, with this on, when you attack the Veil Guardian repeatedly, you’ll have strong knockbacks. One hit at a time, you’ll be able to push it off the cliff.”

“I don’t know for certain, but some special monsters might not take damage from the environment (from falls, lava, etc.) and so wouldn’t be able to be dealt with safely. No matter how high a fall it is, they would always keep the final 10% of their HP. If that happens, many inconveniences will arise, such as that possibility that n.o.body will be able to complete quests in the area .”

“So, Jun-san&h.e.l.lip; in other words&h.e.l.lip;”

“Yeah, I’ll be on standby in the valley, ready to use all my strength to take out the Veil Guardian after it falls. If it’s at 10%, I’ll have to be stingy with my magic and go for the kill, knowing fully that it will take all of my strength.”

Jun nodded intently.

With a smile on her face, she said, “What a cunning plan. Now, you won’t be able to escape without facing consequences.”