345 Tomb of the Forgotten Soul – 2 (1/2)
Flustered Hoonie managed to open his lips,
”What is this? How many of those are there? One… two… three…”
Ian spoke with certainty in his voice,
”Seventeen of them in total.”
”…”
Ian who got confused within a moment looked at all the faces of the Balrog.
'What? Even if it was a community I thought that there would be around five or six of them…'
In general terms, a community meant 50-60 or more monsters together.
But even in such a way, it didn't mean that all the numbers were accumulated in one place.
Inside it will be 3-4 of them. At maximum, there would be around 7-8 gathered, and all together are considered as a community.
Even the legendary monsters who appeared in the Commander's Tower didn't exceed seven at a time.
That was a fact, but it wasn't any other legendary monster, and no one thought that such a high number of Balrog would make an appearance.
Just a moment ago there weren't even two in the area, but suddenly the difficulty went up thousands of times.
And Hoonie touched Ian's hand.
”Ian hyung, by the way… isn't the name of the Balrog a little weird?”
”Uh?”
At the words from Hoonie, Ian moved a little closer to the Balrog in front of the group.
And checked the monster name that was written on it.
[Junior Balrog / Lv 265]
”Oh ho...?”
It was named as a Junior Balrog and never heard by Ian.
On top of it, its level wasn't something that will be considered as a junior.
'Will it be enough if I manage to do this?'
Ian slowly confirmed the other Balrog's.
In a moment, there were a dozen of Balrog heads whose levels weren't even checked yet.
Besides, the first one that came into their sight was of level 355 and seemed like a normal Balrog, and some of the new ones' levels were checked too.
'264… 271… 252… all the new first time seeing ones are of this level.'
Ian who confirmed the details about all the Balrogs by asking the information from Kaka began to formulate a plan in his head.
”Okay, this… this isn't enough for us to win. But we'll have to try.”
And Hoonie had a question regarding it,
”Even if they are the Junior Balrogs of the low level… aren't they way too many? If the legendary monsters start to join them…”
Ian nodded his head.
”Yes, it certainly won't be easy. If the situation starts to tangle up… we will surely get there.”
The inherent ability of Soul Encroachment wasn't an ability that can be avoided.
And if a Balrog uses the soul encroachment on another Balrog with low vitality, then the Balrog will turn invincible and with an increase of 30% attack.
On top of that, 30 minutes duration of the Soul Encroachment wasn't something that could be dealt with.
Ian was contemplating on the attacks and formation.
”From the low-level junior Balrog, we'll have to focus on the attack. The variable was that the Junior Balrog may have a unique ability that the normal Balrog doesn't have…”
And Canoel, who was next to Ian spoke,
”Hyung, maybe the junior Balrog's ability wouldn't be much different from the normal Balrog.”
At the end of the confident statement from Canoel, Ian seemed a bit confused.
”Huh? How do you know that? Isn't the monster name different? Did you by any chance get to meet the Balrog?”
There was no way that could have been possible, which made Ian ask this question.
Canoel with his head down spoke,
”Hyung, do you know of a familiar called Steragon.”
Ian being a familiar owner, nodded his head at once.
”Of course, I know. It is a hero ranked familiar which can be found in the southern part of the Central Continent.”
Steragon was a well-known pet.
It was similar to that of the Drake, and may be called as an affordable dragon?
Steragon, which had great maneuverability, offensive power—was able to fly and had a very great appearance. It was a popular one.
So, the nest of Steragon in the Southern part of the continent, there were always parties that try to capture the eggs or the monster.
Of course, since it was a hero grade dragon type, it wasn't a pet that could be seen that frequently.
However, the summoner of the level of 170 – 190 could try and capture it. A few summoners of that level could hunt them and then put them in the auction house sale.
Canoel's words continued,
”I went to Steragon's nest to catch them, and I met a junior Steragon.”
”Oh…?”
And he started to get interested, both Ian and Hoonie moved close to Canoel to listen to it.
”But he had the inherent ability of the Steragon—and the difference from the normal Steragon was that the abilities were a bit lower I guess?”
”So you mean… the Balrog will be the same too?”
”Yeah. Maybe the Junior Balrog isn't a different case? The inherent ability of the junior Steragon was around 30-40% lower than the normal Steragon. I caught both of them and then compared them too.”
Ian was intently watching them.
By the things stated above, it meant that the difficulty of the battle would be lower.
”Well, this is some worthwhile information, you surely are amazing.”
Canoel seemed elated at the small praise from Ian.
”I keep all the growth rate and the levels of them with me, Hyung would you like to look at them?”
Ian seemed to be truly grateful for the piece of information that Canoel had given them.
”Keu… our Noel is now all prepared.”
Hoonie looked at two people with a little jealousy in his eyes.
”Uh uh, Hyung what is this.. you were successful in touching Ian hyung's heart…!”
Ian narrowed his head at Hoonie and responded,
”Touch what, what did he touch?”
”What?! Oh my god, you're temperamental!”
”Aren't you talking about yourself?”
While the two were arguing about who was temperamental, Canoel cut their words as he had more to say,
”Hold it, there is more to say.”
Both Ian and Hoonie looked over at Canoel at the same time, and he decided to continue what was left to say.
”But the 'Junior' creatures have other characteristics.”
Ian was slightly intrigued with it.
”Oh, What is that? Is there something else?”