Chapter 80 (1/2)
The cold of the North Pole bothered our flesh. It was only thanks to Solar that we could avoid freezing to death.
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ says the duration of Solar is ending.]
I stopped the group for a moment. “Let’s stop for a bit!”
The party stopped and we could see Solar’s fire scattering. It was like a candle on the verge of going out. Solar finally disappeared and once the cooldown ended, I summoned it again.
[Elemental of the Sun - Solar has been summoned.]
[Solar is melting the ice around it.]
[All targets within a certain range will gain tolerance to the cold.]
Kim Sujeong asked, “You can summon Solar more often?”
“Yes, it is over level 50 so the cooldown time is the same as the summoning time.”
“Aha.”
In fact, I was relieved. If Prometheus hadn’t told me it was better to raise Solar’s level, our group would’ve frozen to death here.
“Father, didn’t you study this place?”
“Huh? Yes, indeed.”
“Are there any monsters around here?”
I had a moment of doubt at her question. Come to think of it, there used to be monsters here...
Since it was a place full of ice, monsters with the ice attribute came out. We had traveled for 10 minutes yet hadn’t glimpsed a single monster. I hoped they wouldn’t come out like this...
However, that wasn’t possible.
“Kuweeeeeoh!”
There was a snowstorm and we felt the ground shaking. Kim Sujeong lost her center of gravity and was about to fall when I grabbed her shoulder.
“T-Thank you.”
“It seems a monster has emerged.”
“I think so.”
I naturally turned toward Gyeonso Dragon. He was the type who always rushed into battle to attack the monsters.
...As expected, he was a good guy. He was reassuring as an ally but one day, I would have to duel with him in the Colosseum. Damn, I should’ve just said no.
[The fist star, ‘Raitra,’ is looking forward to the battle that is going to happen.]
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ says the attack of Rising Sun will be weakened.]
I quickly activated the Flying Weather Dance and used Rising Sun. Kim Sujeong had leveled up and used her newly acquired buffs on us. “Protection of Light, Divine Blessing, Bless, Freedom of Light.”
I knew Bless but Freedom of Light was new to me.
[Freedom of Light is filling you to the brim.]
[Attack speed and movement speed are increased by 1.5 times for 10 minutes.]
Ohu. This was good. I felt my body’s movements become lighter. A short time later, the monster that caused the earthquake appeared.
[Lv. 180 Ice Golem]
The identity of the earthquake was a huge ice golem. It was a monster from my memories. It was originally a monster made up of magical stones but now ice had replaced the role of stones. One of its huge arms soared into the sky before striking the ground.
We quickly dodged it. Sujeong’s movements were slow so I grabbed her and dodged together. Then I quickly attacked the arm that was stuck in the ground.
[The target has the ice attribute.]
[The sun attribute damage is halved.]
[Damage of physical attacks is also slightly reduced.]
“Damn, it was like this.”
I had expected it but the attack was less effective than I thought. The sun attribute was natural but physical attacks were also reduced. This was an unexpected situation.
[The first apostle, ‘Prometheus,’ says that the sun attribute has the effect of ignoring the enemy’s physical defense.]
...This was the case. Then it made sense. Since the sun attribute had weakened, the ignore defense option had also weakened. Even so, I wasn’t discouraged. It was a bit upsetting but I had expected it from the beginning. I called out to Gyeonso Dragon who was attacking the ice golem’s side. “Gyeonso Dragon!”
“Yes, Brother!”
“Come over here!”
He stood in front of me and I held out my fist. Gyeonso Dragon was confused. “Do you want to open a star cl.u.s.ter? It is already open...”
“That isn’t it. There is no time so stick it out.”
He smiled and struck my fist. Then I looked up at the sky. “Raitra, I need your strength. Do you know what I mean?”
[The fist star, ‘Raitra,’ is nodding.]
[‘Prometheus’ and ‘Raitra’ are bumping fists with each other.]
At this moment, blue lightning fell from the sky.
“T-This?” Gyeonso Dragon was quite surprised. It was natural. This was Raitra’s blue lightning.
[Raitra’s blue lightning is temporarily sent to you.]
[You have insufficient resistance to lightning. A time limit of 30 minutes will be given.]
[The power of lightning is reduced by half.]
“...It is half.”
Gyeonso Dragon was staring blankly next to me. He looked really shocked. “How did you...”
I couldn’t answer him. The ice golem once again started to swing its arms. This time, it swung from left to right, not from top to bottom. I cried out a skill name based on Raitra’s memories running through my head, “Lightning Law.”
The power of blue lightning made a sound and my legs were full of its strength. A thrilling sensation stimulated the peripheral nerves of my body and penetrated my entire body.
[The constellation skill ‘Lightning Footwork’ is activated.]
[The energy of lightning has stimulated your nerves.]
[Instant acceleration is increased by three times.]
I disappeared in an instant and appeared on the shoulders of the ice golem. I kicked its face while declaring, “Lightning Dragon Angle.”
A festival of fire and lightning broke out. I constantly kicked its head without breaking. It was a collaboration between Rising Sun and Lightning Dragon Angle. It was amazing. I didn’t think it would be this much. Raitra’s lightning paralyzed the ice golem and pierced the defense. Naturally, the damage of Rising Sun went in normally and this produced tremendous synergy. The head of the ice golem quickly turned to tatters and fell off.
However, there was no message about acquiring experience. The golem was a nucleus-powered entity driven by magic power. This meant that it couldn’t move without the nucleus. I watched the ice golem trying to move without a head and hurried to find the nucleus.
“It’s here.”