I Awakened as a Dark History - Chapter 69

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Episode 69
After circling the 4th Floor once more, we spotted a few remaining zombies.
Once we’d mopped up the last of them, the 4th Floor fell utterly silent.
Beyond the footfalls and weapon-clang of the raid team, nothing else could be heard.
Everyone’s feet stopped before the Boss Room door.
[Current Synchronization Rate]
87%
While surveying the 4th Floor, the Synchronization Rate had already crept toward 90.
‘I don’t even have to do anything special anymore—it just inches upward on its own.’
Perhaps it was because I’d already established a solid image in front of these people.
Acting in line with the character would push the rate higher, faster—but even without that, it accumulated steadily.
As I grasped each skill and adapted to it, there came a quiet satisfaction with each small step.
At the front, Baek Moon-il raised his hand, signaling the Hunters to ready themselves.
The Hunters drew their weapons and tensed their bodies.
“Move in.”
Clang—
Enormous—no, titanic—doors swung open, releasing a stench of sulfur and rot from within.
The Hunters holding the vanguard charged forward first, shields raised.
RAAAAAAHHH!!
The Bone Dragon, recognizing that intruders had violated its domain, let out a vicious cry.
From eyes set in bone and putrefying flesh, a sickly blue light flickered.
And surrounding the Bone Dragon, five Hellhounds were arrayed as though to guard it.
The Hellhounds attacked first, spewing blue flames as they rushed forward.
Baek Moon-il deftly summoned ice to obstruct their path.
“Clear the perimeter first!”
The Hunters surged forward without even a moment to respond.
As the Tankers raised their shields to draw the Hellhounds’ attention, the vanguard damage dealers struck.
Clang! Shriek!
Even a monster’s cry sounded little different from that of a common beast.
Impaled on sword and spear, the Hellhounds thrashed and howled.
The Bone Dragon did not merely watch as its guard fell.
Crack! Whoosh!
Wings of bone alone beat the air.
Somehow—by what principle, one could only guess—the Bone Dragon’s massive frame lifted skyward.
It soared high enough to brush the cavern ceiling above.
Those sickly blue eyes remained fixed upon us.
“It’s coming!”
Baek Moon-il raised ice like a wall, fortifying the defense.
Behind him, the Tankers locked their shields and triggered their skills in unison.
And without pause, Daria Goden layered her own skill atop theirs.
A blue current of water spiraled around the Tankers.
CRASH—!
The Bone Dragon dove fast, slamming its entire bulk against the barrier.
Ice shattered in all directions; the defense and the dragon locked in a contest of force.
“Graaahhh!”
“Hold the line!”
The Tankers roared, pouring Mana into their skills.
While the Tankers held the Bone Dragon back, the damage dealers moved.
“Strike now!”
With nimble movements, the Hunters scaled the dragon’s body and swung their blades at spine and wing-bone.
Clang!
Yet the blades did not bite into the dragon’s bone.
The Bone Dragon shook itself as though their attacks were mere irritants.
Grrrr.
A low growl rumbled from between its teeth. Then it twisted its body sharply.
The dragon wheeled around, keeping the defense barrier at its back, and shot skyward once more.
The damage dealers clinging to its body gripped bone and held on for dear life.
Daria Goden stretched her hand toward them.
Water wrapped around the dealers’ bodies; their weapons shimmered with a blue sheen.
The dealers caught the shift and their expressions hardened with resolve.
The moment the Bone Dragon dove toward the barrier once more, the dealers rushed forward in unison.
The strategy was already set. There was only one place they would strike first.
Clang-clang-clang!
Dozens of blades struck the joint where the wings connected to the body all at once.
Shriek!
Under the buff of an Advanced Hunter, the downward thrust sent the Bone Dragon’s body reeling.
The Bone Dragon thrashed more violently in response.
The dealers didn’t try to hold their ground against the shaking body.
They leaped away from the Bone Dragon’s body quickly.
And in their place, nearly twenty Iron Spears flew through the air.
It was Yoo Ho-yeon.
The Iron Spears fused together, forming a menacing stake shape.
The stake, wrapped in blue currents of water, drove toward the Bone Dragon without hesitation.
Crack—!
A sound like bone twisting echoed, as if someone had turned on surround sound.
My mouth fell open.
“The wing is cracked……!”
It hadn’t completely severed the wing, but even this was a massive advantage.
One of the Bone Dragon’s wings drooped uselessly.
Screech!
The Bone Dragon cried out and fell back onto the barrier.
The Tankers maintained the barrier’s position firmly despite the sudden weight crushing down on it.
“We’ve stopped its movement! Attack with fire!”
Baek Moon-il spoke while placing his hand on the ground.
Ice spreading across the earth froze all four of the Bone Dragon’s legs.
The Mages handling fire from the rear began chanting their Incantations.
I could see Daria Goden sending buffs toward them.
I couldn’t just watch from the sidelines either. I summoned my Magical Power.
“Honey Dew.”
Golden droplets that had formed in the air enveloped our allies.
The small wounds that had been bleeding slowly closed, and our allies’ attacks grew fiercer.
“Flames, rise and surge forth.”
“Let karma fire be born.”
“Blow in, wind that feeds the flames.”
Various Incantations clashed loudly, and fire poured down upon the Bone Dragon.
Flames caught on the Bone Dragon’s rotting flesh, and bone cracked apart.
The Bone Dragon thrashed within the inferno.
Crash—!
The ice that had bound its feet shattered under its violent convulsions.
The Bone Dragon seemed to grow only more enraged by the heat.
Now free, the Bone Dragon trampled the barrier with its legs.
Crunch.
An ominous sound rang out once, and then the Bone Dragon’s body spun rapidly in a full rotation.
A long, thick tail resembling a maul swept across the barrier.
Crash!
The sound of the barrier shattering all at once was much like breaking glass.
“Aagh!”
“Ugh!”
The Tankers positioned in the vanguard were sent flying.
Fortunately, the Honey Dew’s duration hadn’t ended yet, so their minor wounds healed quickly.
But the Bone Dragon’s attacks came faster than the wounds could close.
Bang! Crunch-crunch-crunch.
As it lashed its tail and brought down its front claws, stone fragments scattered everywhere.
Between the crimson flames, its blue eyes blazed bright.
“Man, seriously. You’d think they’d make this thing breakable, wouldn’t you?”
If there were a Game Master here, I’d want them to send a truck.
I raised my arm to block the flying stone fragments.
The Honey Dew still had time remaining, so it would be wasteful to use Blossom now.
The Tankers jumped to their feet and took their stance in the vanguard once more.
The dealers continued their assault, targeting the Bone Dragon’s legs.
Yoo Ho-yeon’s Iron Spear hardened once more, like a stake being driven home.
The stake aimed for the Bone Dragon’s spine, as if intent on tearing its wings completely free.
But the Bone Dragon would not fall for the same attack twice.
It lowered its body and charged straight toward the raid team.
The stake scraped uselessly across the Bone Dragon’s vertebrae, and a second time the creature collided with the Tankers’ shields.
Crash!!
My body recoiled instinctively at the deafening roar.
“Uughhhh!”
“F-Freaking…… when will this thing die?”
The Tankers gasped for breath as they poured out their Mana.
And unfortunately, the duration of Honey Dew had expired.
“Hgh!”
“Ugh!”
The moment the Honey Dew’s defensive boost faded, the Tankers’ legs buckled.
The Mage’s flames also lost their edge.
The Bone Dragon sensed the change.
A deep, rumbling roar tore from its throat.
The Bone Dragon’s jaws gaped wide.
‘No, not…’
Deep purple Mana gathered visibly in the creature’s maw.
“Breath incoming! Defensive positions! Healer, prepare healing!”
What good is healing if we’re all annihilated in one hit?
Even as that thought crossed my mind, I summoned my Mana. Then a hand blocked my path.
“Wait.”
Daria Goden held me back with one hand and stepped forward.
She moved to where the Tankers stood, pressing her palms together.
“Earth becomes silk, sky becomes roof.”
An Incantation I had never heard before flowed from her lips.
The AI translator left its original form unknowable.
Yet even through the translation, her voice carried a rhythm that sounded almost like singing.
“Let there be light. Blossom forth.”
A pillar of light descended from above. The pillar of light wrapped around each member of the raid team.
The wounds vanished from every Hunter’s body wrapped in that light.
Every wound transferred directly to Daria Goden’s own form.
Even small injuries would grow dangerous over time, yet she didn’t so much as blink.
As soon as everyone was enfolded in the pillars, a pristine white triangular roof descended upon them.
The shape was somehow familiar.
“A Temple……?”
The moment I registered that form, every skill among the Hunters deactivated.
“The Shield—?!”
“My skills won’t activate!”
The Hunters cried out in alarm.
Daria Goden walked calmly between the pillars and positioned herself before the Bone Dragon.
A sword appeared in her hand—one I had never seen before.
She swung it, and a massive defensive barrier materialized.
The golden Shield was unmistakably solid.
She did not stop there. She swung the blade a second time.
Ice surged upward this time, binding the Bone Dragon’s body.
Now I understood what she was doing.
‘She’s using Baek Moon-il’s skills…… no, our skills!’
And their power seemed to have multiplied several times over.
Everyone stared at Daria Goden with wide eyes.
And in the moment she raised the blade a third time—
[Warning]
Intervention from another ■■ ■■ is occurring.
Blocking intervention.
[Warning]
Blocking intervention.
Blocking intervention.
Blocking intervention.
Blocking intervention.
A blazing red notification window flashed violently before my eyes.
Beep—!
At the same moment, a ringing sound like an alarm struck my ears, and my body was hurled backward.
“Ugh! Aah!”
My wings crumpled as I tumbled across the floor in a chaotic heap.
I snapped my head up.
The Temple that Daria Goden had cast was right before me.
Everyone inside it stared at me in shock.
‘So right now… I’m…?’
Alone, cast outside Daria Goden’s barrier.
In the next moment, the Bone Dragon’s jaws opened wide.
‘I’m done for…!’
Breath erupted from the Bone Dragon’s maw.

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