S-Classes That I Raised to Devour - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71. Lottery Dungeon (7)
Moon Donghun and Spider flinched at the gunshots, but they didn’t stop moving.
The bullets missed entirely. Deliberately so.
‘Huh, not dodging?’
Rat-a-tat-tat!
Another volley of shots. This time, it aimed mercilessly at the two hunters’ legs.
Of course, hitting a moving target was quite difficult, but a gun’s true strength lay in more than just precision fire alone.
“Fire ten shots, and one’s bound to land.”
Before the words even finished, Moon Donghun took a bullet to his thigh and went down.
“Aargh! You really shot me, you bastard!”
“What, you think I was going pew-pew with my mouth?”
Spider naturally abandoned Moon Donghun and charged forward, hurling a Short Sword toward Choi Ganglim at the very front.
Chae Mujin could have blocked it, but he let it through.
If that much of an attack was too much for him, there was no point in recruiting him.
Choi Ganglim easily deflected the flying Short Sword with his wrist Shield.
Easy as it looked, Chae Mujin knew exactly how difficult that actually was.
‘He blocked with the Shield while barely slowing his sprint. And he’s doing it with a glancing deflection off the Shield’s angled face—all while running.’
He strolled over casually to watch their fight, then shot Moon Donghun’s wrist—the one struggling to draw a dagger—once more.
“Ack!”
“Want another in the forehead?”
……
“Healing Light.”
“What, what?! You’re a healer? Why are you treating me after shooting me?!”
“It’s over now.”
……!
He grabbed Moon Donghun by the ankle and hurled him outside the Altar. It would hurt, but he wouldn’t die.
By then, the duel between Choi Ganglim and Spider had reached its conclusion as well.
Crash-bang-bang!
The sound of something tumbling down echoed from above, and then Spider came rolling past him.
When he looked up, Choi Ganglim had a Short Sword embedded in his shoulder, but it was neither a vital spot nor a deep wound.
With the obstacle gone, Choi Ganglim reached the peak and reached out to grab a Skill Book and Shield.
Fwiiiiit!
A whistle sounded as a spotlight poured down on Choi Ganglim.
“Ah…….”
“Damn it!”
Moon Donghun and Spider, now the losers, erupted in frustration. Everything had unfolded exactly as Chae Mujin predicted.
If they’d surrendered earlier, they could have walked out with 500 million intact.
But choosing to fight instead, all they had left was a battered body.
Though Choi Ganglim couldn’t speak, Chae Mujin heard his voice anyway.
That he’d done it, that he had succeeded.
Chae Mujin was about to clap in congratulations when déjà vu washed over him.
‘Why isn’t the Dungeon collapsing?’
In a Lottery Dungeon, the end comes the moment someone claims the treasure.
Yet this Dungeon showed no signs of collapse whatsoever. No Portal had opened to the real world either.
Creak… creak…
Then an unpleasant sound reached Chae Mujin’s ear—coming from the ceiling.
A hatch was opening. Very slowly.
‘This is ridiculous. This is a Boss Raid.’
This had never happened in his past life. There were no interviews claiming victory in a Boss Raid, nor was there any reason to hide it intentionally.
Which meant this Boss Raid was undoubtedly the Dungeon Master being spiteful.
“Ganglim! A Boss Raid is about to start. Use the Skill Book, equip the Shield, and get down here!”
He called out urgently, but without real worry.
Because he believed in the A-rank Skill and Legendary Shield he’d obtained?
Not at all.
What made Choi Ganglim the strongest Tanker was his own Unique Skill: Soul Shield.
「Skill — Soul Shield (Unique)」
• Grants a soul to the Shield. A soul-bearing Shield moves and acts according to the caster’s will.
• The Shield’s Control Power equals the sum of the caster’s Defense and Magic Defense.
Choi Ganglim alone couldn’t use this Skill properly. No matter how high he raised his Defense, his Control Power stat remained far too low.
He’d overcome this through countless trials and hardships—but that was a story of the distant future.
Yet with Chae Mujin, that distant future was not distant anymore. Right now, this very moment, Choi Ganglim could become the strongest Tanker of both offense and defense.
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The ceiling opened, and what descended was an angel.
A pair of white wings, a long white robe trailing to the ankles.
The angel descended with eyes closed in a posture of prayer—inspiring reverence just to behold.
But the moment those eyes opened.
Squelch.
No eyes at all. Instead, grotesque tentacles writhed.
Identical to the infected Samurai. This angel too had been infected and incarnated as a puppet.
The angel settled atop the Altar and didn’t attack immediately. Instead, a notification appeared.
[You may escape the Boss Raid by consuming 200 Stats.
(Time Limit: 10 seconds)
]
[This Boss Raid began without prior agreement. Victory grants doubled Reward, and all players participating in the Raid receive a bonus Skill.]
A pair of wings was the symbol of a lowest-tier angel. Yet even a lowest-tier angel exceeded Level 300.
Logically, the infected angel would be weaker than a true angel, but psychologically it was an entity more terrifying than words could express.
Chae Mujin glanced back at the two rogues. He’d expected them to escape, but surprisingly, they remained.
‘What are these fools doing?’
He wasn’t concerned—he was confident in victory—but these two knew nothing.
Yet they stayed nonetheless. Was it arrogance transcending survival instinct, or simply reckless gambling?
Ten seconds passed quickly. No one escaped. The angel unfurled from its prayer and pointed a finger at Chae Mujin.
Fwip.
A white beam shot from the finger—swift and silent. It was fast enough to be difficult to dodge even if you saw it coming, but the moment Chae Mujin saw the finger, he used Buff Link to relocate beside Choi Ganglim and dodged.
“All Buff 500. Draw as much aggro as you can.”
Choi Ganglim nodded immediately, then threw one Shield from each arm toward the angel.
His Unique Skill, Soul Shield.
The soul-bearing Shields cut through the air like living birds of prey and struck the angel.
Ting!
A golden protective barrier enveloping the angel lightly bounced the Shields back.
A thrown Shield should lose momentum upon deflection and fall to the ground, but Choi Ganglim’s Shields were different.
After bouncing back, they maintained flight and returned to his side, orbiting like satellites.
In the meantime, Chae Mujin swung wide and hid his body behind a pillar.
「Trait — Death Stalker (B)」
• Grants bonus Buffs to stealth and concealment.
• Attacks on targets who haven’t perceived you deal 200% additional damage.
• Additional damage ignores Defense and Resistance.
Death Stalker—a Trait exclusive to assassins.
Beyond stealth and concealment bonuses, it offered an additional damage option that completely ignored the target’s Defense and Resistance.
‘The barrier wrapping the angel is incredibly hard, but its durability itself is low. Using Death Stalker, I can shatter it in one blow.’
The problem was the angel’s vitality.
‘For all its human appearance, its lifespan is stubbornly resilient.’
Even demons curse angels as cockroaches.
Breaking the barrier wasn’t the end. It would regenerate in one minute, and he had to squeeze out maximum damage in that window.
‘With no dedicated dealer, this will drag on.’
He had sword energy and magical projectiles, but compared to a proper dealer’s skills, they were nothing.
That was how Boss Monsters worked. It was unreasonable that Kim Yeoul and Lee Minji hunted them down in a couple of hours. True Boss Raids lasted a minimum of six hours, and often extended into full days of fighting.
‘Now.’
Confirming the angel’s aggro was completely fixed on Choi Ganglim, Chae Mujin used Taesan Pakdo’s Double Action to close the distance in a single breath.
Clang!
The Light Sword was blocked by the angel’s barrier. But the additional damage from Death Stalker shattered the barrier instantly.
The tentacle-infected angel, instead of panicking, tried to spread its wings and take flight—but.
Thwack!
The Shield wielded by Choi Ganglim cut off the angel’s ascent.
‘Not bad, is he?’
Chae Mujin marveled. Despite being quite far from the Altar, Choi Ganglim had predicted the angel would fly and intercepted it precisely.
Flight wasn’t the only thing stopped. The angel’s posture collapsed entirely, leaving it utterly defenseless.
Thanks to that, Chae Mujin could land free damage on the angel.
He slashed and stabbed wildly with his Light Sword wreathed in sword energy.
But perhaps caught up in the thrill, he momentarily forgot about the tentacles.
The instant tentacles shot out from the angel’s eye sockets to strike at Chae Mujin.
Ping!
A Shield flew in and blocked the tentacles.
‘And he’s already this adept at controlling it?’
Right now, Choi Ganglim was wielding three Shields.
Two small Small Shields and one Legendary-tier large Shield.
Though it looked like the Shields moved on their own, they absolutely did not. Each Shield had to be manually controlled by Choi Ganglim.
To use an analogy, what Choi Ganglim was performing was equivalent to precision-operating three drones simultaneously.
Zing!
As signs of the angel’s barrier beginning to repair appeared, Chae Mujin armed a Grenade and withdrew.
The angel reached out to seize the fleeing Chae Mujin, but as expected, was blocked by the Shield.
Crackle-crackle-crack.
Judging that bare hands wouldn’t work, the angel conjured an Axe of Light.
It descended with the momentum to instantly split the Shield blocking its path—but.
Whoosh!
Choi Ganglim was no fool to take that head-on. He dodged what was dodgeable, blocked what wasn’t, but never met force with force directly. Instead, he deflected at an angle.
The Shield that had its damage diverted lost no Control Power and continued to dance before the angel’s eyes.
Thus Chae Mujin, having extracted himself safely, hid behind the pillar once more, watching for another chance to ambush.
‘Do this a hundred times and I’ll have it.’
This wasn’t mindless repetition. Each attempt carried death.
A death game where ninety-nine correct moves meant one mistake equaled oblivion. He had to conserve both stamina and focus. He breathed in deeply, then exhaled slowly and deliberately.
‘Does Ganglim have Boss Raid experience? He’s handling it well, without overextending.’
He steadily adjusted angles to keep the angel’s aggro from turning toward him. It was like they’d been synchronized for ten years.
‘A Raid without callouts. Already executing the most ideal form of Raiding?’
Raiding without communication was suicide.
Raiding with communication was a poor strategy.
A party that knew what to do without needing to communicate was first-class.
Choi Ganglim was demonstrating that first-class form from the start.
‘Of course, he’s not perfect. But the fact he understands the concept—that’s remarkable.’
As Chae Mujin marveled, the angel finally revealed an opening.
Just as he was slipping back to set up another ambush.
“Psst.”
A sound came from the adjacent pillar, and when he looked, Moon Donghun and Spider were hiding there.
Moon Donghun gestured if it was okay to come closer, and Chae Mujin shook his head.
“Speak from there. I can hear even a whisper at this distance.”
“Well, to the point—we’ll help with the Raid.”
“Your face says there’s a catch.”
“Even if we join in, you two get all the Boss Raid reward. So give us 500 million.”
“I hire you for 500 million?”
A laugh escaped him. Not mocking—admiring.
So they’d stayed specifically to recoup their losses however they could.
But Spider interpreted the laugh as a negative signal and spoke hurriedly.
“If we just hide here and watch, it’s a burden on you too, right? Fine, 400 million is possible.”
Chae Mujin glanced toward the angel. He had no time for leisurely conversation with these two.
He threw brief Buffs to both and said.
“I gave you two an All Buff 300. The moment I break the angel’s barrier, rush in.”
“All Buff? Weren’t you a healer?”
“And 300 All Buff—not one of us, but both?!”
There was no time to respond to their astonishment. He bolted out and shattered the angel’s barrier.
So—would these two betray him? Stab him in the back? Or would they follow through on the promise and attack the angel?
He’d given them Buffs, yes, but set the duration deliberately short. The moment they tried to strike at him, the Buff would expire, leaving no danger.
But if they attacked the angel as promised, he planned to layer on additional Buffs.
“Shadowless Strike!”
“Triple Dagger.”
They charged, calling out their Skill names—but their target was the angel, not Chae Mujin.
Neither expected their attacks to deal major damage to the angel.
Yet just before their attacks landed, Chae Mujin boosted their physical and magical attack power by 500 each—and.
Shred-shred-shred!
Their Skills, which they’d expected to merely scratch, tore through the angel’s flesh like tissue paper. Moon Donghun and Spider themselves were shocked.
“What, what?!”
“Insane! That much Buff hit this hard?!”
At that impossible damage, the angel’s aggro swung completely toward them, and it spewed a grotesque mass of tentacles from its eyes and mouth straight at them.
Panicked, their reaction was sluggish—but.
Whoosh!
Chae Mujin’s Light Sword saved them just before the tentacles struck.
“Use one Skill, then pull back.”
“Y-yes!”
Rogues were born specialists in hit-and-run. Watching the two retreat immediately, Chae Mujin smiled meaningfully.
‘Those two—they’ve got potential.’
Of course, not on the level of Kim Yeoul, Lee Minji, or Choi Ganglim.
But their tenacity and loyalty impressed him deeply.

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