[Wow~ Finally today!]
[Astria Online's first raid dungeon!]
[So many 12-person raid parties have been formed]
[Which raid party is likely to get first clear on the Korean server?]
[Red-White raid party, Scada raid party, Kind Master raid party]
[Definitely one of those three]
[Yeah, they're raid parties formed by party members who were competing for top ranks in elite dungeon first clears]
[But they all became equal before the white kid, right?]
[Still, the Red-White raid party with the white kid should have the biggest advantage, no?]
'Rock Cho Hyunsoo', the guild master of Plan B, the largest guild in the Betarion Empire, complained to his viewers while looking at the chat window.
"Guys! Please talk about our Plan B raid party too!"
[Lol you don't even think you'll get first clear anyway, right?]
[For real... Let's talk about something else]
[Hahahaha]
[Lolololol]
[It's sad that the top raid parties don't stream]
[It's normal for first clear run raid parties not to stream]
[Yeah, there's only downsides like having strategies stolen]
[Plan B and GG Corps stream for promotion since their guild masters do]
[The competition between Plan B and GG Corps is one of the things to watch too lol]
[Cho Hyunsoo! Uphold the pride of the Betarion Empire's largest guild!]
[Go Alpharion Empire GG Corps!]
[The one above is a spy!]
Swoosh!
Screech-!
Cho Hyunsoo smirked as he cut down the rushing mobs.
"Guild master. The mobs of this tree have much more HP than elite dungeon mobs. It definitely feels like a Legendary grade dungeon."
"Hehe. But accordingly, we can proceed with 12 people, right?"
"Hmm, I have no idea what kind of guys will greet us."
"We should have invited some older users as members. There are people with experience in 'World of Artoria', the raid game that was popular worldwide."
"Those people are playing healing games, it's a bit much to force them into a tight raid schedule that could take up to a month..."
"Ahem, young people with overflowing stamina and quick reflexes should do it."
"We just need to clear quickly and give those people bus rides while listening to their old stories. Hahaha!"
The Plan B raid party members each said their piece as they explored the 'Tree of the Abyss'.
A raid dungeon like a giant dead tree with an empty interior.
'Tree of the Abyss'.
The scenery inside was bizarre.
Black stems gathered messily to form walls, creating a straight path that follows the tree's outer wall.
Cho Hyunsoo grumbled with a displeased expression.
"It feels like we're going around in circles. What exactly is the internal structure of this tree?"
"Could it be a spiral-shaped maze? A structure that slowly approaches the center while going round and round."
"And there will probably be something like elite dungeon Named bosses in between."
The broadcast chat also started chattering while watching the progress of the Plan B raid party.
[Is it like an ammonite fossil?]
[I want to see the situation of other parties too]
[Go watch the GG Corps broadcast]
[I wonder how the Red-White raid party is doing?]
[The white kid will probably crush everything and advance rapidly]
[I heard a rumor from an acquaintance that the Red-White guild raid party's main tank is Deathly Death?]
[Deathly Death? What about the white kid?]
[Dunno? Haven't heard anything]
[No way...]
[Solo play for the raid dungeon too?]
[This really can't be done]
[Even if she does 2-3 people's worth of damage to clear elite dungeons, for raids she'd need to do 12 people's worth?]
[Even if she can perform tactics alone...]
[The absolute damage output is insufficient. It's structurally impossible]
[Even if the white kid is a common sense destroyer, still...]
* * *
[Level 53]
[Ent Tainted by Demonic Energy + Gatekeeper Bade]
[HP 79,047,000 / 100,000,000 (79%)]
"Kahahahahah!"
Whoooosh-
A black dead tree moves alive.
'Ent Tainted by Demonic Energy'.
On top of that tree, a male who looks like a demon is riding and laughing maniacally.
'Gatekeeper Bade'.
The Ent kept stabbing its roots into the ground.
Boom, boom, boom!
Chris ran holding talismans and shouted quickly.
"In order from the farthest person, stem pattern one by one! Line up in a straight line! Starting with Chris at 25 meters! Bae Merong, Yeon Minah, Full Moon, Red Hot Chicken in order!"
Whoosh!!
The root that the Ent stabbed into the ground became a pillar-shaped spike and rose up targeting Chris. Chris created the pillar in the desired position and then quickly used backward evasion to leave that spot.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Five tree stems rose in pillar form targeting each ranged dealer of the Red-White raid party.
[Ent's Stem]
[HP 10,000,000 / 10,000,000 (100%)]
Except for the melee dealers attacking the Ent up close, all ranged dealers were performing this special pattern.
There had already been several wipes just to find the solution to break this pattern.
If the tree stems overlap, the Ent immediately enrages and wipes the party.
If the tree stems are spread too far apart, they can't be removed in time.
It's important to line them up in a straight line.
They need to be processed at once with the ranged dealers' straight line AoE skills.
Whoosh!
With Red Hot Chicken last, the Red-White raid party succeeded in lining up all of the Ent's stems in a straight line.
The ranged dealers' attacks started concentrating on those stems.
Swish swish swish, boom boom boom!
Under the powerful firepower of the ranged dealers who finished Ice Palace farming, the Ent's stems couldn't hold out long and were torn apart and disappeared.
"Kuk, you guys!"
The demon riding on top of the Ent, 'Bade', made a displeased expression and raised his hand high.
Woong!
Along with an ominous resonance, a huge purple sphere started forming above his hand.
The precursor to the special pattern AoE, Demonic Energy Explosion.
Chris ordered without delay.
"Bae Merong, Yeon Minah. Ice Prison! Followed by Cherni, Full Moon. Water Sphere Protection!"
Along with that, Bade's demonic energy sphere detonated.
Whoosh!
Rumble rumble rumble!
The demonic energy sphere caused multiple explosions and swept through the Red-White raid party members.
The Mages' Ice Prison and Elementalists' Water Sphere Protection succeeded in protecting all ranged and melee dealer groups at each position.
With this, the special phase ended without damage.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The Ent returned to normal patterns and started swinging its stems to attack the tank Deathly Death.
Each hit is terrifyingly strong. No matter how good Deathly Death's movements are, the moment he's hit once, it's retirement.
The tank's death means party wipe.
Even Deathly Death couldn't do dangerous plays of avoiding attacks while dealing extreme damage.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The Ent's stem rotated strongly and swept through the entire combat area. The ranged dealers also used their respective response skills.
Clang! Whack whack whack!
"Kuk. We got through the special phase, but even the normal patterns are no joke!"
"It's too hard because some damage comes through even when using response skills!"
"Always keep HP at maximum!"
The Ent's normal patterns didn't only target the tank. Party members had to respond to attacks sweeping the entire area.
Naturally, the party's overall damage output had to decrease significantly.
But all 12 people gathered here are heroes of reversal, skilled Red-White guild raid members.
They calmly responded to patterns and steadily chipped away at the Ent's HP.
Boom boom boom!
Whoooosh!
The Ent let out a strange cry and laid its huge body on the floor of the 'Tree of the Abyss'.
"Kuaah!"
At the same time, the demon Bade controlling the Ent fell to the floor.
"Kuk, dangerous guys. But, you won't be able to come further inside. Kahahah!"
Swish.
He barely smiled with a frustrated expression, then disappeared through the inner wall of the Tree of the Abyss.
Wooooah-!
The Red-White raid party members cheered.
"We, we did it!"
"Wahah! Did it take about two to three hours? We cleared the 1st Named boss quickly considering they gave us 30 days!"
Chris checked the 'Dungeon Progress Interface' with a hardened expression and shook her head.
"No. The progress hasn't updated."
[Raid Dungeon 'Tree of the Abyss' Progress 0/3]
Bae Merong and Cherni turned pale.
"That means...!"
"Just an intermediate boss!? Such an incredible guy?"
Rumble.
Chris quietly said while looking at the black stems in front that slowly started melting.
"Probably the 1st Named boss is ahead."
The Red-White raid party members all entered the entrance of the cavity that finally opened its maw with tense expressions.
Inside the 'Tree of the Abyss'. A huge cavity existing inside.
In its center.
Creak-
A black dragon exhaling breath containing ominous energy.
It was coiled up there.
A huge lizard covered all over in black scales.
It's a Black Dragon.
Its size was clearly smaller, about half of the World Boss Green Dragon.
But it's a Named boss of the expansion pack area raid dungeon. The mighty power it contains inside should be no less than the Green Dragon who was the previous area's World Boss.
This time they can't borrow help from outside.
A boss that must be overcome with only 12 people.
Chris bit her lip.
There's no time to delay.
Even at this time, Rain would be overdoing it. This time she might really get hospitalized with serious injuries.
She wanted to make progress even if it meant staying up all night, but the real lives of the 12 Red-White raid party members are important too. There are people with jobs in reality. She couldn't force her stubbornness on all raid members.
Looking at that huge body, Chris muttered.
"Can we clear it today."
[1st Named Boss]
[Level 53]
[Black Dragon]
[HP 200,000,000 / 200,000,000 (100%)]