Inside the Tree of the Abyss, on the way to the 1st Named boss.
Tap tap.
Swish swish.
"Heheh."
I looked at little Chris walking right next to me and laughed quietly.
Cute gestures. Red hair reaching down to her waist. One strand of idiot hair swaying above it. A confident smile in contrast.
Just looking at her gives a feeling of calm. It's a different happiness from seeing tall Chris unnie with her good figure.
"Hm?"
Little Chris looks at me with a bright smile. I barely restrained my hand trying to go up to her head, and deliberately changed the subject.
"By the way, what's the advantage of making a raid team 2?"
It was what I was most curious about. It's probably not just for my sake that they created team 2.
Of course, if you farm sub-characters, you can enjoy the game with characters other than your main character's class, and gain advantages in daily quests and such. You can also vary customization like Chris did.
But, going as far as raiding?
Little Chris smirked.
"I've been thinking about raising sub-characters since I understood the direction of this game. Unnie has a lot of money, but I have a principle of earning and using gold that can be earned in the game?"
I nodded.
Although Chris spends a lot of gold, the proportion of earning and using it herself was much larger than exchanging cash for gold. She earns enormous gold through buses, quests, preempting the vanguard weapon market, etc. She even employs me, a high-level manpower, as a bus driver to cover gold. Well, it might feel like an employee who brings in gold while also being an attachment doll.
Little Chris made an exaggerated gesture, spreading her short arms to both sides.
"First of all, the best part is that farming becomes easier for the main raid party too."
"Huh. Aren't accessory items bound, so sub-characters end up farming them?"
"As farming progresses, main characters come to team 2. Anyway, whether it's our raid party or that Scada's raid party over there, obviously the main characters would be stronger, right? Things like Echostones or inner stats would be much better than sub-characters too."
Chris glanced back and glared at Scada, the raid leader of the 'Scada raid party' following behind. Scada was walking while smiling brightly and looking at me and little Chris as if we were cunning.
"Later, team 1's damage will be excessive. Then, team 1's main characters who haven't completed farming will come to team 2 for damage support, and incidentally get accessories at cheap prices. The remaining spots will go to bus customers. Sub-character farming can be done after earning tons of gold when bus fees are expensive."
"Ah I see."
So they switch characters between team 1 and team 2.
Later on, they can also take in bosses excluding members who have completed farming, and it's possible to make team 3 with the remaining members.
"And, the Legendary weapons made with materials that can only be obtained from this raid are really hot right now, right? Since there are only three clear raid parties so far, the more weapons we extract, the better. We can farm sub-character weapons later, so we should sell a lot while they're expensive. Rain earned a ton of gold this time too, right?"
Little Chris looked at me with a grin. I scratched my face with an awkward smile.
As Chris said, I who monopolized 'Crow's Remnants', the weapon material, earned an enormous amount of gold.
It's because I sold the Legendary weapon 'Northern Army Commander's Weapon', which can be made by combining 'Crow's Soul' that comes out together and 'Ice Palace Lord's Weapon', the previous elite dungeon weapon, at an incredible price.
"Thanks to that, I was able to pay back all of Chris unnie's money too."
"Tsk. I said you didn't have to pay it back though."
I smiled refreshingly. Little Chris licked her lips for some reason.
That's right. As of today, I was freed from debt.
I diligently saved YouTube revenue, advertising revenue, etc. in my own minus account called 'unnie money'. And I paid back the remaining amount with the gold I earned from selling weapons this time.
And there's still 1000 gold left. With this money, I'll have plenty left even after winning the bid for both earrings and ring today.
"By the way, this weapon should have an evolution system too."
I fiddled with 'Astaroth' hanging at my waist.
The second Legendary weapon 'Northern Army Commander's Weapon' that appeared following 'Astaroth' obtained through World Boss conquest was similar in grade to Astaroth. Of course, the weapon sold this time wasn't the price of Astaroth. It will be steadily released as clear parties increase in the future. The enormous winning bid at that time was probably partly due to the title of being the first Legendary weapon.
"Moreover, the options of this Legendary weapon are purely PVE-centered. There's no cooldown reset, no PvP options. Of course, the additional damage and guaranteed critical hit option when stacked are amazing though."
I checked the options of the 'Northern Army Commander's Sword' I sold through the auction house's sales record.
[Northern Army Commander's Sword]
[Legendary Grade]
[Attack Power 450]
[Additional Damage to NPCs 20%]
[All Skill Damage +50%]
[Socket1 : EMPTY]
[Socket2 : EMPTY]
...
[Socket6 : EMPTY]
[Unique Ability: Chance to stack 'Dark Column' buff on attack. Converts to 'Berserk' buff at 5 stacks]
(Berserk - Additional Damage to NPCs 20%, All attacks guaranteed critical hits for 10 seconds)
(Bound on equip)
It would have been an option to make my eyes roll if I didn't have 'Astaroth', but.
"The attack power is a bit lower than Astaroth, and there's no cooldown reset."
Having a cooldown reset function is better for me. As someone who has to perform gimmicks alone, cooldown reset that allows consecutive use of movement skills is precious.
And.
Swish.
As I drew Astaroth, the dark blade emitting silver light captivated me.
Decisively, Astaroth is prettier.
"I like this sword better."
Little Chris looked at me rubbing my cheek against the blade with a pleased expression.
[1st Named Boss]
[Level 53]
[Black Dragon]
[HP 59,047,009 / 200,000,000 (29%)]
Boom boom boom boom boom!
The Black Dragon's final special pattern, the last breath, poured towards the raid members.
The members of 'Red-White & Scada raid party team 2', who were crouching inside the barrier created by the Ents after performing all gimmicks until the breath stopped, entered the final burst extreme damage time as the dragon's flight ended.
"Bae Merong, Divine Descent! Let's finish it by bringing it down to 10% with this burst!"
"Yes!"
Whoosh!
As Bae Merong drew out talismans, blue light swirled around the party members' bodies. The Yin-Yang Master's party member enhancement skill, 'Divine Descent' activated.
The sub-class of Bae Merong, the Red-White raid party's Mage, is Yin-Yang Master. She enhanced party members by alternately using Divine Descent with Chris.
Whack whack whack whack!
As they entered extreme damage time matching Chris's order, the Black Dragon's HP started decreasing rapidly.
Woong!
'Scada', the Mage raid leader of the 'Scada raid party', briefly checked the interface window while preparing the Mage's extreme damage skill 'Arcane Burst'. It was the damage contribution ranking that can only be checked in 12-person raid parties.
['Black Dragon' Damage Contribution]
[1. Drizzle Rain (23.4%)]
[2. Christwo (12.2%)]
[3. Scadamk2 (12.0%)]
...
Scada stuck out her tongue.
"How can a Swordsman's DPS be..."
Even if Rain is her main character, it was hard to understand that she was dealing nearly twice the damage of a free-dealing Mage while directly facing the vicious Black Dragon's patterns.
Scada's gaze went to Rain's weapon, which was slashing the Black Dragon's body while wrapped in starlight.
"It doesn't seem to be just because the weapon is good."
Whoosh! Tap, whack whack whack whack!
The girl with beautiful silver-white hair fluttering avoided the dragon's front paw, lightly took a backstep, and sprayed starlight sword energy from that distance. Then, before the dragon's action could finish, she approached like an arrow and started moving her sword. Rain's sword dug between the dragon's scales, inflicting wounds on the lizard's body.
It was enough to hurt Scada's pride. Even if she's a sub-character, for there to be more than a double score gap in damage contribution between the tank and dealer could be seen as the dealer doing damage leisurely.
Boom!
As Scada's Arcane Burst exploded, the damage ranking shook once.
['Black Dragon' Contribution]
[1. Drizzle Rain (23.8%)]
[2. Scadamk2 (12.9%)]
[3. Christwo (12.4%)]
...
Scada's contribution rose to 2nd place, but she wasn't satisfied with this either. A pure dealer Mage barely beat a Yin-Yang Master who has party member enhancement skills.
Caw-!
Thud thud thud!
Rumble rumble.
As the Black Dragon collapsed, little Chris hurriedly ran to Rain and clung to her. The sight of two small girls wriggling made Scada smile.
Chris turned around and looked at Scada with a triumphant expression.
"One try! The Scada raid party members are amazing too, right?"
"That's too much praise."
It really is too much praise. The other members of the Red-White raid party were amazing too, but those two, 'Chris' and 'Rain', were users with skills on a different level.
"As expected of the first clear team and second clear team, huh."
"Hmm."
Scada nodded at the words of the man who approached her side, 'Park Jeongkwon', the main tank of the Scada raid party.
Rain, the silver-haired girl Swordsman.
It's a well-known fact that she's the Swordsman of the 'No Name raid party'. She even live-streamed elite dungeon solo plays under that party name.
But did she really clear the raid dungeon alone? Opinions were divided even among enthusiasts.
Scada shook her head.
"It's certainly an overwhelming damage share, but that much alone can't satisfy the damage requirements of a raid dungeon. The Named bosses of the 'Tree of the Abyss' clearly have time attacks and berserk modes."
"As expected, there must have been team members during the first clear conquest? Even if elite dungeons are one thing."
"Hmm. No one knows what kind of users she worked with though."
The mirage-like members of the No Name raid party.
The girl named 'Rain' with unbelievable skills clearly visible before our eyes.
"Park Jeongkwon, what do you think as a Swordsman class like Rain-nim? Could you follow suit?"
"Swordsman...? It's hard to simply put a user like that in the category of Swordsman."
Park Jeongkwon broke out in a cold sweat.
He too was a Swordsman with skills that could be counted on one's fingers, but the Swordsman user Rain was literally a user who broke common sense.
Scada looked at the two girls squealing while checking rewards with sharp eyes.
"No Name raid party, Red-White raid party, huh."