by Park Saenal
“Just one time…”
A paladin user who had a miner side job happily caught a golem passing by before pulling out a pickaxe and hitting the golem hard.
Chaaeng!
“…Kkeok!”
The paladin user screamed and grabbed his wrist that felt like it was broken after hitting the golem with a pickaxe. The golem wasn’t even scratched as it turned its head to verify the paladin and struck out.
Meanwhile, Grid approached another golem and started mining after knocking it down. Minerals once again poured out from the golem. Grid was excited as he exclaimed,
“Kukukuk…! What is this? It is really good! Kuahahahat!”
Grid’s face was covered by the skull helmet and he seemed like a psychopath as he kept swinging the pickaxe at the golems. The users were terrified.
“What, so scary…”
People were wary of him because Grid had the power to one-sidedly kill the Giant Guild. The distance increased until they were no longer in danger, and then they fled.
Thanks to the wide labyrinth, Grid was left alone.
However, Grid didn’t pay attention to his surroundings because he was fully absorbed in collecting minerals. He collected more minerals than he originally aimed for because he was alone. He also gained a level.
Then a whisper from Jishuka came.
–Grid, the preparation of the materials is over.
“Okay, I will go back now.”
Grid hummed at his inventory full of minerals and left the labyrinth. No, he was going to leave but he got lost in the labyrinth.
“No, damn! What is this? Why is this place so complicated? Where have all the people gone? Damn! Even if I want to ask for directions, I can’t because there are no people! This #^%!$~#!”
Grid wandered around for a while. But no matter how much he wandered, he couldn’t find the exit to the labyrinth and eventually called the guild.
{I’m in the Golem’s Labyrinth, can someone come and help me?}
“Huh?”
Grid had been leaning against a wall while chatting, and his eyes suddenly widened. It was because the wall was collapsing.
“W-What? Aaaaack~~!
Grid’s body fell down along with the wall.
Kuuong!
“Cough! Cough! Huh?”
Grid was struggling with the pain of falling when he suddenly shivered. He raised his head and saw a golem that was at least five times the size of the other golems in the labyrinth.
“…What?”
Kuweeeeeoh!
[The Guardian of the Labyrinth has woken up from a long sleep.]
[The magical traps set up by the Great Magician Braham has been triggered.]
[You have suffered 205,100 damage.]
[You have suffered 399,000 damage.]
[You have suffered 174,340 damage.]
[A legend doesn’t die easily. You can resist all attacks for 5 seconds with a minimum of health.]
Pepeng! Kakakakak!
The magic traps were continuously activated and all types of attribute attacks hit Grid. However, Grid became invincible due to his passive activation and survived all the attacks. Fortunately, the traps finished before Grid’s invincibility duration was over.
Finally, the Guardian of the Labyrinth moved. Grid took the highest quality health potion and made a grim expression.
‘The invincible passive’s cooldown time is one day. Losing my insurance at the start is the very worst.’
He couldn’t see a way to escape. Grid decided that he needed to defeat the Guardian of the Labyrinth to escape and grabbed Dainsleif.
Chapter 111
Chapter 111
He couldn’t see a way to escape. Grid decided that he needed to defeat the Guardian of the Labyrinth to escape, and grabbed Dainsleif. Then he took advantage of his high agility to leap up the wall.
“Pagma’s Swordsmanship…!”
Grid used the sword dance while in the air! Then he appeared in front of the guardian’s face and stabbed Dainsleif in deeply.
“Kill!”
Peeeeeong!
[Critical!]
[The Best Gauntlets option effect is activated, causing you to attack the target twice.]
[You have dealt 68,700 damage.]
Kuwaaah!
The Guardian of the Labyrinth shook after being stabbed with Kill. Thousands of kilograms were pushed back. It was a testament to the tremendous weight behind Kill.
“Okay! I can do it!”
Kill was a skill that dealt 1,500% of the caster’s current damage. It was unfortunate that it was a single target skill, but the attack power was the best among all existing skills in Satisfy. It was also the skill that dealt the last blow to Malacus. Even if it was a boss monster, how safe could the guardian be after being hit directly in the face?
Grid landed on the ground and shouted excitedly.
“I dealt nearly 70,000 damage in one blow! It’s possible! I can knock him down!”
Before falling here. Grid had hunted dozens of golems in the labyrinth and found that the golems had an average health of 80,000. The golems had extremely low health in exchange for their defense.
Based on that, he guessed that the Guardian of the Labyrinth had low health like the golems. But what was this?
“Eh?”
Grid had been grinning at the thought of succeeding in a one-man raid, only to suddenly stiffen with astonishment. He had confirmed the health gauge of the Guardian of the Labyrinth.
“This is nonsense… His blood barely decreased?”
That’s right. The Guardian of the Labyrinth had high defense and high health. This was Grid’s strongest attack skill. No, Kill was one of the strongest attack skills in Satisfy and it was even a critical hit, but only 1/15th of the guardian’s health was decreased.
‘Using simple calculations, I have to hit it with Kill 15 times. It also needs a critical attack every time…’
As it happened, the cooldown time for Kill was 500 seconds. But Grid felt surprisingly positive.
‘Kill isn’t the only skill I have!’
Grid pulled out the Ideal Dagger. Then he aimed Wind Blast at the bottom of the Guardian of the Labyrinth.
[You have dealt 1 damage.]
Wind Blast’s attack power was unable to even scratch the Guardian of the Labyrinth. It was unable to penetrate the high defense. But Grid wasn’t disappointed. In the first place, Wind Blast was only used to block the guardian’s gaze.
“Pagma’s Swordsmanship, Link!”
While the guardian was paying attention to Wind Blast, Grid used Quick Movements to approach the guardian and wielded Dainsleif eight times.
Jjejeong! Jjang! Jjejejeok!
Link had a shorter casting time, less mana cost, and a shorter cooldown time than Kill. It was also a skill that dealt 500% of his attack power. It was weaker than Kill, but it was efficient and strong compared to other skills.
Link should be able to inflict damage on the guardian. Grid thought like this, but reality was quite different. Link’s damage couldn’t penetrate the guardian’s high defense.
[You have dealt 3,500 damage.]
“Shit! Isn’t this difference too much?”
Grid was confused because the damage wasn’t applied properly due to the overwhelming defense. His confidence declined rapidly.
‘Can I really catch this monster?’
Kuuong!
The Guardian of the Labyrinth took one step towards Grid. Grid had secured a safe distance, but the guardian was so big that it narrowed the distance in just one step.
Kuwaaah!
The Guardian of the Labyrinth roared and brought down its huge hand. It was like Grid was a fly.
Kwaang!
It was fortunate that the golem’s movement speed was slow. Grid easily avoided the attack of the guardian. The guardian’s hand struck the ground. The entire underground space shook, causing Grid to wobble.
‘This is a complete earthquake…!’
; Grid lost his balance while the guardian’s hand came flying towards him again.
Kwaang! Kwaang! Kwaaaaang!
“Aaaaack~!”
It was like the palm of Buddha. Every time Grid escaped an attack, the guardian’s hand would strike the walls or ground, causing stones to fall from the ceiling and threaten Grid. Then the wide underground space became quite limited. The collapsed walls and debris from the ceiling was to blame.
“I’m screwed.”
As the space narrowed, his avenues of retreat decreased. There was now a limit to how much he could dodge.
Kwaaaaah!
The guardian roared in a way that indicated it was the end. Then it swung both hands at the same time. Huge hands flying from both the left and the right! The size of one hand was twice as big as Grid, so his visibility was blocked when the big hands came flying from both sides.
‘It’s impossible to avoid. There is no hole to escape into.’
He could defend with the Divine Shield, but it seemed like the shield would break. At that moment. The urgent cry of a woman was heard from the broken ceiling where Grid fell.
“Grid!”
The woman calling out to Grid was Jishuka. She came to pick Grid up because he was lost in the labyrinth. Then she had rushed over when Grid didn’t reply in the guild chat and felt the shockwave.
And now.
She arrived to witness Grid’s moment of death.
“He can’t avoid this.”
Vantner muttered from beside Jishuka as Grid seemed to be swallowed by both hands. That’s right. Grid’s death was natural. How could a non-magician exert any power against that giant golem in the first place? Grid was helpless. It was just questionable on how stupid Grid was to deal with this monster alone.
Then something amazing happened.
“If I can’t avoid it, then I should confront it.”
They heard Grid’s voice.
Pachichik!
A red spark occurred around Grid just before he was swallowed by the guardian’s hands. And…
Kakakakak!
A red lightning bolt appeared from the ceiling and fell towards the guardian’s head.
Chwachachachak!
The body of the guardian convulsed like it was experiencing an electric shock and then it stopped moving. It turned bright red for a moment. The red lightning bolt seemed to have a much higher voltage than normal lightning bolts.
Jishuka and Vantner were shocked as they watched from above.
“Magic? Grid can use magic?”
“Red lightning…? This is the first time I’ve seen such magic.”
And Grid was clearly unharmed. Grid escaped through the gaps caused by the paused guardian and smiled.
“Isn’t this effect quite good?”
A red bead the size of a small skull was in his left hand. It was the Red Lightning Summoning Bead that he obtained after raiding the frostlight orc chief. The treasure had been lying in his inventory and saved Grid’s life at this moment.
Pachichik! Pachik!
The red sparks surrounded Dainsleif. It was a chance to get revenge on the monster in front of him. Before he knew it, the cooldown time of Kill was over. Grid started his sword dance.
Peeeeeong!
[Critical!]
[The Best Gauntlets option effect is activated, causing you to attack the target twice.]
[You have dealt 141,000 damage.]
Dainsleif was temporarily a magic sword due to the lightning attribute. The Guardian of the Labyrinth had extremely high physical defense and low magic defense. Grid’s Kill dealt two times more damage than before.
“Too strong!”
“His strength is just a scam.”
Jishuka and Vantner thought it was absurd as 1/10th of a boss monster’s health decreased with just one blow. The Guardian of the Forest became nervous because of the unexpected damage and swung its left and right arms more quickly than before.
“Yes! Come on, you bastard!”
This time, Grid didn’t try to escape. He fought back with Dainsleif.
Jjang! Jjaaang! Kwaang!
The energy of the red lightning within Dainsleif was truly great. The guardian’s arms turned red every time it encountered Dainsleif and smoke rose. Some parts even stiffened. The Guardian of the Labyrinth panicked. As it prepared to retreat, Grid pulled out his blacksmith hammer. Then he hit the guardian’s arm.
Kaaang!
“…Hah!”
Grid scoffed. The guardian’s body was being transformed by the hammering.
‘Isn’t this similar to forging smelted minerals?’
This was great!
Kaaang! Kaaang! Kaaang!
Grid moved all over the guardian and kept hammering the arms. Then a sudden change in the guardian’s arms was seen. The wrist and elbow joints disappeared, while the five fingers were flattened. Now the guardian’s arms were nothing more than heavy pillars.
Kuoh?
The guardian was perplexed as its arms didn’t work as intended. The guardian swung its arms at random. The underground space was now in a state of perfect collapse. If this was to be Grid’s grave, he was determined to die with the guardian. Therefore, he took out a mana recovery potion. Then he started a new sword dance.
“Pagma’s Swordsmanship, Transcend.”
It was a skill he never tried to use because of a lack of mana. But he had invested his stats in intelligence with every level up and he also had Malacus’ Cloak, giving him enough mana to use this skill.
[Transcend]
A sword dance that transcends imagination.
Your attack power is doubled and your default attacks will turn into ranged attacks.
The air around Grid quickly reversed.
Kuoooooh.
It was like gravity was reversing. Grid’s hair rose like the heroes of old anime and stones floated in the air. In the center of it, Grid wielded Dainsleif. Then a dark energy blade shot forward.
Chapter 112
Chapter 112
In the center of it, Grid wielded Dainsleif. Then a dark energy blade shot forward.
Peeeong!
Kuwaaah!
The guardian was confused by its deformed arms and screamed when its face was hit.
“Hoh?”
What was this reaction to just one hit? Grid grinned at the power of Transcend. Then he wielded Dainsleif again.
Papat!
Two blades flew forward in a cross shape and hit the guardian’s chest.
Kuweeeeeoh!
The guardian was in more pain. Grid laughed as he saw it and brandished Dainsleif diagonally. The blades bent like a whip and accurately hit the back of the guardian’s neck. Grid’s black energy swords continued flying forward.
Kwang! Kwaang! Kwa kwa kwang!
[You have dealt 4,100 damage.]
[You have dealt 3,730 damage.]
[You have dealt 4,450 damage.]
Dainsleif’s attack power was doubled due to the red lightning. Grid’s attacks were more powerful than the previous Link skill. He also had a different skill that could be used without any restrictions.
“Blacksmith’s Rage!”
[Blacksmith’s Rage has been activated. Your attack power and attack speed will increase significantly for 20 seconds.]
Grid triggered Blacksmith’s Rage and started his full-fledged rampage towards the guardian.
“Die! Die! Die! Puhahahat!”
Pepepepeok!
[You have dealt 5,500 damage.]
[You have dealt 5,350 damage.]
[The Best Gauntlets option effect is activated, causing you to attack the target twice.]
[You have dealt 10,940 damage.]
[You have dealt 5,900 damage.]
Kwaaaaah!
It was a one-sided battle. Due to the constantly flying swords, the Guardian of the Labyrinth couldn’t approach Grid.
If its arms were fine, it could’ve used defensive maneuvers with both arms. However, the deformed arms were unabl
e to move as it wanted due to Grid’s hammering. It was just a sandbag without being able to defend.
Kuoooh!
A shockwave occurred every time the guardian was hit, increasing the collapse of this space. Jishuka was nervous as she watched the battle from the ceiling.
“Grid is still in danger.” Vantner asked Jishuka. “Shouldn’t we help? Why are we staying still?”
Jishuka was also a physical damage dealer. But her attack power was unmatched. Her arrows could deal great damage to the Guardian of the Labyrinth. And right now, Jishuka was in the perfect position for sniping. It was natural to question why Jishuka was just watching instead of helping.
Jishuka explained, “Of course, I can help but… I think Grid will become angry at me. Isn’t that right?”
Vantner hit his forehead. Then he nodded at her words.
“Yes, that seems correct when thinking about his personality. It’s obvious that he’ll be angry if someone interferes in the middle and takes his experience.”
“Yes, and Grid alone seems to be sufficient. I just want him to hurry a little bit.”
Jishuka grasped that the Guardian of the Labyrinth was at a level lower than the Guardian of the Forest. The high defense, health and attack power was equal or higher than the Guardian of the Forest, but the Guardian of the Labyrinth had a fatal weakness.
‘It has no skills.’
That’s right. Jishuka had watched for a while and noticed the Guardian of the Labyrinth hadn’t used a single skill. The Guardian of the Forest possessed all sorts of tricky skills such as wide area stun and summoning golems, but the Guardian of the Labyrinth was just a lump of metal with high stats.
Jishuka shouted towards Grid from the top of the underground space.
“Look behind the guardian. Do you see a small cave? If the space seems to collapse, run away through there!”
“Okay!”
Grid received the information and walked towards the guardian. He continued firing his swords at the guardian, so it couldn’t fight back against Grid.
“It’s overwhelming firepower.”
“His damage and durability is superior in all respects.”
Jishuka and Vantner felt assured.
‘That guy, he didn’t use all his skills during the Malacus raid or against the Giant Guild.’