by Park Saenal
Conditions of Use: More than 3,000 strength.
Weight: 5,500
The Dragon Harpoon was a pillar with a trident. Yes, this large harpoon was designed to block a dragon’s flight.
[Dragon Harpoon]
Rating: Unique
Durability: 500/500 Attack Power: 620
* There is a 100% chance of hitting the target when the ‘restrain’ effect is activated.
* The restraint effect will last while the pillar is embedded in the ground.
* The pillar will come out a little bit every time the opponent resists.
A secondary weapon made by the legendary blacksmith Grid.
The harpoon optimized for throwing is made of jaffa, while the pillar designed to be embedded in the ground is made of a large amount of steel.
The harpoon is thrown after the pillar is embedded in the ground, so the super large weapon is extremely difficult to handle.
The ridiculous weight and the long time it takes to install makes it impossible to be popular.
However, the effect is absolute.
User Restriction: More than 4,000 strength. More than 2,000 dexterity. A skill in the javelin series.
Weight: 30,000
Putting aside the weight, the conditions of use were ridiculous. 4,000 strength was a stat that damage dealers only dreamt about, and 2,000 dexterity was impossible to obtain unless they were production class users. There was also the javelin type skill…
How many people could meet these three conditions at the same time? It might be different in a few years, but at the moment, it was only Grid. It meant there was no material value. It was clear that no one would buy it if he put it on the auction house.
But the power was excellent. The attack power and options were very different from normal secondary weapons, and the durability was high enough for it to not be considered consumables. But secondary weapons had limitations that couldn’t be overcome. Their persistence was weak.
[The target ‘drake’ is struggling with the Dragon Harpoon!]
[The pillar of the Dragon Harpoon is pulled out a little bit from the ground! (4/5)]
[The target ‘drake’ is struggling with the Dragon Harpoon!]
[The pillar of the Dragon Harpoon is pulled out a little bit from the ground! (3/5)]
Five times. The pillar could only withstand the resistance of the object restrained for a certain period of time. The laws of physics didn’t apply. Regardless of the weight or strength of the object being restrained, it could unconditionally resist it five times.
Kurarararara!
The drake struggled like crazy against the harpoon. Every time the giant body moved, the rope connected to the trident was pulled more tightly and the pillar stuck in the ground shone. Every time the pillar was shaken, it felt like a natural disaster where the ground shook and the earth rose was occuring.
『 The South Korean team’s drake is extremely angry!』
『 The pillar won’t last much longer. It will soon regain its freedom. 』
The relay of the commentators became urgent. They were imagining the Korean representatives who would soon be killed. But Grid was fine. He held the Dragon Hammer and hit the head of the pillar.
Kwang!
[The target ‘drake’ is struggling with the Dragon Harpoon!]
[The pillar of the Dragon Harpoon is pulled out a little bit from the ground! (1/5)]
[The Dragon Hammer has hit the pillar!]
[The Dragon Harpoon’s pillar has sunk deeper into the ground! (2/5)]
[The durability of the Dragon Harpoon is decreased by 57!]
It wasn’t unusual for it to be pulled out completely, but Grid hammered in the pillar of the Dragon Harpoon again. It wasn’t a hammering machine.
Kyaooooh!
Kaaang! Kaaang!
Grid kept hitting the pillar while the drake went wild. The rope that connected the harpoon and pillar were stretched and loosened repeatedly. Grid confirmed that the durability of the Dragon Harpoon was rapidly decreasing and shouted.
“What are you doing? Attack it while it can’t fly!”
The Korean representatives lost their hearing from the drake’s roar and couldn’t hear anything. They didn’t understand what Grid was saying. But they weren’t fools, so they knew what to do.
“Draw Sword, Sudden.”
“Regulus.”
“Flame that won’t turn off!”
“Shield Boomerang!”
Pepepepeok!
The Korean representatives attacked the drake using their strongest skills. Yura had already been firing her magic gun from the beginning. However…
[You have dealt 250,040 damage to the target.]
[The target has avoided it.]
[The target has resisted.]
[The skill can’t penetrate the target’s leather.]
The Korean representatives couldn’t damage the drake except for Peak Sword. Was it because the drake’s defense and resistance was ridiculously high? That was a secondary problem. The real problem was the low level of the South Korean team members.
Apart from the level 306 Grid and the level 309 Peak Sword, the level of the Korean members were in the 200s. In severe cases, there was a 200 level difference with the drake. If the level difference was that big, then damage wasn’t applied properly. It was like smashing an egg against a rock. No, maybe worse than that.
‘I’m not helping at all.’
Yura was firing her gun. However, her beautiful face distorted as countless MISS messages emerged in front of her. She had reigned for a long time so this helplessness was difficult for her to bear.
Kwaaaaah!
The drake fired a breath like this resistance was futile. It was powerful enough to turn this place into a sea of fire with one breath.
“Aaaagh!”
Screams were heard. Peak Sword and Yura endured the breath, but the remaining representatives suffered a deadly blow and fell into confusion.
“…Hrmm.”
Grid checked the damage of the breath. While the other team members were feeling stress and despair, he had a smile on his face and made an absurd remark.
“Maybe I should do this alone? If so, all the drops belong to me okay?”
“…Eh?”
He would hunt that huge monster alone? The Korean representatives heard an absurd remark as soon as their hearing was restored, while the pillar of the harpoon was pulled out.
Kuuong!
The durability was severely damaged and the Dragon Harpoon was a mess as the drake recovered its freedom. Grid placed the Dragon Harpoon to the side and looked at the monster flying into the sky.
“You’re much weaker than Elfin Stone.”
Vampire Earl Elfin Stone was a named boss with overwhelming abilities and skills. Despite the combined Overgeared elites, they experienced despair several times. On the other hand, the drake wasn’t named and only had a high level. It needed to be raided by combining the strength of the seven representatives, so the organizers came up with this gap between the drake and Elfin Stone. The only part where the drake was more tricky than Elfin Stone was that it was a ‘flying monster.’
“I can move in the sky.”
Grid armed himself with Braham’s Boots and flew up. The weapon he held in his hand as he shot through the sky wasn’t Iyarugt, Grid’s Greatsword of Failure.
[Efficient Hunting Sword]
Rating: Unique
Durability: 410/410 Attack Power: 720
* Deals an addition 30% damage to monsters.
* Increases critical rate by 50% when attacking monsters.
* The chance of a monster dropping items when killed is increased by 20%.
A longsword made by the legendary blacksmith Grid.
A weapon made by combining the advantages of the weapons that monster hunters love.
User Restriction: Level 300 or higher. Advanced Sword Mastery level 3. 2,000 strength. 1,000 agility.
That’s right!
; Grid successfully produced an item that dealt additional damage to monsters! It was possible because he collected hundreds of production methods during the two years since he became Pagma’s Descendant. It was unfortunate that he only strengthened it to +7 because he was lacking enhancement stones. But in this state, the monster hunting ability was better than the +9 Iyarugt, the +9 Failure and the +8 Grid’s Greatsword.
“Above all, there is an option to increase the item acquisition rate.”
A weapon optimized for hunting like Debirion! Grid held a blade that was reminiscent of a half moon and unleashed his swordsmanship.
Kurarararak!
The drake wanted to kill this dirty human.
Kuoooooh!
The drake exerted a great pressure on the atmosphere as it headed towards Grid. But Grid didn’t shrink back. He held his posture to the end.
“Linked Kill!”
Puok!
He stabbed strongly at the large target that was thankfully coming towards him on its own.
Puoook!
Two hits.
Puk! Puk! Puk.
Three hits, four hits, five consecutive hits.
Peeok!
The drake hit Grid’s chest, but thanks to the strongest armor Triple Layers, Grid was able to endure the pain and link another sword technique.
“Link.”
[Critical!]
[Critical!]
[Critical!]
[Critical!]
A small human facing a monster that was bigger than a house. How many of the viewers watching thought he was like a flame in front of the wind?
Kieeeeeeek!
The monster’s fall!
***
『 This is impossible! 』
The commentators of the raid were silent. Were they admiring the systematic strength of the US team, which quickly recovered from the confusion and started to hit the drake?
No.
Were they admiring the stability of the Japanese team, which relied on Damian’s buffs and tank?
No.
Were they admiring Kraugel’s control skills as he completely controlled the drake’s aggro? That also wasn’t it. The representatives from each country were obviously impressive as they raided the drake in different ways, but it didn’t leave a deep impression.
Only a single person. Only Korea’s Grid was able to create this feeling of thrill in the commentators. Grid faced the drake and played the role of tanker and damage dealer alone. Control? Strategy? He just smashed at the drake with overwhelming attack power. He also did it alone.
“God Grid fighting!”
The 15th ranked Peak Sword was cheering hard for Grid.
Chapter 436
Chapter 436
Kwaaaaah!
The drake roared as it was repeatedly hit by Grid. At the same time, its tail moved nervously.
Peeeeeong!
“Kuk!”
Grid’s body was hit by the quick and sharp tail. He trembled as he coughed up blood.
‘Shouldn’t a dragon type have more magic damage?’
A dragon’s strongest technique was well known for being the breath. Grid thought the drake would be the same. However, he was mistaken. The drake had weak breath attacks and strong physical damage, the opposite of the wyverns.
‘Dammit! I thought it was weak due to the first breath!’
It was actually pretty strong. Every time he was hit by the tail, his health decreased by 6,000 and it caused the ‘stunned’ and ‘stiff’ state. Grid was sure that there was no one who could raid a drake alone.
So what if your raid abilities were excellent?
The first strike from the tail would cause a state where they would die! However, Grid was different.
[You have resisted.]
Grid cleared away the stiff state the moment he was hit by the tail. He moved forward during the opening where the drake pulled back its tail and stabbed his sword. Once again, Grid targeted the drake’s brow.
“Kill!”
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 635,900 damage to the target.]
The power of the Efficient Hunting Sword was amazing. Criticals kept bursting out every time he used a skill, causing amazing damage. The situation was very pleasant for Grid, who was under the influence of 50% damage reduction in PvP during the National Competition. It felt like the shackles binding his hand and feet were released!
Kurarararak!
Why did it keep being hit? The drake was upset by Grid and fired a breath. A huge fire pillar headed straight for Grid. The drake was relieved. It laughed because it was confident that the human would be roasted. But Grid was fine! Grid wore Lantier’s Cloak, which had the option to raise various resistances depending on the climate. Grid wrapped the cloak around himself as he advanced through the flames and attacked the caught off guard drake.
“Pinnacle.”
Kieeeeeeek!
There was a critical and the drake wailed like a newborn baby. It didn’t seem so dreadful now.
“Wow… Really bad.”
“He keeps hitting the same place… A demon, a demon.”
The Korean representatives muttered at Grid’s brutality, but they knew. How difficult it was to hit and hit the same spot again and again. To be honest, the Korean representatives were extremely impressed.
‘It’s common sense that if you continue to hit the same area, the defense will weaken and the damage will become bigger.’
‘It’s really hard to hit the same spot when the target is moving.’
But Grid was doing it. It was something that completely overturned the evaluation that ‘Grid doesn’t have good control.’
“You finally understand? This is God Grid’s skills!”
Peak Sword jumped excitedly as he watched Grid’s activities and shouted.
“God Grid has always faced enemies stronger than himself!”
Nobody knew it except for the Overgeared members, but Grid was the one who faced the most powerful NPC Piaro and the peak of two billion users, Kraugel. No matter how bad Grid was, it was impossible for him to not improve his control. However, Grid’s control wasn’t noticed during this National Competition because his items were so overwhelming. He didn’t have a chance to show off his skills because he defeated the enemies with his items before he could show his control.
But the drake was strong, giving Grid a chance to show his power.
“Do you know God Griddddddd?”
Peak Sword’s yell reached Grid in the sky.
Grid frowned.
“That person is really loud.”
It was enough to disturb him. His concentration was disturbed. Grid would prefer he be quiet, like during the Hell Gao raid.
‘I should make him a pickaxe soon.’
He could mine minerals during these times. Peak Sword would feel sad if he knew this. Meanwhile, Grid checked the drake’s health gauge. 50%. This was the result after Grid’s serious onslaught that lasted seven minutes. It was poor compared to the US, Japan, Russia, and Spain who were raiding the drake as a team. In particular, the United States and Japan had already reduced the drake’s health by 70%.
Grid also expected this. But Grid wasn’t worried. He wouldn’t stop attacking!
Peeng! Peeng!
The patterns of the drake changed after it fell to 50%, subsequently launching a breath.
‘I can’t let this hit.’
The drake’s breath was weaker than expected, but it was still 3,000~4,000 damage. The cumulative damage was a burden. Grid concentrated and avoided it. He had fully adapted to flying magic over the past two years and was able to move freely in the sky.
However, the problem was that the drake’s breath cooldown time temporarily became 0.
Pepeng! Pepepepeng!
It meant it was impossible to avoid the breath indefinitely. In the end, Grid allowed one breath to hit him and was shaken. It was only for a moment, but the drake didn’t miss the gap and swung its tail hard.
Peeeeok!
The tail precisely struck Grid’s face. It was a well-timed attack. It was natural that a critical would pop up! The Korean representatives and commentators who saw it were certain. Grid was in danger. In fact, Grid also felt a chill. But he was lucky. Grid didn’t feel any pain. It was thanks to the low probability of invalidating physical attacks option that was attached to Tiramet’s Shoulderguards. It was the moment when the drake’s tail became useless.
Kurarararara!
What were these items? The Korean representatives felt like this was what the drake was shouting.
‘If I was the drake, I would feel like dying.’
‘Me too.’
‘I would feel like cursing him now.’
On the other hand, Grid rushed into the gap caused by the drake recovering its tail and was once again beating it up. The drake’s tail was powerful and fast, but was vulnerable after the gap was revealed. Grid was thoroughly taking advantage of this.
Kieeeek!
The drake screamed as its health fell below 50%. It felt danger. Then the changes begun.
[The drake’ survival instinct has kicked in!]
[The drake’s heart is beating faster!]
[The drake’s body is burning!]
[The drake’s defense and resistance drops, while its speed, attack power and magic power is greatly increased!]
“Wow.”
The drake was surrounded by flames and looked like a volcano. A volcano floating in the sky! The pressure was so great that it made Grid’s chest tremble.
Kwaang!
The drake narrowed the distance to Grid. It was a speed that was above Grid, who had 2,000 agility. Grid borrowed the power of the Slaughterer’s Eye Patch, but still couldn’t fully capture the drake’s movements. It flapped its wings once and the drake’s foreleg hit Grid’s nose, making his face distort with pain.
[You have suffered 9,300 damage.]
[You have suffered 1,710 damage.]
It hurt. His armor increased physical resistance and Tiramet’s Belt reduced damage by 10%, but he still lost one-seventh of his health from that blow. There was also additional fire damage.
‘The level difference can’t be ignored.’
Grid dismissed the drake’s strength as nothing more than level. The other representatives would’ve been outraged if they heard this. Why? Flying monsters had the advantage of being able to fly in the sky, so they were originally supposed to have low stats.