At the road that would lead them to the altar, three men were sweating like hell while fighting.
And countless Abyss spirits were attacking them in all directions.
âUgh, hold on just a little longer!â
âRalph hyung, isnât it better to just step in and get it? If we push in any further, we might end up with dangerous aggression!â
âDonât hang on the orders, Inisco. It is done once we arrive at the altar, anyway. Thatâs it!â
âOkay⌠uh, hyung. But we still have three minutes ahead of us!â
âThat is all we need!â
In fact, the Gorge of Blast dungeon wasnât a large map, and the distance from the third cave to the altar wasnât that far either.
However, that road was the last part of the dungeon to be cleared, so the number of monsters that appeared and the level of difficulty was a bit harder.
Because of that, the strategy was this, killing one monster and then taking a step in.
If they just ran toward the monsters, they would get surrounded by the spirits.
The situation of Ralphâs party was similar to that.
Kwang- Kwang-!
Numerous purple bullets flowing in the sound of an intense explosion came in from all directions.
Subsequently, a system message appeared in front of Inisco.
Tring-!
[The summon âLinkisâ has been damaged fatally!]
[The Vitality of summon âLinkisâ has been reduced by 1,029!]
[The summon âLinkisâ has been damaged fatally!]
Linkis was a legendary summon in the shape of a giant bean beetle.
It was the most powerful tanking familiar of the highest tier compared to all tanking summons in the higher tier, and it could provoke the aggros and draws in the aggros to prevent an enemy attack.
But even that kind of guy wasnât able to endure the intense bombardment of the powerful abyss spirits.
The vitality of Linkis eventually got exhausted.
Tring-!
[The summon âLinkisâ vitality has been drained.]
[The summon Linkis has been summoned back.]
âDammit!â
Inisco cursed under his breath.
If he went in slowly without overdoing these stuff, then he wouldnât have had to lose Linkis.
Of course, it wasnât like the orders of Ralph were incomprehensible.
The âmonsterâ guy was up there before they went to the altar. Because of that, they tried to take down the party of Ian and run out of the altar.
All the plans they had put together would be in vain if it didnât work out.
But apart from that, Ralphâs orders were too self-centered and that was inevitable.
âRalph hyung! This is just too much!â
âIt is done! Just 20 seconds!â
Kwaah-!
Ralphâs sword was stained in red, giving out tremendous heat waves in all directions.
And in the place where the heatwave exploded, a wide path had opened up.
Not all monsters were gone, but the explosion was big enough to push the monsters back a few feet.
Ralph recovered his sword and jumped in without delay.
With the altar within their reach, they were hoping to clear the quest.
Tatt-!
âAhhhh-!â
Ralph leaped forward with all his strength and might.
At the same time, an unexpected system message had come up before his party.
[The conditions have been met.]
[The terrain will be changed. Some party members will be disconnected.]
[The divided party will now be reorganized.]
[Current party members: Ralph, Chesk, Inisco.]
Chesk and Inisco who noticed the system messages asked out loud about what they just saw,
âUh?â
âWhat is this? Why would the party split?â
But Ralph, who put his head into work, smiled out of realization.
âIdiots, canât get the situation still?â
âHuh?â
âWhat is that supposed to mean, hyung?â
Arriving at the altar, Ralph smiled and pulled out the orb from his inventory.
He then opened his mouth and looked at Chesk and Inisco.
âWhy did the party split?â
ââŚ!â
âThose dumbasses smashed the iron gates; they are trapped inside the cave.â
âAh, because of thatâŚ?â
Only then did the other two people managed to understand the situation.
And their expressions brightened.
If Ian and his party were trapped in the cave with that âmonsterâ, then they had a longer time in their hands.
Smiling, Ralph put the orb on the altar.
Blue light began to dance around the altar.
Woong-!
Ralph, Chesk, and Inisco were very elated, seeing that scene unfold in front of their eyes.
They didnât have to fight anymore.
The moment the altar began to work, all the monsters which were surrounding them would get wiped out.
Kung- Kung-!
At the same time, a loud vibrating sound rang out from the altar, and the blue light started to spread on all directions.
Subsequently, they were all shooting toward the monsters around them.
Pung- Pong-!
And with a sound of crackers bursting, all the spirts and monsters were taken down in a second.
As the altar started to work, the Abyss Valley began to get cleared.
âDone! Told you we could do it!â
Ralph clenched his fist and looked over at the cave where the monster was trapped.
In fact, putting the orb on the altar had been successful when they tried that previously.
Nevertheless, the reason why they failed to clear the quest was because the altar began to work, which made the monsters come out and destroy the orbs.
If the orbs got destroyed before the valley got purified, then the last gate wonât activate.
In other words, the road to the âspirit sanctuaryâ wouldnât open.
So Ralph still couldnât feel assured even though the altar worked.
If that monster broke out of the cave and came running in their direction, it would turn into another fail.
It was not over until the messages said that the gate was active.
âPlease, donât come on this side!â
As if planned, all of their eyes were stuck onto the entrance of the cave with the desire to not cross path with the monster again.
Their hopes seemed like it would come true.
10 seconds, 20 seconds, no 1 minute.
Yet, the monster didnât come out.
But the three still wouldnât celebrate.
ââŚ?â
âWhat is this?â
âNothing? Is something up?â
The monster didnât appear, and the gate to the spirit sanctuary didnât activate either.
Right before their eyes came messages which they hadnât seen before.