SSS-Rank Overlord: Defend the Dungeon or Die-Chapter 214: Episode

Seeing Sieghardt forced to one knee, Yuda raised his sword. "Then try blocking this, too!"

A massive wave of magic surged, blue energy gathering around Fragarach. Yuda was about to use another single-use skill when Venshi, beside him, stopped him.

"Yuda, save yours. There’s nothing to gain from getting worked up over a guy like that. For now, let’s break through while conserving our skills."

"Tch. I guess you’re right."

The thunderbolt aimed at the siege soldiers had missed. He needed to start conserving his limited-use skills. Yuda canceled the attack and, along with his comrades, targeted the shield soldiers first.

"Kwaaaaaaah!"

The Basilisk was the first to roar. The shield soldiers raised their shields, preparing for the petrification skill.

[Top-tier B-rank Raider Natalon has cast Guardian Shield.]

[Blocked the Basilisk’s petrification skill.]

[Top-tier A-rank Raider Vivers has cast Guardian Shield.]

[Blocked the Basilisk’s petrification skill.]

The petrification skill was repeatedly nullified by the shields. The melee raiders used the opening to weave between the soldiers. Just then, the siege units began their bombardment.

’Boom! Ba-boom! Boom!’

Cannonballs and giant arrows rained down. The priests quickly cast protective barriers to block the damage, but it wasn’t over.

[A-rank Hero Soldier Lich Big Dream’s special ability ‘Black Mist’ has been activated.]

[A black mist envelops Balak’s soldiers.]

[The Black Mist will be canceled if his mana is depleted or if Big Dream takes damage.]

The same skill they had seen in the Hylon Forest was cast again, and undead soldiers began to appear.

"Foolish humans!"

"This place will be your grave!"

At the same time, two Death Knights emerged. They led the Abyss Knights and targeted the raiders in the rear. The raiders confronting the shield soldiers tried to turn back to help, but the undead in the mist were tying them down.

"Damn it, this is so annoying! It’s already hard to move because of the siege units, and now these bony bastards in the mist are causing trouble."

"Leave this to me and deal with your side!" Venshi shouted from the rear. He summoned thick vines that shot toward the Abyss Knights.

[Top-tier A-rank Raider Venshi has cast Vine Snare.]

[Some Abyss Knights are trapped in the vines and cannot move.]

A druidic prison woven from vines materialized. Grizzle and Granzle ignored the ensnared soldiers and charged toward the mage raiders. However, the Yuda Raid Party wasn’t one to be taken down so easily.

[Top-tier A-rank Raider Crizzle has cast Gravity Suppression.]

[High-tier A-rank Raider Verpont has cast Prison Nova.]

[Top-tier B-rank Raider Esol has cast Earth Burst.]

Centering around their A-rank members, they unleashed their own single-use skills to fend off the soldiers.

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[Explosion Trap has been activated.]

[Illusion Trap has been activated.]

[Snare Trap has been activated.]

The pre-installed traps and the snare-tipped arrows activated simultaneously. Combined with the bombardment from the siege units, the four types of traps were a true nightmare.

"Aaargh! Why is there an electric trap here?!"

"Damn it! Are they firing arrows from inside the mist? This is no ordinary trapper. Everyone, be careful!"

"The barrier here is broken! We need the priests in the back!"

The raiders were in utter chaos. Some even used their precious skills to fire blindly into the mist, but to no avail. The top-tier A-rank raiders tried to rush in, but the A-rank soldiers blocking their path were formidable. To make matters worse, two Keepers were holding their ground. Yuda tried to push past Angelina to get to the Lich, but she used a skill to force his attention onto her.

[B-rank Hero Keeper Fallen Angelina has cast Focus Gaze.]

[For a set time, you cannot move away from Angelina’s vicinity.]

"Damn you, you bitch!" Yuda roared.

"Oh my," Angelina purred. "And who was it that was charging at me so fiercely just a moment ago?"

"You’re so damn annoying!"

Fragarach clashed with her shield once more, and the explosion enchantment activated again.

’Boom!’

Yuda was thrown back. He wiped his face with his sleeve and scanned his surroundings. The raiders were already growing fatigued. The siege bombardment, the undead led by Doom Skeletons, the endless traps, the explosion enchantments—by trying to conserve their skills, they were only accumulating more damage.

’Are the barriers being destroyed as soon as they’re cast?’ Yuda thought grimly. ’The rear is holding up, but the ranged raiders alone aren’t enough.’

Balak’s forces were stronger than expected. He hadn’t even used his personal items yet, and he was beginning to regret it immensely. Yuda slowly reined in his killing intent and began to respond in earnest.

"Kyaaaak!"

"Move. I’m a busy man!"

Angelina’s shield finally shattered. She was a Keeper, but only a B-rank Hero. She was no match for a serious Yuda. He raised Fragarach and shouted.

"Melee raiders, use your single-use skills and break through at once! The target is the Lich in the black mist! Wipe them out along with the siege soldiers!"

"You should have said so sooner!"

"Alright! Now the real match begins! Let’s go, you bastards!"

With a single command, their morale was restored. The melee raiders cast their limited-use skills one after another, finally breaking through the shield soldiers.

[The Basilisk has died.]

[The Gargoyle has died.]

[The Troll has died.]

The soldiers who had been holding the line collapsed, and gaps opened in their formation. The raiders didn’t miss the opportunity and surged through. As the formation crumbled, the distance to the black mist narrowed. Yuda kicked off the ground and rejoined his comrades.

"You won’t escape this time!"

If his enemy had a summon skill, he just had to kill them before it could be used. Yuda raised Fragarach and cast his skill again.

[Top-tier A-rank Raider Yuda has cast Swift Slash.]

[The magic sword Fragarach amplifies his magic.]

[A magic-infused slash flies toward the designated area.]

The slash that had split the earth in the Hylon Forest appeared once more. The raiders around him also used their skills and charged into the mist. At that moment, a protective barrier formed around the black mist.

[A-rank Raider Eleonora has cast God’s Teaching.]

[A barrier with infinite durability is maintained until all divine power is consumed.]

[God’s Teaching uses remaining: 1/1]

It was the skill of a raider from Balak who had been hiding. God’s Teaching withstood the melee raiders’ skills and began to regenerate its durability.

"A barrier that restores its durability? We can’t even break into the mist like this."

"Still, the barrier’s range is smaller than expected. Let’s target the ones on the outside first!"

"Damn it! My precious single-use skill!"

The raiders didn’t panic, splitting to the left and right. Yuda looked at Eleonora, who had cast the barrier, and clicked his tongue.

"Tsk. So you’ve completely sided with Balak now. How does it feel to belong to a dungeon, Eleonora?"

"It’s pretty good, actually," Eleonora replied with a small smile. "Taehyun is treating me better than I expected. I think I might have even fallen for him. Huhu."

"Pathetic. A barrier that restores its durability, you said? Then there’s no choice but to destroy it in a single blow so it can’t recover!"

"Oops. Before you do that, perhaps you should look beside me?"

She pointed to her side. Another figure, previously unseen, had appeared. Yuda stopped casting his skill and leaped back.

[A-rank Named Guardian Pluton has cast Cube Imprisonment.]

[All enemies within a certain range are trapped in a cube.]

A massive, square cube fell from the sky. If he had cast his skill, he would have been trapped inside it. Yuda stared in bewilderment at his imprisoned comrades.

"Where do these things keep popping out from?! Just how many main forces do they have?!"

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—"Where do these things keep popping out from?! Just how many main forces do they have?!"

For the first time, Yuda was flustered. The main forces had been appearing relentlessly since the Hylon Forest. It was certainly understandable.

"There are still plenty more," Taehyun said to himself. "It’s too early to be surprised."

This was only the second battle. He checked on Grizzle and Granzle’s situation and gave an order to Raviz.

"They’re starting to struggle against the single-use skills. Summon Grizzle and Granzle first."

—"Understood."

The two Death Knights, on the verge of destruction, were teleported away. The raiders who had been pouring skills on them looked around in confusion.

"The Abyss Knights have all been wiped out, too," Inhye noted. "The ranged raiders will start providing support again soon. What should we do?"

"What do you mean? We abandon the soldiers and save only the main forces."

Several raiders were already dead. He had also drained them of about fifty single-use skills, a more than acceptable trade.

[Top-tier A-rank Raider Buffalo has died.]

[Top-tier B-rank Raider Geneith has died.]

[A-rank Raider Perton has died.]

Even now, the raiders trapped in the cube were dying. Most of the shield soldiers had been annihilated, but the soldiers within the mist were safe. As long as God’s Teaching and Black Mist were active, they wouldn’t die. Taehyun had already summoned Sieghardt and Angelina to safety and was observing the situation. Just then, an ominous amount of magic began to gather.

[Top-tier A-rank Raider Yuda is casting Ragnarok.]

[The magic sword Fragarach amplifies his magic.]

[The wrath of a god is gathering through his magic.]

[Ragnarok uses remaining: 1/1]

It was Yuda’s ultimate skill. He was charging his magic right in front of God’s Teaching.

"That looks dangerous. Raviz!"

—"I’m listening, Master."

"As soon as I give the signal, summon all the main forces immediately."

—"Understood."

Fragarach slowly began to resonate with power.

—"Let’s see if you can withstand this, too!"

A harpoon of pure energy shot out from the tip of Yuda’s swinging sword.

[God’s Teaching Damage Rate 10%]

[God’s Teaching Damage Rate 50%]

[God’s Teaching Damage Rate 90%]

The damage rate climbed in an instant. Taehyun urgently gave the order to Raviz.

[A-rank Hero Guardian Raviz, Pioneer of Space, has cast Grand Summon.]

[Hendy, Hera, Big Dream, Eleonora, Pluton, and the Doom Skeletons on the Revived Plains have been summoned to the Silent Forest.]

’KWAAAAAAAANG!’

The result was utter devastation. Where the black mist had been, only a massive crater remained.

"My god..." Taehyun breathed.

The ground was split as if an earthquake had struck. He let out a belated sigh of relief and wiped away a bead of cold sweat.

"Raviz, the summon?"

—"The summoning was successful."

"Haa... Good work. You head to the Silent Valley first."

—"Understood."

Now, the battle would resume in the Silent Forest. Having witnessed the power of Ragnarok, Taehyun raised his assessment of Yuda’s danger level even higher.

’I almost lost my main forces right there. He’s on par with that S-rank raider I saw. If he had raided somewhere other than Velvet and reached S-rank, he would have become a true monster.’

The silver lining was that this battle had forced Yuda to use Ragnarok. For the third battle, Taehyun contacted Narae.

—"What took you so long? So who are you going to borrow?"

"As you’ve probably heard, the Yuda Raid Party has come calling. If you can spare him, please send your strongest."

—"Alright. I’ll lend you Randus as a special favor. I’m about to become an S-rank dungeon myself, you know. Before that, I’ll show you the true power of Katarniak."

"I’m looking forward to it. I’ll call you again later, so please provide support then."

The communication cut. After Libixian, it was Katarniak. He couldn’t afford to go into this third battle without support. Taehyun began deploying soldiers in the Silent Forest, preparing for day four.

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