While Seong-jun was checking the new skills that had been created simultaneously with his rank increase.
“Oh! It’s loot!”
Gwang-taek checked the items dropped after defeating the elite.
“Since it was an elite, it gave a C-rank Spirit Stone. And is this a hat?”
When you defeat spirits, they drop Spirit Stones with a certain probability in addition to Mana Stones.
The problem was that while Mana Stones were highly utilized across all industries, the use for Spirit Stones was extremely limited.
Spirit Stones could literally only be used by classes that handled spirits.
Therefore, if there was no spirit-handling class in the party, they were often put up for auction or sold via general sale.
“Keep the Spirit Stone for now, but did you check the hat?”
“Yeah, it says it’s the Hat of Wind. It’s C-rank, and it has options that increase Agility, Attack Speed, and the flight speed of arrows. There are no separate special skills. This is clearly for an archer, isn’t it?”
Agility and Attack Speed were options everyone could use, but increasing the flight speed of arrows was literally an option aimed at archers.
“For now, Yu-seon can wear it until we catch the boss. We can decide later whether to keep using it or sell it.”
Since they only had the boss left, they had to utilize whatever helped increase their combat power.
Of course, since Seong-jun had risen to A-rank, he felt like they could easily defeat it without going that far, but since unpredictable variables might occur, he intended to utilize anything that helped.
“Anyway, only the boss is left now, so let’s take a break.”
“Ugh! I can finally get some proper sleep. There are no monsters left except the boss anyway. There’s no need to stand guard, so let’s just crash here.”
Once the monsters in the dungeon were cleared out ending with the elite, Gwang-taek and Yu-seon lay down on the floor almost simultaneously, as if they had planned it.
There were no monsters left in the dungeon anyway, and the boss would only be summoned once they entered the boss room, so there were no monsters that could pose a threat to them.
“Haha, shall we? We can start the boss raid right after waking up from a nap.”
As soon as Seong-jun finished speaking, Gwang-taek and Yu-seon settled in.
“Since we don’t know if something like this will happen again next time, wouldn’t it be better to put at least a sleeping bag in Seong-jun’s sub-space?”
Though it was unlikely to happen, the suggestion was made to put at least a sleeping bag in the newly acquired sub-space to prepare for a situation like this.
Regarding Gwang-taek’s opinion, Yu-seon offered a different idea.
“Will a sleeping bag be enough? Let’s carry camping equipment instead. I saw a new concept 10-person tent using Mana Stones released the other day. I thought it would be perfect to set up if we find a place to use as a base camp like this time.”
Yu-seon went a step further and suggested carrying camping gear.
Seong-jun chuckled at those words and spoke.
“Why? Why don’t we just carry a whole shipping container?”
“Hey, that’s not it. Containers are heavy, and you said the sub-space is only 1 ton now. Putting in one container would be the end of it. Let’s think about the container later when the rank goes up and we have more room in the tonnage.”
Seong-jun shook his head while looking at Yu-seon, who took the joke seriously.
“Sigh, let’s think about that matter gradually. Anyway, get some sleep. It’s 2 PM now, so let’s rest until 7 PM and enter the boss room around 8 PM.”
Up until now, they had only slept for 2–3 hours at a time.
Even then, they had to take turns standing guard for an hour.
Therefore, for the final stretch, they decided to sleep soundly together.
At Seong-jun’s words, Gwang-taek and Yu-seon closed their eyes while lying sprawled out.
Meanwhile, Seong-jun checked the newly created and changed skills.
‘I need to check the changed and newly created skills to hunt the boss in a bit.’
First, he checked the skills that had changed.
[Active] Holy Arrow Surge [5/10]
Purge enemies with powerful arrows of light made of divine power.
-Maximum number of Light Arrows manifested [5]
-Divine Damage +70,000
-Double damage applied to Dark-attribute targets.
-30% chance to apply Stun for 3 seconds to Dark-attribute targets.
Casting Time: [3]
Divine Power Consumption: [200 per arrow]
Cooldown: [5]
First of all, Holy Arrow had changed into Holy Arrow Surge, and the Light Arrow, which could only be cast one at a time, had changed so that up to 5 could be manifested simultaneously.
The damage was also 70,000 per arrow, so if all five hit an enemy, it would deal a massive 350,000 damage.
In addition, double damage was applied to Dark-attribute targets, and if a critical hit landed with the Holy Weapon Enchant, he would be able to deal truly monstrous damage.
[Active] All-in-One [1/10]
-Strength, Agility, Constitution stats increased by +20,000.
-All attribute resistances increased by [50%].
-Attack Speed increased by [30%].
-Attack Power, Defense Power increased by [50%].
Casting Time: [3]
Duration: [1 hour]
Divine Power Consumption: [300]
Cooldown: [10]
In the case of All-in-One, it was a buff that combined the basic set of five.
The basic five buffs were divided into a total of five types: Strength, Agility, Constitution, Defense, and Resistance, but as this was merged into one, it was also increasing Attack Speed and Attack Power.
Most of all, the fact that it increased the basic stats of Strength, Agility, and Constitution by a whopping 20,000 was incredible.
‘Huh! Strength, Agility, and Constitution by 20,000 each? 20,000 is the level of stats for an average A-rank. At least in terms of basic stats, this buff alone could turn an F-rank into an A-rank.’
Based on previous ranks, when the existing buffs were cast separately, they increased by about 1,000.
That was why the D-rank hunters who had received buffs in the E-rank dungeon felt as if they had risen by one rank. In the case of D-rank, the average was in the 80s, and in the case of C-rank, the average was between 200 and 500.
In the case of B-rank, stats between 1,000 and 3,000 were average, and for A-rank, the average was between 8,000 and 20,000.
Of course, these were just averages, and depending on the situation, one could possess much higher values.
However, since stats increased by 1,000 through buffs alone, D-rank hunters naturally felt as if they had risen by one rank, no, more than that.
Now that he had reached the singularity of A-rank, the buffs had merged into one, and as a result, the basic stats of Strength, Agility, and Constitution alone were increased by a whopping 20,000.
Looking at the stat values, it was an increase reaching the A-rank average.
Of course, since rank wasn’t determined by basic stats alone, and one had to consider skills and various other parts, it was obvious that it would be a huge help in hunting since it pulled basic stats up to the A-rank level.
On top of that, it increased Resistance, Attack Speed, Attack Power, and Defense, so he could achieve a massive leap in capability through this alone.
‘The important thing is that this is only level 1. As the level rises, the increase values will rise too, so it’ll be insane later on. Of course, even so, the core of hunting will still be the Enchant buffs. Anyway, shall I look at some of the new skills?’
Besides these, there were skills that had undergone significant changes upon reaching A-rank, but they mostly involved a drastic increase in option values.
Therefore, Seong-jun intended to check only a few core skills among the new ones that would be used during the boss raid.
[Active] God’s Wrath [1/10]
Enchant surrounding enemies with a pillar of light containing the wrath of God.
-Light-attribute Attack Power +200,000 to the first enemy hit.
-Inflict [50%] reduced damage to enemies within a certain range centered on the first enemy hit.
-Basic Area: Radius of [500m] centered on the first enemy hit.
-[30%] increased damage to Dark-attribute targets.
-Restores vitality of allies within the range.
Casting Time: [10]
Divine Power Consumption: [2,000]
Cooldown: [1 hour]
[Active] War Cry [1/10]
A powerful divine roar that leads the war to victory.
-Removes fear from allies within a certain range.
-Extremely amplifies the fighting spirit of allies within a certain range.
-Basic Area: Radius of [500m] centered on the caster [Range expands upon leveling up]
Casting Time: [Instant]
Duration: [1 hour]
Mana Consumption: [1,000]
Cooldown: [2 hours]
[Active] Strike of Wrath [1/10]
Crush enemies by imbuing a blunt weapon with the power of God.
-Light-attribute Damage +500,000
-Grant [Stun] for 5 seconds to enemies hit by Strike of Wrath.
-High probability of enemies hit by Strike of Wrath being knocked down.
-Defense of enemies hit by Strike of Wrath reduced by [20%] for 10 minutes.
-[50%] increased damage to Dark-attribute targets.
Casting Time: [Instant]
Divine Power Consumption: [1,000]
Cooldown: [3 hours]
There were many other newly created skills, but the three combat skills to be used immediately tomorrow were God’s Wrath, War Cry, and Strike of Wrath.
‘God’s Wrath was a skill used so often that it was categorized as a core skill for Hermia Jaelin, and it definitely deserves to be. The basic damage is high, and above all, it seems like it would shine in large-scale battles because it can deal damage to enemies over a wide area. And although Strike of Wrath has vastly more powerful single-hit damage compared to God’s Wrath, its long cooldown is a flaw. But it’ll be useful for catching the boss.’
In terms of damage alone, Strike of Wrath was significantly higher than God’s Wrath, but there was a reason why God’s Wrath was categorized as Hermia Jaelin’s core skill.
On the continent, there were many cases where large-scale forces numbering in the thousands or tens of thousands clashed, and in such wars, area-of-effect skills that could deal damage to as many enemies as possible were more efficient than powerful single-hit skills.
On the other hand, unless a Dungeon Break occurred here and they had to face large-scale monsters, they only dealt with small groups of 3 to 5 at most.
Using God’s Wrath in such a situation was, how should I put it… it was like using a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken.
Of course, the damage was reliable, so it was well worth utilizing depending on the situation.
‘War Cry seems like a skill that turns allies into berserkers who charge at enemies regardless of the circumstances. This too would be useful in large-scale combat, but it doesn’t seem like it would shine much during party hunting in dungeons where we only hunt about 3 to 5 monsters.’
In the case of War Cry, it was a skill that turned allies within a certain range into battle-crazed berserkers.
It seemed like it would be very useful when facing large-scale monsters due to a Dungeon Break, but it couldn’t be said to be particularly efficient in dungeon hunting where they only hunted about 3 to 5 monsters.
‘Sigh, I’ll stop here for now and check the rest of the skills slowly. I’m too tired.’
Seong-jun, having finished a rough check of the skills, slowly closed his eyes and fell into sleep.
To pull up his condition for the upcoming boss raid, he had to resolve his current fatigue to some extent.
***
After waking up from a sufficient sleep, Seong-jun’s party slowly prepared to raid the boss.
“Ugh! I feel so refreshed after a good sleep. Should we go finish this now? We’ve been in this tedious dungeon for too long.”
“My Lightning Arrows are fully charged, so let’s finish up quickly and go out to eat something delicious.”
Gwang-taek and Yu-seon looked energetic, perhaps because they had rested well.
“Then since we’ve rested enough, shall we go?”
Since everyone seemed to want to catch the boss and leave the dungeon quickly, Seong-jun strode toward the entrance of the boss room.
Perhaps because it was a field-type, a translucent curtain was draped at the end of the valley, and beyond it seemed to be the boss room.
And on one side of the translucent curtain, there was a gap that looked like an entrance.
“I’ll go in first.”
Gwang-taek was the first to enter the boss room through the gap, followed by Seong-jun and Yu-seon. As they stepped inside.
[You have entered. In 5 minutes, the boss of this dungeon, the Corrupted Ariel, Mid-tier Wind Spirit Stained by Darkness, will be summoned.]
A notification sounded in their ears.
“Once Gwang-taek blocks its movement with the Chains of Light, Yu-seon and I will immediately fire off our skills. I think it’ll be over within 10 minutes anyway, so Yu-seon, you use all your Lightning Arrows as soon as we start.”
At Seong-jun’s unexpected words, Gwang-taek and Yu-seon looked puzzled.
“Huh? It’s a boss, and you say it’ll be over in 10 minutes? Even if we didn’t use Lightning Arrows, it took nearly 30 minutes to catch the elite.”
Even if not using the Lightning Arrows was a big factor, it still took nearly 30 minutes to catch the elite.
Furthermore, the opponent was a boss.
Even if Yu-seon poured in all her Lightning Arrows, there was no guarantee they could finish it within 10 minutes.
If the immobilization wore off in that state, aggro might jump to Yu-seon.
However, Seong-jun showed strong confidence.
“Don’t worry. I have some very powerful single-hits prepared.”
The reason Seong-jun showed such confidence was because of the new attack skills he acquired upon reaching A-rank and the existing skills that had become even stronger.
With the basic damage also inflated due to his immensely increased Divine Power, he expressed confidence that he could take down even a D-rank boss within 10 minutes.
“Oh? Uh, okay. If you say it with that much confidence, you must have something in mind.”
“A 10-minute clear on a D-rank boss. If this is really possible, we’d be flying even if we went to a C-rank dungeon instead of a D-rank. Anyway, let’s do it!”
Because they were sure Seong-jun had a basis for saying that, no one raised an objection to his judgment.
Perhaps the influence of Absolute Trust played a large part.
“First, the buffs are going in. All-in-One!”
Whooooosh!
As Seong-jun cast All-in-One.
“Ack! W-what is this!”
“Heol! Seong-jun! What did you just do? Is this for real?”
Gwang-taek and Yu-seon could not close their gaping mouths at the enormous stat increase.
“Holy Weapon Enchant! Holy Armor Enchant!”
Seong-jun did not stop there and cast the Enchant buffs.
“Gack! Why is this like this too! The Critical value is at least 500 percent?”
“Crazy! This is crazy!”
The Enchant buffs had also changed upon reaching A-rank; the Attack and Defense values had risen significantly, and above all, the Critical value had increased tremendously.
Considering that critical hits were guaranteed against Dark-attribute monsters, it was a truly enormous change.
“I told you, didn’t I? I have powerful single-hits prepared. There’s more besides this. Anyway, it’s about time for the boss to be summoned. Everyone, get ready!”
As soon as his words ended, the dungeon boss, the Corrupted Ariel, Mid-tier Wind Spirit Stained by Darkness, was summoned.
“Kieeeeeeee!”
“Gwang-taek!”
“Oh! Right! Chains of Light!”
As soon as Ariel was summoned, Gwang-taek cast Chains of Light.
Clang-clang-clang!
The chains of light fired from his shield instantly wrapped around Ariel’s entire body.
“Kieee! Kiaaaa!”
Ariel struggled to break the chains but was helplessly pulled in front of Gwang-taek’s shield.
Swoosh!
Ariel fell into a 3-second stun along with being immobilized.
“Yu-seon, don’t attack yet and wait!”
Seong-jun, who gave the standby order to Yu-seon, quickly approached Ariel. Then, he threw the debuff potions he took out from his sub-space directly at Ariel.
Crash! Shatter! Smash!
The debuff potions Seong-jun threw broke as soon as they hit Ariel’s body, and just as the contents seemed to spread in all directions, they were soon absorbed into Ariel’s body.
[Defense Weakening Potion [A-rank] has been used. The target’s Defense decreases by [50%] for 30 minutes.]
[Attack Power Weakening Potion [A-rank] has been used. The target’s Attack Power decreases by [50%] for 30 minutes.]
[Vitality Weakening Potion [A-rank] has been used. The target’s Maximum Vitality decreases by [50%] for 30 minutes.]
Having first fed it the set of three debuff potions, Seong-jun soon swung his mace while casting a skill.
‘Strike of Wrath!’
Vrooooom!
Boom!
Ariel, who was just waking up from the stun, was hit by the Strike of Wrath and fell back into a stun.
At the same time, it fell flat on the floor.
The knockdown effect, which manifests with a high probability, had been applied.
[Target’s Defense is reduced by [20%] due to Strike of Wrath.]
‘It worked!’
In a state where Defense was reduced by 50 percent due to the debuff potion, it was reduced by another 20 percent by Strike of Wrath.
In other words, the Corrupted Ariel’s current Defense was reduced by a whopping 70 percent.
But more important than that was.
“Ack! Wh-what? Nearly 30 percent drops in one hit?”
With one Strike of Wrath, the Corrupted Ariel’s Vitality decreased by nearly 30 percent.
This was partly because its Defense and Vitality were reduced by 50 percent due to the debuff potions, but it was also because the massive damage of Strike of Wrath itself was coupled with the fact that the Corrupted Ariel was of the Dark attribute, triggering the critical hit from Holy Weapon Enchant.
“Yu-seon! Now! Pour in all the Lightning Arrows!”
As soon as Seong-jun’s order was given, Yu-seon immediately cast Lightning Arrow.
“Okay! Lightning Arrow!”
Then, the Light Arrow notched on the fully drawn bowstring instantly changed into a Lightning Arrow.
Zap!
Zaaaaap!
Ting!
When she released the drawn string, the Lightning Arrow flew rapidly toward the fallen Corrupted Ariel.
Screeeeeeech!
Boom!
Beginning with that, Yu-seon’s onslaught unfolded.
***
I Became the EX-class All-Purpose Priest Chapter 30
E-book Publication Date | 2025.11.14
Author | Kim Hyun-jun
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