Chapter 76: The Divine Wall and the Bloody Harvest

Seong-jun and Yuseon delivered a powerful blow right from the start.

*Boom! Crash!*

The boss, directly hit by the consecutive Wind Snipes cast by Seong-jun and Yuseon, staggered and was pushed back by the impact.

However, it quickly regained its stance and resumed its advance.

One thing was different from before.

Whether it was because they had successfully drawn its aggro or not, the boss, which had previously stayed behind its minions, was now pushing through the regular monsters to take a position in the middle.

“Oh! That’s an unexpected gain. At this rate, I think I can hit the boss directly with God’s Wrath once it gets within range.”

When the boss was in the back, a direct hit would have been difficult, even if the secondary shockwave hit it.

But because the boss had pushed forward after its aggro was drawn, a direct hit now seemed possible.

“But if it does that, we might get surrounded by monsters,” Yuseon said.

When the regular monsters were positioned in the front, there were no other monsters behind the boss.

By positioning themselves well, they could have avoided being surrounded.

However, with the monsters now positioned all around the boss, they could be encircled in an instant if they weren’t careful.

Seong-jun smiled at Yuseon’s words.

“Don’t worry. I’ve already thought about that. In fact, should I say this worked out even better?”

Seong-jun felt that the current situation was likely to work in their favor.

No, he seemed certain of it.

“Really? Well, if you say so, Seong-jun, then there must be a way. Anyway, I think it’s about time to start.”

Before they knew it, the monster horde had entered the range of their wide-area skills.

“Kieeeeeee!”

“Kiaaaaaaa!”

At this rate, close-quarters combat would break out within two to three minutes.

“You’re right. Shall we begin then?”

Seong-jun raised his weapon, which he had transformed back into a Mace, and cast a skill.

‘Dark Attribute Infusion!’

The first thing he cast was Dark Attribute Infusion.

While there were many complications to casting Dark Attribute Infusion in Wide Area Mode, using it as a single-target skill posed no problems.

Thus, Seong-jun cast Dark Attribute Infusion only on the boss.

*Whoosh!*

Having instantly turned the boss into a Dark Attribute target, Seong-jun immediately followed up with God’s Wrath.

‘God’s Wrath!’

*Rumble!*

As soon as he cast the skill, an intense pillar of light struck the boss.

*Boom! Crash!*

Simultaneously, a massive shockwave swept through the surroundings.

*Rumble!*

The waves of light spread in all directions in an instant.

It dealt damage to the surrounding monsters—reduced by 35% from the base damage—and provided a vitality recovery buff to the allies within range.

*Bang! Boom! Crash!*

Not stopping there, Seong-jun immediately cast Sword of Light.

‘Sword of Light!’

*Whirr! Whirr!*

Five swords of light were summoned above Seong-jun’s head.

After summoning them, Seong-jun launched the five swords of light one after another toward the monsters standing in a straight line toward the boss.

*Swish! Swish! Swish!*

*Boom! Crash! Bang!*

While it couldn’t cover as wide an area as God’s Wrath, it was still a range skill, so the aftermath reached the monsters around those directly struck.

“Yuseon! Now!”

At Seong-jun’s signal, Yuseon cast the skill she had prepared.

“Spirit Magic Light Cannon!”

Yuseon’s ultimate move, Spirit Magic Light Cannon, which swept away monsters in a straight line ahead, was quickly unleashed.

*Kaaaa-boom!*

The Spirit Magic Light Cannon tore through the monsters that had already been battered by God’s Wrath and Sword of Light, carving a straight path toward the boss.

It didn’t stop there; it went on to strike the boss itself.

As the path to the boss opened, Seong-jun shouted quickly, “Let’s go!”

He dashed forward the moment he finished his shout.

Gwang-taek took the lead, followed by Seong-jun and Yuseon, with Chang-su following at the very rear.

“Kieeeeeee!”

The boss, a Bloody Giant Mantis, let out a sharp roar upon confirming the approach of Seong-jun’s party.

The boss’s gaze was fixed on Seong-jun, which was only natural.

Unless one was an S-rank dealer, it was not easy for even an A-rank to handle the damage from Seong-jun’s skills.

As the distance between Seong-jun’s party and the boss closed, Seong-jun called out, “Brother Gwang-taek!”

“Got it! Chain of Light!”

Gwang-taek immediately used Chain of Light to pull the boss.

*Clank!*

The boss, dragged instantly in front of Gwang-taek, fell into a stunned state.

“Kieee?”

Seong-jun moved quickly behind the boss and swung his Mace as he cast a skill.

‘Furious Strike!’

The melee skill, Furious Strike, was the most powerful single-target skill currently in Seong-jun’s possession.

Along with its high damage, it also had the effect of lowering the target’s defense.

Now that the skill level had risen to Level 3, it boasted a staggering 800,000 damage.

Furthermore, by inflicting 60% additional damage to Dark Attribute enemies, he could now deal a massive total of 1,280,000 damage.

In addition to the 30% defense reduction effect, it also had a chance to apply a knockdown effect.

*Baaaaang!*

Fortunately, the knockdown effect was applied to the Bloody Giant Mantis.

Its legs seemed to lose their strength, and it collapsed right there.

“Kieek!”

Seeing the Bloody Giant Mantis collapsed while stunned, Seong-jun shouted to his teammates, “Concentrated fire! Spam your skills!”

Since the boss had been converted to the Dark Attribute and its defense had been lowered by 30%, the powerful attacks of Yuseon and Chang-su, bolstered by Enchant buffs, began to shine.

*Swish! Slice! Stab!*

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The regular monsters quickly approached them, but this was also within Seong-jun’s expectations.

“Kiaaaaa!”

“Kieeeee!”

Seeing the monsters swarming like a colony of ants, Seong-jun smirked.

‘I’ll deal with you guys later, so just wait there for now. Holy Barrier!’

When he cast Holy Barrier, a large, long, translucent wall was generated between Seong-jun and the monsters.

[Active] Holy Barrier [1/10]

Blocks the enemy’s advance with a holy wall.

-Creates a wall [100m] wide x [5m] high.

-Wall is maintained through continuous Divine Power consumption. [Automatically releases after 1 hour.]

-Additional Divine Power is consumed when the wall takes damage.

Casting Time: [Instant]

Duration: [Up to 1 hour] [Until Divine Power injection stops.]

Divine Power Consumption: [100 per second]

Cooldown: [2 hours]

Holy Barrier was a wall-type shield that could be maintained for up to one hour by continuously consuming Divine Power.

The skill itself consumed a significant amount of Divine Power, and since additional power was consumed whenever the wall was struck, it was difficult for an average person to maintain it for even 10 minutes.

*Thump! Bang! Thump!*

As the translucent wall suddenly appeared, the monsters on the other side began to attack it frantically.

However, the wall didn’t budge, and thus, over 400 monsters were trapped behind it, unable to cross.

On the other hand, there were now fewer than 100 monsters left on the side where the boss was.

“Oh! Come to think of it, he had Holy Barrier! Haha, this changes things!”

Seeing the monster horde split in half by Holy Barrier, Gwang-taek cheered.

This meant they didn’t have to worry about being surrounded, and the number of monsters they had to face immediately had been drastically reduced.

“The Divine Power consumption for this is no joke! It’s hard to maintain for too long, so we have to take the boss down as quickly as possible!”

Just maintaining it consumed 6,000 Divine Power per minute, and since the monsters were desperately attacking it, the consumption had skyrocketed.

Maintaining it for even 10 minutes in this state would cost hundreds of thousands of Divine Power.

Therefore, they had to kill the boss as fast as they could.

“I’m already doing my best!”

Just as she said, Yuseon was doing her utmost to deal as much damage as possible, even using Lightning Arrow.

Chang-su was also attacking without rest, casting his skills as soon as their cooldowns ended.

‘Holy Attack! Surge of Holy Arrows!’

Seong-jun also joined the attack in earnest.

Starting with Holy Attack, he continued his assault by casting Surge of Holy Arrows.

***

The guilds deployed to defend the temporary shelter, including Changcheon, Genesis, and Holy Emperor, were quickly clearing out the monsters.

Since the monsters had already taken significant damage from Seong-jun’s God’s Wrath, they were able to eliminate them faster than expected.

*Boom! Bang! Bang!*

“Whoa! What in the world is that…?”

“The translucent wall split the monsters into two groups!”

“Now is our chance! The number of monsters we have to face has dropped significantly because of that wall. Use this gap to clean them up!”

Because of Holy Barrier, it was as if over 400 monsters had been trapped behind the wall.

Thanks to that, the number of monsters they had to deal with plummeted, presenting a massive opportunity.

Meanwhile, William Kreft of the Holy Emperor guild could not hide his surprise at Seong-jun’s consecutive feats.

“Reducing the health of B-grade monsters to less than half with a single wide-area skill is impressive enough, but now he’s used a wall to split hundreds of monsters.”

At William’s words, Karl approached and spoke.

“Attack, defense, buffs, and even healing—he’s truly an all-rounder. At that level, it’s hard to define him simply as a Healer.”

It was difficult enough to show peak ability in one field, but Seong-jun was demonstrating abilities beyond his rank in multiple areas.

He was officially A-grade, but he was practically S-grade.

“It certainly seems that way. If we could just bring Kim Seong-jun to our guild, we might be able to aim for the number one spot in the world.”

The Holy Emperor guild was one of the strongest in the world, but the guilds ranked above them were powerful enough to overwhelm them.

However, if they could recruit Seong-jun, William felt they could dominate those guilds and rise to become the undisputed number one in the world.

Seong-jun’s demonstrated abilities were that far beyond imagination.

“Even if that’s the case, it’s better not to approach him too hastily. Rushing things always leads to trouble.”

“I know that much. Anyway, it looks like the rewards for taking down the boss are out of our reach. When they first opened the path and charged in blindly, I thought they were crazy and looking for a way to commit suicide, but to think they had a hidden card like that. Well, we still can’t just stand by. Reina! Sarah! You two take command and clean up the mobs! Karl and I are going to the boss!”

Considering the damage Seong-jun’s party had already dealt, it seemed unlikely that William’s group could claim the boss kill rewards even if they joined now.

However, they couldn’t just do nothing.

They didn’t know how long that wall would last, so they had to kill the boss while the wall was up to settle the situation easily.

Thus, William planned to leave the area to Reina and Sarah and head toward the boss with Karl.

“How is it that our thoughts aligned for once? I was actually planning to head for the boss too. If we’re going, let’s hurry.”

As Karl spoke and quickly moved his feet, William followed him with a smile.

Eventually, 10 minutes passed.

During that time, Seong-jun had to consume hundreds of thousands of Divine Power just to maintain the Holy Barrier.

A massive amount of Divine Power was still draining away, and he was also using a significant amount to attack.

If not for the additional Divine Power from Holy Heart, maintaining Holy Barrier would have been a very close call.

Fortunately, Choi Gang-hyeok of Changcheon and Ju So-jeong of Genesis joined the boss raid, following Holy Emperor’s William Kreft and Karl Buckman.

With a large number of S-ranks joining, the boss’s health began to drop sharply.

At the same time, the stun effect from Gwang-taek’s Light Chain wore off, and the boss’s gaze slowly turned toward Seong-jun.

“Urgh! Seong-jun! The immobilization has worn off!”

At Gwang-taek’s shout, Seong-jun smiled and transformed his weapon into a Shield.

“Don’t worry about me. Just pull it back as soon as your cooldown ends.”

‘Weapon Transformation: Shield! Light Chain!’

After transforming his weapon into a Shield, he suddenly cast Light Chain.

*Clang!*

Following Gwang-taek, the boss was now pulled toward Seong-jun and fell into a stunned state once again.

Seeing this, Seong-jun cast a new skill.

‘Holy Shield!’

A shield formed, enveloping Seong-jun’s entire body.

*Flash!*

This was a protection skill based on a completely different concept from Absolute Shield.

[Active] Holy Shield [1/10]

Uses holy power to block enemy attacks.

-Creates a shield with a value five times the user’s pure Divine Power.

-Can only be applied to oneself.

Casting Time: [3 seconds]

Duration: [Until the shield’s value is fully consumed.]

Divine Power Consumption: [4,500]

Cooldown: [4 hours]

Holy Shield was originally a Paladin skill that created a shield applicable only to the user to protect them from enemy attacks.

It was a skill he had acquired after obtaining Pellis Truian’s Essence.

Since Paladins typically had significantly lower Divine Power compared to Priests of the same rank, it was usually regarded as an emergency escape skill.

However, once it was applied to Seong-jun, it was reborn as a powerful shield boasting an enormous value, every bit as strong as Absolute Shield.

“Heh! Light Chain? Seong-jun, will you be okay?”

When Seong-jun used Light Chain to tie down the boss to himself, Gwang-taek asked with a flustered expression.

Seong-jun replied with a relaxed look.

“Don’t worry. I’m only doing this because I can handle it.”

The reason Seong-jun could be so relaxed was that he had acquired several other Paladin skills besides Holy Shield.

In particular, the passive skill Priest Combat Art had evolved into a new name, Divine Combat Art, after merging with Paladin Combat Art, and it was quite useful.

It had upgraded from a combat style focused on melee fighting with a Mace to one specialized in both offense and defense using a Mace and a Shield.

“Just hold on for a bit! I’ll pull it away as soon as my cooldown ends!”

Gwang-taek watched Seong-jun with an anxious expression, but what was this?

He was defending much better than expected.

Of course, since he had a shield, most attacks would be negated, but beyond that, his defensive technique using the physical Shield was extraordinary.

The Bloody Giant Mantis was, quite literally, an agility-type monster.

As such, its attack speed was incredibly fast, and its attack power was no joke.

However, Seong-jun was leisurely tanking by blocking or parrying those attacks using defense and evasion.

In some aspects, he looked even better than Gwang-taek, who was a defense-oriented Tanker.

How on earth was that possible?

But there was no time to idly ponder such questions.

Since there were over 400 monsters beyond the wall, they had to take down the boss as quickly as possible.

About 40 minutes after the battle with the boss began, the boss finally collapsed.

“Kieeeeeeeee…”

*Thud!*

Normally, it should have taken well over an hour, but because the A-rank and B-rank Hunters from each guild finished clearing the remaining monsters and joined the boss fight, the raid time was significantly shortened.

“We did it! We got the boss!”

“Whoa! We’ve crossed the highest mountain. Are only the small fry left now?”

Although there were still about 400 monsters and even Elites left beyond the wall, there would be no particular problem in dealing with them now that the boss had fallen.

‘The cooldown for my wide-area skill isn’t over yet, but we should be able to clear that amount without much trouble.’

The monsters already had their health reduced to less than half by God’s Wrath.

The combat power present here was more than enough to deal with such mobs.

“I’m going to release the barrier soon! So, let’s quickly reorganize the lines!”

If he released the barrier in their current state, an unintended chaotic battle might break out.

Therefore, Seong-jun gave the guilds time to reorganize their formations.

“Now! It’s not over yet! Hurry up and take your positions! Reorganize the lines!”

Holy Emperor moved first, followed quickly by Changcheon and Genesis.

Then, the other guilds returned to their respective places and swiftly reorganized.

“Releasing it now!”

Since Holy Barrier was essentially a hippo that devoured Divine Power, Seong-jun released it immediately.

‘Holy Barrier: Release!’

When the barrier was released, the translucent wall slowly vanished.

The Giant Mantises, which had been pointlessly striking the wall from the other side, charged toward the Hunters like mad.

“Kieeeeeee!”

“Kiaaaaaaa!”

The Hunters adjusted their grips on their weapons and prepared for the coming battle.

As the monsters reached point-blank range…

“Attack!”

The Hunters, who had established a defensive line, immediately went on the offensive.

“Sweep them all away!”

“You bastards! Die!”

Seeing the difference in power between the Hunters and the monsters, they judged that they could wipe them out even without focusing on defense, and thus, they boldly shifted to the offensive.

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I Became an EX-Class All-Rounder Priest Chapter 76

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