The Game Difficulty Is Crazy
The situation completely changed.
After the monastery’s wraith appeared in the hollow space, the roles of the pursuer and the one being chased were reversed.
The demon skirmish squad that had been tormenting Glenn like hunters chasing prey was now too busy running away from the wraith to think straight.
The wraith screamed and pierced the fleeing demon skirmish members one by one with its claws.
Chwaaaak—
“Kkeuheuaaaak!”
One demon collapsed onto the ground.
The wraith climbed on top of him and moved its claws wildly, driven by pure impulse.
At the same time, several black arrows fired by the other demons struck the wraith’s body.
But exorcism, let alone any proper treatment, had never been performed on this raw, untouched wraith, so the arrows had no effect at all.
“Kiieeeek!”
The only response was a brief, shrill scream.
Their arrows only ended up provoking the excited creature even more.
The wraith immediately searched for its next victim, raised its claws, and kicked off the ground.
“Fuck, fuck!”
Ralpher ground his teeth repeatedly.
Already, two comrades had fallen to that grotesque monster.
Two were of unknown fate.
Two had been taken by that monster.
Three had been killed by the human brat.
The skirmish squad that once numbered ten was now down to just four, including himself.
“Captain! If this keeps up…!”
A comrade shouted urgently.
He was right. If this continued, they would be wiped out by that unknown monster.
But more than anything else—
That human, darting around the hollow while avoiding the monster, was dozens… no, thousands of times more detestable.
“Krrrgh!”
He bit down so hard that blood burst from his gums.
There was no doubt that it was that human who had released holy power to lure the monster here.
But once the fight began, the monster charged at them as if it did not even recognize the human’s existence.
At first, he thought it was just coincidence.
But after seeing the human grin slyly while watching them, he realized everything had been intentional.
What kind of filthy trick did he pull?!
The human, who never drew the monster’s attention, kept interfering with their fight.
And he did it in the most irritating way possible.
“Hey, that’s far enough.”
“Kgh! Move— keuaaaak!”
While blocking the human’s sword, another comrade was taken by the monster.
Three skirmish members remained.
An alarm rang loudly in Ralpher’s head.
If this continued, they really would be annihilated by that human and the monster.
“That can’t happen…!”
“Kiieeeeeek!”
At some point, the monster caught up from behind and swung its claws.
Kaaang—!
Ralpher blocked it by heavily imbuing his dagger with demonic energy, but the moment he took the hit, a twisting pain tore through his insides and blood surged up his throat.
“Kheuk!”
Thick blood spilled from between his lips.
“Uaaah!”
With a roar, he kicked the monster in the abdomen.
“Krreeek!”
The monster was blown back and slammed into the ground, but soon it twisted its body grotesquely and staggered back to its feet.
“Fucking hell…!”
Wiping the blood from his chin with the back of his hand, Ralpher hardened his gaze.
You can’t run from that monster.
The monster always attacked comrades who turned their backs and tried to flee down the passage first.
Perhaps it sensed their fear.
Even if we fight, we can’t win.
They had already fired over a hundred arrows into it, but there was no real effect.
Only his own attacks, as a 6-star, seemed to work at all, but his demonic energy was already completely drained.
No choice, then…
Ralpher threw away his dagger and pulled out the bow slung across his back.
Then he took out a red spike, as thick as an arm, hanging at his waist, and set it on the bowstring.
“Captain? Th-that is…?!”
“The red stake… are you going to use it?”
The comrade fleeing beside him looked shocked.
Ralpher’s eyes were firm.
“Cover me.”
Normally, it was something meant to be used for the mission, but now that his life was on the line, there was no point in saving it.
“…Understood.”
The other two demons nodded, their expressions hardening.
“I’ll block the human. Vera, you cover the captain.”
After saying that, the comrade rushed toward the human with a dagger.
Ralpher and Vera exchanged a glance, then turned their bodies at the same time.
“Kiieeeek!”
The monster immediately chased after them.
Vera charged toward it—
And at the same time, the red spike left Ralpher’s bowstring.
Gooooo—
The spike turned into a red flash of light as it flew toward the monster.
I can’t die here!
He would survive and make that disgusting human pay for all this humiliation.
He would regret killing his comrades and pushing him this far a hundred times over!
Tukwaaaak—
The red flash pierced straight through the monster’s chest.
“Kiiiaaaaaaaak!!”
With the red spike embedded in its chest, the monster collapsed onto the ground.
It scratched at its own chest and screamed nonstop.
Rotten blood and chunks of flesh fell to the floor beneath it, but it was pointless.
Once that’s embedded in you, not even a god can escape death.
Ralpher lowered his bow and let out a deep sigh.
Unfortunately, while they were driving the red stake into the monster, Vera had been killed.
She was only 3-star and had charged in prepared to sacrifice herself, but it still left a bitter taste.
Either way, the monster would now suffer and slowly die.
There was no need to worry about it anymore.
Now there was only one thing left to do.
Make that bastard regret being alive.
With that thought, Ralpher sharpened his gaze and looked toward the human.
But—
“…?”
Veins bulged on Ralpher’s forehead.
The comrade who had gone to block the human was lying on the ground, dying.
And the human was smiling as he looked at him.
The wraith lay pathetically on the ground, clawing at its own chest.
And embedded in it was the red spike.
The lone remaining skirmish captain, Ralpher.
“Perfect.”
Glenn had never imagined things would go exactly as he wanted to this extent.
From luring the wraith into the hollow, to making it attack the demon skirmish squad—it was all simple.
First, Glenn used the wraith’s sensitivity to holy power to lure it into the hollow.
Then, he used the monster-like nature of the wraith to make it attack the demon skirmish squad.
This world was based on the game Gray Eden.
Monsters in the game clearly have priority rules.
In combat, monsters prioritize enemies that pose a greater threat or provoke them.
The wraith, which is close to an NPC but still has monster traits, is no different.
That was why Glenn released all his remaining holy power, completely expelling it from his body.
After that, due to the gray ring’s penalty, all rings were deactivated, removing him from the wraith’s attack priority.
