As soon as the video ended and the game screen returned, what appeared before us was the spider-human, Anansi.Anansi radiated a transcendent aura different from null. First of all, he was easily seven or eight times the size of a player, and since his upper body was completely swallowed in shadow and appeared pitch-black, he gave off a feeling that was both mysterious and eerie.And those spider legs, honed sharp like jewel-forged blades. He’d definitely send the tank flying with those — I wondered how much it would hurt…— “Earlier I said I thought I saw something at the Mirror Cliffs.”While I was wordlessly sizing up Anansi, Gang Jaegyung finally opened his mouth in a slow drawl.Except—he’d said that was bullshit.— “I think that was Anansi.”What the hell, you said it was bullshit!— “I saw several thin, chopstick-like shadows pass by. I think I only caught sight of the lower part of the legs.”[Party] Honeybread: you said it was bullshit [Party] Retaking a Class: I thought I was mistaken [Party] Retaking a Class: ㅎ.ㅎ)>Then why not just say you were mistaken, instead of teasing me about it… I swung a bunch of skills at Gang Jaegyung’s character. And Jaegyung, as if he were actually taking damage, even used healing skills on himself.[Party] Honeybread: what the hell are you doing [Party] Retaking a Class: you hit me first, Honeybread [Party] Retaking a Class: it hurts so much _ ; -;)_ [Party] Honeybread: cut the crapWatching him whine about being in pain when he wasn’t being hit in-game or in real life, I got irritated, and my fingers pressed harder against the skills I’d been tapping lazily. And Jaegyung, as if he somehow knew, started spamming heals faster while whining in chat.— “120, 150, 210, 280, 100, 125.”…In a very low voice, he was accurately muttering my skill damage coefficients.He’d started doing the insane thing of calculating exactly which healing skill to use based on my damage output.I decided to see how far he would take it, and instead of using my usual damage rotation, I mixed my skills randomly. Jaegyung faltered a little at first, then, as if his competitive spirit had been lit, clenched his teeth and started rattling off numbers.It had started as a meaningless scuffle — no actual damage, no effective healing — but was gradually turning into a battle of pride…“……”By coincidence, Anansi suddenly gave a chuckling animation. Almost like he was mocking the clownish nonsense we were doing.What timing… It was nothing more than a polygon model moving, but because of the timing, I couldn’t help but feel awkward. I mean, it was childish, wasn’t it… I’d never once cared about the thousands of eyes watching Jaegyung’s stream, yet here I was, self-conscious because of a boss monster’s “expression.”In the end, I stopped throwing skills and sheathed my weapon. Jaegyung, who had been happily spouting numbers, noticed me stop mid-cast and paused too, tilting his head in confusion. Then he started wandering around in circles and pinged me in chat.[Party] Retaking a Class: why’d you stop? that was fun [Party] Honeybread: I got hit with reality… [Party] Retaking a Class: why? [Party] Honeybread: can’t believe this kid is my partner… [Party] Retaking a Class: ? [Party] Retaking a Class: what do you mean “this kid”? what about me? [Party] Retaking a Class: and YOU started it, Honeybread [Party] Honeybread: babysitting is exhausting [Party] Honeybread: how can anyone act this childish ㅇㅅㅇ— “……I’m putting Groove-Eye away.”With an irritated mutter, Jaegyung grabbed his Groove-Eye plushie by the head and shoved it off-camera. Poor squeaky thing hadn’t done anything wrong.— “You think I’m sulking? No, I’m not sulking over something like this. I’m not a kid, that’d be childish.”The way he stressed his tone — he was definitely sulking.Whether Jaegyung was sulking or not wasn’t my problem. I started buffing up again to begin the Anansi fight. Jaegyung, seeing me, did the same — grumbling the whole time, but dutifully casting his buffs.[Party] Honeybread: look at our Jaegyung, all grown up, still buffing even when sulking ^^ [Party] Retaking a Class: -"- [Party] Honeybread: nah.. [Party] Honeybread: judging by that booger stuck to your forehead, you’re still a kid [Party] Retaking a Class: it’s not a booger! [Party] Honeybread: ㅇㅅㅇ)r ` [Party] Retaking a Class: stop throwing boogers at me [Party] Honeybread: it’s totally a booger [Party] Retaking a Class: that’s one YOU threw. what’s on my emoji is my brow line. [Party] Honeybread: booger [Party] Retaking a Class: ㅡㅡAfter enough teasing, he finally just sent me an expressionless face without the brow line. If he’d just ignored me, it would’ve ended, but because he always insisted on firing back, it was fun to keep poking him. At this point, I wondered if he secretly enjoyed being treated this way and was provoking it on purpose.[Party] Retaking a Class: Honey-booger [Party] Retaking a Class: go pull the boss alreadyHoney-booger, huh. Is this guy really twenty-five? Or a ten-year-old kid?[Party] Honeybread: lol [Party] Honeybread: yes, Mr. Booger`I sent that chat and immediately hit Anansi with an aggro skill. Anansi let out a hearty laugh, delighted that the battle had begun, and fired a cluster of webs at me. He yanked me right up in front of him and began hammering me with normal attacks.— “What the hell? I mashed your name with ‘booger’ to make Honey-booger, but why am I just plain ‘booger’? And you even stuck that booger on the side?”The fight had barely started and Jaegyung was already screaming like mad, but when he saw Anansi relentlessly auto-attacking me, he reluctantly began casting skills. His mouth didn’t stop though, constantly mumbling complaints.I tuned out his grumbling and focused on Anansi’s auto-attack motions. A sharp leg swipe — physical. A high overhead slam — physical. A web shot — magic. Alternating leg strikes, four in a row — physical.The attack speed was fast and the timing randomized, so the difficulty was up there, but the basic autos themselves were manageable and the damage was fairly low. That was a relief, but at the same time, it made me wonder just what kind of nasty gimmick was coming.While I was thinking that, Jaegyung finally said something coherent:— “Hey… we’ve been fighting a while, but Anansi’s HP is {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} still at 100%.”Huh?I immediately checked his health bar. Sure enough, just as Jaegyung said, Anansi was still at a full 100% — not even 99%.Even if a mob had ten million HP and you dealt one damage, it would go down to 9,999,999 — which was 99%, not 100. At least, that was how Dusk always displayed it. Which meant, if Anansi was staying at a perfect 100%…— “It means our attacks aren’t actually effective.”But how could that be? On my screen, in my log, damage numbers were clearly showing. That should mean the attacks were connecting. Even null, when no damage numbers appeared, still had its health decreasing — the numbers just weren’t shown. That meant it was effective damage.…So was this boss Anansi designed as the opposite — “attacks that appear to hit, but aren’t actually valid”?— “I’m not completely sure if it’s just a display issue where the HP bar stays at 100% despite real damage… But considering Anansi said, ‘until he arrives to wield his authority,’ I think this fight isn’t about killing the boss, but about surviving its attacks and mechanics until the timer runs out.”Oh… That actually made sense. Anansi had explicitly put a time condition, his HP wasn’t moving at all, so Jaegyung’s deduction sounded plausible.But if that was really the case…[Party] Honeybread: so [Party] Honeybread: we don’t [Party] Honeybread: even need to attack [Party] Honeybread: right?Why tire my fingers spamming skills?Of course, we’d still have to block the occasional high-damage autos. But if the gimmick came out and all we had to do was survive until the designated time, then…That was free loot.— “Hmm…”But unlike me, Jaegyung still looked uneasy.— “Wouldn’t that make the fight too easy? This is supposed to be the final boss.”[Party] Honeybread: the concept is unique enough though— “Mmm.”[Party] Honeybread: anyway it’s still the early phase [Party] Honeybread: just let go, come onI’d already dropped my weapon and was only blocking the auto-attacks. Why refuse the easy way when it was right in front of us? Maybe the gimmick was so harsh that they’d deliberately made DPS irrelevant.Jaegyung hesitated, but then, as if deciding it was worth a try, also sheathed his weapon.

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