I looked down at the spider side dish (?) with pitying eyes.

"s.h.i.+k... s.h.i.+k..."

"Bake it golden-brown."

The spider queen was making a faint sound and had no strength to stand up. Somehow, she was a little pathetic but I had no mercy. "You attacked first, right?"

In South Korea, the person who hit first was unconditionally wrong. No matter the reason, I was proud to beat her. I turned my head and saw the smaller-sized Solar hovering around Ragneos.

"You! Go away! Kiik!" Ragneos' face became distorted as he watched Solar, who wouldn't disappear when he swung his staff. He was suffering from Solar's pa.s.sive skill, Curse of the Sun. It would be a bit of a headache. Keke.

[Sun Elemental - Solar has 5% of sun energy left.]

"Hmm?"

It seemed that Solar wasn't invincible. In fact, Solar's energy had run out due to the explosion that occurred earlier. It had consumed a significant amount of sun energy in order to absorb the fireb.a.l.l.s shot by Ragneos and return it as stronger damage. Of course, this was something I learned a bit later.

"It is dependent on energy these days? I should feed it some health food."

Of course, the ingredients were...

Smile.

It was the spider queen in front of me.

"Shall I finish this?"

* * *

"Go away! Go away!" Ragneos' mind was full of anger.

He continued to swing his staff at the d.a.m.n fireball but it kept surviving without disappearing. Sun energy was still being consumed but Ragneos didn't know this. Just then, loud noises were heard. He felt a great heat and turned his head to see a fire burning the spider queen's body.

Ragneos was furious when he saw it. "T-That guy!! Kiiiiiik!"

He wanted to save the spider queen. His plan had failed but this was his favorite pet spider. He couldn't die in such a vain manner. Thus, Ragneos chanted a spell. However...

[You have received the hatred of the sun elemental.]

[The casting has been canceled.]

"This d.a.m.n fireball!"

The spider queen turned into a pile of ashes. Ragneos watched the process and shed tears. He seemed to become decades older. "Human! Human!!!"

At this moment, a bead fragment reacted to his anger. Purple waves of energy spread around him. In the process, the fireball around him suddenly disappeared. Ragneos sat on the ground with his staff and looked gloomy. "You guys...! I will kill you! Even if I have to become a demon!"

* * *

I quickly collected the loot after killing the spider queen. I checked but there was no inner core. All I got was a variety of materials, spider venom, and the carapace. A message came as I was moving toward Ragneos.

[The sun elemental 'Solar' has exhausted all of its sun energy.]

[Solar can't be summoned for the next 24 hours.]

It seemed like Solar was gone. It was a bit painful that it couldn't be summoned for a day but I was satisfied because I made the most of it. There was another problem...

[Ragneos has used the inherent skill 'Frenzy of Darkness'.]

[For a period of time, lower grade dark magic can be used with no cooldown time.]

[All objects nearby are considered as enemies, apart from the caster.]

[The goblin priest Ragneos is reciting the oath of darkness.]

[If the spell isn't stopped within three minutes, he will become demonized and be more powerful.]

"Demonic power...?"

In the distance, I could see Ragneos chanting a spell. The skull staff inserted in the ground produced numerous dark arrows. This was ominous...

[The first apostle, 'Prometheus,' says that you have to stop him!]

I quickly rushed toward Ragneos but countless dark arrows were flying at me. It was more than I thought...

I didn't expect so many to be created in such a short amount of time. I dodged by twisting by body in the air but one struck my arm. "Ugh." 

An unknown black smoke could be seen rising from Ragneos' body. However, the dark arrows that suddenly appeared obscured my vision. It was twice as many as before.

"This is bulls.h.i.+t. Truly."

I currently only had around 500 health. It would be nice if I could avoid all of them but this was frankly questionable. I would be killed in five hits so it was a dangerous gamble.

...It seemed I would have to use Keen Insight. The moment I was running toward the incoming arrows.

"Storm Spear 1st Style." A man approached this place and rotated his spear. Wind gathered at the tip of the spear and swarmed toward the rus.h.i.+ng dark arrows. "Wind Blast!"

The energy of the wind at the end of the spear spread out in a fan shape and all the dark arrows exploded. I had a sullen expression on my face at Kerenos' arrival. "Why are you showing up now?"

"Haha. I was late because I was busy moving the lord to a safe place."

"What about the other knights?"

"They are defending the lord."

"d.a.m.n... there is no time. If we don't stop him quickly, he will become a demon."

"A demon?"

s.h.i.+t. Taking the time to explain...

[There are two minutes remaining until the demonization of the goblin priest, Ragneos.]

No.

"I'll go first. Follow me." I started running forward at high speed. I saw the increasing number of dark arrows and gritted my teeth. "Ah, this is really annoying."

It was sincere. The increasing number of dark arrows just raised the difficulty. However...

"Wind Blast!"

Kerenos called out to me, "I'll handle these arrows. Old man, kick that b.a.s.t.a.r.d's face."

"Cheeky guy."

I smiled and accelerated. I reached Ragneos and did a spinkick.

[You have inflicted 1,702 damage on the Dark Veil.]

[The durability of the Dark Veil has decreased by 9%.]

"What?"

[You have suffered 89 dark damage.]

[You have suffered 101 dark damage.]

"Ugh!" Before I knew it, the created dark arrows were flying toward me. I saw so many arrows flying as soon as they were created in the air and it was horrifying, like looking at a moth flying into fire.

"Keen Insight!"

[Apostle Skill: Keen Insight has been used.]

[You can preview your opponent's attack path for one minute.]

My eyes flashed red and I dodged the dark arrows. However, not all of them could be avoided despite knowing the route beforehand. My level and stats were too low. It made sense in my head but my body couldn't follow. d.a.m.n, what should I do?

Kerenos was also fighting the flying dark arrows. 

"Violently Blowing Winds!" He was striking violently but it was impossible to get rid of all the dark arrows that kept increasing. Kerenos' health was gradually reduced.

[You have suffered 90 dark damage.]

"Ugh."

I only had 240 health left. I would collapse with the next three blows. I dodged the arrows and looked at Ragneos. His forehead had small demonic horns on them.

[There is one minute remaining until the demonization of the goblin priest, Ragneos.]

"I'm going crazy."

I resisted the urge to swear. If the current situation could be resolved by swearing then I would've poured out curses toward him.

"Dammit. What should I do?"

I moved in a ghostly manner. I turned my head to avoid and twisted myself in the air to dodge beautifully. The movements were like those seen in movies, like a b.u.t.terfly. I showed off the skills I've developed. 

Think about it, think. What skills could I use? Nothing. There was only one of Rising Sun remaining and I couldn't use Sun Road at this time. I only had the chef's basic skills such as Dicing and Julienne. They were truly rubbish skills! Solar couldn't come out for 24 hours and Keen Insight was on cooldown. Lion's Roar would only give a bit of stiffness and there wasn't a big impact. 

I started to regret that my cla.s.s was a chef. Dammit. I didn't have any offensive skills that could be used. I cursed the developers who made the chef like this. At the end of this fight, I would definitely send the developers a suggestion to create some attack skills for a chef. I would use all the bad language possible to make a strong appeal!

[There are 30 seconds remaining until the demonization of the goblin priest, Ragneos.]

"Uwaaaack!" I unknowingly yelled. There was nothing I could do so I could only shout. This was the first time I felt so helpless and shook. If only I could stick a dagger in the head of that dog-like goblin... wait a second.

"Ah!" I made a clear sound as I was enlightened.

"Ah! Don't just make that sound and try it, old man. Kill that goblin guy!" Nearby, Kerenos struck at the dark arrows. There was no time for me to reply to him. It was already time.

[There are 15 seconds remaining until the demonization of the goblin priest, Ragneos.]

I quickly opened my inventory and started looking for something. In the meantime, I allowed two more attacks and now my health was at 40 points. I had to bet everything on this. If this failed then I would 100% die. It depended on fate?

"Fate is bulls.h.i.+t."

If this was my fate then I would throw it to the dog next door. Dark arrows poured like angry waves for the final blow.

[There are 10 seconds remaining until the demonization of the goblin priest, Ragneos.]

"I found it!"

However, the wave of darkness had already arrived to pierce my body.

* * *

"Old man!" Kerenos was astonished. He saw the old man becoming a hedgehog and thought it was over. He lamented that he had failed to keep the promise to his mother.

'I am unfilial. Mother, it seems that I'm going to follow you. I'm sorry.'

What should he say when he saw his mother? An apology? No, he would give her a hug first.

'Thank you for raising me,' he closed his eyes and had this thought. However, a miracle came suddenly.

"Kuaaaaak!"

"...?"

Kerenos opened his eyes at the sudden scream. The dark arrows around him were gone. The scene reflected in his eyes was Ragneos with a dagger stabbed in his back. 

"My life was reduced by 10 years. You dog-like goblin."

"Old man???"