How did I turn my victim into a phoenix-like hero?

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He had been wondering whether he should explain things more clearly, but seeing how confident Adofa and his companions were, Sirocco naturally shut his mouth.

Sirocco winked at Hill, who responded with a flashy "Hey!" gesture.

—If things don't look good, just drive away in Stalker.

These are the precautions we set for Hill on the way.

"Let me try using first."

Ruhr, a tall, thin, lightly equipped mushroom-headed thief in the party, gently and carefully opened the door a crack.

Since there are 5 people in the team, and 3 of them are around Lv17, it will be very difficult to defeat them without taking damage. However, if you pay attention to your positioning and the team works well together, you should be able to manage to defeat them.

The boss should ideally be level 25; anything higher would be more challenging.

Sirocco was calculating in his mind while watching Ruhr pressed against the crack in the door.

Rul channeled his magic and used on the BOSS.

His expression turned deathly pale, cold sweat streamed down his cheeks, and he slowly backed away.

"How do we fight this...?"

He turned and walked away.

"Ah...ah!...That guy!"

Staggering, he propelled himself forward, tumbling and crawling with his back to the crowd as he sprinted away, shouting:

"Level 35!..."

Sirocco only felt a flash of green light in front of him.

A bright green beam of energy shot out from the BOSS room, passing from left to right in front of Sirocco.

Bang——! ! !

The beam of light struck Ruhr directly, causing his upper body to explode like a punctured balloon, while his lower body collapsed with a thud, spilling its contents.

"Ruhr!!"

Adofa calls out to his companion's lower body.

The attack left a large hole in the BOSS's massive doorway.

Instant kill?

Sirocco's gaze followed the newly appeared large hole, timidly peering into the depths of the room.

Within the high and distant circular white-green light, a dark shadow appeared as if seeping in.

As the shadow grew larger, soon its wings, long tail, and clawed limbs became clearly visible. Its jagged bones were covered in white-green flames, and every step it took caused the ground to tremble violently.

Although its eyes also shone with a light like burning blue-white flames, it was clear that its gaze was directed at the crowd, at those who had disturbed its slumber.

Katcha, Katcha—

The Hellfire Dragon's skeleton stepped out with its claws and slowly moved towards the door.

Through the laser breath just now, Sirocco realized a chilling fact.

This boss can leave the boss room!

The war has begun.

"How could there be such a guy on the second floor!?"

"Hill, we have to escape!"

Ignoring his temporary teammate Adimor's astonishment, Sirocco's gaze followed Hill.

Before he could turn his gaze away...

Adofa acted even faster than Shilock.

Its speed is truly worthy of Lv17.

"!"

Adofa thrust a dagger at Hill's ankle.

Hill reacted quickly, blocking the first blow with her leg armor. Immediately afterward, Adorfa pulled a black box from his robes and attacked Hill, who raised her arm armor to defend herself.

It's an electric shock device.

"Well?!"

The powerful electric current paralyzed Hill's entire body, causing him to collapse to the ground instantly.

She was speechless, looking up at Adofa with a puzzled expression.

The entire battle, from start to finish, lasted less than a second.

"Sorry."

Adofa stepped back, his expression a mixture of helplessness and guilt, and opened his arms as if to appear completely innocent.

"We might not be able to escape from that guy. Rather than all of us dying here... someone has to stay behind and buy us some time."

85. Hill, winning by doing nothing

After leaving those words behind, Adofa and Adimor ran away without looking back.

"elder brother...."

Sirocco didn't even glance at Hill.

Terrified, he followed closely behind the two.

The three figures walked further and further away until they completely disappeared from her sight.

A crisis is looming behind us.

Remembering his instructions, Hill activated "Stalker" and became invisible.

"Om-"

The Hellfire Dragon's skeleton hummed like thunder, deep and resonant. Its right forelimb claw stepped out of the room, and the blue and white flames in its eyes pointed towards the distance of the corridor.

Beside its withered dragon claws, a girl whose entire body was transparent was holding her breath.

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Adofa and Adim were running very fast, covering only half the distance from the corridor to the end door.

Sirocco didn't stray too far from them, keeping a distance of 5 meters and following closely behind.

When it comes to escaping, that's his forte.

"Hahaha! How could an ordinary person abandon their companion like that?"

"Just consider this a necessary sacrifice."

Adormo scoffed, and Adorfa's explanation to Sirocco seemed to be a message to himself.

There wasn't a trace of remorse on their "saved" expressions, suggesting they genuinely believed it was the best solution.

Thud! Smack!

A crisp sound.

"Wow!"

"Huh?! What is this...?"

The two felt as if a glass bottle had hit them from behind and shattered, and their bodies were covered in a pungent liquid that had been poured over them from head to toe.

In this situation, the only option for using projectiles against both individuals is—

"what you do!"

Yadimo turned around and shouted to Sirocco behind him. He and Adofa stopped and tried to wipe the liquid off their bodies, but they couldn't get it off.

Not far away, the boy with dark hair brushed off imaginary dust from his hands, coldly watching Adofa and Adimor as if they were two lice.

"Do you want to die?! We should be working together to escape now. This liquid, damn it, I can't wipe it off...!"

Suddenly Adofa realized what this was, and his face turned ashen.

"N11 'Raging Water'... a monster-attracting item, are you trying to kill us?!"

"Instead of wasting your time getting angry at me, why don't you run away somewhere far away, Mr. Adorfa?"

Sirocco mimicked him by spreading his hands, looking quite innocent.

"Oh, great! You guys are bad seeds spawned by the game. I won't feel a pang of regret if you die. I'll even enjoy my breakfast more the next day."

"What are you saying? I even saved you, and this is how you repay kindness with enmity?!—!!"

“Adofa... things are not good.”

Even without Adormo's reminder, Adorfa had already discovered it.

One, two, three...

Seven skeleton soldiers emerged from the black vortex in the void and surrounded the three.