Fear Controller

Kurumi kept a distance of about thirty meters from the goblins that popped out, firing a shot to slow them down.

This distance prevented the monsters from leaving combat status and made it harder for their throwing skills to hit.

Bang, bang, bang...

Bullets imbued with red spiritual energy struck the goblins with low health, and a gray-black soul entity floated out from a goblin's corpse.

[Source of Fear]

Level: Lv.10

Life Level: Normal Monster

Attack Power: 300

Health:

Magic Power: 2000

Skills: Fear Possession, Deterrence, Immune to Physical Damage, Chaos

Monster Description: Fear, fear!

The thing possessing the goblins had finally appeared. Once it showed up, it would use a chaos skill affecting everyone.

Kurumi entered a state of chaos for one second, frozen in place and unable to control her body. Fortunately, when the distance between them closed to twenty-five meters, Kurumi regained her senses.

She quickly placed a City of Eating Time at her feet and then ran towards the interior of the camp.

Inside the camp, there were five wooden cages, imprisoning captured followers of the Holy Grace Divine Cult. The key to passing the level lay with these few individuals.

One of the mission requirements was to rescue Knights and Nuns from the Holy Grace Divine Cult (0/5). Don't think they'll offer more help just because you release them casually.

The mission's completion condition was to rescue them safely. But how could those who were captured possibly withstand these monsters? If even one died, the mission would fail!

Kurumi ran directly towards the wooden cage holding a Nun.

"Hello, adventurer, are you here to save us?" the Nun said with a look of pleasant surprise.

Kurumi, like a player eager to skip the plot, quickly called out, "Yes, yes, yes, Miss Nun, my attacks can't harm these strange soul entities, I need your help."

The Nun also saw the gray-black souls floating in the air and, without hesitation, opened her scripture, saying, "Alright, adventurer."

"I pray for strength for you from the Lord. May the holy radiance of divine grace descend upon the mortal realm. Lost souls long for your power."

After the chant, a golden radiance leaped from the Nun's scripture into Kurumi's pistol.

The two antique firearms immediately lit up with golden light.

"System Prompt: You have received Weapon Blessing. Your attacks will now have an added light attribute damage, dealing an additional 30% light attribute damage to evil-aligned targets for one hour."

At this moment, the monsters were less than ten meters away from Kurumi, and countless small stones whizzed past her.

"I'll save you after I kill these monsters! Don't you dare leave the wooden cages!"

In her previous life, Kurumi had heard that if a player was powerful enough, these Knights and Nuns would gain a significant morale boost and break out of their cages to help the player.

This rumor was uncertain, but Kurumi didn't want to take the chance. She could handle these monsters herself; it would be better if they didn't come out and cause trouble.

Bang, bang, bang...

At this time, the bullets fired from the antique rifles were carrying golden light!

-209! -63!

-209! -63!

-380! -126!

The additional light attribute damage dramatically increased Kurumi's monster-killing efficiency. Since she could deal effective damage to the soul entities, Kurumi immediately went all out, running and activating her skills.

With a speed boost of up to 100%, Kurumi's gun barrel was like a Gatling gun spewing fire.

Bang bang bang—

The Third Bullet's enhancement further doubled Kurumi's attack power. Under multiple amplifications, it wasn't difficult to deal with a soul entity with 10,000 health within a minute.

Forty minutes later, all the possessed goblins and the Source of Fear were eliminated.

The gray-black sky seemed to have brightened a little.

Kurumi ran over and picked up all the dropped items on the ground.

"Ding! You obtained 1 silver coin."

"Ding! You obtained the rare item [Fear Core]."

"Ding! You obtained the excellent-grade skill book [Chain Lightning]."

"Ding! ..."

Looking at the constant stream of notifications, Kurumi couldn't help but feel pleased.

"Clearing content is so satisfying. Monsters drop silver coins one by one, and this skill book, at the opening server price, could sell for at least a thousand yuan!"

After picking up all the dropped items, Kurumi entered the camp and rescued the mission characters.

The nun who had just cast buffs on Kurumi looked relieved, as if she had narrowly escaped a disaster. "Thank you, adventurer," she said.

The other four also expressed their gratitude to Kurumi.

At this moment, the Charm talent was triggered.

"Ding, Sister Allison and her followers' favorability towards you has increased by 10 points."

An unexpected gain.

Kurumi raised an eyebrow and then said, "I still have a monster to deal with. Do you have any other buffs, please help me apply them."

The nun looked confused, as if to say, "Didn't you kill them all? Where are there any more monsters?"

"Just don't ask. Also, you guys should stay far away and don't get discovered."

Although Allison was still a bit confused, these were the people who had just saved them, so she didn't refuse.

She helped Kurumi apply three buffs: [Weapon Blessing], [Healing], and [Swiftness].

After applying them, Allison was already out of breath.

"Alright, you guys go hide far away, I'm going to fight the boss."

Feeling the holy light power filling her body, Kurumi urged them on.

The group was very obedient and ran to a distance to hide.

In her previous life, everyone thought this dungeon had no boss at first. They just exited after clearing it, but that wasn't the case.

There was a hidden boss in the dungeon. This boss was only discovered by exploring players more than a month later.

That boss was hidden underground in the camp, secretly observing where these people came from.

The quest description had already hinted at this.

"...Outside newbie village No. 13, a group of Fear's Minions are peeking into the truth of humanity's arrival..."

This group of monsters wasn't initially meant to defeat players, but to observe them and uncover the truth of their appearance!

Kurumi skillfully pressed a hidden mechanism within the camp.

The ground in the center immediately trembled, and the earth caved in.

Kurumi's gaze fell upon the grayish-black monster in the black hole. Its body was much larger than ordinary grayish-black monsters. In fact, those ordinary grayish-black monsters were split from it and then possessed goblins.

[Fear Controller · Ancient Ghost]

Level: Lv.10

Life Level: Golden Monster

Attack Power: 513

Defense: 0

Life:

Skills: Fear Possession, Deterrence, Immune to Physical Damage, Chaos, Control...

Monster Description: A witness to the Ancient War, Death is not their end...

Seeing "Ancient War" in the monster's description, Kurumi couldn't help but show a hint of nostalgia. In her previous life, the Ancient War was the theme of several versions, and it was also the version where her strength grew the fastest.