TGMND 131

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: I’m low on HP

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Need heal ㅠㅠ

‘Altar of Life’

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Thanks!

DeerStarRay stood still on the healing magic circle Yeo-woon created for about 3 seconds, recovering his health to full. This was the image of an ideal party. Perhaps because everyone was doing their part properly, they were able to survive for a minute without a single death. In contrast, the monkeys had died twelve times to Earth Star and three times to DeerStarRay, putting the player party ahead in the total score. The points gained from k1lling monkeys weren’t that significant, but it was fine since they hadn’t lost any points.

“But does the boss normally not attack at all?”

Although it occasionally slammed down its large fist, Mr. Monkey’s movements were slow for his large size, making it easy even for Yeo-woon to dodge his attacks. That’s when it happened.

Clink!

‘Mr. Monkey used 500 coins to purchase the <Companion> item.’

“…?”

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: WTF???

‘Mr. Monkey has used the <Companion> item.’

When more than half of the sand in the hourglass had fallen, suddenly Mr. Monkey’s gang’s coins decreased by 500, and a red debuff icon appeared below Yeo-woon’s skill window. It seemed to be an item effect.

“Prison…? What’s this?”

He had never seen an icon like this before. When Yeo-woon gently moved the mouse cursor over the icon that looked like prison bars, a description of the debuff appeared in small text below:

[Debuff] Damage Spread

– Effect: 30% of the damage taken by the player with the lowest maximum HP is also spread to party members.

– Duration: 20 seconds

In simple terms, it meant that if the weakest player gets hit, the entire party dies together. The player with the lowest maximum HP… Would it be Earth Star with the low level, or him as the healer? Yeo-woon was a bit confused about who would be the target, as the ‘maximum HP’ in such descriptions usually refers to the character’s pure HP stat without equipment or buff effects. It was probably either Earth Star or Yeo-woon himself.

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Guys, we’re screw♣♣ed^^

/Party/<Ji9star>: ?

/Party/<dldudns>: Why??

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Using Companion right before the ultimate = game over

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: If one person dies while Companion is active, everyone dies

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: If we get hit by the ultimate while debuffed, one person always dies, so it’s just 100% fatal. GG, this round is doomed

As if Mr. Monkey had been listening to this conversation, he laughed with an annoying expression. It’s amazing how well he could express such an irritating look even though his eyes weren’t visible because of the sunglasses. There was still about 1 minute and 10 seconds left until the battle ended.

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: We should have known when we got stuck on the deserted island from the first round… We’re really done for

/Party/<Ji9star>: You’re singling me out again- _-;;

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: F**K lol

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: I give up

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Your concept just broke lol

ThankYouInEnglish and DeerStarRay seemed to have lost all will to play the game, standing idle without using skills. They didn’t seem to care whether monkeys rushed in and chipped away their HP or not. Yeo-woon thought it was too early to give up right now. He was busy recovering the HP of party members who had lost their will, wedged between them.

/Party/<Ji9star>: ThankYou, listen carefully

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: ?

/Party/<Ji9star>: The breath attack comes when it changes from 57 to 56 seconds

/Party/<Ji9star>: I’ll use Sprint at 58 seconds to break through their lines

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: What?

/Party/<Ji9star>: You follow me and use your shield once

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Huh? I’m coming too?

/Party/<Ji9star>: lol Why? Scared of dying?

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: As if^^

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Let’s go^^

/Party/<Ji9star>: Good^^b

Earth Star managed to give that long explanation in just a few seconds, and this time he turned to Yeo-woon and spoke.

/Party/<Ji9star>: Use that buff from earlier as soon as it hits 1 minute

/Party/<dldudns>: Okay

Yeo-woon looked up at the timer and placed his finger over the ‘Shooting☆Dash!’ skill in advance.

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: You’re still trying even though it’s useless lol We’re all going to die anyway

As DeerStarRay said this, the timer changed from 2 minutes to 1, starting the 1-minute countdown. Earth Star’s body momentarily became translucent as he gulped down a slime ball.

Now’s the time.

Just before he sprang forward, Yeo-woon used the buff to give him agility and increased attack speed effects.

‘Shooting☆Dash!’

‘Increase Agility, Attack Speed’

‘Harden’

‘Increase Physical Defense’

After barely managing to give the defense buff as well, Yeo-woon saw a faint shield pattern appear and disappear above Earth Star’s head as he flew far away. There was nothing more Yeo-woon could do now.

Earth Star, who had safely landed in the enemy camp after quickly breaking through the monkey horde with the tank, had already lost more than half of his HP after being hit once by a monkey’s hand.

‘That’s what happens when you eat something like a slime ball!’

Yeo-woon muttered worriedly, mouthing the words. The slime ball pudding item effect cuts defense in half, so what use is increasing speed? If he loses that much HP from one hit by a minion, he’ll surely melt if he’s even grazed by the ultimate skill.

‘Paladin’s Armor’

‘Temporarily generates a shield equal to 50% of maximum health.’

Earth Star hurriedly drank a healing potion to recover HP, and thanks to the shield provided by the paladin, he was barely hanging on with about 100 HP left.

58 seconds. Mr. Monkey’s eyes flashed with a red light. It meant he was about to use his ultimate skill. The tank who could provide a shield was far away in the center, and Earth Star, for whatever reason, had arrived right in front of Mr. Monkey. The party was scattered, out of range for buffs or heals. Unlike before, it seemed completely hopeless.

Just as he was about to give up, Earth Star suddenly made a triple jump, leaped upwards, reached back with his hand, and shot at the air.

‘Triple Shot!’

Bang, bang, bang! The recoil from the triple shot naturally made his body fall backward. After spinning about three times in the air like doing a back flip, he passed over Mr. Monkey’s head and went to the rear.

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: ?

‘Death Fire!’

Boom! Fire burst from Earth Star’s gun muzzle, hitting the mob from behind. A bullet accompanied by a strong flash and fire effect, like a grenade exploding, penetrated the boss’s body.

And 56 seconds.

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Huh

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: What’s going on?

Mr. Monkey, who should have been shooting fire breath from his mouth, only slammed his slow fist into the ground with his eyes turned black again.

55 seconds. Still no ultimate skill. 54 seconds, 53 seconds… It seemed the skill had been completely canceled.

‘How is it even possible to cancel the boss’s skill?’

While everyone else was stunned and speechless, Earth Star relentlessly continued attacking Mr Monkey from behind. His damage contribution began to skyrocket. The real Mister Monkey raid had begun, with just one minute left on the countdown.

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Hey, heal me please

Finally coming to their senses, the party members started attacking only the boss mob, not even paying attention to the small minion monsters. With flashy effects, meteors rained down from the sky as DeerStarRay defeated the boss with a meteor skill. It was a victory for the player party, killing the boss mob with 2 seconds left until the battle ended, earning a free 50 points.

‘You have defeated Mr. Monkey.’

‘An additional 50 death points are awarded as a boss bonus.’

/Party/<Ji9star>: Easy lol

As soon as the battle ended, the game screen returned to the board. Earth Star danced joyfully, seemingly celebrating the clean finish.

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Wow… It’s my first time beating that boss monkey;;

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Thank you;;

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Your concept broke a while ago, just speak normally ㅡㅡ

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: I guess I should

/Party/<Ji9star>: lololololol

Earth Star kept his mouth shut even when other party members asked about his secret, only revealing it after defeating the boss by nullifying the ultimate skill in the last turn.

/Party/<Ji9star>: If the minimum attack speed reaches a certain level

/Party/<Ji9star>: When my skill goes in, it cancels the skill the opponent was trying to cast

/Party/<Ji9star>: I experimented on small mobs, and most skill damage from mobs that use skills (not basic attacks) was negated

/Party/<Ji9star>: Not all, but most lol

Yeo-woon was always amazed by Earth Star’s passion for speed, wondering how he figured this out and how he experimented. In Illusion, he was also the first person to create the Night Sphere attack speed build by trying all sorts of equipment combinations. Yeo-woon never dreamed he would be doing similar research in Little Forest. If all his busyness lately was due to this kind of research, it made a little bit of sense.

/Party/<dldudns>: If most skills are canceled, doesn’t that mean it’s not 100%?

/Party/<Ji9star>: Yes, I haven’t fully optimized my equipment yet… >_<;; That’s why I need appropriate potion doping and buffs

/Party/<Ji9star>: Listen, if you watch the Sky Tower solo clear video from before the Paladin nerf

/Party/<Ji9star>: The boss used its breath, but looking at the HP reduction and the previous basic attack damage percentage, it only decreased as much as getting hit by the boss’s fist

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Oh, that’s right lololol

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: I was curious about how the defense worked, so I also left a comment asking to reveal the options lol

/Party/<dldudns>: Where can I see that?

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Just search for Sky Tower on MeTube, it’s at the top lol

Yeo-woon entered the MeTube link in the address bar to find the video in question.

[(SUPER LEGEND) Cleared the extremely difficult Sky Tower alone for the first time.]

The video length was quite long, probably an edited version of a full broadcast. Scrolling down to the timestamp in the comments for the highlight, Yeo-woon saw the part where a Paladin survived the breath attack alone and then cut down the boss in one go, just as Earth Star had said.

[Yonbi-nim, please reveal your equipment options to me tooㅠㅠ I’ve raised my defense to 200 but I still end up with low HP when hit by the boss’s ultimate, so I can’t solo….ㅠㅠ]

[⤷Spelling mistake]

[This is really a fake broadcast lol How can you lose less than 50% HP when hit by an ultimate? lol Are you using a hack? No matter how I look at it, those numbers are impossible]

[⤷Looking at the damage numbers, it seems fake. I’m unsubscribing]

[⤷It’s definitely fake, no doubt about it]

[I really like Yonbi hyung’s videos and he’s my #1 LIFO game channel, but this needs an explanation. You say it’s a full video with just subtitles added, but the chat window suddenly disappears in the middle and the edit points are too obvious;; And most importantly. The ultimate skill damage is too weak;; Did you splice the video?]

[⤷Idiots, they call everything fake if they can’t do it themselves lol And even full videos sometimes cut out parts that are too repetitive. Broadcast noobs talking nonsense, makes me want to k1ll them]

[⤷? I didn’t say anything bad, why are you picking a fight and calling me an idiot out of nowhere? It’s a fact that the damage when hit by the breath is excessively low, why don’t you address that? lol Can you call it an ultimate if it’s only slightly higher than basic attack damage, stupid… The intelligence level of people defending this is truly pathetic lol What do they gain by sucking up to the streamer lol]

[⤷★Click on my profile to receive a free 50,000 won culture gift certificate★]

[⤷People who don’t know anything are pretending to analyze lol I’m tired of hearing accusations of fakery. The comment section is still a mess even after months^^ With you guys always making a fuss about things long past, why would Yonbi hyung want to upload videos? Stop causing trouble even during live broadcasts]

[Yonbi-nim, why do you keep deleting my comments? This seems to need an explanation. I’m not buying this fake broadcast]

[⤷Yeah, don’t explain~ It’s not like you made the video for money, why bother explaining…. If you can’t stand it, just unsubscribe^^]

[⤷Shield fanboys are disgusting~ If a game specialist streamer spreading false information isn’t wrong, what is? It’s not like subscribers went to Yonbi’s house and cracked his skull, they’re just asking for an explanation about the damage, but Yonbi keeping his mouth shut saying he doesn’t know either is the problem lol Meanwhile, he’s not taking down the video probably because he likes the view count, no hope lol Clickbait thumbnails, and when you actually watch it’s just bragging with no proper information. If you’re going to do this, just go brag on some forum, why do MeTube~~]

[⤷Ah, stop fighting;]

[I also tried going in as a Paladin then, but I couldn’t solo; I just got knocked out at the ultimate skill part lol]

[⤷Stop bullshitting lol You’re just weak; Why blame Yonbi? Is Yonbi the same as a shitty middle schooler like you. He probably spent hundreds of times more money just on weapon upgrades lol Why come here and get angry when you should just properly gear up and go in yourself]

[⤷Here we go again, I’m just saying what happened to me, why are you picking a fight]

[When I wake up in the morning, I come to check this comment section. It naturally cures my low blood pressure]

[⤷lolololololololololololololol]

[⤷Me too lol What have we been doing for over a year…. The Paladin was nerfed long ago]

In the comments, there were several opinions questioning whether the video was manipulated, saying it’s hard to beat even one boss with a 4-person party, let alone solo tanking an ultimate skill.

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Looking at the video comments, it seems the Paladin streamer at that time was able to withstand the breath attack due to equipment options?

That was also a common opinion in the comments. Half of the comments suspected manipulation, but the other half argued that it was a completely possible stat with well-optimized equipment, leading to fights in the comment section.

Paladins were basically tank jobs with significantly higher health and defense than other jobs, and before the nerf, they were called a godsend job because their single-target attack power was as strong as damage dealers. With high defense and attack power, it seemed many thought that Paladins from that time could certainly solo clear.

/Party/<Ji9star>: No, it’s not defense

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: How do you know that

/Party/<Ji9star>: It’s amazing that no one noticed until now… I knew right away when I saw it ㅇㅅㅇ lol

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: What is it? Damage reduction?

/Party/<Ji9star>: No, skill cancel lol

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: ??

/Party/<Ji9star>: He used a specific technique to cancel the skill the boss was casting right before, leaving only the effect

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: Isn’t that just your opinion?

/Party/<DeerStarRay>: I’m watching the video now, but Yonbi didn’t reveal his stats anywhere?

That’s right. Yeo-woon nodded along. No matter where he skipped in the video, he couldn’t find any part where stats or equipment were revealed. Earth Star chuckled at the three confused people.

/Party/<Ji9star>: Ah lol I feel like such a genius lol >_<

/Party/<Ji9star>: Look

/Party/<Ji9star>: This works on some bosses and doesn’t on others

/Party/<Ji9star>: It works on Mr. Monkey, but not on Turtle Turtle

/Party/<Ji9star>: What do you think the difference is?

“…”

Mr. Monkey and Turtle Turtle were both names of dungeon bosses. There didn’t seem to be any particular difference, so what could it be? Their habitat? One lives on land and one in water?

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Size difference?

/Party/<Ji9star>: Oh, bingo

/Party/<Ji9star>: Monkey is a mini-boss and Turtle is a boss

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Is that important? It doesn’t seem important at all;;

/Party/<Ji9star>: No, no, this is the most important part ㅡㅡ

/Party/<Ji9star>: LIFO bosses are immune to stun+knockback effects, right?

/Party/<Ji9star>: But Mr. Monkey isn’t technically a boss, he’s more like a mini-boss that appears midway through the boss stage

/Party/<Ji9star>: The important thing is that stun and knockback both work on mini-bosses >_< lol

Hearing this, an exclamation mark appeared in Yeo-woon’s mind. He thought he understood what he was trying to say. He must mean that by using a skill with stun effect before the ultimate skill, he temporarily stunned the monster to buy time.

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Oh, wow

/Party/<Ji9star>: If you time it right and stun them just as they’re using a skill, they get stunned for about 1 second and the skill gets canceled

/Party/<ThankYouInEnglish>: Wow lololololololol

/Party/<Ji9star>: But it doesn’t work on everything lol There are conditions that need to be met!!!

He was cute, explaining so excitedly like a fish in water. Earth Star stomped his feet on the ground, as if about to say something amazing. DeerStarRay nodded eagerly as if urging him to answer. It seemed he might be searching for and comparing the videos he mentioned, as he wasn’t saying anything.