「You have been intimidated. All stats reduced by 20%. 」 As if fighting normally against the elite desert scorpion isn’t hard enough, the party suffered from the intimidation released by it. Intimidation is a trait from some mini-boss class rank monster and higher. The wind hawk field boss Ryu encountered didn’t have this trait but the elite desert scorpion monster caused intimidation just by looking at it. A player can ignore this effect if they have a higher level than the monster but clearly, Ryu’s party level is still far below it. “I guess we won’t be having an easy time. I didn’t know whether my rock smash could pierce its defense or not. If not, our only option is to die and regain our experience later with another dungeon run.” Azalea who’s usually nonchalant and aggressive could

