chapter 505
505 – Dance of the Wind
So I was curious about Ilseom’s reaction.
‘What are you talking about like that?’
– I think that guy is one of the monsters said to be located in the deepest part of the hidden dungeon.
The words of one of Hyun Jung-seop’s subordinates immediately caught my ear.
‘One of the monsters? So are there more guys like that? I can’t feel any stronger energy at the gate yet.’
– I guess so. Hmm – I should have taken control of the ‘Ice Tower’ a long time ago… But I wouldn’t have known it if I had actively tried to destroy the ability to revive.
-You’re right. Guild leader!!
– How can such ferocious barbarians be called human beings like us? Your easy judgment, as always, brought about disappointing results.
– That’s really true!!
‘Ice tower? I guess that’s the very center? By the way, Hyun Joong-seop seems very dissatisfied with Joong-gil. It seems like people around you are telling you to listen?’
I don’t know if it was their political skills or something, but as someone who was close to Joong-gil, I didn’t like it.
– It looks like the current instructor will join soon, so why not wait a little longer…
At that time, ‘Do-yeon’, who was the most talented of Ilseom’s hunters except for Hyun Il-hwan, secretly approached Hyun Jung-seop and expressed his opinion, but it ended up offending him.
– That’s stupid! Is it worth using if we can’t overcome a crisis of this magnitude? We are not seriously injured, so there is nothing to be intimidated by! Don’t rest and keep pushing!!
– Well, it’s still best to join and make sure-
– Noisy! I will take the lead. Everyone follow me!!
– Yes─!!
Hyun Jung-seop jumped back into the battlefield with his subordinates, and I moved to his colleagues’ side, keeping a close eye on them.
‘If you have to face that monster again, this time I will support you from a distance. It would be impossible to steal the reward, and I would have to steal a lot of experience points.’
I had no intention of confronting such a monster head-on.
I’m willing to risk my life if it harms my colleagues, but now that I don’t know what else will come out of the gate, it’s probably right to do my best to protect myself as much as possible.
Chaechang-Chaeng─!!
“Let’s catch up!!”
Yeonhee and her colleagues seemed to be getting heated as they saw the enemies running away.
‘There’s no need to rush. Slowly.’
But I stopped them and controlled their speed.
In any case, you have to deal with the mountain of monsters to move forward. Dungeon Break is a marathon, not a sprint.
*
Has it been an hour since you officially joined the battlefield?
I think our party has killed more than a few hundred monsters so far. Of course, among them, there are people from another world called Sanghon species.
And now we have reached the place where the guy who was the leader of the Sanghonjong and Hyun Jung-seop’s group are fighting.
They had just started the second round, so it was time for me to figure out the right time to attack.
Pizzik─!
“Ugh, these spirits don’t die, they’re really dirty.”
Noh Hayun frowned arrogantly as he stepped on the spirit, which was wriggling violently like an earthworm, and burst it.
When you defeat the Sanghon species, the spirit ‘Crystalide’ that was controlling them creeps out. If you step on them and kill them, they turn into a whitish spirit and disappear somewhere.
“The treatment message does not appear.”
“I think so.”
As Hyun Joong-seop said, they were beings that could not be easily killed. So maybe even Hyeon Jung-gil didn’t try to conquer the tower.
‘There must be other conditions.’
Of course, the Sanghon species were different from spirits. Just like the rest of us, if we had our throat cut or received a fatal injury, we would have lost our ability to breathe.
But unfortunately, even if I killed them, [Kleptomania] Did not activate.
In short, it cannot be judged as a monster.
Still, packages containing Priscana crystals and magic stones were often found in their arms, so it wasn’t completely fruitless.
There were cases where there were more than ten Priscana crystals and Blood Mosquito gems in one package. There was no such thing as a golden goblin.
‘Ran, then all you have to do is drive out this spirit? Can’t you kill me?’
(Crystalide’s materialized body will be in its own world. Unless it is defeated, they are no different from immortality.)
‘······ It’s a fucking scam. He controls the host remotely while staying in a safe place.’
(However, if you gain something, you also lose something. In a way, you can say that they are pitiful beings who cannot do anything without a host. They will be trapped somewhere for the rest of their lives.)
‘You poor piece of shit. In the end, the Sanghon species are living beings with a single self, so what is pitiful about taking away their free will and controlling them for the rest of their lives?’
(There are worldviews that are different from the common sense of this world. They must have their own circumstances.)
‘Truly…’
I was conversing with ‘Ran’, who was perched on my shoulder, and gathering magical power. These days, he’s the guy who mostly sticks by Yeonhee’s side. I wondered why he was suddenly like this, but there was a reason.
‘Is it really possible?’
(It will work according to my calculations.)
Ran, who saw that the [Flame cannon] Was blocked by the leader of the Sanghon species, suggested to me a way to make up for it.
‘Shoot?’
(Ready.)
Ran’s wind attribute was added to the huge flame energy gathered at the tip of the index finger, and the small sphere began to rotate like crazy.
Then, at some point, a single flame-shaped flame appeared as if it was swimming slowly, and it seemed to be a phenomenon caused by spinning too quickly.
‘Ugh… The pressure is enormous.’
[Flame Cannon – Dance of the Wind]
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A fire cannon that flew across the ground with an ear-splitting sound.
Kwaaa!!
Sanghonjong’s head, which was easily receiving the combined attack of Hyun Jung-seop and Park Jin-gon, was hit by a fire cannon and was greatly bent to the side.
Kwadangtangtang───!!
Hyun Joong-seop and Park Jin-gon, who were engaged in a tight close combat, were startled and looked around as they saw the Sanghonjong flying away for a long time with a huge explosion.
[Fairytale of the Phantom of the Dark]
[Stealth]
However, I immediately killed the presence, hid in the gaps between the monsters, and recovered my magic by killing them.
Still, I couldn’t control my excitement.
‘Haha, it’s surprising that the destructive power has increased, but the bullet speed was so ridiculously fast that that monster couldn’t even react, right?’
Of course, since it was in a battle with strong players, its attention was focused elsewhere, but it still showed amazing performance.
(How do you feel?)
‘Ran, you are the best spirit I’ve ever seen.’
(Haha- now you finally understand my true worth.)
‘How many more times can this be done?’
(Let’s do as much as we can.)
‘Okay, let’s keep flying while increasing our skill level.’
Having set a goal, I accelerated my efforts to kill the monster.
– Priscana has been defeated!
– Priscana’s ice crystal has been obtained!
‘It’s nice that ice crystals can be used on regular monsters as well. There are also quite a few Blood Mosquito varieties.’
Since you have Kilbad’s recipe, you can now produce medicine in earnest as long as you find a trustworthy alchemist.
[Keuuu… Kwawaooo…!!]
‘Wow, I’m scared. If you see it screaming, it’s an absolute monster. Tsk-‘
The leader of the Sanghon species who was hit by a fire cannon from me lost his calm demeanor and became frantic to find me.
But that’s only for a moment.
-Where are you looking!! You dirty monster!!
– Fever Changmu─!!
Twaeeeeeong──!!
‘Wow – a joint attack by two S-class hunters. It’s terrible.’
The leader of the Sanghonjong was shown to be pushed back for the first time due to the powerful joint attack of Hyeon Jung-seop and Park Jin-gon.
I haven’t done that before, but it seems that allowing fire cannons to me is having an effect.
‘I don’t think I did much damage because of the armor… Did you reduce the damage in that split second?’
Anyway, his concentration was dispersed elsewhere, and he was unable to concentrate on close combat.
And I was looking for an opportunity and activated the skill again.
[Flame Cannon – Dance of the Wind]
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[·······!!]
This time, he may have been very nervous, so he didn’t get hit by the fire cannon, but the attack aimed at the blind spot was a burden to defend.
Suddenly─
Pooh wow—!
[Kahahah!!]
While blocking the fire cannon, the Sanghonjong made the mistake of allowing Park Jin-gon and Hyeon Jung-seop to attack for the first time.
“Ugh…!!”
“Ice…! Damn it!”
However, the faces of the two people who succeeded in the attack were distorted and they appeared to step back.
Chaechaechaeang──!!
The two, whose movements suddenly slowed down, were surrounded by a group of other high-ranking hybrids gathered around them. Ilseom Guild and support troops flock to stop them, and a fierce battle unfolds.
In the end, there was a brief lull in the confrontation between the captains of both sides, and I leisurely widened the distance and focused on supplying Kilbad’s materials.
‘There’s no need to rush. Long game, long game.’
Monsters were still flooding in at the gate.
Even though our camp wasn’t to that extent, reinforcements were continuously being added.
Before we knew it, this place where Ilseom’s headquarters was located had become a huge battlefield and a bloody area filled with the thick smell of blood.
‘The captain is recovering. Those two don’t have a special move as destructive as Hyeon Il-hwan, so the battle takes a long time.’
Among the support troops, the highest rank is Park Jin-gon, who has just reached S rank.
In the end, the high-ranking members of the Ilseom Guild had to play a decisive role.
“Huh…?!”
‘Huh…?’
But as I was wandering around the battlefield alone, I saw a familiar face.
It was ‘Miyeon’, a shadow member of the Ilseom Guild who had followed us in the past.
She is the woman who caught us following us, dragged us to my church, made us make an oath, and made us obey my commands. She has not been heard from for a while, but she has shown her face for the first time in a long time.
I ordered them to retrieve information related to Ilseom, but there was no news.
‘But the reaction is a bit strange? ‘You probably don’t know my original appearance, right?’
The woman’s leather armor was tattered, as if she had been attacked by monsters. When she looked at me, she tilted her head and looked confused.
I quickly approached her and met her gaze.
“Ah, it was Lee Yeon-hee’s summoned animal… Me again. Phew-“
The woman shook her head for a moment, trying to come to her senses.
‘There’s something strange about your eyes. Isn’t this the feeling you get when you receive orders from me? As expected, the fascination has worn off? Actually, what I did wasn’t a skill or anything.’
It seems like the pledge I made has been lifted in one fell swoop. It’s been a long time since I thought that Ilseomdo was quite good. However, it wouldn’t have been possible to tell the story about me. Because the power of the oath is absolute.
‘I can’t use this one. I didn’t expect it in the first place.’
I picked up Miyeon and left the center of the battlefield.
“aaah!”
‘Still, it’s a bit hard to let him die. Why is she here when she should have been assigned to the search team in the first place?
I thought it might be because of me, so they showed me some consideration. Still, this will be the last time.
“Ah, hey, thank you! But I have to go fight again-“
‘Ugh – wouldn’t it be better for you to just leave the group and go around mid-level dungeons? Well, figure it out.’
For some reason, I left behind Miyeon, who was looking at me with passionate gaze, and joined the battlefield again.
And when another twenty minutes had passed.
– They say they have contacted Master Hyeon!
-Hold on just a little longer!!
As news of Hyun Il-hwan’s return spread throughout the battlefield, the movements of the hunters began to gain vitality.
Surprisingly, the dungeon break was still in progress, and Hyun Jung-seop and Park Jin-gon failed to kill the leader of the Sanghonjong.
‘Is it too much for a close-range hunter? Even so, Ilseom’s deputy guild leader has stepped forward and they say they can’t kill him?’
I needed to finish it off with one powerful blow, but I think the attack power of the two wasn’t enough to kill that monster.
“Ugh… Damn it!”
‘Do I end up taking Kilbad?’
Hyeon Jung-seop and his subordinates seemed to have no choice but to take something out of subspace and pour it into their mouths.
Hyun Joong-seop swallowed as many as three killbads at once.
‘Can I eat three at once? I don’t know if it has fewer side effects, or if it’s because I take it so much that I don’t get any relief from it. Anyway, I guess I’m planning to end it this time. Okay, let’s finish it quickly.’
Seeing Hyun Joong-seop’s fighting power soaring explosively shortly after taking Kilbad, I felt like I could definitely finish it this time.
‘Let’s eat some sooner.’