Ruler of the Game 438

Chapter 438 – Return After Long Absence

“I don’t know. One thing’s for sure, he fights like a madman, but he’s never allowed a single effective hit.”

“…Oh my god.”

The party members are astonished at Seongil’s ridiculous fighting ability. In particular, the shock received by Park Dong-woo, who shares the same fighting system, seemed to be severe.

‘Ah… It’s so annoying.’

At first, Seong-il didn’t feel bored because he beat the zombies with the attitude of practicing martial arts. However, when the number of hits exceeds a thousand units, he begins to get tired of this situation.

‘Shit… If I had only myself or Lee Ah-hyun, I would have cleared the dungeon quickly by using other abilities, but it’s a pity that I couldn’t use my abilities because there were so many onlookers.’

Naturally, Seong-il had no intention of exposing his true skills to the 『Guardian of Reason』.

Because of this, as he cannot use his other abilities and the speed of clearing his dungeon slows down, his mental fatigue increases.

‘I don’t want to use a powerful magic item like the Book of Wonders, so it would be nice to be able to summon a messenger of destruction.’

‘Well… At least, is it fortunate that I can freely use the nanomachines that assist me inside my body?’

Thinking so, Seong-il swings his fist at the three zombies in front of him and smashes his head. Then, quickly turn to the last target indicated by augmented reality and try to attack again.

‘The ability to three-dimensionalize the information obtained through emotion into augmented reality is really useful… It’s also very good to speed up physical recovery. The internal energy consumption is a bit tight, but…’

Thinking so, Seong-il takes out the drink bottle he had brought from his pocket and starts pouring it into his mouth.

“Gulp… Gulp…”

“…You’ve got little experience, right? I’m not used to the act of drinking something bloody yet.”

As Seong-il covered himself in blood and drank a drink, Yoon Tae-hee murmured with a reluctant expression. Park Dong-woo gives advice to her like that.

“Don’t say you’re full. Rather, that’s normal. If you can’t keep your physical condition steady on the battlefield, it will lead to death. The more extreme the situation, the more you should know how to eat and drink like that. You should fix it.”

“Fu… I’ll try.”

Whether or not her teammates talk about her, Seong-il concentrates on restoring her energy by drinking a potion of mana from an ordinary soda bottle.

‘Oh yeah… I should’ve brought more mana potions.’

Because of the nanomachines, it consumes more internal energy than expected. Because of this, Seong-il regrets not having brought more mana potions.

‘From now on, I’ll have to carry at least 5 bottles of mana potion that I put in a drink bottle.’

The potion must be in the alchemy potion bottle that Elisha took care of, so the effect and shelf life last long, but on the holy days when I was not free from outside gaze, I had no choice but to pack the potion in a drink bottle as a desperate measure.

‘If you put a potion in an unprofessional bottle like this, the potion’s potion’s potion loses half its effectiveness after a day, so I saved it… I guess I won’t do that next time.’

Thinking so, Seong-il pours the remaining mana potion into his mouth, relaxes lightly, and starts to attack the zombies crawling out of the building again.

“…It was real that I soloed through a level 7 dungeon by myself.”

The image of Seong-il performing a merciless massacre in the middle of a horde of zombies. In the end, Yoo Jun-gyeong admits that Seong-il is a person with the ability to clear dungeons solo.

“But… Normally, if you fight that intensely, you’ll have to get tired… Aside from stamina, why is the sustain ability of the psychic power so good? Is there even?”

Yoo Jun-kyung, who abandoned the idea of ​​evaluating party members together, and focused only on Seong-il. Meanwhile, Seong-il and his party were already arriving at the center of the city.

“…That’s him.”

At first glance, the appearance of the monster seemed to be the core component of the dungeon. It looked like a huge, swollen mass of flesh and was constantly spitting out a yellow, greenish, pus-like liquid from its many mouths.

“…What should I do? Just looking at it, it seems like it would be a headache if I just approached it?”

The party chatting on the roof of a 3-story high building that had been occupied after beating zombies. They look at the huge piece of flesh about 100m away and think about how to catch it.

“Wait a minute. Ahyeon-ah, would you like to come this way?”

“…Suddenly?”

“I have a simple question for you.”

“…”

When Seong-il suddenly asks Ah-hyeon for a private meeting, the party members send suspicious glances. However, the two men and women do not express any dissatisfaction, perhaps overwhelmed by the strong ability and leadership he has shown so far.

“…What are you thinking?”

“Leave it alone. See if you want to do something.”

“…Isn’t that something bad for us?”

“No way. The instructor is staring at you from up there right now, would you do something crazy like that?”

“But…”

“So let’s just leave it alone.”

The two men and women wait patiently even more because they have a guarantor named Yoo Jun-kyung. Their whispers entered the ears of Seong-il, who has transcendent hearing, and Seong-il, hearing the team members’ reactions, spoke to Lee Ah-hyun with confidence.

“…Why all of a sudden?”

“Oh, it’s nothing else. It’s enough for me to catch that, but I have a minor problem.”

“That’ll work…?”

At first glance, it looked like a lump of flesh that was constantly spewing out powerful toxic substances. No matter how strong Seong-il’s physical ability is, Lee Ah-hyun looks puzzled because he doesn’t seem to have the ability to defend against such a substance.

“Why can’t you? Do you remember when I and Choi Hyeon-woo fought?”

“!!!”

One fact long forgotten. Lee Ah-hyun begins to recall that Seong-il had awakened to a new ability a few months ago.

“…Bodily enhancement is acquired, remember when I briefly showed you my new ability, Shadow Manipulation?”

“Ah… Yes… Very little, but I remember.”

“If I put that ability on my body, in fact, I can completely protect myself from such contaminants.”

“Hmm… Is that so?”

“Yeah. But, the problem is…”

After saying that, Seong-il cautiously glanced at Yu-jun and her two men and women. With that gaze, Lee Ah-hyun could realize what he was worried about.

“Ah… You… Don’t want to let the outside world know that you have three abilities, don’t you?”

“Yes. If someone else knows that I have superpowers, it can be a headache. I’m still getting a lot of attention because I’m a double, triple? I’m sure all the powerful people in the ark will pay attention to me, right?”

“But…”

It wasn’t that there were no triple talents, but in most cases like that, you had to be S-class, and among the S-class, triple abilities were one of the few in Korea.

“Aren’t there only two people in the history of Korea? A low-level triple player.”

“Oh, those people…”

The former president of the Hunter Association, now murdered, and the current president of the Hunter Association. For reference, after the two became S-class hunters, they also awakened as quartruple abilities, which existed only in the history of Korea.

“I’m rumored to be the next talented person? Just thinking about it… Uh huh…”

“…”

Lee Ah-hyun nodded lightly, as if sympathizing with Seong-il’s concerns. After thinking about something for a while, she quietly whispers to Seong-il.

“Can’t we just clear it the standard way? If I and Yoon Tae-hee attack remotely…”

“It’s not even a word. You don’t know, but Yoon Tae-hee, who should take on the role of the main ranged dealer, should be given a C+.”

“…”

“You’re the only one to trust, but that type of enemy is hard to kill with space distortion.”

“Um…”

At Seongil’s words, Ahyeon lightly examines her flesh. She certainly seemed to have a hard time killing a huge mass of flesh over 5M in height with her space distortion.

“Haa… Certainly, my space warp is still specialized for subduing or disrupting enemies, rather than killing. So how about this?”

“…?”

“I’m going to make you an armor using space distortion.”

“…Is that the case?”

Lee Ah-hyun’s space distortion application method that I’ve never heard of before. When Seong-il makes a surprised expression, she replies with a unique alluring expression, perhaps feeling better.

“I was a little inspired by how quickly you got stronger… It’s a skill I researched and perfected to become stronger.”

“Ohh…”

“But it’s not really a strong shield.”

“Then…?”

“What’s the point? I’ll just put a space warp shield around it, use it as a camouflage, and secretly use your shadow abilities underneath. Wouldn’t that make it unnoticeable? Isn’t that so…?”

“No. That’s a very good idea.”

Seong-il strokes her hair with her gloved hand, as if admiring Lee Ah-hyun for giving her good advice. Lee Ah-hyun begins to glance at Seong-il’s behavior as if it is absurd.

“What, why?”

“…It’s okay. Don’t do anything that doesn’t suit the situation. Among the piles of corpses, what…”

She said so, but Seong-il’s actions didn’t seem to dislike her. In addition, that appearance left an impression on Yoon Tae-hee and Park Dong-woo, and they shouted in a humorous tone.

“Am I… Worrying about my lover again?”

“Aha”

Two people who mistakenly think that they are dating each other.

“What are you saying? It’s because I asked Lee Ah-hyun to do something that could be sensitive to it. She asked if she could write a special move that she had been hiding.”

“…Hmm?”

Two men and women who look interested in Sungil’s sudden words. Seong-il explains to them about the space distortion shield prepared by Lee Ah-hyun.

“Aha… In short, you’re saying that Mr. Ahyeon can put some kind of shield on Seongil-gun?”

“Uh. Instead, if you use this method, Ahyeon has to focus her abilities exclusively on me, so there is a fatal flaw that makes her completely defenseless against external attacks.”

“Um…”

“What do you want to do?”

“…?”

The two men and women look puzzled at Seong-il’s way of speaking out of the blue. To them, Seong-il starts making excuses he prepared.

“It’s simple. The first is to attack that flesh with you as the center, Taehee Yoon. Instead of me and the other three team members focusing on defending you, you have to do everything you can to kill him. Ahyeon Lee’s spatial distortion is not effective for killing. It tends to fall.”

“…I’m ashamed, but I’m not confident.”

Yoon Tae-hee is not confident in her firepower, but she is even less confident in dealing while avoiding the venom spouted by that flesh. When she responds in the direction she wants, she replies that her holy day is right.

“Then how about this…?”

Seong-il recites to the two the same story he told Lee Ah-hyun a while ago. After hearing the whole story, the two ask with serious expressions.

“…Yo, if Mr. Ahyeon puts a shield on Seongil-gun that allows him to eat poison, Seongil-gun will use that defensive ability to single-handedly beat that piece of flesh?”

“Yes.”

“In the meantime, are we doing all we can to protect the defenseless Mr. Ahyeon?”

“Exactly.”

Seong-il’s operation is beyond reproach. It was embarrassing to feel that they were being slightly carried on their backs, but in fact, through the clearing process so far, they had already recognized that Seong-il and Lee Ah-hyun were one or two levels superior to them, so the two men and women did not feel particularly repulsive or proud. Did not injure

“I’ll try my best.”

Was it because they fought back to back in the dungeon? Yoon Tae-hee, who had avoided talking to her until morning, actively listens to Seong-il’s opinion and replies.

“Oh. Is that so? Good~”

Seong-il perfectly prepared all the tricks to hide his abilities. After recovering his inner strength by drinking an additional mana potion disguised as a drink, he begins approaching the boss of the dungeon.

“Kwuhhhhh!! Bhuhhhhh!!”

A figure of flesh constantly squirting disgusting pus in all directions from dozens of hideous proboscis.

‘…Hmm, actually, it’s not a big deal to beat him if I use all my abilities without hiding it…’

Thinking so, Seong-il glances at Yu Jun-kyung.

‘Fuck, I can’t use my telekinesis at full output because I have so many eyes… I’ll have to carefully use my telekinesis only to protect myself.’

In fact, the emotion was telling me that even if I was directly attacked by a flesh attack, the nanomachines inside my body would be able to defend and detoxify that dangerous poison.

‘However, despite being hit by such a poison, if I show a quick recovery or show no abnormality, the hunters of the ark will mistake my body for something special.’