Chapter 324 – Rapid Growth (2)
Monsters with fire attributes such as Fire Bore continued to appear.
Guys like gorillas and ogres were also on fire. Although those monsters could withstand the heat of the dungeon, they could not withstand the sharpness of the shadow weapon.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to hunt them one by one with great care, but most of them used the secret sword technique to pierce between the eyes, and for a few unique individuals that avoided the secret sword due to their good sense, they used the sharp cut to make a big difference.
‘The corpses of these monsters outside could be used as good material.’
I have been managing the dungeon since Utopia was created, but before Utopia was established, a big change occurred when people with status window abilities showed their power in the world.
It is said that the turning of Africa into a grassland was the work of a person who mastered alchemy, but now the export of dungeon by-products is strictly controlled.
Even if students go to a dungeon, they don’t make money, so most of them don’t even think about taking it with them.
But I don’t know what Olympus will do.
If you try to stand above humans, you can give them these by-products.
“They’re annoying guys.”
Since I arrived at the entrance of the volcano where the boss was likely to be, I burned off the positive energy accumulated in my body using Pulun Resonance.
“Now, shall we go up?”
When I was possessed by Han Xian, the experience of riding Huangshan Mountain seemed to have gone away. I was able to climb steep mountain paths as smoothly as if I were on flat ground by stepping on the ground wheel.
And then the most important enemies in this dungeon, the fire spirits, appeared.
“☆☆☆☆.”
“☆☆!!”
Red fireballs the size of my fist moved around while making unintelligible sounds and spewing flames at me.
If you listen a little more, I think you’ll understand what I’m talking about. The monsters below were cut down mercilessly, but wouldn’t the fire spirit be able to communicate?
While thinking that, I lightly cut down the fireball that was spewing out at me.
“☆!!☆☆!!”
Then the fire spirits spewed out bigger flames at me, but I avoided the attack by moving.
“☆☆☆!!!”
The fire spirit spoke loudly again. This time, the fire spirits from around the area started talking noisily, and now I could tell what they were saying.
‘Intruder, die.’
‘Humans die!’
After all, it was a dungeon. If I think about it a little more, wouldn’t the people with status window abilities who came to this dungeon before me try to talk to the fire spirit? People who use spirits would also come here to investigate.
Then, since it is a dungeon open to students at the Academy, you can just cut it all down without thinking too much.
The fire spirits started shooting fireballs at me from all directions.
I used a shadow string to attach the shadow string to the end of the sword I was holding and swung loudly.
Suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly!
Several spirits were cut into pieces at once by the sword I swung with the string of shadow attached.
The dead spirit turned into powder and disappeared, but I continued to swing the sword and cut down the fire spirit.
He cut down all the fire spirits that gathered nearby, made the shadow sword and cord disappear, and then called Shahemos.
(Shahemoth.)
(Master, what’s going on?)
(Is there anywhere to use the spirit powder?)
(It can be used as an ingredient in a reagent, but the powder that falls on the floor is probably meaningless. Why not look it up on your smartphone?)
(I don’t know about you right now, but it’s really hot in here.)
I bought it from a fairy feather, and it seemed to be fine when it was in the pocket of the clothes that changed depending on my mana, but it seemed like it would break if I took it out.
I wanted to share the heat by summoning Shahemos as a tease, but I felt a great power from above, as if I had satisfied the conditions for the boss to appear by taking care of all the spirits.
Skill Link-Boost
Yeonyeom Shingong (連炎神功). Presence detection.
Presence detection-wave.
A wave capable of detecting heat was sent to the surrounding area.
I had some hope by finding monsters at the bottom of the volcano, but it didn’t work out here.
It seems like there is something very powerful.
‘The dungeon hasn’t been strengthened, right?’
I climbed to the top of the mountain, feeling the heat getting hotter.
The fire spirits were not visible until the road to the crater, but they were all gathered here.
The fire spirits were circling around the egg placed in the center of the crater.
While studying about spirits, I heard that when spirits reach a certain level, they take on human form. What are eggs? It felt ominous, so I immediately prepared to shoot from a distance.
Skill Link-Boost
Shadow Mastery. Flame wheel.
Shadow Circle.
Before my eyes, five rings of shadow created a path toward the egg at the center of the volcano, and I summoned the Spear of Shadow and held it tightly in my hand.
Spiral flow (連環流).
The ring of shadow will replace the power corresponding to the breakthrough, so in this case, it can be said that a pseudo-spiral breakthrough is used.
Every time the spear containing rotational force passed through the ring of shadow, it gained tremendous acceleration and flew toward the egg lying in the center of the crater.
However, because it was near the crater, powerful fire spirits gathered together as if guarding an egg.
Let’s go!
When I felt that the gathering fire spirits seemed to take on a slightly female form, the spear of shadow disappeared along with the fire spirits.
Since there was no more fire spirit guarding the egg, I prepared to throw it again.
The moment I used Shadow Circle and tried to throw the spear containing the power of the Yeonhwanryu Spiral again, the egg broke.
“Huh?!”
I felt greater heat in the crack of the broken egg than I felt when I arrived at the crater of the volcano.
If I hadn’t learned the fire flame technique, wouldn’t I have just burned to death?
I endured the heat and threw the spear of shadow in my hand.
Similar spiral breakthrough.
Because the amount of mana contained was small, it did not reach the power of the spiral breakthrough, but the spear still contained quite a bit of power and hit the eggshell.
Gagagagagagagagagak!!!
When I saw that I couldn’t break through the eggshell, as if there was a mana barrier, I thought I should send a rescue signal right away.
The boss might be stronger than you think? While I was watching the battle between the egg and the spear with that thought in mind, a blue spear appeared in front of me.
『Quest』
〈Defeat the incompletely resurrected Suzaku.〉
-Upon completion: ?
“Damn the shinigami beast?!”
It’s been less than a month since I was defeated by someone with an arm containing the power of Hyeonmu, so what’s the point of incomplete Suzaku?
I said ‘hehe’ from afar. It’s an egg. A pretty fire spirit will be born, right?’ If I had waited, I would have been completely resurrected!
As the egg broke, a bird wrapped in flames flew up and made eye contact with me.
“☆☆☆.”
I know this well because I heard it from the fire spirit earlier.
‘Die.’
Even if I had an incomplete resurrection, I should have thrown a few more shadow spears when I saw the guy whose entire body was bigger than I.
I think I can cut it down using shadow energy, but I don’t know what to do since I feel like if I release the smoke flame magic now, I’ll burn to death from the heat.
While hesitating slightly, Suzaku moved.
It hit the area where I was standing with its huge foot.
As I stepped back, I raised the palyun resonance to eight wheels.
The amount of heat absorbed through the Yeonyeom Shingung (連炎神功) increased significantly from the time Suzaku woke up, and a lot of yang energy accumulated in his body in the blink of an eye.
First, I have to take away the power that Suzaku has and let it emit the heat that I can withstand.
‘Because it’s flying. It’s a throw.’
As soon as I landed on the ground, I grabbed the secret sword of shadow in my hand and threw it at Suzaku with the power of the spiral.
Sigh! Sigh!
Perhaps because his defense was weaker than when he entered the eggshell and was protected, the shadow’s secret weapon was able to consume Suzaku’s strength by getting stuck in his wings and body his.
‘Is this going to be a long game?’
I think it would be okay to adjust the mana ratio and keep throwing pseudo-spiral breakthroughs, but considering efficiency, I think it’s right to throw a shadowy sword like this.
When Suzaku flapped his wings widely, feathers filled with flames shot out toward me.
While dodging the attack, I threw a shadow blade containing the power of breakthrough.
Phew! Phew!
Attacks that may seem laughable in Suzaku’s situation will be a different story if you constantly get hit.
‘Is it okay to think of this as training?’
Since I was absorbing the heat from the volcano, my mana was being replenished almost immediately.
I’ve never experienced an environment like this before, so let’s learn how to use a little more negative mana while maintaining the eight wheels.
*
Due to Suzaku’s attack, the volcano was broken and lava was flowing down.
The forest where the lava flowed down became a sea of fire, and the dungeon became a perfect place to ‘train’ the Yeonyeom magic.
Shadow Circle. Pericyclic spiral. Breaking through a pseudo-spiral.
I created a ring of shadow and threw the spear containing the power of the spiral at Suzaku.
“Keeeeek!!!”
Suzaku screamed in pain after being hit by a spear filled with rotating and piercing power.
And then he screamed and showed all his strength at once and rushed to the place where I was.
Kwaaaaang!
The volcano collapsed again.
The area around the crater has become almost completely dry, but so far Suzaku has not been able to land a proper attack on me.
It was great that he used calmness and insight to read the attack, but as Suzaku was incompletely revived, his speed was quite slow.
Of course, I have no intention of feeling sorry for Suzaku and giving him even a single blow.
It was clear that even a single hit would be fatal, as it would be an attack that exceeded the fire elemental resistance that the smoke flame magic attack gave me.
I took my stance again and threw a pseudo-spiral breakout.
Suzaku flinched when he saw the black spear, but since his body was slow, he couldn’t avoid it.
‘Now shall we try two shadow circles?’
With endless heat and a very sturdy punching bag, I think I’ll be able to get my money’s worth today.
