Chapter 111 – Eat Well (2)
Its black legs glistening in the soft moonlight become sharp spear points and fly in.
Spearman’s attack.
But it doesn’t feel like a risk at all.
It was because the movement of the guy rushing towards us looked like slow motion.
“It’s okay.”
As soon as he stepped back with strength in his legs, his massive body fell to its original position, creating a roar.
Kwak!
Rising dust.
Key profit!
In the midst of it, the guy howls in anger and straightens his legs.
A light breeze blew the dust away.
The look of the guy I finally met.
“Oh, it’s gotten bigger.”
As if he hadn’t been idle for 10 years, his enlarged body came into view.
The exoskeleton that covers the entire body is also glistening in the moonlight, as if it has become even stronger.
“When I saw it in the past, it was a C grade….”
It is impossible to measure accurately because there is no measuring device, but based on my many experiences, I would like to guess that it will be at the level of a B-class chin-up now.
“It’s pretty scary.”
C-class top and B-class chin-ups.
At first glance, it feels like climbing a single flight of stairs, but the reality is different.
For a monster, going from C-class to B-class means that it has gone through evolution once.
In other words, it should be seen that he did not climb a single step, but climbed one floor at once.
In terms of numbers, it must have gotten at least 1.3 to 1.5 times stronger.
Push it!
It spews cobwebs out of its milk.
It takes a large movement to avoid the spider web that spreads widely in the air and flies like a net.
Smash!
The spider’s web, which had lost its aim and fell off, clings to the ground.
Just looking at it, if you step on it, it’s sticky as if you won’t let go easily.
If you let him keep shooting webs, that’ll be annoying in its own right.
“Then we should finish quickly.”
Monsters such as spiders and scorpions surround my body with a hard exoskeleton.
Thanks to this, it has high defense power, so it is not easy to penetrate.
So, what’s the most effective way to hunt these guys?
As already demonstrated in the ant nest with teammates, it is most effective to attack nodes.
It immediately gathers mana and creates a blade of wind imbued with spirit.
「Wind Cutter.」
A blade that precisely aims at the thin joints exposed between the exoskeleton and the exoskeleton.
Unlike the ants who were helpless in this attack, the ants swung their legs one after the other, aiming for a weak point and destroying all incoming blades.
The guard is tougher than I thought.
Kiki Kiki!
Laughing vigorously feels like sharpening a knife after being beaten once….
“Ah.”
Is it because of me?
When I first met him, I was investigating to check the condition of the flower, but he was so annoying that I blew a bundle of swords and cut off every joint in his leg.
“… It’s all over, you son of a bitch.”
I don’t know if I’m the same person as back then, but it seems like I was waiting anyway.
Push! Push shh!
Once again a bunch of cobwebs pours out.
After closing the distance with him and avoiding the spider’s web, I gather mana in both hands.
If the attack fired from a distance doesn’t work, the only way is to pierce it directly into the joints.
The chilling blue magic creates one pure white dagger in each hand.
「Ice Dagger.」
Magic that transforms the ice needle that pulls out and shoots ice like a sharp awl.
Kiaag!
The durability of the dagger, which was woven stitch by stitch from the handle to the tip of the sword by gathering a considerable amount of mana in an instant.
Kaang!
Even though it is made of ice, it is at the level of not getting a single scratch even after blocking the guy’s forepaws.
Try a close fight with the guy right away.
The experience of holding a knife with this body is about one hand, so it feels a little unfamiliar, but there is no problem.
A few swings were enough to reacquaint with the weapon he had wielded all his life.
Except for the four legs that support the massive body, the remaining four legs pour like rain.
It’s fast and sharp, so each shot feels like a bullet with a huge caliber.
When hit, even the body of a hunter would be dangerously fatal, but….
That’s when it’s right
It’s fast, but it’s a simple attack that doesn’t deviate from a straight line.
It’s not easy unless you force yourself to stop to hit a simple attack that lets you know where it’s going from the moment you lift your leg.
“Suck!”
Using the added acceleration in an instant, I rotated my body to get out of its attack range, and at the same time, I pierced the dagger in my hand between the joints of my legs in front of me.
Kwajik!
Kwakdeuk!
A dagger that pierces deeply into each leg.
Very good!
The boy’s scream follows.
For us, the situation is tantamount to stabbing a dagger deep into the knee between the thigh and shin, but it wouldn’t hurt.
The movement does not stop there.
It repeats the same operation over and over again, avoiding the attack of the guy flying after it as if desperate.
Make a dagger, shove it between the joints.
When the guy’s huge torso was the starting point, he completed a full circle.
Koo!
The huge torso sank to the ground.
It was next to impossible to support that gigantic body with ill-fitting legs.
“Let’s finish now.”
I put my palm on the neck of the struggling guy and aim it.
The mana pooled and divided around the guy’s neck repeatedly.
Eight spears of pure white ice were created before long.
「Ice Spear.」
Intermediate level magic of ice attribute that pierces the opponent sharply and at the same time freezes them so that not a single drop of blood can escape.
The sharp tip of a spear forged with the cold must be enough to pierce the creature’s carapace and suffocate it.
“Bye.”
With a small gesture, eight spears floating in the air pierced the guy’s head at the same time.
Fu-wook! Fu-wook! Slap!
Life drains from the eight eyes on his head.
Black magic fog that rises like remorse for life.
“Sorry.”
If there was magic power absorption, I would have absorbed all of that too.
With regret, I lick my appetite and turn my back.
Before his corpse disappears, take away a few things you need, and head for your true purpose.
99 years and 360 days, a beautiful flower growing in the same place.
That flower is the reason why the dungeon was hidden.
I don’t know what principle it pours, because it uses only that moonlight as its nourishment, and it has to be filled for 100 years to fully bloom and maximize the efficacy of the flower.
At that time, I couldn’t find a way to replace that magical power, so I had no choice but to make that choice, but now it’s different.
Because the talent this body possesses allows you to become anything as long as it is magical power.
Creates a trowel with earth magic and slowly digs up the soil from the surrounding area.
Be careful not to damage any of the roots, be careful….
“Okay… All!”
Thanks to the delicate work, I succeeded in digging up the flower intact down to the root.
Just like when making a trowel, use earth magic to make a small potted plant.
Spread the soil that you dug in advance and carefully place the flowers in the middle.
Then, cover it with soil again.
“Whew!”
Now only the last step remains.
Magical power permeated in the moonlight that relentlessly fell on one side of the cavity.
I take the form and arrangement as it is and plant it in my magic power.
If you pluck it out and hit it on flowers and soil….
“Five… !”
The petals that have not yet unfolded lightly shake their bodies as if they are feeling good.
It seems to have been quite successful.
Hehe, then I took care of it so well….”
Lastly, I left a note for our guild members not to be surprised after five days….
“Done.”
It’s time to go back home
* * *
Early morning.
A black sedan pulled out of a high-rise building in Gangnam.
A total of three people, including the driver, were on board.
On their way to work, they managed to get out of Seoul before the road was blocked, and their destination was Mt. Taebaek.
The three men got out of the car and moved on in silence.
A man opened his mouth in a heavy atmosphere.
“Hey, hey! I hope your wife will like it today!”
Another man took it.
“Well… , It must be difficult for even a wife to easily obtain something like this….”
As the two worked hard to create an atmosphere, a small smile appeared on the lips of the man who was walking silently.
“… I hope so.”
There is a glimmer of hope.
A small hope that maybe starting today, we can pierce the blood in the stuffy relationship.
His steps quickened as well.
His body, which had reached its peak, made him run up a high mountain as if he were walking on flat ground.
“Master! Not that way.”
“Ah….”
Did you get too excited?
He tried to hide his puzzled expression and followed the two as they opened the way to the other side.
I guess it took about 30 minutes or so.
They arrived safely under the tree they had left their mark on.
“Let’s start.”
“Yes, just leave it to me!”
The young man rolled up her sleeves and slammed her fist into the ground.
Quaang-!
Dust rose, and a huge pit formed in the flat land.
It was so powerful that even the rock that had been blocking it was shattered.
In her sleep, the dusty man glared at the young man, covering her mouth and nose with her handkerchief.
“… Control your strength.”
Haha… , Sorry.”
A young man who humbly apologizes.
After time passed and the dust gradually settled, the three of them went down into the pit.
A small crypt in front of me.
The young man took the lead and made his way all around her.
The remaining two followed slowly along the path he had widened.
The three people put their hands on the crack that appeared before long.
Not surprised by the sudden change of atmosphere, they walked along the road in silence.
“Did you say the boss is alive?”
“Okay. It’s Class C, so there’s nothing dangerous about it.”
Haha! Then it will be over in one room.”
The young man laughed heartily and clenched her fists.
“Then let’s get right in!”
A young man who steps forward and opens the door to the boss room.
Quickly permeating inside, he soon put on a bewildered expression, then looked back.
“… Don’t you?”
An urgency appeared on the faces of the two men who had leisurely followed.
If there is no boss monster, it must mean that someone has already finished clearing it.
It was a shocking sight to cross the huge cavity and come in front of the other two at the end.
There is a small space sunk in the soft moonlight.
“Oh, no… !”
“…….”
A small piece of paper was neatly folded on top of a hollowed-out pile of dirt.
The middle-aged man bent over her, picked it up, and opened it.
[Enjoy your meal.]
Giggling!
The moment he read the words on the note, he listened to the hallucinations coming from somewhere.
Laughter as if laughing at oneself.
The middle-aged man silently crumpled his face and paper at the same time.
The man who was at a loss for what to do with a stunned expression asked him insinuatingly.
“What shall I do? Follow up now….”
“… Done.”
He shook his head.
I figured out who the culprit was.
But… , There were many things that took many things to interrogate him.
Strictly speaking, in the end, the flower has found its owner.
Just.
“Life is bitter….”
I had no choice but to shake my head at the bitter taste in my mouth that came from my hard life.
