Chapter 409 – #410 to Catch a Tiger, You Must Enter the Tiger’s Den (2)
#410 To catch a tiger, you have to enter the tiger’s den (2)
“Hmm?”
As I flew along the milestones made with monster blood, I felt a strong sense of life that could be felt even from tens of thousands of meters in the air.
At first, I thought that some large monster was swallowing the mouth of the sirens gliding freely in the sky.
However, the life was dense and there was also a sticky malice. I felt the will to kill without fail.
So, some monster bastard reveals this kind of murder, but I looked down and-
“…”
-There was Zero.
Zero was waiting for me in a crater that looked like a giant eating a large bowl of ice cream with a spoon. In the center of the crater was a large pond.
Are you saying that’s the battlefield you chose?
It doesn’t matter where the battlefield is. If I could fight Zero, I would have liked to be in a pit of corpses.
“I’m waiting here.”
[Yes Master!]
Zero was exuding tremendous energy, but Siren’s condition was the same as usual. My big cutie never thought I’d lose in a fight with him.
And it was natural.
Jumped off the siren’s head. In the middle, I used the ruler of gravity and landed in the crater while slowing down.
Thud-!
I slowed down enough, but I jumped from such a height that my legs were stuck to the ground. It was the moment I was about to pull my leg off the ground.
Pot-!
“S! Til! Ah! Mur!”
“Huh?”
Zero called my name and ran. As if not wanting to miss a moment’s opportunity.
There’s not much of a difference between him and my height. Zero is about 10 cm taller. In such a state, his legs even got stuck in the ground, so Zero became a good punching bag.
“Who the fuck is this?!”
Standing in front of me, Zero swung his fist indiscriminately and hit my body. He tried to slow the attack by grabbing his arm, but every time he did so, he naively avoided my hand.
“Hey you fucking bastard! Didn’t you stop it?!”
Evil! That chewy chick hit my chin! You bit your tongue!
Zero, who had hit me in front, jumped up and landed behind me. Then he pulled my arm from behind and brought my knee to my waist.
“Kuaaaaa!”
He groaned and pulled my arm behind me. He could see what he was thinking. He had the intention of tearing my arms off just like this.
But there was something he overlooked.
11th level body enhancers are stronger than beastmen.
“Aww!”
“Kuaaaaa!”
When I gave strength, the arm that had been bent back moved forward little by little. I was embarrassed, but Zero gave me more strength, but it was still not up to my strength.
“Kuaaaaa!”
“You fucking bastard!”
Zero changed his strategy, probably realizing that power struggles were not the answer. This time, he chose to choke me from behind.
“Kek!”
“Die…!”
Zero’s thick forearm strangled me. He was also not an ordinary business man, so he was out of breath.
“Turn it off!”
I grabbed the strangling forearm and wrist with both hands. And put the weight on the back.
One leg, which had been stuck in the ground like a radish being pulled out, came out. Then the left leg came out as well.
“Huh!”
I gave a rebound to my waist and slammed the Zero dangling behind me forward. However, as befits a tiger beast belonging to the feline family, he flexibly turned and escaped like a gymnast.
“Kuhhh!”
Zero lunged at me with a tiger cry. Knock-! His fist stuck into my side.
“Kuk!”
Although it had the [Pain Resistance] Attribute, Zero’s fists were quite painful. After all, Zero was no ordinary monster.
“Suck!”
Correcting my stance, I aimed for his chin and swung my fist. Then, in time for my fist to touch his chin, Zero turned his head in the direction his fist extended.
It was an advanced technique that a considerable level boxer would show. As a result, my fist touched Zero’s chin, but did no damage.
Even after that, Zero stuck his fist into my body and avoided my attack.
I was the top in strength, but in technique, Zero was one step above.
Of course, that didn’t mean that all of my fists were missing like a game. It’s a close-range encounter. I’m not so stupid that I can’t even hit one at such a short distance.
Bang-!
Almost once in my teens, I stuck my fist into Zero’s body. It was a fight in which I lost quite a bit, but it wasn’t bad. It’s because it’s important to plug in at least one.
Because I can do the damage he would do to me by beating a teenager in one hit. Isn’t it? My fist is more than 10 fists of that guy.
“…!”
Zero’s eyes trembled as my fist pierced his stone-hard stomach. It must have been more painful than I could have imagined. How does it taste, man? This is a nuclear fist!
“Kuaaaaa!”
However, Zero did not take the current position by kicking a ticket. The one who endured the pain swung his fist again.
The speed is much faster than before. He also stretched out his fingers and tore my clothes with his sharp claws. It was sharp enough to tear skin.
‘Is this a suit made of nine-tailed fox skin?’
I haven’t revealed it to Raonjena yet, but the suit I’m wearing is made from the skin of a nine-tailed fox. It means that the clothes are intact even with a moderate attack.
Such clothes were too easily torn by Zero’s fingernails. This was a bit surprising.
Bang-! Bang-! Bang-!
The sound of exploding bombs followed. Like the Cheolcheon enemy of a lifetime, we put our fists into each other’s bodies.
And-
“It’s big?!”
– It was Zero who stepped back first.
As for hitting, he hit a lot more, but my fist is heavy with each blow. No matter how strong Zero was, it was impossible for him to withstand my fist.
“You’re scoured and chew.”
The balance is broken. The offensive initiative passed to me.
Bang-!
“Keukhak!”
Bang-!
“Kuk!”
Quaang-!
“Cuck!”
Chest, flanks, abdomen. He hit three targets in a row. After being attacked in three places in an instant, Zero couldn’t stand it and ended up getting down on one knee.
Looking down at him gave me peace of mind.
“That’s right. This is the correct eye level.”
“Keugh…!”
I looked down at him with an arrogant stance. Also, I shouldn’t be looking up at someone, I should be looking down.
And, as if my eyes were humiliating, Zero bit his lip.
“…Do you think you won?”
Zero opened his mouth.
Have you ever seen such a petty bastard? When I came down, he didn’t even give me a chance to speak, and he beat me up so much, and then he slit his mouth right away because he was at a disadvantage.
“Of course. You can’t beat me even if you die and wake up.”
But since I’m a tolerant strongman, I decided to turn a blind eye to his cunning tricks.
When watching movies or cartoons, it is common to see clichés in which the villain does not deal with the main character, but gets the hang of it.
Looking at the situation now, I would look just like that villain. But to be precise, me and those kinds of villains are completely different.
They are confident of victory in an unreasonably strong subject, but I’m fucking, really fucking strong.
I’m not saying I’m the strongest villain in the universe for nothing. I’m not even Hong Gil-dong, so there was no reason why I shouldn’t say strong is strong.
Therefore, it is innocent and lawful for me to open my mouth without dealing with the enemy right away like those scoundrels.
“Ku-k-k-k-k! You’re arrogant!”
“I can do that. But you can’t. Because you’re weak. Do you get it, you fucking bastard?”
“This bastard…!”
He laughed so much that Zero gnashed his teeth. But soon the corner of his mouth went up.
‘Smile?’
“You idiot. Did you really think I waited for you here without any preparation?”
“What?”
Beating- beating- beating-
My heart skipped a beat at the confident words. What is it? What did he prepare?
Zero would have thought I had no idea, but I am not at all. I had already expected him to be fully prepared.
Are you sure you didn’t prepare anything to fight this ‘me’?
The strong can fight the weak without any preparation. But the weak can’t.
In order for the weak to fight the strong, they really have to risk their all. That way, the odds of winning against a strong opponent increase by even 0.1%.
Here, the strong is me and the weak is zero.
Of course, Zero should have done everything possible to kill me.
And seeing her confident appearance, it seemed that she was preparing something. What would this guy have prepared?
I looked down at Zero with twinkling eyes like a child opening a present prepared by his father, who was transformed into Santa Claus.
Said Zero.
“You are bleeding.”
“Blood?”
I looked over his shoulder at his words. The nail he had swung earlier had torn his clothes and slightly bled.
Cheeralalarak- less evil-!
“… Huh?”
Then, something like a tentacle came out of the lake and wrapped around my waist. And against my will, my body flew into the lake.
“Can I really live without being able to breathe?”
Zero laughed at the day I fell into the lake.
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‘Puffy?!’
Of course, living beings cannot breathe underwater. Of course, there are animals that can breathe underwater, but at least not me.
In addition, it was difficult to hold my breath as the tentacles tightened around my waist. It was so strong that even a level 11 body enhancer couldn’t stand it.
Knock-!
‘Keah!’
Something bit my shoulder. At the same time, a system log appeared in front of him saying he was poisoned.
[You have suffered from the abnormal condition ‘superlative paralytic poison’.]
[The attribute ‘Disease Resistance’ is activated.]
[The state of the highest level paralysis poison is partially lifted.]
‘Part?!’
I checked the system logs and was amazed. This is because the disease resistance characteristics that had completely released any poison so far have not been able to exert their full power.
The effect of the paralysis poison was clear. Starting with the bitten shoulder, it was difficult to move my right arm. It felt like the stiffness you get when using a rusty tool.
‘Snake?’
I bit my shoulder to see who injected the poison. It was none other than a snake. The snake would wrap around my waist and bite my shoulder at the same time.
‘… No.’
It was a snake that bit me, but it wasn’t a snake. Because the snake’s tail was connected to something much larger.
‘Is that… A turtle?’
To be precise, it was a monster that resembled a turtle.
It was almost as big as an apartment building, and its back and belly were covered with armor-like shells. Also, the snake that bit me was the tail of a monster. Besides the snake that bit me, there were two more tail snakes.
[[Monster: Gigant. War. Turtle Boy] Found.]
[You will receive 1 [Psychic Level Up Ticket] As a reward.]
[Tickets: [Psychic Option] X0, [Psychic Level Up Ticket] X9]
‘Turtle Boy? Where do you think that is Turtle Boy?! He’s a Turtle Man!’
Looking at the system log, I exploded in anger. And at the same time, Western humor was not forgotten. Chuckle!
Suwaaaaagh-!
Anyway, Turtleboy seemed determined to eat me. It opened its huge mouth wide.
If it stays like this, it will become turtle food. I can’t face such a disgraceful death, so should I move on?
‘Suck!’
First, I grabbed the snake wrapped around my waist. And tore it with force. Like a full-grown adult anaconda, the huge snake was torn in half.
Turtle Boy’s strength was as strong as his size, but I was stronger than that. It’s because [Monster Hunter] Activated his superpower.
It would have been difficult without this psychic ability, but since the monster hunter was activated, tearing the snake was easy.
Next, I tapped my stomach. Then, small particles came out from my waist and began to envelop my body. It was the Sanctuary Armor made of nanoparticles.
The nanoparticles that climbed up my body quickly covered the top of my head.
“Puha!”
I didn’t have to hold my breath any longer.
