Artifact-Devouring Player Chapter 83

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After a while.

Sang-Hyeon and Ham Ji-Yeon were standing on a large rock that gave them a wider view of the front.

It was a huge rock about the size of a three-story Korean traditional house, so it was easy to find a spot to sit down.

While Sang-Hyeon explores the candidates for the next movement route to choose.

Pitter-patter. Mumble, mumble. Yum yum.

Ham Ji-yeon was so busy stuffing food she took out of her oversized backpack into her mouth that she didn’t notice anything.

If you’re wondering what the metaphor of eating in combat is, all you have to do is show her.

Tok. Tok.

It was a sight that was in complete contrast to Sang-Hyeon, who was taking a bite of a chocolate bar and letting it melt a little.

Sang-hyeon asked, looking at Ham Ji-yeon, who was eating hard but still had a happy expression on her face.

“How much do you eat?”

“To what extent?”

“To what extent?”

“There are levels of fullness. For example, “I can’t eat any more!” or “I’m full at this level!”

“I guess that’s another distinction. Hmm… … If it’s like this, I’ll ask once that I’m full.”

“First of all, 200 pieces of sushi.”

“two hundred?”

“Yes, two hundred. I ordered twenty of the ten-piece ones before and they were just as filling.”

“Is that okay?”

“Yes! Is it working fine?”

Sang-hyeon felt a deep sense of alienation at the sight of Ham Ji-yeon nodding her head naturally.

On the one hand, when I saw myself with various abnormal conditions, I felt like I was experiencing the emotions felt by the people around me.

Is that possible? Does that make sense?

Exactly that reaction.

When Sang-Hyeon heard Ham Ji-Yeon’s words, this was the thought that immediately came to his mind.

“What about other foods?”

“15 bowls of jajangmyeon? Large pizza with extra cheese toppings, up to 8? That should be no problem.”

“At that level, wouldn’t it be okay to work as a player and a mukbang BJ?”

“I’ve been thinking about it seriously these days. Heh heh.”

As soon as Ham Ji-yeon finished speaking, she put a fist-sized piece of homemade chocolate into her mouth.

It didn’t even feel like I chewed it a few times, but I could already see it going down my esophagus and being swallowed.

“Ah, it’s sweet. Sweet is the best.”

“Is your stomach okay?”

“I get gastroscopy and colonoscopy once every six months and they said it’s fine. They just told me to be careful with spicy food.”

“I respect you, really.”

“Mr. Sang-Hyeon.”

“yes?”

“Would you like some ice cream? It’s made with chocolate syrup and it’ll be delicious.”

“Was that a cold pack?”

“No, that’s not it. Just a moment.”

Ham Ji-yeon took out chocolate syrup from her backpack.

Then he tilted it to the side to pour chocolate syrup onto the empty wooden stick he had prepared in advance.

Anyone who looked at it would have thought that if she had poured syrup like that, her hands and the stick would have become a feast of syrup!

Knock knock. Knock knock. Knock knock.

From the moment the syrup touched the wooden stick, it began to freeze rapidly.

“ah.”

Sang-Hyeon realized that he had forgotten that Ham Ji-Yeon was a player specializing in freezing.

“This is the one and only Ham Ji-yeon chocolate ice cream in the world! It’s 100% pure.”

Indeed, that was the case.

The chocolate syrup, frozen and nicely stuck to the stick, was in its original, sweet liquid form.

“Hahaha. I’ll eat well.”

Thanks to her, the tension that had been building up inside the gate was relieved.

It was a perfect moment to enjoy a brief but relaxed moment. It was a refreshing change of pace.

‘I think I know the internal structure. It’s a volcanic type that I don’t see often, but it’s similar to the structure I know.’

The inside of the gate has been identified.

Since there were many past experiences that could be used as data, it was easy to find similar cases.

‘This isn’t a gate that only deals with monsters. The terrain is also a type of enemy. There seem to be many places to avoid.’

I intended to avoid routes classified as dangerous zones as much as possible.

If I absolutely must pass through, my top priority will be to get through that place as quickly as possible.

After Ham Ji-yeon finished eating for a full 30 minutes.

Sang-Hyeon and her set off again.

And he also cautioned her on one thing.

“Over there. Do you see where the smoke is rising like a puff of smoke from an exhaled cigarette?”

“Yes! I can see it.”

“That means the eruption is not far away. It’s like a precursor. At least 5 minutes, at the earliest… … .”

Push shu shu!

Without Sang-Hyeon having to describe it, a red magma stream shot up into the sky right there.

“If only we could go there.”

“Instant death. Without even looking.”

She thought that since there were many places with smoke rising here and there, it wouldn’t matter where she went.

But there seemed to be a clear pattern in Sang-Hyeon’s eyes.

“Then where is safe?”

“It’s okay if the smoke keeps pouring out. At least that doesn’t mean the magma lumps are being suppressed.”

While he was saying that, smoke rose from two places, just as Sang-Hyeon had said, indicating a danger signal.

Push! Push shu shu!

Magma erupted immediately.

At that time, Sang-Hyeon pointed to a rock about 3 meters away from Ham Ji-Yeon.

“And one more thing.”

“hmm?”

Pfft!

Sang-Hyeon immediately rushed forward and extended his great sword of fighting spirit through the crevice of the rock.

Kkeeek!

At that moment, an unexpected scream was heard. Immediately afterwards, something was stuck in the greatsword that Sang-Hyeon had pulled out.

“Red scorpion?”

I finally saw the name.

Although Sang-Hyeon had used his exploration skills to detect the location of the monster early on, Ham Ji-Yeon was seeing it for the first time.

It was a scorpion as long as an adult woman’s forearm, and what was unusual was its thick carapace that was about a finger span thick.

If you enlarged the scorpions you see in the desert dozens of times, they would look exactly like this.

“Even if you pierce its center of body with a sword, it’s fine. This thing’s armor is so tough that it takes ages to deal damage.”

“then?”

“This is it.”

『Demon Bash』

Sang-Hyeon deployed Demon Bash.

As I unleashed Demon Bash with the red scorpion pierced through my greatsword, the stiffness status abnormality was immediately transmitted.

Kkudddddddd!

Then, the red scorpion, which had not lost its vitality even after being stabbed by the greatsword, lowered its head and died.

He lost his life to stiffness.

“This gate is designed to utilize or respond to abnormal status effects rather than suppress them with overall damage.”

“Really… … that’s true.”

“Okay, let’s go. Now that we’ve definitely read the gate’s concept, all we have to do is follow the guide.”

Sang-Hyeon took the lead first.

“I never thought a thing with such a thick exoskeleton and armor could be incapacitated by one status effect.”

Ham Ji-yeon looked at the dead red scorpion with a curious expression.

He looked like he could be burned or frozen all day long with his own magic and not even flinch.

But when Demon Bash’s stiffness was applied, he died immediately as if an instant death trigger had been activated.

One thing is certain.

The point was that Sang-Hyeon didn’t seem to feel any discomfort at all in all the unfamiliar environments and situations.

It’s as if you’ve already experienced it and you know the right answer to how to interpret and accept it?

The proof of this was the fact that he had never once shown any sign of panic until now.

“Let’s speed up before the non-dangerous path turns into a dangerous one. Alright, let’s go!”

Sang-Hyeon started to increase his speed while moving his warmed up body.

There’s still a long way to go.

* * *

Black volcano snake. Scorpion. Vampire civet.

Various monsters were hiding along the path, but they were all killed by Sang-Hyeon, who noticed them early with his exploration skills.

Except for the Black Volcano Snake, all the monsters are small, but the experience they give is more than you might expect.

Before I knew it, I was level 111. This was the result of just 2 hours of entering the gate.

There was just a problem.

Kuung!

It was the source of the hot wind that had been harassing Sang-Hyeon and his party as they continued to move north.

It was clearly a craze created and sent by someone, but its firepower was beyond imagination.

It was such an intense heat that everything on the ground at that moment was burning as hot as a blazing hot plate.

If Ham Ji-yeon had not been able to use the Han Ki Storm skill, Sang-hyeon would have had to consider a detour.

Before I knew it, the mid-boss monster I had encountered was standing proudly on a flat lava field.

Unlike the Flame Mage, he resembled a human wizard exactly like an image from a fantasy movie.

“Gruat. Strassrat.”

The wizard who met Sang-Hyeon’s eyes spoke something, but it was a language completely incomprehensible.

however.

“If you don’t want to die, get out.”

Isn’t that Ham Ji-yeon doing the translation? Sang-hyeon tilted his head.

“Did you just pass it over?”

“No. It’s the language knowledge I steadily learned every time I was active in clearing gates or dungeons.”

“What language is it?”

“I don’t know which language it is, but it’s a language that I arbitrarily classify as a C-type language.”

“… … .”

An unimaginable identity.

Ham Ji-yeon had an unexpected talent.

With that level of understanding, some monsters might have been able to extract linguistic information by torturing them appropriately.

Sang-Hyeon had heard quite a lot of languages, but he had no interest in languages ​​and never tried to analyze them.

However, Ham Ji-yeon’s understanding and analytical skills seemed to have greatly expanded in that direction.

[Mid Boss Monster]

[Sage Necas]

An old wizard with gray-white hair and a long beard of the same color. His name was Nekas.

This was my first time facing a big named monster that was completely specialized in the magic world.

If you come out with the title of mid-boss monster, then your skill level is obviously not average.

Flame Mage? That’s just an appetizer.

“Keep your distance.”

“all right.”

Sang-Hyeon gave Ham Ji-Yeon a clear warning.

Although she is a capable magic player, she is less adept at improvising than expected.

So I thought I would definitely stand in front and block the variables.

Right then.

“… … !”

Sang-Hyeon instinctively felt that the air flow surrounding him had changed.

It was instinctive and close to animalistic intuition. It was also a sixth sense that had been improved through numerous experiences.

slap!

At the same time, the air flow that pulls the upper body was activated.

『Recovery』

It was almost simultaneous.

Something that pulls Sang-Hyeon like the Dark Hand skill that Shin Tae-Ri used has been activated.

A dangerous situation where Sang-Hyeon’s body would have been dragged away without any movement if he hadn’t used Recovery right away.

Seeing!

Sang-Hyeon was safe.

But isn’t it because the Greatsword of Fighting Spirit was specifically targeted and the greatsword was flying towards Nekas?

『Telekinesis』

Without panicking, he used his telekinesis to retrieve the Greatsword of Fighting Spirit. This variable was not even surprising.

“Seturisrat. Terat. Negr retorat jarigursrat.”

Nekas, who was watching Sang-Hyeon’s skillful response, muttered something with an expression full of interest.

It seemed like a mixture of embarrassment and surprise at how easily his tricks had been neutralized.

“Wow. That’s great. It would be fun to make a guy like you my plaything to fill my loneliness at night.”

“… … .”

Ham Ji-yeon’s translation, which was as sharp as a grain of rice, continued. The closing comment, which was disgusting to hear, was extremely unpleasant.

“Oh my, really. This is embarrassing.”

Ham Ji-yeon blushed as she thought about Nekas’ words. It wasn’t just an embarrassing provocation, it was also an insulting provocation.

Sang-Hyeon, who had taken a charging stance, spoke to Nekas with a bitter smile on his face.

“I’m sorry, but there is no respect for elders.”

A definite declaration of war!

The hunt for the old wizard has begun.