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Episode 135. Growth (2)
After finishing their meal, they continued their assault on [the deepest part].
The second floor of the dungeon had only a slightly increased number of monsters, but the enemy composition itself was the same, so I was able to get through it without any trouble.
“Ahh!”
“Come forward, quickly!”
But the 3rd floor arrived the next day.
At the heart of this dungeon, they faced a crisis they would never experience again.
[Red Necromancer]
[Grade: A]
[Description: A named monster with the dark attribute. Continuously summons a ghoul with weak physical attack resistance as a minion.]
This monster with a rotten and decayed body cannot be defeated without a set strategy.
As if it were a ghost. No matter how many times you cut its body, it regenerates again and again.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry… … . I’m sorry… … .”
“This is not the time to apologize. Focus!”
The Red Necromancer’s strategy is to destroy the soul chest hidden nearby.
But here, a newcomer caused a major accident.
Because the soul box on the high rock was hit by the skill she used and fell into the deep lake.
‘I thought I could break it in one go since it was said to be a weak item.’
with a plop.
A soul that has sunk into endless water.
‘T-that shouldn’t have been the case. Aaaah, I should have definitely pulled the box in with the bindings… … !’
They immediately tried to retrieve the soul that had fallen into the lake, but this also ended in failure.
That’s how things got so messed up.
“%&@#!@%~!”
From across the lake, the red necromancer’s strange spell flowed.
It was the sound of a monster creating new subordinates, and the team leader who heard it shouted as if his head was going crazy.
“Youngest! Climb up quickly. Get out of the gate and call for backup!”
But the monster doesn’t even tolerate that.
Soon, new ghouls summoned by the necromancer began to crawl out of the walls.
“Completely surrounded… … .”
Things got really messed up.
I wasted too much time looking for the soul ship that fell into the lake, but in the meantime, the monster activated its subordinate-creating skill four times in a row.
“Tch, I don’t usually use that pattern. Why is it such a mess today!”
Hururuk.
The crossbow-wielding woman threw a magical fire-making device, eliminating some of her enemies.
But there was no sign of the numbers decreasing.
The retreat route is already blocked by the swarming monsters. If you are surrounded like this, the front and rear have no meaning anymore.
“Ugh!”
The ranks break. The hunters become agitated.
This is a sign that the siege force is about to collapse.
“…noodle…….”
Whispering.
Only one Awakened player, who played the role of the team’s tank, repeated short sentences without losing concentration.
“If it were you, hyung, at a time like this.”
That was the signal flare.
Yun Seung-eun shouted loudly to the team members behind him, as if he had finished preparing himself mentally.
“Let’s go forward head on!”
“what?”
“Ignore the monsters and run straight to the boss room. Then kill the boss as quickly as possible and exit the dungeon!”
Are you suggesting we do a speed run now?
The act of omitting the underlings and striking the captain at the Blue Gate.
This is called speedrunning in the industry, but in reality it is rarely attempted in real life.
“crazy.”
The path to the boss is lined up with so many guards that it’s safe to say that you have to drag them out one by one to fight the boss…
Unless there’s a quick decisive battle, it’ll be 100% annihilation.
“It’s too far to go up from here to the ground!”
“Well, we’ll get tired if we run first.”
“Once we get to the boss, I’ll try to delay the mobs as much as possible. Hurry up!”
What is needed at times like these is quick reflexes.
The team leader made a quick decision.
“After counting to three, Ahn Yoon-seung and I will clear the way. The rest of you should grit your teeth and run!”
One, two, three.
In response to this signal, the awakening skills of the upper-level hunters exploded.
[Magic Strike], [Judgment], [Magic Strike] again… … .
And during this gap, Yunseung casted a defensive buff skill on his team members.
‘Not from the skin, but from the inside out, slowly. Not from the skin, but from the inside out, slowly… … !’
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Stone skin.
This is the magic that, after Kim Ki-ryeo’s advice, became several times more powerful than the normal Stone Skin.
-Yoon Seung-ah, the name of the technique is Stone Skin. Does it work if you apply magic power to the outside?
-sure?
– Try writing it as if you were filling up the human body from the blood vessels. Now, your magical power is acting as blood.
If it was Kim Ki-ryeo.
Right. If that were the case, he would have adjusted all the variables to prevent this crisis from occurring in the first place. But he himself was not that great of a person.
That is why, even someone like yourself would have to put in some effort, no matter how hard it may be.
“ha.”
After taking a deep breath.
Ahn Yoon-seung charged forward with a shield clad in magic power.
Boom! The rotting monsters are broken and torn apart by his blue magic.
Beyond that bloodline, a path was opened.
***
Woof… … .
“haha.”
A Class A hunter dropped the crossbow he was holding and fell to the ground.
“ha ha ha.”
It wasn’t just her legs that gave out.
Following this, the man holding the staff and the young healer also fell to the ground one by one.
“This is breaking.”
As you can see from the buzzing passageway next to them, they succeeded in their life-or-death gamble.
I killed the leader of the demons and escaped from the collapsing dungeon.
“If I really move, I might as well cross the Jordan River… … .”
Moreover, the most surprising thing during this process was the performance of a certain hunter.
“Hey, Ahn Yoon-seung!”
“yes?”
Not only did he single-handedly block the monsters that followed him to the boss room for a whopping 4 minutes and 58 seconds, but even when his mana was running low, he participated in the battle and helped subdue the boss…
chuck!
The team leader gave a silent thumbs up.
Anyone can see that the MVP of this strategy was Ahn Yoon-seung.
No, this is almost like that hunter dragging a dead party by the scruff of the neck. That’s how great Ahn Yoon-seung’s contribution was.
‘Oh my, how on earth does a guy with only one year of experience have such skills?’
The team leader took a breath as he picked up the crossbow he had dropped, when a wet voice flowed from one side.
“Hey, everyone. I’m sorry.”
This is the voice of a new guild member.
“I’m so sorry… . Heuk, huff.”
The newbie was shocked by the fact that one mistake of his had almost wiped out everyone, and began to cry.
The team leader tried to calm him down.
Of course, I would have to clarify later that I had hastily touched the soul, but it would not have been good for me to be hurt too much by this incident.
She slowly approached the other person.
However, another team member who was next to the newbie broke the silence first.
“it’s okay.”
Ahn Yoon-seung said with a bright expression.
“You don’t need to apologize at all. It’s natural for a Hunter to make mistakes. What!”
However, even though his speech was gentle, his choice of words felt a bit off.
“Is that normal?”
She asked if she expected him to make mistakes because he was a newbie, but Ahn Yoon-seung shook his head and corrected himself.
“Actually, before I joined this regular team 3, I worked with many people for rehabilitation. At first, I was annoyed and wondered why everyone made such mistakes, but now I have come to a realization.”
The man with the piercing closed his eyes and recalled the past.
And then he said in a confident tone.
“Hunters in this world are divided into two types. Those who are Kim Ki-ryeo and those who are not Kim Ki-ryeo.”
Chin. Ahn Yoon-seung grabs the new employee and mutters in a quick tone.
“Compared to you, hyung, it’s natural that other hunters are immature. Of course, that includes me.”
“Yes, yes?”
“So don’t be discouraged! We’re not Kim Ki-ryeo Hunters, so we can’t help but make stupid mistakes sometimes, right?”
“Huh?”
“Isn’t it easier to just think of it as a law of nature?”
The focus is clear, but why are the people’s eyes so scary?
Neo’s new recruit hesitated at Yoon Seung’s actions, but at that moment, the team leader of the attack team quietly rescued her.
And he said this.
“That’s because I’m tired.”
“ah.”
“In the past, he would just light a cigarette and leave when things got like this, but after he suddenly started quitting smoking, he started acting like that when he got stressed.”
The new recruit heard those words and made a pledge to himself.
Oh, withdrawal symptoms are so horrible. I should never start smoking again.
***
Yun Seung-eun has often accompanied Kim Ki-ryeo up until now.
Abnormal mutation gate.
Flame Bat.
El Dorado.
And so on and so forth… … .
I haven’t always seen Kim Ki-ryeo fight, but I’ve definitely learned this from watching him over his shoulder.
‘Calmness.’
Kim Ki-ryeo doesn’t show any major emotional ups and downs in front of monsters.
And not panicking was a huge strength for a hunter.
Because they always had to fight unknown beings that breathed fire and flew in the sky.
“If it were you, hyung, at a time like this.”
In some ways, Ahn Yoon-seung’s rapid rise in skill was due to this mindset.
At times like this, if it were Kim Ki-ryeo.
He kept his composure by mumbling this sentence every time he felt like he was about to waver.
“Wow! A-class Red Gate, but you cleared it in just 14 minutes? Guys, isn’t this a new guild record… ?”
Ahn Yoon-seung worked hard to get closer to his idol. It took a lot of practice to get his skills to this level.
“Damn, this isn’t it!”
however.
The problem is that this person’s goal setting is a bit wrong.
“If it were you, Brother Kiryeo, you would have used a cleaner method when dealing with the boss! Why am I so stupid? I made three mistakes today… …!”
“Why is he like that again?”
“Leave it.”
A certain A-class hunter overestimated Kim Ki-ryeo, and the illusions in his head made him run endlessly.
A contradictory situation, as if a stork were following a magpie and tearing its leg.
‘Unlike other hunters, I have to do better since my brother took the time to teach me!’
However, if you look at the results, it wasn’t such a bad thing.
Unlike some F-class who are scamming the entire nation, at least their efforts have not betrayed people.
“Everyone, you should leave work early! I’ll stay at the gate and practice my skills before I go.”
“After I finished, I was going to eat samgyeopsal… … .”
“I’m sorry, senior!”
An Yun-seung became a better sorcerer day by day, and as his skills improved, he naturally gained fame.
[Hello. I am PD Kim ○○, in charge of the program ‘Hunter Review’. I would like to offer an appearance to A-class hunter Ahn Yoon-seung… … .]
Rising star of a large guild.
There is no other person better at raising viewer ratings than this one.
Ahn Yoon-seung decided to do a few interviews, following the director’s advice that refusing too many broadcasting offers would be seen as a bad thing.
Of course, I made sure to follow the instructions that I had received from Kim Ki-ryeo in advance.
‘My brother told me not to spread the word about how he corrected my skills. Oh, and the golem strategy.’
… the problem was that only that part was thorough.
***
airplane.
After receiving my luggage and completing the immigration procedures, I exited to the immigration gate.
Now that I’m safely back in Korea, all I have to do is take a taxi home.
But since I haven’t been able to use my phone for over 10 hours on the plane, I’ll just check the internet for a bit.
‘Let’s see. The weather today is… ‘
Knock knock.
I parked my carrier in a suitable location and accessed the portal site.
[A-class awakener Ahn Yoon-seung appears in ‘Hunter Review’]
[“Secret to strength? Learn from Kim Ki-ryeo” Interview with a rising star]
[Hunter Ahn Yoon-seung clears the A-class gate speedrun. However, he shakes his head at the MCs’ praise and says that he is still far behind compared to other hunters… ]
[A person who makes even the top 3% look shabby]
Talk.
And as soon as I saw the first screen of the site I was trying to visit, I turned off the screen.
But even if you close your eyes and open them, reality does not change.
While I was at the anniversary party, Korea was in a state of excitement due to someone’s interview.
“… … .”
Ahn Yoon-seung has been a figure who has been receiving considerable attention in the hunter industry recently.
Even though he had only been awake for a short time, he had already achieved excellent skills through great effort.
But then, does such a person single out others and show them infinite respect?
Naturally, the other person’s evaluation had no choice but to soar as well.
Everyone was gossiping about how great Kim Ki-ryeo must be if a Class A person can bow his head so reverently.
“no.”
slap.
The mother alien touched her forehead with her right palm, not her tentacles.
“I stayed still this time.”
It’s hard to live quietly.