147 – Monopoly!
Green eyes the size of two buildings are staring at the hunters without moving. In an instant, everyone’s body froze from the pressure.
‘I have to attack first when I’m afraid to eat.’
Siwoon pointed her sword at her. Then, the huge eyes fluttered and moved.
‘Blackening is crazy!’
The maximum damage skill and wide-area skill that Siwoon can currently use! It was at that time when the torch burned on the blade.
Faaagh!
At that moment, I saw blood spurting in the air. And the flash from the other side blinded her vision. The black flames that burned from the sword body spread around.
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The black smoke that rose from the blackening flashlight completely covered the surroundings.
It was Siwoon’s eyes that shone in the darkness.
‘Even in this situation, I can see it.’
“Coke!”
“I can’t see!”
“For now, we have to get back.”
My colleagues on the left and right covered their eyes with their arms and were restless. They were definitely inexperienced F-ranks, so they were just inactive.
Kwa kwa kwa kwa!
I heard the sound of ice melting.
Siwoon stepped forward and rushed forward, striking his sword straight to the ground.
Kwajik!
Half of Acleus’s sword is deeply embedded in the ice.
For a moment, Siwoon’s eyes widened at the strangeness.
‘…… ?’
There is no sense that should be conveyed through the blade.
There must be a piece of his body here, right?
Quad Deuk!
At that moment, the sound of the ice creaking and cracking was heard in the distance ahead. Lee Si-woon’s eyes turned there. A horn the size of a building cut through the ice and moved far ahead and receded. It looked like a shark moving in the sea with only its fins visible.
‘What is it?’
That gigantic monster is moving away from us.
‘Weapon Change!’
[The speed of switching weapons increases.]
Immediately after switching weapons with a bow.
Bang! Bang! Taang!
Si-woon aims his bow at the horns of the demon beast that is receding away and pulls the bowstring continuously.
‘!’
The arrows that flew through the air hit the horns, but the arrowheads bounced off the horns without even getting stuck.
‘My attack didn’t work.’
“Where did it just go?”
Taesik asked Siwoon even though he was a step late.
“It’s gone.”
“Disappeared? But your arm!”
At Taeshik’s words, Siwoon looked into his arms. The blood vibrates in his blood-stained arm.
‘… The blood that just stirred in the air is my blood?’
It was an instant. Both of my arms were torn like this, but I couldn’t even feel the pain. So, does that mean the witch was that strong? Then why didn’t they just kill us and let us out?
“Are you okay?” Gahye looked at Siwoon’s arm with widened eyes and asked. As Siwoon looked at her in her wordless “Ah! Sorry.” Saying that, he casts a heal on Siwoon.
Now, even if you give me a glance, it automatically heals me.
[You have fallen into a bleeding state.]
[Stamina continues to decrease.]
‘Blind Buddha.’
When Blind Buddha is cast, a black light spreads around Siwoon’s arm.
[The status ailment has been lifted.]
At that time, Hanbyul looked sideways at Siwoon.
‘The bleeding stopped immediately.’
It is common for F-rank dealer classes to not possess such skills.
‘No matter how much I think about it… That bastard is not on our level.’
She looked at Siwoon blankly, thinking that she should wait a little longer.
At that time, Tae-shik looked around and said, still roaring and burning.
“Couldn’t that giant guy just be the boss?”
At those words, Siwoon nodded. Each dungeon has a different way to clear it. Among them, the most common way to clear a dungeon is to deal with the boss of the dungeon. What if that guy just now is the boss of this dungeon?
‘It won’t be easy.’
It was the heart of Siwoon. His own strength stat is a whopping 320. The blackening light slash, which deals damage several times that of those stats, didn’t work on that beast.
Siwoon’s eyes turned to the three of his comrades.
‘It’s impossible with this power.’
I thought I would need the strength of the team members who entered the opposite gate.
‘But the Black Hunter won’t appear in this dungeon.’
Siwoon was so sure. Before he returned, he read an article about the death of all F-ranks and found out the whole story. Those guys are a problem to prepare for later.
* * *
In front of the Midge Gate.
The eyes of the ten shovels dispatched by the Association were all focused on the Midge Gate.
“It’s already been five hours.”
Soo-cheol said while checking the time. He has no expectation that the hunters will return alive, but he is on standby because there are instructions to wait for the entry time check and gate real-time check of the hunters dispatched on a serious mission.
“But why didn’t we have security guards here?”
Dae-ri Kim asked the manager. He was curious. Anyway, this is the entrance to the unknown gate.
I heard that the Black Hunters are also scheduled to appear at that gate. Then wouldn’t those guys also go through the gate here and there? But now, there were only surveillance staff, a few members of the Association, and a few weak-looking White Gate agents, let alone bodyguards.
“Shadows won’t enter through this place.”
“… Yes?”
Dae-ri Kim asked in response to Soo-cheol’s words. What do you mean? With eyes that
“The president of the association was sure of that. That’s why we didn’t deploy security forces here. I too have doubts about that certainty… “
“The shadows are going to enter another subspace gate.”
Yoon Seong-hye took over his words.
“Right. I guess you heard it too?”
“I told my superiors to deploy security personnel in consideration of the variable situation… “
“Rejected?”
“Yes….”
I could sympathize with Seong-hye’s mind, where her words become blurry.
‘My thoughts are those thoughts. But how could the strict president of the association be so sure of the dynamics of the shadows without considering the circumstances of those variables?’
Then someone interrupted.
“I heard there are three prospects in that gate this year.”
It was Lee Dong-hwan, head of the 2nd Management Division. I listened to him too. There are about three people who have their eyes on this mission.
“Three people?”
Sucheol asked. He was told that, as far as he knew, there were two. Sejun Jang and Siwoon Lee. But was there one more? If the association is keeping an eye on only F, it’s definitely a bunch of bastards.
Donghwan saw Soochul’s expression and continued.
“Lee Si-woon, Jang Se-joon. And there’s another one, what’s his name?”
“My name is Park Soo-hyeok.”
When Han Seok, who was listening, replied, Dong Hwan nodded.
“Yes, that was the name. That friend said it was a bit unusual case….”
“A very unique case.”
Han Seok replied with his eyes shining. Yoon Seong-hye, who was looking at Han-seok, tilted her head.
‘Park Soo-hyuk?’
The Soo-hyeok she watched was just an ordinary dealer-type hunter. Even the manager himself hadn’t heard that he had outstanding qualities.
Her eyes moved to Han Seok.
‘Lee Han-seok. How do you know something I don’t know?’
* * *
Inside the red gate.
The darkness has already fallen. In addition, the chill was added, and only breath came out of the hunters’ mouths.
In front of a lit bonfire, the hunters are talking about the food they brought from their inventory.
“I could have been in big trouble if I hadn’t brought canned food.”
Taesik said. There is no refrigeration or freezing function in the inventory. In addition, because it is an inventory in the system, most food spoils quickly, and water and canned food last a long time.
“How should I move forward?”
Gahye moved her thick lips and asked Siwoon. Already, she wasn’t interested in what the other team members thought.
“We have to find the boss. But before that….”
Siwoon paused for a moment before continuing. He has finished observing this area through Lecras.
“There is a huge mountain in this area. It is estimated that there are several caves in the mountain. Other places are in the form of a normal ice sheet. But the odd thing is… “
He paused for a moment. In the video resonated through the Recras, the bodies of human monsters were found all over the mountains, ice, and forests. Even the bodies that were brutally mutilated. Those human monsters know the characteristics of the monsters they dealt with here. These types are well suited for disguise, stealth, and survival skills. But what made them corpses?
Could it be that monster?
“But there is.”
Hanbyeol puffed out his cheeks and chewed food before talking to Shiwoon.
“What level are you over there?”
Kim Hanbyul asked. I was just curious. Since it is currently in the party system, you can check the level of your teammates through the system window, but Siwoon’s level is not displayed on the system window.
“You don’t have to wonder.”
“No, hey! Is it because you don’t know why I’m asking this?”
She was furious because only Siwoon’s level was not displayed in her party system window. In short, Hunter made his level invisible.
“What would change in this situation if you knew that?”
“Ha! I am on the same team as you.”
“Team members are right. A team member who is only a burden to the team.”
“Hey! What did you just say?”
Kim Han-byeol turned on his double wick and jumped up. Siwoon looked up at her quietly as she sat there.
‘Snobbish b*tch. Do you think I don’t know your intention to collect the magic stones without thinking about the team?’
It was the heart of Siwoon. The intention was obvious when looking at how the magician, Hanbyeol, dragged monsters into aggro with his skills, and when another team member caught the monster, he threw it in at the end. I’ve seen too many people like that over the course of several lifetimes.
At that time, Hanbyul’s eyes were burning.
“If you are good, how good are you? You’ve been pretending to be the chief of engineering since earlier. If I get out of here, I can expose all of you to the audit department.”
“That’s when we get out of here.”
“… What, you bastard?”
“Oh, one thing I didn’t explain, because there are yeti here too?”
“That, so?”
Hanbyul flinched at the word ‘yeti’. The savage yeti’s face appeared in her mind. I know that the yeti’s grip is strong enough to tear the torso of most hunters at once. Besides, the movement of the yeti in the snowy mountains is like a ghost, so it is the worst match for a magician, so what if there is no dealer or tank? The result is obvious.
‘Are you the only dealer on our team?’
Hanbyul’s head turned to Taeshik.
Taesik, 50 years old, had his pupils half-dilated as if he couldn’t even control himself in the cold.
‘Ha….’
“Do you understand the situation now?”
In response to Siwoon’s question, Gahye Lim patted Hanbyul’s shoulder, who had been silently staring at her.
“Hey, I’m sorry, but why do you keep trying to disrupt the team?”
“What, what?”
Hanbyeol’s face was so red that it looked like it would explode. Gahye looked at her as if she was pathetic.
“Did you know that it is common sense to focus on the hunters with the best power among the team members when the team leader is absent?”
“Don’t you presumptuously intervene.”
“Then, Hanbyeol-ssi, shouldn’t you act presumptuously towards the team ace?”
“Hey, did you say everything?”
“Don’t talk half-heartedly.”
Lim Ga-hye smiled warmly and looked straight at Han-byeol.
‘I can’t miss this chance to impress that man.’
Ga-hye looked at Han-byeol with this single thought. The gaze of the two women met was enough to spark.
At that time, Siwoon, whose complexion had changed, jumped up and looked at Kim Hanbyul, and Hanbyul’s eyes shook slightly.
“What, what? What if I wake up? Are you going to hit me?”
“I’m going to tell you what’s coming soon with my senses skill… “
Siun stopped talking while pointing to the end of that dark mountain range. It meant telling Hanbyeol what to say next.
‘No way? A yeti in that mountain range?’
Hanbyeol trembled as the snow touched the mountain range. In an instant, her head spun and she understood the situation.
“Ha, I was careless. I must have been sensitive because I was cold and tired.”
“In the future, if bad words and actions come out of your mouth in my ears… “
“Oh, I see. I will be careful.”
She lowered her eyes and said. It’s a bonus to chew on her jaw and wince.
What Shiun is, look at her with her eyes, as if she was giving her reluctantly.
“About thirty.”
“Yes?”
“Four or thirty?”
“… Really?”
Everyone’s complexion turned blue. Shiwoon said while looking at them alternately.
“Everybody, drop the party with me now. From now on, monsters are monopolized by me. I will monopolize the magic stones and experience gained through that.”