From what I’ve seen, the magic beasts that rule this underworld aren’t very intelligent. No, it should be seen that there is no It’s just a beast driven by instinct.
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It is quite surprising that such a monster has built up a rank. It is assumed that he picked up and ate something good for his body somewhere underground, but the truth is that no one knows.
In the meantime, Argin started to exert his full power first. Meta Energy is quite destructive compared to Aura.
Even the genius Argin, who became a Grand Master, was having considerable difficulty controlling it. Because of the propensity of such meta energy, there were parts that could not easily use all of their powers. It was because he couldn’t fully control his power.
“Prepare yourself too”
“me too?”
Howard was also prepared in case of any unforeseen circumstances.
“I’ll step in first, but you never know.”
“If you step out, will my turn come?”
Howard seemed unwilling to step out. I don’t want to do something, but I have no intention of forcing it.
“Do whatever you want. Be prepared though. Don’t take off your clothes.”
In the meantime, Argin gathered the maximum energy into the sword and cut the beast.
Sugak!
There was a sound of something being cut, but there was no damage except a small scratch on the outer skin. Surprisingly, Argin’s movements stopped. In the meantime, the demonic beast dug into the ground as if it were seeping into it.
Considering its size, it is unbelievably fast. It was as natural as a fish swimming in water.
“Can I win this?”
When he couldn’t cut it with his sword with all his strength, Argin looked back and asked. how do i know that So, isn’t that what I brought you to experience? I don’t even know how strong a monster with no intellect is. But you don’t have to tell me that.
“Try it, maybe you’ll realize something when you do it”
“I understand for now.”
Argin also made a suspicious expression, but straightened up again. The Witchbeast that hid in the ground did not escape. Even if you don’t have to see it as an alter ego, you can feel it through the vibrations in the ground.
Not to mention Argin or Howard if I could feel them. However, compared to its size and movement, it is a really small vibration.
The guy was roaming the ground, looking for an opportunity. Argin looked down on him at first, but it seemed that he did too.
If Howard or I had let go and fired a lethal blow, we might have gotten away. Because that’s animal instinct. But it didn’t, and he seemed to be looking at us as prey. It’s fortunate for us. It would have been very difficult to catch if his intelligence had been slightly higher.
Argin did not stand still and wait, but deliberately walked slowly and made a vibration to inform the Witchbeast of his location.
Before long, the guy rose from the ground as if he thought it was an opportunity. Argin, who had been waiting, evaded the sword effortlessly and fired another sword attack.
Quaang!
The condensation of energy hanging from the tip of the sword hit the beast’s side. Argin seems to have changed direction to give a shock if he can’t cut it.
The body of the huge beast that had risen from the ground staggered for a moment. But as if it wasn’t a fatal blow, he tried to hide back into the ground. Argin’s attack hit the guy’s tail again, but it didn’t have much effect.
I thought maybe it would run away, but the witch beast didn’t. He probably hasn’t met a proper strong enemy for a very long time. There is a high probability that you will not even think about losing yourself.
“It’s coming for real, be careful”
Howard warned Argin first. It seemed that he would show his strength now. Argin got a little nervous and straightened his sword.
The Witchbeast didn’t even search like it did just a moment ago, but immediately turned around and soared upwards. Argin attacked what was supposed to be the guy’s head. This time it was a powerful stab.
Powerful flames spewed from the beast’s mouth at Argin, who condensed energy into one point and stabbed him.
“Stop it!”
This wasn’t just a flame, it was something closer to a breath. When a hot breath was fired into a narrow cave, the entire cave was filled with flames.
Howard said he would endure it, so he left it for now and tried to help Argin, but in an instant, he reaped the stab and turned that power into defense, creating a shield to block the breath. After all, I didn’t pick up the grand master to be scolded.
Still, with Argin, the teleportation returned to Howard and the spatial separation was activated.
“Am I leaving?”
“I’m not going to die anyway”
Howard, who had been briefly exposed to the flames and the clothes he was wearing were burning here and there, grumbled as he extinguished the flames with a flick of his hand.
“It is not easy. He seems to be the strongest of the monsters I’ve ever faced.”
“I don’t know how he did it, but he built up a reputation. It won’t be easy.”
“What is that rank?”
Actually I don’t know either. I didn’t go beyond my rank by undergoing bloody training like anyone else. However, based on my experiences a few times, I wonder if it is beyond the limit that I was born with.
“It’s like a wall between Master and Grand Master. For you now, the wall must be something that transcends human limits.”
In my opinion, the Grand Master is the breaking point of being a pure human being. I don’t know if there is a higher level than that, but even if there is, it will be difficult to reach as a pure human being.
“okay. It’s the human limit…”
Argin thought about something. In this case, it is better to just leave it alone. When warriors or wizards achieve enlightenment, they usually fall into this state.
“Will that apply to me too?”
“Okay. You have already crossed the wall a few times, and the way you cross the wall is different from humans. It’s the same for me, and I don’t know how to build up my status as a human being.”
In response to Howard’s question, I just told him what I was thinking. Howard nodded as well, deep in thought. What is it that I don’t understand?
Outside the separated space, the breath emitted by the Witchbeast gradually became quiet and the flames disappeared.
The walls of the cave that had been hit by the breath melted and the cave widened, but it was flowing like lava all over, and the heat emitted by the heated stones was tremendous.
Thinking that this hunt might not be a failure, I was thinking about whether I should aim for the next opportunity, but the direction of the beast that was moving underground in search of us suddenly disappeared was facing this way. Since the space is separated, it is not felt as vibration. I’m going to chase after him with the alter ego that was originally placed here.
If we can’t feel its vibrations, then it’s in a state where it can’t sense us right now.
The beast’s head rising from the ground hit the wall of the separated space.
This is not a wall that can be penetrated by physical force. The guy who crashed into the wall in a defenseless state was quite shocked.
It wasn’t even a shock enough to cause injury, but the guy smashed into the wall again and again. Until now, there must have been no wall that he couldn’t penetrate. However, since such things blocked him, he became even more angry when he was angry.
Seeing the guy who keeps rising from under my feet and hitting the wall, I thought about killing him, but the two of them just entered the realm of enlightenment, so I couldn’t do anything about it, and I just watched it.
I didn’t want to be blank, so I took out a book and began to write a yeomsa in order to record the current situation, although it’s only for a while.
My thoughts are transferred to the book, and the letters written in the book are absorbed into the cover again. Then something happened to me too.
I am very familiar with this feeling. Ratings were rising. My origin is a recorder. In order to rank up, you have to record. It was expected that it would take quite a long time to raise the next rank. But it has come now.
The feeling was familiar, but the way was different. This time, it didn’t just end with feeling uplifted. Like Yeji, countless scenes came to mind. It was the stories, events and people I had recorded so far.
Should I say it feels like reviewing what I studied for a long time? In terms of books, the contents of tens of thousands of books unfolded before my eyes again.
When I came to my senses, both Howard and Argin were watching me to see if I had come to my senses first.
“What are you again?”
Howard asked in a hoarse voice. Looking at the two, Howard didn’t notice much of a difference. Howard also evolves through ingestion, so it will be difficult to rise through simple realization. Argine couldn’t build a rank either. But it’s much stronger than before. I feel like I’m really at the end of it as a human being.
“It just happened all of a sudden.”
It’s not something I can go over the ranks just because I want to. I didn’t know that it would come so unexpectedly.
“Congratulations. lord”
Argin did not seem to have felt it, but he recognized the content and congratulated him through the atmosphere of the conversation.
“thanks. Argin, congratulations to you too. Now I really feel like I’ve reached my limit.”
“I don’t know if I can get over the next wall.”
Despite his modesty, Argin is still young. There will be about 100 years in the future. I’m in my 30s now, so if I was a grand master, wouldn’t that be enough? That should be enough to build your rank.
If you build up a few times like that, wouldn’t it be possible to become a real swordsman?
“You can do it.”
At my words, Argin’s expression brightened. When I came to my senses, I couldn’t see the Witchbeast. Looking at the alter ego’s vision, it had moved quite a distance from here.
“how will we do it? Do you want to catch him again?”
“Well, even if I did it again, I don’t think I could win yet.”
Argin gave up cleanly. Looking at Howard, he seemed completely unwilling to fight. I can’t help but feel like I have to catch it.
The Witchbeast was soaking in the hot spring water flowing underground. I don’t know what kind of effect that hot spring has, but it’s not a temperature that a person can soak in. A giant earthworm enjoying a hot spring. After living in the world for a long time, you see everything.
After moving with Howard and Argin, he blew off the giant earthworm’s head by space cutting.
Then the Witchbeast started wriggling like crazy. It was like an earthworm after all, so it didn’t seem to die even if I cut off the head.
The hot spring water started splashing in all directions, and after avoiding it and giving it a few more pieces, the movement stopped.
Even if they had built up a rank, the size of their souls was not large, probably because they were basically low-intelligence and inferior animals, and even though they absorbed them, they did not feel any particular effect.
“and”
Argin exclaimed when he saw that I easily dealt with the beast without even pulling out my sword.
“why? Am I stronger than I thought?”
“Yes, I think I have been thinking very wrong all this time. Can you fight against Drakan-nim, Lord?”
“This level won’t cut even one Drakan’s toenails.”
“Is that enough?”
“That’s about it, the opponent we will fight”
Argin’s expression turned serious at my answer.
“I guess I will have to redo my plan from scratch.”
I wonder if Argin felt something, but I hope it changes in a good direction.
“Aren’t you eating Howard?”
I saw Howard standing still, doing nothing. It didn’t work very well for me, but Howard seemed to evolve a bit if he ate it.
“I don’t eat.”
“why?”
“Look at that”
The demon beast I cut into pieces couldn’t be said to be in very good shape. Basically, the outer shell was in the form of a rock, and the inside was similar to an earthworm.
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Dark green, thick bodily fluid was oozing from between the dismembered bodies.
“Since when did you ask for such a thing? You ate more than that.”
“How many years ago was that?”
It is a story of the days when we lived together in the Great Forest.
“But wouldn’t that be good for the body?”
“Do you want to eat together?”
I quickly shook my head. I was not born again to eat such things.
“Can I cook for you?”
“Clean it up”
It looked like Howard wasn’t going to eat. After all, it wasn’t like Howard’s getting a bit more digging ability would suddenly make him super strong. Still, not knowing when he might change his mind, he packaged what looked like meat well and handed it over to Howard.
I quickly took the beast’s corpse. Leather that has withstood the swordsmanship of the Grand Master. If you process this, you might be able to make a great armor. Also, things like intestines and blood are worth researching.
I brought hot spring water just in case. Since the exhausted Witchbeast was soaking, it seemed that something would work.
Although we are not normal humans, it is not a place to stay for a long time, so we quickly cleaned up and left the basement.
It took quite a while to get out, and after taking Howard and Argin to their original places of residence, I headed for the new continent.
The beast’s hide could be given to the dwarves, but the person who would research the rest was hiding.
Antariel returned to the cave after Ben Bezalel’s death. But I didn’t stop studying. Antariel was doing research on life extension in a cave, probably shocked by the death of Ben Bezalel.
Although Antariel created a new race beyond the limits of species, he also realized that he could not overcome time and was not immortal.
Antariel, whom I hadn’t met in person after a long time, was not looking good.