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Whoosh! Whoosh!
As we approached, flames opened up on both sides, making a path for us to pass through.
-Team Leader! That’s so reckless!
Baek Young-hee has been trying to stop me since earlier.
-You saw other superhumans fight! No matter how strong you are, it’s impossible to fight that monster!
Wheeeeeeeeing!
Behind us hovered the White House Guild’s filming drone.
The filming crew arrived on scene just as the other guild’s superhumans began fighting the monster snail.
They immediately launched the drone, and the footage captured by the drone was transmitted in real time to the operation control room.
The Operations Control Room, after seeing the footage of the monster snail destroying the superhumans, made this suggestion to me.
-The support team will arrive in about 5 minutes. After joining them, start the battle!
But I didn’t accept the offer.
“The other guild support teams will arrive in five minutes. You want me to share what I can eat alone? It’s better to monopolize it for the benefit of the guild.”
I thought she would easily accept what I said, but Baek Young-hee got angry at me more than I expected.
-That’s not important! It’s dangerous! If you’re worried, just listen!
“······.”
I stopped for a moment and looked at the drone hovering behind me.
The drone was unable to get closer than a certain distance because of the flames.
“Don’t worry. I’ll catch him and get him out safely.”
It seems like Baek Young-hee misunderstands me because of some of the things I’ve shown her before, but I try to avoid fights where I have no chance of winning.
-How are we going to catch it? Is there a way?
I said, putting my finger to my lips.
“That’s a trade secret.”
Then he turned and walked back into the flames.
Lily followed me, timidly.
-Really… Just come back hurt! Then…
I turned off the ear mic.
Whoosh whoosh!
The flames rose again where we had passed.
Inside the wall of flames, a monster snail was suffering.
I drew my sword in both hands and recalled the part I had read about that guy in the 『Monster Encyclopedia, Latest Revised Edition』 before.
“The giant stinky snail.
A size of 5 meters or more in height is defined as a ‘monster’. The shape of the shell varies greatly depending on the growth environment.
Although they are hermaphrodites, they reproduce by laying eggs through mating, but in the case of monsters, it is extremely difficult to find a suitable mate.
It is often observed that the monster-like stink snails are indiscriminately destroying the ecosystem. Some scholars believe that this phenomenon is due to stress caused by not being able to mate.
···Let’s skip the useless parts and move on to the part where the strategy is written.
“The guy’s weakness is, first of all, that he is weak to heat.”
“When heat causes moisture loss from the epidermis, movement becomes dull.”
Indeed, the monster snail’s movements in the flames had become much slower than before. The amount of mucus flowing out of its skin had also been reduced by half.
But you can’t kill that monster snail just by exposing it to heat.
Swish. Swish.
The guy increased his movement speed to get away from the flames. I ran towards him and said to Lily.
“Cover me.”
Dozens of tentacles flew at me at the same time, but I was slowed by the heat and had already seen their attack patterns before, so I was able to dodge them without much difficulty.
Whirlyrick! Whirlyrick!
I caught a tentacle slithering past my face.
And he put mana into his short sword and cut it all down.
The tentacles began to regenerate slowly as soon as they were cut off.
“The epidermis exposed outside the shell has excellent regenerative power. In particular, the tentacles have regenerative power that surpasses that of a troll, but there is a way to prevent this regeneration…”
“The best thing is to burn it.”
Phew!
A spark flew and stuck to the tip of the severed tentacle.
It’s not just any fire. It’s a flame created by the fire witch.
There was no way a snail could endure it.
Cheeeeek-.
The tentacles stopped regenerating in a shortened state.
“nice!”
When I gave him a thumbs up, the little boy cocked his head arrogantly and put his hands on his hips.
“Ahem!”
I told you he’s a surprisingly easy kid to handle.
In this way we cut off most of the tentacles and disabled them by burning them with fire.
After a while, I felt the monster snail, which had changed into a completely chubby and lumpy appearance, moving around.
Looking at it this way, isn’t it kind of cute?
“If you disable most of its tentacles, it will try to recover by hiding in its shell.”
As I read in the Pokedex, the monster snail soon hid inside its shell. A barrier-like thing came down through the hole leading into the shell, completely blocking itself from the outside world.
“This shell is very strong, but if you know its structural weaknesses, you can easily break it, so there’s no need to panic.”
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I took a thick iron nail out of my pocket. I drove it into the snail’s shell, about 30 centimeters away from the outermost part.
Kyaang!
A nail filled with mana was lightly driven into the outer surface of the shell.
I held the nail firmly with one hand and struck the nail head with the black side of the other hand.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
It took about 20 full blown hits to drive the nail all the way in.
“Phew···.”
Having barely succeeded in driving in one nail, I took out a new nail from my bosom.
“Starting from the outside of the shell where the strength is weakest, drive nails or stakes in along the spiral pattern, moving inward.”
“It will be difficult at first, but it will get easier as the shell cracks.”
Clang! Clang! Clang!
For a while, only the sound of nails being hammered could be heard.
Outside the fire, they’re probably going crazy wondering what I’m doing here.
“It is appropriate to drive in 20 to 30 nails or stakes at appropriate intervals.”
As I hammered all thirty nails into the shell, sweat began to drip down my forehead.
It’s almost finished now.
“Once the nailing is done, a strong impact must be given at the point where the spiral pattern of the shell begins.”
“Caution. You must process it in one breath to obtain the most ideal shell shape.”
I climbed up onto the shell and pulled up a lot of mana.
“Ugh!”
Ss …
According to the Great Heart Law, the mana in my dantian gathered into my fist.
The most powerful attack I can use right now.
The first second of the wall-force fist exploded into the center of the monster snail’s shell.
-Kwaaaaang!
A shock wave spread to the ground with a thunderous sound.
Crack, crack, crack!
The snail shell began to split along a spiral pattern, then split into spirals.
“Kwaaak!”
I lay curled up on the floor, my muscles aching all over my body for a while.
It’s a natural result, considering that I used the body-damaging wall force twice a day.
My body was still too weak to use proper martial arts.
Damn it. I need to do something about this pathetic body quickly.
“Sir… Are you okay?”
Lily came over with a worried look on her face and poked my butt as I lay there.
Damn kid. I can’t even help you…
After a while, I got up, using the struggling little boy as a cane.
“Whew. At least I caught it.”
In front of us lay a monster snail with its white flesh exposed.
I walked towards the guy with my sword in hand.
“The epidermis protected by the shell is very weak. It is highly regarded as edible and has high nutritional value, so I recommend trying it if you have the chance.”
There’s no reason to turn down a recommended menu.
Choaaaak-
I cut off a large piece of flesh from the softest part of the back and put it in a plastic bag.
“This amount of meat should be enough···.”
Then a strange voice was heard from outside the fire.
“Team Leader! Are you in there? It’s White House Team 2 Leader Bang Woo-hyuk!”
It looks like the support that headquarters said they would send earlier has arrived.
Bang Woo-hyuk continued shouting.
“I heard about the situation on the way here! We’ll go inside too!”
Oh, the most important dismantling work isn’t done yet.
I shouted urgently towards the outside.
“Wait a minute! I’ll put out the fire so you can come in then!”
After buying some time, I clawed at the body of the monster snail.
Choo-ah, choo-ah!
As I went inside, cutting open the back, I saw a heart beating slowly.
I cut open the heart and put my hand inside, and felt something the size of my fist inside.
At that moment, a smile spread across my lips.
“Found it.”
I put it in my bosom.
And he motioned to Lily to put out the flames.
As the flames died down, the closest superhumans strode inside.
“Team Leader! Are you okay?”
A middle-aged man with a slim build and a bob cut.
It was White House Team 2 Leader Bang Woo-hyuk and his team members.
I waved at them.
“I am here.”
“You! Why are you fighting so recklessly…!”
Bang Woo-hyuk, who was about to get angry, shut his mouth when he saw the monster snail lying behind him.
A huge, sagging body.
And next to it is a beautifully split shell.
“···oh my god.”
After that, superhumans from other guilds also entered the shrinking flames.
They too were shocked when they witnessed the same thing as Bang Woo-hyuk.
“That’s ridiculous!”
“Hey, you two caught that?”
The ones who were most surprised were Fatty, Slim, and Jang Seok-hyeon, who had directly dealt with the monster snail.
They looked at me like I was a monster.
My playful spirit kicked in and I looked at them with a smirk.
“I think someone asked me to apologize earlier… Who was it?”
All three of them slowly avoided my gaze.
At that time, Bang Woo-hyuk approached me and said.
“I can’t believe it. I saw a video of that monster fighting superhumans on the way here… Did those two really catch it?”
I nodded with a very haggard expression.
“It was a fight for my life.”
Just now, I thought I was going to die because the muscle pain was so bad.
Of course, Bang Woo-hyuk, who did not know that fact, nodded with a serious expression.
“I think so. It must have been a huge fight.”
“Fortunately, I was lucky.”
What is luck?
This is thanks to my subscription to the Monster Encyclopedia published every month for over 10 years without fail.
Bang Woo-hyuk made an expression of admiration.
“To the point of being humble. That kid would fall for it.”
“yes?”
“Oh, let’s pretend I didn’t hear that just now.”
I didn’t really understand what he was saying, but I nodded my head.
Actually, I was so tired. I’m not joking, I really am.
It was because I moved my body too much today.
“Team Leader. Excuse me, but could you please clean up after me?”
“Okay, okay. Don’t worry and go home first.”
Fortunately, Team Leader Bang was a man with whom I could communicate.
He patted me on the shoulder and said, “You’ve worked hard.”
“Then I will leave work first.”
“Oh, wait a minute. Younghee said she had something to tell you.”
He said, tapping his ear mic.
It meant to tell me to turn on my ear mic.
“Please tell her I’ll be in touch later.”
I guess he’ll nag me again.
There was something more important than that now.
“Let’s go eat chicken now! Hurry up!”
A kid next to me was pulling on my sleeve and singing the Chicken Chicken song.
Yes. Since you were active today, I’ll give you a reward.
I said, roughly ruffling the kid’s hair.
“Today, I’ll let you eat as much as you want.”
Thinking about the chicken and beer on the way home from work, my mouth started watering too.
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