Solo Resurrection Chapter 49

Episode 49 Benandi’s Forest (3)

49. Benandi’s Forest (3)

Immediately after entering the dungeon.

Park Ho-yeon led the Hwa-ryong Guild and came to find Kang Hyeon.

“Kang Hyun.”

“what?”

The Hwa-ryong Guild participated in this attack with the largest number of members.

The number is a whopping 80 people.

Park Ho-yeon looked even more confident, perhaps because he believed in the strong numbers standing behind him.

“You’re still as arrogant as ever.”

“You’re still unlucky.”

“You and those punks. What do you think the three of you can do?”

Kang Hyeon’s expression gradually became more serious as Park Ho-yeon continued to harass him.

Nevertheless, Park Ho-yeon openly looked down on Kang Hyeon and smiled coldly.

“You are of no help in conquering this dungeon.”

“How do you know that?”

“I know. I know what kind of thoughts lowly seeds like you have and live with.”

“Did this dog come to fertilize?”

Eventually, harsh words came out of Kang Hyun’s mouth as he exploded.

“He must be a lowly man, because he speaks so foully.”

“Shut up! What is your business?!”

When Kang Hyun got excited, Park Ho Yeon moved away and gestured for him to calm down.

“Whoa, whoa, calm down.”

“If you wanted to calm down, you shouldn’t have come to me all of a sudden and started a fuss.”

“If you’re that angry, how about making a bet with me?”

“what..?”

“Let’s compete to see who can contribute more to clearing the dungeon.”

Kang Hyun was lost in thought at the sudden bet proposal.

“What kind of bet is this?”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

Before they knew it, all the attack teams had gathered around Kang Hyeon and Park Ho-yeon.

Park Ho-yeon continued speaking while looking around at them.

“Who will defeat the boss first and clear the dungeon?”

That was a truly arrogant statement.

Dungeon raid bet.

In other words, it meant that he would conquer the dungeon by beating out other guilds here.

The expressions of those gathered distorted at the remark that clearly disregarded others.

‘This is the Fire Dragon Guild that I created. There’s no way I can’t do it.’

But Park Ho-yeon didn’t care.

‘How long did you guys think you were the only ones who were so great?’

In fact, Park Ho-yeon had an inferiority complex towards other guild leaders.

‘It’s nothing to just pass that tutorial.’

Park Ho-yeon was only able to clear up to level 4 of the tutorial.

Although he was called ‘The Flame Emperor’ and was renowned for his outstanding fire powers, his inferiority complex did not go away.

The way he chose to overcome his complex was to grow a guild.

‘I am the guild, and the guild is me.’

Finally, he raised the Hwa-ryong Guild to the top in South Korea. Now, the guild was like him.

“hey.”

Park Ho-yeon woke up from his thoughts at Kang Hyun’s sudden call.

“You’re really thick-skinned. You came all this way and said you wanted to make a bet on clearing a dungeon with just three people?”

“It’s a fight between guilds.”

“…”

“The number of guild members is ultimately the strength of the guild. Is there a problem?”

Park Ho-yeon seemed really unaware of what the problem was.

‘Are you serious? This is also a mistake.’

Kang Hyun-i swallowed a laugh and continued speaking.

“Ha! That’s interesting. So what will you give me if I win?”

“I don’t think that will happen, but if you win by any chance, I will give you this.”

Name: Easter Egg

Rating: ?

Durability: 10/10

Description: An Easter egg created by someone who likes to play pranks. It activates when destroyed.

Ability: ?

“You know what this is, right?”

“What is this..?”

Contrary to his calm words, Kang Hyun’s eyes shook slightly.

‘This is definitely something related to the administrator.’

A heavy bead about the size of a fist.

It was clear that the administrator who created this dungeon and system was ‘someone who liked to play.’

‘But Park Ho-yeon didn’t graduate from the tutorial… How did you know?’

Kang Hyun’s worries were resolved by Park Ho Yeon’s subsequent words.

“Don’t act like a fool. I already know that you’ve joined the Special Ability Management Team.”

Special Ability Management Team.

There, Team Leader Shin Tae-gil explained about the manager.

Kang Hyun already knew about the manager, but he pretended not to know and listened to the conversation for a while.

‘That guy was part of that group too…’

Kang Hyun nodded after finishing assessing the situation.

“Hey! Right! You! You’re really quick-witted!? Hahaha…”

“joy.”

And then the smoke machine that follows.

“Anyway, you’ll bet on that. Great. Then what should I bet on?”

“If you lose, you will be a member of the Fire Dragon Guild for one year.”

“Umm… and?”

“That’s all. Instead, you must thoroughly act as a guild member and follow my orders. I will also treat you as a guild member.”

The conditions were not as bad as I thought.

I thought it was a gamble worth taking, even though the value of that so-called ‘Easter egg’ was uncertain.

“Is the deal done?”

“Yeah. I’m already excited to get my hands on Dragon Ball.”

“Haha! You’ll know when you see it. Then everyone here is a witness.”

Park Ho-yeon said as he looked at the people with abilities surrounding him.

“I don’t say things twice, you punk.”

Kang Hyun answered with a refreshing smile.

**

Kang Hyun, who thought of the item for a moment, smiled happily.

“But are you sure that’s okay?”

“yes?”

“The Fire Dragon Guild is a huge guild. It won’t be easy to win against them… No, it’s impossible for three people to clear this dungeon.”

“That’s something I’ve been thinking about.”

Kang Hyun’s confident words.

Choi Dong-woo nodded reluctantly.

“I don’t think you’ll do anything wrong, but always be careful.”

“yes.”

“As Kang Hyun-dongsaeng expected, the flare gun is just a formality. It won’t be of any use.”

Among those who participated in this raid, no one thought they would fail to clear the dungeon.

And I had no intention of sharing the achievements with other guilds.

“It would be even more certain if the dungeon difficulty is low like now.”

“…”

“Perhaps there are those who wish for the downfall of the rival guild.”

“Yes. I expected that too.”

“Always be careful. If you are in danger, shoot all three flare guns at the same time. Then, no matter how far away you are, I will run to you.”

“Thank you for your words.”

“That’s true. Hahaha!”

After saying goodbye to Choi Dong-woo, the Baddest Guild split from the Alliance of Abilities.

**

“How many times has this happened!”

Park Ho-yeon, the leader of the Hwa-ryong Guild.

Unlike his usual relaxed and arrogant self, he was extremely excited.

“Whew… How many people were injured this time?”

“There are two dead, and three seriously injured. We’ve healed them enough to keep them from losing their lives right away, but it’ll probably be a while before they can join the fight.”

“f*ck! F**k! Eww!!!”

Park Ho-yeon felt like his blood was drying up day by day.

“Because of those rat-like bastards…”

The first two days I was really excited to hunt, because the level of the monsters was not as high as I expected.

The only obstacle for the Hwa-Ryong Guild in their quest to slaughter their enemies was the rugged mountainous terrain.

But on the third day, things changed.

“I never thought that ‘Benandi’ was the name of a race…”

C-class dungeon, Benandi Forest.

Here, ‘Benandi’ was not a simple boss monster as everyone expected.

Benandi was the name of a race that could be said to be the masters of the mountain range.

“You bastards. If you catch me, I’ll roast you alive!”

Benandi was about 2 meters tall and used a bow as his main weapon.

They blended in with the forest and waged a thorough guerrilla war.

Sniping with a bow.

A trap using terrain features.

He even attracted other monsters to cause chaos.

During the battle that took place like that, the arrows that occasionally flew in were imbued with magical power and were extremely lethal.

“What should I do?”

“It seems like the only solution is to find their base and destroy it.”

At the words of the guild leader, Park Ho-yeon struck down his cane.

“Do you think I’m asking because I don’t know?!”

“sorry…”

“If it comes to this, it’s a do-or-die situation.”

“yes?”

“If the guild members continue to die like this, we will all be wiped out!”

“…”

“We might as well burn down the forest so they can’t hide.”

The guild leader’s eyes widened at Park Ho-yeon’s words.

“But Guild Master! If you continue like that, we too could be in danger. It would be better to ask for help from another guild…”

“Do you really think they’ll come if you shoot off a signal flare like this?”

Park Ho-yeon was furious at the nonsense of the ignorant guild leader.

“Even if you come, what’s the point? You’ll end up just chasing after them while being ignored by other guys.”

“…”

“Then the guild’s honor is over! Clear reward? Ha, it’s obvious I won’t even get to see it!”

Even though people were dying, Park Ho-yeon only talked about honor and compensation.

‘Is that important in this situation?!’

The guild leader was so angry that he couldn’t even say anything.

“Get the guild wizards ready. Now is the chance, the wind is blowing in their direction. Let’s finish them off in one go.”

“All right…”

**

Kang Hyun broke up with Choi Dong Woo.

He walked slowly through the forest, looking more cautious than usual.

“There’s still quite a distance to the core. Let’s save our energy, because we don’t know what might happen.”

The mountain range covered with dense vegetation required considerable physical exertion just by walking.

Kang Hyun felt that the core was not something that could be reached in a day or two, so he decided to take it step by step.

“Mr. Kang Hyun. Just in case, wouldn’t it be better to move a little faster?”

“Don’t worry, it’s okay.”

Kang Hyun shook his head at Shin Sung Ah’s question.

“There’s almost no chance that the Fire Dragon, who doesn’t know the location of the core, will arrive faster than us anyway.”

“…”

“Even if it’s a little late, it’s right to move with the utmost caution. Don’t you want to have enough energy left to fight when you get to the core?”

“All right.”

Shin Seong-ah nodded, convinced by Kang Hyun’s explanation.

“So, let’s do some reconnaissance.”

“yes?”

“You’re an expert in that area. I’m planning on moving while avoiding monsters as much as possible, but just in case.”

“…”

“You quickly glance over the direction and we’ll follow.”

“All right.”

“I’m sorry. I know you’re tired, but it’s better than continuing to fight.”

“it’s okay.”

Shinsungah specialized in stealth, reconnaissance, mobility, and sniping.

Because I have often taken on this kind of role, I have no particular complaints.

“Let’s move slowly.”

Kang Hyun and An Yu-seong walked slowly along the path that Shin Seong-ah had walked.

“brother.”

“why?”

“Are you planning to get to the core this way?”

“That would be the best.”

“Tsk. This must be boring.”

“Even so, it’s not that far if you take a straight course. It’ll probably take three or four days to get there.”

“You’re telling me to just keep walking.”

“Then what, the three of us are going to fight a horde of monsters?”

“That’s not bad either.”

Kang Hyun frowned at An Yu-seong’s answer.

“You crazy bastard. If you want to lose, do it alone.”

From then on, the same pattern was repeated.

Kang Hyun senses the monster’s magic power in advance and determines a safe route.

Shin Sung-ah checks the route to see if Kang Hyun missed anything.

After walking like that all day, I went to sleep and started walking again the next morning.

“Whew… Today, I went hiking again. Hiking. Hiking!”

“What’s wrong with hiking? Enjoy it.”

“Usually at times like this, something happens out of the blue.”

“Do you want to say something unlucky?”

It was a time when Kang Hyeon and An Yu-seong were joking around to pass the time during the boring hike.

“Kuuuu. Here we go.”

Suddenly, An Yu-seong let out a laugh.

“what?”

Kang Hyun looked around with a sudden sense of anxiety.

‘I can’t really feel the magic…’

“Mr. Kang Hyun!”

“what?”

Shin Seong-ah, who had been out on a scouting mission ahead, was running towards me, out of breath.

“Huh, hul! It’s the enemy!”

At the same time, a strange monster appears among them.

“Haa… It’s because of you.”

“What am I?”

“Isn’t this the reason this situation is happening? Because you keep spouting out unlucky words!”

An Yu-seong smiled brightly and ignored Kang Hyeon’s annoyance.

[Benandy Scout]

Kang Hyun swallowed a groan as he looked at the names floating above their heads.

“Venandi is the name of a race.”

Everyone’s guess that it was probably a boss monster or a place name was pleasantly wrong.

‘First of all, is it a bipedal monster? Its limbs are long… and its muscles don’t seem that developed.’

He was over 2m tall and had impressive skin that was a mix of green and brown like the forest.

“Haaaak!”

“Whoa!”

The guys who appeared kept making the sound of ‘haak’ to Kang Hyun.

“Brother. What do you think they’re saying?”

“Haaaaaah!”

“It just sounds like jaw clenching to me?”

But looking closely, it seemed like he was trying to convey something like An Yu-seong said.

It seemed clear that he was trying to communicate something by continuing to go ‘Haak! Haak!’ without coming closer.

“My gut tells me – if you come in any further, I won’t let you go.”

“Do you have any kind of sixth sense or telepathy? That’s ridiculous.”

“It’s true.”

Anyu Seong’s expression was serious.

“That’s a really handy ability…”

In fact, it didn’t matter what they said. Kang Hyun had to go through this path and head towards the core anyway.

“Don’t let your guard down, count to three and hit at the same time.”

“yes.”

An Yu-seong and Shin Seong-ah nodded at Kang Hyun’s words.

“One, two, three!”

-Pfft!

The group that had left their seats in exactly three numbers rushed at the guys with all their might.

“Haaaaaah!”

Then the guys turned their backs and started running away.

Those who climbed up the tree with great speed and agility quickly disappeared from sight.

“what..?”