Episode 115: The Spirit of the Eyes
As soon as I got to the 27th floor, the alarm started ringing continuously.
The community was on fire too, and the one thing they all had in common was that they were all looking out for me.
“Wow, that works well. It’s burning, burning.”
“Oh yeah.”
[Kim Seo-jun_Cheongryong]: Mr. Petit Gongdu, if you do business with us, we guarantee a huge reward!
[Park Heo-gyu_Phoenix]: I want to be your reliable companion on your future climbing journey, Gongdu!
[Cho Han-ju_Mu Hak-seong]: If you have any conditions you want, please contact us and we will definitely meet them.
All the big guilds are calling me.
There is one reason. Because I gave Oh Ji-hyeok the camera and photo registration skills.
Until now, transactions with large guilds have been strictly prohibited.
So I moved? It would be natural to want to get it as soon as possible.
Other people’s reactions were also enthusiastic.
[Kim Pyongpyong]: I heard you got one from the Sangun Guild this time. Aren’t you on bad terms with their Gongdu gang?
[Green Green]: I thought you said you wouldn’t do business with large guilds, did you reconcile?
[Josammosa]: I think the followers will be disappointed. They hate large guilds.
[Park Moo-ho]: Judging from his reaction, he doesn’t seem to care much. If he does something, there must be a reason.
[Fight Kim]: I guess they just need the money. Are the guild’s conditions too strict?
There is a lot of debate about my choice.
It’s not like I’m reconciling with a big guild, nor is it about making money.
It’s to monitor the movements of large guilds before new members come in.
Although I still don’t have much trust in him, Oh Ji-hyeok has turned to my side. He has already helped me once.
If you give him the skill to take pictures, he will be able to get more information.
“It’s like shaking up a large guild.”
In fact, if it was just for information gathering, it could have been kept a secret.
It’s better to do it secretly, but I went public.
Guys who don’t know how to move. If you give them hope that you can make a deal with me, they won’t move easily.
In addition, Oh Ji-hyeok is in charge of the 6th floor safe zone, which is the first place that newbies arrive at in the Sangun Guild. There is a lot of information to be gained.
“Well, I don’t think it’ll last long, though.”
I don’t expect this one thing to completely divide them.
It just gave the fan club members time to prepare.
I shook my hands lightly and looked straight ahead.
This is the 27th floor.
[27th floor]
[Cold-Blooded Monster Kill (0/20)]
It was a pretty important place.
There are two materials required for Lilka’s quest.
The tears of the Yeti and the crown of the eye spirit.
It doesn’t matter since I’ve already given you the tears, but I still haven’t found the spirit’s crown.
The 28th floor is where treasure is hidden, and the 29th floor is the final gate before reaching the safe zone on the 30th floor, so unusual monsters are sure to appear.
So, where can you meet the snow spirit?
“This is the only place.”
It’s only the most likely possibility, but I think it might be true.
A snow-covered forest. The sky was overcast, the wind was bitter, and the snow piled up to my chest was frozen solid.
Moving like this is inconvenient and visibility is limited.
[Fire (E) Lv.1]
[Skill Level Up!]
[Fire (E) Lv.2]
-Hwa-reuk!
I wrapped my body in fire. My whole body was on fire, but it wasn’t hot because my fire resistance was already quite high.
Deokchun also used his fire attribute to surround his body with fire.
-Saaaaah
The snow, unable to withstand the heat, melted.
The water that touched my armor evaporated, revealing the bare floor centered around me.
The land was wet and muddy, and the black, dead earth greeted me.
I took a quick look at the clear conditions.
Defeat the cold-blooded monster.
“It was probably a plant-type monster.”
I remember seeing it on YouTube.
The footage was taken by a Russian hunter who was suddenly attacked while clearing a gate that had burst in the tundra.
A moving tree. Roots that spread out silently and bind others.
That’s a cold-blooded monster tree. Its characteristic is that when cut, blue sap gushes out.
If there’s one more peculiarity.
“I heard that they eat away at the lifespan of the surrounding creatures, so why are there so many trees here?”
Cold-blooded monsters survive by killing wandering creatures and using them as fertilizer, and stealing nutrients from plants growing nearby.
Normally, a forest cannot be created, which means that all the trees here are cold-blooded monster trees.
-Goooooo
As expected, as soon as I approached the forest, the strange tree in front of me began to lean towards me.
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The intention is to press down with weight.
A root that I don’t know when sprouted grabbed my leg.
If I continued like this, my body would be crushed.
-empty
“The clear condition will be easily broken.”
I took the monster’s attack without any problems.
It may seem unrealistic to see a tree over 10 meters tall supported by one arm, but if you think about it that way, the tree moving on its own is even more amazing.
-Crunch!
He drew his sword and swung it.
I didn’t even use any skills.
Why?
[SS-Grade Power, Unyielding Swordsman’s assimilation rate increases.]
-Education rate 6.2 percent
This way, the assimilation rate increases quickly.
After becoming the successor of Alios, he developed a talent for swordsmanship.
Strictly speaking, it’s not really a talent. When I’m awake, I swing my sword myself, and when I’m asleep, I swing my sword in my dreams, so it’s even stranger if I don’t grow.
-Whirl, whack!
He swung his sword around and cut through the tree trunk once more.
A tree cut cleanly. Blue sap gushes out along with it, and the snow melts.
[Cold-blooded monster logging (1/20)]
Then shall we finish it?
We moved forward, cutting down every single tree we could see.
Let’s take a look. See if there’s an eye spirit.
* * *
A forest made up of cold-blooded monsters.
Normally it would be safer to kill the guys on the outskirts, but I went deep inside.
My interest isn’t simply clearing things.
“It’s quite spacious.”
“Ouch.”
Because there are trees on all sides, it is difficult to determine the location.
I kicked trees here and there to find my bearings in the air, but the cold-blooded monsters kept getting in the way, so I had no results.
I understand it’s near the center.
“Do spirits live in a place like this?”
I was a little skeptical.
When you think of spirits, doesn’t it give you the image of them flying around, blending in with clean nature?
The fire spirit puppies I met on the 26th floor were also incredibly cheerful.
On the other hand, this place was gloomy and full of death, and far from cheerful.
-Picky
A piece of bone breaks when it is stepped on.
It is full of traces of a monster that must have died in a cold-blooded manner.
It’s nice that there are no annoying guys rushing in.
“Ouch! Ouch!”
“Why, Deokchun?”
As I was contemplating whether to look into it a little more, Deokchun grabbed me by the collar.
Is it dinner time already?
Deokchun, shaking his head, points to one side.
There’s something over there.
“hmm?”
I squinted my eyes.
There is a tree standing quite a distance away.
Its size was enormous, and its thickness alone would require ten adult men to hold it.
The cold-blooded monster tree is quite large, but compared to that one, it’s just a handful.
It looks like it died from lack of nutrients.
“Let’s go and see.”
This is my first time seeing this here.
There must be something, since it is left alone where all the other trees have already rotted away.
-Ughhhhhh
-Goooooo
The cold-blooded monster stretched out its branches to catch me as I moved.
[Fire Bomb (A) Lv.6]
It was mercilessly swept away by an explosion.
Using a sword is nice, but I don’t have much time.
[Kill the Cold-Blooded Monster (51/20)]
[Cold-Blooded Monster Kill (56/20)]
Clear score increases in one go.
The portal had already opened. I turned off the notification window and ran forward, and after about ten minutes, I was able to reach the tree that Deokchun had pointed to.
It looks bigger up close.
It is not only tall but also thick, and the branches that extend out to the sides are lush and magnificent. The problem is that it is black and dry.
“It doesn’t look like it’s dead.”
It seemed to be still alive, as there were leaves attached next to the withered branches.
This is better than that.
“Isn’t it secretly warm?”
“On the track.”
Deokchun also followed me, placed his hand on the large tree, and nodded.
There is also something like a fever tree.
-Woof, wow
-Wow
As I was working on this strange phenomenon for a while, I noticed a change in the tree.
A subtle vibration.
Knock. Knock. Something tapped my back.
There shouldn’t be any monsters around here, right?
I could see the tension building quickly as he raised his sword.
“A branch?”
What hit my back was a branch of the tree in front of me.
What the heck. Was this a monster too? It looks completely different from the cold-blooded monster.
-Wow
The trembling tree branches indicate the surroundings.
It seems clear that the condition is not good.
“What do you wish for?”
“Yeah.”
He shrugged. I don’t know what this tree is, but I know it’s not hostile to me.
If I was going to attack, I would have done it a long time ago. I don’t know, maybe I just don’t have the strength to do so.
-Wow, wow!
The trembling tree branches make gestures as if trying to convey their intentions in some way.
Swinging it here and there, then pointing it at the cold-blooded monster again.
“You want me to get rid of those things?”
-Wow!
The branches drew a circle with difficulty.
It snapped and broke.
The shaking is getting worse.
What kind of tree is this that is so pitiful?
“I’m sorry, Tree. I need the Snow Spirit’s garland, so I don’t think I can help you. Be strong, and you’ll live for two more days.”
He knocked on the wooden pillar with a warm heart and turned around.
Okay. Where should we go? We’ve checked the central and southern parts, so maybe it’d be better to go around from the east.
-Wow! Woof woof
As I was about to take a step forward without any hesitation, a tree branch suddenly grabbed my shoulder.
Why are you so sticky? It’s so uncool.
“No, I’m busy… … .”
I glared at the tree, thinking I should say something sharp, but I couldn’t continue speaking.
-Wow, wow
An object hanging from a tree branch.
[Crown of the Spirit with the Haunted Eyes]
-The spirit of the eye was weakened and the flowers could not bloom.
It was a corolla. It had no flowers and only stems, but that’s what the description says, so it’s correct.
No way.
“You’re the snow spirit?”
-Boo!
The tree branch shakes violently. Then, with a snap, it breaks.
The tree trunk bent down towards the fallen branch with a look of extreme sorrow.
Is it just my imagination that the shaking seems to have gotten worse?
It’s hard to ignore the sight of sap dripping like tears. I need to get a crown too.
Looking at the situation, it looks like he’s dying due to the appearance of the cold-blooded monster.
Well then, the method is simple.
“Just wait an hour.”
[Fire (E) Lv.2]
[Fire Bomb (A) Lv.6]
“Because by then you will be the only one in the forest.”
“Eek!”
-Kwaaang!
He flew away, causing an explosion.
Of course, when it comes to removing trees.
“Fire is the best!”
-Kwaaaaaaaang!
Explosions happening one after another.
The snow melts with him.
The cold-blooded monster resisted with a strange noise, but it was useless.
-Hoooooooooo!
The wind was still blowing strongly, and the fire mixed with magic power was not easily extinguished.
One hour after the promised time.
[The Cold-Blooded Monster Forest has been burned!]
[3,000 points will be awarded!]
I was able to burn down all the trees except the snow spirit.
Perhaps because the cold-blooded monster tree that had been draining his energy had disappeared, the snow spirit began to noticeably regain its vitality, and soon leaves began to sprout on the bare branches.
-Whaaaaah!
A bright light struck my eyes.
