Episode 181
I’ve seen a lot of monsters in the meantime, but this one felt really unique and nasty.
All four feet on the ground were shaped differently, the eyes and ears were asymmetrical, and the skin was as dirty as mud.
What particularly caught my eye was the purple energy that glowed subtly from its body.
Although Cylia had a great deal of combat experience, she had never seen anything like that.
‘That… … no way… … .’
But I’ve heard of that type through rumor.
A strange-looking, gloomy creature that emits a purple aura.
‘Monster… … !’
Wherever its footprints were left behind, small plants in the spirit world were turning black and dying.
Seeing that, Cylia felt confident.
“Everyone ready for battle. “It seems like a monster has appeared.”
“Demon, monster?”
“shit… … !”
Seeing the puzzled faces of her teammates, Cylia regretted what she had just said.
Aren’t they having a hard time even walking now?
Power battle ready to freeze to death.
Cylia immediately revised her order.
“Step back. “I will take care of that bastard alone.”
Fluffy.
The catena on Cylia’s arm radiated light for the first time in a long time.
-Krrr… … .
Is it because I can feel her momentum?
The monster approaching this way let out a low, threatening cry.
‘On the outside, it doesn’t seem like a big deal… … .’
If it were a normal dungeon, I would have swung my catena in half as soon as I saw it.
However, even for her, monsters were unknown territory, so she had no choice but to be cautious.
Tap, tap, tap.
Cilia slowly approached the monster, dragging the catena.
The monster’s claws suddenly became longer before her eyes.
‘come.’
Chuuak.
She kicked her unbalanced legs and the monster jumped into her chest.
However, she evaded the monster’s attack by twisting her waist with a leisurely movement.
‘Even though it’s slow, it’s too slow.’
I did not attack in particular with the intention of exploring the danger of the monster.
However, if the attack just happened was all there was to it, there was no need for him to step forward.
‘wait. Come to think of it… … .’
After carefully examining the monster’s condition, Silia quickly came to the following conclusion.
‘this guy. ‘This is not a normal condition.’
It is not a conclusion reached because of what happened.
Judging from his breathing, limp legs, and coughing-like coughing, it seemed like something was definitely wrong.
It felt a bit like steam was leaking out, but at the same time, it was a good thing.
At least that means there won’t be any casualties here.
Chuuak.
The monster soared towards Silia once again.
As before, Cylia turned her body and easily dodged the attack.
However, I had no intention of just letting it go like before.
Whilick.
The catena on her right hand hit the monster’s neck with precision.
bang.
-Keek!
The power contained in the catena was so great that the monster sprang out like a spring and rolled on the floor.
“oh!”
“also… … !”
The hunters who were watching with bated breath each smiled and sighed in relief.
However, Sylia’s expression was not very bright.
‘I wasn’t cut… … ?’
Catena is basically a chain, but because of its rigidity, it can easily destroy the monster’s body.
The attack just now was swung to blow off the head, not to shock.
However, the monster’s head did not fly off and was still attached, and it did not even die.
-Krrr… … .
“!”
For the first time in a long time, Cylia felt her hair stand on end.
Even monsters of 7 stars or higher would easily fall apart if attacked by this level, but I never thought that this monster, which can even be described as insignificant, would be able to withstand Catena.
A hot flame spread through Cylia’s pupils.
“OK. “I guess we didn’t have enough hawks, right?”
Fluffy.
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White was originally a color far from threatening, but her catena was emitting a deadly light.
Even when sparring with Chen, it wasn’t this bright.
She decided to use all her original power here.
“Cylia… … !”
“Just shut up.”
Even though she knew this answer would come, her colleagues had no choice but to dissuade her.
If this were the human world, it wouldn’t have mattered what she did.
Whether she shows her true intentions or not, she knows that her ether is close to infinite.
However, this was a spirit world where ether was depleted just by breathing.
I don’t know what her limits were, but they couldn’t erase the anxiety in their hearts.
Whirik whirik.
She rotated both catenas and prepared to launch.
There was no need to wait for the first strike since we had already decided to do our best.
The catena, which was spinning like a dance, attacked the monster from both sides, and the slow-moving monster was unable to block anything.
Kwasik.
Kwasik.
– Hehe!
The monster rose into the air with a deafening sound.
Because the power of the catena was so strong, both sides were struck upwards.
thud.
“done… … !”
Those words came from the mouth of a colleague, not Cylia.
Even from a distance, it seemed as if the situation had already ended.
Having been hit with catenas of that power from both left and right, all the bones in my body would have been crushed.
-Crook… … .
“?!”
however.
Something happened that shocked all Steel Shield hunters.
This is because the monster that was thought to be dead rose again.
“Nonsense… … .”
“It’s not some kind of zombie… … .”
Even if it were a zombie, it would have been incapable of fighting due to the shock just now.
None of the hunters could understand the current situation, and it was the same for Cylia.
-Gruk… … .
Of course, there was a blow.
The monster, which was already in bad condition, was now spewing out something from time to time.
Then, suddenly, hot energy like a furnace began to surge from the monster.
‘Does this level of strength still remain? … .’
Cylia analyzed the monster’s condition with narrowed eyes.
Because there was almost no data about the monster, the device could not show any special information.
I was able to sense with just my five senses that he was preparing his final struggle.
While the monster’s energy soared in real time, the state of its body became increasingly unbalanced.
In the end, my body swelled up like a balloon.
‘Are you trying to do something like Donggwijin?’
Cylia stretched out her hands to the left and right and drew in the ether.
If the monster’s body exploded and was scattered everywhere, it could cause damage to the team members.
You can tell by looking at the plants in the spirit world that have turned black and died near the footprints he walked.
Every single strand of that dirty mane and every drop of blood could not have been kind to humans.
It’s best to blow him away with a highly lethal technique.
After reaching a conclusion, Cylia quickly brought her arms together in front of her upper body.
‘Combined chain’
Srrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The chains on both sides quickly begin to merge, as if they had been one from the beginning.
The ends of the chain, spirally connected like a twist, were pointed towards the swollen monster.
Wow.
-!
Without even being able to scream, a huge hole opened in the monster’s stomach.
The combined chains continued tens of meters with the same momentum, and the distance between them and the monster widened significantly at once.
dump.
When Saili retrieved the chain, the monster was lying with its head on the floor.
‘Upset.’
Sylia cut off the end of the chain with a displeased look and threw it away.
Even though my body didn’t touch it directly, I didn’t want to retrieve the part that stirred up the monster’s body.
and also.
There was a reason why her expression was not good.
Even though it was not a particularly high-level monster, I did not like the use of ‘combined chain’.
If this is what it takes to deal with a mere hybrid, how should one deal with a boss-level monster?
Although the monster was subdued, Cylia’s face was filled with sadness.
however,
-Keaaagh!
Cylia flinched and took up a fighting stance again.
Her pupils, filled with astonishment, were staring at the monster ahead.
With a hole in its chest, it stood up again and roared.
“… … !”
When the situation became like this, even Silia of the world was completely fed up.
Are all types of monsters this strong?
As Cylia filled up the ether once again, the monster let out a terrible roar once again.
thud.
And then I never got up again.
“… … !”
Unlike before, I felt no vitality.
Although he made a final struggle, he was unable to withstand Cylia’s repeated attacks.
“… … phew.”
Cylia sighed very softly.
Then, he was startled and looked around at the hunters around him.
‘I… … Are you nervous? To that nothing monster?’
Thinking back to the past when I behaved like a stubborn crane, it was something I should never have been caught doing.
Fortunately, Steel Shield’s hunters didn’t seem to hear the sigh she let out.
They just talked about various things about the monster’s tough vitality.
“Why are there all these guys? “I’m afraid it will appear in my dreams.”
“If I can survive for a while even after being hit by a combined chain, my skill will take hundreds of hits before I die.”
“What’s the problem? Because this is the spirit world? Or is the monster that strong?”
“Maybe it’s both… … .”
Since they are ‘S’ rankers with accumulated combat experience, they provided insightful analyzes of their own.
After discussing various opinions, Steel Shield reached one clear answer.
We have come to the conclusion that this exploration schedule is more dangerous than expected.
Even if you only deal with one monster in bad condition, it’s like this, but if you encounter a group of healthy monsters, you can’t guarantee victory, let alone survival.
“Cylia. “This variable is a pretty serious problem.”
“I know. First, let’s go back and tell them what we saw.”
“At WHPO?”
“Of course, we should talk about it there too. But sharing information with them comes first.”
She used the expression ‘they’ rather than ‘Ingsen’ or ‘he’.
Hunters seemed to be able to know who was included in that plural character without even asking.
* * *
“… … “That’s how it happened.”
Should I say that it went well?
Ing-sen and Cheon Hae-seon, who heard Silia’s story, had such thoughts.
If Cheon Hae-seon’s story about monsters is only ‘mental symptoms’, then Silia has experienced definite ‘physical symptoms’.
It will also be much easier to tell your story to WHPO.
“To be honest, I thought I would hit him in one hit. But even after several successful attacks, he didn’t die right away.”
“Even after being attacked by you?”
Yingsen asked back in disbelief.
Cylia nodded solemnly, but her pride was deeply hurt.
“What should I do?”
Silia looked at both Yingsen and Cheon Haesun and asked, and Cheon Haesun was quite impressed by the sight.
I thought children would be the only children in the world, but they also share opinions.
Of course, it was because the situation was serious, but at least he didn’t seem like a tight-lipped maverick.
In response to Cylia’s question, Ingsen opened his mouth heavily.
“Let’s talk to President Rather first. It is not too late to make a decision then. First, I will compile the sightings you and Steel Shield saw today. “The calls are made with the leaders of each team together.”
“good.”
Cylia nodded obediently and returned to the Steel Shield Hunters following her.
Ying Sen also turned his back and spoke to Cheon Hae-seon.
“Unfortunately, this is what happened. “Let’s go back too.”
“uh. “Go in first.”
“… … huh?”
There would be no reason to remain here any longer.
Ying Sen tilted his head, but Cheon Hae-seon just smiled strangely.
“I need to check more.”
