#59
Episode 59
Second Cataclysm (4)
The first group of Kaumka warriors to appear numbered nine.
Although he said he killed the one who seemed to be the leader, there were many Kaumka warriors remaining. Jeong Do turned his head to help Sang Hee, who was left alone.
Kwasik!
The War Ax was just about to hit the head of the fifth Kaumka warrior.
“… … .”
Her fighting power, which Jeong Do personally witnessed, was on Mt. Dobong.
There was a difference between her who was fighting the Karma crowd in an extremely exhausted state after blocking the brakes alone, and her who was in perfect condition, as much as heaven and earth.
There are less than 30 S-class users in Korea. Among them, Seo Sang-hee was unique.
‘okay. It’s not something I should worry about in the first place. ‘I’ll just take care of my own business.’
I felt like going there would actually disturb her. Jeongdo looked at the body of the fallen Kaumka warrior.
“Ixia.”
<Yes, four. Master!>
“huh? “Why are you so surprised?”
<Oh, no, he suddenly spoke to me… >
Ixia’s condition has been a little strange these past few days. This guy, who was usually so talkative that I thought he was possessed by a dead ghost because he couldn’t speak, was so quiet recently. No, it wasn’t that much, I even felt like she was watching me.
“hmm… Anyway, you can eat it.”
It’s been a while since I recently entered the dungeon, so I haven’t been able to grow Ixia. Besides, the dungeon we entered today was of course A. You can expect much more growth than the B-class ghoul you fed last time.
However, contrary to expectations that she would be happy, Ixia’s response was lukewarm.
<Ji, I’m okay now! I’m full!>
“Did you eat something without me knowing? “No, besides, where is your boat?”
It was just something I said once.
<Yes, yes?! Secretly! It can’t be!>
“… … .”
A very strong reaction came back. There’s something there. The extent to which I got a feel for that reaction brought up Ixia’s information.
<Ixia>
Growth rate: 51.52%
“… Wow.”
Rapidly rising growth rate. The growth rate had increased by a whopping 50% since the last time I fed the monster.
‘I understand now.’
Even if you feed the boss monster of a B-class dungeon, it only goes up by 1%. If you want to raise your level by 50% in a short period of time, you will need to feed S-class or higher monsters.
And among the enemies he had defeated so far, there was only one of a similar level.
‘I wondered where the body went.’
When you defeat the monkey masked man and faint. Before I knew it, the man’s body had disappeared. Since the man’s identity was highly likely to be a karma figure, it was not an easy matter to overlook. Of course, I asked Ixia about what happened at that time.
And her answer at the time was.
<Oh, while I was doing that, the body disappeared.>
But the correct answer was, ‘Oh, I ate it while I was doing it.’
“… Ixia. “I must have been so full that I was very full.”
Ixia, who sensed that she had been caught by Jeongdo’s words, began to cry.
<I’m sorry, master. It looked so, so delicious that I couldn’t resist. Black… Please don’t throw it away.>
“No, I don’t plan on throwing it away just because I ate it without permission.”
Is there any way to throw away a growth-type ego item just because you secretly ate a corpse?
Anyway, what I was worried about was that Karma might have retrieved the body without my knowledge. If anything, Ixia disposed of the corpse and her growth rate increased by 50 percent, which she would have welcomed.
“I won’t get angry, so next time, if you eat it, just tell me you ate it.”
<Black… master. thank you I will listen carefully.>
This is it.
It felt like raising a child.
“But could humans eat it too?”
<No. I can only absorb the corpses of original monsters. But strangely, the man thought he could eat it, so he tried it… >
It means it was absorbed as is. It was certainly difficult to believe that the flowing black energy was human.
‘Did you say it was magical energy?’
Serin expressed it that way. That man had terrible demonic energy. Isn’t Ixia’s ability to absorb human corpses also related to demonic energy?
“Anyway, this corpse can’t be absorbed?”
Does being full mean that you are restricted from absorbing too much energy?
<No! I will eat well!>
That’s not it, I just said it because I didn’t want to be caught absorbing a corpse without permission. Jeong Do grinned and watched Ixia absorb the Kaumka warriors.
After some time has passed.
A shield and a gem the size of a finger were placed where the Kaumka warrior disappeared.
“huh?”
Aside from the shield, it was my first time seeing jewelry. The degree was to use observation towards the jewel.
Tiring!
<Sun Moon Soul>
<The Kaumka people worship the gods of the sun and moon and can absorb the energy of the sun and moon into their bodies. The sun and moon soul is the crystallization of the energy of the sun and moon absorbed into the body of the Kaumka people.>
“Ah, this.”
I saw it in the quest description earlier. It is said that if you defeat the Kaumka warrior, you can obtain the Sun Moon Soul.
‘According to the quest window description, it is an item related to this mission.’
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If so, you should take care of it. Jeong Do put both the shield and the Sun and Moon Soul into his inventory and then stood up.
Kwasik!
And at just the right time, Sanghee defeated the last Kaumka warrior. Jeong-do walked up to her side and said.
“Thank you for your effort. Captain. “That’s great work.”
“You took care of one first, so we were able to fight it easily. thank you.”
‘lie.’
Even if you weren’t confident, you could have easily handled it all on your own. Sensing that he cared about her, she told him the information she had found out.
“There is something called Sun Moon Soul in the Kaumka tribe, and it seems to be the key to this mission-type dungeon.”
“yes? How… Oh, you were able to talk, indeed.”
“yes. “I’ll show you now.”
After saying that, Jeongdo began to absorb the Kaumka tribe that Sanghee had defeated with Ixia. Sang-hee flinched, as if a little surprised by the sight, but quietly watched what Jeong-do was doing.
When the absorption was completed, large and small jewels remained where the bodies of the Kaumka people were.
“Is this what you said?”
“yes. “I don’t know what it’s used for yet, but I’m sure it’s needed, so I’ll take care of it.”
To some extent, all of the separated monogamous souls were collected.
“It looks like their village is somewhere in this forest. Looks like we need to break something there.”
“… Incredible. <Communication> You can have a conversation with an intelligent monster using talent. If this becomes known in academia, there will be an uproar. “It’s an opportunity to get clues about a different world that was previously thought of as unknown.”
That was definitely true. In particular, the academic community will turn a blind eye and cling to themselves. Jeong Do told Sanghee.
“Please keep it a secret that I can talk to intelligent monsters. I hate being dragged into research… ”
“of course. I also think it’s a waste for people like you to be involved in research. “You can leave that to users with other <communication> talents.”
Of course, even if you were not at communication level 3, you had to experience it to know if you could communicate with beings from another world.
After the battle, while taking a moment to catch his breath, Sanghee spoke to Jeong Do.
“I just felt it while fighting, but intelligent monsters are definitely stronger than monsters of the same level.”
“… Really? “I think you handled it too easily.”
As the blade of the ax flashed, it seemed as if the heads of all the Khaumka warriors were being split apart.
But she was talking seriously about what she had experienced.
“Obviously, the mana and strength of the objects were at a similar level to the previous dungeon, but they knew how to fight. Instead of swinging blindly, I used technique and was good at passing the exam. “To exaggerate a bit, it’s a level of difficulty that can be considered one level higher than the existing level.”
“So what you’re saying is that this dungeon feels like an S-class dungeon.”
“To be precise, I would say it’s somewhere between Class A and Class S. So I’m worried. A KNM guild with Jinchanghu users would be fine, but a specialist guild comprised only of A-level players could possibly be dangerous.”
Her expression darkened.
But unfortunately, there was no way to do anything about it. She knew that too, so she immediately made her next plan.
“As the purpose of this expedition is to understand intelligent monsters, we will fight against them a little more. Did you say sun and moon marriage? “And collecting those gems.”
“yes. All right.”
The two people who decided on the policy began to move.
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Every time Sanghee’s ax blade cut through the air, screams and exclamations echoed through the forest.
Shukak!
“Oops! excellent! “Female warrior from another world!”
Kwasik!
“Cruk. “It’s powerful!”
The Kaumka warriors were falling down without even being able to move from her axe strikes.
‘There is no room to intervene.’
Jeongdo was collecting the Sun Moon Soul from the fallen Kaumka warrior while staring at the scene in a daze.
I think I said in the first battle that it was stronger than existing A-class monsters. Looking at the scene now, it seemed like a blatant lie.
<Level up! Mana increases by 1 and strength increases by 1!>
“Ah, it went up again.”
Even though I wasn’t directly participating in the battle, my level was rising. In addition, Ixia’s growth rate was rising rapidly, so it seemed like I could probably move on to the next seal in this dungeon.
In short, for now.
I was riding the bus of an S-class user. It’s also a bus with an extremely comfortable ride.
Sanghee, who had already wiped out the entire group of Kaumka warriors, returned and spoke.
“Now that we have gathered some monster data, we can proceed with the dungeon.”
“I don’t know if I can do this without doing anything.”
I said this because I was embarrassed to ride the bus, but Sanghee looked at those words with a straight face.
“You have nothing to do. How important is it to find out the mission in a mission-type dungeon? There are countless users who have died because they could not do that. “Mission-type dungeons are not called the users’ graveyard for nothing.”
Jeongdo, embarrassed by Sanghee’s sincere compliment, changed his stance.
“I think the village is located this way.”
Jeongdo said that and walked ahead. Finding the village of the Kaumka tribe was also easy. Because navigation was provided in the quest window.
‘This is really good.’
They helped me figure out the mission of the mission-type dungeon and even gave me directions. At this point, wouldn’t it be safe to say that he is a dedicated user of mission-type dungeons?
‘From next time, I’ll have to focus on expeditions in mission-type dungeons.’
As long as there was a quest window, there was no reason to skip the mission-type dungeon. No, on the contrary, I decided that since the reward was good, I had to find it and clear it.
How much time has passed?
Jeong Do and Sanghee were able to discover the Kaumka village. The Kaumka village was in the form of a small basin. The two climbed to the high ground and looked at the village below.
It was a small village with a dozen ordinary huts. However, there was one structure that particularly stood out.
A black sculptured tower located in the very center of the village.
A similar but different energy was emanating from the tower. And the energy that came out was all connected to the Kaumka warriors in the village.
‘Maybe those are soul shackles.’
“The numbers… “Not that many.”
Sanghee muttered like that. The number of Kaumka warriors in the village was small, perhaps because they had reduced their numbers while moving around. It was a number that could be defeated without any problem even if they attacked head-on right now.
However, it would be foolish to attack without warning. Jeong Do told Sanghee.
“Captain. “Let’s destroy that tower first before entering the village.”
“yes? “On this street?”
Actually, it wasn’t that far. If you had a long-distance dealer, it was a sufficient range. Sanghee was reluctant because he was a close dealer.
Before I knew it, Diarmuid’s javelin was in my hand. There was a crab zerg in his hand.
And with all the mana he had, he threw it towards the tower in the center of the village!
Slut!
The javelin fired through the air hit the tower exactly.
Quagwagwang!
An explosion occurred and the tower collapsed. And at the same time, a notification window appeared.
<You have successfully broken the shackles of the soul.>
“Eh?”
So easy? I threw it in with the hope that it would cause some damage or cause confusion in the village, but was it cleared in one go?
When I tried to watch the situation a little more to see if there was another trap, a notification window appeared again.
<You have successfully completed the first stage of the mission. Proceed to the next step.>
And with that notification window, the scenery changed in an instant.
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The changed scenery was the same space where the three doors were when I first entered the dungeon. But there was definitely something different.
In that space, there were three altars instead of three doors. And right behind the altar was a large crystal ball.
As I was struggling to adapt to the sudden change, I heard Sanghee’s voice.
“Look at that!”
What Sanghee pointed to was a crystal ball placed behind the altar. An image was passing through the bead.
To be exact, the video was taking place inside two of the three beads.
One bead depicts a scene where a team of specialists fight to the death against the Kaumka tribe.
The remaining bead was playing a scene of the KNM team wandering through the forest.
“What is this again… ”
At least I could only mutter like that.
