I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner

302 – Even if It Is the Same Hiding, It Is Different.

“One of our gang members is working as a free agent, and he said he saw a guy who was presumed to be a villain massacre a party of five and put it on display in a tree yesterday.

I heard it was already coming down from the orc dungeon a few weeks ago. The management office is giving up due to lack of manpower.”

‘The boundaries of the dungeon are gradually breaking down… So they are coming down to find easier prey.’

“Well, like that…”

“So everyone is focused on catching him. They say he doesn’t even leave a trace.”

‘The villain who hangs corpses on trees… Is he that bastard? Cutting out his tongue his- ‘

A guy named Oh Seung-je suddenly appeared in his mind.

He was a guy I remembered because he had the same [Stealth] Ability as me.

Plus, he had another annoying ability.

“They say all the corpses were found with only the tongue cut out. The rest of the body was said to have been damaged during battle. That’s disgusting. Do you have some kind of fetish for the tongue?”

“Ugh…”

Yeonhee was eating some beef jerky, probably because she was a little hungry from the battle. She put down what she was about to put in her mouth for a moment and frowned.

“Be careful what you say…”

“Yes?”

“Isn’t that what it means? Cutting off the tongue has been used in that sense since the past.”

“Hmm… Watch your mouth…”

“He might be someone who has experienced such harassment from people.”

“If that’s the case, we won’t touch it. They just do their work without saying much.”

Heuk-ah gave an indifferent response to Jeok-ah’s words, but in fact, he had nothing to do with it.

We exchanged simple hand signals in case he appeared, and then started exploring again.

“Let’s skip this safe zone.”

“Good.”

Clear the boss battle cleanly while shortening the time.

In the end, we finished the exploration without much trouble that day, and the next day was the same.

In particular, the clearing speed gradually increased as the safe zone now only needs to be passed once.

This is the fourth day of collaboration with the four-member group.

We were doing maintenance in the last safe zone before the boss battle.

It was just past two o’clock.

If you go 40 minutes further from here, you can engage in a boss battle.

“I wonder if the temporary party lasts until today. How do you think?”

The leader of the four-member group, ‘Heukah’, asked Yeonhee what she wanted, and Yeonhee nodded her head willingly.

Yesterday, I heard that Arin had reached level 60.

Noh Hayun had already entered the ‘Frog Folk’ dungeon with other parties from the Vision Guild, and the only ones left were Ham Eunyoung and Bae Jooah.

“I think our party members will come up soon.”

“Good. We’ve got some work to do, so we probably won’t be able to come into the dungeon for a while.”

“Ah… Isn’t this something bad?”

“On the contrary, it could be said to be a good thing. Anyway, thanks to you, I had an easy time for a few days. We’ll have a sparring session next time we get together as a whole.”

“… Dalian, you haven’t given up yet?”

“What are you talking about? I’m still itching.”

“…”

After saying our goodbyes, we left the safe zone and started moving for the boss battle.

‘…?!’

At that moment, a hunter with a presence that should not exist in this dungeon quickly entered the range of my senses.

‘Something is strange. The amount of magical power is enormous… But the flow is very unbalanced. This is like… Similar to the people in the underground factory-‘

Moreover, it started from one person and then quickly increased to four people over and over again. He seemed like a guy with relevant abilities.

‘[Self-replication]… That’s him. Has he already been able to enter here?

Oh Seung-je, the villain who created a mess from the top dungeon, the Orc Dungeon, to the Dire Wolf Dungeon.

It was a guy

The guy moved towards the boss battle at great speed, and soon encountered a party.

‘…!’

Without the slightest hesitation, he attacked the five hunters and subdued them in an instant.

Considering that the hunters who were hit failed to respond in any way right before he approached, there was a high possibility that the party had poor detection skills or was completely absent.

‘Or maybe Oh Seung-je’s [Stealth] Ability is very good.’

“Crack, tick, tick!!”

“?!”

I activated the hand signal that I had decided on two days ago, and Yeonhee again informed the four members of the situation.

“Villain! This is the villain who came to the Dire Wolf Dungeon!”

“What?! Where is it?”

“It’s still far away. 4km away. But they’re trying to massacre people.”

“4km? How did you detect that-“

“There’s no time! What are you going to do? I’m going to where the villain is!”

Yeonhee said that, and before I could hear the answer from her foursome, I hugged her and ran toward where her guy was.

Seeek──!

“…!!”

The four-member group screamed in bewilderment when they saw us suddenly leaving the party, but soon they started following us.

To them, we may seem like just hunters who jump in without any hesitation to stop the villain.

‘It’s ability. Abilities! It’s mine!’

That was the only thought in my head.

In my memory, Oh Seung-je was a villain who was not easily caught because of his hiding and self-immolation skills, but he was not a guy who caused such a big stir in society.

However, he became an issue for a while because he mercilessly massacred many hunters in a short period of time, but the timing was brought forward and that is exactly what he is doing now.

There’s no way that guy will grow to the level of a ‘great villain’ like Nam Yong-seok, so the level of ability compensation is probably limited. It’s clear.

‘And that bastard has nothing to do with tongues in the first place!’

The quartet spoke as if there was some story behind it, but the guy was just a cannibalistic maniac.

Among them, he enjoyed roasting people’s tongues and eating them, and especially seeing his magical power in all directions made him seem like he was on drugs.

‘The answer is to get rid of the mentally ill bastard quickly.’

It’s ridiculous that he came down here without being stopped for over a week. That means that accidents are frequent these days.

‘You guys should take care of something like that, right?’

So, I guess I’ll just have to make the best of what happened.

– Let’s go together!! This guy is a monster that is estimated to be at least mid-level even in B-class! It’s difficult for him to do it alone!

‘If you just look at the grade, he’s strong. He’s a guy who can’t let down his guard. By the way, isn’t ‘Heuk’ fast? He is running at his own pace.

The group of four followed with all their might and tried to call us out, but I had no intention of stopping.

Not long after, its shape began to come into view.

A man as tall and skinny as a stick.

A thick tongue in his hand

An unknown woman clutching her mouth and writhing in pain.

The guy who subdued all the people was already working on it.

‘This is outrageous. Even if it’s in a dungeon, they’re doing that shit in the official route? You really are a crazy bastard.’

Aside from the woman whose tongue was cut out, the other hunters were lying face down on the floor, as if paralyzed, with their eyes wide open in fear.

As soon as I found him, I activated [Stealth], And a little while later he found Yeonhee standing blankly.

– …?!

When Yeonhee made eye contact with the guy, she took a deep breath and screamed at the top of her lungs.

“You can’t quit!! You bastard!!”

– …

To the guy’s surprise, he didn’t even flinch at Yeonhee’s shout at her.

Rather, the mood became increasingly brighter as he looked at Yeonhee.

Sigh-

– What kind of rice cake is that?

You can see the shape of the guy’s mouth saying.

After putting down Yeonhui, I went as fast as I could and was already getting close to him.

‘Where are you from Yeonhee with dirty eyes-‘

I quickly swung five times towards the vital spot of the guy who had lost my attention.

─────── Damn!

However, only two of those attacks cut the guy’s shoulder and wrist, and at that moment, two flame marks appeared.

The remaining three successive attacks were struck by the creature’s clones, which split apart immediately after the first attack, and the three clones were immediately destroyed.

‘Tch-! Having experienced it myself, self-immolation is indeed a coveted skill!’

Of course, the utility of [Self-Replication] Is not limited to this, but when the main body receives damage, it automatically divides and receives damage instead, and this ability alone makes it worthy of being called a unique skill.

Moreover, even if it wasn’t a clone skill, the reaction speed of the guy who dodged my attack was surprising.

I quickly realized that it wasn’t just about ability.

When I approached, his necklace glowed brightly, and I thought I was able to react more quickly because it was clearly an accessory with a detection-type barrier stone embedded in it.

“Ugh!”

The guy recognized that something invisible was attacking him, but he seemed embarrassed, perhaps because he had little experience meeting someone with the same ability.

The guy immediately activated [Stealth] And ran away, and when I, who had lost my stealth while attacking, didn’t react at all in the direction he moved. He stopped running and began to quietly observe the situation.

– Whoosh… Whoosh…

Oh Seung-je, despite being greatly embarrassed by my strange appearance, takes a deep breath and tries to overcome the situation.

‘Smart guy. You’re looking for an opportunity.’

Hwareuk-

Since I could clearly sense the flame mark hovering over the guy’s shoulder, I was able to judge the situation more calmly.

I activated [Stealth] Again and disappeared, lost in thought.

‘This guy is lacking in agility. The reaction speed is above grade, and the movement speed is also quite fast. Those shoes. The energy I feel is an artifact… What was the effect of that?’

These are probably ancient boots with an option that greatly increases movement speed for a certain period of time.

This is an artifact that drops with a low probability when clearing a C-grade or higher dungeon boss. I don’t know if you acquired it yourself or purchased it.

It was equipment that suited his abilities well.

Oh Seung-je is a mid-to-upper-ranking powerhouse even in B class.

The hunters running here are chicks who have just reached C rank.

Moreover, since he was equipped with equipment that could make him jump in any event, he did not leave the battlefield even when his hiding place was discovered.

Even considering the 4 members who were assisting, including me in hiding, I felt confident that I could be defeated.

And that’s because the [Stealth] Ability generally doesn’t last long. It may be confidence that comes from the fact that there are many restrictions, such as a limited number of times.

‘As long as I have magical power, it’s permanent.’

They probably don’t even assume that there is someone with the ability to hide like me.

After entering the stealth mode, he widened the distance for a moment and showed a leisurely appearance, looking at the 4 people following him.

And while keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings, I waited for myself, who was sure to come out of hiding.

‘… That’s strange. Even considering that they have the power to overpower us and are confident that they can escape if the situation arises, they are so peaceful?’

If you’ve been attacked and there’s a mark on your body that you’ve never seen before, it’s common sense for a hunter to run away and look.

The man’s magical power was still fluctuating, but he didn’t look much different from before.

‘Could it be… That you can’t see the mark?’

The ‘remnants of chaos’ also showed an instinctive reaction to the mark, and Maeng Seong-yong also recognized the existence of the mark.

I thought it was obvious to an advanced hunter.

Looking at Oh Seung-je’s reaction, it wasn’t anything like that.

‘This… What if. Assuming that even if the difference in rank is large, people with poor detection skills will not be able to perceive it. It will be more useful, right?’

Even though there was a piece of jewelry with a detection stone embedded in it, it meant a lot.

‘Ugh… Remember, please come back. I need to leave a mark on the villains. Why can I only remember a few people?’

Once the mark was engraved, it seemed like there would be less worry about the future villain getting scared and going into even more shadowy territory. The problem is that my memory is not perfect.

Since he wasn’t sure that he could catch Oh Seung-je when he ran away, he looked for a way to subdue him without provoking him.

‘Ran, tell Yeonhee that he is waiting by the tree trunk over there.’

I conveyed my intention to Ran, who was a little distance away.

Yeonhee was sharing information with me and feeding potion and Irmana water to the injured person whose tongue had been cut.

Oh Seung-je was still waiting as if dead, and it seemed like he was trying to take advantage of the moment we let down our guard after the quartet arrived.

‘It’s no problem, kid. ‘Because you’re the one letting down your guard.’

While maintaining [Stealth], I turned around behind him and started approaching.

‘The moment you are about to attack is the most vulnerable.’

I plan to aim for that time.