chapter 304
304 – A Monster That Appears in the City
“Congratulations!”
“Thank you! Actually, I had a bit of a hard time meeting the tester who was like a jerk. Look at this. My clothes are all torn. I really feel like a pervert.”
“… By any chance, is that tester’s name Maeng Seong-yong?”
“Huh?! Yeonhee, did you also get tested by that person?”
“Yes, yes… He’s a bit rough. He is.”
“Oh, you didn’t just do that to me. I thought it was just a beast-man trait. I almost fell behind on the test.”
Yeonhee looked at Arin, who was truly saying that she had passed the threshold of death, and then burst into laughter, and Arin also smiled back.
She pricked up her bunny ears and wiped them several times with her hand before speaking again.
“Yeah, really. There’s a lot of dust in my ears. Anyway, I think Jua and Eunyoung will be finished today.”
“Oh? Then, if I pass the test safely, we can be together the day after tomorrow?”
“Yes! But… Eunyoung is a little anxious… You know, she’s a bit mentally… But I heard that the test method for the support group is a little different, so I guess it’ll be okay?”
‘… Oh right. I overlooked Ham Eun-young. Will it be okay? He’s in a state of insanity.’
Suddenly my anxiety soared.
Since he is a person who carries around an unidentified devil, he has to be kept by his side and monitored.
“Is Ilwol in hiding right now?”
“Yes, yes. Can you feel it?”
Yeonhee asked as she saw Arin’s gaze turn towards exactly where I was sitting, and Arin vaguely said that she seemed to be up to something.
“The reputation has risen and the term ‘more animal-like’ has been added. It’s effective.”
“Ah, the beastman trait?”
“Neneng! Of course, I think it’s there, so I can sense it. I’ll have to experience it to see how helpful it will be in real life.”
‘…It looks like the growth was remarkable. If you can even vaguely sense my [Stealth].’
It was surprising even considering that the beast-human series is equipped with a passive ability called ‘sixth sense’.
Arin mentioned me, but her cafe was crowded with her customers, so I stayed [In hiding] Just in case.
“What about Frog Polk? I heard that guy was really annoying.”
“Oh, them? Actually, if you just watch out for the terrain rather than attack power-“
“─ Oh, it’s surprising that the slime cloak is still useful-“
Yeonhee and Arin were enjoying a peaceful afternoon chatting, something they hadn’t done in a while.
While appreciating their beautiful two-shots, I kept an eye on the people coming and going over the spreading sensation.
After an hour passed, Arin decided to chat some more and was thinking about what to order for her third drink and dessert.
Somewhere far below where we were, I felt hundreds of gigantic streams of magic passing quickly towards one place.
And soon, within the waves of my senses a few kilometers away, I began to sense an ominous magic that I had never sensed before in this life.
‘Wh-what?! What is this?! Magic circle?’
Rattling-!
Feeling an overwhelming presence in the direction of the flow, I jumped up, and Yeonhee and Arin stared at me, who had lost their [Stealth], Wondering what was going on.
The people in the cafe were momentarily shaken by the sudden appearance of full-body armor, but soon regained their composition.
‘Magic power… It’s very heterogeneous. It feels calm yet violent.’
It gradually clumped together, became thicker, and began to spread even faster.
Ddddddddud-
The energy was so strong that it began to react as vibrations came to the earth’s crust.
Now, little by little, the will of life is beginning to be reflected in the magical power that has penetrated within 1km.
‘What does this feel like? Top level monster…? No, a monster… A monster! It’s definitely true!’
I announced this to Ran, who was sitting over my head, and when Yeonhee and Arin heard me, they jumped up and stood up.
“Report it! You have to report it first!”
Arin hurriedly picked up the phone and called the management office, but for some reason the phone didn’t answer properly.
“I can’t answer the phone! Is it because of the monster Ilwol mentioned?”
‘Is this level… Comparable to the level of monster supply?’
A powerful vibration began to rise from the bottom of the road, and as I assessed its energy, I tentatively concluded that the monster was an insane monster whose level was comparable to that of a major monster.
Kwazijijijijik──
Kugugung──!!
“Ugh- well, something is coming!”
At that moment, a powerful earthquake that had never been experienced before occurred in the area.
The floor of the cafe we were in shook like taffy, and the windows burst out all at once.
Kwajang Changchang──!!
– Kyaa aa!!
At the same time, people were hiding under the table, and Yeonhee quickly spread her ‘mysterious mucus’ over the people.
“Hey, let’s get out first!!”
With a shout from Yeonhee, I grabbed Arin under one arm and immediately threw myself outside and flew up into the sky.
“Quaa!!”
Arin, who suddenly had to fly, hugged me closely, and Yeonhee hugged me in her familiar position, looking at Arin for a moment and then looking at the situation below.
Fortunately, no buildings collapsed, but the people who ran out into the streets all looked like they were panicking.
The awakeners nearby maintained their calm and began to guide people to nearby shelters, but it did not seem easy to respond appropriately in a situation where aftershocks were still continuing.
Yeonhee looked down and asked worriedly.
“Shouldn’t we go down and help out?”
I was lost in thought, realizing that no one was in critical danger due to the wave of magical energy that had been spreading.
‘Hmm… I think it would be okay to lend a hand to the current situation.’
“Go to the epicenter! There will be people even where there are monsters, and it will be more urgent there!”
I thought about it for a moment, but Yeonhee seemed to agree, so I took them with me and quickly moved to where the monster was.
As I moved, my mind was busy making plans to deal with unexpected situations.
‘…Lan, wait for the signal and [Accelerate] The inventory potential if necessary.’
(I understand!)
Considering the situation, you could put Arin in the inventory and have Yeonhee use the earring.
We were soon able to approach the point where the monster was visible.
A square with an outdoor music hall where small concerts are sometimes held.
There was something huge crouching there, still growing in size.
Overall, it was in the shape of a water drop, but the surface was constantly rippling and changing shape, and the black color without a single ray of light reminded me of the scenery of the demon world I once heard of.
‘It looks just like slime… But didn’t anyone die until it got that big? It’s a miracle, but this is.’
Although it is the busiest place, fortunately it was implemented in the middle of the stage, so it seems that there was luckily no one there when it appeared.
However, just by looking at the countless buildings that had collapsed around him and the roads that were cracked like rice fields in a drought, I could see that it was a scene of much more chaos than the place we were in.
– …!!
And the area below us was filled with people who had already gathered, so the tension was at its peak.
-What is that monster? It looks like king slime? Why is something like that in a place like this…
-You’re here? The moment I realized it, it had already become huge. It would probably have been difficult to prevent it before it grew.
– Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like he’s woken up yet. Shouldn’t we kill him now?
– It’s already too much to touch on hastily.
– Have you contacted the ‘Ilseom’ guild?
– Well… I only received an answer from ‘Geomseong’ that he had been listening to ‘Space’ since yesterday.
– At this time! I’m going to turn around.
The man’s huge presence was so great that it stopped hundreds of high-level hunters, including three S-class hunters, and upon hearing the story at first glance, it seemed like Hyun Joong-gil was trapped and his movements were restricted. .
‘Who’s going to deal with that… It’s a monster equivalent to the level of a large monster. It looks like we need at least three hunters like Kang Yeon-soo or Jo Ki-man…’
From what I heard when Yeonhee exchanged text messages with Kang Yeonsoo, Jo Giman said that he is busy these days and is rarely in the guild office.
‘Wouldn’t it appear this time too? If it doesn’t show up here, that would be a problem. What on earth are you doing?’
I continued my thoughts while rubbing my chin and looking at the giant slime whose growth rate was slowly slowing down.
‘Stand up in stealth mode and apply the flame mark…’
Suddenly, such a desire arose, but when I revealed my will to attack, the huge wave of magical power that burst out from its body fueled my instinct to retreat quickly.
“Ugh!! This can’t be done! We need to increase the distance-“
Arin, whose sixth sense was more developed than other hunters, decided that we were not the size to deal with.
He hurriedly gestured toward Yeonhee, who was held in his other arm, and practically requested a retreat.
“Ugh… Sure… It looks like we won’t be able to make a dent no matter what we do. But rather than running away, let’s try our best to support the citizens!”
“Well, that would be great!”
Arin’s ears were drooped in an L shape, and Yeonhee looked up at me and said as she went down to the ground.
– Hunters around you! First of all, I don’t know when he will go into action, but I don’t think it will be anytime soon! Please focus on public activities until I send a special signal!
‘Park Yong-hwan’, an S-class hunter and one of the top 300 hunters in Korea, climbed onto the remains of the collapsed building and began to lead the hunters.
Since he was also a guild master running a guild named ‘Indomitable’, he seemed to act with a sense of responsibility.
‘Good, it’s fortunate that there is such a central point.’
When I saw Park Yong-hwan, fragmentary information came to mind, but other than that, I couldn’t remember anything related to his abilities. I guess that means I had no ties at all in my past life.
“Preset.”
After summoning a large number of summoned animals, Yeonhee focused on rescuing the people trapped under the building.
I focused on finding people in crisis with my senses and sharing information.
Arin was still trembling with fear while helping her. She wanted to leave right away, but she couldn’t because of us.
‘… But that monster… I guess it’s them who did it, right?’
Before he woke up, I felt that a huge magic circle had been activated from the outskirts of the city, and I remembered the Blue Eyes gang members setting up ‘malicious crystals’ all over the city.
‘The reason I was gathering strength to do this… Wasn’t I gathering strength to open the gate?’
I fundamentally felt like there was something going on underneath the surface that I didn’t know about.
‘I don’t know the details, but what do they gain by doing this?’
The city center was greatly destroyed when that giant monster arrived, and the cost of restoration would be astronomical.
The casualties were not as great as expected.
No, it should be considered almost non-existent.
‘They must have done this while spending a considerable amount of opportunity cost. There must be something they’re aiming for through that…’
It definitely caught the attention of hunters, but was that really the purpose?
Even though I had doubts, I worked hard to restore it with Yeonhee.
In real time, powerful figures from the guilds concentrated in the metropolitan area appeared one by one.
And by the time the number of citizens we rescued exceeded three figures.
Key figures from the White Knight Guild, including Kang Yeon-soo, also arrived at the scene one after another.
The first to arrive with Kang Yeon-soo was S-class healer Koo Sang-min.
‘Long time no see. That brother.’
Although I was happy to see someone I was close with, I was also heartbroken at the reality that we could no longer be close.
In any case, since he, who is said to be the ultimate king of trauma recovery, has arrived, even serious injuries will not get any worse.
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