chapter 309
309 – The Dignity of the Transcendent
When you enter the dark space, the smoke may have already dissipated and disappeared, but that can’t be helped.
‘I wonder what can be done with that… Still, it can be said to be a by-product of the monster that defeated Yeon-su. There must be something, right?’
With my own expectations in mind, I took a moment to look at the current situation.
‘Still, I’m glad there are so many talented people. There are less fights. Surprisingly, the response is clear.’
The reason why there was no major confusion even though numerous hunters flocked to the area and caused two major crises and many deaths and serious injuries was probably because a big name named Park Yong-hwan stepped up and became the focal point from the beginning.< Br﹥
I decided to keep Park Yong-hwan in my mind as I didn’t have much information about him.
The giant monster that had spit out the black guy was quiet for over an hour, and in the meantime, the hunters had time to take care of themselves by eating a simple meal or taking a nap.
And finally, one of the early awakeners and so-called transcendents recruited by the management office appeared.
A bent-backed person fluttering translucent wings and falling lightly from the sky. Is this a person?
‘Those dragonfly-shaped wings… Is that him?! Indeed. Did the management office also think about it and call you?’
The translucent wings that had been fluttering were no longer visible as they were folded behind the Transcendant’s back, and considering the magical power felt from him, it was difficult to think of his shape as a human being.
‘…I heard that restrictions also affect appearance. This is my first time seeing it in person.’
He had his face completely covered by a mask, and he was shorter than a goblin. He had a physique that made you wonder if he could fight.
However, when he landed on the ground, the presence he gave off exploded at some point, and he could no longer think about such things.
– … It’s amazing.
– That’s him…
– This is Kim Seon-min, an insect master.
When he arrived, Park Yong-hwan ran to Beoseonbal and bowed politely to Kim Seon-min.
“Ah, hello! It’s an honor to meet you!”
“… Um. We don’t have time, so let’s postpone the statement for a while. Is that him?”
As soon as the transcendent Kim Seon-min arrived, he first looked for something to do.
He was completely distracted by the strange creature that went back and forth between black and bluish green, and then he uttered one word.
“It’s beautiful. It’s a perfect creature.”
“…Yes?”
Park Yong-hwan didn’t even dare to stand close to Kim Seon-min, and he gave a somewhat stupid answer.
“30 minutes.”
And the next 30 minutes that came out of Kim Seon-min’s mouth.
Park Yong-hwan nodded his head in satisfaction at the number, and soon fired a signal to inform the hunters of an all-out attack.
“The teacher only has 30 minutes to work! I plan to compete within that time!”
With Park Yong-hwan’s shout, insect master Kim Seon-min began to activate his abilities.
‘Indeed… If it’s that ability. Rather, it would be perfect for dealing with monsters in hibernation.’
Seonmin Kim had an ability that exactly matched the name of the class, which was the ability to literally control insects.
However, rather than bringing in exotic bugs from other worlds, most of them were things that were commonly known on Earth.
Ants, bees, beetles, fruit flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, fleas, bugs, dragonflies, etc.
Countless insects pour out from the gap between his face and the mask along with a thick liquid and rush towards the giant monster’s body.
‘The power of a single bug is weak, but when it starts to come together, the story changes.’
Kim Seon-min’s abilities were subject to the absurd restriction that he could only use magical power on insects, were extremely alien.
Magical power is only used to strengthen insects and build relationships. Because it does not directly emit magical power.
Even if you were a person with sensory abilities like me, you wouldn’t be able to pinpoint who the bug’s ‘boorim’ is.
Therefore, it is a very good ability to secretly work on enemies, and there is a rumor that he is actually rooted in the underworld.
Crunchy Crunchy Crunchy Crunch─
‘The ability to interact with so many insects one by one and manipulate them at will… It’s truly incomprehensible.’
It’s not exact, but I guess it is.
Kim Seon-min grants new powers to bugs, and the bugs reward him for the power he received by granting him what he wants.
It might have been an equal relationship.
Square – Sagagak –
The bugs began gnawing on the monster’s body in earnest.
Is the black guy completely oblivious to the swarm of bugs that have begun to cling to his body his, or is it so insignificant that he doesn’t care?
First of all, it was a good thing that there was no reaction.
Sasasasak─ Sasak─
Five-colored insects quickly began to cover the blue-green sphere, and soon the amount was large enough to tightly cover more than half of the black sphere.
“Ugh… “
Yeonhee looked at the bug and eventually frowned and closed her eyes tightly.
And quite a few of the hunters were complaining of pain like Yeonhee.
Calm─
All you can hear is the sound of insects gnawing on the monster.
It was so quiet that no other sound could be heard.
The hunters held their breath, fearing that making a sound might interfere with Kim Seon-min’s abilities, and about ten more minutes passed like that.
‘I’m crazy…’
Suddenly, I remembered reading a book with information about transcendental people when I was young.
It was commented that Kim Seon-min’s abilities listed there were not noticeable, but they were quiet and powerful.
‘It’s hard to see… How can they eat that huge thing so quickly?’
If he decides to attack hunters, most of them will be defeated without even being able to do anything.
Before we knew it, the monster’s body had shrunk to 80% of its original size.
‘It’s creepy that they still don’t know that their own bodies are being eaten. Is something like a paralyzing ingredient secreted together?’
I’ve only heard stories about this, but this is my first time seeing this mysterious ability.
The top hunters, including Kang Yeon-soo, were concentrating on building dozens of layers of defense around Kim Seon-min, who was sitting cross-legged, in preparation for any possible attack.
‘I don’t know if it will end like this…?’
To that extent, the current situation was positive.
Ten more minutes passed, and when the monster’s body had shrunk to 60%, the monster finally began to react.
Kiiiiing───
“Oh my…! It’s that ability from before! Thousands of gun ports are opening in my body!”
“Is that an ability that activates at certain times?”
“First of all, protect the Transcendant as your number one priority! Because the monster may not yet realize that it is being attacked by bugs!”
In reality, insect master Kim Seon-min was just sitting still, staring at the monster without any movement.
Insects continued to flow down his chin along with a light yellow, thick liquid. If strangers had seen it, they would have been scared and kept their distance.
However, the hunters guarding him were struggling to somehow accept at least one of them as their own, indulging in the flow and structure of the magic power he activated, rather than the reluctant appearance he could see.
“Thank you, senior… It’s a new world.”
Even lecturers bowed their heads to him and expressed their gratitude.
Kim Seon-min looked at Kang Yeon-soo with a strange look and said.
“Manipulating mana is a mysterious and mysterious thing. Even if it is not necessarily connected by a line, if you completely recognize it as yours, it will have the same effect as being connected even if you are separated.”
When Kim Seon-min, who was clearly the type of person of few words, spoke words filled with deep understanding, the top hunters pricked up their ears and nodded repeatedly, not wanting to miss a thing.
And just as he said, hundreds of millions of bugs were all moving in perfect order as he wanted.
‘Awareness that it is completely mine… Just converting the unfamiliar power of mana into magical power requires a major change in perception. How much understanding and enlightenment does it have to be based on to perceive it in that way?’
The more I thought about it, the more absurd it seemed.
However, listening to his words, I also felt something tingling, an energy of enlightenment that seemed out of reach.
“Keep some distance behind me. Don’t try to do anything else, okay? I’m just going to focus on defense for now. I need to recover a bit too.”
“Yes yes!”
We looked at Kim Seon-min near Yeonsu as if we were fascinated by something, and only after hearing her words did we begin to widen the distance behind us.
– Gather around the S class and build a magic shield!!
The reason why Park Yong-hwan’s cries became a little more urgent was probably because ominous magical power was condensing from the thousands of gun ports sprouting from the monster’s body.
“I still don’t know what’s going on… Is the light really shining over there?”
It has been a while since ‘Ran’s [Acceleration] Was lifted and Arin was released from my sub-space.
But she still couldn’t come to her senses, perhaps because of the aftereffects of being in her subspace.
‘The women you brought in from the underground factory last time weren’t just out of their minds because of the drugs? By the way, that bastard. It’s scarier because there’s no sound of the skill activating.’
In general, there was no impact sound at all like when a shell or something like that is fired.
Without any sound or warning, thousands of magic bullets exploded in all directions from the monster’s body.
───!!!
The hunters who were fully prepared worked together to deploy a shield and somehow block the guy’s attack.
Yeonhee and I also prepared our own defenses, but the attack power was so great that even the ricochet that bounced off Kang Yeon-soo’s shield was beyond our ability to block with our combined efforts.
Tatoo totoo-!!
“Uuuuu uuuuu uuuuux… When will it end… !?
“Keuuuuu… !”
Yeonhee and Arin were distracted by the constant barrage of magic bullets, but Yeonhee did not forget to cover Geomryong with a mysterious mucous membrane.
Whiooooo──
After a period of terrible patience passed, we felt that the monster’s attack had calmed down and we stuck our heads out next to Drake.
However, there weren’t many hunters left around us.
Rather, the hundreds of long lines running backwards on the ground showed that those who had built a defensive position in front were pushed far back by the shock.
Thanks to Yeonsu blocking us from the front, we were able to stay in place and maintain our distance from the monster.
[Booooo…]
The guy who had exhausted all his strength had clearly lost his energy, and his voice sounded somewhat painful.
[Booooo…?!]
Then, suddenly, the thousands of gunshots that had sprouted from its body turned into its pupils his, and began to stare intently at one place.
Creepy─
‘Ugh… I can’t believe my strength has decreased to this extent.’
“Wait, have you finally noticed it?”
Unlike me, the transcendent Kim Seon-min took the guy’s gaze with ease and smiled broadly.
The monster clearly recognized the transcendent Kim Seon-min, and its turquoise body turned red, showing that it was very angry.
Now its body has shrunk to less than half compared to when it was at its largest.
The hunters no longer used their skills excessively to increase the monster’s strength, and the bugs grew stronger and gnawed at the monster’s body.
“It’s a rumor. Heheul-“
Kim Seon-min called out her checkmate, and the other hunters sighed in relief and touched her chest.
‘Phew… This is the power of the transcendental. I can’t believe I can stop that goal-scoring monster all by myself.’
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