Catacombs (2)
Quaaaaaaang!
A giant flash golem appeared as it completely destroyed the half-collapsed house.
Flash Golem.
It was a golem whose entire body was woven from the corpses of humans and monsters.
The human head, hands, feet and limbs were intertwined from the arms to the legs, and the appearance was terrifying.
“… It’s much more disgusting than the Abomination…?”
Even Sang-woo took a few steps back, not daring to attack at that appearance.
By the time everyone gets tired of seeing the size, disgust, and even the power to destroy buildings.
“Ugh!! Gross!!!”
With those words, a ray of blue flame passed through Sangwoo.
And the flames rushed to the flash golem in an instant, and wrapped around the golem’s entire body and rode up.
Whoaaah-!
A flash golem that is engulfed in blue flames and burns.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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a terrible scream spreads from the heads of the burning Flash Golem.
Eventually, the golem collapsed as if its vitality had run out.
It was an empty ending for a huge size and appearance.
“…Are the flash golems inherently weak?”
Sang-woo, who watched the scene after having the clones block the zombies, murmured in admiration.
“no. Our captain is strong.”
A voice came from the side.
Sangwoo looked at the place where he heard the answer.
Kim Seon-ah was standing there.
She was carrying a heavy-looking bag behind her back, and along with it, a round bead-like imaging device was floating next to it.
It was a state-of-the-art broadcasting tool capable of shooting 360 degrees and transmitting video to the outside even inside the portal because it was combined with mana and electronic communication technology.
The bag he was carrying seemed to contain mana batteries and communications equipment.
“Are you the captain?”
“yes. He’s our captain. Oh, viewers, this is Hunter, who we got to hunt with.”
“Uh hello.”
Sang-woo looked at Kim Seon-ah’s video studio and said hello.
In fact, I already knew that Kim Sun-ah was broadcasting as a BJ.
This is because Kim Sun-ah asked for permission to shoot before the hunt.
I said I would understand, but it was a bit embarrassing to go through it myself.
I wonder if the atmosphere of a broadcast versus a life-and-death hunt doesn’t suit the atmosphere.
‘You’ll do fine. All I have to do is do my best.’
Sang-woo himself decided to do it because it helped a lot while watching the strategy video when he was a beginner.
“Oh~ Hunter, the reaction is hot as soon as the screen is captured. Hunter, would you like to see the chat?”
“Really? Show me.”
Kim Sun-ah requested communication through smart goggles.
When Sang-woo accepted it, a hologram window appeared on his smart goggles and chatting messages spread out.
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-[Military female college student]: Elegantly handsome~
-[Master Master]: Isn’t that face a foul with his muscles?
-[Shiruken]: Clone magic trick…
-[kkd1418]: ??? Shark, why are you here
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Most of the chats were full of compliments and came up quickly.
Sang-woo couldn’t read it properly, but he was amazed and greeted the viewers.
“Oh, it’s my first time appearing on a broadcast, so it’s amazing. I am C-Class Hunter Jeong Sang-woo. Nice to meet you.”
When Sang-woo greeted them, the chatting went up even faster.
He was handsome, he had a good voice, etc. They were opinions about his appearance and Sangwoo’s alter ego.
Because they were compliments, Sang-woo felt better too.
So, I started taking questions from viewers.
“How long has it been since you woke up? It hasn’t been a year yet. how old are you? a bit young haha.”
But now it’s a hunting ground.
Kim Sun-ah cut it off at an appropriate line so that the broadcast would not interfere with hunting.
“Yes, handsome Hunter, I will show you again later. You see the captain over there. Viewers saw it too. Captain Han Mi-ho killed the Flash Golem in one hit with the blue flame! Isn’t that great?”
It drew viewers’ attention to the body of the flesh golem.
Sang-woo also put down the broadcast chat window and turned his head to the front.
Blue flames were burning the corpses of the golems, which had turned into piles of corpses.
It was Miho Han.
Enveloped in flames identical to the blue flames burning the golem, she swayed gently with several white foxtails protruding from her hips.
‘I heard that you woke up as a nine-tailed fox, but it was real. But do nine-tailed foxes use flames?’
I have heard that nine-tailed foxes use various techniques since ancient times.
The blue flame Han Mi-ho uses must be one of his related abilities.
‘It looked very clumsy, but as expected, A-class is not for everyone.’
Sang-woo slightly modified his preconceived notions about Han Mi-ho.
His personality is strange but strong.
Afterwards, Han Mi-ho ran out alone and burned them all when monsters that looked a bit strong or gross appeared.
Han Mi-ho becomes a blue flame and sweeps away a group of zombies, and catches monsters while blowing sparks from afar.
She hunted while singing a song as if she was excited.
“My love is on fire~ Woo~”
“Our friends are on fire~”
It was as if they were on a picnic.
It’s like A-class leisure.
Seeing her like that, Kim Seon-ah chatted excitedly with the viewers.
“The space to sing among the monsters! But our captain can’t sing. Are you dancing? I also dance sometimes. It’s in the video I uploaded last time. Captain, what’s your chest size? Um… only I know.”
They were Yolo Guild members who didn’t know if they were hunting or just playing.
Still, thanks to the performance of A-class Han Mi-ho, the party was able to easily hunt without much risk.
‘Is this the feeling of being taken aback?’
Even Sang-woo felt that way.
It was because he was growing rapidly while madly wiping out the hordes of monsters flocking to him with his clones.
“Everyone, this is one of the entrances to the catacombs.”
And when the party dug into the center of Paris to some extent, they were able to find the entrance to the catacombs created by portals.
A portal that opened like a sinkhole through the floor.
“You can jump down here, but as soon as you enter the portal, it’s flat, so don’t worry. Shall we go in now?”
Under Bae Chul-min’s lead, the party entered the catacombs portal one after another.
A city where everyone entered until the last person and only monsters remained.
A surveillance camera hidden among the rubble of a building in the devastated city was filming the entrance to the catacombs portal.
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Sang-woo was impressed as he entered the portal.
It was because of the very smooth hunting.
‘Is this the potential of a higher guild? It’s super easy because I follow the strategy.’
Sang-woo felt a bit pressured when Park Won-tae said that he would connect him with another guild raiding party for the first time.
Because I had no experience of party hunting.
However, the proper hunting method of the raiding party that I had experienced was truly a new world.
It was because I knew where there were many monsters, what dangers, where the portals were, and what the roads were all about, and I was taking the best route quickly and maximally.
It was difficult to provide such information at the still small JM agency, so it was a bit of a comparison.
‘Instead, our agency is a gangster with a settlement ratio.’
The higher the grade, the higher the settlement rate, so for Sang-woo, who is good at hunting on his own, JM Agency was better.
‘I’ll use my connections only when it’s necessary and join the raiding party.’
While thinking about this and that, Sang-woo looked inside the catacombs he had entered.
The cave, which had no light at all, was illuminated by the headlamps of the guild members who had already entered and the light source magic spheres floating in the air.
Even so, the passage inside the gloomy catacombs was much narrower than expected, as if darkness engulfed the light.
It was only about 2-3m high and 4-5m wide.
If two people stand side by side, it’s a bit loose, and if three people stand side by side, it’s a bit tight.
In addition, the walls were covered with a strange dark red mucous membrane, giving it a bizarre feeling.
“Now, the passage on the first floor is narrow, but it widens as you go down to the second floor. On the 1st floor, it would be nice to have someone who is a damage tank take the lead. Who…”
“I will be in the lead.”
Sang-woo came out.
It was because I wanted to stand at the forefront with clone techniques and wipe out the monsters.
“great. Then, Sang-woo and your alter egos, please stand at the forefront. Me and the Goguryeo Guild will follow right behind. Yolo Guild people, please take care of the rear. Are you okay, Captain?”
“Yes, I’m happy~”
“Yes, thank you, Captain. Then let’s set off. If you get lost, you’ll be in big trouble, so be careful and follow me!”
Sang-woo went inside the catacombs, being guided by a guild member with mapping skills among the Goguryeo guild members.
The passage was full of undead like the ground.
However, the difference from the ground was that the colors of the undead were different.
Greenish zombie skeletons in dark red color.
Compared to the existing Undead, they were faster, harder, and stronger.
There were also iron skeletons whose bones were dyed black and as hard as iron.
In addition, a skeleton archer and a mage who shoot arrows and magic.
Fluffy!
The arrow shot by the skeleton archer lodged in the clone’s body.
[Physical resistance has risen by 0.001.]
However, the clones didn’t care and threw their maces at the undead in front.
Pak! Pak! Pak!
The undead fell in shock.
However, it did not break as easily as before.
Rather, he attacked the clones’ legs.
Knock!
Breaking his ankle and falling over.
Disregarding the pain, the alter ego put a mace on the head of the Red Skeleton that attacked its ankle.
Pak! Pak! Quick!
The Red Skeleton’s head was shattered by several strokes of the mace.
[Muscle strength increased by 0.001.]
[Magic power increased by 0.001.]
At that time, a fluctuation of mana was detected in the front part where the skeletons were gathered.
“Keep down!”
The guild members in the back shouted.
Sang-woo lowered his posture along with his alter ego.
“Barrier!”
Along with the familiar voice of Kim Seon-ah, a bright light came out and blocked the front.
At the same time, black mana streams were shot over the heads of the undead.
Paperweight!
The magic arrow struck the barrier and disappeared.
Even though it couldn’t penetrate the barrier, black electricity sprang up around the barrier as if the magical power of the technique was considerable.
“If you get hit directly, it’s dangerous! We have to kill the mage first!”
Sang-woo’s eyes lit up at Bae Chul-min’s cry.
The hard undead blocking the front.
Skeleton Archers and Mages who are attacking from a distance behind them.
‘I have to break through at once.’
After completing the calculation, Sang-woo ordered the clones.
“run!”
“Careful!”
Bae Cheol-min’s cry was heard.
Leaving behind his worries, the 12 clones who had been standing in three rows rushed forward, ignoring the monsters’ attacks.
The power of the blow is loaded on each weapon.
The weapons wielded by the first three clones hit the undead in front.
grasp!
The undead were pushed back and fell.
Soon after, the clones collided with the undead with their entire bodies to prevent them from rising and became entangled.
Fuck!
And the three clones standing in the back row pushed back the still standing undead with a strong blow.
And just like the first battle line, they intertwined with the undead and roamed the battlefield.
The battle line of the undead collapsed and the road began to open little by little.
bang!
The alter egos in the back row open the way again
and poop!
Also, the clones behind him opened the way.
‘see.’
Now, Skeleton Archers and Mages began to appear.
Watching that, Sang-woo shouted to Cheol-min Bae, who was behind him.
“Now!”
At Sang-woo’s cry, Cheol-min Bae, who was next to him, nodded and raised his battle shield.
A tower shield the size of which covers the entire body.
His legs swelled up to burst.
Before long he was ‘shot.’
Kwak!
It was a body slam with all his might.
Cheol-Min Bae, who reached the Skeleton Mage in an instant, kicking off the alter egos and the undead in all directions.
he wielded his shield
Kwajik!
The body of the Skeleton Mage was shattered with a heavy blow from a B-class Hunter.
At the same time, Cheol-Min Bae attacked the Skeleton Archer nearby.
Skeleton Archers, who collapsed just as easily.
“clear!”
At that voice, the other guild members rushed with all their strength.
Since the clones were already blocking the Undead from moving properly, all they had to do was finish off the fallen Undead.
In the end, the party who dealt with all the undead.
“Ha, it’s over.”
Fortunately, the clones who struggled were not reverse summoned.
As healers’ heels poured down on the injured clones, they were combined with the clone’s regenerative power and recovered to the point where there was no discomfort in movement.
Sang-woo searched the arms of the undead for those alter egos and found the jewels.
“Thank you for your effort. The first section is a bit difficult, but thanks to the alter egos, I managed to break through with ease.”
Bae Cheol-min, who made a great contribution to dealing with the Skeleton Mage, came and praised Sang-woo.
“no. Wow, chief. It’s really tight. here.”
“haha. I’m still in the beginning, so what? And it seems that it is because it is difficult for the alter egos to exert their power in a small space. I’d say they’re not compatible.”
“Hmm….”
Actually, Sang-woo felt the same way.
I wonder if the advantage of being a clone who benefits from the majority has disappeared.
Rather, in such a narrow passage, a small number of elites had an advantage.
‘Is that why only 5 people from the Goguryeo Guild and the Yolo Guild came?’
Sang-woo looked at Han Mi-ho, who watched the leisurely hunting in the back and was now laughing and chatting with Kim Seon-ah.
A nine-tailed fox with the ability to handle blue flames.
If she had stepped out, the hunt would have been over in an instant.
“Sangwoo, don’t be too discouraged. It’s only the first floor now. If you go down to the second basement floor, you will find a slightly wider space.”
“The second floor?”
“yes. It’s where the cemetery with the King of Spatoys is located.”
Bae Cheol-min took out a map and showed it.
A map of the catacombs, like a maze of intricate weaving.
Among them, Sangwoo’s party was located under an area called La Villette, slightly northeast of the center of France.
“If you look here, we are here on the La Villette side, but we will go up northeast like this and go towards Obervillier. Then…”
Bae Cheol-min pointed to the map and said.
His hand on the map went up right where they were and then snapped up left.
Sang-woo was suspicious.
“Can’t we just cross it diagonally? I don’t think there’s any need to go around.”
Sang-woo asked, pointing to the road that could go all the way diagonally.
“Oh, that’s not right. This middle area is off-limits.”
“No access?”
“yes. Contaminated areas are spreading.”
