Episode 23
After passing through the portal, all directions changed in an instant. Shin Yoosung calmly looked around.
‘There are no monsters nearby.’
The black fog limited the view, and the red moon in the sky seemed to be part of the dungeon. In addition, Sumire was holding on to Shin Yoo-seong’s clothes without realizing it in the gloomy scenery of graveyards lined up tightly.
“Aww… Where is the boss?”
Beep!
Then, as if responding to Sumire’s question, the pocket on her wrist emitted a hologram.
[You have entered the dungeon.]
[Name-Cemetery of Despair]
[Details-The haunting place of undead type monsters, the Death Knight and the Undead. The battle between the two powers continues.]
The pocket not only kept things, but also displayed the information as a hologram, as it is now, if it was a dungeon recorded by the association.
“Death knights and immortals…”
Sumire murmured the bosses’ childhood names. Shin Yoosung opened his mouth.
“The rule of the tournament is to attack the boss. It’s okay to return as long as you catch one.”
It was a natural rule because the more bosses existed in the dungeon, the more disadvantageous the record in the tournament was. The dungeon prepared by the association had different numbers of bosses depending on the type, but the balance was surprisingly good.
The reason was that if there are many bosses, there is a high probability of encountering them in the dungeon, and if there are few bosses, there are fewer unexpected situations and the strategy is stable.
However, Shin Yoo-seong was not satisfied with that.
‘One animal is not enough.’
It was a rare experience that a student could meet a level 4 boss. When defeating a boss, there were many cases in which artifacts came out with a low probability and skill proficiency increased. So, for Shin Yoo-seong, the boss was just a stepping stone to become stronger.
‘…catch all two.’
Of course, it wasn’t easy.
In order to receive the Artifact Black Dragon Cannon from the association, the clear record had to be in the top 4 on a first-come, first-served basis. In other words, Shin Yoo-seong was thinking of doing twice as much as the others and achieving the ranking.
“Sumire. Get ready.”
Shin Yuseong looked into the dark forest and said.
“yes!”
Let Sumire pose with a tense face.
Dadak. All right.
The clunky sound of horses hooves came from the woods. The graveyard was illuminated by the red moonlight, but the forest on the other side was invisible.
All right. All right.
The sound of horses’ hooves got closer, and a skeleton horse appeared with blue lights flickering in its eyes.
“That one…”
Sumire pointed her index finger at the Skeleton Horse, or more precisely, at the top of the Skeleton Horse. A knight in armor was riding there.
“Death Knight!”
Sumire shouted with a surprised face. The Skeleton Horse shook its head once and galloped towards Sumire.
“die.”
Death Knight’s grotesque voice.
A ghastly sound came from the skeletal head.
All right! All right!
The Skeleton Horse ran across the stone floor at breakneck speed. Shin Yoo-seong stood in front of Death Knight, aiming for an opportunity.
“die!”
A Death Knight’s sword wielded with momentum.
Booung!
The power of the sword containing the Skeleton Horse’s charging power was like a single skill.
‘Slow.’
Shin Yuseong turned to the side to avoid the sword. The Skeleton Horse was speeding up tremendously, but Shin Yoo-seong, who raised his concentration, was slow.
‘There it is.’
Shin Yuseong put his hand through the gap in the armor, grabbed the bone, and threw it to the floor.
Considering the Skeleton Horse’s charging power, it was a reckless move. However, Shin Yuseong, who was trained by King Kwon, succeeded in doing so.
Quaang!
A Death Knight thrown to the ground and a Skeleton Horse that lost its owner. Shin Yoo-seong was able to smash the Death Knight’s bones, but he didn’t.
“Sumire.”
“yes!”
As long as Sumire was by her side, the undead monsters were a valuable force.
Saaak!
[Call of the dead]
Purple light spread from Sumire’s hand. The Death Knight stopped moving as if answering a call.
Although he did not know who the voice of the dead that Sumire was embodied as mana was, it was clear that he was an undead of a fairly high rank.
“Now I will serve you.”
The Death Knight got down on one knee.
The Skeleton Horse also lowered its stance and lowered its head. Sumire with a blank expression watching over them.
“Poetry Shin Yoo-seong! It worked!”
Sumire belatedly shouted and was delighted like a child. The fact that the skill was successful against the Death Knight was proof that although the characteristic was F-class, the proficiency was high and the mana in the body was excellent.
Yoosung Shin smiled at Sumire, who was delighted.
“Sumire. Ask the location of Dullahan.”
“Yes yes! Death Knight over there. Please tell me the location of Dyurahan…”
Dyurahan.
A headless knight with the most excellent swordsmanship among the Death Knights, he was one of the bosses in the graveyard of the dead.
But now, the head of the Death Knight was Sumire, not Dyurahan.
“…Durahan will soon appear in the Forest of Fog.”
Let the Death Knight tell you the location of Dyurahan. Shin Yoo-seong proceeded with a pre-arranged strategy to Sumire.
“Sumire. Do as you wish.”
“yes!”
Nodding her head, Sumire took out a strand of Shin Yoo-seong’s hair that she had carefully kept from her pocket.
Sumire and Shin Yooseong.
The two dungeon raid went smoothly.
* * *
Meirin, the manager of the Academy City branch of the Hunter Association, was carefully monitoring the attack on the Graveyard of Despair with a drone camera.
Mei Lin was a busy body, but since she was a student Kang Yoo-chan and Kwon Wang watched, she thought she should invest that much.
“…But you said you had a party with only two people?”
Shin Yuseong ran towards somewhere, and Sumire summoned a skeleton with her hair. And through Death Knight, he was increasing his troops. In order to attack the boss, it is to act alone when it is not enough to join forces.
Adela, who applied for the attack alone, could understand, but Meirin couldn’t figure out why Shin Yoo-sung and Sumire were acting alone.
“ah! no way?”
Meilin called Ju Himchan, who was monitoring the Chinese team from the side.
“There, perhaps, the number of bosses in the Graveyard of Despair. Do you know?”
Himchan Joo answered Meirin’s question vigorously.
“Of course I know! Two Graveyards of Despair! One Astella Ice Castle! And…”
“Stop. That’s Okay. It’s two, right?”
Meilin cut off Joo Himchan’s words and looked at the monitor again. An attempt that no student has ever succeeded in.
‘As expected, that direction…’
Meirin seemed to have noticed Shin Yuseong’s thoughts.
‘…But is it possible? The teams attending this time…’
Meirin shifted her gaze to another monitor with a serious expression. It was the monitor that contained the situation of the Chinese team.
* * *
[Sacred Land of Moonlight]
A beautiful dungeon where the white moonlight shines down on the green meadow even in broad daylight.
Han Seol-ah, a Korean but part of the Chinese team, grinned as she threw a spear.
“98 with this.”
grasp!
A spear pierced the body of the moonlight wolf, which was showing off its fur while reflecting the moonlight. The meadow was stained red with the blood of the wolves.
Gying!
Mana gathered in Seolah Han’s hand and changed into a bow and arrow. It was the power of Seolah Han’s [Weapon Realization].
Wedge! puck!
“Ninety-nine.”
Han Seol-ah accurately pierced the moonlight wolf’s body with an arrow this time as well. The last one was Ryujin’s turn.
Awesome!
A perfect match that is hard to follow with the eye.
The moonlight wolf’s body was cut in half in front of Ryujin. Han Seol-ah muttered as she looked at the moon in the sky.
“100 with this. Finally, the Guardian of the Holy Land…”
The moon that lit up the Holy Land in the moonlight was covered by something. Like an eclipse of the sun disappearing, the moon that illuminated the dungeon disappeared. Han Seol-ah continued to talk while looking at the darkening sky without any sense of tension.
“It just gets dark and the boss doesn’t come out? The information in the pocket is wrong…”
Shuuk!
A creepy sound rang in Han Seol-ah’s ears. It was the sound of something sharp tearing the wind.
“what!?”
Han Seol-ah was surprised and pulled back, but it was already too late.
Pishuk!
The sharp beast’s claws tore Han Seol-ah’s arm like a rag.
“Ah! Keuugh…”
Only then did Han Seol-ah step back and distance herself from the beast.
“Kureung Kreureung…”
Heavy breathing from the front.
Slowly, the moonlight shines on the sacred ground again. The beast’s identity has been revealed.
Werewolf.
A monster that looks like a combination of a human and a wolf. Han Seol-ah grabbed her bloody arm and gnashed her teeth.
“Ugh, my arm…”
Since Han Seol-ah was injured on her weapon-handling arm, it was as if she had been excluded from the force.
Ryujin looked down at Han Seol-ah with a cold gaze.
“…Move.”
Seolah Han flinched at Ryujin’s frozen voice. Ryujin did not tolerate anything that interfered with him, even from his colleagues.
Han Seol-ah shut her mouth and step back. Ryujin raised his sword and faced the werewolf.
A monster with the free movement of a human and the physical abilities of a beast.
“Grrr… Khuong!”
Let the drooling werewolf rush at you. Ryujin’s body disappeared in an instant.
Chew!
eight.
Chew!
etc.
Chow!
leg.
A fleeting moment that lasts less than one second.
Werewolf’s body was hacked to pieces by Ryujin’s sword. The power of [Acceleration], which is said to be the best among S-class attributes. In addition, Ryujin was a monster who inherited the Swordsman’s swordsmanship.
Ryujin showed an overwhelming difference in skill and cut down Werewolf.
When the moonlight fell on the Holy Land, the werewolf’s fur became harder than steel, but it meant nothing.
Ryujin’s speed was several times ahead of Werewolf’s.
‘As expected, a monster…’
Han Seol-ah thought as she looked at Ryujin.
Han Seol-ah had no doubts that even if she searched the academies all over the world, there would be no opponent for Ryu Jin.
“Kreung gurreung…”
The werewolf whose arm was cut off was bleeding and gasping for breath. Ryujin looked at the werewolf with emotionless eyes.
Tsutsutsut!
Ryujin swung a sword filled with mana. The werewolf’s head landed on the sacred ground and the moonlight shattered.
Srung.
Putting the sword in the scabbard, Ryujin walked toward the portal.
Bubbly. widely.
Ryujin stopped beside Han Seol-ah. Ryujin said without even looking at Han Seol-ah.
“Return.”
Han Seol-ah nodded with a miserable face, as if she was resentful of her mistake. Skyscraper’s Blade. Jin Ryu.
The record of the Chinese team was first place.
