Episode 172 Enemy Hostility (2)
[Abilities that match your personality will be provided.]
[The title < Fire Tiger Slayer > has been obtained.]
‘Title?’
Baek Woo-jin tilted his head. I thought I would receive something, but I never thought it would be a title.
-Phew….
Darkness sighed in relief.
I was also wondering what if it was a legendary title, but seeing that the title was gold, fortunately it was a unique title.
‘I’ll have to look at my options.’
Baek Woo-jin brought up the option for the title.
< Fire Tiger Slayer >
Grade: Unique.
This title can only be received when you kill 300 Fire Tigers and the Fire Tiger King. Fire attribute sensitivity and fire attribute resistance increase, and all abilities increase by 15% when dealing with beast-type monsters.
‘It’s okay.’
When I saw the title option, I smiled with satisfaction.
I liked the increase in fire attribute sensitivity and resistance, and I also liked the fact that my abilities became stronger when dealing with beast-type monsters.
-Hmm, well, I passed at this level.
Darkness nodded as if he were an appraiser.
What Baek Woo-jin had gained so far was so fraudulent that he could accept it at this level.
“Let’s go now.”
Baek Woo-jin looked at the dark darkness and approached Mu Young-gaek.
“The door is open!”
Muyounggaek knocked on the empty wall and opened the door.
“It’s a little strange, isn’t it?”
Baek Woo-jin didn’t leave but instead looked back. Hwaho’s room felt darker than when he first entered.
“yes? What?”
“Don’t you think it’s gotten a little dark?”
“I guess they turned off the lights to tell us to go because we killed all the monsters?”
“okay?”
Baek Woo-jin thought that might be the case and went out the door.
“Hehe.”
Mu Young-gaek grinned and looked up at the ceiling of Hwa-ho’s room, then followed Baek Woo-jin.
* * *
The lowest level of Jeokho Castle.
The scene where Baek Woo-jin catches Hwa-ho was playing in the huge hologram window.
“Hmm…”
A middle-aged man with red skin and a rough look twitched his fingers as he watched Baek Woo-jin’s battle.
“He’s the best one so far.”
The young human on the screen was handling the tigers with the greatest ease among the humans who had ever entered the enemy castle.
“In a way, is it natural?”
The middle-aged man chuckled when he saw the key to Jeokho Castle that Baek Woo-jin was holding on his finger.
“Because there is a key to Jeokho Castle.”
The key to Jeokho Fortress not only guides you through the castle, but also reveals its secrets. Secrets that even the castle manager does not know.
If the guy who brought that key had average skills, I would have been rather disappointed.
“But even if you have that key, it won’t be easy to break through here.”
Jeok Ho-seong’s manager looked at Baek Woo-jin’s face on the screen and gave off a cool look.
“Because this castle will find your weakness.”
* * *
“Is the second one ice?”
Baek Woo-jin and Mu Young-gaek arrived at the second room after walking for almost half a day.
Outside the transparent beads, there were another 100 tigers, and unlike the tigers, their color was blue like the sea.
‘They say they’re called Cheongho.’
The second test was the same except that you had to escape from Cheongho instead of Hwaho.
The hidden condition of gaining special abilities by catching 301 blue tigers also remained the same.
‘The size has become a bit smaller.’
-Hmm, I thought it would get bigger.
Hwaho was the size of a mid-sized car, but Cheongho was about the size of a compact car. Although it wasn’t a huge difference, it was noticeable that it had become smaller.
‘You’ll find out when you get there.’
Baek Woo-jin looked back. Muyeonggaek had already sat down and was ready to watch.
“It’s really amazing.”
“Prosecutor. I’m rooting for you!”
“Huh…”
Baek Woo-jin came out of the ball with a laugh.
“Krrr!”
“Khaaah!”
Unlike the fire tigers, the blue tigers did not rush right away, but circled around Baek Woo-jin and spewed out cold air from their mouths.
Damn it.
The floor and walls began to freeze due to the cold breath spread by the blue tigers.
“Khehehe!”
As the entire space around Baek Woo-jin froze, the blue tigers began to move in earnest.
Sigh!
The Blue Tigers moved at a faster speed than the Fire Tigers on the ice.
Not only was it fast, it also drew a fast yet smooth curve as if it were wearing skates.
“Crrrrrrr!”
The blue tigers that were crossing and circling around Baek Woo-jin leaped towards Baek Woo-jin.
“I’m sorry, but it’s no use.”
Baek Woo-jin drew his sword with a calm expression.
The idea may have been to hinder movement by lowering the ice and temperature on the floor, but this level of cold does not even help the liver.
Sigh!
Baek Woo-jin swung his sword at Cheong-ho, who was running towards him.
Because I knew Hwaho’s waist strength, I sprayed the aura faster and longer.
“uh?”
However, Cheongho used his smaller body and stronger waist to avoid Baek Woo-jin’s attack.
“Look at these guys?”
Even while Baek Woo-jin was embarrassed, he turned to the left and avoided the attacks of the blue tigers attacking him.
Sigh!
He swung his sword faster and more flexibly than before and decapitated the two blue tigers at the same time.
-These guys have become stronger. It’s not just that you’ve become stronger, but in a way that’s specialized for you.
‘I think so.’
Baek Woo-jin took a step back and nodded.
Blue Tiger was faster than Fire Tiger, his elemental strength was stronger, and he was calculating his movements.
‘It looks like he figured out my movements when dealing with the enemy.’
-If the monster becomes stronger like this, it will be harder to break through than you think, right? It wasn’t a dangerous place for nothing.
‘well.’
The blue tigers were constantly emitting cold air to slow down their movements. I was convinced when I saw that.
‘These guys only understand me based on what I show them.’
-what?
‘I mean, you don’t know that I won the title by catching Hwaho.’
Baek Woo-jin grinned and looked at Cheongho surrounding him.
Quaaaaa!
The blue tigers who were collecting cold air behind them spewed out their breath of cold air at Baek Woo-jin.
Damn it!
When Baek Woo-jin dodged the attack by stepping on it, a huge ice pillar was created in the space where he was.
“I have become stronger than you have become stronger.”
Baek Woo-jin used Hoeryeong to move behind Cheongho, who was in the rear.
Sigh!
With a light swing of the female sword, he cut off the bodies of two blue tigers.
“Keuung!”
The blue tigers rushed at a faster pace and spewed out cold breath, but they could not touch Baek Woo-jin’s hair.
Pow!
Baek Woo-jin moved zigzag like lightning and began slaughtering the blue tigers surrounding him.
After learning that the blue tiger had evolved to suit its movements, catching them became much easier.
‘The title effect is no joke.’
Of course, the reason was because of the title < Fire Tiger Slayer > that he earned while capturing Fire Tiger.
Thanks to the 15% increase in ability, killing Cheongho was no different from just lying down if you only counted his movements.
‘It will be over faster than Hwaho.’
-You idiots! Send someone other than the tiger!
* * *
“Kuhuhuhhh!”
When 300 blue tigers were caught, the blue tiger king appeared, just like the fire tiger. Although he was smaller than the Fire Tiger King, he had more energy.
Quaaaaa!
Instead of rushing in recklessly like the Fire Tiger King, the Blue Tiger King circled around Baek Woo-jin and blew out a breath of bitter cold from his mouth.
Although much more powerful cold air poured out than the blue tiger, it had little effect on Baek Woo-jin, who had extreme water resistance.
Squeak!
Baek Woo-jin dodged the Cheongho King’s breath and launched twelve lightning bolts.
“Keuung!”
King Cheongho jumped so high that he reached the ceiling and avoided Lightning Island. He jumped down at Baek Woo-jin and swung his huge claws.
“I see you came on your own.”
Baek Woo-jin laughed in front of claws that had the power to split his body with just a touch.
Grumble!
A bright red flame like a snake’s tongue shot out from the armpit sword.
Pead deud deuk!
Baek Woo-jin ripped off his excavator-like claws and drove his sword into King Cheongho’s head in a show full of fear.
“Kyaaaa!”
King Cheongho melted like a snowman in spring, engulfed in an unquenchable flame.
[Abilities that match your personality are provided.]
[The title < Blue Tiger Slayer > has been obtained.]
-Huh? Are you giving it to me again?
‘Of course I have to give it to you again.’
Baek Woo-jin smiled and looked at Cheongho Slayer’s options.
‘As expected, it’s the same.’
It was the exact same option as the Fire Tiger Slayer except that the fire resistance and sensitivity were changed to water properties.
-Did the guy who created this place get a puncture in the head like the system did?
‘huh?’
-What kind of unique title are they giving away like this? The stats for beast-type monsters are already at 30%!’
Darkness gritted his teeth, glaring into the darkness.
-Send someone strong, not a beast type!
* * *
“Damn it!”
The manager of Jeok Ho-seong, who was watching the battle between Baek Woo-jin and Cheong-ho, hit the handle of the chair with his fist.
“Why isn’t anything working!”
The humans shown in the hologram endured the coldness of the blue tigers as easily as if it were a breeze and slaughtered the blue tigers.
Even the Blue Tiger King’s cold breath, which was much more powerful than the Blue Tiger, had no effect on that damned human.
“It’s resistant to both attributes…”
It was absurd, but it also didn’t make sense. Although it is not common, there were people who had strong resistance to both attributes.
However, attribute resistance was not the only reason the manager was annoyed.
‘Why is it faster?’
The man did not use any special powers.
I used a similar aura as when catching the Fire Tiger, but I was able to catch the stronger Blue Tiger more easily. It was a phenomenon I did not understand.
‘I need to raise my level even more. Faster and stronger. The movements are as detailed as the wheels of a clock.’
The administrator made the green tigers in the third room that Baek Woo-jin would reach at a higher level of difficulty than the original test.
I hoped that even if I passed, I would spend a lot of time and energy, but that wish did not come true.
“Uh oh…”
The manager drooled involuntarily when he saw Baek Woo-jin dealing with the green tiger.
This is because they were massacred at a much faster rate than when Cheongho was killed.
“How…”
I couldn’t say anything properly because my jaw was stuck.
I sent a green tiger that was much stronger than the standard, but it died more easily, so I wondered if this was a dream.
“Does this make sense?”
What’s even more annoying is that that person still hasn’t used any great strength or special abilities.
Just like when I first captured the Tigers, I just slashed with my aura-covered sword, but the Green Tigers died helplessly.
“Ugh…”
The manager jumped up in exasperation. The recoil broke the chair he was sitting on.
Baek Woo-jin won two titles and was able to easily deal with the green tiger with his 30% enhanced abilities.
However, the manager was unable to understand the current situation because he did not know what compensation Baek Woo-jin was getting.
“It’s already over.”
Baek Woo-jin cleaned up Nokho’s room in an instant and started moving again.
“You’re going to pass the test like this?”
The administrator gritted his teeth and raised the difficulty level of the tigers in the fourth room to the highest level.
He maximized everything, including strength, speed, and judgment, and even incorporated Baek Woo-jin’s movements that he had analyzed.
“Let’s see if you can get over here. “Huh!”
However, when the fight started in the fourth room, the manager was so shocked that he collapsed on the floor with a broken chair.
This is because Baek Woo-jin eliminated the Yellow Tiger, which was set to the highest level of difficulty, faster and more comfortably than the Green Tiger.
“Ugh!”
The middle-aged man shouted loudly.
It was like seeing a god of war, a human being who possesses resistance to all four major attributes and becomes stronger the more he fights.
“If things continue like this, we might meet…”
That person passed the test so quickly that if things continued like this, it seemed like they would meet up with the people who went before.
The humans who entered first weren’t slow either.
They passed the test fairly quickly by using the method of finding a door to exit, leaving behind a small number of tigers.
But that young human was insanely fast at catching monsters, and the obnoxious-looking guy next to him was fast at finding hidden doors.
To be honest, they both seemed crazy.
“If this happens…”
The middle-aged man glared at Baek Woo-jin and Moo Young-gaek with glaring eyes.
* * *
The manager of Jeokho Castle was biting his nails on the final exam floor.
‘Is this right. It’ll be right.’
With a near-confident prediction, the young man was getting stronger as he took the test.
So we moved them here to the final exam floor. To deal with it before it gets stronger.
Jeez.
As soon as the sound of steps coming through the door was heard, the manager placed his hand on the ground.
Chiiing!
The magic circle drawn on the entire floor glowed and a huge mountain rose up.
No, it wasn’t a mountain.
It was an incredibly large tiger with four heads with flashing red fur.
“Krrrrr!”
The tiger was spewing out the breath of fire, ice, wind, and earth from each of its four heads.
“Khehehe!”
It was just a growling cry, but the entire test room, the size of a football stadium, shook.
“Gwiho. “It’s been a while since I needed to put in some effort.”
This ghost was the final test and the strongest being here in Red Tiger City.
Each and every strand of hair was harder than steel as it manipulated the four attributes, so even a powerful swordsman’s aura could not even injure it.
Guiho was the gatekeeper of an iron wall that had never been breached.
“Kill them.”
The manager pointed to Baek Woo-jin and Moo Young-gu who came through the door.
“Krrrrr!”
“Good.”
Although Guiho was so violent that he could not even breathe properly, the man grinned.
“I wanted to have a fight like this once.”
The man raised his hand. A spirit contract circle flashed in his hand.
Quaaaaa!
The dimension behind the man’s back split apart.
The dimension was torn apart, and a red dragon burning with prominence flames and a huge blue bird shining with white ice appeared.
That wasn’t the end.
A green tiger with a lion-like mane appeared cutting through the storm, and Earth Reno, whose horns seemed to reach the ceiling, shook the ground.
“Ah…”
The manager’s upper and lower teeth chattered and clashed like crazy.
I’ve never seen four spirits or such high-level spirits summoned at the same time.
“What is that bastard?”
The swear word he had been holding in until the end came out of the manager’s mouth.
