Episode 291 [ Volcano (1) ]
The western foot of Baekdu Mountain.
About a dozen Koreans were hiding in the thick forest.
Most of them were so famous that no one knew about them.
The head of the highest guild was also visible, and there was also an awakened person who was making a name for himself as the most skilled person before the advent of dimension shifters.
They were all representative combat awakeners that Korea was proud of. And among them, Kyung-hoon was seen wearing a black bulletproof vest.
These were a raiding force made up of high-level awakened people.
The raiding party was now hiding in the shadows of the forest, waiting for contact.
Tutututu.
bang! bang!
In the distance, the sounds of helicopters and bombs falling were heard from the east of Baekdu Mountain. There was also a mix of monsters screaming and the sound of a helicopter being smashed.
It was a sound coming from the unit that was luring the monsters.
The sound was moving further and further east.
And the news the group wanted to hear came from the radio.
[The operation is a success. Most of the monsters began to pursue the manned troops. Monsters are moving to the southeast!]
[The overlord monsters are not moving! The attack team’s operational area is the summit of Baekdu Mountain. Same as before!]
The manned unit created by scraping together military helicopters succeeded in bringing out the monsters.
People woke up to the good news.
“Well, is it our turn now?”
The large awakened man muttered as he relaxed.
He carried the huge ax on his shoulder and relaxed.
He was a B-class awakener with the nickname Monster Lumberjack.
“I almost turned into a stone while waiting. “Let’s go up quickly.”
A woman with long, tightly tied hair said as she pulled out a huge scythe.
This woman was also a very famous awakened person called the Sickle Witch.
The other people warming up next to them were all famous enough to have their own nicknames.
“Are we leaving now?”
The middle-aged man between them asked Kyung-hoon.
He was the leader of Korea’s highest guild, [Hwanwoong].
He was an awakened person who was talked about a lot by the general public, but no one could ignore his charisma and skills leading the best guild in Korea.
But now he had no choice but to ask Kyung-hoon.
This was because it was the raid leader’s job to make the move.
No one was dissatisfied with Kyung-hoon being chosen as the leader of the attack team.
After Gyeonghoon became a naturalized person, many people hunted with him.
The people gathered here had also hunted with Gyeonghun at least once. And during the hunt, there was no one who didn’t admire Kyung-hoon’s skills.
Mana and its ability to be used at high levels. And even the ability to deal with monsters.
He was an awakened person who was difficult to even keep up with.
Gyeonghoon looked up at the mountain.
Mana was soaring from the top of the mountain.
Although others could not feel it, Kyung-hoon could feel the vast mana radiating from the top.
It was a monster that might be stronger than the dimensional monster I fought before.
Fortunately, this time the black monster was not visible and there were no other monarchs, but the situation on the human side was not so good.
Kyunghoon shook his head.
There was no end to just worrying. If Eve had been there, I had no choice but to move forward now.
“Yes, we are leaving now.”
At Kyung-hoon’s words, the awakened people began to climb the mountain. Snow-capped peaks awaited them.
*
About a dozen awakened people ran at the foot of Baekdu Mountain.
Although the slope was not low, the awakened people were climbing the mountain as if they were running on flat ground.
These were Korea’s greatest awakeners. They weren’t the type of people who would get tired from an incline like this.
Even as they went to deal with powerful monsters they had never seen before, the awakened people seemed quite relaxed.
“How many people are missing? “Everyone is amazing.”
An awakened person looked at the people and expressed admiration.
It was because I never thought that high-level awakened people would gather like this.
But the answer I received was extremely realistic.
“How amazing. Government pressure was no joke. “If I didn’t step forward, they were going to put the guild out of business.”
“The rewards were truly generous and the threats were no joke. “Honestly, I think I can retire after this.”
Grumbling sounds were heard from all over the place. But that wasn’t the only person.
“If you can’t stop it, it’s a big problem. “I have to protect my family.”
“They’re keeping it a secret for now, but they say they’ll make it public once they hunt it down. After this hunt, I might really be able to become a star.”
Some people came for their family and country, while others came for publicity and self-satisfaction.
In any case, almost all of the famous awakened people had arrived.
The awakened person with a scythe on his shoulder was Kyung-hoon. asked,
“What reward did the dimension shifter receive? “Threats won’t help.”
He was an awakened person who was naturalized in Korea anyway. I didn’t have any family in Korea, and I couldn’t keep them because I could move around.
At her question, Kyung-hoon glanced towards the south.
“Well…”
This time, I didn’t ask for any compensation. If the future was right, it was meaningless anyway.
When Kyung-hoon blurted out his words, people started talking about other topics again.
“I write this will every time, but this time it’s really awkward.”
“There is that, but inheritance needs to be decided in advance… If hunting is dangerous, other things become more bothersome than hunting.”
As I listened to the conversation that gradually turned to personal matters, Gyeonghoon also thought of the people he left behind in the south.
People from companies I have invested in and people I have met along the way.
He thought about leaving a warning to those people, but ended up not doing so.
The warning itself was meaningless. There was no reason to be anxious.
As he thought of each person, he frowned when a woman came to mind.
In the end, I couldn’t see Maria after that day. There was no time to check the lab or look for her.
If the future didn’t change, there was now no way to find out why she did what she did or why she left that sorry note. While Kyung-hoon was lost in thought, the people who were talking became quiet.
Crumbling.
Instead, the cries of monsters were heard.
Instead of opening their mouths, the awakened began to raise their mana.
“I thought it was time to show up.”
A lumberjack holding an ax smiled broadly at the monster blocking his path.
What was blocking the party were monsters that did not follow the manned unit.
Many monsters followed the manned unit, but there were many monsters left.
The monsters that blocked the party were large, high-grade monsters with mana dripping from their claws and teeth.
However, they were not the awakened ones to be scared by these monsters.
“There is no reason to waste time here. “It’s going through.”
“I waited!”
“I go first!”
As soon as Kyung-hoon’s words fell, the awakened people ran forward.
Kwagwagwagwa!
Mana spewed out from the sword and flames surged over the scythe.
Suddenly! Grrrr!
The ax cut off the giant monster’s head, and a wall of flames rose up and burned the monsters.
There was no need for Kyung-hoon to step forward.
They were like the best awakened people in Korea who had experienced countless hunts.
The group ran towards the top of the mountain, destroying the monsters in their way.
And not long after, the group arrived at the top of the mountain.
*
The summit of Baekdu Mountain, where a beautiful lake spreads out.
Bubbling.
But now the lake was boiling.
The black hole portal created next to the lake was still open, but no monsters were seen coming through the hole.
Kyung-hoon looked around the hole and frowned.
“Is the black monster in that dimension?”
There were no black dimensional monsters visible around the hole.
But Kyung-hoon’s expression did not relax.
‘It won’t be easy to move through space or dimension.’
It was difficult to open a new door because the portal had already been created.
It was a similar situation to the battle that took place on Mt. Baekdu in the past.
Not only the dimensional monsters but also the stone giants were nowhere to be seen. There was no way for something so gigantic to hide, but the inside of the crater was empty.
Instead, a round reef, which I had never seen before, emerged in the center of the lake.
It couldn’t have been anything else. Naturally, the reef was the head of a stone giant.
“Is that the monster’s head? “How big is it?”
It was a bit small to be called an island, but the head above the water was larger than an average rock.
The guild leader of Hwanung Guild opened his mouth with a serious expression.
“What is the depth of the lake here?”
“I looked it up before I came, and I heard that the average distance is about 200 meters and the maximum distance is about 400 meters?”
“It’s not like a rock would float on water, and that’s the center of the lake… Was it a guy over 400 meters tall?”
Because they looked at satellite images, they were unable to properly perceive the size of the stone giant.
“Rather than that, what are they doing over there? Could it be that he boils lake water with his own body?”
The awakened people thought of cup ramen and laughed, but Kyung-hoon took out his sword with a stern expression.
The sword he took out was not the Mirinae made by Omar.
[Instant death in life].
A sword with Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s famous saying written on it.
It was the Samjeonggeom.
The first piece of the Samjeong swords that had been used and used for so long was in Gyeonghoon’s hand.
“The size of the monster will be well over 400m. And the thing that is boiling the water of heaven and earth is not a monster.”
Gyeonghoon left his words there and pointed his sword at the reef.
It was quite a distance away, but Kyunghoon didn’t care and poured mana into the sword.
‘If you look at time, is this the first overcharge in history? ?’
The mana stone embedded in the sword trembled, and Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s phrase glowed brightly:
“Go!”
The moment Gyeonghun finished speaking, a mana storm spewed out from the sword.
Kwagwagwagwa!
Unlike before, the narrow mana storm ran towards the lake.
Puaaaaaa!
The mana blades cut through the ground and split the water.
The water split and a mana storm formed. We headed towards this reef.
The boiling water turned into steam and covered the lake. Then, a loud explosion was heard from the center of the steam.
Quaaaaaaaa!
A mana storm hit the reef.
“Wow…”
“Oh my god. ….”
People gaped and looked at Kyung-hoon and the scene he had created.
This was because few people had seen Kyung-hoon use the overcharge properly.
However, the people who were looking at Kyung-hoon with surprised eyes were shocked again by the sound they heard.
Wow!
A huge roar broke through the steam covering the lake and spread in all directions.
[Anger Anger Anger Anger Dare!]
At the same time, a powerful image covered the crater.
“Ugh! what’s this!”
“Something is in my head!”
“Oh my god… it’s a mental attack!”
The awakened people held their heads in surprise at the sudden flood of images.
Kyung-hoon blocked the front of the group. And sprinkled mana around.
People could feel the images penetrating their minds weakening.
“Like I said before, you can block it by moving mana to your head.”
At Kyung-hoon’s words, people quickly moved their mana. As I wrapped my head in mana, the headache gradually subsided.
“My God, is the image this strong?”
The awakened people who listened to Kyung-hoon’s words looked at the lake with steam rising with surprised faces.
The steam was gradually clearing.
And then the stone giant appeared.
“oh my god.”
The awakened people gasped in surprise.
Grrrrrrrgh.
The head of the stone giant that looked like a reef was gradually rising upward.
My shoulders came out of the water and my back straightened. Her breasts were visible and her stomach was sticking out.
“Were you sitting down?”
The height of the stone giant was neither 200m nor 400m.
The length exposed out of the water seemed to be well over 300m.
Fuaaaaaa!
At the same time, red lava began to gush out around the stone giant.
The water vapor that had shrunk rose again and formed a stone. The lava surrounded the giant and spread out more and more widely.
The stone giant was not just standing in the water. It was sitting at the bottom of the lake, boiling lava.
People looked at the boiling lake with pale faces. The stone giant was not just standing in the water. It was sitting at the bottom of the lake, boiling lava. People looked at
the boiling lake with pale faces. A huge stone giant engulfed in lava and steam.
It was like seeing a giant who was said to have eaten a god in mythology.
Everyone was mesmerized and looked at the stone giant, but one person moved his body instead of looking.
Papapak!
Gyeonghoon ran away.
It didn’t change anything just because the monster was in the water.
It didn’t change anything if it was bigger than expected.
It didn’t matter that the lava had been pulled out.
Kyung-hoon ran towards the lake.
He didn’t know if defeating that monster would change the future. Maybe he could go home. I didn’t know if I would be able to do it.
I still couldn’t find a way to return home, and the enemy was stronger than I thought. My body couldn’t fully recover. There were many challenges, and Kyung-Hoon didn’t
know the right answer yet.
But Kyung-Hoon didn’t stop. The enemy
was right in front of him.
It was no time to worry. Now was the time to fight the enemy.
“Move! “We are following the strategy I mentioned before!”
Kyung-hoon shouted back and jumped into the lake.
Sigh!
He continued to run on the lake. Boiling water and lava passed beneath Kyung-hoon’s feet.
Breaking through the steam, Kyung-hoon moved towards the stone giant.
A huge rock god filled my field of vision.
We have finally come face to face with the new ruler of the monsters.
