– Volume 10, Chapter 16
241. The fourth return. Earth (8)
The monsters move.
Attacks are made on those who panic. They groan and fall and crash.
“Ei-i-i-ik!”
Lee Joo-hyeok gritted his teeth and ran again.
The monster brandishes its long, black arm. Joo Hyuk Lee raises his shield.
Whoa!
“Kuk!”
With a strong shock, Lee Ju-hyeok’s body is pushed away. his eyes are shaking
At first, I thought it was because he was careless.
However, I made up my mind properly and went into the shield to block it, but it was pushed back. It meant that the difference between the monster and his strength was considerable.
“Oooooh!”
Hundreds of monsters rush. The number of players here is over 10,000. With simple calculations, one hundred people could cling to each monster and fight
.
But it was them who were pushed.
No one could stop the charging monster. People are swept away like ants in a storm.
“This can’t be like this!”
Lee Joo-hyeok shouted with denial. He wildly raised his sword and shield and charged at the monster.
He had the strength to be counted among hard mode players.
So far, I have never been pushed back in a 1:1 fight with a monster. He had the strength and experience to take down an ordinary
D-class monster without any problems.
Therefore, it exercised its independent right. because you are confident in yourself.
Kaaang!
However, even a single monster in front of him could not be defeated.
Rather than that, as the battle continued, they began to be pushed back.
“Nonsense! A monster can’t be this strong!”
He shouted, but the reality did not change anything. He wasn’t even able to block one monster
properly, and in the case of the other players, he was relentlessly pushed back.
If it went on like this, it would be annihilation.
Someone cried out in a mournful voice.
“Joo Hyuk!”
“iced coffee.”
He was their leader.
He had to give orders, either retreat or attack, but he was in shock and said nothing.
People started to fall down
. A monster leaped and landed in the middle of the crowd. It swung its long tentacles and tried to sweep them away.
“Ahhh.”
When people intuit death, the monster’s head was trampled on.
Kwajik.
[6879 damage to 157961 monsters.]
The monster fell in one blow. People who were terrified and tried to run away were surprised and forgot the situation.
“Uh…
“Six thousand?”
It was damage they could not have imagined.
And I heard that there is one person who pulls out such damage.
“Taesan-nim!”
Mount Tai was in front of them.
The Koo Ng
monster changes its target. From people to Taishan. Dozens of monsters rush at once to kill him.
“Uh uh!”
People freak out. Each of those monsters was much stronger than the hard mode players. Even when people close to the bay gathered, they couldn’t even fight a mediocre fight.
Taesan lazily clenched his fists.
Quadduk.
The head of the monster in front is crushed.
A monster was cut into pieces by the violently swinging arm, and several monsters exploded at once at the spurned foot.
Like a storm, Taesan took care of the monsters. In front of the overwhelming power, people watched blankly.
“Oh oh oh…
they bend the knee.
Taesan muttered as he cleaned up the monster.
“Whether you die or not is none of my business,
but you shouldn’t drag other people along.”
At Taesan’s words, Lee Joo-hyeok’s body trembled.
Just in case, I waited for Lee Ju-hyeok to come to his senses and give proper instructions, but in the end he was in shock and couldn’t do anything.
He was like that in his previous life. When a variable came up, I couldn’t accept it and fell into a panic. So many people died.
Kwadeuk. The monster caught in Taesan’s hand
splits into
two .
When it was almost tidied up, a purple crack suddenly trembled. A great force opened up and expanded.
And from there monsters jumped out.
The faces of those who believed in victory went white.
The purple crack is the passage through which the monster descends. If you can’t get rid of them within a certain amount of time, a passage will open and monsters will appear.
Unfathomable monsters appeared.
And the power felt from the monsters that appeared was also noticeably stronger than the previous monsters. By Taesan’s standards, it was a C-class level.
I could sense instinctively that even one of those monsters could annihilate them all. People were terrified. The thought that winning no matter how tall a mountain is is difficult passed through their minds.
Taesan frowned.
“Too many.”
It was annoying.
So I thought I’d deal with it all at once
.
Taesan raised his hand.
[You have activated the Starlight Arrow.]
Kiyi Ying.
A light shines on his hand. The eyes of those who were terrified and trembled focused on the light.
“Ah…
they forgot the situation and exclaimed.
Earth’s sun had long since disappeared, obscured by a fissure in the sky. It was possible to tell the difference between day and night
as if some force was acting on
it, but I couldn’t see the pure light of the sun. Even in the labyrinth, relying on torches, their eyes were accustomed to the overall darkness.
In that situation, the sun-like light was now on Taishan’s hand.
The warm yet intense sunlight that enveloped them. Pure light that I can’t even remember right now.
Taesan holding it in his hand and calmly looking at the monster looked like something beyond human beings.
Taesan
pulled an arrow at the monsters that rushed at him.
The light went out.
People who couldn’t stand the light closed their eyes.
” uh?”
The people who were finishing the battle in the south also turned their eyes to the east in fright.
The light was spreading as if the sun itself had descended.
“Mr. Taesan?”
Hwiyeon Kim murmured in bewilderment.
The light gradually decreased and people
opened their eyes.
And they were astonished.
A huge crater was in front of them.
Crater was very clean. The ground was dug in a smooth shape, as if only the part that the light hit had been erased.
And the monster was nowhere to be seen.
The unfathomable monster had burned and disappeared in the light.
“The light the master dealt with. Wasn’t that intermediate magic?”
“okay.”
Minerva admired.
“It is strong. To handle that amount of light without much burden. After all, it is magic created by the God of Magic himself. If the middle class is like that, the upper class or the top class will be worth watching?”
“Is there anything I can learn from it?”
It was a magic that could be eaten even in the depths even with intermediate magic right now. Due to the nature of magic, where the power rises noticeably as you raise your proficiency, the value you can reach is very high.
As such, advanced magic was far too far away.
“If you are the owner, it is possible.”
“Do you believe that?”
“Of course not.”
Minerva straightened up. Her blue hair was gently pulled down.
“For those who signed a contract with the King of Spirits, that much is possible.”
Minerva grinned. She glanced away.
“A level of magic that surprised even me. It must be a different feeling for them.”
Taesan was now on the roof of the building. And many people around him were offering prayers.
The object of prayer was Mount Taesan.
“Life finds something to rely on. Just like the people of Arulia believe in my dad. That seems to be you here.”
“I think there’s one guy who doesn’t.”
Only one in the adoring eyes. There was a negative gaze.
The short break is over. The quest kept showing cracks, and it actually did. Rifts periodically made their appearance to them.
So they started fighting again.
“Stop!”
Joo Hyuk shouted harshly.
“Listen to my orders! Step forward
and defeat the monsters!”
However, people only hesitated and did not follow his words. They knew now too. That Lee Ju-hyeok wasn’t qualified to be their leader and that there was no reason to follow his words.
That fact drove Lee Ju-hyeok crazy.
“I am the leader! I am the one leading you guys!”
“no.”
Taesan roared and stepped forward.
“You are nothing.”
[You activated the frozen world.]
The cold descends. Freezes and shatters all attacking monsters and purple rifts.
“Oooh!”
“Taesan-nim!”
People exclaim and worship Taishan.
“Ah ah…
and Lee Joo-hyeok was completely forgotten.
“I am the owner. My answer is correct…
he stammered. Taesan looked at him with cold eyes.
“I don’t know you either.”
He understood Choi Joong-hyeok. All he wanted was his own survival.
He understood Seojangsan. All he wanted was for them to survive in a reasonable way.
But Lee Ju-hyeok was different.
Lee Ju-hyeok was obsessed with being the leader
.
It wasn’t about life, salvation, or survival, but only to that spot.
Such stubbornness meant nothing in this world. Thoughts, values, and desires all vanish when they die.
Both Lee Tae-yeon, who was so strong, and Kim Hwi-yeon, who sacrificed her life for others, returned during the destruction and denied everything. Hard mode players.
All of them must have broken through the labyrinth with desperate efforts. He must have overcome the crisis of his life and become stronger by giving
his all .
all of them are dead
If Taesan hadn’t turned back time and returned, the same would have happened.
That was the world now.
That is why Kang Tae-san neither understood nor wanted to understand Lee Ju-hyeok.
Whatever a player like Lee Joo-hyeok does, it won’t hinder them in any way.
However, it wouldn’t be bad if you did at least drive a wedge in advance
.
“You cannot be a leader.”
Taesan said to Lee Joo-hyeok. His body shook greatly.
“It’s not even a bowl for that. It doesn’t have that much power, and it doesn’t have the popularity that all players follow. You can be the owner of a small group, but you can never be the owner of a large group. That is you.”
“ah. iced coffee.”
Joo Hyuk moaned.
He has been a leader all his life. I had never imagined
myself not having that .
Joo Hyuk lowered his head.
Taesan doesn’t know what he will choose. And it doesn’t matter which one you choose.
Taesan passed by indifferently.
the battle continued.
Cracks appeared constantly. People took turns removing the cracks in two shifts. People from other regions and people from Seoul began to work together, get used to each other, and defeat the monster.
The fact that Taishan created a new territory was also significant. Monsters became weaker and people became stronger, so they were able to defeat them more easily.
And Lee Ju-hyeok continued the battle with a pale face.
He no longer gave orders to others. Even when everyone was dying, somehow he was fighting.
“I’m bored.”
Minerva wags her finger inside City Hall. A storm blew in her place and blew away all the monsters
.
“I’m sorry for the lives that died, but to be honest, there’s nothing special about you or Barkaza.”
A C-class monster that occasionally appears as a B-class. For other players, you have to risk your life to fight, but for Taesan, they are too weak. Taesan replied.
“I will be back soon.”
“Perhaps.”
Minerva muttered as she looked at the crack in the sky.
“You are getting stronger.”
Gosin always aimed for the end of his return.
The combined power will become a passage and send down a mighty monster.
‘Is it the end of A-class or S-class?’
Gosin made a pact with Shin. Accordingly, when Taishan won, the gods directly rewarded them.
The first was Rakiratas, the power of struggle and death, and the second was the demon god’s black magic.
Then what will it be this time?
One thing was certain: he would win.
And you will reap the rewards.
Taishan prepared for the upcoming battle.
Level up with skill
