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Slash—!
Charging straight ahead, Hanbit pierced through the necks of newly emerging monsters and advanced rapidly.
Not using skills was no problem.
The enhanced creatures’ movements, and their tough hides and skin, were no match for the sword.
“Hup!”
Jinuk and Kevin each took on the monsters from their respective directions.
Unmistakably A-rank adventurers — they were a meaningful combat force.
Whoosh—!
Pressing a little further inside, Hanbit bored into the rushing monster horde.
The small fry were neither here nor there.
Right now, dealing with the high-destruction ones first was the priority.
Dash—!
Running forward, he finally closed in on the first massive monster.
The Twisted Ironscale Lizard.
Its body encased in iron-like gray-white scales appeared to have no openings.
Shhk—
The lizard, flashing red eyes, sensed Hanbit.
The creature immediately lowered its stance and swept its tail in a wide arc.
Whoosh—!
The attack flying toward his head was fierce.
Hanbit watched it to the very end, then raised his sword and gave it a slight twist.
Screeeech—!
The creature’s tail deflecting off the flat of the blade.
The attack, which had come in with such momentum, struck the ground with a thunderous sound.
Thump—!
Immediately kicking off, Hanbit leaped high and landed on the creature’s back.
Then he drove the sword into the gap between the lizard’s neck and body.
Thud—!
Screech—!
The blade driving between scales pierced through the creature’s thick skin.
The lizard screaming and thrashing in a rampage.
Hanbit maintained his balance and put force behind the sword, driving it in deeper.
Crunch—
A sensation of something snapping along with bone reached his fingertips.
The lizard’s twisting movements stopped right after.
Whoosh—!
Blood scattering as he drew out the sword.
Lightly kicking off the neck and leaping down, the lizard’s massive body tilted.
Thud—!
There was no time to watch the creature fall.
He kicked off again and ran toward the drooling white bear.
Grrk—!
The creature, sensing Hanbit, instinctively swung its foreleg in a wide arc.
Whomp—!
Dropping his stance sharply, the attack swept past just over Hanbit’s head.
Gripping the sword in both hands, he charged toward the creature’s chest.
Thud—!
The blade pierced the hide and drove precisely between the ribs.
The heart at its tip torn apart mercilessly.
Swoosh—!
Drawing out the sword, Hanbit shook it downward to fling off the blood.
-Incredible.
-Instant kill;
-They’re weaker than I expected?
-Maybe I could do it too?
-Thumbs up for any viewer who thinks they’d get ripped apart by those guys.
-Bears rip people apart.
A battle against massive monsters that ended lightly.
Even if the creatures had become more dangerous than past experience, there was no problem.
The current Hanbit too was stronger than at any other time.
Whoosh—!
Thud—!
Continuing to advance, he rapidly cleaned up the massive monsters.
Even with numbers exceeding dozens, it took barely a few minutes.
‘Roughly sorted out.’
Having killed the last monster, Hanbit surveyed his surroundings.
A considerable number of the targeted types had been dealt with.
Jinuk and Kevin, who had gone in different directions, were still in the thick of battle.
Bang—!
Boom boom boom—!
The battlefield in front of the wall was quite spectacular.
Projectiles including magic shells and bombs falling onto the heads of monsters.
Attacks flying from within Ifrit.
The result of everyone’s combined effort — citizens included.
“How dare dirty monsters come here!”
“Do you think we’ll let it become like Hedrik! Come at us, all of you!”
“Where’s the momentum from before!”
“Bwahahaha! Burn and die, all of you!”
And the ones running wild across the battlefield.
Dwarves killing monsters with all manner of weapons.
The soldiers and adventurers were fighting alongside them too, but they were barely visible through the dwarves.
-The energy is insane. Lol.
-That’s what you’d call enjoying yourself.
-I could do it too with weapons like that.
-For real, insane firepower.
-Day 1 of praying for the Ifrit episode to reset.
Every time the dwarves appeared on camera, the chat speed increased.
A sight that stirred the dreams of players to that degree.
‘That side looks fine.’
The most important thing in the third wave was survival.
He had no intention of letting a single person die.
That was why he had entrusted collaborators like Zenon and Avantgarde to manage the dangerous moments in the battle.
Though the dwarves were fighting even more passionately than anticipated.
“Stubborn creatures, aren’t they.”
“That took too long.”
Kevin and Jinuk, having cleared the remaining monsters, naturally gathered in one spot.
It had taken some time, but the massive monsters that posed the greatest risk of causing casualties had been dealt with.
Now only one thing remained.
Bang—!
Ominous tremors beginning from deeper in the forest.
The arrival of the existence that would become the master of this battlefield.
“This…….”
“A Yeti.”
The Yeti — known as the boss dominating the area around Ifrit.
The two adventurers had experience hunting one.
But it was safe to say the creature they were about to face was an entirely different monster from the one they had known.
“I’m going to deal with the Yeti as far away from Ifrit as possible. If it uses its skill, the city will get caught in it.”
“…The Yeti uses a skill like that?”
“Does the enhancement drug cause that degree of change?”
The two expressed their doubts at Hanbit’s plan.
Because no matter how much stronger it had become, using a new skill was strange.
“The enhancement drug forcibly draws out latent potential too. It doesn’t work on something like the Snow Drake, but the Yeti is more than enough to produce a major change.”
The enhancement drug was not simply a substance for berserk frenzy and physical enhancement.
This change occurring in the Yeti was something even Isis had not predicted.
The outcome of the Ifrit wave would greatly change the future of monster enhancement research.
That was why kidnapping Isis at this early stage of research was such an important thing.
Crash—!
The vibrations that followed again rang out slightly louder.
Hanbit shifted his gaze and looked at the two adventurers.
“Let’s go. We need to draw the creature far away from the city.”
Thump—!
He kicked off first and sprinted rapidly through the forest.
Toppled trees and upturned earth throughout.
The number of small monsters surging in had now visibly decreased.
This much — and the wave could be considered nearly stopped.
Thud—!
The tremors growing gradually larger the closer he got.
Hanbit arrived on the ground where the vibrations were being felt and stopped.
‘So just how different will it be.’
The wrong changes in the monsters that hadn’t been there in the past.
Isis had been particularly worried about the Yeti’s situation.
Even for Hanbit, this was difficult to predict.
Rustle—
Cold beginning to bloom atop the sword hilt in his hand.
A change in the force — just as unknown as the Yeti it would face.
‘This is…….’
The cold Elemental Manifestation produced did not harm Hanbit.
But the degree of coldness being felt came through clearly.
Cold attribute enhancement 100 attached to the newly forged sword.
It was producing an effect close to twice what it had been.
Thud—!
The vibrations reverberating underfoot grew gradually closer.
Hanbit, quietly concentrating, took his stance and fixed his gaze.
And the moment the ground shook once more—
Boom boom boom boom—!
A massive hand thrust out from the ground before him.
Crack crack crack—!
It planted against the ground and held firm.
When yet another hand reached out and the creature revealed itself—
Grrk—!
The upper body of a giant covered in snow-white fur and blazing red eyes.
The thick, muscular arms planted against the ground were imposing even to look at.
[Boss: Awakened Guardian of the Snowfield — Yeti (Lv.140)]
-What?
-That thing is a Yeti?
-It’s gotten quite a lot bigger.
-Level 140. Lol.
-So that’s what a mini-boss looks like.
-Wouldn’t the White Wyvern win?
-No no, that one’s an Elite, this one’s a Boss.
[WhyVern has donated 1,000 won.]
[Who, me?]
The viewers too were shocked at the atmosphere completely unlike an ordinary Yeti.
Some were comparing it to the White Wyvern, but placing them on the same level was out of the question.
In an actual fight, the Yeti would probably wring the Wyvern’s neck.
Boom boom boom—!
The Yeti, having broken through the ground, stood upright on two legs.
A size appearing to be around four meters.
Overwhelming force could be felt from the tightly packed muscles.
“Black Dragon!”
“A complete madman has shown up here.”
Jinuk and Kevin, arriving behind him, instinctively stopped.
Even as A-rank adventurers, a pressure they hadn’t easily felt before.
A presence that could single-handedly bring down an entire city.
“Stay focused. Take one hit wrong and it’s death.”
At Hanbit’s warning, the two adventurers composed grave expressions and prepared their stances.
Grrk—!
The Yeti, surveying its surroundings as though simply breathing the air, turned its gaze toward Hanbit’s group.
And then, the creature moved.
Bang—!
The Yeti kicking off with a thunderous sound.
A speed absurdly mismatched with its massive frame.
Thump—!
The three kicked off simultaneously and scattered rapidly.
The Yeti’s eyes had settled on Jinuk.
Whoosh—!
Extending its arm, the creature came charging in with the force to crush an opponent’s body.
Jinuk, concentrating on the imposing movement, began calmly evading using the terrain.
Boom—!
The Yeti running while smashing trees and boulders.
Jinuk was narrowly doing well at avoiding it, but creating an opening for a counterattack was not easy.
“Get back!”
Having called the warning, Hanbit kicked off and closed on the Yeti.
As the distance narrowed, he extended his hand toward the creature’s face.
“Fire Lance!”
Whoosh—!
A flame spear launched with Elemental Amplification.
It flew toward the vicinity of the Yeti’s nose.
Bang—!
Grrraugh!
The sharp explosion concentrated at one point produced a clear effect.
Because the screaming Yeti turned its gaze toward the one who had attacked it.
Thump—!
Immediately kicking off, Hanbit ran without looking back.
The destination was the cliff at the eastern edge.
The place to settle things with the Yeti.
Thud—! Thud—!
The creature’s speed as it began the chase was considerable.
Enough to keep pace with Hanbit running at full speed.
‘One more time to buy time.’
Quickly revising the plan at the movement faster than expected.
He drank a mana potion and gripped the sword.
At that moment.
Whoosh—!
A fist suddenly came crashing through the trees.
“……!”
Even at the unexpected attack, Hanbit tried to react.
But his body didn’t move as quickly as he thought.
At this rate it would be a direct hit.
A guaranteed death.
At the moment that threat to his life was sensed—
Shhk—
A small figure appeared in front of his eyes.
Smack—!
The Yeti’s fist came down on the one who had suddenly appeared.
The impact led to a sight too terrible for words.
Boom boom boom boom—!
A person sent flying through dozens of trees.
Hanbit, eyes focused in that instant, confirmed the face.
“…Kudran?”
He was left speechless at the unexpected dwarf’s arrival.
An impact that wouldn’t be strange to cause instant death.
If this was how it ended — too hollow a death.
Tap tap—
At the moment he was worrying over it, some sound came to him.
And a hearty laugh followed from the distance.
“Haha! That one did hurt a bit!”
The sent-flying Kudran shot to his feet.
Then he started striding this way in large steps.
