Episode 137
“Lululala~”
“Are you here to play?”
I scolded Bisu for humming, but she seemed to be fine.
Well, I understand.
I was very excited because I safely passed through the deep flowing water and even defeated the boss mob on the second floor.
Although there were some big and small injuries, Yuk Cheol-wan and Kang Jeong-hyeon managed to defeat the boss mob on the second floor.
Considering it was a Korean dungeon, it was a beast that could easily get 8 stars or higher.
The two people who received the Hana Beast’s buff opened the door to the third floor.
The combination of Yuk Cheol-wan and Kang Jeong-hyeon was simple yet strong.
When Yuk Cheol-wan, a tank, attracts aggro from monsters, Kang Jeong-hyeon summons a killing-type plant and attacks.
In some ways, this is a combat pattern that can be said to be the standard of the standard.
But is it true that it is standard for nothing?
The power of Jeongseok was to extract the highest efficiency no matter what number of cases appeared.
‘Even so… … .’
To be honest, I wasn’t sure if they would be able to take down the boss mob, but the two performed their roles perfectly.
What was most encouraging was Kang Jeong-hyeon’s growth.
His weakness was that he didn’t have much actual combat experience, but he seemed to be getting the hang of it as the battle progressed.
It goes without saying that his chemistry with Yuk Cheol-wan is getting better.
Maybe the two will later make a name for themselves as the world’s best duo.
“This time it’s my turn.”
When the stairs leading to the third floor appear, Chen approaches and asks.
“Are you really going to go alone?”
“uh.”
“I know that you’re strong because I met you last time… … . “It won’t be easy.”
The guy who doesn’t look like a drop of blood will come out even if you prick him with a needle takes care of all your worries.
But the feelings of the rest of my colleagues don’t seem to be any different.
There is quite a difference in difficulty between the 1st and 2nd floors, but a really drastic change occurs from the 3rd floor.
Even the guilds representing the country started to give up once they reached the 3rd floor, so all was said and done.
But to break through that place alone?
Even without the dagger’s buff?
In a way, it was natural for Chen to be worried.
“don’t worry. “The third floor is like home ground for me.”
“Home ground… … ?”
I chuckled as I watched Chen’s eyes narrow.
Don’t worry, everyone is just looking at where to lie down and stretching their legs.
“Everyone wait here. “I’ll call you when the door to the fourth floor opens.”
“Take care of yourself, Hunter.”
“Come pick me up quickly… … !”
With encouragement from my colleagues, I took a step toward the stairs downstairs.
Tap, tap, tap.
The third floor of ‘Stairs to Hell’ is full of dangerous elements in many ways.
The floor itself is difficult, but France’s Hunter Franco has done a trick at the entrance.
It’s a good thing we figured it out in advance through Bisu’s hiding, as one or two of our colleagues would have been fatally injured.
‘Maybe he’s dead.’
As soon as my thoughts reach that point, a feeling of heat rises to my forehead.
Are you saying that you do such a heinous thing just because you haven’t made any money so far and because you don’t want to lose in a national competition?
With each step I took, my anger towards him gradually increased.
That bastard will later become as half-assed as Roy.
Around the time I made that promise, the entrance to the third floor finally appeared.
‘Is this place?’
I don’t know if it was because I knew it in advance, but I felt terrible hostility from the entrance.
There are some things that the world’s ‘stealth’ cannot hide.
With that thought in mind, I activated the ether throughout my body.
After passing through this entrance, a terrible monster with ‘stealth’ applied will greet me.
‘White Snake’.
An 8-star monster classified as ‘S’ level for both physical and other levels.
Although they are classified as 8-star because their telekinesis level is not high, they are a nightmare for hunters who do not have a means of long-distance attack.
Perhaps the reason Franco neutralized White Snake and applied stealth was because he was an esper.
If you kill monsters in a dungeon, most of them will respawn, but those you leave behind will remain in that location.
What this means is that they intentionally left behind extremely toxic monsters that deserved to be killed.
For us.
‘Thank you so much. ‘f*ck you.’
I gritted my teeth and took a step outside the entrance.
Even the world’s ‘stealth’ can’t hide murderous intent?
I couldn’t sense any sound or form, but I felt a tingling, intangible energy coming from all directions.
At that time, something sharp bit my body mercilessly here and there.
Wow.
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Wow.
“Tsk… … !!”
Even though I am wearing a ‘self-defense device’, the white snake’s teeth penetrate my skin.
In an instant, dozens of teeth penetrated my body, and I could clearly sense that deadly poison was coming from the teeth.
Ssuk… … .
Okay.
“It’s finally showing itself… … .”
The white snakes, whose stealth effect was erased, revealed themselves.
Pure white scales reminiscent of refined rice and turquoise eyes.
At first glance, it looks like an ornamental snake, but its grip strength and fatal poison make close combat knights scared.
Wow.
‘Suddenly, Uncle Cheolwan comes to mind.’
As I see dozens of white snakes biting my body, I am reminded of Yukcheolwan, who took the attack from ‘Grid’ with his whole body.
Is this the magic light that appears before death?
Even though I was in terrible pain, I couldn’t help but laugh.
No matter how strong my body is, it won’t be able to withstand the white snake’s teeth.
Yuk Cheolwan definitely said that, and what he said became true.
I wonder if I have ‘ether armor’ that surpasses self-defense skills, but just as Yuk Cheol-wan expected, the white snake crushed my skin and pierced a hole.
The shock was shocking, but the poisonous energy rushing in was truly terrifying.
I felt like I was going to lose my mind from the all-round shock, but I couldn’t fall asleep here.
After a little time, the situation will be sorted out.
Brrrr… … .
one animal.
Wiggle.
Another one.
The white snakes that had been persistently biting my body gradually lost their strength and fell to the floor.
The bright blue-green eyes were suddenly covered with an ugly dark red color.
If anyone sees this, they will definitely doubt their eyes.
The hunter, who should have collapsed at any moment, is fine, but the white snake is trembling and struggling on the floor.
Tap tap.
All the white snakes attached to my body fell off.
I feel as if I have become a snake and shed its skin.
“Ah… … . “It hurts.”
All of the ‘white snakes’ died, but the teeth marks they left behind were still clearly visible.
Indeed, their teeth were strong.
Enough to instantly pierce my skin, which was armed with ‘self-defense weapons.’
If Franco hadn’t used ‘stealth’, he could have avoided their attack.
But I didn’t try to avoid it.
This is because their teeth must enter my body for it to be an effective ‘attack’.
‘Insolent bastards. How dare you ask where this(?) is.’
When I look at the white snakes that have turned black and died, the corners of my mouth slightly turn up.
Those guys who were excitedly spewing poison until their teeth pierced my skin became addicted and died as soon as they came into contact with the blood in my body.
If you catch a passing hunter and say, ‘A white snake died of poisoning,’ they will most likely dismiss you as crazy.
You won’t believe that the White Snake, which has the highest level of poison among poison monsters, has been consumed by another poison.
But there is another sky above the sky.
Even the white snakes of the world did not have the talent to withstand the deadly toxicity of black ether.
‘As expected, this method is the simplest. Although it is somewhat ignorant.’
There is a limit to physically attacking a ‘white snake’ with ‘stealth’ applied.
Having personally experienced their attacks, if all the ‘Irregulars’ had come, at least two or three people would have been bitten.
It would have been easier to bite them in large quantities like this and subdue them with strong poison.
Letting dozens of white snakes bite your body is difficult unless you have a strong heart.
However, compared to the pain I experienced before becoming a hunter, that is, while fighting the disease, this was bearable.
There were times when I really wanted to beg my sister to kill me.
‘I thought it was the most worthless time of my life, but I never thought it would be helpful at times like this.’
Patience and courage.
The two elements that could implement this strategy seem to have been created since then.
“Let’s see… … .”
I sat down on the floor and gathered the white snakes together.
Thanks to the healing power contained within my body, the bite wound healed, but that doesn’t mean the damage was completely gone.
In times like this, you need to replenish your energy appropriately.
Okay.
When the white snake’s body is cut with the blade sprouting from the placell, a black core shiny with poison is revealed.
Normally, it’s a useless item, or even something I don’t like to keep around, but for me, it’s a great lunch box and elixir.
Shall… … .
Since I didn’t have time, I absorbed five right away and put the remaining five in my arms.
If I’m right, I’ll probably have to eat the rest of my packed lunch soon.
As we left the narrow entrance, a dense jungle area appeared.
Following the collapsed temple and river, is this time a jungle?
Seup.
A pungent scent rushes through the tip of my nose.
I don’t know if it’s coming from the dense forest or from the monsters hiding within it.
What is certain is that for ordinary hunters, just standing there is a painful place.
You probably won’t be able to survive here with normal breathing.
Because there was a high concentration of toxicity in the air.
Of course, this did not apply to me at all.
I didn’t call the 3rd floor my ‘home ground’ for nothing.
The background of the third floor was very similar to the poison dungeon, and all the demonic beasts inhabiting it were poison monsters.
I don’t know about other places, but here I was comfortable and efficient alone.
Moreover, recently, haven’t we acquired skills specialized for ‘solo play’?
<Squama’s unique skill is fused with the user’s black ether.>
<New skill creation: Poisonous smoke>
In the forest, I feel a lot of murderous eyes.
Unlike the battlefields so far, the types of magical beasts seem to be quite diverse.
But I don’t have time to deal with them one by one right now.
Indiscriminate annihilation.
For that I stretched my right hand forward.
Ssssss… … .
The ether inside my body flows through the Pracell into the haze that blooms in my palm.
At the end of the haze, a hazy gas gradually begins to spread.
It was only a few seconds before the poisonous fog, a fog formed from poison, began to dominate the jungle area.
-… … !!
-Keeee!!
A strange cry is heard from inside the bush.
shout?
No, it was closer to a scream.
Too doo doo doo.
A few quick-witted guys escape from the thicket covered in poisonous fog and run towards me.
It was not an attempt to attack me, but simply a movement of survival.
It would be absurd from their point of view.
They are waiting in their own space to kill uninvited guests, but who would have thought that that space would become a deadly place?
-Kieek.
After a time of screams like screaming for help, silence suddenly came.
The monsters that were running and escaping from the bushes soon fell down and died.
‘It’s amazing… … .’
I thought it would have some power, but I didn’t expect it to be this much.
There was no living thing that survived in the space where the poisonous fog spread.
The color of the jungle, which was once purple, had changed to a dark red color, so all was said and done.
As I made my way through the forest, the number of dead monsters seemed to be in the hundreds.
‘I should have shown this sight to Franco.’
What kind of expression will he make when he sees me breaking through the 3rd floor dungeon on my own?
“Phew.”
Of course, this technology also had weaknesses.
Because so much ether was radiated, the ether loss was considerable even on the part of the caster.
Although they said they controlled the jungle area, the stairs leading to the lower level were on the other side of the forest.
This means that the boss mob may not be addicted to poisonous smoke.
I took out the core of ‘White Snake’ that I had previously kept in my arms.
The monsters on the floor were formidable, but there was nothing as big as the ‘White Snake’ core.
Shall… … .
“hmm. good.”
I hate to admit it, but to me, this black core seems to be better nutrition than rice.
The black ether that had been depleted due to the poisonous fog was largely recovered.
Enough to kill the guy blocking the stairs.
I quickly made my way through the bushes and was soon able to meet the owner of the third floor.
“Eh?”
With eyes wide open at the unexpected result.
