chapter 210 – First Sight(6)

“Eunah’s busy right now?!”

[She’s moving. We’ll respond as quickly as we can, but 200 gates are impossible.]

“The monster’s magical pattern… oh, they’re all different. This is really crazy!”

[Applause of the Weak]

The gate was focused on committing terrorist acts. All the monsters were similar in appearance, but the information that composed them couldn’t be used for tracking, and all they had in common was their teleport ability. The reason their defense and stamina were so low was that they were specialized in other abilities. They were tricky monsters to dealwith.

[I have requested all guilds that can move, but… is itSS-class?]

“Yes, you can’t send just anyone.”

[The word SS-class is too easy these days.]

“I know, yeah!” Claire called Shin Eunah while Kang Shin-hyuk foughtbelow.

“Shin-hyuk, can you finish the gate by yourself?”

[I can do it. Send these two to another.]

“Okay, then In-ha and Eleanor, move to these coordinates!”

[Yes!]

With the help of Kang Shin-hyuk, Claire arranged the gates in the area where insects could quickly move to. In addition, with Shin Eunah’s cooperation, they identified those that were inside the gates and prioritized gates where people needed to be rescued.

[It’s almost organized here, so you go to Claire.]

“But, theboss…”

[If you have any potions, give it to me. All I need is that, so save some people.]

“…Okay, I made one.” Claire prepared a special transcendental potion with all of her spiritual power. The materials used to make it were rare, and it consumed too much spiritual power so that Claire couldn’t produce them for sale despite the demands of the governments around the world. She had been telling them they would only work for specific people. That was only half-right. It was true that it had a tremendous effect on Kang Shin-hyuk, whose spiritual power was like his own limbs, but it could absurdly enhance anyone even if they didn’t have spiritual power. She descended to the ground to hand-deliver the potion to KangShin-hyuk.

“Be careful.”

“Thanks, you too.” Claire gave him a brief kiss before flying back up to the bike with Lee Na-hee on the back. Lee Na-hee continued to manage her drone with a sorrowful expression.

“You did it on purpose.”

“Huh? Let’s justhurry.”

“I’m going to beat you.”

“Then, we would alldie?”

“…Yes, you’re right. Sorry. Go quickly, unnie.” The two left, leaving Kang Shin-hyuk alone. He watched the gate cautiously while holding the potion bottle. The moment the boss appeared, he was going to drink it. It wasn’t because he was worried about the boss, but rather what came after that.

‘In order to block SS-class monsters, only those above the mid-ranks in the guilds can move, but the amount in Seoul right now is too small. I have to clear this gate quickly and help.’ It had been too late to prevent the damages, but he had managed to figure out their plan and tie up the remaining monsters so they couldn’t teleport. At this point, if there was no boss, the gate would vanish, but the energy output was still quite high. That meant there was a boss. At that thought, energy began to swell inside the gate.

-The named boss monster’ Ruin Drummer (SSS)’ from ‘Applause of the Weak’ is appearing. Be careful! It is an extremely high-levelenemy!

The moment the message appeared, Kang Shin-hyuk drank the potion withouthesitation.

-You’ve consumed the special Transcendental Potion (SS+) containing the Alchemist’saffection!

-It is a potion completed by transcending limits with the power of affection. It is very rare for a producer other than you to reach the SS+ rating.

He almost spewed a bit of the potion out at the administrator’s needless message, but he barely held on.

-All wounds below the fatal level have been healed. The effect has been amplified by the spiritual power contained in the potion. All wounds and abnormalities will be healed, and the remaining healing power will remain in the body for a while to protect you.

-For fifteen minutes, all stats will increase by two steps. The effect has been amplified by efficiently receiving the spiritual power contained in the potion. For thirty minutes, all stats will increase by three steps. Spiritual power has gone up one more level.

-Connecting to the source of the spiritual power contained in the potion, it has been strengthened. The potion effect will last an additional ten minutes!

-Strength, stamina, and spiritual power have reached the threshold (SSS+). In order to grow beyond this, you must break through the limit with a specialexperience.

Messages he had been expecting and unanticipated ones appeared before his eyes, but he paid no attention tothem.

‘One more thing.’ He produced the earth orb and put it in the belt he was wearing on hiswaist.

-The effects of Giant, Earth Spirit and Titan have been applied.

-The effects of all special abilities have been amplified by 1.2 times due to the effect of thebelt.

The belt fit perfectly around his waist as he tightened it. Its effect was simple. There was a slot in it for an orb. If an orb was placed in it, the orb’s effects would be applied. It had no use other than that, but it was of great importance to Kang Shin-hyuk, who had multiple orbs. In tightening it, he was able to amplify the orb’s effect by sending Golden Dragon Fighter through it.

“Wow… I feel like a hero.”

-You look cool,member.

Shortly after that, the gate exploded, and a giant monster rose from within it.

-Quooooooh!

“Kh!” Kang Shin-hyuk evaded back from the boss and looked up as it raised forward with enough speed to pierce the sky. It was a disgustingly huge centipede-shaped monster with countless legs and a protruding stomach. Looking at it, Kang Shin-hyuk felt a flash of intuition as to why it was called the Ruin Drummer. He had to end it before it could hit the drums!

-Quooo…

“No way!” It looked down at Kang Shin-hyuk and moved its countless legs with a laugh-like sound, but the dark bullet that he fired slammed into its lower body and spread darkness around it.

“Let’s finish this quickly…!” Perhaps this boss monster would activate its ability by triggering the sound with its legs. He drew his Godslayer sword and put the Dark Spirit Pearl in it, ignoring the messages popping up as he spurred off the ground.

“Ha!” He stabbed the Godslayer into its lower body while firing madly with Erebos in his other hand. The bullets forcibly injected dark mana into his foe, while the Dark Spirit Pearl began to use that as a base to dominate the enemy’s body.

-The power of the Dark Spirit has suckled the enemy into shadows.

-Chuaaaaaaaah?!

Inky darkness spread around the sword as the bullets continued to contaminateit.

-Kaaaak, kaaak?!

With its lower body paralyzed, the giant centipede panicked and tried to activate its ability, but it was too late. None of its legs would move.

-No way, you really stopped it.

The administrator was dazed by his quick response. Kang Shin-hyuk fired off several more bullets before putting the gun away in his inventory and grabbed his sword with both his hands. Leveraging it, he drove it deeper into the centipede’s body. Like its subordinates, it had a low defense for its class, so Kang Shin-hyuk could cut through it with the power of the potion he drank and the earth orb pushing his strength to SSS+ rank.

‘Can I kill it in one blow? No, I have to.’ He ground his teeth and checked his spiritual strength as he held the sword handle. He was quickly recovering thanks to Claire’s potion even after spending almost 70% of his spiritual power. His eyes shone golden as he pulled on the sword.

“Go!” The dragon’s tail, which started at the sword’s handle, stretched and elongated down the sword, the energy shooting out of themonster.

-Kyaaaaah!

The only thing the monster could do was scream. The golden dragon protruded from the sword and broke through the monster’s head to ascend into the sky. And the moment it reached its peak, it became lightning and descended to hit the boss again.

-Kwaaaaaaaaa!

Kang Shin-hyuk pulled the Dark Spirit Pearl out of his sword as he removed it from the ashes. He stored it away in his inventory with the sword, both needing a break after that. Kang Shin-hyuk also had to sit down as the ashes fluttered in the air like black snow, exhausted after using most of his spiritual power.

“The first snow this year isn’t bad…”

-You’ve subdued one that is harmful to the order of things! Bonus based on membership level! You received 52,000,000HP! As a VIP bonus, you received an additional amount of HP equivalent to 50% of the reward, for a total of 78,000,000HP!

-You received the Ruin Drummer’s Skill Stone!

“Ah.” Kang Shin-hyuk rubbed his eyes.

Then he jumped up and checked the skill stone.