The creation of this replica of the Dragon Slaying Spear was Kim Dae-ho’s doing. The spear was the most powerful and highly utilized assistant weapon that Su-hyeun could use. Throwing it increased the power, which helped to compensate for the short-range of the sword.

The ordinary spears were not powerful enough. Additionally, it was difficult to collect them back after throwing them. It was usually for a one-shot weapon. Therefore, Su-hyeun preferred to use the Dragon Slaying Spear the most. It was powerful and could cover a wide-range. It was also a one-time use weapon anyway, so he did not have to worry about getting it back.

However, it was a pain to purchase one-shot items every time only with achievement points. Thus, Su-hyeun had brought the Dragon Slaying Spear to Kim Dae-ho and asked him to make a similar item.

“He used to make exactly the same…,” Su-hyeun thought.

Tightly gripping the spear, he looked down the monsters from the sky and bent his body like a bow.

“I wonder how he did this time.”

Whirl!

The Dragon Slaying Spear began to absorb Su-hyeun’s magic and reacted to it as if it were alive, gaining more power. It was perfect so far. Now, all that was left was to confirm it. He did not have to count to three as usual. There were too many targets. He could just throw his spear anywhere among the monsters.

Bam!

He threw the spear like a bow. The spear flew out and made an explosion sound. The spear could not handle the speed and started to split into thousands and tens of thousands of shards.

Boom!

The spear spat out the magic it had consumed. The split Dragon Slaying Spear bombed a bunch of monsters.

Kiyaaa—!

Screams were everywhere. It was chaos. Su-hyeun came back down to the ground. He realized once again about the power of the Dragon Slaying Spear. Consuming too much magic was a disadvantage, but the power itself was astonishing.

Grrr, Grrrk!

Narr, narr!

The monsters that had been swept away by the spear stood up back, limping on one or two legs. Half of them were still alive. It looked like it did not have enough power.

“He is not as good as his heyday,” Su-hyeun thought and looked down at his hand, “…well, I’m the same way.”

Both Kim Dae-ho’s crafting skill and Su-hyeun’s skill were far short of his heyday. His Magic Power and Factor were much lower than in his previous life. It was natural that the power would vary depending on who used the same weapon.

“Miru.”

Purr?

Su-hyeun called Miru. The monsters suddenly flinched as they rose.

Su-hyeun looked at such monsters and said to Miru, “Can you do it one more time?”

Purr!

It answered with spirit as if telling to leave it to him. Su-hyeun felt a little sorry to ask because Miru was able to use the Breath skill only once or twice. When he used his breath twice, he sank into exhaustion. It was very powerful, but Miru had to use up all of his remaining power.

“Well, then…”

Tramp, tramp!

Su-hyeun stared at Druid, who began to walk out among the monsters.

“Let’s fight between boss to boss,” Su-hyeun said.

“You…go…back…”

“You said earlier that I am just a quarry.”

Whiz!

Su-hyeun rushed to the front. His physical abilities were strengthened by the characteristics of the Imoogi and the buff effects of Miru. Now, he could jump at least ten meters in one step.

Boom!

The giant Druid pushed back. It lifted its arms and guarded, but there was a deep scar left on its arms.

“Now you want me to go back?”

Su-hyuen’s voice came from the right side. Druid strained its eyes in surprise. When it turned its head to the right, the sword emerged from the opposite direction.

Slash!

The sword deeply cut through the leather. Su-hyeun could not cut all the way because Druid was too big. Regardless, he made numerous scars on its side.

“You…”

Whirl!

The bright red magic rose around Druid.

“Die…”

Ka-boom!!

Druid’s red magic exploded and turned the grass into ash. Su-hyeun quickly jumped back and recalled Druid’s ability.

“It usually uses magic to fight. Its defensive ability is coming from the leather that it is wearing. Its physical ability is better than other green dungeon bosses, but it doesn’t use it. And…”

Boom, boom, boom!

The dead monster behind Su-hyeun exploded. Su-hyeun warily looked at the bodies around him.

“If I can’t dodge all this, then I should instead…,” he thought.

The plan was drawn in his head. It was not difficult to practice.

Wham!

Su-hyeun began to rush back to Druid. As the distance between them decreases, Druid stretched its arm again. For Druid, this battlefield was the best stage.

Boom, boom, boom!

Bam!

The bodies of monsters everywhere exploded one by one. Flesh and blood splattered all over the scene as heat filled the air. The debris flew, but it was not regular debris. Each one of them was filled with magic. It attacked Su-hyeun, but Su-hyeun did not avoid it. Druid saw Su-hyeun with its own eyes.

“Why…didn’t…you…dodge…?” Druid said.

“Because there is no reason to do it.”

Whiz!

Su-hyeun’s body emerged from the fog emitted from the monsters’ corpses.

[Indomitable body.]

[The transfiguration skill: Imoogi.]

All Su-hyeun could do was endure it. He didn’t have much time, so he could not afford to avoid all the dead bodies. Also, he was sure that he could endure it enough. It was a judgment that could be made because he knew both his ability objectively and the monster, Druid.

Slash, slash!

Su-hyeun closed the distance and started to cut into Druid’s body. Although it was specialized in long-range magic, Druid was still the boss of a blue-colored dungeon. The physical ability was pretty high as well, so Druid could avoid Su-hyeun’s sword without causing fatal wounds by a whisker.

“Stop…him…”

At Druid’s command, monsters flew again from all sides. It looked like Druid chose to gather more monsters rather than to directly fight Su-hyeun.

“Miru.”

Swoosh!

At that moment, Druid lifted its head. The small dragon, who had been silent for a while, was preparing for a second breath.

“Sweep them all.”

Whoosh!

At that moment, a white fire flashed and swept everywhere.

Whiz!

Crack!

Druid hurriedly pulled its head back. At the same time, Su-hyeun swung his sword to the mask of Druid. The mask cracked and Druid’s face was revealed; it was a handsome man’s face with golden eyes.

“Whose face is this now?”

“Don’t…kill…me…,” Druid said.

“You are too loud.”

Slash!

Su-hyeun’s sword pierced Druid’s head.

“I can’t talk long. People are waiting for me.”

***

“Huh… Ha…”

“Phew…”

“Damn it… How many are there?”

There were numerous bodies of monsters around the raid team. They had been killing many monsters, but there were still many of them left. It was their first time fighting with this many monsters for all of them. Jordan looked back at the team. Everyone looked tired.

“We won’t last long…,” Jordan thought.

They had been fighting for a while. Both stamina and magic wore out. Jordan and other above A-Rank awakeners could still fight more, but the others could not. Most of them were exhausted.

“Should we run away?” he thought.

This would be the last chance to make that decision. If he would order to retreat, half of the team might survive.

“Damn it.”

That meant half of them might die. It was a dilemma, a moment when Jordan could not decide with a conflicted mind.

“L-look…”

Hak-Joon, who had been leading the team with Jordan, raised his hand and pointed to the front. Jordan could not understand what Hak-Joon said, but he looked where he pointed.

“The monsters…”

Grrr!

Screech! Screech!

The monsters that had been attacking them systematically suddenly looked distracted. They looked around and soon scattered away.

“Did he…?”

Jordan’s eyes widened, and Hak-Joon’s face brightened.

“It must have been Su-hyeun…”

They thought that Su-hyeun finally caught Druid, the boss controlling all the monsters.

“Thank God.”

Jordan sighed with relief. Then, he glared in his eyes and shouted, “It’s not over yet! Get a grip!”

“Yes, sir!”

Now was their chance. Druid’s spell was broken, and the monsters fell into disorder.

“Let’s go!”

They started a counterattack.

***

Su-hyeun looked at the face of Druid who fell on the ground. Druid’s face, which had been pierced through his head, was no different from an ordinary man. But this face was not Druid’s.

“It is a different face from last time I saw it,” Su-hyeun thought.

Originally, this blue dungeon had failed to attack during his previous life. Druid had brought out several monsters and massacred several people. Druid could absorb some of the others’ power while taking their faces. When Druid had got out of the dungeon last time, it had killed numerous people and taken their faces. Therefore, it wasn’t the same face Su-hyeun saw on TV.

“But it doesn’t look like this is Druid’s first face. Is it from another victim?”

It was possible that somebody might have entered the dungeon before the raid team, but Su-hyeun doubted it. When this blue-colored dungeon had opened, the surroundings were thoroughly isolated. Moreover, he could not imagine anyone would’ve been crazy enough to come into the blue dungeon unless they were suicidal.

Grr, Grrr!

As Druid fell, Miru who had been flying around above sky came down on Su-hyeun’s head. Tired, he breathed out.

“You did a good job, Miru.”

Purr…

Miru had used his breath twice, which made him exhausted. Su-hyeun stroked Miru’s back a couple of times before picking up Druid’s club.

Purr?

Miru tilted his head to one side as if he was wondering what that was. Although he was tired, he did not fall asleep right away. Miru’s strength was getting better as it grew bigger.

“Are you asking what this is?”

Purr!

Miru nodded vigorously. Su-hyeun smiled at that and smash the club on the floor.

Crack!

The wooden club broke. As debris flew everywhere, a shining blue stone rolled down and stopped at Su-hyeun’s feet.

“This is the main thing,” Su-hyeun said.

He picked up the blue stone and showed it to Miru. Other people would not even imagine that this club was the most important thing in this dungeon.

“With this, I can…,” Su-hyeun thought.

Purr!

At that moment, Miru opened his mouth to reveal the stone in it.

“…Huh?”

Gulp!

Then Miru swallowed it. Su-hyuen didn’t expect that to happen.

Thanks for the chapter~ 🐱

Thanks for the chapter!

It’s food!

Su-hyeun held Miru’s belly and pulled him down. Miru laughed contently and burped loudly.

“Mi… Miru?”

Purr?

“It’s not food. Be good and spit it out.”

Purr…

“What? No? Spit it out!”

Su-hyeun tickled Miru’s belly for a while and asked him to spit out the stone. Miru, who was usually amenable, closed his mouth tight and kept shaking his head.

“Phew…”

Su-hyeun could not force him to spit it out. His threats did not work. He started to have a headache. He just sighed out and sat down on the ground.

Purr, purr…

Miru flew to Su-hyeun’s head and patted it with his forepaw. It looked like Miru did not realize Su-hyeun sighed because of him. Su-hyeun felt like his headache getting worse.

“Geez. What should I say to Mr. Dae-ho?” Su-hyeun mumbled.

He got up and sighed deeply. He never sighed this deep in his life. Suddenly, he recalled Miru’s species and the feature of the blue stone.

“Hmm… The stone with natural properties and the dragon…,” Su-hyeun thought.

They were a strangely well-suited combination. Miru was likely greedy for stone not only out of curiosity.

“I guess I have to keep watching him.”

Su-hyeun put Miru back on his head. He turned his body and started to walk. He decided to think of the blue stone as the gift for Miru for working hard for him.

***

Soon after, Su-hyeun joined the party again. They cleaned up all remaining monsters in the vicinity and found a way out of the dungeon. The cleanup party would’ve started collecting the Ether stone that scattered throughout the dungeon later.

“Looking by the size, I think it will take about a month to finish digging all the stones,” Jordan said.

He stood in front of the exit under the cliff and looked back the way they came from. It was a huge dungeon. He thought about the numbers of the monsters and the size of the dungeon. He could not even imagine how much Ether stone was hidden here. Perhaps the highest-grade Ether stone would come out.

“You can put the Medical Guild’s share on me.”

As if he had forgotten, Su-hyeun told Jordan about the contract of distribution of Ether stone. Jordan looked aghast when he heard that and started to laugh.

“Ha-ha-ha! You are an outstanding person.”

“I did not want it first, but I don’t like the fact that they tried to f*ck me around.”

“Yeah, Robert’s very greedy.”

Jordan laughed. It looked like he knew Robert, the guild master of the Medical Guild, well. Jordan made people go out from the lower rank awakeners by following the manual. It was for just in case any possible dangerous situations occurred.

“You are probably the one who made the biggest achievement in this attack,” Jordan said.

“Of course,” Su-hyeun replied.

Su-hyeun was the one who had killed the boss of the dungeon, killed the most monsters, and protected the team from Chloe’s betrayal. Su-hyeun nodded without even thinking of humility. Jordan smiled at Su-hyeun’s dignified appearance.

“I will yield my contribution to you, too.”

“…You will?”

“You don’t have to make such a face. If not for you, I would’ve been dead already. If it’s like my mind, I just want to give you all the contributions of Maximum Guild. However, that is beyond my control,” Jordan shrugged and continued to say, “In fact, I have more than enough money already.”

Su-hyeun who already had the biggest reward from Druid felt a little sorry for him. But what Jordan said was true. If Su-hyeun was not there, everybody probably all died already. So, it was cheap for the price of one S-Rank awakener’s life.

“I don’t need more money, either,” Su-hyeun said.

“Don’t say that…”

“Would you rather do another favor for me, then?”

“Favor?”

Jordan made a puzzled look at Su-hyeun’s word. What could be a better favor than yielding the Ether stone from the blue-colored dungeon? Soon, Su-hyeun’s mouth opened, and Jordan started to smile.

“That shouldn’t be a request,” Jordan nodded gladly. “I was going to do it anyway.”

Act 4

The raid of the blue-colored dungeon was over. After the raid, people started to collect Ether stone as scheduled. They graded the contribution according to the video recording, and various media requested for interviews. The world was surprised by the sensational news. The famous S-Rank awakener Chloe and Star Guild were actually pawns of the Dump Guild.

“Now, the Dump Guild got exposed on the surface,” Hak-Joon said while watching the news on the TV.

After the raid of the blue dungeon, Hak-Joon had been sleeping all day long. Upon waking up, the world was abuzz. Hak-Joon was watching one of the Korean news channels that dealt with the terrorist attacks of the Dump Guild in various countries, including Korea and the United States.

“The news about the Dump Guild always existed, secretly,” Su-hyeun said.

“The loudest uproar was because of you, wasn’t it? You told me the Dump Guild was the gnashing of teeth at you.”

“Well. I did not come out of the Tower. There was nothing they could do. Besides, Korea was not their jurisdiction from the beginning.”

“But it looks like crazy things went on in Korea as well. Although, the Ripper Guild worked fast and stopped it.”

The Dump Guild did not just only attack Korean and the United States. China, the United Kingdom, and France were attacked by them as well. They were all famous countries for their awakeners. It looked like the Dump Guild had planned to show their name by this chance.

“It was you, wasn’t it?”

Su-hyeun shook his head at Hak-Joon’s question.

“I gave the information, but it was the Ripper Guild that moved.”

“Same, same. How did you know anyway?”

“I’ve been keeping an eye on the Dump Guild. Plus, the Ripper Guild helped me.”

At Su-hyeun’s indecisively answer, Hak-Joon lounged on the sofa and fixed his gaze on the TV screen. Soon, the news about the Dump Guild was over. Hak-Joon turned his eyes to Su-hyeun again.

“Hey, Su-hyeun. Where are you going?”

Su-hyeun was putting on his shoes at the door without a word.

“I’ll be outside for a minute,” Su-hyeun said.

“…What?”

“I will be back soon.”

Creak!

Su-hyeun opened the door and went out.

“I guess I will only get in the way,” Hak-Joon thought.

Hak-Joon just scratched his head in embarrassment. If Su-hyeun needed him, he probably would’ve taken him, but he didn’t. It meant that Su-hyeun did not need him or he would just get in his way. Thus, Hak-Joon could not ask Su-hyeun to take him along.

“I feel small,” Hak-Joon thought.

During the raid of the blue-colored dungeon, Hak-Joon realized he wasn’t as capable as he thought. He had seen Jordan, Chloe, and Su-hyeun and felt so small compared to those S-Rank awakeners. Of course, there weren’t many chances to meet so many S-Rank awakeners like that. Even so, he could not help but feel even smaller.

“One day, I will take rank with them…”

Hak-Joon clenched his fist tights.

***

“I wonder if he might’ve learned something.”

Su-hyeun came out from the accommodations that Medical Guild had prepared and kept looking back. At heart, Su-hyeun felt a little sorry for Hak-Joon for leaving him alone. Hak-Joon must have been depressed by now.

“Well, that was what I hoped though.”

They had gone to the world’s first blue dungeon. It was surely a bigger scale than anywhere else. There were not many known cases of many S-Rank awakeners gathering like this time. Jordan, Chloe, MacRebur, and Su-hyeun were all S-Rank awakeners.

That wasn’t all. The A-Rank awakeners from the Medical, Maximum, and Star Guilds were very talented. They were similar levels with Hak-Joon. It was important for someone to experience the bigger world to test their own limits. Su-hyeun wanted Hak-Joon to experience it. Sometimes, helplessness became a good motivation.

“I will be glad if he learned something from this experience,” Su-hyeun thought.

Tramp, tramp!

Su-hyeun took a taxi on the road.

Ring, ring, ring!

At that time, the phone started to ring. It was an unknown number. He picked up the phone. The caller was an unexpected person.

“Mr. Hyeong-gi. What’s up?”

The caller was Song Hyeong-gi. He was a Korean S-Rank awakener who taught how to raise Miru to Su-hyeun.

“Hi. How is Miru? Is he still cute?”

“…Did you call me to ask that?”

“No, no. I am in the US too. I am with Park Ji-Yeon and I am so annoyed now. We really don’t fit together”.

Su-hyeun could guess why they were together. He remembered Song Hyeong-gi was the original raid member for the green dungeon in Korea.

“It’s an unexpected help,” Su-hyeun thought.

Two unexpected people joined now. They were Jordan and Song Hyeong-gi. Su-hyeun felt safer with them around.

“So, what should we do now? Park Ji-Yeon asked me to ask you.”

“You know what to do,” Su-hyeun said. Their job was simple. “Break everything up.”

“That…”

Song Hyeong-gi opened his mouth with a grin.

“…I can do that.”

Song Hyeong-gi hung up. It looked like he called to hear this. He must have been very pleased by the simplicity of his job.

Screech!

The taxi ran fast and arrived at the destination. Su-hyeun paid the fare and got off the taxi. He arrived at the tallest building in the neighborhood near the beach in California, about 3 stories high. Jordan told him that this building was used by a company that worked with bottled water.

“He said this is the company building…,” Su-hyeun thought.

Tramp, tramp!

Su-hyeun passed the building entrance and walked through the lobby. Su-hyeun was wearing shabby casual clothes and did not bring a bag or anything. Some security guards looked at him strangely before one of them approached Su-hyeun.

“Have you scheduled an appointment in advance?”

Su-hyeun looked back at the security guard. He stared at him for a while and opened his mouth.

“If you are not related… Step back.”

Whoosh, whoosh!

The Flame skill floated around Su-hyeun, allowing the heat to spread. The security guard was frightened and stepped back.

“A-awakener?”

“He is an awakener!”

When Su-hyeun suddenly activated his skill, the guards freaked out. The whole lobby suddenly became fussy. Su-hyeun quickly looked around when their eyes were focused on him. He felt that somebody was secretly watching him.

“I have come to the right place,” he thought.

He slightly doubted the information he got from Chloe and MacRebur, but it looked like it was true.

“If you are related at least a little bit, don’t even think about running away. I’ll just run after you.”

“What the hell do you want? Are you a terrorist?” one guard screamed out loud.

It was at that moment that they heard an explosive sound

Only

One flame exploded in the air and gave off sparks.

“The extermination of the Dump Guild.”

That was why Su-hyeun came to America.

“That is my purpose…”

Boom, boom, boom!

“And this is the start of that.”

An eye for an eye, a terror for a terror. The war between the Dump Guild and Su-hyeun began.