Chapter 27 (1/2)
Episode 2: Exodus / Chapter 27: Wyvern of Destruction (3)
TL: Myoni
Edited: Obelisk
To hunt the Wyvern of Destruction, they needed to fulfill three conditions.
Two had to be satisfied by Choi Hyuk. The other one was added by Baek Seoin.
Choi Hyuk compressed his karma and coiled it around the Predator’s Blade.
The first condition was a blade of karma.
Five mid-bosses at the 2-star level reflected in Choi Hyuk’s eyes. A shadow monster- a dusk teeth, looked to be the commander as it stood in the center flanked by two mountain orcs and two bladed ghosts.
There was an increase in mid-bosses along with the increase in monsters.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The two mountain orcs charged forward riding crook leaders. Choi Hyuk swiftly rushed in front of them. At the same time, he exploded the coiled karma wrapped around the blade’s edge. The exploding karma spun around as it propelled itself away from the blade.
Swish-
A faint blade made of karma. In fact, it was more like a faint haze than a blade. However, its effect was surprising.
The moment the oncoming crook leader was about to stomp on Choi Hyuk’s shoulder, the Predator’s Blade slashed out in a crescent.
Slas.h.!.+
An exquisite arc made by a single blade. Just as the two mountain orcs riding their crook leaders at full speed and Choi Hyuk were about to collide, his blade slashed out a single time.
First, the neck of the crook on the left was sliced along with its rider’s waist, then the blade continued to draw a diagonal line from the chest to side of the orc on the right until the last crook’s head fell.
A slanted crescent was drawn.
Leaving the crescent drawn by his blade, Choi Hyuk’s body pa.s.sed between the monsters.
Thud-thud. Pshhh.
Black blood splattered out into the air and onto the ground. He took four down with one blade. If it wasn’t for the karma reinforced cutting force, it wouldn’t have been possible.
The karma gathered at the tip of the blade slowly contracted and returned to his body. The exhausted karma dulled as if filled with lactic acid.
“Hooo…”
Cho Hyuk let out a short breath. The single slash consumed a lot of stamina. To the point it would have been better to just attack twenty times.
Still, Choi Hyuk once again coiled the karma around his blade. To fight the Wyvern of Destruction, he had to polish this technique.
It was already much more natural than before. His previous method of recklessly compressing karma and pus.h.i.+ng it up his blade consumed so much stamina that he had lost strength in his legs. However, the situation became better when he started to coil the karma around his blade.
‘It’s still far off.’
To fight against the Wyvern of Destruction, he had to extend his blade by 5m. And he had to be able to maintain it. He couldn’t even begin trying to maintain it but attempting to lengthen the blade was doable.
‘More… more.’
Choi Hyuk wrapped more karma around his blade. Even during this time, his feet didn’t stop moving as they dashed towards the monsters.
“Kuaahhh!!!”
“Kreeah!”
The two bladed ghosts screeched in an attempt to put pressure on Choi Hyuk. The 2m wolf-like shadow slightly moved back. It looked like it was trying to avoid him.
But Choi Hyuk was one step faster.
Palalak!
The karma wrapped around his blade unravelled. He consumed all his karma; ‘The fight will end soon anyways.’ Choi Hyuk poured in all his remaining strength.
Swis.h.!.+
The blade emitted a clear sound. The almost transparent haze of karma extended 1m past the blade.
Slice!
The extended blade sliced the two bladed ghosts and even the dusk teeth that had moved back. The dusk teeth looked like it was a shadow but as soon as it was split in two, its blood and guts splattered out as it collapsed. He split 3 monsters in two in a single exchange.
“Huuuu…”
Choi Hyuk let out a larger breath than before. His body felt heavy as if it was submerged in water.
“Kuek!”
“Die!”
Portal destruction complete!
Sounds of fighting sounded out from everywhere. The battle progressed smoothly.
Choi Hyuk slowly dragged his heavy body and stabbed the monster corpses. The Predator’s Blade drained the monsters’ blood.
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[Predator’s Blade]
Rank: D (Unique, Growth-type)
Sharp and st.u.r.dy. The more blood it spills of strong foes, the stronger it will get.
Durability: 726/1,000
Evolution: 29/100
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The second condition for hunting the Wyvern of Destruction was evolving the Predator’s Blade.
Though he didn’t know what kind of monster the Wyvern of Destruction would be, it was clearly stronger than the mid-bosses. Looking at the current situation, it looked like F rank was equivalent to no-star, E rank was 1-star and D rank was 2-star. If that was the case, to fight the Wyvern of Destruction which was at least a C rank, he needed a C rank weapon.
Choi Hyuk indifferently gazed at the Predator’s Blade as it drained the blood of its enemies and turned them into mummies. He still needed 71 more.
“Since I took out 7 today… at this pace, it’ll be possible.”
Normally it would be hard enough trying to take down 2 a day but now that there was an army it would be much easier. An expedition made up of 40,000 people that faced off against the monsters while the 100 members of the suicide squad made a path towards the portals. Due to this, Choi Hyuk had the time to fight while testing his karma blade in real combat.
“Huh?”
After calming his breath, Choi Hyuk saw items that had appeared between the dead corpses. They were items he was seeing for the first time. A transparent quartz rod and a wooden ball. When he closely examined it, information appeared.
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[1-Person Escape Code]
The owner of this code is able to escape on the final day.
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[Dragon Hunting Weapon – Vine Cannonball]
A cannonball packed with magic. Use it with ‘Dragon Hunting Weapon – Extraordinary Dragon Cannon’.