Chapter 264 The Hoarder (4) (1/2)
Team: HH, thursdays, Yahiko (6/12)
Kwang!
Kookookoo—
Above in the sky where the explosion soared up, there was a thick column of black smoke. The mountains shook, and then an avalanche startled rumbling down.
The shock had been so great that the castle walls trembled.
Each of the players on the castle walls had stiff faces. Even though they wanted to rest, they couldn’t because of their nerves.
“…..S***. What just happened?”
The continuous attacks of the snow monsters always exhausted players.
They were monsters that continued to pour out no matter how many you killed. They didn’t feel pain and only knew to run at you. No matter how much of an advantage you had being on the defending side, you would be exhausted if they kept on pouring out.
Also, they didn’t care about stepping on their comrades or using them as tools. Under the castle walls, there were piles of monster corpses. It was all a stepping stool for them.
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Sometimes, they shot the corpses of monsters using a cannon. It was a method they came up to decrease the amount of players in any way possible, because the body of the corpse would break like ice when it crashed into something.
Until the sun rose at 6, the players had to continue to fight without rest.
No matter how much fire-type magic the magicians used, the warriors pushed away the monsters from the castle walls, or the priests prayed for blessings, the continued attacks didn’t let up.
Thankfully, the monsters were now almost gone since it was nearly daybreak, but the players weren’t able to sleep easily because they were too breathless from the battle.
However, a new nervousness was being added to that.
On the snowy mountains far away, explosions repetitively burst again and again.
Each time that happened, the forces at the base were reminded of the snow monsters arriving.
They even felt scared that the monsters who had been sleeping would wake up.
They knew who was doing it. The Hoarder. After he jumped down from the castle walls like a psycho, it had continued to be like that.
He didn’t seem to have any plans to return because as time went on, the smoke moved further away from the castle walls. Still, the trembling they felt from the ground was the same, so it meant that the explosions were getting stronger.
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Despite there being an exorbitant amount of snow monsters, not a single monster appeared from where the Hoarder had been.
Thanks to that, the players all watched that area, their Adam’s apples bobbing up and down. What was the Hoarder doing? How long would the guy that was more monster-like than the snow monsters keep it up?
Just then, a few players exchanged looks and moved quietly to a shaded area.
* * *
“Die, human!”
Yeon-woo stretched his head to the right to avoid the blade and swung Vigrid in that direction.
Black Aura split the air. Fire spewed from its trajectory. It didn’t just cut the monster’s arm, but it also burnt 5 monsters around it to a crisp.
However, the one with its arm cut spun to the left and brought its mace down as if it didn’t feel anything.
It was threatening because it had a 3-meter-long body and emitted a cold air with every step.
Yeon-woo spread his wings of fire apart, barely avoiding the mace, and twisted his body, raising Vigrid up.
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Pat!
Another black trajectory was drawn in the area, and half of the snow monster’s head was blown away.
Kwang—
“Keangggg!”
Still, the monster didn’t stop breathing. Boom. Boom. Boom. It was only pushed back three steps, then it got ready to step on Yeon-woo after catching its balance. Other monsters were crushed in its path, but it didn’t seem to care.
However, before it could completely stand straight again, Yeon-woo used Blink and released the Eight Extreme Swords on its face.
Shishishi-
Every time Vigrid was swung, black wounds were engraved on the snow monster’s body. The stain on its body melted with a red light and waited to burn its body.
The mace that had been stopping the Black Aura slowed down, and eventually, it crumbled, unable to endure against the continuous attacks.
Clang!
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Virgrid passed through the snow monster’s throat.
“Krrk…..”
It glared at Yeon-woo with a painful face and vanished after being swept away by the fire.
[You have succeeded in toppling the 3rd Commander, Cordune.]
[The 3rd Squadron is heavily shocked from losing their leader. They are in a state of fear and panic.]
Yeon-woo was breathless, but he didn’t forget to finish it.
[The 3rd Spirit]
The moment he used his Authority, the souls in his collection all appeared in a whirlwind.
The monsters that had become weaker were perfect prey for the souls. This place was pretty much a buffet for them.
The souls possessed the monsters to raise their panicked state and made them see illusions. Then, the monsters began to fight themselves.
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Shanon and Hanryeong moved around the monsters and killed them off one by one, and the Monster Portents that he didn’t leave back at the castle walls ran around to their hearts’ content. They became more violent every time they absorbed a soul.
All around them was black smoke, the smell of burning, and the monsters screaming to death.
[A god of ‘Malak,’ Azrael, is extremely satisfied by the pandemonium you have caused!]
[Azrael laughs. He is complimenting you for leading death.]
[Agares shouts something at Azrael. Azrael ignores it with a snort.]
[Azrael has blessed the Authority he gave you, ‘The 3rd Soul.’ From now on, you are able to carry out more accomplishments.]
[Many gods related to death have begun to observe you.]
[Many demons close to death have revealed a desire for you.]
How many monsters had he caught just in that day?
He didn’t count it, but he had probably crushed about 6 squadrons.
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Yeon-woo went deeper into the snowy mountain without rest, and he was met with stronger monsters the more he moved to the north.
Yeon-woo cut monsters again and again with his Aura. Of course, even though he used explosions at the same time, there were so many monsters that it wasn’t that noticeable when a few were gone.
The occasional monster commanders he met were strong. They were at least at the level of a ranker. They were at a difficulty that multiple players on the 26th floor would have to fight together.
Of course, Yeon-woo wouldn’t easily lose to them with his 3rd Step Awakening, but because of the endless magic power he had used, he was tired.
The 3rd Commander that he had just dealt with was on a different level than those before it.
The 3rd Commander had lasted long. It even fought back. If Yeon-woo didn’t have his Extrasensory Perception raised, he might’ve lost an arm.
“Haa, haa.”
Yeon-woo stood still and caught his breath. The hot air that escaped from his mouth was visible in the cold air.
The Philosopher’s Stone spun rapidly. His magic power quickly replenished, and his health came back as he activated his Regeneration skill.
If he didn’t rest like this, he would’ve already fainted.
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It definitely wasn’t easy to pierce through tens of thousands of monsters.
Just then, the sound of the last monster falling over could be heard. It wasn’t that loud because there were only monster corpses around it.
[The 3rd Squadron has been defeated.]