Chapter 162 - Chapter 162 (2/2)

The dark shadow of despair drew upon the faces of the Hunters. The broken stone statues were beginning to stand up one by one, that was why.

The b*stards without heads, b*stards with holes in their chests, and even b*stards with limbs missing all began standing up. But the absolute worst among them all was the statue of the unknown god that could only be described as truly gigantic.

"....Oh, my god."

The god statue and the stone statues were standing upright and glaring at the Hunters as if they had never been destroyed in the first place. Their expressionless faces only made the already creepy atmosphere that much more bizarre.

Hunters began to backtrack a step at a time, only to run into something solid behind their backs.

"Uh....?"

It was the door.

Even before they had realised it, the doorway to this once-empty arena was closed shut tightly. It seemed that the angel statue had no thoughts of letting these humans go at all.

The angel statue spoke to them.

"Those who manage to survive until all of my dolls have fallen will be given the opportunity to witness the glorious rebirth of the king."

The monster kept saying 'king' this and 'king' that for a while now.

'Just what is it trying to say here?'

Woo Jin-Cheol's brows creased up.

He just couldn't understand the words the creature was busy spewing out. However, one thing was for certain. He knew that this creature was trying to kill everyone within the chamber.

He gritted his teeth.

He spent the last four years of his life in the Association.

He had faced plenty of hair-raising situations, but still managed to pull through by bitterly struggling till the end. Today would not be any different. He wasn't planning to die as easily as the monster wanted him to.

'Even I can't make it out of here....'

At least, he'd try to save Hunter Seong.

His thoughts reached there and he glanced at Jin-Woo. Rather coincidentally, the angel statue also pointed at the youth lying unmoving on the ground.

"This person was able to destroy all my puppets in less than five minutes."

The pointed finger of the angel statue was then locked onto the rest of the Hunters.

"How many minutes will it take for all of you to die today, then?"

Just as the words of the angel statue came to an end, Woo Jin-Cheol cried out at the top of his lungs.

"Everyone, get down!!"

Hunters hurriedly bent down to the ground.

A red laser beam sliced right past just above their heads with almost no gap to spare. The casualty was zero this time. It was almost a miracle in and of itself.

The red energy beam shooting out from the eyes of the god statue slowly dissipated.

'Ho-oh.'

The angel statue stared at the Hunters with eyes of some interest as it took a step back. It seemed that these humans might be able to provide some fun distraction before the king awakens.

"Pant, pant, pant."

Woo Jin-Cheol panted out heavily. Cold sweat poured out from his pores.

If he hadn't heard about the special trait of the god statue beforehand, would he be able to survive that blast? His entire body shuddered from sheer horror. Still, they managed to somehow live through the first attack.

Of course, that wasn't the end.

'No, it's merely the beginning.'

Woo Jin-Cheol raised his head.

The stone statues were rushing towards them now. They were so quick that only the high-ranked melee-type Hunters would be capable of following their movements.

Fortunately, Woo Jin-Cheol was one of the very best within the rank A Hunters. He rose up from his spot in an instant and while rotating his waist, sent out a powerful punch. The specially-constructed glove slammed hard into the face of a stone statue.

Boom!!

Woo Jin-Cheol's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

'….??'

He genuinely believed that one punch would be enough. However, the stone statue was unscathed.

Because he saw that one of this statue's shoulders was completely destroyed from an unknown attack, he ended up making a mistake on his enemy's durability. It was a gaffe he shouldn't have made when thinking back to just who it was that destroyed all these statues in the first place.

The stone statue's face was pushed back only by a little bit, but it recovered from the impact force almost right away and thrust forward the sword in its hand.

'Tsk.'

Woo Jin-Cheol inwardly clicked his tongue.

He threw that punch out without taking into consideration the possible counterattack so he was unable to dodge. Besides, the enemy wasn't slow enough for him to evade at such a close distance, anyway.

But, then.

Ka-boom!!

A powerful explosion wrapped the statue up and it flew away.

Woo Jin-Cheol frowned and shook his head hard to recover from the buzzing sensation in his ears. Only then did he get to hear the voice coming from his side.

"Are you alright??"

It was none other than the 'ultimate weapon', Choi Jong-In. Woo Jin-Cheol nodded once to express his gratitude. They simply didn't have enough time to leisurely share a conversation.

Boom!!

Because, the god statue began moving in earnest, and...

Dudududu-!!

...And, the stone statues had already arrived right before their noses by then.

"Chairman Choi!! Aggro skills don't work against these things!!"

Tankers loudly cried out.

"What was that??"

Choi Jong-In's expression hardened considerably. If the aggro skills didn't work on them, then these creatures would instinctively start targetting the physically weakest Hunters present.

If the Healers were killed off first, then their line of defence would collapse in no time at all. It was nigh impossible for them to fight against powerful enemies without some sort of a defensive line to back them up.

Not only that....

Right behind these d*mn stone statues, the massive god statue was now raising its equally massive fist as well.

'Can we really get out of this place alive?'

Their situation was despairingly critical.

However, he still could think of one final method. And that would be waking up the unconscious Hunter Seong.

The angel sculpture b*stard said it, didn't it?

'That thing said that Hunter Seong was able to destroy them all by himself. In less than five minutes, too.'

Their situation could change greatly if his guess was correct and the only reason why Hunter Seong lost to the angel statue was that he became too fatigued from destroying all these stone statues.

Indeed, weren't there dozens of first-class Hunters present here that could aid Hunter Seong right now?

That is why....

'I need to wake up Hunter Seong Jin-Woo.'

Flames alighted on Choi Jong-In's hands. It was not for nothing that he was called the 'ultimate weapon'. Not only his firepower, but even his accuracy didn't lose out to any of the modern firearms.

It was now 'sink or swim' time.

Choi Jong-In fired the magic he cast in Jin-Woo's direction.

Hunter Seong might experience some discomfort, but he wasn't weak enough to get injured greatly by this level of magic. But, if he did wake up from the impact of the explosion, then the human Hunters would stand a good chance of surviving this event.

'That is why, please...!'

The flames flew towards their target while leaving behind a long trail. However....

Boom!

The flames simply exploded on the torso of the angel statue that stepped into the trajectory in the blink of an eye.

'….??'

Choi Jong-In was greatly taken by surprise from the unexpected interference from the angel statue and hurriedly raised his head.

Every muscle on the face of the angel was distorted unsightly until they couldn't be twisted any further to form a truly terrifying expression.

"How dare....."

For the first time ever, the angel statue stopped smiling and bared its fangs.

"How dare you try to interrupt the slumber of the king!?"

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