Chapter 81 (1/2)
“When did it get back its sight?” Lee Kang-hee thought.
It was not long ago. Only a few minutes had passed since it lost its sight. Lee Kang-hee could not believe that Kraken had already recovered. Its regenerative power was beyond his imagination. Also, Kraken had a power that constrained movement only with its cry.
“Damn it. This is not what I expected…”
Rumble, rumble—!
Kraken raised its legs above Lee Kang-hee and the other awakeners of the Papillon Guild. It was slow, but there was no place to escape. Some of them had become completely paralyzed by Kraken’s cry.
“Shit! Shit! Shit!” Lee Kang-hee cussed.
Lee Kang-hee was at least able to resist the sound as he was an A-Rank awakener. He hastily left his spot. However, only two others were also able to escape.
“N… no…!”
“Help…”
Kraken’s legs were poised to fall on the remaining members of Papillon Guild.
Slash—!
Boom, boom—!
The two legs that were about to attack were suddenly cut in half. There was no trace left of the limbs.
“Huh? Huh?”
“What—what just happened?”
The Kraken’s legs wriggled on the ground. Since they were cut off, Kraken was gawky and did not move well. The people of the Papillon Guild looked at the legs in vain. Soon, a voice came to them.
“You have ten seconds.”
It was Su-hyeun’s voice, the man who cut off Kraken’s legs. He stared at Lee Kang-hee who had run away alone. Su-hyeun shouted to the awakeners of the Papillon Guild.
“Everybody, get back to your position. Otherwise—” Su-hyeun tossed his messy hair, looked around at the people, and said, “—you are all going to die.”
People got goosebumps. It was not an empty warning. Moreover, Kraken’s lethal nature had already been revealed. There was no reason to be greedy for contributions.
“E-everybody back to position!”
“Keep the formation! Hurry up!”
The awakeners of the Papillon Guild shouted hastily. Su-hyeun looked at them and frowned. At least experiencing Kraken’s threat taught them that it was not an easy mark. The terrified awakeners of the Papillon hurried back to their positions. Su-hyeun watched them go, thinking they were pathetic.
Gwooowoo—!
Whether because it lost its legs or because it resented failing to kill people, Kraken made an angry roar at Su-hyeun. Nevertheless, it didn’t swing its legs because it did not see Su-hyeun as a weak opponent.
“Although it’s a little smaller, it is still the same monster,” Su-hyeun thought.
Kraken could use Fear ability. Fear was the common distinct ability of the monsters close to the divine beast. Its effectiveness depended on proximity. So it was best for A-Rank awakeners to stay away from those monsters unless they had a skill that could resist Fear ability.
“Well, at least, burdensome people are backing off…” Su-hyeun thought. He turned his head and said, “Attack again!”
Su-hyeun was far away, but people could hear his voice as clearly as if he was right next to them. Kim Taek-hyun, who was watching Su-hyeun and Kraken, asked in surprise, “Should we start?”
Kim Taek-hyun did not have the same abilities that Su-hyeun did. Instead, his skill was to communicate from a distance.
Su-hyeun nodded and replied in a slightly sharpened voice. “We planned this already. Remember?”
Su-hyeun made a gesture to hurry people along as if repeating himself was annoying. Even though Su-hyeun said he would be okay, Kim Taek-hyun could not fully believe him. Su-hyeun had told them to unleash all their attacks while he confronted Kraken.
“We were supposed to start earlier…” Kim Taek-hyun thought.
They were supposed to rain down attacks when Kraken lost its sight. After they succeeding in making some big and small wounds, the real fight was supposed to start. But the guild master of Papillon ruined everything.
“Damn it. Whatever.”
Kim Taek-hyun closed his eyes. For now, he had no choice but to follow what Su-hyeun said.
“Everybody attack!” he shouted.
“Yes, sir!”
Sizzle—!
Whoosh—!
Swish, swish—!
Among the sixty awakeners, the people capable of long-range attacks was about forty. They began to use their skills at once. Various skills such as fire, electric shock, and magic were fired at Kraken. Even though Kraken was huge, each of them was higher than B-Rank. The monster wasn’t safe from their attacks.
Gwooook—!
Due to its large size, Kraken could not evade the attacks. It started to scream in pain and stared at the awakeners. Kraken was about to move. And then—
Slash—!
Thump—!
Su-hyeun’s sword cut off the Kraken’s leg.
“Where are you going?”
Su-hyeun once again caught Kraken’s gaze. He grinned.
“Come here, you bald octopus.”
***
Hack— Slash—!
Swish— Rumble—!
Another leg flew away and fell on to the ground. There were a few scattered about already. Kraken’s legs wriggled. The wriggling legs looked very disgusting. Each leg was almost as big as the huge monsters. But…
“What the hell…”
Kim Taek-hyun stared at the remains of Kraken with a blank face. About sixty awakeners were fighting together, but the result was unbelievable.
“I doubted him when he was so confident…”
At first, Kim Taek-hyun thought Su-hyeun’s role was holding Kraken. With its low intelligence, Kraken was most-likely to try attacking the closest thing—which would have been Su-hyeun. Then, the others could attack from a distance. But soon, Kim Taek-hyun realized that his thoughts were wrong.
“I thought he would only hold it back, but I was wrong.”