Chapter 93 (1/2)
“How many are there?”
“Usually the monsters in forest type dungeons like this are often specialized in quantity rather than a specific strong one.”
Su-hyeun answered Jordan’s quiet statement. Jordan thought for a moment and nodded.
“Yes. It was like that so far,” Jordan thought.
He remembered the times when he went to the forest type dungeons. He and his team had to fight against several monsters rather than a particularly strong one. Even so, this situation was different. There were way too many monsters.
“It looks like there is a leader.”
“You mean the boss?”
“Yes. That one is probably intelligent. It controls all these monsters.”
The monsters did not jump from one side. Rather, they surrounded all sides and slowly approached. There were not many monsters as coordinated as this. Moreover, this boss was controlling a lot of monsters. There was only one monster Su-hyeun could think of.
“The Troll Druid,” Su-hyeun said.
“Druid?”
“Yes. This one is a boss that controls animal types of the monsters. It is not that big, but it is intelligent and good at magic.
“I’ve never heard of it before,” Jordan said.
“I’ve only seen it once in the Tower of Trials. I think the boss is probably that monster.”
The best excuse was the Tower of Trials because no one could figure out what kind of trials Suhyun had suffered. Fortunately, Jordan did not doubt Su-hyeun’s words.
“Druid…”
“The monsters will move systematically, so keep that in your mind when you fight. The most important thing is to get rid of the heads of the Druid. Then, the other monsters will disperse.”
Jordan nodded at Su-hyeun’s analysis. Killing the boss from the battle between the big groups was the basis of the strategy. However, there was a problem.
“If it can think, then it wouldn’t show up so easily,” Jordan said.
“We will get it.”
“How?”
“I will find it.”
Having expected that answer, Jordan sighed.
“Will you be okay?”
“Nobody can do it except me. I can move faster than you, Mr. Jordan.”
Su-hyeun was right. Last time, when Su-hyeun had disappeared from the beginning, Jordan didn’t even notice that he moved. Additionally, he had been watching Su-hyeun’s fights. Su-hyeun was able to move much faster than him.
“His mood is changed,” Jordan thought.
So far, Su-hyeun looked pretty relaxed. Now, he looked a little nervous for the first time since entering the dungeon. Perhaps he thought the Druid was that difficult enemy. Jordan had no choice.
“Please, take care of it,” Jordan said.
“Got it.”
Su-hyeun caught Miru’s tail as he flew over his head.
“Then, please hold out well.”
Tap, tap!
Then, Su-hyeun tapped on Hak-Joon’s shoulder and said in Korean, “You hold out well, too.”
“Yes?”
Swish!
Su-hyeun’s body quickly disappeared.
Purr…
People could here Miru’s pitiful cry in the distance. It looked like Su-hyeun was running with Miru’s tail on him.
“Did he say hold out?” Jordan muttered what Su-hyeun had said, “I’m worried…”
Grrrr!
Creak, creak!
Woof, woof!
Countless cries came from all directions. They could not even guess how many of them there were. Based on the sounds they made, it looked like there were hundreds of them.
“…Damn it.”
Even before the fight began, Jordan had a cold sweat on his forehead. Now, he could figure out what “hold out” meant.
“You guys all heard, right?”
Jordan looked around the monsters that came from everywhere and said to everyone.
“Set your jaw and endure!”
Act 3
Whiz!
Su-hyeun stepped on the branches and leaped among the lush trees. The scenery passed like pictures. Miru, who was caught in Su-hyeun’s hand, started to laugh as if he was having fun.
Kiyaaaak!
A monster resembling a leopard hid at the top of a tree and swiped at Su-hyeun from above, but failed to catch him and only broke a useless branch. When nothing was caught, the leopard turned its body and started to find Su-hyeun again.
Krrrr!
Swish!
At that moment, a thin red line appeared on the leopard’s body.
Splat!
The leopard’s body split in half as a fountain of blood gushed out. Su-hyeun had moved far away already.
“Which way should I go?” Su-hyeun thought.
Assuming that the other monsters were less intelligent than their leader, the Troll Druid could control them. It only appeared more than blue-colored dungeons. It was a tricky opponent to handle in a group fight. Unlike other bosses, this one did not easily expose his position. But that did not mean Su-hyeun could not find it. There was a limit of the range that it could control the other monsters, so it would not be too far away.
“The direction that the shadow leopard showed up…,” Su-hyeun thought.
Su-hyeun believed in his instincts, with Miru giving him the confidence to do so.
Purr!
Miru was hanging on Su-hyeun’s arm now. He cried in excitement to the direction that they were heading. For some reason, Miru could sense other monsters and react sensitively to Su-hyeun’s feelings and thoughts. Su-hyeun was looking for Druid, so Miru must have been looking for it as well.
Swish!
Kiyaaak!
Woof, woof!
Shadow leopards and monkeys jumped to Su-hyeun from all sides of the trees. At that moment, Su-hyeun flew up several steps with the Leap skill. Upon his ascension, he quickly glanced at the scenery below. He could see several monsters forming a circle.
“Over there!”
Whiz!