Chapter 194 (1/2)
The Dark World- Black Forest. It was one of the ten best skills that Su-hyeun knew. This skill was particularly famous for its wide-range effect. There weren’t many skills that could cover physical, mental, and magical damages. In particular, the Psychomancy ability of the Dark World skill had the widest range of all the psychological skills.
“Hey, Thomas. Your job is to protect people. When people are upset and try to attack each other, then instill the opposite feeling in them, okay?” Su-hyeun had told him.
“Is that protecting?”
“Yes. Protecting them from fighting each other. But it’ll be hard work. There will be a lot of people, and you have to use your skill very widely.”
“It’s okay! I can do it.”
“If you wait for us, we’ll finish our work quickly. I believe in you, Thomas.”
It was a job that only Thomas could do. Su-hyeun was strong, but he didn’t have any mental skills. Even if he had one, he wouldn’t be able to handle that many people like Thomas could. Thomas was the only one who could do it in the world. It might be a heavy burden for him.
<<I don’t have much time,>> Su-hyeun thought.
Kee-hee, hee-hee-hee, hee-hee—
Su-hyeun broke the ground beneath him and went into the dungeon with Hak-joon. The structure of the dungeon was a vast castle. It was so huge it was hard to even figure out how big it was. Inside, the castle was filled with laughter that they had heard before. There was a lot of anger in the laughter. Just listening to it made them frustrated, and they felt a burning feeling inside.
“This could be dangerous,” Hak-joon commented.
“If you think you can’t handle it, you can just wait outside,” Su-hyeun snapped.
“No, I’m not talking about me. I’m talking about other awakeners. Unless I lose my focus, I’ll be fine until then.”
Su-hyeun nodded at Hak-joon’s answer. In the beginning, he brought Hak-joon because he had thought he would not be much affected by it.
<< Awakeners below B-Rank had a problem.>>
Especially, awakeners who had weak willpower and concentration were easily deceived by the laugh. The tragedy that had happened in Su-hyeun’s past life was way worse than what happened in Paris a few days ago.
<<Just as I expected. It’s worse inside the dungeon than outside,>> Su-hyeun thought.
An outbreak was a phenomenon that occurred after the boundary between the dungeon and reality gradually faded. What had happened was the emotion inside the dungeon had flowed out during the outbreak.
“What the hell is this laughing?” Hak-joon looked around the huge castle.
In the empty castle, there was no sign of anything except the laughter. He knew it wasn’t a typical dungeon, but it was definitely strange that there wasn’t a single monster.
“That’s what we have to figure out.”
Su-hyeun only knew about this dungeon from information from his past life. Therefore, he had no choice but to check the details from now on.
“How?” Hak-joon asked.
“What do you mean how?”
Whoosh, whoosh—
Su-hyeun laughed as he brightened up the dark castle with his Flame skill. “We don’t have much time, so we just have to go for it.”
“…?”
Act 9
Boom, boom, boom—!
Craaack—!
Gyaong, gyaooong—!
Miru cried with excitement as he saw the burning castle. Hak-joon, riding on Miru’s back for the first time, looked around the castle with a scared face.
“Are you really going to break everything?” he asked.
“Yes. But it’s more well-built then I thought. It won’t break easily.” Su-hyeun stroked Miru’s head. “Miru, use your Breath.”
Gyaong—?
“Break everything. Anything you see.”
Gyaong—!
Miru answered with gusto and gathered the Breath in his mouth.
[Breath.]
[Breath.]
[…]
Whoooosh—
Breath from Miru’s mouth turned the castle on its head.
Hak-joon was astonished at the sight. “Didn’t you say three times was his limit?”
“Well. He’s grown up a lot. Also, he got an item called the Cintamani.”
“Cintamani? What is that?”
“In short, it’s an item that amplifies the power of a dragon. Thanks to that Cintanami, he can use his Breath skill more times, and he can use other skills as well.”
“That’s so cool.” Hak-joon admired Miru’s abilities.
The last time Hak-joon saw Su-hyeun’s fight was at the Ranking Wars, against Gordon Rohan. They hadn’t attacked dungeons together many times, so he didn’t have much chance to see Miru’s abilities. Now, he finally saw Miru fight as a team beside Su-hyeun. Hak-joon felt proud of Miru. Miru’s buff ability and the power of his Breath skill could be considered above even S-Rank awakeners.
Whoosh—
Rumble, ruuumble—
Miru’s Breath was blocked by a door and disappeared. It was the door to the top floor of the castle. It seemed to be blocked by a transparent barrier.
<<It blocked Miru’s Breath? There must be something important behind this door.>>
“I guess this is it,” Su-hyeun said, taking the spear from his back.
Whoosh—
[Dragon Slaying Spear.]
[Flame.]
[Wave Spear- Explosion Style.]
“Be careful not to get hurt,” Su-hyeun warned.
Miru put defensive magic on his body as if he were familiar with doing this. Hak-joon also used a skill to protect himself.
Rumble—
The spear left Su-hyeun’s hand. He threw it from quite a close distance. The spear shone as it left his hand—
Craaaaack—!
Wham, wham, wham—!
—Dragon Slaying Spear shattered into numerous magical pieces and hit the door.
<<His magical power always surprises me…!>> Hak-joon thought.