Chapter 233 (1/2)
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Grrr, grrrr—
Kii-ah, kiii-aaah—
It was really noisy in there.
Frowning deeply, Su-hyeun covered his ear with one hand. The loud growls and screeches that belonged to various monsters would obviously not sound good to anyone.
Gya-ong—!
Miru let out an irritated growl as if the noise was getting on its nerves as well.
Su-hyeun and his dragon were currently in the middle of a horde of monsters. The reason for that was pretty simple.
“All kinds of countless monsters” was this dungeon’s theme.
Inside that place that resembled a cavern located deep underground, monsters maintained some sort of an ecosystem where they devoured each other.
It was fairly similar to Earth’s ecosystem in a certain way. Plant-type monsters were devoured by the insect types, while the latter group would get eaten by other types of monsters.
And a monster bigger and stronger than them would devour them all.
Eat or be eaten—it was that kind of a dungeon.
However, Su-hyeun’s appearance pushed them into acting as one group. They must devour the living human—that was the hostility innate in every monster.
“So many of them have shown up, alright.”
[Provocation]
He went to the center of the dungeon and began attracting the monsters toward him to save time, even if only by a little.
“There aren’t any monsters that we missed, right?”
Gya-ong—
Su-hyeun asked Miru as it flew back after it took a look around their surroundings. The dragon shook its head in response. He smirked and then studied a particular monster that had pushed its heads above the other monsters below.
Kiii-aaaah—!
This monster had nine heads. It was a Hydra, a creature that showed up only within legends. It was also the boss of the blue-colored dungeon and lorded over the others as the top dog of the food chain.
It wasn’t that big all in all. Of course, it was still the biggest monster around, but as a boss of a blue-colored dungeon, it was certainly on the smaller side of the scale.
The real problem with this creature isn’t its size but its toxins.
The venom from that creature’s fangs and blood was far more lethal than any other poison known to man. It was so strong that, as a matter of fact, merely getting sprayed with its blood during battle was enough to melt down a person’s entire body. Plus, its regeneration capability was more outstanding than any monster Su-hyeun knew.
Excluding that, this monster’s characteristics are a bit lacking overall as a boss of a blue-colored dungeon, but…
That no longer mattered.
Maybe not right now, but something of a Hydra’s level could certainly morph into a very promising summoned monster in the future.
Su-hyeun extended his hand forward. Right after he did that, Death Aura began leaking out from his fingertips.
[Trait “Necromancer” has been activated.]
[By using “Death Aura,” you can see or command the dead.]
Su-hyeun’s eyes turned pitch-black when his trait was activated. The monsters that were seemingly ready to pounce on him at any second shrunk back instantly for a moment.
He stared at them and murmured softly, “Arise.”
The moment he said that…
[“Dead Summoning” has been used.]
[“Ouroboros” is being summoned.]
[“Ouroboros’s offspring” is being summoned.]
[“Cerberus” is being summoned.]
[“Death Knight” is…]
….
Gu-gugugugu—
Crack, crack—
Khiii-aaaah—!
The first thing to happen was the rearing from beneath the ground of a massive snake’s head made out of nothing but bones.
All the monsters that surrounded Su-hyeun got swept up in an instant by the Ouroboros’s entrance. The gigantic snake opened its bony maw wide and swallowed up the monsters in one go. Dozens upon dozens of monsters lost their lives in the blink of an eye.
That wasn’t all.
Although just a snakelet, the Ouroboros’s offspring that made its appearance next was still at least 1.5 times bigger than the Hydra. Then, around 20 other undead also showed up, which included the Cerberus, reputedly the gatekeeper of the underworld.
The overall number was fairly small. However, the forceful aura that each of them exuded simply overwhelmed the monsters before Su-hyeun.
Especially when it came to the Ouroboros, the number of hostile monsters meant nothing in front of the creature.
“Sweep them all away,” Su-hyeun ordered.
All at once, around 20 creatures summoned by Su-hyeun made their move.
Miru did as well.
The red dragon had grown so much that using Breath many times didn’t quickly tire it out anymore. The moment Su-hyeun gave his order, Miru flew up high in the air and began pouring out Breath into the middle of the monster horde.
Meanwhile, Su-hyeun stared at the Hydra. The monster’s initial triumphant air lasted only for a brief moment, and then, it looked somewhat scared.
Step—
He began to walk slowly toward the nine-headed monster.
His steps gradually became faster. After taking a few more steps in that manner, Su-hyeun’s figure simply vanished from the spot.
Kii-aaaah—!
Fwhooooosh—
The Hydra opened all of its nine mouths and spat out its venom.
The toxin was strong enough to instantly melt his body just from touching it. As Su-hyeun wasn’t visible anymore, the monster decided to melt down the ground around it and put up a wall of green fog next.
“I guess you guys are also scared of dying, then.”
The Hydra’s heads hurriedly spun to look behind it where the voice came from.
Rumble—
Slice—
A blade enveloped in the divine Flame sliced off all of the Hydra’s nine heads in one swing.
Originally, cutting one head off would mean two other heads would regenerate. However, the dark blue-colored flames scorched the necks of the Hydra, so it couldn’t regenerate all of its lost heads. The monster eventually lifelessly crashed to the ground.
Thud, boom—
Su-hyeun stared at the sliced heads of the Hydra before dusting off the venom from his body.
“Well, that stung more than I thought.”
After taking care of his surroundings, he extended his hand toward the Hydra’s corpse. He had one last thing to do now.
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[Soul Accumulation]
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You can now accumulate a targeted individual’s soul. The number of souls you may accumulate will depend on your proficiency and the soul’s grade.
Proficiency: 12%
LV: 4