21 Chapter 20 (2/2)

”That spider b*stard, it's not gonna suddenly wake up on us, right?”

”Who knows.”

Jin-Woo remained economical with his words. He had more or less figured out what would happen next, but if he said out aloud his thoughts in full, then Yu Jin-Ho might faint from fear.

'Now that I think about it....'

Those words were the first to come out from Yu Jin-Ho's mouth in the past five minutes or so. It seemed that he was really scared right now. And he used to be so talkative, too.

Then, 'it' happened.

Kabooom!!!

With a loud explosion, the entrance of the boss room suddenly caved in.

”Uh, uh?! Huh!! Ahhh!!”

Yu Jin-Ho hurriedly ran towards the entrance.

Unfortunately for him, the entrance was completely blocked up by the fallen rocks. He pushed on with all his might, but not a single stone budged.

Jin-Woo slowly walked over there in the meantime.

”Groan~! Hyung, help me push this!”

Yu Jin-Ho was still giving his all to push the blockade of stones away.

'He said his name was Joh Gyu-Hwan, huh.'

Before the explosion, there was a flash of light. A Sorcerer ranked C that controlled 'light'. This was no doubt that b*stard's handiwork.

Jin-Woo placed his hand on the fallen rocks.

'If I want to, I can get out of here at any time.'

He could sense the weight of the stones through his hands. They weren't as heavy as they looked. When he very slightly pushed, he felt the wall tremble gently. Of course, he wasn't thinking of leaving at all, anyways.

”Ah!”

Yu Jin-Ho stopped pushing at the stones and cried out as if he had finally figured out the truth. His face now reddened in fury, Yu Jin-Ho shifted his gaze over to Jin-Woo.

”Those sons of b*tches are trying to kill us!! They don't want to share the mana stones, so they blocked the exit and let the spider devour us!”

'Wow, you figured that out so quickly, Sherlock.'

Jin-Woo was rolling his eyes in his head, but still played along for the time being.

”Looks that way. This is troublesome.”

”Heok!”

Suddenly, Yu Jin-Ho's reddened complexion paled in an instant. Would that be the look of someone whose blood had gone cold?

No need to ask him what happened, there – the silhouette of the giant monster was oh-so-clearly reflected in Yu Jin-Ho's eyes.

Jin-Woo turned around.

”Keurruuuk. Keururuk.”

The spider's sleep had been interrupted by that loud explosion and it was slowly raising its massive body up.

The body the size of a house.

Dozens upon dozens of eyes.

That horrifying mouth.

Eight long, long legs.

Now that it had begun moving for real, it looked far more terrifying than when it was actually in a deep slumber.

”Euh....”

Yu Jin-Ho leaked out a fearful gasp. His body had frozen stiff like a statue.

On the other hand, Jin-Woo kept his sight firmly locked on the spider as he calmly summoned the 'Poison Fang of Kasaka' from his Inventory.

'You're mine.'

This was the perfect opportunity to test out his enhanced stats.

The Poison Fang of Kasaka appeared in his right hand....

Swiish.

….As if it had always been there.

Jin-Woo gripped the dagger's hilt tightly. The reason why a Hunter was called a Hunter! From this moment on was when the true hunt would begin.

”H-hang on a second, hyung!!”

However, Yu Jin-Ho swiftly snatched up Jin-Woo's sleeve just as the latter took a couple of steps towards the spider.

”Wha, what are you trying to do?!”

Yu Jin-Ho's hands were shaking pretty bad. Jin-Woo used his left thumb to point over his shoulder.

”Obviously, I'm going to hunt that.”

Jin-Woo had been following around Hwang Dong-Seok's group until now for that purpose.

….In order to monopolise the remaining monsters in the dungeon as soon as Hwang Dong-Seok cut the tail and ran away. This was a splendid opportunity to swallow whole all the experience points and magic crystals.

'Well, only if the boss hadn't devoured every monster in this dungeon, that is.'

If that hadn't been the case, then he would've profited a lot more, though. What a missed opportunity that was.

However, Yu Jin-Ho's facial expression clearly displayed his disbelief, as he had no idea about Jin-Woo's special constitution.

'What is this hyung rambling on about?!'

There was something he'd heard from someone somewhere before.

A person would stop thinking rationally the moment he or she received a mental shock beyond their capability to deal with.

The Hunter ranked E standing right in front said that he'd hunt the boss of a C-rank dungeon. If this was not an act of irrationality, that what else could it be?

Yu Jin-Ho asked again, this time looking rather dumbfounded.

”Hyung, you want to hunt that thing? For real?”

Jin-Woo scratched the top of his head, looking somewhat troubled, before replying back with a question of his own.

”What, you want to hunt it, then?”

Part 10. 'Give and Take'

Jin-Woo turned around even before Yu Jin-Ho had the chance to respond. There was no need to listen to his reply, anyway.

Even now, Yu Jin-Ho was barely managing to stand up straight as his legs continued to shudder.

From the get-go, he didn't expect anything from Yu Jin-Ho. Rather, he was relieved that the kid didn't follow after him while saying he'd lend his aid or some such.

'He'll just get in my way, anyway.'

Jin-Woo slowly approached the spider.

The spider must've discovered the humans' presence as well, as it was changing its direction towards them while shuffling on its eight legs.

It was coming closer.

As if it found the never-before-seen prey rather strange, the spider didn't immediately rush out. Using its thick and long legs to push down on the ground, it inched closer and closer.

”Fuu-woo.”

As that giant monster slowly filled up his entire view, Jin-Woo's breathing became heavy. His heart began thumping faster and faster, too.

Thump-thump, thump-thump.

Jin-Woo controlled his wayward breathing and did his absolute best to calm himself down. He had to remain focused and steady here.

He recalled the exact feelings he felt when he stood at the end of the second floor of the Hapjeong station's instant dungeon.

He then recalled seeing the Poison-Fanged Blue Kasaka for the first time.

However, this giant spider in front of him didn't emit as much pressure as that snake did. Meaning, he could definitely do this.

From the get-go, if he thought that this boss was impossible to clear alone, he wouldn't even have stayed here.

”Keurururuk.”

They had gotten close enough that his face was now reflecting rather clearly on those smooth, jet-black eyes of the spider.

Jin-Woo's own eyes narrowed to a slit.