Chapter 75 (1/2)

”I have a method to hunt the Cave Octopus”

”How?”

How do I explain that? It's so I can only do since I have the Owl's Eye, Cohness I need to show all of my cards

”I will show you with my actions All of you just have to do what you did earlier”

”We understand”

”We will just trust Kang Hwi Ram-nim”

All of theestion They had no other alternative

After resting for a bit, I got up from my seat

”Then let's try again”

I had the rest of the party turn on their hts and enter the hall first While they distracted the Cave Octopus, I also entered

I went toward the back of the Cave Octopus like Gazni had done before

Of course, I was able to move in a way that orlds apart from how Gazni had moved It was because i had the Owl's Eye

Crackle-

The fires that theup inhard to draw the attention of the Cave Octopus

Ito approach the Cave Octopus But,

'shi+t!'

The Cave Octopus had set up guards Tens of Blood Dogs were stationed behind him

Growl-

A Blood Dog spotted rowled fiercely as it ran toward me

Thanks to that, the Cave Octopus noticedaroundtoward me as well Some of them ran across the Cave Octopus's tentacles, while others hopped up and down to land on my head, chest, and back

They were really stickythem off with my hand, but it was pretty hard to do

Since it was like this, how could Gazni survive? The darkness would have made it hard for him to move just by itself There was no way he would have been able to keep his life with the parasitichim as well

But I was different Neither the darkness nor the parasitic monsters bothered me I didn't even need to pick them off

It was thanks to reinforced toughness I won't receive any dae from such weak attacks

I just have to watch out for one thing!

I need to

So whenever I spotted one jue or used my hand to re that

Growl-

Rawr-

The Blood Dogs ran toward me to block my way

I was thankful

The parasiticcoe for it to become a critical hit, but they were too weak for that

Nomy cutlass, I couldn't land a critical hit

But the blood dogs were strong enough And they weren't that fast in my point of view

Long story short, they were the perfect stepping stones for combo

Papapat-

A cos ran toward me, the faster my level of combo went up

The Cave Octopus moved its tentacles to catch me as well

But I was already in the octopus's blind spot When no Blood Dogs were nearby, I used the Cave Octopus's tentacles as stepping stones to get closer and closer to the Cave Octopus

I used the moment the combo was stopped to take out a fire marble and to throw it under the Cave Octopus

Crackle-

The heat wasn't that strong, but it was enough to annoy the Cave Octopus The Cave Octopus, that was annoyed by the fire, squirorously

But each tis were created in between the Cave Octopus's tentacles

I needed to be careful Since the et the ti squashed by the Cave Octopus's body or tentacle

Still, I was able to get rid of the Blood Dogs thanks to that A couple of the killed by the Cave Octopus's tentacles

I started another combo

Papapat-

Since the giant Cave Octopus was next to me it was super easy to make a combo

As I continued to build up my combo like that, I used the moment the tentacles moved to head toward the Cave Octopus's head

I could finally see the Cave Octopus's eyes

The Cave Octopus looked ot larger

It est weakness is its eyes

Squirm squirm-

The Cave Octopusits eyes

But I was faster I quickly approached it and used a 30+ hit combo deep into its eye But,

”Ugh!”

I felt a terrible pain on my back

When I turnedtentacles was stabbed into my back

The dare's Leather Arth was still really high The dah that I almost lost consciousness for a moment

I quickly swung my cutlass to slice off the end of the tentacle

But it was already too late I felt like I was losing all strength in

I started to run, thinking I needed to at least get away, but I fell to the ground after I took less than five steps

”Growl……”

Thankfully, the Cave Octopus was falling down as well

But it was not tier here is not the monster but the people

Especially in a situation like this when I don't have the strength to protect myself

I quickly turnedpotion fro it was not enough, so I poured it onto my back

A portion of the healing potion that flowed down my back reached the injury Thanks to that, I felt like the injury was healing pretty quickly But I still could not put any strength in s I wanted to stand up, but I could not do it

'Hurry Please'

I aiting for

But then I heard a voice

It was Hansen's voice He was quickly heading toward me

”Kang Hwi Ram-nim! Where are you?”

I felt likeI worked so hard to avoid a situation like this That hy I orking so hard to avoid any severe injury

'shi+t I need more time'

But Hansen did not giveeven et to me

I clenchedthat I needed to prepare just in case

But the continued e was somewhat unexpected

”He's over there Let's hurry up and rescue him”

”We can't get close because of the parasitic monsters”

”Fire Magician! Please create a path WeHwi Ram-nim”

Hansen was urging the rest of the their best as well

Some Fire Walls were created to make a path toward me Hansen, as well as a couple other people, used that path to run toward me

Hansen's expression was full of concern I couldn't see any signs of trying to hurttoward me as fast as possible because he sincerely wanted to save me

'Did I misunderstand their intention?'

But not all of the with the same intentions that Hansen had A couple of thereed

The majority of the prisoners were like that They pretended to follow us until now to stay alive, but they showed their true colors once the final boss monster, the Cave Octopus, melted away

”It's the priest!”

”I found her first She's mine”

”No, she's mine Don't touch her!”

'Priest?'

When i turned my head, in the middle of where the Cave Octopus melted aas the priest of the Athena Temple She must have been trapped in the Cave Octopus's stomach

The priest was still unconscious

The party members all ran forward to try to save the priest

”No! It is not over yet!”

I shouted as loudly as I could

So at nored it and ran toward the priest

Hansen shouted as urgently as I did

”Do not touch the priest-nim Hurry up and save the priest-nim! Kill anyone who touches the priest-nim!”

The first command was probably to the prisoners while the latter command was to his posse

But the command to the posse was a bit odd

'Kill anyone who touches the priest-nim?'

Does that oal has to do with the priest?

The members who had stopped for a bit started to run toward the priest again as soon as Hansen gave his order

I can't let theoal is, but I a me

”It is not over yet Watch out! That is just bait”

”Bait?”