35 Episode 35 - Territory Dispute, Part I (1/2)
Chapter 13. Territory Dispute, Part I
Translator: Khan
Editor: RED
1.
The third floor of the building, which had been used as the office of a company until a few days ago, was now the home of monsters.
The monsters were monkeys, but naturally not normal monkeys.
Their saw-like teeth and protruding snouts were closer to the appearance of a dog, not a monkey.
It was like a dog's head on a monkey's body.
Moreover, the red eyes on the horrifying face exuded a terrible energy.
The four grotesque monsters were eating now.
The menu was a human.
A man in his mid-twenties, who had just died, his blood still warm, and four monsters were holding his limbs in their hands and eating them with grueling intensity.
There were four skeletons scattered around them, and the rolling skeletons were clean and even shiny.
In this cold winter, the flesh could not have rotted off.
It was a clear evidence and a gruesome sign that these monsters had licked the bones until there was not a piece of flesh left.
A man entered the office of about a hundred square meters, interfering with the terrible meal of the monsters.
The monsters who were interrupted immediately threw out ferocious shrieks toward the person disturbing them.
But it was not a monster, but a man who took the initiative.
Shiyik!
A featherless Arrow started to move as the man appeared, and pierced the head of a monkey.
It fell with a hole in its head, flat on the floor.
Another monster also fell to the ground like a broken doll. Blood sprang out from the corner of its temple.
Kung? Kung!
The two remaining monsters, which were ready to jump at him in rage, burst out with frightened cries.
The cries did not last long.
Shiyik!
The two monsters also fell to the ground with holes in their heads, after the Arrow painted a sleek line between them.
The Arrow that had destroyed four monsters in one rush returned to a revolver holder mounted on the man's waist, as gently as a butterfly.
The man, Kim Tae-hoon, looked around again. His expression was not very good, betraying no satisfaction with what he had done.
Behind him came Bang Hyun-wook's voice. ”Big brother, the first, second and third floors are cleaned. This place is cleaned… wow!”
Soon after Bang Hyun-wook saw what Kim Tae-hoon had done from behind his back, he whistled briefly.
”I feel it every time I see it, but it's still really scary. I'm glad you're not my enemy.”
At the admiration of Bang Hyun-wook, Kim Tae-hoon gave an order instead of an answer. ”Take the monster stones and hang the flag outside the window.”
”Yes!” Bang Hyun-wook's answer was followed by a rookie salute. He was trying to lighten the atmosphere, but Kim Tae-hoon's expression was not loosened.
It couldn't be loosened.
'This is not enough.'
What made Kim Tae-hoon's look solid right now was nothing but his weakness. Lack of power made his mood mixed.
No one would believe it if he said his mind since Kim Tae-hoon was already too strong.
The pattern on the back of Kim Tae-hoon's right hand was evidence.
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[Basic Abilities]
- Strength: 92
- Health: 77
[Special abilities]
- Energy: E+ Rank
- Mana: E+ Rank
- Telekinesis: A Rank
- Mana Resistance: E+ Rank
- Defense: E+ Rank
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Basic and special abilities were already high enough to be incomparable with the other Awakeners. There was a clear difference between him and Bang Hyun-wook, who boasted the highest level of Strength after Kim Tae-hoon.
For the weak monsters, he did not have to use Telekinesis, but simply could kill them alone, without having to use the powerful relics in his hand.
In addition, the abilities he had acquired after eating monster stones were also great.
But was he weak?
It was unbelievable, and not funny.
On the contrary, if Kim Tae-hoon was in front of a monster he should face from now on, the story would be different.
'Doing this, I can't even make time for the devil snake.'
A devil snake.
It refers to a huge yellow-eyed snake that currently used a subway station as its own nesting place, and actually reigned as the ruler of downtown Bucheon.
And now it was the target they were hunting.
Of course, Kim Tae-hoon didn't want to fight the devil snake.
In addition, if Kim Tae-hoon had any common sense as an individual, he should not fight the devil snake and avoid the encounter itself.
But now, Kim Tae-hoon was not an individual…
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Outside the building, Kim Tae-hoon turned and looked at the building he had just been in.
A window broke, and a white flag appeared.
Kim Tae-hoon turned and looked at the building next to him.
Not a few visible buildings had white flags flapping outside their windows.
As Kim Tae-hoon looked at the flags, the day after the snowstorm ended, the day the sun rose, came again.
2.
”It's forty percent.”
At the words of Jang Sung-hoon, five people, consisting of three men and two women standing close, stared at him with cold eyes.
It was a fierce look.
It was not a vague expression. There was an invisible but apparent force from their eyes. This was the force of an Awakener, only available to those who had the opportunity to acquire the superhuman power to fight against the monsters in the age of the monsters.