39 Episode 39 - He Got the Eyes, Part I (2/2)
Kim Tae-hoon's name had already spread, but there were not many people who had seen Kim Tae-hoon directly.
Even if they knew Kim Tae-hoon's face, there were few people who had good enough eyesight to confirm his face from that far away.
However, it was not necessary for someone to explain that the man was Kim Tae-hoon.
There was only one man who could make the monster, which gave fear, nightmares, and despair to the survivors of Bucheon City, a carcass, and take the right of the winner from the dead body.
'Is that him?' 'It is him!'
As Kim Tae-hoon drew closer to the dead body of the devil snake, everyone realized his identity.
When Kim Tae-hoon approached the vicinity of the devil snake in the end, someone saw him and screamed.
”Hooray!”
A shout.
It was a triumphant shout, and at the same time, it was the first shout.
”Hooray!”
The war that had begun with the sudden appearance of the monster on December 31 took away the shouts of survivors.
Everyone had lived in a breathless state to survive. There was no proper victory. They just survived and pretended to be dead to live.
There was no room to shout, or to be eligible for victory.
Now, now was the first time.
For the first time, the survivors who had been deprived and only run away had won their first real victory, and in return, they were entitled to shout as much as they wanted to at this moment.
”Hooray!”
The shouting spread out. The enthusiasm of the shouting began to melt the frozen world.
Furthermore, the shouting urged the heart. Everyone's hearts began to beat wildly in the rush of the shouts.
At the center of the shouts, Kim Tae-hoon looked at his own Sword deeply embedded in the neck of the fallen devil snake.
The Sword was sticking out its handle as if waiting for its master to come.
Kim caught the hilt and pulled it out, like the legend of a king who drawing a sword from a rock.
Shiyik!
Without any trouble, the Sword again cut through the body of the devil snake and revealed its silver blade.
The silver blade now scattered silver light around, reflecting the sunlight passing through the sky.
”Hooray!”
Those who saw the scattered silver blade began to shout with all their might.
During the shouts, Kim Tae-hoon immediately set out to work.
He cut the skin like digging a burrow, slicing away the flesh, and revealed the black heart of the devil snake sleeping beyond it. He raised his smartphone over the yellow jewel embedded in the heart.
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[The Crystal of the Black Snake]
- Strength and Health greatly increase when ingested.
- The skill level of Energy greatly increases when ingested.
- The skill level of Mana greatly increases when ingested.
- The skill level of Defense greatly increases when ingested.
- The Power of the Black Snake [The Eyes of Black Snake] can be acquired when ingested.]
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Kim Tae-hoon tore the yellow jewel off and put it in his mouth.
There was no hesitation. He ate it in a gulp and swallowed it in a gulp.
Kim Tae-hoon's body also took the crystal of the Black Snake at once, and it made the Power of the Black Snake his own.
'Hmm.'
First of all, the Energy inside his guts began to change. The loach went mad and grew hugely. It became a snake.
The huge snake with such great Energy gave power to his body. It seemed that the power he could not control would burst out of him.
At that moment, the power of Energy focused on Kim Tae-hoon's eyes. The whites disappeared from his eyes and only black ones remained.
At the same time, the Energy that filled Kim Tae-hoon's guts began to dissipate rapidly.
'Is this the Eyes of Black Snake?'
In exchange for consuming such Energy, the world he looked at had changed. He could see more clearly, and he could count the feathers of a flying bird.
And the invisible was now visible.
Kim Tae-hoon looked at the back of his right hand.
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[Basic Abilities]
- Strength: 135
- Health: 122
[Special Abilities]
- Energy: D Rank
- Mana: D Rank
- Telekinesis: A Rank
- Defense: D Rank
- Mana Resistance: D Rank
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Kim Tae-hoon got the Eyes.
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Jang Sung-hoon did not participate in the hunt. He was not qualified to take part in the hunt against the scary monster.
He received a report after everything was over: Kim Tae-hoon was eaten by the devil snake, and miraculously stabbed its heart, survived, and ate its crystal.
When he heard the report, Jang Sung-hoon felt dizzy.
'He almost died.'
The only thing that was done as planned was luring the devil snake. Everything after that was beyond his expectations.
Even if Kim Tae-hoon died, it was no wonder. Ordinarily, he should have died.
But in the end, he won!
So now it was time to collect the spoils of the war!
Jang Sung-hoon got up from his seat.
'They said the old man who worked at the leather shoe factory was Park Kap-soo.'