Chapter 53 (1/2)

Waiting for that long would be ridiculous. However, he thought he could shorten the hatching time of the egg greatly by killing stronger enemies, as well as hunting more and more. In that respect, it seemed that his power was limited now.

But one thing was certain.

‘Muscle strength increased by six? Jackpot!’

‘If this is true, doesn’t it mean that my physical ability increases just by wearing an item?’

And the sword did not seem to break easily. In fact, Sungwoo felt that he needed a more powerful item after his saber was broken while he was brandishing it against the vampires.

He carried the sword on his back and put the ‘unknown egg’ deep into the bag.

Meanwhile, after clearing the dungeon, Sungwoo’s party was collecting necessary items from the shopping mall. Although the mall was ravaged by the Kobolds, they could still find something useful in the rubble.

At that moment, a vibration rang in Sungwoo’s pocket.

Woowoong!

He immediately pulled out his cell phone. It showed a pop-up window on the thread that he posted on the community bulletin.

─ Rider A (secret): Captain, I found a secret comment function, so I’m using it now.

I’m at Haenggung Square in Hwaseong. Hundred or two hundred? We’ve all gathered here. But I can’t see the vampires. So, we’ll keep waiting!!! 300 gold is required for secret comments. So, prepare them for me in advance.

Rider A was Taesung. He infiltrated into the survivors gathered by the vampire group and decided to update Sungwoo. Given that Taesung managed to post a comment, it seemed that he was acting well according to Sungwoo’s plan.

“By the way, this guy’s grammar is…”

What Sungwoo got from the comment was that people were gathered at the Hwaseong Haenggung Square, and those who appeared to be ‘them’ or vampires were not visible yet. ‘Vampires may not appear in person. However, they may be chasing me.’

Sungwoo had been caught in the Vampire Lord’s curse, ‘Pursuit of Blood.’ Therefore, his location was exposed every 12 hours. In fact, 12 hours was long enough for Sungwoo to escape, but he couldn’t afford to be caught off guard. If they were determined enough to search the area here and follow the traces of hunting, he could be caught someday.

‘Of course, I don’t think I am going to be defeated anymore.’

Not long ago, he had to use all available skeletons to kill just one vampire.

Back then, the vampire was a very frightening object, let alone a difficult opponent.

But now the situation was different because Sungwoo had become much stronger than before.

He was confident enough to knock them down even if several vampires charged at him all at once.

At that moment Hanho called out, “Sungwoo, look here!”

It was the men’s restroom on the second floor where he shouted at Sungwoo. He hurriedly waved his hand as if he found something. There were a couple of Werewolf bodies.

“They lay down here. You were looking for them, right?”

“You bet.”

“Maybe you have luck among your hidden stats. Or a guardian angel killed these two and put a gift in the root instead of socks.”

Two dead Werewolves were hanging upside down on the tree roots.

Sungwoo wondered how the little Kobold skeletons caught these monsters. He thought that perhaps the Depraved Tree Spirit bound them with its roots one by one, and then the Kobold skeletons beat them dead. No matter how strong the Werewolves were, they would not have been able to escape the roots tightly wrapped around their bodies.

On the other hand, these were the items that Sungwoo had been looking for in this hunt because the ‘human animal’ skeletons like them were the best weapons Sungwoo could carry around.

“Good. I think you are pretty good at finding things just like a thief.”

“I’m not a thief, but a priest!”

“Well, the two have similar concepts in Korea, don’t they?”

“No, that’s a dangerous understatement. Don’t generalize those who preach faith with an unselfish mind!”

Shrugging, Sungwoo walked to the Werewolves’ bodies.

“Well, I’m supposed to resurrect the dead to fight the opponents.”

-The dead have become your subordinate under your authority.

-The dead have become your subordinate under your authority.

Currently, Sungwoo’s force was powerful with Right, five Werewolves, one Werebear, one vampire skeleton, four Kobold wizards, and three orcs.

“I think this is enough. Now, let’s move to Suwon Hwaseong.”