Chapter 88 - Twin Ogres (1/2)
-Kuooh?
-Uooooh!
Shortly after beginning his search, Soo Hyuk heard the roar of ogres in the distance, then began heading toward the source.
‘There’s two twins.’
There were five ogres in front of him, and among them were two Twin Headed Ogres.
‘Hmm, then I can’t kill them all in one shot.’
Normal ogres would be instantly killed by the Poison Fog+Firebolt combo, but Twin-Headed Ogres were tough enough to survive the combo.
“Poison Fog.”
Deciding to change his methods, Soo Hyuk first cast Poison Fog.
Shuaa…
As the fog descended on the area, the ogres began to stumble around in a panicked manner.
“Poison Chains”
After Poison Fog, Soo Hyuk cast Poison Chains at the ogres, who were desperately trying to escape the poison. A dark green chain flew towards the ogres and bound them together. When the chain wound itself around the ogres, their movement speed slowed down to almost a crawl.
Exactly 3 seconds after the spell was cast, the three normal ogres collapsed on the ground, dead. Then 3 seconds after that, the twin-headed ogres fell as well.
And so, Soo Hyuk defeated all the ogres and continued searching after collecting the drops.
-Uh! Uh!
“Poison Storm.”
-Kuaaah!
“Flame Dance.”
Soo Hyuk picked off all the ogres he encountered on the way.
[Level Up!]
Soo Hyuk smiled warmly as he looked at the occasional level-ups.
‘At this speed, I might reach 190.’
It was at that moment.
Bang!
“Hmm?”
The ground shook as he lost his balance and stumbled.
-Kuooooong!
A deafening roar incomparable to any other echoed throughout the mountain, and that wasn’t it. A notification appeared as well.
[Warning!]
[The King of the Crimson Mountains, the Tripled-Headed Ogre Orem has appeared!]
Soo Hyuk’s eyes widened to their limit as he stared at the notification.
‘Wow.’
Orem, the King of the Mountain Range had appeared. Keeping his eyes on the notification, Soo Hyuk opened his quest window then checked the quest.
[King of the Mountain Range]
The reason ogres of the Crimson Mountains are moving in groups, is because a king has appeared on the mountain range. Find out who the king is and report to the agency!
[Triple Head Ogre Orem: 0 / 1 ]
[Quest Reward: B-Rank Promotion]
[The quest will be considered complete once Orem is found.]
[The quest will be canceled on death. Note: if the cause of death is from Orem, the quest penalty will not apply.]
‘Do I have to see it myself?’
Soo Hyuk, who initially expected that the mission had been completed because of the message, discarded the thought and looked towards the roar. It seemed like he had to see Orem with his own eyes.
Bang!
Soo Hyuk carefully advanced towards the source of the roar, watching out for the periodic earthquakes. Then when he finally arrived, he couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.
‘Whoa…’
There weren’t any big physical differences between Orem the Triple Headed Ogre and Twin Headed Ogres. Their sizes were similar so the only difference that stood out was that Orem had one more head and an extra pair of arms, as compared to a Twin-Headed Ogre, which had four arms.
But was it because of that one detail? Its aura was different from other monsters. The pressure Orem gave off completely overshadowed the Twin-Headed Ogres so far.
‘Should I try?’
Soo Hyuk pondered as he stared at Orem. His quest was already complete, but to go back like this, his previous 3 days felt like a waste.
‘It looks really strong…’
In the Crimson Mountains, the ogres were around level 200~250. That meant Orem was a level 200~250 named boss monsters, whose race an ogre, renowned for their crushing strength.
‘I probably won’t die in one hit.’
The current amount of health Soo Hyuk had was around 110,000. No matter how weak his defense, or how strong Orem’s attack power was, he wouldn’t be able to reduce his HP to zero in one hit.
‘I also have the subspace.’
Soo Hyuk also had the emergency escape skill ‘Archmage’s Subspace’.
‘Let’s test the waters first and run away if it goes badly.’
He just had to escape to his subspace if things went wrong. Resolving his worries, Soo Hyuk slowly approached the king.
However, Soo Hyuk had to stop in place before he could take his tenth step.
[You have been discovered by the Triple Headed Ogre Orem.]
Soo Hyuk was startled at the sudden message. Returning to his senses, he quickly turned to look at Orem and locked eyes with one of its heads.
-Kuooooong!
The moment the head saw him, it roared powerfully and caused the other two heads to look at Soo Hyuk as well. Meanwhile, under the gaze of 6 eyes, Soo Hyuk muttered under his breath,
“Poison Storm.”
Shuaa…
The Poison Storm erupted around him, engulfing Orem.
-Kuoooong!
However, before even 3 seconds could pass, Orem barreled out of the poison with a ferocious roar. It then turned towards Soo Hyuk and started charging wildly.
“Poison Chains, Pool of Poison.”
Soo Hyuk continued to fire spell after spell at the approaching Orem. The first spells he fired were ones that restricted movement speed.
Bang! Bang!
But Orem’s speed didn’t slow at all as if the special effects didn’t trigger or it was just immune.
“Poison Frog, Poison Sphere.”
Frowning, Soo Hyuk didn’t cease his stream of spells even as he started retreating with.
‘Not being able to see its health is really…’
Soo Hyuk thought as he stared at the shortening distance in between him and Orem. It was regretful as a visible health bar for monsters would make it easier to make decisions in battle.
-Kuouong!