Chapter 17 Part3 (2/2)
The Lighting Tooth appeared, spun round and round, and shot forward. The Lightning Tooth flew through the darkness and for a few seconds remained silent; then, for a moment, sparks scattered through the air.
[Gguahk!]
[You have hunted a Lv3 Root Eater.]
Far-sight was affected by agility, so Jin could see it this time too. There was a large and hideous insect stuck to the ceiling, several kilometers in front of them; the insect emitted an unpleasant sound and approached them, but the Lightning Tooth cut through it and it fell to the ground.
However, that was only the beginning. After it cleaved through the monster, it easily turned directions, and whilst maintaining its full power, found a new target and rushed towards it. The insects that came crawling towards them fell one by one; he began to hunt them resolutely.
[Kihik!]
[Shaah!]
As the group dashed towards him, they emitted a sound; aside from that, the underground pa.s.sage had been completely quiet before, without even the sound of a rock rolling on the floor. However, the underground pa.s.sage was soon filled with screams. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo remained focused on the battlefront, and Jin wondered whether he should start running or not, and eventually half-heartedly ran. At that moment...
”Jin, stop!”
”Ok!”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ordered, and at that very moment, the final forked road appeared. It divided into three paths and while nothing came out of his objective, the middle path, monsters poured out of the left and right paths as if they were waiting for him.
He felt repulsed from the sight of these insects, which he'd never seen on Earth and were bigger than humans. They were all level 3 or 4. He also saw some elites.
[Kiheeeeeehk!]
[Kik, Kihiiik!]
He'd never absorbed their bones before, so he wasn't sure, but it seems like they were uneasy. They weren't even humans they could eat, but bones, so they must've been uneasy that nothing good came.
The moment when those picky eaters gathered in the middle pa.s.sageway, he burrowed the Lightning Tooth in the middle of their group. It pierced through a few gigantic insects and burrowed deep into the ground; intense sparks were discharged from it, paralyzing all of the bugs in the area.
'Lightning and acid; they both have their advantages.'
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo thought and willed the Lightning Tooth; at that moment, without giving the bugs a chance to recover and move... the Lightning Tooth exploded fiercely!
[Critical Hit!]
[The Rule of Bone skill has become Lv5. All stats have increased by 3.]
The lightning cloud engulfed the pa.s.sage. Various parts of the pa.s.sageway collapsed and emitted an awful sound; fortunately, the ceiling didn't collapse. Since so many bugs screamed at once, it sounded like dozens of blackboards being scratched at once.
”Charge! Just keep the right side open!”
[Following your command!]
[a.s.sault mode!]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo commanded the golems to charge, summoned the Drake Horn Lance, and gripped it. He targeted the insects that were still intact and running out of the explosion, and charged with a force that would rip them to shreds!
”What about your mana!?”
”I'm fine!”
The weighty, cone-shaped lance discharged dark blue sparks. The entire weapon was clad in a fierce lightning. He couldn't do anything about the weapon's element, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was already able to comfortably wield the lightning element, so doing this much was extremely easy for him!
The weapon tinged with lightning established an even greater harmony with Bursting Thunder, and was naturally able to release more destructive power. This was what it meant to wield the power of an element with one's own effort.
[Preparing for collision. Switching to thorn gloves.]
[Destroying all enemies...]
[In front!]
Around the time Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had finished his preparations to attack, the three golems simultaneously dashed into the front. Regardless of what lay before them, they pushed through it and lived up to their name; as level 5 golems which were more powerful and tougher than other level 5s none of the bugs could pierce through them.
[Kihiiiiiik!]
[Shaaahhk!]
The insects, which were running around fl.u.s.teredly due to the explosion, weren't able to avoid the golems properly.
Because of that, the bugs escaped to the right corner, the only location which the golems couldn't cover. But naturally, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo rushed over there. He used the Iron Golems, which were akin to an impregnable fortress, in order to lead the bugs into one place.
[Kushaaaaaaaaaahk!]
[Ggureureu, Ggureureureu!]
”Heuuuup!”
Compared to when he had pierced through an Iron Golem in a single blow, this group of bugs was nothing. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo grabbed the Drake Horn Lance, which was roughly discharging electricity, with both hands and thrust forward, speeding forward with Jin. It was lightning that ran atop the earth: Ground Lightning!
[Critical Hit!]
The primarily discharged sparks made it so that the bugs couldn't move very well, and the following lance thrust brutally tore through their bodies. The blue sparks that came from the cone-shaped lance's cutting edge made them look like a falling star!
Then, they followed behind the golems and pushed through the pa.s.sageway. The pa.s.sageway was filled with the sound of screams, sparks, and reeked of a nutty smell. He'd never been so relieved that he could stomach this. [1]
[We have destroyed all of the enemies in the area.]
[Releasing thorn gloves.]
The golems said mechanically, and right after they stopped, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin stopped as well. He thought there might be more, so he turned around, but all he saw were the bugs' corpses.
”Why did you throw your weapon at the beginning if you were just going to go through them?”
”I wanted to provoke all the guys on the ceiling. There's no reason to do the same thing twice, right?”
But after saying that, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo clicked his tongue.
”I guess we do have to do the same thing twice. Golems, collect all of the bones and Perium.”
[I understand.]
[Following command.]
”You...”
Seeing Lee s.h.i.+n Woo treat the golems like slaves, Jin's goblin fire narrowed. However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo actually muttered something even more brazen.
”Should I bring along a few golems, even though they're a bit slow...?”
There were insects hidden within the remaining pa.s.sageway as well, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and the golems thoroughly trampled them. Even if pest exterminators went at it, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was sure that they wouldn't do a more perfect job than them, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ultimately ended up arriving at his destination.
It was a vineyard.
[1] E/N: Even though he doesn't have a stomach.
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