I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul 197

Episode 198

It’s good that I got off to a lively start, but my progress came to a halt almost as soon as it started.

There was no problem entering the dungeon.

When I arrived, the security guards, who must have been notified in advance, carefully guided me to the entrance of the dungeon.

In the past, I was busy sneaking in to avoid these people, but I am deeply moved.

And it was relatively easy to find the boss monster.

The map they provided showed the path to the boss monster’s room.

“It’s comfortable.”

– I know.

The security guards refused to guide us, so we followed the map.

This is because they seemed busy cleaning up the area around the devastated dungeon and catching the monsters that occasionally pop out.

At first, I thought there was some kind of lame purpose behind it, but looking at the dark circles under his eyes, I think it was purely a favor.

“There are still about 4 hours left on the skill cooldown, right?”

– huh. Maybe you can materialize again when you fight.

“Will you fight together?”

– of course.

It’s natural, it’s natural.

“It doesn’t make sense. Seo Ji-han, your specialty is close combat. How do you approach it? “If you get close to them and get eaten by them, it’s over.”

– Horob… I mean.

“I’ll just tear it apart with artillery fire from afar. Surprisingly, you might be able to kill it in one hit.”

– Yes, because I am weak, I will be by your side and support you.

Seo Ji-han smiled brightly and joked.

This is an amazing amount of freedom considering that they will have to fight off predators just a few hours later.

Actually, there is no reason for him to be nervous.

Because Seo Ji-han believes that I will do it.

To be honest, I was almost 70% sure of victory.

Because I experienced kings dying at the touch of a hand in the final hall.

If I were to attack with all my might, that would be enough for a predator…

– There it is. They’re looking at us. Were you waiting?

Just as Seo Ji-han said, a flame chicken was seen sitting in an elegant posture.

It seems to be similar to the phoenix I killed before, but it looks a bit chubbier than it.

The fur that I thought was a flame feather was just red fur.

However, instead of a chicken comb, there was a bright blue flame burning on top of the head, and it seemed like it was that monster’s crown.

“I don’t think so.”

I felt the guy who checked this place startled and tensed for a moment.

I bowed my head and greeted the Flame Chicken while intentionally keeping a distance from it, fearing that it might become wary for no reason.

“Hello.”

However, despite my efforts, the flame chicken was scared and clucking, then flew high into the sky and ran away.

“…He ran away. “I didn’t expect this.”

– Did you think they came here to kill you?

“No, even if I were to evacuate, they would all die anyway. Wouldn’t it be better to listen to me first? “They are in the worst condition right now.”

– That’s right. Am I just a scared person?

“Ha, I don’t have time to spend all my time here chasing after him. “Let’s just go to the next dungeon.”

I decided to abandon that dungeon without any regrets.

Anyway, in the past, I was scared and trembled at the sight of regular monsters, let alone boss monsters, but now boss monsters are running away when they see me.

In life, things like this happen.

As I used the escape seat and came out, I felt the security guards giving me strange looks.

I guess they thought I would come out here after killing the boss monster.

Well, if you kill it, you have to eat its horn, but there’s no way you can eat it all in the remaining time, so it doesn’t have much meaning in the current situation.

By the way, it’s been a while since I’ve completely conquered a dungeon and exited it, or I’ve only been to my own dungeon and used an escape stone.

I didn’t even think to take it with me when I came in, but if I didn’t have the spare that I bought a while ago and forgot, I would have been in big trouble.

I kept tapping on the next dungeon and the next dungeon.

“They definitely have a different personality than the kids I saw before.”

– I know.

“I sense intelligence. “I think he’s thinking about something…”

– That’s right. It was like a wild animal that attacks when it encounters it, but I can feel that these guys also have their own civilization.

“The guy I just met felt that way especially, right?”

– Yes.

I’m not sure because I didn’t check, but I’ve met about 10 or more kings so far. At

first, I persuaded them by asking them to lend me their strength because I would fight against predators, but they scoffed and didn’t believe me.

Some even turned their heads away.

They seemed to think that even if I fought a predator, I would lose anyway, but more than that, they didn’t seem to believe in the idea of fighting at all. They seemed to think that it was

just a ploy to enrich their own interests by inheriting the horn.

They looked at me with disdain . It was long, but they never tried to fight me.

They just ran away.

However, sometimes there were individuals that looked back at me with a look of confusion, as if they didn’t really think they could run away.

Why attack when shooting a Chungwang Cannon at their running backs is enough to kill them? It seemed like they were wondering why I wasn’t doing it.

Maybe they were already half ready to die the moment they met me. There were some people who would occasionally say things irritably like, ‘Don’t disturb our last time!’ But the only monster I just met

was Something was a little different.

It was a blue dragon whose entire body was covered with beautiful scales like lapis lazuli.

He sat down and greeted me calmly, as if he wanted to kill me if he wanted to.

Electric sparks occasionally flew from the dragon’s tail, but it didn’t seem like it had any intention of attacking me.

I The dragon, who calmly accepted the gift of communication offered to him, introduced himself for the first time since Elfanis.

‘I am Sapientir. I am now called Saphinis. What business do you have with me? Ruler of the hall.’

You don’t know how impressed I was with this introduction full of courtesy and culture.

Saphinis was truly

elegant. It was unimaginable to see this dragon running away clumsily.

‘You want my horn? That’s right. Before leaving, I couldn’t even imagine it.’ Are you trying to strengthen it? Well, with your small body, no matter how much you eat for the remaining time, it won’t end.’

‘I plan to fight, not leave!’

At first, Saphinis didn’t believe me.

He seemed to think that confronting a predator

was just an excuse. He was a very gentle person, so he didn’t

openly mock me or despise me. However, when I repeated it again and again, he stared at me with a suspicious look and narrowed his eyes. He folded his arms and left behind meaningful words:

‘If you truly want to fight against me, I have no reason to hand over the crown. What are you going to do? Do you want to kill me and take it from me?’

He spoke in a tone as if he knew something.

‘Hehehe, all you bastards, die!’ It might be something like that, but there was no reason to kill such a gentle monster, so I shook my head. ‘

Then the story between us is over. ‘My thoughts are firm. Can you please leave?’

Saphinis opened the gate at the same time as making an invitation.

His polite tone made it even harder to refuse.

We had to go see the next king, so we left the dungeon with a sad heart.

It was a monster that seemed to have something to say for the first time in a while.

– But the dungeon written here . Is it okay if I don’t go to any more places?

Seo Ji-han asked while I was choosing where to go next.

“I’m not sure if I can cover everything in time. Well, and actually, I’m not that desperate. Even in my current state, I’m not sure if I can cover everything in time.” Because I think I’ll win…”

– Me too.

“If you thought you were going to lose, you would have met your mom or Seungju and spent time with them, right? I win. I feel like I’m going to win. “Meeting monsters now is just an attempt to make things a little more stable.”

– huh.

“Then let’s go to the next dungeon again.”

After that, I visited many dungeons.

To my delight, as if the effort was worth it, kings appeared in several dungeons willing to hand over their horns to me.

I felt like this was going to be the same no matter how I died.

There was even a king who tempted me by offering to take refuge by handing over his horn.

If you hand over the horn and become a subject, you can take refuge together and survive, so it seems like the king is quite good at calculating.

Still, most kings screwed up even with a high probability.

I think roughly 8 out of 10 ran away. The other two pretended to listen to the story and then ran away.

The only person like Saphinis was Saphinis.

However, that act of running away ended completely when Seo Ji-han was able to materialize.

No matter how much they ran away, they could not defeat Seo Ji-han, who was blocking their path.

In the end, from then on it was only a half-threat.

Give me your horns, horns! Give me the crown! Feel the same?

Although Seo Ji-han threatened that he would spare his life if he handed over the crown obediently, he did not kill him even if he did not hand over the horns.

Since there was very little time left, all I could do was use hard-line measures.

Still, we were able to strengthen Chungwangpo a bit thanks to the cowardly kings among us who trembled and handed over their crowns.

Now Chungwangpo is L35.

Since he succeeded in threatening and persuading 9 kings, he earned a fairly high income.

And at that point, the final barrier had 10 minutes left.

I took a deep breath as I looked at the system message that appeared before my eyes.

Now it really is the final decision.

There is no turning back from now on.

Of course, I have no intention of making a different decision.

The last barrier will soon disappear.

If you wish to evacuate, please select evacuate immediately and set up additional provisions.

If no provisions are set, a random area will be set.