# 60
060
To be honest, the sky covered with fire pouring out black ash was fascinating.
But that wasn’t the case on Earth.
First, Daeseong was hit by the flames emitted from his sword, and among the remains of Giger, who had been reduced to charcoal, scattered human corpses with their flesh crumbled.
They were members of < Kite > who died before they could escape the rain of death.
Oh Beom-seok gritted his molars, feeling not only confused but even vain at the cruel scene.
“…Take the dog tags from the casualties’ armor and have the healers treat the remaining wounded.”
However, there was no time to feel sad and emotional about the death.
Since I am the leader of a raiding party and the head of a large clan, I have to calmly lead the team even now.
“It’s not over yet. Everyone, don’t relax.”
There was no news coming back from Daeseong, who had soared into the sky earlier.
It can’t be a coincidence that the rain of death stopped only after he flew out into the high sky.
However, the fact that the gate was not closed meant that the boss monster had not yet appeared.
“You heard the commander’s order! “Let’s move the injured quickly first!”
It was Park Seon-il who followed Oh Beom-seok’s instructions and moved the crew.
As he gave a command, the crew members moved quickly.
Park Seon-il also rolled up his sleeves and searched for survivors who were still alive, as he was in a situation where his hands were short.
At that time, I carefully walked over the remains of Giger, which were scattered everywhere, and I worked hard to keep my eyes peeled.
Wiggle-
“Huh?”
Park Seon-il suddenly felt something strange and his steps stopped.
This is because I think I saw one of Giger’s burned remains, with the lower half of his body shattered, writhing.
“….”
It didn’t seem to be because of my mood.
There was something.
Park Seon-il swallowed dry saliva and slowly approached the remains of Giger, where the strange incident had just occurred.
That moment.
Pak-
“…?!”
A bundle of tentacles suddenly protruded from the black creature’s remains.
A surprise attack that occurred as suddenly as the cut of a movie changed without any foreshadowing or warning.
Kwaaak-
“Kwaaak…!”
Park Seon-il, who was pierced in the stomach by the unexpected surprise attack, poured out a lump of blood from his mouth.
Oh Beom-seok and the members of < Kite >, who heard Park Sun-il’s death-like screams, opened their eyes and shouted.
“Seonil!”
“Vice-captain!”
Park Seon-il’s arms went limp after being pierced through his body by a bundle of black tentacles.
In front of him who lost consciousness.
Gi-Geek- Gi-Gig-
There was a body that was slowly recovering from a lump of charcoal, making a strange sound like metal scraping with metal.
Like playing a video backwards.
“omg!”
“That one…”
The members of < Kite > were horrified when they saw a Giger that had been resurrected in an instant.
Pughak –
The guy carelessly threw away Park Seon-il, who was attached to the end of a tentacle pulled from his back.
Giggik, Giggik,
Giggeek….
The end of the tentacle, which stretched out into eight branches, four on each side and let out a strange cry, looked like an anglerfish.
The round mouth was filled with sharp teeth.
It was the moment when it was revealed that those tentacles were not any other body organ, but each bundle was a ‘living organism.’
Named grade 2 dangerous species.
Giger king.
It was the boss monster.
Oh Beom-seok, who barely managed to come to his senses, shouted urgently.
“Prepare for bridge engagement-”
The moment when the members who received the order took out their weapons and formed a camp. King
Giger
‘s mouth opened left and right, and
blue
smoke came out of his mouth and quickly spread to where the members of < Kite > were.
“Ugh…!”
“What is this again!”
“everyone! “Don’t breathe!”
“Get away from the area where the smoke is spreading as much as possible!”
The crew began to disperse in confusion in front of the unidentified smoke that spread rapidly through the dry air without a breath of wind.
However, no matter how hard you struggle, you cannot surpass the speed at which the smoke spreads.
The entire devastated medieval city was suddenly covered with thick blue smoke.
“Huh, heh….”
“Don’t move too hastily! “The camp must not fall!”
“calm down! Everyone, calm down!”
Front, back, left, and right sides were filled with a bluish fog, making it difficult to secure visibility.
Oui….
In addition, a bizarre crying sound that felt like sandpaper was scraping the eardrums aroused the crew’s fear.
Knowing that it would be the end if they lost their cool even here, the members of < Kite > tried their best to hold on to their senses.
Swoosh-
Swoosh-
“Gasp!”
But they saw.
Beyond the thick smoke, the black silhouette of King Giger is multiplying one by one.
Everyone was shocked to see the number of boss monsters, which were difficult to fight even one, increasing exponentially.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuy
be beeing unable to withstand the pressure of fear, some of the crew members screamed and swung their weapons at random.
However, the weapon only cut through the illusory image of King Giger.
While those who have lost their sense of reason are continuing their pointless resistance.
Pak –
A tentacle with teeth stretched out from somewhere like a bullet and ravaged the crew.
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!…
“Kuhuk kuhuk!”
Those who were stabbed in the back for nothing vomited blood and died instantly.
At this time, Oh Beom-seok pointed to the direction the tentacle had struck and shouted.
“It’s over there! “The main body is over there!”
Hearing those words, the members of the crew, especially the rangers, poured energy bombs filled with the power of Aurors towards the silhouette of King Giger pointed out by Beom-seok Oh.
but.
Fasce –
The silhouette triggered by the bomb just flutters like a haze and then disappears.
In other words, it meant that it was not the main body.
Oh Beom-seok, who realized that he had made a mistake, showed his displeasure.
Pak –
Once again, a bunch of tentacles attacked and took the lives of the crew.
The crew members died with their stomachs and eyebrows pierced and fresh blood pouring out. Oh Beom
–
seok, whose legs lost strength in the end, collapsed
in front of that gruesome scene .
Kiyi…
Tentacles like the heads of anglerfish slowly approached Oh Beom-seok, letting out bizarre cries.
“Ahhh…!”
Oh Beom-seok squeezed his eyes shut as the vicious fangs, dripping with body fluid, came right in front of his nose.
Just as the bundle of tentacles was about to get stuck in Oh Beom-seok’s head.
Suddenly,
a red horizontal line cut through the air, cutting off all of the tentacles.
“Uh huh…?”
Oh Beom-seok, who was in a desperate moment, opened his closed eyes.
There
was a large figure standing in front of him that filled his field of vision.
A man wearing jet-black armor and holding a greatsword engulfed in flames in one hand.
It was Daesung.
Oh Beom-seok, who was almost speechless for a moment, finally managed to speak out.
“You… were you alive?”
“These guys are not clones.”
“Yes yes?”
“Every remnant has substance.”
Oh Beom-seok couldn’t even reply or ask how he could be sure of such a thing.
I was just curious.
How on earth can you be so cold-hearted even in this hell?
How on earth can one observe the war situation so calmly amidst the bloody winds and screaming screams from all directions?
Oh Beom-seok asked while sweating.
“You all… “Aren’t you afraid of this nightmarish sight?”
“If you are afraid of nightmares, think about waking up quickly.”
Daesung gave a short answer.
Haven’t 80 long years proven that even if you try to escape, thinking it’s just a dream, there’s only hell there?
Daesung
took a step toward the silhouette beyond the smoke.
Meanwhile, bundles of other tentacles rushed through the smoke from all directions.
Hissing –
Kwasik –
Daesung didn’t even look away and just casually swung the great sword of flame and cut down the tentacle.
‘Even if each and every thing is a substance, in the end it just follows the orders of the main body.’
Jiing –
Daesung’s eyes, watching the silhouettes, turned purple.
[The eye of the spell has been activated.]
[Marks targets hostile to the caster within a radius of 1 km.]
And it was visible.
This is the face of a guy with real ‘hostility’ located in the gap between fakes who have substance but are essentially illusions.
After discovering the target, Daeseong raised the firepower of his Fire Flame Greatsword to a higher level and advanced towards it.
“….”
Oh Beom-seok, who was watching the unstoppable sight behind him, could not close his mouth.
Soon, Daesung’s back was covered in bright blue smoke and became completely invisible.
and.
Gigig – Geek –
Kwazik – Kwaak –
Beyond the smoke, the sound of the sword being swung and King Giger’s screams were intertwined, creating an unpleasant noise.
Green bodily fluids were scattered chaotically and bright red sparks flew.
Gigik –
A sound, presumed to be King Giger’s, rang out briefly, followed by a chilly silence as if a bomb had swept through.
Gulp –
That was the time when Oh Beom-seok was staring beyond the smoke that was ringing with bloody echoes, unable to continue speaking. A black figure came out of the
smoke,
clearly showing its outline.
It was a distinctly human silhouette, different from King Giger’s.
“Oh my god….”
Oh Beom-seok exclaimed in admiration.
The large hand of the silhouette that came out of the smoke
held King Giger’s head and the ether core at the same time.
A short time of less than a minute.
It was the moment when the boss monster was defeated.
“…I can’t believe I asked a person like that to come under me.”
Although it was already in the past, Oh Beom-seok belatedly realized that he had made a presumptuous suggestion.
***
The moment the boss monster is defeated, the amplitude of the gate increases rapidly.
When the measuring instrument attached to each person’s armor detects the amplitude, it is determined that the gate is closing.
The method is to return to the entrance you came in within 2 hours and return to reality.
If it had been the same, I would have escaped this awful gutter without looking back.
“…Not even half survived.”
“Please, someone tell me it was a dream.”
“I was prepared, but I never thought it would be this bad….”
The members of < Kite >, including Oh Beom-seok, could not easily take their steps.
The number of dead colleagues was too many to return to reality with peace of mind.
Since they were not used to level 2 gates, these countless deaths were also very unfamiliar to them.
Especially.
“…Vice-Captain Sunil Park.”
Oh Beom-seok felt helpless in the face of the death of his comrade Park Sun-il, with whom he had a closer relationship than anyone else.
It was only an hour ago that I joked with him in front of the Seoul Arts Center before entering the gate.
All of this just felt like a lie and a bad dream.
The members of < Kite > also bowed their heads and expressed silent condolences at the death of their vice-captain.
“We lost a talent that should not have been lost.”
The moment Oh Beom-seok said just that and was about to take off Park Sun-il’s dog tag.
“I’m still breathing.”
Daesung blurted out.
The attention of Oh Beom-seok, who was just reaching for the dog tag, as well as everyone who heard those words, was focused on Daesung.
It seemed like both you and I didn’t understand, so Daesung kindly explained it one more time.
“It means it’s alive.”
“what…!”
Oh Beom-seok shook his shoulders and urgently checked Park Seon-il’s pulse.
It was faint, as if it would break at any moment, but for now, as Daesung said, he was still breathing.
Oh Beom-seok, who confirmed the fact, shouted in a desperate tone.
“Healer! Quick-”
“It’s no use.”
“yes?”
“It’s not a wound that can be treated with healing aura.”
“Then… oh no. but. But we can’t just leave it like this. “It’s too late to treat him after taking him outside-”
Oh Beom-seok, who felt like grasping at straws, looked back at Park Seon-il in astonishment.
The blood flowing from the pierced abdomen was so massive that a bright red puddle formed on the floor.
If you continue like this, you will die from excessive bleeding in less than 5 minutes.
Sereung-
“Step back.”
Daeseong took the Eophwa greatsword back in his hand and approached Park Seon-il.
Although it looked very ominous to see him approaching the dying people with a knife out, Oh Beom-seok obediently followed Daesung’s instructions and stepped back.
Chuck –
Daesung extended his sword forward and gently touched the tip of it to Park Seon-il’s bloody abdomen.
That moment.
[The special skill of ‘Torch’ mode is activated.]
[Special skill: < Healing >] A
warm green flame rose softly and began to quietly permeate Park Seon-il’s stomach.
At the same time, new skin was placed over the hole in the abdomen where the damaged internal organs were clearly visible.
“….”
Faced with that surreal scene, Oh Beom-seok and the crew of < Kite > looked dazed as if they were possessed by a ghost.
After a while.
“Pooh-pooh-”
A breathing sound that was clearly audible to the ear flowed from Park Seon-il’s slightly opened mouth without having to feel the pulse.
Even on his face, which was drenched in cold sweat and distorted in pain, a sense of peaceful rest appeared.
“ah…!”
It was only when he saw that peaceful face that the tears he had been steadily and desperately holding in flowed down from Oh Beom-seok’s eyes.
Overheated breath leaked out, and all strength disappeared from my trembling legs. Oh
Beom-
seok, whose knees touched the ground, bowed his head to the floor and continued to sob miserably.
“I really… thank you….”
“….”
“I will never forget this favor you gave to our clan today. “Thank you so much.”
Oh Beom-seok’s cries of joy continued endlessly as the deserted medieval city was silently fading away.
In this way, the level 2 gate was successfully conquered.
Although there was no tragedy at all, it was still considered an example of a successful subjugation with minimal damage among all level 2 gate attacks in history.
The members of < Kite > and their leader Oh Beom-seok unanimously testified
that this feat was ‘only thanks to the help of Hunter Dae-seong Han.’
And good news arrived for Daesung, who finished his debut stage with brilliant results.