I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul - Chapter 134

Episode 135

The next day, the Dungeon Management Office’s security became even stronger.

The number of people increased by almost five times, so there were hunters in pairs at every corner of the hallway, and there were people even on the emergency stairs.

They seem to be expanding CCTV as well, and technicians are busy drilling holes in the walls and ceiling and connecting wires.

– It’s a pity that I can’t tell you that it’s useless.

Seo Ji-han, who was following, complained. I responded calmly, casting my gaze at the mountain of CCTV boxes passing by.

“It must be desperate in its own way.”

– I guess so. At this point, you must be really crazy, right?

To agree. From their perspective, I couldn’t even see them coming in and out, but suddenly the boss monster died and the dungeon closed, so it must have felt like I was dealing with a ghost.

But the person I am sorry for is a flea.

– The Korean Guild may have contacted Seohu Ban. Let’s compromise. The sense of crisis that you might lose the entire dungeon must hit you hard. Have you ever been contacted?

“There wasn’t one.”

– Looks like we’re still in a hurry.

Even if I get a call from the Korean Guild, I have no intention of compromising with them.

And now I’m not naive enough to believe that they’re trying to have a real conversation. If you were going to contact me, you should have done it sooner.

“Anyway, I’m worried.”

– huh? why?

“Maybe they’re guarding the boss monster or something like that?”

Since I know that guarding the dungeon entrance is of little use, I might just camp out near the boss monster.

But Seo Ji-han dismissed my concerns.

– Don’t worry about that. If your life is precious, you would never do something like that. It’s not a boss monster that will calmly watch hunters rushing in.

“Hmm.”

– It may seem easy because I caught it so easily, but no matter how weak it is, it is still a boss monster. It may be okay for Jirgis, but this cannot be the case for Inogis, the Beast King here.

Feeling reassured by Seo Ji-han’s confident words, I jumped into the dungeon gate that I had already arrived at.

This was my second time visiting the Beast King Dungeon.

The first dungeon was Guam. When I saw the clear sky and lush forest unique to the Beast King Dungeon, old memories came to mind.

Until then, I never thought my future would turn out like this.

But there was no time to indulge in sentimentality.

Right in front of my eyes, a thick black paw left a faint footprint.

As I looked up, I saw a black leopard walking gracefully.

It’s really scary big.

I may feel big because I’m a flea, but even if I was dealing with him in human form, I wasn’t a small guy.

Fortunately, it didn’t seem to have spotted us and just disappeared between the trees.

– Grade F. It looks like it fell to the outskirts of the dungeon. Let’s go inside. Looks like we’ll have to run a lot today too.

…That’s grade F?

No, this isn’t important right now. First of all, I have to move diligently.

We ran through the bush for a while. It looked like a grasshopper, not a flea, as it was jumping from one leaf to another.

After searching for a while, we found the Beast King Inogis resting on a huge red rock.

A black lion standing proudly in the sunlight.

At first glance, the huge molars, which seemed to be over 2 meters long, reminded me of a saber-toothed tiger.

It was a very handsome lion with a bushy golden mane and two horns rising from its forehead.

– Then I’ll come back.

As always, I prepared for battle.

I resolved King Chung’s mutation and Seo Ji-han materialized.

He grabbed the lion’s scythe and threw himself away. I hid myself in the bushes and opened the sanctuary barrier.

Most of the monsters in this dungeon were physical attacks. If I put up a barrier to the sanctuary, they wouldn’t be able to approach me, so I was safe.

All that remains is to watch Seo Ji-han subdue the Beast King Inogis.

Inogis, who was quietly watching below, leaped through space and jumped at Seo Ji-han.

Inogis’ skills are short-distance shadow leap and self-healing.

It is a special ability that allows you to move from shadow to shadow. Taking advantage of its special ability, the bastard attempted to pierce Seo Ji-han with the large molars that appeared on his back.

“It’s too obvious.”

The lion’s scythe cut down Inogis in one fell swoop. No, it would have been like that.

Perhaps because he had almost absorbed Jirgis’ magic stone, his movements were much faster than before.

To be honest, it was difficult to follow his movements with my naked eyes.

In fact, all I saw was Inogis, who appeared behind Seo Ji-han, suddenly bleeding and running away to another place.

“You’re really good at running away. “It would be a bit difficult if I missed this.”

Since the ability is similar to spatial movement, it will definitely be difficult to capture him.

Moreover, the self-regenerative ability was so good that the wounds from the lion’s scythe were already healing. It’s almost like drinking a grade A healing potion.

“Are you okay?”

“of course. “You can’t die from being bitten by a cat.”

I laughed without realizing it at Seo Ji-han’s words, which he proudly shouted with bravado.

And after a little hesitation, I shouted.

“If capturing it doesn’t work, just kill it.”

“Not persuading?”

Unlike before, this strategy started with combat rather than focusing on communication.

This is because after experiencing Jirgis and Geogis, my will to persuade was greatly weakened.

“It’s better than missing out. “If you miss it once, it will keep running away, so you can’t spend all your time looking for it.”

“Okay, okay.”

Inogis looked a little dispirited, perhaps realizing that he was no match for Seo Ji-han after just one fight.

However, perhaps because of his pride in having crossed the final hall as a king, he did not seem to have any intention of stepping down easily. It was fortunate for us.

But that was only the first time. Inogis started to distance himself from Seo Ji-han, as if he was trying to run away.

There are lush bushes everywhere. There are plenty of shadows. You can’t miss it.

I lifted the barrier and came out. Then I took a deep breath and spread my magic as widely as possible.

I also took out a class A magic power increase potion and drank it.

The consumed Class A magic power increase potion increases magic power by 155.

Did you say that a class A potion increases magical power by up to 200?

It’s a bit disappointing, but this isn’t a bad level. Anyway, it’s been quite a while since I’ve used a skill.

If you leave all the fighting to Seo Ji-han, you might lose your fighting sense.

That doesn’t work, that’s the feeling I gained in Guam.

Chungwang thunderstorm.

There was a sound of electricity popping from the horn.

My current magical power level is 255. It is neither high nor low, but at the level of a magic hunter, which is not bad at all.

At this level, it could blow up a tree.

“What should I do?”

Starting with Seo Ji-han’s call, a thunderstorm rose into the sky.

Inogis tensed his body as if he instinctively realized that it was a wide-area skill.

Just before it leapt at me, a thunderstorm exploded with the force to blow away all the shadows around here.

Quiang-!

As the lightning struck the forest, an earthquake-like shaking continued.

The weak weeds simply evaporated, and the fairly large trees also burned black.

The blackened tree could not withstand the ensuing lightning strikes and was reduced to ashes and scattered.

It’s a bit of a waste to think that these are all items… but I had this much in my dungeon anyway.

“wow.”

With Seo Ji-han’s admiration flowing from one ear, I calmed down my seething magic power.

It would be nice if I could handle magical power naturally like Yu Eundam, but perhaps due to differences in talent, I had to concentrate and calm down my magical power after using a lot of strength.

Anyway, I quite liked the results.

Visibility in a radius of approximately 100 meters became clear. All the shadows of large trees where he could hide himself have disappeared.

Inogis’ shadow leap is only for short distances, so if the shadow of another tree is this far away, it will be difficult to escape.

“I’ll take care of the rest.”

Seo Ji-han easily defeated Inogis.

The black lion, which was trying to run away, was kicked by Seo Ji-han and thrown to the ground. The lion’s scythe was fixed to the nape of the guy’s neck like a frame.

The guy seemed to be waiting for an opportunity, as if he wanted to leap into my shadow.

However, he was unable to make a hasty move because he knew that Seo Ji-han’s cool killing power would cut off his head without a moment’s hesitation.

“Did you eat it?”

– huh.

Now that we have fed the fruit and fruit, it is time for persuasion.

I lined up the comments I had prepared in advance. Now I’m so proficient at it that I feel like I’m reciting the Miranda Principles in front of some criminal.

You have the option to protect your life by joining the alliance, and if you join the vassal, you will not be treated badly and you will protect your people… omitted below.

Inogis had no answer.

I don’t know if it’s stubbornness or if they don’t have the intelligence to understand what I’m saying.

I tried to say the same thing again, but Seo Ji-han briefly shook his head and stopped me.

“I’m doing this because I understand everything.”

Beast King Inogis roared loudly like a lion. Just as I was startled by the sound, Seo Ji-han’s scythe moved.

In conclusion, this guy ended up in my inventory.

Just like that, Korea’s third dungeon disappeared.

* * *

“I’m exhausted.”

Oh, I’m tired.

Even though Seo Ji-han took care of most of the battle, he was completely exhausted after facing the boss monster for three days in a row without even having proper physical strength.

As soon as I returned to the lakeside, I sat down on the stone pebbles.

Seo Ji-han was surprised when he saw that and moved bitterly, making me sit on the sofa.

“If you sit in the cold, you will get sick.”

‘No, I said I could sit on the gravel…’

“Yes, thank you…”

I was so dumbfounded that I answered without realizing it and eventually decided to keep quiet.

I thought it was a bit unusual, but thanks to his thoughtfulness, I felt a little energized even though I was exhausted.

After all, it’s just Seo Ji-han.

“I can’t believe I failed three times. “Is there something wrong with my method?”

As I leaned on the sofa and complained, Seo Ji-han shook his head.

“You did well. “It’s the fault of those guys who can’t understand what I’m saying.”

“Next time, should I buy a Korean beef gift set and visit?”

“A soap set is enough.”

“yes?”

“It stinks.”

Each monster had a unique smell. This is natural since you won’t shower every day.

Still, I’m insensitive to smells, so I just thought it was okay, but Seo Ji-han, who has a sensitive sense, often complained. But it’s clear that that soap set remark was a joke.

Anyway, seeing him trying to take my side made me smile without realizing it. However, when I thought about the new horn in my inventory, I quickly became discouraged.

“In the end, I have more horns to eat.”

“…cheer up.”