The Genius Assassin Who Takes it All - Chapter 218

Episode 218: The Pack Queen (1)

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“Takashi, how are you?”

– me? Well, I usually get along well alone, right? Still, I feel good that you care about me.

“Do you do some exercise?”

– Why don’t I… do the most foolish thing in the world?

“Isn’t dealing with self-immolation ultimately dependent on your body being healthy? “Are you too complacent?”

– At times like this, I feel like you are like my mother or older sister, Yu Cheong-hwa.

At that time, Yu Qinghua was on a video call with Takashi.

It wasn’t because there was any particular issue, but because I was thinking of Takashi, I made a video call to ask how he was doing.

Normally, when I called, I would answer with a voice that was quite tense, but today I was full of energy.

Because Takashi uses a voice modulator, it may have sounded that way depending on the modulated tone.

Of course, what was shown on the video call screen was not Takashi, but the image Takashi had displayed.

Even Yu Qinghua, who prided herself on being quite close to Takashi, had never seen Takashi’s face in person.

Not to mention the voice.

I asked to hear his real voice just once, but Takashi refused in the end.

“What have you been up to?”

– I was just going through a few dungeons and organizing the content in places that needed pattern analysis.

Plus… I met an interesting hunter and am looking for a dungeon to go to with him.

“interest? “Is there anyone you’re interested in when you’re so bored with meeting people?”

– If you see it, it might be someone you know. wait. I’ll upload a photo.

What soon appeared on the screen was Kang-hoo’s face.

Of course, it is also a bad situation for Yu Qinghwa.

The first time we met was at Seoul Station.

I remember feeling interested when I saw that the mental scan did not work on Kang-hoo, who seemed to be a foreigner.

Afterwards, Kang-hoo purchased items from a special market she ran, so this is a face you can’t recognize.

I recognized her right away because I had seen her recently in Japan through Hunter Gram.

“Shinganghu?”

– Oh, I know. I’ve been curious about this guy lately. It’s completely mine. It’s Takashi Unit 2.

“Oh really?”

In my humble opinion, it would be a shame if Takashi was this interested.

It is clear that Takashi, like Yu Cheong-hwa, is also obsessed with something about Kang-hoo. It also means that it was confirmed with the eyes.

– This guy…

And Takashi’s long story began.

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Same time.

Emilia drank Shackleton whiskey alone in the hotel penthouse with a clear view of the Eiffel Tower.

I haven’t been drinking it lately, but it’s been a while since I took it out. The last time I drank it was when I met Kang-hu.

“The night view of Paris is always beautiful.”

Emilia loved her home country, France.

However, I didn’t stay for long because it was the worst place to use as a base for growing as a hunter.

Emilia, who was greedy for growth, joined Justice while actively working overseas.

Justice, with its many talented hunters, including Jang Si-hwan, was truly a new world.

Because it was an elite gathering, it was the best condition to expand and enjoy connections.

In Justice’s arms, I was able to enter a dungeon full of rewards and experience points that I could not enter alone.

So I went with Justice. Because I can always feel the fun of growing. Because it provides constant stimulation.

But recently, she was having doubts about the purpose of the Justice group itself.

Even though the colors of the mixed hunters were different, it was too different to say that it was just a promotion of friendship.

For example, Vincent Maier is a serial killer. He himself says so with his own mouth.

There is one reason why Emilia does not show dislike or look at Vincent with contempt.

This is because I don’t want to miss out on the benefits that Justice provides. And because I had to keep an eye on Jang Si-hwan.

“It’s not like I’m playing hero. It’s not like he’s a villain at all…”

Emilia was dissatisfied with that.

What is certain is that friendship is not the goal. However, Jang Si-hwan always speaks vaguely about the purpose of this meeting.

They say they gathered meaningful people to lay the groundwork for the future… but what does that mean?

Of course, Jang Si-hwan never asked Emilia about her personal beliefs or thoughts.

And once before.

I once looked into Jang Si-hwan’s head. I used my mental ability unintentionally and it worked.

At that time, Emilia learned an unusual fact. The fact that Jang Si-hwan is not one.

There was a clear feeling that there was another self, and there was also a veiled existence.

From then on, I realized that although other people may not know, Jang Si-hwan has a reason to hide it from this group.

She wanted to know that.

Although she was no different in her pursuit of power and honor, she had a strong aversion to Vincent’s overstepping the line in murder.

Not only that, but Jang Si-hwan is a complete hypocrite.

She had never truly trusted Jang Si-hwan.

You may not be the only one thinking about this. This is also the long-held thought of Yu Cheng-hwa, who is close to her.

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Around that time.

Ganghu was engaged in a melee with the pack queen.

It was an extreme slugfest with no time to take a breath.

He chewed the Mad Solakium and ate it and held the Gakshin pill between his lips. To swallow it at any time.

The one-on-one battle with the pack queen was bearable so far. They were exchanging their own battles.

The problem lay elsewhere.

‘That’s crazy.’

Several baby bees from the body of the swarm queen entered the bodies of the hunters who had just died.

Lastly, the hunter who plunged his greatsword into the pack queen also died, and he too became a target without fail.

Because of that wind.

“Ugh….”

All the dead hunters were fully hybridized and were waking up.

Moreover, the surrounding environment changed from the moment the purple energy emanated from the swarm queen’s body.

Hybrids that had stopped in the village were flocking here.

In a situation where it was difficult to deal with the queen of the pack, the addition of the hybrid species was no different from a death sentence for Ganghu.

‘then.’

Kanghu threw a winning move.

Options other than one-on-one are useless here.

In the first place, the pack queen itself was a monster of a much higher level than Ganghu.

If a hybrid species that inherits the hunter’s abilities from life is added, death is confirmed.

So, I moved behind the pack queen using lateral movement and then immediately used teleportation.

【Do you want to teleport?】

【Teleportation of two or more people may not be successful. The probability is exactly 50%.】

If we succeeded, we would leave the battlefield together, and if we failed, we would first get out of the village.

Because the heart of a brood queen cannot be more precious than her own life.

Next moment.

Faaah!

【Teleportation has been completed.】

Successful.

The group queen looked embarrassed as she suddenly moved to another battlefield.

This is because the hybrid species that would have added strength have disappeared, and the surrounding vegetation and atmosphere have completely changed.

However, that did not change the fact that Ganghu was in front for a while, so the pack queen continued her offensive.

Both arms, sharply raised, flew in with the momentum to pierce Kang-hu’s body.

【Qi Gong Cannon】

Ganghu first blocked the movement of the swarm queen with Qi Gong Cannon.

The Qigong Cannon immediately left Ganghu’s fingertips and flew away, so the pack queen had no choice but to block it for now.

Coo!

A shock wave erupted and the pack queen’s body was pushed back a step.

But soon the queen of the pack, raising her heel and putting all her strength into her forefoot, charged again.

Sigh! Sigh!

And he waved his arms threateningly.

If Ganghu had not blocked the attack with the daggers in both hands as he retreated, either his hand or his fingers would have been cut off.

‘It’s more difficult to delve into it like an infighter.’

The attack of the swarm queen, who seemed to have erased the concept of defense from her mind, was very difficult.

In the first place, the level itself seemed to be level 500. No matter how low you set it, it’s over 450.

With a picture like this, a long-term game obviously can’t be good.

Perhaps because of the rough exchange of attack and defense from the start, there were physical ups and downs regardless of mana usage.

The queen of the pack was also out of breath, but it felt like her pace had dropped even further.

‘Let’s get to the end before we get more used to each other’s patterns.’

I made a decision.

This is because in the early attack and defense, a larger attack repertoire was exposed than planned.

Deciding to throw a bet before every move falls into the predictable category of the pack queen.

so.

Kaduk!

I bit down on the pill I was holding in my mouth.

The finely shattered pieces of Gaksinhwan went down the tongue, down the throat, and into the esophagus.

Kang! Kang! Cough!

In the meantime, three attacks from the pack queen came in succession, and Kang-hu retreated and blocked them.

Because the level of the offensive was so high, it was difficult to defend in place.

It seemed as if the brood queen lived only for today.

He didn’t pay any attention to the few wounds on his body and didn’t even let out a single groan.

Right then.

“…!”

Ganghu felt that everything in the world was changing into a completely different form than before.

It was from the moment that the effect of the Gakshin pill dissolved in the stomach began to stimulate all senses and nerve cells.

The dull and dark sky became bright as if wrapped in brilliance.

Where the sun was, there was such a radiance that it felt as if a door to heaven had been opened.

Moreover, the fluff of the brood queen’s skin, the fluttering of her eyelashes, and even the subtle blinking of her eyes.

Everything looked detailed, as if it had been cut into small pieces and looked through a microscope.

That wasn’t all.

The movement of the flock queen’s fur and eyelashes swaying in the wind seemed to be split frame by frame.

I thought it would be a perfect metaphor to say that my movements remained the same but the world felt like it had slowed down.

‘see.’

It is predicted where the sharp thorns on both arms of the pack queen, digging in again, are aiming.

【All calculations regarding simultaneous enemy attacks and movements become possible.

It was possible to solve difficult math problems, and it was also possible to experience time passing relatively slowly.】

The content about Gakshinhwan that was written in the original was the same.

The feeling of lifting limits and breaking through them. A dramatic change has occurred.

Of course, this effect lasts only about 10 seconds. Excluding chewing, swallowing, and spreading time, it lasts 7 seconds at most.

【Acceleration】

I maximized my movements and instead avoided the pack queen by staying aggressively close to her.

Bold approaches and avoidance attempts, which would normally have been difficult to coexist with, were made simultaneously.

Ganghu twisted his body.

Instead of using skills such as quick dodging or jumping, only pure body movements were used.

Then, in the nick of time, the arms of the queen of the group passed by without clearly touching Ganghu.

Since the attack had never missed in previous battles, the result itself was not surprising.

The problem was that Kang-hoo avoided going forward instead of backward.

In other words, when the pack queen’s attack missed, she revealed a fatal loophole.

I knew it.

Phew!

Ganghu’s massive beheading landed squarely in the side of the pack queen.

It was stuck so hard that Kang-hu had to take out a replacement dagger from his pocket instead of pulling out the dagger.

“Aaaahhh…!”

A high-octave moan burst from the mouth of the pack queen, who had never screamed even once.

The situation has turned around.