Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 117



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117. Spirit of Fire

“That’s strange.”

Hyunseong, who arrived on the 4th floor, tilted his head and muttered.

-what?

“Nothing happened.”

-…? Isn’t it good?

“It’s good, but… something feels a bit off.”

Looking at the recent accident rate, I thought something would happen at least once while moving.

I led over a hundred orcs up to the fourth floor, and nothing special happened.

I didn’t even encounter many monsters.

-It ended quickly because you and I were telling each other where the portals in the sky were instead of clearing the labyrinth.

Although the movement itself was done over land, simply finding the portal would inevitably shorten the travel time.

Hyunseong, who had been thinking hard, opened his mouth as if he had noticed something.

“Oh, by any chance?”

The crimson eyes looking at Seol-ah while muttering like that.

Seol-ah muttered as if she felt something ominous in those eyes.

“Could it be because you didn’t intervene?”

-What are you talking about… .

“No, think about it. I did meet a vagrant this time, but… to be honest, it’s something that can’t be helped.”

Since I was dying in the portal, this was an unavoidable encounter, no matter who it was.

Other than that, this time it ended peacefully and without any problems.

Hyunseong was looking for the reason in the fact that Seol-ah didn’t go to the place he said.

-… …

Seol-ah, who was listening to Hyun-seong, also had nothing to say.

Every time I went to a place I had been, something happened, but this time, nothing like that happened.

-Is it really because of me?

Usually, Seol-ah would convince Hyeon-seong, but now it was the opposite.

While we were having such a harmonious conversation, we arrived at a castle we couldn’t go to.

Let’s go inside by releasing the distortion barrier,

“… There are quite a lot of them?”

Seoian, who had arrived first, let out a voice of disbelief.

I heard they were bringing them, but I never thought it would be more than a hundred.

Still, she just sighed and didn’t say anything.

“I’m not quite ready, but… I was thinking of asking for this from the beginning.”

“ask?”

“I was trying to gather here monsters that could communicate. With that in mind, I created a barrier around the castle itself.”

It seems that she had intended to gather monsters from the beginning, so she accepted the succubus and the orc without much thought.

However, since she was often locked in the workshop for magical research, she thought it would be a considerable amount of time before she encountered such a monster.

But with so many Hyeonseong wandering around, won’t the castle soon become crowded?

“Hmm? So, can I bring good kids here in the future?”

“For now, I’ll teach Seol-ah the magic that can get through my barrier.”

If you do that, it will be more convenient for us in many ways.

Because we can now make this place a more solid base.

After deciding on an area for the orcs to reside in, Hyunseong went to find his group.

“Keruk, are you here?”

Brin and his companions welcomed him.

No one suffered serious injuries, and everyone seemed to be in perfect condition after being healed with potions.

“I’m glad everyone seems okay. I was thinking about going to the fifth floor.”

“The 5th floor?!”

“at las!”

Han Ji-soo and Han Ji-hyun with sparkling eyes.

How much effort did you put into getting to the 5th floor after awakening the system?

My eyes sparkled as I finally reached my target floor.

“Then I guess I’ll be going now.”

“Thank you for this.”

If it weren’t for Lee Su-ho, the group might have been annihilated before they even reached the castle they couldn’t reach.

There was no need for me to stay, but I feel indebted to you for risking my life to help me.

However, Lee Su-ho shook his head and opened his mouth.

“Rather, I should be grateful.”

If it weren’t for Hyunseong, he might have died.

Even if he had lived, he would have been slowly consumed by the association without even realizing it.

That’s why Lee Su-ho was rather grateful to Hyun-seong.

“I’ll contact you if I find out anything.”

“Okay, be careful.”

After Lee Su-ho left, Hyun-seong looked at Sa-gong-hyeon.

“What are you going to do?”

“Is that what you mean?”

“I think it would be okay for you to go to the 5th floor too.”

Sa Gong-Hyeon was momentarily lost in thought after hearing Hyun-Seong’s words.

But he soon shook his head.

“I will stay.”

He was still teaching the Black Wolf Sword technique to the orcs.

Because until they reached a certain level, they needed a teacher to teach them periodically.

You can’t just quit in the middle, right?

-Ugh, unlike others, aren’t you a real teacher?

‘… Are you talking about me?’

-No, I’m not talking about anyone in particular. I know a guy who took me in as his disciple, threw out things to me to learn, and then just left me alone.

‘That’s why I only accept talented kids as my disciples.’

So that it can grow on its own even if left alone.

It seems like they are neglecting it, but they are looking into the parts that are blocked.

‘If you teach them everything from A to Z, they will grow faster, but in the end, their growth will be similar to that of the person teaching them.’

Free-spiritedness was his teaching style.

Who knows, in that freedom, a better path may appear than the one we have been on so far.

While we were talking like that, Sa-gong-hyeon added a word.

“Besides, the 4th floor is also a pretty good hunting ground for me.”

The highest floor he has conquered so far is the 3rd floor.

That’s why I was able to level up sufficiently even on the 4th floor.

Hyunseong nodded his head after hearing that.

“Okay, then let’s not talk about it anymore.”

So the number of people going to the 5th floor was decided.

Brin, Rashi, Han Ji-hyun, Han Ji-soo, Leah.

“Oh, are you going too?”

“I am a knight who protects the princess. Of course I will follow you.”

“It’s okay to go, but don’t be too protective and go around.”

“…I will try.”

I was concerned about the squeezing in front, but I decided to let it go since it means that they are trying.

Looking at it this way, there are quite a few people.

A total of six, excluding Hyeonseong.

Four in close range, two in range.

You might tilt your head if you were to ask if it was perfect when considering the roles, but it wasn’t a bad combination.

“Come to think of it, what did you do with all the things you brought?”

“For now, I left them all in our room in the castle.”

There are things that can’t be done right now anyway.

The opinion was leaning towards settling it all at once later.

Anyway, if it weren’t for Han Ji-hyun and Han Ji-soo, no one would be very interested.

Hyunseong gives Seoian all the items she needs and looks through her bag to see what else is left.

“Oh, there was this.”

Hyunseong takes out something while muttering like that.

That’s right,

[Ogre’s Essence]

[Rank: Rare]

[Description: A jewel containing the essence of an ogre.]

It was the [Ogre’s Essence] that I received after saving Han Ji-hyun and Han Ji-soo.

Something that has been sitting there for a long time.

It might not be a bad idea to take care of this first before you go.

‘Who should I give this to?’

Brin has already taken many doses.

If you take this far and evolve once more, it will be difficult to adapt because your body’s specs are too good for your level.

In Leah’s case, there was no need to eat at all.

A nearly infinite amount of energy flows from within the body.

‘Rather, if other energies other than yin energies are mixed in, it may become more difficult to control.’

Then all that was left was Rashi.

It was a timing that Rashi needed the integers just right, not just through elimination.

That’s why Hyunseong threw Jeongsu to Rashi without hesitation.

“Take it.”

“Profit?”

Rashi, who touches beads smaller than the palm of his hand.

Han Ji-soo looked surprised at that sight.

“Are you really giving me the essence?”

The essence was an item that allowed one to learn skills and sometimes even raise their abilities to a certain level, and was being traded at a fairly high price.

But even though he is my disciple, I can’t believe he readily handed it over.

I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

‘Even without that, you have the confidence that you are the strongest.’

Of course, it was an interpretation that was far removed from Hyunseong’s true feelings.

However, Rashi just quietly stared at the essence he had received.

“what’s the matter?”

“Chwiik, Master. Do I really have to eat this?”

“…?”

My head tilted on its own.

What reason is there for not eating to become stronger?

Rashi hesitated for a moment, then glanced at his executioner, Brin.

“If I eat this… won’t I become a death sentence like that?”

“ah.”

Come to think of it, when these guys evolved into Brin, they called him ugly and all.

I wonder if he’s worried that he might change like that.

Seol-ah, who was watching it, muttered in a voice of surprise.

-It’s strange that an orc cares about his appearance.

An orc who doesn’t care about anything other than strength.

Rashi’s gaze turned to Han Ji-soo for a moment.

‘……no way.’

After hanging out for a while, I guess I started to get attached to it.

It seemed like he was concerned about her reaction.

The two sisters just draw question marks above their heads as if they still don’t understand what’s going on.

“Mr. Rashi, why don’t you drink water?”

“Can you see Brin’s face?”

“yes.”

“That thing evolved by eating essence and became like that?”

“… Oh really?”

My sister’s eyes widened.

Who would have thought that evolution would change things this much?

“It seems that when you learn martial arts and evolve, your appearance changes to resemble that of a human.”

At her words, Han Ji-soo ran to Rashi without even having time to say anything.

“Have some Rashi!”

“Profit?!”

“Eat and evolve!”

Her eyes seemed to sparkle as she held Rashi’s hand.

Hyunseong watched the scene quietly and then asked his older sister, Han Jihyun.

“Wasn’t Han Ji-soo a muscular guy?”

“Well, he always says that his face is like an egg.”

“……egg?”

A question mark appeared above my skull at the words that were still difficult to understand.

Han Ji-hyun was momentarily lost in thought about how to explain it.

It was a few minutes later that she opened her mouth.

“So, if you compare people to ramen by their standards, the muscles are the noodles, the water is the soup, and the face is the egg.”

“…What is that?”

“And if muscles and ramen taste the same, then that’s when the egg-like face comes into play.”

“… … ”

It was an easy to understand explanation.

In other words, for Han Ji-soo, muscles are the top priority, and having a face is a good thing.

“Rashi’s muscles are already perfect, but you’re saying that his face is handsome as well? That’s crazy.”

“yes.”

The egg-face theory.

Hyunseong gritted his teeth and asked Han Jihyun about the absurd yet easy-to-understand explanation.

“Then what about you?”

“I have ramen eggs all over my face.”

She speaks confidently, as if she has no intention of hiding it anymore.

“I especially like cute things more than masculine ones. So when I see Brin’s fairy-like appearance—”

Brin began to receive comments about his face.

Hyunseong turns his gaze towards Rashi, thinking that it doesn’t seem like it will end for a while.

“Do you want me to eat this?”

“yes!”

At Han Ji-soo’s affirmation, Rashi poured [Ogre’s Essence] into his mouth in one gulp.