Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 129



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129. Clue

With Luke joining us, there was no longer any reason to stay in the Labyrinth City, so we decided to head up.

Hyunseong heads to the center of the labyrinth city to go up to the second floor.

however,

“what?”

I wonder if there’s a problem.

The city center was literally teeming with people.

I looked to see what was going on, but nothing special happened, the traffic just increased.

Elena, who had been quietly watching the scene, opened her mouth.

“Oh, is it because of the 5th floor?”

“Fifth floor?”

“The volcano erupted on the 5th floor this time, so the environment got worse.”

“yes.”

“Because of that, most guilds are leaving earlier than scheduled, worried that there will be supply problems for those on the front lines.”

If there were only one or two guilds, it might be okay, but if so many guilds gathered, it was inevitable that a momentary standstill would occur.

“It seems like some guilds have noticed and have already left.”

“If we hastily prepare supplies and leave, it should be around now.”

Ma Cheon-gang looked at the procession and quietly stroked his chin.

“There’s going to be chaos on the third floor too.”

There was no way the vagabonds would let such good prey pass them by.

Probably some of these teams won’t even make it to the 6th floor.

The standstill didn’t last long.

In the first place, there was no test being conducted, all that was needed was to pass.

“Then, let’s move quickly.”

Since there were quite a few Awakened people who had arrived at the same place as them, they decided to refrain from flying in the sky.

Because it was obvious that if I did something too conspicuous, I would be annoyed in many ways.

Hyunseong and his group moved quickly.

Not to mention Machen Kang and Elena, Luke was also quite fast, so it only took a day to cover the second floor.

-I was a bit unlucky this time.

The portal to the third floor was further away than I thought.

Since the distance was so far, even if it flew by, the time difference wouldn’t have been that great.

‘Ian, how did you get there and back in one day?’

-He must have some special movement magic of his own creation?

‘You can’t?’

-I’m sealed. It’s possible if the seal is broken.

‘After all, everything starts with a seal and ends with a seal.’

In the past, it was a sarcastic tone, but after using Seol-ah who had unsealed one, I felt like I knew why she had been so sarcastic.

The group that arrived on the 3rd floor decided to rest for a while and then go directly to the group that was waiting on the 5th floor.

Ma Cheon-gang, who had been yawning profusely, suddenly looked at Seol-ah and opened his mouth.

“By the way, what is that sword?”

“This? Why?”

“No, that one in particular looks quite nice.”

The other equipment was also pretty good, but the sword looked good and didn’t shine as much in comparison.

-Huh, it seems like my greatness is becoming increasingly difficult to hide.

‘This isn’t very welcome news for users.’

There were cases where a dispute arose simply because the weapon was good.

It was like that in the martial arts world, so there was no law that said it couldn’t be done in the labyrinth.

“and…”

If I’m not mistaken, it seemed like Hyunseong was occasionally conversing with the sword.

Although they were just conversing in their minds, Ma Cheon-gang was able to catch even the smallest details.

Hyunseong lost in thought for a moment.

‘Even if I don’t tell this guy, he’ll find out someday anyway.’

In that case, it would be better to tell you about Seol-ah now.

After finishing her explanation, she greeted Ma Cheon-gang.

-hi?

“… The labyrinth really has all sorts of things popping out.”

Even as a maecheon river, this was surprising.

A sword with an ego.

Not only had I never seen it when I was next to Hyeonseong in the Cheonmasingyo, but even when I cleared the 6th floor of the labyrinth, I had never even heard of a weapon with an ego.

“It was Seol-ah who found the portal location.”

“… It’s definitely amazing. That alone is worth a lot, but it also provides combat assistance, and there’s still one seal left? What happens when the seal is released?”

“He said that he chews everything up himself.”

They say a craftsman never blames his tools, but at this point, I guess it’s hard not to blame him.

“That guy, Steel, offered 100 billion?”

“ok.”

“That’s a story about a state where the seal hasn’t been broken.”

If the performance that Hyunseong spoke of was true, then even in its current state, it would be worth more than 100 billion.

But if there was one more seal here, it would be worth buying even if it were three times as much, not just two.

If he had used a sword, he would have stabbed me once and tried selling me.

“There are no windows?”

-Well, there may not be a high-performance sword like mine, but there are some fairly famous spears.

“That’s nice to hear. By the way… was your name Seol-ah?”

-that’s right.

Ma Cheon-gang looked at Hyeon-seong with a look of wonder at Seol-ah’s affirmation.

“What, why.”

“No, there’s no way a Western-style sword would have been named Seol-ah to begin with. You must have given it that name, but I thought it was a pretty good name.”

“… … ”

“Based on your sense, I thought you would have named it GeomGeom.”

-That’s correct.

“What, did you really build it like that?”

-That’s right! If I hadn’t desperately said no, my name would have been Geomgeom!

“That’s a bit too much.”

“What’s wrong with GeomGeomi?”

As I said before, isn’t it a good name that you can tell what it is just by hearing the name?

“I’ll be more sincere when naming my pets. Then from now on, you should change your name to Skeleton so that everyone can see that you’re a skeleton.”

“No, this is a different case. I already had a name, right? But since he didn’t have one, you gave him that name.”

“Even after becoming a skeleton, he still escapes like a snake.”

-If this isn’t self-centeredness, then what is?

Is it just an illusion that I don’t feel that way even though I have more colleagues?

Seol-ah and Ma-cheon-gang seemed more annoying than Luke, who shot them once every time the bounty increased.

Just then, after finishing my break and about to move again.

“Walk quickly!”

An angry voice was heard.

Hyunseong and Macheon-gang, who were talking, as well as Elena and Luke, turned their gazes toward the direction where the sound was heard.

Even though there was quite a distance, since they were all skilled people, there was no way I would miss their voices.

-Just listening to your voice, it doesn’t seem like it’s a good thing.

‘I know.’

Hyunseong nodded in agreement with Seol-ah’s analysis.

Not just the voice, but also the intonation and lines.

If we ran into each other, I didn’t think I could just say hello and say goodbye.

‘I guess I should go first.’

Machen River and Elena.

That’s why I partyed with those two.

Hyunseong and the three others all headed towards the direction where the voice was heard, keeping their voices quiet.

and,

“As expected.”

As expected, a scene unfolded that was completely different from what they had expected.

Awakened ones whose hands are bound and whose equipment is taken away.

Vagrants were watching them nearby and dragging them somewhere.

“If you do something useless, I’ll blow your head off right away.”

“I’ll send the guy next to you with you, so you won’t be lonely on your way to the afterlife.”

“If you don’t want to get caught together, you should keep an eye on each other.”

“You could give an extra piece of bread to the guy who tells you?”

A bunch of hobos talking and giggling.

The Awakened ones also did not resist because they knew that those words were not lies.

Moreover, I couldn’t even fight properly without any equipment.

-It’s quite large in scale, isn’t it?

There were nearly fifty Awakened people who were captured, and there were about the same number of vagrants.

At this point, it’s probably not like they’ve turned off one or two supply points to get to the 6th floor.

Elena stared at the sight quietly and then opened her mouth.

“… Let’s just wait and see for now.”

It was not that I was cautious about the number of vagrants.

With this level of power, it wouldn’t be difficult to run out right away and cut off the heads of the homeless and rescue the Awakened.

However, that will only save the Awakened ones right in front of them.

‘There might be Awakened ones caught in the Vagabond stronghold.’

Besides, if this is a stronghold where this many vagrants gather, it must be quite large.

There must be at least one vagrant who has learned [Blood Demonization] or at least one guy with information.

So Hyunseong and his group followed the vagabonds.

“What, you’re fighting a hobo?”

Luke follows Hyeonseong without knowing English.

I thought he was dissatisfied because it was different from the contract he had made with himself…

“I never thought I’d get back to my main job so quickly.”

“Main job?”

I guess that wasn’t it.

I asked him out of curiosity about his reaction, and it seemed like he was originally a bounty hunter who hunted homeless people.

“Most Awoken who seek bounties target homeless people. Do you know why?”

“How could I know?”

“The bounty on a monster is proportional to its difficulty, but the bounty on a vagrant is proportional to the evil deeds they have committed and the amount of damage they have caused.”

In other words, even if a weak person commits a great evil deed, if he is not caught, a large bounty may be offered.

So, it was natural for the Awakened ones who were after the bounty to not go through the trouble of hunting monsters and instead target vagrants.

A question naturally arises when you hear that.

“Then why were you on the 5th floor when you fought me?”

“Brother, I need to level up too.”

Even if you catch a vagrant every day, your level won’t go up.

“There are more than a few vagrants targeting me.”

“okay?”

“I heard you’re pretty famous among the homeless people?”

Among the vagrants, there are some who are determined to catch you.

I needed to level up just to deal with those guys.

Hyunseong looked at Luke as if he finally understood.

‘It seemed like you had a lot of experience in interpersonal combat when you fought…’

Fighting the vagabonds seemed to teach me how to fight people who aren’t monsters.

“So you were hunting on the 5th floor to level up and happened to meet me?”

“That’s it.”

“… … ”

-I don’t have any luck.

I never thought we’d meet in such a wide open space.

All I could say was that I was unlucky.

While I was talking to Luke, the vagabonds arrived at the base.

“I think it’s over there.”

A small cave visible behind the thick bushes.

Luke frowned as soon as he saw the entrance to the stronghold.

“This is a bit of a headache.”

Because narrow places like caves were places where it was difficult to properly use his specialty, sniping.

If I had been alone, I would have given up without hesitation and gone looking for another vagrant.

However, Ma Cheon-gang, who was listening to the story, opened his mouth as if to tell them not to worry.

“You take care of the guys running away from here. Can you do it by yourself?”

“That much is possible. Then the rush…”

“Me, Hyunseong, and Elena, the three of us will do it.”

“Is that okay?”

“Is there a problem?”

Luke realized he had asked the wrong question at the look on her face.

You have nothing to worry about, so you worry about those who are several times stronger than you.

Of the vagabonds in the cave, perhaps only a few will make it out.

“Well then, let’s rush in once Luke is settled in.”

“okay.”

“yes~”

Luke quickly moves to a place where the cave entrance is clearly visible.

As soon as he gave the signal, the mood of the remaining group changed in an instant.

Ma Cheon-gang, who made a cracking sound with his hands, was smiling with his white teeth exposed.

“Okay, then let’s go wild for the first time in a while.”