Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 130



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130. Clue (2)

Not far into the cave, a few vagrants were sitting around a campfire.

“Haam.”

Smith, a vagabond who had committed all sorts of crimes in the labyrinth city and even attacked party members to steal their equipment, was staring at a bonfire burning before his eyes.

“Oh my, I have to be on guard duty on a day like this. I have no luck.”

His expression was one of boredom as he leaned half against the rock.

Recently, the income has been poor due to lack of suitable fishing gear, but now that they have caught a big fish, the morale of the homeless people has greatly increased.

Inside, a grand party was taking place using the stolen supplies, but he himself was on guard duty after losing at poker.

The homeless man next to me also sighed and nodded.

“Well, I can’t not do it because the guild tracking team might come.”

“Hey, once you guys are all asleep, do you want to go to where the hostages are being held?”

“Hostages? Why?”

“I saw it earlier, there were some half-and-half kids.”

Smith’s eyes gleamed sinisterly as he understood the meaning of those words.

“Hey kid, you’re quick at checking things like that.”

“Are you okay? If you get caught, it won’t end with the boss getting angry.”

“As long as you don’t get caught, that’s fine. How many hostages are there? Do you think you’ve figured it out already?”

“I don’t think there’s anyone we should particularly avoid. It looks like the boss has already taken a few.”

“Hehe, you must be having a great time.”

It was already a well-known story that the hobos treated the hostages worse than slaves.

There is even a saying that if you get caught, you’d rather die.

To them, hostages were nothing more than disposable dolls.

and,

“It’s disgusting.”

Elena, who had been eavesdropping on the conversation without making a sound, frowned.

Just hearing it made me feel nauseous.

Ma Cheon-gang tapped her shoulder, which looked like it might jump out at any moment.

“No need to put up with it, just go and sweep it away.”

“But where are the hostages…?”

Even though they claim that their target is homeless people, they can’t pretend not to see the hostages.

Hyunseong gritted his teeth at Elena’s worry.

“Don’t worry about that.”

“yes?”

“Because we’ve already figured out the cave structure and we know where the hostages are.”

At those words, not only Elena but also Ma Cheon-gang opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Soon, she believed Hyunseong’s words and ran towards the homeless people.

“radish…?!”

“The enemy…!”

The vagabonds collapsed without even being able to utter a single word.

Elena, who sweeps away the homeless like a raging bull.

“You’ve figured out the entire cave structure. Is that Seol-ah’s ability?”

-of course!

“Magic is convenient in many ways.”

“It’s magic, it’s definitely amazing.”

At this point, even Ma Cheon-gang couldn’t help but be impressed.

There were many things I wanted to ask, but asking them one by one here would be a waste of time.

Ma Cheon-gang started to think quickly.

“Then you take care of the hostages. I’ll help Elena deal with the vagrants.”

“okay.”

As soon as the conversation ended, Ma Cheon-gang disappeared from sight.

He soon arrived near Elena and swung his spear, sweeping away the remaining vagrants like fallen leaves.

‘As expected, it has become considerably stronger.’

If you had just attacked me at that speed, I wouldn’t have been able to even react properly.

Just from that one move, you can roughly guess how strong Ma Cheon-gang has become.

however…

Boom! Boom!

Pufferbug!

They were making a grand noise as if to announce that they had invaded.

I’m worried that if I’m not careful, the cave might collapse.

Hearing the commotion, the vagabonds inside began to come out.

-I think you intentionally made a fuss to draw attention to us so that we can move more easily.

“no.”

Hyunseong refutes Seol-ah’s guess in one go.

I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed because she said no so firmly.

-then?

“That guy just wants to run wild.”

If you listen to the story, you haven’t even been conquering a maze in a while.

He must have become very stiff because he had only raised disciples for a long time and had no one to fight for.

I could tell just by looking at his expression.

Even though I’ve gotten older, it seems like that part hasn’t changed.

Hyunseong gritted his teeth as he watched the homeless people being cut down by spears and sickles.

“Let’s get moving before it gets any noisier.”

Hyunseong heads to where the hostages are being held.

There wasn’t much intact inside the cave, as the vagabonds were very rough with their belongings, but the prison looked quite sturdy.

‘I guess they put some effort into this prison that holds the Awakened.’

If you make it carelessly, the Awakened ones might escape.

The Awakened ones, startled by the sound of someone approaching, flinched their shoulders and cautiously raised their heads.

I thought he was a vagrant, but what I saw before my eyes was-

“S, Skeleton?”

For a moment, the thought crossed his mind that he had died and the god of death had come to greet him.

Since it was too much of a hassle to explain, Hyunseong just swung his sword.

Clang! Clang!!

Bang!

Iron bars that were cut like tofu and rolled around on the floor.

All the Awakened ones, who were close to three digits in number, were released.

“What the heck is this…”

The Awakened ones still have a look of disbelief on their faces even though they saw it clearly with their own eyes.

I wondered if I was dreaming.

Hyunseong threw the equipment he had brought with him to the Awakened Ones.

“Take this and run away. Don’t bother fighting some vagrant.”

“Go, thank you.”

The Awakened Ones all bowed their heads and expressed their gratitude.

It didn’t matter whether Hyunseong was a skeleton or not.

All that matters to them now is that they can escape from the den of vagabonds.

Hyunseong, who pulled him out of the pit of despair, seemed like a god to him.

at that time,

“I thought it was a bit noisy outside…”

A man appeared with a low-pitched voice.

His demeanor was too serious to be seen as a simple vagabond.

“omg?!”

“Please save me, please save me…”

The Awakened ones are terrified just by his appearance.

Some of the Awakened even froze like ice as they tried to escape.

Judging by his reaction, he’s not an ordinary vagabond.

The guy stared at himself and opened his mouth.

“A talking skeleton… Is that the guy the Heavenly Demon Sect put a bounty on?”

The guy who says that and then lets out an unpleasant laugh.

“I hit the jackpot. I never thought a billion would just crawl into my pocket.”

“Are you the boss here?”

“then?”

“The cave structure is a bit strange.”

Isn’t the boss room usually a bit far from the prison?

The boss and the hostage, the highest and lowest levels in the dungeon are stuck together.

I couldn’t help but think that something was strange.

“Kuuuuu, I guess you’re curious about the reason.”

The guy started to let out a sinister laugh and exude energy.

Then he caught the fleeing Awakened One and continued speaking.

“That’s exactly why.”

“Kuaaaah?!”

I thought the captured Awakened One was screaming in pain,

“?!”

Crunch, crunch.

My body began to twist with a loud noise.

At the same time, the body of the awakened person is drying up like a mummy.

– Not only the magic power, but also the life force was absorbed. What is that? Even a vampire can’t absorb something like that.

The vagrant leader threw the corpse of the Awakened one, which had now turned into a mummy, to the side.

“These guys are my fuel tanks.”

“So that’s why you locked the hostages in front of your room.”

So that it can be absorbed at any time.

But there was a moment when I thought that even though I had absorbed the Awakened One, nothing had changed.

“Kukuk, that’s right. And if you absorb these guys…”

The guy’s eyes began to turn red.

At the same time, the guy’s skin started to turn blood red.

I could tell right away what it was.

‘It’s [Blood Demon Incarnation].’

-You won the lottery from the start?

Although it was said to be a fairly large group of vagrants, I didn’t think we would be able to find a clue to the Blood Demon transformation right away.

I thought that if I raided a few places I would be able to get some decent information.

But I never thought we would meet each other like this.

‘It could just be luck…’

The problem was that that wasn’t the case.

That would be evidence that the Blood Cult’s influence extends deep into the ranks of the homeless.

Hyunseong shook his head from side to side to clear his mind of distracting thoughts.

‘It’s not something I can judge right away.’

At least we’ll have to raid a few more vagrant strongholds to be sure.

For now, I decided to focus on the fight in front of me.

The guy whose whole body had turned bright red had bright eyes.

“Kekekeke… Every time I become a Blood Demon, I always think about it, but it feels the best. It feels like I’ve become a god.”

“You can call that a god? There really are cheap gods out there.”

“what?”

“Oh, you were just talking about a weird ghost?”

A guy who narrows his eyebrows at his own words that are being scratched gently.

His muscles bulged as if he was about to rush in at any moment.

“Thank you, Cheonma Shingyo. Those guys won’t kill you because of the billion they put around your neck.”

Break!

As the boy stepped on the ledge, the cave shook and the floor split open like a spider web.

Boom!

Kwakwakwakwang!

A storm that rages with the sound of shells being fired.

The blood demon who had arrived in front of him in one breath aimed for his shoulder.

You could crush your own bones just by holding them.

Dalgrak.

Hyunseong takes a step further in towards the guy running towards him.

The guy’s outstretched arm just passed right by his skull.

Phew!

The outstretched palm struck the Blood Demon’s abdomen.

As if it didn’t end there,

Kuung!

A heavy noise echoed through the prison.

A method that penetrates the interior.

“Huh?!”

The blood demon frowned in pain.

Hyunseong muttered as if he had expected that reaction.

“also…”

The body had become incredibly strong.

Even stronger than the vagabonds I fought before.

It would have been normal for him to have been vomited blood and his internal organs would have been shaken if he had just been directly hit by that technique, but all he felt was pain.

‘furthermore…’

Unlike the previous guy whose energy was running wild inside his body, he was quite stable.

I glanced at the Awakened One who had become a mummy, rolling around on the floor.

‘Is it because it absorbs the energy of the Awakened?’

-I can’t guess anything else.

Forcibly absorbing the power of others to stabilize one’s own condition.

It looked very similar to the Absorption Method.

“This kid…!”

The guy who runs at me again.

He rushed at me with an invisible speed, but since he couldn’t even control his own strength, his attacks were simple.

Kwaaaaah!

A fist passing by with a terrifying sound.

It had such a powerful force that even the wind pressure could not be ignored.

‘The power is immense.’

-If you block it wrong, it won’t just crack, it’ll break somewhere, right?

‘Then I can’t help but not get hit even once.’

-Are you sure?

‘It’s like chewing gum against that guy.’

It seemed that he had so much confidence in his own body that he had no intention of using simple fake psychological warfare, let alone being swayed by force.

Avoiding such a simple attack wasn’t that difficult for him.

A crimson glow shone from inside Hyunseong’s skull.

“Show me the difference in skill.”