Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 149



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149. Abandoned Laboratory

Hyunseong, who confirmed that the battle was over, let out a soft sigh, gritting his teeth.

“I know that there are quite a few Awakened players who solo, even though it’s rare. How do they take down bosses in these areas?”

Even though he is the boss of the area, he is having such a hard time.

Should we consider all those who solo play above the 6th floor as monsters?

-If you play solo, you probably won’t even think about touching the area bosses.

“ah.”

Hyunseong opens his jaw as if he just realized it.

Unless you were positioned like Luke and wielding a sniper rifle, taking on the area boss alone was practically suicidal.

Most of the time, it’s safe to just hunt nearby monsters rather than area bosses.

-That sniping might be impossible depending on the boss type.

Hyunseong was abnormal in that he would kill every boss he encountered while playing solo.

“Should I level up again?”

While hunting monsters while wandering around the snowy mountains, a building appears between the densely packed snow trees.

Hyunseong looked at the building and gritted his teeth without realizing it.

“What is this?”

The building nestled in the snow-covered mountains was not a site of an ancient civilization or anything like that, but rather a crude modern building made of concrete without any consideration for aesthetics.

It didn’t look that big, but I guess they secured space underground because they wanted to avoid making it too big on the outside.

-Where are you going?

“well.”

Association, Blood Cult, Cheonma Sect.

There were so many possible places that it was hard to tell what it was until I went inside to see for myself.

Hyunseong stares quietly at the building.

-Are you going in?

“No. Let’s just go.”

At first glance, it didn’t look like it would be easy to break into, and I couldn’t even guess how spacious the inside was or what it was used for.

If I try to destroy everything I find, even ten bodies won’t be enough.

Crucially,

‘You’re not picking a fight with me.’

Hyunseong was quite tolerant as long as no one was picking a fight in front of him.

Even when he was in the martial arts world, no matter what the martial arts alliance members said about him, as long as there was no real damage done, he would not move.

If you ask me if I should just stay silent after being insulted, I would be speechless, but I had my reasons.

-why?

‘Because it’s annoying.’

-That’s the reason?

‘Hey, think about it.’

The headquarters of Cheonmasingyo, Sipmandaesan, was called Sipmandaesan because it has many mountains, but in reality, Sipmandaesan is in a different region and the original name of the region was Cheonsan Mountain Range (天山山脈).

While fiddling with my smartphone, I suddenly became curious about the distance from Cheonmasingyo to Murim, and looked it up. It turns out that the distance is roughly 3000km.

And that too, only in a straight line.

It is said that the length of our country from north to south is 1000km, and this number is three times that.

“The distance to Korea is closer than the distance between Murim and Cheonmasingyo.”

I thought it would be easier to run away and die than to be caught and killed, and I had a reason to think that way.

It felt like I had unexpectedly encountered a red truth.

“If you don’t go looking for me, you won’t even have a chance to meet me. So you’re going that far just because I swore at you?”

That was an unprecedentedly crazy act that even the Heavenly Horses of the past had never done.

There is even a saying that the reason why Jeon Dae Cheon Ma did not go to the martial arts world to find a rival was because it was too cumbersome to travel that distance.

-That’s right. It’s not a short distance.

Besides, now we have airplanes and cars, but back then there were no such things, only walking and carriages.

Even if they are the most loyal followers of the Cheonmasin Church, if you tell them to go that distance, they will spit out a bucket of Cheonmasin curses.

“Anyway, after experiencing it myself, I thought it couldn’t be done, so I ignored all the talk from within that we should subjugate the martial arts world.”

Since it was right after defeating the Heavenly Horse, there was a need for maintenance, so it could be ignored without much friction.

“however…”

Who would have imagined that the Murim Alliance would come through that long distance to invade the Demonic Cult?

How absurd it was when I first heard that the Murim Alliance had invaded.

“I thought there was no such thing as a normal person.”

In the history of martial arts, there were several instances where the Cheonma Singyo invaded to conquer the martial arts world, but this was the first time that the Murim Alliance invaded the Cheonma Singyo first.

‘Actually, I never thought that would be possible.’

Because the Murim Alliance was not a single, large organization like the Cheonmasingyo, but rather an organization formed by several groups coming together.

I thought that in the meantime, they would be busy keeping each other in check.

“If you think about it this way, that guy, the leader of the martial arts world, was also a guy.”

This meant that Gupaebang and Odaese had gathered all the small and medium-sized factions under them under him.

Whether it was force, words, or political prowess, it was still great.

If he hadn’t been so crazy about invading the Cheonmasingyo Church, saying that he would leave behind an unprecedented achievement in the history of martial arts with his own hands, he would have truly lived his life being praised as the best in the world in the martial arts world.

-You were too greedy.

“Well, what can I do?”

If you were doing so well, wouldn’t you have thought the world revolved around you?

-So you’re going to ignore this too?

“That’s right.”

-I think he thinks a little differently.

“…who?”

Hyunseong turns his gaze in the direction Seol-ah pointed.

Then what you see there is-

“Why is he here again?”

It was Lee Su-ho, an Awakened member of the Labyrinth Association.

He was heading towards the exact same unidentifiable concrete building he had been trying to avoid.

“… Oh, shit.”

Hyunseong lets out a soft sigh.

As if he had no choice, he turned around and headed towards Lee Su-ho.

“hey.”

“?!”

Shhh!

Kang!

Lee Su-ho swings his spear in response to his own words.

Hyunseong was inwardly amazed by the heavy impact he felt in his hand.

‘I think this guy’s skills have improved.’

You must have been busy with research and other things, but your skills improved in the process.

There was a reason why Ma Cheon-gang accepted him as his disciple.

Lee Su-ho was about to continue the connection at any moment, but after confirming Hyun-seong’s skull, he let out a sigh of relief and put away his spear.

“…?”

Then, Lee Su-ho looks around again as if he realized something.

And then he turned his puzzled eyes toward me.

“But this is the 6th floor…?”

“Oh, I just got here.”

“… … ”

Lee Su-ho’s mouth opened wide.

Hyunseong’s incredible growth rate was beyond surprising, it was mind-boggling.

How long has it been since we parted ways on the 4th floor and you’re already attacking the 6th floor?

He himself had only gotten here by passing through the portal, and had not yet reached the 6th floor.

“By the way, what are you doing here?”

“I came here after getting information that there is a research facility here.”

“Didn’t you say you’d contact me if you found out anything?”

I took out my smartphone and checked it, but there was no message from Lee Su-ho.

He opened his mouth, scratching his head with a bashful expression.

“No, I’m not sure about that…”

“… … ”

“I was trying to find out exactly what kind of place this is and get in touch with you.”

Do you still believe that the group you belong to will not commit such an inhumane act?

If we’ve gotten this far, there must have been a lot of evidence during the investigation.

If it was great in some sense, it was great.

“So, this is the association stuff, right?”

Hyunseong mutters while looking at the rough concrete building.

Lee Su-ho nodded in agreement and turned his gaze back to look at the building.

“But something seems strange, so I’m watching it.”

“Is it weird?”

“I watched for a while because something seemed strange… There were no guards. And there weren’t many signs of people coming and going.”

“hmm…”

Hyunseong stroking his chin.

It certainly looked like it wasn’t well managed.

I thought it was part of the stomach, but if not…

“Is it abandoned?”

-Or maybe it was closed due to an accident.

In the former case, it wouldn’t be dangerous since the guys would have destroyed the information when they left, but there wouldn’t be any information left either.

However, in the latter case, it would mean that research results that could be closed are sleeping inside the research institute.

“I’m thinking of going in, what are you going to do?”

Hyunseong glances at Lee Suho.

It seemed that he had to see it with his own eyes to feel better.

Plum Blossom Inspector, this guy should have been there when I met Baekwoon.

“Let’s go in.”

In the end, Hyunseong chose to go with Lee Suho.

If you hadn’t seen it, you wouldn’t know, but if you saw a familiar face about to enter a dangerous place, you couldn’t just sit still.

Besides, Lee Su-ho is the disciple of his best friend.

If I die here, I’ll feel uneasy for no reason.

The building we arrived at like that was…

“It’s bigger than I thought?”

There were many parts hidden by the snow, but when I came closer, I saw that the entrance was larger than I thought.

They said they were conducting experiments related to monsterization, so maybe they made the entrance this large so that even giant monsters can enter.

“Ugh!”

Lee Su-ho pulling the huge iron door with all his might.

“Hey, that doesn’t mean the door will open…”

Creak…!

“Line?”

It would be more appropriate to say that it was like a giant iron gate being crushed rather than opened.

The gap was small at first, but it gradually grew larger every time a sharp, jarring sound was heard, until it became large enough for a grown man to fit through.

“I think the security system is down?”

“Are you noticing it now…?”

If there had been a security system, the enemies would have poured out with a loud noise as soon as the iron gate was first opened.

Looking at this, I got the feeling that this guy was just as unplanned as I was.

As we carefully entered, Lee Su-ho frowned at the musty smell of being left unattended for a long time.

“Hmm.”

I looked around here and there, but there were no traces to be seen as it was near the entrance.

As we continued walking, we finally found the skeleton.

“How many months does it take for a corpse to turn into bones?”

“There are a lot of things to consider, but if left like this, it will take about four months.”

He stared at the corpse reduced to white bones.

Since it was originally a special task force for homeless people, they had some expertise in this area.

Hyunseong stared at the bones quietly, then discovered something underneath the skull and ground his teeth.

“I guess this guy was a researcher.”

“? Can you tell something like that from bones?”

“No, there’s an ID card underneath the skull.”

“… … ”

Lee Su-ho scratches his head in embarrassment.

Hyunseong handed him his ID card and clacked his jaw.

“Anyway, the fact that there are dead people means that this isn’t an abandoned place.”

It’s just a closed place because of an unintended incident.

In that case, it was necessary to be on guard, as you never know what might pop out from inside.

Lee Su-ho also nodded and raised the window.

Two people cautiously head inward.

at that time,

“Kuaaaaaaah!!”

A scream echoing from within.

Hyunseong and Suho Lee look at each other, their shoulders flinching at the sound.

It had been months since it was closed, so there couldn’t have been anyone still alive.

If so, this is-

“That’s the sound a monster makes.”