Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 153



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153. Abandoned Laboratory (5)

-Not sure, but maybe.

After relaying Seol-ah’s words, Han Seong-min became lost in thought.

After the lab closed, he searched carefully for his colleagues.

‘If even a body had been found, I would have given up.’

But no traces are found anywhere.

That’s why I kept wandering around the lab without leaving, thinking that maybe there was someone alive like me somewhere.

Then, after listening to the story that Hyunseong had just told, the thought crossed my mind that perhaps the reason it hadn’t been discovered until now was because it was under the Queen’s command.

‘If that’s the caseㅡ’

If only the Queen could be captured, all the Awakened under her would be released, and you would be able to find your own comrades among them.

Han Seong-min’s eyes burned with determination.

-There’s no use trying to stop him. He’ll try to go in by himself.

‘I didn’t even intend to stop you.’

I had a strong feeling that I had to deal with the Queen since she would be a headache if I left her here anyway.

furthermore,

‘It seems like they’ve already recognized us as enemies.’

I felt the movement of ice ants approaching.

He must have sent support since he not only invaded but also took care of his own men.

Hyunseong looked at the approaching ice ants and pulled out Seol-ah.

“If you have any colleagues, tell me first. I will try my best not to kill them.”

“…thanks.”

Han Seong-min expressed his sincere gratitude.

To him, he was a colleague, but to Hyunseong, he was just a complete stranger.

It was kind enough to just try not to kill the monsters that attacked you.

“Kagagagagak”

The sound made by ice ants opening and closing their beaks from side to side.

Hyunseong looked at the faces of the reinforcements that had appeared and clenched his teeth.

“It’s good because it’s easy to understand.”

The reinforcements were mostly made up of ice ants, but there were also some Awakened ones who had become test subjects.

Usually, ice ants have human-shaped bodies and walk on two legs, but they do not have human appearance.

However, the Awakened who had merged with the monster still had traces of humanity left on their faces and hands.

“Is your partner there?”

“No, not among them.”

“Okay then… Don’t hesitate just because the other person is being manipulated.”

Hyunseong warned Lee Suho in advance.

Because I thought that if the other person knew that he was being manipulated, he would hesitate at a crucial moment due to his personality.

“It’s just foolish to pity someone when you don’t have the skills to do so.”

“…All right.”

“Isn’t there someone waiting for you outside the labyrinth?”

“… … ”

Lee Su-ho’s hand holding the window tightened as he thought of someone.

Looking at those eyes, I felt like I didn’t need to nag her anymore.

So, all three people, including Hyunseong, took out their weapons and the battle with the ice ants began.

“Keeeeeek!”

Crunch! Crunch!

He ran at me screaming and swung an axe, cutting off the man’s arm and then decapitating him.

I deflected all the attacks from the four-bladed Apostolic Ant and stuck a sword into its neck.

Every swing of the sword took the life of an ice ant without a single moment of waste.

-In the meantime, the Awakened Ones are being subdued instead of killed. You told Lee Su-ho not to hesitate.

‘That’s a story of when you don’t have the skills.’

Since he had some free time, it wasn’t that difficult to subdue an opponent of this level.

After all, these Awakened ones are also being controlled by the Queen.

Hyunseong quickly organized the reinforcements.

-What are we going to do with these guys? They are still being controlled, so we can’t just knock them out and let them go.

‘Let’s tie it up for now.’

After capturing the Awakened Ones, Hyunseong and his party headed further inward.

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“It’s tough.”

Hyunseong entered inside after fighting a few more battles.

As they went deeper into the cave, the Ice Ants’ powers grew and the combined Awakened Ones also grew stronger.

“How many experiments have you actually done?”

The number of Awakened people I saw on my way here must have easily been in the dozens.

Considering the Awakened who were synthesized with other monsters like Han Seong-min or died during experiments, I thought that at least hundreds, or maybe even thousands, of Awakened people may have been sacrificed.

“These guys are really crazy.”

Even Han Seong-min, who was the test subject, was surprised by the scale of the experiment.

Lee Su-ho felt a great sense of betrayal at the undeniable reality.

“You were doing something like this…!”

Lee Su-ho is furious at the traces of experiments that go against humanity.

He looked like he would go to the association right away and smash everything if possible.

As we continued to go inside, a new place finally appeared.

“Here…”

Ugh, ugh.

Ice ants devouring the corpse of a dead monster.

This seemed to be where they stored their food.

This means that the Queen’s chambers are not far from here.

“Wow, there are a lot…”

The number of ice ants was on a whole different level than before.

Han Seong-min looked around with his eyes slit vertically like Hyun-seong’s.

“ah.”

I found something and let out a soft exclamation.

An Awakened One is visible wherever his sight leads.

He was eating the monster’s corpse with a blank expression.

“iced coffee…”

Kang Ha-yoon, a colleague and lover who came up to the 6th floor with Han Seong-min.

I wanted to run to her as soon as I saw her, but I held myself back with superhuman patience.

Because now she is just an ant controlled by the queen.

-You’re calm.

‘That means you have a good grasp of reality.’

If I were to die here, my companion would have to live as the Queen’s slave for the rest of his life.

He knew that his own life was the most important thing to do in order to save his comrades, so he did not move hastily.

at that time,

“Oh, it seems like it’s getting a little dangerous?”

Lee Su-ho’s embarrassed voice was heard.

A faint vibration felt before you could even ask what it meant.

And countless sounds of movement approaching from behind.

-I think the guys who went hunting have come back?

“shit.”

It seemed that the intruder had penetrated quite deep and they had given up hunting and returned to defend themselves.

but,

“Ku …

The snow giants were seen chasing them, as if the battle was not over yet.

Because the snow giant had a personality that required him to defeat all the enemies he had fought before he could feel satisfied.

Even if the enemy runs away, they follow him to the end.

“Kyaaaaah!”

“Tattadattadak!”

Ice ants rush in like an ebb tide to attack the snow giants.

All of those guys went towards the giant, and only a few were left.

Most of them are ice ants synthesized with Awakeners.

-Are these guys the best here?

‘Maybe so.’

“… … ”

The Awakened ones said nothing and just looked at me with empty eyes.

“ha…”

“… … ”

Han Seong-min called her name, but there was no answer.

Just raise your weapon to ward off the intruder.

“Coming!”

As Hyunseong’s teeth clashed, the Awakened ones moved.

Perhaps because they were the guys who were at the very core, they were on a different level from the Awakened ones we had seen so far.

Bang!

Sparks flying into the air simultaneously with overlapping sounds.

In a short moment that didn’t even take a breath, dozens of attacks took place.

To an ordinary person, it would just look like a sudden burst of sparks in the air.

‘They’re definitely stronger than the previous ones.’

From the skills that have been ingrained in him through conquering dungeons for a long time, to the physical abilities of an ice ant in a system that transcends humans.

Everything was being utilized properly.

‘A head-on confrontation is disadvantageous.’

Even though I was just doing an ordinary workshop, my bones rang.

If the durability had been just a little lower, wouldn’t it have cracked right away?

Hyunseong glances at other people.

-Things don’t look good anywhere else either.

Lee Su-ho is having a hard time just defending.

Han Seong-min seemed more relaxed than Lee Su-ho while facing three enemies, but he was unable to attack properly.

Because he had a colleague and a lover.

-It’s bound to be more difficult if you try to subdue it.

‘What can I do?’

But that doesn’t mean you can’t kill your lover with your own hands.

If there is no way to save them, then it is understandable, but not many people would choose to kill their lover even if they could save them.

“In the end, I guess I have to do something about it.”

Dark red eyes gleaming from inside the skull.

The shoulders of the Awakened ones shook as the atmosphere in Hyunseong changed completely from before.

“I don’t have time, so I won’t look at it anymore.”

The snow giant is holding out behind you, but it won’t be long before it falls.

Then it was their turn.

If they are attacked from all sides, it will be difficult for them too.

‘Before that, I have to somehow get to where the Queen is.’

The Awakened instinctively sensed danger, but did not retreat.

No, I couldn’t.

Because my instincts were telling me to protect the queen.

Heavenly Demon Sword Technique

Thunder

A sword energy that extends like lightning.

The Awakened ones fled their positions at a speed that was difficult to follow with the eyes, and their swords cut through the air in vain.

But, that is exactly Hyunseong’s plan.

‘That guy!’

They each run in different directions, but one is furthest from the other Awakened.

I followed him straight away.

“Kyaak!”

When he realized that he was the target, he screamed and swung his weapon,

“You’re late!”

Fire! Bang! Bang!

He broke the weapon of the black guy that Hyunseong was swinging and threw him against the wall.

-Huh, that bunch of people who can’t even manage things properly are trying to deal with me. I wonder if they’re in their right mind.

“I’m being manipulated, so of course I’m not in my right mind.”

-Oh, I see.

In a harsh environment, the weapon that was not even properly managed eventually could not withstand the conditions and broke.

However, the ice ant’s exoskeleton seemed to be stronger than Hyunseong had thought.

“I was just thinking of cutting it in two, but it’s sturdy.”

Kwak! Kwak!

Hyunseong destroys the weapons of the Awakened One by One in this way.

“Ouch, my bones hurt.”

-I think it’s gold?

“Really? Where? I need to apply some medicine.”

-So why are you pushing yourself so hard?

“There’s a reason for everything, Inma.”

Although they said that a direct confrontation was dangerous, the reason Hyunseong went to such lengths to destroy his enemies’ weapons was simple.

‘These guys are using the skills the Awakened ones acquired while coming up here. So then…’

What now that you’ve lost your weapon?

Just as an Awakened who loses his main weapon cannot display his full potential, these guys were bound to become weaker.

It was even more awkward to fight an unfamiliar battle while being controlled by the Queen.

He tried to attack Hyunseong by swinging his broken weapon, but the attack did not even graze his own collar.

“At this point, it’s just a sandbag!”

Boom! Boom!

“Keeeeeek!”

Those guys who scream and make noises that you can’t tell if they’re screaming or something else.

Hyunseong cleared out the awakened people in an instant.

“Where is the queen?”

-Over there!

He left his fighting party behind and followed Seol-ah’s guidance to where the queen was.

The Queen’s room, where we arrived.

There is an entity that appears to be a queen and one Awakened being that has been synthesized with ice ants.

‘The final guard?’

Thinking like that, I was about to attack right away.

“You said there were intruders, but they’re not Awakened, they’re skeletons?”

Fluent words flowed from the mouth of the Awakened One.