Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 182



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182. Change

“I thought it would take a little longer, but it finished quickly?”

In response to Hyunseong’s question, Kangcheol pointed to Shinsoo, who was flicking his tongue.

“The god is stronger than I thought.”

Should we really call it a divine being?

I was thinking of it being as strong as a realm boss, but it far surpassed that level.

At this point, it seems like there probably aren’t any real rivals within the 7th floor.

“Rather, I think that Namgung Se-ga, who briefly gained the upper hand against Shinsoo, is quite the bastard.”

Even if we brought the best of the Steel Guild, we would have to risk our lives.

I was barely able to push forward by freezing the lake and applying debuffs, but then steel got in the way.

‘The balance must have been lost in an instant.’

I’m not just a passing awakener.

Even with just steel, it could handle a few elites.

As Hyunseong had expected, when he joined Shinsu, the situation suddenly turned around like a sand castle collapsing.

Kangcheol looked at Hyeonseong with a face that seemed rather tired.

“I was the one who was surprised.”

Who would have thought that the famous Namgung Samno would be destroyed in one breath like this?

Now, I couldn’t even guess where Hyunseong’s skills would end.

“I was lucky this time.”

Namgung Samno was able to easily exploit the weak point because he rushed in without thinking about the consequences after falling for an accidental provocation.

If it weren’t for that, the battle would have been quite long.

Of course, Shinsoo and Kangcheol, who had previously dealt with all the elites, would have helped.

“By the way, you did it in a flashy way.”

Kangcheol sighed softly and looked around.

It’s not something I should say after committing it, but this was no different from directly challenging the association.

Even though the large guilds disliked the Labyrinth Association, they had never once been this open about it.

“Don’t you think they don’t know either?”

Because all the witnesses who knew the face of steel were turned into cold corpses floating on the lake.

-Is this an assassination if there are no witnesses?

‘… similar.’

That wasn’t a wrong statement.

Assassination is the act of killing a target without witnesses.

If you take out all the witnesses, your target will already be dead.

‘The process is different, but the result is the same.’

However, it is only safe for now, and one day the tail will be revealed.

It seemed that among the skills of the Awakened, there were some that were good at tracking.

If he were to investigate with that skill, his true identity would be revealed quickly.

“I should prepare for the eventuality.”

“Preparation?”

The way the Association guys drove the Awakened wasn’t limited to individuals.

The association’s method is to thoroughly trample on even the guilds they belong to so that they never rise again.

“Then I guess I should go back to the guild.”

“yes.”

Steel nodding.

We had to prepare ourselves for whatever the Association might come up with.

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to… bring this to the elf.”

“That? It wasn’t hard to get… but it looks quite valuable.”

“If I don’t give it to you, you’ll end up turning the gods and elves into enemies?”

If that’s the case, it would be best not to even think about setting foot on the 7th floor in the future.

Kangcheol trembled slightly as he imagined it, feeling goosebumps running down his spine.

“That’s a bit scary. Please tell him so that he doesn’t harm me.”

Hyunseong went out of the ruins with Kangcheol.

Steel decided to head to the 6th floor where the guild was waiting, and Hyunseong headed to the elf village.

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“Are you saying that this was given to you by Shinsoo?”

“okay.”

The village chief’s eyes were shaking violently.

The village chief carefully caresses the heart of the forest that Hyunseong placed on the table with trembling hands.

“I never thought I would live to see this.”

Even though he was a village chief who had lived quite a long time among the long-lived elves, it seemed like this was the first time he had seen the heart of the forest.

After admiring the heart of the forest for a while, he expressed his gratitude to Hyeonseong.

“Thank you. You are truly our benefactor.”

“I’ll eat it if it’s moderate, but this isn’t moderate.”

Because he had seen many people suffer from greed, Hyunseong was careful not to be too greedy.

What good is it to get everything if you’re dead?

“You’re honest.”

“Because I’m the type of person who can’t lie.”

“Please wait a moment.”

The village chief said that and then headed off somewhere.

When he appeared a moment later, he was holding something in his hand.

“I think I can give this to you.”

“What is this?”

What the village chief put on the table was a rough stone the size of a palm.

It looked unprocessed, but upon closer inspection, countless letters were engraved in small letters.

“Before the world became like this, there was a wizard who came to us. This is what the wizard gave me. It’s one of the keys to releasing the seal on the magic sword.”

-…uh?

Seol-ah let out a dumbfounded voice.

I thought the Heart of the Forest would be the material to break the seal, but I never thought it would be that.

‘That was dangerous.’

If I had been blinded by the idea of ​​breaking the seal and taken the Heart of the Forest, I would have made enemies and almost failed to break the seal.

Seol-ah rang the sword bell as if she was relieved.

-As expected! There’s no way Ian would be that cruel!

The Heart of the Forest is a precious item that even dragons boast of finding.

Even though Seo-Ian had put in all his effort to seal himself, I felt it was too much to use it and I almost felt disappointed.

“The wizard said that he originally wanted to seal it using the Heart of the Forest, but it was too precious to find.”

-… …

‘Was it really that harsh?’

Anyway, in the end, I got one of the keys to the seal, so I had some sort of gain.

“But, you said you hated it because it was a demon sword, so is it okay for me to give it to you like this?”

“Because you seem to be able to handle that sword properly without being possessed by it.”

-If anyone saw me, they’d think I was fooling the users.

‘What is the guy who made the Demon King do this talking about?’

-That, that’s because he said he wanted to become the Demon King?! I just helped him a little bit… really, just this much!

‘Okay, okay, let’s do that.’

She was trying hard to confess her feelings, but Hyunseong simply ignored her and asked the village chief.

“Are the other elves okay?”

“I can’t say I’m safe because of the experiment… but I guess I can say I’m safe now.”

It seemed that most of the elves had not yet recovered from the psychological shock.

When you hear what happened to the relatively sane elves, it sounds like it was hell itself.

Even if you just listen to it roughly, your brows automatically furrow.

-It’s terrible.

‘Anatomy is for the nobles.’

An elf who was experimented on would have died in agony.

I realized once again how ugly humans can become when faced with the dream of immortality.

“I once again thank you on behalf of the elves. From now on, we will treat you as one of our own, and any attack on you will be considered an attack on the elves.”

Elves consider skeletons as their kind.

If someone heard this, they might say it wasn’t even a funny story.

‘At this point, I wonder if I’m actually a skeleton born from elf bones?’

-If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been born on the first floor.

‘… … ‘

Hyunseong is speechless at the weighty facts.

After finishing his conversation with Seol-ah, he gritted his teeth at the village chief.

“I hope that doesn’t happen, but if you get attacked and have nowhere to go, come to the inaccessible castle on the fourth floor.”

“A castle you can’t go to?”

“This is a shelter created by the wizard who created this seal. There are orcs, succubi, and… Awakened beings who have been synthesized with monsters.”

“…That must have been a terrible experience.”

The village chief sighed as if he felt sorry.

He looked at Hyunseong and continued speaking.

“There is also the matter of the heart of the forest, and the migration of the elves is not something I can decide on alone, so let’s discuss it.”

“Okay, then until next time we meet, take care. I’ll come and find you when I think of you.”

There was no need to stay in the elf village any longer, so Hyunseong left the village and looked around the forest, stroking his chin as he decided on his next destination.

‘Let’s go back to the 4th floor for a moment.’

I didn’t level up much because I was mostly fighting Blood Demons and the Association guys, but I gained a lot of things here and there, so my bag is almost full.

It seemed necessary to go back and reorganize.

-You want to go back?

“For now. But is it impossible to use this to release some of the seals?”

-It’s hard. If you try to open only part of it, it will get more twisted and the seal itself may become distorted.

“What happens if it gets twisted?”

-To make a simple comparison, think of it as trying to forcibly untangle the thread and making it more tangled.

“indeed.”

It seemed difficult to even partially release the seal.

After having a brief conversation with Seol-ah, Hyeon-seong heads to the 6th floor through the portal.

“hmm?”

As soon as I arrived on the 6th floor, an alarm started ringing on my smartphone.

[When is the master coming?! – Leah]

“How does he have a smartphone?”

– Didn’t he want to write it too after seeing Jisoo or Jihyun write it?

“but.”

Because I was close with both of them as a woman.

And then another text message arrived.

[I found a clue to the blood cult.]

A message from Ma Cheon-gang.

Hyunseong changed his mind after seeing the message.

Originally, I was planning to stop at the 4th floor and then go up to the 7th floor, but

‘Those Blood Cult guys are going to be more of a headache if we leave them alone.’

I had to nip it in the bud while I could.

Even large guilds like the Flame Guild were under the control of the Blood Cult, so they must have long since passed the level of a sprout.

-What kind of hell is it there?

“That’s right.”

Looking at the recent events, I was so depressed from distrust of humanity that I couldn’t say anything.

We arrived at the 4th floor while talking with Seol-ah.

“…hmm?”

Hyunseong wondered for a moment if he had come to the wrong place, so he went back out through the portal he had come through.

And then, Hyunseong goes back in.

I checked once more, but the sight before my eyes had not changed at all.

“Is this it?”

-If you take the portal to the 4th floor with the talisman, you will be taken to a castle that you can’t get to.

“yes.”

I thought so too, but when I saw the sight before my eyes, I couldn’t help but be mistaken.

First of all, the atmosphere of the castle changed.

If it used to look a bit bleak and like a castle where the final boss appears, now it literally looks like a fancy castle in a huge city.

‘No, that’s not the point.’

What was most surprising was not the changed atmosphere.

Hyunseong begins to compare the scenery unfolding before his eyes with his memories.

“… … The structure of the castle has changed?”

The very structure of the achievements that you remember has changed.

The spire that used to be on this side was on the other side, and the walls were also far away, as if they had been expanded.

When I was just staring blankly like that.

“Oh, what is it? You’re here.”

A familiar voice is heard.

Seoian was welcoming him.

“It’s changed quite a bit, hasn’t it?”

“Oh, that’s true… but was this done with magic too?”

“They did use magic, but… most of it was moved by orcs and ice ants.”

“… You moved? Your last name?”

“Yeah, your last name.”

Hyunseong’s jaw dropped open at Seoian’s answer.