Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 21



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21. Instant Dungeon (3)

It goes without saying how important intuition is in battle.

That’s why I had to take full advantage of the opponent’s lack of intuition.

Looking at it this way, it seems like anyone can do it, but it was by no means easy.

‘That would be possible only if there were at least an equal number of them.’

If the basic specs are low, intuition, instinct, and attacks themselves won’t work.

That’s why the Blood Cult bastards were searching for the master’s body with fire in their eyes.

How terrified I was when I found out why those bastards stole the body of the previous Heavenly Horse.

Hyunseong looked back at the boss in front of him.

‘He said he lost one arm…’

It wasn’t yet time to let down our guard.

The guy can handle that giant with just one hand.

At that moment, the evil spirits that had filled the room began to rush towards the guy.

And then-

“her?”

It moved away and then returned to its original position.

Although there was a scar, it did not seem to impede his movement.

Hyunseong, who had been quietly watching it, clicked his teeth in disbelief.

“Shit.”

Isn’t this a bit too much?

A recovering zombie.

While he was being so dumbfounded, a huge sword came towards him, cutting through the floor.

He leaped backwards to gain some distance, then kicked the ground again.

The distance narrows in an instant.

‘Then the neck…!’

I was thinking of attacking from the side like peeling an apple, but if that doesn’t work, the only answer is to cut off the head.

I tried to stab him straight in the neck with the sword, but he tilted his head so I ended up stabbing his trapezius muscle instead of his neck.

I tried to cut off the levator scapulae muscle with force,

“It’s really all over the place! Just do it in moderation!”

His muscles were holding the sword back, preventing him from moving forward properly.

In order to cut off the guy’s neck with certainty, it was necessary to use a skill, but in this state, using acceleration only wasted magic power and had no effect.

A situation where even drawing one’s sword is not easy.

“Kwaaah!”

The boss swung his huge sword as if he noticed it.

Because of that brief moment of trying to pull out my sword, I missed the timing to dodge.

If things continue like this, I will allow an attack on that island and have my bones shattered.

“Tch!”

Hyunseong jumps backwards, kicking the boss’s abs.

When Hyunseong landed on the ground, all of his arm bones were gone.

Just before he was attacked, the bone in his arm that had been holding the sword collapsed and fell off, and the guy’s attack was useless as it tore through the air.

His arm bones were blown away here and there by the wind pressure.

Clink, clank.

Rolling towards you with a sound as if a ball is rolling –

“Not bad for a first try.”

It was reassembled.

An emergency escape method that I discovered while researching various things about my own body and skeleton while teaching Brin various things recently.

It was a method of evasion that could be used because there were only bones, forcibly cutting off the magical power connecting the bones and turning them into normal skeletons.

‘It takes a lot of magic power to reconnect the bond between the bones.’

It allows you to avoid attacks that would otherwise be unavoidable, and even if your entire body is destroyed, you can reassemble it as long as you have magic power.

I think it’s quite useful.

If I did it right, I thought I could use a pseudo-fighting sword by flying around with only the bones of my hand holding the sword…

‘It didn’t go that far.’

Is it because I lack magic power or is it because I am lacking something else?

I felt a little disappointed.

Hyunseong muttered in disbelief as he checked the condition by turning his shoulder.

“Wow, that wind pressure is wearing away at my bones.”

If I had been hit directly without using the emergency escape, my arm bone would have really been split in two.

The orc zombie looked this way, showing even more hostility.

“Let’s not be so tight with the undead that we’re like this.”

It was already hard to get here just by picking the branches.

Not only did he dodge my stabs, but I never thought he would tie up his sword with his trapezius muscle.

Who would have expected this?

“Is this the level of difficulty that would be expected on the second floor?”

Even though it was an Indian dungeon, I thought it was too difficult for a level of difficulty that would appear on the second floor.

In fact, it was common for Indun to be conquered by forming a party with other Awakened players.

It was natural for Hyunseong, who was conquering the game alone without knowing it, to feel that the difficulty was several times more difficult.

“Crunch…”

The guy didn’t even respond to what I said, and just looked at me with murderous intent.

Hyunseong also tense all the bones in his body and took a stance.

The crimson eyes inside his skull were still focused on the sword embedded in his trapezius muscle.

‘It’s hard right now without a sword.’

If things had gone as planned, I would have broken his pot with my most confident martial arts after the sword, but it was difficult for now.

Because in order to knock down a zombie guy with your fist, you literally had to break the pot.

Let’s stand still for a moment.

It was not the boss but Hyunseong who moved first.

Kkuduk.

Hyunseong’s new model quickly advanced, cutting through the wind.

The floor was dug into the shape of a foot bone without any waste.

Hyunseong approached at extreme speed, taking advantage of the repulsive force.

It was as if the guy was waiting for me to get closer.

Kuung!!

I stepped on the truth.

The castle itself shook so much that it was difficult to stand properly, and the floor was dug deep.

The recoil of that incredible awakening traveled straight up the orc’s body, through his waist, and into the sword he was swinging.

The moment it hits, it won’t end with just being split in two.

However, Hyunseong charged straight ahead as if he had no intention of avoiding it.

‘[acceleration]!’

The speed that had increased even more in an instant allowed me to dig into the inside of the swinging sword.

The foot of a guy who stepped forward to swing his sword.

To be precise, you jump using your knees as a stepping stone.

and,

‘Got it!’

He grabbed the sword stuck in the guy’s trapezius muscle.

He fell behind the zombie orc and put strength into his hands.

Chomp!

His own sword was pulled out, cutting through the guy’s muscles.

He didn’t stop there, but swung his sword with all his might.

Heavenly Demon Sword Technique, New Moon Slash

A very thin thread, almost mistaken for a thread, passed across the guy’s neck.

And at the same time as Hyunseong’s feet touched the ground.

The orc zombie’s neck snapped and rolled off.

Kwaaaaang!!

The sword swung around without even realizing that its own neck was gone, only stopping after tearing through the air.

Even when faced with true death, the sight of him carrying out the actions engraved on his body to the end was awe-inspiring.

The boss’s body, which does not fall down even after stepping on the true awakening, but rather disappears.

[Level up.]

[Level up.]

And the system window that comes up.

He gritted his teeth as if complaining when he saw that only two lines came to mind.

I’ve been through so many life-threatening situations that I’ve caught it, but all I’ve done is gone up by two levels.

“Is it this hard for other Awakened people to level up as well?”

I still have doubts as to whether my own after-sales service is not working properly.

At that time, when I was complaining like that.

“Ugh?!”

The evil that had been filling the room was gathering towards him.

A sinister energy that begins to flow in like a river whose dam has burst.

A murderous intent rising from the depths of the heart.

The instinct to destroy the living that the undead had was stimulated by murderous intent.

“Could this be…!?”

As I accepted the fraud flowing into me, I began to vaguely understand how this had happened.

The evil spirits that had been attached to the orc zombies had lost their place to go and were gathering around Hyunseong.

‘Are you confusing me with a boss because I’m undead?’

If he was a normal Awakened player, he would have just defeated the boss without any problems, collected the rewards, and exited through the portal.

However, this accident happened because Hyunseong was an undead.

‘What the hell!’

If you just leave this huge energy alone, you will be swept away by it and fall into a state of possession.

Hyunseong quickly sat cross-legged and took a morning meal.

‘Damn, my plans went awry.’

Who would have thought that a lost con artist would stick to him?

If I had taken my time and absorbed it slowly, it might have been different, but when I pushed in so recklessly, it was difficult for me to control myself.

It’s like being on a sailboat in the middle of a typhoon-hit sea.

‘I can’t give up here.’

It would not have been surprising if the sailboat had capsized at any moment, but this was both a crisis and an opportunity.

If you can make all of this your own, you will be one step ahead.

If I die…

‘That’s all I can do!’

It brought my concentration to the max.

This scam was a huge river.

It didn’t seem like scooping it up with a bucket would change the flow.

‘Then, it doesn’t go against the flow.’

Let’s go with the flow.

One does not have a danjeon, blood vessels, or eight meridians.

No, it did not not exist, but existed by its own will.

In other words, it means that everything changes depending on one’s will.

‘A winding river eventually flows into the sea.’

The water that evaporates from the sea falls as rain.

It flows back into the river and meets the sea again.

This is the law of circulation.

‘It’s no different from what’s happening in my body right now.’

Even this huge flow of energy is only a part of himself.

And by his own will, he embraces the world.

“Phew.”

A deep sigh escaped Hyunseong’s mouth.

The energy that had been running wild like crazy finally calmed down.

He stared at his own hands, opening and closing them.

‘It’s changed.’

The appearance hadn’t changed at all, but the inside was completely different.

First of all, my internal energy had increased several times.

‘It wasn’t like I absorbed all the energy.’

The energy that he had not yet fully absorbed was dormant deep within his body.

If you slowly melt this down and make it completely your own, you may be able to regain some of your old skills.

But, that was nothing compared to the enlightenment he had gained.

‘Just one step.’

It was a gamble to take just one step forward, but after a few steps I reached a point where I could see the wall.

It was only after his realm, which had been stagnant for over ten years, had become like this that he was able to move forward.

“Should I call this fate?”

Even though I lost everything, it was because of that that I was able to build a foundation to build a higher tower.

To be honest, my previous self was really…

‘It was a miraculous product created by a series of coincidences.’

From test subjects to the Heavenly Horse.

The tower of martial arts was built haphazardly, and by sheer coincidence, it ended up being higher than the tower built by the previous Heavenly Demon.

If he had fought twice, wouldn’t he have lost?

‘Because it was a stroke of luck, it was harder to go beyond that.’

But now it was different.

A tower that was once built.

I knew how to build faster, stronger, and higher.

“No, but even so, losing one’s body is a bit too much.”

It’s not like I did it because I wanted to give up on people.

If a god created the system and said to himself,

“Even though you became a skeleton, isn’t it because you were able to reach a higher level thanks to that?”

If you say that, I’m willing to cut off your balls.

“And the after-sales service was also shitty.”

Anyway, Hyunseong sighed softly, thinking that it was now completely over.