Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 42



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42. 3rd floor (2)

The portal to the third floor was discovered sooner than expected.

“You found it quickly.”

Because I discovered it only a few days after leaving the orc village.

Sakong Hyun said that if you’re really unlucky, you might not be able to see them even if you stay close by for a month.

As you enter the portal without hesitation, the view changes in an instant.

“oh.”

Hyunseong was amazed at the changed appearance of the labyrinth.

The fact that it was a dense forest remained unchangedㅡ

“I never thought I would see a blue sky in a labyrinth.”

The sky was different.

The second floor was a huge open space, always dark as the night sky, but the second floor was really sunny.

Looking at the clear blue sky, I feel like my heart is opening up.

‘It’s literally a new world.’

I guess that’s why people are so excited about conquering the labyrinth, saying it’s a new world or something.

It would be like discovering a new land.

-Isn’t the third floor called a mountain range?

“That’s right.”

If the second floor was a forest with swamps, the third floor was a fairly rough terrain made up of mountains and valleys.

Hyunseong, who was looking around, suddenly looked at his own body.

“You won’t die from being exposed to sunlight.”

I was worried that since I was undead, I might get damaged by sunlight.

If it was a zombie whose flesh rotted and fell apart, then maybe a skeleton with nothing but bones wouldn’t be affected much by sunlight.

-An undead walking around in sunny weather seems a bit unbalanced.

I couldn’t refute Seol-ah’s words.

Because he had a strong image that if he were an undead, he would only live in gloomy places.

Brin and Rashi followed him in, and Hyunseong looked around the quiet forest.

And then,

Boom!

I stamped my feet lightly.

Hyunseong runs quickly with movements that seem like he’s doing acrobatics.

His gaze was captured on a single tree.

To be exactㅡ

Bam!!

To someone hiding behind a tree.

Seol-ah cleanly pierces through the tree and even pierces the guy who was hiding there.

“Ugh?!”

Red blood flowed from the guy’s mouth.

As the guy finally collapsed into the bushes, another nearby figure jumped out.

“Hey, Jongmin!”

Korean that sounds fluent.

Hyunseong sighed softly at that sight.

The first thing I killed on the third floor was not a monster, but an Awakened One.

He’s from the same hometown.

“They say the third floor is a den for homeless people. I guess it’s true.”

As soon as we arrived, they even held a welcoming ceremony for us.

The vagrant who appeared exuded murderous intent as if he were going to attack at any moment.

“I, that bone punk, took my, my little brother…”

“Hey, Han Jong-woo. Calm down. You don’t seem like an ordinary skeleton.”

Another homeless person was trying to stop him, but Han Jong-woo was already consumed by his anger and did not seem to hear him.

Hyunseong muttered, clicking his teeth as if it was a waste to even talk.

“Come at it.”

“Skeleton pup!”

Jong-Woo Han, swinging a giant battle axe while shouting his old ways.

Hyunseong dug into the guy before the battle axe could be swung and just—

Crunch!

I cut off his arm.

For a moment, the guy’s eyes widened, not fully understanding what had happened.

Finally, he saw his severed arm and began to scream in pain.

“Kuaaaahhhh!! My arm! My arm!”

The commotion spread like wildfire among the homeless.

Jong-Woo Han, who had his arm cut off, is still an Awakened person active on the third floor.

Because they thought it would be impossible for them to render him incapacitated in one blow.

“Everyone, prepare for battle! Don’t think of me as just an ordinary skeleton! And the orcs and goblins behind me!”

As the hobo who seemed to be the leader shouted, the other guys suddenly came to their senses and their eyes lit up sharply.

Hyunseong is surrounded by vagrants, however clumsily.

It didn’t seem like a well-organized system, but the hierarchy seemed clear.

Hyunseong looked at the vagabonds and sighed.

“Tsk, shouldn’t we also level up when we catch an Awakened One?”

If you do that, I’m confident that you’ll really eradicate the vagrants on the third floor.

But even after the bums were taken down, the system remained steadfast.

-Hey, Mr. Kim, stop grumbling and go catch some bums.

“… … ”

Recently, whenever I have free time, I’ve been looking at YouTube or internet communities, and it seems like Seol-ah has learned that way of speaking.

Since it has no mouth, it cannot be shut.

-Accept me as I am, rather than doing what I have to do.

‘You are aware of it…’

Hyunseong wondered what he had done wrong to deserve this kind of karma, but for now, he decided to focus on the vagrants in front of him.

Of the seven vagrants, two had fallen and three were attached to him.

However, it won’t be easy, as they won’t be able to take advantage of a moment of letdown like the previous two.

The standoff continued for a while, and it was Hyunseong who moved first.

Bam.

The sound of a light thud to the ground.

However, Hyunseong arrived right in front of the homeless person in an instant.

“…!?”

A man swinging his sword while looking flustered.

The swords Seol-ah and the man were holding clashed, and a sharp sound echoed through the valley.

The tramp felt the hand holding the sword go cold and gritted his teeth.

‘It’s not a coincidence after all…!’

It wasn’t luck that he was able to defeat his subordinates, brothers Jong-woo Han and Jong-min Han, with one blow.

The weight contained in the blow just now is so great that it cannot be compared to other Awakened beings on the third floor.

It was unknown how the skeleton subject acquired such power, but it was an opponent that one should never let down one’s guard against.

“Attack all at once! Minsu, you restrain them with your skills!”

At the man’s words, another one rushed forward, and another one drew up his magic power.

Chaeng! Kagagagagagang!!

Countless fireworks decorate the sky.

The speed at which the two vagabonds attacked was by no means slow, but Hyunseong was able to block all of their attacks.

No, rather, it’s the homeless that are being pushed around.

‘What kind of swordsmanship…!’

I thought I blocked it, but it curved in again. I thought it was going to aim for the top, but it was aiming for the bottom. I thought it was going to attack me, but it ended up attacking someone else.

I’m not some death knight.

I couldn’t relax for even a moment due to the ever-changing attacks.

“Hey, hurry up!”

“I’m doing my best, so don’t rush me!”

The vagabond who had been gathering magic power from behind raised his staff high and shouted.

“Damage! [Fire Spear]!”

A huge spear of fire rushed towards him with surging magical power.

Vagabonds who fall back to escape the magical range as if they were waiting for that moment.

‘Okay!’

That’s why the vagabonds were confident of victory.

That is, until Hyunseong cut down [Fire Spear].

“What?!”

The two vagabonds opened their eyes as wide as lanterns.

In a fight between Awakened users, the way to deal with skills is to either counter them with other skills or rely on durability to defend.

It was one of two things.

Neither a skeleton mage nor a skeleton with good durability was a method that could be used in either case.

But I can’t believe you’re cutting down on skills.

‘Prejudice is a scary thing.’

Even though he had seen and experienced his own power right before his eyes, he had let his guard down somewhere in his heart just because he was a ‘skeleton’.

Hyunseong, who had cut down [Fire Spear], immediately ran to the Awakened one who had cast the skill and cut off his head.

“Crunch…”

A homeless man holding his own neck, blood gushing out of it, spewing out foam.

There are two left.

Hyunseong slowly walked towards them as they passed by.

“Damn it! Hey, attack!”

At the leader’s words, a vagabond with a sword rushed forward.

Kaang!

The moment their swords clashed, the vagabond let go of his sword, dug deeper, and pulled out the dagger he had hidden at his waist.

Even if you have incredible swordsmanship skills, it is impossible to stop this…

‘I’m not alone!’

If you attack while the skeleton is blocking its movements, you will inevitably be hit.

If I could just attack once, shattering bones would be a no-brainer.

I swung my dagger with that thought in mind.

Kak!

His own dagger was blocked as if it was being sucked into Hyunseong’s sword.

The vagabond finally took the opportunity to shout out loud, wondering what was going on.

“Now is the time!”

But there was no response to his call.

That moment when you wonder what’s going on.

“If they were your colleagues, they would be running away over there?”

“… What?!”

The tramp looked back, surprised at what the monster had said.

Then, I noticed the back of my colleague’s head running away in the distance.

“Hey you little shit…!”

He lost consciousness without being able to finish his words.

* * *

“Fuck! F**k! F**k!”

What on earth is going on?

When a portal opened right before my eyes, I thought I was going to have some fun for the first time in a while.

However, what appeared were monsters.

At first, he was puzzled, but when he saw the goblin that came in late, he tried to capture it.

Because rare monsters are often sold to collectors for very high prices.

‘however…’

I can’t believe this is the result.

I thought it wouldn’t be an ordinary skeleton since I’d reached the third floor, but

“That has its limits!”

Before I knew it, my old age had come out of my mouth.

A skeleton so old that I can’t even remember when I last saw it was slaughtering people on par with 3rd floor Awakened ones.

It was to the point where I wondered if this was really reality.

furthermore,

‘What the heck is that skill?!’

Today is the first time I learned that there is such a skill coping method.

Is there a skill that can cut skills?

From the moment the guy cut off his skill, they decided that they had no chance of winning.

The vagrant guy who couldn’t even remember the last name ran towards him, trusting him, but he betrayed him and instead ran away using him as bait.

‘No, this isn’t even a betrayal.’

Betrayal is something that only happens when both parties trust each other.

Since when were they colleagues?

It was only because of necessity that we came together.

The vagabonds were such a group.

“He who believed was a fool.”

A bum laughing out loud.

He stopped moving his feet, thinking that he would not be able to keep up with them any longer.

As soon as I thought it was safe, the desire that had been dormant until just now began to creep up again.

“Oh shit, that goblin looks like it’s gonna be really expensive.”

A monster with considerable good looks.

There were vampires and succubi on the upper floor, but it was a floor he couldn’t go to.

‘No, maybe it’s even more expensive than them.’

Because he was a guy who had never existed before.

“Should I request support now?”

Then, even if your share is reduced, you will still be able to get some of it.

The moment I muttered like that.

“What? You didn’t get as far as I thought?”

“!?”

A voice coming from right behind.

When he turned around urgently, the skeleton he had just fought was chattering its teeth.

In an instant, many questions crossed my mind.

Before his mouth could open, glowing crimson eyes flashed from within his empty skull.