Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 52



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52. The Witch’s Forest (3)

The woman opened her mouth, looking at Hyunseong.

“I don’t think he’s a vagabond?”

“How do you know?”

“Because you didn’t react at all even after seeing me.”

It seemed that the woman in front of him was someone famous enough to be recognized among the homeless.

“There are more monsters here than anywhere else.”

“I came here knowingly.”

“okay?”

“I heard it from the blacksmith over there.”

“What is it? Did the inspiration send you?”

Knowing about Steel, her guard became even more relaxed.

She looks at herself with curious eyes.

“By the way, did you come alone?”

“They asked if I was confident in my skills and then sent me this way.”

She smiled bitterly at Hyunseong’s words.

Then the giant scythe began to shrink as if it was being sucked away somewhere, then transformed into a bracelet and placed on her wrist.

‘oh?’

It was something that looked pretty good at first glance.

As Hyunseong admired the sickle, Seol-ah’s blunt voice was heard.

-Huh, that’s nothing special.

‘What on earth are you competing with? How can you change like that?’

-If only the seal were released…

‘I will break the seal someday. Just try not to do it then.’

I felt like I had to try to break the seal, if only to see what kind of incredible thing would pop out.

“I am Elena.”

“This is Lee Hyeonseong.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen anyone who isn’t a vagrant. I’ll buy you a cup of tea.”

After saying that, she turned around and went into the forest.

Seol-ah, who had been quietly watching the scene, asked while making a sound with her sword.

-What are you going to do?

‘They even invited me, so there’s no reason to refuse.’

-Since I can’t eat it anyway.

‘It’s noisy.’

As we followed Elena’s lead, a fairly large building came into view.

“Is this your house?”

“Okay, what do you think?”

“There are more than a few inconveniences to living here. As we added more things as we needed more, it ended up getting this big.”

It’s too big to be called a cabin, but it’s more appropriate to call it a mountain lodge.

I wondered if it was necessary to make it this big.

‘It doesn’t seem like anyone lives there.’

She told me to wait a moment and headed to the kitchen, where she came out with some snacks and cutlery.

“ruler.”

“… … ”

What should I do with this?

As Hyunseong looked at the car without saying anything, Elena drew a question mark above her head.

“What’s wrong? Do you not like green tea? Do you think black tea would be better?”

To be exact, it’s not that I don’t drink, it’s that I can’t drink.

Hyunseong spoke softly because he could not reveal it.

“No, I don’t really eat things that other people give me.”

“… … Well, that’s smart.”

It was something that could have been unpleasant, but she just smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Because from Hyunseong’s perspective, I thought it was worth being suspicious of.

Especially on the third floor where there were a lot of vagrants, it wouldn’t hurt to be careful like this.

“Well, then I’ll drink it.”

She took a sip of green tea and asked Hyunseong something she was curious about.

“How are you, sir?”

“I see you’re working hard on your hobby.”

“You’re still the same. Is there anything you want me to tell you or anything?”

“… Not really?”

He told me that I could take off my robe, but I still didn’t understand what he meant.

“When I came here to the third floor, the inspiration helped me settle in here.”

She began to talk about this and that, as if she had been starving for someone to talk to.

Hyunseong, who was listening to that, looked around the mountain lodge and asked her a question.

“Do you have any hobbies?”

“Me? I, I don’t really have any hobbies or anything.”

Elena stutters at her own question and avoids eye contact.

Anyone who saw it would react by saying it was there.

He even said that it was inconvenient to live in, but if he didn’t even have a hobby like that, then there would be no need for him to be here.

“Well, if that’s what you’re thinking, then that’s what it must be.”

There was no need to dig up what the other person wanted to hide.

The moment I thought that.

The door rattled.

“Who is there?”

“No, this is… nothing!”

Elena was fidgeting.

This time it was a thumping, scratching sound.

It was a sound I had heard somewhere.

‘Isn’t that the sound a dog or cat makes when it scratches a door?’

I knew it sounded similar because I had a dog when I was little.

It was exactly the same sound as when someone scratches at the door, asking for it to be opened, when the door was closed.

If it’s different, maybe it means you’re scratching a little more roughly.

At that moment, the door opens with a click.

“Hey guys?!”

It was a small animal that emerged through a small gap.

No, I thought it was an animal.

‘…It’s not an animal?’

At first glance, it looked like an animal, but certain parts reminded me of something I had just encountered.

A saber tiger with considerably large molars.

A blood bear with crimson fur.

What appeared in the room was not an animal, but a monster.

Among them, there were even monsters of a type I had never seen before.

“Are you raising a monster?”

“No, I brought them here for research purposes. But they were cute, so I raised them one by one and now they’re like this…”

Does that mean it has increased?

It was absurd to see her mumbling nonsense.

-It’s no different from kidnapping.

“Aren’t your parents following you?”

“Don’t worry about that! I followed him for about a week to make sure his parents were there and then brought him here!”

“… … ”

It’s not even a unit of time, it’s a week.

To that extent, it felt like madness rather than obsession.

The small monsters that had poured out were surrounding themselves and sniffing around, perhaps finding the new scent interesting.

Was it that surprising that the owner brought a guest?

“There’s also a stadium on the first floor. Why isn’t something like this permitted?”

“What are you talking about! The first floor isn’t even a suitable place for monsters to live! There’s no sunlight, and if you stay in such a dark place, the kids will get depressed!”

“… … ”

I was left speechless by this appeal, which was more sincere than I had expected.

Certainly, the labyrinth city was not a place fit for human habitation.

The reason why some Awakened people, including the homeless and Steel and Elisa, were on the 3rd floor was because it was the most suitable environment for people to live in, and it was also the closest place to the 1st floor.

“Besides, the arena is just a place to lock up kids and make them fight or sell them. I can’t make my kids do such barbaric things.”

Outside, those guys are big and running around tearing people apart.

Hyunseong swallowed the words that were right behind his teeth.

“Still, I’m glad you weren’t that surprised. The other Awakened ones were in big trouble because they pulled out their weapons. There must be a reason why the old man sent you here.”

-You’re quite the monster enthusiast.

‘Is this really the reason you told me to take off my robe?’

I thought that even if she saw me as a monster, she wouldn’t attack me.

If you’ve done any research, you’ll be able to talk about this phenomenon you’re experiencing in more detail than the average person.

Hyunseong is troubled by whether or not he should talk about his condition.

But, for some absurd reason, those worries were of no use.

Flutter.

The head and upper body of an eagle, and the lower body of a lion.

A griffon modeled after a famous mythological animal.

The guy flapped his wings and tried to land on his head.

but,

“Eek?”

Perhaps because I lack practice, I couldn’t land well and slid right onto the very smooth skull.

At the same time, the robe he was wearing was pulled back.

Then, a skull is revealed, and dark red eyes bloom within it.

“Kkeuk?!”

“Khuuung?!”

“Kyao?!”

“… Phew?!”

Everyone looked at him with different expressions of shock.

Elena spit out her tea and stared at herself without even thinking about closing her gaping mouth.

The being before your eyes is undoubtedly a monster.

So who has been talking to you up until now?

“I know you’re confused, but please calm down first.”

“Oh, yeah, yeah.”

She took a sip of green tea to calm her startled heart.

It had cooled down a bit and become lukewarm, but there was still a faint warmth left, flowing down my esophagus and calming my mind and body.

After regaining her composure, she seemed to be gathering her thoughts and then spoke her first words to Hyunseong.

“Would you like to live in my house?”

It seemed like it hadn’t calmed down at all.

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.

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After some time had passed, Elena came to her senses and opened her mouth as if she was truly surprised.

“No, I never thought I’d be able to talk to a monster. And a skeleton, too.”

How did he make that sound, and why did he look like that?

There were more than one or two things I was curious about.

Hyunseong answered her questions to the extent that he could.

I had no choice but to hide the part about going to Murim.

“So that sword allows you to converse?”

-That’s it.

“What a magnificent sword. Didn’t your Majesty covet it? Given his personality, he wouldn’t just pass it by.”

“They said they were selling it for 300 billion.”

-You really tried to sell me?!

“300 billion… That’s a realistic price.”

“Is that a realistic price?”

What kind of lives do the Awakened live?

Elena responds with a snicker at her own words.

“That old man also owns several magic stone mines.”

“indeed.”

I had a vague idea where that enormous wealth came from.

Besides, judging from the way she speaks like that, isn’t it possible that Elena is also an Awakener on par with Steel?

‘The third floor is a den.’

It seemed like the third floor was the most dangerous place for the Awakened.

“So, to sum up your situation, you woke up, lost consciousness, and before you knew it, you were in a labyrinth?”

“that’s right.”

“Five years had passed.”

“yes.”

She looks over the summary she wrote down on paper once again.

But, I couldn’t understand English at all.

“Jumps through time and space. What is this?”

These two were still unconquered areas, even though they had obtained the magic stone, an unknown power, and were enjoying the greatest prosperity in human history.

“This is not my area of ​​expertise, so I can’t say anything.”

I’m just studying monsters, so why is this ridiculous physics popping up?

Hyunseong didn’t care at all even though he was told it wouldn’t help.

Because I wasn’t really expecting it anyway.

‘Even if we know the cause, it doesn’t mean we can solve it right away.’

It seemed like the best option was to evolve in the same way as they had been doing, into a form similar to humans.

“If I stay here, I think I can find out more about this and that…”

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on him and sparkling with desire.

If it had been just a little bit more severe, I would have been drooling.

“No, I have something to do.”

“Then, can you leave behind just one bone?”

“Will it work?”

“Then bone powder! I’ll just scrape off a little bit, just a little bit!”

“… … ”

Hyunseong opened his mouth as if he had no choice because he was really about to attack if they didn’t reach an agreement to this extent.

“If you could share your research results.”

“of course!”

Her eyes sparkle.

Hyunseong cautiously reached out his hand with an anxious heart.

“… Is it really just a little?”

“Don’t worry! The pain will only last for a moment! Just look at the wood grain pattern on the ceiling and it’ll be over soon!”

The words with such great nuance only made me feel more anxious.