Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 53



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53. The Witch’s Forest (4)

“Take it easy.”

“okay.”

As he reached out his hand, Elena took a deep breath and carefully took his hand with trembling hands.

“Haa, haa.”

-… … Isn’t it dangerous?

‘I know.’

I felt like I should pull my hand away even now, but it didn’t seem like it would be easy to get rid of it because of how strong my muscles were.

She scrapes the surface of the bone with the dagger she holds in her other hand.

Kagak.

Pain felt with the sound of bones scraping.

As Hyunseong flinched and reacted, Elena asked cautiously.

“it hurts?”

I thought it would be as painful as peeling off skin, but it wasn’t that painful.

I felt a strong scratching sensation and a tickling sensation at the same time.

“Keep going.”

-… Isn’t the conversation a bit strange?

If you just listen to the conversation, you can tell the nuance.

Elena was so focused that she didn’t even pay attention.

Elena carefully transfers the powder that fell from her arm bone into a test tube.

however,

“Are there a lot of test tubes?”

“Because I need bone powder from other places besides the arm bone.”

“…Is that so?”

Although I didn’t know much about science, I knew that there had to be a comparison group when conducting an experiment, so I followed her advice without question.

Besides the arm bones, there are also finger bones, leg bones, skull, spine, etc.

I scraped all over the place and collected bone dust little by little.

“This much is enough.”

She smiles with satisfaction, holding dozens of sealed test tubes.

It was a truly happy expression.

“This is for research, this is for storage, this is for ornamental purposes…”

I felt like I heard something I shouldn’t have heard, but I decided to ignore it.

Hyunseong petted the little monsters, wondering if they were friendly to him.

Elena muttered in wonder at the sight of the baby monsters making pleasant, gurgling sounds.

“It’s strange. Usually, people who see it for the first time are wary.”

In the first place, this was the first time that Hyunseong had been caught like this.

What were the monsters feeling that made them want to come out of the room?

While Hyunseong was petting the monsters, something occurred to him and he looked at Elena and clicked his teeth.

“Oh, can I stay here for a while?”

“It doesn’t matter. How much?”

“A few days. I have to go back anyway since I have disciples.”

“……student?”

“Didn’t I say this?”

When she speaks of her disciples, Brin and Rashi, her eyes sparkle once again.

“Goblin and orc?! Then let’s go right now!”

“No, they’re making weapons.”

“Ugh, if you disturb that old man while he’s concentrating, he’ll get prickly…”

Elena smacked her lips as if she was disappointed.

As we talked, the conversation ended with her asking to go with him to pick up her disciple.

“Now that you mention it, there’s something I’d like to ask.”

“What is it?”

“Are you a witch?”

“that’s right.”

Elena nodded as if it was nothing and continued speaking.

“I was sitting down to do research when some vagrants came running at me, calling me a woman. I started killing those guys, and before I knew it, they started calling me that.”

I wonder if the bum I saw at first was one of those guys.

It was surprising that such guys existed everywhere.

“And, the Awakened ones do come by occasionally… but since they’re on the third floor, most of them think of them as vagrants and attack them first.”

Since it was something that couldn’t just be tolerated, if you took care of it, it would become famous among the awakened and the homeless.

So people started avoiding coming here and naturally, monsters started to increase in number.

“Because of that, it came to be called the Witch’s Forest and was considered a dangerous area on the third floor.”

“So that’s why you reacted as if it was normal when I turned down the car.”

“Right, but I thought you were a skeleton that couldn’t drink, not someone who didn’t drink.”

She snickered and asked Hyunseong.

“So what are you going to do while you wait?”

“I need to hunt nearby monsters and level up.”

Is that all there is for an awakened person to do?

“Well then, since I’m already here, could you bring me a few items?”

“… Now that you mention it, you don’t mind catching monsters?”

“What does that mean?”

“No, I’m a monster lover, so I was wondering what the heck I should do with catching them.”

“Monsters are monsters. They are merciless to those who show their teeth to humans. I brought the babies here because they are cute.”

If she hadn’t caught the monster in the first place, she wouldn’t have been this strong.

“But I’m just going to wander around the neighborhood?”

“If they were far away, I wouldn’t have said anything. If I catch the ones nearby, they’ll come out right away.”

“That’s no problem.”

After saying those words, Hyunseong left Elena’s house.

Quite a few sounds can be felt nearby.

However, she didn’t seem to be thinking of coming into the range of this mountain lodge, either because she was scared or because she had taken some measures.

“So, where should we start?”

Bloodshot eyes glowed from inside the skull.

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.

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“Keeeeeek!!”

Giant Mantis, a huge locust, swung its sharp forelegs.

A sharp sound that cuts through the air.

Kak! Kang!

The guy’s sturdy forelegs collided with Seol-ah, sending sparks flying.

Hyunseong, who was watching for an opportunity, dug in at the exact moment when the guy swung his front leg and drove his sword into the connecting part.

Crunch.

The creature’s front paw fell off with a sound of its exoskeleton breaking, capable of withstanding even the most powerful magic.

The giant mantis had its throat cut before it could even utter a single word.

The neck of a guy who just rolled off.

At the same time, a system window appeared before my eyes.

[Level up.]

“You finally got up there.”

The speed at which I leveled up has slowed down significantly, perhaps because I gained 3 levels while hunting the Golem.

furthermore…

“I can feel it, after all.”

Before coming here, Hyunseong took off [Great Warrior’s Fang] and his strength decreased by 5.

The sense of inverse relationship was considerable.

Numerically it’s only been 5 days, but it feels like it’s been reduced by almost half.

-It seems like the difference in ability level increases significantly.

“It’s fortunate that these guys are special.”

If there were stupidly strong monsters like ogres in the Witch’s Forest, it would have been much more difficult to deal with.

Because the monsters here have unique characteristics and also have weaknesses.

I had a feeling that it was time to start investing my remaining points.

Hyunseong opened the status window and increased his strength by 5 points.

Then 1 point each for Stamina, Endurance, Agility, and Magic.

[Name: Kim Hyun-seong.]

[Race: Skeleton Knight]

[Characteristic: None]

[Level: 29]

[Strength: 21]

[Stamina: 12]

[Endurance: 14]

[Agility: 12]

[Magic Power: 14]

[Remaining points: 0]

With this, the recoil from taking off the necklace was practically gone.

Seol-ah, who was looking at the status window with Hyun-seong, blurted out a word.

-Aren’t you uploading too many different things?

“There’s nothing you can do about an all-rounder.”

-Not a stray?

“There’s a difference between an all-rounder and a miscellaneous character.”

That wasn’t a wrong statement.

If you can do everything, you’re an all-rounder, but if you can’t do anything, you’re a mixed bag.

-For something like that, it seems to focus on strength?

“There’s nothing we can do about it.”

In fact, while other abilities could be covered somehow, whether it was martial arts or skill, there was no way to cover strength.

It’s not like I have a physical body and can strengthen my muscles with my internal energy or magical power.

Even if you use a sword, you won’t be able to cut properly because your swing power is weak.

“But I can’t just pull out my sword every time I fight.”

Although my internal energy has increased, it is still far from what it was when I was a Cheonma.

Because the environment was so harsh, every time I leveled up, I would habitually grumble and complain about when I would evolve.

If I had a proper body instead of this body that’s just bones, I’d be several times stronger than I am now.

-That’s right. I have some good news.

“Good news?”

-If you break my seal, there might be a way.

“……really?”

This was another unexpected statement, so Hyunseong stopped looking for the next monster and asked Seol-ah again.

-I’m not sure, but it’s something worth trying.

“What is it?”

-Are there some magic that can return the opponent to their original form?

Or, a spell that returns someone who has been transformed by a curse to their original form.

A magic that changes someone who has changed their appearance through transformation magic into their true form.

-If your appearance is due to a curse or magic, that might solve it.

“It’s a system?”

-If you look at the system skills, they’ve made magic into skills. So-

Maybe this transformation in his appearance is a kind of magic.

Hyunseong thought while stroking his chin.

When I heard it, it really sounded plausible.

But the problem is-

-You’re saying that I don’t even know how to break my seal?

“But why are you telling me that now?”

-It just occurred to me. How many times have I used the Haeju or Transformation magic?

Neither of the two swords were of any use.

Neither of the two swords were of any use.

Up until now, I had a strong sense of humility, but if it came to this, I thought I could seriously look for a way to break the seal.

In the first place, there was no guarantee that evolution could change into something similar to humans.

at that time,

“hmm?”

I felt something approaching.

One, two, three… The sound began to increase and soon filled the surroundings.

Looking at the things surrounding Hyunseong clearly, it seemed like they were after him.

-what?

“… … ”

It’s an unusual movement, as if it’s not the first or second time they’ve matched the rhythm.

If this continues, I’ll get attacked by those guys without even knowing what’s going on.

If so-

‘This side goes first.’

Hyunseong, who had decided to break through one place, moved immediately.

If we just stayed still, it would only benefit the enemy.

Hyunseong made his way through the bushes.

“?!”

The Awakened One who was approaching was surprised and tried to draw his sword, but Hyunseong cut off his head first.

A guy who can’t even utter a single word and just holds his own neck, spitting out blood.

Hyunseong quietly examined the clothes of the fallen Awakened One.

“…also.”

-what’s the matter?

The Awakened One had the word “Ma” (魔) engraved on his clothes.

Hyunseong, who saw that, clicked his teeth in disbelief.

-What does that mean?

“It means that the people surrounding us now are members of the Cheonma Sect.”

-If it’s the Cheonmasin Church…

Because Hyunseong often said it and because of Sa-gong-hyeon’s existence, Seol-ah also had a rough idea of ​​what kind of place Cheonmasingyo was.

-Did they attack you? Because of the golem?

“There might be a golem too…”

Not only did he steal the golem, he also killed the teachers of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Because the Cheonmasingyo were not the kind of people who would just sit back and do nothing.

I knew that the guys wouldn’t stay still and that they would come after me at some point.

but,

‘You came earlier than I thought.’

I didn’t know it would come this quickly.

It seemed like he was quite upset about what had happened to him.

-You didn’t even erase the traces?

“I didn’t do it professionally.”

Even though he erased it, if there was someone skilled in tracking, they would have been able to track him down.

The number of people surrounding the area is at least several hundred.

I never thought they’d bring this number up just to catch one of you.

-It looks like there are too many people.

‘Well, I guess it’s not a total disaster, so that’s a relief.’

If those crazy guys had decided to catch him, there would have been no answer by now.

Hyunseong kicked the ground with his bloodshot eyes flashing.