Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 6



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6. New Power (2)

The red cap slowly approached him.

‘Let’s see what your skills are first!’

As Hyunseong drew his sword, Red Cap kicked the ground like a taut rubber band snapping.

A guy swinging a dagger he was holding in his hand.

visor!

The sharp sound of metal clashing with metal filled my pupils.

My first impression of the sword was that it was quite sharp.

But, as if it didn’t end there, Red Cap took out his sword from inside his bosom and struck again.

‘It’s pretty good, isn’t it?’

The moment you pull out your sword to block an additional attack, he will pursue you with the dagger he initially attacked with.

It was said that he was thinking about the possible outcomes of the battle and the aftermath.

Hyunseong clenched his teeth and dug deeper into the red cap.

“… Keruk?!”

Surely you never thought of digging inside?

He swung his sword with the same force he had been digging into.

‘The fierce tiger breaks the heavens!’

At Hyunseong’s movements, Red Cap instantly switched to a defensive stance, but perhaps he felt that it was difficult to block the attack.

A guy who dodges the sword by jumping backwards.

Shhh!

With a sharp sound of a sword cutting through the air, a bit of the clothes the guy was wearing were torn off and scattered into the air.

At that sight, Hyunseong muttered, his jawbone rattling.

“I have a good feeling.”

If the guy had tried to block his sword instead of dodging it, one of the daggers would have broken and he would have been wounded.

Because the tiger-eater was a herbivore that attacked by breaking down the opponent’s defenses.

Red Cap looked at Hyunseong with a puzzled expression.

‘What the heck is this guy?’

The skeleton was something he had seen many times before.

However, he could not believe that the skeleton he had seen so far and the current reality in front of him were the same being.

“Keruk.”

Red Cap, who had straightened his posture, started moving again.

Unlike before, there was a clear sense of caution in those eyes.

He tries to attack by circling around Hyunseong with his own strength, speed, but

Chaeng! Kaang! Kaak!

Hyunseong is showing off his magical powers by blocking attacks as if he knew where they would come from.

The reason why he was able to block the attack so easily was simple.

‘The attacks are too monotonous.’

Physical ability and instinctive intuition were good, but that was it.

He was a being who fit the description of a ‘monster’ who ran wild believing in his innate power.

‘The first attack was okay, you know.’

Now that he was on guard and circling around to attack, his pattern had to become simpler.

When Red Cap first attacked him.

The attack could be said to be a ploy that had both truth and fiction.

‘Is herbivory so special?’

The three sword techniques are simple vertical slashes, horizontal slashes, and stabbing.

Compared to that, Red Cap’s attack is a very high-level attack that leaves room for the grass to turn into a real grass.

What if the guy had learned proper martial arts?

‘If you think about it, it’s not exactly impossible, is it?’

Because they have the intelligence to think properly and their physical body is fine.

For 30 years, only humans were learning martial arts in the martial arts world, so I had forgotten the obvious.

While thinking like that, I was blocking Red Cap’s monotonous attacks.

“Keeek!”

With a shout, the guy’s speed suddenly increased.

The speed was incomparable to before, to the point where I momentarily missed the movement.

Red Cap was already behind him.

“?!”

I tried to block the attack quickly, but Red Cap was a little faster.

In the end, his own arm bone is unable to block the attack and flies away.

Red Cap laughed at his own fallen arm.

“Kik, kik. I let my guard down!”

It was exactly as he said.

Hyunseong was completely accustomed to the speed of the Red Cap and thought there was nothing more to see.

But who would have thought there would be such a hidden card?

“You have a more interesting talent than I thought.”

The movements of the red cap just now seemed to transcend the laws of physics.

Is that the skill the Awakened were talking about?

“Indeed. It’s fun.”

He muttered in a voice of genuine admiration.

It was amazing what the Skeleton Mage had used and what the Red Cap was using now.

‘I think I know why the Awakened are obsessed with skills.’

In a new world, there is nothing more foolish than not being able to accept new things and sticking to what you know.

I grinned, my jaw clicking, at the thought that the future labyrinth exploration would be fun.

“Keruk?”

Red Cap tilted his head in bewilderment at his own attitude.

Even though his arm was blown off, he still maintained his composure.

A disturbing thought crossed my mind, wondering if there was something more he was hiding.

“Keruk, it seems like the decision has already been made. You seem very relaxed.”

“It’s a decision. Aren’t you being too confident just because you got a little scratched?”

“Just a little scratch, my arm went flying off. Keruk.”

What Red Cap is pointing to is his own arm bone flying far away.

Hyunseong opened his mouth, wondering how to respond.

“I originally had no arms.”

“This liar!”

As Red Cap moved, Hyunseong stood still and followed the guy’s movements with his eyes.

I was pretending to be very relaxed, but to be honest, the situation wasn’t that good.

‘The specs are too different.’

This one is just a very common monster with abilities that are not even comparable to those of a newly awakened Awakened One, but that one is a boss monster.

I had to somehow cover it up with the internal energy and combat experience I had built up over time.

“Die!”

Red Cap swung the two daggers in his hands differently.

It was so bad that I thought I had four arms.

Hyunseong stared at the dagger with his bloodshot eyes, lost in thought.

‘You shouldn’t receive it, you should let it flow.’

A time when the art of making soft but strong is needed.

If I am torn apart by that attack, my body, which is nothing but bones, will not be able to survive.

Hyunseong twisted his body to avoid or deflect Red Cap’s attacks.

“Keep going!!!”

Attack speed increases with increasing speed while screaming.

Even just deflecting the attack made my bones hurt.

If this war of attrition continues, my body will eventually collapse first.

‘then….’

There is only one way left for you.

Hyunseong started spinning around in place as if he didn’t have time to think.

‘Rapid Flow Circle!’

I had the illusion that there were strong waves swirling around me.

All of Red Cap’s indiscriminate attacks were swept away in the whirlpool.

Like a whirlpool that swallows everything up.

‘Damn, this is so fucking hard!’

I didn’t even have time to grind my teeth while eating.

Because the bones shook so much that it felt like they would pop out at any moment.

Hyunseong spread out his skills several times more delicately than usual, like a potter caressing a piece of porcelain.

and,

“Ke, keruk…?”

Red Cap, who had reached his nose without even being able to properly hit the target once, had a dumbfounded expression on his face.

Rather than blocking the enemy’s attacks, you deflect them and draw them in towards you.

That is the true nature of a torrential downfall member.

Swish! Swish!

A beat later, blood began to flow out, with blood lines drawn here and there on Red Cap’s body.

However, the monster did not scream in pain, but simply stared at Hyunseong.

‘What happened?’

I had goosebumps all over my body and couldn’t think properly.

Because something that was far beyond what I could understand with my own head was happening right before my eyes.

So much so that you might think you’ve been under a spell.

“What the hell is that?”

“Namhae Geombeop (South Sea Fist Technique). Its origins are unclear, but it is said that it was created by a fisherman from a certain village while facing the sea.”

It was the martial arts of the Namhae Swordsman, who started out with just one sword and reigned as the ruler of the South Sea.

Since the time he was summoned to the world of martial arts, Hyunseong had been a test subject and had learned all kinds of martial arts, and the Namhae Sword Technique was one of them.

Red Cap didn’t understand what Hyunseong was talking about, but he knew one thing.

‘It’s huge.’

An appearance that is smaller than one’s own, with only bones.

But the power felt seemed like a huge mountain.

Why am I only seeing it now?

“I’ll teach you next time we meet.”

“… Keruk.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Red Cap collapsed on the spot.

At the same time, a system window appears before your eyes.

[Level up.]

[Level up.]

I breathed a sigh of relief at the words that seemed like an alarm that the battle was over.

Even if we were to be generous, the odds of winning were around 5 percent.

It felt like the bones that had blocked the attack were still rattling.

“But… What? You mean you only went up two levels?”

[Name: Kim Hyun-seong.]

[Race: Skeleton (Upper)]

[Characteristic: None]

[Level:11]

[Strength: 9]

[Stamina: 8]

[Endurance: 8]

[Agility: 8]

[Magic Power: 9]

[Remaining points: 3]

Hyunseong opens the status window to check while reattaching the fallen arm bone.

The level had really only gone up by 2.

Considering the difference in level between myself and Red Cap, I think I should go up at least 3 levels.

“Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do. Yeah?”

At that moment, I closed the status window, thinking that there was nothing I could do about what had already happened.

One notification remains below the message that you have leveled up.

[[Skill: Acceleration] gained.]

A skill used by Red Cap.

Who would have thought I’d get this?

He muttered, stroking his chin quietly.

“You’re lucky.”

I knew that the odds of getting a skill by defeating a boss were very slim.

Hyunseong opened the skill window.

[Skill: Acceleration][LV.1][Active]

[Increases your speed momentarily.]

Simple and clear explanation.

Hyunseong exclaimed in admiration at the skill that appeared for the first time.

“Let’s try it out to see what it’s like.”

Seeing is believing.

Hyunseong kicked the ground and cast a skill.

A sudden, rapid shake in the field of vision while moving toward a target.

Choaaaah!!

“Is this really so?”

He had arrived further than his intended destination, with the sound of the floor being swept.

My first experience using the skill was simple.

‘This requires some sense.’

Otherwise, you won’t be able to control your own speed that suddenly changes.

Hyunseong looked at the skill and sat quietly in thought.

If I think about it again, it was a skill with considerable utility.

‘It can be used not only for movement, but also for attack.’

The fact that Red Cap’s final attack was faster and faster was also probably due to this skill.

However, judging by the amount of magic power that was lost, it didn’t seem like it would be something that could be used very often.

Hyunseong starts checking one by one to see if there are other things as well.

Then, something caught my eye.

“What is this?”

The place where Red Cap’s body disappeared.

There was a red gem the size of two finger joints lying there.

Hyunseong couldn’t help but tilt his head at the sight of the object for the first time.

‘I’ve never seen anything like it before.’

When you capture a skeleton, most of them will drop a weapon or part of their own bones.

Goblins weren’t much different.

I left it alone without picking it up since I couldn’t carry it around anyway, but this one looked different.

‘It doesn’t seem like a simple jewel.’

Hyunseong picks up the jewel and stares at it quietly.

At that moment, a translucent window appeared before my eyes with a ringing sound.