Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 67
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67. Castle You Can’t Go To (3)
A garden that was once beautiful, but now has not a single blade of grass growing.
There were monsters there too.
“Gooooooooong!!”
A monster with a grotesque appearance that looked like something straight out of a horror movie, walking on all fours, ran towards us, screaming.
and,
Boom!
A sound heard outside the gate they had passed through.
The Drake zombie’s body, with its head and body parts melted away, was staggering and causing a ruckus.
Hyunseong clenched his teeth as if he was sick of the sight.
“Wow, damn it, it’s so toxic. Even though my head is blown off, I’m not dead?”
Hyunseong sprays his sword energy at the guy running towards him as if he doesn’t have time to deal with him.
The moment the guys flinched and stepped back, I ran at full speed.
The group arrived at the inner gate in an instant.
“Open the door, Rashi!”
“Profit!”
I placed my hand on the door that showed traces of time and pushed it with all my might.
The door opened with a scream, fortunately it wasn’t locked.
Ki-ki-ki-ki-ki!!
I went in with my group, looking at the inside of the empty castle.
And then Hyunseong closed the door in one breath.
A sigh of relief naturally escaped me.
“Haa, this is tough.”
There was nothing he could do about the man who didn’t die even if his head was cut off.
Where the hell do these monsters come from?
Han Ji-hyun, who was taking a breath, agreed with her own words.
“There are monsters that we have never seen before.”
I thought I had some experience on the 4th floor, but there were quite a few monsters I didn’t know about among the ones I saw on my way here.
It’s surprising where these monsters have been hiding for so long and why they’re only appearing now.
-Back in the old days, when this place was a forbidden area called the Land of the Dead, it looked like that.
Han Ji-soo looked around the castle and looked relieved.
“But it seems like it’s safe inside. Judging from the fact that no one from the outside is trying to come in…”
“… … ”
As soon as Hyunseong entered, he looked at the locked door.
The outside suddenly became quiet.
‘This is a bit strange.’
They came in half-heartedly without even dealing with the guys outside, and there was no sign of them chasing them.
Those guys who were so persistent.
The one who answered his question was none other than Seol-ah.
-What was outside was an illusion, you know. When you came in here, you broke through the barrier and the illusion disappeared.
‘…That’s an illusion?’
Hyunseong with a question mark above his head as if he couldn’t understand.
Everything from the creaking of my bones as I blocked the attack to the sensation of being cut down was vivid and real, but then suddenly it became an illusion, so I couldn’t help but feel bewildered.
But at the same time, if Seol-ah’s words were true, it made sense that the monster didn’t die even though its head was blown off.
-He made fantasy into reality.
‘Reality? There’s all kinds of crazy magic. Is that possible?’
-It’s difficult, but it’s not impossible.
‘No, even if that were really possible, wouldn’t it be at the level of the guy on the 4th floor?’
-I’m a bit skeptical about that too.
As Hyunseong said, he was a wizard of too high a level to come out of the 4th floor.
To think that we would have to face such a wizard on his home ground, of all places.
Why do you say you are studying here instead of somewhere higher up?
‘Any tips for dealing with wizards?’
-Yes.
‘Oh, what is it?’
-First, do not fight in the wizard’s workshop.
‘… … By the way, what’s the second one?’
-Second, if it is impossible, run away.
“… Shibure.”
“yes?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
Before I knew it, the curses came out as words rather than thoughts.
This isn’t even the eye-catching method of dealing with the village of Jolryeol Leaf.
-The wizard’s workshop is a very dangerous place.
The more time a wizard invests, the stronger he becomes.
The workshop is the crystal that the wizard spends the most time on.
Dealing with the wizard there would be tantamount to suicide.
-Since they haven’t shown up yet, why don’t we go back now?
‘No, you said you’d come here. And then you suddenly want to run away again?’
-To be honest, I was thinking of a monster on the 4th floor.
Seol-ah also rang the sword with a voice that seemed as if she was embarrassed.
I thought that if it was a 4th level wizard, I would be able to catch him with my current skills even if he was in the workshop, so I decided to go to the castle.
However, it seemed that there was a wizard stronger than he thought.
-He’s not the type of guy who’d be on the 4th floor.
‘…If I go outside, will those guys be there again?’
-That’s true.
It was difficult, but not impossible, to get through those undead guys again.
-What are you going to do?
Hyunseong stroked his chin and became lost in thought.
Common sense tells you that it was right to go back.
‘There was no need to risk your life here.’
I didn’t come here because I needed anything in particular, I just came here because I heard there were a few things that might be useful.
Now that I’ve figured out how to get in, I can come back later with more strength.
but,
‘Going towards the castle.’
His instincts were telling him to move on from here.
Seol-ah guessed why Hyun-seong had made that decision, so she didn’t say anything else.
Because he was just a sword to be used according to the user’s will.
He clenched his teeth toward the party, which was sighing.
“Then let’s go.”
The disciples and sisters who wake up at Hyunseong’s words.
The castle itself was quite large, but the atmosphere was even more eerie because there was nothing inside.
at that time,
Iron Man.
The sound of a hammer echoed throughout the quiet castle.
The sound of metal thumping, thumping footsteps slowly approaching us.
And finally, the pitch-black armor appeared.
“It’s a death knight.”
Han Ji-soo mutters that it’s fortunate that he is at least worth dealing with.
If there had been a Drake Zombie or some other strangely shaped monster, it would have been more difficult to deal with.
However, Hyunseong’s reaction was different from hers.
“Are you a Death Knight?”
Even at first glance, it was on a different level from the Death Knights I had seen on my way here.
Until then, it seemed like I was just reading a knight, but the Death Knight in front of me now had an aura reminiscent of a warrior who had turned the tables.
-Even Death Knights have different strengths depending on who becomes them.
‘If the guys outside were just knights, would this guy be a knight commander?’
-yes.
The reason it was quiet outside seemed to be because the previous trap had been breached and a new trap had been activated the moment they entered the castle.
‘Nimiral. Then it was okay for me to go back?’
-The moment I left, the trap was triggered again, so the situation would have been the same?
Is this a trap that activates when you enter the area?
It was a very efficient trap.
‘To break through this trap, do I have to go to where the throne is?’
-No, the flow of magic is going underground. You have to go down, not up.
‘indeed.’
If I didn’t know anything, I would have climbed all the way to the top floor and made a wasted trip.
Hyunseong lifted Seol-ah and made a noise.
“Prepare for battle.”
I had no intention of taking it easy here and having a 1-on-1 discussion to gauge my skills.
The opponent didn’t look easy, so we had to make a quick decision.
As Hyunseong took out his sword, Death Knight took out his greatsword.
“Goooooooooooo!!”
“You’re a guy who likes extreme things!”
There was a sword technique that was perfect for dealing with those types of guys.
Heavenly Demon God’s Work
Thunderstorm
A flexible sword that even lets thunder flow away.
If the Heavenly Rain Seal that I had previously told Brin was a type of herb that could shed quick swords, then Noeryu was a type of herb that could block strong swords.
You shouldn’t think of confronting a guy who was wielding a greatsword as big as a man so foolishly.
Chaechaejaeng!
Kaang!
Dozens of attacks and defenses taking place in a split second that doesn’t even take a breath.
Hyunseong clenched his teeth as if he was tired of the sight of the Death Knight.
‘What the hell are you swinging that greatsword around like a reed!’
I thought it would be unusual, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.
At that moment, Brin and Rash came in from the side.
“Krrrrr!”
A guy who targets his disciples with sounds like wild animals.
but,
Boom!
His own disciples were also quite good.
Rashi used his ultimate attack, Taishan Pressure, to force Death Knight to block his attacks.
While the greatsword was tied like that, Bryn swung the sword like lightning and stabbed it into the gap in the armor.
‘Great connection. But…’
The problem was that the opponent was undead.
If it had been a human, it would have been fatally wounded, as it would have been stabbed through a gap in the armor, rendering one area useless.
However, it didn’t do much damage to the undead.
A situation where a follow-up attack is needed.
at that time,
“Ugh!”
Han Ji-hyun grabbed the part where Brin had stabbed her with his sword and twisted it, ripping off one of Death Knight’s arms.
The uplifting move we saw earlier was like that, and the joint movement this time was like that too.
It was so clean that I thought he had learned Judo before becoming an Awakened.
and,
“Bind!!”
Until Han Ji-soo tied up her opponent with her skills.
The Death Knight’s strength would have quickly released the restraints, but that moment was enough.
Because the sword that Hyunseong swung shattered the Death Knight’s armor into pieces.
As a dealer, I will not be inferior to a 5th-tier awakened player, let alone a 4th-tier one.
After that, a few more monsters appeared, but there weren’t many of them, so it wasn’t difficult to deal with them.
but,
‘This is a very losing business.’
Because it was an illusion, the monsters did not die or give experience points.
-You have to pick that much from the boss!
‘Is it true that the boss has that much?’
-It’s a crime for a wizard like this to have nothing!
That was right.
A wizard of this caliber would have something more than just decent, he would have something incredible.
-What could be better than the treasure in the kingdom’s vault?
‘Then I guess I can look forward to it.’
Hyunseong headed downstairs, his teeth chattering as if he was happy.
And then, we arrived at where the flow of magic was headed.
“I thought it would be gloomy because it was underground and there were wizards.”
It was decorated quite atmospherically.
Do even wizards care about interior design?
At that moment, a clicking sound was heard and the door opened smoothly without me even touching it.
It was as if he was beckoning me to come in.
My whole body felt like it was frozen by the cool chill flowing from inside.
But, now that I’ve come this far, I can’t back out.
“…let’s go.”
Hyunseong and his group entered cautiously.
Then, candles bloomed brightly from the pillars on both sides.
The lights were turned on one by one starting from the outside, gradually illuminating the inside.
And at the end of it all is a magnificent throne.
There was a woman sitting there.
“I was wondering what was going on because of the noise, and it turns out there was an intruder.”
The way they spoke made it seem as if they didn’t even care about themselves.
Hyunseong, who was looking at her, felt that it was definitely possible.
‘This is what it feels like to be a wizard.’
If you think about it, it was my first time seeing the existence of a wizard.
In the case of the Awakened, they only use skills, so it’s hard to call them magicians.
Only from the overwhelmingly strong could she feel the momentum.
She looked at them with emotionless eyes.
And then,
“Thank you for coming all the way here. Well then, have a safe trip.”
With those words, magic was shot towards Hyunseong.