Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 8



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8. Play (2)

“Kuung!”

The howling echoed through the labyrinth, causing the guys nearby to start moving in unison.

He glanced around, counted the numbers, and frowned.

‘How many are there?’

The number of those I could see right now was more than ten, and I couldn’t even guess how many there would be if I included the ones joining me.

I thought about stepping back for a moment, butㅡ

‘I don’t think he’ll let me go that easily.’

The guys’ eyes were full of hostility, as if they wanted to chew on their own bones at any moment.

If that’s the case, the only way left is to fight back.

Hyunseong opened the status window and invested the remaining points.

[Name: Kim Hyun-seong.]

[Race: Skeleton (Upper)]

[Characteristic: None]

[Level:12]

[Strength: 12]

[Stamina: 8]

[Endurance: 8]

[Agility: 8]

[Magic Power: 10]

[Remaining points: 0]

I invested the 4 points I had into 3 points in strength and 1 point in horsepower.

Since your strength has increased by 3, you should be able to inflict more proper damage than before.

‘I wish I had more points…’

Since there was no way that any remaining points would be created by feeling regretful, the rest had to be covered with one’s own skills.

“Crrrrrrr!!!”

Three gnomes running towards him.

He took a stance and waited for the first guy to come running into his range.

At that moment, one of the guys surrounding him took out a dagger from his waistband and threw it at him.

visor!

In the split second that my attention was distracted by the dagger, the Nols that had been running towards me on two legs started kicking the ground on all fours.

The speed increased in an instant.

With lightning-quick movements, the guys approached him and rushed at him.

“Kyaaang!!!!”

The mouth of the play opens with a loud crack.

Sharp teeth came close to crushing his skull.

Phew!

“Kkung!?”

As I pierced its snout with my sword, the other two scattered to either side, aiming for the square.

After assessing the situation, Hyunseong grabbed the sword handle with both hands.

“Ugh!”

A sword swung with a sound that sounds like swallowing one’s breath.

I tore off the snout and cut off the neck of the guy who was digging to the right.

And, Hyunseong lowers his upper body without hesitation.

Shhh!!

The claws of Nol skimming over the spot where he had just been.

Hyunseong, who avoided the attack, was conflicted.

In this position, swinging your sword will only cause you to flail around, and it will be difficult to make a proper attack.

‘then…!’

Using a means of attack other than a sword.

Before he could put his hand back on the sword, he let go of the hand that was holding the sword and grabbed the guy’s hand.

And –

Bam!!

“Wake up?!”

A painful cry resonating with the sensation of something hard breaking.

The swinging arm of the toy was bent in an odd direction.

Finally, he picked up the dagger and returned it directly to the guy who threw it at him.

This entire sequence of actions took place in less than five seconds and took the lives of four whales.

“Phew.”

Hyunseong took a deep breath.

It may seem like they are unilaterally trampling on the play, but in reality, it was a tightrope walk.

Its stamina was so low that even the impact of an attack would make your bones hurt.

If I get hit even once, won’t my bones break?

Hyunseong, who was fighting with the kids like that, felt something strange.

‘The number has increased?’

He cut down more than twenty of the gnomes, but there were more of them surrounding him than he had taken down.

Evidence that support continues to come from somewhere.

“The welcome is overwhelming from the very beginning.”

With this level of organizational power, there must be a leader.

If we didn’t deal with that guy, the Nol raids would never stop.

However, the figure presumed to be the boss was not seen.

If so, there is only one way left.

‘I have no choice but to sweep it all away.’

Hyunseong laughed, his teeth chattering.

Since they came out like this, I need to let them know that they messed with the wrong person.

“Come on, you little shits!”

* * *

“Khuang!”

“Kooooow!!”

“Woof, woof!”

He swung his sword as he watched the rushing Nol and Bloodhound.

The one running ahead died without even touching him with a single finger.

but,

‘Damn, there are so many of them!’

Even in the split second that I swung my sword once, more than three or four monsters rushed at me.

Hyunseong escaped Nol’s attack by following the law.

I was somehow able to take down two in one breath, but if there were more than that, I would have to sacrifice myself.

‘I won’t overdo it since it will be a long-term war.’

We had to take advantage of the fact that we didn’t feel tired and go for as long as possible.

Fortunately, the ant-hole-like terrain of the labyrinth worked to his advantage.

If I had been surrounded by Nol in a place like a plain where there was nothing, I wouldn’t have been able to last long.

“Khuu …

“Crack!!”

Hyunseong spread his magic and passed right behind Nol as if he were a ghost.

Nolgi desperately attacked the enemy that appeared behind him, but Hyunseong’s sword quickly took advantage of the gap and dug in.

Kak!

Kuung!

The moment the windpipe of Nol was blocked without being cut off with a single blow, his bones creaked and he screamed from the impact.

A message suddenly comes to mind as the series of attacks takes away Nol’s breath.

[Level up.]

Investing points in durability without even checking.

Like a land that has received a long-awaited rain after a drought, the pain in my bones subsided a little.

Stab and cut, stab and stab and cut.

The fighting continued in such a chaotic manner that it was a luxury to even spread out a fight.

‘How much is there anyway?’

Even though I thought I had cut down a significant portion of them, there was still a lot of play left.

I fought without spending as much as possible, but my magical power and internal energy, which I didn’t have to begin with, were running low.

Even though my body wasn’t tired, that didn’t mean my internal energy or magical power was infinite.

“This is a do or die situation.”

Have you ever been through a crisis like this before?

If it was a gamble with my life on the line, I was confident.

The ensuing battle brought back the focus that had been lost.

‘Accept the energy without filtering it!’

Hyunseong did not even sit cross-legged, but simply accepted the energy seeping through his bones into his body.

The reason for having Unki breakfast while sitting cross-legged was simple.

Because you have to put all your effort into it.

This was because the moment the energy that was running through my body was disrupted, I fell into a state of possession.

‘but….’

He had no reason to fall into the trap of coin obsession.

Because the flesh that makes up the body had no blood vessels.

The passage through which energy flows, the danjeon that holds internal energy.

‘Everything was created by my own will.’

If that’s the case, then there would be no reason to fall into the trap of coin obsession, as long as one’s will is not broken.

While thinking that, Hyunseong shouted inwardly.

‘This is fucking tough!’

The energy I had received started to run wild and run through my whole body.

It felt like riding a wild horse.

If he had a body, all of his eight meridians would have been torn apart and he would have fallen into a state of possession by fire.

‘The important thing is an unwavering spirit!’

Hyunseong gritted his teeth and controlled his wild energy.

An act that shatters the common sense that has been built up in the martial arts world for 30 years.

But, despite this, this method had to be followed.

‘If you don’t want to fall behind, what else can you do…!’

Either resist until the end and give up, or cling to a slim hope.

His original plan was to have a lucky breakfast and celebrate during the battle.

However, Hyunseong realized that he could not properly control the energy that was running wildly through his body, so he decided to use that energy as it was.

‘If you use your internal energy in such a dirty way, it would be normal for your body to be ruined…’

A bold, if not crazy, method that is possible because there is no flesh or blood.

Hyunseong’s method of utilizing the energy that filled the labyrinth rather than the internal energy he had built up was still crude, but it resembled the realm of natural wonders that people only spoke of as legends.

Hyunseong swung his power containing the spirit of the labyrinth and cut down the play.

“Phew… .”

A deep sigh escaped Hyeonseong’s mouth, which had been in a state of emptiness.

Although my body was fine, I was quite mentally tired.

To the point where I feel like I want to just collapse and sleep like this if possible.

“So many of them died.”

The corpses of the players surrounded him, forming mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

A translucent notification window appears before your eyes.

[Level up.]

[Level up.]

A level that has gone up two levels.

I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn’t even notice the notification that popped up right before my eyes.

I’m trying to open the status window and check,

“Kurururuk… .”

“Is there still anything left? I’m really sick of it, I’m sick of it.”

Hyunseong let out a voice of disbelief and turned his gaze towards the place where the crying sound was coming from.

Then, there was a guy who was a little different from the ones he had been defeating so far.

“Krung, you killed all my men. What the hell are you, a skeleton?”

“Hey, the boss has finally arrived.”

With a body larger than that of a normal plaything, the axe he held in one hand boasted a majestic appearance that seemed like it could split even solid rock.

The bloodhound he was carrying also looked several times more ferocious than the ones the other guys had.

Should I say I’m lucky or unlucky to meet the territory boss right after arriving?

“How can a skeleton…”

“Don’t you get tired of that damn skeleton? You should speed up your evolution or something.”

Hyunseong, who was grumbling like that, swung his blood-stained sword in the air as if to shake it off.

The blood of the playful creature spurted out from the sword.

He lifted the sword and aimed it at the boss, the Nol Warrior.

“I’m tired, so I’ll just rush in and finish it.”

“This kid…!”

The Nol Warrior, enraged by the ignoring reaction, let go of the chain he was holding.

With a rustling sound of chains falling, the freed bloodhound rushed toward him.

“Woof, woof!”

A bloodhound howling with a voice as large as its body.

He tried to wait for the moment when the guy would leap to attack him… .

“Boom!”

Chomp!

The bloodhound did not leap towards him, but kicked the ground hard and got behind him.

While I was there, I took a quick glance at it.

“Where are you looking!”

The Nol Warrior, who had come close, swung his huge axe.

An axe that cuts through the air with a heavy, clanging sound.

Hyunseong struck the axe with his sword.

Uduk.

‘What the hell.’

A cracked forearm bone that could not withstand the impact of a sword and an axe.

Hyunseong, who had tried to block the axe and dig inside, had no choice but to step back.

Then,

Phew!!

“?!”

An attack that just passed right by the path swung by the Nol Warrior.

If I had dug in, I would have been hit by that attack without warning and my body would have been split in two.

Before he could even figure out what the blow was, the bloodhound that had been lurking behind him rushed in to crush Hyunseong’s skull.

‘The connection is clean!’

Could it be that he is a comrade who has fought together for a long time?

Hyunseong, thinking that it wouldn’t end until he caught someone, put down his sword and concentrated his internal energy on his finger bones.

And just like thatㅡ

Phew!

He aimed straight at the neck and stabbed it.

A bloodhound collapses, spewing blood.

The bones in his fingers were cracked as he pierced through the guy’s tough hide.

‘Damn, there’s no place on my body that’s healthy.’

My physical condition was worse than ever, as I was already exhausted from the previous battles.

The Nol Warrior roared in indignation at the death of his long-time companion.

“Crrr! This kid! My poppy!”

“Is her name Poppy? Hey, name her something that suits you.”

It’s not a small dog, it’s a large dog as big as a wolf, its name is Poppy.

Hyunseong swung his sword at the warrior with his broken bones.

Kaang! Chaeng! Kagak!

A whirling attack and the play to block it.

While attacking, I was careful of the same combo attack as before, but the guy showed no signs of using it.

‘It doesn’t seem like you’re just trying to block my attacks… .’

A no-nonsense warrior who, with his eyes sparkling, jabs his claws at his own skull when he sees a slight opening.

Hyunseong cut off the guy’s claws with his sword filled with internal energy.

‘One more time!’

Hyunseong blocks it again, as if something invisible is approaching.

and,

Kaang!

His prediction turned out to be correct.

That strange phenomenon just now wasn’t my own illusion.

“Is this a skill?”

A phenomenon that transcends physical laws.

I couldn’t help but think of it as a skill.

There are two things I’ve figured out so far.

First, it is an offensive skill that cannot be used when defending.

Second, the attack goes out along the same trajectory as the attack itself.

As long as you pay attention to that, it doesn’t seem like there’s much to worry about.

“Kh, khrung, what the hell are you, you punk!”

The Nol Warrior lets out a bewildered voice as all of his cards are revealed in an instant.

He cut down all the three-digit number of enemies, knocked down Poppy with one blow, and even figured out her secret move skill as soon as he saw it.

Where on earth can you find a skeleton like this?

“Well, just a plain skeleton?”

Hyunseong approaches the warrior who is playing around.

The Nol Warrior, who had been hesitantly stepping back, turned around.

When he judged that his chances of winning were low, he chose to run away without hesitation.

‘If you leave it alone, it will live a long time.’

Hyunseong spread his magic and blocked the path of the warrior who was about to play.

“Where are you going?”

I had no intention of letting go.

If you miss these fast-moving guys, it will be hard to catch them again.

“Crunch!”

The guy also realized that Hyunseong would follow him to the end and grabbed the axe with both hands.

And, the axe is swung with a huge roar.

“Kuaaaaaaahh …

Boohoo! Phew!

Boom! Bang!

It was an attack that was carried out by swinging the sword haphazardly, but it was difficult to penetrate the subsequent consecutive attacks.

Hyunseong clicked his tongue as if he had no choice and ran towards the Nol Warrior.

I look straight at the axe the guy is swinging and swing my sword with what little internal energy I have left.

Crunch.

“Ugh, Ugh!?”

An axe that cuts cleanly.

and,

Kyaang!

Hyunseong, who had blocked the following attacks, gathered all of his remaining internal energy and magical power.

To the Nol Warrior’s eyes, the approaching Hyeonseong looked like a messenger of death coming to take him away.

“S, save me”

Phew!

A nol warrior who ends his life without even leaving a proper will.

Hyunseong pulled out the sword from the sagging corpse and collapsed to the ground.

“Oh my god, this is so fucking hard… .”

How nice it would be if I could just fall asleep like this.

I felt dazed because my mental strength was exhausted.

It’s as if I’m tired but my body is still feeling refreshed, so I can’t fall asleep.

‘My body is a mess too.’

Hyunseong looked down at his body, which was cracked here and there.

At that moment, a notification window appeared with a ding.

[Level up.]

“Yes, yes, of course I have to go up… Huh?”

I was about to clear the alarm since there was no need to check it right now, but another message appeared under the words “level up.”

[You have reached the level where evolution is possible.]

Finally, the second evolution was possible.