The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 215



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Episode 215 North Korea (1)

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The next morning.

As soon as the weather cleared, Kang-hoo left the villa.

Jeong Yu-ri, who fell asleep early in the evening, didn’t go out the door even once.

It looks like you’ve had a good hard time in the dungeon. You even heard a sound that sounded like snoring before you came out.

As they headed north, Kang-hoo summoned the fallen ghosts to continue scouting the surrounding area.

And in between, whenever necessary, I placed an eye to look behind me using the third eye constellation.

Since Ground Zero is a place where there are many monsters that move around silently, this was a precautionary measure.

Shit! Shit!

The fallen ghost was busy circling around, trying to find the monster that was spewing out dark energy.

The fact that the guy is just running around means that there are no relevant monsters.

So I was able to relax my body to some extent and continue moving north.

As I walked, I felt the surroundings becoming quieter.

Even the noises that can be felt in nature feel like they are being eaten up by something and are fading away.

I felt like I was left alone in a world with no one there.

“… … .”

The bones are starting to appear.

It’s common to see human bones at Ground Zero.

There are also the corpses of hunters killed by monsters, and ordinary people who died trying to go north because they had nowhere to live.

It is not uncommon for people to be murdered somewhere and then abandoned at Ground Zero.

Ground Zero is a place that outsiders are reluctant to enter due to its geographical characteristics.

Why else would the police department have said that if they had just collected the bodies of the hunters at Ground Zero, thousands of murders would have been discovered?

About two hours after leaving the villa.

We reached the first point, but there was no Mad Solarium.

To be exact, there were only traces of someone tearing it, eating it, and spitting it out. It was clearly the work of a wild animal.

Where there is a Mad Solarium, there is usually a guardian called the ‘Punisher’.

However, since this guardian only responds to humans, it would not have been able to stop the wild animals from eating ‘premium’ meals.

And with Mad Solarkyum gone, the Punisher also leaves the scene, leaving an empty space like this.

at that time.

Kissiririt!

The fallen ghost reacted.

‘oh.’

I turned my gaze to the place where the guy had run away, and sure enough, there was a monster.

Black leader.

This is a guy I’ve met before.

A monster that causes you to lose your sight and die from mental confusion if you are caught in its giant body that resembles a cloak.

Catastrophe – If it was before the contract with darkness, I would have caught it first because I didn’t know if there was a dark age or not.

But now I could decide whether to hunt the black shadow or ignore it.

Because there was a number above the name of the black leader.

【3】

【Black Leader】

How can you just pass up a guy who gives you 3 Dark Ages? You have to chase him down and catch him somehow.

Ground Zero is currently in a ‘borderline’ period. It is a time when monsters become stronger, but rewards also increase.

‘Look at this?’

At that moment, Kang-hoo sensed another monster, not the Black Leader, and stopped in place.

I was so distracted by the guy that I almost missed it, but there was a mutant sunflower about 10 meters away.

When we met before, I had him shoot acid and catch him. It was a slightly dangerous strategy.

But this time, I thought I could catch it in a different way. I thought I could practice while I was at it.

【Hell of Thorns】

What Kang-hoo chose was the thorny hell.

The full name is Ashen Thorn Hell, but it seems to be omitted unless otherwise specified.

When he used the Thorn Hell skill, the dark energy that had been slowly rising above Kang-hoo’s left hand seeped into the ground.

Then, a line was drawn that was clearly visible to Kang-hoo’s eyes, but not easily visible to others.

It felt like drawing a straight line with a pencil from where Kang-hoo was to where the mutant sunflower was.

And the moment the straight line was drawn to the desired location, Kang-hoo grabbed his left hand.

It was a movement to activate the Thorn Hell. It was also a starting movement learned at the same time as learning the skill.

at that time.

Kkwadduk!

Black thorns rose from under the ground at regular intervals.

The first thorn to emerge was closest to Kang-hoo, and the last thorn sprouted from underneath the sunflower.

Kihiiiii… … !

The mutant sunflower let out a sickening scream.

The guy just screamed because he couldn’t detect Kang-hoo to a specific range right now.

Kkwadduk!

The thorn struck the target like that and went back down to the ground, then immediately came up for the next interval.

In terms of time, the thorns appeared in the same spot at intervals of about one second, then subsided.

‘It’s not that the dark age turns into thorns, but rather that it changes into a thorn shape that suits the surrounding soil.’

The skill mechanism was also confirmed naturally.

In this form, it would be unusable in the air where there is nothing, or it would only create a thorn-like shape that is only implemented in the Dark Age.

In that case, it seemed like it would function as a spiritual attack rather than a physical attack, like targeting a ghost monster.

‘I have to keep concentrating. The straight line keeps getting disturbed and going in the wrong direction.’

Kang-hoo sacrificed the mutant sunflower, which was helpless and could only be defeated, and did everything he could to check.

First of all, since darkness is continuously used throughout the casting, the consumption is by no means small.

It required precise control over the line or band of darkness that runs from oneself as the starting point to the target.

As I was distracted for a moment, I felt a tingling sensation in my fingertips and the line moved to the side.

But the firepower was certain.

Because it was a solid thorn that was implemented to fit the soil type, whether it was dirt, stone, or concrete, from under the ground.

The physical damage it could do was considerable.

Even though it was a sunflower, a plant, it was stabbed here and there and held on while screaming.

If it was a person, it wouldn’t be strange if it was a picture that was pierced somewhere.

Kkwudduk! Kkwudduk!

Kieeeek… … .

Cheeeeek.

Soon the mutant sunflower died, spitting out the acid it had been storing inside its buds.

In the past, I would have used a pattern that would have barely induced the acidic liquid that would easily fill a bucket.

But since I solved it with a thorn hell at a distance of 10m, I didn’t even have to get my hands and feet dirty.

【Commander’s Silence】

【Hide】

Kang-hoo immediately approached the black leader, using the Commander’s silence.

Although they moved quite close, the black leader was completely unaware of Kang-hoo’s presence.

Kang-hoo, who had taken up position behind the guy, immediately started preparing for the Black Moon Slash. It was because he was a ghost-type monster.

The Dark Ages were only about half written.

And as soon as the charging was over, he fired the Black Moon Slash at the Black Leader without any hesitation.

The next moment.

Spearung… … !

The black shadow that pierced the center of Heukwolcham’s body burst like a balloon.

It happened so quickly that I couldn’t even tell if I was dead or what had happened.

【You have obtained Dark Age 3!】

【The total current Dark Age holdings are ‘452’.】

‘Is it this easy?’

With this difference in power, I thought it would be worth trying not only with the Black Leader, but also with the Black Shadow.

It feels like it’s been reduced to the level of a gatekeeper. It no longer feels as threatening as it used to.

Rather, you will find yourself searching with fire in your eyes for the guy with the number above his name.

‘Thorn Hell, this is a fun skill. I’ll be using it a lot in the future. It’s also good for creating variables.’

Kang-hoo still recalled the taste he could feel at his fingertips.

When I use Thorn Hell, I feel like I’ve become a warlock.

This is because Warlock Hunters usually use skills to control darkness in this way.

If there is a singularity, it is that he is an assassin, not a warlock. This is also a good variable.

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After that, two more hours passed.

In the middle, I caught three more black leaders, and additionally the darkness period increased by 3.

Even if the Dark Age is not 1 but 0.5, I unconditionally caught those who had rewards since they were very sensitive.

【(Emergency Alert) Warning. You are currently 50 meters away from a no-communication zone!】

My smartphone kept ringing.

Starting from a point 300m away from a communication-free zone, warnings are continuously sent in 5m increments.

Once you enter a no-communications zone, any form of contact becomes impossible.

Actually, even if a problem arises here, no one can come to help… … .

Still, it seemed to indicate that contact with the outside world was now completely cut off.

If we look at it differently, it could be an indication that this is the final edge where the country’s influence reaches.

yet.

Kang-hoo entered a no-communication zone. Now, even emergency alert texts stopped bothering him.

‘The next point is… … .’

As I was looking at the map, I was trying to set a new direction.

Ss …

I heard footsteps.

As Kang-hoo used his stealth to look for the source of the sound, he saw a hunter walking.

It was definitely a crossbreed that had been revived by the Queen of the Crow, like the ‘Lee Kwon Soo’ we saw in the Kanashimi Dungeon.

First of all, the name of the monster that appears to be a crossbreed is Ham Woong-ho.

He appears to be a middle-aged man, with half his hair cut off.

What was unusual was that they were wearing uniforms that executives would wear.

Perhaps because of this, unlike the Lee Kwon-soo we saw earlier in the Kanashimi Dungeon, he had flesh all over his body.

‘Then it looks like the Queen of the Crows is staying not far from here. Wait. But what is that?’

There was something that really caught Kang-hoo’s attention.

It was the mysterious object that Ham Woong-ho was holding. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a bouquet of flowers.

however.

‘Mad Solarkyum?’

The bouquet was not made of any other flowers, but was made of ten Mad Solarium flowers.

Of course, it was a crude form, held tightly by the hand, but it had everything it needed.

The flowers were still the same, and the mad solarium that had been growing there was also in its original state.

‘I never thought of that.’

I was thinking of going to another point, but it turned out that the pumpkin had rolled in with the vine.

If you kill the guy, you can also collect Mad Solarkirium, so it’s killing two birds with one stone.

Kang-hoo started running towards Ham Woong-ho from a hiding place. Wasn’t it a sure win for the player?

Right then.

Hwaaaaak!

Suddenly, a dark red energy began to emanate from Ham Woong-ho.

slap!

Soon, he recognized Kang-hoo’s location and turned his head.

【The Curtain of Skill】

The tent was pitched right away.

As soon as he entered a state of absolute hiding, Ham Woong-ho looked around as if he had missed Kang-hoo’s presence.

If you don’t follow something with your eyes, your vision seems to have degenerated, or maybe you’ve lost it.

‘Is it the black magic side?’

Judging from the lack of a separate weapon or attack/defense transition movement, it appeared to be a magic type.

In times like this, the right answer is to hit and run away as quickly as possible.

All I needed was Mad Solarium, so I just had to take that from him.

The moment when Kang-hoo tries to leap forward again.

Khaaaaah!

Ham Woong-ho suddenly raised both arms high into the sky and started shouting at the top of his lungs.

‘shit.’

Kang-hoo was able to understand why Ham Woong-ho was walking around Ground Zero alone and confidently without protection.

Why, why!

All of a sudden, ‘black dots’ began to fly up from the surrounding trees, which had been as quiet as mice until then.

【Vampire Fly】

It was the appearance of insect monsters that sucked human blood, numbering in the thousands even by rough estimate.