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Chapter 65 – Galadriang's Relic (3)
"It seems like you got quite angry."
Kalz Morenn's expression slightly changed at the mocking words of the person next to him.
'Tsk. Goddamnit.'
There was nothing he could do.
It might be different for the Quadratus guys but it was a bit hard for him to do whatever he pleased against the sightseers here.
Everyone here were at least the clansmen of the twelve roots.
They might be weaker than him but they have cards up their sleeves.
And he couldn't really say anything since he was the one who suggested this.
This will probably last as a debt.
He would need to pay the debt off no matter what it took.
'Damned bastards. They said the 2nd part was more important than the 1st part as well…'
The 2nd part, where they explore the insides of the Calamity Fish, was much more meaningful than the 1st part.
The clansmen would not have come here without any plans.
A captain of the shock troopers from one of the clans of the Twelve Roots looked at Kalz Morenn and spoke while laughing.
"Anyways, it seems we can see it now. Big ships are indeed better. They're faster too."
"…"
Kalz Morenn did not reply and instead looked at the 500 man ship in the distance.
Though that guy had started out first the ships made by the fairy were faster if they were larger.
"Shall we try throwing some spears since it's a bit boring? We need something to enjoy instead of the 1st part of the sightseeing."
He then proceeded to lift up few tens of giant spears and the people, including Kalz Morenn, made cynical laughs.
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Kuuuuuuuu
Hansoo, who had created the Hardening Liquid using all the materials and had stored it within the
A huge body that seemed like a wall.
Unlike before, when it only had its fins up above the surface, it had floated up to the point where one could see its sides.
As well as the breathing hole on the side of it.
'With this you can tell that it's not just a fish.'
A huge hole on the side that was usually closed tight with muscles but opened when it came above the surface.
The breathing hole was small in comparison to its whole body but it was still huge enough for the 500 man ship to go through.
Hansoo mumbled inwardly as he looked at the breathing hole on the side of its body.
'I have to go in through this place right.'
Camille had told him before he left.
Camille made a bitter expression as she spoke.
Since she had gained a huge loss because the lack of this single intel.
The ones who live in the breathing hole are dangerous but the mouth which the Calamity Fish breathes in and out of has tornadoes and huge waves crashing upon it.
At that time something flew over at an extreme speed along with a very loud noise from behind.
Kwaaaaa!
A single spear that had an extreme amount of force.
As if numerous skills were integrated into it, the spear was traveling across the distance of over a kilometer with a large amount of force.
It seemed like it was going to puncture right through the ship.
But Hansoo didn't deflect the spear that targeted the ship and just dodged it.
Kudududuk.
As if the 3m long spear was proving that travelling over 1 kilometer of distance and still hitting the target wasn't pure luck, it put a hole right through the deck and even into the bottom of the ship.
Kururururu.
The toxic water started to enter through the hole on the bottom.
Papapang.
A few Ghweche balloons burst and caused the ship to sink a little bit but this problem would be solved if he shoved a few seeds down below.
But Hansoo just left the ship that was sinking bit by bit.
He just focused on advancing forward into the breathing hole.
'It'll be troublesome to earn suspicions by getting it to float again.'
Hansoo looked towards the cruise ship from the top of the ship which was sinking slowly but was still advancing forwards.
No matter how strong somebody was, it was hard to throw a spear that could travel this huge distance.
The spear that Hansoo had just seen had six skills applied to it.
And they would've used a few more skills to shoot it over here as well.
Kalz Morenn did not have such skills as these.
'If he had them then he would've used them already.'
Which meant that the people on that cruise ship decided to go along with Kalz Morenn.
Boom! Boom!
Spears were flying in repeatedly.
The mast broke off and the decks were smashed apart.
During that time the giant cruise ship proved the fact that it wasn't slow just because it was large and slowly closed the gap towards Hansoo.
It seemed at a glance that there were over 200 people aboard.
Kalz Morenn alone was troublesome.
But Hansoo laughed.
Since it was better the more there was.
Hansoo shoved the information of the skills of each person into his head as much as he could.
The information of artifacts at the same time as well.
'It'll still be troublesome if they catch up though. I'll make you a bit busy.'
It'll be troublesome once they got on.
He needed to make some distance.
Hansoo took out something from his pockets.
'It'll be bad for me if it got released too fast. I'll cover it a bit with the mucus….'
Hansoo covered something with Kikinon's mucus sacs, which melted quite well in toxic waters, and then threw it into the sea.
Kururururu.
The mucus started to sink into the toxic waters while melting slowly.
Hansoo left behind the thing that was sinking behind the ship as he proceeded into the breathing hole.
And as soon as he entered the crossroads inside the breathing hole he abruptly changed direction as he moved towards a location that couldn't be seen from the outside.
'I've arrived fine for now. The thing I do after this is important…'
Hansoo made a small torch out of the materials he had brought and then started to light the Ghweche balloons which he pulled out from the lower parts of the ship.
Tong Totong.
As he got the fire near a Balloon that was full of gas, the seed exploded in the air as it disappeared without a trace and the smoke was swept up by the storm-like wind swirling inside the breathing hole.
As the balloons that filled up the ship started to disappear, Hansoo's ship started to sink quickly towards the deep underwater passages below the breathing hole.
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"Tsk. He got in first."
Kalz Morenn made a regretful expression as he looked at the ship that went in first.
'Chase.'
The speed of that guy's ship was slowing down.
If they chase at this pace then they'll be able to catch him fast.
At that time something crashed into the side of their ship.
Booom!
"Uuuk?"
Kwaaaaaaa.
Kalz Morenn made an annoyed expression at the unexpected crash as he ran towards the side of the ship and looked down.
'It's hard to clearly sense below the toxic waters. Annoying.'
The toxic waters had some weird substances mixed into it and as such it was extremely hard to see and sense what was coming towards them.
Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth after looking down at the sea from the side of the ship.
"Kraken? Why is this coming out here?"
Kalz Morenn and the other tourists made annoyed expressions as they started to pour down a storm of skills downwards.
Kraken.
Though it was only a terrifying monster in the movies, the problem was that the way it looked, the size of its body and its abilities were similar to that of the movie.
But everyone here were at the level of heroes who beat up those beasts in those movies and beyond.
Kwadududuk.
Kudududuk.
After dealing with it madly for a moment, it had already got lost from the sight of the ship.
As Gyesoo told them, the structure inside was quite complicated so it'll be hard to catch him once he escapes through the crossroads in the breathing hole.
'He wouldn't have been able to get far since the ship was sinking bit by bit.'
Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth as he chased that guy's ship and then proceeded into the breathing hole.
"We'll keep chasing…"
"Wait. Wait a moment. Mister Kalz Morenn."
One of the other tourists spoke out after looking at the excited Kalz Morenn.
"We need to keep our agreement. We played chase on the way because our paths were the same as that brat but we do not want to waste time. We aren't all here to play right?"
"…Damnable bastard."
Kalz Morenn frowned but he could not really say anything back because those words weren't wrong.
Kalz Morenn breathed in and out.
His anger had calmed down a bit on the way here.
His vacation ended here.
He had to accomplish his mission here.
And in the current situation they had no way of knowing which way Hansoo had gone out of the countless crossroads.
Though they might be able to find him if they chased but there was no reason for them to waste their time and help.
'I had to catch him before he got into the breathing hole… I'll kill you after we get out.'
Gyesoo took a glance at Kalz Morenn as he kept manipulating the controls of the ship.
Kyaaaaak!
The parasites, who lived and bred in the breathing hole, screamed and assaulted the people as they jumped down.
But the tourists simply ripped them apart or burned them off as if they were nuisances.
Gyesoo frowned after thinking of what had happened before.
'We struggled that hard…'
After passing through numerous crossroads a much more different road than the ones so far appeared.
Gyesoo looked towards the people who were mumbling about and then spoke cautiously.
"Is it really fine? It's really dangerous."
Once they go left from here, various organs including the Lungs of the Calamity Fish would appear.
Though Parasites such as the ones just now existed there too and the roads were complicated, it was still very easy in comparison to that of the other side.
On the other hand, if they go right from here then the stomach comes out.
'No… Can you even call that a stomach?'
Gyesoo shook his head.
The 118 of them who were with Camille had accidently entered that place.
And only two of them survived and escaped it.
Kalz Morenn mocked them.
"Are you comparing us to you and the others? Go in."
The other tourists laughed out loudly as well.
At the same time their expressions were full of excitement.
'So the treasure vault is in there huh…'
The Sword that the Gyesoo guy was holding on.
That was the reason why the people here had gathered.
For the forgotten artifacts that would be inside Calamity Fish.
That guy had told them that he barely managed to kill a few specters on the outskirts while dealing with them, and had brought out the sword of the thing that looked like a common soldier.
But it was still that amazing.
Wouldn't they be able to gain much better things.
Squirm Squirm.
As they turned into the right crossroad, a large hole that was covered in muscles could be seen.
The giant muscle door that seemed like a mouth from one angle and like an anal sphincter from another expanded and contracted in size but its original size was so big that their giant ship could still go through it even when it contracted.
"Hmmm…"
The tourists gulped their saliva.
A dark curtain swayed between the muscle door.
"Then… I shall go in."
Gyesoo lead the ship towards the dark curtain skillfully.
Chaaaaak.
The people frowned at the feeling of the strange material passing through their skin but their words could not leave their mouths after seeing the scene in front of their eyes.
"Huh…"
The strange space that existed within the Calamity Fish was much larger and wider than the Calamity Fish itself.
Especially the marble that seemed like it was burning that was stuck somewhere up high in the distance.
A single giant marble was letting out a white light from high above the sky as it lit up every corner of the space.
The space that the light shone onto had numerous rubbles of a crushed city and ripped tree roots covering it.
The sea below was so deep that the bottom could not be seen and above that billions of tons of city debris were stacked on top of each other to create a giant land.
It felt like they were gazing upon a humongous trash island.
'City? No, it seems like it almost ate up a country… who was living here?'
The people spoke out in gloom.
"…This wasn't just an organism."
There was no way a normal organism could have an space such as this inside them.
They were wondering what the strange feeling they had felt when they went through the dark curtain was but it seemed like it was a feeling that they crossed over to another space.
In the distance, tens of kilometers away, something opened as light poured in.
It seemed like the Calamity Fish started to drink up.
The people spoke out in gloom as they saw the waterfall-like water, rubble that rushed back and forth and the corpses of various beasts.
"It seems like we can't go out towards that direction."
The people made a slightly nervous expression but just shook their heads.
'Well. If we get in trouble then we can just run out through the hole we came in on the ship.'
Hadn't Gyesoo run away like that as well.
'Though it might be a bit dangerous…'
Would they have come here without a plan?
They had all come because there was a method despite the dangers.
They had even brought the
Which meant their clans had cared about this that much.
"Land the ship!"
Kudududuk.
Soon the ship made grinding noises as it landed on the giant trash stacks.
"Don't get too far ahead and let's deal with the outskirts first! Don't do any daring things that far exceed your skill level! We have to be careful!"
They shouted loudly but were nervous as well.
Then they started to slowly get off the ship.
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'They should've arrived around now.'
Hansoo, who had arrived at a crossroad from the direction opposite to that of Gyesoo's party, calculated the time as he prepared to move.
If he were to move now then he will arrive at the right time.
'Though I'm thankful that you guys are fighting against Galadriang's army… you should try a bit harder if you are doing it anyways.'
The army of
And they were guys Hansoo had to get through in order to smash apart the core.
Scratching around the outskirts was not enough.
Those guys needed to fight a bit more desperately.
Hansoo poured in the Ghweche seeds into the bottom of the sunken ship.
'Shall I go play with some fire.'
Soon the ship started to float up slowly and Hansoo controlled the ship like a submarine and headed towards the dark curtain that was connected to its stomach.
Chapter 66 – Galadriang's Relic (4)
Kudududuk.
<….>
<…!!!>
Strange looking soldiers were heading towards the tourists who had set up camp with the ship as the center.
Soldiers with strange helmets and armor.
One thing was clear, that they were not human.
They looked more like the elves from storybooks.
Though they had the look of a ghoul due to their skin having been pickled in toxic waters and their whole body being a mess.
"Damnit! Why did these things get killed in such an extreme location!"
Hundreds of soldiers from the spectre army were charging towards them while swinging their blades.
Kalz Morenn sent out explosive flames in all directions.
Boom!
The flames of
Splash.
But the shredded pieces of the corpses that were scattered around the toxic waters started to squirm as they began to slowly piece themselves back together.
Kalz Morenn frowned as he looked at this scene.
"Fuck…"
Unlike the curses that came out of his mouth, Kalz Morenn's wasn't feeling that bad.
Since it wasn't labor without a prize.
"Let's see…"
Kalz Morenn walked over happily and held up the axe the spectre was holding.
Hururuk.
The axe that was covered in the mana reinforcement of
Chwaaak!
Kalz Morenn swung the axe in a wide arc and the spectres who were charging at him were dismembered into pieces.
Kalz Morenn made a content expression after looking at that scene.
Since the guys who were difficult for him to smash apart with his Scarlet Jade Orb were getting cut apart.
'If I take a bunch of these and arm them… the overall power of the whole clan will rise incredibly.'
Of course the other clansmen here would take some for their own clans but he couldn't do anything about them.
He could not fight with these guys unless he wants to start up a war.
That was a problem to be solved after getting out.
'The ones charging at me first!'
Kalz Morenn then dismembered the ones who were charging at him and started to take the weapons of the ones he had skills.
And the other clansmen were doing the same thing also.
They started to madly take the Relics with greedy hands.
Though their numbers were only a mere 200, these guys were strong people who stood out in the Red Zone.
Though the army with hundreds of spectres were strong and seemed immortal, those things were quite lacking to obstruct them.
But Gyesoo grew nervous and then shouted out.
"You need to fight a bit more quietly! If you make loud noises then they'll all gather here!"
Then the captain of the shock troopers of the sixth Root shouted.
"I don't think it'll be much of a nuisance even if all of these guys come over here? Hahahaha!"
Gyesoo frowned.
'Damn… I told them that these guys were just small-fries.'
The cause of the massacre of their 118 people were not these guys.
Since they were quite excited when fighting these guys as well.
But Gyesoo shook his head.
The current situation was indeed much different from before.
Since these guys were strong to the point where they couldn't be compared to him.
Though these guys were scary, he was quite at ease having them in a strange space like this.
'Well. We can just run away on the ship if it becomes different.'
His mind was at ease when he looked at the giant cruise ship.
He had never heard of a case where a 2000 man cruise ship got smashed apart.
Though making that thing was hard, it was something that guaranteed their safety above the sea.
But at that moment Gyesoo frowned.
'…Huh?'
There were bubbles sprouting up from behind the cruise ship.
And then sounds of waters clashing were heard as something started to slowly come above the surface.
Gyesoo frowned after he saw this.
'…ship?'
That was Hansoo's disappeared ship.
By the time Gyesoo figured out the identity of the ship clearly, Hansoo's 500 man ship had long gotten near their cruise ship.
They couldn't really do anything about it anyways.
The ship which had hid its presence under the toxic waters had gotten close way too long ago.
But Gyesoo didn't panic and instead a corner of his mouth curled up.
'I wondered where you had hidden to… Is this the hidden card you had up your sleeve?'
Gyesoo laughed because he was flabbergasted.
The other clansmen had taken a glance at the ship as well but there wasn't anyone who ran over to do anything about it.
Of course it was hard to stop a ship that was coming in with that much force and they didn't really have spare leisure due to the fight but the main reason they ignored it was because they thought that the charging ship wasn't that big of a deal.
Booooom!
And soon the 500 man ship crashed into the 2000 man ship.
Crack.
The side of the 2000 man cruise ship got pushed in with the sounds of wood breaking.
But that was it.
It had been pushed in a bit on the side but it wouldn't be a problem to ride on it.
On the other hand the 500 man ship had its whole front part smashed apart.
Gyesoo laughed after looking at this.
'This is the expected outcome.'
The difference of durability between 500 man and 2000 man ships was very large.
And maybe it was due to the fact it came while submerged in water but it was quite slow as well.
How could something like that smash apart the cruise ship.
At that time something flew into the 500 man ship.
'…What is that? A torch?'
The torch that had been thrown from somewhere in the toxic sea spun in the air as it flew into the bottom part of the ship.
Boooooom!
A humongous explosion occurred as it swallowed up both the 500 man and 2000 man ships.
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Booooom!
Hansoo gazed at the exploded ship in the distance.
Tens of thousands of Ghweche balloons that were filled with toxic gases.
It might've been different under water but when tens of thousands of it exploded above the surface, a huge explosive force was generated.
Kwadududuk.
As the sound and the smoke from the explosion faded away, the result of the explosion was shown.
Chuuuk.
The 500 man ship had disappeared into dust and the giant cruise ship had the huge portion of the side, where the 500 man ship was, blown apart.
It was quite amazing that the giant cruise ship hadn't been cut in half from that explosion but the fact that it could not be used anymore was the same as if it was cut in half.
And as if the magic on the cruise ship had been dispelled, the ship that had been giving off a faint amount of light was now the same as a piece of wood that was covered in soot.
"Goddamit!"
"Hey! Keep the formation! Don't panic! We're getting pushed back!"
Chaotic voices could be heard from the distance.
Hansoo laughed as he heard this.
'One of them is done now.'
There was no way that these cautious guys would've come here with just this.
A piece of the countless leaves that had once covered the vast branches of the World Tree that was extremely hard to acquire now.
If one uses this then they'll be able to escape along with a few people around them no matter where they were.
Even if the space was distorted.
The power of the World Tree was that great.
But there was one thing that these guys didn't know about.
The Elvenheim army that had become spectres after getting trapped within the stomach of the Calamity FIsh.
The time period of when the Elvenheim was fighting against the 5 Great Calamities was said to be a time period where there were countless amounts of leaves on the World Tree.
Each person would have at least three to four for emergencies.
And unlike the small piece of leaf today which had a lot of restrictions on movement and the amount of people they can take, the ones they had back then could take one anywhere they wanted in the World Tree because it was a whole piece.
Were the Elvenheim dumb enough to get caught within the Calamity Fish?
The 5 Great Calamities were creatures that were born after taking into account the Elvenheim.
'They'll need to fight a bit harder now.'
But then he needed to do one other thing.
Since they won't struggle with all their strength if there is a hole to run away to.
Hansoo slowly swam towards the muscle door that was covered by the dark curtain.
'Since it was hard to make I should use it properly.'
Hansoo saluted towards the future alchemists who had created this recipe with all their brainpower as he applied the Hardening Liquid onto his sword and started to madly swing it towards the muscle door.
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"This doesn't feel right. Let's get out."
The small number of people who had come from the seventh Root nodded as they gathered in one place.
And one of them very cautiously pulled out something from their pockets.
A miraculous piece of leaf that was almost dried up but still had some life remaining.
It was named the
The man clenched the fist with the feather inside it.
Crackle.
The moment the leaf was destroyed a strange power surrounded them.
"Hooh. It's alright though. We made profit since we gathered up almost 30 Relics."
"Let's go get some girls after we get out. There will be quite a lot of pretty ones out of the newcomers. The ones who lived in the Otherverse are too overbearing that taking them… huh?"
"Huh? Huuhh?"
The guys who were chatting with relaxed expressions suddenly made confused expressions.
A green light had covered them up.
Which meant that the Feather had activated properly.
They should not still be here.
But the scene in front of them had remained the same.
"Huh? Why isn't a working?"
"Damnit! What is this!"
Ther other people, who had similar thoughts as them, were making noises of panic from all around.
Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth then ran up to Gyesoo and growled at him after grabbing hold of his neck.
"Ignore everything else for now. What do we do?"
"Kuuukuhh.. Pardon?"
"How do we get out of this damned place!"
"Kuhuk… you just need to swim towards the entrance we came through… and wait until the Calamity Fish gets near land and then escape like that!"
Kalz Morenn's rage diminished a little after hearing those words.
'As I expected.'
If they stay here then they will all die.
The situation is much graver than before.
Since the spectre army was madly charging at them after hearing the explosion.
But their survival chance will increase by a large amount if they go through the dark curtain and then escape from the Calamity Fish once it nears land.
From what he heard it seems like the army over there could not get through the dark curtain.
If they do this then there wasn't even a need to swim over to land.
"Keep up the formation and continue fighting! Head towards the dark curtain!"
The dark curtain was quite a distance away but they could throw planks on the water and cross it.
'Damn… They're really strong.'
Stronger and stronger ones were coming as if the ones before were jokes.
At that moment the dark curtain thrashed back and forth.
To be precise, the gigantic muscle door that went around the dark curtain squirmed.
Kuuuuuungg!
And at that moment a strange vibration was felt along with a scream-like noise.
At that moment the muscles furiously contracted as the hole disappeared instantly.
"Fuck… what is this?"
The people fell in panic.
The hole they were going to escape through had disappeared.
And the spectres which were armed from head to toe were walking towards them.
If there weren't any unexpected events then they would've felt good for the gear they'll receive after killing these guys but the situation was completely different.
They had to now continuously fight those things without any escape routes.
They would've tried to sustain it on a boat if they had one but it has already been quite a while since that boat had been smashed apart.
"Let's hurry and find a different exit… damnit!"
Kalz Morenn, who was shouting loudly at the people nearby, quickly backed off at the feeling of something ripping through the air and flying towards him.
At the same time he activated every single skill he had along with the secret skill of the Scarlet Jade Orb, Scarlet Jade, and poured them onto the attack flying towards him.
Booooom!
"Kuhuk…"
Kalz Morenn stared at the thing that had smashed through his mana reinforcement and even his Red Jade and given him a deep wound with an expression of disbelief.
For a captain of the shock troopers of lighthouse to be wounded like this from a casual swing.
"You are the captain huh."
Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth while looking at the huge spectre knight that had run over to them, which it had done so after hearing the loud noise of the explosion, and had swung the strange looking sword .
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Hansoo, who had been submerged under water using Ahol's Breath, stared at Galadriang's Army that started to gather up.
He had to smash apart the heart in order to kill the Calamity Fish.
The path on the way to the
But on the other hand, if he were to break the sun-like marble in the sky, the
But there was something he needed to kill in order to smash that Core.
The thing that Kalz Morenn was fighting currently.
The pride of Elvenheim who tried to smash apart the core and kill the Calamity Fish but had instead gotten cursed and trapped within this place.
He was fighting with Kalz Morenn and the others but the moment one attacks the core then it'll quickly run over and start attacking them.
'I have to turn that thing into a mess before I continue.'
He couldn't kill it since it was immortal within this place but he just needed to buy time to break the core apart.
If he succeeded then the rewards, other than the Calamity Fish, were great.
Unlike the common Forgotten Sword, the weapon Galadriang had in his hand was not a normal weapon.
A relic for which all of the Alchemists of Elvenheim had combined all their efforts in order to create.
It will make his next objective much easier.
'I should move now too.'
He wasn't quite satisfied yet.
He needed to be much more diligent in order to make sure that not a single unexpected event happens.
Hansoo glanced back and forth between the clansmen and the army of Galadriang who were pushing each other back and forth and then started to swim.
Chapter 67 – Galadriang's Relic (5)
Hansoo mumbled quietly towards a different curtain in the distance.
'There is only one hole for these guys to escape through.'
There were numerous holes like the ones they had come through around the stomach of the Calamity Fish.
But in this huge space, they had to cross an enormous amount of land in order to get to a different hole.
If the other guys wanted to get out of here then they'll aim for that hole in the distance without doubt.
'I'm going to go wait for them.'
Hansoo made bubbling noise as he swam down below the surface of the water.
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Kudududuk.
'Damnit.'
Lark, one of the clansmen from the Seventh Root, grinded his teeth.
50 strong people, including Kalz Morenn, were gathered in the distance and were barely holding back the spectre knight.
'Fuck… We can't beat something like that.'
Every time that knight swung its strange sword, the air split apart as the bodies of the people who were fighting him got cut apart.
Though they could hold him back for now, their injuries were slowly increasing in magnitude as time went on.
This was quite obvious actually.
How could they beat these guys who kept on coming back alive.
And another big problem.
The spectre soldiers and generals were slowly gathering towards them.
The ones who were roaming around this vast land were quickly charging towards them.
Others might not know but Lark, who was a captain of the shock troopers, knew.
Countless number of spectres were heading into the range in which he could sense up to.
They could hold back for now but they'll eventually be crushed by numbers if this went on.
They had to look for a chance.
But at that moment a chance appeared.
Boooom!
The spectre knight and generals around it flew back along with a huge explosion.
It seems like Kalz Morenn and the people around him had done something.
Thanks to them the attention of the spectre soldiers and generals which they were fighting against had been redirected towards the location of the explosion.
'This is it!'
When Lark hinted with his eyes, a group of people poured every bit of skills they had as they ran away between the debris.
"Those sons of bitches!"
"Stop!"
Angry voices were heard behind them but Lark ignored it.
They had no reason to die with everyone over there.
'Kuhuhuhu. Just hold onto that monster well over there.'
The location he would run towards had been set up already.
'There were definitely other holes.'
He looked around the surroundings as soon as he came in.
Since his skill,
And another entrance had come into his vision while he was using this.
'Yeah. There's no way that only a single hole exists in this giant creature.'
They started run on the shore where they were least likely to get surrounded on.
And he sighed in relief.
'If we go on like this than we can survive.'
Though spectres continued to block their way but the faster ones had already run off to the battlefield so the remaining spectres were soldiers who were quite slow.
Though it was hard to go through them since there were quite vast in numbers and their injuries were increasing because of this but it seemed like that all 14 of them will be able to safely reach the hole at this pace.
And the thing that helped their escape.
'It's really quite nice.'
They smiled as they looked at the relics in their hands.
Every time they swung the weapons the air split apart and armors smashed into pieces.
Of course the spectres had these weapons as well but the weapon will change depending on the user.
They were much stronger than the spectre soldiers.
After a long time of running while smashing and killing, they had already approached the exit.
They just needed to cross the sea between the dark curtain and the debris now.
And that was a very simple thing to do.
"Let's cross by throwing on some planks! Captain!"
While the others were full of glee, Lark, who was the captain of the shock troopers of the seventh root, flinched momentarily.
He then stopped everyone and then pointed towards a direction.
Everyone flinched momentarily but then understood Lark's meaning as they started to pour skills towards the direction he pointed.
Boooooooom!
Though they were still tired, their skills were still very mighty due to their power levels being the top of those in the Red zone and the eight explosive and long range skills endlessly smashed apart the location Lark pointed towards.
Then something came out from between the debris which had turned into dust.
And Lark, who had been watching this, chuckled.
"It was you. You bitch."
"Woah, your personality isn't really the best is it. Attacking without a warning."
"You crazy bastard. Think of what you've done."
That guy had smashed their ship.
And then he had closed up the muscle door somehow.
The reason why people were getting massacred over there and the reason why they had run away even in the middle of a life-threatening danger was all because of the things that this guy had done.
'Wait.'
Lark stopped after thinking to this point.
If this guy had come here before them then he can close the dark curtain over there also.
Since a guy who had closed it once could probably do it again.
"You bastard. What are you thinking of."
Lark was a person who could not bear his curiosity.
The reason why he had asked to go in here was because he was curious about the insides of the Calamity Fish.
Lark stopped the attacks of everyone and then asked Hansoo.
But then Hansoo just shrugged his shoulders.
"Why do you need to know that. Come at me."
Lark chuckled at these words.
'Is this guy crazy.'
They were indeed weaker than Kalz Morenn.
But there was a reason why Kalz Morenn had to handle them carefully.
They were weaker than Kalz Morenn but they had 14 people and were equipped with Relics.
They were in a mess because they were running away from spectres but if that guy's level was exactly as he heard from Kalz Morenn then they shouldn't bicker around like this.
Lark erased the smile from his hands and then just charged at Hansoo after enveloping his whole body with skills.
There was no need to drag time in this place,
'Clean him up before the spectres get here and then leave.'
The
Booom!
The Elf Fire made a huge noise as it lit up the surrounding area on fire.
But Lark couldn't laugh after hitting Hansoo.
No, he was actually frightened at something that was clenching onto his wrist very tightly.
Kudududk.
"Uuuk! Uwaaak!"
"Captain!"
The clansmen, who were leisurely jogging towards their captain, heard Lark's scream and then dashed over..
A voice came from within the smoke towards them.
"I'm showing this to you guys first. Because I can't use it at any time… due to a lot of limitations."
A light flashed from within the smoke created by the Elf Fire
..................….
Boooom!
"Die! You bastard!"
Kalz Morenn smashed the spectre knight that was running towards him into bits.
Crack.
Though his right arm had flown off from the spectre knight's attack, he had been able to smash it to bits.
But Kalz Morenn's expression was still very grim.
"Uwaaaa! Goddamnit!"
Kalz Morenn screamed out in despair after seeing the spectres charging at him from all directions.
During the time when he was dealing with the spectre knight, a large amount of the spectre soldiers and captains had surrounded them.
And the other clansmen who had seen Lark and his men run away started to steal glances as they started to run towards that direction too.
'Goddamnit! It's all because I had to deal with a thing like that!'
Wouldn't Kalz Morenn have wanted to get out of here as well.
But the 50 people in front of him, and himself, could not escape.
Since the moment you turn your back to escape the spectre knight's sword would cut you into two.
'Fuck. Anyways. We still killed it!'
Kalz Morenn trampled onto the pieces of the Spectre Knight as if he was venting out his anger on them.
The pieces were squirming as they were slowly gathering back into one.
'Damn. This isn't the time for this.'
Kalz Morenn organized his thoughts.
He had to run away at this moment when the spectre knight couldn't get him.
A sword came into Kalz Morenn's view as he spat on the ground.
The strange looking sword that the spectre knight had been using.
'I should take that.'
"Damnit! Let's get out everyone!"
The thirty of them who had turned into a mess grinded their teeth as they ran.
There was only one thing they wanted at this moment.
'Damnit… I hope the ones who ran run away cleared the road properly.'
They wanted to rip apart the ones who had ran away ahead of them but they also wanted them to have left his place safely.
Since there would be hope for them as well if the others had escaped.
If the other guys had failed then the chances of them dying was also very high.
"Urhup!"
"Clear the road! Keep applying heals!"
The surviving thiry smashed apart the spectres as they struggled intensely.
It seems that Kalz Morenn's battle was so intense to the point that it attracted every spectre around this area.
'Damn. It seems like everyone would just die here no matter how many they have.'
Kalz Morenn was actually curious.
To as if taking control of the Calamity Fish from the inside was possible if they were able to come in like this.
There were a few people who had left behind legendary achievements in the Red Zone.
He had wondered if it would be possible with the power of his and theirs combined but he realized that it was impossible after seeing this.
How could they kill the Calamity Fish if they didn't even know what to do in order to kill it and had to fight this zombie army in the process of doing so.
Kalz Morenn madly poured mana into his sword as he slashed apart the spectre army.
After a while of crazily smashing through the road, the surroundings had cleared up a bit.
Kalz Morenn sighed in relief.
Since he could start to see the dark curtain in the distance.
"Just run a bit more! We can live!"
The people heard Kalz Morenn's shouts as they started to swing the sword in all directions.
But the people who were running could only stop and watch.
Corpses that were spread everywhere.
And the relics that were dropped.
A familiar face was sitting on top of those.
"Kang Hansoo… You bitch."
"It seems like I'm the villain when I appear at a time like this… But what can I do. I gotta do what I've gotta do."
"Pahah."
Kalz Morenn smirked.
It hasn't even been long since this guy had run away from him, did this guy lose all concept of fear?
He had become a mess but the gap between them was not something that could be closed with just that and he had also gained a new weapon.
'Yeah. There's no need for words.'
Kalz Morenn, who was about to rush in after pouring strength onto the sword in his left hand, flinched momentarily.
Hansoo had a slightly different aura from when he had seen him at the lake.
'…Is it because he ate the runes?'
If he killed all the guys ahead and ate their runes then that amount would be monstrous.
But Kalz Morenn shook his head.
'That's not the important part.'
He was blocking their path when the spectres were chasing behind them.
Even if the one standing in front of him wasn't Hansoo but was one of the 7 departed souls who wore a Hansoo mask, he had to kill them anyway so why did he need to think about it.
'Damnit. I've got burnt too hard back then from this guy.'
"Huaaap!"
Kalz Morenn poured in mana into the sword and then swung it at Hansoo.
He then covered his whole body with the
Kudududk.
'Ha. I worried for nothing.'
Kalz Morenn smirked as he saw his sword penetrate that guy's heart.
Though there was a sensation of something getting in the way at the edge of his hand but the sword he had obtained was of such a good quality to the point where it just went right through the thing in the way and stabbed into his heart as if it was tofu.
But Kalz Morenn's thoughts stopped there.
Kudududuk.
Since Hansoo smashed his heart.
"It seems like the scales get penetrated right through. The relic really is well made. Anyways, thanks for the delivery."
"Kuuuuuuhh…"
His consciousness started to quickly fade away after his heart was crushed.
As long as you are human you will die if your heart gets crushed.
No matter how high your runes are or what kind of skills you have.
And because of this Kalz Morenn could not understand.
'…I smashed his heart, how is he alive.'
That guy looked way too fine for having his heart crushed.
No, it actually seemed like that he had shown him his own heart in order to pull him in.
Then he realized what the strange feeling that had gotten in his way was.
He had felt this before.
He had felt this a long time ago, when he was against the Demon race on the central island.
As the sword that was stabbed onto his heart got pulled out, he could see three hearts.
'Racial Metamorphosis… Damnable bastard. Your reinforcement is horrid enough, you also have a bitch like special skill.'
Kalz Morenn's consciousness faded away with that.
Hansoo then looked towards the sun-like marble in the sky.
'Clear everything here before the time is up and then get to the core.'
He then jumped towards the thirty fatigued people.
Chapter 68 – Cataclysm (1)
Reinforcements were basically imitations.
Something that helped a human imitate something stronger than them.
There were reinforcements created from imitating beastmen and there were reinforcement which imitated an intense flame like the Scarlet Jade Orb.
Some were created after imitating a tiger and some were created to imitate lightning.
Of course there were exceptions but most were like that.
Because of this the special skills were basically and due to this the main point of the special skills were set.
Becoming the exact thing that you want to become.
And Hansoo's speciality was related to this.
If he learns a skill then he receives the intentions and experiences of the creator or the user of that skill and assimilates it.
He can understand the skill better than anyone, increase the mastery of the skill quickly and become closer than anyone else to the one who has mastered it before.
And the result in which such specialty and special skill combined to create.
Booom!
"Kuwaaaaak!"
A clansman flew into the distance after getting his whole body crushed by Hansoo's kick.
"Damned bastard! Die!"
Another clansman charged towards Hansoo after covering themselves with skills from head to toe.
'Damned monster!'
They had all been killed by that guy.
'Damnit. When did this get tangled up like this!'
They had thought that they could just watch the newcomers die and take back the relics but for something like this to happen.
Keeerik.
Hansoo's reinforcement had been cut apart but they could not get through the scales.
Tough scales that showed higher defenses than armors.
But the clansmen did not give up.
Since they weren't alone.
Kwaaaaaa!
A clansman who had charged him from behind shoved a greatsword into the location where he had cut apart with his dagger.
Crack.
A crack had appeared on the translucent scales.
And at the same time a rough noise was heard as the greatsword got shoved in towards Hansoo's chest.
Kudududuk.
But only that far.
The greatsword could not smash apart the ribs by the chest.
A clansman who saw this was shocked.
'No way!'
No matter how high a person's resistance is there is still a limit to the durability of human's bones.
But that bone was so hard that the blade of the greatsword could not even leave a scratch on them.
Kudududuk!
Of course there was no need worry further.
The moment the formless sword in Hansoo's hand flew across the air the bodies of the two closest people to Hansoo had been cut in half.
"Kuuuhh…."
The two people made groans as they fell, Hansoo looked at these guys and then looked at his body which was full of injuries.
The injuries were healing at an extremely fast speed.
He looked like a human from the outside but the insides were totally different.
A completely different muscle structure, heart and bones comprised of his body.
Unlike humans who would die from getting hit by a sword, the dragon race had barely no weaknesses and had high health so they survived in much harsher conditions than humans.
And because of this they were stronger by at least a few times even if they had the same amount of runes.
Actually there aren't any races who are weaker than the humans in battle.
And especially for those races who had skills made after them because humans wanted to imitate them.
'But it's still a bit burdensome.'
He knew the moment he learnt it.
That he couldn't use it all day and all night due to the low amount of masteries.
The difference between the Demon Dragon's and a human's body was still too great.
'Time will solve everything I guess.'
Charururuk.
Hansoo, who had glanced at the extremely thin and transparent layer of scales on him, gathered up the runes on the ground and then collected the most useful artifacts out of the ones dropped on the ground.
He would gain the attention of everyone if he were to walk around with these things hanging off his body but he could just hide them with a cape.
'This isn't the time to worry about other people's eyes.'
He could just throw them away if they become nuisances.
For the moment he needed to focus on increasing his battle power.
Since the biggest hurdle has yet to come.
Hansoo threw away the
'My runes are now at… around 35%'
If you think about how people take usually 3 years to raise the runes' level to the next rank, then he had raised all at once to the amount he should have gotten after a year of hunting.
It would be much easier for him to get around from now on.
Kwaruruk.
Hansoo glanced at the spectres charging at him but then looked up towards the core up in the sky.
Hansoo started to quickly run before the spectres arrived on him.
Towards the tallest and closest location to the core which was stacked high with trash and debris.
He needed to charge through while Galadriang was dead and was struggling to get back.
After climbing up the mountain the Core was in his view.
The identity of the Core which was shining like the sun was revealed.
A humongous eye.
The eye, which looked quite small on the way, was bigger than the 2000 man ship.
The eye, which was giving off light in all directions, blinked as it stared at Hansoo.
'I have to finish everything within 30 minutes.'
This was not something he could turn on and off at any moment.
Otherwise he would've used it already.
He had to smash the Core and crush the Heart before his transformation ended.
Hansoo, who had jumped towards the sun-like core, started to raise the tension of his body.
Since the Elvenheims hadn't been killed and turned into spectres because of no reason.
Though there was still a quite a bit of distance there was no problem.
'Footholds will come down.'
Hansoo then stretched the formless blade of his sword and slashed at the sky.
At that moment a change occurred.
From the dark curtain that the eye was attached to, tentacles started to pour out viciously.
Kadudududk.
Tens of thousands of tentacles.
Kudududuk.
The attack Hansoo made had cut off hundreds of tentacles but it couldn't reach the core as it dispersed.
This was the defensive system that protected the insides of the Calamity Fish.
There was nothing that protected the outer parts of the Calamity Fish.
Since it had no predators.
But as the inside is huge, the protection system for the inside was very well built.
The tentacles that swim through the veins of the Calamity Fish will come out from the corners of the body if they deem an invader to be harmful to stop them.
Like a white-blood cell in humans.
If he had gone to the heart using a different direction then he would've still had to deal with these things.
That might be more dangerous for him who had a limit to the time of his transformation.
'Well. This place isn't really safe either.'
Here, the core, one of the main part of the body, there was dozens and hundreds of times more tentacles than in other parts of the body.
And the heart has even more.
'I need to finish it quickly.'
The amount of tentacles that were surroundings his body were much more in numbers than the ones he could see with his eyes.
Though he had about 30 minutes left for his transformation Hansoo calculated that he had about 15 minutes instead.
He had to smash the core and crush the heart within this time period.
If not then he will just get shredded apart by the Tentacles that roam around the veins.
No, he wouldn't really be shredded apart.
He will just become like the spectres below.
He will become a calamity greater than Galadriang and then be reborn as a sturdy shield that will protect the Calamity Fish.
Chwarururuk!
Hansoo spread the Hardening Liquid onto his whole body and then applied them onto his blade.
He then proceeded to swing in all directions.
Chwarururuk.
His body, which had turned like a Demonic Dragon's, endlessly supplied Galadriang's Relic with mana.
His Magic Force spread into hundreds of strands due to the Relic, took a bit of the hardening liquids and then attacked the tentacles.
Kadududuk.
The tentacles screamed and squirmed as they were scratched from the formless blades.
Then they turned like stones as they fell to the ground.
The Hardening Liquid, which was made from the combined efforts of the Alchemists, was like a fatal poison to them.
Though it had been created with the Kukulja extract as the basis but the effect could not even be compared to it.
Hansoo madly slashed his sword as he proceeded forward by stepping onto the tentacles.
Kududuk.
The scales on his whole body got shredded off and his limbs repeated the process of getting broken and healing back.
There were a few occasions where he almost fell down when the tentacles that acted as footholds disappeared but there were simply too many tentacles coming at him.
Hansoo stepped atop the petrified tentacles as he continued to proceed towards the Core.
Chururuk.
After slashing continuously, the giant eye had come close enough to him to the point where it was within his range.
'I've arrived!'
The eye glared at at Hansoo as if it wanted to shred him apart but there was nothing it could do.
Since its only job was to create and maintain this space.
Kwaduduk.
A tentacle which flew in from afar broke through his ribs and then crushed his heart.
Hansoo could see the Eye smile.
But Hansoo also laughed towards the eye.
'Laugh as much as you want.'
Chukunk!
Hansoo, who had cut apart the tentacle which had penetrated through his heart, stepped on top of it as he jumped over.
Then he used all the strength in his body and stabbed the eyeball.
.......................
"You brats! What are you doing! Grab onto the tree!"
Camille Rowe frowned as she looked at the people running around on the ground.
On the waist of the newcomers an extremely tough looking rope was tied onto them.
One of the newcomers who were tying on the rope that were tied onto the trees spoke out in dissatisfaction.
"Damnit! Shouldn't we be finding a ship during this time to run away! Or combine our strengths to get through the Gertas! You told us that you would save us but what is this?"
Everyone nodded at these words.
The giant fish had got close enough to the point where they could see it themselves.
What kind of crazy act was this when such a thing was coming to eat them up.
Camille spoke as she thought of Hansoo.
'He said to just smack them if they didn't listen right.'
This was something she excelled at even if Hansoo hadn't told her about it.
Especially towards the newcomers who didn't realize their situation.
Kwaduk.
"Kuaak!"
"You bastard. I said to leave if you were going to leave right? Why do you keep asking me to clear the road for you?"
"Kuhuwuu…"
The guy who had made strange groaning noises just started to roll on the floor while grabbing ahold of his stomach.
The people glanced at that Camille and then quietly fastened themselves onto the Tree.
The newcomers, who had linked their body onto the thousands of thick woods in the jungle and to each other, looked towards the distant sea with a worried expression.
Actually Camille was worried also.
Since they would all die like this if that guy failed.
At that time something happened.
Guuuuuuunggg!
A scream which was filled with pain resonated throughout the atmosphere.
The people trembled in fear but Camille smiled in joy.
'I don't know what he did but he gave a hit!'
But soon Camille realized why Hansoo had told her to hold onto the tree.
The Calamity Fish, which had a expression of pain, started to throw up things.
Endlessly.
Camille knew what those things were.
Since she had seen them before.
'Those are… the debris within the stomach?'
The huge amount of debris that poured out from its mouth dropped onto the sea as t created a huge tsunami.
Camille shouted widely.
"Hold on!!!"
And then the huge tsunami that was created in the distant sea swept onto the Root they were standing on.
....................
Kyaaaaak!
Black Blood was pouring out of the giant Core.
As the Core got damaged the huge space that was being sustained by the core started to tremble.
At the same time the space shrunk down as the debris within it endlessly started to stab the insides of the Calamity Fish.
Kwaaaaaaaa.
'But this won't kill it.'
Though it was struggling in pain it will start to heal again once it pukes out everything.
The Core required the most amount of energy so it was located nearby the Heart and received blood from the biggest artery in its body.
'Let's end this.'
If he were to go through this then he will reach the Heart.
Hansoo clenched his teeth as he jumped into the large artery which the blood was pouring out from.
Chapter 69 – Cataclysm (2)
Kugugugugugugu.
The sea around the Root was in chaos.
Mikael Christopher, the patriarch of Lighthouse, one of the Six Pillar clans, made an expression of disbelief while looking at this.
"…It's the first time I hear of the Calamity Fish thrashing about in 20 years."
The Tsunami created by the Calamity Fish was sweeping through all directions.
The other adventurers of the Red Zone would be making similar expressions as well.
Since the fact that the thing that made such a thing thrash about did something close to pushing away a hurricane or a tsunami with their hand.
It meant that something affected an existence that humans could not fathom to deal with.
'What the hell happened inside its stomach…'
Christopher looked towards the distant sea with a calm expression.
...............….
Kugugugugu.
The artery trembled crazily.
The poison that was flowing inside the artery was fatal in itself but surprisingly the perfectly balanced body of the Dragon Race withstood the poison while constantly pushing it back out.
Hansoo made exclamations inwardly.
'As I expected.'
Then he thought to himself.
That a Human's body was truly feeble.
The fact that they had survived in the Abyss for 50 years with such a body was almost a miracle.
No, even it it wasn't just physical there were still many other things they lacked in.
If you look at the fertility rate of the the Kakilas then each person had to kill at least ten thousand to fit the numbers and their ability to work together was nothing in comparison to the Repron Race who shared the same experience and feelings with each other.
They might not be at the level of Dragons or Demons but there wasn't a single race weaker than the humans.
'That's why I've gotta do well.'
Hansoo, who had been thinking, clenched his teeth while looking at the tentacles rushing up to him.
He just needed to focus on the tasks of the Red Zone for now.
Kudududuk. Uududududuk.
Hansoo sliced apart the tentacles without stopping and at the same time poured out the hardening liquid in his pouch endlessly.
The Hardening Liquid started to quickly flow out into the torrent-like artery like a small paper boat caught in rapid waters.
Kyaaaaak!
The tentacles which touched the Hardening Liquid screamed as they squirmed their entire body.
The tens of thousands of tentacles which were charging towards him all turned into stones as soon as they touched the blood of the Calamity Fish which contained the Hardening Liquid as they got crushed as they fell on top of other pieces of tentacles and then turned into dust.
Chwaaaaak.
Even during this the tentacles acted as if they couldn't leave the invader alone and constantly stabbed into Hansoo's body.
Kiriririk.
The dragon's scales and bones were madly pummeled by the Tentacles as they started to crack.
"Kuuk!"
Hansoo clenched his teeth at the pain that was pummeling through his entire body.
Then he madly used up the Regeneration Runes he had stolen from the guys earlier.
'Damn… This is the bad part of my abilities going up.'
The Regeneration Runes are something that was set on a human's level so it could not catch up to the increased health of the Demonic Dragon race.
One of the two hearts that had been crushed had regenerated but the heart that was crushed from the tentacle earlier had received a curse and was not regenerating.
But it was better to swing the sword one more time during the time he would complain.
Hansoo ruthlessly swung around the Galadriang's Relic as he cut up the Artery.
Hansoo, who had been rushing down at an extreme speed, caught his balance while clenching his teeth after looking at the distant light.
'I've arrived!'
The fact that there was light meant that he had almost arrived at the
But that light was quickly covered up.
By the huge amount of tentacles which had gathered inside the heart.
'Damned bastard. How does he not get a heart attack by having things like this in his arteries.'
The size of the heart befit the size of the Calamity Fish as it was big as a couple sports stadiums combined.
And hundreds of thousands of Tentacles were squirming around in this wide space.
The heart had prepared for the worst during the time the Core was getting attacked.
'Damn. There's more than I expected.'
He was scared for a moment.
To the point where he thought of retreating for a moment.
The tentacles gathered were showing off an oppressive aura.
But Hansoo clenched down onto his teeth.
'Bullshit!'
Once he retreats then he will have to continue to retreat.
If he were to get scared and retreat to prepare himself again then he will have to continue to go backwards.
The few days he had spent preparing for this was regrettable already.
When would he climb up if he were to retreat here.
Every second was precious and the faster he moved, the higher the chances of winning as well as enabling him to save more people.
'Let's go.'
The tentacles started to rush up to Hansoo who was getting pushed towards them from the blood.
It was like hundreds of thousands of herrings charging to catch one measly anchovy.
Hansoo looked at these things and then opened up the pouch by his waist to the full.
This wasn't the time to save things.
There wouldn't even be a chance to use this if he failed here.
Soon the Hardening Liquid that he had prepared resonated with the earthquake-like beat of the heart as it spread out quickly.
Kyaaaak!
The tentacles quickly started to turn into stone.
The tentacles turned into stone after touching the larger amount of Hardening Liquid in comparison to the amount before and broke apart.
And Hansoo constantly searched for the direction where the Light was coming from during this time.
'Divine… Divine Stone Fragment!'
A power plant which supplied all the energy throughout it's whole body.
Logically speaking, how could such a large organism maintain its body by consuming things.
This thing didn't even digest the things it ate.
It just stored them within the stomach that was maintained by the Core.
This thing wasn't born to eat something and use the thing it ate.
It was a creature born to just devour everything.
And the power plant which allowed such an abnormal organism to keep living.
The thing which acted as the foundation of the World Tree but had now broken into numerous fragments, hid within a part of the Five Calamities and acted as the origin of the energy which allowed them to live on.
Something could be seen giving off light in the center of the Heart.
The thing which was lighting up the entire heart despite being covered up by tens of thousands of ligaments, tubes and mucus.
'Found it!'
The Divine Stone Fragment was within that thing.
Hansoo withstood the attacks of the tentacles as he charged towards the strange cocoon that shrouded the Divine Stone.
Kwadududk.
Then he madly started to rip apart tens of meters of cocoon which held the Divine Stone within.
'This damned parasite!'
The Divine Stone was not something that was created to supply these guys with energy.
But they were draining that energy and using it to eat up the World Tree.
The Ligaments and Mucus were so tough and sticky to the point that the Galadriang's Relic, which could cut anything, had to cut multiple times in order for him to proceed forward.
Hansoo's remaining two hearts madly pumped blood into his whole body.
If the powers of his Magic Force had not multiplied a few times from his transformation into a Demonic Dragoneer or the tentacles had not been swept up by the Hardening Liquid then his whole body would've been crushed apart.
But even then Hansoo's whole body was getting crushed bit by bit from the tentacles stabbing his whole body.
Kudududuk.
At that moment one of the hearts, which Hansoo had painstakingly regenerated, got smashed.
'Kwaaaak!'
The amount of remaining hearts were now one.
Hansoo felt strength draining out of his whole body but then smashed apart the Cocoon crazily while clenching his teeth and dodging as many attacks as possible.
'Bastards. Let's see if you can still fight after your battery runs out!'
The Core, tentacles and the Calamity Fish all moved around with the energy from the Divine Stone as their basis.
The Divine Stone was that mighty.
On the other hand, these guys cannot continue to maintain this humongous body once the Divine Stone was pulled out.
About the moment when his left arm was destroyed to the point where it couldn't act as a limb anymore, the Cocoon Hansoo was slashing at made shredding noises as it ripped apart.
Soon a light that looked like small sun stabbed down onto Hansoo's body.
'Kwuuuu…'
As the Cocoon got destroyed and lost its usage, all the energy from the Divine Stone didn't get absorbed onto the Calamity Fish and instead burned Hansoo's entire body.
Hansoo focused all of the magic force within his body onto defense and then ruthlessly smashed down onto the ligaments of the cocoon surrounding the Divine Stone.
Once. Twice.
As he continued to smash down onto the Cocoon, the ligaments started to get cut apart one by one.
Tiing!
And suddenly.
The Divine Stone fell out from the Cocoon and then started to quickly sink onto the torrent of the heart.
'Nope!'
Hansoo quickly tied the Divine Stone, which was the size of his head, with the Cocoons Mucus that he had cut off.
After covering it up until it was the size of his whole body the light started to fade.
'It might even be due to the fact that the Calamity Fish's stimulation which was applied to draw out the power disappeared…'
Anyways, Hansoo quickly stored the Divine Stone into his pouch.
Though the Divine Stone was indeed a stone, it was still something that the Elvenheims had created.
It seemed like it could be stored within the pouch.
The moment Hansoo pulled out the Divine Stone, the beat of the giant heart slowed down noticeably.
Kuuuuuunggg.
At the same time the tentacles slowed down considerably.
Since they couldn't handle the huge amount of work after the Divine Stone, which supplied them with energy like a sun, disappeared.
But as if the remaining ones were trying to pour out the remaining bits of their rage, they squeezed out all of their remaining strength as they started to stab down onto Hansoo.
Pupupupul.
'Kuhuk!.'
Hansoo groaned out loudly from the attacks which smashed onto his whole body.
The attacks had become much more fierce since the Hardening Liquid had dispersed quite a bit.
But he could not leave yet.
His goal was the Calamity Fish.
But at the same time killing the other ones.
He had killed the Calamity Fish but there was something he needed to get for the guys after.
'Calamity Fish's offspring!'
Though the Calamity Fish was a fish in name, it was closer to a mammal like a whale.
And surprisingly the offspring was placed in the heart to mature.
It would complete its maturing in the heart where there were plenty of energy from the Divine Stone.
'Where is it!'
Hansoo was getting hit all over his body and cut up the tentacles as he searched for the offsprings.
And soon he was able to find it.
The offspring of the Calamity Fish which tried to run away somewhere by the arteries of the heart.
Though it was a baby, it was so huge that it was larger than whales.
'Where are you going. You need to give me your heart.'
Hansoo madly swam as he chased it.
It would be impossible to beat an aquatic creature within the blood but that thing's speed had slowed down quite a bit as if it had taken a gulp of the Hardening Liquid.
Hansoo rushed up to it and then stabbed his sword onto the back.
The offspring thrashed back and forth as it started to smash its body onto the walls of the artery.
'Kuuuuuk!'
It's size was a lethal weapon.
Hansoo spat out groans as he got crushed between the offspring and the artery wall.
But his hands and sword continuously slashed apart its body.
At the same time the tentacles which had followed them squeezed out the last bits of their strengths as they smashed Hansoo.
Hansoo clenched onto his teeth and then continued to reach deeper into the body of the offspring.
Kuuuuuung!
The Calamity Fish's offspring made a cry of despair but it could not do anything against an invader within its own body.
Hansoo shoved his way into its body and then started to cut up the heart.
To be precise, the most important seed of the heart.
Even if it was just a seed it was still as big as his head.
Hansoo cut it up and then breathed out heavily.
He had forgotten to breathe because he was fighting so hard.
'It's done!'
Since he had acquired the most important material to create the poison with, it was now time to escape.
Hansoo stored the heart he had cut up and then started to madly swim.
But at that time an attack flew up and then smashed Hansoo's one remaining heart.
Puuuuk!
Hansoo couldn't even scream out and instead exhaled roughly.
When he turned around he could see a few strands of tentacles turning stiff like a rock.
A final attack squeezed out from last bits of its strength after getting its energy supply cut off.
The curse had been lifted since the Calamity Fish had died so the hearts started to regenerate but all three of his hearts were currently injured to the point where they could not function properly.
'Damnit… It needs to heal enough before my transformation ends.'
Hansoo gazed at the half smashed heart that was barely working as he started to slowly lose consciousness while clenching his teeth.
Soon Hansoo's body swept down on the rapid torrents as he quickly disappeared into a corner of the Calamity Fish.
Chapter 70 – Cataclysm (3)
"Hey. Hey."
Smack smack.
"Kuuuuuu…."
Hansoo clutched his head and then got up after feeling somebody slapping his cheeks.
It felt like his whole body was getting smashed apart.
His transformation had long disappeared.
'But it seems like I regenerated quite a bit since I'm alive.'
Hansoo quickly regained his senses as he checked the person urgently calling for him
'Is it an ally? Or is it Camille?'
Though he didn't know who it was but it didn't seem like he was being restrained or was trapped somewhere.
'Were they just looking over me the whole time?'
Since it seemed like they left his unconscious body alone it seemed like they didn't have enmity.
But Hansoo's expression quickly turned fearsome as he verified the thing which was slapping his cheeks.
The fairy smiled while looking at Hansoo.
"Eyy. Why are you doing that with our relationship. Heehee."
"…What made you to come out all the way out to the Red Zone?"
The fairy smiled brightly.
"We really usually don't come out but… this isn't some everyday event right?"
The fairy then looked at the surroundings.
The huge Calamity Fish which had turned into a corpse under Hansoo's hands.
The fairy spoke with an expression of admiration.
"Well you know very well. That we make sure to give rewards. But we didn't really think that somebody could kill this so we don't have any runes or artifacts… we don't really have anything prepared."
"…"
"But then it'll be too sad for our precious friend who struggled this hard right? So we came to give you a small gift."
Then the fairy looked at Hansoo as it smiled in glee.
Hansoo looked at the Fairy as he spoke.
"Strange. It wouldn't really be fun for you guys if I were to get stronger."
The fairy clapped at those words.
"So we pondered for quite a while! As to how mister Hansoo would struggle more and fight more desperately. Then we came into a conclusion."
"What is it?"
The fairy smiled as it spoke.
"Do you want to receive them one by one? Or do you want to receive them all at once?"
"…?"
Then the Fairy pulled out one of the skills it had brought along.
Hansoo's eyes trembled after seeing this.
'Solo Numbering'
Solo Numbering skill number 8.
It was different depending on the mastery of the skill but it was an extremely fearsome skill which allowed one to raise the ones who they had killed into spectres and allowed the usage of the special skill,
An amazing skill which fit the title of Solo Numbering.
He then realized what the fairy meant when it asked him about receiving them one by one or all at once.
"If you want to receive the reward for killing the Calamity Fish then I'll give this to you right now. And everytime you kill one more then I'll give you a skill at a similar level as this."
"…"
"But on the other hand, if you deny this now and fail to kill even one of them then you won't get anything. It'll be harder too. But if you were to kill them all…. Then you know right? That we calculate the reward according to the struggle perfectly right?"
Hansoo knew what it was implying.
And it probably knew also.
As to what his answer was.
"I'll see you later."
"As I expected, I like you because you don't disappoint us Heehee. Be strong!"
Hansoo shook his head as he looked at the disappearing fairy.
Though it seems like he had made his decision on a whim he actually thought about it a lot.
Since the upcoming road he would need to take would be very harsh.
If everything rolls out according to his plan and stronger and more influential people learn of the knowledge he knew as the future information slowly got released, the invasion of the Abyss will hasten as well.
His path was basically a fight against time during which the chances of the invasion of the Abyss being faster than the 5 years of the past was likely.
Whether the invasion of the Abyss is faster.
Or him getting from the Red Zone to the Violet Zone and waiting for the invasion after finishing his preparation.
The previous choice would put him at a disadvantage and his plans had been set for the latter choice anyways.
Doing well until the Indigo Zone but not being able to finish the preparations on the Violet Zone due to the invasion being faster than expectations… This was not succeeding.
It was just failure.
The amount of time given was a bit too tight for him to proceed safely and prepare perfectly.
If you exclude unexpected events then it meant you needed to reduce as much outside influences and run as fast as possible.
Kangtae's words suddenly rose up in his head.
Anyways, since this is the situation, every skill like that would give Hansoo a great amount of strength.
But Hansoo chose the latter choice.
Since he wasn't finished after just clearing the Red Zone.
It would be harder on him during the Red Zone but if he succeeds then the reward would be tremendous.
He would have much more freedom in the Orange Zone.
'They didn't even have rewards for the Calamity Fish in the plan of the Red Zone anyways.'
No one had killed the Calamity Fish before.
How could he just plan with a notion of
One always needed to take account of the worst case scenario when making plans.
'It's all done then.'
Hansoo got rid of the thoughts of the fairy from his head and then checked his body status.
He didn't know how long it had been since he fainted.
He needed to check his current situation quickly and then move out.
'Please… Please be here.'
Hansoo started to check his belongings.
Other things were ok but he could not lose 2 things.
The Divine Stone Fragment was important but the Relic which acted as the
'Hoo. You did good. My unconscious self.'
After opening his pouch he could see the Divine Stone firmly encased within the cocoon and the heart which he had pulled out from the offspring of the Calamity Fish was there as well.
And he was firmly holding onto the Galadriang's Relic with his hand.
It seems his energy lasted even while he was unconscious.
His heart was fully recovered as well.
'This is good enough.'
Hansoo sighed in relief and then gazed at the Divine Stone Fragment.
A fragment which was letting off a blinding white light.
Though it was pretty calm now, it would start to pour out a frightful amount of energy once it gets stimulated.
Like it had been inside the Calamity Fish.
'My overall power level has gotten quite better also.'
Hansoo, who had been staring at the amount of runes that had risen and the Galadriang's Relic, made a just-in-case like expression as he opened the pouch again.
'Since I don't know what will happen.'
Hansoo then very carefully started to scratch the Divine Stone Fragment.
Though it was extremely hard, the fact that it was a fragment meant that it was a piece which had been broken off already.
When Hansoo carefully stimulated the cracks in various parts of the Divine Stone Fragment, a small piece dropped off.
An extremely small piece, a fragment which wasn't even the size of one grain of rice.
It was extremely small in comparison to the head-sized Divine Stone Fragment but Hansoo carefully picked it off, covered it with the cocoon and put it back into the pouch.
'I don't want to use it but… I should prepare it for emergencies.'
Hansoo created a few more and then thought of the next stage.
'The next guy should be
The reason why their territories were set was because they didn't have a good relationship with each other.
There was one World Tree they wanted to eat but many had jumped onto it.
Since the Calamity Fish has died, the
'I need to collect many more Gehwche seeds before the Root starts moving.'
This time, tens of thousands would not be enough.
He basically needed to gather hundreds of thousands of them.
'I'll go to the Gehwche Colony. I hope no more than 3 days have passed.'
But from the fully recovered heart, it seems like quite a long time had passed.
Hansoo quickly ran outside.
....................
In the location a bit off from the Root where it was originally a sea.
Now it had become land from the corpse of the Calamity Fish and the debris it had thrown up and many people were roaming around in his place while digging around the debris.
"Find it quickly!"
"This is our side! Lighthouse is that side! Why are you coming all the way here after negotiating it!"
"Uwahahaha! I found it! This is amazing!"
Oooooong.
The people who had divided up the areas and were now searching for the Relics of the spectres, who had now turned into dust, found them and then swung them in air with a content expression.
Of course there were people who had gears better than the Relics.
But a Relic which allowed for various different attacks and had an edge on every part of the weapon would be of great help.
There was nothing much to say about the people who had worse weapons than the relics.
And because of this the high-ranking clansmen of the Six Great Pillars, The Twelve Root were madly searching around his giant trash island.
Part of them searched the inside of the Calamity Fish and part of them searched outside the corpse endlessly.
But Michael Christopher, the patriarch of Lighthouse, made a dissatisfied expression.
"How is there no reward for catching this humongous thing?"
Liu Hong, who was the newly appointed captain of the shock troopers, nodded at those words.
"I don't know why but it didn't spit out any runes. And it seemed like there were two extremely important looking areas but one had been crushed already and someone had already taken something out from the part that looked like the heart."
"Hmm…"
'Tsk. There's no way to know what happened inside either.'
There weren't any messages or Blue Carrier Pigeons.
He had searched around just in case something was blocked off or hidden but there was a limited amount of intel he could acquire from the already dead Calamity Fish.
Liu Hong spoke towards Christopher.
"Anyways, everyone's nerves are getting on edge more and more. It has been quite a while since they had all gathered in one place like this so…"
"Damn."
There was quite a large amount of Relics.
But the just because there was a large amount of Relics did not mean that they would all get them equally.
And due to this the clansmen were edgier and edgier.
"Any other reports?"
"One of the Seven Departed Souls is heading this way."
"…Didn't they die yet? I thought that they all died around the Branch since they weren't seen for quite a while."
Michael Christopher frowned.
Even he, who did not fear anything, could only feel pressured by these guys.
Christopher frowned as he spoke.
"Tell them to prevent as many collisions as possible. Since it's dangerous."
"Yes."
He didn't know how the power struggle was going to play out from this incident.
He needed to maintain as much of his forces as possible during this period when everyone was edgy.
Losing Kalz Morenn was a huge loss already.
He could not lose any more than this.
'Anyways where is that guy?'
Kalz Morenn had reported to him before he went in.
That there was a dumbass going in with the Calamity Fish as the target.
But he knew now.
That guy was not a dumbass.
The giant corpse of the Calamity Fish in the distance proved this.
Rumors about this guy will spread across all of the Red Zone.
'I hope I can find him.'
But Christopher didn't have many expectations.
They hadn't finished their search in the Calamity Fish because it was so big but it had already been 3 days since the Calamity Fish died.
The fact that the guy had not appeared yet meant that he had died.
Even if he was alive, why would he stay in a place like this.
At that time, when he wasn't really expecting anything more, one of his underlings shouted out.
"They say they've found him!"
"Huh? He's still here after three days?"
Christopher made a happy smile.
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Dududududu.
A deep part of the World Tree Root.
Something that was huge and had the shape of a Root, and was sucking onto the toxins rising up towards the Trunk through the Interior, stopped suddenly.
<…>
It should be able to feel the vibrations made from the bastard who lives in the sea as it chews onto the World Tree roots.
Since there was no way to not know about the vibrations that occur when it starts eating.
But even after a long period of time the vibrations were not happening
<…>
The Root-shaped creature started to get curious.
There was no need to suck on the toxins of the World Tree if that thing didn't exist.
Since it could just go directly to the sea and suck it out.
Soon the Root, or even Snake-like, looking creature opened its huge mouth, let go of the World Tree Root it was biting into and then started to dig down into the ground.
Towards the toxic sea which was the territory of his rival.
Chapter 71 – Incursion (1)
"What shall we do? If we move with haste then there is a possibility to create friction with other clans."
Michael pondered at the words of Liu Hong, the captain of the shock troopers.
It had already been 4 years since he had come into the Otherworld.
He had gone through a lot in the Otherworld.
He had trampled on those who tried to kill him and used the people who would benefit him no matter how.
He didn't know whether his actions were correct or wrong but after a while of doing similar actions, he had felt that he could get some form of sensation.
Whether he needed a person or not.
Whether a person was somebody he could approach or not.
A sensation came to him.
'I think that if I get rid of the poison then there will be some very sweet meat.'
He won't be easy.
Like how a pufferfish becomes an extremely tasteful material once one gets rid of the toxins, Kang Hansoo will puke out a lot of things like how a strong monster dropped a lot of things.
"Get him. I'm also curious as to what he gained inside there too."
Liu Hong nodded at those words.
That guy had pulled something out from the Heart.
That was likely the reward for killing the Calamity Fish.
No, even without that. That guy was the sole survivor that knew of its insides.
He was somebody they needed to catch due to many different reasons.
"Catch him before you clash with the other Clans."
Liu Hong stopped while sending out the Blue Carrier Pigeons in all directions and the spoke while laughing.
"It's not likely that we won't be able to catch him before he gets to a different clan's territory."
They had come down with 5 teams of shock troopers consisting of 12 people each and 10 search teams of 20 people each since it was quite an important event for them.
They couldn't take a lot of people in order to maintain the power up above on the Pillar but other clans were like that too.
One single search team could destroy most normal people.
And one of those search teams had tailed Hansoo and others were quickly heading towards the location where the Blue Carrier Pigeons pointed them to.
'What could have changed in a week.'
They had said that he was quite strong for a newcomer.
Since he was strong enough to beat back Kalz Morenn.
But they didn't believe that they won't be able to catch him.
Though that guy had killed the Calamity Fish, if such a thing could be killed with strength then that guy wouldn't have run away from Kalz Morenn in the first place.
Even if that guy had gained something amazing not much would change.
'I should still go.'
Liu Hong quickly moved as he sent the Blue Carrier Pigeons towards the leaders of the shock trooper teams and search teams.
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Boom!
'Hu-uk!'
Kugan, a member of one of the search teams who were following him, grinded his teeth and backed off as he felt his defense skill get chopped off.
'Goddamnit.'
Though they were just a part of the search team, they were still clansmen of Lighthouse.
They could fight somebody from the shock troopers of the Twelve Roots one on one.
They had equipped themselves with survival-related skills since there were a lot of dangerous situations.
But every time that crazy sword cut through the air, their skills were getting smashed apart despite being tens of meters away.
"Goddamit! Close the surrounding net!"
And the moment you got scratched by that guy's sword your blood would pour out.
The search area for Hecate, an enemy clan, was around here.
And they couldn't leave behind the injured in such a place.
Because they had to take the injured with them the speed at which they were closing the net was slowing down.
And what hurt his pride even more was the fact that the guy over there wasn't running away despite knowing that he was being chased.
'That bastard, is he looking down us?'
That guy was constantly disappearing and appearing around the Kukulja lake even whilst swinging his sword.
'Let's see how long you can run for.'
The Blue Carrier Pigeons should arrive by now.
Which meant that everyone will gather towards here.
Once more search teams get here and the shock troopers get here then it'll be the end for this guy no matter how talented he was.
Hansoo, who had been running around the Kukulja lake and collecting the Gehwche seeds, clicked his tongue at the guys charging towards him.
'Annoying pests.'
An information which Hansoo had acquired on the way out.
'For 3 days to have passed.'
He needed to collect Gehwche seeds in order to go into the
There were tens of thousands of lily flowers which had the Gehwche seeds floating around the top of the lake next to him but it was very difficult due to the guys behind him sticking by so closely.
Hansoo shook his head after watching the guys chasing him from behind.
'There's no time to collect them all. If you like me so much then… I should fulfill your wishes.'
Hansoo stopped running around the Kukulja lake and pulled something out from his pouch.
The heart of the offspring of the Calamity Fish which he had acquired before.
And the core part of it, the Seed.
Because even the heart of the baby Calamity Fish was so big, the core part was still the size of his head after cutting it out.
Hansoo cut out a palm sized piece from that thing.
He then shook off the people pursuing him a little bit then started to madly run around the Lake and collected materials.
'Arumkal's Scent Sac… I collected Essence of Aron just now I need Gon's Horn.'
'Awaking after 3 days of being unconscious is an emergency.'
Hansoo swung his sword backwards a few times and then quickly started to head towards the Gon's Habitat near the lake.
Kwaaaaaaaaa!
At that moment something popped out from the ground and attacked Hansoo.
The Gon, which had the shape of a lizard with three horns, suddenly popped out from the ground and then tried to bite Hansoo with its giant jaw.
Though it had a slow movement speed, it moved under the ground and then ambushed somebody above the ground with lightning speed and crunched them with their jaw.
Hansoo flinched after seeing the Gon that had popped out.
'…Three?'
The End Root here was not a place where a Three Horned Gon came out on.
It was at most Two Horned.
Three Horned was a much bigger version that came out much farther above the Middle Root.
And because of this, Hansoo knew immediately.
'It's almost here.'
The fact that something that should've been above is down here meant that the Devouring and Vomiting Root was steadily heading towards their direction.
Hansoo ondensed formless sword that he had elongated earlier and then stabbed it between its jaw and the cervical where it wasn't covered with bones.
Kwaduduk.
The formless sword which had gone in between the gap spread out inside the neck and then cut off all the blood flow and nerves.
Kuduk.
Hansoo, who had turned it powerless in an instant, cut of it's horns and then frowned slightly.
'If it's a Three Horned one then the effect might be a bit stronger than I expected…'
But this wasn't the time to worry about such things.
Hansoo crushed the piece of Calamity Fish offspring's heart, turned it into paste and then quickly mixed on the newly attained Gon's Horn and other materials.
The mixture in Hansoo's hands quickly turned black as time passed by.
But unlike its color, it started to pour out a very pleasing scent in all directions.
And Hansoo, who was smelling this strong scent, quickly threw it into the pool.
The moment the mixture in Hansoo's dropped down into the waters, it disappeared very quickly.
At that time something flew towards his head at an extreme speed.
'
Hansoo frowned at the sword that was slashing down towards him from the skies and then slashed his own sword as he split the translucent sword in the sky in two.
Kudududuk.
At the same time Hansoo jumped into the Gehwche Habitat near the Kukulja lake.
Hansoo, who had been standing around tens of thousands of lily-like flowers, spoke towards the people coming down one by one.
"Why are you chasing me so hard. We won't see each other in the future anyway."
Somebody else answered this question.
"That's not something you decide. I have a lot of questions."
Michael, who had arrived along with Liu Hong as his guard, laughed as he looked at Hansoo in the distance.
There really wasn't a need to come but he had come all the way here because he was curious.
'If you killed the Calamity Fish then that's enough to make me come see you.'
There wasn't just one or two things he was curious about.
How he had killed the Calamity Fish.
How he had survived the insides of the Calamity Fish.
What he had obtained after killing that giant thing.
And most importantly.
If you could kill the other Four Calamities or even know their fatal weaknesses then the Red Zone's governing style will change completely.
'It's also not bad to engrave my name before I go up.'
Michael laughed as he finished his thoughts.
"Why are you trying to do something that hard by yourself. It'll be so much easier if we help you. You can kill the others ones right too?"
Of course the killer of the thing would change if he were to act together with Hansoo and the reward ratio will be slightly, or even largely, changed but it would be a win-win for both.
Good for him and good for that guy.
'He will say there is.'
Because there wouldn't be a need to keep him alive otherwise.
Rumors had been spread already.
That Lighthouse had received a large amount of damage from one newcomer like a bunch of retards.
Of course members of other clans had followed in too but the single fact that Kalz Morenn lead them was a disgrace on its own.
If that guy didn't know how to deal with the other Calamities then it would be much better to just take the thing that guy obtained from inside the Calamity Fish and then kill him.
At that time a very faint vibration could be felt from beneath the earth.
Kududududu
"…?"
'Did the structure of the Root get weaker from the tsunami that the Calamity Fish made?'
If not then there wouldn't be such a thing like an earthquake occurring around this location.
While the people were making confused expressions and tried to activated their Searching Skills, Hansoo answered Michael's question.
"Of course I can kill the other ones."
"!"
"I was just about to go there. Since you're going to help me I thank you. Let's go together then."
Booooom!
At that moment the surface broke apart something rose up above the surface of the Kukulja Lake.
A gigantic root that looked like a tree root from one glance but was moving in a way that a plant could not.
The tens of split up mouths on the end of the root along with thousands of teeth that were the size of a man constantly opened and closed as they ate up the toxic waters.
Michael frowned intensely after seeing this.
"…Devil's Mouth? Why is this here?"
It was a thing located within the deepest parts of the dungeon within the World Tree Root.
The thing that was estimated to be part of the
Actually, nobody knew what the
Since there wasn't a single story of somebody surviving after entering that mouth.
The skin of that crappy looking root was so tough that nobody had been able to damage it so far.
Since nobody had been able to see its true body, one of the Four Calamities was better known as
But it was usually quietly sucking the World Tree's toxic waters, why did it come all the way out here.
And he had never heard of that thing thrashing about madly like that.
"Uwaaaak!"
"Uaak! Go up and dodge it!"
"Damnit! How do you want me to dodge this!"
The mouth of the root that was extended from the ground was tens of meters in diameter alone.
Multiple tens of these were rising up from below.
Michael quickly sent messages to the Search Teams that he had previously ordered to search other locations.
Then he frowned intensely.
'Damnit. Other places aren't like this, why is it like this here!'
The root that popped out was drinking onto the toxic waters of the Kukulja lake as if it was thirsty and the waters of the giant Kukulja Lake was disappearing at a rapid pace as if a stopper below the bathtub had been removed.
But the problem was that the surrounding terrain was getting destroyed and they were getting sucked into the mouth at a rapid pace.
How could they dodge properly when the ground beneath them was falling apart.
Hundreds of clansmen who had come around here were getting sucked into the mouth below.
Hansoo laughed coldly as he saw this.
'It arrived earlier than I expected. Good.'
The Root and the Mouth which had rushed in after getting lured from the scent of the Calamity Fish's offspring was drinking up the Toxic Waters while the large amount of Gehwches and their seeds were getting carried along in there with the water.
Though everything had proceeded according to his plan but it was more dangerous because of this.
Hansoo tensed up his whole body.
A thing that steals the Toxic Waters that flows through the Interior of the World Tree Root.
Since it drinks up the Toxic Waters of the World Tree, which acts as a purifier and turns the Toxic waters into Nutritional Fluid, that alone makes the amount of Nutritional Fluid dry up.
But the reason why that thing was called a Calamity was not just because that mouth acted us a tool for sucking in the toxic waters.
It was a thing that puked out all the beasts that were born from the
It was dual structure root.
Unlike the
And he had to go in because of this.
So he could get to the Main Body.
'Let's go.'
Hansoo breathed in and out deeply as he saw the beasts popping out from within the mouth, clenched his teeth and then jumped downwards.