(Chapter 9)

"Ohh... That's bigger than the usual..." Shyrveen stated after calculating the size of the Queen Ant on the screen.

That shocked and confused the two men. "What to do you mean!?" Which made Go Gun-Hee more nervous after having a bad premonition from what Shyrven blurted out.

"Ant is normally smaller than the Beetle." Shyrveen simply said without breaking his eyes to the screen.

"!!! Then!"

"Yes, this time it's much more worst than the S-Rank Dungeon Break that I survived in."

"Not that! What I mean is about this 'Genius' you're talking about!"

"Oh, actually, it's the same for it too." Shyrveen added without changing within his voice.

Go Gun-Hee wants to punch this young man for still using the voice like he doesn't care. "That!!!... Then you're saying that the 'Genius' you had bonding with, was much weaker!?" But decided not to do it. "You're kidding us."

"Am I?" Shyrveen raised an eyebrow for the chairman and take off his upper clothes to show them that his bare chest and back are not only tanned but full of scratches, wounds and scars that already healed, but reversing the state of the original skin and scarred skin. Making the original skin to be like the scars now on the surface of the scarred skins instead of vice versa.

Then he said softly, slowly, but loudly enough for them to sink his words by words. "What would you do, if you're in my shoe back then, when you can feel their stares at you, as a food and been playing on you for a while?... Playing hide and seek... Once caught, will be injured slowly, and will be freed again... Just for the sake of having fun to hunt their prey?... But why?... Because?... The place is already their territory and lack of 'food' which is human... It's my luck that I was treated as a prize for their 'Genius' as its personal meal. But that's not the case for other people with me. Then what about you? What will you do if you're in my shoe, Seonsaengnim?..."

Go Gun-Hee almost puke out after some images of his imagining that have been stimuli by Shyrveen were presented on his mind while staring at that unbelievable body but hold himself up to gulp down back the vomit and heard Shyrveen saying while staring at the screen again.

"And yeah, the S-Rank Dungeon Break that I survived in was finished in the second time raid after they used my opinion in the end, that I already said after they saved me for the sixth time in A-Rank Dungeon Break but I wasn't taken seriously. And so, I was tortured by that 'Genius' for more than two months after it was born before I was rescued for the seventh time." Shyrveen explained while putting on the clothes again.

Go Gun-Hee decided to believe in this young man now and after realizing why his voice is lack of emotional thing and asked. "... How come you're still sane and alive?... And don't you feel any pain now?". 'Does seeing humans killed in a way of like a food in his sight while being tortured, killed his emotions?'

But that's only for Go Gun-Hee's perspective since there's a different reason why Shyrveen was like that.

"No, there's no pain now anymore, only leaving me these outer scars... Those monsters have properties of fast regeneration, and more so potent for this 'Genius' even above its queen. It used that property on me while eating me inside out then will wait for two days to completely restore myself before releasing me to play hide and seek with him and it's up to it for when it will eat me again, which became our routine of having bonding time with each other.

And when I said fast regeneration, blood, internal organs, bones, anything inside me are restoring in a fast manner but unfortunately, that 'Genius' doesn't have a numbing property or liquid and so I was forced to endure the pain. I have the scars now because that healing liquid wasn't enough after the 'Genius' was killed.

I repeatedly told the Hunters that time to put me beside the 'Genius' corpse instead of killing me to ease my pain, from my torture after they saw my grotesque situation. But they did what I told them even though it's out of their mind for what I want to do, after all, it's a very crazy thing to do. And that was to eat and drink the gland where the healing liquid came from or stored, which they didn't know what and why I'm doing that, but I do, more than anyone else. And fortunately, it was enough to put my body back to its full function again, except for my upper skin, that's why I have this appearance now.".

And added to his mind as he thought. 'And that's the reason why I'm so confused about that woman to have that kind stare while seeing me in my semi-nude... It's understandable if she saw my face within my disguise but seeing this body...'

Go Gun-Hee listened to outrageous things, it's so unbelievable that it can only be included in the fairy tales and it's his first time hearing such a thing, so it's very hard for him to take it and to make this thing sink in his mind even he already decided to believe at him earlier. 'This... Then this young man is a living legend after experiencing such a thing!... And surviving while still sane!'. But calmed down and asked for his opinion. "Then what do you think about this situation and this 'Genius' now?"

"Seonsaengnim... If I was the one planning to conquer that island. Instead of using the S-Hunter from Japan to use their magical presence to disturbed that nest. Better use those ammunitions first from those battleships. I didn't mean to bombard them by nukes, missiles will be fine to reduce their numbers and only the elites of those ants will be left to be dealt with by the Hunters. And it's a form of reducing the enemy numbers without spending a single energy before the main battle starts. After all, no matter how fast the Queen Ant reproduce, it will still take time to hatch those eggs. And that's what you called mental and physical pressure to reduce the Queen's stamina which is faster than now. But that only for my perspective and my opinion."

"... Did you used this against the seventh Dungeon Break?" Go Gun-Hee asked with doubts after hearing this.

Shyrveen nodded. "Yeah, because those monsters were laying eggs too, which was fortunate instead of the mammal type monsters. What do you think, Seonsaengnim."

"Even though we want to use that, the majority of the authorities will deny and reject that thinking with those who were living there once too." Go Gun-Hee shakes his head as he said.

"Yes, I'm sorry but I don't like that kind of thinking too, Hunter-nim." Seconded by the secretary while clenching his fist and wants to fight Shyrveen here and there now after hearing his opinion. "Just thinking bombarding the island that already a homeland of the people is, and my birthplace...". 'Isn't that like what Americans do!?'

"That's why I used 'If' word, Seonsaengnims. I'm sorry if I'm offending you both too much." Shyrveen looks at them and bows and continued.

"... And about this 'Genius', I told you it's much worst... But ant is an ant no matter what happens... Add that what we're seeing now..."

On the screen, S-Rank Hunters can be seen that they're overwhelming the ants. Killing the Royal Guards down to zero and hurting the Queen to the extent.

Shyrveen is watching with seriousness while thinking something. "... Hmmm? That exoskeleton of the queen shouldn't be that soft... Maybe..."

Then they heard the last scream of that Queen Ant.

For Go Gun-Hee and the secretary, the scream was sounded like the Queen Ant's death throes.

But for Shyrveen, it was a call for the time to come and said. "Instead of playing with the Hunters there, that 'Genius' will kill them instantly with no remorse now after it arrived. I told you 'Genius' had a complex mind like ours, it will seek vengeance and avenge its queen. But I think it still lacks of emotions not like us, humans, so I can bet that it will do the killing based on wanting to get stronger instead of doing the avenging thing..."

"Huh!?" Go Gun-Hee snaps his neck from Shyrveen to the screen and heard the shout of Master Ma.

"What was that!?"

Then they saw Cha Hae-In finished off the Queen Ant by severing its head from its body. "It's over... right?"

"Uh oh. It's not. It's coming now." Shyrveen answered Cha Hae-In but didn't elaborate any more than that since she can't hear him in the first place and thought. 'It will come while asking for this 'King' again, I bet... I should watch if it will ask about it too. If it does, then what I'm thinking is very possible...' And decided to add to the heavy feeling of the chairman. "Better pray that those Hunters can still fight the 'Genius' in their state now, after all, monsters are still above humans in terms of stamina and power ranking..."

That was successfully been stack on Go Gun-Hee's worries inside his mind and heart.

On the screen.

"Are we one of the seven countries in the world that has cleared an S-Rank Gate now too?..."

"Hold on, something feels off right now."

That was heard by the three people inside the room too.

Much more additional strike to the worries of Go Gun-Hee. "Shit! Try to call and reach them, now!!!"

"I'll try my best chairman!" The secretary was panicking too. He only believes the words of the young man after being seconded by the Baek Yoon-Ho which is on the island and in the frontline now.

Shyrveen can only watch the secretary going outside and the chairman clenching his fists then smashes it on the table for the second time that soon destroyed it.

Back on the screen.

"They just said the ants are all making their way into the tunnel right now! We need to hurry and evacuate!!!" Shouted by Master Ma while holding a communication device.

"Huh!?"

"We should still have some time left right now!"

"Are you telling me that the Japanese Hunter couldn't last an hour?

"Oh. That's one of the signs for that 'Genius' that it is there." Shyrveen added after hearing it, then continues to listen on the screen.

"I'm not quite sure either! The Hunter's Association said they're still looking at the situation right now..." Replied by Master Ma to the questions of the Hunters beside him.

But only to enrage Go Gun-Hee and shouted. "Fucking get out of that place now! You idiots!!!"

Shyrveen put his hand to cover his ears as he thought. 'I think the shout was heard and reached the lobby room...'

"The flame barrier that I put at the entrance of the tunnel... Was destroyed just now?..." Reported by Master Choi to the others.

'They're too late to get out of that place...' Shyrveen said to his mind but didn't blurt it out. He doesn't want to make the chairman angrier and feel helpless at this time and continue watching.

On the screen.

Shyrveen and Go Gun-Hee can see who or the right word was, what, is coming in the place where the Hunter's killed the Queen Ant.

An ant with a deep black exoskeleton that standing in its two feet, resembling the human's nature while releasing the dreadful feeling and intense magical presence as its walking slowly that making the Hunters can't move and sweating profusely... But suddenly it disappeared to their sight and the cameraman was the one who found the terrifying ant's location and shouted to them.

"Behind us!"

The Black Ant is now standing beside the queen's head and suddenly screams, that made all of the Hunters including the cameraman, kneels on the ground but except for Cha Hae-In that still standing.

Shyrveen and Go Gun-Hee can see that Cha Hae-In is trying to unsheath her sword but only to be hit by the Black And that appeared so suddenly on her side that hurtled her to the wall, before she collapsed on the floor, motionless.

For the Hunters inside that dungeon, they were shocked for their strongest Hunter on the party was knocked down by a single blow.

On the screen, everyone is watching how Master Ma tried to hug the Black Ant from behind and strengthened both of his arm to squeeze the monster's body with a strength that enough to uproot an oak tree. But only for his both arms to be rip off from his body by the Black Ant casually and disappeared again.

'It started its vengeance...' Shyrveen is having a hard time following the 'Genius' moves, the same as the one from the past too, but now there's a difference. 'Effect of the genes?... Compared from the past, that thing will appeared and disappeared, but I can see blurs now...'

Baek Yoon-Ho dashes forward but he can't follow the movement of the monster too. And only to hear the scream of Choi Jong-In from his back and to see as he fell on the ground.

Lim Tae-Gyu, the archer, that was hiding his presence to look for an opening appeared just five steps away from the Black Ant and released the shot that has a confidence that he will hit the monster in close range but only to be stunned that the Black Ant caught it in midair and snaps it in two. Then he recovered and was readying for another shot but only to fell as he was smacked on his face onto the floor.

Baek Yoon-Ho tried to attack the Black Ant from its behind but the monster was really faster and spun around to grab his head and slammed the Beast-Like Hunter onto the ground too. Baek Yoon-Ho's body twitched and the magical monster pulls him up and tried to smash him again but only to be tackled by Ma Dong-Wook with a fully recovered body.

The Black Ant can't be seen on the screen but the Hunters can be seen going down again and again while being healed again and again too.

Then suddenly, the Black Ant stops as he grabs Ma Dong-Wook and raised him into the air while eviscerating him slowly.

Shyrveen suddenly got an idea of what it's doing and blurted out. "That Healer is down..."

"What!?" Go Gun-Hee shouted after hearing and responded to what Shyrveen said...