Chapter 5.2

When his feet touched the ground completely, Hye again began to run in a single direction, which he didn't even know where it would lead. And when she saw the lamia die seconds after Hye had attacked her, as she looked at him, confused, she thought 'What was that? I'm sure it was impossible for him to hit her from that distance. Unless he just hit the tip of that dagger... But then, how did he manage to kill her with just that? ...Seriously poison?...'

-You're going the wrong way.- Said the girl -I don't remember us having walked that much, in here.-

-Oh, and what do you expect me to do?-

-Kill them, seemed to be easy for you. So why don't you...

-Oh, of course. I kill them, and meanwhile they attack you. But what a wonderful idea.–

-So, why don't we look for a place for us to hide?-

-I've already tried, but there's nothing in this place, and I don't...-

Hye stopped abruptly, and seeing this, the girl asked -What happened? You're tired?-

-It's not that. Wait a minute...-

The girl looked back, and seeing those thirteen lamias coming up behind -Of course, but I don't think they'll do the same thing as me.-

'Well, I think that number is enough. So I hope this works...' thought Hye.

Hye was standing with the girl in his arms, and quickly the lamias were approaching them. However, when they were close enough that they could attack them, suddenly Hye, along with the girl in his arms, disappeared into midair.

[The invisible footsteps skill has been activated!]

[1 mana was spent!]

[22999 mana left!]

-What happened? - Asked the girl, when she saw that the lamias seemed to be confused -Did you do something?

–…You don't have to worry about that.-

Hye placed the girl on the ground while she kept one of her hands on her waist. But thinking that the problem was solved, the girl took a step forward, pulling away from Hye, as she said -Oh, so it means that now we can...-

"Are you crazy?!" Hye exclaimed, as he took the girl's hand and pulled her back.

And when he did, the girl froze for a moment, for at that moment she saw passing right before her eyes, the hand of a lamia, which was clearly going towards her head.

-...Thank you.- Said the girl -...But what happened? I thought they weren't caring about us anymore.

-I wish. They cannot see us, nor hear us, let alone feel us. But this only seems to work when you are in direct contact with me.

-Oh, so it's a skill... But if you had it, why didn't you use it before?-

Hye was silent, and while holding the girl's hand, he was easily killing each of the monsters that were there. The lamias were clearly quite confused, and when the first one died, having her head cut off, all the others totally scared? began to attack the air with their huge tails, thinking that that way, they could hit their prey. Which were obviously still around.

[You received 660 points!]

[You have leveled up!]

[Current level: 134]

[Your mana has been restored!]

[Your mana has evolved!]

[Current Mana: 23.5k]

[status

Name: Jeong Hye

Level: 134

Stamina: 148

Strength: 160

Speed: 156

Agility: 158

Mana: 23.5k

Total points earned: 8947]

"...It was really easy... And I think, too easy..." The girl murmured, while looking at Hye's face, who kept a calm and indifferent expression at all times.

-Did you say something?-

–Huh? Oh, it was nothing. I was just thinking about what we should do now.

After having killed all the monsters that were there, not having much to do, since they were technically lost. Hye chose a direction within the dungeon, and he and the girl continued walking along it, hoping to find the other team members. At least that's what she thought.

For Hye could easily say yes. The other hunters were actually already gathered somewhere a little further away from where they are. But what he didn't say was that besides them, coming from there he could also feel a very different aura and clearly more powerful than that of everyone present in that group. And it was to that presence that he was really going.

Then, after having walked for a few minutes, not having encountered any more monsters, while opening her hand, the girl spoke, -Looks like we can now...-

-Not! ...It's too dangerous... So I think it's better that we keep this up. - Hye said, while holding the girl's hand more firmly.

Hye used the imminent danger of the lamias to get the girl to go hand in hand with him, but that wasn't really his only motive. In fact, he was starting to get used to the feeling that direct contact with her brought him. His heart was still racing, but not as fast as before, for some reason her body temperature seemed to be way higher than normal. And what Hye was enjoying most, for sure, was the feeling of well-being that it was giving him. A feeling he doesn't feel, not even when he's in his own home.

But it's a shame that wouldn't last long. Because coming from a little further away from where they were, they both heard –Aaaaaaahhh!!–

So, after hearing that scream, the girl immediately let go of Hye's hand, and ran in the direction that sound seemed to come from. And when she got there, she saw her team members fighting a giant blue snake, which they clearly couldn't defeat.

[The invisible footsteps skill has been disabled!]

And as I looked at the girl, who before, when her own life was in danger, she had remained strangely calm. And that now she seemed to be desperate to help a man who was likely to die anyway, since she wasn't even able to move after being hit by that snake.

With her hands in her pockets, as she watched all the chaos, Hye wondered why she was doing this, since in a situation like this it would be natural for a person to prioritize his own life first and not someone else's. But that wasn't even close to what she was doing.

Then, as she used her ability to try to heal one of her companions, the girl looked back for a moment, and that was enough to paralyze her. Because as she was the easiest prey, since she was the only one who was practically alone, as she was isolated from all other hunters, it would be natural that she was attacked. And that's what happened.

When she turned around, the girl saw this huge being, whose teeth seemed to be her size, coming quickly towards her. But that was not what surprised her the most, as well as the other hunters who were present there. For, when the snake was very close to the girl, with a simple kick to the side of her head, Hye made that extremely large being move away and fall sideways.