In Search of a Mana Stone I
As the party were observing and scouting the dungeon for lurking nearby monsters...Hu Joon can be seen constantly eyeing Yu Jin-Ho and giving him death glares. Yu Jin-Ho just ignored him and continued to do his own thing.
Along the way...the Hunters told Yu Jin-Ho to just stay out of their way as they wouldn't bother to save him if Jin-Ho ever got in trouble with the monsters. It seems these Hunters are all arrogant and all think too highly of themselves.
Unexpectedly...there is still a pretty sensible one among them. Gye Haeun...a B-rank Hunter who took the liberty to offer Yu Jin-Ho assistance.
"You can't count on the others to lend a hand if you ever got in a pinch later so stick with me...I'll protect you."
Yu Jin-Ho was quite impressed by how the girl acted towards him. He really thought all the Hunters in the guild are pathetically hopeless individuals.
Slightly appreciating the help she's given...Yu Jin-Ho stood right besides Gye Haeun...but not without a bit of distance of course.
After going dipper in the dungeon...the group finally encountered their first enemies. A huge number of Blood Wolves violently ran towards them.
Blood Wolves are C-rank monsters that always attack in packs. They are best known for their agile movements that makes it hard for a Hunter to land a hit on them and their extremely swift and lethal attacks.
Despite the Blood Wolves' pestilent attack power...they are also known for their flimsy and weak defenses. Hunters use this crucial weakness to their advantage to turn the tides of the battle.
With the lead of Hu Joon...the Hunters began their frontal assault towards the Blood Wolves. Gye Haeun also joined in unto the fight with the rifle in her hands.
Gye Haeun is a sniper and with the use of her weapon, she mows down the Blood Wolves in the backline supporting the frontline Hunters.
Wanting to get what he came for...Yu Jin-Ho also tried to fight the Blood Wolves but Gye Haeun stopped him from taking a step forward.
"Don't go...you'll only inconvenience the other Hunters."
Yu Jin-Ho tried to reason with Haeun but her persistence knows no bounds. Jin-Ho knew that Haeun just want well for him but at this rate...Yu Jin-Ho will have a hard time accomplishing his goal of obtaining mana stones for him to use.
Yu Jin-Ho found out in the System that the only way he can get mana stones is for him to kill the monsters himself. For an instance the monster is killed by another Hunter...Yu Jin-Ho will not be able to find any mana stone even if he butcher all the monster corpses that they left behind.
The group slowly and steadily advanced through the horde of Blood Wolves with Yu Jin-Ho not being able to do anything.
Hu Joon requested the Hunters to rest for a bit as they were fighting for almost an hour non-stop.
"Let's catch our breaths for the meantime..."
In the pace they are going...it's only a matter of time until the group will encounter the boss of this B-rank dungeon. Seeing as the Hunters fought the Blood Wolves...it's most definitely thay the boss monster would be the Crimson Fang.
Dungeons with rank C and above will have boss monsters in them that Hunters need to subjugate in order to clear it.
Crimson Fang is a B-rank boss monster with more or less similar appearance as that of a Blood Wolf ...the only difference is that the Crimson Fang is almost three times the size of an average Blood Wolf and it's abilities are multiple times stronger. Partnered up with an additional skill that can make the Crimson Fang spew blood red toxins from it's mouth that are lethal even to high ranked Hunters with strong defenses.
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After a while of rest...the Hunters began their breakthrough once again.
While fighting...Hu Joon deliberately let one Blood Wolf pass through him. It quickly pounced it's way towards Yu Jin-Ho. With Gye Haeun occupied with backing up the other Hunters...Yu Jin-Ho was left defenseless.
When Gye Haeun noticed...the Blood Wolf was already just a few distance away until it can reach Yu Jin-Ho.
"Look out!"
With the intention of having Yu Jin-Ho fatally injured at the very least to get payback of the embarrassment he took yesterday...Hu Joon was sure he had this one on the bag...or so he though.
When the Blood Wolf was about to sink it's claws on him...
BAM!
Yu Jin-Ho promptly kicked it's chin upwards with so much force that the poor Blood Wolf got it's head burried in the ceiling of the Dungeon.
The impact of Jin-Ho's kick caused a brief tremor around the surface of the Dungeon. The sudden shaking of the ground startled the other unsuspecting Hunters.
Yu Jin-Ho pulled the buried Blood Wolf down to the ground by pulling it by the tail. By doing so...Jin-Ho fixed his gaze towards Hu Joon who is the main perpetrator of the commotion.
"If you want me to stay out of what you do...then do a better job at it."
Hu Joon was extremely agitated by what Yu Jin-Ho had just said and wants to put him down right this instant.
"You're really going to get it now!"
With that intention in mind...Hu Joon took steps forward towards Yu Jin-Ho with the intent of harming him but Gye Haeun abruptly broke him of his tracks.
"Stop...we can't be fighting with ourselves now..."
Haeun pointed out something back in the distance which caused the other Hunters to follow their gazes on.
It seems the group had a much bigger problem they have to face right now...the boss monster of the dungeon had just came out. It was awakened by the quake that had happened minutes ago.
The Hunters quickly gathered around and prepared themselves for a big fight. By the looks of it...the Crimson Fang that came out is a lot bigger and fiercer than the usual one's. It's mere presence caused constant shivers and extreme oppression to the Hunters present. The beast in front of them fills oddly different from the other boss monsters they had fought before.
As the other Hunters are occupied trying to confront the boss monster...Yu Jin-Ho can be seen opening up the Blood Wolf that he killed with his dagger in hand and rummages through it's insides seeking out for mana stones.
"Not this one either..."
Luck is not by Yu Jin-Ho's side as the C-rank monster that he killed also doesn't have a mana stone inside it.
With one violent howl from the ginormous Crimson Fang...the Hunters fled in panic and ran for their lives. Even Hu Joon who is a very prideful jackass took off with his tail between his legs. As tough a she looks...Gye Haeun can barely grip her weapon in fear.
While the others see's the Crimson Wolf as a very powerful threat...Yu Jin-Ho looked at it as if it's some sort of giant treasure chest.
'Surely you have mana stones in that massive body of yours right?'