Chapter 14

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Igris straight up radiated genuine happiness.

We finally crossed blades again in a fierce confrontation. Except this time he didn't intend to kill me. During the trial, if I had been too weak, I'm sure he would have slaughtered me. Now it was just a training match.

I spent the first two days completely clearing the neighbourhood of monsters. After that, I set up shadows to watch the perimeter. In doing so, the local ice bear population was almost completely wiped out. I found their leader, who could well be called a mini-boss. And here he was, strong enough to serve in my shadow army. Well, strong enough, he had been reborn as an elite shadow warrior. Currently the lowest rank in my army. Although there are also just shadow warriors, but the storage capacity isn't large enough for me to collect them too.

Meanwhile, Kim-Chul continued to explore the area, occasionally engaging in battles with monsters. While searching for the boss, he didn't even realise that all this time, the dungeon boss had been following him and studying his squad.

Well, I, having cleared the area and completed a couple of daily tasks, decided to spend my free time to the advantage. I did the usual training with my knight. It didn't bring me the experience of the system, but this way I could improve my actual combat skills.

In terms of magic power, I had already overtaken Bloody and although he was also developing very fast, he couldn't keep up with me. Nevertheless, he was winning the duel due to his superior skills. And even though I still hadn't surpassed him in martial skill, I still started dueling with a group of knights led by Igris. Thus, the difficulty of these duels increased even more, but it also spurred my own development and gave me experience in fighting with a well-coordinated group.

And so a few more days passed before Chul and his thinning group reached the mini-boss, the leader of the ice monkeys. This beast was probably a bit stronger than a bear. And, under normal circumstances, Kim would have handled him even alone. But he was weakened by the previous fights and depressed by the surrounding cold. On top of that, the group's meagre supplies had run out and they hadn't eaten anything for two days. In the end, Chul almost won, but lost his entire team.

The elves who were watching suddenly retreated when they sensed my approach.

- I warned you. - I calmly state.

The shadow blade pierces the yeti's heart. The blade was launched with the Monarch's Power, and it was like firing a shell from a cannon. After piercing through the monster's chest, the sword left an uneven hole in it, the size of a human head. Well, plus some experience.

- Y-you... - Chul stretched out hoarsely. - Bastard...

Of course, in his eyes, I was to blame for all his failures. If I had obeyed him, then everything would have been fine. As it was... Chul was not at his best. His nervous tension broke out into a breakdown and, giving in to hysteria, he frantically clutched his battle hammer, with which he lunged at me.

I take a step towards him just before the blow, and, instead of being hit by the hammer, I intercept the arm of the tank.

- And everything goes as it should. - I exhale calmly, piercing the hunter's body with my blade.

Punching through his armour, the shadowy blade passes just below his rib cage, from the bottom to the top, cutting through the human heart. It's ironic that, even after trying to change the course of events, everything has come to this point. Well, you could say that I didn't try to change things that much. Rather, took some steps to assuage my conscience.And then...

I didn't immediately lift the bodies of the monster and the hunter. Releasing my power, I tried to infuse the dead man's shadows with it before using the skill.

- Rise.

- Hrrrr... - With a wrenching growl, a sinister figure rose from the yeti's body.

At the same time, Kim Chul's shadow rose with a metallic clang. The monster was a strong shadow warrior, while the hunter had awakened as a knight.

The rest of the monsters and hunters were too weak to take up storage space, so I simply absorbed their shadows into the vestment. I might have been satisfied with such servants before, but I didn't want to pump them up from the level of ordinary shadow soldiers or, at best, weak elite warriors.

- Hmm, right... wait... now your name is Iron. - I uttered.

The shadow stirred, and tongues of dark flame ran across the warrior's armour, and an otherworldly light flashed in his eyes.

The shadow was promoted in rank

Iron

Elite Shadow Knight

Even though he had only broken through to the new rank and had only taken the first step, but he had already become stronger than he was when he was alive. An otherworldly power was overflowing from the new knight.

I looked back towards the forest.

- And... would you stop peeking? - I exhaled.

The group of elves that had tried to hide earlier reeked of power. Now I could judge their level much better. Almost twenty A-rang fighters. And at the head, on a white, sinister horse, was the boss of the dungeon. An elf whose strength was simply off the charts by the standards of this dungeon. He was an S-rank monster. Maybe not the strongest of them all, seemingly even weaker than Cyclops, but still, this guy might turn out to be a good buy if he could be raised.

- How marvellous..." he said slowly, coming closer. - You speak our language... hmm, and you're not even human. What are you?

- Can't you feel it?

There's a powerful pulse of force coming from me.

And at the same time, darkness spreads across the snow, from which sinister golem figures rise. And behind me a one-eyed giant rises, kneeling before me. But even so, he towered high above me.

- W-what..." the snow elf exhaled dazedly. - You...

Ohhh, they were so pissed.

If the boss could still compete with me, then his minions felt the frightening pressure of my power. Although, if I was alone, then so many A-rank monsters would be an ordeal even for me. That said, looking at the elves, I involuntarily thought, could they be called ice giants? Well, of course, they are far from the giant Cyclops. But each of them is much taller and larger than an ordinary man. At the same time, they had the physique of speed fighters specialising in agility. All right, they're elves, they're elves.

- This was the first time I'd ever seen talking monsters. - I'm stretching my neck. - Looks like you're pretty strong. What's your name?

The boss raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Then his face contorted into a cruel grin.

- I'm Baruka.

At that, he looked back at one of his elves, but the latter hesitantly backed away and Baruka sighed disappointedly.

- You're an inetter... where did you get that power from? What are you?

- Hmm... I wonder, if I took that crystal out of your head, would you stop hearing the Lords' orders?

The elf gaped.

Then, shuddering, he looked at me with fury.

- It doesn't matter who you are...I just want to fight, to kill you..." the boss hissed angrily, disappearing.

His horse reared up and the other elves, realising it was time, rushed into the fray.

Noting that Baruka seemed to have received a command to destroy me, I stepped out to meet the elves. And, when their squad was ready to clash with my troops, Igris's squad, led by the elite rtsar himself, rose out of the gloom. At least a dozen elves were instantly strung on spears.

- Vacuum!

The shadows retreated, and the mass of wounded elves were pulled towards the raging sphere of wind, after which fierce flames spread across the area.

At the same moment, Igris appeared in front of me, intercepting the boss' strike.

Baruka aimed one of his daggers at my throat.

- Your warriors have already lost. - I said calmly.

- Ghhh... - The elf grunted painfully as Bloody squeezed his wrist with force.

The boss exhaled decisively and, in the next moment, sliced off his own arm with a lightning gesture. There was no longer a bloodthirsty smirk playing on his face, only an extremely focused expression and fear mixed with rage.

- An assassin could destroy a mage in the blink of an eye. But what if he himself was caught by the throat? Are you strong enough to withstand even a single blow?

The monster tried to retreat as soon as he broke free of the knight's grip. But, at the same time, an invisible hand grabbed him by the throat, the pressure of which nearly broke the elf's neck. Perhaps if this battle had happened earlier, when I had just received my class, it would have been a tough test. However, right now, I was completely outclassing my opponent and suppressing him. In addition to my own strength being higher, my strongest warriors were about the same level, but under the effect of the Monarch's Possession, their strength had increased significantly.

But I dealt with Baruka on my own.

An overwhelming blow with an invisible hand toppled him into the snow, and taking a step forward, donning my shadow armour, I placed a steel boot on the monster's chest.- Y-you..." he blurted out. - Why... Lord...

- I don't need you to die before your time. - I said calmly.

- N-no...

The shadow sword in my hands transformed, growing wider and losing its point, which replaced the guillotine-like blade. The elf grinned desperately, and the very next moment the blade came down. And then I raised the weapon again and struck again, holding back the destructive power of the shadow blade. And so four times until the dungeon boss lost all of his limbs.

A creature of this level would not die from such injuries, but it would become far less dangerous.

- Igris, I want you to make sure he doesn't escape and die.

The shadow knight bowed respectfully.

- Now... rise up.

And the shadows of the ice elves began to rise. And all of them were of knight rank, some were even close to evolving into an elite knight.

- So, what do we call all of you now? - I scratched my pumpkin.

It was easier with the golems, I found their names on the internet after clearing the dungeon. Although, I can give them names later, but for now let them walk around as nameless shadows. Maybe I'll name a couple of them if something suitable comes to mind. In the meantime, following my will, the new knights disappeared into my shadow, and then I took the boss and dragged him towards the human camp.

I just didn't feel like making another camp for myself. And the boss would still be watched to make sure he didn't do anything wrong. By the way, I picked up his daggers, they're not bad weapons.

And here we are.

- Mr Jin Wu... - Dazedly exhaled one of the hunters in the camp.

- This, one of those elves?

I nodded in agreement.

- The boss of this 'dungeon', he's S-ranked, so it's best not to go near him. He can bite. And don't let anyone touch him.

- I see.

People looked on in shock as I dragged the mutilated boss over and chained him to a tree, and then had the shadows guard him as well.

And so, for a while, I was able to continue doing my daily quests and training with Igris. At the same time, over time, new monsters began to appear in the dungeon. Bears, monkeys, and a few elves that I was mopping up along with the shadows. And a little later, I moved Baruca further away. The crystals must have made him sick to his stomach at the sight of people he couldn't reach and gnaw on with his teeth.

- Lord... why do you protect humans?" the elf asked tiredly.

We even managed to talk.

- Because I am a human too. - Calmly giving the answer.

- No... - The one grinned. - I don't feel... this voice, it says to kill people, but when you're around, I don't feel it, you're not human... why does the Overlord consider himself human? Your power... it's just... you...

The elf wheezed and shuddered, losing consciousness.

I, on the other hand, looked thoughtfully at the magic crystals growing from his forehead. Still, could they be pulled out? I didn't risk to check if it would kill the elf. Then the dungeon would close, wouldn't it? So we can save that experiment for later. And by the way, the enchantress followed me out of curiosity and saw me talking to the boss.

- Mr Jin Wu, do you know the language of monsters?

- Ohhh... are your ears cold? I gave you a hat!

- What? I don't understand.

- Well, who's keeping their ears warm? It's not nice to eavesdrop.

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay. - I waved my hand. - I understand the language of monsters with the help of my summoned servants. But this was the first talking monster I've met.

At least it sounds more or less logical. Even though there are summoning mages who can't boast such abilities. But there are different kinds of summoning.

- And... if he is here, what happened to Chul's group? - The girl decided to clarify.

- They are dead.

The sorceress gloomed, but did not ask me more on this topic.

And the next day, unexpectedly, she brought me a bowl of porridge and meat. What was surprising was that she had even calculated exactly when I would finish my shadow training.

- Mr Jin Wu, perhaps you would like to eat?

- Oh... I wouldn't mind... - I was somewhat embarrassed by such attention.

- Tell me, ah... why are you in such a hurry to increase your strength? - The girl asked.

- Hmm, well, I think I can tell you. - I stretched out thoughtfully.

But, for now, I didn't talk about the war with the Monarchs ahead. It's not clear how the system will react to such a thing. I had an excuse ready.

- Not long ago, I was on a raid with the Lizards. And, among them was Dong-Suk, that's the older brother of S-rank hunter Dong-Su. I don't think he will care that I defended my life, he will wish to avenge his brother's death.

The girl looked at me in surprise.

- I think I can already fight him as an equal, but it's better to wait for more reinforcement.

- So, a hunter of this level... is your enemy?

- That's right. - I nod to the girl. - Besides, he's an assassin, and he's more experienced in killing people than I am.

- I-I see.

- I know you all want to go home. Being here is exhausting.

- Yes, but... if it weren't for you, we would have been killed by the local monsters by now. - The girl said and smiled weakly. - I would have been killed on the first day.After speaking out, she first stood up and then bowed gratefully.

- Thank you. You saved my life. And the other hunters who are still alive owe it to you.

- I promised I'd see to your protection while we were here, didn't I? - I shrug.

Km Chul and his crew refused to do that themselves.

- Thank you for your concern, too. - I nodded at her. - It's really nice to be fed by such a charming girl.

And she was really nice. The sorceress was as beautiful as Ju Hee. A slender figure that was close to ideal, clean smooth skin, pleasant facial features. She also had clear green eyes and shiny black hair.

And she was clearly showing interest in me. She was the only one of the group of hunters who sought to communicate with me at all. While the others were already languishing in idleness and entertaining themselves as best they could. They were bored with playing cards. Some of them were making snowmen. And one guy started to make a snow palace, but it turned out to be something more like an anthill.

- By the way, I never asked. What's your name? - I turned to the girl.

The girl pouted sweetly.

- You could have asked earlier! My name is Park Hee Jin.

- Nice to meet you. - I nod at her.

So, in addition to training and mopping up revived monsters, I began to communicate with the sorceress more often. By the way, the new monsters that appeared after killing the previous ones were different from the old ones. If on ordinary monsters it was not so noticeable, then with elves everything seemed obvious. Considering that they were A-rank monsters, my level also continued to rise in this dungeon. I could feel myself getting stronger day by day.

Not only in terms of strength, but also skill.

Training with Igris day after day, I was developing my abilities. At one point, I switched from a two-handed sword to daggers, which Bloody was just as good with. I just figured it wasn't worth it to be completely obsessed with just one weapon. And so, in training, I learnt the skill of daggers.

Along the way, I learnt to use my skills more creatively.

Using the Monarch's Will to amplify blows or for defence. In a few more days I learnt to move away from seeing this power specifically as an invisible hand, and it allowed me to form a sort of invisible protective cocoon. Together with the armour and the bonus from the title, this increased my protection even more.

Another week passed.

The gate was still in no hurry to open, and Baruka wasn't causing any problems. His severed arms and legs weren't growing back, and he wasn't asking for food. But the people were getting more and more nervous.

- How long do we have to sit here?

- He said as long as it takes.

- Oh, for fuck's sake! It's a red gate! While 24 hours pass in here, it's only an hour outside. And the gate usually opens in seven days.

- Wait, we're gonna be here for six months?

- No, the gate wasn't found right away. I think it opened yesterday.

- Oh, well, that changes everything.

I wouldn't mind spending five months, considering how much stronger it could make me.

Just about one month had passed when the monsters had almost stopped reviving. The beast monsters were still appearing, but the elves weren't anymore. But, by this point, I already had about a hundred snow elves in my storage. True, not all of them were of the knight class. Recently, B-rank elves and even a few C-rank elves had appeared. But, the reserve doesn't drag on the pocket. Due to the pumping, the capacity of my storage increased to almost two hundred places.

In any case, even though there were fewer and fewer monsters, I continued to swing, albeit at the expense of daily quests.

And, so, we'd actually spent quite a bit of time here already.

I missed Ju Hee, especially her beautiful body. And, the lack of such intimacy made me look more and more towards Hee Jin, the only girl in the group. Especially, I didn't consider Ju Hee as my lifelong companion. I liked her, but...

Anyway...

It just sort of happened on its own.

It's just that one night, a worried Hee Jin came to my tent.

- Did something happen?

She shook her head negatively, taking a seat on the mattress next to me.

- 'Then... did you come to see me?

- Maybe I'm in love?

The sorceress leaned towards me. She approached gently, as if warning me what she wanted. And I reached for her in return. Our lips joined in a kiss. But, the icy light kiss of cold lips quickly turned hot and passionate.

- Mah... it's cold in here... - she whispered.

- Do you want to come to my place?

Hee Jin's gaze sparkled with triumph.

It was quite cold outside and even in the tent. Even under the warm blankets, we were all sleeping in our clothes. The girl, however, only unzipped her cape, climbing under the blanket with me. I unbuttoned my fur jacket too, and soon the sorceress was pressed against me with her beautiful body. Though, of course, she didn't undress, she just opened up in front of me. But, it was even warmer this way, when we were completely covered.

- You're warm...

- Do you want to get warm?

- Yes!

I ran my hands under the girl's trousers, caressing her firm buttocks.- Mmm... you're so tense..." she whispered.

Too tense.

After stroking her arse a little more, I felt her lower her hands and start groping me.

- And it's big...

The brunette's hot breath scorched my neck. Looking at me, the girl was clearly trying to excite me even more with her words, to stimulate me to action. And, rubbing her hot body seductively against me, she pulled down my trousers to grab the man's control lever.

I, on the other hand, squeezed her arse once more and, running my hands further down, stroked her adorableness.

- Mgghhhh... Jin Woo...

She put my boner to her wet hole all by herself. I lifted her hips and, afterwards, happily entered inside her sweet pussy, savouring its soft firmness.

- Ahhh...

My hands squeezed the girl's arse again as she began to wiggle her pelvis, making my cock slide into her pussy. And then, lifting her arse, I bent over a little myself, while the girl leaned forward, resting her hands on the mattress. And after stroking Jean's back beneath her clothes, I took my hand to her breasts, which stretched right up to my face, before sinking my lips into them.

- Maahhh...

She moaned so sweetly...

But, I soon came to my senses.

My cock was ready to explode, but I restrained myself to suppress the impulse that was already coming, and then slowly left the girl's hole.

- I almost forgot... - I exhaled, pulling out a defence from my inventory.

Hee Jin innocently flapped her eyelashes and pressed her lips together.

- Oh, right... - She excitedly supported me.

And then we continued again.

Again smooth sliding movements, quiet moans of the girl. But, feeling a new rush, I grasped the smooth thighs of the sorceress tighter and began to accelerate the pace.

- Ahhh...

The thrusts became more powerful until Hee Jin trembled, clutching me tightly with her legs and arching her back.

Her supple body, tense with pleasure, was just beautiful and, once again penetrating deep, I let myself spurt inside.

- Ahhh... hah... - the girl sighed heavily, lowering her head.

And, eventually, she relaxed, and lay on top of me, blissfully covering her eyes.

And I...

After enduring for a while, I started to move again. For a whole month inside the red gate I had accumulated a sea of sexual tension that needed to be released.

- Oaahhhh..." The girl sighed a little surprised.

She didn't think I'd limit myself to just one time, did she?

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