A S-Class Hunter With Great Agility - Chapter 7

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Chapter 7: B-Grade Zombie Dungeon (2)

 

| Vengeful Ghost Ice Kill. |

 

Kuuuung—

 

The Mountain Lord’s ice chunk shot toward the monster. The creature’s head took a direct hit.

Ice began spreading from that point, and its body slowly started to freeze solid.

The Mountain Lord didn’t miss the opportunity. He charged forward at high speed, using one of the sunflowers as a foothold.

 

| Severe Cold. |

 

The Mountain Lord leaped up in an instant, wrapping white energy around his body and opening his mouth wide.

A growling sound echoed throughout the cave.

 

“What, what is this? What’s happening here?”

“This is the afterlife! I’m telling you it’s true!”

 

‘No, it’s not!’

 

The armored man and the boy named Baek Kyul watched the scene with faces drained of color.

Explanations could come later. Getting out alive was urgent.

 

Crunch, crackle.

 

The flower’s stem was crushed inside the Mountain Lord’s mouth.

 

Kreek, kiiiik—

 

An ear-scratching noise rang out. As the frozen monster writhed and struggled, the Mountain Lord retreated one step.

 

‘This isn’t good…’

 

This was my first dungeon, but thanks to the status window, I could roughly see how the situation was flowing.

My mana, which had been filled to the brim with potions earlier, was at 160, 112… slowly disappearing.

Perhaps because the skill level had increased, it was slower than during the tutorial. However, if this continued, it would eventually hit rock bottom.

 

“For hunters sent as support from another guild, there’s no way they could have already noticed the situation here from outside. This dungeon was originally…”

“…Let’s help them first. They don’t seem to be monsters. We can’t delay any longer.”

“Yes, you’re right.”

 

They seemed to have quickly grasped the situation. The female hunter in a cloak and the armored man finished their serious conversation.

Soon the man slammed his fists together and returned to combat stance.

 

“Then.”

 

He drew the silver axe he had been carrying on his back. Then he cleanly cut down the small fry positioned below.

 

Kiiiiiik!

 

…Though they came back to life again, seemingly tireless.

I activated Spiritual Sight.

 

 

His health was the same as before. It seemed Spiritual Sight couldn’t show the state when stats were reduced.

Well, what Spiritual Sight could see was a person’s ‘essence’ after all.

 

‘The Four Pillars are…’

 

Disaster Star.

Literally a fate that brings disasters one after another.

 

‘Why isn’t it changing?’

 

The flow of battle was still unclear, but still, there was no way the Mountain Lord couldn’t handle a mere B-grade…

 

That question was answered before long.

 

Crack— clang.

Kreeeeek—!

 

The Mountain Lord’s ice shattered, and the monster extended its blue leaves once again.

 

‘Why?’

 

I had seen the Mountain Lord’s power sufficiently in the tutorial. Hadn’t he defeated even the White Flower Snake, which was close to A-grade, albeit barely?

 

 

…Was it really a lack of mana?

To unleash skills freely, you need corresponding mana.

 

“…”

 

No.

I frowned. Something felt off.

 

‘It’s different from that.’

 

My intuition as a shaman, beyond logic, was telling me that wasn’t the only reason.

 

Kwaddeuddeuk! Squeak!

 

But there was no more time to think. The monster continued its relentless attacks.

 

“Ugh!”

 

I hastily rolled my body to dodge its stem. I might have been lucky once, but twice was out of the question.

 

| Human, are you alright? |

 

The Mountain Lord soon bounded over toward me.

 

“Unfortunately, not really. My mana is disappearing too quickly too….”

 

I frowned. My mana was gradually decreasing, and my body ached from rolling on the ground.

The Mountain Lord stood firmly in front of me, holding his ground as he spoke.

 

| It’s natural that you’d still find it difficult. Maintaining my form also consumes your spiritual power. |

“…You could have told me that a bit earlier. Wait, so you knew that but still stayed by my side for half a day?!”

| …Ahem. But it was helpful, wasn’t it. |

 

That explained it. Even after drinking expensive medicine, my mana wouldn’t fill up to one hundred percent.

 

‘Maintaining his form requires massive amounts of mana too.’

 

Just as I was thinking this might not be very efficient, the Mountain Lord spoke.

 

| However. |

 

Kieeeek!

 

Once again, monster attacks were pouring toward my direction.

 

| In exchange for using a lot of spiritual power, I fight in your place. |

 

The Mountain Lord stepped forward with his heavy front paws.

 

| At least your body will be properly protected. |

 

Kugung— Crack!

 

A transparent ice barrier rose up from the dirt ground.

 

Kaang—!

 

Naturally, the monster’s attacks were all blocked by the barrier and ended in failure.

 

“…!”

 

This was a new side of the god who responded to me and sought to protect me.

I was only watching that sight for a moment.

 

“Hey— crazy! Are you insane?!”

 

There were footsteps frantically running toward me.

Looking to the right, I saw a boy in a white hood running over frantically. His light blue bangs fluttered in the air.

 

“…?”

“Baek Kyul! Calm down!”

“What do you mean calm down! Everyone come behind the barrier. You know staying there is useless!”

 

The boy shouted with irritation filling his voice. Hearing that cry, Kang In-ho clenched his teeth tight.

Eventually, he stepped back while consecutively stabbing down the rose monster’s thorns. However, he didn’t give up attacking.

 

“I don’t know who you are exactly, but.”

 

The boy, no, Baek Kyul walked straight toward me. Then he grabbed my shoulder.

 

“This is the Life Dungeon.”

“…What?”

“Don’t tell me you don’t even know this information? Are you really a Hunter?”

 

You know what?

Your hyung was a shaman until half a day ago.

 

“What is that. Explain it so I can understand.”

 

I asked back calmly. I had a feeling that Baek Kyul’s words would provide a clue to the uneasiness I had felt earlier.

Baek Kyul crossed his arms and opened his mouth.

 

“Life Dungeon. Discovery probability less than 0.2%.”

 

His sky-blue eyes gleamed sharply.

 

“Mainly appears in the form of plant-type monsters. The characteristic is… nearly infinite vitality. In other words….”

 

Cut.

Slice.

Destroy.

 

“They absolutely never die, and survive again and again no matter how many times.”

 

I hardened my expression.

 

‘Life Dungeon?’

 

Of course I had never heard of it. A discovery probability of less than 0.2% meant that was also the extent of the publicly known ratio.

Naturally, ordinary people like me had no knowledge about such dungeons.

 

“…So.”

 

I quietly removed Baek Kyul’s hand from my shoulder. Baek Kyul silently stepped back for now.

The Mountain Lord was still wagging his tail while maintaining the barrier.

Whether my mana ran out completely or that barrier broke. I had to finish this conversation before then.

 

“The monsters here, no matter how much you attack them, they come back to life?”

 

When I asked back, Baek Kyul nodded his head.

 

“So you’re saying no matter what happens, you won’t die?”

 

If that were true, it wouldn’t be such a big deal. But fortunately, Baek Kyul shook his head.

 

“No. The Life Dungeon has a separate clearing method. But fulfilling that condition is so damn difficult that everyone just says it like that.”

“What exactly is this condition you’re talking about?”

 

Crash—!

 

“Ugh!”

“Ah shit, here we go again!”

 

As the loud noise rang out, Baek Kyul immediately rushed out. It was the moment Kang In-ho took a hit near his heart.

Baek Kyul dragged them behind the barrier.

 

“Why are you in such a hurry? At this rate, we’re all going to die!”

 

Baek Kyul grumbled as he drew out a light blue aura from his fingertips.

Kang In-ho coughed as he received the heal and spoke.

 

“Cough, but we don’t have time… If we delay even a little, a dungeon break will occur.”

“…”

“That’s not all. Cough, we need to deal with this as quickly as possible and get to the leader, you know that too…”

“…I know, I know.”

 

Baek Kyul ruffled his hair. I had finished grasping the situation while quietly listening to their conversation.

 

‘Leader… Are they talking about Choi Yu-il?’

 

No wonder there seemed to be too few people. The hunters who entered the Gate earlier looked like at least five or more.

Now not only was Choi Yu-il missing, but several other hunters had disappeared as well.

 

‘Damn…’

 

In this chaos, not seeing that important friend of mine was quite unsettling. Where did he go?

 

“But Hunter…”

“Ah, right. Your identity first. How exactly did you get in here?”

 

The two who had finished exchanging heals turned their attention to me.

 

“And what’s with that tiger? I’ve never heard of a hunter who handles summoned beasts of this level. What exactly are you?”

 

Baek Kyul frowned with the suspicious expression he’d been wearing and poured out his words.

 

Crash, rumble!

 

Questions flew back and forth where explosions were erupting. Actually, it was closer to suspicion than questioning. I was essentially an illegal dungeon intruder right now.

 

‘How should I explain this?’

 

If I told them about my fortune changing or something, I’d obviously just be treated like a crazy person.

 

“…For now, let’s just say I’m an acquaintance of Sister Yu-kyung.”

 

I eventually brought out the word that could resolve the situation most quickly.

 

“Sister Yu-kyung? What? Did you just call the guild master what? Crazy, that gives me chills.”

 

Baek Kyul rubbed his arms and stepped back several paces from me.

 

‘Is it that shocking…’

 

Still, he seemed to have mostly dropped his suspicions about me.

Well, it would be hard to find someone who could casually address an S-rank hunter like Yu-kyung unless they were really close.

 

“So, how do we get rid of that thing? You said there’s a separate method.”

 

I quickly followed up with a question, seizing the opportunity. Finding a solution to that thing was urgent right now.

Baek Kyul continued his explanation right away.

 

“The Life Dungeon is actually also called a Zombie Dungeon. No matter how renowned a guild is, if they get caught in a zombie dungeon, the annihilation rate is over 80%.”

“…”

“To clear this…”

 

The boy’s expression became serious.

 

Everything, without exception.

 

“You have to burn it all down. Until not even a single thatched cottage remains.”

 

Uh…

 

“…That’s it?”

“What? No, do you know how difficult this is!”

 

I set aside my worry that some tremendous answer would come out and tilted my head.

 

‘Burn it all down?’

 

Well, thinking about it scientifically, it seemed like it would be the most efficient method. Fire catches on plants the best.

Then Baek Kyul spoke as if he was dumbfounded.

 

“You think any ordinary firepower will work? You need at least an A-rank or higher fire-type ability user to make it possible.”

 

Ah. Only then did I understand. A-rank or higher hunters were already rare, and with the additional condition of fire-type abilities, an 80% annihilation rate wasn’t unreasonable.

 

“But right now all we have is you who handles an ice tiger. It’s really the worst compatibility.”

“….”

 

Ice Tiger…. Hey, don’t call a god that, you’ll be struck by divine punishment….

Baek Kyul let out a complicated sigh.

 

“Unless you can suddenly start spitting Fire Balls, we should consider ourselves all dead.”

“Mm.”

 

Well, no matter how lacking in mana the Mountain Lord was, the only way to explain his inability to use power to this extent was for that reason.

In short, the Mountain Lord and that monster had terrible compatibility. Extremely so.

In other words, we needed a fire-type hunter who could burn all of that to ashes.

 

“There’s no answer.”

“Yes, there’s no answer. …Frustratingly so.”

 

The hunters’ mood rapidly deteriorated.

 

Uh….

So.

 

“There is one though?”

“What?”

“Huh?”

“I think it might work.”

 

I shifted my gaze to the air.

 

 

Golden letters sparkled as if to save everyone.

 

 

‘If it’s this….’

 

Wouldn’t I not need to use mana to maintain the divine spirit’s form?

It would be a bit more dangerous, but it was definitely a method that could become hope.

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