Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 125

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Episode 125

“Look at that!”

“What, all of a sudden?”

“Crazy… What’s with all those gargoyles appearing like that…”

From the 40th floor of the labyrinth onward, it had become incredibly vast compared to other levels.

Naturally, there were also an enormous number of hunters staying on or hunting on the 40th floor.

At minimum C-rank, B-rank and above.

It was classified as a high-difficulty level with an incredible number of A-rank and higher hunters as well.

It was a place overflowing with veterans…

“This… will it be okay?”

“I’ve never fought a gargoyle in my life.”

“Right. This… can we even handle them with swords?”

Even those hunters had rarely encountered gargoyles.

And not just one or two of them either.

A sight like this where hundreds—

No, easily over a thousand of them were pouring out all at once.

There were so many of them.

Black clouds formed overhead, casting shadows below.

“B-but gargoyles are monsters with some known strategies… It should be fine, right?”

“I… guess so…? We might even be able to get some pretty decent items.”

“This might actually be a good thing. With this many pouring out, even swinging a sword randomly should hit and kill them, right?”

Up until that point.

The hunters on the 40th floor weren’t feeling much of a sense of crisis.

Even if they were monsters they rarely encountered.

Gargoyles themselves weren’t particularly strong creatures.

And there were so many hunters staying on the 40th floor.

With the mindset that someone else would fight even if they didn’t move—

They were watching peacefully.

However, the moment they faced the gargoyle that appeared after that.

Flap.

“Wh-what is that thing?!”

The hunters’ thoughts completely changed.

“I’m not seeing things, am I?”

“Crazy! Is that really a gargoyle?!”

A massive gargoyle appearing from behind, cutting through the cloud of gargoyles.

The moment they faced bat wings of an absurd size that covered half the sky.

The hunters fell into complete chaos.

“C-could that be… a boss monster?”

“That can’t be… Wasn’t the 40th floor boss a centipede monster?”

“What’s suddenly happening here…?”

Bewildered.

The hunters on the 40th floor looked at each other and stared blankly at the gargoyle horde.

Ding.

Then they simultaneously encountered a system message that appeared.

[The true master of the 40th floor reveals itself.]

“The true master of the 40th floor?”

“There was such a thing?!”

“Could it be that there was a separate real boss…?”

[Those who would become the new master, step forward to challenge.]

[If you fight and win, infinite glory will follow, but if you lose, you will bear the price of that blood yourself.]

The message that appeared after that.

The moment they saw it, the hunters had an intuition.

“This… there seems to be something we don’t know about.”

“If we take down that guy, there might be incredible rewards…”

“Isn’t this like a hidden quest?”

It was only two lines of message.

But the ripple effect was tremendous.

Even the hunters who had been backing away in fear.

The moment they saw the message, they felt their competitive spirit boiling up in their chests.

“I’m going to try it once.”

“Are you serious?”

“Could you hold back after seeing that message?”

“Well…”

“You’ve never seen the system say something like this before, right? I don’t know for sure, but what do you think the reward would be for catching that thing?”

“…True.”

Hunters were originally people.

Who all risked their lives to make money.

People who trusted only their own sword and jumped into dangerous places.

But if they caught that one thing, they might be able to turn their lives around?

The veteran hunters of the 40th floor grabbed their weapons and rushed to the front lines.

“I’m going to stop this damn job now too!”

“Get lost, bastard! I’m going to catch it first.”

“Do you think swinging that little sword will even reach that guy?”

In just a few minutes, hundreds of hunters had gathered.

They all looked up at the sky with eyes full of greed.

Some who knew how to handle bows or staffs were openly aiming at the giant gargoyle.

“Ah, whatever! Just attack!”

“Damn it! If we keep shooting, it’ll die eventually!”

Ping! Piiing!

Arrows and magical barrages shooting up toward the sky.

Since the level and equipment of the gathered hunters had reached a considerable standard.

Each attack was not to be ignored.

However, even then, the giant gargoyle floated in midair without any reaction.

It just flapped its wings majestically and hovered for a while.

Then it turned its terrifyingly shaped bat head downward.

And stared directly at the hunters.

At that moment.

Ziiing—

Green light emanating from its blood-red eyes.

Bright enough to instantly illuminate the dark interior of the level.

An explosive green flash burst from the creature’s eyes.

“Ugh!”

“What is this…”

At the sudden burst of light.

Hunters screamed and covered their eyes.

And that was the last of the hunters.

Crack.

Crackle.

“…”

“…”

Hundreds of veteran Hunters who had gathered to hunt the giant gargoyle.

They turned to stone while still covering their eyes.

Every single one of them, without exception.

The space that had been bustling with the voices of Hunters just moments ago fell silent in an instant.

What remained was.

Screech! Screeech!

The cries of gargoyles still flying through the sky like a flock of birds, circling the area.

And only the giant gargoyle turning its head this way and that, searching for its next prey.

***

‘That’s not a gargoyle!’

The giant gargoyle that appeared, half-consuming the sky.

The moment Choi Hyun-min witnessed it, he almost let out a scream.

That wasn’t a giant gargoyle.

‘Belmerer…! Why is that thing here!’

Before becoming a Hunter.

When he was endlessly searching through materials about Hunters and devouring information.

He had briefly seen an article about Belmerer back then.

-A super giant gargoyle was discovered near the 40th floor.

-Some residents say there’s a gargoyle they call Belmerer…

-About the giant gargoyle that only appears in legends…

But the information was extremely scarce.

Articles about it appeared maybe once every few years, and that was all there was about the creature.

That’s why even Hunters who claimed to have lived on the 40th floor for quite some time.

Hardly anyone knew stories about it.

The master of the Kingdom of Stone.

And…

‘A being that endlessly pursues life force.’

Humans and monsters.

And any being that emanated life force, whoever they might be, it would approach and turn to stone.

Then it would suck out the life force they possessed.

Very slowly.

Usually it rarely showed itself, but its appearance this time was also.

The life force flowing from the Source of Life that Choi Hyun-min had brought.

It had definitely reacted to that.

‘Can I win?’

For Anton and the villagers.

And for the Quest, he had summoned the creature.

But even Choi Hyun-min wasn’t certain whether he could defeat Belmerer or not.

That was natural since there was virtually no data about the creature.

What little data existed only contained records of people who had been defeated by Belmerer.

Nevertheless.

‘I have to fight.’

Choi Hyun-min’s heart was beating strangely violently.

He was facing a being so massive it blocked his vision.

He was clearly afraid enough that his hands and feet were tingling.

Yet why.

The opposite emotion was making his heart race.

Even Choi Hyun-min himself found it puzzling.

-Master!

Choi Hyun-min was looking at Belmerer while slightly biting his lip.

Perhaps reading his expression, Hans took a step closer to him.

-Should we prepare?

Then he pointed toward Belmerer rampaging in the distance.

That’s right.

Perhaps because he had spent quite some time with these guys now.

They were beginning to understand each other without needing words.

Choi Hyun-min was silent for a moment.

Then he grinned broadly as if something had occurred to him.

“Prepare.”

***

“Well I’ll be, this is the first time I’ve ever seen such a creature.”

“You’re right… Ugh!”

Rankers Kim Eun-jun and Hwang Gwon-seung.

Though they were a duo known among the top rankers.

They were struggling against Belmerer that had suddenly appeared.

“Did you summon that thing?”

“How could that be… Eek!”

“No, I just came here briefly because I had business in Anton…”

“Same here.”

Both of them had definitely intended to just stop by the 40th floor briefly.

Since they were already active on floors much higher than the 40th.

They had planned to just take care of their business without even glancing at monsters.

Whirr-

Everything around them had turned to stone.

Hundreds of Hunters.

Even nearby monsters and trees.

Every living being caught in that giant bat’s gaze had been petrified.

“Good thing I carried petrification cure potions. Otherwise I would have ended up like that.”

“Share some with me too.”

Holding a spear in one hand.

Kim Eun-jun gulped down a potion that freed him from the petrification curse with his other hand.

Hwang Gwon-seung also put down his bow and gulped down the potion.

“This… do we have any hope?”

“It seems we’ll need to bring more rankers from outside.”

They had been fighting continuously since Belmerer appeared.

But the two had already calculated the situation despite not much time passing.

“This isn’t something we can handle.”

“Right. We’d need to scrape together at least 30 or 40 top rankers.”

Though both had already proven their skills enough to rank within the top 20.

Right now their attacks couldn’t even scratch Belmerer’s skin-

No, its shell.

“Damn it. I’ve never regretted choosing a spear as much as I do today.”

“Same here. My arrows aren’t properly penetrating that thing either.”

Since it soared through the air to begin with, weapons like swords and spears became completely useless.

The bow that Hwang Gwon-seung carried wasn’t much different either.

It flew so high that they couldn’t even reach it.

And even when he managed to hit it with a few shots, Belmerer showed no reaction.

Which meant.

The arrow attacks weren’t dealing any damage…

Ting! Ting! Tiing-!

Hwang Gwon-seung continued shooting mana-infused arrows while grumbling.

Was a ranker truly a ranker after all?

Pying!

His arrow, shot as if possessed, grazed past Belmerer’s toe.

“Huh? Did it hit?”

At that moment.

Swoosh.

The creature’s body, which had been ignoring the Hunters’ attacks until now, rotated 180 degrees.

“W-wait a minute. That thing… it turned its body toward us…”

Screeeeech!

Hostility it had never shown before!

Belmerer shot tremendous killing intent toward where Hwang Gwon-seung was.

“Quickly prepare the potions.”

“R-right. It might turn us to stone, so we need the potions ready…”

Had the two of them also noticed the creature’s change?

Preparing for the petrification attack that could come flying at any moment.

They fumbled around and pulled out their potions.

If there was even the slightest sign of turning to stone, they could just drink the potions immediately.

It was indeed a veteran-like response.

However.

Screeeeech!

Belmerer’s rage seemed to far exceed the two’s expectations.

Just as it seemed to twist its body in midair.

Swoooosh!

It began descending like a missile straight toward where Hwang Gwon-seung was.

“Th-that thing… it’s coming this way?!”

“Dodge!”

This wasn’t just some ordinary gargoyle or bat.

A boss-level monster that huge was charging to ram into them?

This was practically equivalent to a meteor impact for the Hunters.

They frantically threw down their potions and tried to escape from their position.

“Damn… it’s too fast!”

However, unlike its heavy body, Belmerer was fast.

It was far too fast.

Belmerer approached in an instant, descending vertically.

Its bat claws extended downward like a hawk targeting its prey.

300 meters.

200 meters.

100 meters.

With the distance closing in the blink of an eye.

Even the two rankers felt all strength drain from their bodies.

‘It’s… over…’

Whoooosh.

The moment its fully spread wings reached right before their eyes.

Their entire field of vision was completely filled with Belmerer’s wings.

And just as those wings approached to swallow their bodies.

CRASH! CRAAAAAASH!

An eardrum-splitting explosion shook the very foundations of the earth.

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