Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 59
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Episode 59
[Warning: Extreme anomalous phenomena detected on the 15th Floor of the Maze.]
[If the current situation escalates, it could have significant impact outside the Maze as well.]
[All Hunters currently on the 15th Floor are advised to evacuate immediately.]
Interdimensional Management Bureau, Dimensional Management Office.
A warning alert had dropped there.
At the alert from the system that monitored the entire Maze, the people inside fell into great chaos.
“15th Floor?!”
“Was there anything special there?”
“No, more than that, has the system ever given such a strong warning before?!”
The system that monitored the entire Maze, [Watcher].
It was a framework that detected internal and external magical power to immediately report any unusual matters.
But for ordinary, mundane events like monsters being summoned and Hunters conquering them as usual.
It showed no reaction whatsoever…
“Team Leader. Wh-what could this mean?”
“Team Leader Park?”
Thanks to this, even people from other departments who had been working.
All gathered to the Monitoring Team.
Employees poking their heads out from behind partitions.
Among them, the Monitoring Team Leader, Park Hyun-chul.
He stared at his monitor with a deeply tense expression.
“We’re also investigating this matter. We’ll inform you as soon as it’s confirmed.”
Though he was a veteran with 15 years of experience.
Even he had never seen such a message before.
No, there had been similar cases occasionally but…
‘Has the Watcher ever given such a strong warning before?’
No.
Definitely not.
Was it 10 years ago.
Even when one floor of the Maze nearly collapsed.
[Watcher] hadn’t used such intense language.
‘This is the first time it’s so directly stated that it could impact outside the Maze.’
What should he do.
Team Leader Park Hyun-chul chewed his lips and pondered.
He immediately picked up the phone on his desk.
“…Yes, this is Park Hyun-chul. If there are any available personnel in the office, please send them to the 15th Floor immediately. This is an urgent matter.”
No one knew what was happening.
Since the 15th Floor wasn’t that deep to begin with.
There probably weren’t many high-level Hunters there either.
Then the priority would be for them to move first and assess the situation.
“This isn’t the time to weigh the severity. I’ll take full responsibility, so please do it right away.”
At the sight of Team Leader Park making calls somewhere.
The gathered employees began to murmur.
“Oh my, it must really be serious.”
“This is the first time I’ve heard Team Leader Park speak like that…”
“Right. I don’t think I’ve seen department members deployed even once in years…”
“Isn’t something really big about to happen?”
Among the chattering people.
Team Leader Park Hyun-chul fell into deep contemplation alone.
‘I did issue the deployment order but… is this enough?’
Compared to previous cases…
Floor collapse was the minimum incident.
Then something even bigger than that could happen…
He stood up abruptly.
“Team Leader?”
“Ji-hun. Contact the Hunters and tell any 15th level Hunters to escape outside the tower immediately. Right now.”
“Ah, understood. But Team Leader, you’re…”
“I’m going directly to the Maze.”
I need to see with my own eyes what happened.
As Team Leader Park got up, the nearby employees also stood up.
“What?! B-but it’s too dangerous right now!”
“The Watcher has never given such a warning before… No matter how much you’re the Team Leader, going in directly is…”
He didn’t listen to the employees’ attempts to stop him.
The Maze.
Since it was a situation that could potentially become an even greater threat.
He rushed out of the office without any hesitation.
His destination was the Maze.
The 15th Floor.
***
The moment Choi Hyun-min’s shout crossed the snowfield.
The Musket Soldiers dropped flat to the ground in perfect unison.
A golden mass swept over them like lightning.
It was truly a hair’s breadth difference.
The moment the light mass that passed over the heads of the prostrated toys landed on the ground.
Only then could Choi Hyun-min clearly see what the opponent was.
Tss tss tss.
‘…A tiger?!’
A tiger revealing itself from where there had been nothing.
It was a White Tiger with a snow-white color.
-It’s a tiger!
Hans’s shout.
Choi Hyun-min urgently commanded toward them.
“Those who can stand up, start firing immediately!”
But unlike their usual selves.
They didn’t budge at his command.
More precisely-
-Ma-Master… Can we win…?
-Th-that thing… It’s too big…
-We’re going to get eaten…
They were trembling and couldn’t even properly lift their guns.
What was going on?
No matter how strong the enemy was.
Even when facing the Chief Troll, they had charged without showing any fear?
“Snap out of it!”
Choi Hyun-min shouted and encouraged them.
But the Block Toys remained frozen.
‘This… When we encountered that Interrupter or whatever… It seems similar to that time?’
A memory suddenly surfaced.
Certainly when he upgraded the settlement.
When they encountered the Mammoth, it seemed like a similar reaction.
Grrroowww!
The White Tiger revealed itself completely.
It seemed to have noticed that this side had become frightened.
Even though it stood alone among more than twenty Musket Soldiers.
It showed no sign of fear whatsoever.
Rather, like choosing prey, wasn’t it examining them one by one.
The attitude of a predator facing its victims.
Among them, it stared intently at Hans—
Roar!
Then like lightning, it launched its body and pounced on Hans.
—Aaaahhh!
Rolling.
The White Tiger charging at an unbelievable speed.
Fortunately, he managed to roll away and dodge right in front of him.
But the creature’s attack didn’t end with just once.
The beast instantly changed targets and launched its body.
—S-save me!!!
—Hyaaaah!
Every time it went on a rampage, the Musket Soldiers were busy running for their lives.
‘If we stay like this, we’ll be helplessly defeated…’
These were Block Toys that could already steamroll boss monsters.
They certainly had numbers and sufficiently strong firepower.
‘If even just one of them could stay composed…’
In the end, the current situation wasn’t a problem of ability but of mentality.
Choi Hyun-min quickly surveyed them.
His eyes caught sight of Dehof, who had fallen back a step.
“Dehof!”
—Y-you called, Master.
He too seemed frightened.
But befitting someone who fought on the front lines, he was holding his ground quite admirably.
“I need you to buy some time.”
—Buying time means…
“Face the White Tiger for a moment.”
—By myself?
“You can do it.”
He definitely could.
Just briefly.
If he could just give the Musket Soldiers time to regroup.
—…I understand. But I can’t guarantee how long I can hold out.
“I know.”
Though smaller in size than the Mammoth from before.
The aura it emanated and the magical power he could feel.
From that alone, he could definitely sense that this creature was far stronger than the Mammoth.
Dehof stepped forward with a tense expression.
He hesitated for a moment.
—Uaaahhh!
With a great battle cry, he charged straight at the White Tiger.
Thud thud thud!
The barbarian warrior creating large footprints on the snow.
His body leaped high—
Growl!
And mounted right onto the White Tiger’s back.
—You beast! Do you know whose presence you’re in!
Was it surprised by the sudden ambush?
The White Tiger’s marble-sized pupils shook violently.
It tried to turn its head to see what was happening.
Grab.
Dehof stretched out both arms and wrapped them around its neck.
In an instant, he ended up hanging from the White Tiger’s neck.
Roar! Roaaaar!
Like a tiger that hates having someone behind it.
As soon as it realized Dehof was clinging to it, it began thrashing about.
—Uaaaah! H-how long do I have to stay like this!
Like a cowboy doing rodeo.
The creature stubbornly held on atop the tiger’s back.
The more he did, the more violent the White Tiger’s movements became.
Roaaaar!
The White Tiger, seemingly extremely irritated, shook its body this way and that.
As if determined to shake him off, it reared up with bloodshot eyes.
And at that moment.
The creature’s pure white belly was exposed.
‘Now’s the time!’
Compared to its sturdy body, the belly looked incredibly vulnerable.
The moment its weak point was exposed, Choi Hyun-min shouted through the screen.
“Get it together! Everyone fire!”
Did they finally come to their senses at his sharp voice?
The Musket Soldiers who had been panicking.
They had been staring blankly at Dehof, then frantically grabbed their rifles.
And immediately.
Bang!
Someone pulled the trigger first.
The first shot fired with trembling hands.
That powerful bullet penetrated precisely through the White Tiger’s belly skin.
Groan!
Once the first shot began.
Everything that followed was swift.
Bang! Bang bang! Bang! Bang!
The muskets that followed, spitting fire.
The bullets fired by the Block Toys.
Lodged in the White Tiger’s body without the slightest error.
Thud thud thud.
Overwhelming firepower dug into the most vulnerable flesh.
Ten shots, twenty shots, thirty shots…
No matter how powerful a tiger.
It couldn’t withstand firepower that could tear apart even boss monsters in seconds.
Grrrowl…
The White Tiger growled low while still standing.
Its body seemed to stagger.
Thoom!
It collapsed face-first into the middle of the snowfield.
[You have defeated the Lord of the Snowfield.]
[In honor of your great Achievement, 700 Lord Points have been awarded.]
“Haah…”
Is it over?
The White Tiger collapsed to the ground.
Dehof climbed down from on top of it with an exhausted appearance.
‘Thank goodness… We almost got completely wiped out.’
If it weren’t for Dehof’s courage, we probably would have been cut down one by one.
“Well done, Dehof.”
-No. It was all thanks to Master’s judgment.
“You guys did well too.”
-S-sorry, Master. Honestly, I was scared…
-T-tigers are too big…
The Block Toys answered with embarrassed faces at Choi Hyun-min’s words.
They too seemed ashamed as they scratched the backs of their heads.
‘How strange. When they encounter other monsters or bosses, they charge in fearlessly without any fear…’
Strangely, when they see just a few certain creatures, they freeze up and can’t do anything.
Since they were originally Primitive Humans, do they instinctively fear beasts more?
Or is there some other reason?
While Choi Hyun-min was tilting his head in wonder.
Hans shouted toward him.
-Master! I found something here!
“What are you talking about?”
The spot where the White Tiger had fallen.
Right beneath where that mountain-sized massive body lay.
Hans had pulled something out.
“A wooden stick?”
What he was holding was just a crude wooden stick.
It was a dried piece of firewood about as thick as a wrist.
-That’s right. This came out of this creature’s body.
“Hmm… It just looks like trash, you can throw it away.”
There’s no way that could be loot.
If you wanted to get something similar, you could find them lying around just by going outside.
Choi Hyun-min waved his hand dismissively, telling him to throw it away.
However.
-I’ll give it to Master, just wait a moment.
Why bother?
While he slightly furrowed his brow.
The wooden piece that Hans sent through subspace was delivered to him.
“Why did you send me this trash…”
Since it was sent over here anyway.
I have no choice but to throw it away myself.
Choi Hyun-min grumbled quietly as he pulled the wood out of subspace.
‘Hm?’
But something was different.
Certainly, until just before taking it out.
To the naked eye, he thought it was just an ordinary tree branch…
The moment he grasped it with his hand.
Whoooosh.
Fire ignited at the opposite end.
Along with that, an unknown message appeared before his eyes.
[You can now deliver the First Fire.]
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