Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 81

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Episode 81

“Good heavens!”

Ji Min-gi, who was watching the screen created by Choi Hyun-min.

He gaped at the sight of the situation inside the Labyrinth Outskirts.

“What are all those eggs doing there…”

A massive object visible beyond the mountain of corpses.

It was an egg covered in disgusting green slime.

With an absurd size three to four times that of an adult body.

Not only Ji Min-gi.

Both Choi Hyun-min and Chairman Choi couldn’t hide their surprise.

“Why is something like that here…”

Moreover, unlike ordinary eggs.

It even writhed as if it were alive.

A feeling like a heart pulsating.

Though it was a sight they had never seen before.

The instinctive disgust was so overwhelming it made them want to retch.

“Don’t tell me monsters are growing inside there?”

Choi Hyun-min stared at the screen with a deeply furrowed brow.

The problem was that there wasn’t just one or two of those bizarre eggs.

At least hundreds.

No, just what entered his field of vision numbered in the thousands.

This space itself had already been conquered by those disgusting eggs.

Crack. Crack-crack.

Meanwhile.

A grotesque sound came from the egg positioned closest to them.

Along with it, a Troll covered in green slime.

Suddenly-

Thrust out its thick arm and struggled to break free.

“Shoot!”

Choi Hyun-min shouted urgently.

Fortunately, Hans, who was at the front, understood the command.

-Where do you think you’re going, you bastard!

Rat-a-tat-a-tat!

He turned his gun barrel and poured bullets toward the creature.

Splat!

Then, with a sound like a watermelon breaking.

The Troll met its death right inside the slimy egg.

Chairman Choi, who had been watching, unconsciously patted his chest in relief.

“That’s fortunate. Though I’m not sure if I should call it fortunate.”

“Fath… I mean, Chairman, have you ever seen anything like this before?”

Choi Hyun-min had been reading and studying monster guides like daily bread.

But he could say with certainty he had never seen such a horrific monster.

He was learning for the first time that monsters could even be born from eggs.

Chairman Choi was the same.

He shook his head with a bitter expression.

“I’ve never seen anything like that either.”

“This is my first time seeing such things too.”

Ji Min-gi was no different.

Even a government agency official was seeing this type of monster for the first time.

Choi Hyun-min bit his lower lip slightly.

“Whatever the case, since we saw monsters being born inside there. It would be better to eliminate them all.”

Setting aside completely clearing the outskirts.

First, shouldn’t they find the exit?

“Let’s advance while eliminating the eggs. Until we can see the exit.”

At Choi Hyun-min’s command.

Hans on the other side of the screen nodded.

Then he conveyed his words to the other Hunters.

-He says to advance while eliminating eggs until we can see the exit.

“Ah, understood.”

The Hunters also nodded and quickly drew their weapons.

One by one.

The Hunters began eliminating the eggs blocking their path.

Crack! Thwack!

The moment a mana-infused sword struck the egg’s surface.

A massive crack formed.

An arrow shot by another Hunter pierced through it.

Only then did one egg shatter with a bursting sound.

“This… might take longer than expected.”

With hundreds, thousands of eggs to destroy.

It took three or four people working together just to break one egg.

“We’ll have to put in a bit more effort on our end.”

It would be better to sweep them away using the Gatling Gunners.

Choi Hyun-min nodded with that thought.

He gave another order to the Block Toys.

“Let’s sweep them all away.”

-Sweep them away?

“Don’t bother leaving it to the Hunters. Shoot and blow up everything you see.”

-Understood, if that’s an order.

At those words, Hans stepped forward in front of the Hunters.

-From now on we’ll handle this, so all of you fall back.

“Wh-what are you saying?!”

-You’re in the way.

Hans waved his hands, pushing the Hunters toward the back.

The Hunters flinched in confusion at his behavior.

In that instant, the remaining Block Toys lined up in a row and took their place.

A mere twenty-six of them.

In terms of numbers, around 5% of the Hunters.

Less than half of half of half the headcount.

-Since Master gave permission. Fire away.

Brrrrrrrrrrrr!

The moment they boldly pulled the triggers without hesitation.

A one-sided massacre began.

Splat! Thud! Splurt!

Even when the Hunters had beaten them with full force.

They had shown ostrich egg-like resilience.

But the moment these beings fired their machine guns left and right.

They began shattering one after another.

Would this be what a human trampling ants looks like?

Truly a perfect difference in power.

The Gatling Gunners, as commanded by Choi Hyun-min.

They fired their guns while gradually advancing forward.

“Where on earth did those people come from?”

“I know right… When we were hitting the eggs, they didn’t even budge.”

“Isn’t it the difference in weapons?”

“No. That’s not the kind of power you can display just by holding guns.”

Half admiration, half fear.

Complex emotions filled the faces of the Hunters following behind at that sight.

To think they could display such destructive power against monsters they couldn’t even handle.

At the thought that they might turn their gun barrels around.

The Hunters followed behind the Gatling Gunners without complaint.

Rat-a-tat-a-tat!

The gunshots that rang out loud enough to hurt their ears.

When the thunderous noise continued for a while then stopped.

The Hunters who had been following them with their mouths shut.

They all raised their heads in unison and looked straight ahead.

“Woooow…”

“They just completely destroyed the entire perimeter…”

Until just a while ago, thousands of eggs had been packed densely there.

Now they couldn’t even properly find a single intact egg.

What remained were shells.

And only green slime that had wetly soaked the floor.

At the same time, their vision opened up, allowing them to see far into the distance.

“A-are you really Hunters?”

-What are you talking about?

“I mean, no matter how much of a grade difference there is… can there really be this much of a gap…”

-Stop talking nonsense and guide the way.

Brushing aside the grumbling Hunters’ words.

Only then did the Block Toys quietly fall back.

From here on, the Hunters would guide the way.

“Understood. Please follow us.”

At their words, Park In-hun, who was like their representative, stepped forward.

Park In-hun gripped his sword tightly and slowly took steps forward.

With each step he took, squishy sounds came from the floor.

But he didn’t pay attention to that.

Rather, his curiosity about the mysterious Hunters-

Armed with weapons that should absolutely not exist inside the Maze.

His curiosity about these unknown Hunters who came to help them was much greater.

‘Who are they? How can they bring guns into the Maze? No, more than that… how can they be that strong?’

Squelch. Squelch.

He had prided himself on being an S-rank Hunter whose level wouldn’t be embarrassing anywhere.

But those people were one level above him-

No, they were beings at least ten levels above.

‘If they were Hunters in the top 100 rankings… could they possess that level of power?’

Even while walking forward, his mind was still focused on the Gatling Gunners behind him.

Park In-hun pondered with a half-dazed expression.

‘It would probably be impossible…’

Perhaps he already knew.

That the beings before his eyes were completely different from ordinary Hunters.

‘Are they not Hunters? Are they AI robots made by the Interdimensional Management Bureau? Or if not that… a government Special Forces unit they’re secretly raising?’

He didn’t know which it was, but he was envious enough to feel sick to his stomach either way.

If he could safely escape from this place.

He would definitely ask.

Whether they could come to his guild.

If that could happen, even if he had to give everything he had…

-Be careful!!!

Park In-hun, who had been walking absentmindedly.

At the sudden shout from behind, he urgently raised his head.

No, he thought he raised it.

Whoosh!

A fierce wind suddenly blowing from the front.

The moment he raised his eyes to look ahead.

Thwack!

Park In-hun, who had been guiding the way at the very front.

His head disappeared without a trace.

“Uh, uaaahhh!”

“Wh-what?!”

-Front! It’s in front!

Screams mixing together in chaos.

Someone’s crying could be heard piercing through it.

The Hunters’ gazes all turned forward in unison.

There was-

Groooooo!

“A goril…la?”

A gorilla was standing there.

Of course, it was very different from what you’d see at a zoo.

An appalling size.

“Fuck, what the hell is that thing?!”

“I don’t know! What kind of gorilla is that big?!”

“Draw your sword first, you idiot! Is this the time for that?”

10 meters? 15 meters?

Easily the height of a 3 or 4-story apartment building.

Moreover, that wasn’t the only problem.

“What’s that bastard got attached to its body?”

“It’s got some kind of Mechanical Device hanging on it…”

“Is that even really a gorilla to begin with?”

Rather than a black animal resembling a monkey.

Its head was made of steel and emitted red light.

Silver spikes protruded sharply from its legs.

Moreover, its arms looked like they had mechanical prosthetics attached.

Traces of bolts hammered in here and there could be seen.

“It’s not a cyborg either…”

“It doesn’t seem like a monster either?!”

The Hunters were flustered by this being they’d never seen before.

Yet seeing Park In-hun get attacked, they instinctively sensed it was an enemy.

The Hunters hastily drew their respective weapons.

Up until that point.

The Hunters thought.

Groooooo!

If over 400 Hunters concentrated their firepower on that thing.

Couldn’t they defeat that one creature.

However, that was a huge mistake.

It glared around with red eyes, then—

Thoom!

It leaped straight up into midair with a jump.

“Wh-what?!”

The gorilla jumped to a height exceeding its own body in an instant.

The moment they saw that sight—

The Hunters’ bodies froze like stone.

The gorilla’s shadow fell over them.

Then, as the creature’s body came crashing down—

Crack!

It crushed the bodies of several Hunters beneath it.

There weren’t even any screams.

They died without even knowing they were dying, crushed under the gorilla’s feet.

“Ugh, uaaaah…”

“R-run!”

“Damn it, where the hell did that thing come from?!”

Did they finally come to their senses at the horrifying sight?

The Hunters flailed their arms and fled in panic.

They had already realized it instinctively.

Unlike before, even if they joined forces—

This was an existence they couldn’t even cross swords with.

Thoom!

The gorilla watched the Hunters’ behavior.

It leaped through the air again and landed on the opposite side.

“Hyaaaak! H-how…!”

The gorilla that had jumped to the opposite side in an instant.

The moment a Hunter who had been fleeing desperately noticed it—

The creature’s hands came together in the middle like clapping.

Crack!!!

Just one strike.

No matter how great the armor they wore—

No matter how high-ranking the Hunter—

There was nothing they could do against this grotesquely shaped monster.

With just one swing of its arm, it crushed several Hunters.

They couldn’t even think of resisting and were busy scattering in all directions.

“That bastard…!”

And Chairman Choi, who was watching from outside the screen—

He let out a hot snort as anger welled up inside him.

Though they weren’t from the same guild—

The sight of a monster so one-sidedly slaughtering humans was unbearable to watch.

“Choi Hyun-min.”

“Yes, Chairman.”

“Can’t I go inside there myself?”

Inside there?

He had never thought about such a thing.

If that had been possible in the first place, there wouldn’t have been any need for this situation.

Choi Hyun-min pondered for a moment.

Just as he was about to answer Chairman Choi—

Ding.

A familiar message line appeared before his eyes.

[Quest: Eliminate the second Interrupter.]

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