D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 164

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Chapter 164
A chilling silence descended.
Kim Gyuwun’s expression flickered with momentary confusion.
Only then did the others grasp the problem.
[ Se-um: Sound has vanished ]
[ Tasha: It’s not just sound that’s gone. Even telepathy skills and things like that seem to have stopped working. ]
[ Se-um: Oh ]
[ Se-um: Then why can we still chat? ]
[ Tasha: Because we’re Constellations. ]
If it were me, I would’ve thrown in the towel right then, but Kim Gyuwun’s mind worked fast.
Light erupted from his hands, etching characters onto the ground.
I watched what he was writing, then shrugged lightly.
[ Se-um: Written communication is a decent approach, but I’m not sure we’ll have the luxury for it ]
[ Tasha: We’ll find out soon enough. ]
The moment Kim Gyuwun frantically wrote “large maintenance,” something erupted from the ground.
It was a spider with dozens of legs.
Its tentacle-like appendages immediately coiled around Kim Gyuwun’s arm and began crawling upward.
His lips trembled.
He seemed to be screaming, but no sound emerged.
[ Se-um: Ugh, disgusting ]
Despite both being tentacles, this was on an entirely different level of revulsion compared to Tasha.
There wasn’t just one or two.
A massive swarm was surging up from the ground.
The way they clung as if to devour flesh made Kim Gyuwun desperately ignite flames.
The spiders burned away helplessly.
Their individual combat strength was pathetic.
But the problem was how these spiders attacked in swarms, overwhelming humans.
Finding a way to handle the tsunami-like onslaught was the greatest challenge of the second wave.
It wasn’t just Kim Gyuwun—the other Hunters were struggling too.
Ha Gyuhyuk created white-hot flames around the others to protect them.
The spiders burned away without crossing that barrier.
But they couldn’t hold out like this forever.
Fighting while protecting everyone was impossible, and the moment anyone crossed that boundary, monsters attacked without fail.
Trapped between a rock and a hard place.
[ Se-um: It really is strange just watching like this. ]
[ Se-um: I never realized how much of a massive exchange it was—sponsoring them, conversing with them, all of it. ]
This is agonizing.
I should’ve lived more virtuously.
Should’ve accumulated more karma.
Or at the very least, I should’ve summoned the Constellations starting from the second wave.
I gazed ahead with a somewhat regretful expression.
[ Tasha: My client will handle it, so watch carefully. ]
[ Se-um: Got it. ]
[ Se-um: So which client are we talking about? ]
[ Se-um: The one over 300 years old? Or the one under 30? ]
[ Tasha: Ah. ]
[ Tasha: The one under 30. ]
For a moment, I thought she was indirectly telling me to handle it myself.
My hand reflexively moved toward my sword hilt before I let it drop.
Honestly, even without any special divine power, I could easily sweep away a spider tsunami like that.
It was a rare opportunity to pull off an unmatched display of strength here.
Before we first came to this place, there was one promise the Constellations made with each other.
‘Se-um, make me a promise.’
‘A promise?’
Tasha normally let me do whatever I wanted and mostly observed the situation.
Only when I fell into a crisis I couldn’t handle would she subtly suggest a way to resolve it.
She didn’t impose restrictions before I did something.
‘Let me hear what kind of promise it is first.’
‘Until the Competition starts, never step in more than necessary. You can’t sweep away monster waves or anything like that.’
‘What if the children get hurt?’
‘Even then, just watch. You have to listen to me.’
Without properly explaining her reasons, she made her demand so forcefully that I was overwhelmed.
Every piece of advice Tasha had given me so far was for my sake.
Thinking there must be a reason, I nodded in agreement.
But my hands were itching.
Kim Gyuwun’s body was half-covered by crawling spiders.
[ Se-um: Even if he’s not my client, seeing him suffer like that makes my heart ache… ]
[ Se-um: What if the kid gets completely devoured and dies? ]
[Franson: ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ ]
Franson, who had made the same promise with Tasha, was also crying helplessly without taking any action.
During the second wave, Tasha forcibly imposed restrictions on the Constellations’ actions.
What exactly did she want to show us?
“■■＆@(….”
And in that moment, an incantation not of Earth rang out clearly.
It was a spell so distinct and precise it shattered the fundamental laws of this dungeon.
I turned my head to look at the source.
Ji Chae-ah stood firm in place, blood dripping from between her lips.
Not only was she spitting out blood, but it was also flowing from her ears.
That language is not of Earth.
It’s from the Other World, and it’s something a human shouldn’t be able to bear.
— O one who knows me not, I beseech thee, grant me understanding. Teach me.
It was knowledge that would shake a human’s brain merely from hearing it, yet Chae-ah was speaking it aloud directly.
With bloodshot eyes, she chanted the incantation with crystalline clarity.
Tasha’s shadow stretched long across the ground.
[ Constellation-exclusive Karma ‘Astral Plane’ activates! ]
Astral Plane.
The mind of a Constellation that possesses all knowledge.
It forcibly transcends the client’s limits, allowing them to accept incomprehensible knowledge and wield omnipotent power.
The moment Tasha’s shadow engulfed Chae-ah, the ground began to vibrate with tremendous force.
“Teach me.”
This time, it was in Korean.
Hundreds of millions of languages erupted from behind Chae-ah.
The script of gods was reduced to zeros and ones, outputted through computation.
“Let me hear!”
Tentacles began rising from the trembling earth.
A colossal force incomparable to mere spiders tore them apart, devoured them, and analyzed them.
[ Tasha: Even the insignificant have lessons to teach. ]
[ Se-um: This is learning? ]
[ Tasha: Our species mostly absorb knowledge by touching things with our tentacles. ]
[ Tasha: What I taught Chae-ah was the method to expel knowledge that humans cannot accept. ]
Those like Jang Deuk-sung, the former Guild Master of Taemyeon, and the Guild Master of Cynea had gone mad or died from being forcibly injected with knowledge they could not comprehend.
But Tasha had taught Chae-ah a way to defend against it.
The moment any particular truth tried to invade her mental fortitude, she would reflect it and launch a counterattack at her opponent.
Of course, now that Chae-ah had spoken the language of the Other World herself, the recoil was affecting her own body.
[ Se-um: Still, that’s incredible, isn’t it? ]
Even if it was merely chanting an incantation, it would have required blood-soaked effort to understand and speak all of it.
A will and strength powerful enough to defy the laws of the Dungeon itself.
Chae-ah had accomplished all of this alone through her struggle.
She was a child who trembled with fear merely from responsibility falling upon her shoulders.
I had thought she hadn’t even entered a Dungeon, yet now she stood at the forefront, facing the monster wave alone.
Soon, the numbers Chae-ah had reflected clustered together to form a colossal black bird.
The bird had eight wings and three eyes.
It flew through the air without a sound, then split into thousands and tens of thousands as it descended upon the spiders.
They devoured them as though they had been starving for days.
“Ha….”
It was Dan Yibum who made the first sound.
Realizing his voice had returned, he flinched and pressed his hand to his forehead.
The monster wave wouldn’t end with this.
Chae-ah quickly drank an elixir and shouted with all her might.
“I will provide support from behind! Trust me, everyone….”
“I’ll help you!”
And suddenly, a woman rushed to Chae-ah’s side.
“You are….”
The woman spoke with deliberate clarity, her eyes gleaming with resolve.
“I’m Bella Dillon. I’m a Supporter!”

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