Even if I Make It Roughly, Ex-rank Items Continue to Accumulate - Chapter 122

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Even Hastily Made Ones Keep Stacking Up as EX-Rank (122)

 

Soul Pursuit

 

It didn’t take long to reach the destination.

 

As they got closer, the cabin’s appearance became clearer, and the monsters surrounding it were clearly visible.

 

“There are many.”

 

It was just a small cabin.

 

A shabby and old house located in a corner of the sandy area. But in contrast to its pitiful appearance, countless monsters surrounded it.

 

Even a rough count easily exceeded several hundred.

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s eyes narrowed as he sat on the golem’s shoulder. Perhaps reading his mood, the golem spoke first.

 

“Strange. Those bastards. They’re not running away.”

 

“…Right.”

 

Kuwoong, kung!

 

The golem deliberately put force into its steps. Despite the tremendous momentum spreading enough to vibrate the air, the monsters didn’t budge from their spots.

 

As if they were trying to protect the cabin.

 

‘There’s definitely something there.’

 

When Lee Si-hyeok tapped the golem, it raised its leg high. Huwoong! The heavy lower body rose high, cutting through the wind.

 

Right after that.

 

Peoeoeoeng!

 

As the weighted leg swept the surroundings, monsters were instantly swept away.

 

Similar processes repeated several more times after that.

 

Each time the leg moved, dozens of monsters were pulverized and burst apart, and bizarre screams filled the surroundings.

 

Kwadeudeuk.

 

Peoeng!

 

When all the surrounding monsters had been pulverized.

 

Several messages appeared before his eyes.

 

[Successfully eliminated 800 monsters consecutively!]

 

[This is beyond imagination! A realm that no one in 〈Extreme Blood Battle〉 has ever reached!]

 

[Accordingly, your presence becomes even more powerful.]

 

[‘Powerful Presence’

 

· Due to your strengthened presence, more monsters will notice you. All monsters in the arena will chase you.

 

· Monsters fear you! Though they came chasing you by instinct, they will feel fear according to another instinct. Monster combat efficiency decreases by 50%.]

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he read the text. As he organized his thoughts about this unexpected development, the golem spoke to him.

 

“Master.”

 

When he looked up, he saw the golem gazing into the distance.

 

It was quietly observing beyond the ridge of the endless sandy area. A sandstorm was beginning to rise from there.

 

“They’re coming. The monsters.”

 

“…How many?”

 

“All of them. Every single one in this arena is coming.”

 

Powerful presence.

 

So it was true—all the monsters were really coming here.

 

Lee Si-hyeok closed the message window and clicked his tongue.

 

But despite his bewilderment, the situation itself wasn’t bad.

 

‘It might actually be good.’

 

Looking at it from another angle, he no longer needed to go out searching for monsters.

 

He would have had to roam around the entire arena to advance to the next stage anyway, so this would save him a lot of time. Plus, the enemies were debuffed, making them much easier to deal with.

 

“Then let’s quickly finish things here. Before they arrive.”

 

His thinking was done. As Lee Si-hyeok dusted off his hands and tried to enter the cabin, the golem hesitated and let out a groan.

 

“Hmm.”

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“Cabin. Too small. Only as big as my foot. So I can’t enter.”

 

“Ah.”

 

He had forgotten about that.

 

“Wait here for a moment. I’ll be back quickly.”

 

“Understood.”

 

With the sandstorm visible in the distance behind him, Lee Si-hyeok stepped into the cabin.

 

An old door on the verge of falling apart.

 

When he pushed it open, the interior came into full view.

 

Creeeeak…

 

The interior was more ordinary than expected.

 

It looked like something from an old western movie—a bar connected to a kitchen on the wall and chairs scattered across the floor reminded him of such scenes.

 

However, there was one difference…

 

‘Mana.’

 

He could sense a strange flow of mana.

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s eyes became calm in an instant.

 

There wasn’t much time. About 10 minutes until the monsters arrived. He had to find the artifact and return to the golem within that time.

 

He observed the mana with narrowed eyes and soon discovered a consistent pattern.

 

“A trap?”

 

A single circuit extending from the entrance ran through the entire cabin. A circuit with a blue glow. Except for that one path, everything else was filled with red.

 

Lee Si-hyeok took out an ore from his bag and carefully threw it outside the circuit where he was standing.

 

Whoosh.

 

Thud.

 

The stone flew in an arc and landed on the wooden floor.

 

It wasn’t over yet. Lee Si-hyeok held his breath and counted precisely.

 

Three, two, one…

 

‘…Zero.’

 

—Crack.

 

In an instant, the mana near the stone distorted grotesquely.

 

Then, moments later, it instantly crushed the ore into pieces. Only the stone turned to fine powder remained in that spot.

 

Upon detecting the anomaly, mana flowing in reverse and forward directions began to diverge, generating tremendous pressure.

 

It was a vicious trap.

 

Not simply a detectable trap, but a malicious one with triggers hidden in double and triple layers.

 

Lee Si-hyeok shouldered his bag again and began walking out.

 

Still, moving carefully along the circuit meant there was no danger. Fortunately, the defensive device seemed to end with the trap he had just confirmed.

 

“….”

 

In fact, Lee Si-hyeok’s case was special.

 

To reach the inside of this cabin in the first place, one would have to break through all the monsters waiting outside.

 

In other words, someone with that level of force would conversely lack knowledge in magical engineering, and someone with enough knowledge to understand this trap wouldn’t be able to handle the monsters.

 

This was due to the difference between combat and non-combat classes.

 

But even that ‘Creator’ fellow probably didn’t expect anyone to get through that.

 

Lee Si-hyeok, who had reached the end of the cabin, climbed the stairs.

 

The aura of an artifact could be felt somewhere on the second floor.

 

As he climbed the creaking stairs and reached the second floor, he unconsciously stopped walking.

 

“…A person?”

 

Right in front of the stairs, a person was collapsed.

 

It was a large person covered in blood all over their body, with limbs half-twisted.

 

He immediately knelt down and examined their condition.

 

However….

 

[You have discovered a victim of 〈Extreme Blood Battle〉.]

 

[Long, long ago, they came this far to take the hunter’s trial… but ultimately died without being able to break through the Creator’s trap.]

 

[An ignorant but brave soul! No matter what traps awaited, they would charge directly at them. They were an elite hunter whose life or death even other hunters had not yet been able to confirm.]

 

[Their mana seeps into the 〈City Guardian〉. The power of the 〈City Guardian〉 is further enhanced!]

 

“…Already dead.”

 

They seemed to have died quite some time ago. Seeing how all the muscles were twisted as if squeezed, it looked like they had just charged in without thinking to avoid the trap.

 

Lee Si-hyeok stood up and activated 『Subspace』.

 

Then he carefully pushed the corpse into the rift that appeared in the air and began moving again.

 

The second floor of the cabin looked similar to an old inn.

 

There was a corridor with several rooms arranged consecutively alongside it.

 

And at the end, he could feel the aura of an artifact.

 

Creak, creak….

 

He walked quickly and threw open the door of the last room.

 

A room with only one broken table and one yellowed bed.

 

On that bed, a single weapon in the form of a long spear was placed.

 

‘That’s it.’

 

He felt it instinctively. That weapon, and nothing else, was what he had been looking for.

 

He immediately pulled away the blanket covering the weapon.

 

Then a more detailed appearance came into view.

 

Looking closely, it was more like a ‘harpoon’ than a spear. There was one long handle in the center, with a sharp spike attached to its end.

 

Soon, seeing the white bandages wrapped around the handle, Lee Si-hyeok’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

 

“A seal?”

 

It was a familiar method. A sealing technique frequently used in modern magical engineering to suppress and conceal circuits. It mainly felt like putting mana to sleep so it wouldn’t leak outside.

 

But the fact that this had been done to this harpoon meant….

 

‘…Don’t tell me it was radiating that much mana even while in a sealed state?’

 

Realizing this, his mouth fell open involuntarily.

 

Certainly, this weapon’s aura had been felt even from the opposite side of the arena. In fact, Lee Si-hyeok had discovered the existence of this cabin when he was on the complete opposite side.

 

It was truly shocking.

 

Just how sophisticated could this artifact be.

 

Lee Si-hyeok raised his head to look out the window.

 

Through the gap where the worn curtains were slightly pulled back, a sandstorm was covering the sky. At the same time, tremendous vibrations shook the ground.

 

It’s coming quickly. Muttering this to himself, he immediately picked up the harpoon.

 

Even if he couldn’t use it himself, it was more than worth studying.

 

It was the moment he grasped the handle and lifted it up.

 

―Flash.

 

[You have discovered an Easter egg of 〈Extreme Blood Battle〉!]

 

[This is a powerful artifact hidden by the ‘Creator’, a weapon approaching divine skill that no one has been able to claim for eons.]

 

[The artifact’s true identity is being revealed….]

 

[….]

 

[….]

 

“…?”

 

However, even after waiting, that was the end of the message.

 

It said the identity would be revealed? Based on the information just gathered, 『Eyes that Pierce the Essence』 should organize it well, but what’s this suddenly….

 

That’s when it happened.

 

[….]

 

[Ownership of 〈City Guardian〉 has been confirmed from you.]

 

[Accordingly, the hidden identity of the existing artifact 〈Guardian’s Harpoon〉 is revealed!]

 

[〈Guardian’s Harpoon〉 → 〈Soul-Pursuing Harpoon 〉]

 

[A harpoon that pursues the opponent’s soul and hunts eternally. It possesses the special ability 『Soul Pursuit』.]

 

Special ability. Lee Si-hyeok’s eyes widened at those words.

 

He had seen countless artifacts so far, but among them, those possessing skills or abilities were extremely rare.

 

Basically, an enormous number of mana circuits had to mesh together precisely to create such abilities.

 

So the difficulty would be tremendous, and if it was an ability in a weapon of this caliber….

 

Inwardly shocked, as he tried to examine the detailed information, another message suddenly appeared.

 

[A suitable target has been found. 『Soul Pursuit』 activates.]

 

“…Now?”

 

In an instant.

 

An enormous light burst forth from the harpoon in his hand.

 

Lee Si-hyeok reflexively threw the harpoon away, and from where it fell on the bed, beams of light began extending in all directions.

 

Wooooooong!

 

A resonant sound filled the room.

 

Soon the chaotically swaying light gathered into a single stream, then shot straight through with a whoosh! The direction was beneath the bed. The light that penetrated the floor headed toward the outside of the cabin.

 

Lee Si-hyeok, who had been stepping backward, immediately rushed to the window. There, the beam of light that had extended at light speed was charging toward the golem’s shoulder.

 

More precisely, on top of the shoulder.

 

Toward the Guardian of Light who was still unconscious.

 

[Target ‘Guardian of Light’. Searching for suitable abilities.]

 

[Confirmed possession of Special Skill 『Bright Light』.]

 

[Pursuing the corresponding skill.]

 

The charging light pierced through the Pasuin’s chest.

 

Even so, no wound was visible. His body just jerked once greatly.

 

Following that, mana began boiling wildly around him, and the beam of light started absorbing that mana.

 

Once, twice, three times.

 

Each time the light flickered, the harpoon placed on the bed pulsed greatly.

 

How much time had passed?

 

When it had pulsed about seventeen times in total.

 

[『Soul Pursuit』 has succeeded.]

 

[Completely absorbed 『Bright Light』 from target ‘Guardian of Light’.]

 

[A new special ability, 『Bright Light』, is newly added to the 〈Soul-Pursuing Harpoon〉.]

 

From the harpoon lying alone, that sacred light he had seen countless times from the Pasuin began bursting forth.

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