I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 17

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Episode 17

Episode 17

The fifth wave.

Normally, this should be the final wave ending with five hundred monsters.

However.

[Undead Slayer] Achievement accomplished.

Obelisk undamaged through the fifth wave.

And fastest time reaching the fifth wave.

With all of these overlapping.

The ‘condition’ was met.

-Kuguuuuu….

Something that had never appeared in the Defense Map before.

A boss.

Emergence.

* * *

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick Tock.

In time that seemed to have stopped.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick Tock.

Only I was moving.

-Sbababat!

One guy.

Another one before that guy falls.

Piece of cake.

No, like eating cotton candy while lying down.

It just melts away gently.

However, if there’s one complaint.

It’s getting boring gradually.

There are just many in number.

It’s even less fun than facing Ratman.

Ah.

Last time on the Hide and Seek Map.

Killing the Seeker there was fun.

Running away desperately, hiding.

So there was the fun of finding, the fun of hitting.

But zombies are, how should I put it.

Like hitting practice dummies?

-Chubababababak!

With [Killing Time] active, it might feel even more boring.

Of course, this is by my standards.

The party members’ situation was different.

I stopped moving for a moment and checked the three people’s condition.

“Are you okay?”

“Huff, huff. I can hold on….”

Their condition isn’t great.

Well.

After all, we’re all in the level 10 range.

If a basic Defense Map deals with about a thousand zombies.

We’re currently facing twice that number.

Even I would have been exhausted long ago if not for the Achievement I earned and the Ring of Vampirism.

‘Will it end once we kill all thousand?’

This isn’t like writing lines as punishment.

Let’s try filling up two thousand for now.

If that still doesn’t work?

We’ll have no choice but to wait until the end time.

-Chop!

The moment I gripped the dangling sword handle again.

-Kuguuuuuu….

In the distance, beyond the bridge, something rises up with a rumbling sound.

Huh?

King of Plague?

“Wasn’t this a map without boss monsters?”

“…Y-yes, it was.”

Cha Ye-rin also seemed quite flustered.

No wonder.

The light from the magic stone embedded in Cha Ye-rin’s hammer was also dimming.

The charged energy was almost completely depleted.

Then, now I’m practically the only fighting force left.

-Shiver!

I get goosebumps.

From fear?

No.

‘Now I can finally have some fun.’

Because the punishment writing is finally over!

“Hunter Cha.”

I glanced at Cha Ye-rin, or more precisely, at Cha Ye-rin’s hammer.

“About the hammer.”

“Yes?”

“Could I borrow it for a moment?”

“B-borrow it?”

“Yes. My sword’s condition isn’t very good….”

Cha Ye-rin looked at me with a pale face.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t expect this and used up all the energy… It won’t be of any use.”

Indeed, the magic stone embedded in the hammer had almost lost its light.

However.

That doesn’t matter.

What I needed from the beginning wasn’t the vibration barrier anyway.

“It doesn’t matter.”

“What? It doesn’t matter….”

“Then, may I borrow it for a moment?”

I took Cha Ye-rin’s hammer in my hand.

Since the hammer was slightly shorter than Cha Ye-rin’s height.

It was quite heavy.

To think she has the strength to swing this around freely.

Cha Ye-rin also possesses remarkable skill.

Actually, this type of blunt weapon doesn’t seem to suit me very well.

Even during trainee training, two-handed weapons like hammers, axes, and clubs never felt quite right.

Should I say dual wielding is better?

Or just cleanly using a single sword.

“Hmm.”

Well, anyway.

Right now this is the only useful thing I have.

“Hunter Yu.”

“Eh, yes. Yes?”

“Please help Hunter Cha and Hunter Kang recover.”

“Huh? Ah, no, then Tae-pyeong, you…!”

“I’m fine.”

I subtly showed the hand wearing the Vampiric Ring.

“I’m covering it with item power.”

“…!”

Well, in the first place.

I didn’t take even 1 damage from the zombies.

So there’s no need to recover.

However, those three people looked quite exhausted.

“Then, I’ll be going.”

Kang Da-gyeong looked like she was about to say something.

But I immediately ran toward the bridge.

On the way, one zombie. Two. Three.

-Slash!!!

I severed their necks to build up speed.

-Whoosh!!

And leaped up just like that.

[King of Plague] or whatever.

The name sounds grand.

But when I got close.

Like the Seeker from the Hide and Seek Map.

It’s not a single monster.

The rotting flesh of the zombie horde melted and mixed together.

A colony forming a massive body.

“Ugh, disgusting.”

As the corpses of the zombies I’d already killed were added.

The King of Plague was growing ever larger.

Bubble.

Bubble.

Bubble.

Like it was boiling.

Seeing that, something inside me.

Also began to boil.

“Hss…”

Disgust?

No.

It was a bit different.

-Vile things that refuse death…

‘Contempt’.

-I’ll gladly kill you again.

‘Hatred’.

-Die.

-Die.

-Die.

Some voice I’d heard before.

Once again colored my mind.

And at that moment.

-Smaaash!!!!

I swung the hammer in a trance.

-Crack!

-Smash!

Hundreds of zombie heads stuck together.

-Pop! Pop! Pop!

Burst like crazy.

How should I put it.

Like bursting rotten blueberries?

-Splat!

-Pop!

-Crack!

The King of Plague or whatever.

Was bursting everywhere before it could even form a proper body.

-Groooooan…

Whether this was a scream.

Or the sound of gas leaking.

Well, I don’t care.

I just need to turn it into mush anyway.

-Pop!

-Splat!

-Smash!

-Crack!

-Squelch!

The sounds were getting stickier.

That’s right.

Now it wasn’t breaking.

It was at the level of crushing.

-Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!

Crush.

Crush.

After crushing some more.

The ‘core’ gradually began to be revealed.

As the crushed zombie corpses flowed down.

-Grooan…

In the center, I could see a skull glowing fluorescent green.

‘That’s it.’

The crushed flesh tried to return to its original place.

-Smaaash!

Impossible.

Rather than the speed of recovery.

My speed of tearing it apart was faster.

‘The Achievement is already helping.’

The [Undead Slayer] I just obtained.

An Achievement that provides a 50% increase in critical hit rate against undead, truly timely.

I didn’t know I’d get to use this right away.

-Splurt!

-Thwack!

-Splurrrrt!

-Thwack!

Actually, this is.

More like a one-sided massacre.

Bluebe… exploding from the hammer.

No, zombies.

And the green skeleton slowly being revealed.

-Creeeeak!

A green skeleton with bits of rotting flesh still attached looks at me.

For a moment.

That eerie feeling ran down my spine again.

This time it wasn’t really because I was scared…

but rather.

Wow, now it’s really starting!

That’s what I thought.

Like when you reach the top of a roller coaster.

That exact feeling right before the drop!

Thrilling!

-Whoosh!

I raised the hammer high.

-Wooong.

As if pleading for me to stop now.

As if begging to be returned to its original master.

The hammer vibrates.

Yeah, yeah.

Just this one thing.

And I’ll send you back to your master.

I grinned wickedly as I looked at the glowing skeleton.

“Dear customer~!”

And before the zombie corpses could regenerate and cover the skeleton again.

I jumped into that swamp of rotting corpses!

Even in the midst of this, zombies rushed toward me, but.

-Crack!

-Smash!

I lightly swung the hammer.

“Your blueberry smoothie is ready~!!”

-SMAAASH!!!!!!!!!

With a cheerful sound.

-Crack!

Cracks begin to form in the skeleton.

-Crack crack! Crack!

The hammer trembling violently.

And the skeleton shaking and rattling as if resisting.

-Screeeeech…!

With a strange sound, green gas flows from the skeleton’s mouth.

Huh?

Should I avoid this?

-BOOOOM!!!!!!!!

But without time to react.

The skeleton explodes just like that.

-SPLATTER!!!!!

As the skeleton shatters to pieces.

The corpses surrounding it also begin to burst.

“Ugh, urgh!!!”

Wow, I can’t handle this!

Bleh!

Uuuuuurgh!!!

-Splatter!

Fortunately,

-Whirrrrr!

The tiny bit of energy remaining in the hammer emitted a vibration wave.

A barrier formed.

“Huff, hufff…”

I almost got hit by the blueberry smoothie.

“Tae-pyeong!!”

And a voice calling me from far away.

“Run! Run!!”

Run?

Looking around.

The ground beyond the bridge was collapsing.

“Gasp!”

Oh no.

Now there are no zombies left to slice through, so I have to run at my own speed!

I started running frantically with the hammer in hand.

Just as I crossed the bridge.

-CRUMBLE!!!

The bridge collapsed in an instant.

“Are you okay?”

Yu In-seok helps me up.

“Huff, gasp… I’m, I’m fine…”

“I’ll heal you.”

-Glow…

My palm, which had gotten slightly scraped from falling, heals immediately.

“Oh, ohhh!”

This is why people party up!

Healing is totally great?!

As I looked at my completely healed palm and raised my head.

I could see the Obelisk, perfect without a single scratch.

And.

-Flash!

A bright light sparkles before my eyes.

“Oh, ohh!”

Yu In-seok exclaims in admiration.

“A, a Gold chest!!”

“Gasp, mine’s Gold too!”

“I, I got gold too?”

It seems everyone got gold boxes.

A shimmering golden box is held in their hands.

Judging by their reactions.

I guess bronze or silver is normal for this section.

Slaughtering two thousand zombies.

And even killing the King of Plague must have raised the reward quality?

What a jackpot!

-Thud!

I caught the box falling from the light.

“Hm?”

I don’t see any golden glow.

A transparent box without any light.

This is….

“Di, diamond!!!!!”

Yu In-seok shouted before I could.

Then Yu In-seok collapsed with a thud.

“To think I’d see a diamond box in real life….”

And Kang Da-gyeong nodded with a serious expression.

“With Tae-pyeong’s skills, a diamond box makes sense. Actually, even diamond seems insufficient.”

“How much money would that sell for?”

“Money’s not the issue. Maybe an item that can’t even be converted to money will come out….”

Thump thump.

In that case, I really hope a weapon comes out!

“What did everyone get?”

When I casually asked.

Everyone got pretty decent stuff.

Kang Da-gyeong got a special pickaxe.

Yu In-seok got a defense boost bracelet.

Cha Ye-rin got a paralysis attribute dagger.

“Hunter Cha, let me get some of your luck!”

“Hahaha….”

Please let me get a weapon too!

“Hurry up and open it.”

“Yes!”

-Click.

When I opened the box….

“Hm?”

A golden liquid is contained in a translucent glass bottle.

Isn’t the panacea something that only comes out on high floors?

Ah.

Right.

Diamond boxes themselves could only be obtained on high floors.

“Pa, panacea…!”

“This comes out here?”

The party members exclaimed in admiration.

Among them, the most surprised was none other than Cha Ye-rin.

Cha Ye-rin, who could be said to be running dungeons for the panacea.

Cha Ye-rin couldn’t take her eyes off the panacea I was holding.

“Hmm….”

I stared at the shimmering golden liquid for a moment.

“Hunter Cha.”

“…Yes, yes?”

“Want to trade with me?”

“What???”

I held out the panacea to Cha Ye-rin.

“I wanted to give you something for lending me the hammer, so this works out well.”

“Bu, but this is…!!”

“Right. It’s a bit much, isn’t it? That’s why I’m suggesting a trade.”

Cha Ye-rin covered her mouth.

“Will you trade or not?”

“Sti, still….”

“Ah, I need a weapon, you know.”

I snatched the paralysis dagger from Cha Ye-rin’s hand.

And when I handed over the panacea.

“Th, thank you so much. Tae-pyeong, thank you so much.”

Cha Ye-rin burst into tears right there.

Leaving behind Cha Ye-rin who was practically sobbing.

‘Yes, I got a weapon!’

I smiled broadly.

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