I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 72

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Episode 72

Episode 72

-Grrrrr….

What kind of situation is this now?

I couldn’t tell where it was coming from,

but a spine-chilling growling was circling around the area.

No,

they definitely said this wasn’t a map where monsters appear, right?

‘…I must be mistaken.’

For now, the boat was still moving.

Well, maybe each boat has a different theme?

I glanced at the ferryman as if seeking agreement,

but the old man just continued rowing without a word.

-Grrrrrr….

A low growling.

It was different from the characteristic growling of monsters commonly heard on the 40th Floor.

That had a strong feeling of being from ‘beasts’.

But this sound I’m hearing now….

-Grrrrrrrrr….

It felt much ‘stronger’ than that.

Incomparable to the beasts of the 40th Floor.

“….”

This isn’t some safari or anything.

It can’t just be a sound they’re playing for fun, right?

“Doing this out of nowhere isn’t good manners….”

I let out a hollow laugh and drew Severance.

And not long after,

-Swoooosh….

The boat stopped somewhere.

The ferryman slowly gestured as if telling me to get off.

However, the problem was,

-Grrrrr….

The unidentifiable growling was circling around even lower and stronger than before.

-Shing!

There was nothing more to consider.

I immediately pressed both blades of Severance against the old man’s neck.

“Turn the boat around right now.”

-….

But the old man remained silent.

However, he pulled up the corners of his mouth in a smile.

-Swoosh.

He simply pointed to the sky.

Golden letters shining clearly even in the thick fog.

At that moment, I realized.

‘Feast of the Gods…!’

That’s right.

This wasn’t a feast for ‘humans’.

Of course, various scraps do fall down.

But fundamentally, it’s a ‘feast’ for the enjoyment of the ‘gods’.

-Thunk!!!

I immediately stabbed my sword into the old man’s heart,

-Whoosh!

but the old man had already disappeared.

All that remained were torn pieces of clothing.

“Damn it!”

What the hell is this!

-Creeeeak….

Was it because the ferryman disappeared?

The boat began to sink gradually.

Fortunately, it was already touching land as it sank.

I hurriedly jumped off the boat.

Given the situation, anything could happen from now on.

There might be something lurking in that river water too.

If so, getting onto land was safer.

Since I’m overwhelmingly disadvantaged in underwater combat.

-Snap snap snap snap!

-Crunch crunch crunch crunch!

Sure enough.

As soon as I jumped off the boat,

red fish as big as forearms, no, even bigger, swarmed toward the boat in an instant.

Fish with sharp teeth quickly gnawed the boat away,

-Splash! Splash!

swimming around the area, constantly eyeing for blood.

It looked like a scene from a horror movie.

“Haah….”

Feast of the Gods.

So someone has to put on a ‘show’?

“….”

I glared into the thick fog.

-Grrrrr….

A chilling howl.

It was enough to make every hair stand on end.

Wow, it’s been a while since something like this.

-Thud!

A black paw emerging through the fog.

Its sharp claws put most weapons to shame.

A massive monster walking out with heavy footsteps.

“…!!!”

Cerberus.

Guardian of hell and hunter of death.

A three-headed calamity!

Its sturdy body with black fur was similar to ordinary wolf-type beasts,

but the difference was that it had three heads.

-Grrrrr….

-Grrowl….

-Grrrowwwl!

Each head growled fiercely.

As if it would devour me right here and now.

-Crack.

I gripped the Severance Blade tightly.

Then,

-Tssssss…

The Severance Blade disappeared from my hand like air.

“…!”

I frantically clawed at the empty air in panic,

Wait, so

I’m supposed to beat that crazy dog to death with my bare hands?

“Wow, shit…”

I’ve never fought with just my bare hands except during the tutorial.

But there was no choice.

Not only the Severance Blade, but the elf’s sword and other miscellaneous weapons couldn’t be taken out of my inventory at all.

The conclusion is.

Solve it with bare fists.

Just like how Heracles beat Cerberus to death with his bare hands.

Would this actually work?

The ones I fought barehanded were creatures like lizardmen and ratmen.

In other words, they were similar in ‘weight class’.

But the Cerberus before my eyes now was completely different.

A size that seemed twice, no, three times that of a 2-meter dire wolf.

The fact that its front paw was bigger than me said it all.

-Grrrrrr…

Sticky saliva dripped between its sharp teeth.

-Drip.

And at the same time,

-Hissssss…

The floor sizzled and burned away.

“…Is this for real?”

* * *

-Awoooo…!

-Awoooooo!!

-Woof! Woof woof!

The three heads howled like mad.

A roar filled with overwhelming bloodlust.

An ordinary human would have collapsed while pissing themselves just from hearing it.

“My eardrums are going to burst!”

However, Lee Tae-pyeong’s case was different.

Thanks to the [Socks of Deep Sleep], his extremely activated dantian firmly protected Lee Tae-pyeong’s will,

and the [Earrings of the Quiet Eira Forest] easily deflected the fear that Cerberus was emitting.

-Kwaaaang!!!

The black front paw trying to tear Lee Tae-pyeong apart crashed into the floor.

Should I say luck was on his side?

Cerberus was quite fast compared to various monsters,

-Whoosh!

but it was slow compared to Lee Tae-pyeong.

Agility boosted by [Nexkia’s Space Suit].

On top of that, if you add blink movement with [Echo Walker]?

Even with a 7-second cooldown, it was enough.

-Kwaaaang!!!

Lee Tae-pyeong dodged Cerberus’s strike like a loach.

It was close, but,

‘I was fast anyway, right?’

Haha.

If this were a game, Lee Tae-pyeong would have been unable to resist and typed in chat.

-Woof! Woof woof!

However, unfortunately, everything happening now was reality.

‘Ah, this is dog-like.’

Dog-like, but reality nonetheless.

A reality where if the blink movement went even slightly wrong, he’d be crushed to death by that damn dog’s front paw.

‘Now, gradually…’

Just dodging wouldn’t end it.

This was a fact Lee Tae-pyeong had realized through countless battles.

Wasn’t baseball the same?

No matter how well you play, 0:0 is just 0:0.

You have to squeeze out points somehow for the outcome to be decided.

And right now was

-Whoosh!

the timing for Lee Tae-pyeong to score.

‘The left is one beat fast, the right is one beat slow.’

Lee Tae-pyeong, who used blink, fell from mid-air.

‘The middle is normal speed.’

And,

‘Then obviously…!’

Lee Tae-pyeong’s fist, with the added force of descent,

-Baaaaam!!!!!!!!

struck directly into Cerberus’s left head.

-…!!!

Without even being able to make a yelping sound,

-Kwaaaang!!!!!

Cerberus’s jaw crashed straight into the floor.

The sound of breaking bones rang out like thunder.

An impact that cracked the ground.

Cerberus’s body, which had momentarily collapsed, trembled as if convulsing.

‘Okay, I took out one.’

Lee Tae-pyeong immediately flattened his body against the floor.

-Snap!!!

And belatedly, the right head bit at the spot where Lee Tae-pyeong had been.

“I told you it’s one beat slow.”

Lee Tae-pyeong sprang up as if bouncing,

and put power into his fist…

-Craaack!!!!!

He blew away the right head’s jawbone.

-…!!!

This time as well,

without a yelping sound, Cerberus’s head just fell backward.

-Chuuuuk!

The pink elongated tongue stuck out of its mouth.

-Shudder shudder!

-Tremble tremble tremble!

And still, Cerberus’s body convulsing.

The tail that had stood proudly was now curled under its belly,

and the two beaten dicks hung limply, completely broken.

And.

-Whine, groan, whimper…!

Slowly beginning to be filled with fear,

Cerberus’s middle head.

-Swoosh.

Lee Tae-pyeong turned his head to look at Cerberus’s middle head.

At that moment,

-Whimper! Whimper! Whimper!

The middle head began whining and crying.

The closer Lee Tae-pyeong got, the more the convulsing body flinched in surprise.

-Grab.

When Lee Tae-pyeong grabbed its scruff.

-Shiiiiiii…

Cerberus trembled and pissed itself.

-Kiiiiing!

The completely terrified Cerberus let out a pitiful cry.

“Haaah…”

Lee Tae-pyeong clenched his fist and let out a deep sigh.

“…Fucking pitiful.”

That’s right.

Lee Tae-pyeong’s trait is [Cheonsalseong].

It’s completely different from [Psychopath].

It’s not even a mindless monster,

Cerberus…

In other words, seeing a ‘dog’ terrified like this.

Lee Tae-pyeong’s heart couldn’t help but waver.

Of course.

A normal person wouldn’t feel ‘pity’ here.

Why?

Because the opponent was Cerberus, not a ‘dog’.

Among the beasts of the 40th Floor, there’s none that could beat it,

Cerberus, the beast among beasts!

Feeling ‘pity’ for such a Cerberus?

It would be impossible for a normal person.

However,

standing before Cerberus now wasn’t a normal person, but Lee Tae-pyeong.

Lee Tae-pyeong who beat down Cerberus with his bare hands,

and made it piss itself from overwhelming fear.

To such a Lee Tae-pyeong…

-Whine! Whiiine…! Yelp!

The Cerberus before his eyes just looked like a ‘puppy’.

A puppy trembling and begging to be spared…

“…”

Lee Tae-pyeong lowered his fist.

Actually,

if there had been a mission saying ‘Kill Cerberus’.

Lee Tae-pyeong would have naturally beaten Cerberus to death here.

However.

There was no order to kill it.

Even in Heracles’s ‘final labor’,

Heracles didn’t kill Cerberus.

He just subdued it.

“Damn it.”

Feeling unusually uncomfortable, Lee Tae-pyeong just let Cerberus go.

If [Cheonsalseong] had made him want to kill as it commanded, it might be different.

But this time, he didn’t feel like it.

“Get lost before I change my mind.”

Lee Tae-pyeong turned around with a sigh.

-Whine, whimper…

Then it struggled to get up,

-Lick.

Cerberus licked Lee Tae-pyeong once with its wet tongue and quickly ran away.

For some reason, he didn’t feel the burning pain from acidic liquid on his body.

“Ah, it’s wet.”

Just ordinary dog saliva.

As Lee Tae-pyeong wiped off the sticky saliva,

-Shiiine!

With perfect timing, a reward box appeared.

“Oh!”

Not bronze, not silver, not gold, not platinum, not diamond.

A black box.

On every surface, infinite symbols were engraved.

“Looks a bit different?”

Lee Tae-pyeong grinned and opened the box.

-Click.

Then…

An item he never expected was placed in Lee Tae-pyeong’s hand.

Lee Tae-pyeong looked down at the silver whistle with a dumbfounded expression.

It lets me summon the guy I just beat the crap out of…?

“…Isn’t this kind of sadistic?”

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