I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 29

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#Chapter 29.
The spirit, completely drenched in a viscous black liquid, was truly monstrously enormous.
Mass itself was violence.
At that scale, it was nothing short of catastrophic violence. And the creature didn’t rely solely on its massive frame in combat.
―Grrrraaaaaaagh!
A spirit fused with black liquid…. In other words, the fusion entity possessed hundreds of tentacles.
These tentacles weren’t merely writhing in a grotesque manner—each one was a lethal weapon.
Crash―!
A single tentacle struck the earth, and a deafening boom reverberated across the battlefield. The force was staggering.
Moreover, its speed was disproportionately fast for the tentacle’s size, making it impossible to let one’s guard down.
And there were hundreds of these tentacles. Hundreds of them descending from every conceivable angle.
But that wasn’t even the worst of it!
If one managed to penetrate through those tentacles and approach the creature’s core, the fusion entity unleashed a vicious acidic liquid. From its entire body, no less.
Initially, I thought it could only spray from its mouth, but when I drew close enough to swing my blade, it unleashed acid in all directions as if it had been waiting for that moment.
Even evading that proved insufficient—the fusion entity’s hide was horrifyingly difficult to pierce.
The exterior was wrapped in that sticky liquid, while the interior was composed of solid rock, making my blade unable to penetrate.
Truly a nightmarish monstrosity.
The kind of creature that would demand an ordinary person risk their life merely by approaching it.
But naturally, I didn’t fall into that category of ordinariness.
Whoooosh―!
A massive tentacle plunged downward along the trajectory of my sprint.
I evaded the continuously descending tentacles by the narrowest of margins, closing in on the creature’s core.
As I penetrated through the tentacles and drew near, acidic liquid erupted as if on cue.
Sizzzzzzle!
But that acidic spray never reached my body.
I simply dodged most of it, and any stray drops that did splash couldn’t penetrate the electrical aura enveloping my entire form.
And.
Crack―!
I possessed the strength to cleave the creature’s hide in a single stroke.
More precisely, I wasn’t slashing through brute force alone—I was cutting through the ‘flow’ itself.
Regardless, each time I swung my blade, the fusion entity’s body tore without resistance.
―It’s not here either.
After swinging my blade several times, once Onyx finished scanning the interior, I immediately retreated.
Crash―!
Lingering in one spot too long meant the creature would literally flare up and sweep the surrounding area with its massive frame.
While I could evade it if necessary, it was simpler to create distance and charge back in.
At this rate, it seemed I would soon locate the core without much difficulty.
However, after repeating such attempts countless times, Onyx spoke to me in a frustrated tone.
―This is troublesome. We’ll need to revise our strategy.
“Revise our strategy?”
I frowned as I asked, and Onyx answered quickly.
―It seems the core keeps shifting its location. If that weren’t the case, I should have sensed at least a fragment of it by now.
“Why are you telling me this now?”
―Usually, only fairly high-ranking spirits can do that! And if it’s an earth or rock spirit, even more so! The probability of such a creature appearing in this shallow layer is slim, and!
“Does it look like a monster that belongs in this layer to your eyes?”
I dodged the tentacles that were plummeting down at me with fierce intensity, speaking in an exasperated tone.
Onyx fell silent for a moment as if he had nothing to say, then answered.
―Damn it, you’re right. That’s my mistake. Anyway, we need to revise our strategy. We can’t give the core a chance to move—we have to keep tearing the creature’s body apart relentlessly.
“Easy to say.”
It really was easy to say.
But it wasn’t an impossible task.
“Huff.”
I steadied my breathing while dodging the unrelenting barrage of attacks.
At the same time, I checked Cheon-ung’s condition once more.
‘He should be fine.’
Though he seemed preoccupied with evading attacks, most of the fusion creature’s attention was focused on me, so he didn’t appear to be in serious danger.
“Cheon-ung!”
“Yes?”
So I issued new instructions to Cheon-ung.
“From now on, draw its attention as much as you can, but if it gets dangerous, pull out completely!”
“Yes? Is that really okay?”
“Yes!”
I didn’t have high expectations.
Just a little distraction would be nice, but if not, so be it.
Ultimately, it was my responsibility to finish this creature.
Of course, I had no intention of solving every situation through sheer determination alone.
As I grew accustomed to my abilities, instead of subscribing to specific channels beforehand, I employed a different approach.
I considered every possible scenario, then identified and organized the subscription channels that suited each situation.
I also verified exactly how much validity period each ability would grant when subscribed to with a Bronze Ticket.
And right now, that preparation bore fruit.
[You have subscribed to Bear’s Emblem using a Bronze Ticket.]
There was no need to open the subscription window to find a channel to subscribe to.
Simply recalling the channel I had precisely planned allowed me to subscribe immediately.
[This subscription’s validity period is 30 minutes.]
Bear’s Emblem had a 30-minute validity period.
It significantly enhanced overall physical abilities, particularly stamina and strength.
[You have subscribed to Leopard’s Emblem using a Bronze Ticket.]
[This subscription’s validity period is 30 minutes.]
Leopard’s Emblem.
It granted subscribers exceptional reflexes and dynamic visual acuity—in gaming terms, it substantially boosted the “agility” stat.
All three Bronze Tickets had a validity period of merely thirty minutes.
Using them just for this battle would exhaust them entirely. And that was precisely what I wanted.
Generally speaking, the more powerful an ability, the shorter its duration tends to be.
If one greedily selected an overwhelmingly powerful ability, the subscription would end before the battle even concluded.
Conversely, if the subscription period was too generous, the potency of the ability was likely to be weak.
I had chosen these two channels with that consideration in mind—guaranteeing a minimum duration of combat effectiveness while granting abilities sufficiently powerful to aid in battle.
“Haaah.”
Feeling vitality surge through my weary body, I began charging toward the Amalgamation once more.
The task itself remained unchanged.
Tear apart its body and locate the core.
―SCREEEEEECH!
CRASH! Bang, bang―!
As I rushed forward again, the Amalgamation shrieked and lashed its tentacles wildly.
Dodging, always dodging.
As I drew closer, it spewed acidic liquid to intercept me, just as before.
Sizzzzle!
I evaded that as well, blocking what could be blocked. And then I reached the Amalgamation’s front.
I began swinging my blade without a moment’s respite.
―KYAAAAAAAGH!
As my blade tore through its body, the Amalgamation naturally shrieked in agony and thrashed about.
Acidic liquid streamed down, and its tentacles moved viciously as if to sweep away everything around it.
In the past, I would have lightly retreated and resumed my assault.
But not now.
CRAAACK!
I barely dodged a tentacle aimed at my head by a hair’s breadth and swung my blade.
SHHWOOOOSH!
The sudden deluge of acid was repelled by electricity, and I swung my blade again.
In a single second, countless attacks poured forth, and I relentlessly parried or evaded every one while persistently swinging my blade.
From the tip of its tail to its head.
I swung my blade as if to pulverize its entire body, again and again.
―GAAAAAAAGH!
The Amalgamation shrieked as it was pounded alive.
An ordinary living creature would have died many times over from such an assault.
But the Amalgamation was not ordinary.
With its transcendent regenerative power, it instantly healed its wounds and counterattacked relentlessly.
I was pressing my assault quite successfully.
Without allowing a single attack to land, I had carved my way up nearly halfway through its torso.
That was when it happened.
―Uuuuu.
Suddenly, “mouths” appeared across the Amalgamation’s body. Thousands of gaping maws.
—Uuuuuuuuuu!
—Aaaaaaaaaa!
—Ghhhhaaaaaaaa!
And each of those mouths began to emit a different sound.
While the sounds instinctively triggered revulsion, I quickly realized that wasn’t all there was to it.
My body grew heavy.
My vision blurred. My fingertips dulled. An itching sensation spread across my entire frame. Strange hallucinations flickered before my eyes.
Crash—!
And in that opening, a tentacle lashed across my back.
At the moment of impact, I barely managed to twist my body to minimize the damage, but it still wasn’t zero.
At least I could take comfort in the fact that I didn’t get knocked away and barely held my ground.
—Master! It’s a curse!
And then Onyx explained the cause of the abnormality.
—Each of those mouths is radiating a different curse!
“Is there a solution?”
I spoke while barely evading the attacks. According to Onyx’s assessment, countless curses were now infesting my body.
—For now, I’ll try to dispel them as much as I can, but if we don’t eliminate the root cause, there’s no way! There are far too many curses!
He was right.
Onyx immediately began dispelling the curses afflicting my body, but it was like pouring water into a bottomless jar.
New curses quickly seeped into the empty spaces.
‘How dreadful.’
Truly, an opponent without equal in its hideousness.
My body was heavy, my vision murky, ringing echoed in my ears, and sharp pain radiated throughout my frame.
Without hesitation, I subscribed to a new ability.
[You have subscribed to Iron Will using a Bronze Ticket.]
[This subscription is valid for 20 minutes.]
A channel that grants strong resistance to curse-type abilities.
The moment I subscribed, the curses infesting my body were repelled.
The creature continued to unleash new curses relentlessly, but it didn’t matter.
This wasn’t about dispelling curses—it was about resisting their effects.
To break through this, a single powerful curse would be far more effective than hundreds of petty ones.
But the fusion creature possessed no such ability.
Crunch-crunch-crunch!
—Gaaahhhhh!
I shifted back to the offensive.
Crunch-crunch-crunch-crunch!
The speed at which I tore through the fusion creature’s body accelerated.
The mouths adorning the creature’s body spewed curse-laden words without pause, but they couldn’t penetrate my fortified mind at all.
—Gwerrrgh!
The fusion creature thrashed about with renewed frenzy, as if sensing its impending doom.
I tore through the colossal monster’s body into fragments, charging forward with relentless momentum.
“Is… is that a person?”
Cheon-ung, who had been boldly attacking the enemy in hopes of drawing even a shred of attention, couldn’t help but mutter.
While thinking, ‘At that level, I don’t even need to draw attention—he could just grind the monster to dust by himself…’
―I feel it!
Just as I drew close to the fusion entity’s head, Onyx cried out.
―The enemy’s skull! There’s a core at the center!
Finally, I’d found its weakness.
I stepped off a tentacle that had been aimed at me and launched myself upward.
The fusion entity’s grotesque eyes glared down at me.
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
Lightning erupted from my blade, painting it a brilliant azure. Without hesitation, I drove my sword toward its skull.
Crash, crash, crash, crash!
―Screeeeeeeeeech!
The blade pierced straight through the fusion entity’s skull and burrowed deep within.
Then I felt it.
Something hard at the sword’s tip. And the blade piercing through it.
Snap!
In that instant, the fusion entity’s massive body went rigid.
I knew instinctively.
That final strike had brought it down.
But what happened next exceeded my expectations.
[You have defeated a Servant of the Evil God.]
[You have achieved an outstanding Achievement! Your karma rises significantly!]
[You receive a reward.]
Messages congratulating my Achievement appeared. And simultaneously—
[The Evil God places a curse upon the one who has slain its Servant.]
Sargon’s true trap had been sprung.
Whoooooosh!
Before I could react, absolute darkness engulfed me.

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