I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 80

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#Chapter 80.
When Jung Han-sung first sought a location to claim as his territory, he used the power of his subscribed channel to locate a cave brimming with Mana Stones.
And what he encountered there was none other than a Golem embedded with Mana Stones.
At that time, he hadn’t given much thought to the presence of a Golem in the cave.
‘Unclaimed Territories often have guardians in places with valuable resources, or so I’d heard.’
The Mana Stone Cave was precisely the sort of location where a guardian would be expected. But the place where the Golem now appeared felt entirely different.
‘There doesn’t seem to be anything special here.’
The Golem simply lay sprawled in what resembled a small basin-like terrain.
Patches of grass surrounded the area, making it easy to overlook, but there was nothing else remarkable about it.
‘Still, it is within my territory.’
Jung Han-sung stroked his chin. Then, he quickly made a decision. I would approach and examine it more closely.
Not only was it within my territory, but curiosity had been piqued regardless of other considerations.
Thus, Jung Han-sung slowly walked toward the recumbent Golem.
I had already drawn my blade and channeled my energy in preparation for any unforeseen circumstances.
Hummmmm—.
As I closed the distance, the Golem’s eyes blazed with an azure glow.
The Golem then pushed itself up from the ground and swiftly turned to face me.
Expecting the Golem to charge, I halted in place and raised my blade defensively.
“…?”
Yet the Golem remained motionless where it stood.
‘Why isn’t it attacking?’
Could prolonged neglect have caused some malfunction?
Entertaining such thoughts, I narrowed the distance further. In the moment I advanced three paces.
Whoooooosh!
The Golem immediately swung its arm.
Rather than counterattack, I retreated once more.
“Hmm.”
And the Golem stopped in its place again.
Only then did I discern a crucial fact.
‘It refuses to leave that spot.’
Judging by its movements just now, there appeared to be no malfunction whatsoever.
Which meant there was a high probability that something lay in that location.
Rather than approach the Golem again, I slowly scanned it and its surroundings with my eyes.
‘This Golem seems somewhat larger than the one I faced before. The aura it emanates is stronger too.’
From a distance, I hadn’t noticed, but up close, I could see this Golem’s head was proportionally larger.
Moreover, its reaction speed was faster and the force of its attacks appeared more formidable.
Yet it wasn’t cause for alarm.
After all, I had dispatched the previous Golem with ease. Even if this one was somewhat stronger, the difference was negligible.
‘But even up close, I don’t see anything particularly special.’
I primarily examined the area beneath the Golem’s feet. However, nothing caught my eye.
Jung Han-sung deliberated for a moment before reaching his decision.
‘I’ll bring it down first and examine it afterward.’
That was the plan—crush it, then leisurely investigate.
Jung Han-sung didn’t hesitate and immediately drew upon his Nae-gi.
A tingling sensation surged through him as his nerves honed to razor sharpness, and his heart thundered against his ribs.
Whirrrrr—!
But then, the radiance blazing from the golem’s eyes intensified, and something hurtled toward him at tremendous speed.
Whoosh!
Jung Han-sung reacted instantly, lunging forward.
Boom!
A fraction of a second later, an explosion erupted behind him.
It appeared the golem possessed ranged capabilities as well.
I’d wondered how it would respond if attacked from a distance while defending only one position, but the golem’s creator had clearly thought of everything.
Yet this information mattered little to Jung Han-sung.
The eye-fired projectile missed pathetically, and the golem’s movements were far too sluggish to intercept him.
Crack-crack-crack!
In a flash, Jung Han-sung closed the distance and swung his blade—one of the golem’s legs shattered clean off.
It felt as though he’d wielded a siege hammer rather than a sword, striking with such devastating force.
Robbed of one leg, the golem lost its balance and lurched violently; Jung Han-sung seized the moment and leaped upward without hesitation.
Boom!
This time, one of the golem’s arms exploded under his blade.
The golem had sacrificed its limb to shield a vital point.
While such a decision showed tactical wisdom, the problem was that a single arm couldn’t fully withstand Jung Han-sung’s assault.
More than just the arm crumbled—with a sickening crack, part of the golem’s torso collapsed.
And with it, the core was exposed to the open air.
Whirrrrr—!
The golem’s eyes flared once more as it swung its remaining arm in a desperate strike.
But Jung Han-sung paid it no mind, driving straight into its grasp.
Snap!
He tore the core free with his bare hand—no blade required.
The golem froze mid-attack, then tilted and collapsed to one side.
Whirrrrr—!
Jung Han-sung landed atop the fallen golem’s body.
“Hah.”
He exhaled hot breath and allowed his Nae-gi to settle; his heightened nerves gradually calmed.
The battle had been brief, so it didn’t take long for him to recover.
Jung Han-sung descended from the golem’s corpse and examined the core in his hand.
I’d been curious enough about the golem’s core to extract it intact rather than destroy it, and its surface was etched with intricate patterns.
‘I’ll study this more carefully later.’
In his current state, examining it would yield nothing, so Jung Han-sung placed it into his inventory.
And then I recalled my original purpose.
“Why was this place being guarded?”
This golem was clearly a tier above the one that had been protecting the Mana Stone Cave last time.
If that was the case, there was a high probability that something valuable lay here as well.
“Hmm!”
I swept the golem’s fragments to one side, then carefully examined the spot where it had been standing.
At first, nothing particularly unusual caught my eye. But then.
―Master. The soil over there seems to be a slightly different color.
“Hm? Where?”
―Right there, there.
Onyx emerged sluggishly from atop the armor and pointed with his head in one direction.
Looking that way, the soil was indeed a different shade, just as Onyx had said.
It was such a subtle difference that I would have missed it without Onyx’s advice.
“Soil of a different color, huh.”
I pondered for a moment, then tried tapping that area with my sword.
Tap―.
But there was no particular response.
So after thinking for a moment, I infused mana into my sword and tapped that spot again.
Rumble rumble rumble!
This time, there was a response. A proper one at that.
I heard something heavy moving beneath the ground and immediately backed away.
The sound continued throughout, and then at some point.
Grrrrrind―.
The ground at the exact spot where the golem had been standing slid to the side, revealing a large opening.
After the vibrations ceased, I walked forward again and peered down into the hole.
Below, I could see a Staircase stretching downward.
“Hmm.”
It looked anything but ordinary.
“What could be down there….”
After a moment’s deliberation, I decided to investigate directly.
Instead, I made sure to prepare properly just in case.
“Karon. Kuhuelt.”
I scattered bone fragments on the ground and called out their names, and Karon and Kuhuelt appeared at that location.
Click!
As they lowered their heads, clacking their jawbones together, I spoke to them.
“I’m going to enter that place. Karon, you lead the way, and Kuhuelt, follow behind me.”
Click!
They immediately clacked their jawbones together and moved as instructed.
Karon descended the Staircase first, followed by me, with Kuhuelt bringing up the rear.
The Staircase extended quite deep, but it was rather dim, so I had to take out an artifact that emitted bright light partway down.
Tap, tap!
After descending for quite some time, Karon came to a halt and pointed ahead.
There stood a massive door.
I nodded at Karon, and he finished descending the stairs, grasped the door handle, and pulled with all his strength.
Creeeeak—
With that grating sound, the door swung open.
Rather than let Karon enter first, I hurled an artifact through the opening.
Whoooosh—
Brilliant light erupted outward, dispelling the darkness beyond the threshold.
Observing this, I pondered.
‘What kind of place is this?’
The space beyond the door was far more expansive than I had anticipated—roughly five hundred square feet, if I had to estimate.
But it wasn’t merely the size that caught my attention.
A massive apparatus occupied one corner of the chamber, and upon closer inspection, I could discern multiple spheres resembling Golem cores arranged upon it.
‘Is this place connected to the Golems?’
Such a thought crossed my mind, yet there were limits to what I could discern from a distance.
To examine it properly, I would need to venture inside.
“Karon.”
I issued an order to Karon standing before me. He drew his blade and advanced cautiously ahead.
I had anticipated some trap springing forth, but nothing of the sort occurred.
After observing for a moment, I crossed the threshold and entered the chamber myself.
But in that very next instant—
Whoooosh!
Something hurtled toward me.
Rather than evade, I swiftly activated an artifact equipped on one arm.
Whoooosh!
Crash!
A blue protective barrier materialized, and something embedded itself against it.
Karon, who had entered ahead, immediately rushed forward and swung his blade above my head.
Crack!
I watched as a massive arm-like appendage fell severed before my eyes.
It bore a striking resemblance to a Golem’s limb.
Looking upward, I discovered something suspended directly above the doorway.
“…An upper body?”
It was a Golem’s upper half.
I couldn’t fathom why it had been suspended there, but its core had been shattered by Karon’s blade and now hung limp.
Boom, thud!
Yet the dangers were far from over.
The walls on either side began to open, and Golems emerged, stepping forth from within.
Witnessing this, I contemplated.
‘Did it react to me?’
When Karon entered, there was no reaction, but the moment Han-sung stepped inside, it responded like this—it seemed to react to living creatures.
Regardless, what mattered now was that the golems that had revealed themselves were far more than just one or two.
“Quite a few were hiding here.”
Scanning the area, I counted over ten of them. The golems all brightened their optical sensors and closed the distance toward Han-sung.
Tap!
At that moment, Kuhuelt, who had entered last, raised his staff and activated an incantation.
Whoooosh!
Vine-like tendrils erupted from the ground, obstructing the golems’ movement.
The golems were massive and possessed tremendous strength, so they wouldn’t be held back for long, but it was enough to buy a moment to think.
‘This appears to be some kind of golem-related facility.’
It was surprising that something like this had been hidden within the Territory.
Even as Han-sung entertained these thoughts, I drew upon my power once more.
“Karon. Don’t touch the cores. I’m going to extract them all.”
Tap!
This was clearly no ordinary dungeon. Especially that large device on one side—its nature intrigued me.
‘It seems to be some kind of apparatus connected to the golems.’
So I planned to secure as many golem cores as possible before examining the device.
Han-sung kicked off the ground before the vines Kuhuelt had summoned could burst apart.
The golems swung their fists powerfully at the approaching Han-sung, but not a single attack found its mark.
Crash!
Meanwhile, I slashed my blade several times, shattering the golems’ bodies and extracting their cores one by one.
The time it took to completely neutralize over ten golems was merely five minutes.
“Excellent. I secured nine.”
Han-sung calmed my power and gazed at the cores laid at my feet. A few had sustained damage, but nine remained pristine without a single blemish.
As I wore a satisfied smile,
[You have secured a B-Rank Facility ― Golem Crafting Workshop]
a message materialized before my eyes.

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