Tearing the Gate Apart - Chapter 30

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Episode 30.
Ha Gyeong felt the ground drop away beneath his feet.
‘There are too many of them.’
The swarm of Schism Letch had more than doubled in number.
And the division hadn’t made them any smaller.
One creature had simply become two.
The raid party was being pushed back mercilessly.
“What kind of cowardly bastards are these? Come at me one-on-one like real fighters!”
“So you want to swarm me with numbers? You think that’ll make me back down? Come on, Drew! Bring it!”
Of course, the Death Hound guild members weren’t about to retreat.
But it was only bravado.
Reality was far more brutal.
And the Schism Letch knew no fear.
Rat-a-tat-tat-thud!
Countless barbed limbs hammered against the tankers’ shields.
Groans erupted from all around.
“Ugh! It hurts like hell!”
“I’m dying here, so stop calling me!”
“Wait, who the hell are you?”
“Jon.”
“If you’ve got the energy to talk shit, use it to push these bastards back!”
“My name really is Jon! Jon Nega!”
“Is he making puns right now in a situation like this? Wait… is he actually a foreigner?”
“Never seen a foreign member before? Watch your front, you idiot. Focus ahead!”
Boom!
There was some discord among the guest members.
Still, the front line of the raid party was holding steady.
But Ha Gyeong’s vision darkened.
‘Too many.’
Nearly a thousand monsters, wasn’t it?
And each individual was quite powerful too.
Ha Gyeong scanned the dungeon rapidly.
‘No angle for Cannibalistic Predation.’
The Abyss of Proliferation was a dungeon inside the body of a massive monster.
That was how he could use Cannibalistic Predation against that unknown abomination.
But now there was no being with mighty Abyss energy present.
Then his gaze caught something at the edge of the corridor.
“Wait. They’re falling?”
The overwhelming proliferation had left no space to stand.
The Schism Letch were trying to secure space however they could.
But because the corridor was so narrow, the creatures on the outer edge were being pushed outside.
Into that space as vast and dark as the cosmos itself.
Of course, those that fell outside the dungeon didn’t come back.
Ha Gyeong thought of the Abyss of Collapse.
‘There was a place like that back then too.’
Hadn’t the BlackWater guild members fallen into it?
That was why the Diamond Fist Yoon Chang-ho never came back to the dungeon either.
Throwing monsters out would have the same result.
Ha Gyeong’s mind lit up.
He headed straight for the outer edge of the corridor, ringed with jagged stones.
Several Schism Letch immediately unleashed attacks on him.
Shish-shish-shish-shik!
A barrage of barbed limbs poured down like machine-gun fire.
One mistake and he’d be reduced to a pincushion.
Ha Gyeong deflected the attacks with surgical precision using his Karambit.
Then he thrust his left arm forward.
Whip-crack! Whoosh!
His Abyss Resonance unfurled in rope form, grasping the Schism Letch.
He immediately shifted his center of gravity to the opposite side.
“Heave!”
Muscles and veins bulged across his arm.
One entire Schism Letch was torn toward him.
“Kiieeek?”
Shish-shish-shik!
The creature thrashed its barbed limbs, but to no avail.
Ha Gyeong’s Abyss Resonance was far longer, placing the creature out of range.
Soon the Schism Letch became a massive flail.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
The enormous fleshy hammer swept through the corridor.
And the creatures packed at the edge tumbled outward.
Outside the dungeon corridor.
Into the bottomless chasm of the Abyss.
Ha Gyeong exulted inwardly.
‘That’s it!’
But there wasn’t a complete absence of problems.
His body swayed dangerously.
The weight difference between him and the Schism Letch was enormous.
Ha Gyeong gripped the resonance rope with both hands.
And planted his feet firmly on the ground.
That let him swing with more stability.
Heave! Heave! Heave! Heave! Thud-thud-thud!
After swinging for a while, the area cleared out.
Ha Gyeong hurled the one he was holding outside the dungeon as well.
‘It’s broken up, so the efficiency dropped.’
But that didn’t matter.
He could just grab a fresh one.
Whip-crack! Slash!
Ha Gyeong seized another Schism Letch with his resonance rope.
Then he began swinging like a madman, just as before.
By the time he’d worked his way around the outer edge for about five minutes.
Kang Woo-jin’s voice came through the Whisper.
―Ha Gyeong, you’ve decimated the enemy’s rear lines! Just a little longer, everyone!
It was an encouraging message.
But the raid party’s morale didn’t improve.
They couldn’t see what Ha Gyeong was doing.
And the front line was still losing ground.
“Master! We’re all going to die at this rate!”
“Even a charging dinosaur’s skull can crack!”
“Jon struggling! Jon really struggling!”
Then came the moment when the healers’ support cut off entirely.
It was unavoidable.
The front line had forty members.
But there were only fourteen healers.
That they’d held out this long was purely thanks to the Sage’s presence.
But even the most gifted Awakener has limits to their mana.
When the healers went silent, the front line faced annihilation.
Thud-thud-boom! Crack-splash!
“Aaaahhh! Jon’s dying! Save the foreigner!”
With a final scream, the foreign tanker called Jon was knocked outside.
Immediately, the Schism Letch surged toward the gap in the front line.
It was a catastrophic crisis.
But then it happened.
Heave! Heave! Heave! Boom-boom-boom-boom!
With a distinctive tearing sound, Schism Letch flew like bowling pins.
In that instant.
The front line of the raid party stood stunned.
The scene was too absurd—their minds couldn’t process it.
“What… what is this?”
“Isn’t Ha Gyeong that guest member? The Undying Rampage?”
“We can’t even see him, so what did he—wait?”
Just as someone’s confused question was ending.
The party could see the proof of his feat.
Whoosh! Thud-thud-thud!
Ha Gyeong, whirling a massive blob of flesh in circles.
He was skillfully launching Schism Letch outside.
There was no need to even fight them.
Just fling them out of the dungeon and be done.
As everyone stared in amazement.
Jon, who had fallen, got back up and lamented.
“Ugh! All those valuable drops gone to hell.”
“What are you talking about? Life comes before loot.”
“I know, but… this is an Extreme Grade dungeon, bro.”
“Tsk! Now that you mention it, it is a shame.”
Hearing his teammates’ voices.
Kang Woo-jin issued an order through the Whisper.
―Ha Gyeong, I think that’s enough. Thank you for your efforts.
Ha Gyeong released the resonance rope he’d been swinging.
The Schism Letch clinging to the far end shot away like a projectile.
Boom-boom-boom!
Not wanting to end it cleanly, he gave one final satisfying blow.
Roughly fifty Schism Letch remained.
Ha Gyeong shrugged his shoulders.
‘That’s more than enough to win.’
And indeed.
The raid party cleaned up the monster horde efficiently.
Ha Gyeong soon returned to his original position near the back line.
The Sage approached with a slightly flushed face.
“How… how did you do that just now?”
“Do what?”
“Your resonance ability—forming it like a rope like that…”
“Didn’t I show you before? At Stone Mountain of the Bottomless Pit.”
When the Obsidian Titan had attacked.
Ha Gyeong had rescued three teammates using his resonance rope.
But the Sage apparently hadn’t witnessed that moment.
It was because Ha Gyeong had thrown him upward several meters.
In any case, Ha Gyeong found it strange.
“Isn’t this something anyone can do?”
“Well, certainly a few short strands are possible. But that was so enormous, so massive… no, so long and durable.”
Now that he thought about it, something felt different from before.
Ha Gyeong’s resonance rope had originally been roughly three centimeters thick.
But just now it had been nearly ten centimeters.
That was why he could swing the Schism Letch around.
Even though they were medium-sized monsters.
Ha Gyeong realized he was different from other Awakeners.
‘It’s the Abyss energy. Much stickier and stronger than mana.’
And when mixed with mana, it became even more potent.
That was the secret to Ha Gyeong standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the world’s elite Awakeners.
Then the Sage suddenly asked a question with a different tone.
“But why are they all rushing over here?”
“Sorry, what do you—”
“I need to leave for a moment.”
Ha Gyeong couldn’t help but be confused.
The Sage was supposed to be here.
Where was he going?
Soon Ha Gyeong understood why.
The front line teammates came rushing toward him.
“Wahhhhh! Who are you!”
“Grab him! Grab him and throw him!”
“Toss him up! Toss him up!”
“Jon feel so good!”
Ha Gyeong unconsciously took a step backward.
But there was nowhere to run.
Any further back and he’d fall out of the dungeon.
Into the abyssal chasm itself.
Unable to escape, he was caught by the front line team.
“To the Undying Rampage!”
“Hey, easy! You’ll hurt him!”
“He’s undying, right? So he’s fine.”
“Ah, forget it. Throw him!”
Ha Gyeong was lifted several meters into the air and dropped repeatedly.
It was dizzying beyond measure.
Only when Kang Woo-jin intervened did the madness finally end.
―Come now, settle down everyone. We need to regroup and continue the expedition.
Ha Gyeong sat down hard on the floor.
After catching his breath for a moment, Kang Woo-jin approached.
“Haha! Our guild members are a bit high-spirited, I’m afraid. I hope you’ll be understanding.”
“That’s how they’re showing gratitude, so what’s not to understand?”
“You’re as magnanimous as they say. Not like some I know—you think deeply.”
“Deeply? I was just thinking I absolutely cannot let myself get caught again.”
“…Ahem!”
Ha Gyeong’s answer was so unexpected.
Kang Woo-jin could only cough awkwardly.
A moment later.
The raid party began exploring the Abyss of Proliferation.
Having been frightened once, their reconnaissance was thorough and cautious.
This time they were able to avoid the swarm of Schism Letch.
As they passed through the tangled corridors, their destination finally appeared.
The space where the Guardian slept.
[You have encountered the Abyss Dungeon’s Guardian, Crack Swarm.]
In the center of a wide, rounded space crouched a dark-red mass.
Dozens of cracks opened and closed with each pulse.
As the raid party entered the Guardian’s lair, an eerie phenomenon occurred.
From the cracks in Crack Swarm, arms and legs.
Eye-like organs attached to long tissue strands emerged.
It was far more repulsive than the Schism Letch.
Sensing the raid party’s presence.
Crack Swarm spread its cracks wide and roared.
“Kraayyyyeeeek!”
Eight legs and dozens of barbed tentacles sprouted immediately.
It resembled several monsters fused together.
But unlike the Schism Letch.
Its abilities were far from simple.
[Crack Swarm deactivates Swarm Layering.]
Ha Gyeong couldn’t help tilting his head.
‘It doesn’t use a skill—it deactivates it?’
Tearing the Gate
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