Tearing the Gate Apart - Chapter 47

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Episode 47.
Ha Gyeong seized the small tree monster by the scruff of its neck.
And yanked it directly in front of his eyes.
“Say it again. What did you say?”
―You killed…….
Crack!
Ha Gyeong’s fist detonated across the small tree monster’s face.
Not the Boongcheon Fist, but plenty powerful all the same.
It was a blow infused with his rage.
Abyss Energy flared up with terrifying intensity.
But Ha Gyeong tilted his head.
‘Wait, has there ever been a monster that could talk?’
There was only one who had ever conversed with him.
The Abyss Ruler alone.
Yet to encounter something like this in an Unknown Rank dungeon.
Ha Gyeong couldn’t help but be bewildered.
Of course, it was strange regardless.
But a job had to be finished.
Ha Gyeong raised his burning fist and spoke.
“I’ll give you one more chance. Go ahead and keep talking.”
―…….
Having taken quite the beating,
the small tree monster clamped its mouth shut.
Then it shook its head violently.
―Aaaaargh! I can’t hold it in any longer!
“Can’t hold it in? What are you going to do about it?”
―You will face the wrath of the Divine Beast. Just like all your dead comrades!
“Cut the crap. They’re all alive and well, every last one of them.”
Even now, Ha Gyeong could still hear Daehyeonja’s voice through the Whisperer.
The situation seemed advantageous.
Yet it claimed they were all dead.
Ha Gyeong naturally thought that was nonsense.
Of course, doubt crept in anyway.
He didn’t know the exact status of the Raid Party.
So without thinking, he turned his head.
The moment he did.
The small tree monster laughed wickedly.
―Kekekeke! Caught you.
Splurt!
Ha Gyeong felt a sting in his left arm.
At the same time, he quickly released his grip
and hurled himself backward.
The moment his feet touched the ground, he checked his arm.
The flesh had turned pitch black.
As though it had been marinated in some potent acid.
A searing pain rushed through him, but Ha Gyeong’s expression didn’t change.
[Spirit Wraith Cloak activated]
[Tyrant’s Bracelet activated]
He’d triggered the artifacts to heal the wound instantly.
The only damage was a portion of his Reactive Mana Armor melted away.
Ha Gyeong immediately drew his Karambir.
‘I was planning to run some experiments and figure things out… but it looks like this one’s the boss.’
The reasoning was simple.
The creature’s size was growing larger by the moment.
It was absorbing the surrounding tree monsters.
Soon, even those that had been besieging the Raid Party rushed toward it.
In no time, it became a monster of unimaginable proportions.
[Encountered the boss of the Abyss Dungeon: Green Warden]
[Time Remaining: 9 minutes 54 seconds]
The boss had finally appeared.
Ha Gyeong quickly grabbed the Whisperer and shouted.
“Just head straight up in this direction! Follow where I flew off to!”
―Understood. We’re coming now!
He heard Daehyeonja’s voice, but the Raid Party still wasn’t visible.
Ha Gyeong had come far too deep.
In the end, he had no choice but to fight the Green Warden alone.
It was too late to retreat.
And the creature was relentless.
―Grrroooaaaah!
Now that it had transformed into its true form,
the Green Warden seemed to have lost the ability to speak.
It screamed incessantly and unleashed a savage barrage of attacks.
Ha Gyeong was on the verge of losing his mind.
“If it was this monstrous, you should’ve told me upfront. I’d have killed it long ago.”
―Screeeeeech!
At Ha Gyeong’s provocation, the Green Warden grew even more enraged.
It couldn’t speak, but it understood.
Ha Gyeong had tested that theory on a whim.
Immediately, he regretted it.
‘Ah, shouldn’t have antagonized it.’
The Green Warden’s attacks were beyond imagination in their ferocity.
It wielded hundreds of vines as thick as tree trunks,
each with devastating destructive power.
Taking even one direct hit might mean the end.
Boom-crash! Boom-crash!
Still, he managed to evade.
Because Ha Gyeong had the Byeok Hyeon Bo and Crosswind.
‘At least Crosswind has a short cooldown.’
It couldn’t be any other way.
It only created a small repulsive force at his feet.
It consumed far less energy than something like the Tyrant’s Bracelet.
Ha Gyeong sprinted across the Green Warden’s vines using Byeok Hyeon Bo,
and pushed through the air with Crosswind.
Time passed, and finally the Raid Party arrived.
“What in the world am I looking at?”
“Why isn’t anyone grabbing aggro? You’re all just standing there?”
“Ha Gyeong is performing a circus act against the boss monster.”
“Huh? What are you—no, you’ve got to be kidding. Is this real?”
The team members stood transfixed, watching Ha Gyeong in amazement.
Even Daehyeonja, who should have been commanding, had his mouth hanging open.
He was that mesmerized by Ha Gyeong’s insane movements.
When something’s this cool even in a dire situation, the body reacts on instinct.
Then Daehyeonja was the first to snap to attention.
―E-everyone, focus! We need to support Ha Gyeong right now!
“Right, of course. This isn’t the time. Let’s move!”
The front line began closing the distance rapidly,
and soon a Taunt skill came flying in.
The figure swinging a flail up front was Jon.
The main tank of Ha Gyeong’s Raid Party.
It was a rather unusual decision.
Usually, large-scale raids like this were led by an experienced veteran with authority,
because good communication made the raid run smoothly.
But Jon shattered everyone’s concerns in an instant.
“Hey! Hey! Ffff-ing sh—! Man, stay in line, would ya?”
“Oh my! So sorry!”
Thanks to his fluent Konglish, everyone understood him perfectly.
Besides, being foreign made his age hard to pin down.
At a glance, he looked like a first-generation Awakener.
So they all readily accepted Jon’s commands.
In any case, with the Raid Party’s support, Ha Gyeong finally had breathing room.
‘Now things are looking up.’
Though he looked composed to others, his insides were burning hot with urgency.
He’d brushed against death more than once.
For now, Ha Gyeong tried to fall back as far as possible.
He’d drawn far too much aggro up till now.
It would be best to stay out of the boss’s sight if he could.
But the creature proved far more relentless than expected.
―Grraaaaaah!
The Green Warden charged straight through, ignoring the tanks.
Its gaze was fixed squarely on Ha Gyeong.
Even the boosted taunt from Jon’s Titan Flail proved useless.
The Green Warden broke through the front line and unleashed hundreds of vines.
[Green Warden deploys Verdant Recoil]
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
The ground began to tremble as if an earthquake had struck.
The sudden occurrence sent everyone into chaos.
They all stumbled about, struggling to keep their footing.
So for a moment, attacks ceased,
and remarkably, the trembling stopped too.
It seemed the ground shook in proportion to
the attacks striking the Green Warden.
Meanwhile, it had closed to within striking distance of Ha Gyeong.
―Hyaaaah!
Boom-crash! Boom-crash!
The barrage of triple-spread infinite vine attacks resumed.
Ha Gyeong dragged his exhausted body this way and that.
Just then, the ranged dealers unleashed their attacks,
and the ground’s trembling resumed as well.
Splurt-rumble! Rumble-rumble-rumble!
“Damn it!”
Ha Gyeong couldn’t help but curse.
He’d just barely escaped the Green Warden,
but the perilous circus was starting again.
Running along the vines, Ha Gyeong felt relief wash over him.
‘Thank goodness for Byeok Hyeon Bo. Good thing I upgraded it to S-rank.’
The Byeok Hyeon Bo normally consumed a considerable amount of mana.
But now that Ha Gyeong was actively wielding Abyss Energy
and it had grown to S-rank, the burden had decreased significantly.
It had become so efficient he could use it recklessly.
In any case, the crisis wasn’t over.
Moreover, the Time Attack deadline was fast approaching.
[Time Remaining: 5 minutes 15 seconds]
He had to take down the Green Warden within five minutes.
Looking at the current raid situation, that was absolutely impossible.
Every time they attacked, an earthquake erupted, preventing anyone from doing their job.
Ha Gyeong immediately grabbed the Whisperer.
―I’ll handle the tanking. Pour everything into your attacks. Tanks and healers too!
Aggro doesn’t mean anything in this situation anyway.
Daehyeonja also realized there was no other option.
He issued orders at once.
―Do as Ha Gyeong says. Go all out with your attacks!
Then a shout suddenly erupted from behind.
“Let’s go!”
The healers charged forward as if they’d been waiting for this moment.
They didn’t reach the front line, but they got close enough.
It was unavoidable.
Healers could only attack from mid-range,
just like the executioner type, Choi Soo-ho.
Soon after, the tanks began their assault.
Especially Jon, standing at the very front, flailing his weapon like a madman.
“Lines, formations, forget it all! Just smash it!”
“Smash it? Are you a grandfather?”
“It’s English, you idiot!”
“That doesn’t sound like English to anyone.”
“Hey! Who was that who just talked back?”
―…….
As Jon’s eyes started flickering menacingly, the front line went dead silent.
No one wanted to risk being hit by this foreign old man.
In any case, the Raid Party launched a full-scale assault as Ha Gyeong had asked.
But the ground’s tremors grew even more violent.
They all rolled left and right but didn’t stop attacking.
However, Ha Gyeong suddenly realized something.
‘The earthquakes are preventing proper attacks. At this rate, we’ll fail the raid.’
And the Green Warden was pressing even harder.
It seemed thoroughly enraged at not being able to catch Ha Gyeong.
It even went so far as to use its ultimate.
[Green Warden Ultimate Deployment: Lockdown Field]
[An unstoppable wave of Abyss Energy is detected]
Whoooosh―!
Silence fell over the Forest of Darkness in an instant.
A concentric shockwave that spread outward had frozen everything.
Ha Gyeong, who had been leaping and bounding across vines and air,
the healers who had approached to attack,
the tanks who had wielded their weapons heedlessly, setting aside defense and taunts―
all were now completely petrified.
Ha Gyeong sensed death.
‘Damn it, it’s not a curse so Curse Breaker won’t work. I can’t dodge this.’
An ability that froze everything within its range.
Truly, a broken power.
Of course, Ha Gyeong’s fighting spirit wasn’t extinguished.
‘If I take a hit, maybe Green Warden’s ultimate will dispel. I’ll recover with the Tyrant’s Bracelet and fight again.’
He had a plan.
But no matter how long he waited, the Green Warden didn’t continue its attack.
Ha Gyeong rolled his eyes to the side as far as he could.
The Green Warden came into view, as rigid as stone.
It was frozen just like his teammates.
In that moment, Ha Gyeong understood.
‘So you’re caught by it too?’
If so, there was no immediate danger.
There was only one problem.
[Time Remaining: 2 minutes 11 seconds]
The Time Attack deadline was upon him.
He had just over two minutes to defeat his opponent.
A colossal Unknown Rank boss at that.
Ha Gyeong tried to move his body.
Gritting his teeth and struggling, his arm began to quiver.
Right then.
Ha Gyeong’s and the Green Warden’s eyes met directly.
Within those blood-red eyes, a mocking visage briefly appeared.
―Kekekekekeke!
The small tree monster’s laughter echoed distantly.
A sudden thought struck him.
‘Did it calculate the remaining time and use the ultimate precisely for this?’
If so, this was the moment to make his decisive move.
Ha Gyeong twisted his wrist, angling the Karambir.
Then he wrenched his arm hard.
Driving the blade toward his own chest.
Shiiing-shiiing-shiiing!
The instant the Abyss Resonance’s powerful energy touched his armor,
Ha Gyeong’s entire body erupted in crimson flame.
[Reactive Mana Armor activated]
[Impact converts to mana force]
Tearing Open the Gate
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