Tearing the Gate Apart - Chapter 64

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Episode 64.
The Black Leviathan resembled a centipede in overall form.
That the creature had three heads was almost ridiculous.
Rather than awe-inspiring, Ha Gyeong felt a wave of revulsion first.
The thing was simply hideous to behold.
But he had no time to admire the monster’s grotesque anatomy.
A crisis was bearing down on him.
Ha Gyeong, still thrashing his limbs frantically, suddenly glanced back over his shoulder.
‘Wait—does that mean the skill activates three times at once?’
A violet net that swallowed the entire area.
The Abyssal Dragnet had clearly originated from the Black Leviathan’s mouth.
His bad premonitions always came true.
Sure enough, three gaping maws were tearing open simultaneously.
[Black Leviathan deploys Ravager Impaler]
Violet light began to gather in the creature’s throats.
Ha Gyeong felt as though his heart were being wrung dry.
He hadn’t yet regrouped with his teammates.
At this rate, he’d take the full brunt of whatever unknown skill was about to be unleashed.
All three of the Black Leviathan’s heads were fixed on him.
‘I’m the only one with aggro, so it’s only natural. Damn it—I have to dodge this somehow….’
Whatever the creature’s skill was.
A human’s pathetic swimming ability wouldn’t cut it for evading.
So there was only one option.
Take the hit as lightly as possible.
Then, violet beams of light came pouring from the Black Leviathan’s mouths.
Whoooooom—!
The surrounding water surged violently outward, generating massive air bubbles.
A phenomenon born from the sheer force of Abyss Energy.
It felt as though a colossal tube had materialized and vanished in an instant.
Then an even more violent shockwave crashed down on Ha Gyeong.
Boom-boom-boom!
The inflated bubble collapsed, sending out another wave of impact.
Caught in the turbulent current, Ha Gyeong barely clung to consciousness.
The moment violet energy began to crackle.
Ha Gyeong thrust the Resonance Staff directly into its path.
Whoooooom—!
‘Ugh—!’
Given that it was such an incredibly durable Artifact.
It seemed it might withstand the Black Leviathan’s skill.
Fortunately, the Resonance Staff lived up to his expectations.
By absorbing the energy, it drastically reduced the skill’s potency.
But the secondary shockwave was the problem.
With such overwhelming force applied.
Ha Gyeong’s body was shattered.
‘Ugh! It feels like every bone in my body is pulverized.’
His limbs bent at grotesque angles, hanging limp and useless.
His spine was obliterated; he felt nothing below his neck.
Only his head, which he’d protected at all costs, remained intact.
Exactly as he’d intended.
So long as he didn’t die, he could be restored however badly damaged he became.
[Tyrant’s Bracelet activates]
[Body rapidly recovers]
Crack! Crunch! Pop!
Ha Gyeong’s body writhed grotesquely, like a zombie reassembling itself.
It was unavoidable—the sound of bones knitting back together.
But just then, someone grabbed hold of him.
Splash!
“Bro! Please tell me you didn’t change jobs to undead?”
The figure who had suddenly appeared was John.
They were still roughly thirty meters from the Coral Area.
It seemed John had come to meet Ha Gyeong out of concern.
“Do you really have to ask that while someone’s dying?”
“Your mouth’s bent out of shape, but your words seem fine to me. You’re clearly recovering just fine.”
“True enough.”
“Then stop whining and—huh?”
John’s eyes suddenly went wide.
Without hesitation, he threw his body to the side.
Kicking Ha Gyeong’s body forcefully away in the process.
Sent flying without understanding, Ha Gyeong nevertheless grasped it instinctively.
John had just saved his life.
A chill ran down Ha Gyeong’s spine as he felt the dread emanating from behind.
‘Again? Why does this guy keep spamming skills?’
[Black Leviathan deploys Ravager Impaler]
Whoooooom—!
This time, though, the situation was slightly better.
The Black Leviathan was farther away.
And the attack wasn’t even aimed at Ha Gyeong.
Three violet beams of light struck the Coral Area.
By sheer luck, only Ha Gyeong and John remained outside the blast radius.
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
A violent tremor followed, and visibility collapsed instantly.
The impact had churned up all the sediment from the seafloor.
Ha Gyeong pulled hard on the Resonance Rope.
‘This should let me reach John.’
Sure enough.
But then something hard brushed against his palm.
Immediately, John’s voice came through.
“That’s my magnificent pectoral muscle, Bro. Built it to impress the ladies—pure fashion muscle.”
“Don’t be absurd. That’s armor.”
“Ah, you’ve caught me.”
“Where’s my armor?”
“Right here.”
Ha Gyeong quickly donned his Responsive Combat Armor.
Whoosh-whoosh!
Each piece snapped into place automatically, befitting an Artifact.
Now a mere shockwave wouldn’t shatter every bone in his body.
Soon after, Ha Gyeong gripped the Whisperer.
“Is everyone all right?”
But for a long moment, there was no response.
The Black Leviathan’s skill had apparently dealt considerable damage.
At minimum, he should hear back from the leader surveying the situation.
Ha Gyeong suddenly turned his head.
Zing!
His Soul Stigma was sending a danger warning.
Sure enough.
One of the Black Leviathan’s heads was nearly upon him.
Its mouth gaping wide, ready to swallow him whole.
‘It’s unleashing skills that incredible in rapid succession, and it doesn’t even look strained?’
Monsters, like Awakened Ones, had limits.
Using Abyss Energy excessively would inevitably damage the body.
But the Black Leviathan showed no sign of fatigue whatsoever.
What kind of monster was this thing?
Bewilderment aside.
His only choice was to fight for survival.
Ha Gyeong drove a fist sheathed in pale-white energy forward.
Thud—!
A ten-meter sphere flickered and flashed brilliantly.
The Kin Predation effect was still active, so the power was formidable.
The Black Leviathan’s head snapped back violently.
Its jaw had cracked under the force of Ha Gyeong’s attack.
“You’ve got reason to be resentful. But you were the one who lunged at me trying to kill over a light touch.”
He hadn’t meant for the creature to hear him.
He’d only thrown out the casual remark to shake off his own tension.
Yet the Black Leviathan’s ferocity intensified.
As if it had understood every word.
Soon it began targeting him with single-minded focus.
Growl-growl-growl! Whoooooom!
One head pursued him relentlessly.
The other two fired violet beams from a distance.
A perfectly coordinated combination attack.
For Ha Gyeong, it was hell.
‘Is this monster coordinating like a raiding team?’
Still, the armor kept him alive long enough.
As he stubbornly bought time, a heavy sound echoed through the water.
Boom! Boom!
Solid, deliberate strikes hammering home one after another.
The sound of John’s Titan Flail cracking down on the creature.
“I’ll grab the aggro! Just hold on a bit longer, Bro!”
Moments later, several Tanks joined in, drawing the Black Leviathan’s attention away.
A few minutes passed.
Ha Gyeong could finally breathe easier.
‘Now we’ve got a fighting chance.’
It was only because he had such exceptional defense and recovery.
A normal Melee Dealer would have been dead and gone long ago.
Soon Ha Gyeong began searching through the Coral Area.
He was worried about the Back Line, who hadn’t responded at all.
When he swept aside a heap of shattered coral.
Ha Gyeong cursed under his breath.
“Damn….”
An unexpected scene of devastation lay before him.
The situation was grave.
Half the Back Line members were dead, the rest critically wounded.
All the Healers were unconscious, and support had ceased entirely.
Unluckily, they’d taken the full brunt of the Black Leviathan’s skill.
Ha Gyeong immediately began rousing the Healers.
“Come on! Snap out of it!”
“…….”
But none of them responded.
They’d suffered internal trauma from the secondary shockwave of the violet light.
Just as Ha Gyeong’s entire skeleton had nearly disintegrated.
He unstrapped the Tyrant’s Bracelet and fastened it around one Healer’s wrist.
The one who had asked him for an autograph.
‘His name was… Jung Sanghun, I think?’
[Restoration Curtain activates]
[Resetting queued Artifacts]
[Tyrant’s Bracelet activates]
[Body rapidly recovers]
Crack! Crunch!
“Gasp!”
Jung Sanghun awoke, breathing painfully.
Then he looked at Ha Gyeong with confusion.
“What… what happened?”
“I saved your life with an Artifact. I need you to heal, okay?”
“Phew! Thank you. But is this a gift?”
“It’s not.”
“What a shame. If I’d kept it, I could’ve treasured it as merchandise with your autograph on it.”
Jung Sanghun held up the Tyrant’s Bracelet with a wry smile.
He had to know what it was.
He’d asked to return it as a joke.
Ha Gyeong reclaimed the Tyrant’s Bracelet.
Then he began gathering his scattered teammates together.
It would make it easier for Jung Sanghun to heal them all at once.
Moments later.
The raid team’s strength had been partially restored.
Ryu Jeonghwan, now awake, gazed around with anguished eyes.
“Never thought my raid team would suffer such catastrophic losses… I suppose that’s what the Bottomless Pit is.”
In truth, they’d just been unlucky.
The team itself had made no mistakes.
They’d simply been overwhelmed by the unique conditions of the deep Abyss.
Ha Gyeong wanted to offer comfort, but there was no time.
“The Front Line is in danger. They’re not getting any support.”
At his words, Ryu Jeonghwan seemed to snap back to focus.
His eyes hardened with resolve.
“Regroup as quickly as possible and resume the Raid. All personnel, return to your positions.”
Ha Gyeong immediately headed back to the Front Line.
Between the Hydrothermal Vent and the Coral Area.
That’s where the Raid was ongoing.
Naturally, the battle situation was grim.
Without support, the Tanks were locked in a direct struggle with the boss.
The only bright spot was that no one had died yet.
Though they were on the verge of a total wipe.
Once the Healers’ skills began to crackle out, things improved markedly.
Watching the situation, Ha Gyeong sensed the inevitable outcome.
‘That unexpected hit earlier was costly. We’ll lose if things stay like this.’
There were eight Healers.
Five Ranged Dealers remained.
Support was adequate, but the damage output fell short—they’d eventually collapse.
That was Ha Gyeong’s assessment.
He’d faced the Black Leviathan head-on, after all.
Now it was time to compensate for the missing damage any way he could.
Ha Gyeong surveyed the surroundings.
‘If I could use terrain to my advantage, that’d be ideal… but it seems unlikely.’
The Coral Area’s height was barely ten meters.
To the Black Leviathan, it was nothing more than a pebble.
The creature’s body length easily exceeded a hundred meters.
But then Ha Gyeong’s eyes caught sight of dark currents flowing above.
The Hydrothermal Vent glowed dark red.
Black steam was rising at considerable speed.
The temperature in that area had to be extremely high.
What if he could drive the Black Leviathan into that?
Ha Gyeong smiled with quiet certainty.
‘That’d make up for the missing damage and then some.’
The problem was how to drag the massive creature up there.
There was no way he could do it alone.
Ha Gyeong pulled John aside from the Front Line temporarily.
Then he explained the plan briefly.
“Whoa! Bro. What the hell kind of crazy talk is that? That thing’s incredibly heavy, and its strength is insane.”
“I know.”
“I’ve hammered it with this beautiful flail of justice like my life depended on it, and the thing barely flinches. Even pushing it is a nightmare.”
“That’s why I’ve prepared something.”
“What?”
Ha Gyeong drew the Resonance Rope taut.
It was absurdly thick, like an undersea power cable.
He spoke with a meaningful smile.
“I’m thinking we give that restraint play you mentioned another go.”
“Holy— ! Now that’s one hell of a revolutionary idea! Let’s do it!”
“…….”
Ha Gyeong found himself at a loss for words.
He’d known John was crazy from the start.
That’s why he’d thrown out the remark in the first place.
But not like this.
Ha Gyeong’s mouth remained open for a long moment.
‘I’m genuinely curious what his brain is even made of.’
Gate Tearing
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