The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 128

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 128

Episode 128: Song Beom (2)

Song Beom’s body was slashed diagonally. Red blood spurted out.

‘It went in shallow.’

I had intended to cut through his torso, but failed.

His muscles were too tough for the blade to penetrate properly. He was like a monster rather than a human.

“Pahaha! It hurts! That hurts!”

Song Beom got up as if nothing had happened.

Not only that, but he charged at Mincheol while bleeding profusely.

He swung his palm down toward Mincheol. His arms were so long it was threatening.

Mincheol stepped back and dodged the attack.

Crack—

His palm struck the ground. At that moment, the ground was dented deeply.

“…!”

Mincheol couldn’t help but be shocked.

He could unleash that kind of power with bare hands, not even weapons?

‘Wasn’t he a low-tier Awakened?’

There was no time to be dumbfounded.

Song Beom swung both palms toward Mincheol again.

“Butcher! Don’t run away! I’m hungry!”

Every time his pot-lid-sized palms swung, gusts of wind blew. Pits were carved out.

Crash— Bang!

Mincheol clicked his tongue as he watched the plains turn into chaos.

‘Really ridiculous ability stats.’

It wasn’t without weaknesses.

Though he was displaying abnormal strength, his speed was too slow.

Moreover, his movements were too monotonous. At this level, he was confident he could dodge with his eyes closed.

“Why did you suddenly become a coward? Don’t be like this! You attacked well earlier! Have courage!”

It was when Song Beom shouted excitedly.

Mincheol shot forward.

“Finally decided to let yourself be caught?”

Song Beom swung both hands as if clapping.

Mincheol bent his waist and dodged lightly.

At the same time, he approached Song Beom and swung his twin swords.

Several slashes flashed. Song Beom’s body was cut in various places.

The wounds were quite deep. Blood spurted out.

“Oh? That stings!”

Song Beom paid no mind and tried to grab Mincheol.

Mincheol dodged Song Beom’s attack and moved. He brushed past to the side and made a long cut across his waist.

Slash—

His side split open and blood flowed down.

“Ahaha! It hurts! That hurts!”

Song Beom burst into laughter as he chased after Mincheol.

‘He’s still holding up even after being butchered like this?’

Mincheol clicked his tongue inwardly.

Before he knew it, Song Beom was covered in blood.

But his momentum hadn’t died down at all. It was shocking stamina.

That wasn’t the only absurd thing.

‘The wounds are already healing.’

The first wound carved by his twin blade was stuck together as if glued with adhesive.

‘No matter how I look at it, this isn’t low-tier level.’

It was when Mincheol leaned back to dodge a palm strike.

“Uwaaaang!”

Song Beom’s mouth gaped wide open. He tried to bite Mincheol’s shoulder.

Mincheol wasn’t surprised.

Instead, he bent his upper body downward. He stretched his leg upward and struck Song Beom’s jaw.

Bang—

Song Beom’s jaw was forced shut. The impact must have been significant as his head tilted backward.

“Ugh, this one hurts a bit.”

But before falling completely backward, he returned to his original position.

Song Beom rubbed his jaw and spoke resentfully.

“Just let me have one bite of shoulder meat! I’m starving to death!”

“Such bullshit, you’re at the level of mental illness.”

Mincheol spoke as if dumbfounded.

Song Beom opened and closed his mouth several times.

Unfortunately, his jaw joint seemed to be fine.

“Well now, this isn’t easy. The guys I’ve fought so far would show openings after taking a few hits, you know? So I’d hit them hard once and win. But you’re too fast, so I can’t see any openings.”

From those words, Mincheol could roughly understand Song Beom’s tactics.

He probably used tactics of pushing enemies with his abnormal stamina and defense.

With the mindset that even if he took ten hits, he’d win if he landed one.

“And why is your strength so good too? Other kids couldn’t even pierce my skin properly. But you cut through to the muscle.”

Song Beom wet his finger with saliva and applied it to his wound. He frowned as if it stung.

“Are you really unaffiliated? Those aren’t ability stats an unaffiliated could have. Even the promising prospects from large guilds weren’t as good as you.”

“What about you, how do you have such ridiculous ability stats?”

At Mincheol’s question, Song Beom grinned.

His thick teeth showed between his lips.

“You were curious about that? It’s all thanks to my unique skill.”

Unique skill?

Mincheol thought of Kang Ung-hyeok. Kang Ung-hyeok’s unique skill was body enhancement.

Thanks to that, Kang Ung-hyeok could obtain combat power that was among the best even among Class 2 criminals.

Then Song Beom’s unique skill also affects the physical side….

“My unique skill is Predation.”

“Predation?”

“It’s a unique skill where ability stats increase as much as I eat. The effect is especially good when eating humans.”

Mincheol felt his mind go blank for a moment.

“…Were you eating people to get stronger?”

But even so, people?

For the reason of wanting to get stronger?

“Ah, that’s the second reason.”

“What do you mean?”

“They’re delicious.”

Song Beom said with a sly grin.

“You wouldn’t know. How delicious humans are. Once you taste them, you can’t even touch other meat. It has a strong gamey smell and the meat quality isn’t great either.”

Saliva dripped between his lips.

“Awakened taste better than ordinary people. The stronger they are, the more delicious. Like wine aging.”

Song Beom’s eyes became dreamy.

“The best food I’ve eaten was a promising prospect from Goseong Guild. When I encountered him in an Event Stage, I quickly devoured him. I still can’t forget that firm meat quality.”

Mincheol recalled what Park Du-nam had said.

It seemed like that was what he meant about turning someone from Goseong into a cripple.

“The effect was as good as the taste. Thanks to eating that guy, all my ability stats increased by half.”

Smack smack.

Song Beom licked his lips. The disgusting sound of his jaw sticking and separating could be heard.

“In event battles, you revive even if you die, right? So I hoped that guy would appear again when we met in the Tower, but he never showed up. I heard later that he went insane?”

Song Beom drooped his shoulders. He looked quite disappointed.

“Hyeok-gi wasn’t as good as that guy, but he was delicious too. You know him, right? Seom-jan.”

“…You ate Seom-jan?”

“That’s right. The day you defeated me, I went and devoured him. He was really tasty. The effects were excellent too.”

Drip.

Saliva drooled from Song Beom’s mouth.

A strange madness dwelt in his eyes.

“Butcher, you’ll definitely be delicious too, won’t you?”

Changes began occurring in Song Beom’s body.

Crack.

His joints twisted and his build began growing larger.

His mouth elongated and transformed into a snout. Black fur sprouted all over his body.

He no longer had a human appearance.

Song Beom had transformed into a beast that walked on two legs.

“It’s called Beastification. A unique-grade skill bestowed by the Hope Society.”

An ominous foreboding could be felt.

Mincheol heightened all his senses.

“I’ll start by tearing off your shoulder and eating it.”

Song Beom kicked off the ground. The distance between them narrowed in an instant.

It was incomparable to when he was human.

“I’m hungry! You have no idea how hungry I am!”

Song Beom swung his front paw. Sharp claws tried to tear into Mincheol.

Mincheol leaned his body to the side and avoided the claws.

At that moment, the ground split into five sections.

‘If I had dodged backward, I would have died.’

Thinking this, Mincheol slashed at Song Beom’s thigh. It was to rob him of his mobility.

Clang—

But the longsword couldn’t cut through the thigh.

It felt like scraping stone rather than hide.

“Ahahaha! It doesn’t work! It doesn’t work!”

Song Beom swung his claws in succession.

Invisible blades shot out aiming for Mincheol.

【Activating ‘Black Horn Bullet Form’!】

【Consuming ‘140’ mana!】

Mincheol activated his skill and dodged the attack.

Each time he kicked the ground, the surface cracked.

‘He’s really damn strong.’

He already possessed monstrous strength and stamina that exceeded lower floor levels, and now speed was added.

‘He’s beyond Kim Eun-ae.’

If the two were pitted against each other, it would probably end in Song Beom’s overwhelming victory. Kim Eun-ae wouldn’t even be able to resist before being devoured.

But why was it?

‘He seems easier to deal with than Kim Eun-ae?’

Mincheol couldn’t shake that thought.

‘Is it a compatibility issue?’

Kim Eun-ae was the type to unleash powerful skills from long range.

In contrast, Song Beom was a pure warrior who only engaged in close combat.

His physical abilities were worth acknowledging, but everything else was mediocre.

‘Every single movement is too simple.’

Mincheol was already seeing through Song Beom’s movements completely.

The proof was that despite Song Beom’s aggressive assault, not even a thread of his clothes was damaged.

The problem was his defense and regeneration. Even Mincheol was troubled by these.

‘Breaking through his defense is one problem, and even if I do, he’ll definitely regenerate.’

While pondering, Mincheol thought of a clever plan.

‘Should I burn him with fire?’

It was a casual thought, but it seemed quite promising.

‘I happen to have something to test.’

Mincheol immediately put it into action. He threw his longsword toward Song Beom.

【Activating ‘Sure Kill’.】

【Consuming 40 mana.】

The longsword flew toward Song Beom at high speed.

“Hahaha! That won’t work!”

I know.

If I just threw it normally, it would bounce off.

So Mincheol aimed the longsword at Song Beom’s eyes.

“Ugh?”

Song Beom hastily tilted his head to the side.

The opening created by that.

Mincheol opened his inventory and said.

“Whitey, buff.”

A white flame burst out from within the inventory.

The flame was sucked into the longsword Mincheol was holding.

【’Whitey’ fuses with ‘Sturdy Longsword’.】

【Fire attribute added to ‘Sturdy Longsword’.】

【Divine attribute added to ‘Sturdy Longsword’.】

The longsword was engulfed in white flames. The moment he saw it, Song Beom hesitated.

“You… what is that? What did you do to the sword?”

Mincheol didn’t answer. Instead, he shouted toward the sky.

“Kkwak, buff!”

A storm struck down from the sky.

【’Kkwaekkwi’ uses ‘Warm Wind Wing Beat’!】

【All physical abilities increase by 10 percent for 10 minutes!】

【Movement speed increases by 20 percent!】

Along with the message, power overflowed throughout his body.

“Let’s start over.”

Mincheol charged toward Song Beom.

Song Beom hastily thrust out his left hand. It seemed he intended to pierce with his claws.

Mincheol lightly avoided the thrust. Then he slashed Song Beom’s side with his longsword.

The hide that had been so tough was cut through smoothly.

Mincheol was amazed by this refreshing sensation.

‘Wow, it was this effective?’

At the same time, an acrid smell like something burning wafted over.

“Kraaaah!”

For the first time, a scream burst from Song Beom’s mouth.

“It hurts! It hurts!”

Song Beom pressed Mincheol even more fiercely.

But he couldn’t catch up to Mincheol, who had received Kkwaekkwi’s buff as well.

Mincheol lightly avoided Song Beom’s attacks while swinging his longsword.

The blade wreathed in flames slashed Song Beom’s body over and over again.

“Kraaaah! This smell! I can’t stand it! It’s making me even hungrier!”

Song Beom screamed as if in agony.

To feel appetite at the smell of his own burning flesh.

‘He’s definitely insane.’

They say the rod is medicine for madmen.

Mincheol relentlessly slashed at Song Beom’s body without pause.

“Krak! Kaak!”

Wounds multiplied in an instant. Song Beom was suddenly desperate only to defend.

“It hurts! I’m hungry! It hurts but I’m hungry! I hurt because I’m hungry!”

Suddenly Song Beom’s pupils turned red.

It wasn’t just bloodshot. It looked like red ink had been dropped in them.

Song Beom’s pupils turned red.

“Berserk!”

Song Beom’s muscles swelled up. Blood vessels bulged prominently.

“I’m hungry! I’m going crazy with hunger! Let me eat! No, I will eat!”

Song Beom disappeared. A black shadow darted around in all directions.

He was too fast for his form to be seen properly.

Mincheol didn’t panic. He stood still and concentrated all his senses.

“One bite! Just let me have one bite!”

Behind.

Mincheol kicked off the ground and launched his body. He turned around and swung his longsword.

Song Beom’s forearm, which had been trying to grab Mincheol, was severed clean off.

“Huh…?”

Song Beom’s face went blank. He belatedly realized his injury and screamed.

“Kraaaah! My arm! My forearm!”

But it was only for a brief moment.

His appetite overcame the pain as he opened his maw and charged forward.

“Kraaaah!”

【’Miraculous Universal Gloves’ summons an item.】

A dagger appeared in Mincheol’s empty hand.

An awl-like shape.

A blade that looked like it was carved from gemstone rather than metal.

Mincheol drove the dagger under Song Beom’s jaw.

Song Beom’s mouth was forced shut.

But it was woefully insufficient to stop Song Beom.

“Mmph! Mmm!”

Song Beom tried to grab Mincheol with his remaining arm.

At that moment, Mincheol activated a skill.

【Activating ‘Lightning Strike’.】

Lightning energy exploded from ‘Thunderbolt’.

Blue lightning shot up toward the sky.

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