The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 34

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 34

Episode 34: 10th Floor (4)

The golem’s both arms transformed.

Six fingers stuck together and changed into sharp blades.

“Twin swords?”

As soon as Mincheol wondered, the golem moved.

It charged forward, shaking the ground with thunderous steps, then swung one arm widely.

“…!”

Unlike its slow charging speed, the attack was frighteningly fast.

Mincheol hastily crossed his twin swords to block the attack.

Bang!

It sounded like he had blocked a blunt weapon rather than a blade.

Mincheol was instantly knocked backward, but he managed to maintain his posture and land stably on the ground.

Just from blocking once, his entire body’s bones rang and his joints screamed.

“What kind of strength is this….”

There was no time to be bewildered. Mineral swords rose above the golem’s head.

‘Auto Looting!’

【Acquiring ‘Mineral Sword’ within a 600m radius.】

【Magic power detected from target. Cannot steal ownership.】

【Auto Looting is cancelled.】

Mincheol’s eyes widened.

Then, the mineral swords poured down.

Mincheol straightened his bent knees and threw his body to the side.

The mineral swords grazed past where Mincheol had been and rose into the sky.

‘Auto Looting doesn’t work?’

He knew this situation would come someday, but he didn’t expect it to be now.

‘It worked at first, so why doesn’t it work now? It mentioned magic power just now, is that related?’

His head was spinning. But there was no time to reach a conclusion.

The golem had already approached right in front of him.

Mincheol prepared for an incoming slash. However, the golem made a completely unexpected attack.

It tried to kick Mincheol.

【Activating Quick Turn!】

Mincheol used Quick Turn to avoid the kick.

A rock mass swept past before his eyes. The wind pressure alone was enough to shake his nose.

Due to lifting its leg, the golem was supporting its body on one foot.

Mincheol used Slice toward the remaining foot.

【Acquiring objects within cubic range!】

【Magic power detected from target. Cannot steal ownership.】

The same message appeared again.

The golem forcefully slammed down the leg it had lifted.

Mincheol activated Strong Strike to kick the ground. He retreated far back.

With a thunderous roar, the ground was smashed to pieces. A huge crater was carved out.

“Haha….”

At that brutish spectacle, Mincheol could only let out a hollow laugh.

“This is fucked.”

Mineral swords poured toward Mincheol.

* * *

“The reason the Successful Golem was somewhat manageable was because it only used mineral swords.”

The mineral swords were a wall of lament that had brought countless awakeners to their knees.

But paradoxically, because the Successful Golem’s attack methods were limited to mineral swords, they could somehow endure it.

“But when the Successful Golem enters phase 2, the main body also joins the battle. According to reports from China, it transforms into a warrior and wields twin swords.”

Just dealing with the flying mineral swords was already overwhelmingly difficult.

Now one more attack method would be added to this.

The difficulty would increase to an absurd level.

“The Chinese awakener couldn’t even fight the Successful Golem that entered phase 2, and was driven to the brink of death before barely surviving when the Quest time ran out.”

Even the awakener carefully selected from China’s population of over a billion failed to defeat the Successful Golem.

What could this mean?

“Considering that Chinese awakener was decked out in legendary-grade equipment, it means this is a boss that can’t be defeated just by raising the level of items.”

“Then if someone who can defeat the Successful Golem appears….”

Lee Ji-hun said while looking toward the window.

“It would mean they’re a monster with few precedents in human history.”

* * *

A bombardment pours down.

From the front, the Successful Golem relentlessly swung its twin swords.

From the rear, sides, and above, mineral swords flew.

As soon as he deflected mineral swords with his twin swords, he threw his body.

Whoosh-

A mineral sword flying over his head with a hair’s breadth gap.

“Kuk!”

The golem suddenly threw a front kick. Mincheol hastily bent his waist backward. The heavy leg shot high into the sky.

There was no time to catch his breath. No leisure to let his guard down.

He had to keep all his senses sharp and grasp the movements of the golem and mineral swords.

He had to constantly think of the next move and put it into action.

He felt it instinctively.

If his concentration dropped even slightly, he would die. If his prediction was off even a little, he would die.

He could feel the fear of death gripping his heart. Cold sweat flowed from his entire body.

Despite prioritizing safety so much, he had encountered another formidable enemy.

‘This is strange.’

Fear, despair, and various other negative emotions crept up.

Mincheol was certainly feeling those emotions too.

‘I can’t understand it.’

Nevertheless, the corners of his mouth twitched. Heat rose in his body.

‘Why am I enjoying this.’

One wrong step and he would die.

His goal of getting a job, his dream of letting Mother live in luxury – none of it could be achieved.

No, setting all that aside, there wouldn’t even be anyone to know he died in the Tower.

A truly meaningless death.

But, even so.

‘Why am I laughing?’

This situation that teetered between life and death.

Right now, when the slightest mistake would cost him everything.

It was enjoyable. He could feel himself becoming mentally elevated.

‘Am I going crazy?’

He couldn’t understand it at all. In the end, Mincheol gave up trying to understand himself.

“Ha….”

Instead, he decided to go with the flow.

“Haha!”

He decided to purely enjoy this situation.

He swung both hands simultaneously. He deflected the mineral swords aiming for his left and right.

He twisted his body slightly to dodge the golem’s twin swords stabbing downward.

However, it wasn’t enough to dodge everything.

His leather armor split open.

Slash—

Blood spurted out.

【Time remaining: 4 minutes 32 seconds.】

There was still plenty of time left, but there were too many wounds carved into his body.

‘Enduring is impossible. To survive, I have to destroy the golem.’

Unlike the 1st phase, in the 2nd phase the Successful Golem was attempting close combat.

But he couldn’t find an opportunity to attack. The golem’s offensive was too fierce.

Even though the distance had gotten closer, it seemed impossible to deflect both the mineral swords and the golem’s twin swords while landing an effective hit.

‘No, let me change my thinking. I don’t necessarily need to attack with a sword.’

It was true that the distance was closer than in the 1st phase.

If he used this, it wasn’t impossible.

Mincheol used his foot sword technique to sheath his twin swords.

Then he opened his inventory and pulled out an axe.

Crash.

At that moment, the golem scraped the ground with its twin swords and swung upward.

Mincheol launched his body into the air. He narrowly dodged the twin swords and threw the axe.

【’Powerful Throw’ is activated!】

The axe flew between the mineral swords. It struck the golem’s left shoulder hard.

With a rough sound, part of the shoulder was smashed.

Mincheol’s face brightened.

Thanks to the closer distance compared to the 1st phase, the mineral swords couldn’t deflect the hand axe.

“You bastard, you’re dead now.”

But the smashed shoulder was quickly restored.

“Wow, isn’t that really too much.”

The golem paid no attention to Mincheol’s complaint and continued its offensive.

Bang, bang bang.

Mincheol continued throwing hand axes while dodging the golem’s attacks.

Various parts of the golem’s body were destroyed. But they just restored themselves again.

‘I need one decisive blow.’

Powerful Throw lacked destructive power.

To smash the Successful Golem, he needed to use a powerful skill.

‘I can’t get close, so I can’t use Sprout Severing Soul.’

‘I don’t have the leisure to use Starlight Soaring Heaven.’

Mincheol licked his lips with his tongue.

To reverse the situation, he had to take risks.

He had to bet his very life as the stakes.

‘I’ll die either way anyway.’

Mincheol put his hand into his inventory.

And instead of an axe, he pulled out something else.

The Promising One’s Small Shield.

It was an item he had used briefly in the early stages but abandoned after his combat style changed.

Mincheol charged forward with the shield in front.

He twisted his body to dodge the mineral sword flying straight at him.

Slash—

His thigh and side were cut by a stray mineral sword, but he endured it.

It was close to a suicidal act. But Mincheol wasn’t making this reckless charge to die.

‘When the distance narrows like this….’

The golem didn’t swing down its twin swords. Instead, it kicked up with its front foot.

‘It always does a kick!’

Mincheol blocked the kick with his shield. He launched his body into the air to reduce the damage.

Bang!

The small shield shattered and his body shot upward.

He got closer to the hole in the ceiling. He stopped just before reaching the hole.

【Acquiring all ‘Black Long Things’ within a 600m radius.】

The spear that had pierced through the golem and was embedded in the wall entered his inventory. Mincheol immediately pulled the spear from his inventory.

His body, which had reached its peak, began falling downward.

Conversely, the mineral swords shot upward. At this rate, his entire body would be pierced.

‘When mineral swords fly up quickly, they can’t change direction.’

Mincheol twisted his body in mid-air. The mineral swords grazed past various parts of his body.

He couldn’t dodge them completely. His abdomen, back, and thigh were cut lengthwise. Blood poured out steadily.

In the meantime.

He barely managed to pull himself together.

And the Successful Golem visible to Mincheol’s eyes.

Downward, Mincheol’s right arm holding the spear moved in a large semicircle.

Meteor Spear Technique Chapter 1.

Starlight Soaring Heaven.

Light falling vertically.

The Successful Golem crossed both arms to block the spear, but.

With a thunderous roar and explosion, the Successful Golem’s both arms were completely blown away.

But the main body was intact. Starlight Soaring Heaven hadn’t reached the main body.

But there was no problem.

Mincheol still had one more shot left.

【Foot Sword Technique is activated.】

While falling downward, he drew his twin swords.

The mineral swords that would protect the golem were up in the sky, and both arms were smashed by Starlight Soaring Heaven.

Nothing existed anymore that could stop Mincheol.

【Activating ‘Fierce Soul Severing’!】

Two sword energies crossed each other.

* * *

“Pfft.”

Lee Ji-hun burst into a chuckle.

“A monster unprecedented in human history? Even I find it childish after saying it myself.”

Lee Ji-hun grabbed his belly and laughed.

Yeonhui didn’t seem to find it particularly funny.

“How could such a person appear? Even our Grandfather couldn’t succeed.”

“That’s true. If even the Previous Generation Master failed, who could possibly succeed?”

Yeonhui nodded in agreement.

These weren’t words spoken as a Seol-aeng employee, but from genuine conviction.

Lee Dong-hwi wasn’t simply a strong awakener.

He was the person who laid the foundation for the Tower conquest methods currently in use.

In other words, he was the one who paved the solid groundwork for awakeners to climb the Tower safely.

“By the way, Yeonhui. What are you doing this weekend?”

“Why do you ask?”

“If you’re free, want to go to the zoo with me?”

“All of a sudden?”

Yeonhui asked with a puzzled expression.

“The otter pups are having their first swim, apparently.”

“Otters again? You really can’t get your mind off them. Do you like them that much?”

Lee Ji-hun scratched his cheek sheepishly.

“They’re cute. Their antics are adorable too. So, are you interested?”

“Sorry. I already have plans.”

“You always say that. Don’t you ever have a free day?”

“No, I don’t.”

Yeonhui answered curtly. Lee Ji-hun could only look at her resentfully.

Unaware that a monster unprecedented in human history had appeared.

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