The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 31
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Chapter 31
Tower Defense (3)
[Wave 23 Start: B-rank Undead × 1,000 + Undead Shamans × 500 + Spectral Knights × 100]
“It’s begun.”
The 16th Floor trial that started with 11 teams now had only 7 teams remaining.
Already 4 teams had been eliminated.
Looking at the remaining teams.
There were 3 Blue Dragon Guild teams, the Heukho Guild led by the twin martial artist brothers, Yu Gi-ha’s Buyeo Guild with a supporter as guild leader, a team composed of ordinary Hunters, and Kim Jun’s team.
[Buyeo Guild Outpost]
“「Resonate」!”
Yu Gi-ha’s voice echoed across the battlefield.
Wooooooong-!
Golden magic circles spread around him, enveloping each guild member one by one.
“「Harder than steel」!”
“「Faster than wind」!”
“「Hotter than flames」!”
Each time Yu Gi-ha chanted his spirit words in succession, different colored auras bloomed from the guild members’ bodies.
[Silver – Defense increase]
[Blue – Agility increase]
[Red – Attack power increase]
“Waaaah!”
The buffed guild members all shouted in unison and charged toward the undead horde.
Buyeo Guild leader Yu Gi-ha was a tactical supporter specialized in group buffs.
Different from Kim Jun’s 「Dragon Speech」, but as an S-rank Hunter who wielded 「Guardian’s Spirit Words」, his every word changed the tide of battle.
“「Maintain formation」!”
When Yu Gi-ha waved his command baton, the guild members advanced in perfect formation.
Thanks to investing most of the coins obtained from killing monsters into tower construction and reinforcement, they were struggling but steadily holding out.
[Heukho Guild Outpost]
“「Diamond Crushing Strike」!”
“「Heaven Collapsing Kick」!”
Bang-!
Thwack-!
The twin martial artist brothers, Park Cheol-min and Park Cheol-su.
Each time their attacks exploded, undead heads and chests were shattered to pieces.
The sight of them sweeping away dozens in an instant was truly monstrous.
But soon the brothers frowned.
“We’re running low on potions.”
“Damn, we should have invested in towers earlier.”
There were only a few buildings erected around the outpost.
Their choice not to aggressively build towers was now holding them back.
To build infinite durability Lunarium Towers now, the cost to fill the many gaps that had already been breached was enormous.
Using stone wall or iron wall towers as temporary measures would just crumble quickly anyway, making it feel wasteful.
Sweat dripped down the brothers’ foreheads.
“We should have done it like that from the start.”
Their gaze was directed toward the fortress located on the flatlands.
[Cheongryong Guild Outpost 1]
[Cheongryong Guild Outpost 2]
[Cheongryong Guild Outpost 3]
Kugugugugung-!
Shaking the mountainside, the Spectral Knights charged again.
Fireballs and poison fog intertwined, turning the battlefield into chaos.
[Command Fortress Durability: 278/1000]
“Damn, it’s been chipped away again!”
“No way, at this rate the fortress will be destroyed!”
Potions were running out, and even mana recovery was difficult.
The battle line had already crumbled, and there was no strength left to support falling comrades.
At that moment.
“We can’t hold out any longer!”
The Second Base Commander shouted at the top of his lungs.
He forcibly pulled out the pile of coins in his hand and input them into the system window.
[Lunarium Tower × 20 purchase complete]
[Durability: ∞]
Bang bang bang!
Massive walls split the ground and rose up.
“What the hell are you doing on your own!”
Han Seo-jin shouted with a flushed red face.
“We agreed to pool coins as guild funds! How dare you ignore my orders?!”
Then the Third Base Commander fought back.
“Orders? This isn’t an order, it’s suicide! What are we supposed to block with? Our fingernails and fists?!”
“That’s right! The fortress is already half destroyed, how long do you expect us to endure!”
“Guild leader, we want to live too!”
The suppressed voices exploded.
Guild members began pulling out coins one by one and building towers.
“Y-you! Stop! Stop it! I told you to stop right now!”
Han Seo-jin’s shouts no longer worked.
The commanders gritted their teeth and persisted.
“Following your words will get us all killed. Now we choose.”
Kuwoong-!
Lunarium Walls rose again, beginning to surround the outpost.
The three blue flags fluttered together, but.
“These damn bastards!”
“I’m commanding here now!”
“Invest all remaining coins! I’ll take responsibility!”
The Blue Dragon Guild beneath them was no longer united.
But the Command Fortress was still in the same place.
Monsters were swarming in triple numbers, but they had almost no coins left.
“Guild leader! Please share some coins! At this rate we’ll all be finished!”
“Shut up! You guys defied my orders! Why should I save you?”
“Shit, damn it! It was our money to begin with! Give it back, give it back!”
Even with enemies approaching right in front of them, even with comrades falling, they were still snarling at each other.
That’s when it happened.
Kihihihihi-!
The sound of wings came from the sky.
“Wh-what is that?”
“Undead… wyvern?”
A giant skeletal dragon was looking down from the sky.
Blue flames burned in its eye sockets, and rotting flesh hung between its bones.
“Kuoooo!”
As the wyvern opened its mouth, toxic breath poured down.
Sizzle-!
“Argh! The armor is melting!”
The armor of the hunters touched by the breath began to melt away.
At the same time, on the surface.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
With the sound of giant footsteps, an Undead Lord appeared.
A massive skeletal knight over 4 meters tall. In its hand was a sword as tall as a person.
Crack-
The defensive line was breached.
“This, this isn’t right…”
Han Seo-jin’s face turned pale.
“Grrrrrr!”
When the Undead Lord swung its sword, several trees were cut down by the wind pressure alone.
“Run! Everyone run!”
But it was already too late.
Neighhhh-! Neighhhh-!
A thousand Spectral Knights poured down the mountainside like a waterfall.
The sound of hoofbeats echoed like thunder.
“Maintain the defensive line!”
“We can’t hold it!”
A Spectral Knight leaped over the newly constructed wooden fence.
Thunk-!
“Guhk!”
A casualty occurred. An A-Rank Hunter pierced by a spear collapsed on the spot.
“Aaaahhh!”
Once breached, the defensive line began to collapse in a chain reaction.
Spectral Knights flooded into the position, followed by waves of undead pouring in like a tide.
“Quickly build a tower!”
“We don’t have coins!”
They tried to build stone walls belatedly, but.
Crack-!
Crash!
With one swing of the Undead Lord’s sword, all the towers under construction were completely destroyed.
“Kuoooo!”
From the sky, the Undead Wyvern continued to pour down toxic breath. The earth began to melt.
Before this desperate situation could even be resolved.
Ding-!
[25th Wave begins: B-Rank Spectral Knight × 2,000 + Undead Wyvern × 100 + Undead Lord × 1]
“We haven’t even finished the 24th wave yet!”
Conquering the 16th Floor was no longer even a dream.
Now survival was the goal.
But the location was a treacherous mountain peak. There was nowhere to escape.
Except for one person.
“Damn it!”
Han Seo-jin began to move, abandoning his guild members.
“Guild Master? Where are you going!”
“Guild Master! Are you abandoning us!”
“Get a grip! He’s already abandoned us!”
Han Seo-jin erected an 「Ice Pillar」 and climbed on top of it.
Then he began jumping from pillar to pillar, escaping the battlefield.
Undead Wyverns pursued him from behind, but Han Seo-jin was already fleeing down the mountain.
“That bastard…”
“He really abandoned us.”
Betrayal and despair crossed the faces of the Blue Dragon Guild members.
A sense of emptiness washed over them at the sight of their guild master abandoning comrades they had worked with for 3, 5 years and fleeing alone.
It was a place where they had worked with pride, receiving the best ‘financial’ treatment.
In the end, they realized they were nothing more than expendable resources to Han Seo-jin.
Thunk-!
“Gasp!”
“Ugh… help me…”
Casualties began to mount one by one.
A comrade pierced by a Spectral Knight’s sword collapsed, coughing up blood.
“Everyone! We must not give up!”
Ryu A-ran stood before the remaining members.
“We still have hope! If we unite as one, we can endure!”
She never abandoned her comrades.
She had her pride as an S-Rank Hunter and her responsibility as vice guild master.
“Vice Guild Master…”
“Since the Vice Guild Master is still here… we’ll be okay!”
A completely different person from Han Seo-jin.
Perhaps, if it was her.
But before the seed of hope could even take root.
“Humans.”
“Humans.”
“Humans.”
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
“…Th, three of them?”
Someone let out a hollow laugh.
“Ha, haha… hahaha!”
Originally, even one Undead Lord would be overwhelming.
But thanks to Han Seo-jin’s trolling move of placing three Command Fortresses side by side, they had come in triple numbers.
Everything around them shook.
Three Undead Lords slowly revealed themselves.
Massive skeletons well over 4 meters tall, with rotting flesh hanging and rattling, blue flames burning eerily in their eye sockets.
“We shall kill… all of you.”
“We shall kill… all of you.”
“We shall kill… all of you.”
Low, sinister voices penetrated deep into their bones.
Ryu A-ran’s legs trembled involuntarily.
[Monster Information: Undead Lord]
[Grade: A]
[Level: 40]
‘Is it possible? If I risk my life… can I save the guild members?’
But the answer was obvious.
Even she, an S-Rank Hunter, was nothing but an insect before these monsters.
“Die.”
“Die.”
“Die.”
Three Undead Lords simultaneously raised their swords.
Crack-!
Just from the momentum of raising their swords, the surrounding trees shattered and broke apart.
“This is… impossible to win. Absolutely impossible…”
Hope faded from the guild members’ eyes.
Only despair remained, like cold darkness.
“We’re going to die… we’re really going to die here.”
A massive shadow covered overhead.
Whooom-
Just as the swords were about to strike down.
“「Slash」.”
Swoosh-!
Dark red flames erupted.
In an instant, a trajectory of fire spread in all directions like a massive axe blade cutting through the sky.
Thud-!
Bang! Bang!
Without even a chance to cry out, the heads of the three Undead Lords flew into the air and rolled on the ground, charred red.
Their massive bodies collapsed belatedly, shaking the entire mountain range.
“Kieeeek!”
“Grrrrr-!”
At the same time, even the undead wyverns circling in the sky were engulfed in 「Black Flames」 and poured down like rain.
Wings snapped, and burning debris fell in a shower, covering the mountainside.
In an instant, the battlefield fell into silence.
The Cheongryong Guild members, who had been engulfed in despair just moments ago, froze as if unable to believe the sight.
“Huff, huff…”
“We’re alive… we’re alive…?”
Someone muttered.
And through the ashes of the flames, a person revealed himself.
The gleaming pupils of a dragon.
Behind his back, demonic wings spewing dark red flames.
His gaze was coldly settled, and his footsteps rang heavily.
As if the battle just now was nothing more than a breathing exercise.
Swish-
He raised his greatsword.
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