The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 33
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Chapter 33
Tower Defense (5)
16th Floor. This place was, after all, a ‘game’.
And this game had rules that absolutely had to be followed.
The rules of tower defense.
No matter how strong a monster was, it couldn’t escape these rules.
Even Leviathan was no exception.
Trrrrrrrk-
Massive scales scraped against the maze walls as it slowly advanced.
The strange energy emanating from the Tower suppressed the beast, preventing it from deviating from the path Kim Jun had set.
The reason Kim Jun had made the fortress into a ‘maze’.
So that Leviathan would take even a little longer, going farther around.
So that the archer towers’ arrows, the cannon towers’ shells, and the magic towers’ radiance could pour down on its body as much as possible.
Of course, one swing of Kim Jun’s sword was more powerful than the entire tower firepower combined.
But what mattered in this fight was ‘accumulated damage’.
[Monster Information: Leviathan]
[Grade: S]
[Level: 60]
[HP: 100,000,000,000]
One hundred billion.
That number wasn’t something that could be reduced with a single strike.
No matter how small the damage, it had to be endlessly accumulated to finally create a crack.
Moreover, Leviathan wasn’t just a simple boss.
Head, torso, arms, legs, tail.
Only by attacking these five parts separately would the entire body finally enter a ‘weak point’ state.
‘In the first round, I realized that too late.’
When I realized it belatedly, everything was already too late.
The memory of being crushed by overwhelming power without properly destroying the parts.
This time is different.
To make even one more hit land.
To buy even one more turn of time.
I calculated everything to create this maze.
“Come on in.”
I raised my head and stared at the creature.
Beyond thousands of Lunarium towers, a massive face poking through the barrier.
Blue eyes that seemed to devour even light were slowly approaching, glaring down at the hunters.
*
“Huff! Huffff…”
My fingertips are trembling.
My legs are shaking.
Even though the hero Kim Jun was right beside me, those eyes visible beyond the towers seemed to grip a person’s throat.
But.
“Ho! This one’s going to be quite tough, isn’t it?”
“Hey! If you have any mana potions left, give me one!”
“If you call me oppa.”
“Want to die?”
“Always cursing… sniff…”
Park Min-soo and Ryu Ji-a seemed to not know the word tension, teasing each other and laughing.
“I’ll heal you. Just bear with it a little.”
Lee Seo-yeon was grabbing the shoulders of dust-covered hunters, smiling casually as she infused healing magic.
Han Su-in was still holding her blood-stained dagger, silently keeping her gaze fixed on the plaza.
And beside her, Kim Jun was also waiting for the monster’s entrance with his greatsword raised.
What kind of people were they?
They should have collapsed under Leviathan’s intimidation, but instead, something like composure appeared on their faces.
“I too, I too want to be like that…!”
Once fear rises, it doesn’t easily subside.
But competitive spirit covers over it.
Thousands, hundreds of times.
I’ve watched Kim Jun’s exploits countless times.
And the target I’ve admired my whole life is standing before my eyes.
I had to show him.
“Kuooooooo-!”
To that approaching monster.
I wanted to prove to Kim Jun.
That I’m also a useful guy.
“Huff.”
My ceaselessly racing heart settles down coldly.
I steady my breathing.
And.
I stare at that approaching reptilian bastard.
“As I explained. We target the legs first.”
“Okay!”
“Yes!”
“Ready~.”
“….”
I might not be able to match the S-rank hunters of the Han Guild I admired.
Dudududu-!
Now that the creature is right in front of us.
“Huffff.”
Taking a deep breath.
I stare into eyes larger than myself.
One punch. The clumsy first punch I threw as a child.
A hundred punches. Punches built up without giving up even in despair.
A thousand punches. Punches thrown while destroying my whole body wanting to become strong.
Ten thousand punches. Punches thrown all night while admiring heroes.
And the millionth punch.
A punch to prove myself.
All those moments gathered in this one strike.
Martial Artist.
A rare profession with no advancement, no flashy skills.
Surely it must be shunned by the Tower’s system.
But the one legacy inherited from my father blazed within that fist.
‘I’ll show you.’
Choi Do-heon’s fist ignites.
“「Martial Strike – Flash (-)」!”
────!
With an explosive sound, his fist struck Leviathan’s front leg hard.
The massive bulk swayed and staggered.
“Grrooooooo-!!”
Leviathan let out a thunderous roar as it lost its balance.
Its rock-like leg bones cracked slightly, and the monster’s enormous body swayed to one side.
[Monster Information: Leviathan]
[Rank: S]
[Level: 60]
[Health: 98,831,290,150]
“Now!”
At Kim Jun’s shout, everyone moved in unison.
Kwang!
Kwagwagwang!
Ryu Ji-a’s 「Meteor」 fell once again, sending up pillars of flame.
“Urgh…! I absolutely can’t let go!”
Park Min-soo charged with his shield to pin down the monster’s leg.
Whoosh-!
At that moment, Lee Seo-yeon’s light enveloped his body, reducing the weight.
Swish-
Slash-
Pasasasasat-!
Han Su-in’s shadow daggers pierced through the cracks in succession.
Crack-!
The front leg joint shattered into pieces as a red warning window appeared.
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Right Leg]
[Damage increased by 1.5x]
Kim Jun’s eyes flashed.
The moment the part collapsed and revealed a weak point, he swung his greatsword without hesitation.
“「Dragon Slash」.”
Kwaaaaaaa-!!
A crimson flame storm erupted from the blade, splitting and burning from the broken leg up to the torso.
[Health: 79,023,101,400]
“Good, it’s working! Let’s keep this up!”
“Don’t talk during combat, you muscle-head!”
Under the continuous attacks, the monster lost its balance and staggered.
Soon after the bombardment, another notification window popped up.
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Left Leg]
[Damage increased by 1.5x]
The flame-engulfed tail was severed, and a roar that shook the plaza erupted.
[Health: 65,122,502,360]
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Tail]
[Damage increased by 1.5x]
“Kuooooooo!!”
The blue light tried to devour the earth, but this time the overwhelming momentum was on the hunters’ side.
Leviathan lost its balance and swayed violently.
[Health: 41,831,233,340]
And the relentless continuous attacks pierced through the gaps.
Ding-!
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Torso]
Ding-!
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Right Arm]
Ding-!
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Left Arm]
The monster’s body twisted as it lost balance.
And.
Kim Jun raised his greatsword above his head.
“「Ragnar—”
The unique skill of 「Dragon Eater」 that had crushed the 11th Floor boss, Rabia, with ‘DPS’.
His body hadn’t fully recovered from the aftereffects of berserk yet.
But a mere 16th Floor boss.
He thrust the greatsword deep into the ground.
“-ok Explosion」.”
Crack-!
Dudududu-!!
Peoooooong-!!!
[Part Destroyed: Leviathan’s Head]
[All parts destroyed! All damage taken increased by 20%!]
[Health: 89,020,110]
When Kim Jun swung his greatsword for the last time, the remaining health hit rock bottom in the blink of an eye.
Kuuung!
The giant monster’s body collapsed like a shed skin, and the entire maze fell silent.
Ding-!
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[Health: 0]
[Boss Defeated!]
[16th Floor First Clear Complete!]
[Hidden Clear Achieved! Successfully defeated by destroying all parts!]
[Hidden Clear reward will be granted!]
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“It appeared.”
The hidden clear condition for the 16th Floor was to defeat Leviathan after destroying all its parts.
And the reward was.
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[Item Acquired: 「Book of Knowledge Transfer」]
[Item Description: Brings one memory from your future self. However, memories after your future self’s death cannot be obtained.]
“Memory from my future self?”
“Wh-what is this?”
Without even a moment to celebrate, everyone’s expressions hardened the moment they read the description in the status window.
“It says I can’t see after death… This means if there’s no answer when I ask about the 100th Floor information, I’m dead, right?”
“Hmm… That’s right. Accurate.”
“Suddenly I don’t feel good about this.”
Everyone’s faces hardened, but only one person laughed heartily.
“Hahahaha! Nothing to worry about!”
Park Min-soo patted the backs of the dejected hunters and said.
“It’s obvious we’ll all survive and climb to the 100th Floor together!”
However, the five newly joined members including Choi Do-heon and Jo Min-jae couldn’t laugh easily.
The fact that they might face an unwanted future weighed heavily on their shoulders.
‘In this round, can we really defeat that guy on the 100th Floor.’
Kim Jun was also more curious than anyone else.
He was the only one who had experience seeing and fighting the monsters of the 100th Floor directly.
His gaze wavered for a moment, but soon Kim Jun shook his head.
There was something else he wanted to know more about right now.
[Skill: Diablo]
[Grade: EX]
[Effect: When you reduce a demon-type monster’s health to 10% or below, you can put them in a ‘Contract’ state. Contracted demons permanently become your servants and obey you absolutely. Damage dealt to demon-type monsters increased by 100%.]
[Limitation: Maximum of 3 demons can be contracted simultaneously]
[Additional skill acquisition possible when EX grade is achieved through skill point investment: ???]
[Passive Skill]
This skill he obtained after his second awakening, one he had never seen before his regression.
The ambiguous phrase ‘additional skill acquisition possible’ had been bothering him continuously.
Of course he was curious.
Whether he had finally conquered the 100th Floor in this cycle, or if he had fallen to that bastard once again.
‘…What I need now is not some future fact, but certain power.’
But Kim Jun made his decision.
Even if his future self had failed, he would do his best, and even if he had succeeded, he would still do his best.
The process wouldn’t change, so was there really a need to know the future?
As his resolve was solidifying.
“L-let’s stop being gloomy! We cleared it anyway!” “Right! At times like this, we should have a light beer. Of course, the bill would be on hyung, right?”
Hehe-
As the tension eased with Park Min-soo’s joke, laughter spread from various places.
He was right. Now was the time to enjoy the relief and achievement of surviving the recent battle, rather than overthinking.
But Kim Jun’s thoughts quickly returned to reality.
‘There’s a lot to handle.’
First was the profit that far exceeded the coins he had used.
Honestly, there was no need to share it.
Most of them had just followed along in this strategy.
‘But I should share it. So they can grow more.’
Although compared to the five members of Han Guild, the contribution of the five newly joined members was certainly lacking.
But that was only by current standards.
‘…There’s potential.’
Especially Choi Do-heon.
C-rank and only level 12.
However, the strike he showed in this battle had the momentum to surpass those limits in one go.
And.
‘「Incomplete Job Change Manual」. It’s about time to hand it over.’
Kim Jun’s gaze quietly swept over his companions one by one.
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