“….”


    Seeingthemessage, Soo Hyukfrownedwondering, whatdid itmean?


    ‘Ah.’


    After thinking a little, Soo Hyuk was able tosolvethemystery.


    ‘Title!It’s all because of thetitle.’


    He hadobtainedthetitle“TheMasterof Poison” by continuously eatingpoisonfor 30 days straight giving him apoisonresistance.Sothereasonhe wasn’tpoisonedmust have beendueto theeffectof “The Masterof Poison.”


    “Fire Spear!”


    Soo Hyukthrewthemagicalspear at the wolf-orc chimera tocheckitshealth.


    ‘How muchdamagedid ittake?’Soo Hyuklostsome of hishealth.But,judgingfrom theloss, the chimera must havetakensomedamageas well.


    Ofcourse, itwasnothing toworryabout.Thehealthhelostwas only about 2000 while histotalhealthexceeded 110,000.Even if afragmentwasdamaged, the chimera could bebeatenin notime.


    Kwang!


    While Soo Hyuk waslostin histhoughts, the fire spearhitthe wolf-orc chimeracausingit to let out a scream.


    “Poison Chains!”


    Themonsterlet out twodifferentscreams each from adifferenthead as Soo Hyukcasthisspell.The poison chains greatly reduced the chimera’s speed;he didn’t want to give it any chances.


    The chimera whose speed was slowed down due to thechains, let out two painful screams as it slowly approached him.At the same time, Soo Hyukopenedhismouthtocast‘Poison Spear’ toward the approaching Chimera.


    “Poi…?”


    But Soo Hyuk wasforcedto stop midway.


    ‘Did itjustcloseitseyes?’


    Hewatchedas the orcslowlycloseditseyesand didn’t let out a scream anymore.The only one screamingwasthewolfnow.


    ‘Is hedead?’


    In thissituation, all he couldpresumewasthe orc was dead.


    Thud!


    And not long after, thewolf, which wasapproachingat a slow pace, fell over.Thefallenwolf’seyeswereshakingand soon itpletelycloseditseyes.As soon as the two-headed monsterclosedtheireyes, amessagepopped out infrontof him.


    -Mutated Orc Skin!


    -Mutated Wolf Skin!


    The dropped itemswerethemonster’sskin.And they were ratherspecis it was not just thenormalkind but the ‘mutated’ skins of both an orc and awolf.But Soo Hyuk didn’t have time tolookat thatwindow.


    [Leveled Up!]


    Itwasbecause ofthismessage.


    ‘Leveled up?’


    Why did a level-up message appear?


    ‘But, itwas85%?’


    Soo Hyuk’s experience bar had been at 85%.


    “Ijustcaughtone of them and alreadycaught upto the other 15%, huh?”


    He couldn’t believe just one chimeraincreasedhisExperienceby 15%.


    “Is itnaturaltohavethat much health?”


    That chimera’shealthhadbeenover 1million.Now that helookedat it, theExperiencejumpwasnatural.


    Soo Hyukacquiredthe dropped items andopeneda character window.


    ***


    ss:Archmage’s Descendant


    Level:185 Experience:1%


    Health:111,600 Mana:73,420


    Satiation:50%


    Strength:40(+10)


    Agility:35(+16)


    Stamina:1108[554 (+10)]


    Wisdom:3671(+10)


    Bonus Stats:5


    ***


    ‘That’s16%.’


    He thought his experience raised by 15%, but it was 16% instead Of course, it wasn’t very important.Though, Soo Hyukthoughthe wouldinvestall hisbonusinwisdom.


    ‘Isit possible for me to reach level 200 today?’


    HethoughtitwouldtakeseveraldaystoachieveLevel 200.However,basedon thisamountof Experience,itmight be possible toreachlevel 200 in aday.


    As soon as Soo Hyukclosedthe character window, hereturnedto theentrancewhere bothKamianand hisGuild memberswerewaiting.


    Tadak!


    Ketoto, who waswaitingat theentrance, flinched when hesawSoo Hyuk running towards him.


    “Come back!I’ll tank!”


    Ketotoshouted.


    ‘…Oh, no.’


    HearingKetoto’sshout, Soo Hyuk couldunderstandwhy he wasrunning.They must have misunderstood thesituation.Soo Hyuksmiledandsaid.


    “Igotit.”


    Stop!


    Ketoto, who just turned the corner after passing Soo Hyuk, hesitated.


    ‘‘???”


    Helookedat Soo Hyuk with an inquisitive gaze.


    “I alreadykilledit.”


    Soo HyukansweredKetoto’s puzzled eyes…


    “W-What, yougotit?”


    WhenKetotoheardSoo Hyuk’sanswer, he couldn’t help but stutter inembarrassment.


    “Yes, thoughitdidtakeawhile.”Itcertainlytooklonger thanittakestokillregrmonsters becauseithadso much Health…


    Ketotowas speechless.


    Hecouldn’tsayaword.Hejuststared at Soo Hyuk and moved on towards therightaisle.


    Helookedsurprisedaftercheckingthepassageon theright.


    ‘Ithoughthewas joking.’


    Soo Hyuk never joked itwasKetotowhothoughthemighthave.But now,lookingatthe chimera’s dead body lying there,heturned around andlooked backat Soo Hyuk.


    “How strongwastheattack?”The chimera’shealthwas1million.Such ahighamount is no joke.


    Itwasnot impossibletomaketheir health decrease to 0, butitdoestakea long time.Ketoto, whoparticipatedin several hunts,knewitwasnot an easy feat toki chimera.He couldn’t believe in such a short time Soo Hyukmanagedtoinjureitlet alone toki chimera, all by himself.


    “Let’sgo.”


    Soo Hyuk said.


    “…Themap.”


    KetotorepliedandfollowedSoo Hyuk to whereKamianand therestof the guild members werewaiting.


    “I don’t think youneedtoworryabout the chimera at theentrance.”


    Uponarrival, Soo HyuktoldKamianand theguild.


    “…l, uh”


    “….”


    Just likeKetoto, the whole guildmadeacuriousface to what Soo Hyuk said.Then,itwasKetotowhoexinedthe whole situation toKamianand theKomaGuild members.


    “Hekilledit.”


    Thoughitwasa three-word sentence,itwas enough.


    -Roa:Itwas sostrong,IthoughtIwoulddie.


    -Kamian:Wow, that’scrazy.Waspoison magic always thatstrong?


    -K-Cross:But its health was no joke.


    -Ketoto:I don’t think any tanker would beableto withstand Soo Hyuk’s magic.Partyhuntingis impossible.


    KamianandKomaGuild members, who werefollowingSoo Hyuk wereholdingaconversationon their own.Naturally, themaintopic of theconversationwasSoo Hyuk.


    -Roa:Lasttime, we were wiped out here, right?


    Roaquestionedwhilelookingat thesurrounding.


    -Kamian:Yeah, Ithinkthisspotwasthe farthest we couldreach.


    Kamian, who too was looking around,answered.Itwasthiscethat he hadchallengednumeroustimes and the deepest they haveeverreached.


    Bang!


    Looking around,Kamian, who waslostin histhought, waswaitingfor an earth-shattering roar.


    ‘I’musedto it!’Kamianthought.


    -Aaouuuuu!


    Infrontof them, a wolf-orc chimera wasscreaming.But its scream was for a different reason, and it was due to Soo Hyuk’s attacks.


    Ofcourse.


    WhenKamiansawthe chimera hadfallento Soo Hyuk’sattacks, he bitterly smiled.Soo Hyuk, themanwho lightly carried out all themissionsthat were impossible even afternumerousguild members joined forces.Kamiancouldn’t help but feel bitter.


    -Kamian:K-Cross, whatwasthehealthof this chimera?


    Drownedinbitterness,KamianbasedK-Cross.He wascuriousabout the chimera Soo Hyuk hadcaught.


    -K-Cross:Totalhealth?


    -Kamian:Yes.


    -K-Cross:1.8million.


    -Roa:Wow, 1.8million?


    -Ketoto:He tooklessthan 30secondstocutdown amonsterwith 1.8million…


    Roa:Hmm, it lookslike, thiswastheworkof max 20seconds.


    -Ketoto:How onearthdid hedo it?I’m really curious, but I don’t dare to ask.


    At the same time.


    -Garan:By theway,Gilm.


    Garan, who waspreparingtohealSoo Hyuk withoutparticipatingin theconversation, incasethesituationgot worse,took partandasked.


    -Kamian:Yes.


    -Garan:I’mcuriousabout something.


    Garancouldn’tcontrolhiscuriosityandjoinin theconversation.


    -Kamian:Go ahead.


    -Garan:What’shislevel, ImeanSoo Hyuk?I don’t think he wasregisteredbecause we couldn’tseehisrank…


    -Kamian:Oh, Soo Hyuk’s level?It’s…


    Kamiancould notanswerGaran’squestion.Heopenedthefriends’windowandcheckedSoo Hyuk’s level.


    ‘…you’verisenalot.’


    Hehas gotten a lot strongerpared to thebeginning.Buthenever thoughthewouldriseto thislevel.If someone elsetoldhim Soo Hyuk’slevel,hewouldn’t have believed thatperson.And theyalso wouldn’t believe that thereisa vast differencein Soo Hyuk’slevnd hisstrength.


    -Kamian:190.


    -Garan:Huh?190?


    -Ketoto:Hey,Gilm.You’re kidding!


    Healready expected theirresponses.Still,Kamiancontinued totellhimhewasn’t joking.No,hetried to.


    “Kamian.”


    Hearing,Soo Hyukcalled him, hestoppedtalkingandapproachedSoo Hyuk.


    The wolf part of themonsterfinally fell over andclosedhiseyes.


    [Level Up!]


    Themessagepopped right infrontof Soo Hyuk’seyes.Heopenedthe character window with asmileandlookedat themessage.Soo Hyuk, who invested his bonus stats inwisdom,closedthewindowand took a step forward.


    ‘It’sthe first Magic Circle.’


    Theexperiencethe chimeragavewas ridiculous.Even asmallnumber ofchimerahelpedSoo HyukgreatlyincreasehisExperience.


    ‘I’vegoneup fivelevels.’


    When hekilledone at theentrance, hislevelhadbeen185.But afterreachingthe first magic circle he hadleveledup to 190.


    ‘I’m sure, I can reach Level 200.’


    At thisrate, he wouldachievehisgoal.No,itwasnaturaltoachieveitat thisrate.


    “???”


    Soo Hyuk, who was about to move forwardstoppedwalking.


    ‘Acrossroads?’


    It was all because of thecrossroadahead.


    Soo Hyuk looked at themapto double-check it.


    ‘There isn’t?’


    Soo Hyuk narrowed hiseyesand checked again for acrossroad.But therewasnone.


    ‘Did Ienterthewrongway?’


    Were theylost?


    Thepathitself wasnotplicated.


    Soo Hyukshookhishead.He wassurethey didn’t take the wrong way.Itmaylookas if the underground waterwayhadaverplex structure, but inreality,itwas extremelysimple.


    ‘We should bealmostthere.’


    Justa littlefurther, theyshould being up on the magic circle, but there wasn’t acrossroadon themapso he wasa littleconfused andaskedKamian.


    “Kamian.”


    Soo Hyuk wanted toaskhim if heknewthisce.


    “Yes, whathappened?”


    “If you look ahead, it’sacrossroad, but on themap, there is no suchcrossroad.I waswonderingifyouknewanything.”


    Kamianstepped near him andlookedat themap.


    “Huh?Different from themap?”


    Lookingat themapand then at theroaying ahead,Kamianwasshocked.


    “Oh, that’sstrange.I don’t think we took the wrong way…”


    Kamianwasleftin apanic.If they didn’ttakethewrongroute that couldmeanthepathbefore them, had never beendrawn onthemap.


    “Sorry, we’ve neveethisfar.”


    Kamian, awkwardly said, who was alternately looking at themapand thecrossroads.Itwashis first time heringthisfar,theywere always destroyed beforetheycouldevenreach nearthisroad.


    “Then, what should wedo?”


    Soo Hyuk asked.


    “Should wesendsomeone for theinspection?We canaskRoa.”


    Kamiananswered.Therewasan unexpected path, though it shouldn’t be much of anissueif theysentRoawho was excellent in her stealth ability.


    “That’sagoodidea.”


    “Roa!”


    HearingKamiancallher, shewentto thespotwhere bothKamianand Soo Hyuk werestanding.


    “Can you pleasecheckit out?”


    KamianaskedRoa…


    “Thecrossroad?”


    “Yes,thereisa crossroadthat’snoton themap.”


    “Ok, then I’ll be back.”


    RoaansweredatKamian’srequest.


    SoonRoadisappeared from sight.But ofcourse, that wasonlyfor Soo Hyuk.Hecouldno longerseeher, asheis not in theirguildandcouldn’t trackher.


    “Come backsoon!”


    Kamianwavedhishandather.LookingatKamian’sactions, Soo HyukguessedthatRoamust havereachedthecrossroad.


    Not long afterRoaleft.


    “What the?It’sblocked, we can’tseeanything.”


    Kamiansaid.


    “Where did she go?”


    Soo HyukaskedKamian.Itwasbecause he didn’t know whether shewentto theleftor theright.


    “Shewentto theleftand…”


    Kamianansweredbut couldn’t finish hisanswer.


    “Shit!”


    Kamian, whostoppedtalking, flinched.


    “Oh, my…”


    Soo Hyuk looked atKamian’sreactionbut soon he had no choice andaskedwhat was going on.Kamianrespondedto hisquestion.


    “Roa’s dead”


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