WhatRoa’s dead?


    “But didn’t you saytherewas nothingthere?”


    Soo Hyuk couldn’t help butask.Just a few moments ago Kamian said the path was blocked, but now she’s dead?


    “Yes, I didsay that.But now, I can’ttellwhat’s going on…”


    Kamiancouldn’t help but beembarrassed.


    “I’ll log out andaskher.”Kamianfeltlike hehadtoaskher himself.


    Just at thatmoment.


    -Chwiiig!Chwiiig!


    -Aaaooouuuu!Soo Hyuk’swordswere cut off by two blood-curdling screams simr to those that haefrom theWolf-Orcmonster.Hehadto check where the two screams weringfrom.


    -Chwiiig!Chwiiig!


    -Aaaaooouuu!


    The chimera’sscreamhaefrom thecrossroad.


    “DidRoaentertheleftpath?”Soo Hyuk asked whilestaringat the right one.


    “Yes, shetooktheleft.”


    “Do youthinkthere’ssomething on theleft?”


    “Yeah, well, maybe…”


    Soo Hyuk remained silent, but one thing was certain.Roawas dead, and thereasonbehind it was still unknown.Something that she couldn’tsee.


    “Ok, I’ll be waiting here.”


    “Hmm, I’ll be right back.”


    Replying toSoo Hyuk,Kamianlogged out.Of course, Soo Hyuk didn’t n to stay put;he nned to investigate what’s going on.But just asKamianlogged out,Soo Hyuksawit.


    Squeak!


    Green lumps were flying out from theaisle.


    “Get out of the way!”


    Soo Hyukwas sure that thelumpwaspoison.Sohe stepped forward tostopthepoisonfrom spreading andshoutedat everyone to move back.Hearinghim shout, all theKomaGuild membersstepped back.


    Puck!


    Soo Hyuk extended his hand to stop the poison.


    [Youhave been poisoned.]


    [Youhave been frozen for 1minute.]


    [Youare bleeding for 1minute.]


    ‘Huh?’


    Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but beembarrassed.


    He’s poisoned?


    Previouslywhen thelumpstruckhim,hewasn’t poisoned.So, rather thandodgingit,hewastryingtostopit.But nowhegot the message thathewas poisoned?


    Forconfirmation,hecheckedhis health stats.


    ‘…I’md.’


    Soo Hyuk wasworriedhe wouldlosehishealthafter getting poisoned.But, though helostsome pointsitwasn’t enough for him toworry.


    ‘It’sonly asmamount.


    His wisdomstathadnowexceeded3000 and was getting close to 4000, soitwasunsurprisingthat there wasn’t much damage even though he was poisoned.


    “K!What’sthat chimera’shealth, now?”


    Soo Hyukcalled outtoK-Crossas hecame outof thepathway.


    “2million!”


    After amoment,K-Crossanswered.


    ‘Does thatmeanI can get poisoned if theirhealthis2million?’


    Soo Hyuksunkinto histhoughts;the chimerahehadkillednear theentrancehad around 1.8 million health andhehadn’t been poisoned.Hecouldfigureout the exact number for whenhewould get poisoned, buthedecideditwould bebetterifhewascarefulwith chimera’s thathashealthof 2millionor more.


    Itdidn’t matter how little thedamagewas, under special conditionsitcould lead up to unexpected situationssuch asparalysis.


    “Poison Chain!”


    Soo Hyuk wrapped the chimera with his poisonous chains todecreaseitsmovement.


    “Firebolt!”


    Hethentriedtotesthis fire spells on themonstertodecreaseitshealth.


    Squeak!


    As soon as both thespellswerecast, themonster’s wolf head spit out a huge lump ofpoison.They didn’t know how todefeatit,sothebestchoicewastoavoiditandsotoavoidpoison, Soo Hyuk stepped back.


    Piiik!


    Thelumnded exactly where Soo Hyukwas, thenitsshed outward and started spreading.However,healready calcted such anoueand stepped back further.


    ThesshfailedtohurtSoo Hyuk ashebeganto cast more spells toward the chimera.Even though he had cast Poison Chains on it to restrict its movements, it gradually narrowed the distance between each other.


    “Fire Spear!Fireball!”


    Kwang!Bang!


    Both thespearand the fireball weredirectedat the chimera.


    ‘So thehigheritshealth, thehigheritsdefense.’


    Soo Hyuk came to thisconclusionas hewatchedtheWolf-Ohimera during theirfight.Because the chimera still showed no signs of beingdefeated.


    Rather, it wasfullofferocity.Soo Hyuk felt that thismonstercould narrow thedistancebetweenthemin notimeand mercilesslyattackthem.


    Certainly, this chimera was different than thosecloserto theentrance.Its health was higher than any of them, and its defense was also a lot stronger.


    ‘Thechainsdon’t needtoslowitfor very long.’


    Thegapbetween thetwoclosedin notimemakingitdifficult for his poison magic todisyitspower.Though hismagicwas quite versatile,ittook timetomaintainandshowitseffects.


    Normally, Soo Hyuk would havecasthisspellswithoutworryingabout the side effects, buthecouldn’t do that withKamianand theKomaguildaround him.Ifhewerealone,hecouldyit quickly whileignoringthepoisondue to the ‘MasterofPoison’ title.


    “me Dance!Poison Ball!Poison Spear!”


    Soo Hyuk castspefterspellon the chimera and before long, the Orc head stoppedmovingandcloseditseyes.Shortly after, the Wolf head closed itseyesand the chimera fell over dead.


    -Mutated Orc Skin


    -Mutated Wolf Skin


    As soon as the chimerafellon theground, awindowappeared.


    Suak!


    ‘Huh?’


    But Soo Hyuk couldn’t pay attention to thewindow.Itwasbecause a smallfireballpopped out of thecorpse.


    The smallfireballcouldonlymeanhing, there was anothermonsterwithinrangeof thecorpse.The chimera hadfallenwithin 10seconds, so thefireballtargetedthenextmonster within range.


    If therewasnomonsterinrange, the me Dance wouldhavea simr effect as Fireball or Fire Bolt.However, thefactthat a fireball popped out of the corpse means that there arestillchimeras lurkingnearby.


    ‘Noway.’


    me Dance usually had a range of 5 meters but due to the situation and Soo Hyuk’s skills, its effect was increased to 30 meters.The fireball, now floating,flewtowards the right pathway which wasfilledwithdarkness.


    A fewmomentter.


    -Chiiwiig!Ithurts!


    -Hahahaha!


    They could hear voicesing out of the darkness.


    “….”


    Hearingsuchvoices, Soo Hyuk was startled.It wasverydifferentfrom anyvoiceshe hadeverheard.


    -Chiik!It was ahuman!


    -Haha!


    Soontheownersof thesoundsemergedfrom thedarkness;thevoicesbelonged to achimerawhichwasof theWolf-Orcvariant as well.But this one was different, this chimera was far different from any of the previous chimeras they had encountered.


    -Haha!


    -Be quiet.Chiik!


    Itwasthe Orc head thatspoke,itseemed tobetwice thesizeof the previous chimera.Both the Orc and Wolf were massive.


    ‘Boss?’


    Ishe the boss monster?


    ‘No, when they appear there is always amessage.’


    Soo Hyukshookhishead, this may not be the boss but he would be difficult to deal with.


    Then.


    “So-SooHyuk!”


    K-Crosswas startled.


    “Thismonsterhas5 millionhealth!”


    HearingK-Cross, Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but be shocked as well.


    ‘Fivemillion?’


    Themonsterinfrontdidlooka bitdifferentbut to thispoint.But, 5 millionhealth?


    ‘Ishe the middle boss?’


    If not theBossmonster, there was only onecategoryleft, it was the mid-bossmonster.


    -Chiiiik!Wolf!Blow out thepoison!


    Soo Hyuk who waslostin histhoughts,was about towatchthe wolf fill thewholearea withpoison.


    -Ahhhhhhhh!


    Thewolfopeneditsmouth, spewing out itspoison.Thispoisonwasn’t like what they had encounteredpreviouslywhen itwasalump, instead,thispoisonwasin a smoke form, spreading out in a poisonous fog at tremendous speed.


    “Pull back!Fireball!”


    Thoughitwasagasrather than aliquid,itshould be possible topreventitwith a Fireball.So, afterwarningtheKomaguild, hecastthespell…


    ‘Huh?’


    Hethoughtthe fireball would at leastproduceanexplosion, butseeingthesituationinfrontof him, Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but inpanic.


    ‘Is heresisting?’


    No explosion washeard, the fireballgaveouta little smoke andburned out.Soo Hyuk, with a puzzled look on hisface,castanotherspell.


    “Fire Spear.”


    Thisspellwasa levelstrongerthan the fireball.


    Siiakk…


    Much like the fireball, the fire spear didn’t cause anexplosion.Thoughitdid cause a little more smoke before burning out, however, thatwasit.


    ‘Itcan’t behelped.’


    Soo Hyuk thought whilewatchingthe poisonous smoke narrowing thedistance.


    ‘I’llhavetoaskKamianwhenhegets back.’


    Hestill neededtoknowwhathappened.Though,heputhisworriesto thesidefornowand cast a spell.


    “Firestorm.”


    Firestormisaspellthat cancreatea whirlpool offire.


    -Ahhhhhhhhh!


    Thewhirlwindoffiredevouredthe chimera,burningthe poisonous fog.


    -Ithurts!Ithurts!Ithurts!”


    -U-ughhh!


    -Run-away!Not Forward!GoBack!Back!Chiiwk!


    Soo Hyukwatched as thefirestormtried toconsumethe chimera.Heheardthe twopainedvoices of both the Orc and the Wolf as theytriedto breakaway from themes.


    “K, can youseewhat itshealthisnow?”


    Lookingat thefirestormcreating havoc, Soo Hyuk askedK-Cross.Hewantedthe‘Hawk Eye’to see how much this mid-boss chimera’s HP isleft.


    “I’msorry, because of thefireIcan’t.”


    However, ‘Hawk Eye’could only be activated when theopponentisatsight.


    Listening toK-Cross, Soo Hyuk let out a regrettable sigh.


    -Cwiik!H-haveto go back…


    -U-ugh…


    Thevoicesof the chimera gotsmallerandsmaller.Butseeingthe Firestormmove, means thattheydidn’t getweaker, rathertheyweremovingfar away from thece.


    But not long after, thefirestormstoppedmoving.


    –Mutated OrcSkin


    –Mutated WolfSkin


    –Completely Mutated OrcSkin


    –Completely Mutated WolfSkin


    Thenthewindowwasupdated.


    ‘As expected.’


    Soo Hyuk looked at the now updated window.


    ‘Whendealingwith poisonous monsters, I’llhavetouseFirestorm.’


    Hefeltlikehewasfightingthepoisontoadwhenhewason thequesttoopen the doorofpoison.No magic canbeatFirestormwhendealingwith poisonous monsters.


    ‘It would beperfectif I didn’ttakeanydamage.’


    Soo Hyuk thought afterseeingthe Firestorm.But, thespellwasnot only adangerto theenemies, but it also had an effect on the caster too.


    Though, Soo Hyuk, who cast the spell, took damage.It waslessthan theenemies.


    ‘Well, it isfunny.’


    Soo Hyuk, who waslookingat the Firestorm,openedhis character window afterpickingupthe dropped items.


    ‘How much did myexperiencego up?’


    Hehadtocheckhislevs well,believingthathekilleda mid-boss chimera.


    Thedifferencebetween aregrmoband a middle bosswasarge amount and since theregrmobsgavehim so muchexperience.Hewas looking forward to how muchexperiencehehadreceived.


    Whenhecheckedhisexperience, Soo Hyuk wassurprised.


    ‘92%?’


    Afterreachinglevel190, he had onlyleveledup twice.


    ‘Igotalot.’


    Soo Hyuk, whoneeded5 times theamountofexperiencethan others tolevelup had gained nearly 1levelfrom that chimera.So, what did 92%signify?


    “Soo Hyuk!”


    Soo Hyuk, who was scrolling through hisstats,closedhis character window upon hearing a familiar voice.He turned back tocheckwho wascallinghim.


    “Did youhaveagoodconversation?”


    Thevoice’sownerwasKamian.Henoddedat Soo Hyuk’squestionandanswered.


    “Yes, but…”


    Soo Hyuk lookedpuzzledbyKamian’sresponse.


    “I don’tknowwhatkilledher.Ijustknow that she waskilledwhiletryingto get out…”


    Soo Hyuk, listening toKamian’sanswer, didn’tspeak forawhile.Thenafterthinkingfor awhile, heasked.


    “What’sRoa’shealth?”


    “It must be a little over 30,000.”


    “What about her defense stats?”


    “Not thathigh.”


    Soo Hyuk nodded as if heexpectedthose answers and thought whilelookingtoward the left pathway, whereRoaentered.


    ‘What dealt 30,000 health in onego?’


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