‘How did you notseethis?’


    Why didRoanotseethe massive magic circle which itself was emittingshimmeringlight?


    ‘Am Iabletoseethis because of thequest?’


    Maybe, thisquestistheonlyway toseethe magic circle.Soo Hyuk stepped back andthoughtabout what hadhappened.


    “Fire Storm.”


    Soo Hyuktooka fewstepsbackward and cast ‘Fire Storm’ upon the Recovery magic circle.


    Suaak!


    Awhirlwindoffireappeared,engulfingthemagircle.


    It slowly swallowed themagircle.Soon, themagircledistorted,losingitslight, not long after, amessageappeared before Soo Hyuk.[The Recovery MagicCirclehas beendestroyed.]


    [Thequest ‘Destroythe MagicCircle’ has beepleted.]


    [The Chimera SummoningCirclewill no longer be restored.]


    [The Recovery Magic Circle has been destroyed, resulting in the Trap magic to berevealed.]


    “Trap magic?”


    Seeing the message, Soo Hyuk started checking the floor beneath him.Exactly ashehoped,hewasabletoseeseveral small magic circles spread all over thefloor.


    “This mustbeit.”


    Lookingat all thesmallmagircles, Soo Hyuk couldguesshowRoadied.


    “This is what killed her.”


    Clearly, these small trap magic circles were the cause ofRoa’sdeath.


    “But why didn’t it go off when Ientered?”


    Soo Hyuk looked at themagircles while tilting hishead.Whenheenteredthepathway,hehad definitely stepped on thesecircles.Though at thattimetheyweren’t revealed,theywere still set inceand should have gone off.But why didn’tthey?


    “Toactivatethem,doI need toreachtheend?”


    Hewonderedifheneededtoreachtheendofthepathwaywhere the recovery magic circle waslocatedtosetthem off.


    ‘Let’ssee.’


    Soo Hyuk, who wasthinkingabout the trap magic’smechanism, walked away.He had no reason tobehereanymore, hisquest ‘Destroythe Magic Circle’ wapleted.Thereasonwhy the trap magic didn’t go off, he couldthinkabout it on his way back.


    It was just then.


    -Kamian:Soo Hyuk!


    Hegota voice message as soon ashepassedthe first trap magic.


    ***


    “Did youfindanything?”


    Ketotosaid.


    “Well, I’msurehe didfindsomething…”


    Garanshookhisheadandvoicedout histhoughts.


    “Did youfindthe recovery magic circles?”


    “Yeah, most likely thosethingsweremagircles…”


    JustthenKetotocutoffGaran’swordsand asked a question.


    “There’sgottobeatrap, right?”


    “I thinkso.Well, now thatRoa’s dead…”


    Justas theconversationwas going on, then.


    “Huh?!”


    K-Crosseximed.


    “…Woo!”


    HearingK-Cross’svoiceKetotoandGaran, who werehavingtheir own conversation, looked at him with aconfusedface.Astheylookedat him,theyfoundthatK-Cross’s entire face wasdistortedwithanxiety.


    “What’s wrong?”


    Kamian, who waslookingat thepathwaywithK-Cross,turnedtoask.


    “Whathappened,didchimeras show up?”


    K-Crossdidn’tanswerthequestionimmediately, though hissilencedidn’tst for very long as hesoonansweredstill inshock.


    “Yes, they haveappeared.”


    K-Crosshad beenusinghisskill ‘Hawk’s Eye’ to keep a lookoutfocusingon the summoning circles.Hewatchedmovementthrough asmallscreen onlyhecouldsee.To hissurprise,hewatched as chimeras came out of the summoning circle.


    “How many?”


    Kamianasked again.


    K-Crosswouldn’t have beenthisworriedif there was only one, so how many chimeras were being summoned for him tobethisconcerned?


    “……At least ten.I can’t see how many there are exactly, my ‘Hawk’seye’ isn’t working properly.But there are at least 10 of them.”


    K-Crossreplied.


    Tillnow,K-Crosscouldonly figure out that therewereat least 10 chimeras,hehad evenverifiedit with his ‘Hawk’sEye.’But thatwasallhecouldfind out.


    Hecouldn’tgetmoreinformation, as hisskillwasblocked.Buthecouldguarantee that there wereat least10 of them, orat leastmore.


    “Ten?At least?”


    Kamianalmost cried outwhenheheardK-Cross, especiallywhenhedidn’t deny anything.


    “What about theirhealth?”


    “Well, it’sareliefthat all 10 ofthemhave lessthan 1.5million health.”


    “If it’slessthan 1.5million…”


    ‘Wecan’tdestroythem, butwecanstopthem.’Kamiansilently calcted,tryingto figure out what theycoulddo.”


    Topreventany external attacks with ashieldin a certain zone for aperiodoftimewasthe ultimate defenseskillof apriest.But it was impossible todefendagainstattacksfrom the inside of theskillsrange.Thisskillwould only be activated as ast resort indangeroussituations or whentimewasneeded.Nowwastheperfecttime tousetheskill.


    ‘Ithinkwe’ll beableto hold on untilSooHyues.’


    Kamianand hisguildcouldn’tevenmoveaninchfrom thisceasSooHyukwas still in theleftaisle.


    Henned too, atfirsttheywouldusetheskill‘Absolute Defence’ toblocktheentrancefrom the right pathway with theskindholdonto it tillSooHyukreturns.


    If the chimeras’healthwerelessthan 1.5million, he would besure, theshieldcould hold out.Hewaspositivethey wouldn’t beabletobreakthe defense shield because they had already experimented on thatfact.


    “Garan!”


    Thinkingsome moreKamiancalled out.


    “Yes!”


    Garanreplied.


    “Can youcastthespell?”


    “Absolute defense?”


    “Yes, we’llhavetoblocktheentrance.We willhaveto hold out until Soo Hyues.”


    “Okay, but will he beherein 10minutes?”


    The maximum period for the absolute defense zonewas10minutes.Will Soo Hyuke out till then?


    “Letmeaskhim.”


    Soon afterGaran’squestion,Kamian’svoicecalled out to Soo Hyuk.


    -Kamian:Soo Hyuk!


    -Kamian:We’ll try holding on, so you will have toe out fast!


    -Soo Hyuk:I’ll be there soon.Pleaseavoidtheattacksas much as possible.


    -Kamian:Ok!


    Soo Hyuk, afterknowingwhat was going on in the frontline, picked up hisspeed.


    Kwang!Kwang!


    And soon after, Soo Hyuk was able toheartheroarfrom the other side of thewall.Itseemedthat the chimera hadbeguntheirattacks.


    ‘At least ten…’


    Soo Hyuk while moving forwardopenedhis character window.Thenlooking at theexperiences, hethought.


    ‘IthinkI candoboth.’


    Currently, Soo Hyuk’sexperiencewasat 99%.In otherwords, 1% more andhewould level up;heclosedhis character window beforehereachedtheentrance.


    “GuysI’mhere!”


    As soon asheexited thepathway, Soo Hyuk called out to theKomaguild,instantlymoving tocheckthe rightpathway.


    ‘Sothisishow itlooks like.’


    Soo Hyuk, who hadonlyheard what the ‘absolute defense’ was like,sawa transparent barrierblockingtheentranceand a chimera outside trying tobreaktheshield.


    Kwang!Kwang!


    The chimeraswhohadtheupperbody of an orcpoundedon theshieldwith theirfullforce.Despite theirexplosivepower, theshieldwasn’t affected.


    “Should I get rid of theshield?”


    Kamianaskedwhileapproachinghim.Though theconditionsfor the Guild Quest weremet, that can’t besaidfor Soo Hyuk’s individual quest.


    Soo Hyukstillhad togoto the Magic circle located on the right pathway.Put differently, they had to break through the chimeras that were trying to force themselves inside the defensive zone.


    “No, I’llcastbehind theshield.”


    Soo Hyukshookhishead.Though theshielddidn’t allow him tocastspells like FireSpear, PoisonSpearor Fireball.That didn’tmeanhehadno othermeansof casting magic through theshield.


    “Poison Storm.”


    Soo Hyuk cast Poison Storm at the other side of theshield.


    -Shiaak!


    -Chiiwg?


    -Aaoooww!


    The poison whirlwindcreatedastorm,beginningtostiraround the chimeras.The several chimeraswhohad beenattackingtheshieldbeganlettingoutpainfulroars.


    “K, can youuseyour ‘Hawk’s Eye’ now?”


    Listening to thescreamsof themonstersinfront, Soo Hyuk asked.


    But therewasnoreply.


    “….”


    Soo Hyuk turned around toseewhat K-cross wasdoingand to hissurprise, hesawK-Cross’seyeswerefilledwithshock.


    “K-Cross?”


    “Huh, yes.”


    K-Cross, who was still inshockresponded to Soo Hyuk’s second call.


    “I-I’ve already turned on my ‘Hawk’s Eye’.”


    ItseemsthatK-Crosshad already activated hisskillbefore Soo Hyuk cast ‘Poison Storm’.


    “Ithinkthey are about todie.”


    Hewasshocked, thereasonwasbecause ofSoo Hyuk and thespellhehad just cast.The chimeras werepulledinto thestormdespite how high theirhealthwas.


    ‘Weren’t they supposed tohavestrong immunity againstpoison?’Hethoughtas the chimeras themselves attack withpoison, they wouldhavetheresistance.


    Butnowashelookedat theirhealthand how theirhealthwas rapidly diminishing,hecouldn’t imagine that this was being done by apoisonspell.


    “Really?”


    Soo Hyuk turned toward theshield,seeingthe chimeras that werescreamingon the other side of theshield.


    ‘Well, I didn’t needtouseFire Storm.’


    Soo Hyuk was about towipeout thewholearea with thespell.But thenheheardfromK-Crossthat it wasn’t necessary.


    -Mutated Orc Skin


    -Mutated Wolf Skin


    After sometimepassed, anotificationwindowappeared,which wassoonfollowed with morewindows.Itseemedthat the chimeras weredying.


    -Mutated orcskin[7]


    -Mutated wolfskin[11]


    After the seven orcskinmessagesand the eleven wolfskinmessagesfinished popping up, anothernotificationappeared.


    [Level Up!]


    ‘Only once?’


    Lookingat themessage Soo Hyuknarrowed hiseyes.Atfirst, whenhekilledjust afew of thosemonstershehadgone upto 99%, but even afterkillingso many of them hisleveljustcaught upthe other 1%.


    ‘But I’vecaughtquite a few of them…’


    Maybetheprobleyin thenumberof chimeraskilledby Soo Hyuk.He had collected eleven wolf skins, so he was sure there were at least eleven of them killed.Afteramoment, Soo Hyukopenedhis character window tocheckhisexperience,afterheconfirmedit,hecouldn’t help buugh.


    ‘50%?’


    Yes,itwas 50%, let alone getting close to 100% at thisrateitwould take forever to gain more experience.


    ‘Weretheyjustlow-level creatures?’ From hiscalction, hisexperiencehad at least risen by 7% when he hadkilleda chimera whosehealthwas1.8million.So, nomatterhow itseemed, the chimeras that hejustkilled must havehadhealthlower than 1.8million.


    “K-Cross, whatwastheirhealthanyways?”


    Soo HyukclosedhiswindowaskingK-Crossabout theirhealth.


    “The strongesthadahealthof 1.5million.”


    Listening toK-Cross’sanswer, Soo Hyuk couldn’t help butletout asigh.


    “Shall we get rid of it?”


    Kamianasked as soon as heapproachedthem.


    “Yes, please do.”


    “Garan!”


    At Soo Hyuk’sresponse,KamiancalledGarantoremovehisspend the protective barrier that blocked theentrancesoon disappeared.


    “I’ll be right back.So, you all should wait here.”


    Seeingthe protective barriervanish, Soo Hyuk said.


    “Well, the Poison Storm is still activated, will youbealright?”


    Kamiancouldn’t help but ask inconcern.Though the protective barrier maydisappear, the Poison Storm insideremained.


    “Yes, I’ll befine.”


    Soo Hyuk was sure because of his title ‘Master of Poison’.He was positive his title wouldn’t let him get poisoned, and the spell caster was himself, not others, so he wouldn’t be harmed.


    “So, I’ll be right back.”


    Moving out of the defensive range,Soo Hyukwasmetwith the Poison Storm.Inside the storm’s range, Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but move along the wall of the narrow pathway.


    Soon after,Soo Hyukcame out of the Poison Storm.Removinghishandsfrom thewall,heusedas asupport,Soo Hyuklooked around tocheckhissurroundings.


    Hewas being cautious becausehedidn’t know if a chimera wouldappear.Because as soon as the recovery magirclewasdestroyed, the chimeras weresummonedat an explosive rate.So,hewas alert as that attack might not be thst.


    However,contraryto Soo Hyuk’sworries, thecircledidn’t summon any more chimeras and he soon reached the summoningcircle.


    ‘Iguessthisistheend.’


    Lookingat the summoningcirclebeneath him, Soo Hyukthoughttheattackwas summoned only because the recovery magic wasdestroyed.


    After amoment, heopenedhismouthto cast a spell.


    “Fire Storm.”


    Awhirlwindoffireappearedand soon the summoning magic circle wasdestroyed.


    Thenafter sometime, amessagepopped infrontof him.


    [ChimeraSummoning magic circle has beendestroyed.]


    [TheWolf-Ohimeras that weresummonedfromChimeraSummoning circle weresummonedfromChimeraSummoner A][1]


    Trantor and Editor Notes:


    1: From what we can tell, the text seems to be saying that the summoner whoid down the magic circle has summoned the Chimeras back to him and away from the circle.


    2: The skill Dragons eye has been changed to Hawk’s Eye, it was originally a mistranted.


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