Chapter 93

Chapter 93 – Elf’s Keepsake (3)

Sweepers Guild .

They were one of the 30 great guilds, but they provided a markedly different content from the other guilds . They possessed killer contents .

The guild used the strong Magicians within the guild to completely wipe out the monsters in a selected region . The guild sweeped the monsters, and this was the killer content offered by the Sweepers guild .

Of course, they didn’t clear out the monsters for pure reasons .

Eventually new monsters would appear . However, there were a lot of merits in eliminating all the monster in a set amount of time . This was mainly done when a Block Field appeared . The investigation of the Block Field was more important than the monster hunt . If one was lucky, one could gain hints to the Main Scenario Quest . Moreover, one could earn titles .

The guild also went into hunting grounds where the population of monsters had grown too much . They eliminated the monster, and at times, they effectively controlled the population of monsters for the users .

They were decisive . The guild brought several hundred to a thousand high level Magicians to a hunt . With the help of various potions, they poured out their strongest magic at the same time . It was quite a sight, and this could be only seen within Warlord . It could be compared to fireworks .

In truth, it was hard to gain anything through such a hunting method . It wasn’t easy to level up, and the efficiency of the hunt decreased . Once they killed all the monsters, they had to wait for the regeneration of the next batch of monsters . Moreover, it wasn’t only the Magicians, who went to these events . Numerous Priests and Swordsman users followed to assist the Magicians .

Even with all of these disadvantages, the Sweepers guild promoted this concept . The reason was the revenue from broadcasting these events . They were one of the top 5 in terms of bringing in profit with their footage in the 30 great guilds . Their contents were that mesmerizing .

Of course, the Sweepers Guild puts out an announcement before they commenced their monster cleaning .

[The Blue Mist Forest was found north-east of the Eagle mountain, and we are planning on sweeping it . We will give a fixed compensation to the users, who are in the midst of a hunt . Thank you for always cheering and helping the Sweepers guild . ]

When the announcement came out, it would have been wise to escape this stage . If one died by getting swept up in the magical bombardment, one wouldn’t even be able to collect one’s insurance .

However, not everyone could choose the wise course of action .

‘Shit . ’

Hyrkan’s expression crumpled when he saw the announcement .

‘I thought I would suck on some honey, since not many users were coming towards this place . I never expect it to turn sour like this . ’

While Hyrkan was hunting inside the Blue Mist Forest, a decent amount of users had come to the Blue Mist Forest .

However, amongst all of them, there weren’t anyone, who used the Blue Mist Forest as their main hunting ground . The difficulty of the hunting ground was too high . The online community had already judged the Blue Mist Forest to be an inefficient hunting ground .

This wasn’t welcoming news to the users .

It was the opposite for the Sweepers Guild . This was a boon .

Now that the Block Field was released, secrets were surely there . Since regular users stayed away from coming here, the Sweepers Guild would get very low amount of complaints as they started their cleaning . The biggest obstacle in proceeding with a monster cleaning by the Sweepers was the existing users .

Of course, the sweep wasn’t going to be easy . The Sweepers Guild was one of the 30 great guilds, yet the Blue Mist Forest was infested with level 110+ monsters . It would be impossible to clear out the place in one go .

There was one thing that was definite . Now that the Sweepers guild was on the move the countdown had started for Hyrkan .

It was time to turn his resolution into action .

‘I must have lost my mind . ’

Hyrkan questioned himself as he ran through the fog .

Kooh-uhhhh!

A Smogrian suddenly appeared in front of Hyrkan . Its arms were like sharp blades, and they were swung towards Hyrkan .

However, Hyrkan wasn’t surprised by its appearance .

Hweeek!

Instead, he easily dodge its arms, and he ran past as he stabbed the Smogrian on its side .

Pah-kahk!

While he was doing so, Hyrkan quickly swung his sword to separate its upper and lower body .

A crumbling sound was heard instead of a slicing sound as the Smogrian was sliced in half .

Kooh-uh, kooh-uh!

It was cut in half, but its arms and legs were still moving . It immediately opened its mouth, and it let out a horrible shriek towards Hyrkan .

He looked at the scene from the corner of his eyes, and Hyrkan clicked his tongue .

‘I must have lost my mind . ’

Hyrkan once again questioned himself .

His gaze had moved past the Smogrian he had cut in half, and it headed towards the far back .

The thick fog was limiting his vision, so he couldn’t confirm it with his sight . However, the shimmer of numerous Smogrians flickered in front of Hyrkan’s eyes .

‘I must have lost my mind . ’

This was the third time he questioned himself .

He made a resolution to cut through the Blue Mist Forest, so he had immediately turned his resolution into action . At first, it wasn’t that hard . Smogrians weren’t slow, but they weren’t fast enough to catch Hyrkan . He had incredible Strength Stat, and he had the Leg Strength Modification(C) . His ability to run was amazing .

Moreover, he could easily deal with those, who blocked his path . He just had to destroy anything that appeared in front of his eyes .

However, there was a limit to any course of action!

Hyrkan had repeatedly ran away, and now he had a significant tail behind his back . If one’s tail become sufficiently long enough, it will catch up to you . The number of Smogrians following after him had turned into the Rubicon river . He couldn’t turn back now .

‘I expected it, but…… . ’

Of course, he had expected something like this .

However, the number of Smogrians converging on him as he headed towards the center was mind boggling . It was much more than he expected .

‘How can there be so many of them?’

It was so bad that it felt as if he was being swarmed by bugs .

He would have understood if there were a lot of user making the Blue Mist Forest as their preferred hunting ground . This would increase the number of monster being regenerated . However, that wasn’t the case at all right now . No, even if he took those factors into consideration, there were too many monsters here .

It meant there was something special going on with the current situation .

Was it a bug?

‘What’s the cause?’

There must be a special reason why the population of monsters here had increased in an explosive manner .

From Hyrkan’s perspective, he wished for the latter . If it was a bug, this would be endless, and he would eventually get a Game Over .

However, the change Hyrkan had been hoping for arrived after he had been running for 20 minutes .

‘Huh?’

After a certain point, Hyrkan knew something had changed .

‘They aren’t following me?’

They had chased after him as if Hyrkan had killed their parents . However, the presence of Smogrians disappeared after a certain point in time .

Smogrians had shown up everytime he took a step, but they were all gone now .

Hyrkan turned to look behind him . When Hyrkan stopped, he knew the monsters should have caught up to him, but there were none of them .

‘Maybe?’

Hweek!

Hyrkan had his suspicions, so he threw a Skeleton Fragment into the distance .

After traveling a long distance, the Skeleton Fragment turned into a Skeleton Warrior .

After taking form as a Skeleton Warrior, it slowly walked towards Hyrkan, since there was no battle present . It just idled as it stared at Hyrkan .

Hyrkan flicked his finger twice . the Skeleton Warrior did nothing, but it got into its fighting stance .

‘Would you look at this?’

It meant there weren’t any monsters nearby . Hyrkan tilted his head in puzzlement .

‘What? Then why would it suddenly…… . ’

Of course, suspicion bloomed within him .

‘Ah!’

Hyrkan’s suspicion was answered when he turned his head .

Hyrkan caught sight of a black object .

Hyrkan had finally arrived at the location he wanted . Hyrkan smiled .

‘Yes . This is it . ’

After regulating his breathing, he immediately checked his consumable items and his own status . He had brought a large amount of supply, so he still had a lot of consumable items left .

Moreover, the consumable items he had right now were the ones he received from Pelato . These were basically free item, so it tasted really good . It felt as if the the items were more effective than it really was .

He didn’t know what would happen, so he put a Resistance Effect Candy in his mouth as a precaution . Afterwards, he shouted out in an overbearing manner .

“Let’s quickly end this! Come at me!”

The response to Hyrkan’s shout was immediate .

[You’ve acquired the Title, ‘Person who Encounter the Corrupted Comrade’ . ]

Hyrkan’s expression slightly changed .

‘Uh?’

It was an announcement for acquiring a Title .

This was good news . He never expected to suddenly gain a title here .

However, Hyrkan felt an instinctive threat at the word Corrupted Comrade .

‘Corrupted Comrade?’

He had heard those words before .

‘M…maybe?’

The black object revealed itself in front of Hyrkan .

It was close to 2 meters tall . Its shape was clearly humanoid . It wore armor on its lower body, but its upper body was bare . His muscular body was sooty, and it looked as if it didn’t have any pupils . Its eyes were hollow .

However, its appearance didn’t catch Hyrkan’s eyes . It held a rusty and plain longsword in its right hand . Hyrkan caught sight of a gold ring on its finger .

Hyrkan twitched a finger . It was the finger with the Society’s Ring equipped on it .

“Fuck . ”

Hyrkan let out a sigh, and he started cussing .

Corrupted Comrade .

It was a member of the Secret Society . It probably had chased after the Corrupted Power, and it must have gotten caught . After numerous torture sessions and experimentation, it had been turned into a monster .

Truthfully, he didn’t mind such backstories . The important part was that a member of the Secret Society was his enemy, and the ability it possessed .

‘A bomb rolled in instead of a pumpkin . ’

It had complete immunity against physical attacks . This was ability of the Corrupted Comrade .

Pooh-haht!

Hyrkan swung his golden sword called ‘The Sword made out of Golden Mantis’ Sickle’ . It bit into Corrupted Comrade’s body .

The wound healed each moment as Hyrkan’s sword made a cut .

It was like cutting water with a sword . This wasn’t just about having great regeneration ability .

‘Shit . ’

Hyrkan clicked his tongue, when his sword couldn’t make any wounds . He slid past the Corrupted Comrade, and he created some space . He had his back turned as he tried to widen his distance from the Corrupted Comrade .

Ooh-uhhhhhh!

When he turned his body, Hyrkan felt the presence of the Corrupted Comrade . It had already closed the distance . It swung its sword as it let out a frightening sound .

It was swung from top to bottom . It couldn’t even be called a sword swing . It brought down the sword without any form .

However, it was really fast .

Hyrkan was having a hard time dodging . He had to hold his sword horizontally to block the strike!

Kah-ahng!

The rough clang of steel rang out, and Hyrkan’s feet was pressed into the ground .

Hyrkan had a unique sword that was so well known for its attack and durability that it was nicknamed as ‘The Gangster’ . If he had a lame level 100 Rare rank Sword, it would have been shattered into pieces by this blow .

This was how fast and strong the attack of the Corrupted Comrade was . Hyrkan was barely able to fight it .

‘The Skeleton Warriors won’t work . ’

In other words, he couldn’t use the Skeleton Warriors to buy time .

If it was the Skeleton Knight or the Golem, they would be able to buy him some time . However, buying time was the only thing they could do .

If he fought a monster to just buy time, he would just regret it at the end .

In the end, Hyrkan needed some other answer to this problem .

Choooong!

Hyrkan was face to face with the Corrupted Comrade . Hyrkan slid its sword away . This created enough time for him to back away .

Kwahjeeek!

The Corrupted Comrade’s sword embedded itself on the ground Hyrkan had been standing on . During all of this, Hyrkan threw a Skeleton Fragment into the distance .

The Skeleton Fragment turned into a Skeleton Magician .

This was the answer . If it was invulnerable to physical attack, he had to get rid of it with magic!

Of course, this wasn’t a full solution . However, this was a critical part in coming up with an answer .

Hyrkan took a deep breath .

At that moment, the effort and practice he had done in secret flashed through his mind .

When he returned to the past, Hyrkan had made a promise to himself . He’ll do everything by himself, and he would reap the benefits all by himself!

However, Hykran had a lot of homework he needed to finish before he could achieve that goal .

One was finding out a way to defeat a monster, who couldn’t be harmed through physical means .

There was only one solution . He had no choice, but to develop a magical attack .

His best option was to learn attack magic like a proper magician . However, unless he wanted to put all his effort into magic, his efforts would be useless .

Even if he bought Skill Books with money, his limitations would be evident unless he was able to rank the magic up to a High Rank Magic .

The only magical attack he could use was the Bone Explosives . Then there was the Skeleton Magicians .

The Bone Explosives were powerful, but expensive . There was also a limit to how many he could use . It was suitable as an aid for damage dealing, but it was impossible to use it as one’s main attack .

So there was only one option left, and it was the Skeleton Magicians . Unexpectedly, the attack of the Skeleton Magicians were quite high . As the Skeleton Magician’s rank increases, the power of the magic increased . If it received the buff from the Skeleton Knight and the Skeleton Science, the damage would increase further . If he could gain a Skill related to Skeleton Magicians, than their magic could become very powerful .

However, the problem was in how to use them .

Unlike the Skeleton warriors, he couldn’t train the Skeleton Magicians to act as he wanted .

In the end, the Skeleton Magicians had to recognize his attack pattern first . Then they would be able to move in sync with Hyrkan .

This was what he had worked on in practice .

He learned how to dance with a monster, while the Skeleton Magician was watching! The fruition of his practice could be seen right now .

Puh-uhng!

The magic thrown by the Skeleton Magician stuck to the back of the Corrupted Comrade . It started to burn, and the body melted . However, the flame disappeared after a little while . Still, the efficacy of the attack was apparent . It had instant recovered after Hyrkan’s sword strike, but this wound wasn’t closing easily .

Koo-uhhhhh!

The Corrupted Comrade immediately glared at the Skeleton Magician .

Pook!

Hyrkan stabbed his sword into its body to get the attention of the Corrupted Comrade .

Pook!

Then he stabbed one more time .

It hadn’t received any damage, but it focused its attention back towards Hyrkan once again . It swung its sword towards Hyrkan .

Shweeeek!

Hyrkan barely avoided the sword .

Hooohng!

However, Hyrkan couldn’t avoid the second high to low strike .

Kah-ahng!

He blocked with his sword .

Hyrkan gritted his teeth .

‘I’ll move 5 steps to switch location . ’

Hyrkan was barely able to untangle himself from the face to face deadlock, then he moved 5 steps . He didn’t simply move backwards . He switched position . The Corrupted Comarde moved with Hyrkan .

The two of them stood there as they clashed swords once again

Puh-uhng!

The Skeleton Magician’s magic hit a bull’s eye on the Corrupted Comrade’s back .

If Hyrkan hadn’t moved, the Magic spell would have landed between Hyrkan and the Corrupted Comrade .

However, Hyrkan didn’t have any time to rest . He was busy trying to draw the aggro of the Corrupted Comrade after they ended their standoff .

‘If I die from being hit by my Skeleton Magician’s magic, I would have to quit Warlord from the embarrassment I would feel . ’

If other users had the chance to see what was going on… . If the audience was the skilled users of Warlord, they would have been shocked instead of being impressed .

Hyrkan looked like a shooting game expert, where one was dodging missiles flying in from all directions . He was on the level of an expert, who could turn the tables by guiding missiles towards the enemy .

He had to repeat this action continuously, and the timing was difficult that it made one feel faint .

This couldn’t be achieved only by practising .

Hyrkan wasn’t good at anything in real life . Even though, he was an insignificant being, he was very talented at Warlord . His potential couldn’t be compare to anyone .

‘All right . I got the feel of it . ’

At that point, Hyrkan summoned an additional Skeleton Magician .

‘Let’s double the pace . ’

This was the moment when one of the most popular video of Hyrkan was born . The video was called ‘The Waltz’ .