Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Evil Lair (2)

Supak!

Kang-jun stared at the empty space where the woman had been .

‘She got away?’

Signs of Lotuna couldn’t be seen anywhere . Even the severed wing was gone .

Four consecutive Heavenly Cuts!

It consumed 160 points of black magic energy, yet Lotuna wasn’t killed . Kang-jun felt somewhat despondent .

‘What is with that woman?’

Then Kang-jun found something shiny on the ground .

Lotuna had dropped an item while fleeing .

[Advanced black magic energy potion]

[Restores 300 points of black magic energy . ]

‘Advanced black magic energy potion?’

In the meantime, he had only found the lowest grade potions . All monsters dropped items .

The lowest grade potions recovered 40 points .

A low grade potion recovered 80 points .

And he heard there were intermediate potions but he hadn’t seen them yet .

Yet today he had somehow obtained an advanced potion .

It was able to restore 300 points of black magic energy at once .

'It is too much black magic energy . ’

300 points was double 160 points .

Currently he possessed two low grade black magic energy potions .

'I will leave the advanced potion for an emergency . ’

He had spent a lot of black magic energy fighting Lotuna and now only had 60 points left .

If he wanted to fight a boss, he needed to recover some black magic energy .

Snap! Snap!

Kang-jun pulled out a low grade black magic potion and drank it .

It restored 80 points so he had 140 points of black magic energy left .

'This should be in my pocket . ’

Kang-jun placed the advanced black magic potion in the left pocket of his coat .

It was unusual but he couldn’t feel the weight or size whenever he placed something in his pocket .

It could only contain one item at a time .

He had three outer pockets and two inner pockets on his coat .

And there were four on his pants .

It was a total of nine inventory spots .

Kang-jun filled this inventory with black magic energy and health potions .

Fortunately, nodes or items dropped by monsters would automatically move to the nearest warehouse if Kang-jun didn’t pick them up .

Therefore, Kang-jun only kept a minimum of items in his inventory pockets .

[The 1st floor of the Kwangho building has been occupied . ]

[210 nodes have been gained . ]

[The lowest grade health potion has been obtained . ]

In the meantime, Germuz and Rodiam had occupied the 1st floor and were heading down to the basement .

Kang-jun stayed at the entrance of the building for a while, just in case Lotuna returned .

However, a long time passed and Lotuna didn’t return .

[The basement of the Kwangho building has been occupied . ]

[The Gale Gauntlets (Rare) have been obtained . ]

Germuz and Rodiam finished occupying the basement .

“Lord!”

Germuz immediately ran up to him with something . It was a black, shiny piece of equipment .

[Gale Gauntlets]

-Rating: Rare

-They have a strong durability and won’t break easily .

-Attack speed will increase by 10% .

“Lord! I found these . ”

Germuz handed Kang-jun the Gale Gauntlets with a devoted expression .

‘A rare item?’

They had an option to increase attack speed by 10% when worn .

‘The option is good but I don’t need them . '

Kang-jun previously used gauntlets while fighting, but it was inefficient to wear them after learning Heaven’s Blood Sword Style .

Then Kang-jun saw that Germuz’s gaze was fixed on the gauntlets .

‘Would he like to have this?’

These were a perfect item for Germuz .

Attack speed +10%! That alone would double his combat capabilities .

Kang-jun handed the Gale Gauntlets to Germuz .

"I don’t need them so you wear these . ”

Germuz was startled and waved his hands .

“Ah, no . Something precious like these . . . ”

His eyes were still staring at them with desire .

"It can’t be helped if you don’t accept them . Rodiam, do you want them?”

“Hehe! I will receive them, ong . ”

As Rodiam approached, Germuz was shocked and snatched the gauntlets from Kang-jun’s hands .

“Lord! This weapon isn’t suitable for a cat . I will use them well, Lord . ”

Germuz grinned as he held the gauntlets . Kang-jun just smiled .

"Put them on . ”

“Yes . ”

Germuz threw his old gauntlets on the floor and equipped the Gale Gauntlets .

Chakeok!

The sparkling, black gauntlets looked great .

“How is it?”

"Huhuhu, my power is soaring Lord . ”

Germuz’s eyes became intense . Kang-jun nodded .

"Then shall we head towards the 2nd floor?”

“Yes, Lord!”

Germuz cried out excitedly . On the other hand, Rodiam was annoyed at Germuz .

"Those are mine . Give them to me, nyang . ”

“Kukuk! This cat guy! Follow behind quietly!”

Germuz kept on rubbing his gauntlets . Rodiam formed two tight fists .

“I won’t give them to you, nyang . ”

"They aren’t for you . ”

"They suit me better, nyang . ”

For reference, Rodiam used ‘ong’ as an honorific while ‘nyang’ was for those he thought were lower than himself .

Kang-jun laughed as he saw the huge ogre and small cat arguing with each other .

"What are you doing? Don’t fight and pay attention . ”

“Yes, Lord . ”

“Understood, ong . ”

Germuz and Rodiam regained their focus after Kang-jun’s lecture and immediately rushed towards the 2nd floor .

[The 2nd floor of the Kwangho building has been occupied . ]

[302 nodes have been gained . ]

[The 3rd floor of the Kwangho building has been occupied . ]

[Hardened Leather Coat has been obtained . ]

Germuz was equipped with the Gale Gauntlets! Kang-jun cleared the 2nd and 3rd floors in an instant .

“Lord! An armoured jacket has come out . ”

“Oh! Really?”

Kang-jun was delighted .

[Hardened Leather Coat]

-Rating: General

-An armoured coat made of hard leather . The impact from the enemy’s physical attacks will be reduced .

-Contains eight pockets .

This was an equipment that Kang-jun required . Although it was a general grade item, it gave him more defense than the previous coat and there were three more pockets .

“Huhu, it is okay . ”

Kang-jun immediately wore the leather coat .

Susuk .

In this case, he didn’t need to change clothes like he did in reality .

When he touched the new equipment, it would automatically change and the inventory items would be moved .

The result was that he now had 12 inventory spaces .

[The 4th floor of the Kwangho building has been occupied . ]

[350 nodes have been gained . ]

[The 5th floor of the Kwangho building has been occupied . ]

[428 nodes have been gained . ]

Up to the 5th floor, the number of slimes increased but they weren’t that threatening .

However, the situation changed on the 6th floor .

Suddenly, the slimes started producing flames and poison .

Fortunately, Rodiam continued to use his heal so it wasn’t that difficult .

Unlike when he was fighting, Rodiam used it in a timely manner whenever Germuz and Kang-jun was suffering from poison or the flames .

As he was occupying the 8th floor, Kang-jun rose to Lv18 .

“Now there is only the roof . Smash the door!”

"Yes, Lord! Leave it to me . ”

Kwang! Kwa kwang! Kwaang!

Germuz destroyed the rooftop door with a few smashes .

A large space was revealed .

There was a huge slime that was 10 metres tall .

Kang-jun laughed coldly .

"You were hiding in a place like this?”

"Kukukuku! Fool . Sovereign Lucan! You could have survived if you accepted my offer! You came here to die . ”

Kajel burst out as he sprang up .

His mouth was filled with sharp teeth!

Two spherical bodies popped out from between .

Chuaaak! Chuaaak!

The odd spherical bodies . They were Kajel’s clones .

"Kukukuku! Stupid Lucan! Ready!”

“Kikikik! Kill!”

The spheres shot out flames from their mouths .

“Germuz! You will deal with them . I will handle Kajel directly . ”

“Kukuk! Leave it to me, Lord!”

It wasn’t easy for Germuz to deal with the spherical bodies that were emitting flames .

Still, Germuz had tireless physical strength and prevented them from interfering with Kang-jun .

Kang-jun was fighting with the 10 metre tall slime called Kajel .

“Kakakaka! Little Lord! Now you will realize how dumb it is to go against me . ”

Dozens of tentacles shot out from Kajel’s body towards Kang-jun .

Chwack! Chwack! Chwack chwack chwack!

Kang-jun moved rapidly with Aura of the Wind and cut off the tentacles . Then the severed tentacles turned into small slimes and rushed at Kang-jun .

“Kikiki!”

“Kikik!”

The slimes shot out flames and poison .

'Shit!'

The tentacles acted like living organisms . In addition, they would turn into slimes if they were cut .

‘It won’t end like this . I have to attack the main body . ’

Kang-jun avoided the tentacles and approached Kajel’s body . The number of tentacles suddenly increased and wrapped around Kang-jun .

Kajel had a happy expression on his face .

“Kukakakat! You can’t run away now . I will swallow everything without leaving behind a single bone . ”

Kajel ran forward with his huge mouth gaping open . Kang-jun had no room to avoid it . He was surrounded by tentacles on all sides .

However, Kang-jun had been waiting for this time . The moment that Kajel was about to reach him .

‘Heavenly Cut!’

Flash!

A line formed in front of him .

It seemed like a piercing ray of light .

Kuuong!

It was the end . Half of the giant slime was gone .

Huduk! Hudududuk!

The tentacles that persistently headed towards Kang-jun and the spherical bodies fell down .

"Kkuck! S-so strong! I-I can’t believe it . . . ”

Kajel recoiled . Kang-jun was amazed by the true power of Heavenly Cut .

He had been expecting a fatal wound to a certain extent .

But he hadn’t expected that it would slice Kajel’s huge body in half .

Was this the power of Heaven’s Blood Sword Style?

‘If that is the case?’

Kang-jun felt cold with fright . Lotuna, who he met at the entrance, suddenly crossed his mind .

Kang-jun had used Heavenly Cut against Lotuna four times and only two of them had hit .

Nevertheless, Lotuna had only received a slight injury .

‘The huge Kajel was ended in one blow so what is her identity?’

No matter how he thought about it, something was strange .

“Lord! Look at this . ”

Germuz pointed to something on the ground . Kajel’s massive body shrunk and turned into a slime the size of a child .

He had a bizarre form with no nose, round eyes and a mouth .

"He looks fun, nyang . ”

Bam!

“Kuaak!”

Rodiam started hitting the slime . He noticed Kang-jun and cried out .

“Ohh! Please spare me . ”

“Who are you?”

"As you can see, I am Kajel . ”

“Is this your original appearance?”

"How can that be? My source of power was destroyed by you so I will naturally become weaker . ”

“Hrmm, is that so?”

“Hehe! If you spare me, I will swear my loyalty to you . ”

Kajel laughed subserviently . Kang-jun was cynical .

Kang-jun would accept a strong subordinate .

Their loyalty would become solid after joining .

However, Kang-jun was reluctant to accept someone who couldn’t even tolerate hits from Rodiam .

"Do you know any other sovereigns?”

“I’m not sure . I don’t know . ”

“Then you should die . Rodiam! Get rid of him!”

Rodiam raised his sharp claws and stepped towards Kajel . Kajel hurriedly exclaimed .

"W-wait a minute!"

"Did you remember something?”

"That's not it . . . I really don’t know anything about other sovereigns . I was just trying to intimidate you but it was a lie . ”

“Then I guess you have no reason to live . ”

Kajel desperately begged .

“Sovereign Lucan! I might not know the sovereigns, but I know about evil spirits . And if I eat an Essence of Darkness then I can regain my strength . Please give me a chance to prove my loyalty . ”

Kang-jun currently had eight Essence of Darkness .

He got five through the last mission and another three were dropped by monsters .

In addition, he would receive 10 Essence of Darkness as a reward for Mission 10 .

It was a total of 18 .

It was worth sacrificing one if Kajel could regain his power . There was something he was still unsure about .

Kang-jun asked Kajel .

"You said you know about evil spirits? Then do you know someone called Lotuna?”

"Lotuna . . . I don't know . ”

"Don’t you know about evil spirits? It was a lie . ”

“No . There is no one with that name in the area . ”

“That is impossible . Didn’t I meet her?”

Kang-jun described Lotuna’s appearance . Kajel thought for a moment before speaking .

"The appearance is similar to a succubus . I am a little bit forgetful but I would know if there was a succubus with that name nearby . ”

"Then what is Lotuna?”

“I’m not sure . To be honest, I only know the ones up to the 14th floor . ”

Kang-jun was startled .

"Then Lotuna might be from a territory that has more than 15 floors?”

“Yes . If so, she is probably a demon rather than a evil spirit . ”

Demon? Kang-jun shook his head .

‘No . That is impossible . ’

If Lotuna was a demon then she wouldn’t have run away .

‘A sword style that contains the invincible strength of the heavens!’

He recalled the message that appeared when he learnt Heaven’s Blood Sword Style .

'Is it due to that?’

Then Kang-jun shook his head with a smile .

No matter how strong it was, a demon wouldn’t be defeated by a skill used by a Lv17 person .

Maybe he just didn’t remember Lotuna’s name .

“Kajel! I will accept you as my subordinate . However, I will be watching you in the future . ”

“I-I’ll give you my loyalty, Lord!”

[Kajel has joined your household . ]

[Kajel will become your faithful subordinate in the world of Hwanmong . ]

[Mission 10 has been completed . ]

[As a reward, enough experience will be given to increase your level . ]

[3,000 nodes have been given as compensation . ]

[10 Essence of Darkness has been given as compensation . ]

Level up! He was now Lv19 .

Kang-jun returned to his base at Yugang building with a glowing smile .