Chapter 81: 81

“When did it get back its sight?” Lee Kang-hee thought .

It was not long ago . Only a few minutes had passed since it lost its sight . Lee Kang-hee could not believe that Kraken had already recovered . Its regenerative power was beyond his imagination . Also, Kraken had a power that constrained movement only with its cry .

“Damn it . This is not what I expected…”

Rumble, rumble—!

Kraken raised its legs above Lee Kang-hee and the other awakeners of the Papillon Guild . It was slow, but there was no place to escape . Some of them had become completely paralyzed by Kraken’s cry .

“Shit! Shit! Shit!” Lee Kang-hee cussed .

Lee Kang-hee was at least able to resist the sound as he was an A-Rank awakener . He hastily left his spot . However, only two others were also able to escape .

“N… no…!”

“Help…”

Kraken’s legs were poised to fall on the remaining members of Papillon Guild .

Slash—!

Boom, boom—!

The two legs that were about to attack were suddenly cut in half . There was no trace left of the limbs .

“Huh? Huh?”

“What—what just happened?”

The Kraken’s legs wriggled on the ground . Since they were cut off, Kraken was gawky and did not move well . The people of the Papillon Guild looked at the legs in vain . Soon, a voice came to them .

“You have ten seconds . ”

It was Su-hyeun’s voice, the man who cut off Kraken’s legs . He stared at Lee Kang-hee who had run away alone . Su-hyeun shouted to the awakeners of the Papillon Guild .

“Everybody, get back to your position . Otherwise—” Su-hyeun tossed his messy hair, looked around at the people, and said, “—you are all going to die . ”

People got goosebumps . It was not an empty warning . Moreover, Kraken’s lethal nature had already been revealed . There was no reason to be greedy for contributions .

“E-everybody back to position!”

“Keep the formation! Hurry up!”

The awakeners of the Papillon Guild shouted hastily . Su-hyeun looked at them and frowned . At least experiencing Kraken’s threat taught them that it was not an easy mark . The terrified awakeners of the Papillon hurried back to their positions . Su-hyeun watched them go, thinking they were pathetic .

Gwooowoo—!

Whether because it lost its legs or because it resented failing to kill people, Kraken made an angry roar at Su-hyeun . Nevertheless, it didn’t swing its legs because it did not see Su-hyeun as a weak opponent .

“Although it’s a little smaller, it is still the same monster,” Su-hyeun thought .

Kraken could use Fear ability . Fear was the common distinct ability of the monsters close to the divine beast . Its effectiveness depended on proximity . So it was best for A-Rank awakeners to stay away from those monsters unless they had a skill that could resist Fear ability .

“Well, at least, burdensome people are backing off…” Su-hyeun thought . He turned his head and said, “Attack again!”

Su-hyeun was far away, but people could hear his voice as clearly as if he was right next to them . Kim Taek-hyun, who was watching Su-hyeun and Kraken, asked in surprise, “Should we start?”

Kim Taek-hyun did not have the same abilities that Su-hyeun did . Instead, his skill was to communicate from a distance .

Su-hyeun nodded and replied in a slightly sharpened voice . “We planned this already . Remember?”

Su-hyeun made a gesture to hurry people along as if repeating himself was annoying . Even though Su-hyeun said he would be okay, Kim Taek-hyun could not fully believe him . Su-hyeun had told them to unleash all their attacks while he confronted Kraken .

“We were supposed to start earlier…” Kim Taek-hyun thought .

They were supposed to rain down attacks when Kraken lost its sight . After they succeeding in making some big and small wounds, the real fight was supposed to start . But the guild master of Papillon ruined everything .

“Damn it . Whatever . ”

Kim Taek-hyun closed his eyes . For now, he had no choice but to follow what Su-hyeun said .

“Everybody attack!” he shouted .

“Yes, sir!”

Sizzle—!

Whoosh—!

Swish, swish—!

Among the sixty awakeners, the people capable of long-range attacks was about forty . They began to use their skills at once . Various skills such as fire, electric shock, and magic were fired at Kraken . Even though Kraken was huge, each of them was higher than B-Rank . The monster wasn’t safe from their attacks .

Gwooook—!

Due to its large size, Kraken could not evade the attacks . It started to scream in pain and stared at the awakeners . Kraken was about to move . And then—

Slash—!

Thump—!

Su-hyeun’s sword cut off the Kraken’s leg .

“Where are you going?”

Su-hyeun once again caught Kraken’s gaze . He grinned .

“Come here, you bald octopus . ”

***

Hack— Slash—!

Swish— Rumble—!

Another leg flew away and fell on to the ground . There were a few scattered about already . Kraken’s legs wriggled . The wriggling legs looked very disgusting . Each leg was almost as big as the huge monsters . But…

“What the hell…”

Kim Taek-hyun stared at the remains of Kraken with a blank face . About sixty awakeners were fighting together, but the result was unbelievable .

“I doubted him when he was so confident…”

At first, Kim Taek-hyun thought Su-hyeun’s role was holding Kraken . With its low intelligence, Kraken was most-likely to try attacking the closest thing—which would have been Su-hyeun . Then, the others could attack from a distance . But soon, Kim Taek-hyun realized that his thoughts were wrong .

“I thought he would only hold it back, but I was wrong . ”

Whiz—!

Crack—!

Another leg was cut off by Su-hyeun’s sword . Out of a sense of survival, that thick leg that had been wrapped around its head for protection . And Su-hyeun had persistently aimed at such a vital point . Naturally, Kraken could not move and was stuck in that spot .

Boom, boom—!

Numerous skills struck Kraken’s body . Su-hyeun jumped, avoiding the skills . On the surface, it seemed like they had perfect teamwork . But actually, it was possible because Su-hyeun kept time with them .

“Our roles are meaningless,” the other awakeners thought .

To the untrained eye, it seemed there was cooperation with Su-hyeun and the other three guilds . But people with some skills or abilities would notice that Su-hyeun could deal with Kraken by himself .

“I heard he’d killed the boss of the green-colored dungeon alone in Anyang City . ”

As a result, Su-hyeun had earned recognition as a new S-Rank awakener before receiving the S-Rank examination .

“I feel shabby in comparison,” Kim Taek-hyun mumbled .

Kim Taek-hyun was an A-Rank awakener . And among them, he was a pretty outstanding one . So he was somewhat confident . He had been confident that he would become an S-Rank awakener . But after seeing Su-hyeun, he changed his mind .

“In a few years…” he thought .

It had only had been a little over two years since Su-hyeun became an awakener . And if he was this good, Kim Taek-hyun could not imagine how much Su-hyeun would grow in the coming years .

“I should line-up well, at least,” Kim Taek-hyun mumbled . He looked at Lee Ju-ho, who stood next to him .

Lee Ju-ho met his eyes and asked, “What? Why?”

Kim Taek-hyun sighed . For some reason, a dungeon attack gave him no anxiety .

***

Slash—!

Thump—!

Another of Kraken’s remaining legs fell . Originally, it had eight . Su-hyeun expected it would recover at least one leg, but it didn’t . It just screamed painfully .

Kyaaaa—!

Whoosh—!

Boom, boom, boom—!

The skills flew and hit Kraken again . It did not have any opportunity to regenerate its body . In just over ten minutes, Kraken had sustained numerous wounds . Su-hyeun landed on one of the legs that had fallen . He looked up Kraken .

“Come on . Die already,” Su-hyeun said .

Su-hyeun’s forehead was sweating . He had been fought armored soldiers, Dullahan, and Kraken, all in quick succession . To sever those huge legs, he had to put his magic into his sword . It helped to increase the sword’s range and power . He used a lot of his magic to do it . But it was almost over .

“You don’t have any spare legs now . ”

Su-hyeun stiffened his legs and moved . When Su-hyeun began to move again, it wriggled . Kraken tried to retreat as if it understood his words . Kraken was frightened . The fight was almost over .

Thump—!

Bam—!

Su-hyeun put strength to his legs and jumped at Kraken’s head .

Kyaaaak—!

Kraken acrimoniously exposed its teeth . Soon, Kraken’s mouth swallowed Su-hyeun .

“Mr . Su-hyeun!” the startled people called out .

They did not expect this would end with Su-hyeun being eaten by Kraken . But there was one who had no worries .

“He did that on purpose,” Lee Ju-ho said .

“What?” Kim Taek-hyun, who was next to him, wondered what he was talking about .

Boom—!

Slash—!

White blood sprouted like a geyser from Kraken’s head, and Su-hyeun appeared above it .

Rumble—!

Boom—!

Kraken’s body fell aside . Su-hyeun landed on the ground and took a long breath .

“Phew—”

There was a pause . People thought Su-hyeun was eaten by Kraken, but rather Kraken’s head was pierced . Kraken had fallen .

“We…we won!”

“Yay! It’s over—!”

The boss of the green-colored dungeon had finally died . The raid was successful . The team who had previously thought of retreat now cheerfully shouted .

“No, wait . ”

Su-hyeun walked toward them and spoke in a low voice . “Who said this is over?”

At that voice, the cheers stopped at once . Su-hyeun had a cold expression, unlike the first time when they had entered the dungeon . The atmosphere was serious .

“Is there something else left?”

“Something more difficult than Kraken?”

Those were some of the thoughts . But they also thought that it couldn’t be possible . If there was something more difficult than Kraken, this dungeon’s level would be higher than green .

“What could possibly be…?”

While everybody was consumed with nervous thoughts, Su-hyeun stared at Lee Kang-hee, who hid in the crowd .

“You have something to pay, right?” Su-hyeun said .

At Su-hyeun’s word, Lee Kang-hee trembled . Of course, he knew that Su-hyeun was talking about him .

“I’ll give you ten seconds . Crawl out . ”