Chapter 93: 93

“How many are there?”

“Usually the monsters in forest type dungeons like this are often specialized in quantity rather than a specific strong one . ”

Su-hyeun answered Jordan’s quiet statement . Jordan thought for a moment and nodded .

“Yes . It was like that so far,” Jordan thought .

He remembered the times when he went to the forest type dungeons . He and his team had to fight against several monsters rather than a particularly strong one . Even so, this situation was different . There were way too many monsters .

“It looks like there is a leader . ”

“You mean the boss?”

“Yes . That one is probably intelligent . It controls all these monsters . ”

The monsters did not jump from one side . Rather, they surrounded all sides and slowly approached . There were not many monsters as coordinated as this . Moreover, this boss was controlling a lot of monsters . There was only one monster Su-hyeun could think of .

“The Troll Druid,” Su-hyeun said .

“Druid?”

“Yes . This one is a boss that controls animal types of the monsters . It is not that big, but it is intelligent and good at magic .

“I’ve never heard of it before,” Jordan said .

“I’ve only seen it once in the Tower of Trials . I think the boss is probably that monster . ”

The best excuse was the Tower of Trials because no one could figure out what kind of trials Suhyun had suffered . Fortunately, Jordan did not doubt Su-hyeun’s words .

“Druid…”

“The monsters will move systematically, so keep that in your mind when you fight . The most important thing is to get rid of the heads of the Druid . Then, the other monsters will disperse . ”

Jordan nodded at Su-hyeun’s analysis . Killing the boss from the battle between the big groups was the basis of the strategy . However, there was a problem .

“If it can think, then it wouldn’t show up so easily,” Jordan said .

“We will get it . ”

“How?”

“I will find it . ”

Having expected that answer, Jordan sighed .

“Will you be okay?”

“Nobody can do it except me . I can move faster than you, Mr . Jordan . ”

Su-hyeun was right . Last time, when Su-hyeun had disappeared from the beginning, Jordan didn’t even notice that he moved . Additionally, he had been watching Su-hyeun’s fights . Su-hyeun was able to move much faster than him .

“His mood is changed,” Jordan thought .

So far, Su-hyeun looked pretty relaxed . Now, he looked a little nervous for the first time since entering the dungeon . Perhaps he thought the Druid was that difficult enemy . Jordan had no choice .

“Please, take care of it,” Jordan said .

“Got it . ”

Su-hyeun caught Miru’s tail as he flew over his head .

“Then, please hold out well . ”

Tap, tap!

Then, Su-hyeun tapped on Hak-Joon’s shoulder and said in Korean, “You hold out well, too . ”

“Yes?”

Swish!

Su-hyeun’s body quickly disappeared .

Purr…

People could here Miru’s pitiful cry in the distance . It looked like Su-hyeun was running with Miru’s tail on him .

“Did he say hold out?” Jordan muttered what Su-hyeun had said, “I’m worried…”

Grrrr!

Creak, creak!

Woof, woof!

Countless cries came from all directions . They could not even guess how many of them there were . Based on the sounds they made, it looked like there were hundreds of them .

“…Damn it . ”

Even before the fight began, Jordan had a cold sweat on his forehead . Now, he could figure out what “hold out” meant .

“You guys all heard, right?”

Jordan looked around the monsters that came from everywhere and said to everyone .

“Set your jaw and endure!”

Act 3

Whiz!

Su-hyeun stepped on the branches and leaped among the lush trees . The scenery passed like pictures . Miru, who was caught in Su-hyeun’s hand, started to laugh as if he was having fun .

Kiyaaaak!

A monster resembling a leopard hid at the top of a tree and swiped at Su-hyeun from above, but failed to catch him and only broke a useless branch . When nothing was caught, the leopard turned its body and started to find Su-hyeun again .

Krrrr!

Swish!

At that moment, a thin red line appeared on the leopard’s body .

Splat!

The leopard’s body split in half as a fountain of blood gushed out . Su-hyeun had moved far away already .

“Which way should I go?” Su-hyeun thought .

Assuming that the other monsters were less intelligent than their leader, the Troll Druid could control them . It only appeared more than blue-colored dungeons . It was a tricky opponent to handle in a group fight . Unlike other bosses, this one did not easily expose his position . But that did not mean Su-hyeun could not find it . There was a limit of the range that it could control the other monsters, so it would not be too far away .

“The direction that the shadow leopard showed up…,” Su-hyeun thought .

Su-hyeun believed in his instincts, with Miru giving him the confidence to do so .

Purr!

Miru was hanging on Su-hyeun’s arm now . He cried in excitement to the direction that they were heading . For some reason, Miru could sense other monsters and react sensitively to Su-hyeun’s feelings and thoughts . Su-hyeun was looking for Druid, so Miru must have been looking for it as well .

Swish!

Kiyaaak!

Woof, woof!

Shadow leopards and monkeys jumped to Su-hyeun from all sides of the trees . At that moment, Su-hyeun flew up several steps with the Leap skill . Upon his ascension, he quickly glanced at the scenery below . He could see several monsters forming a circle .

“Over there!”

Whiz!

His body quickly fell there . At the same time, the movement of monsters became quick . Hundreds of monsters looked at Su-hyeun at once .

Krrr!

Screech, screech!

They did not rush to Su-hyeun, but only revealed their teeth and growled .

“It looks like there are about two or three hundred of them . ”

Each monster was not a big threat; they were weaker than green-colored dungeons’ monsters or similar to the monsters of yellow-colored dungeons . The problem was there were too many of them . It was rare to see that those monsters gathered in one place, aside from the outbreak .

“To deal with these monsters…” Su-hyeun thought .

Flap!

Miru, who was hanging on Su-hyeun’s arm, spread his wings and flew up . He revealed his small fangs and roared as if showing his fighting spirit .

Grrr! Grrr!

Stomp, stomp!

At that moment, heavy footsteps came through the crowd of monsters . It came from a monster that was three meters long . It was wearing the leather of the other monster and covered its face with a white mask . It had a body like a human being but was of abnormal size . It was Druid, the leader of these monsters .

“Who… are you…?”

It spoke a human language . To be more precise, what it said directly went into Su-hyeun’s brain . What Su-hyeun heard through his ears was incomprehensible, but he could tell what this monster was saying . It sounded a little inarticulate . It looked like a side effect of this process .

“I am your enemy,” Su-hyeun said .

At Su-hyeun’s response, Druid tilted its head slowly . Su-hyeun had seen it before only once, but it still frustrated him . Su-hyeun had seen the face under the mask, that was why he felt more in that way .

“You…are…a…quarry . ”

It looked like Druid saw Su-hyeun as just its prey .

“Well, let’s see…”

Whiz!

Su-hyeun penetrated Druid’s arms .

“—who will be hunted . ”

Purr!

[You received the blessing of the divine dragon . ]

[Your moving speed increases . ]

[Your strength increases slightly . ]

[Your resistance to magic increases . ]

[Your magic…]

They were Miru’s buff effects . It helped Su-hyeun move as if he had wings . It only took a second to dig into Druid’s arms .

Swish!

Puff!

When Su-hyeun swung his sword, the Druid scattered like fog . It looked like it either was an illusion, or it used evasion magic in that short time . Su-hyeun didn’t expect that he could kill it easily from the beginning, so he didn’t feel sorry about it .

Kyaaak!

Screech, screech!

When Su-hyeun moved, hundreds of the monsters came to attack him . He did not dodge from them and instead ran through the giant wave of the monsters .

[Indomitable body . ]

[The transfiguration skill: Imoogi . ]

[Flame]

Whoosh!

The Flame skill surrounded Su-hyeun . His body became hard as the scales of Imoogi started to grow all over his body . And…

[Doppelganger is activated . ]

Doppelganger was a new skill that he got from the 28th floor . It consumed plenty of magic power, but it was a good skill to use when fighting against multiple monsters .

“One, two . ”

Su-hyeun laid the sword horizontally . Then, he swung his sword to the monsters .

“Three . ”

Whoosh!

The flame stretched out along the sword . The Flame was the only wide range skill that he could use to attack . He increased the cutting power of the sword with his Flame . One disadvantage was that the wider the range went, the weaker the cutting force became . Even so…

Slash!

From his back, the same attack spread out .

Slash!

The monsters started to burn down, their blood gushing out like a fountain . The active skill, Doppelganger, was a little unusual . It created another “him” that moved the same way from behind him .

“It’s quite useful to deal with the enemy behind me,” Su-hyeun thought .

The condition to use this skill was complex and could vary depending on the user . However, it was not a bad skill to use this situation . Anyway, both front and rear were enemies . There was nothing to lose .

“Hey, Miru!”

Whoosh!

Su-hyeun raised his head and looked up at Miru, who had been flying high above the sky .

“Sweep them all . ”

At that moment, Miru’s mouth opened and began gathering magic .

[Breath . ]

Breath was the divine beast’s or dragon’s most basic and destructive power, comparable to any top-range attack skill .

Whoosh!

Miru’s breath was the result of the magic . The colorless breath swept everywhere . When Miru used its breath, Su-hyeun leaped high .

Kiyaaa!

Kkrrr, Krrrrk!

The monsters howled in pain . Miru was still a dragon, albeit a small one . Regardless, Miru was no ordinary dragon .

“It takes time to load, but its power is astounding,” Su-hyeun thought .

He could not believe that Miru’s small body could breathe out that much power . If Miru grew up more, it would’ve taken him less time to load the breath . It would’ve been stronger as well, making it even more useful .

“About half of them are left . ”

There were still several monsters left . Su-hyeun tightly grabbed the spear that he had been bringing all the time on his back .

“Then, I’ll try this one . ”