Episode 100
100. Episode 100
– Welcome to the challenge of the second floor trials.
– Topic: Crossing the River
-Time limit: 5 hours
Shh …
As the light faded, a cool river appeared before my eyes.
Seun was not flustered even though all of the thirty clan members were nowhere to be seen.
‘It’s exactly the same as before.’
A river so wide that you can barely see the land on the other side. Stone bridges of various sizes were visible here and there across the river.
As the topic says, the second floor’s ordeal was quite simple, just crossing the river and getting to the other side.
‘Shall we go and see?’
Knowing the content of the ordeal, Se-Woon stepped onto the first stone bridge without hesitation.
It was quite slippery because of the water, but it was a fairly stable rock as it was firmly planted and did not shake.
Blame, blame.
I moved my feet lightly without even needing to use any magic.
The further inward we moved, the faster the river flow felt.
As the water flowed faster, the waves crashed against the rocks, creating cool spray.
‘It’s almost time to come out.’
As Seun stopped his brisk steps and pulled out his sword, a creature jumped out from between the rough waves.
It was a fish with sharp teeth that resembled a piranha, but it was twice the size of an actual piranha.
As it grew in size, its teeth also grew larger, so its appearance was quite threatening.
Crunch-
Se-Woon lightly swung his sword, and was cut in half without even being able to close his gaping mouth.
-The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’, says that fresh fish is always welcome and chews and swallows piranhas, bones included.
You might say that this alone would be too easy a trial, but this was just a taste.
Pavabavat!
In an instant, the boundless blue water darkened and dozens of piranhas jumped out.
It wasn’t a very fast speed, but where I was standing was on a narrow stone bridge. It was difficult to dodge, and it was also difficult to get into an attack position.
This is the true danger of the second floor trials.
Seun reacted immediately because he already knew, but the other players would be confused by the sudden attack of piranhas.
Creak creak-
Even as dozens of piranhas rushed towards him, Seun did not move from his spot. He simply stood there and swung his sword.
Didn’t he like that confident look? The piranhas that came against the flow of the river were aiming for Seun’s back.
No matter how fast the sword is, it can’t block them all at once.
At that moment, Se-Woon’s circle, which had been quiet, began to turn tensely.
-The power of ‘Lightning Wave’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Phage crackle!
A black lightning bolt spread out from the center of Seun.
Since the piranhas were soaked in water, they were bound to suffer great damage from the electricity.
Moreover, the only thing that makes them threatening is that they move in groups and have a geographical advantage. Their individual fighting power is not that great.
As if to prove it.
Thud thud thud-
Piranhas, shocked by electricity, fell into the water with their mouths open, burning.
Before the guys could run away, Seun stretched out his arm and summoned the power of gluttony.
– Preyed on ‘Sharp Piranha’.
-Absorbs nutrients, increasing Agility by 2.
– Absorbs nutrients, increasing Agility by 0.2.
…
-The ‘Hungry Prince’ takes a bite of a well-cooked piranha and scoops out the meat, leaving only the bones behind.
-The constellation, ‘The Hungry Prince’, savors the taste deeply, saying that these eyeballs are a delicacy.
Lightning Wave was a wide-area attack that swept away all the surrounding piranhas at once.
As the enemy disappeared, Seun returned his sword and opened the clan chat, writing a short message.
[Piranhas appear near the 20th stone bridge. Be careful.]
I would have liked to have told you in advance, but I couldn’t reveal it too early without revealing the regression.
So I entered the chat only after I got attacked by piranhas on purpose.
As Se-un quickly crossed the stone bridge, the previously quiet clan chat began to flow actively.
[Baekhyun: Ah, if I had seen it a little later, I would have been in big trouble.]
[Han Areum: Thank you, Hyulrang Oppa!]
[Handaun: Wow, if we hadn’t made the temporary wall in advance, it would have been dangerous!]
[Park Jeong-pil: Hey hyung!]
…
Although each of them has a different way of doing things, it seems like they are all overcoming it somehow.
Well, they were all decent players, but they just couldn’t stand out because of Se-woon’s performance.
There was no way he would collapse from the trials of just two floors.
-The power of ‘Lightning Wave’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Phage crackle!
There were several more surprise attacks by piranhas after that, but they had no effect on Se-un.
Rather, the piranhas’ surprise attacks were gradually decreasing, perhaps because they felt threatened by the death of their own kind.
While quickly crossing the longer stone bridge than expected, Seun suddenly stopped moving.
‘Is this it?’
Seun, before his return, had also challenged the same ordeal, and the guidepost for the journey had been activated. Of course, at the time, he was too busy running away from a surprise attack by piranhas to even check it.
But now, things are different.
Se-un walked forward, observing each stone bridge while recalling his memories of that time as much as possible.
Meanwhile.
“found.”
I was able to find the stone bridge I had stepped on when the guidepost on the journey responded.
How do you remember the hidden piece you encountered in the moment while running breathlessly?
It was simple. The rock that the guidepost pointed to was unstable, unlike the other rocks.
It was so wobbly that it shook even though only one person was on it.
The problem, however, was that we didn’t know what kind of hidden piece this was.
Phagec!
I tried passing an electric current through the surrounding area, but there was no particular reaction.
Even if I tried to concentrate my mind or use searching magic, nothing unusual appeared.
I wondered if my memory was faulty, but the memory of one of the stone bridges swaying while I was running to avoid the piranhas was vivid in my mind.
Because of that sway, I was at a crossroads of life and death at that time.
As Se-woon continued to ponder, a proverb came to mind.
‘I think it’s said that you should test the stone bridge before crossing it.’
It’s not a proverb that fits the current situation, but whatever. It’s something you can try.
Anyway, since you can breathe underwater thanks to the ‘Mermaid Gills’ you used before, if it doesn’t work, you can just go into the water and check.
Although the current was fast, it seemed like it could be endured if you used the ‘Merman’s Fin’.
‘This will do.’
Seun took out one of the weapons he had kept in his subspace pocket.
A hammer. No, it was a battle hammer that looked much more menacing than a regular hammer.
If it had been another weapon, I would have looked for a martial arts book related to the use of the hammer among Mammon’s treasures, but now, there was no need for such techniques.
Just put the hammer behind your head and take a deep breath.
“Ugh!”
Just strike with all your might and it’ll be over.
Kyaaaaang!
As soon as the rock was struck, the vibrations from the hammer head flowed through the handle.
The shock must have been quite great, my palms were starting to feel cold.
However, it wasn’t just Se-un who was shocked.
The rock, which was already swaying, was unable to withstand the great impact and was shaking dangerously.
Se-woon jumped up in a hurry and moved to the stone bridge in front.
‘Isn’t this it?’
Just as I was contemplating whether I should dive into the riverbed, a huge wave arose next to the rock, separate from the rock’s shaking.
Kwaaaaah!
A plume of water rose high, revealing a gigantic creature.
The skin looks smooth without any of the fish-like scales, the two pairs of whiskers at the corners of the mouth, and the large mouth that is torn to the side.
Although it was his first time seeing it in the form of a monster, Seun had seen animals similar to it on Earth.
“catfish?”
Catfish, a large fish known to live mainly in reservoirs and lakes.
What was different from Earth was that it was much larger than one might imagine.
The gaping mouth was so large that it looked like it could easily swallow a stone leg.
“Kkwaaaaaa!”
“crazy.”
Taat!
The bastard swallowed the stone bridge Seun had been standing on in one gulp, protecting this absurd imagination.
If I had moved just a little later, I would have ended up in the catfish’s stomach along with the stone bridge.
-The power of ‘Lightning Spear’ is strengthened according to the Black Tower’s magic.
Se-Woon, who realized that the guy was the hidden piece that the guidepost on the journey had pointed to in the past, immediately worked his magic.
It was a monster I had never faced before, but monsters that live in water are basically weak to electric magic.
I threw my spear at the thing that swallowed the large stone bridge and then showed its head as if nothing had happened.
Dismissed!
Chijiik… … .
“What the heck?”
But the result was different from Seun’s expectations.
As soon as the Lightning Spear touched the guy’s head, it flowed down his black skin and out into the surrounding area.
Even though the damage was distributed, the guy who was hit directly in the forehead with a brain spear was looking at Seun with a dumbfounded expression.
“The electricity isn’t working?”
“Kkwaaa!”
Do fish actually make sounds like that?
The guy kicked the stone bridge Seun was standing on, making an ear-piercing noise.
The sturdy stone bridge suddenly swayed and tilted toward the river.
‘This would have been a little dangerous if it had been submerged.’
The guy was moving just fine even in this rough water.
On the other hand, even if Seun was born, it did not seem like he would be able to move freely in this current.
Moreover, since there was no electricity, if they were going to fight, it was best to do so on the stone bridge, even if it was uncomfortable.
“Kkwaaa!”
The guy jumped up again and opened his mouth wide, intending to swallow the stone bridge along with Seun.
Se-un did not avoid it, but took out the Durangdal and held it.
‘If the electricity doesn’t flow.’
Just cut it with a sword and that’s it.
-The first skill of the Blood Wolf Sword Technique, Blood Wolf Fang, is strengthened through internal energy.
-The power of martial arts is strengthened according to the secret of the ultimate deep attack.
Crunch!
Just before colliding with the guy, jump backwards at the perfect time and swing your sword horizontally.
The smooth skin of the guy who had been hit by a brain blast without even a single soot is gently cracking.
It didn’t seem to cause much damage, given how thick his skin was, but it definitely gave me a clue as to where his weak points were.
“Hey, hey hey!”
However, even though he looked stupid, he wasn’t completely stupid.
The guy who realized that Seun’s sword was a threat moved away and opened his mouth wide.
Right after.
Boom!
“They really do all sorts of star attacks.”
He spat out a mound of brown mud from his mouth.
It was like mud made from swallowed rocks, but I couldn’t figure out the principle.
But the principle didn’t matter, because the amount of mud the guy spit out was enough to block out the sun.
Se-Woon had to move several stone bridges in a hurry to barely avoid the mud.
“Kkwaaaaaa!”
The creature’s cries were so annoying that it was hard to believe it was a fish.
Judging by the atmosphere, it seemed like they wouldn’t come any closer in the future.
“Then stay there.”
-The Treasure Trove of Greed has been opened.
[ Wind cutter ]
– Green Tower’s attack magic that creates sharp blades of wind. Its cutting power is the most powerful of all magic of its class.
“… … What?”
A green wind began to compress from Seun’s fingertips.
fantasy,
