Chapter 342 – 336 2nd Entry to the Labyrinth of the Spawning Pond
“Ms. Yuti. What is the interference force that can be exerted on water?”
= Yes? Uh…….=
Sorcerers who use attribute power as a means of attack can interfere with and manipulate the attribute.
For example, when flying in the sky, wind is generated to obtain propulsive power, while a red magician camps or cooks, a fire is raised to control firepower, and a yellow magician moves soil when farming or field work, harvesting and sowing. It is a way to
=Well, I am outside the level of twisting the flow of a stream or drawing water into a well…….=
‘That’s not enough.’
I didn’t expect to push a 1-ton giant toad out of the water. Because I know that to do that kind of work, I need to be a mid-level water spirit that Hwan-yeon handles, that is, a 5th-class blue magician.
Still, I wondered if I could get some help to pull it in or get some help in luring the heteromorphic species hiding in the water out of the water…….
“I will have to use another method. Miss Uti, can you shake the mud and mud of that lake to make muddy water?”
=Yes?=
Hwanin explained it step by step so that Hwanin could understand easily to Yuti, who did not understand what his intention was to ask.
“Toads and frogs breathe through their lungs, but underwater they can breathe through their skin. Going back and forth between water and land is for breathing. I don’t know if those heteromorphic species are like that, but given that they’re the same frog and that they engage in intense activities like fighting on land, their habits and ecology must be similar.”
So if you shake the bottom of the lake violently and make the lake muddy and buoyant, it will make it difficult for the xenomorph to breathe, and then it will come out of the water annoyingly.
After explaining this calmly, Yuti, who finally understood, nodded.
= I can, but…… You can’t make all of these lakes like that….=
“It’s okay. Emergency will help you by your side. For now, keep your mind focused here. Siela, we need the exact location of where the life force was detected.”
=Yes!=
After calling Bisang, Uti, and Siela and explaining the plan, Hwanin ordered Isilite and Anne to command Romdis and Rektal to make a harpoon while Bisang and Uti were preparing.
=What do you do with the harpoon?=
“It is impossible to pull out a heteromorphic species in the water with Bisang and Miss Yulti’s power alone. Cut down the tree over there and carve it into this shape. You don’t have to elaborate.”
After drawing a harpoon in the shape of a 卜 on the ground and telling them which parts should be sharp and which should be hard, the four nodded as they understood the purpose.
= Oh. With this, you can definitely drive and pull.=
“The string to connect to the back can be made with the blanket or cloth you brought.”
= Saint! We have two bundles of 100m rope!=
Seeing this as an opportunity to impress the saint, Romdis immediately takes out a bundle of ropes from his pocket in the subspace of his belongings.
“Preparation is good. Let’s make it right away.”
=Yes!!=
=Yes!=
At Hwanin’s instruction, Isilite cuts down the tree, and Anne, Romdis, and Rektal each begin to cut down the tree.
You don’t have to elaborate. It just needs to be sharp enough to stick into the body, and hard enough so that the thorns won’t break after being stuck.
Hwanin, who watched it for a while, climbed onto the back of the emergency room with his luggage down and started circling around the lake-level spawning pond with Siela to find out the location of the toad monsters that were stuck in the water.
‘The height of the labyrinth is about 20m.’
As it rises higher than that, the blue fog suddenly thickens like the outskirts of a labyrinth, making it difficult to see the surroundings.
= Holy Son, there is also that. There are also over there and over there.=
Hwanin kept her altitude at the right level and wrote down everything Siela taught her the location of the heteromorphic species by flapping her cuckoo wings.
More than you think
The area cleared by Hwanin is about 1/3 of a lake-level spawning pond. There are five signs of humanity that can be felt here.
Gureuk- Gureuk-
Kururu- Kuruk-
I look around at the faint sound of a toad coming from somewhere.
The source was quickly found.
On the other side of the area that has not yet been sorted out, the parasitic tentacle toad and poison arrow frog that found Hwanin and Siela flying over the spawning pond at a distance of about 150m were crying while moving with their heads fixed on this side.
“…….”
There were several around, but only two seemed to attract aggro.
Hwanin, who looked around for a while, felt the need to organize them before executing the operation to lure heteromorphic species into the water.
It would be difficult if other heteromorphic species gathered in the middle of pulling the harpoon.
Hwanin gathers the lowest level water spirits floating around and loads two 6-stacked soul arrows. Then, he gestured to Ciella and slowly moved away from the two that were attracted by weak aggro.
As the distance drops to about 200 meters, fog begins to obscure the heteromorphic species.
When the two figures became invisible in the hazy mist, Hwanin fired a spirit arrow silently with his balance.
?
Colorless and transparent spirit arrows pierce through the fog in a straight line, enhanced by the scale’s strengthening effect. Then came a purpuck—a small, faint sound as if flesh were exploding.
After confirming that the toad’s cries had stopped, Hwanin said as he stroked the emergency.
“Emergency. Let’s go over there again.”
Couw.
Flutter-
As you fly towards it, you will see the corpses of two toad heteromorphs with their heads blown off. Although their own people were killed, the heterogeneous species around them who were not attracted to aggro are silent.
No…….
=Ugh.=
Perhaps attracted by the smell of blood, several of them turned their heads to and fro, approached the dead deformed species, pricked it with their snouts, or touched it with their tentacles, then began to nibble on it.
‘If I kill it out of sight, the aggro won’t bounce around.’
Hwanin gathered all the lowest-level spirits around him and made several 6-stacked soul arrows, then blew off the heads of those who were preying on his own kind out of sight as before.
Puck, puck-puck-puff.
It kills those who gather to eat the bodies of the dead. If you kill them, they come again to dig up the bodies of the dead, kill them again, and gather to eat the bodies again…….
At Hwanin’s hand gesture, a pile of corpses is created in an instant. When the number of heterogeneous species he killed exceeded 16, the lowest level spirits no longer remained around.
However, this type of species continues to gather.
Hwanin attracted the soul of the killed heterogeneous species and continued to kill the heterogeneous species that continued to gather with sniping.
‘Perhaps because the soul magic has become stronger, the distance at which the soul can be summoned has also increased significantly.’
Ciela, who was watching Hwanin from the side, felt her heart tremble as she slowly wiped out Lee Hyeong-jong without taking much aggro.
‘What, what is it? The saint is now…… What are you doing?’
Why do round holes the size of a fist keep popping up in the fog? What happened to that Heterogeneous species so that his head exploded and he was dying?
In her mind, the warning phrase that Seongtusa-sama had given before passed by.
=…… I will live the rest of my life appreciating your decision to sincerely apologize to Doryeong…….=
Gulp.
For some reason, Siela felt as if she had glimpsed the real reason why the saint’s company was able to come true.
Usually, a party of 6th grade or higher is made up of professionals who go to 7th grade or higher, but it is difficult to form and maintain such a party in reality.
Around that time, the professional goes beyond post-human and becomes a superman, and when he has that level of ability, his self-esteem and pride rise without any countermeasures, and he prefers to build his own domain rather than being under someone else.
It is not for nothing that the leader of the city’s main combat group is 7th grade or higher, and the heroic knights of Helumen are the highest-ranking knights in Radsea.
Even so, a party of 6th grade or higher that was maintained literally became the apex of adventurers, explorers, and mercenaries, and the leader of such a party had something special.
Aspects of spirit knights pass through Ciela’s mind.
A 6th-level Holy Fighter is a high-ranking combat expert of the Order, and wherever he goes, he can be treated like a VIP or a low-ranking baron.
Does a swordswoman of a similar rank need to say something? Helumen, a large city in the south, is the birthplace of the swordsman profession, and if you go there, you’ll be able to enjoy a life that’s as staggering as that of the middle-ranking barons.
What about the 6th-class mystic Yurupa? With just that ability and her beauty, she will be able to become a concubine of a decent family and live the rest of her life without knowing the hardships.
Why do women like that lack so much that they go through such hardships and follow the saint? No matter how advanced a soul master, even a saint’s honorable soul knight, the honors that can be obtained as a knight are limited.
‘Because there is something special about the saint that is comparable to that kind of honor, women like that are attracted to the saint.’
And that special something must be what he just saw.
‘…… No. It’s true that there’s more to it than that.’
The six swords floating around the body, the invisible attack that I just saw, and the technique of causing a large-scale explosion that would have been possible for a 5th or 6th class.
Here’s the ability as a high-level soul master…….
‘The appearance of a Fleur man, the wild nature of a man like Luke, and the cool-headed and intelligent thinking and judgment.’
On top of that, he even has a sweet personality for his woman.
Siela was stunned when she belatedly realized the specifications of her saint.
Oh my gosh…… Now that I see it, isn’t the saint a man who brought together the dreams and hopes of land women?
Come to think of it, at a friendly dinner, didn’t Geomhee-nim call Sungjae-nim “Master”? She stayed right next to me and waited for drinks.
Seongtusa-sama also hugged Seongja-sama without hesitation, and there was also a time when she comforted Yurepa-sama by sitting on her thigh.
Seeing her glance back at her ghost, Ciella silently nodded her head.
Even though her own taste is a man with a heavy atmosphere covered with nice feathers like Rom, I can’t take my eyes off Seongja’s appearance. He himself is this much, so there is nothing to say about Seongtusa-nim, and even Geomhee-nim to the saint…….
Thinking of it, Ciela shuddered inwardly when she saw that over 40 heteromorphic species had died and lay scattered about in that moment.
Could it be that the strongest person among the saint’s company is the saint?
“Let’s go back.”
= Yes? Ah yes!=
After returning to the group, Ciela went to Romdis and Rektal, who were making harpoons, and she told them what she had seen and thought.
=… A saint riding a green Que single-handedly sorted out over 40 different species?=
= That’s right! I was just pointing my finger at him from a distance, but Hyungjong Lee’s head exploded!
= Yes…….=
=Anyway, you knew that the saint was more amazing than we expected…….=
Romdis noticed what she was about to say by the slightly worried expression on her face and muttered with a serious face.
=Ciella, you must be uneasy about being too close to the saint.=
= He’s like that too…… Ordinary adventurers are dangerous just by being around heroes. If you look at history, yes. When a great battle takes place, it is the heroes who survive, and there are many cases in which ordinary people become their foothold through death.=
If the enemy is on their level, it means that they are monsters that we can’t do anything about. If the Holy Son asks us to move together in the future…….
Romdis knows that Siela’s worries are realistically impossible.
In the first place, the opportunity to get involved with the Holy Son was not a good thing. It’s not that there isn’t much of a difference in skill from the Holy Son’s party. There is no way that the Holy Son would offer to accompany us like this.
=Don’t worry. From my point of view, the Holy Son just needed someone to do chores behind the scenes during this labyrinth raid. If not, why would he ask us to wait in the rear? =
= Yes…….=
=We were easy-to-use talents who were there at the right time, and this time, all we have to do is do our best in the work the saint entrusted to us, receive forgiveness from the saint, return to Mr. Dram, and report the completion of the request.=
But Ciella couldn’t stop her concerns.
=What if the saint wants something like a living shield?=
Romdis let out a small sigh. Did Siela forget that the saint had no reason to do such a thing?
No, that’s not it.
= It seems that his head got hot with excitement after witnessing the true nature of you, the saint. You can see symptoms of mental damage, so take a break and calm your mind before making a mistake.=
= Ah……. Yes, I will.=
Romdis, who had put down the third completed harpoon, looked with envy at the saint who was planning a strategy with the spirit knights while Siela was beside her and calming herself down through her prayers.
He said the person he was aiming for is over there. Strong people who can carry through their will under any circumstances and who do not bend even if they are broken.
In the past, I would have been very excited. Because I saw the goal of life with my own two eyes.
But not now. I saw and felt the previous battle. That even if I reach their level, I won’t be able to produce the same power as them.
=…….=
Rommys felt a little let down, but he resolutely refrained from being weak and began working on his fourth harpoon.
And when he made a total of 9 harpoons with Rektal and himself.
“Everyone, gather around.”
The Holy Son’s convocation has fallen.
Hwanin checked the harpoon brought by Romdis and Rektal.
The ropes tied to the back of the harpoon are each 50m long and are quite strong thanks to being made from selected hardwoods.
Four harpoons tied with ropes.
“The summary is simple. When Yuti creates a whirlpool, Bijang helps her with a whirlwind, turning the spawning pond into muddy water. Ms. Siela locates the nearest heteromorphic species through life force detection and throws a harpoon to hit it, and Isilite, Anne, Romdis and Rektal pull the rope.”
To rescue the victim by dragging it to the shore and then killing it.
= I will work hard! =
Hwanin, who nodded to Romdis, who responded energetically with clenched fists at the plan that would not be difficult, holds a wooden harpoon 1m long and weighs 4kg and draws a cross-section of a toad with parasitic tentacles on the ground to add an explanation.
“As I said before, it is judged that the victim is contained within 1m from the snout here. So, the target to throw the harpoon is this part, the back of the toad’s body.”
= Ugh. It would be dangerous to miss and hit the ship.=
To Anne’s concerns, her Hwanin adds her own expectations.
“The victim will probably be held this way.”
The figure of the victim is drawn on the cross section of the parasitic tentacle toad. It looked like it was squatting, with its head facing upwards, and then tied tightly to an elongated mass of flesh.
“I have to breathe, so my head can’t go down. Nine out of ten people must have been caught like this.
=Ah, then even if you miss it, the lower part of the toad will be okay. Even if you get hurt, you can heal it with sex art.=
“Okay. Now, let’s begin.”
At Hwanin’s signal to start, Romdis embraces Yuti from behind and soars up into the sky, and Siela and Bisang rise together.
= Oh, I… Aren’t you heavy?=
= This is nothing. Ciella, where can I go?=
=The place the saint said is over there. Mr. Yuti?=
=Yes, I will start… !=
First, Yuti stretches out her hand and concentrates. Then she saw that the water surface at the point Ciela pointed with her finger began to roar and gradually swirl, and her flight saw it, creating a whirlwind with her lower part pinning it down exactly into the center of the whirlpool.
Kurrrrrr-
The faint mist was violently torn apart by the whirlwind, and the whirlpool, powered by the whirlwind’s rotational power, gradually increased in size and began to lift the mud from the floor and spread it in all directions.
=Huh~!=
Cue!
A water whirlwind that begins to move with a rumble according to the spirit of the two. The dark blue water surface in the dark forest is quickly covered with black gray.
= Saint! Hyungjong Lee is on the move! Yonder direction !=
Upon Ciela’s report, her phantom immediately ran in that direction, dragging her girlfriends and Rektal. And indeed.
‘I can see it.’
From the perspective of the soul, a whitish, dark brown color system began to be seen between the water surface of the red spawning pond.
Maybe it’s just because it’s inside a heterogeneous species, but the color system of the person inside isn’t visible.
When the heterogeneous species does not come out despite staring at the waves and waiting, Anne, who was waiting with her harpoon in her hand, shouts at Ciela floating in the sky.
=…… Aren’t you coming?! Ciella!=
=Mmm, it stopped! I can’t move anymore!=
= What?! So what do you do! I can’t see it, so I can’t hit it!?=
If you throw it blindly, you can stab the toad’s belly skin straight and kill the person inside.
“Anne, the harpoon.”
= Huh?! Yes!=
After receiving her harpoon from Anne, who was flustered, Hwan-in applied her low-level water spirit to her body. Then, the belt function of Grimoam is activated.
My heart thumps, my body heats up, and I feel power seething from the depths of my stomach, as if the power of a giant dwells in my body.
Hwanin, who felt the 4kg harpoon as light as a piece of grass, threw the harpoon with all his might at a blackish brown lump that was faintly visible through the red water surface.
Wedge-! A harpoon that disappears into the water with a strong piercing effect.
= Evil?! Dolyeong!?=
“Pull!”
Anne, who reflexively pulled the rope at her phantom’s command, felt a sensation as if pulling a large rock caught on her arms, and her expression brightened greatly.
=Oh, how did you guess?!=
“I saw a toad, though it was looming in the water.”
According to Ciela, she walked this way, so she knows the direction of her toad’s head. Her shape and internal structure are also memorized as knowledge, so it is not difficult to avoid those parts.
“Anne, her arm went strong. If you pull too hard, the skin will tear and the harpoon may come off, so just hold on so that it doesn’t run away. Isilite, the harpoon.”
=Yes!=
=Yes.=
Shook-
Hwanin throws the harpoon into the water again and the rope is pulled tight. The harpoon Rektal was holding also got stuck, and as the three of them grabbed the rope and began to pull it, something quickly pulled out from the end of the tight rope.
Chuwaaaaak – slap! Shoot ah-!
= Out!!=
The figure of a toad with parasitic tentacles begins to emerge, struggling and struggling not to be dragged onto the turbulent surface of the water.
-Pop!
The moment the toad’s shape was clearly visible, Hwanin shot the toad’s head off with a soul arrow.
Scattered pieces of flesh and brain cortex, fragments of skulls and torn eyeballs.
Parasitic tentacle toads pulled out of the water in an instant as resistance disappeared.
And the women of Hwanin, Rektal, and Romdis, Siela, and Yuti, who were all watching from above, were greatly surprised by the body of the toad.
The three harpoons were precisely embedded in the parasitic tentacle toad’s upper legs and buttocks.
I couldn’t see anything because it was muddy, so how did you get it right? The people were surprised, but they came to their senses at Hwanin’s shout and moved quickly.
“Isilite! Go and make sure you kill the monster, then follow me! Anne and Rektal go with me! Uti-san and Bi-sang keep creating a whirlwind!=
=Yes!=
=Old!=
Cue!
Hwanin, who ran towards the blackish-brown mass looming over the surface of the water, threw a harpoon this time as well, and the three of them were able to see the toad dragged out of the lower body just like before.
=Your saint is amazing……. His throwing skill and keen eye are at the level of a super shooter.=
Romdis and Uti sympathized with Ciela’s muttering. Even if the first time is a coincidence, the second time is inevitable.
The party succeeded in pulling the third and fourth toads out of the water with Hwanin’s throw, but a problem occurred in the fifth.
No matter how much muddy water and water whirlwinds approached, the last species, the heterogeneous species, did not budge like a rock at the center of the lake-level spawning pond.
In this situation, nothing can be done.
At that time, Bisang cries loudly, then begins to gather strength while moaning. Along with him, the green aura of the vegetation was cohesing enormously over the flight attendant’s head.
While everyone was watching, the flight that inflated its energy several meters…….
Beep!
It dropped energy into the spawning pond with a cute cry.
Beep! Chow ah ah——
As soon as the green energy of the forest touched the water surface, a storm-like wind burst out and pushed the water in all directions. At the moment when the water level was lowered as the water was pushed out, Bijang, which fell like an osprey, snatched a toad with parasitic tentacles and flew up into the sky. .
=Wow?=
=…… !=
= Huh…….=
An emergency that flies while firmly gripping a huge toad weighing 1 ton with its claws.
Hwanin immediately blew off the head of the struggling toad with a soul arrow, and then ran in the direction the flight was flying.
