Chapter 414 – 408 Underground Ant Den
After leaving the temporary barracks, Hwanin called all her female friends and asked them about their battle against the awakening monster.
=The awakened synthetic monster was really powerful. The fighting style is also unfamiliar, and it feels like a person gaining the body of a monster and fighting freely…… Embarrassingly, I was dragged around by the intention of the other side all the time.=
“…….”
= I did too. I quickly took care of the needle monster, and then I tried to help Dew clean up the rest. But when the needle monster is in danger, it always runs away or pulls the monster next to it and uses it as a meat shield……. I wasn’t careless, but something was amiss, and I kept taking time because I did a lot of unexpected outbursts.
“…….”
「I watched while helping from the sky, and it was just as Isilite said. Awakening monsters fought just like humans. I also made good use of the surrounding terrain and the objects that Hwanin said.”
Hwanin’s expression was very hard and cold, and he seemed angry because they couldn’t properly subdue the monster, but they didn’t misunderstand Hwanin.
Even if I get angry, I’m not the kind of person to get angry like this. The reason he looks like this is that he trusts something else.
Yurpa, who was sure of that, asked.
=The synthetic monster seems to be in great pain every time he fires a soul arrow…… Does it have anything to do with monsters behaving like humans?=
“First of all, monsters…… For convenience, we will call it a chimera. The main goal of the Chimera is the abduction of people, especially professionals.”
“Synthetic mass… Chimera was trying to drag the injured knights at the end, right? It seems that a professional is needed to create a chimera like an awakened monster.”
“Okay. Weaknesses arose from it.”
“Weakness?”
= Ah. Perhaps…….=
Realizing his conclusion, Yu Lepa slightly widens his eyes.
“Every time a chimera dies, three or four souls come out. The reason why it is so stable despite the fusion of multiple life forms is probably… It must be because the state of power struggle is exquisite, in the way that the souls keep each other in check.”
I guess that’s why people fight like monsters and act like people even though they’re monsters.
“And I can surmise that the reason the Chimera had seizures was that one of the souls was wounded by my soul arrow and the balance of mutual checks was disrupted. The fact that he caused more confusion than the heterogeneous species in the wave of tranquility is proof of that.”
“Hmm……. What is the conclusion?」
“Even now, we must find and kill the corrupted Bargul who caused this situation. That bastard’s goal is to turn all of his subordinates into objects like awakening monsters.”
Anne muttered, furrowing her brow.
=The reason why the monsters suddenly attacked was to create more awakening monsters. Since the Sky Knights have arrived, it’s like a lot of job materials rolled into my feet.=
Hwanin nodded and thought about Bardul’s intentions that he had only read about a while ago.
In the first round, several chimeras in the form of insects and humans were sent, and in the second round, composite chimeras, not awakened chimeras, were used as consumables.
“The number of chimeras that the corrupted Bardul can rule is limited. The number is at least a thousand. It won’t be three thousand at most. Considering the corrupted Bardul’s intellect, there is no way he could have sent all the soldiers out, and I think he would have removed only about 1/3 of the psychological stability line.”
=The reason why we sent thousands of chimeras, the insectoids, was to make room, check our skills, and if necessary, kidnap us and use them as materials…….=
At Yurpa’s guess, the other women’s expressions frowned or wrinkled.
It has to be. The upper body of the woman attached to the body of the monster was hacked to pieces with sharp objects, exposing red-hot flesh, and the lower body of the woman had been mercilessly mashed by something huge.
It was a look that could easily guess what had happened before being synthesized.
“Anyway, the Chimera thinks that my Soul Art and Tranquility Pulse are my greatest weaknesses. Considering that the Chimeras can escape, it would be better to end the subjugation as quickly as possible.”
=Are you going into the anthill?=
“Okay. I’ll be leaving tomorrow morning, so from now on, take a rest and recover your physical strength and phase power consumed during the battle. Baekryeogang watches the sky for any signs of suspiciousness, and Hwanyeon asks the spirits of the earth to check whether they are making a tunnel or not.”
“Yes. Leave the monitoring to me.”
“Okay. Yurpa, let’s go together to the knights’ sorcerer.”
As Hwanin, who instructed her to rest and what to do, was lost in her thoughts, Isilite approached Anne and began to press her thumb between her furrowed brows.
=You are tightening your eyebrows again.=
= Huh? Oh wait…… Ah.=
= If you keep doing this, you’ll get wrinkles like her grandmother. I understand the desire to imitate the owner, but do it in moderation.
= Oh, okay. I won’t give you strength, I won’t give it to you, so stop pressing…….=
Hwanin, who briefly looked at them like close sisters, turned his head and looked back at the scattered girlfriends in turn.
There are no unemployed people in the group. A 6th-class mystic with the lowest fighting ability.
It’s certain that Bardul came with their kidnapping in mind. Since there are only three of them, he must have judged that if he had four awakened chimeras and about 90 chimeras, he would be able to kidnap a few.
‘Then it must have been because of the Sky Knights that the chimeras stopped for a moment at the entrance of the ant den.’
Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to see that the number of workers who thought there were only three suddenly increased to 45?
Considering that and the fact that the attack took two days, there would be no way to monitor this side in real time.
Of course, I don’t do anything to be sure that my hypothesis is 100% accurate. I’m just making a plan in case this hypothesis is wrong.
Hwanin looked at the sky knights who brought the killed Chimera and analyzed its weaknesses and characteristics.
‘There is a possibility that they will be attacked, but we should also consider the possibility that this side will be targeted.’
Then, Yurpa, which has poor fighting ability, is the most dangerous.
Above all, if you assume that Cerberus Chimera’s intelligence is comparable to that of humans, you must prevent Yurpa from being captured.
In the worst case, Yurpa who became a Chimera could use her wisdom and knowledge to arm the Chimera with magic tools and magic tools.
Rather than setting up a separate camp, let’s rest inside the temporary camp…….
While resting, Hwanin said to his two girlfriends who were sitting on a nearby rock as if to protect themselves.
“Isilite, Anne. There might be an attack late at night, so stay close to Yurpa even when resting.”
=I will.=
=Yes, Master.=
Hwanin, who looked at the beautiful girlfriends who were motionless and staring at him for a while, smiled bitterly and slightly pinched their cheeks.
“I mean, do it now. I will go out to secure the spirits with Bi-Bang, so you don’t have to stay by my side.”
=Ah, yes.=
Hwanin, who had sent his girlfriends away, sat on Bisang’s head and looked at the mid-level wind spirit staring at him blankly, and his eyes shone slightly.
Hwanin, who flew around dozens of kilometers in an emergency and found a mid-level spirit, made it into a bead as if to kidnap it and put it in the light gauntlet on his left arm.
“Lovelace.”
“…….”
He turned his attention to the middle-level wind spirit who was selling him out of nowhere, and when he took care of the 31st spirit, the middle-level wind spirit’s advice came down.
“Do it in moderation. Moderately. Not all spirits like your strange skills.”
“Are you worried?”
“If you get hurt, Bisang will be sad. I hate to see Bisang sad because of you.”
“Thank you. Don’t worry about it.”
He said he would care, but it wasn’t that he didn’t pay attention to the intermediate spirits until now.
If they felt disliked or rejected, they released them right away and even prepared to sprinkle spirit stone powder as a sign of apology.
Even if the reaction was good after turning it into a marble, don’t be vigilant and listen to the stories of intermediate spirits who have entered the marble.
To manage it so that it does not become boring or boring.
「Huh? Hey, what is this? Kyahaha?! Wow~!」
Hwanin, who captured the 32nd intermediate wind spirit, asked calmly as if passing by.
“Since when have you been with the emergency department?”
“I’m much older than you.”
Than yourself? Then…….
Hwanin looked straight at the wind spirit and asked a question as an opportunity to resolve a small curiosity he had been harboring.
“Does the mother of Vijay know?”
“…… I’ve been attached to my mother from the beginning, right?”
The expression of the wind spirit who said that was a sad expression that did not suit the always loud and lively wind spirit.
Hwanin smiled and stroked Bisang’s head as she glanced back at her story of being her mother.
“Emergency. Let’s go down to the lake over there.”
Quet.
Landing on the shore of a small lake, Hwanin forgot about her mother and watched Chambang and Bisang playing in the water while talking to the wind spirit.
“As expected, Bi-Sang’s mother must have passed away.”
“Yes……. Bijang survived alone.」
“How did that happen?”
「No matter what happens in the labyrinth, she is not strange. It is just a story of living as a member of the ecosystem and returning to nature.”
If there is only one thing that will be left alone for a mere cub, it must be one.
While playing in the water, Bi-jin looks into the water with his eyes shining bright as if he found a small fish in the water like a crane.
Then, after a few fluffs, Cupid! It blows up the wind and kills the fish.
“…….”
Hwanin, who watched Bi-sang swallowing fish floating on the water with a proud face, looked back at the wind spirit as he felt his hair being pulled.
“By the way, what’s your name Bisang, Bisang? Couldn’t you give it some thought and come up with a good name?”
“…….”
“I understand that you tried to eat Byeong-gi when you first met him. You were also in a bad situation, you didn’t eat it in the end, and you raised Bisang like that. But I can’t forgive you for naming it so carelessly!”
“It’s not particularly insincere.”
At Hwanin’s calm reply, the wind spirit pulls his hair a little harder, as if angered.
“You know I don’t know?! You just took food from the emergency rations and used it!”
“You are smart. No one has noticed until now.”
“Seeing. What a pretty and good name Retunade gave me…… I feel sorry for the emergency.”
A wind spirit who frowns and lets go of Hwanin’s hair.
Hwanin smiled and tidied his hair.
“What was the original name of the flight?”
“…… Norslinen.”
Whether it is a proper noun or not, the meaning is not interpreted and heard.
After thinking for a while, I called for an emergency.
“Emergency. I now know that your mother gave you the name Norslinen. If you like, I’ll call you Norslinen from now on, not Vivian. What do you think?”
Quet.
No.
The face of the wind spirit quickly moved back and forth between heaven and hell in an emergency attitude that responded immediately as if it was not worth thinking about.
“Why, why do you hate it? That’s the name Retunade gave you!”
Kuheung.
“You stupid! The name Bisang is a name given to me roughly by that human! Compared to that, the name your mother gave you…… !”
Yup~
I don’t know~
The wind spirit trembled with puffed-out cheeks at Bi-bi’s light reply that cut off his tongue, then glared at Hwan-in and threw himself on top of Bi-bi’s head.
His refusal to speak with anyone is a candid attitude.
Hwanin laughed lightly at that appearance and thought to himself while searching for the middle-level spirit again.
I remembered the name Norse Linen, and said that if Bisang gave birth to a baby, I would pass it on as the name of her child.
Hwanin, who collected intermediate spirits by sunset, was able to fill 39 of the 96 marbles he possessed with intermediate spirit marbles.
If possible, I would like to fill more than half with intermediate spirits, but it took more than 3 hours to collect 39 intermediate spirits and covered a radius of 30 km.
If he had taken Hwan-yeon with him, he would have been able to collect more conveniently, quickly, and more, but he had left the mission to Hwan-yeon.
Inevitably, the remaining 57 were filled with lower spirits such as light, water, fire, and wind.
If there is only a spirit, Hwanyeon can command that spirit to exert the corresponding attribute power and create the corresponding attribute material.
As much as I went into the ground, I took care of water and light just in case.
And in the middle of the night, as expected by Hwanin, the Chimera attacked at night.
A night raid consisting of 4 Awakened Chimeras and 40 Composite Chimeras who dragged their daytime troops as they were.
= Night raid!! Chimera’s Night Attack!!!
Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding—!!
Hwanin’s women as well as the knights listened to Hwanin’s warning and were on a break from battle, assuming a night battle, so the response was immediate.
=The unit commander of Radha emphasized the vigilance posture while tearing up the joint, and it worked.=
=It must have been because the owner warned us.=
=Anyway, the Awakened Chimera is coming. Shall I show it to the lord by avenging the humiliation of the day?=
=Of course.=
Isilite and Anne, who were firmly prepared, did not give in to the disturbance and diversion of the Awakened Chimera that arrived shortly after, and clashed with the three Awakened Chimera at a ratio of 3:2.
=Huh!=
=…… !!=
The moment Anne slashed her ground and gave the three of them a near-instantaneous stiffness of half a second, Isilite slashed her Chimera through the loins with a porcupine thorn with a huge greatsword of light, as if slicing through the darkness.
In less than 10 seconds after the first clash, Isilite and Anne Tag slayed an Awakened Chimera.
The 21 sky knights, including Miro = Radha, also generously showed their fighting spirit.
Against the 40 complex chimeras that survived the raid during the day, he was relentlessly attacking and separating the battle situation as if to avenge the grudge of his injured colleague.
Of course, it was thanks to the support of fantasy from the sky, Yurpa’s spiritism, thunderbolt amulet and vibrating bead bomb.
In the meantime, Hwan-in concentrated on living for the three-headed wolf chimera like daytime, holding her ankle and watching his girlfriends overwhelm the lamprey composite chimera and the eagle-gorilla composite chimera.
During the day, they couldn’t show their skills because they were caught up in unfamiliar fighting methods, but as if the two of them were one body, the wounds on the bodies of the two awakened chimeras were increasing as if it were enough to experience such an experience once.
= Oh, oh oh… Aaaaa—.=
Kirik, Kiririk.
Perhaps because of Hwanin’s intense concentration of life, a response begins to emerge from the woman’s head and insect’s head, which had been blunt like those of a corpse.
However, as if the wolf’s head was holding the control of the body, the wolf chimera’s green burning eyes were fixed only on Hwanin.
Come down let’s fight.
Hwanin laughed at the gaze of such blatant anger, raising his life force even more.
“Yes, it’s time to check your strength.”
Hwanin changed the barrier panel into a sword form and threw it at the three-headed wolf Chimera.
During the day, Yurpa has charged phase power to its maximum level. Now, it can be shot up to 100 times with a sword-shaped panel that is shorter than a short sword.
As expected, Chimera evaded lightly by taking a side step as expected.
Hwanin pointed out five directions for evasion and threw the sword again with a feint motion, and the three-headed wolf Chimera shattered all the swords by swinging the spider legs on his back, revealing his sharp teeth.
Kwajik!
At that moment, a 2-stacked lower soul arrow pierced the side of the Three-Headed Wolf Chimera as if it were piercing it.
The purpose of Hwanin was the failure of the three-headed wolf Chimera, who was unable to detect that it was a soul arrow in the first place, and could not read the transparent signs of attack amidst the noise of the battlefield.
The moment the Chimera’s movements stiffen due to soul-crushing pain, a wave of tranquility is also released and covers the Three-Headed Wolf Chimera.
Khuong!?
=Ahh-!!=
Clap clap clap.
The pain of being torn apart by the soul and the chaos of being dominated by the three consciousnesses of the body.
The three heads of the three-headed wolves screamed and ran wild in all directions, spraying venom with the tips of their spider legs.
It’s a pattern of seizures driven by pain.
“…….”
While bullets of poison like slime pierce everywhere, some fly this way and some fly towards the girlfriends and sky knights fighting.
I don’t know how strong that poison bullet is, but if you can get it out, you’d better get it out.
Hwan-in obeyed Bi-sang’s evasive maneuvers and shot the barrier panels to neutralize the poison bullets one by one, keeping an eye on the wolf chimera.
Oh oh oh oh oh!!
=…….=
…….
In the meantime, the three-headed wolf Chimera, who had been running rampant like a rabid dog with his side tattered, clattered into the sky as if in a fit, screaming, not howling, or screaming, and started running in one direction.
This is the direction where Isilite and Anne, who were slaughtering the two Awakened Chimeras, are located.
Since Hwan-in, who attracted the most aggro, did not come down from the sky, the next-ranked aggro was driven by the two women who were the next most annoying.
My first impression was that it was fast.
A three-headed wolf chimera that gets close to his girlfriends in an instant, making a roar like an f1 machine in one hundred and one second.
‘It’s an unanswerable, stupid choice. Does it have anything to do with that choice that the woman’s hair and the insect’s hair hang down?’
It may be the aftermath of being a normal wolf with his intellect, intelligence, and senses drastically reduced.
The three-headed wolf Chimera, which was running almost as if flying, was hit by soul arrows in the shoulders, back, and hind legs from Hwanin’s sighting shot, losing balance.
Kugugung, Kwagwang, Kwagwagwagak…… !
Hwanin muttered coldly amid the terrible noise of bones being shattered and flesh being crushed like clay.
“If I had targeted the Sky Knights, I could have killed at least a few of them.”
Saying that, Hwanin’s fingertips fired three double-layered soul arrows toward the Chimera’s head.
The Three-Headed Wolf Chimera, whose soul arrow was stuck in its brain through its eyeball, died immediately, and the Composite Chimera and the last two Awakened Chimeras, which were hit by Hwanin’s wave of tranquility, fell in confusion and died one after another.
=Saint, you worked hard!=
The expression of Miro = Radha, who defeated 4 Awakened Chimeras and 40 Mixed Chimeras without damage, is bright.
Hwanin asked a question to Miro = Radha with an expressionless expression.
“There is a story. How much is the largest and most weight-reducing subspace bag possessed by the Sky Knights?”
= Yes, yes? Uh, so it’s the size of one room, about 6m high by 10m wide. The weight reduction is about 70%. Why are you asking that…….=
“From now on, we enter the underground anthill. It would be nice if you could provide food and drinking water in that bag.”
=…… !=
He is extremely close to the next lord of Prabur, and rumor has it, but he is also in a deep relationship with the military commander Baek Chi-ryeong. He is also a saint, and through this battle, he learned that his fighting ability is also outstanding.
A person like that is asking for support because he will subdue the synthetic monster that absorbs the power of the professional and becomes very strong, and the corrupted Bardul that creates such a monster.
How can I refuse
Hwanin robbed Miro=Radha hesitantly of the backpack-sized Sky Knights supply transport bag for mountaineering, as if it was natural, and took food, drinking water, and all the tools used in the labyrinth from the storage room.
Food and drinking water for 42 days for 3 people + 1 fairy, camping tools for 3 people, and desalination magic tools for knights.
Her replenishment manager gave Miro = Radha a puzzled look as to whether this was okay, but she wasn’t the only one with a sharp edge.
I can only accept it quietly.
Hwanin, who gathered supplies while receiving the bewildered gazes of the knights, handed over a bag weighing about 27 kg to Anne, who had the strongest strength, and Isilite prepared for departure by carrying the same food and water in a smaller bag on her back. Finished
Hwanin asked Bisang, Yurpa, and Baekryeogang.
“It’s dangerous inside, so I can’t take Yurpa with me. So please wait in a safe place with Bijin and Baeknyeogang until we return.”
= Yes. Be careful.=
“Yes. Bisang, we must protect Yurupa and Baeknyeo River well.”
Kyup.
Suddenly, Maze-Rad, who had stolen the No. 1 knights’ equipment and some of the supplies that should ‘never’ be lost, blankly watched as the Hwanin party disappeared into the ant’s nest.
