Reincarnator

by Stayrr

Humanity has been gradually transported to the Abyss by a bored god to compete against other races and monsters.The problem is… humanity failed. In a last desperate push the strongest survivors chose a comrade to travel as far as possible back in time.

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Chapter 50 – Three Gateways (2)

Hansoo walked on the path and headed towards the outside.

His target was the entrance to another island.

The crossroad that lead towards the starting point of the third floor was connected to the end of the 2nd floor but it was also connected to other islands.

If you follow the paths then you will reach the tunnels that are connected to the other islands.

As he expected he saw a door that had light coming out from the gaps after a bit of walking and he saw a long bridge along with a giant island beyond it.

And when he walked outside he could see someone.

'It's a clansman of Taejin. Did Mihee ask a favor?'

Hansoo didn't know the details but he knew more or less where Taejin would go.

Hansoo smirked as he spoke to the clansman:

"Did you form an alliance?"

The clansman nodded.

"Our Lord formed an alliance with that Mihee. They are together right now. That person called Yerin separated because she said she was going a different way."

Hansoo just nodded.

"I just simply suggested a few things. Figure things out on your own."

The clansman who had been messaging back and forth asked Hansoo:

"Mihee is asking. When you will come back if you go now?"

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then answered back.

"One month. If it's fast."

As he said it, only if he was fast.

He wasn't sure how long it would take exactly.

'I need to come out before the tutorial ends.'

If not then it'll really be the end.

It wasn't that they let them go to the next area just because the tutorial was finished.

If they can't make a Ship then they would all die.

The clansmen made a sour expression.

"…I guess you'll come near the end."

50 days since they had come into the 2nd tutorial area.

After one month it'll be the stage which was the final part of the tutorial.

Hansoo laughed as he nodded.

"We might not even see each other."

Taejin's clansman nodded and then exchanged messages with the Lord above and spoke:

"He says he'll be doing just fine so have a good trip."

The clansman finished these words as he walked inside towards the crossroad.

Hansoo laughed slightly, warmed up his body and then prepared his Judgement and Justice Dekrados.

And then raised his head to look at the top of the tower, breathed in and out and stood at the outskirts of the tower.

'…To think to do such a thing. The fact that he found it is amazing.'

Hansoo thought of one of the Final Brigade's members, Ralph Lauren, as he shook his head.

Ralph Lauren, he had been dragged into the Otherworld while working as a professional rock climber.

The only thing Ralph Lauren, who had been charging through the tutorial with ease due to his strength, stamina and perseverance, thought of when he saw the tower.

This world gave something amazing every time you accomplish something amazing. Wouldn't there be something if you reach the top of this tower?

Anybody could climb up from the inside, couldn't they?

Ralph Lauren did not have such simple thoughts.

And after he had prepared inside the tower, he started to madly climb the outside of the tower starting from the second month and finally reached the top and got into the Final Dungeon, Three Gateways.

And had came out after barely breaking through the first gateway.

After not being able to even have an attempt at the second or third gateways.

Phew. There indeed was information regarding the 2nd and 3rd gateways but… it seemed like it was written to tell me to not get killed. So I didn't go. I just came out after clearing the first one. The reward was good enough with that much.

'First I will go up.'

Hansoo stabbed the Justice of Dekrados once at a time into the tower as he slowly climbed up.

Justice and Judgement of Dekrados basically acted as mountain climbing gear as it helped him climb up to the top.

Stab the dagger and step on top of it.

Stab the next dagger in, grab it with the right hand, fasten yourself with the chain and then retrieve the dagger which you had stabbed in before.

The action was simple but due to it being repeated very quickly, Hansoo climbed up the tower at an extreme speed like a spider climbing up a wall.

Padududk

And at the same time something started flying towards Hansoo.

Kaaaaaak!

Hansoo looked at the disgusting looking birds which were flying towards him and then frowned.

It looked like a bird but had a human's face with a wide mouth that had razor sharp teeth.

These guys existed for those who climbed the outskirts of the tower instead of going up from the inside.

'…Ralph Lauren. You were lucky.'

Ralph Lauren had started from the 4th floor when he climbed up so he had to deal with much less dangers.

But he didn't have enough time to go through the insides of the tower so he needed to climb up from below while going through all sorts of random beasts.

Since the time it would take to cross the Final Dungeon for him who needed to go through all 3 gateways would be longer than that of Ralph Lauren, who only went through one of the gateways.

The expected time of 1 month was just a prediction, it may even take longer.

'Charge through.'

Charururuk

And soon the Judgement of Dekrados, which was tied around Hansoo's body, sliced through the air ruthlessly.

"When the clansman comes we will head out."

Taejin, who had finished communicating, spoke to Mihee.

Taejin, who had seen Mihee nod slightly, shouted loudly towards the surrounding people:

"Are you all ok?"

And everyone who was below the Cross nodded their head as they breathed in and out roughly.

A slight amount of regret was mixed in the eyes of the people who were gathered here.

Since that Cross was a chance to revive somebody they love.

Taejin had hesitated as well.

Who will you kill to revive somebody? And even if you did revive someone else they will be in a state of a Tabula Rasa, are you even able to advance forward by working their share as well? I won't stop you from doing whatever you choose but you cannot if you want to be with us.

And a few people who could not stand it instantly left the group.

Mihee did not stop those people.

Since if she had someone she loved. And this was the last chance to save them then even she wouldn't be able to stop herself.

And then Taejin looked at Mihee as he spoke:

"All the people here gathered after looking at you. Be the center properly."

He had come here from Hansoo's suggestion but he would've left right away if he didn't like it.

It was the same for those who were here.

There was almost nobody left who had hopes of Hansoo joining back here.

'He has so many things to do. Will we be able to see him before we get out?'

He actually wasn't a great leader or something.

Since he would go with them if they followed but will just leave them if they aren't able to follow.

And there weren't many people who were of the level where they could follow him.

As if Taejin's words gave her strength, Mihee smiled slightly as she shouted at the people around her:

"Prepare yourself. We will resume after 10 minutes."

Hansoo was Hansoo and they had things they needed to do.

'I will keep as many alive as I can.'

Mihee clenched her teeth.

That was the greatest resistance that she could do against this damnable world and the fairy.

Save as many people as you can on the way up.

And soon, about 200 people started to head towards a different area after getting through the third floor.

'It took a whole day just to come up here.'

Hansoo retrieved the dagger he had been standing on as he looked at the small door at the top of the tower.

A very real-like moon despite the fact that it was located a few thousands meters up on the top of a tower.

And only a door was floating in the air, there were no other buildings behind the door.

Hansoo breathed in and out as he opened the door.

Kachak

And soon he could see a dark area on the insides of the door.

'It's real huh.'

Hansoo, who was going against the rough wind, stepped into the door and then closed the door.

And then he looked around the darkness and then looked towards the weapons that were hung around his body.

7 double-edged swords and eight blades.

18 medium and small-sized swords and the Dekrados Set.

Seven Striped Cape and other defensive gear.

Nurmaha's ring and eight smaller rings.

One necklace around his neck and a circlet.

These were all the best versions of their category which he could gain in the tutorial before the third floor.

And even the Demonic Jade Crystal as well as the Philosopher's stone that he gained at the treasure hunt.

Preparations were complete.

Hansoo touched his ear.

'…As I expected… it's very inefficient'

[Kang Hansoo] Strength (Colorless): 60.8%

Stamina (Colorless): 61.1%

Agility (Colorless): 66.7%

Perception (Colorless): 67.7%

Mana (Colorless): 58.7%

Magic (Colorless): 58.7%

Physical Resistance (Colorless): 58.7%

Magic Resistance (Colorless): 58.7%

The clansmen of the Dark Mad Lord were much stronger than other adventurers and there were over 150 of them.

But despite eating all of those he could only raise his stats by around 40%.

Even if it was inefficient, it was a number that could never be reached by simply hunting monsters.

The amount he had raised by staying here for 50 days was a mere 25%.

Even if he focused on hunting for the last month, he would've reached at most 50%.

Since he had to decrease the efficiency with the Rune Eater Snake and had to raise the Nurmaha's Ring as well.

'Though it's a bit risky… I'm going in.'

His stats were good enough to go through the 2nd gateway of the 3 gateways so it was good enough.

The 1st gateway was hard but it was just the reward for those who had climbed up the tower.

According to Ralph Lauren's intel, the difficulty raised significantly starting from the 2nd gateway and the problem with the runes will be solved if one could clear the 2nd gateway.

'It's the start.'

Hansoo jumped down towards the inside.

"These crazy times. Phew… they're all very zealous. Just to save somebody they know. Right?"

Jimin sighed tiredly as she looked at the few tens of people they had forced to kneel beneath the Cross.

Yerin chuckled at Jimin's words.

Since it would've been hard for her too if her clan wasn't made of special forces.

Standing on the same side as Taejin in Central Island was a stroke of good fortune.

If not then she would've shared the fate of the nine dead Lords among the eleven of them.

"But why have you told us to suppress the non-clansmen? We have already reached the limit of how many we can have in the clan."

Yerin laughed quietly as she spoke.

"Bigger sister has something she thought of. Let's see…"

Yerin breathed in deeply as she shouted towards the clansmen.

"Bring nine of the non-clansmen people over there."

"Pardon?"

Yerin pointed at the cross as she giggled.

"And let's save these guys here."

"Pardon?"

"These guys were Lords."

And then Yerin pointed towards the nine people out of the countless in the Cross.

Nine Lords who had gone missing along with Guktae in Central Island.

She hadn't known if they had died or not but it seemed like they did since their faces came up on the cross.

'This is a jackpot.'

She didn't know if the psychic powers would come back or not.

But according to the fairy's words they will have the memory and physique of themselves before coming in here.

Which means the chances of them manifesting such things like the psychic powers were very high.

She couldn't do anything about those she didn't know but how could she let go of these people who had the chances of becoming a Lord.

"Uaaaak!"

"Aak!"

Yerin made a content smile as she looked at the nine people getting Eaten in the grave below the cross.

Even if she didn't put them into the clan, what would they be able to do if she always looks after them with blades up against their backs.

And with this the amount she will be able to control will increase tenfold, to one thousand from one hundred.

'Very good.'

A newcomer shouted towards Yerin at one of somebody in the cross while she looked at the nine Lords who were growing out of the ground.

"Oh yeah. Lord. This guy is probably a Lord too."

"This guy?"

Yerin made a strange expression as she looked at the man who had just appeared in the Cross.

'It means he just died.'

The clansman who had been speaking to Yerin nodded.

"Yes. I noticed him because I had come to the tower a bit earlier and I saw people move in a large group with this guy as the center… this guy is probably a Lord too. It seemed like he had quite a lot of people but… it seems like he died in the tower."

It wasn't weird even for a Clan Lord to die since it was very dangerous.

Since the 3rd floor that they had gone through was that dangerous too.

There was a chance where the injured forces from the 2nd floor could die while crossing.

"Yeah? Then drag one more over here."

And then another person was shoved into the grave as another man grew out of the ground.

Jimin made a content expression as she looked at the 10 male and female Lords in Total.

She asked the last guy who had come up because she wanted to know his name.

Since she knew everyone else's name but didn't know the new guy's.

"What is your name?"

The man made a confused expression and then muttered out his name.

"Wongyung… I'm called Wongyung. But where is this? I was clearly with Ahee in Myungdong…"

"Wongyung… Good."

Yerin smiled contently again at the 10 people.

'I hope we can meet more people from now on.'

If an empty space appears, you need to fill it up.

And that won't be much of a problem.

Since there will still be plenty of people in the tower.

'From now on… I'll lead.'

Yerin laughed coldly.

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Chapter 51 – Red Zone (1)

Kuuuuuuu.

Sky Road, the stage which held the second tutorial.

And the giant tower that was located above at the island at the top.

A large amount of water was rising up to the tower.

To be specific, all the islands were falling beneath the sea at a very fast rate.

It had already been a while since the water came up to the first floor of the tower and the slowly rising water seemed like it would go over the third floor soon.

Chiiiiiizik.

The blazing third floor started to get flooded by the poisonous sea as all the flames started to get extinguished.

A situation where it won't be long until the whole tower would be submerged beneath the sea.

And a small door that was located at the top of this tower opened as somebody came out.

A man in a mess who was covered in blood.

"Goddamnit… for that thing to come out at the very end. It took way too long."

Hansoo grinded his teeth.

There weren't any artifacts that weren't damaged either.

A few seemed to be in good condition but they all turned into dust that scattered as if they had a problem with them.

'It seems I must renew them all'.

These artifacts couldn't be used in the Red Zone, where he will be soon, anyways.

And it wasn't really a waste if what he had gained was taken into account.

Hansoo, who threw out every artifact on his body other than the Nurmaha's Ring, estimated the time and then clicked his tongue.

'…There's two hours left now.'

90th day.

2 hours before the tutorial ends.

After seeing the way the water was rising, everything would be submerged after two hours.

Most people would have already set off.

Hansoo jumped off as he looked below the tower and dug his hand onto the wall of the tower.

Kwadududuk.

The red, and not colorless, runes started to twist the laws of Hansoo's body and his hands, which had been strengthened by this, started to smash the walls.

And Hansoo kept that speed, from the rebound force of his action, constant as he rode down the tower.

Hooooooong.

'Go through from the 4th floor.'

The entrance which Ralph Lauren had come out from.

And the tower's topmost floor.

'It'll be a bit tight. To make the Ship.'

You needed the Ship prepared by the fairy in order to go from the Colorless Zone to the Red Zone.

Since this place would completely sink.

Hansoo ran towards the Preparation Area on the 4th floor as fast as he could.

"Goddamnit! Those bitches from the Clan Alliance! For them to really leave us and go!"

Gumchan and the seven others grinded their teeth as they searched around the insides of the jungle.

'Those crazy bastards… they leave even when they had room to spare?'

There wasn't much resentment about the Ship made by the Free Alliance, which had set off 4 days ago, since they were the ones who chose not to get on but they didn't know that the guys of the Clan Alliance would act like this.

And because of that they were searching around the jungle like this.

"Hurry! We need to find the Kuron Parasite and get it over there!"

Kuron Parasite.

They had gathered all of the other materials for the Ship in the 2 days after the departure of the Clan Alliance but they didn't acquire the Kuron Parasite yet.

And the fairy would only make the Ship for them if they give the Kuron parasite to it.

But one of the people running spoke while making an anxious expression.

"Hey! But the Kuron Parasite is…"

Then Gumchan shouted as he grinded his teeth.

"Dammit! Then what! We can't make the Ship without that!"

Kuron Parasite.

There wasn't much about it.

It was so weak that it would die if you tapped it around a bit.

The problem was where they parasited on.

Galapagon Crocodile.

A 30m big giant crocodile that lived in the swamps of the inner parts of the wide 4th floor.

It had kindly been written in the catalogue for making the Ship by the fairy that it lived in the inside of the Galapagon Crocodile's mouth.

Since there were basic explanations about the Ship and the places to gather the material for it.

They had promised themselves that they would never come back here after seeing an adventurer, who was trying to get the material, get his leg torn off but for them to come back here like this.

'Dammit… there's nothing we can do.'

Gumchan grinded his teeth.

They had to make the Ship.

A few people, who had gotten anxious after the Clan Alliance left, cut off a few trees in the jungle and tried to get to the Red Zone by making a raft and getting onto the sea.

The result was misery in itself.

They had all died after getting infected from the waves of poison.

You could stay afloat for a while but if you sink then your whole body will melt.

The fairy giggled at that as if it was extremely funny and spoke.

Oh my. I told you to bring the materials because of this. I didn't even tell you do make it. I said we'll give it to you if you get the materials. Though the Ship made by us looks a bit flimsy, it's the greatest consideration towards the comfort of the adventurer. Theres… 39 hours left now.

And everyone who had seen this started searching the Preparation Area all around the 4th floor.

Since they might really melt down if they aren't able to get the materials in time.

This was already 2 days ago.

And now there were probably less than 2 hours left.

The Free Alliance and the Clan Alliance each made a giant Ship that would still have space left after holding 2000 people.

They had become like this because they saw each of the 500 Free Alliance and the 600 Clan Alliance make a Ship to carry 2000 and had thought that they would take them and had leisurely hunted.

If they had faithfully prepared the Ship for a month then they wouldn't have fallen into such a dangerous situation.

'Dammit… We should've gotten the materials despite the dangers. Or we should have followed the Free Alliance.'

After a bit of running, he could see the shady swamp in the distance.

"…Why did they make such a large Ship if they weren't gonna take us with them."

He had run in a hurry but then he felt anxious again.

If the monsters they needed to kill in order to get the materials were easy then they would've done so already.

But as if it wasn't only him who had thought this, the footsteps of 6 others behind him were slowing down as well.

And at that moment a voice was heard above them.

"You aren't going to kill it? Then I shall do it."

"Uuk?"

When they looked up after getting shocked they could see a man running between the branches of the jungle.

And there was a very unique thing about him.

'…He has nothing on his body?'

To have nothing on his body.

Unlike the third floor of the tutorial where everyone had been separated, the fourth floor was a large area where all the survivors could stay together.

Of course it was a huge area but they had seen a lot of different kinds of people due to the fact that the areas weren't isolated.

And a few people out of the 2000 survivors caught the eye.

Like Park Gyungmi's special force clan that was famous for being a small group of elites despite her being a Lord.

The incredibly strong guy with a strange mask.

But it was the first time he had someone run about without anything on their body.

'No. He has a single ring on.'

They didn't have any solutions but this guy was something else.

No, he didn't even know how to deal with this because such a unique guy had suddenly popped out.

"Well yeah. Since there's more than one of them."

Even before they could do anything, the guy who had finished talking ran into the swamp.

They gazed blankly for a moment and then asked Gumchan.

"What are you going to do?"

Gumchan pondered for a moment and then opened his mouth.

"It seems like he's going to fight, we should go and see the situation as we…"

Boooom!

Before he could finish his words, a dark golden light penetrated through the swamp along with a giant noise.

Kuuuuaaaak!

And then a very loud scream that vibrated throughout the swamp exploded out.

Galapagon Crocodile's Scream.

When the surprised group ran over, they saw an unbelievable sight.

The giant crocodile had its skull crushed and the man was pulling out the Kuron Parasite from the insides of its mouth which he had split apart.

'…the fuck. What did he crush it with? Skill?'

The thickness of his skull that they could see between the broken bones were over 50 cm thick and it seemed like it wasn't normal bones from the shininess.

But it had been broken apart like tofu.

The fourth floor was indeed very large but it wasn't so wide to the point where a rumor wouldn't get spread around.

If he was that strong than they should've at least heard about him at least once but they had never heard about him.

'Is that him? He doesn't have the chain scythe and dagger…'

And as they heard, that guy did not use any skills ever.

There was probably a reason why he couldn't use it.

But that shining light was definitely the effect of a skill.

'Dammit… I don't know who he is. Did he gain something through a fortuitous encounter or something.'

While Gumchan was shocked, one of the people with Gumchan shouted out even before he could stop him,

"Hey! Wait a moment!"

"Hmm?"

When the guy turned around one of the people behind Gumchan shouted loudly.

"It seems like you don't have a Ship either, how about going with us? We have everything but that parasite!"

Though they wanted to get a free ride only a single Kuron Parasite lived within each crocodile.

And he didn't know what that guy did but for him to have the strength to crush that giant crocodile with a single strike meant that opposing him in terms of strength was impossible.

The Galapagon Crocodile itself was burdensome, it didn't make any sense to go up against such a person who killed it with a single strike.

But there was no need to actually fight.

The Ship they could make with the materials they had and the Kuron Parasite could easily hold ten people.

It was enough for them seven and that one man to get on.

"Oh…!"

While Gumchan made a satisfied expression, a few people came through the swamp while gasping for air.

"What? You gained the Kuron Parasite?"

They were all gasping for air and had lights shining in their eyes.

They could only be anxious since they didn't make the Ship while the toxic water was rising by the minute.

They had gained all the easy materials in the two days after the Clan Alliance had left but there were more people who had been wandering around the swamp due to the fear of it than they had thought.

They had all gathered here as they heard the scream of the Galapagon Crocodile dying.

The man standing in the front shouted loudly at Hansoo.

"Hey! Did you kill it for those guys? Then help us kill it too!"

And then Gumchan shouted in confusion.

"What are you talking about! We didn't tell him to kill it but rather gave a proposal! Do you think we're trying to get a free ride? We're willing to give him all the other materials!"

Then the man standing in the very front smiled.

"Then that's even better. Does it really need to be you guys?"

"What?"

The man ignored Gumchan and then shouted at Hansoo.

"We have all the other materials as well! But our Ship is a 20 man Ship! We just couldn't get the Ship because we didn't have the parasite that the Galapagon Crocodile was guarding over! Isn't it better for you guys to go to a bigger Ship?"

The man spoke with confidence.

As he saw it, the amateurs over there had only seven people.

The Ship they were preparing were probably a 10 man.

On the other hand they had 13 people and had a bit more leisure so the Ship they had prepared was a 20 man Ship of a slightly larger size.

Wouldn't they be better.

Gumchan grinded his teeth at those words.

It was just as he said.

They looked at the Ships that were crossing the dangerous looking sea on the direction that the fairy had pointed to.

It wasn't an issue of people on board.

It was just that they would be safer the more materials they invested in order to get a bigger Ship from the fairy to travel much more safely.

The fact that a lot of people could get on was just a side effect.

But it wasn't only Gumchan who had become desperate at those words.

There really wasn't much time left anymore.

"You bastard! If you do that then we have the materials as well! Let's go with us!"

"With us!"

"Dammit! Then at least get one for us each! We're all going to die!"

'Hmm…'

Hansoo watched the chaos around him as he shook his head and spoke.

"I don't need those materials."

"…What?"

"I'll be making a 500 man Ship. You guys use that by yourselves."

'…Isn't this guy just a maniac. Making a 500 man Ship for himself?'

Yohan, who had been making the 20 man Ship, was speechless.

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Chapter 52 – Red Zone (2)

'This bitch… is he saying that he's going to gain all those materials in the remaining time?'

Yohan was speechless.

It wasn't that you needed a large amount of materials for a big Ship.

Since though it was called materials, you didn't make the ship with those materials.

Actually the materials felt more like currency for buying the Ship.

But of course it wasn't easy just because it was like that.

The more expensive the Ship was, a core for which the difficulty of gaining rose exponentially was added into it.

The Kuron Parasite was the core ingredient for the ships with a capacity of 30 people or less.

The Ships which could hold over 30 people needed the Red Spotted Salamander's heart and the 2000 man sized Ships which the large clans rode on needed the skull of the Volcanic Bear which there were only two of on all of the fourth floor.

The core item needed for the 500 man Ship was Nokrokrok Lizard's heart.

The two clans which weren't part of an alliance and had made this ship received quite a large amount of casualties while hunting this guy.

While Yohan was thinking random things, Hansoo shouted as he flew off.

"Don't worry. I'll let you guys ride on it."

"…What?"

Hansoo smirked at the reply which seemed like that they had misheard.

Why would he let all 100 of them die after making the ship?

These guys couldn't make the ship during the remaining time.

"If you want to get on then go chop down some Arun Trees and get some Kelk's Mucus Sac. That's the fee for the ride. I'll see you at the entrance."

"Hey! Hey! Hey wait over there!"

Yohan shouted out in a panic but Hansoo had already disappeared into the distance.

Everyone looked at each other as if they were guarding against each other but then started to speak out one at a time.

There were 2 choices.

To either gain the ride fee like that guy had said.

Or to make the ship and leave like that.

"What do we do?"

"Shall we… group up and fight?"

"We need at least five 20-man ships in order to have enough capacity for 100 people… we need at least 10 Kuron Parasites. We can't kill 10 of them in 2 hours."

"Dammit…."

The fact that they had been gathered like had actually become the problem.

They could easily catch three or four since 100 people were gathered like this.

But they couldn't make ships for all 100 people to get on with that.

There will be a bloody battle.

"…Goddamnit."

Yohan frowned.

Could that guy really gain all the materials to make the 500 man ship?

Because then there was nothing much more to do.

Since they will be thankful to him too.

'But if he said that to make us calm down…'

He may just make a 10 man ship and leave like that.

'Then we won't simply die.'

If that happened then they will at least break his ship apart.

'But why is he telling us to bring these?'

Kelk Mucus Sac and Arun Tree weren't part of the necessary materials.

And the amount he had requested was quite a lot.

If you take into account of the hardness of the Arun Tree than all 100 people still needed to work hard after splitting up.

'First I'll move.'

Since it was rather cheap fee for a ride.

'Please… let us thank you.'

Getting abandoned once was enough.

And soon everyone dispersed into numerous directions.

Kuuuuuuu

'Nokrokrok Lizard.'

Hansoo flew around and then whipped at the lizard's chin after making a tight tist.

Booooom!

The Dark Golden light that had run up Hansoo's arm gathered in his hands and then exploded. The lizard got hit in the head, tumbled for a while and then died.

Hansoo started to search around the corpse of the lizard.

'Let's see… I should take the part where the great arteries of the three hearts combine right?'

Three hearts.

Which was why they didn't count.

The part where the arteries of the three hearts combined, which there was only one of, counted.

Hansoo took out the essence of the material and then moved his position to the where he had came in from the outside.

There were people gathering there with the Arun Trees and Kelk Mucus Sac along with anxious expressions.

"Let's go."

Everyone's facial tone changed but made a slightly suspicious expression too.

They could only be sensitive since their lives were on the line.

And they couldn't believe the fact that he had gained the materials for a 500 man Ship in such a short time.

"Did you really get them?"

Hansoo nodded as Yohan, who had been standing in the front, asked with a slightly suspicious expression.

"Hurry and get over here. There's less than 30 minutes left now."

Hansoo then walked towards the toxic waters that had filled up to the lower areas of the fourth floor and started to stack all the materials he had gained.

'…How do things keep coming out from that small pouch? He killed all them within the two hours?'

The people made expressions of fear.

Numerous parts of different beast's corpses were coming out endlessly.

"Uuuuhh…"

While the people made scared expressions while watching the toxic waters which seemed like they could rise up at any moment, the fairy appeared in front of their eyes.

"Wow! Congratulations! You gathered all the materials! First I will Congratu…"

"Please hurry with the ship first!"

Somebody shouted loudly.

They had realized that they wouldn't die even if they talked like that to the fairy.

And the situation where the toxic waters may reach their feet at any time had made them even more anxious.

There were 30 minutes left but this was the time left for the whole fourth floor to get submerged.

If they were even 5 minutes late then the place they were standing at may all be submerged.

The fairy smiled as it spoke.

"Oh my. Sorry. You're probably anxious. The ship you guys will ride on this…This! The ship which successfully sailed the Ketil Sea!"

As soon as the fairy's words ended all the materials melted and disappeared.

And toxic waters starting boiling as a giant bubble appeared.

Right before the bubble seemed like it would blow up the sea split as a giant Ship appeared.

A Ship the size of a cruiseship.

While everyone was marveling at the high class looking ship, Yohan spat coldly at the fairy.

"You will control that? There isn't anyone here who knows how to control a ship."

It was hard enough to control a modern yacht alone, how hard would it be to control that giant Ship.

Since the only ship control they knew was a pirate captain shouting while spinning the steering wheel of a strange-looking ship. (*PR Note: One Piece reference?)

The fairy just smiled at those words.

"Don't worry. We will sail the ship for you guys as a service the first time so rest comfortably. Heehee. The estimated date of arrival is 3 days! If you leave it alone it will go to the Red Zone but if you want to change the direction then the controls are in the middle of the deck. The controls aren't hard."

Everybody sighed in relief.

They were able to barely escape 30 minutes before they were about to get submerged along with the whole island.

But Yohan frowned slightly.

'…The first sail is free as service?'

And for them to allow them to turn direction.

Doesn't that mean that there are going to be instances where they might have to change the direction of the ship?

While Yohan was making a rather dirty expression, Hansoo's voice was heard from above:

"What are you doing. Get on. Bring the Kelk Mucus Sacs and the wood."

"Hnng?"

Chiiiik

"Uaaak! It got all the way up here!"

"Hurry and get on! Hurry!"

It wasn't that they were going to melt down right away but they will melt down if they were to be submerged.

As the toxic water started to melt the soles of their shoes, everyone flew their body up to the ship along with the mucus sacs and the wood in a hurry.

Even if they were weak, they were people with superhuman physiques in the normal world.

Getting onto a ship of this height was merely a joke.

And when all the people got onto the ship, the sails of the ship flapped back and forth as it started it move magically.

The giant ship then started to lead them towards the next area, the Red Zone.

"Let's all introduce ourselves. I'm called Yohan. Thank you for letting me on."

Everyone gathered on the deck of the ship and started to introduce themselves.

Since no matter how much they liked or hated each other, they were on the same ship and be with each other for 3 days, or more.

And when it became Hansoo's turn, everyone started focusing on him.

Since he was the person who got caught in the eye the most.

He didn't have anything on.

He didn't have any equipment on him.

But he was strong.

Hansoo spoke as he looked at them.

"I am called Kang Hansoo."

Everyone nodded their heads.

And a few of the expressions brightened up.

If a strong guy was a crazy guy then it would be extremely dangerous.

They had gotten on the ship due to their anxious minds but if a guy this strong were to go crazy on a ship where they could not run away then it would become very troublesome.

But from the way he was acting he was one of the few people who were still sane.

Yohan nodded his head slightly on the inside.

'So it was this guy…'

This guy was extremely famous.

Since he had stood out since Central Island.

But there was a question.

'There hasn't been anybody who has seen this guy in the Tower.'

Even if they went to different islands they were bound to meet on the 4th floor.

Since that was how it was structured.

But there wasn't anybody who had seen this guy prior to the 2 hours before the departure.

And because of this they had thought he died but for him to be alive.

'Well. There is no need to make trouble.'

There was no need to create trouble when they were going to be together for 3 days.

As everyone's introduction's ended, everyone looked around the ship with comfortable expressions and spoke out.

"Anyways… are we going to rest like this for 3 days?"

Everyone made blissful expressions.

The three months of the tutorial was constant tensions and fighting.

They could only feel comfortable since they were allowed to rest for 3 days in a rather luxurious ship.

And as they went below the deck, they could see some delicious things as if they were services.

But Hansoo shook his head.

The fairy had told them.

That they don't really lay their hands on them once the tutorial ends.

But that was basically because there was they was no need to anymore.

'Tsk. I wanted to make a 2000 man ship originally.'

He wanted to make the biggest ship, and probably could've made it with leisure but his plans had been screwed because the difficulty of the third gate was higher than he had thought.

2 hours was far from enough time even for someone like him.

'Though the 500 man ship isn't bad…'

It wasn't that the amount of people the ship could carry was important but rather the defenses and durability of the ship increased as the size got bigger.

And because of this the people here had to do well.

'They need to pay for their own food.'

Hansoo mumbled as he looked towards the distant sea.

"It's enough to make a 30 man ship right? There's no reason to make a giant ship right?"

One of the people who had been on the ship that was sailing towards the Red Zone shouted out loudly.

Everyone then chuckled as they nodded.

Their ship was basically a raft compared to the giant ship the alliances had sailed off on but if you take into account that the few hundred of them had run around for a whole month, this ship was much better in terms of efficiency.

'As I thought… this is better than struggling to make a 100 man or 200 man ship.'

They didn't really feel like they had spare room since 30 people were riding on a 30 man ship but this discomfort just needed to be held in when they were going to arrive in 3 days.

'Though the free alliance guys asked us to go with them…'

Those guys were very annoying because they had a lot of things they set limits on.

And joining a clan was a bit unsettling due to the fact that his feelings would get changed by itself.

This was better even if they suffer a little bit.

"Let's rest a bit for 3 days. Since we struggled hard until now."

Everyone nodded their heads at these words.

How much had they suffered in order to create this.

They struggled a lot in by going into dangerous hunting grounds and hunting by themselves.

'But this was still a smart decision.'

They laughed inwardly at the people who were still at the tower or have submerged under the waters.

How would they trust the alliance guys and wait for them.

Their lives were on the line.

Those guys had laughed at them when they were making the ship but the ones who had survived in the end were them.

'It sounds like the story of the ant and the cicada'. (*PR Note: A Jean de la Fontaine fable)

And now they had to rest well with this as the reward.

Since the life on the place they will arrive at won't be comfortable.

'Mountain Range of the World Tree… the name's really good though.'

While they were thinking of the name of the Red Zone that the fairy had told them, a fearsome sound came from the floor.

Kuzak.

Chew. Chew.

Kududuk.

Everyone made anxious expressions at the strange sounds as they rose up.

"Where's this coming from?"

"It's below the ship…"

"I'll go check."

One person went below very carefully.

And then came back up while screaming.

"Fuck!! Some bastard is making holes on the bottom of the ship!"

"What!!"

Everybody freaked out as they bounced out of their seats.

How could swimming across 3 days worth of travel on a ship on this toxic waters be possible?

And they had clearly seen the people who tried to cross on rafts.

If this ship sinks then it'll be a massacre.

Everyone madly ran down.

And then freaked out at the three-pronged spears coming up from below the ship.

Everyone run towards it while swinging their swords crazily at the sight of the toxic waters pouring in.

"Fuck, block it!"

"These bastards won't come inside! This bitches just keep jabbing from the outside!"

"Goddamit! Somebody go into the sea and get them off while we block them from here!"

Everyone flinched at those words.

'Jump into the toxic waters?'

They could fight to some degree.

Since their bodies didn't melt right away even if they were toxic waters.

But the probability of death rose by tens of times.

'Fuck… we should've made a bigger ship.'

Then the holes wouldn't have been made this easily and they could've used long range skills to kill them off during that time.

"Damnit!"

"Ahhhk."

Everyone made expressions of despair as they looked at the slowly sinking ship.

Almost 10 thousand tutorial areas.

All the ships that started from different tutorial areas, that numbered up to a few tens of thousands if they were all combined, had the same thing occurring to them at the same time.

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Chapter 53 – Red Zone (3)

Yohan made a satisfied expression at the distance sea from the deck of the ship.

'It's nice.'

100 people who consisted of 8 groups.

They went into deciding where they would stay on the ship for the next 3 days naturally.

A slight war of nerves had occurred since the good spots were limited even in the same ship.

But even if they were a mere 100 people there were still differences.

Him and his comrades were among the strongest of the 100 and because of this they gained the privilege to stay in the most comfortable part in the ship.

'This is it. Very nice.'

Yohan, who had regained the superiority which he couldn't have while the clan alliance guys were around, smiled in good spirits.

Though there was something that remained stuck on his mind.

'I just can't figure out what he is thinking.'

Yohan looked at Hansoo who was standing in the middle of the deck while looking at the distant sea.

This was a result that sprouted from Hansoo not acting out despite being the strongest person out of the 100.

He had let them on board but didn't really care about them.

'He's the problem.'

Yohan pondered while looking at Hansoo and then nodded his head.

'As I thought… there is a need to create a relation with that guy.'

Though he didn't really know how long they'll be together, if you say that they were going to be together for a while then there was nothing bad about having a good relation with that guy.

No, it was actually extremely good.

Since as long as he could show others that he was close to him, others will fall under them.

Though their current influence was a bit on the bigger side it was not that bigger than those of others nor was it perfect.

2 things were needed in order for them to solidify their influence.

They needed to slowly pull in the other groups and create a rather good relationship with Hansoo at the same time.

'Well the two things aren't much different anyway'.

Once he unites everyone from the other party then Hansoo won't be able to ignore him anymore and vice versa, if he were to get close to Hansoo then everyone else will listen to his words more closely.

'It seems like he's young too… there isn't a human in the world who doesn't like to be well-treated.'

For that he needed to converse with him.

Since he needed to find out about Hansoo's tastes.

'It'll be nice if he likes something like women or something.'

Right as Yohan got up from the deck and tried to walk towards where Hansoo was, a noise was heard from behind.

"….ave me!"

"Huh?"

Yohan frowned as he looked at the person shouting in the sea in the distance.

He couldn't see or hear clearly because it was too far but the sound got clearer as the ship approached more and more.

'…who is it?'

"Dammit! Dammit! Save me! The ship passing by!"

"What? What's going on?"

As the noise got louder and louder, everyone got out from their rest and then looked beyond the deck.

A familiar ship that was half sunk and destroyed.

People were shouting from above the giant ship that was smaller than the one they had but could still carry 50 people.

It seems like they have gotten stuck on a rock while running away after getting attacked.

They had stopped sinking because they were caught on top of the rock but it was clear what would happen to them if they stayed like that.

But they made a cold expression when they saw the people on the deck.

'I remember.'

It was hard to forget.

Since they could remember the lines those guys had told them when they left them behind.

You lazy bastards! You want us to let you on board when you were playing around while the others were working hard building the ship? Don't have any shame. Did you contribute a single piece for the construction of the ship? And where do you want us to use people like you.

'It seems the situation has changed.'

They could save them if they use the controls but there was no need to direct their ship into the area with the rocks.

And those guys were well organized as a group and strong too.

Once those guys come over on this ship then the balance will fall towards those guys in an instead.

'That wouldn't do.'

Yohan laughed coldly and then shouted.

"Screw off! You bitches!"

"Uahahahaha!"

The other people started to laugh too.

Since the view of others suffering while they were in safety was very pleasing.

But while the people were laughing from this weirdly worked up situation, the ship started to tilt and turn.

"Huh? What is this?"

"Huhh?"

The people panicked as they looked at the center of the deck.

And Hansoo was turning the controls with a leisurely expression in that spot.

A few people grinded their teeth as they shouted.

"What! Why are you turning it!"

They could not look over those guys if they took into account of the despair they had felt when those guys left them behind.

But to go save them by turning the ship into an area where there might be rocks.

But Hansoo shook his head.

'It's better to have more on board.'

"We should save those we can. Be friendly with them."

The others shouted at Hansoo's words.

"Goddamit! Do you even know what's over there! That's a region of rocks!"

Being strong was being strong but is he even allowed to ignore them all and decide on his own just because he has the power.

Even if the ship was his, there were a hundred people on board so why would he take the path that lead to danger.

Yohan was flustered from a different reason.

'What is that crazy guy even thinking.'

Yohan grinded his teeth.

He didn't want to give up all 100 people and Hansoo.

No, this was just the start. He might be able to get bigger once he got to the Red Zone.

If he gets the 100 people and Hansoo around him with himself as the center, his influence will increase in size like a snowball.

But if that guy acts the way he wanted like that then he had to give up one of the two.

Since he can't tie them together if they hate each other.

'Damn. It is because he's still childish.'

There was no point of having a lot of people if they couldn't group up.

No, it was actually worse.

They had understood this in the tutorial stage already.

And it was hard for them 100 and the people over there to mix.

Since the enmity between them was big already.

Why did they have to carry such people as them.

'It's not good. It's not good.'

Yohan shook his head inwardly but then walked towards Hansoo after fixing his impression.

"Why are you turning the ship? I'm not saying let's not save the people but the inner parts of that place there is too dangerous. It's all rocks. And why are you approaching them if we don't even know what had turned them into such a mess? Are you trying to put 100 people in danger just to save 50 people?"

The people nodded their heads.

Though they had thoughts of leaving the 50 people to die because they didn't like them but the biggest reason, and the reason they wouldn't get hated for, was the thing Yohan had said.

Yohan continued his speech,

"I understand that you are strong, but I believe you wouldn't be able to save us if the ship sinks right?"

Hansoo laughed and spoke.

"Are those two things the problem?"

Yohan felt a little off from looking at the laughing Hansoo but he nodded.

Though there were other reasons, it was a bit too embarrassing to speak out loud.

"Yeah. So we should…"

But even before he could finish his words, Hansoo turned the control after shrugging.

Everyone made expressions of satisfaction at that.

The fact that Hansoo hadn't ignored their words felt better than the fact that they had gained safety.

It was the same for Yohan too.

'Yeah. You aren't something that lives alone, isn't it good for the 100 of us to have a good relationship on the way.'

But there wasn't much reason why Hansoo had changed the controls again.

'Well. They all got on anyway.'

Tuk

Tututuk

"These bitches. Repeat what you said before."

Yohan frowned at the voices that came from the back of the deck.

"…goddamit."

The 50 who had gotten on the ship by throwing parts of the ship on the water and creating a path were staring at the 100 people who were originally on the ship.

Though they were a few hundreds meters away, such a thing wasn't hard for them.

But Hansoo frowned.

"Don't be loud. It's coming soon."

It was more advantageous the more people you had.

"What?"

Boooom!

Kududuk.

Ududud.

At the same time a noise of something getting destroyed and torn apart could be heard below.

At the same time the expressions of the 50 people who had gotten on the ship turned pale.

"Fuck… didn't it follow other ships."

"What? You guys know something?"

While Yohan frowned and asked the guys who had come over, Hansoo jumped on top of the railings and looked below.

'It came.'

Cursed Survivor.

The things that blocked the path that lead from the tutorial area to the starting point of the Red Zone.

These guys couldn't come out of the water.

Since they could only live in the water due to receiving the curse of the toxic waters.

They didn't really have a way of eating people from one look but the choice they made was very simple.

If they couldn't go hunting for people they just needed to pull the humans down.

These guys recklessly attacked the ships passing from the tutorial area to the Red Zone and created holes.

Then once the people sunk they would wait for the bodies to get marinated by the toxic waste and then consume them once they get soggy enough.

The fact that these guys who just got onto the ship had survived was due to them being on top of the rock.

The most threatening part about these guys was that they could not come out of the waters,

And from the human's point of view they had to go into the toxic waters to kill them so it would only be unattractive.

They wouldn't even had gotten scratches if it was the 2000 man ship but a 500 man ship will constantly receive holes if those guys attacked.

As he expected, the people who heard the noise below and went down came back screaming.

"Goddam bastards! They're putting holes on the floor!"

"Swing your sword or something at least!"

"Damnit! How do you want me to fight them if the toxic waters are pouring in!!!"

"At least cut off the trident".

Yohan grinded his teeth within the chaos.

"Can we not even reach them…"

How were they going to attack the things below.

Even if they were to use long range attacks then it will still take forever if they wanted to get rid of the guys sticking by the ship as well.

And they couldn't jump into the sea when they didn't even know what was down there.

Though they could resist the toxic waters for a while with resistances and skills but it was still extremely dangerous.

And they were holding on quite well because it was the 500 man ship, if it was a smaller ship than it would've become a mess in a moment.

"Dammit! Those with Reinforce skills come here!"

They had to jump in and get them off somehow.

And the people with defensive skills such as Reinforce would survive in the waters and be able to fight .

Since Reinforce apart from raising the resistance, had also to a certain point the effect of blocking external matters.

But the people frowned as they backed off.

'Dammit… I wouldn't go in either.'

Yohan grinded his teeth.

He didn't even know how strong the things below were.

And even if they were to get rid of the toxic waters, how would anyone jump into the dark seas where you can't even see everywhere.

Most people were afraid of plunging into unknown depths.

Hansoo spoke as he looked at them:

"I don't need you guys, so people with reinforce skills go down below and remove the tridents from them. Since the newcomers have all gotten on let's go pay for the meal. People with skills fight them by sticking close to the railings."

"What? Hey! What are you trying to do!!"

Yohan panicked as he looked at Hansoo.

The actions of Hansoo, who was stretching his body while looking at the water below from the railings, was quite obvious.

It means that he will go into the waters.

'Is he insane?'

Yohan panicked.

That guy was not a guy who could die in such a lame way.

Though he was strong, there were still things called attributes.

This was an extremely unfavorable battlefield if one didn't have a skill like a shield.

But Hansoo wasn't listening to Yohan's words already.

'Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement. Let's see how good it is.'

The reward he had gotten for clearing the third dungeon.

The legacies that no one had numbered because no one had found them yet.

Zero Numbering.

Two golden and dark lights surrounded Hansoo as if they were about to explode from his body and when his body could not be seen after getting shrouded in light he jumped into the water.

Kuaaaaa!

And soon, with a loud explosive sound, a slab of meat of something and toxic waters skyrocketed from the side of the ship.

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Chapter 54 – Red Zone (4)

Chiiiiiik.

Hansoo's body was covered in two different colors.

And the toxic waters from all around tried to get in and melt down Hansoo's body but the Red Runes endlessly sent mana into the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement which covered Hansoo's body.

'Good. It should at least be this much.'

Otherwise the suffering he went through at the Three Gateways wouldn't have been worth it.

The reward for the Second Gateway was runes.

Killing the endless beasts and surviving until one gets to Red runes.

But that was basically the preparation for the Third Gateway.

If the First Gateway was a place prepared to reward the person finding it, the Third Gateway was a gateway for those who were truly worthy.

And the Third Gateway that had appeared in front of Hansoo who had reached Red Runes.

Fighting the strongest things that he had experienced until now.

Even if it was something that hundreds of people fought together he still had to fight it alone.

Even if it was something that the had just glanced at, as long as the testee had experienced it then it will appear in front of them after getting adjusted to the Red rune level.

And the thing that had appeared in front of Hansoo.

Demonic Dragon.

A Dragon, the most well balanced existences.

They had a different origin from humans and were of a different grade as well.

And among those born as such that have chosen the path of the demon, the most twisted being.

Their power was something that couldn't even be explained with words.

Hansoo had seen it before when he had been traveling about in the deep parts of the Abyss.

And the humans who had seen it guarding the path on the way to the Crystal decided to invest 3 more years in order to go around by penetrating through the territory of two ruler races.

Since they had no confidence in winning at all.

Fighting two ruler races seemed better than fighting that thing.

And he was very shocked when such a thing had appeared at the Third Gateway in a weaker state.

Since he didn't know that the things he had seen in the past will come out in a weaker state or not.

'I almost fainted.'

Even if they were all at the Red Runes stage, if the races were different then the different between each other was tremendous.

Though that thing had only been at 0.01% of the Red rune, Hansoo still had to put his life on the line and fight it.

And the skill that had come out after a desperate struggle.

Demonic Dragon Reinforcement.

Actually this name was merely something that he had given it temporarily.

Since the Zero Numbering artifacts were things that only existed within the fantasies of people.

The Numbering Series were the most outstandings things that the humans had found out and numbered.

Of course there were people who had made such thoughts as this.

Wouldn't there be things that were far more outstanding than the numbering series that we haven't discovered yet?

And these things were called Zero Numbering artifacts.

And in Hansoo's opinion the skill he had gained this time definitely had the qualifications for it.

'It's amazing.'

The number of runes within his body were jumping about crazily.

Hansoo who was estimating on him the effect of the toxic water that was trying to burn his body, grabbed the neck of the Cursed Survivor that was charging at him as he nodded and then pulled out its spine.

Kududuk.

As the spine of the survivor who had the form of a merfolk was pulled out, the survivor was shredded into bits.

'Seven. Good.'

Hansoo sent in the power of the Demonic Dragon Reinforcement within it and then threw it around in all directions.

Charururk.

The bone pieces which had a tremendous amount of force pierced through the waters and pierced into the necks of the merfolk shaped survivors who were fervently piercing holes on the bottom of the ship.

He didn't know what they were shouting because they were under water but their rage could be clearly felt.

They flapped their tails and started to charge at Hansoo in a crazed manner.

Hansoo just dodged their tridents and then swung his hands around and crushed their wrists.

Kudududk.

They screamed as they dropped their tridents.

Hansoo grabbed that trident with his right hand and penetrated the necks of those who had been charging at him in a straight line.

He then twisted his body to pull out the trident that was embedded in it's neck as he spread the spine that had come along with it all around like a projectile again.

The merfolk who had seen this all hesitated.

12 out of the 30 of them had been eradicated just like that.

And the attacks from above had been getting stronger and the work of putting holes on the shipwas getting harder to due the swords that had been coming out from the inside.

If this continued then they would all get massacred before they could sink the ship.

They looked at each other and then retrieved the Trident as they started to retreat quickly.

'Hmm. Trident. This is pretty useful.'

The durability of those guys were so good that it wouldn't melt in the toxic waters.

Though the durability slowly decreased when in contact with air but it was good enough to use for 3 days.

Hansoo gathered all eight tridents that were sinking slowly as he swam to the bottom of the ship which they had put holes into.

And he quickly entered into the hole where the water was quickly pouring into.

Chwaaaak.

"Hit its neck! It came in."

Tuk.

"Uhuh. You should swing after checking first."

"….uh?"

Those with Reinforcements, who had been attacking the tridents which were piercing the bottom of the ship, swung their swords out of reflex when something popped out but then made shocked expressions when they saw that it was a human.

Hansoo shook off all the toxic waters and then approached a corner of the basement of the ship.

Hansoo's hands flew about towards the Arun Trees.

Kudududk.

And soon a few planks that were a bit rough but still looked decent had been created.

Hansoo put that on the ground as he blocked the hole where the water was coming in from.

Though it had been blocked off by the wooden plank, the waters still came in because the holes were rather large.

Hansoo plugged it with the plank and then broke off the remaining Arun Tree bits into the shape of nails and then pushed it in with his fingers.

The material of the ship was really hard but it wasn't so hard that the sharp Arun Tree shard couldn't pierce it.

When it had been blocked off to a certain degree, Hansoo squeezed the Kelk's Mucus sacs over it as he plugged in the gaps.

"…Hurry! Let's do it too!"

"Dammit. How did he push it in that easily. It won't go in!"

The people saw how Hansoo had done it and quickly retrieved the materials as they started to plug up the holes like Hansoo and nailed it.

They couldn't push it in with their fingers like hansoo but they were able to fix it in place somewhat by using their weapons as hammers and smashing it down.

And then they squeezed the Kelk's mucus sacs over it to close the gaps.

"Dammit… it really stings."

"Use some healing skills please. Anyways, what do we do with the water there…"

The people looked at the toxic waters that had come up to the point where it splashed about with a slightly uncomfortable expression.

Hansoo spoke as he climbed up.

"If you leave it alone it will evaporate. You will breathe in the evaporated gas if you're in here so let's all go up."

It was ok above since the air dispersed it away but your health will decrease if you breathe it for prolonged amounts of time in an enclosed space.

"Uhuk."

Everyone started to quickly head towards the deck at those words.

Since nobody wanted to breathe in the evaporated gas of the toxic waters.

Hansoo came up and breathed in deeply.

'Though my health decreased slightly… this is rather amazing.'

There were people who were cautiously looking at the sea on the top of the ship.

The new 50 people and the original 100 people stared at the sea and then glared at each other after judging that the merfolk had all backed off.

Hansoo smirked as he spoke at that moment.

"Don't fight over there and look out over there. You can see some good stuff."

Hansoo finished those words as he looked at the giant tree which he could see in the far distance.

A giant tree which was located beyond their goal, the red zone, which could be seen across the distance.

Hansoo looked at the dried up trunk of the giant tree that pierced the clouds as he mumbled inwardly.

'Dead World Tree.'

The background and the foundation of the World Tree Mountain Range that they were going to work on from now.

And at that moment a loud shout was heard from the person who had been scouting at the tallest place on the ship.

"I can see the land! I can see the Red Zone!"

"What?"

People rushed towards the deck at those words.

And made expressions of joy.

"We arrived already?"

Yohan also made sounds of joy.

A land that rose above the sea could be seen in the distance.

'Dammit. I don't know what will come out but it's better than this damnable sea.'

It was better to fight, thinking of fighting against the guys who only pierced with their tridents under the water stressed them to death.

Since they will get massacred before being able to see anything if the ship were to sink.

'People have to live with their feet on land.'

But while they were sighing in relief the ship betrayed their expectations.

"…uh?"

"We aren't getting off there?"

The ship followed the path that the fairy had set as it spun around the land in front of them and continued to sail across the sea.

And everyone was disappointed as they saw this.

"…It was an island and not land."

It looked like land but it seems like it wasn't the destination.

'…As I thought. They told us it took 3 days.'

The people spat out disappointed sighs as they looked at the vast sea to the back of the island.

But Yohan was looking at something else at that moment.

'…is that possibly a root and not an island?'

Though it was covered with dirt, parts of the island which looked like wooden stumps could be seen.

As if a part of a giant root had come out of the ocean and a thin layer of dirt was covering it.

It just looked like an island since it was so huge.

Yohan made a sick expression after seeing that.

'…Is it possibly the root of the giant tree over there? It spread out this far?'

The tree root which had the form of a half submerged island looked very similar to the giant tree trunk that was holding up the skies in the distance.

'Well… if it's a tree of that size…'

It seemed like the parts of the root that was above the water is merely a very thin root of the tree.

But he thought to himself that if it's a tree of that size the root should at least be this much.

"Is this the good stuff you were talking about?"

Yohan, who had been looking at the island the ship had passed, asked Hansoo with a bitter expression.

It was clearly something which one could not see elsewhere easily.

Since trees of such a size which devoured the mountain ranges with it's roots and even had it spread above the seas couldn't been seen in the world where they come from even if they died and came back to life.

But Hansoo shook his head as he pointed towards something in the distance.

"That's the highlight of the show."

"What?"

Everyone looked at the direction Hansoo had pointed to.

A slightly different direction from the Red Zone they were heading to.

When the people focused their gazes and searched around, they could slowly see something.

'…is that possibly alive?'

Something much larger than the tree trunk that they had mistaken for an island.

The tree root which looked like the island was giant but the thing they could see in the distance was at a different level.

Though they were extremely far away it still came into their eyes.

The part that was submerged below couldn't even be guessed but the back that was rising up from the waters was much larger than a decent island and the fin that was rising above it felt like they were looking at a extremely tall cliff.

The giant fin-like structure slowly moved across the sea and was heading towards the island they had come from.

Though it had movec slowly it was so big that the distance had been crossed in an instant.

And the thing with the giant fin screamed out as it opened its mouth.

Kuuuuuuuuaaaaaaa

"Uaak! Uwaaak!"

"Fuck!"

It had only moved slightly but the whole sea shook.

And the creature that had moved bit apart the tree root as it started to devour it.

Pududududk. Udududk.

"Uwaaak!"

"Hold onto the ship tightly!"

As the root that had run below the ship started to get ripped up by its mouth, the ship started to rock and roll like a wave.

If it was a small ship then that simple rock and roll would've crushed it apart.

If they had been slightly slower at going past that place then they would've all died without being able to do anything.

While people were holding onto the ship with all their strength, Hansoo was also making an anxious expression.

Since though he had said it was a good view, that thing was definitely not something cute.

The ships that started off from the ten thousand tutorial areas will arrive on one of the thousands of roots that spread out from the dead World Tree according to the path that the fairy had set.

Since the only place to live within the toxic sea is above the dead root.

A structure where the people who started off from the tutorial would climb up from that location.

Though it was a root it was basically the size of a mountain range.

That was why it was called the World Tree Mountain Range.

And that thing constantly swam around the toxic sea and ate whenever a World Tree Root gew out.

Calamity Fish.

A fish of calamity.

The result of Genetic Biology of Demonic creatures of the natives of the Elvenheim that they created in order to defend their race from the harsh environment and one of the five calamities that dried the World Tree to death.

The place where the World tree had dried to death from the five calamites had simply turned into hell and Elvenheim had fallen down into ruin.

Since a tree which had its roots ripped apart could not live properly.

It had the ability to devour everything but then it wouldn't have anything to eat anymore so it as if it was farming, slowly going around and biting off the roots of the World Tree bit by bit.

A giant mutant that seemed like it was born to kill the World Tree.

The past he had seen it clearly.

That thing had devoured the root next to the Red Zone he had arrived in a mere three days.

And of course, there was nothing much to say about the fate of the newbies and the veterans who were standing on that root.

Hansoo, who had seen the giant beast fish which participating in killing a world, stabilized his mind as he turned the controls towards the Calamity Fish which had devoured the tree root whole.

'It's now time for me to pay for my own meal'.

Kurururk.

The controls turned the ship aggressively under Hansoo's hands.

Since that thing had just filled up its stomach it will slowly move towards next tree root that it will eat.

Towards a giant starting area root unlike the snack which it just had.

'About 2 weeks…? I don't know for sure but I don't have much a lot of leisure.'

The thing he knew for sure was getting there and preparing to kill that thing.

Since that was one of the duties he had received.

Remember. You must revive the World Tree.

"Hey…hey! Fuck, what are you doing right now!"

"Hey! Heyeyeyey!"

The people looked at the direction of the ship and the direction of the giant beast and shouted at Hansoo in panic.

'Is he insane right now?'

To follow such a thing when they have found it out of luck and could have dodged from it.

Even in such a situation, Yohan spoke to Hansoo:

"I don't know what you are thinking but shouldn't you head to such a dangerous place after agreeing with everyone else? I thank you for letting us aboard but you should at least listen to our opinions when we are on the same boat."

Hansoo nodded at those words.

"I see, there are people who probably won't agree with this."

"Yeah. So let's…"

"I shall let you get off now then."

"I really need to go there so what do you want me to do. People who want to get off raise your hands."

Hansoo stared at the surroundings sea as he spoke.

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Chapter 55 – Red Zone (5)

Kududududk.

A boat which was covered with wooden planks in numerous places had arrived at the location where a root could be seen.

'End Root'.

The end part of the root where the World Tree's root started at.

Though it was an end part of the root it was so big that it looked like a piece of land.

"We arrived."

Hansoo spoke towards the people who had been jumping onto the burning tree root.

"Hey hey. Go with smiles. And don't think about it too seriously. There's still two weeks left. If you keep climbing up then you'll have your safety guaranteed."

"That's really comforting. Seriously."

They could still see the images of the movements of the thing that they followed on their boat that ripped apart the island-like tree root.

'Dammit. I should get away fast.'

Yohan, who had yet to calm down his anger, looked at Hansoo coldy and then started to ponder.

'…What do I do? Do I stick with him a little longer?'

Yohan glanced at Hansoo.

He has yet to push them away.

And as he heard it, this guy seemed to have a weird psychic power.

It would helpful if he took him.

But Yohan shook his head as he looked at the 150 people who were glaring at Hansoo with eyes of resentment.

'I don't think we can go together with that guy.'

If they were to go along, it'll be very comfortable for the time being.

Since he is definitely strong.

But he could not control him.

If that guy suddenly goes Huh? I don't like everybody here? Time to kill. then they could nothing about it.

He clearly figured this out from the earlier incident.

They had no way of talking back at his words, which told them to jump off.

And him going into the sea while covered in lights and crushing apart the merfolk solidified this even further.

'…does he have no weakness?'

If he could control a guy like this properly then it'll be of great help.

And it seemed like he could figure it out if he traveled alongside him a bit longer.

But Yohan shook his head.

The valley has been dug way too deep to mediate between that guy and the 150 people behind him.

Nobody likes somebody who increases the chances of danger.

It was time to part ways.

'The head of a snake… is better than a dragon's tail.' (*PR Note: He enjoys being a big fish in a small pond, rather than a lackey to Hansoo the dragon)

Yohan, who had chosen the 150 people over Hansoo, looked at Hansoo and spoke:

"Let's go our own ways. Since you and us don't really seem to get along very well."

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

'I'm a bit busy now too.'

Hansoo thought of his conversation with Keldian as he looked at the 150 people disappearing into the depths of the blazing roots and ruins.

Well. You all probably know it but… there isn't anyone who knows about the five calamities very well.

The five calamities were basically like natural disasters for those who crossed the Red Zone.

It was not something designed to be killed but rather dodged or endured.

And they didn't have the leisure to think about how to prevent the natural disasters.

Since in the Red Zone one didn't have enough leisure to think about such things.

One would spend time figuring out how to dodge a hurricane rather than how to get rid of it.

And even more so if there are imminent dangers around them such as tigers and murderers roaming around.

They had prepared with the knowledge of all the remaining humans but that was not enough.

From the Red Zone onwards, it is wide and vast unlike in the tutorial. We can't prepare for everything even if it's us. Because of this you need to know about the Calamity Fish the best and find people who have experienced it and will help you.

He had to think of how to act perfectly.

But for him to do so the situation and intel was not proper.

And because of this he had to find somebody who could fill this up with experience.

Like people trying to climb Mt. Everest that after they had completed their preparation, were still looking for a Sherpa on site.

Like an adventurer exploring the Amazon forest, even after getting a whole truck for preparations and plan for months, he would still look for a local guide.

A 3rd year adventurer who would try to hunt the Calamity Fish, something that no one else would even think of attempting.

She could be anywhere in this vast world since that woman had the ability to be anywhere whether it is the End root, Base root, Middle root or even the Trunk.

Of course one would be at that level if they spent 3 years in the Otherworld even if they had focused on hunting down the Calamity Fish.

'Well. It's normal for people to have gone up already.'

It actually seemed impossible to find her in 2 weeks but Hansoo knew a way to find her.

'She should probably be at the cross right now?'

It wasn't the Cross of revival.

Since such things only exist in the tutorial area.

But the fact that it was made to find somebody one missed was similar.

If you think of the reason why Camille Rowe was attempting the Calamity Fish hunting then it is obvious that she would be around the Cross at this moment.

Thousands of giant crosses that the Helper Clan had erected on every End root.

'…it seems our direction is the same.'

Hansoo looked at the direction where Yohan had disappeared but then looked at his boat.

And then he jumped onto the boat and started to pull out all the planks that had been holding out the toxic waters.

Kurururururu.

And soon the boat that had been enduring the 3 days of sails made large noises as it sunk beneath the toxic sea.

Hansoo who had cleaned up everything moved his footsteps towards the direction where Yohan and the others had disappeared to.

"Dammit… though we've experienced it on the third floor of the tower it's really hot."

Yohan spat out curses.

The fire that had been set all around them without anything to burn was constantly blazing.

They had experienced this slightly on the Third Floor but back then they had hope that the Third Floor would end soon.

But now they had to constantly live in such a place.

'…it seems that water would be the biggest issue. How do we get food?'

They had hunted the beasts and traveled while eating the meat and drinking their blood on the Third Floor.

But the beasts here were different.

Spat. I don't think I can eat this. Uhh…. my insides hurt.

They had encountered many beasts on the way here already.

Though it was easy to catch them because 150 people had gathered but they could not eat it even if they tried.

'Damm… this is a problem.'

But Yohan shook his head.

There was probably a way since they wouldn't leave them to die just like that.

At that moment somebody next to Yohan shouted out loudly.

"Uhh! That! Isn't that the cross?"

"What?"

At those words everyone's eyes flipped.

The Cross.

The eyes of the people who couldn't find the chance to throw the people next to them onto the hole because they were suppressed by alliances or the clans started to shine.

But Yohan shouted out loudly.

"Wait! Wait! The fairy had clearly told us! That there aren't anymore revivals! Everyone calm down! If we fight here then we all die!"

Everyone made slightly disappointed expressions at those words.

"But let's still have a look at it. It seems man-made."

"…wouldn't it be dangerous?"

One person asked carefully.

The Cross.

They did not know who made it but could guess why they had to some degree.

Since it'll be hard for people who had experienced it in the tutorial to just pass by it.

It was in order to attract people that it copied that cross and was made of Steel.

'…It's so blunt that it's even more confusing.'

But the answer to their worries was heard from above them and among them.

"Don't worry. Those who are careful are quite annoying. They need people to come to it. If they made the Cross then why not go over and have a look at it? You could finish it off after grouping up."

"…uh?"

Everyone's expression froze at the man who had appeared above the blazing ruins in an instant.

Since they didn't know how he had made his entrance.

'Did he run here from the Cross?'

While people were being cautious of him, the man counted their heads in an instant and then nodded.

"Let's see 148 people. Quite nice. For such a number to come in a group without a Lord."

"What do you want?"

It was clear to them that this guy was someone who had come earlier.

He looked stronger than them and there was also a something very different about him from the people of their tutorial area.

'A foreigner… and he has no problem conversing with us.'

It seems like there wasn't any problem with them having different languages.

The blue-eyed man chuckled as he spoke.

"Don't be too impudent. We are hmm… I guess something like a savior in your words."

"What?"

"You see the fairies don't come out from now on. So we act as some form of help."

"…you are clearly an angel. You expect us to believe that?"

To help without anything in return.

How did this guy expect them to trust him.

The man shook his head at Yohan's words and spoke.

"There are always people like you. People who are very suspicious. But remember. It's good to be suspicious but if that pisses others off then it'll be hard to live long."

"…what?"

"You just need to thank the people from my group from now on. There's no reason to follow us so just listen."

"…what?"

"Eres Valentine. She's the one who had created our Helper clan 20 years ago and had gone up."

"Let's see. After that is… a steady backbone of the clan, Kyle Cooper. Baek Jongsang. Arc Mariangt, these three. You don't need to know about the details."

'How would these guys meet three of the seven departed souls?'

The man who shook his head from side to side spoke again.

"And after this, give thanks to the other clansmen who prevent guys like you from getting killed…"

"…keep going."

The man laughed as he looked at the people's expressions turning darker.

'What. Does we want to have a go at it?'

Actually even for him it'll be hard to win if everyone in front of his eyes charged at him.

If he was alone of course.

The man spoke for the last time.

"You should least thank our thirty thousand helpers running around in this shitty End root, though they were sponsored to do so."

"…thirty thousand?"

The man smiled at Yohan who had replied to his words with a fearful expression.

'Well. Though only six to seven people came to each root."

But the man swapped these words back.

It was more convenient to suppress these guys with numbers from the get go.

And in reality these guys, who had been making enraged expressions, prepared to pay attention with dispirited expressions after hearing about thirty thousand people.

'They're chicks. Chicks.'

This was a clear evidence that these guys were beginners.

Since those who had roamed around the Red Zone for a bit wouldn't get scared at hearing the number thirty thousand but rather more at the names he had said prior to that.

'Well. That's why we exist.'

Whatever happened he needed to do everything he was tasked to do so these guys don't just die off.

The man looked at Yohan as he spoke.

"There's a few things I must give you… but there are a few pieces of advice. Listen carefully. These are things to prevent you from just getting killed off."

"…speak."

He didn't know what this guy and the other people were helping them for but there was nothing bad about intel.

The man continued to speak.

"The place where you guys are at is the End Root. This is the place where newly-hatched chicks roam around. And because of this it wouldn't really matter for you guys to argue here and there normally but…"

The man looked around at the confused expressions and then spoke again.

"It's a quite harsh place so there are a lot of people with different circumstances. So theoretically some people, who have no reason to be here, come down all the way to the End Roots."

He was speaking aloud in front of these guys but he was also only about at the level of Middle Root.

But those who are at the Base root or the Trunk, or even above that, sometimes come down to here, the End root.

"So the things you guys need to do is not to randomly quarrel with random people just because they move in small groups. If you don't want to get ripped apart. And it's even more dangerous to target somebody just because they're pretty."

These people wouldn't usually touch the newly-hatched chicks at the End root due to a few unspoken rules but there was no one who would tell them to ignore getting aggravated.

The man who had finished speaking rested a bit and then looked around.

'Let's see… Camille Rowe. Where did this lady go.'

If they were going to experience it anyway. Wouldn't it be better for them to get the full experience.

And coincidentally Camille Rowe was nearby.

'These guys are pretty confident with their numbers… but they'll start to crawl on the floor once they see it.'

If those who were doing well in the tutorial think that they would do well here then it was a very big misunderstanding.

Once they were out here there were different rules and another power.

The tutorial was basically a place where they toned down the difficulty so they can prepare for the Otherworld and in a place like this where one can get stronger day by day, 1 or 2 years of difference was very big.

But at that moment Yohan had spoken towards that man.

"…didn't you say that you wouldn't touch beginners? That you would get killed if you do so?"

At those words the man who was searching for Camille Rowe nodded.

"That's right."

"…Then what's that? As I know that guy is a beginner just like us."

"Hnng?"

The moment the man looked at the direction where Yohan was pointing towards, a fierce shockwave and screams resonated throughout the blazing ruins.

Boooooom!

"Come at me! You bastard!"

"No seriously. What's the problem? I'm telling you I'll help you kill the Calamity Fish?"

"This bitch!"

The people who were watching the ruins being destroyed shrugged their shoulders and looked at the guy who said he was from the Helper Clan and the man made a helpless expression at the unexpected situation.

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders after looking at Camille Rowe who was charging at him.

'…It seems like they didn't really tell me about her personality being nasty. Was the suggestion I gave her that unreasonable?'

It seems like there was a misunderstanding but if things were to go on like this then they needed a serious talk with each other.

'Some preparations are needed… to talk seriously.'

Hansoo started to cover his body with Demonic Dragon Reinforcement in order to progress the talk.

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Chapter 56 – Calamity Fish Hunting (1)

Kuuuuuuuu.

Camille Rowe mumbled quietly as she looked at something gigantic in the distance.

'It's coming this time too.'

The newcomers wouldn't be able to see yet but her Hawkeye skill that was fitted for the perception stat at the Red Rune level 50% allowed her vision to see things extremely far away.

Camille, who had been shaking her head, looked at the things she had prepared so far.

'Arukal's Poison and Ketelan's Sword. Miron Dagger and Waterproof sheet. And…'

Camille Rowe, who had been looking over the things she had prepared while grinding her teeth, sighed as she looked at the fins that could be seen in the distance.

'…Could I really avenge them?'

She had been holding onto her life with the sheer determination to kill that thing for over 3 years.

But there only one thing she had gained from this.

Endless fatigue.

'It's tiring.'

It was basically larger than a mountain.

There was probably no other organism that fit the name of Fish of Calamity better than that.

She had went into and returned back alive from within its body over 13 times but this wasn't because she got used to it.

It was because she had gotten blocked at a line which she could not cross.

It would be easier to break a rock using an egg.

It felt like she was digging a mountain with just a spoon.

And as she continued, the loneliness just amplified.

Since there wasn't anyone who wanted to help her in her plan of hunting down the Calamity Fish.

'If a really strong guy, or someone who actually wanted to do it together existed…'

Camille, who had been making a tired expression, shook her head.

'No. Nonono.'

If it was something that could be caught just like that then she would've done so already.

While Camille was shaking her head while clenching down onto her teeth, a voice calling her name could be heard.

"Camille Rowe. Right?"

At those words Camille made a cold expression as she surrounded her body with Reinforcement and activated Knight's Golden Armament skill which protected her from sudden attacks.

With this, she could defend her body against existences of the Trunk.

People who purposely searched her out are more dangerous than people whom you meet by chance.

Camille Rowe, who had held up the short dagger from her waist, held up spear up towards her back where the voice came from but then sighed instead.

'It's a newly-hatched chick.'

She felt stupid for getting tense from getting her name called.

She couldn't figure it out from his looks but she still knew from one look.

Not having any artifacts was secondary, he didn't have the Juicer which one needed in order to not starve in the World Tree Mountain Range.

Even if he lost it, if you take into account that the Helper clan always supplied you with it meant that this guy was a Chick that hadn't even finished the helper's instructions.

'Anyways, how did he figure out my name?'

But Camille's tension exploded again with the following sentence.

"There's a few things I need to talk to you about the Calamity Fish. Let's have a talk."

Calamity Fish. And herself.

There was only one kind of people who would come find her if you take into accountthese two things.

"Are you perhaps a Quadratus?"

'Damned guys… are they trying to disturb me again?'

Quadratus

People who worshipped the four dirty beasts that gnawed upon the World Tree along with the Calamity fish.

Of course they didn't have a good relationship with her who tried to kill the Calamity Fish.

Hansoo mumbled inwardly at Camille's words.

'I remember… They thought there were only four of these.'

He would have thought so as well if he hadn't heard the stories from the original inhabitants of this place, the Elvenheims.

Hansoo shook his head.

"I'm here because I have an interest in hunting the Calamity Fish. So I need your help."

Camille was flustered.

'Does that thing really look that easy?'

The fact that he knew about the Calamity Fish meant that he had seen it on the way here.

There was nothing surprising about it.

Since it wasn't hard to see it as long as you don't get crushed by it.

Actually it was hard to miss something so big.

But to think of hunting it down after seeing it.

Camille started to get slightly pissed.

She had tried and tried and only increased her despair.

But this newly arrived Chick was talking about the Calamity fish as if it was going to the lake to fish.

And even asking her to help.

Camille breathed in and out deeply.

'Yeah. Why am I trying to argue with a 1st year.'

Getting angry here was actually laughable.

"Leave."

The moment Camille spat out a word and turned around, Hansoo opened his mouth.

"Don't you have to save your sibling? If you hunt that thing then the chances of your sibling, who might come anytime, surviving increases by a large amount."

"….This bastard. Where did you hear about that?"

"Mmm…"

'Did I make a mistake?'

Hansoo scratched the back of head while watching Camille warming up her body.

'I failed the Rapport. Kangtae this bastard…'

Hey! It's simple! Just share a secret that only you two know! Then the female will loosen up her guard.

"Wait. Let's talk about it. Talk."

"Shut up!"

Booooom!

Booooom!

Camille's short spear sliced their air.

Orungen's Short Spear drenched in Poison

Something which Camille had attained two months ago at the Base Root.

The hardness and sharpness had saved Camille from dangerous situations multiple times now.

Camille's short spear, which was filled up with Great Fear Reinforcement swung down at Hansoo.

She didn't really have thoughts of reinforcing the edge either.

Since she just wanted to beat him down despite being quite infuriated.

But her thoughts were completely different now.

Kududududuk.

'…This bastard. He's a beginner?'

The flying spear met with his fist and got deflected to the side.

Camille looked at that scene with disbelief.

'With a guy who doesn't have anything on i just… dammit. This is really embarrassing.'

A guy who didn't have anything on his body.

There was no beggar like this.

But she could guess to as why he didn't have any artifacts left.

'…I can't even imagine what you need to go through in order to gain something like that.'

This guy was not a normal guy if you just take into account of the fact that he had attained that dark golden reinforcement without anything else.

You couldn't gain anything for free in the tutorial stage which meant that in order to attain something like that, he had gone into an equally tricky place.

All the artifacts that he had previously would've all been smashed apart.

Kugugugung.

'Dammit. He blocked it again.'

Camille grinded her teeth as she looked at her short spear which was just about to lose it's edge.

That Reinforcement's defense was so high to the point that he was blocking her spear's attacks with his bare skin and even dulling the edges of it.

'Dammit… the density of the Magic Force'

Mana Reinforcement

One of the three factors that determined the value of the Reinforcement.

It amplified the durability of the weapon or armor that was covered with the reinforcement and as well as the destructive power.

For it to have such an amplification even when it was over bare skin.

She wouldn't really say anything if it was just that.

'How high is the amplification of the runes.' (*PR Note: How much stats are improved by the reinforcement)

The second factor in determining the quality of the Reinforcement.

With just these two she could tell the quality of the Reinforcement this guy has is high beyond reason.

Since she had never even seen something like before.

Camille, who had been fiercely fighting with him, bit her lips.

She felt like dying from embarrassment due to the fact that she was fighting on par with a 1st year who didn't even have any artifacts but she had to acknowledge what she had to.

She could not win at this rate.

But she had a hidden card which could turn the situation.

'With this much… if I use the special skill of my Great Fear Reinforcement…'

Camille thought up to this point and then pulled back her body instantly.

'Hmm.'

Hansoo spoke to Camille who had made distance from him and was glaring at him.

"Are you done? You aren't gonna keep going? Don't you have more things to show me?"

Camille clenched her teeth as she spoke.

"You think I'm stupid? You didn't even use the special skill."

Three factors that determined the quality of the Reinforcement.

First. Amplification of Runes.

Second. Magic Force's efficiency and power.

And third.

Special Skill.

Something which every Reinforcement had.

If you say that the true worth of a Reinforcement was determined by the third factor, the Special Skill, that you probably wouldn't be wrong.

The Blood Jade Reinforcement had the ability to use blood to create a very hard Magic Force and Beast Reinforcement could change parts of the user's body into that of a beast.

With such a Reinforcement, she didn't know what the special skill was but it was sure to be incredible, and he had yet to take it out.

'I feel like I'll die of embarrassment. Damn it.'

She acknowledged the fact that her battle strength was a bit weaker than the other 3rd years.

Since she focused on hunting the Calamity Fish while others were getting stronger.

But for her to lose to somebody who came from the tutorial area.

'Okay. I accept the fact that you have a good hand.'

Actually her mind was more at ease after accepting it.

Since she just needed to think while ignoring the fact that he was a 1st year.

But that was that and this was this.

Camille, who had calmed down, looked at Hansoo as she spoke.

"You aren't thinking of beating down the Calamity Fish with just that right?"

'With just that trifling ability?'

She had thought that he didn't really have anything but nothing changed even after she found out that he had something.

No, this was actually more infuriating.

Since the fact that he had come here to hunt the Calamity fish with just that battle power alone was quite absurd.

If you could beat that down with battle power then everyone would've charged at it and beaten it down already.

The amount of people who had been eaten by the Calamity fish over the past 20 years had reached tens of thousands.

But nobody had the thoughts of getting revenge against the Calamity Fish.

Since they saw what happened to those who challenged the Calamity Fish.

And those who had experienced it were just unlucky.

"If it was easy then why would I have come to you. I came because it's hard. Help me. I have a plan anyways."

He wouldn't have come to Camille if that was something he could beat down with strength.

Camille's expression turned colder and colder.

"You really talk with ease. If you came to me thinking that I'll be of help to you then you have a huge misconception. You think I have something great?"

It seems like he had heard something about her and come to find her but that was a huge misconception.

A person who tried hard to hunt the Calamity Fish.

Those were nice words.

But reality was that she was just a retard.

But Hansoo just shook his head.

"You have gone in and come out from the Calamity fish before. I just need that experience and the preparations you have made."

Camille smirked at those words.

"Ha! I have indeed gone in and come out before. But I have done just that!"

Camille, who had taken a breather, opened her mouth with a cold expression.

'I hope he gets lost after hearing this.'

It was tiring to go against him.

Camille opened her mouth resolutely.

"Listen well. You bastard. On the first challenge we left behind 27 people inside that thing. Only I came out. The only thing we gained was how the scales felt like."

That thing had gulped down the tree root that her parents were on.

While she was away for just a moment the Root where her parents, whom had come with her and had lost an arm to save her and crossed the tutorial together with her, were had been devoured whole.

If Camille herself was a bit unluckier then she would've been eaten just like that too.

Of course Camille was filled up with rage and gathered 27 comrades in similar situations as her and proceeded with her plan.

The result was misery in itself.

But people in the Red zone weren't really surprised.

Since this was the estimated result.

They didn't even laugh at her.

Since nobody would laugh at a kid who lost after going against an adult.

Since it was an obvious thing.

"And then?"

"On the second attempt, I gathered 118 people who were filled up with greed and then went in. Though we did go in a bit deeper this time. And since two people had survived back it was a huge progress right?"

"From the third attempt nobody helped me so I climbed up and down as I prepared for it and attempted it 10 more times by myself. And I failed them all. What kind of help do you want from somebody like me? The only thing you have seen is the outer part of that thing. You presumptuous bastard? Huh? What do you know!"

She started out calmly but by the time she finished she was close to crying.

13 attempts.

She had searched the method to deal with it by researching its weakness and climbing up and down the Red zone endlessly.

And the only thing she had gained from this.

Defeat and despair.

And the method to run away.

She wasn't attempting for her parent's sake at this point.

She was lying to herself in her head but she already knew.

That it was impossible.

There was only one reason why she was still trying.

Since she thought that this was the most significant way to die in this damnable place.

Wouldn't dying here while avenging be better than getting killed by someone's blade or getting ripped apart by a beast on the way up.

'No. It's not even that.'

Camille wasn't even doing that properly.

If she really wanted to die while avenging her parents then she would've gone in much deeper and into more dangerous places.

But she was just a retard who couldn't even do that due to fear and was using her brother, who nobody knew of his arrival in this place, as an excuse and stayed alive.

And in result, she was spending her time while stuck in between her ambition to stay alive and her impossible revenge.

'Goddamnit.'

Camille felt into a state of lethargy and lost her rage.

Since the words she had spat out in order to stimulate that guy had twisted her chest.

But Hansoo shrugged his shoulders as he looked at that Camille.

"You failed that because I wasn't here. Don't worry. I need you and I can kill the Calamity Fish if you help me."

Camille made an expression of disbelief at his attitude of just saying what he wanted to say.

At the same time she felt like she was crazy.

Because she felt like she wanted to trust this crazy guy once.

Camille made a complicated expression as she looked at the guy who told her he needed her when everyone was ignoring her for doing such absurd things and was even telling her that he will fulfill her wish.

'Dammit… I must've been really lonely. To get attracted by such random words.'

At this point she was getting quite curious.

To see what was his basis for his confidence.

No, there was something she was more curious of before that.

"Let me ask you one thing. Why are you trying to kill that?'

The artifact that would come out once you killed that thing.

Or revenge like herself.

Camille was curious about that.

As to why he wanted to kill the Calamity Fish.

When Camille, who had turned lethargic after pouring out her feelings, asked with a tired expression, Hansoo pondered for a moment and then spoke out.

"Just… I want try saving about 1 billion people."

"What?"

"No. Is it about 1.5 billion? The chances of your brother surviving will increase by a lot as well. Good right?"

'This guy isn't some normal maniac.'

Camille made an expression of fear.

"If you agree then let's start."

Hansoo smiled.

"Huh…"

The Helper clansman, who had been making an astonished expression at the fight with Camille Rowe, looked at Yohan and asked.

"He really came on the same boat as you? He's really a newcomer?"

"Yes"

"Seriously …"

The Helper Clansman made a expression of disbelief and then looked at the 150 people as he spoke.

"Never ever piss somebody off by trying to copy something like that. That's an outlier."

"…He can but we can't? Though we are 150 people?"

The Helper Clansman smirked at Yohan's words as he spoke.

"I wouldn't stop you but I don't really recommend it."

'Dammit…'

Yohan clenched his teeth at the clansman's words and then glared at Hansoo with an expression full of annoyance.

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Chapter 57 – Calamity Fish Hunting (2)

"Are the arrangements complete now?'

One of the Helper clansmen who had been looking at the Sea above the 2184 Cross, which showed the number of the Cross, spoke as he loosened up his body as he saw that no more boats were coming down.

"We're done somewhat. We gave the Juicers to Yohan's guys earlier and gave them basic explanations as well. They'll be fine from now on."

The most busy time for them, the Helper clans, was now.

When the people of the tutorial come in, they had to give them basic notices and then spread out again.

And they needed to gather the basic information of every newcomer every year and organize it.

"How are the standards for the guys this time around?"

His comrade, who had been standing next to him, shrugged his shoulders at those words.

"You know how it is. That it increases a bit every year."

"Them fairies. They're only thorough in things like that."

The man clicked his tongue.

The fairies set up the tutorial so that the people would survive even if they were dropped in the End Root here.

And because of that the standards of those who go through the Tutorial increase every year.

The reason was very simple.

Since the environment of the End Root gets harsher as time goes on.

'Tsk. The number of survivors would increase greatly if the Calamity Fish didn't exist.'

The location of where the newcomers drop is becoming closer towards the center of the World Tree since those guys keep gnawing down the tree roots.

If you take into account the fact that the level of the beasts increases the closer one gets to the giant World Tree it means that the difficulty of where newcomers land after the tutorial increases every year.

And since they needed to set the standards of the newcomers to fit that, the difficulty of the tutorial increased and the survival rate decreased.

'You need to stay on the boat longer as well.'

If that thing disappeared then an amazing number of people out of those who are dragged here would be saved.

Since the roots will grow back and the difficulty of the tutorial will get lowered to fit that.

It is said that the survival rate of the 1st tutorial was 55%, which was much higher than now, when there were a lot of tree roots left.

'14% of the people had survived last year but it's only about 11% this year… about 3 billion more would come over but for the survival rate to be like this…'

The amount that had crossed over the past 20 years was about 3.5 billion.

But the speed at which they were coming was increasing at a very rapid rate.

As if something was pulling their world.

Though the immediate survival rate had decreased the number of newcomers had increased.

But at this rate, in about 5 to 6 years from now all of humanity would be dragged here and then all get massacred in the tutorial.

'Damnit.'

The helper clansman made a bitter expression.

Since the chances of his family being part of those who would get massacred was very high.

If the difficulty of the tutorial gets reset because the Calamity Fish disappeared and the Roots grow back then the number of people will increase greatly but sadly the Calamity Fish was not something humans could deal with.

'Well it seems like some strange guys are popping out due to the increased difficulty though.'

And the man stared at the guy standing in front of Camille Rowe in the distance.

A guy who had fought back and forth against Camille Rowe despite being a newcomer.

No, he didn't even fight back and forth.

Since the newcomer seemed to be much more calm even to his eyes.

He didn't have any skills or artifacts.

But he was still at that level.

The rumors of this guy will get spread very fast.

'Hmm. A scout might even come.'

The man who was standing atop of the cross mumbled inwardly as he looked at the guy walking towards him.

Camille laughed absentmindedly at Hansoo's words.

"Damn it, whatever. It wouldn't be bad to fail for the 14th time anyways."

She was going to make the attempt anyway.

What difference would it make to take this ambitious guy along with her.

Hansoo opened his eyes wide at Camille Rowe's words and then looked at her.

"What are you saying. About failing. There's no time."

"We are definitely succeeding. If you failed about 13 times then it's about time to succeed once. You prepared to escape from it as well. Perfect."

"Let's go. There's no time. There's 13 days and 18 hours left."

If you take into account that thing's movement speed then it'll arrive around then.

But that was basically the time limit.

It was better to prepare as soon as possible and kill it off in the distant sea.

Since the amount of casualties will explode upwards once that thing goes insane at the last moment.

Hansoo got up from his seat as he finished his words.

'He's really confident to the point of damnation. He really makes one fall for him goddamnit.'

Camille clicked her tongue and asked as she looked at Hansoo's back.

"What are you going to do first?"

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm going to the Helper Clan first. I should at least visit."

'Since I need to receive the Juicer.'

He didn't have any intel but the Juicer was a necessity in order to not starve to death.

Camille remembered what she had forgotten about at those words.

"Ah…"

'Oh yeah, he was a beginner.'

She didn't even think about that because his actions were so off.

'Well okay. I have some things to do as well.'

Camille got up from her seat and then walked towards the Helper Clansmen who were guarding the Cross.

'I really wish… I really wish my sibling hasn't come yet.'

But sadly, the chances increased as time went on.

Since the number of people who had been coming here over the Tutorial had been increasing.

At this pace then all of the remaining people on earth will transfer over to the Otherworld in about 5 to 6 years.

That was the reason why the Seven Departed Souls and many others who had the qualifications to go up stayed at the Red zone to search around.

In order to find their family or precious people who could come at any time.

The reason why that Helper Clan was able to be maintained was very simple as well.

It was something born from the combined minds of those who wanted to stop the random deaths of their family or close people.

The Helper Clan was the place that the minds of those who didn't have the leisure to search for their family because of the harsh environment they're faced with but wanted to stop such things as death from happening supported.

Since they might be able to meet each other as long they are alive.

'That person called Eres is amazing. How did she think of such a thing 20 years ago?'

Eres had gone up already but her clan had remained behind to keep accepting newcomers and were taking care of the newcomers constantly with the support of those in other Red Zones.

Of course in the most basic ways only.

Since nobody could take care of anything further than that.

They helped with the most basic survival tactics and preparations but surviving after fighting against a beast or other people was all up to themselves.

Camille greeted one of the Helper clansman after she arrived.

"It's been a while. Can I check the catalogue? And take care of this newcomer."

"You're a VIP, of course. Let's see…"

Then the clansman started to check the catalogue.

Usually they would only give basic warnings and the Juicer.

But for those who supported them a lot, there will be some more special services.

Person Finder.

If you give basic appearances or a name then the newcomers of the Helper Clansman spread about in thousands of End Roots will search the person asked by a VIP.

A personed searched by a VVIP with a stronger backing will be checked to see if he was at the tutorial or not. (* PR Note: VVIP = Very Very Important Person?)

The Helper Clansman who had been searching around the catalogue shook his head.

"It doesn't seem like they're here on this side of the Roots. Though we can't check up the tutorial with the amount you supported. I don't know about the other Roots but all the intel will be gathered within two days so come find us then."

The man completed those words and then went upwards.

With a few people behind him.

And Camille knew the identities of those people.

Those were the people who the VIP or the VVIP asked to find.

"Hoooh…"

She had confirmed that they weren't here but this was vexing in itself.

Since there was no way to know if they hadn't been dragged into the Otherworld or had died at the Tutorial.

But Camille shook her head.

'Focus on the Calamity Fish.'

Finding her sibling was not something she could do anyway.

Camille spoke to Hansoo who had gathered the Juicer and a few other things.

"Okay. Let's hear your plan."

Hansoo spoke with a very serious expression.

"Very simple. You will guide me and take me inside there. Then I will shove the hidden card I have prepared into a fatal location within its body."

'Shall I beat him up?'

Camille sighed, shook her head and then spoke.

Well that was basically the basic summary of it.

Since you couldn't kill it from the outside.

Though the problem was that he extremely simplified the process.

"Well. Okay. There's a lot of things to be prepared. I've prepared the boat already, though it's a 30 man boat."

If that thing arrived at land and started to eat then there wouldn't even be time to get inside it.

Since the heavens will be falling apart.

You needed to quietly approach it while it was swimming quietly and then go inside its body.

Well of course, quiet is relative to what it would be.

Since huge tornadoes will be rushing around its body.

Hansoo shook his head.

"What are you going to do with a 30 man boat. Let's go with mine."

"What?"

"I've prepared a 500 man boat."

"Hey! You crazy bastard… did you just leave that behind?"

Camille shouted in shock.

Why would he have done such a thing when there are so many people who desired boats.

Hansoo chuckled at those words.

"Don't worry. I've hidden it well. Let's go to the next subject."

While Camille was shaking her head, Hansoo checked the things Camille had prepared.

The only reason why he had come to find Camille.

Since she had already prepared the things which you could only gather at the Base Root or the Trunk.

There were a lot of things needed to be prepared before going into its body but a lot of time could be saved with just this much.

Camille smirked at that.

'What would you know even if you saw it.'

Those things were things which you couldn't even see during the tutorial stage.

At that moment Hansoo looked at Camille and asked:

"Did you prepare Apon's Body Fluid? We need that."

That was needed to create the Hardening Fluid which 127 Alchemists had researched and finally created with the information received from the Elvenheim he had met at the Abyss as the basis.

"….You know about that?"

'….Is he really a beginner?'

Being strong was being strong, it was a completely different problem from intel.

"I have a psychic power. Let's ignore trifling things. There's no time."

Hansoo answered simply and then started to go over the material thoroughly again.

Camille looked at that Hansoo.

'…Does he have a trait like a Library?'

Trait. Library.

It supplied information about the things one didn't know and once the level increases it will give basic information regarding what to do.

'I thought he would have a battle-related trait… but for it to be the Library.'

She had thought that it was a battle-related trait because he was such a strong guy but the Library was a bit out of expectation.

'Perhaps he has two traits?'

That might be possible since he hides so many things.

While Camille was thinking of this and that while looking at Hansoo, Hansoo, who had finished checking Camille's preparations, laid down a decision.

'We should spread out and search in order to save time.'

Camille had prepared quite well but this was not enough.

'The first thing we need to make is the Hardening Liquid..

Hardening Liquid

A liquid which the alchemists had researched in order to give a fatal wound after getting inside the Calamity Fish.

Other things might not be needed but this was a necessity.

"Let's separate and move. Since there are a lot of things we need to get."

Hansoo spoke out the things needed to Camille.

Materials which Hansoo didn't know where they were but Camille Rowe, who had roamed around the Roots for 3 years, would definitely know.

Camille would definitely get them in time.

For the things which would be hard with Camille's level to get, he had to go.

While Hansoo was making plans for the future, Camille nodded after checking the list that Hansoo had told her.

'It's clear this is a guy that has got something.' (*PR: he's not just saying nonsense)

The 17 things he had told her were things she didn't prepare because she wasn't sure but were things that she had thought that might work at one point.

'I'll trust him once.'

Camille, who had finished her thoughts, quickly separated from Hansoo and started to head towards a different direction from him.

'Though it's a bit tight… I can get them all if there are no problems along the way.'

The only problem was the distance she had to travel and the many types of materials she had to collect. She knew the location of all 17 materials and it wasn't hard for a 3rd year as herself because most of them were from beasts at the End Root.

While Camille was jumping with light movements a loud voice was heard from some place.

"Eyy. Camille. Your body is still amazing. It'll really burst at that rate. There's really a huge difference between westerners and easterners."

She then turned her head towards the direction of the voice.

"Kang Gyesoo… you bastard."

"Woah woah. Don't glare at me like that. We have a rather unique relationship between us. We've gone in and come out from within the Calamity Fish together."

"…I shouldn't have taken in a bastard like you on the second attempt."

For someone who had barely held onto his life and come out from within the Calamity fish to become a Quadratus.

Camille grinded her teeth.

"I'm still using the relic I got from within the stomach very well. Kuhuu. I thank you. Since it's all thanks to you. I've reached quite a high place thanks to that."

Gyesoo then proceeded to swing around the sword on his hand.

A weird skill was applied onto the sword where the air which the sword had passed through shook.

"…Are you going to disturb me again?"

As Camille grinded her teeth Gyesoo laughed loudly.

"Uwahahahaha! What kind of misunderstanding do you have. If we really disturbed you seriously then you think you can even attempt at the Calamity Fish? If we did it properly then you would've died already. We just kept you alive because of old friendship."

"What?"

As Camille was flustered Gyesoo giggled as he spoke.

"Disturbing you is more like… well we are followers so we just touched you a few times because we couldn't leave somebody who tried to kill our god alone. But shouldn't it be time for you to accept it? That is basically an agent of god. You've seen it too. The insides of the Calamity Fish."

"Others don't know but you and I know about it. I don't understand why somebody who had seen something like that wouldn't come into our Quadratus."

"…So are you here to ask me to join your Quadratus again?"

Gyesoo shook his head at those words

"Nope. We aren't really interested anymore."

"What?"

"Isn't it a bit shameless to ask for attention after 13 failures? It's not even fun anymore."

"I'm here because I have some business with that newcomer. Was he called Kang Hansoo?"

As Camille's expressions froze, Gyesoo shook his hands as he spoke.

"Woah. Don't glare at me like that. It's not a bad proposition on his terms either. You see, a scout has come in from above."

Camille looked at Gyesoo with a slight frown at those words.

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Chapter 58 – Calamity Fish Hunting (3)

Camille kept on looking at Gyesoo with a cold expression.

"Search him by yourself. You probably came with your underlings anyway. And what are you going to do with your trait if not for this."

Gyesoo shrugged his shoulders at those words.

'Well. It's normal for her to not tell me.'

She was probably suspicious of what he was going to do.

And how delightful was Hansoo for Camille.

She had finally met someone who was going to be with her after so long.

She was pretending to be astute on the outside but she was probably rather excited on the inside.

Since Camille's actions which he had seen for the past 3 years were pitiful and lonely.

'Tsk. That's a shame. If she told me then we can save some time finding him.'

Gyesoo shook his head.

He had come here with two objectives.

One was the tourism business.

The other was scouting.

He had been preparing the tourism business because the reaction was better than he expected.

He could find him quickly if he searched but everyone whom he had brought were preparing the tourism business so an empty gap would be created if he took someone out.

Scouting was something he was preparing here and there while doing his tourism business, why would he waste manpower in that?

'There's no other way. I guess I'll run around a bit.'

His speciality, Search, allowed one to find the traces linking one person to another.

He had been able to find Camille because of this and will be able to find Hansoo as well.

It will take some time but it won't be hard.

"Well then. I shall take a stroll around a bit then. I'll see you later. I hope you succeed this time."

Gyesoo, who had wished her luck when he basically knew that she would fail, disappeared.

Camille then looked towards the direction Hansoo had disappeared to and pondered.

'Should I tell this to Hansoo?'

Gyesoo was a 3rd year just like her but stronger than her.

Since he had focused on getting strong unlike her and even had artifacts.

And the number of underlings wouldn't be small either.

But Camille just shook her head.

'Damned bastard. You should at least tell me your destination.'

She didn't have any methods of finding him and if he couldn't even handle such a thing he didn't have the qualifications to go in the Calamity Fish.

And it would be very tight for her to gather every material that he had asked her to within the time limit.

Which meant that she didn't even have time to deal with such things.

The moment she bickers with Quadratus she would not be able to gather the materials.

And he had told her.

Don't worry about me and just focus on what I asked of you please.

'I believe in you.'

Camille then quickly moved in order to gather the closest material to her, Apon's body fluid.

Hansoo calculated the things he needed to gather and then nodded his head.

'The first thing I need to get is… the Kukulja's Heart which is the core ingredient of the Hardening Liquid.

The Hardening Liquid required 28 materiels to be mixed with the exact ratio.

9 of the 28 had been already gathered by Camille and he had asked Camille to gather another 17 of them.

But he had to gather the remaining two.

Nutritional Fluid and Kukulja's Heart.

The other 26 ingredients acted like catalysts so a large amount wasn't needed but these two were ingredients that will act as the base.

A very large amount was needed even if they were going to pour it down a fatal location within the Calamity fish since it was that big.

Hansoo quickly rushed off into the distance.

Kukulja's Heart.

A material which could be gathered in Kukulja's Spawning Pool around the middle area of the End Root.

The Alchemists took into account of the fact that they won't have much time and had created Hardening Liquid with things one could acquire near the edge of the End Root, where the Calamity Fish would appear, but for him to get something like these…

The difficulty of this place was very high for it being within the End Root.

After a long run a giant lake came into view.

A humongous lake that could separate two End Roots.

Surprisingly, this giant lake was something that the Kukulja had dug out.

A lake which the Kukulja, which live in the toxic waters, had dug out from the bottom in order to mate in a place which was originally land.

Hansoo thought of the conversation he had with Keldian.

Kukulja is a creature which is somewhere in the top of the food chain within the toxic sea but even this may become a snack to the Calamity Fish if it's unlucky. Though these guys had evolved to have a toxin within their heart to retaliate against the Calamity Fish but… it's a joke if you take into account of the size of the Calamity Fish.

A toxin which didn't work against Humans but petrified a part of the Calamity Fish.

And because of this the Kukulja's heart, which has a large amount of this toxin, was needed in the Hardening Liquid.

…It works even though the effect is so miniscule?

That's why you have to gather a lot of them, turn them into a concentrated extract, amplify it using the other 27 ingredients and pour it onto the most fatal location within the Calamity Fish's body. Anyways, these guys fear the Calamity Fish so they dig the Root Part of the World Tree, make a lake and then create a spawning pool there. If you want to gather enough extracts for the amount you need, it wouldn't even be close to enough by searching around the sea. Go to that lake. And that lake is a warning line for how much the Calamity Fish would eat to a degree. The instinct of the Kukuljas are very amazing, they create the spawning pool right above the point where the Calamity Fish eats up to.

Why don't they go up higher to create them?

It would be safer to make them higher up the Root if they were so scared of the Calamity Fish so why would they make it around the End Root area where it would be dangerous.

You know how it is. There are another 5 Great Calamities under the Middle and Starting Roots. Even a Kukulja can't come over that.

Hansoo finished his thoughts and then watched the swaying lake.

A giant weird looking fish which had the head of a bull and a human's arms and legs.

It was so big that each of them exceeded 2m in length.

But the surprising fact was that the thing he was looking at was an infant.

These guys grew up to 5m long in adulthood.

'I'll get them one at a time.'

Hansoo, who had seen thousands of them squirming around, poured the Demonic Dragon Reinforcement onto a decent scythe he had found on the way to here and then slowly walked into the toxic lake.

Splash

As soon as Hansoo came in, all of the Kukulja's within the lake raised their bull ears.

And then started to madly rush towards the origin of the noise and vibration.

Though the food was still in a shallow place there was no problem.

Since they could advance while eating through the root.

Kakakakakak.

Thousands of teeth-baring fish gnawed onto the bottom of the lake as they charged at Hansoo.

Hansoo reinforced the scythe he was holding with Demonic Dragon Reinforcement and then slammed it down onto the center of the bull head.

Kududuk.

The Kukulja's skull had made a cracking sound and had split in two but Hansoo made an unsatisfied expression.

'Tsk. As I expected, it can't handle the Reinforcement well.'

If the artifact was bad then it wouldn't be able to withstand the power of the Reinforcement and would lose its durability fast.

Though it was a decent weapon which he had gained by hunting down some beasts on the way here it still wasn't good enough.

Since the End Root was a neighbourhood designed for beginners and did not have anything hidden.

'At least I should use it while I can.'

Hansoo pulled onto the scythe and threw its body onto the land as whole.

If he left it in the lake like this then everything including the heart will be chewed up by the other fish.

Creating the extract from the heart was a job after the hunt.

Kwadududk!

Paduduk!

And soon the thousands of fish baring their teeth got stimulated by the blood as they madly charged at Hansoo.

Kudududk.

Hansoo applied his Demonic Dragon Reinforcement onto the scythe and then crazily swung it here and there and pulled numerous fish out.

Chuchuchuk.

The thousands of fish charged up with incredible speed across the water and then used that momentum to crash into Hansoo and bite him with their teeth.

The corpses of Kukuljas were stacking outside the lake but Hansoo's body was equally gaining injuries.

And at the same time the scythe cracked as it couldn't handle the power of the Reinforcement anymore.

Chuchuchuk.

Hooooong.

A very large noise coming towards Hansoo was heard as he was preventing the scythe from getting destroyed by adjusting the strength of the Demonic Dragon Reinforcement.

Shguguguguk.

An attack which cut apart all the trees near the lake as it flew.

'…Skill?'

Hansoo made a cold expression as he raised his scythe to block the incoming attack.

Chwuuk.

The scythe which was filled up with the Demonic Dragon Reinforcement blocked the flying attack but was crushed apart as the result.

Hansoo blocked off the single attack, jumped out of the lake and then looked towards the direction where the attack had come from.

And a guy was looking at him while smiling in that place.

"Woah. You blocked that."

The man, who had sheathed his pulsating sword back into his waist, smiled at Hansoo as he spoke.

"Hello. I'm called Kang Gyesoo. Calm down, I'm not here to fight."

"You aren't here to fight huh…"

Gyesoo smiled and continued to speak after seeing Hansoo looked at the destroyed scythe and mumbled.

"That was just a test. If you couldn't even block that well… you'd be useless. Well you pass first of all. Here's a business card."

Gyesoo then threw a whitish object at Hansoo.

"Having something like this makes me feel like I'm in the real world. It's actually made by drying the Padro Larva. Though it's a single use, it increases the regeneration speed on the area which you stick it onto so think of me when you use it."

Hansoo shook his head while looking at the talkative man who had sent the attack with an intention to kill and then asked.

"Why have you come?'

He had consumed a large amount of his stamina from the fight with the Kukulja.

There was a need to go along with him for a while and regenerate his health.

Gyesoo spoke out.

"Simple. You've seen a lot of scouting before on T.V right? Like headhunters?"

"Hmm."

"Well long story short I work at Quadratus… a group which is similar to a religion yeah?"

"That's a really untrustworthy line."

"Let's skip over the small details. Anyways, it's not easy following a god. You need a lot of money in Korea too right? It's the same here. And we have a lot of different businesses in order to fill that up… and one of them is recruiting talented people and connecting them to clans above who don't have spare manpower for places like these. And we receive a reward for that. Ah, and starting from here, we do have currency you know?."

Gyesoo then rubbed his thumb and index finger.

When Hansoo didn't reply, Gyesoo shrugged his shoulders as he continued to talk.

"It's better to not decline. The person who set you in their eyes this time is a bit… dangerous. Following him is a win-win for you and me."

Gyesoo then started to get cold sweat.

The problem wasn't the guy in front of him.

It was because this job was something that he had received from a person from one of the six pillars who had come to participate in their sightseeing which they were preparing.

'Goddamn gangsters.'

Six Pillars.

Six super sized clans who were fighting in the Trunk of the World Tree unlike them who were just playing around the Roots.

And one of them. Lighthouse.

Kalz Morenn, the captain of the shock troop left by the previous adventurer Keldian Magus, had told him.

Make sure you bring that newcomer guy. I'll pay you well. If you fail then… Well please don't make me act out. I came here for a vacation.

'…If we aren't careful then we might die.'

But unlike what Gyesoo wanted, Hansoo just shook his head.

"I'll decline."

And at the same time Hansoo made a cold expression.

'Tsk. So it turns out like this in the end.'

His objective was the Calamity Fish.

A collision with the Quadratus was inevitable for him since the path of attaining the Hardening Liquid intersected with them who were preparing the sightseeing business even though he wanted to dodge as many useless collisions possible.

'Since it turned out like this already. End it quickly.'

He had already calculated such things as this.

As Hansoo prepared to fight, Gyesoo's expression froze.

"You fucking bastard… being arrogant because you beat Camille?"

Camille was a monster-like existence to the newcomers but was quite a weakling to those who roam around the Trunk and the Roots.

'Tks. This is my fault huh.'

That guy was overestimating his worth since he had offered a scouting towards a new Chick.

He wanted to talk about it but seeing that it didn't work he gathered all the energy within his body and then poured it into his relic, Forgotten Sword.

"Huh. Look at that retard. Over there. To charge at a newcomer who bickers with him."

Kalz Morenn mumbled while looking at Kang Gyesoo above the cruise ship which the Quadratus guys had prepared for sightseeing with the Thousand Li Eye of the Man caught within Jealousy.

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Chapter 59 – Calamity Fish Hunting (4)

'I should change the name to package delivery instead of scouting.'

Gyesoo mumbled as he covered his entire body with various skills.

Though something like this had happened before it had never become a problem.

Since there was a very clear method.

If he beats him up a little and take him, Kalz Morenn will solve it all.

'Tsk. You should've listened when we were talking about it.'

Gyesoo clicked his tongue and started to pour in his energy into the relic he was holding, Forgotten Sword.

Camille and him were both third years but were at different levels.

They were at similar levels when they came out from within the stomach of the Calamity Fish but while Camille was focusing on useless things such as hunting down the Calamity Fish, he had focused on getting stronger.

And the thing he had faith in.

Forgotten Sword.

The skill that was on this thing he had picked up within the stomach of the Calamity Fish, Parallel Cut, was a step above artifacts you could find in the Base Root or the Trunk in terms of strength.

A strong undulation came out from Gyesoo's sword as it rushed towards Hansoo.

Kalz Morenn frowned as thought of the last scene he had seen.

'That retard, is it that hard to bring a newcomer over here.'

Thousand Li Eye of the Man caught within Jealousy allowed one to see the viewpoint of the pre-selected person for 3 seconds when their emotions change rapidly.

Though there were a lot of prerequisites, it was still a very useful skill since it allowed one to watch over somebody from a long distance.

And the last scene he had caught could only be seen in a way where they were about to fight.

'Tks. This is quite troublesome.'

Actually, it wasn't bad to bring them after beating them up.

There wouldn't be a procedure of struggling and bad feelings will just disappear once they receive the Symbol of the clan.

But the reason why they were scouting was because they didn't have the leisure to give the newcomer the symbol.

They only give the symbol to those who are really strong and control the others with influence or money.

Though they were scouting him because he looked quite strong there wasn't a chance for newcomers, who were quite lacking, to receive symbols.

At the end, it means that the clan has to go through another cumbersome procedure to use some dude that has hard feelings towards them.

But the most annoying thing was that there was a chance that the Gyesoo guy could get destroyed while fighting with the newcomer.

'What is this when I came here for a vacation.'

He wanted to leave that useless guy to die but he was one of the supervisors of the sightseeing this time around.

He had come all the way here because he had heard that the sightseeing that the Quadratus guys operated was very good but if that guy were to die then wouldn't he not be able to see all those good sights.

'Let's see.'

He was too lazy to act himself, if he told the nearby Quadratus people then they will act by themselves.

Kalz Morenn started to collect mana in his seat.

Kyaaaaak!

A few men were being chased by hundreds of Dinosaur-shaped beasts.

The man, who had been standing in the very front out of the ones being chased, turned around as he shouted loudly.

"We're using Conceal!"

Conceal.

A very useful skill which you could get around the Middle Root.

It was different according to one's mastery but it allowed sombeody to hide their presence.

Of course invisibility was part of this.

And soon the five people running disappeared as if they were erased.

Kyaak!

The beasts who were chasing screamed out in rage as the ones they were chasing disappeared.

But they remained and searched around the area as if they had no intentions of going back.

And the man sighed in relief as he saw this scene.

'This is really dangerous… it's almost deadly.'

Gertas

Raptor-shaped beasts who lived in herds on the Middle Root.

It greatly cared for its young to the point where the whole herd will chase them down to the ends of hell to avenge the dead.

Even if the one who had killed them crossed over the Middle Root area and into the Base Root.

After a few days of repetitive work, the path leading from the End Root to the Middle Root was filled with thousands of Gertas.

It was quite a grand sight but the one who had completed this, Cheng, just shook his head as if he was tired.

'Kang Gyesoo, what is so hard for you bastard to bring a newcomer?'

He accepted the fact that that guy's job was important.

The sightseeing that they were preparing was important as well but they could not ignore Kalz Morenn's request.

But shouldn't that guy have come after he had completed it?

There were a lot of things that still needed to be completed in order to prepare a proper tour.

They had to shove some more Gertas onto the paths, prepare the cruise ship a bit more and buy the silence of the Helper clan members too.

'We're busy enough already.'

He didn't like the way Gyesoo carried himself but he had to acknowledge Gyesoo's ability.

No, to be precise it was more his sword than his ability.

The people in charge of the sightseeing who had come here were 11 in total including himself.

Though it was quite a number every missing person felt like a huge gap due to the large amount of work they each had to do.

At that moment a small bird flew in.

A single blue bird which flew into where they were hiding precisely.

Though it had come with the full knowledge of where they were hiding they were still not surprised.

Kalz Morenn.

It was weirder for that guy to not know where they were at his level.

'Anyways…to use the Blue Carrier Pigeon to that degree…'

Blue Carrier Pigeon was a skill which created a small bird using mana and a message.

It wasn't hard to acquire and learn but using it well was extremely hard.

He knew it as well but if his comrades didn't help it with the same skill, it was hard to relay it properly.

To make it arrive properly in a situation where the receiver wasn't helping needed extreme control of mana but as he saw the bird which flew perfectly to their location, as if he was proving his position of the captain of the shock troop, he could only marvel.

Soon the blue bird, which had arrived in front of Cheng, blew up with a poof and relayed a message to them.

And he slightly frowned as he read the message inside it.

'…Though it's only a maybe.'

Cheng, who had thrown a Blue Carrier Pigeon towards the other supervisors who were busy breaking down ships, shouted loudly.

"Stop temporarily! We pause our work here and move out."

Kukulja Lake was right next to the path they were blocking.

It wouldn't take long for them to run over there.

Cheng, who had shouted loudly, took along the Quadratus followers under him as he started to run quickly.

Ooooooong.

The Forgotten Sword absorbed mana as if it was about to explode.

The runes on the sword, which was devouring the mana, shone radiantly until it couldn't handle mana anymore then it poured out a skill as if it was exploding.

Parallel Cut

A skill which cut everything in the way of the blade into two with the mana undulations on the sword.

The amazing part about this skill was that it could cover both short and long distances.

It could spread far or wide depending on the user's thoughts and even compress down to the size of a single sword and cut a person in half.

And the way Gyesoo was using the blade currently was the latter.

Unlike before where it was spreading out like a wave, the Parallel Cut stuck onto Gyesoo's sword as it charged forward to cut apart the opponent in half.

An entirely different level from a Mana Reinforcement which was operated by a normal Reinforcement skill.

The Mana Reinforcement of a Reinforcement skill increased the durability and sharpness of a weapon greatly but it was inferior to an offensive skill which was focused on destruction.

And Hansoo knew this as well.

The Parallel Cut was a skill that was quite high up on the rankings out of the skills you could acquire in the Red Zone.

If that skill and the sharpness of the Relic combines and he tried to block it just with the Demonic Dragon Reinforcement then he will receive large injuries.

Gyesoo's furious movements started to get stacked inside Hansoo's head.

And soon a virtual Gyesoo had appeared in Hansoo's head and it showed his next moves.

Hansoo followed that as he moved his body slightly off from Gyesoo's attack parameter.

At that moment Gyesoo's eyes shone.

'He's caught'

Parallel Cut.

The control of the area of effect was according to how the user wanted it.

The extremely compressed skill exploded out the moment Hansoo dodged.

Out the people he had fought after gaining the sword, there were people stronger than him.

But those guys had also lost their necks after getting swept up by the exploding skill the moment they dropped their guard thinking they had dodged it.

'Though you dodge quite well… you won't be different from the others!'

While Gyesoo was making a content expression while looking at the skill that was sweeping up the surroundings like a wave something unexpected happened.

Ooong.

The ring on Hansoo's hand absorbed mana aggressively and then struck back at his skill.

Pachang!

The moment Hansoo's right hand and his skill collided a sound of something breaking was heard as the Parallel Cut, which was aggressively sweeping up the surroundings, got crushed apart.

Gyesoo questioned his eyes when he saw this.

'Fuck. What is that?'

He had thought that it was something like a dispel but it wasn't easy for a dispel to break apart his skill which had a high mana density.

No, there was no previous intel about Hansoo holding onto something like this previously.

'Camille Rowe. This bitch. Was she not even able to pull out all of this newcomer's power?'

He had collected some intel regarding this guy before coming here.

Since there were people who had come with him on the same boat.

And within that intel there was information regarding his fight with Camille Rowe but there was nothing regarding that ring.

But Gyesoo realized that it wasn't time for him to think about such things for a prolonged time.

'Godamnit!'

Hansoo utilized the moment the skill was broken and was charging at him with a fearsome speed.

Gyesoo hurriedly tried to retrieve his sword but it was too late.

'Damn. There's not enough time to use Parallel cut again.'

Parallel Cut had high mana density and a lot of strength but it took a bit of time to charge up.

Gyesoo hurriedly pulled up the power of his Bronze Reinforcement to its limit and used the special skill of the Bronze Reinforcement.

And Gyesoo's body instantly got dyed with a bluish tint.

Bronze Jade.

The skin turns like bronze as Physical and Magical resistances increase by a large amount as well as raising the regeneration speed of health by a large amount.

He didn't use it usually because it was a bit burdensome to use it with Parallel Cut due to its high mana usage but he didn't have any confidence after seeing the charging Hansoo's hand covered in dark gold lights.

Even if it was just his bare hands his intestines will be pulverized if he was hit by it.

At that time the ring on Hansoo's hand devoured mana again and then charged towards Gyesoo.

'Goddamnit. Really?'

But Hansoo disappointed Gyesoo's expectations.

Chwuuk

The moment the ring touched Gyesoo's skin, his skin which was tinted blue turned back to its original form.

And three of his defensive skills that covered his body got crushed apart like glass along with that.

Hansoo's punch then landed onto Gyesoo's stomach.

Toooong.

"Kuhuk!"

Gyesoo flew backwards as he felt his intestines being twisted and turned.

'What is this nonsense… He can crush apart special skills along with normal skills!'

And his Reinforcement was a problem as well.

Though he had resistance and defensive artifacts but the Mana Reinforcement of that damnable Reinforcement skill was too powerful for them to be alright.

'Damnit. Where did he get something like that.'

Reinforcement skills held quite a high value for being very common.

But if you were to think from a different angle, the Mana Reinforcement from the Reinforcement skill was inferior to the strength of an attacking skill and the resistances were inferior to defensive skills.

But that thing was beyond that level.

Gyesoo, who had mindlessly stood back upright while flying, was astonished at the sight of Hansoo who had caught up to him and was about to strike him again.

If this goes on then he will be beat up to death.

'Dammit… if I knew it'd be like this then I would've prepared something like the feather.'

But where would he get something that expensive?

Gyesoo distanced himself from Hansoo with Atel's Jump as he hurriedly shouted.

"Wait! I'm just doing his under a request! I'm a victim too! Damnit! Do you think a medium-sized clan like us can decline an order from above!"

Though he had shouted it out in panic, it was true to some degree.

What kind of strength would they have for them to decline the request of a captain of a shock troop of a huge clan.

"And you will really die if you don't follow us!"

These words had two different meanings.

He might die under the hands of Kalz Morenn but he will also die if he remains on the End Root.

Hansoo, who had been charging towards Gyesoo, made a cold expression.

He knew.

Since he had heard about the Sightseeing business that these guys had started around now.

'Crazy bastards.'

A business created for those above who had increased their strength but weren't able to fulfill their twisted desire.

Calamity Fish Feeding.

Hansoo looked at Gyesoo with a cold expression as he thought of the tourists who came to see the event of thousands of newcomers, who would be trapped here by the Quadratus, getting eaten by the Calamity Fish.

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Chapter 60 – Calamity Fish Hunting (5)

"You bitch! I already told you everything I know!"

Gyesoo, who had already become a mess, looked at Hansoo who was trying to wield the Forgotten Sword that was stolen from him.

For him to try killing him after he had puked out everything he knew!

Gyesoo, after getting pushed back as far as he could get, shouted loudly as he looked at Hansoo.

"Yeah! You Bastard! Do you know who will come once I die! The Kalz Morenn I spoke of earlier will come!"

Gyesoo then pointed towards his forehead.

A small pink eye symbol.

It was the symbol of Thousand Li Eye of the Man caught within Jealousy.

"You don't seem to know but he's watching everything through this! If you kill me then he won't stay still!"

Hansoo snorted inwardly.

When the Thousand Li Eye of the Man caught within Jealousy was activated once it could only see about 3 seconds.

And light pink meant that it had a low mastery level.

There was no way to watch over everything with that.

But Hansoo made a surprised expression.

"What! Goddamnit! Such a guy will chase me down!"

Gyesoo looked at him and then laughed.

"Kuhuhuhu. Yeah you bastard."

'Hurry and run away.'

Since he had done this much, he will not be able to kill him.

There was a large difference between beating him up without knowing and killing him even after telling him that there was somebody watching behind him.

Since that would mean that he would be completely ignoring Kalz Morenn.

And Kalz Morenn's personality was definitely not something that would let something like that pass by.

Puuk!

Gyesoo tumbled around from the shock of the back of his head getting smashed.

Hansoo had done this to make him pass out.

'As I expected.'

Gyesoo laughed inwardly even while losing consciousness.

Since the fact that he had made him pass out meant that he feared Kalz Morenn to a degree.

That guy would probably run away as quickly as possible now.

Within the blurring sight, Hansoo was quickly moving towards the jungle.

'Run away… I'll definitely kill you.'

Gyesoo's thoughts ended there as he passed out.

But unlike Gyesoo's thoughts, Hansoo stopped his movements and then quickly came back.

'Acting is tiring too.'

Hansoo looked at the passed out Gyesoo on the ground and then stared up into the sky.

Blue Carrier Pigeons, which were flying back and forth since a while ago.

'Soon this guy's comrades will come.'

According to the information Hansoo had heard from him, the 11 supervisors, including himself, and their subordinates summed up to about 100 people.

It was not a low amount of people at all.

And another troublesome aspect.

'Hmm. Kalz Morenn…'

Hansoo muttered quietly.

Actually Hansoo didn't know who this Kalz Morenn was.

Since he couldn't remember him it seemed like this guy had died before getting to the Indigo or Purple Zone.

One who could only snort around the Red Zone couldn't stay within Hansoo's memories.

'There's so many things to remember already.'

There was only one important fact.

That he was the captain of the shock troop of Lighthouse.

That alone told him that he was a formidable fellow.

Since that spot was not something earned through poker.

He couldn't ignore the captain of the shock troop of Lighthouse.

Which meant that it was impossible to gather the materials while receiving the disruptions of those guys.

Hansoo looked at the passed out guy on the ground for a while and then stood up.

'I should prepare a bit.'

The main point of the sightseeing business was quite simple.

Gather up the beasts, block up the paths leading out and sink all the ships.

If you do just these two things then the newcomers would not be able to leave at all.

They isolate the End Root like this and then go out onto the sea on the cruise ship and watch it devour the Root.

Of course the main show is watching the newcomers struggling above the Root.

There was no reason for backlash since the Helper clansmen would've pulled out the people needed by the VIPs or VVIPs.

'First I must check which beasts have been gathered up.'

Hansoo lifted up the passed out guy and then hid him in the corner of the jungle.

Since he might be found before he came back.

He then went into the forest as he ruthlessly used Parallel Cut to chop apart the trees and advanced through the jungle.

The objective of Quadratus is blocking the newcomers from leaving the Root which the Calamity Fish will eat up.

They would've definitely gathered tons of beasts at each side of the Kukulja Lake, which acted as the boundary line.

Since they won't have to guard a large perimeter if they blocked along the Kukulja lake.

Kyaaaak!

Roars could be heard after a short trip through the jungle.

Gertas who were filled up with rage because they had lost their child couldn't get to stomp over the culprit.

'It was Gertas huh.'

He hadn't known which of the 13 beasts with herd-like natures they were but after checking them it was the Gertas.

'Good.'

Hansoo, who had personally confirmed the Gertas being near, quickly headed towards a different direction.

And then quickly started to harvest something in the forest.

'Daron Vine's Root… gathering some Amars.'

It would've been hard if he was bare-bodied but the Forgotten Sword was of great help.

'Dumbass. That's not how you use this.'

That guy had been using this by pouring mana into this and either exploding or compressing it to strengthen the sword but the true usage of the Forgotten Sword was not that.

Stretch.

As Hansoo poured in Mana, a free-formed blade grew out.

This was the true usage.

Something that the guy, who only knew how to blow it up or compress it, couldn't use. A free-form blade that required the mana control to be extremely fine to the point where one can do both things simultaneously.

Hansoo swung that blade in all directions as he cut off the beasts' necks and collected the needed ingredients.

The free-form sword of which the length and shape kept changing constantly aimed for the unguarded spots of the beasts.

'Let's see. I should need about 20 of them.'

Hansoo, who had squeezed out the incense pouch of 20 Amars along with a few other ingredients, approached the Gertas who were aggressively roaming around.

The Gertas charged at him but it was fruitless.

Chwak!

Hansoo was cautious to not get any of the blood on his body as he swung the free-form sword around.

The stretched out blade cut of the neck of the Gerta.

'Done.'

Though it would be better if he had the blood of the baby it would take too much time for him to find the hidden baby.

Since the Quadratus guys will arrive soon.

Hansoo poured the blood on his free-form sword onto the prepared ingredients and then quickly put in into the Selfish Wealthy man's Food Jar by his waist.

'It's troublesome if the scent gets spread.'

Hansoo quickly moved his body towards the passed out Gyesoo after he had completed his work.

He was still passed out.

And above that Gyesoo, a few Blue Carrier Pigeons were flying around.

They will arrive if they receive the help from the receiver but since they weren't receiving the help they didn't arrive.

But soon his comrades will arrive.

Hansoo quickly approached the mess of a guy.

A guy who had become bloodied from head to toe from the battle with him.

But the injuries were healing at a rate that could be seen with the naked eye.

If some more time passes and then he uses the regeneration rune, he'll probably be healed to the point he'll be able to move again.

Hansoo approached the passed out Gyesoo.

And then he quickly pulled out the mixture he had made, put it into the split wound on his thigh and then quickly shut the wound.

It will take some time for the gap completely heal.

And he didn't have the time wait for that.

'Let's see.'

Hansoo fumbled around his pockets as he pulled something out.

'I'll return your business card.'

As Hansoo stuck the business card which was made of the Padro Larva's hide onto his thigh, the business card melted down as the wound on the thigh closed up.

Hansoo, who had made a satisfactory expression at the completely healed wound, nodded and disappeared into the jungle after clearing up his tracks.

Soon slashing sounds were heard as Cheng, one of the commanders, and his subordinates appeared.

Cheng made a dumbfounded expression as he looked at Gyesoo laid out on the floor.

'This retard… he really lost?'

Cheng looked at Gyesoo as he was seriously pathetic but then just shook his head.

He wants to throw Gyesoo into the Kukulja lake after taking into account the fact that Gyesoo had worked so hard was still laid out like this but this guy was a bit special even out of the commanders.

Since he was a guy who had been inside the Calamity Fish.

"Let's take this guy and go back!"

'Damnit.'

He didn't want to report this situation to Kalz Morenn…

He had to wake this guy up no matter what and make him report it himself.

All the aid was on the cruise ship anyway.

Cheng took Gyesoo and then quickly moved towards the cruise ship.

"Hmm. When does it start."

Kalz Morenn looked towards the distant sea with a content expression.

The Calamity Fish was still quite a distance away but if you take into account his great eyesight and the size of that thing, it wasn't hard to spot it.

'The Quadratus guys are quite good.'

Getting a 2000 man boat was hard enough but these guys somehow managed to station it right next to the root.

'Anyways. That's why there are so many tourists.'

If they had thought that it was dangerous from the start then the tourists wouldn't even have gathered.

And a 2000 man boat was at the level where it could withstand the waves created by the Calamity Fish.

But unlike Kalz Morenn, the newcomer standing next to him, Ailen, was making a rather bitter expression.

Kalz Morenn chuckled.

'Look at this kid.'

He was a guy that he held dearly.

And that was why he had brought him along after paying the tourism fee.

Kalz Morenn knew the reason why he was making such an expression.

"It hasn't been long since you came into our clan right?"

Ailen pondered for a moment and then answered.

"It has been about 27 days."

"And when did you come to the Otherworld?"

Ailen shrugged his shoulders

"1 year. Since I came through the last year's tutorial."

Kalz Morenn smiled contently at those words.

Only strong people could come into Lighthouse, one of the six pillars.

But this guy had come into Lighthouse in 1 year and into the most dangerous Shock Troopers.

If you take into account the fact that most people in Lighthouse were 3rd and 4th years, then this guy's talent was amazing.

And that was one of the reasons why he held him so dearly.

'It's probably because he's still a 1st year…'

Such a thing like this would probably make him feel a little dirty.

To shove down huge groups of people into the stomach of the Calamity Fish and watching it.

Kalz Morenn spoke towards Ailen.

"You probably know by now… what do you think of every day while you live?"

Ailen shrugged his shoulders as he answered.

"Getting stronger."

Kalz Morenn chuckled.

"Right? Surviving day by day isn't your goal anymore right? Since you aren't at that level anymore."

"I was like you around that level too. But… you start to think differently right before you go up."

There's nothing he should be scared of right now.

Since they, who ruled over the Red Zone, were really strong.

They had long been qualified to go up to the Orange Zone.

But there was only one reason why they had remained here.

If we go up then we become the newcomers of that place.

Of course they won't start off from the rock bottom.

Since there was still a gap from those who barely qualified to go up to the Orange Zone and them.

And they would probably be able to rise above others faster than them.

But that wasn't the important part.

If I go up there then I cannot live like this anymore.

There won't be people who would tremble at the sight of them and there might be people who he would have to run away from.

He had to struggle to get stronger again and go back into dangerous places.

"Do you know what comes up in your head at this point?"

"…What comes up in your head?"

"You start to get an idea that you have to rule as much as you get here and then go up."

It was hard to remain in one place forever without going up due to the World Tree's structure.

And when you become one of the clansmen of the Six Pillars, and the top within that clan, you start to get thoughts such as this.

If we go up then we have to struggle to get stronger and to survive. Enjoy as much as you can before going up.

But this wasn't easy either.

There was no way to fulfill the stomach.

Since the only thing to eat here were Nutritional Fluids.

There wasn't much need for sleep and one would get fed up with lust after a day or two.

He needed something more fun and intense.

Something to fulfill this desire of the ones who will go up soon and become tired again.

And the Quadratus Sightseeing was something created for people like this.

Watch the fire across the river from a safe spot before you go. It's worth the sight. You have to take a look at the face of the Red Zone, the Calamity Fish, before you go too.

'I look forward to it.'

It was quite a good sight to see dying people struggle.

That alone wouldn't be enough but there were thousands of people and such a thing would become very grand once the Calamity Fish takes part in it.

According to the ones who had seen it before, this was really a good sight.

Shouldn't he have a look at such a wondrous sight before going up.

At that moment he felt a presence approach him.

Then Kalz Morenn clicked his tongue after seeing what had come.

"Did you seriously lose?"

He had told the other Quadratus guys just in case but for him to really lose.

While Gyesoo was making an embarrassed face, Kalz Morenn wrinkled his nose at the very faint scent.

A scent which normal humans could not smell and only he, who had learned Aronan Chaser, could detect.

And then he looked towards the origin of the scent.

Gyesoo's thigh.

Kalz Morenn frowned his brows as he looked at Gyesoo with an incredibly fearsome expression.

"You retard…"

"Pardon?"

Gyesoo was shocked at the sudden bloodthirst rushing towards him and replied unconsciously.

Kyaaaak!

A very faint scent breezed past the noses of the Gertas.

A scent which was created when the extremely agitated Gerta's pheromones and blood were mixed.

It was clear what his scent meant.

That the killer of one of their kind had been covered with their blood.

The strong scent, which seemed like it was asking for revenge, was carried by the winds.

And it was amplified thousands of times.

Kyaaaak!

Thousands of Gertas which were roaming near the Kukulja Lake started to madly dash towards the origin of the scent.

And Hansoo laughed as he saw this sight.

He couldn't gain a large amount of time but this was enough for now.

'I should finish fast and go make some of that Nutritional Fluid. I wonder if that Gyesoo guy is alright.'

He didn't know who Kalz Morenn was but according to what he heard about his personality, it would be hard for him to ignore such a blunder like this.

Hansoo rushed out to complete the extract within the time that Gyesoo had kindly bestowed him.

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Chapter 61 – Calamity Fish Hunting (6)

'Let's see…'

Hansoo looked at the relic in his hands and then walked into the woods as he sliced a nearby Chehykle tree with the blade of the Forgotten sword.

And then sticky sap started pour out from it.

Hansoo got the small remaining amount of Amar's Incense, mixed it with the sap and then spread it on the Forgotten sword until all of the surface was covered.

'It's done.'

Hansoo walked up to the lake and resumed his previous hunt after covering his whole sword.

Pagagagagak!

The heads of the fishes got crushed apart from the countless blade slashes as they died off.

Hansoo nodded as he saw the fishes charging at him.

'At this level I can probably go and hunt the grown ones.'

It was an obvious fact that the adult ones had more of the extract within them than the baby ones.

If he hunted the adult ones then he could probably complete the extract in a shorter time.

The reason why he had not done so was because he had no way of getting through their thick skulls and scales but it was now more efficient to hunt the adult ones since he had obtained the Forgotten Sword.

'The location of the adults is in the deeper part of the lake.'

He needed some preparations to go there.

Hansoo pulled out all of the extracts from the heart and then started to run along the lakeshore.

After a long while he could see a plant with its roots submerged in water.

A plant which lived by sucking onto the toxic water, Ghweche

Hansoo rushed onto the lotus like plant.

Tututuk.

He pulled out the Ghweche along with its roots, opened it and then retrieved a handful of seeds.

Hansoo then proceeded to collect the seeds of a few more Ghweche plants and then threw one into the water as a test.

Pushushushuk.

Surprisingly, the small seed didn't sink when it entered the water and instead started to madly swell up.

It swelled up by absorbing the water-soluble toxin which made the toxic waters toxic.

Hansoo got on top of the seed which had swelled up to the size of a human head.

It started to sink slowly once Hansoo got on top of it but as he got off the seed it came back up with its buoyancy.

'Good.'

Hansoo then proceeded to create a bridge along the surface of the water towards the center of the lake where the adult fishes would be living.

At that moment a light shone in the distance behind Hansoo.

Hoooong.

At the same time very hot air rushed towards him.

Though the actual heat was weak, if you take into account the distance from him and the origin of the flame then that location would probably be similar to hell.

'I should hurry a bit more. It's still quite more amazing than I had thought.'

Hansoo quickly started to run towards the inner parts of the lake after checking his rear.

Kuuuuuuuuu

Tens of Gertas were laid out on the floor after becoming roasted by the dark red flame.

And Cheng and the other Quadratus members gulped as they saw this sight.

Though thousands of Gertas were running towards them, the man who had created the scene in front of them was much scarier.

Kalz Morenn, who had dark red flames swirling around his hand, looked at the Gertas he had roasted and then turned around as he spoke.

"Let's hear it."

"Pardon?"

"Let's hear about how you are going to deal with this. I've gotten curious as to how and why you guys do your job like this."

"… We will take care of it."

Then a few people ran down as they launched off the cruise ship.

Ooonng.

The 2000 man cruise ship started to get further and further away from the land.

The Gertas who had run up roared in anger but they could only roam round the edge of the waters since they had no way of getting close to the cruise ship.

Kalz Morenn stood still for a moment and then opened his mouth again.

"Are you worrying about my safety right now? I'm asking as to how you are going to perform the sightseeing. If this goes on then all the newcomers will leak out. Can you guys block it all up?"

Gyesoo stumbled as he carried his injured body and walked out.

"I'll solve it. If I run around the Kukulja lake and lead those things then the newcomers will see that and…"

Kududuk.

"Aaakk!"

Gyesoo screamed as Kalz Morenn's hand suddenly dug into his thigh.

Kalz Morenn ignored his screams as he dug his thigh out and then pulled out a soggy reddish mixture.

Kyaaak!

As the mixture came out from his body the Gertas started to get even more agitated.

Kalz Moren threw that towards the Quadratus and then spoke.

"This guy is the guide, he can't die. Take this and spread it along the roads."

"…Understood."

The Quadratus felt cold sweats run down their backs as they looked at the shore where the Gertas were going crazy.

They had to carry this around and then spread it along the roads.

Though they can bring back the Gertas onto the roads if they spread this but carrying this around meant that they had to keep all of those Gertas on their tails.

They couldn't even imagine the number of people who would die during this process.

'Damnit. It got screwed up real dirty.'

Cheng looked at Gyesoo with a resentful expression.

But he could only go.

If not then he would probably die in the hands of Kalz Morenn instead of the Gertas.

It seemed like that Kalz Morenn, who was full of anticipation, started to feel worse and worse as the plans got screwed up.

'If we can settle the matter for now with this then it'll be good.'

But Kalz Morenn destroyed Cheng's anticipation.

"And what are you going to do about that Hansoo fellow."

"Take responsibility and bring him over. I really want to see his face now."

"Understood."

Cheng clenched his teeth and then shouted.

"Plug up the roads first! Then… find that guy with the lake as the main location!"

A guy who had set them up like this wouldn't have hidden.

'He said he was going to kill the Calamity Fish right.'

Since that guy was doing something in the Kukulja lake then he wouldn't be able to leave far until that was accomplished.

Kalz Morenn then looked at Gyesoo with a cold expression.

"You will talk to me for a bit. About what you failed."

"Uuuuu…"

Gyesoo made a expression filled with fear from those terrifying eyes.

Kudududuk.

Hansoo stabbed the Kukulja's skull and then quickly stabbed into the heart, pulled the heart out and then threw it into the Selfish Wealthy man's Food Jar.

The efficiency fell in comparison to squeezing it out on land but he didn't have the confidence to drag them onto land.

Shhkung.

'I've still almost collected it all.'

The Selfish Wealthy man's Food Jar by his waist had almost been filled up due to him hunting for almost two days straight.

But there was still a problem.

'…My stamina is too spent.'

The place where he could get the Nutritional Liquid was a bit far away from the Kukulja's Lake.

His stomach was completely empty after fighting for two days straight without any nutriments.

Slashing the sword once was getting hard.

Kadududuk!

The Kukulja noticed Hansoo getting weaker as they rushed towards him even more crazily.

At that moment something cut through the toxic waters and flew towards him while making pagagak sounds.

An arrow filled with the power of a skill.

'It's a skill of the targeting type.'

Hansoo compressed the free-form blade and then swung it.

Boom!

He had deflected the arrow but the injuries that had barely healed ripped open, due to him straining the muscles of his whole body , and spread around as the Kukuljas who smelled this started to thrash around more aggressively.

A person who looked like a commander of the Quadratus was looking towards him by the lakeshore and was preparing a skill.

'It seems they have stopped the fire for now.'

Actually, the two days he had gained were quite a lot.

Though it would've been nicer to have a bit more, it happened already.

He had to solve this situation.

'I don't have the strength to have a prolonged battle.'

He was hungry, was lacking in stamina due to the long fight he had and was losing blood as well.

And Kukuljas were rushing towards him crazily from below.

But he still had to complete the extract.

'I'll get rid of the guys who follow me.'

Hansoo stepped onto the heads of the crazily rushing Kukuljas as he started to run towards the other side of the lake very quickly.

And Cheng grinded his teeth as he saw this.

"Shoot out restraining skills so he won't run away and chase him!"

The other commanders made a bitter expression at this.

"You want to go in there?"

The bridge trick that Hansoo had done wasn't hard for them.

And hunting down a tired person was an easy task for them.

But even with all this it was still a bit burdensome for them to go into the lake which was swarming with Kukuljas.

Cheng shouted at those words.

"The conditions are still the same! And don't you know that it'll become more tiresome if you don't catch him while he's that tired? And say we don't catch him here… what are you going to report then?"

If he runs away to the other side of the lake then it really becomes hard to catch him.

Since the Kukulja lake was as big as the vast End Root.

If he hid in the jungle then things become really tiresome.

Everyone gulped at those words.

If they miss the chance to catch him while he's tired then they have to meet Kalz Morenn.

They could still clearly remember the scene where Kalz Morenn dipped Gyesoo into the sea and pulled him back out like Shabu Shabu as he asked him about his responsibilities.

Uwaaaaaak!

If you guys want to take a half-body bath in the toxic waters like this then you can continue to idle about. Hurry and get along.

Gyesoo had only stopped at a half-body bath in the toxic waters because he had the experience of the insides of the Calamity Fish.

If they fail then they might take on a full body bath instead of a half-body bath.

'Fucker. We aren't even below that guy!'

But such a lame excuse did not work in this world where the differences in power were clear.

Since they had signed the contract to bring that guy back it was likely that they will suffer if they were to even discuss about it.

The commanders, who were grinding their teeth, and the other Quadratus floated on pieces of wood or Ghweche seeds as they quickly pursued Hansoo.

'You bitch. I've almost caught you! I'll vent all my anger on you!'

Unlike them, who were running with not many obstructions, their target with a bloody body was being attacked by the Kukuljas.

At that moment, Hansoo suddenly stepped onto the Kukulja as he jumped up into the air.

"…huh?"

A formless energy flowed into the sword on his hand as it instantly turned into a whip.

"Block it!"

At those words the people who had been running activated their skills to guard their fatal spots and focused on regaining their balance.

Pik.

Pipipik.

'…Mmm?'

Cheng made a confused expression at the whip that had swept around them.

The glamorous attack just swept around their limbs as if it wasn't targeting their fatal spots from the beginning.

It was extremely sharp so their flesh was cut but it wasn't in fatal locations.

Cheng smirked as he saw this.

'Did he perhaps think that we will run away from fear when we got injured?'

Bleeding actually did make things a bit more burdensome.

Since Kukuljas will charge onto them if they bled.

But Hansoo was bleeding much more than them anyway and this amount of injury would heal up before a minute was up.

But the moment Cheng and the other Quadratus tried to rush in enthusiastically, something unexpected occured.

Chwuuuuk.

The injuries got wider and wider as a large amount of blood started to flow out.

"Uuk! What is this!"

"Heal! Use the healing rune!"

"Dammit! It won't close up!"

Blood was pouring out from the injury made by the whip.

And the Kukuljas, who had smelled the blood that had been spilt on the waters, rushed at them madly.

Pududududk.

"Waak! Damnit!"

'What is this nonsense!'

Cheng screamed inwardly in puzzlement as he struck at the Kukuljas charging at him.

He was sure that such an option wasn't on Gyesoo's sword.

Hansoo made a cold expression at the top of the lake which had become chaos itself.

'Now our situations are a bit more equal.'

Hemorrhage

The second power the Nurmaha's Ring had unlocked after it evolved into a Red Artifact.

Once you were hit by the attack filled with the strange power of Nurmaha then the injury will not heal while the power lingered on the injury and instead cause a large amount of blood to pour out.

A top rated skill which was fatal towards the guys who trust in their healing skills and fight recklessly.

He had been saving it because the mana usage was very large but this was the perfect time for it.

'But this isn't quite enough.'

He was still bleeding as well and the Kukuljas were charging at him and them without distinguishing between them.

It had just become even.

And the fight was better the more unfair it was.

Hansoo ripped off the sap that was covering the blade with his hands.

Then the scent of the Forgotten Sword, which had been hidden beneath the strong Amar scent, started to permeate all around.

The Kukuljas who had smelled this flinched in surprise as they crazily tried to distance themselves away from Hansoo.

They could only be scared.

Since this scent was that of the fearful predator that ate them as snacks.

Pudududuk Pudududuk.

As the scent which could be smelled from hundreds of meters away under water spread, the Kukuljas made a huge riot in order to get away from Hansoo.

And Hansoo used this timing to throw the seeds to create the bridge as he got out to the lakeshore.

Then he looked at the relic on his hand.

This was an object that had been kept within the Calamity Fish for a very long time.

Its scent could only be strong.

He couldn't hunt properly if the Kukuljas ran away so he had hidden this scent but this was the most effective way in order to escape like this.

"Ahhhhk!"

"Kuaaaak!"

'They won't be able to come out.'

That place was dangerous even for him.

Since the fear of the predator that had appeared for a moment had increased their vicious instincts a step further.

Hansoo, who had been looking at the Kukuljas who were gathering onto the center of the lake in a crazy manner, hid the scent of the Forgotten sword again as he completed the Kukulja extract.

Hansoo sighed as he looked at the mess his body had turned into.

He had predicted that it wouldn't be easy but it was extremely tiring.

There was a huge difference between the beasts of the Red Zone and the people of the Tutorial.

'Keldian. I might kick your ass if I see you again.'

Hansoo, who had been thinking of Keldian who had set up a strict schedule for him, thought of the next objective.

Nutritional fluid.

The reason why the wide World Tree Mountain Range became an area of dispute.

And one of the other reasons why he had to heal this World Tree.

'If I collect that then it'll be the end.'

Hansoo looked at the Kukulja heart extract which he had filled half of the pouch with and then started to gather the Ghweche seeds.

And soon Hansoo gathered a few thousand Ghweche seeds and quickly rushed towards the location where the Nutritional fluid flowed, the Exterior.

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Chapter 62 – Calamity Fish Hunting (7)

Kalz Morenn clicked his tongue.

'The Blue Carrier Pigeons have not been flying back for a while'.

This meant that everyone who had gone off had failed.

'I can't leave this to them anymore.'

He thought that he would be able to find that guy using Gyesoo's trait pretty quickly but it seems that there was a lot of restrictions that made it so that he could not find the person he found earlier for a whole month.

'Well. He probably never thought of losing to a newcomer in the first place anyway.'

Ailen asked with a slightly confused expression while looking at Kalz Morenn warming up his body.

"…You said you weren't going to move because you came for vacation right?"

Kalz Morenn smiled.

"I came here to enjoy. I feel like that guy will make this fun for me. It's been a while since I found somebody who offended me like this."

There's no satisfaction in smashing down timid people.

Wringing those who offended you was truly fun and satisfying.

"I'm going. You watch for those who run away towards the plains above the Kukulja Lake."

Kalz Morenn left those final words as he quickly disappeared from the top of the boat.

Hansoo thought about his next objective as he erased his tracks.

Since he had collected the Kukulja Heart Extract it was now time for him to go to the next stage.

'I need to supplement it with Nutritional Fluid.'

One of the the two core ingredients of the Hardening Liquid.

Hansoo took out the Juicer he received from the Helper clansman and then ran towards the End Root between the sea and the Kukulja lake.

In this place, if you ignore the few special cases within the World Tree Area, it was impossible to satisfy one's hunger and thirst without the Juicer.

Hansoo could finally see a greenish part on the center of some blazing ruins that resembled a vein after a long run on top of the tree root.

'Found it. The Exterior.'

The Root of World Tree was largely divided into the Exterior and the Interior.

The Interior absorbed the toxic waters from the Roots and then sent it to the Trunk which acted as the main part of the tree.

And the Exterior supplied nutrition to all of the World Tree by purifying the toxic waters into the Nutritional Fluid.

The Exterior, which was made of tens of thousands of strands, spread out from the deepest parts of the World Tree Roots and even to the outside.

And the only place where the survivors of this place, which was always burning, could find liquid and food was that World Tree Exterior's Nutritional Fluid.

A large amount of people were using all their strengths and using the Juicer like the Helper clansman had told them.

But of course there was a problem.

'Barely any comes out.'

"Dammit! What is this! It barely comes out!"

"Uuu. What will this amount do to anyone!"

This machine, which had a few skills applied onto it, pulled out the Nutritional Fluid once one takes it and puts it onto the Exterior.

But if not much of the Nutritional Fluid flowed through the Exterior then what would the Juicer do even if it had extremely good specs.

As if the Exterior was symbolizing the dried up World Tree, a very small amount of Nutritional Fluids were running through it.

'I need to find a thicker Exterior.'

He had to scratch off quite a large amount of Nutritional Fluids for the Hardening Liquid.

It wasn't hard to find a thicker Exterior.

Since if you follow the Exterior up, you will find a thicker Exterior where the other Exteriors met up.

But there were people on the thicker Exterior already.

'We meet again.'

Hansoo shrugged as he looked at the 150 people gathered.

Yohan and the others were driving out the other people approaching the Exterior as they were filling up their Nutritional Fluid Containers.

"Get lost!"

"Don't come close! We will use this place first!"

The people who were driven out cried out in rage.

"You damned bastards! If you suck it all up then what do you want us to do!"

Yohan smirked as he laughed.

"If you feel wronged then go up higher than us and suck it up there."

"…Fuckers."

The people cursed quietly.

Who didn't know about that.

But the higher they go the stronger the beasts and people get.

Of course it was more dangerous to go higher.

So people realized it at once.

That they had to get stronger no matter what and then keep climbing up.

If they keep sucking out the Nutritional Fluid in the Exterior above then the people below will barely be able to taste the Nutritional Fluid.

Which means that they had to persevere to get the Nutritional Fluid no matter what, get stronger and then drink from the Exterior above where there is more Nutritional Fluid.

Hansoo shook his head as he saw this scene.

'How could there be unity if things go like this.'

It was basically the same as fighting for water during a drought.

Actually the fight to take over the Nutritional Fluid was even more intense above.

'And this is why I must revive the World Tree even more.'

It was impossible to unite people when the amount of food was limited.

It was already not enough but if the people who will be sent in next year are taken into account then it will really be insufficient.

They will all starve like the Communism of the old days and then all die of starvation.

Unity was a job that was after revival of the World Tree.

'Well. It's not to the point where they will starve to death yet.'

Which means that it wasn't time for him to care yet.

Hansoo landed in front of Yohan who was driving off the other people.

And as soon as Yohan saw Hansoo, his expression scrunched up.

Then he shouted loudly.

"Kang Hansoo! Where did you hide the boat!"

"Mmm?"

Yohan loudly shouted.

"We can't go up higher! There are beasts swarming up above!"

There was a reason why Yohan and his crew were staying a bit below the Lake.

They had seen the Calamity Fish on the way.

And because of this they tried to climb up as fast as possible as soon as the instructions of the Helper clansman ended.

But they gave up as soon as they saw the beasts blocking their way.

Since thousands of beasts were swarming around.

The lake was even worse.

And they were raising their strengths by collecting the Nutritional Fluid like this and hunting weak beasts because they could not die like this.

But if they had a boat then everything would be solved.

"Give us the boat. You don't need it. We will leave on the boat."

They had rushed back to find the boat after seeing that the road was blocked but they could not find it as if this guy had hidden it.

Hansoo shook his head at Yohan words.

He had to ride on that to hunt the Calamity Fish.

"Persevere well here. Don't think about going up."

"…what?"

"I'm going to kill that Calamity Fish so. I need to use the boat there."

'He's really insane.'

He had heard something like this when this guy was fighting that Camille woman.

'You want us to believe such nonsense? Just say you don't want to give us the boat instead.'

Yohan grinded his teeth.

Hansoo chucked as he looked at that Yohan.

Since he could guess what he was thinking.

'Don't do that.'

If he had let these guys off in a different place then it would've taken a lot longer.

He could understand Yohan's intentions so he just shrugged and didn't really say much more.

Since he had long gotten used to people telling him to put down the luggage after he had saved them too.

While Yohan was grinding his teeth, Hansoo leisurely went up to the Exterior and then plugged the pointy part of the Juicer.

Chuuuuuuk.

And then the Juicer activated as it pulled out the Nutritional Fluid a drop at a time.

Hansoo then drank the Nutritional Fluid that came out from the Juicer.

'Hooh. Much better.'

Though the World Tree had dried up, it was still the World Tree.

He had just drank just a few drops of the water of life that was provided through the Exterior but it already started to fill up Hansoo's whole body with nutrients.

The slowed down healing speed from the lack of nutrition quickly came back to normal as the Nutritional Fluid swirled around his body.

'Since I quenched my thirst it's time to move.'

Hansoo got up his seat.

The amount he needed to gather was not possible to be gathered here anyway.

There were two reasons why he had come to the Exterior on the bottom.

To replenish his spent stamina and to use it as the starting point to go to a bigger one.

Even more so since this thing went up and down through the underground.

"Don't piss people off randomly and just stay here for a bit."

The time was getting saved due to him having earned quite a nice weapon.

He would be able to set off towards the Calamity Fish in just a little while.

Hansoo ended with those words as he followed the Exterior into a corner of the jungle.

Yohan looked at that Hansoo with a cold expression.

'I need to find the hidden boat.'

The reason why that guy could be so laid back was because he had the boat.

Since he could leave at any time.

Yohan had to find the boat.

'But how?'

That guy was so cautious to the point where he was constantly erasing his tracks as he moved.

And the dangerous jungle.

It would be hard to chase.

But Yohan suddenly had a strange thought.

'Was something over there?'

If you follow the way he had come from the lake was there.

A guy of that level would've already been to such a place and came back but for him to only come out now.

'Is something over there?'

There was a possibility.

Since that guy had a strange psychic power.

Then the reason why he had driven the boat to this dangerous place could be explained.

'Killing the Calamity Fish. That's definitely a lie… Is he trying to gain something here and then escape with the boat?'

And the fact that he had told them to stay here was even more suspicious.

Yohan cautiously gathered up a few people and shared his thoughts.

A few of them actually made a doubtful expression but then they agreed with Yohan's thoughts of having a look as they created a search team to follow the path Hansoo had come from.

And soon they arrived at the lake which was quite familiar to them.

The lake of the monsters which had thrown them into despair.

But there was a person who had gotten there before them.

'…Who is that?'

There was a man who was meticulously searching around the lake in Yohan's sight.

The foreign looking man searched around the root but once he saw them he ignored them as if he lost his joy and started to focus onto the work he was doing.

'Damnit. They're all the same.'

Yohan, whose pride had actually taken quite a toll due to Hansoo, had actually gotten pissed at the attitude of the man ignoring them but couldn't really say anything back because that man looked dangerous at just a simple glance.

Even without the Helper clansman's warning he could still feel the strange bloodthirsty aura radiating from that man.

Yohan decided to ignore that man just like how he had done to them and spoke to the surrounding people.

"Since it looks dangerous let's back off for now and then look for Hansoo's tracks when that man leaves."

Yohan did not realize that this was a fatal mistake.

The ears of the man, who had been ignoring Yohan and his crew, trembled as he yelled out roughly.

"Hey you over there! You know Hansoo?"

'Shit!'

Everyone was shocked at the sudden shout of the man.

They didn't know who he was but they didn't want to get mixed up with such a dangerous person.

Yohan tensed up but then thought that he didn't have anything to lose as he broadened his chest and tried to speak.

"We do but then what are yo…"

Puuuk!

"Kuuhuuuk!"

The broadened chest had to be folded back immediately.

Yohan looked at the man who had appeared in front of him in an instant and had smashed him on his stomach with a pained expression.

'What… did I even do wrong?'

Kalz Morenn looked at that Yohan as he spoke.

"You bastard. Dare to look at my eyes when you're just a mere newcomer. You want to die."

"Kuhuuuk…"

'Damnit. With just that as the reason…'

It felt like his whole intestines were tangling up from just one kick.

At the same time Yohan realized why the Helper clansman told them to not piss off the people who had come in the previous year.

Since the explosive movements that were combined with skills were hard even for their eyes to follow.

"Good. It was hard enough to look for his tracks anyways, you guys will help me a bit."

He was about to explode from annoyance because that guy had hidden his tracks so well but for these guys to get caught.

'Kuhuu. He probably knew that someone was going to chase him but it seems like he didn't expect something like this.'

Kalz Morenn looked at the chicks with a cold expression.

"You got off here?"

"Yes."

"Good."

Kalz Morenn estimated which way that guy would've gone.

He didn't know why Hansoo was running around the jungle but he probably knew that there were going to be pursuers.

'There's no way that he'd hide his tracks otherwise.'

Then there was only one choice that guy would make.

Escape Route

Running away from him when Gyesoo hadn't even told him about himself was an impossible thing.

It was impossible to run towards the wide open plain above the Kukulja lake because he had told Ailen to guard that area.

The only escape route then was the sea.

If he went near the boat and then waited then he would be able to catch him for sure.

'If not then I can just break apart the the boat first. Since I can kill him slowly once he can't run away anymore.'

Though Hansoo had hidden it, it wasn't hard to find the traces of the boat with a skill once they reach the place where they had gotten off.

Yohan, who had been looking at Kalz Morenn with a fearful expression, spoke.

"Anyways… will you really give us the boat? Once you find it?"

Kalz Morenn looked at Yohan with an amused expression.

'These guys. Do they not have a very good relationship?'

From what he heard, they would've all died if not for this Hansoo guy but they were cooperating extremely well.

He was going to twist the necks of a few people if they didn't comply but he felt awkward to do so when they cooperated so well.

'Well. It's better for me.'

Kalz smiled contently as he spoke.

"Of course. You guys take the boat."

He was going to destroy it anyway for the tour but this was the time to give hope.

They would cooperate better if there was a chance for survival.

As if those words gave Yohan strength, he steadily headed towards the location where they had gotten off the boat.

And then he spoke towards Kalz:

"It's here."

"Let's see…"

Kalz Morenn's skill, Aronan's Chaser, activated.

Since the fairy's boats weren't hard to find due to their particularities.

'Tsk. It'd be nice to find Hansoo with this.'

But there were too many different scents mixed in the last battlefield for that.

But soon the confident face of Kalz Morenn scrunched up.

"…This guy and that guy. Why are they all retarded."

The location where the Aronan's Chaser pointed to.

He could feel the traces of the boat a few hundreds meters deep under the sea.

But how would Hansoo pull that up.

The 500 man boat's weight was not something a human can pull up.

Even if the amount of their muscles increased, there was still a limit with a human's body mass.

Where would he find a rope to pull that up while withstanding the toxic waters.

'These retards… he didn't hide it, it just sunk.'

This meant that Hansoo guy had gained a boat somewhere else already.

A boat that the Quadratus guys had not smashed yet.

'Quadratus and these guys. They're really extremely frustrating.'

The important fact was that he had wasted time because these guys.

Catching him would become much harder due to this slight change.

Since when it came to pursuing someone the difference between a few hours and half a day was the difference between heaven and earth.

"These bitches…"

"Huuuuak!"

The thing that he needed the most currently was somebody to vent his anger on.

The dark red flames started to float around Kalz Morenn as if they were reacting to his rage.

'Hmm. Good.'

Hansoo, who had sliced apart the beasts in the Exterior located deep within the jungle and was pulling out the Nutritional Fluid with the juicer, nodded at the smooth process.

There was no need to share it because it was an Exterior located in a dangerous place and he was also gaining runes steadily even while chopping apart the beasts.

'It seems like the work will finish faster than my expectation. Anyways, I thought that Kalz Morenn guy would chase me but I seem to be wrong. Did he lose his way somewhere.'

But Hansoo just shrugged his shoulders.

'I wonder why my luck is so good. It's good anyway. Once the materials Camille Rowe finds get mixed in then it'll be completed.'

Hansoo, who had been sucking the Nutritional Fluid out from the Exterior, quickly moved towards the next Exterior.

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Chapter 63 – Galadriang's Relic (1)

Kwarurururu.

Kalz Morenn was standing within the blazing jungle.

"Hooh. This rat of a bastard…"

Boooom!

Five days.

He had searched around this area, looking for Hansoo, for five days.

He wouldn't have been this mad if there weren't any traces in the first place.

But the most annoying thing was that there were very faint traces of him left behind.

Sometimes a faint scent could be smelled and sometimes the traces of the Forgotten Sword he had stolen from Gyesoo were left behind.

This made him even madder.

Since he was just tailing his back even if he was chasing with all his might.

'Goddamnit…'

It would've been easier if he had brought some of his subordinates here but he had come here for a vacation.

But then he'd rather commit suicide than receive Ailen's help.

Since he'd lose face.

Then Gyesoo spoke cautiously towards Kalz Morenn.

"How about… catching Camille Rowe?"

"Camille Rowe?"

Kalz Morenn slightly frowned as he heard this.

This was something that Gyesoo had been suggesting for a while.

Since Hansoo's main goal was the Calamity Fish, he would naturally be dragged in if you catch his comrade.

But there was a reason why Kalz Morenn had not done this yet.

'Damnit. Not being able to catch a single newcomer is enough face lost but for me to take people hostage?'

If Amil Stadan, from one of the Six Pillars Hecarim, heard this then he will laugh at him while holding onto his stomach.

No, he would become a public object of ridicule to the clans of the twelve roots.

But his rage was currently exceeding his pride.

There were instances in his plan where he would not be able to catch a guy for 5 days.

'Well if I take care of things well…. There won't be rumors.'

Kalz Morenn asked Gyesoo.

"How do you want to do it? You told me you couldn't use your trait yet."

Gyesoo laughed.

"Hansoo might erase his tracks but why would she. She would not think that someone will be chasing her."

"Hooh."

"Since we almost finished the sightseeing preparation, we'll separate to find her and then send a Blue Carrier Pigeon once we do."

Kalz Morenn made a satisfied expression as he nodded.

"You be careful. You are the main actor of the 2nd part of the tour. Remember why I take care of you so well."

"…I know very well."

"You guys find Camille according to your plans. I shall continue searching for Hansoo."

If he gave up like this then his pride would be damaged.

Camille was a last resort.

'I will catch him before that.'

Gyesoo nodded as he saw Kalz Morenn grind his teeth and send Blue Carrier Pigeons in every direction.

"Hooh."

Hansoo looked at his food jar container.

A container that was full of the Nutritional Fluid and the Kukulja heart extract.

'I've almost collected all of the materials for the Hardening Fluid too.'

Since he had some time left until Camille would finish gathering all the materials, he had gathered a few extra materials that he would use on the boat.

As he saw flames exploding from place to place, it seemed like that Kalz Morenn had been enraged to no extent.

'It is pretty annoying.'

But it seemed like that Kalz Morenn wasn't that talented despite being the captain of the shock troopers.

If Kalz had raised his chaser skill then it would have been harder to hide his tracks.

'Let's have a peek.'

Hansoo adjusted the shape of the formless energy of the Forgotten Sword so that light would be diffracted.

It wasn't that hard. He just needed to change the thickness a little bit.

He then proceeded to apply mud onto his face as he started to look over the cruise ship in the distance along with his transformed sword that acted like monoculars.

He knew of the cruise ship's location due to the heat that had come off during the Gertas incident.

In order to not get caught within their eyes he had to stay this far back to look over them discreetly.

Hansoo frowned after looking over the location of where the Blue Carrier Pigeons were flying and Kalz Morenn's movements.

'Look at these guys. They changed the target.'

He didn't think that Kalz would've done such a thing due to his pride of being the captain of the shocktroopers of Lighthouse but it seems that his rage had overcome his pride.

'Let's move.'

He had collected all the materials anyway.

The time had come for him to reunite with Camille.

'Let's see… she would be around the Erum Mines or Kukuru burrows by now.'

A dumb person wouldn't know but Camille was rather smart so she would choose the most efficient route.

Which meant that she had to be in one of these two.

'I have to find Camille before them.'

Otherwise it'll become troublesome.

'First I'll go to Kukuru burrows.'

Hansoo carefully got out of his seat and quickly headed off somewhere.

Kaaaaaak!

Camille madly slashed her short spear towards the Erums running towards her.

Hoooong.

The short spear endlessly slashed through the air.

The respiratory holes of the Erums, who had the shape of a beetle, were sliced apart as they dropped down.

Kwadududk.

Camille split the stomach of the Erum, took out the secreting gland and then squeezed the liquid into a small bottle.

'I collected it all.'

Camille cracked the joints on her body.

She had collected all of 14 ingredients out of the 17 ingredients Hansoo had asked.

'My progress is faster than I expected, it seems like I'll finish in about a day.'

Camille started to head out of the mine after looking at the bottle of liquid.

But at the same time she could feel somebody coming into the mine with her acute battle senses.

Camille tensed up and focused.

Erum Mines were quite difficult for newcomers.

Which meant that whoever came here was not a newcomer.

But she sighed as she recognized the footsteps and breath and climbed up.

"You're here. Why are you here already though? I haven't collected it all."

Hansoo shrugged at Camille's words and spoke.

"The situation changed a little. Some annoying guys seem to have gotten on our tail."

"Annoying guys?"

Camille made a confused expression.

If this guy, who didn't recognize how high the sky was, thought of somebody as annoying then that person would be far beyond that.

"Who is it?"

"Kalz Morenn."

"…What did you just say?"

"Kalz Morenn. He seems to be the captain of the shock troopers of Lighthouse."

"What the hell have you done while you've been away from me!"

Camille shouted with a flustered expression.

She was a third year too but Kalz Morenn was at a different level.

If she fought him then she'd just melt down without being able to do anything.

'No, why is such a guy on the End Root?'

But there was only one important fact.

That those guys will chase them.

Camille made an expression full of despair and then spoke towards Hansoo.

"Let's start up the boat. There's no time."

She hadn't gathered all the ingredients but if they waited here and then encountered Kalz Morenn then they would both die.

No matter how strong this guy was he could not go against Kalz Morenn.

"Did you gather all the materials?"

Camille shook her head at Hansoo's words.

"Not the Kukuru Scales, Mixblood Fairy Breath and Arantal Lights."

Hansoo started to pull some things out of his pockets after hearing Camille's words and spoke:

"It's Kukuru Scales. I've gotten it on the way here. Focus on getting the other two for me."

"…What are you going to do?"

Hansoo looked at Camille and spoke.

"I'm going to buy some time while you gather the materials."

Not a single material could be left out.

Since an unstable Hardening Liquid will be made.

"Let's meet at this location after you gather the materials. I will bring the boat there."

Hansoo then told her the place they would meet up at.

Camille looked at Hansoo with a worried expression and asked.

"Isn't it better to collect the materials quickly with me?"

Hansoo shook his head at these words.

He had seen it on the way here.

The net had been closed up much more than he had anticipated.

At this rate they would be caught by the time they gather the materials and get to the boat.

One person had to buy some time.

'There's no need to lead the others astray.'

He just needed to get Kalz Morenn distracted.

Since Camille could handle the rest.

Hansoo then thought of Kalz Morenn.

He had left traces around wide open spaces on purpose while running away.

Very faintly.

Only so that one could find them if they had a chaser skill.

He had left olfactory traces sometimes and other times he left temperature related traces or footsteps.

And he saw Kalz Morenn chasing him from afar with the transformed sword and then checked his reaction.

The result was clear.

'The chaser skill he had learned… is a type of scent chaser.'

That guy was chasing his direction with the changes of scent.

Hansoo thought up to this point as he ripped a piece of his clothing off, ripped it to shreds and smeared blood onto it.

He then held onto it tight with his hands as he spoke to Camille.

"I'll leave it to you."

Hansoo ended with those words as he quickly started to run towards the jungle and Camille looked at Hansoo with a complicated expression but then also ran off to gather the materials.

'…Mmm?'

Kalz Morenn frowned at Hansoo's scent which had suddenly gotten stronger.

'He had hidden so well up to this point, why is this?'

Kalz Morenn deducted the reason after a brief thought.

The answer had come out.

'He has been watching me.'

The reason why Hansoo had shown himself was clear.

Since it was after they started chasing after Camille Rowe.

'If I knew that he would come out like this then I would've done this sooner.'

Kalz Morenn didn't actually have a lot of expectations against that Camille girl.

Since he hadn't thought that Hansoo was a person who would jump out because of one hostage.

He had told Gyesoo to do this because he was so fed up but for such a thing to happen.

'I'll gladly kill you.'

Kalz Morenn laughed maniacally as he chased the traces.

The traces were very clear unlike the ones so far.

He had thought that these were traces to lure him in but such a thing could be clearly seen.

All his senses and the skill were telling him clearly.

That Hansoo had just gotten past this area.

Kalz Morenn made a cold expression after chasing these traces for a long time.

'If he set up a trap then…'

Hansoo might not even be at the end of this chase since he was much more formidable than he had expected.

If that happened then he was really going to find that Camille and rip her to shreds.

Hansoo might be different but she can't run away from him.

It would be quite a nice target to vent his anger on since it seemed like Hansoo valued her greatly to come out like this.

'I should tell the guys to find Camille first.'

Kalz Morenn flinched momentarily while he was just about to send a Blue Carrier Pigeon to tell them to keep chasing Camille's traces.

And then he changed the message of the Pigeon as he saw somebody standing in the distance.

Stop chasing that Camille girl, come here and close the net.

Kalz Morenn walked towards Hansoo who was standing with a leisurely expression by the Kukulja Lake after sending the Blue Carrier Pigeons.

"I really wanted to meet you. Friend. I would've been really disappointed if I wasn't able to meet you this time along."

Hansoo chuckled towards that Kalz Morenn.

"I could only help you since you could not find me after all that. I even left hints."

Though the hints had not been left behind to help him but saying this was enough to stimulate him.

And as expected, veins appeared on Kalz Morenn's forehead as soon as he heard Hansoo's words.

Because everything from having to run after a one single newbie to worrying to get disturbed for the sightseeing and faking a hostage wielding replayed in his memory.

'This fucking son of a bitch…'

But soon after, Kalz Moreen took a deep breath in and out.

This guy was a fish that was a already caught.

'Even if you have a boat that you left somewhere… I won't allow you to get over there.'

As long as one comes into his sight, they can't escape by running.

He just needed to catch him and slowly smash him apart.

"You brat. Let's see if you can still say that while you're getting burnt."

As Kalz Morenn approached him with flames surrounding his body, Hansoo threw the Ghweche seeds in his pocket onto the lake as he ran away on the lake.

And then he sliced his thigh.

Then blood started to pour out as it spread out in the Kukulja Lake.

Pududadadak.

The Kukuljas were madly rushing towards him since he had covered the sword again.

Kalz Morenn flinched at this and then mocked him.

"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to hold on over there?"

Others might be different but he wasn't scared away from going towards the lake from the fear of getting bit by Kukuljas.

He just needed to burn them all.

Kalz Morenn stopped atop the Kukulja's bodies as he madly started to run atop on the lake.

Everytime Kalz Morenn stepped on the Kululja's head, their skulls were crushed like tofu.

Hansoo looked at Kalz Morenn and then laughed.

Of course he couldn't lead him astray and then get to the boat on top of the water.

That guy was clearly much stronger than him.

Since he was on a different level from Gyesoo or the other Quadratus guys.

But there was no need to go atop of the water.

The breeding lake was something that the Kukuljas, who originally lived on the sea, had dug out.

The underground passage here is connected to the sea.

Hansoo finished his thoughts and then looked at the artifact on Kalz Morenn's neck rapaciously.

Ahol's Breath

'If he has something like that then he would definitely follow me right?'

"Keep my item safe."

Hansoo smiled at Kalz Morenn, who had the survival-type artifact that was extremely hard to acquire, as he jumped down towards the lake where the Kukuljas were swarming in.

"This crazy bastard…"

Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth as he saw this.

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Chapter 64 – Galadriang's Relic (2)

Kururururk.

Hansoo ripped off the covering on his Forgotten Sword as soon as he sunk into the water.

Kuaaaaaak.

Then all the Kukuljas, who had been chasing him from the scent of the blood, were frightened as they ran away in all directions.

And in the place they had run to, there was another target.

But Hansoo didn't care for such a thing as he started to swim away madly.

If that guy was someone who he could kill with the Kukuljas then he would've done so above the lake.

Boooom!

And as he expected, an intense heat wave exploded out from above the lake.

Tens of Kukuljas were roasted in an instant.

The power of that attack could be estimated to a degree from the fact that the ones underwater had become like that.

Hansoo, who had covered himself with the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement, extended out the Magic Force of the reinforcement and then created it into the shape of the webbed feet of a duck.

He then flapped his arms and legs and quickly started to head downwards.

Deeper and deeper.

So that the attacks above the water wouldn't reach him.

Then soon the toxic water that Hanoo was swimming through started to boil.

'He's following.'

He knew even without looking.

Since the heat was slowly approaching towards Hansoo.

Hansoo stabbed the wooden pipe he had prepared into the Selfish Wealthy man's Food Jar.

Chuuuuuuk

Then the air he had gathered previously started to come into Hansoo through his mouth.

He had to breathe.

'Tsk. It'd be nice if I had a survival type skill.'

Survival type skills, or artifacts with survival type skills applied onto made it easier to adjust to extreme environments.

They just were extremely hard to acquire.

Hansoo thought of the artifact on the neck of Kalz.

Ahol's Breath.

An artifact that boosted the survivability of one when they are underwater or about to faint.

If he has that thing then he can breathe under the waters.

'Follow well.'

Hansoo breathed air as he searched for the path.

'There should be traces around here…'

Finding the exit was easy.

Since the location where the adult fishes, and not the baby ones, are swimming meant that it was closer to the sea.

And Hansoo had already looked over that location while creating the Kukulja Heart Extract.

If you follow the traces of the adult Kululjas then the path leading to the sea would come out.

Kwaaaaaaa.

At that moment an extreme amount of heat was directed towards Hansoo.

Kurururu.

Hansoo frowned at the intent of the heat that was trying to boil him alive.

Since he felt the Magic Force of the Demonic Dragon Reinforcement being taken off in chunks.

'It would've been dangerous if I fought him above the water.'

The only reason why this was possible was because he was being chased under the water.

Otherwise his skin would've been cooked red in an instant.

Hansoo didn't slow down his swimming speed as he swung the formless whip behind him.

The waves that were transmitted through the liquid told Hansoo numerous things.

He could guess the guy's location to a degree without looking back.

No, the flapping of the Kukuljas surrounding him told the exact location of that guy.

Paaat.

The formless whip with the Hemorrhage power applied to it flew backwards.

Booom!

The Magic Force of the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement collided with his skill and created a huge force wave.

Thankfully, the reinforced whip was able to penetrate Kalz's Magic Force and skills and succeeded in creating a very minute injury.

'Thankfully it's a Reinforcement of the Inferno type.'

Inferno type Reinforcement's offensive powers were extremely high in comparison to other reinforcements but their defenses were a bit lacking.

And as if Kalz's skills were the same as that, his defensive skill masteries were a bit low and were of lower quality.

Pasasak.

The Hemorrhage applied to his injury started to madly course through the injury and started to widen it.

And as the injury got wider, blood started to pour out and the Kukuljas who smelled the blood under the water started to madly rush towards him.

Kuduk.

Kalz Moren clenched his teeth while swimming and then gathered a large amount of the power of Reinforcement on this hands.

Then he singed his injury.

Chiiik.

Blood squirmed around as it tried to come out but there was no way to since he had forcefully signed the injury and closed it up.

The power of the hemorrhage tried to constantly widen the injury but Kalz Morenn smashed the skulls of the Kukuljas swarming towards him as he pulled out the pieces of bone, used them as needles as he stabbed them in between his injuries and then singed it again.

Hansoo clicked his tongue as he looked at that sight.

'That's one tough guy.'

Doing such a thing meant that he had no intentions of going back up.

The will that wanted to catch him no matter what.

Kalz Morenn, who had closed the injury to an extent, stepped on the Kukuljas rushing towards him as he tried to get closer to Hansoo.

'Shall I give him a few more presents.'

Hansoo pulled out a few Ghweche seeds from his pouch as he stabbed them through with his whip.

Like a skewer.

And before the seeds could puff up he swung the whip and threw them towards Kalz Morenn who was trying to approach him.

This time, he applied Power Destruction instead of Hemorrhage.

Since it was a bit hard to use them both at the same time.

It was too inefficient and too mana-costly to use both Power Destruction and Hemorrhage when his attack wasn't a direct attack.

Koooong.

Kalz Morenn clenched his teeth as he saw the whip flying towards him again.

He had to block it no matter what.

It'll become very troublesome if he were to keep getting injured by that vicious object.

Kurururu.

Kalz Morenn brought his defensive skill to the limit as he poured the flame of the Magic Force towards the whip.

If the Magic Force of the attack was the same as before then it will melt against his flame.

But Kalz Morenn was shocked at that actually happened.

Shrururuk.

The flame of the Magic Force disappeared as if it was erased.

Hansoo's whip had become weaker as if it was also affected by the skill but it was still flying towards him.

Soon the whip broke through his defensive skill like it was glass and then penetrated his body.

Pushushuk.

'Goddamnit! What the hell is this!'

Did he have to get stabbed through like this constantly!

But Kalz Morenn, who had been hit by the whip with a nervous expression, suddenly made an evil smile.

'Ah I see. It seems that he can't use both skills at the same time.'

The whip that was weakened from his skill and attack was weak enough for him to tough it out with his resistances.

As long as that damned Hemorrhage didn't come at him then an attack of that level wouldn't be able to threaten him.

But even before Kalz could finish his thoughts, something started to puff up between his armors like underneath his arms.

'Uuk?'

Kalz Moren was flustered momentarily at his body that started to rise up suddenly.

Then he grinded his teeth as he found out the identity of the object that was making him rise up.

'Ghweche Seeds. This damned bastard… he prepared things like this as well?'

And for him to be able to store this underwater meant that he had already done some things to the seed.

Which meant that Hansoo had led him under the water after he had already planned the underwater as the stage they would have the fight.

'Kuuuuk.'

Kalz Morenn glared at Hansoo after ripping off the Ghweche balloons.

The distance between them that he had closed had been returned to what it was before due to him having risen for a moment.

And the Kukuljas were weirdly not approaching Hansoo and were only madly charging against him.

'If I catch him… I can kill him if I catch him!"

This was clear no matter what tricks Hansoo had up his sleeves.

'You Bitch. I'm going to keep chasing you!."

He felt like he would really go crazy if he backed off here.

But the thing that made him mad was a different emotion.

'Afraid? I'm afraid of this guy? A newcomer?'

It wasn't that Hansoo himself was scary.

'Fuck… I don't know what else he has prepared.'

Hansoo had led him towards the Lake and had completed the preparation to fight him in it.

Which meant that Hansoo had already estimated that he would follow him and as well as the fact that he would jump under the water.

This meant that Kalz was running around in the palm of Hansoo's hands.

And Hansoo was not afraid of Kalz at all.

Which meant that Hansoo was confident enough to either run away from him or even kill him if he were to follow him till the end.

'I cannot agree on this!'

Kalz Morenn quickly went up to the surface of the water and then started to run atop of it. (*TL : IT'S JESUS)

'Move quickly on top of the water, get above him and then catch up by diving down!'

This was just a lake and there was a limit to its depth.

Since he had found out his direction and movements, he would be able to chase him much faster if he were to chase from above.

But Kalz Morenn frowned after running for a bit.

"Fuck…"

A giant mountain that was blocking his path.

A mountain was standing between the lake and the sea.

'I'm going in'.

If he were to climb over the mountain then he might be lose him on the entrance of the underwater passage that could be anywhere.

But Kalz Morenn flinched the moment he tried to jump into the underwater passage.

Since he felt that something was different.

Then his expression crunched up as he felt the area around his neck.

"This son of a bitch!!!!!"

Kalz Morenn screamed out in rage after getting his Ahol's Breath, which as almost as precious as the Feather, stolen from him but he could not go down to the dark underground of the lake.

Since going through the underwater passage, which he didn't know the length of, while not being able to breathe was almost the same as committing suicide.

Kalz Morenn's expression, which was covered by rage and agitation, started to get colder and scarier.

And soon Kalz Morenn started to quickly run on top of the water as if he had determined on something.

"Huuoop!"

Hanso who sticked his head out of the sea surface after getting out of the lake, took a deep breath and then looked around his surroundings.

'Let's see. Though he might be pissed off quite a bit… he won't be able to chase.'

He was quite a distance away from the boat.

Hansoo quickly ran along the shore and then jumped into the sea after arriving at the spot where he had sunk the boat.

Plonk.

'It's nice.'

Hansoo made a content expression as he put on the Ahol Breath's that he had stolen with the whip onto his neck.

His reaction speed and movements will increase greatly from this.

A human could die no matter how high their runes were if they didn't have the necessary elements but this thing filled up that spot.

'There isn't much difficulty in breathing.'

Hansoo threw away the pipe and then continued downwards.

Bubble bubble.

After a while the large boat that he had sunk could be seen.

An enormous boat that was not possible to raise with the abilities of a human.

But there was a way.

Pongpong.

Hansoo filled up all the passages that led towards the deck with the Arun Wood planks.

And then he poured all the Ghweche seeds within his pockets out.

Rumble.

The Ghweche seeds that were released inside the boat started to suck up the boats at an extreme speed.

Puaaaaaaak.

The volumes of the seeds started to increase very rapidly.

Hansoo retrieved the Arun Wood planks and Kelk mucus sacs and then quickly came outside the boat.

Bubble bubble bubble.

The toxic waters that filled the boat started to pour out of the holes after getting pushed back by the puffed up Ghweche seeds.

And soon the area below the deck was filled with tens of thousands of Ghweche balloons.

Kududududuk.

The boat that had sunk deep within the sea started to make large noises as it started to rise up.

Hansoo quickly got onto the rising boat and grabbed onto the controls.

Then the boat started to turn under Hansoo's controls even while underwater.

This was pretty simple since it was a boat with the fairy's magic applied to it.

'Since there might be people around, I'll raise it after I get a bit far away.'

The 500 man boat moved quite a distance while rising up to the surface and by the time it had come above the surface it was quite a distance away from the shore.

Hansoo fixed below the boat with the Arun Wood and Kelk Mucus Sacs, shrugged his shoulders and, pulled a few Ghweche Balloons to control the buoyancy of the boat and then started head towards the location where he told Camille that he would meet her.

'Time to go catch it.'

The preparations were complete.

'He will have to follow right? After getting robbed by a newcomer like this?'

Hansoo laughed coldly as he thought of the Cruise ship that was somewhere in the distance.

Gyesoo made a shocked expression after seeing the mess Kalz Morenn had become when he came back.

Did he turn like this while going against that newcomer?

'What is this. He was mocking me for it.'

Smirks tried to rise up from within but Gyesoo quickly maintained his expression.

The moment he does this then he will get burnt to death.

Though Kalz Morenn didn't seem like he was that agitated, Gyesoo knew instinctively.

That the Kalz Morenn whose pride has been damaged greatly was the most dangerous.

Kalz Morenn looked at Gyesoo and the Quadratus as he spoke.

"Let's go to the Calamity FIsh."

"Pardon? That's only after the Calamity Fish arrives here and eats the roots…"

Gyesoo made a confused expression.

There were 2 stages to the Calamity Fish tour.

The 1st stage where they watch the Calamity Fish gobble up the root.

The 2nd stage where they proceed inside the Calamity Fish up to a safe distance and then look around its insides.

'Well. That's not really the goal of the tour to be exact.'

The reason why Gyesoo was still alive and why so many strong people were gathered was because of the 2nd stage of the tour.

But Kalz Morenn spoke with a cold expression.

"No. We're going now. I'll take care of it. Let's go. I'll convince the other sightseers. Since they will be quite fed up by now."

Gyesoo and the Quadratus could not say anything due to Kalz Morenn saying this with an expression that told them that he will rip them apart if they were to disagree.

"Hmm…"

Camille stared at the distant sea from the promised location.

'…He'll bring the ship to this location?'

Camille thought of the last words Hansoo had said during their conversation.

This might be the end of traveling with you.

What? You said you'll need me as a guide though?

The insides of the Calamity Fish were quite complex due to many organs being tangled up with another.

Her guidance was needed to proceed on the safe and easy routes.

Hansoo replied to those words.

I need your guidance to go on the safe routes but it seems like I'll be able to get on the quickest path if I'm lucky. Then your guidance won't be necessary. Thank you for your help until now but stay here. It'll be hard to travel while protecting you.

'What is he thinking of.'

Camille thought of the second attempt that she had with Gyesoo.

When they almost died because they made a wrong turn after going in without knowing anything.

That path was indeed very fast but also very dangerous.

'Did he find someone to help him somewhere? It'll still be very dangerous though.'

Camille looked into the distant sea with a bitter expression.

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Chapter 65 – Galadriang's Relic (3)

"It seems like you got quite angry."

Kalz Morenn's expression slightly changed at the mocking words of the person next to him.

'Tsk. Goddamnit.'

There was nothing he could do.

It might be different for the Quadratus guys but it was a bit hard for him to do whatever he pleased against the sightseers here.

Everyone here were at least the clansmen of the twelve roots.

They might be weaker than him but they have cards up their sleeves.

And he couldn't really say anything since he was the one who suggested this.

This will probably last as a debt.

He would need to pay the debt off no matter what it took.

'Damned bastards. They said the 2nd part was more important than the 1st part as well…'

The 2nd part, where they explore the insides of the Calamity Fish, was much more meaningful than the 1st part.

The clansmen would not have come here without any plans.

A captain of the shock troopers from one of the clans of the Twelve Roots looked at Kalz Morenn and spoke while laughing.

"Anyways, it seems we can see it now. Big ships are indeed better. They're faster too."

Kalz Morenn did not reply and instead looked at the 500 man ship in the distance.

Though that guy had started out first the ships made by the fairy were faster if they were larger.

"Shall we try throwing some spears since it's a bit boring? We need something to enjoy instead of the 1st part of the sightseeing."

He then proceeded to lift up few tens of giant spears and the people, including Kalz Morenn, made cynical laughs.

Kuuuuuuuu

Hansoo, who had created the Hardening Liquid using all the materials and had stored it within the Selfish Wealthy man's Food Jar, stared at the giant wall that he had arrived at.

A huge body that seemed like a wall.

Unlike before, when it only had its fins up above the surface, it had floated up to the point where one could see its sides.

As well as the breathing hole on the side of it.

'With this you can tell that it's not just a fish.'

A huge hole on the side that was usually closed tight with muscles but opened when it came above the surface.

The breathing hole was small in comparison to its whole body but it was still huge enough for the 500 man ship to go through.

Hansoo mumbled inwardly as he looked at the breathing hole on the side of its body.

'I have to go in through this place right.'

Camille had told him before he left.

At first I almost died because I went in without knowing anything. The breathing hole is still dangerous but not as much as the mouth.

Camille made a bitter expression as she spoke.

Since she had gained a huge loss because the lack of this single intel.

The ones who live in the breathing hole are dangerous but the mouth which the Calamity Fish breathes in and out of has tornadoes and huge waves crashing upon it.

At that time something flew over at an extreme speed along with a very loud noise from behind.

Kwaaaaa!

A single spear that had an extreme amount of force.

As if numerous skills were integrated into it, the spear was traveling across the distance of over a kilometer with a large amount of force.

It seemed like it was going to puncture right through the ship.

But Hansoo didn't deflect the spear that targeted the ship and just dodged it.

Kudududuk.

As if the 3m long spear was proving that travelling over 1 kilometer of distance and still hitting the target wasn't pure luck, it put a hole right through the deck and even into the bottom of the ship.

Kururururu.

The toxic water started to enter through the hole on the bottom.

Papapang.

A few Ghweche balloons burst and caused the ship to sink a little bit but this problem would be solved if he shoved a few seeds down below.

But Hansoo just left the ship that was sinking bit by bit.

He just focused on advancing forward into the breathing hole.

'It'll be troublesome to earn suspicions by getting it to float again.'

Hansoo looked towards the cruise ship from the top of the ship which was sinking slowly but was still advancing forwards.

No matter how strong somebody was, it was hard to throw a spear that could travel this huge distance.

The spear that Hansoo had just seen had six skills applied to it.

And they would've used a few more skills to shoot it over here as well.

Kalz Morenn did not have such skills as these.

'If he had them then he would've used them already.'

Which meant that the people on that cruise ship decided to go along with Kalz Morenn.

Boom! Boom!

Spears were flying in repeatedly.

The mast broke off and the decks were smashed apart.

During that time the giant cruise ship proved the fact that it wasn't slow just because it was large and slowly closed the gap towards Hansoo.

It seemed at a glance that there were over 200 people aboard.

Kalz Morenn alone was troublesome.

But Hansoo laughed.

Since it was better the more there was.

Hansoo shoved the information of the skills of each person into his head as much as he could.

The information of artifacts at the same time as well.

'It'll still be troublesome if they catch up though. I'll make you a bit busy.'

It'll be troublesome once they got on.

He needed to make some distance.

Hansoo took out something from his pockets.

'It'll be bad for me if it got released too fast. I'll cover it a bit with the mucus….'

Hansoo covered something with Kikinon's mucus sacs, which melted quite well in toxic waters, and then threw it into the sea.

Kururururu.

The mucus started to sink into the toxic waters while melting slowly.

Hansoo left behind the thing that was sinking behind the ship as he proceeded into the breathing hole.

And as soon as he entered the crossroads inside the breathing hole he abruptly changed direction as he moved towards a location that couldn't be seen from the outside.

'I've arrived fine for now. The thing I do after this is important…'

Hansoo made a small torch out of the materials he had brought and then started to light the Ghweche balloons which he pulled out from the lower parts of the ship.

Tong Totong.

As he got the fire near a Balloon that was full of gas, the seed exploded in the air as it disappeared without a trace and the smoke was swept up by the storm-like wind swirling inside the breathing hole.

As the balloons that filled up the ship started to disappear, Hansoo's ship started to sink quickly towards the deep underwater passages below the breathing hole.

"Tsk. He got in first."

Kalz Morenn made a regretful expression as he looked at the ship that went in first.

'Chase.'

The speed of that guy's ship was slowing down.

If they chase at this pace then they'll be able to catch him fast.

At that time something crashed into the side of their ship.

Booom!

"Uuuk?"

Kwaaaaaaa.

Kalz Morenn made an annoyed expression at the unexpected crash as he ran towards the side of the ship and looked down.

'It's hard to clearly sense below the toxic waters. Annoying.'

The toxic waters had some weird substances mixed into it and as such it was extremely hard to see and sense what was coming towards them.

Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth after looking down at the sea from the side of the ship.

"Kraken? Why is this coming out here?"

Kalz Morenn and the other tourists made annoyed expressions as they started to pour down a storm of skills downwards.

Kraken.

Though it was only a terrifying monster in the movies, the problem was that the way it looked, the size of its body and its abilities were similar to that of the movie.

But everyone here were at the level of heroes who beat up those beasts in those movies and beyond.

Kwadududuk.

Kudududuk.

After dealing with it madly for a moment, it had already got lost from the sight of the ship.

As Gyesoo told them, the structure inside was quite complicated so it'll be hard to catch him once he escapes through the crossroads in the breathing hole.

'He wouldn't have been able to get far since the ship was sinking bit by bit.'

Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth as he chased that guy's ship and then proceeded into the breathing hole.

"We'll keep chasing…"

"Wait. Wait a moment. Mister Kalz Morenn."

One of the other tourists spoke out after looking at the excited Kalz Morenn.

"We need to keep our agreement. We played chase on the way because our paths were the same as that brat but we do not want to waste time. We aren't all here to play right?"

"…Damnable bastard."

Kalz Morenn frowned but he could not really say anything back because those words weren't wrong.

Kalz Morenn breathed in and out.

His anger had calmed down a bit on the way here.

His vacation ended here.

He had to accomplish his mission here.

And in the current situation they had no way of knowing which way Hansoo had gone out of the countless crossroads.

Though they might be able to find him if they chased but there was no reason for them to waste their time and help.

'I had to catch him before he got into the breathing hole… I'll kill you after we get out.'

Gyesoo took a glance at Kalz Morenn as he kept manipulating the controls of the ship.

Kyaaaaak!

The parasites, who lived and bred in the breathing hole, screamed and assaulted the people as they jumped down.

But the tourists simply ripped them apart or burned them off as if they were nuisances.

Gyesoo frowned after thinking of what had happened before.

'We struggled that hard…'

After passing through numerous crossroads a much more different road than the ones so far appeared.

Gyesoo looked towards the people who were mumbling about and then spoke cautiously.

"Is it really fine? It's really dangerous."

Once they go left from here, various organs including the Lungs of the Calamity Fish would appear.

Though Parasites such as the ones just now existed there too and the roads were complicated, it was still very easy in comparison to that of the other side.

On the other hand, if they go right from here then the stomach comes out.

'No… Can you even call that a stomach?'

Gyesoo shook his head.

The 118 of them who were with Camille had accidently entered that place.

And only two of them survived and escaped it.

Kalz Morenn mocked them.

"Are you comparing us to you and the others? Go in."

The other tourists laughed out loudly as well.

At the same time their expressions were full of excitement.

'So the treasure vault is in there huh…'

The Sword that the Gyesoo guy was holding on.

Relic.

That was the reason why the people here had gathered.

For the forgotten artifacts that would be inside Calamity Fish.

That guy had told them that he barely managed to kill a few specters on the outskirts while dealing with them, and had brought out the sword of the thing that looked like a common soldier.

But it was still that amazing.

Wouldn't they be able to gain much better things.

Squirm Squirm.

As they turned into the right crossroad, a large hole that was covered in muscles could be seen.

The giant muscle door that seemed like a mouth from one angle and like an anal sphincter from another expanded and contracted in size but its original size was so big that their giant ship could still go through it even when it contracted.

"Hmmm…"

The tourists gulped their saliva.

A dark curtain swayed between the muscle door.

"Then… I shall go in."

Gyesoo lead the ship towards the dark curtain skillfully.

Chaaaaak.

The people frowned at the feeling of the strange material passing through their skin but their words could not leave their mouths after seeing the scene in front of their eyes.

"Huh…"

The strange space that existed within the Calamity Fish was much larger and wider than the Calamity Fish itself.

Especially the marble that seemed like it was burning that was stuck somewhere up high in the distance.

A single giant marble was letting out a white light from high above the sky as it lit up every corner of the space.

The space that the light shone onto had numerous rubbles of a crushed city and ripped tree roots covering it.

The sea below was so deep that the bottom could not be seen and above that billions of tons of city debris were stacked on top of each other to create a giant land.

It felt like they were gazing upon a humongous trash island.

'City? No, it seems like it almost ate up a country… who was living here?'

The people spoke out in gloom.

"…This wasn't just an organism."

There was no way a normal organism could have an space such as this inside them.

They were wondering what the strange feeling they had felt when they went through the dark curtain was but it seemed like it was a feeling that they crossed over to another space.

In the distance, tens of kilometers away, something opened as light poured in.

It seemed like the Calamity Fish started to drink up.

The people spoke out in gloom as they saw the waterfall-like water, rubble that rushed back and forth and the corpses of various beasts.

"It seems like we can't go out towards that direction."

The people made a slightly nervous expression but just shook their heads.

'Well. If we get in trouble then we can just run out through the hole we came in on the ship.'

Hadn't Gyesoo run away like that as well.

'Though it might be a bit dangerous…'

Would they have come here without a plan?

They had all come because there was a method despite the dangers.

They had even brought the Feather with them.

Which meant their clans had cared about this that much.

"Land the ship!"

Kudududuk.

Soon the ship made grinding noises as it landed on the giant trash stacks.

"Don't get too far ahead and let's deal with the outskirts first! Don't do any daring things that far exceed your skill level! We have to be careful!"

They shouted loudly but were nervous as well.

Then they started to slowly get off the ship.

'They should've arrived around now.'

Hansoo, who had arrived at a crossroad from the direction opposite to that of Gyesoo's party, calculated the time as he prepared to move.

If he were to move now then he will arrive at the right time.

'Though I'm thankful that you guys are fighting against Galadriang's army… you should try a bit harder if you are doing it anyways.'

The army of Galadriang, one of the five great tiger generals* of Elvenheim who had failed in the process of killing the Calamity Fish, had been cursed to roam in here for eternity.

And they were guys Hansoo had to get through in order to smash apart the core.

Scratching around the outskirts was not enough.

Those guys needed to fight a bit more desperately.

Hansoo poured in the Ghweche seeds into the bottom of the sunken ship.

'Shall I go play with some fire.'

Soon the ship started to float up slowly and Hansoo controlled the ship like a submarine and headed towards the dark curtain that was connected to its stomach.

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Chapter 66 – Galadriang's Relic (4)

Kudududuk.

Strange looking soldiers were heading towards the tourists who had set up camp with the ship as the center.

Soldiers with strange helmets and armor.

One thing was clear, that they were not human.

They looked more like the elves from storybooks.

Though they had the look of a ghoul due to their skin having been pickled in toxic waters and their whole body being a mess.

"Damnit! Why did these things get killed in such an extreme location!"

Hundreds of soldiers from the spectre army were charging towards them while swinging their blades.

Kalz Morenn sent out explosive flames in all directions.

Boom!

The flames of Scarlet Jade Orb exploded out as the bodies of the spectres were shredded apart.

Splash.

But the shredded pieces of the corpses that were scattered around the toxic waters started to squirm as they began to slowly piece themselves back together.

Kalz Morenn frowned as he looked at this scene.

"Fuck…"

Unlike the curses that came out of his mouth, Kalz Morenn's wasn't feeling that bad.

Since it wasn't labor without a prize.

"Let's see…"

Kalz Morenn walked over happily and held up the axe the spectre was holding.

Hururuk.

The axe that was covered in the mana reinforcement of Scarlet Jade Orb blazed up as it created an intense red edge.

Chwaaak!

Kalz Morenn swung the axe in a wide arc and the spectres who were charging at him were dismembered into pieces.

Kalz Morenn made a content expression after looking at that scene.

Since the guys who were difficult for him to smash apart with his Scarlet Jade Orb were getting cut apart.

'If I take a bunch of these and arm them… the overall power of the whole clan will rise incredibly.'

Of course the other clansmen here would take some for their own clans but he couldn't do anything about them.

He could not fight with these guys unless he wants to start up a war.

That was a problem to be solved after getting out.

'The ones charging at me first!'

Kalz Morenn then dismembered the ones who were charging at him and started to take the weapons of the ones he had skills.

And the other clansmen were doing the same thing also.

They started to madly take the Relics with greedy hands.

Though their numbers were only a mere 200, these guys were strong people who stood out in the Red Zone.

Though the army with hundreds of spectres were strong and seemed immortal, those things were quite lacking to obstruct them.

But Gyesoo grew nervous and then shouted out.

"You need to fight a bit more quietly! If you make loud noises then they'll all gather here!"

Then the captain of the shock troopers of the sixth Root shouted.

"I don't think it'll be much of a nuisance even if all of these guys come over here? Hahahaha!"

Gyesoo frowned.

'Damn… I told them that these guys were just small-fries.'

The cause of the massacre of their 118 people were not these guys.

Since they were quite excited when fighting these guys as well.

But Gyesoo shook his head.

The current situation was indeed much different from before.

Since these guys were strong to the point where they couldn't be compared to him.

Though these guys were scary, he was quite at ease having them in a strange space like this.

'Well. We can just run away on the ship if it becomes different.'

His mind was at ease when he looked at the giant cruise ship.

He had never heard of a case where a 2000 man cruise ship got smashed apart.

Though making that thing was hard, it was something that guaranteed their safety above the sea.

But at that moment Gyesoo frowned.

'…Huh?'

There were bubbles sprouting up from behind the cruise ship.

And then sounds of waters clashing were heard as something started to slowly come above the surface.

Gyesoo frowned after he saw this.

'…ship?'

That was Hansoo's disappeared ship.

By the time Gyesoo figured out the identity of the ship clearly, Hansoo's 500 man ship had long gotten near their cruise ship.

They couldn't really do anything about it anyways.

The ship which had hid its presence under the toxic waters had gotten close way too long ago.

But Gyesoo didn't panic and instead a corner of his mouth curled up.

'I wondered where you had hidden to… Is this the hidden card you had up your sleeve?'

Gyesoo laughed because he was flabbergasted.

The other clansmen had taken a glance at the ship as well but there wasn't anyone who ran over to do anything about it.

Of course it was hard to stop a ship that was coming in with that much force and they didn't really have spare leisure due to the fight but the main reason they ignored it was because they thought that the charging ship wasn't that big of a deal.

Booooom!

And soon the 500 man ship crashed into the 2000 man ship.

Crack.

The side of the 2000 man cruise ship got pushed in with the sounds of wood breaking.

But that was it.

It had been pushed in a bit on the side but it wouldn't be a problem to ride on it.

On the other hand the 500 man ship had its whole front part smashed apart.

Gyesoo laughed after looking at this.

'This is the expected outcome.'

The difference of durability between 500 man and 2000 man ships was very large.

And maybe it was due to the fact it came while submerged in water but it was quite slow as well.

How could something like that smash apart the cruise ship.

At that time something flew into the 500 man ship.

'…What is that? A torch?'

The torch that had been thrown from somewhere in the toxic sea spun in the air as it flew into the bottom part of the ship.

Boooooom!

A humongous explosion occurred as it swallowed up both the 500 man and 2000 man ships.

Booooom!

Hansoo gazed at the exploded ship in the distance.

Tens of thousands of Ghweche balloons that were filled with toxic gases.

It might've been different under water but when tens of thousands of it exploded above the surface, a huge explosive force was generated.

Kwadududuk.

As the sound and the smoke from the explosion faded away, the result of the explosion was shown.

Chuuuk.

The 500 man ship had disappeared into dust and the giant cruise ship had the huge portion of the side, where the 500 man ship was, blown apart.

It was quite amazing that the giant cruise ship hadn't been cut in half from that explosion but the fact that it could not be used anymore was the same as if it was cut in half.

And as if the magic on the cruise ship had been dispelled, the ship that had been giving off a faint amount of light was now the same as a piece of wood that was covered in soot.

"Goddamit!"

"Hey! Keep the formation! Don't panic! We're getting pushed back!"

Chaotic voices could be heard from the distance.

Hansoo laughed as he heard this.

'One of them is done now.'

There was no way that these cautious guys would've come here with just this.

Feather

A piece of the countless leaves that had once covered the vast branches of the World Tree that was extremely hard to acquire now.

If one uses this then they'll be able to escape along with a few people around them no matter where they were.

Even if the space was distorted.

The power of the World Tree was that great.

But there was one thing that these guys didn't know about.

The Elvenheim army that had become spectres after getting trapped within the stomach of the Calamity FIsh.

The time period of when the Elvenheim was fighting against the 5 Great Calamities was said to be a time period where there were countless amounts of leaves on the World Tree.

Each person would have at least three to four for emergencies.

And unlike the small piece of leaf today which had a lot of restrictions on movement and the amount of people they can take, the ones they had back then could take one anywhere they wanted in the World Tree because it was a whole piece.

Were the Elvenheim dumb enough to get caught within the Calamity Fish?

The 5 Great Calamities were creatures that were born after taking into account the Elvenheim.

'They'll need to fight a bit harder now.'

But then he needed to do one other thing.

Since they won't struggle with all their strength if there is a hole to run away to.

Hansoo slowly swam towards the muscle door that was covered by the dark curtain.

'Since it was hard to make I should use it properly.'

Hansoo saluted towards the future alchemists who had created this recipe with all their brainpower as he applied the Hardening Liquid onto his sword and started to madly swing it towards the muscle door.

"This doesn't feel right. Let's get out."

The small number of people who had come from the seventh Root nodded as they gathered in one place.

And one of them very cautiously pulled out something from their pockets.

A miraculous piece of leaf that was almost dried up but still had some life remaining.

It was named the Feather because it allowed one to move around freely.

The man clenched the fist with the feather inside it.

Crackle.

The moment the leaf was destroyed a strange power surrounded them.

"Hooh. It's alright though. We made profit since we gathered up almost 30 Relics."

"Let's go get some girls after we get out. There will be quite a lot of pretty ones out of the newcomers. The ones who lived in the Otherverse are too overbearing that taking them… huh?"

"Huh? Huuhh?"

The guys who were chatting with relaxed expressions suddenly made confused expressions.

A green light had covered them up.

Which meant that the Feather had activated properly.

They should not still be here.

But the scene in front of them had remained the same.

"Huh? Why isn't a working?"

"Damnit! What is this!"

Ther other people, who had similar thoughts as them, were making noises of panic from all around.

Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth then ran up to Gyesoo and growled at him after grabbing hold of his neck.

"Ignore everything else for now. What do we do?"

"Kuuukuhh.. Pardon?"

"How do we get out of this damned place!"

"Kuhuk… you just need to swim towards the entrance we came through… and wait until the Calamity Fish gets near land and then escape like that!"

Kalz Morenn's rage diminished a little after hearing those words.

'As I expected.'

If they stay here then they will all die.

The situation is much graver than before.

Since the spectre army was madly charging at them after hearing the explosion.

But their survival chance will increase by a large amount if they go through the dark curtain and then escape from the Calamity Fish once it nears land.

From what he heard it seems like the army over there could not get through the dark curtain.

If they do this then there wasn't even a need to swim over to land.

"Keep up the formation and continue fighting! Head towards the dark curtain!"

The dark curtain was quite a distance away but they could throw planks on the water and cross it.

'Damn… They're really strong.'

Stronger and stronger ones were coming as if the ones before were jokes.

At that moment the dark curtain thrashed back and forth.

To be precise, the gigantic muscle door that went around the dark curtain squirmed.

Kuuuuuungg!

And at that moment a strange vibration was felt along with a scream-like noise.

At that moment the muscles furiously contracted as the hole disappeared instantly.

"Fuck… what is this?"

The people fell in panic.

The hole they were going to escape through had disappeared.

And the spectres which were armed from head to toe were walking towards them.

If there weren't any unexpected events then they would've felt good for the gear they'll receive after killing these guys but the situation was completely different.

They had to now continuously fight those things without any escape routes.

They would've tried to sustain it on a boat if they had one but it has already been quite a while since that boat had been smashed apart.

"Let's hurry and find a different exit… damnit!"

Kalz Morenn, who was shouting loudly at the people nearby, quickly backed off at the feeling of something ripping through the air and flying towards him.

At the same time he activated every single skill he had along with the secret skill of the Scarlet Jade Orb, Scarlet Jade, and poured them onto the attack flying towards him.

Booooom!

"Kuhuk…"

Kalz Morenn stared at the thing that had smashed through his mana reinforcement and even his Red Jade and given him a deep wound with an expression of disbelief.

For a captain of the shock troopers of lighthouse to be wounded like this from a casual swing.

"You are the captain huh."

Kalz Morenn grinded his teeth while looking at the huge spectre knight that had run over to them, which it had done so after hearing the loud noise of the explosion, and had swung the strange looking sword .

Hansoo, who had been submerged under water using Ahol's Breath, stared at Galadriang's Army that started to gather up.

He had to smash apart the heart in order to kill the Calamity Fish.

The path on the way to the Heart would be easy if Camille were to lead him but the there are numerous unknown factors on the way.

But on the other hand, if he were to break the sun-like marble in the sky, the Core, and get to the Heart after weakening the Calamity Fish, the work at the Heart would be much easier.

But there was something he needed to kill in order to smash that Core.

The thing that Kalz Morenn was fighting currently.

The pride of Elvenheim who tried to smash apart the core and kill the Calamity Fish but had instead gotten cursed and trapped within this place.

He was fighting with Kalz Morenn and the others but the moment one attacks the core then it'll quickly run over and start attacking them.

'I have to turn that thing into a mess before I continue.'

He couldn't kill it since it was immortal within this place but he just needed to buy time to break the core apart.

If he succeeded then the rewards, other than the Calamity Fish, were great.

Unlike the common Forgotten Sword, the weapon Galadriang had in his hand was not a normal weapon.

A relic for which all of the Alchemists of Elvenheim had combined all their efforts in order to create.

It will make his next objective much easier.

'I should move now too.'

He wasn't quite satisfied yet.

He needed to be much more diligent in order to make sure that not a single unexpected event happens.

Hansoo glanced back and forth between the clansmen and the army of Galadriang who were pushing each other back and forth and then started to swim.

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Chapter 67 – Galadriang's Relic (5)

Hansoo mumbled quietly towards a different curtain in the distance.

'There is only one hole for these guys to escape through.'

There were numerous holes like the ones they had come through around the stomach of the Calamity Fish.

But in this huge space, they had to cross an enormous amount of land in order to get to a different hole.

If the other guys wanted to get out of here then they'll aim for that hole in the distance without doubt.

'I'm going to go wait for them.'

Hansoo made bubbling noise as he swam down below the surface of the water.

Kudududuk.

'Damnit.'

Lark, one of the clansmen from the Seventh Root, grinded his teeth.

50 strong people, including Kalz Morenn, were gathered in the distance and were barely holding back the spectre knight.

'Fuck… We can't beat something like that.'

Every time that knight swung its strange sword, the air split apart as the bodies of the people who were fighting him got cut apart.

Though they could hold him back for now, their injuries were slowly increasing in magnitude as time went on.

This was quite obvious actually.

How could they beat these guys who kept on coming back alive.

And another big problem.

The spectre soldiers and generals were slowly gathering towards them.

The ones who were roaming around this vast land were quickly charging towards them.

Others might not know but Lark, who was a captain of the shock troopers, knew.

Countless number of spectres were heading into the range in which he could sense up to.

They could hold back for now but they'll eventually be crushed by numbers if this went on.

They had to look for a chance.

But at that moment a chance appeared.

Boooom!

The spectre knight and generals around it flew back along with a huge explosion.

It seems like Kalz Morenn and the people around him had done something.

Thanks to them the attention of the spectre soldiers and generals which they were fighting against had been redirected towards the location of the explosion.

'This is it!'

When Lark hinted with his eyes, a group of people poured every bit of skills they had as they ran away between the debris.

"Those sons of bitches!"

"Stop!"

Angry voices were heard behind them but Lark ignored it.

They had no reason to die with everyone over there.

'Kuhuhuhu. Just hold onto that monster well over there.'

The location he would run towards had been set up already.

'There were definitely other holes.'

He looked around the surroundings as soon as he came in.

Since his skill, Soaring Hawk's Eye, allowed one to observe extreme distances.

And another entrance had come into his vision while he was using this.

'Yeah. There's no way that only a single hole exists in this giant creature.'

They started run on the shore where they were least likely to get surrounded on.

And he sighed in relief.

'If we go on like this than we can survive.'

Though spectres continued to block their way but the faster ones had already run off to the battlefield so the remaining spectres were soldiers who were quite slow.

Though it was hard to go through them since there were quite vast in numbers and their injuries were increasing because of this but it seemed like that all 14 of them will be able to safely reach the hole at this pace.

And the thing that helped their escape.

'It's really quite nice.'

They smiled as they looked at the relics in their hands.

Every time they swung the weapons the air split apart and armors smashed into pieces.

Of course the spectres had these weapons as well but the weapon will change depending on the user.

They were much stronger than the spectre soldiers.

After a long time of running while smashing and killing, they had already approached the exit.

They just needed to cross the sea between the dark curtain and the debris now.

And that was a very simple thing to do.

"Let's cross by throwing on some planks! Captain!"

While the others were full of glee, Lark, who was the captain of the shock troopers of the seventh root, flinched momentarily.

He then stopped everyone and then pointed towards a direction.

Everyone flinched momentarily but then understood Lark's meaning as they started to pour skills towards the direction he pointed.

Boooooooom!

Though they were still tired, their skills were still very mighty due to their power levels being the top of those in the Red zone and the eight explosive and long range skills endlessly smashed apart the location Lark pointed towards.

Then something came out from between the debris which had turned into dust.

And Lark, who had been watching this, chuckled.

"It was you. You bitch."

"Woah, your personality isn't really the best is it. Attacking without a warning."

"You crazy bastard. Think of what you've done."

That guy had smashed their ship.

And then he had closed up the muscle door somehow.

The reason why people were getting massacred over there and the reason why they had run away even in the middle of a life-threatening danger was all because of the things that this guy had done.

'Wait.'

Lark stopped after thinking to this point.

If this guy had come here before them then he can close the dark curtain over there also.

Since a guy who had closed it once could probably do it again.

"You bastard. What are you thinking of."

Lark was a person who could not bear his curiosity.

The reason why he had asked to go in here was because he was curious about the insides of the Calamity Fish.

Lark stopped the attacks of everyone and then asked Hansoo.

But then Hansoo just shrugged his shoulders.

"Why do you need to know that. Come at me."

Lark chuckled at these words.

'Is this guy crazy.'

They were indeed weaker than Kalz Morenn.

But there was a reason why Kalz Morenn had to handle them carefully.

They were weaker than Kalz Morenn but they had 14 people and were equipped with Relics.

They were in a mess because they were running away from spectres but if that guy's level was exactly as he heard from Kalz Morenn then they shouldn't bicker around like this.

Lark erased the smile from his hands and then just charged at Hansoo after enveloping his whole body with skills.

There was no need to drag time in this place,

'Clean him up before the spectres get here and then leave.'

The Elf Fire in Lark's hands smashed onto Hansoo.

Booom!

The Elf Fire made a huge noise as it lit up the surrounding area on fire.

But Lark couldn't laugh after hitting Hansoo.

No, he was actually frightened at something that was clenching onto his wrist very tightly.

Kudududk.

"Uuuk! Uwaaak!"

"Captain!"

The clansmen, who were leisurely jogging towards their captain, heard Lark's scream and then dashed over..

A voice came from within the smoke towards them.

"I'm showing this to you guys first. Because I can't use it at any time… due to a lot of limitations."

A light flashed from within the smoke created by the Elf Fire

Boooom!

"Die! You bastard!"

Kalz Morenn smashed the spectre knight that was running towards him into bits.

Crack.

Though his right arm had flown off from the spectre knight's attack, he had been able to smash it to bits.

But Kalz Morenn's expression was still very grim.

"Uwaaaa! Goddamnit!"

Kalz Morenn screamed out in despair after seeing the spectres charging at him from all directions.

During the time when he was dealing with the spectre knight, a large amount of the spectre soldiers and captains had surrounded them.

And the other clansmen who had seen Lark and his men run away started to steal glances as they started to run towards that direction too.

'Goddamnit! It's all because I had to deal with a thing like that!'

Wouldn't Kalz Morenn have wanted to get out of here as well.

But the 50 people in front of him, and himself, could not escape.

Since the moment you turn your back to escape the spectre knight's sword would cut you into two.

'Fuck. Anyways. We still killed it!'

Kalz Morenn trampled onto the pieces of the Spectre Knight as if he was venting out his anger on them.

The pieces were squirming as they were slowly gathering back into one.

'Damn. This isn't the time for this.'

Kalz Morenn organized his thoughts.

He had to run away at this moment when the spectre knight couldn't get him.

A sword came into Kalz Morenn's view as he spat on the ground.

The strange looking sword that the spectre knight had been using.

'I should take that.'

"Damnit! Let's get out everyone!"

The thirty of them who had turned into a mess grinded their teeth as they ran.

There was only one thing they wanted at this moment.

'Damnit… I hope the ones who ran run away cleared the road properly.'

They wanted to rip apart the ones who had ran away ahead of them but they also wanted them to have left his place safely.

Since there would be hope for them as well if the others had escaped.

If the other guys had failed then the chances of them dying was also very high.

"Urhup!"

"Clear the road! Keep applying heals!"

The surviving thiry smashed apart the spectres as they struggled intensely.

It seems that Kalz Morenn's battle was so intense to the point that it attracted every spectre around this area.

'Damn. It seems like everyone would just die here no matter how many they have.'

Kalz Morenn was actually curious.

To as if taking control of the Calamity Fish from the inside was possible if they were able to come in like this.

There were a few people who had left behind legendary achievements in the Red Zone.

He had wondered if it would be possible with the power of his and theirs combined but he realized that it was impossible after seeing this.

How could they kill the Calamity Fish if they didn't even know what to do in order to kill it and had to fight this zombie army in the process of doing so.

Kalz Morenn madly poured mana into his sword as he slashed apart the spectre army.

After a while of crazily smashing through the road, the surroundings had cleared up a bit.

Kalz Morenn sighed in relief.

Since he could start to see the dark curtain in the distance.

"Just run a bit more! We can live!"

The people heard Kalz Morenn's shouts as they started to swing the sword in all directions.

But the people who were running could only stop and watch.

Corpses that were spread everywhere.

And the relics that were dropped.

A familiar face was sitting on top of those.

"Kang Hansoo… You bitch."

"It seems like I'm the villain when I appear at a time like this… But what can I do. I gotta do what I've gotta do."

"Pahah."

Kalz Morenn smirked.

It hasn't even been long since this guy had run away from him, did this guy lose all concept of fear?

He had become a mess but the gap between them was not something that could be closed with just that and he had also gained a new weapon.

'Yeah. There's no need for words.'

Kalz Morenn, who was about to rush in after pouring strength onto the sword in his left hand, flinched momentarily.

Hansoo had a slightly different aura from when he had seen him at the lake.

'…Is it because he ate the runes?'

If he killed all the guys ahead and ate their runes then that amount would be monstrous.

But Kalz Morenn shook his head.

'That's not the important part.'

He was blocking their path when the spectres were chasing behind them.

Even if the one standing in front of him wasn't Hansoo but was one of the 7 departed souls who wore a Hansoo mask, he had to kill them anyway so why did he need to think about it.

'Damnit. I've got burnt too hard back then from this guy.'

"Huaaap!"

Kalz Morenn poured in mana into the sword and then swung it at Hansoo.

He then covered his whole body with the Scarlet Jade and then stretched the formless blade of the newly gained sword and stabbed Hansoo in the heart.

Kudududk.

'Ha. I worried for nothing.'

Kalz Morenn smirked as he saw his sword penetrate that guy's heart.

Though there was a sensation of something getting in the way at the edge of his hand but the sword he had obtained was of such a good quality to the point where it just went right through the thing in the way and stabbed into his heart as if it was tofu.

But Kalz Morenn's thoughts stopped there.

Kudududuk.

Since Hansoo smashed his heart.

"It seems like the scales get penetrated right through. The relic really is well made. Anyways, thanks for the delivery."

"Kuuuuuuhh…"

His consciousness started to quickly fade away after his heart was crushed.

As long as you are human you will die if your heart gets crushed.

No matter how high your runes are or what kind of skills you have.

And because of this Kalz Morenn could not understand.

'…I smashed his heart, how is he alive.'

That guy looked way too fine for having his heart crushed.

No, it actually seemed like that he had shown him his own heart in order to pull him in.

Then he realized what the strange feeling that had gotten in his way was.

He had felt this before.

He had felt this a long time ago, when he was against the Demon race on the central island.

As the sword that was stabbed onto his heart got pulled out, he could see three hearts.

'Racial Metamorphosis… Damnable bastard. Your reinforcement is horrid enough, you also have a bitch like special skill.'

Kalz Morenn's consciousness faded away with that.

Hansoo then looked towards the sun-like marble in the sky.

'Clear everything here before the time is up and then get to the core.'

He then jumped towards the thirty fatigued people.

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Chapter 68 – Cataclysm (1)

Reinforcements were basically imitations.

Something that helped a human imitate something stronger than them.

There were reinforcements created from imitating beastmen and there were reinforcement which imitated an intense flame like the Scarlet Jade Orb.

Some were created after imitating a tiger and some were created to imitate lightning.

Of course there were exceptions but most were like that.

Because of this the special skills were basically A strong point of the thing you want to imitate and due to this the main point of the special skills were set.

Becoming the exact thing that you want to become.

And Hansoo's speciality was related to this.

If he learns a skill then he receives the intentions and experiences of the creator or the user of that skill and assimilates it.

He can understand the skill better than anyone, increase the mastery of the skill quickly and become closer than anyone else to the one who has mastered it before.

And the result in which such specialty and special skill combined to create.

Racial Metamorphosis

Booom!

"Kuwaaaaak!"

A clansman flew into the distance after getting his whole body crushed by Hansoo's kick.

"Damned bastard! Die!"

Another clansman charged towards Hansoo after covering themselves with skills from head to toe.

'Damned monster!'

They had all been killed by that guy.

'Damnit. When did this get tangled up like this!'

They had thought that they could just watch the newcomers die and take back the relics but for something like this to happen.

Keeerik.

Hansoo's reinforcement had been cut apart but they could not get through the scales.

Tough scales that showed higher defenses than armors.

But the clansmen did not give up.

Since they weren't alone.

Kwaaaaaa!

A clansman who had charged him from behind shoved a greatsword into the location where he had cut apart with his dagger.

Crack.

A crack had appeared on the translucent scales.

And at the same time a rough noise was heard as the greatsword got shoved in towards Hansoo's chest.

Kudududuk.

But only that far.

The greatsword could not smash apart the ribs by the chest.

A clansman who saw this was shocked.

'No way!'

No matter how high a person's resistance is there is still a limit to the durability of human's bones.

But that bone was so hard that the blade of the greatsword could not even leave a scratch on them.

Kudududuk!

Of course there was no need worry further.

The moment the formless sword in Hansoo's hand flew across the air the bodies of the two closest people to Hansoo had been cut in half.

"Kuuuhh…."

The two people made groans as they fell, Hansoo looked at these guys and then looked at his body which was full of injuries.

The injuries were healing at an extremely fast speed.

He looked like a human from the outside but the insides were totally different.

A completely different muscle structure, heart and bones comprised of his body.

Unlike humans who would die from getting hit by a sword, the dragon race had barely no weaknesses and had high health so they survived in much harsher conditions than humans.

And because of this they were stronger by at least a few times even if they had the same amount of runes.

Actually there aren't any races who are weaker than the humans in battle.

And especially for those races who had skills made after them because humans wanted to imitate them.

'But it's still a bit burdensome.'

He knew the moment he learnt it.

That he couldn't use it all day and all night due to the low amount of masteries.

The difference between the Demon Dragon's and a human's body was still too great.

'Time will solve everything I guess.'

Charururuk.

Hansoo, who had glanced at the extremely thin and transparent layer of scales on him, gathered up the runes on the ground and then collected the most useful artifacts out of the ones dropped on the ground.

He would gain the attention of everyone if he were to walk around with these things hanging off his body but he could just hide them with a cape.

'This isn't the time to worry about other people's eyes.'

He could just throw them away if they become nuisances.

For the moment he needed to focus on increasing his battle power.

Since the biggest hurdle has yet to come.

Hansoo threw away the Forgotten Sword he had been using until now and then touched the Galadriang's Relic on his waist.

'My runes are now at… around 35%'

If you think about how people take usually 3 years to raise the runes' level to the next rank, then he had raised all at once to the amount he should have gotten after a year of hunting.

It would be much easier for him to get around from now on.

Kwaruruk.

Hansoo glanced at the spectres charging at him but then looked up towards the core up in the sky.

Hansoo started to quickly run before the spectres arrived on him.

Towards the tallest and closest location to the core which was stacked high with trash and debris.

He needed to charge through while Galadriang was dead and was struggling to get back.

After climbing up the mountain the Core was in his view.

The identity of the Core which was shining like the sun was revealed.

A humongous eye.

The eye, which looked quite small on the way, was bigger than the 2000 man ship.

The eye, which was giving off light in all directions, blinked as it stared at Hansoo.

'I have to finish everything within 30 minutes.'

This was not something he could turn on and off at any moment.

Otherwise he would've used it already.

He had to smash the Core and crush the Heart before his transformation ended.

Hansoo, who had jumped towards the sun-like core, started to raise the tension of his body.

Since the Elvenheims hadn't been killed and turned into spectres because of no reason.

Though there was still a quite a bit of distance there was no problem.

'Footholds will come down.'

Hansoo then stretched the formless blade of his sword and slashed at the sky.

At that moment a change occurred.

From the dark curtain that the eye was attached to, tentacles started to pour out viciously.

Kadudududk.

Tens of thousands of tentacles.

Kudududuk.

The attack Hansoo made had cut off hundreds of tentacles but it couldn't reach the core as it dispersed.

This was the defensive system that protected the insides of the Calamity Fish.

There was nothing that protected the outer parts of the Calamity Fish.

Since it had no predators.

But as the inside is huge, the protection system for the inside was very well built.

The tentacles that swim through the veins of the Calamity Fish will come out from the corners of the body if they deem an invader to be harmful to stop them.

Like a white-blood cell in humans.

If he had gone to the heart using a different direction then he would've still had to deal with these things.

That might be more dangerous for him who had a limit to the time of his transformation.

'Well. This place isn't really safe either.'

Here, the core, one of the main part of the body, there was dozens and hundreds of times more tentacles than in other parts of the body.

And the heart has even more.

'I need to finish it quickly.'

The amount of tentacles that were surroundings his body were much more in numbers than the ones he could see with his eyes.

Though he had about 30 minutes left for his transformation Hansoo calculated that he had about 15 minutes instead.

He had to smash the core and crush the heart within this time period.

If not then he will just get shredded apart by the Tentacles that roam around the veins.

No, he wouldn't really be shredded apart.

He will just become like the spectres below.

He will become a calamity greater than Galadriang and then be reborn as a sturdy shield that will protect the Calamity Fish.

Chwarururuk!

Hansoo spread the Hardening Liquid onto his whole body and then applied them onto his blade.

He then proceeded to swing in all directions.

Chwarururuk.

His body, which had turned like a Demonic Dragon's, endlessly supplied Galadriang's Relic with mana.

His Magic Force spread into hundreds of strands due to the Relic, took a bit of the hardening liquids and then attacked the tentacles.

Kadududuk.

The tentacles screamed and squirmed as they were scratched from the formless blades.

Then they turned like stones as they fell to the ground.

The Hardening Liquid, which was made from the combined efforts of the Alchemists, was like a fatal poison to them.

Though it had been created with the Kukulja extract as the basis but the effect could not even be compared to it.

Hansoo madly slashed his sword as he proceeded forward by stepping onto the tentacles.

Kududuk.

The scales on his whole body got shredded off and his limbs repeated the process of getting broken and healing back.

There were a few occasions where he almost fell down when the tentacles that acted as footholds disappeared but there were simply too many tentacles coming at him.

Hansoo stepped atop the petrified tentacles as he continued to proceed towards the Core.

Chururuk.

After slashing continuously, the giant eye had come close enough to him to the point where it was within his range.

'I've arrived!'

The eye glared at at Hansoo as if it wanted to shred him apart but there was nothing it could do.

Since its only job was to create and maintain this space.

Kwaduduk.

A tentacle which flew in from afar broke through his ribs and then crushed his heart.

Hansoo could see the Eye smile.

But Hansoo also laughed towards the eye.

'Laugh as much as you want.'

Chukunk!

Hansoo, who had cut apart the tentacle which had penetrated through his heart, stepped on top of it as he jumped over.

Then he used all the strength in his body and stabbed the eyeball.

"You brats! What are you doing! Grab onto the tree!"

Camille Rowe frowned as she looked at the people running around on the ground.

On the waist of the newcomers an extremely tough looking rope was tied onto them.

One of the newcomers who were tying on the rope that were tied onto the trees spoke out in dissatisfaction.

"Damnit! Shouldn't we be finding a ship during this time to run away! Or combine our strengths to get through the Gertas! You told us that you would save us but what is this?"

Everyone nodded at these words.

The giant fish had got close enough to the point where they could see it themselves.

What kind of crazy act was this when such a thing was coming to eat them up.

Camille spoke as she thought of Hansoo.

'He said to just smack them if they didn't listen right.'

This was something she excelled at even if Hansoo hadn't told her about it.

Especially towards the newcomers who didn't realize their situation.

Kwaduk.

"Kuaak!"

"You bastard. I said to leave if you were going to leave right? Why do you keep asking me to clear the road for you?"

"Kuhuwuu…"

The guy who had made strange groaning noises just started to roll on the floor while grabbing ahold of his stomach.

The people glanced at that Camille and then quietly fastened themselves onto the Tree.

The newcomers, who had linked their body onto the thousands of thick woods in the jungle and to each other, looked towards the distant sea with a worried expression.

Actually Camille was worried also.

Since they would all die like this if that guy failed.

At that time something happened.

Guuuuuuunggg!

A scream which was filled with pain resonated throughout the atmosphere.

The people trembled in fear but Camille smiled in joy.

'I don't know what he did but he gave a hit!'

But soon Camille realized why Hansoo had told her to hold onto the tree.

The Calamity Fish, which had a expression of pain, started to throw up things.

Endlessly.

Camille knew what those things were.

Since she had seen them before.

'Those are… the debris within the stomach?'

The huge amount of debris that poured out from its mouth dropped onto the sea as t created a huge tsunami.

Camille shouted widely.

"Hold on!!!"

And then the huge tsunami that was created in the distant sea swept onto the Root they were standing on.

Kyaaaaak!

Black Blood was pouring out of the giant Core.

As the Core got damaged the huge space that was being sustained by the core started to tremble.

At the same time the space shrunk down as the debris within it endlessly started to stab the insides of the Calamity Fish.

Kwaaaaaaaa.

'But this won't kill it.'

Though it was struggling in pain it will start to heal again once it pukes out everything.

The Core required the most amount of energy so it was located nearby the Heart and received blood from the biggest artery in its body.

'Let's end this.'

If he were to go through this then he will reach the Heart.

Hansoo clenched his teeth as he jumped into the large artery which the blood was pouring out from.

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Chapter 69 – Cataclysm (2)

Kugugugugugugu.

The sea around the Root was in chaos.

Mikael Christopher, the patriarch of Lighthouse, one of the Six Pillar clans, made an expression of disbelief while looking at this.

"…It's the first time I hear of the Calamity Fish thrashing about in 20 years."

The Tsunami created by the Calamity Fish was sweeping through all directions.

The other adventurers of the Red Zone would be making similar expressions as well.

Since the fact that the thing that made such a thing thrash about did something close to pushing away a hurricane or a tsunami with their hand.

It meant that something affected an existence that humans could not fathom to deal with.

'What the hell happened inside its stomach…'

Christopher looked towards the distant sea with a calm expression.

Kugugugugu.

The artery trembled crazily.

The poison that was flowing inside the artery was fatal in itself but surprisingly the perfectly balanced body of the Dragon Race withstood the poison while constantly pushing it back out.

Hansoo made exclamations inwardly.

'As I expected.'

Then he thought to himself.

That a Human's body was truly feeble.

The fact that they had survived in the Abyss for 50 years with such a body was almost a miracle.

No, even it it wasn't just physical there were still many other things they lacked in.

If you look at the fertility rate of the the Kakilas then each person had to kill at least ten thousand to fit the numbers and their ability to work together was nothing in comparison to the Repron Race who shared the same experience and feelings with each other.

They might not be at the level of Dragons or Demons but there wasn't a single race weaker than the humans.

'That's why I've gotta do well.'

Hansoo, who had been thinking, clenched his teeth while looking at the tentacles rushing up to him.

Altering was something he would do starting from the Orange Zone.

He just needed to focus on the tasks of the Red Zone for now.

Kudududuk. Uududududuk.

Hansoo sliced apart the tentacles without stopping and at the same time poured out the hardening liquid in his pouch endlessly.

The Hardening Liquid started to quickly flow out into the torrent-like artery like a small paper boat caught in rapid waters.

Kyaaaaak!

The tentacles which touched the Hardening Liquid screamed as they squirmed their entire body.

The tens of thousands of tentacles which were charging towards him all turned into stones as soon as they touched the blood of the Calamity Fish which contained the Hardening Liquid as they got crushed as they fell on top of other pieces of tentacles and then turned into dust.

Chwaaaaak.

Even during this the tentacles acted as if they couldn't leave the invader alone and constantly stabbed into Hansoo's body.

Kiriririk.

The dragon's scales and bones were madly pummeled by the Tentacles as they started to crack.

"Kuuk!"

Hansoo clenched his teeth at the pain that was pummeling through his entire body.

Then he madly used up the Regeneration Runes he had stolen from the guys earlier.

'Damn… This is the bad part of my abilities going up.'

The Regeneration Runes are something that was set on a human's level so it could not catch up to the increased health of the Demonic Dragon race.

One of the two hearts that had been crushed had regenerated but the heart that was crushed from the tentacle earlier had received a curse and was not regenerating.

But it was better to swing the sword one more time during the time he would complain.

Hansoo ruthlessly swung around the Galadriang's Relic as he cut up the Artery.

Hansoo, who had been rushing down at an extreme speed, caught his balance while clenching his teeth after looking at the distant light.

'I've arrived!'

The fact that there was light meant that he had almost arrived at the Divine Stone Fragment which was inside the heart.

But that light was quickly covered up.

By the huge amount of tentacles which had gathered inside the heart.

'Damned bastard. How does he not get a heart attack by having things like this in his arteries.'

The size of the heart befit the size of the Calamity Fish as it was big as a couple sports stadiums combined.

And hundreds of thousands of Tentacles were squirming around in this wide space.

The heart had prepared for the worst during the time the Core was getting attacked.

'Damn. There's more than I expected.'

He was scared for a moment.

To the point where he thought of retreating for a moment.

The tentacles gathered were showing off an oppressive aura.

But Hansoo clenched down onto his teeth.

'Bullshit!'

Once he retreats then he will have to continue to retreat.

If he were to get scared and retreat to prepare himself again then he will have to continue to go backwards.

The few days he had spent preparing for this was regrettable already.

When would he climb up if he were to retreat here.

Every second was precious and the faster he moved, the higher the chances of winning as well as enabling him to save more people.

'Let's go.'

The tentacles started to rush up to Hansoo who was getting pushed towards them from the blood.

It was like hundreds of thousands of herrings charging to catch one measly anchovy.

Hansoo looked at these things and then opened up the pouch by his waist to the full.

This wasn't the time to save things.

There wouldn't even be a chance to use this if he failed here.

Soon the Hardening Liquid that he had prepared resonated with the earthquake-like beat of the heart as it spread out quickly.

Kyaaaak!

The tentacles quickly started to turn into stone.

The tentacles turned into stone after touching the larger amount of Hardening Liquid in comparison to the amount before and broke apart.

And Hansoo constantly searched for the direction where the Light was coming from during this time.

'Divine… Divine Stone Fragment!'

A power plant which supplied all the energy throughout it's whole body.

Logically speaking, how could such a large organism maintain its body by consuming things.

This thing didn't even digest the things it ate.

It just stored them within the stomach that was maintained by the Core.

This thing wasn't born to eat something and use the thing it ate.

It was a creature born to just devour everything.

And the power plant which allowed such an abnormal organism to keep living.

Divine Stone

The thing which acted as the foundation of the World Tree but had now broken into numerous fragments, hid within a part of the Five Calamities and acted as the origin of the energy which allowed them to live on.

Something could be seen giving off light in the center of the Heart.

The thing which was lighting up the entire heart despite being covered up by tens of thousands of ligaments, tubes and mucus.

'Found it!'

The Divine Stone Fragment was within that thing.

Hansoo withstood the attacks of the tentacles as he charged towards the strange cocoon that shrouded the Divine Stone.

Kwadududk.

Then he madly started to rip apart tens of meters of cocoon which held the Divine Stone within.

'This damned parasite!'

The Divine Stone was not something that was created to supply these guys with energy.

But they were draining that energy and using it to eat up the World Tree.

The Ligaments and Mucus were so tough and sticky to the point that the Galadriang's Relic, which could cut anything, had to cut multiple times in order for him to proceed forward.

Hansoo's remaining two hearts madly pumped blood into his whole body.

If the powers of his Magic Force had not multiplied a few times from his transformation into a Demonic Dragoneer or the tentacles had not been swept up by the Hardening Liquid then his whole body would've been crushed apart.

But even then Hansoo's whole body was getting crushed bit by bit from the tentacles stabbing his whole body.

Kudududuk.

At that moment one of the hearts, which Hansoo had painstakingly regenerated, got smashed.

'Kwaaaak!'

The amount of remaining hearts were now one.

Hansoo felt strength draining out of his whole body but then smashed apart the Cocoon crazily while clenching his teeth and dodging as many attacks as possible.

'Bastards. Let's see if you can still fight after your battery runs out!'

The Core, tentacles and the Calamity Fish all moved around with the energy from the Divine Stone as their basis.

The Divine Stone was that mighty.

On the other hand, these guys cannot continue to maintain this humongous body once the Divine Stone was pulled out.

About the moment when his left arm was destroyed to the point where it couldn't act as a limb anymore, the Cocoon Hansoo was slashing at made shredding noises as it ripped apart.

Soon a light that looked like small sun stabbed down onto Hansoo's body.

'Kwuuuu…'

As the Cocoon got destroyed and lost its usage, all the energy from the Divine Stone didn't get absorbed onto the Calamity Fish and instead burned Hansoo's entire body.

Hansoo focused all of the magic force within his body onto defense and then ruthlessly smashed down onto the ligaments of the cocoon surrounding the Divine Stone.

Once. Twice.

As he continued to smash down onto the Cocoon, the ligaments started to get cut apart one by one.

Tiing!

And suddenly.

The Divine Stone fell out from the Cocoon and then started to quickly sink onto the torrent of the heart.

'Nope!'

Hansoo quickly tied the Divine Stone, which was the size of his head, with the Cocoons Mucus that he had cut off.

After covering it up until it was the size of his whole body the light started to fade.

'It might even be due to the fact that the Calamity Fish's stimulation which was applied to draw out the power disappeared…'

Anyways, Hansoo quickly stored the Divine Stone into his pouch.

Though the Divine Stone was indeed a stone, it was still something that the Elvenheims had created.

It seemed like it could be stored within the pouch.

The moment Hansoo pulled out the Divine Stone, the beat of the giant heart slowed down noticeably.

Kuuuuuunggg.

At the same time the tentacles slowed down considerably.

Since they couldn't handle the huge amount of work after the Divine Stone, which supplied them with energy like a sun, disappeared.

But as if the remaining ones were trying to pour out the remaining bits of their rage, they squeezed out all of their remaining strength as they started to stab down onto Hansoo.

Pupupupul.

'Kuhuk!.'

Hansoo groaned out loudly from the attacks which smashed onto his whole body.

The attacks had become much more fierce since the Hardening Liquid had dispersed quite a bit.

But he could not leave yet.

His goal was the Calamity Fish.

But at the same time killing the other ones.

He had killed the Calamity Fish but there was something he needed to get for the guys after.

'Calamity Fish's offspring!'

Though the Calamity Fish was a fish in name, it was closer to a mammal like a whale.

And surprisingly the offspring was placed in the heart to mature.

It would complete its maturing in the heart where there were plenty of energy from the Divine Stone.

'Where is it!'

Hansoo was getting hit all over his body and cut up the tentacles as he searched for the offsprings.

And soon he was able to find it.

The offspring of the Calamity Fish which tried to run away somewhere by the arteries of the heart.

Though it was a baby, it was so huge that it was larger than whales.

'Where are you going. You need to give me your heart.'

Hansoo madly swam as he chased it.

It would be impossible to beat an aquatic creature within the blood but that thing's speed had slowed down quite a bit as if it had taken a gulp of the Hardening Liquid.

Hansoo rushed up to it and then stabbed his sword onto the back.

The offspring thrashed back and forth as it started to smash its body onto the walls of the artery.

'Kuuuuuk!'

It's size was a lethal weapon.

Hansoo spat out groans as he got crushed between the offspring and the artery wall.

But his hands and sword continuously slashed apart its body.

At the same time the tentacles which had followed them squeezed out the last bits of their strengths as they smashed Hansoo.

Hansoo clenched onto his teeth and then continued to reach deeper into the body of the offspring.

Kuuuuuung!

The Calamity Fish's offspring made a cry of despair but it could not do anything against an invader within its own body.

Hansoo shoved his way into its body and then started to cut up the heart.

To be precise, the most important seed of the heart.

Even if it was just a seed it was still as big as his head.

Hansoo cut it up and then breathed out heavily.

He had forgotten to breathe because he was fighting so hard.

'It's done!'

Since he had acquired the most important material to create the poison with, it was now time to escape.

Hansoo stored the heart he had cut up and then started to madly swim.

But at that time an attack flew up and then smashed Hansoo's one remaining heart.

Puuuuk!

Hansoo couldn't even scream out and instead exhaled roughly.

When he turned around he could see a few strands of tentacles turning stiff like a rock.

A final attack squeezed out from last bits of its strength after getting its energy supply cut off.

The curse had been lifted since the Calamity Fish had died so the hearts started to regenerate but all three of his hearts were currently injured to the point where they could not function properly.

'Damnit… It needs to heal enough before my transformation ends.'

Hansoo gazed at the half smashed heart that was barely working as he started to slowly lose consciousness while clenching his teeth.

Soon Hansoo's body swept down on the rapid torrents as he quickly disappeared into a corner of the Calamity Fish.

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Chapter 70 – Cataclysm (3)

"Hey. Hey."

Smack smack.

"Kuuuuuu…."

Hansoo clutched his head and then got up after feeling somebody slapping his cheeks.

It felt like his whole body was getting smashed apart.

His transformation had long disappeared.

'But it seems like I regenerated quite a bit since I'm alive.'

Hansoo quickly regained his senses as he checked the person urgently calling for him

'Is it an ally? Or is it Camille?'

Though he didn't know who it was but it didn't seem like he was being restrained or was trapped somewhere.

'Were they just looking over me the whole time?'

Since it seemed like they left his unconscious body alone it seemed like they didn't have enmity.

But Hansoo's expression quickly turned fearsome as he verified the thing which was slapping his cheeks.

The fairy smiled while looking at Hansoo.

"Eyy. Why are you doing that with our relationship. Heehee."

"…What made you to come out all the way out to the Red Zone?"

The fairy smiled brightly.

"We really usually don't come out but… this isn't some everyday event right?"

The fairy then looked at the surroundings.

The huge Calamity Fish which had turned into a corpse under Hansoo's hands.

The fairy spoke with an expression of admiration.

"Well you know very well. That we make sure to give rewards. But we didn't really think that somebody could kill this so we don't have any runes or artifacts… we don't really have anything prepared."

"But then it'll be too sad for our precious friend who struggled this hard right? So we came to give you a small gift."

Then the fairy looked at Hansoo as it smiled in glee.

Hansoo looked at the Fairy as he spoke.

"Strange. It wouldn't really be fun for you guys if I were to get stronger."

The fairy clapped at those words.

"So we pondered for quite a while! As to how mister Hansoo would struggle more and fight more desperately. Then we came into a conclusion."

"What is it?"

The fairy smiled as it spoke.

"Do you want to receive them one by one? Or do you want to receive them all at once?"

Then the Fairy pulled out one of the skills it had brought along.

Hansoo's eyes trembled after seeing this.

'Solo Numbering'

Solo Numbering skill number 8.

Lord of the Dead.

It was different depending on the mastery of the skill but it was an extremely fearsome skill which allowed one to raise the ones who they had killed into spectres and allowed the usage of the special skill, Death, during the day.

An amazing skill which fit the title of Solo Numbering.

He then realized what the fairy meant when it asked him about receiving them one by one or all at once.

"If you want to receive the reward for killing the Calamity Fish then I'll give this to you right now. And everytime you kill one more then I'll give you a skill at a similar level as this."

"But on the other hand, if you deny this now and fail to kill even one of them then you won't get anything. It'll be harder too. But if you were to kill them all…. Then you know right? That we calculate the reward according to the struggle perfectly right?"

Hansoo knew what it was implying.

And it probably knew also.

As to what his answer was.

"I'll see you later."

"As I expected, I like you because you don't disappoint us Heehee. Be strong!"

Hansoo shook his head as he looked at the disappearing fairy.

Though it seems like he had made his decision on a whim he actually thought about it a lot.

Since the upcoming road he would need to take would be very harsh.

If everything rolls out according to his plan and stronger and more influential people learn of the knowledge he knew as the future information slowly got released, the invasion of the Abyss will hasten as well.

His path was basically a fight against time during which the chances of the invasion of the Abyss being faster than the 5 years of the past was likely.

Whether the invasion of the Abyss is faster.

Or him getting from the Red Zone to the Violet Zone and waiting for the invasion after finishing his preparation.

The previous choice would put him at a disadvantage and his plans had been set for the latter choice anyways.

Doing well until the Indigo Zone but not being able to finish the preparations on the Violet Zone due to the invasion being faster than expectations… This was not succeeding.

It was just failure.

The amount of time given was a bit too tight for him to proceed safely and prepare perfectly.

If you exclude unexpected events then it meant you needed to reduce as much outside influences and run as fast as possible.

Which means that we need to run until our soles get sweaty right! Hahahaha! Wow this is much more tedious the more I think about it. I suddenly don't want to go back to the past.

Kangtae's words suddenly rose up in his head.

Anyways, since this is the situation, every skill like that would give Hansoo a great amount of strength.

But Hansoo chose the latter choice.

Since he wasn't finished after just clearing the Red Zone.

It would be harder on him during the Red Zone but if he succeeds then the reward would be tremendous.

He would have much more freedom in the Orange Zone.

'They didn't even have rewards for the Calamity Fish in the plan of the Red Zone anyways.'

No one had killed the Calamity Fish before.

How could he just plan with a notion of They'll give something good here.

One always needed to take account of the worst case scenario when making plans.

'It's all done then.'

Hansoo got rid of the thoughts of the fairy from his head and then checked his body status.

He didn't know how long it had been since he fainted.

He needed to check his current situation quickly and then move out.

'Please… Please be here.'

Hansoo started to check his belongings.

Other things were ok but he could not lose 2 things.

The Divine Stone Fragment was important but the Relic which acted as the Key was also important.

'Hoo. You did good. My unconscious self.'

After opening his pouch he could see the Divine Stone firmly encased within the cocoon and the heart which he had pulled out from the offspring of the Calamity Fish was there as well.

And he was firmly holding onto the Galadriang's Relic with his hand.

It seems his energy lasted even while he was unconscious.

His heart was fully recovered as well.

'This is good enough.'

Hansoo sighed in relief and then gazed at the Divine Stone Fragment.

A fragment which was letting off a blinding white light.

Though it was pretty calm now, it would start to pour out a frightful amount of energy once it gets stimulated.

Like it had been inside the Calamity Fish.

'My overall power level has gotten quite better also.'

Hansoo, who had been staring at the amount of runes that had risen and the Galadriang's Relic, made a just-in-case like expression as he opened the pouch again.

'Since I don't know what will happen.'

Hansoo then very carefully started to scratch the Divine Stone Fragment.

Though it was extremely hard, the fact that it was a fragment meant that it was a piece which had been broken off already.

When Hansoo carefully stimulated the cracks in various parts of the Divine Stone Fragment, a small piece dropped off.

An extremely small piece, a fragment which wasn't even the size of one grain of rice.

It was extremely small in comparison to the head-sized Divine Stone Fragment but Hansoo carefully picked it off, covered it with the cocoon and put it back into the pouch.

'I don't want to use it but… I should prepare it for emergencies.'

Hansoo created a few more and then thought of the next stage.

'The next guy should be Devouring and Vomiting Root… It should start to move soon. I can't calculate since I don't know how much time has passed…'

The reason why their territories were set was because they didn't have a good relationship with each other.

There was one World Tree they wanted to eat but many had jumped onto it.

Since the Calamity Fish has died, the Devouring and Vomiting Root will start to move seriously.

'I need to collect many more Gehwche seeds before the Root starts moving.'

This time, tens of thousands would not be enough.

He basically needed to gather hundreds of thousands of them.

'I'll go to the Gehwche Colony. I hope no more than 3 days have passed.'

But from the fully recovered heart, it seems like quite a long time had passed.

Hansoo quickly ran outside.

In the location a bit off from the Root where it was originally a sea.

Now it had become land from the corpse of the Calamity Fish and the debris it had thrown up and many people were roaming around in his place while digging around the debris.

"Find it quickly!"

"This is our side! Lighthouse is that side! Why are you coming all the way here after negotiating it!"

"Uwahahaha! I found it! This is amazing!"

Oooooong.

The people who had divided up the areas and were now searching for the Relics of the spectres, who had now turned into dust, found them and then swung them in air with a content expression.

Of course there were people who had gears better than the Relics.

But a Relic which allowed for various different attacks and had an edge on every part of the weapon would be of great help.

There was nothing much to say about the people who had worse weapons than the relics.

And because of this the high-ranking clansmen of the Six Great Pillars, The Twelve Root were madly searching around his giant trash island.

Part of them searched the inside of the Calamity Fish and part of them searched outside the corpse endlessly.

But Michael Christopher, the patriarch of Lighthouse, made a dissatisfied expression.

"How is there no reward for catching this humongous thing?"

Liu Hong, who was the newly appointed captain of the shock troopers, nodded at those words.

"I don't know why but it didn't spit out any runes. And it seemed like there were two extremely important looking areas but one had been crushed already and someone had already taken something out from the part that looked like the heart."

"Hmm…"

'Tsk. There's no way to know what happened inside either.'

There weren't any messages or Blue Carrier Pigeons.

He had searched around just in case something was blocked off or hidden but there was a limited amount of intel he could acquire from the already dead Calamity Fish.

Liu Hong spoke towards Christopher.

"Anyways, everyone's nerves are getting on edge more and more. It has been quite a while since they had all gathered in one place like this so…"

"Damn."

There was quite a large amount of Relics.

But the just because there was a large amount of Relics did not mean that they would all get them equally.

And due to this the clansmen were edgier and edgier.

"Any other reports?"

"One of the Seven Departed Souls is heading this way."

"…Didn't they die yet? I thought that they all died around the Branch since they weren't seen for quite a while."

Michael Christopher frowned.

Even he, who did not fear anything, could only feel pressured by these guys.

Christopher frowned as he spoke.

"Tell them to prevent as many collisions as possible. Since it's dangerous."

"Yes."

He didn't know how the power struggle was going to play out from this incident.

He needed to maintain as much of his forces as possible during this period when everyone was edgy.

Losing Kalz Morenn was a huge loss already.

He could not lose any more than this.

'Anyways where is that guy?'

Kalz Morenn had reported to him before he went in.

That there was a dumbass going in with the Calamity Fish as the target.

But he knew now.

That guy was not a dumbass.

The giant corpse of the Calamity Fish in the distance proved this.

Rumors about this guy will spread across all of the Red Zone.

'I hope I can find him.'

But Christopher didn't have many expectations.

They hadn't finished their search in the Calamity Fish because it was so big but it had already been 3 days since the Calamity Fish died.

The fact that the guy had not appeared yet meant that he had died.

Even if he was alive, why would he stay in a place like this.

At that time, when he wasn't really expecting anything more, one of his underlings shouted out.

"They say they've found him!"

"Huh? He's still here after three days?"

Christopher made a happy smile.

Dududududu.

A deep part of the World Tree Root.

Something that was huge and had the shape of a Root, and was sucking onto the toxins rising up towards the Trunk through the Interior, stopped suddenly.

It should be able to feel the vibrations made from the bastard who lives in the sea as it chews onto the World Tree roots.

Since there was no way to not know about the vibrations that occur when it starts eating.

But even after a long period of time the vibrations were not happening

The Root-shaped creature started to get curious.

There was no need to suck on the toxins of the World Tree if that thing didn't exist.

Since it could just go directly to the sea and suck it out.

Soon the Root, or even Snake-like, looking creature opened its huge mouth, let go of the World Tree Root it was biting into and then started to dig down into the ground.

Towards the toxic sea which was the territory of his rival.

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Chapter 71 – Incursion (1)

"What shall we do? If we move with haste then there is a possibility to create friction with other clans."

Michael pondered at the words of Liu Hong, the captain of the shock troopers.

It had already been 4 years since he had come into the Otherworld.

He had gone through a lot in the Otherworld.

He had trampled on those who tried to kill him and used the people who would benefit him no matter how.

He didn't know whether his actions were correct or wrong but after a while of doing similar actions, he had felt that he could get some form of sensation.

Whether he needed a person or not.

Whether a person was somebody he could approach or not.

A sensation came to him.

'I think that if I get rid of the poison then there will be some very sweet meat.'

He won't be easy.

Like how a pufferfish becomes an extremely tasteful material once one gets rid of the toxins, Kang Hansoo will puke out a lot of things like how a strong monster dropped a lot of things.

"Get him. I'm also curious as to what he gained inside there too."

Liu Hong nodded at those words.

That guy had pulled something out from the Heart.

That was likely the reward for killing the Calamity Fish.

No, even without that. That guy was the sole survivor that knew of its insides.

He was somebody they needed to catch due to many different reasons.

"Catch him before you clash with the other Clans."

Liu Hong stopped while sending out the Blue Carrier Pigeons in all directions and the spoke while laughing.

"It's not likely that we won't be able to catch him before he gets to a different clan's territory."

They had come down with 5 teams of shock troopers consisting of 12 people each and 10 search teams of 20 people each since it was quite an important event for them.

They couldn't take a lot of people in order to maintain the power up above on the Pillar but other clans were like that too.

One single search team could destroy most normal people.

And one of those search teams had tailed Hansoo and others were quickly heading towards the location where the Blue Carrier Pigeons pointed them to.

'What could have changed in a week.'

They had said that he was quite strong for a newcomer.

Since he was strong enough to beat back Kalz Morenn.

But they didn't believe that they won't be able to catch him.

Though that guy had killed the Calamity Fish, if such a thing could be killed with strength then that guy wouldn't have run away from Kalz Morenn in the first place.

Even if that guy had gained something amazing not much would change.

'I should still go.'

Liu Hong quickly moved as he sent the Blue Carrier Pigeons towards the leaders of the shock trooper teams and search teams.

Boom!

'Hu-uk!'

Kugan, a member of one of the search teams who were following him, grinded his teeth and backed off as he felt his defense skill get chopped off.

'Goddamnit.'

Though they were just a part of the search team, they were still clansmen of Lighthouse.

They could fight somebody from the shock troopers of the Twelve Roots one on one.

They had equipped themselves with survival-related skills since there were a lot of dangerous situations.

But every time that crazy sword cut through the air, their skills were getting smashed apart despite being tens of meters away.

"Goddamit! Close the surrounding net!"

And the moment you got scratched by that guy's sword your blood would pour out.

The search area for Hecate, an enemy clan, was around here.

And they couldn't leave behind the injured in such a place.

Because they had to take the injured with them the speed at which they were closing the net was slowing down.

And what hurt his pride even more was the fact that the guy over there wasn't running away despite knowing that he was being chased.

'That bastard, is he looking down us?'

That guy was constantly disappearing and appearing around the Kukulja lake even whilst swinging his sword.

'Let's see how long you can run for.'

The Blue Carrier Pigeons should arrive by now.

Which meant that everyone will gather towards here.

Once more search teams get here and the shock troopers get here then it'll be the end for this guy no matter how talented he was.

Hansoo, who had been running around the Kukulja lake and collecting the Gehwche seeds, clicked his tongue at the guys charging towards him.

'Annoying pests.'

An information which Hansoo had acquired on the way out.

'For 3 days to have passed.'

He needed to collect Gehwche seeds in order to go into the Devouring and Vomiting Root but it seemed like he won't be able to collect the amount he needed at this rate.

There were tens of thousands of lily flowers which had the Gehwche seeds floating around the top of the lake next to him but it was very difficult due to the guys behind him sticking by so closely.

Hansoo shook his head after watching the guys chasing him from behind.

'There's no time to collect them all. If you like me so much then… I should fulfill your wishes.'

Hansoo stopped running around the Kukulja lake and pulled something out from his pouch.

The heart of the offspring of the Calamity Fish which he had acquired before.

And the core part of it, the Seed.

Because even the heart of the baby Calamity Fish was so big, the core part was still the size of his head after cutting it out.

Hansoo cut out a palm sized piece from that thing.

He then shook off the people pursuing him a little bit then started to madly run around the Lake and collected materials.

'Arumkal's Scent Sac… I collected Essence of Aron just now I need Gon's Horn.'

This is a bit dangerous but it's a method for when you can't collect all the seeds in time. Only use it during emergencies.

'Awaking after 3 days of being unconscious is an emergency.'

Hansoo swung his sword backwards a few times and then quickly started to head towards the Gon's Habitat near the lake.

Kwaaaaaaaaa!

At that moment something popped out from the ground and attacked Hansoo.

The Gon, which had the shape of a lizard with three horns, suddenly popped out from the ground and then tried to bite Hansoo with its giant jaw.

Though it had a slow movement speed, it moved under the ground and then ambushed somebody above the ground with lightning speed and crunched them with their jaw.

Hansoo flinched after seeing the Gon that had popped out.

'…Three?'

The End Root here was not a place where a Three Horned Gon came out on.

It was at most Two Horned.

Three Horned was a much bigger version that came out much farther above the Middle Root.

And because of this, Hansoo knew immediately.

'It's almost here.'

The fact that something that should've been above is down here meant that the Devouring and Vomiting Root was steadily heading towards their direction.

Hansoo ondensed formless sword that he had elongated earlier and then stabbed it between its jaw and the cervical where it wasn't covered with bones.

Kwaduduk.

The formless sword which had gone in between the gap spread out inside the neck and then cut off all the blood flow and nerves.

Kuduk.

Hansoo, who had turned it powerless in an instant, cut of it's horns and then frowned slightly.

'If it's a Three Horned one then the effect might be a bit stronger than I expected…'

But this wasn't the time to worry about such things.

Hansoo crushed the piece of Calamity Fish offspring's heart, turned it into paste and then quickly mixed on the newly attained Gon's Horn and other materials.

The mixture in Hansoo's hands quickly turned black as time passed by.

But unlike its color, it started to pour out a very pleasing scent in all directions.

And Hansoo, who was smelling this strong scent, quickly threw it into the pool.

The moment the mixture in Hansoo's dropped down into the waters, it disappeared very quickly.

At that time something flew towards his head at an extreme speed.

'Sword of Light. A skill like this…'

Hansoo frowned at the sword that was slashing down towards him from the skies and then slashed his own sword as he split the translucent sword in the sky in two.

Kudududuk.

At the same time Hansoo jumped into the Gehwche Habitat near the Kukulja lake.

Hansoo, who had been standing around tens of thousands of lily-like flowers, spoke towards the people coming down one by one.

"Why are you chasing me so hard. We won't see each other in the future anyway."

Somebody else answered this question.

"That's not something you decide. I have a lot of questions."

Michael, who had arrived along with Liu Hong as his guard, laughed as he looked at Hansoo in the distance.

There really wasn't a need to come but he had come all the way here because he was curious.

'If you killed the Calamity Fish then that's enough to make me come see you.'

There wasn't just one or two things he was curious about.

How he had killed the Calamity Fish.

How he had survived the insides of the Calamity Fish.

What he had obtained after killing that giant thing.

And most importantly.

Is there a possibility to kill the other Four Calamities

If you could kill the other Four Calamities or even know their fatal weaknesses then the Red Zone's governing style will change completely.

'It's also not bad to engrave my name before I go up.'

Michael laughed as he finished his thoughts.

"Why are you trying to do something that hard by yourself. It'll be so much easier if we help you. You can kill the others ones right too?"

Of course the killer of the thing would change if he were to act together with Hansoo and the reward ratio will be slightly, or even largely, changed but it would be a win-win for both.

Good for him and good for that guy.

'He will say there is.'

Because there wouldn't be a need to keep him alive otherwise.

Rumors had been spread already.

That Lighthouse had received a large amount of damage from one newcomer like a bunch of retards.

Of course members of other clans had followed in too but the single fact that Kalz Morenn lead them was a disgrace on its own.

If that guy didn't know how to deal with the other Calamities then it would be much better to just take the thing that guy obtained from inside the Calamity Fish and then kill him.

At that time a very faint vibration could be felt from beneath the earth.

Kududududu

'Did the structure of the Root get weaker from the tsunami that the Calamity Fish made?'

If not then there wouldn't be such a thing like an earthquake occurring around this location.

While the people were making confused expressions and tried to activated their Searching Skills, Hansoo answered Michael's question.

"Of course I can kill the other ones."

"I was just about to go there. Since you're going to help me I thank you. Let's go together then."

Booooom!

At that moment the surface broke apart something rose up above the surface of the Kukulja Lake.

A gigantic root that looked like a tree root from one glance but was moving in a way that a plant could not.

The tens of split up mouths on the end of the root along with thousands of teeth that were the size of a man constantly opened and closed as they ate up the toxic waters.

Michael frowned intensely after seeing this.

"…Devil's Mouth? Why is this here?"

Devil's Mouth

It was a thing located within the deepest parts of the dungeon within the World Tree Root.

The thing that was estimated to be part of the Devouring and Vomiting Root.

Actually, nobody knew what the Devouring and Vomiting Root looked like.

Since there wasn't a single story of somebody surviving after entering that mouth.

The skin of that crappy looking root was so tough that nobody had been able to damage it so far.

Since nobody had been able to see its true body, one of the Four Calamities was better known as Devil's Mouth instead of Devouring and Vomiting Root.

But it was usually quietly sucking the World Tree's toxic waters, why did it come all the way out here.

And he had never heard of that thing thrashing about madly like that.

"Uwaaaak!"

"Uaak! Go up and dodge it!"

"Damnit! How do you want me to dodge this!"

The mouth of the root that was extended from the ground was tens of meters in diameter alone.

Multiple tens of these were rising up from below.

Michael quickly sent messages to the Search Teams that he had previously ordered to search other locations.

Then he frowned intensely.

'Damnit. Other places aren't like this, why is it like this here!'

The root that popped out was drinking onto the toxic waters of the Kukulja lake as if it was thirsty and the waters of the giant Kukulja Lake was disappearing at a rapid pace as if a stopper below the bathtub had been removed.

But the problem was that the surrounding terrain was getting destroyed and they were getting sucked into the mouth at a rapid pace.

How could they dodge properly when the ground beneath them was falling apart.

Hundreds of clansmen who had come around here were getting sucked into the mouth below.

Hansoo laughed coldly as he saw this.

'It arrived earlier than I expected. Good.'

The Root and the Mouth which had rushed in after getting lured from the scent of the Calamity Fish's offspring was drinking up the Toxic Waters while the large amount of Gehwches and their seeds were getting carried along in there with the water.

Though everything had proceeded according to his plan but it was more dangerous because of this.

Hansoo tensed up his whole body.

Devouring and Vomiting Root

A thing that steals the Toxic Waters that flows through the Interior of the World Tree Root.

Since it drinks up the Toxic Waters of the World Tree, which acts as a purifier and turns the Toxic waters into Nutritional Fluid, that alone makes the amount of Nutritional Fluid dry up.

But the reason why that thing was called a Calamity was not just because that mouth acted us a tool for sucking in the toxic waters.

It was a thing that puked out all the beasts that were born from the Main Body deep inside the earth into the area of the World Tree through its mouth.

It was dual structure root.

Unlike the Outside Mouth which was for drinking, the Inside Mouth was a passage which constantly vomited out beasts.

And he had to go in because of this.

So he could get to the Main Body.

'Let's go.'

Hansoo breathed in and out deeply as he saw the beasts popping out from within the mouth, clenched his teeth and then jumped downwards.

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