chapter 18
And after about 30 minutes.
We finally reached the end of a long, long hallway.
In the meantime, there are only about a dozen white spirits that have been exorcised.
It felt like all the white spirits that should have been in the original hotel were gathered here.
“Is it… here?”
Monica said as she looked at the new door that appeared in front of her eyes.
It was quite different from the doors so far.
The gray iron door was neither old nor dirty.
And there, bizarre characters that looked like twisted Chinese characters covered the entire door, but even Monica couldn’t figure out what it was.
It was three times the size of a normal door.
I could tell intuitively.
Behind this, there must be the master of this labyrinth.
“let’s go.”
So I said
Monica nodded just once and opened the door.
Then, a strange landscape appeared before my eyes.
“This···”
It was a vast space like a baseball field.
A huge circular dome.
The whole thing was covered with something dark brown.
hair? No, is this… a reed?
The floor, walls and ceiling were densely packed with reeds.
And in the middle of such a brown nest.
There was a red anomaly creature.
“Strange…!”
Monica murmured.
strange.
Unlike spirits and demons, which are based on humans, the collective term for demons whose origins are not related to humans, such as goblins and nine-tailed foxes.
Among them, the one in front of us now was an unidentified red beast.
The length of the crouching body alone is 3 meters.
It was incomparably huge compared to real animals.
And there was no hair on the red skin covering the whole body.
It’s not scaled, but there’s only leather with a rubber-like luster.
“Kreur…”
Did they notice our intrusion?
The boy cried softly and raised his head.
The appearance of the face is similar to that of a fox…no, a wolf.
But the crimson eyes overflowed with madness.
It had dozens of large black teeth in its mouth.
A few of them protruded from his lips, and saliva dripped between them.
The guy got up.
His straight legs and 10 or so claws at the tips caught his eye.
Overall longer and sleeker than normal wolves.
I could tell without looking at the level.
That was by no means a formidable foe.
“There is one of them here.”
I said, activating my ability.
Fortunately, I couldn’t see anything except that red wolf.
No, should I say that this is really fortunate?
“That guy is level 33.”
“what···?”
As expected, he was incredibly strong.
Besides, Monica was frozen hard, probably caught by the bloody spurts of the red wolf.
“Relax. don’t be scared Then you really die.”
He spat bitterly at Monica.
Red Wolf’s level is 33.
It was 10 levels higher than Monica, who had risen by one level after defeating the emperor.
Also, the difference of 10 levels is significant.
When comparing the Hwangryeong and the Whiteryeong with a 10-level difference.
The hwangryeong had the strength of five white spirits combined.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s a low level, but it’s a fivefold difference.
Even Monica can survive for one minute.
“however···”
The red wolf is just getting up and facing hostility this way.
Surprisingly, they did not actively attack.
I watched the red wolf’s movements closely.
Looking at this place with lifeless eyes, moving left and right, maintaining a vigilant posture.
Judging from the twitching corners of the mouth and the sound of heavy breathing, it looks like it wants to run this way right away, but it never does.
indeed.
There is no such thing as a crazy dog in appearance, but he is a very cautious type.
“Monica. Do you know what that is?”
At my words, she blinked for a moment.
Then he shook his head once and opened his mouth slowly.
“Perhaps…Bloody Wolf. Korean, Blood.”
Bloody Wolf, bloody.
The name, somehow familiar, reminded me of the monsters I had killed in the past.
But, of course, it wasn’t the monster I knew.
I had killed werewolves and vampires, but there was no monster like a combination of the two.
“Do you know anything else?”
“There is, but there is no time.”
“No, there should be time… that’s it. I’ll look for it myself, whatever.”
I remembered the lecture material given at the training center.
Apparently, among the reference materials, there was a collection of information about the monster.
“What are you doing?”
Monica said as she watched me rummage through my bag to find the tablet with my weapon down.
It was an expression of embarrassment at my attitude of relaxing in front of a strong enemy.
“don’t worry. He won’t move unless we get to him first.”
“Why do you know that?”
“experience.”
After answering briefly, I took out my tablet and looked through the lecture materials.
And soon, he found information about the monster in front of him.
From the conditions in which blood clots are made to the degree of strength, etc.
Lots of useful information.
First of all, the condition for the formation of blood is that a wolf or a dog catches and eats a nine-tailed fox.
An ordinary dog preying on a nine-tailed fox?
I wondered for a moment, but there was a supplementary explanation right below.
It is said that the kumiho’s weakness is that it is a canine animal like a wolf.
Also, the strength of Blood Rang was proportional to the number of nine-tailed foxes it ate.
So, unless you know the nine-tailed fox that became prey, you can’t measure the strength of blood.
This wasn’t a problem for me with level visibility.
And the most important weakness of the Blood Rang…
“It’s easy to understand.”
After confirming the contents, I put the tablet into the bag.
There were a total of three weaknesses of the guy indicated in the data.
Smell, flame, and sound, respectively.
All of them were things that dogs and animals are sensitive to.
But unfortunately I didn’t have any of those three things I could use.
I looked at Monica again.
No, to be precise, she asked while looking at the window she was holding.
“Do you have a way?”
“···there is.”
Monica only moved her lips without taking her eyes off Hilrang.
“Moses’ staff, it has the power to cut down animals.”
“The power to slash beasts?”
I wondered if there was a way to exploit the weakness, but it wasn’t.
It means that Shingi will use his own abilities.
And if it’s the authority to slash beasts… After all, it’s close combat.
Then there was only one conclusion.
“I’ll draw your attention. In the meantime, you deliver the fatal blow.”
“what···?”
Monica frowned as if she had heard something strange.
But I ignored her reaction and continued talking.
“That’s a smart guy. It has to be done in one go. Otherwise, they’ll go after you right away. can you do it?”
When I said that, her gaze finally moved away from Hyolrang and turned to me.
It was a strange face that made me want to be strange.
***
“I’ll draw your attention. In the meantime, you deliver the fatal blow.”
Monica was dumbfounded when Kang Jin-woo said that he would become the bait.
Goi is by no means a common demon.
Because of that, not much is known, and this was the first time Monica had ever seen Goi in person.
So the first time she saw Blood Rang, she couldn’t take her eyes off it.
Bright red eyes overflowing with madness.
A low, creeping cry of resentment.
And it was because her living life that seemed to be alive and breathing was right for her.
To put it bluntly, the moment she saw Blood Rang, she was afraid.
Not to mention moving, to the point where I even forgot to breathe for a while.
However, Kang Jin-woo was not.
Even in front of that terrifying monster, he was no different than usual.
He even asserted that Blood Rang would never move, and then took out the tablet from his bag and performed a crazy act of manipulating it.
There really wasn’t anything moving, but Monica’s heart almost exploded in case the blood clot would attack in the meantime.
But whether you know it or not.
Jinwoo Kang continued.
“Can you?”
Monica looked at Kang Jin-woo.
It was because I wondered if I had gone mad out of fear.
But it wasn’t Kang Jin-woo.
Rather, he was looking at Monica with a much more serious face than usual.
Did you know that the light-hearted man could make such an expression?
Monica suddenly came to her senses with that thought.
His suggestion…is nothing to think about.
It was an absurd proposition.
Monica had no idea that he would be able to hold Blood Rang’s attention for even a second.
With the fighting power of Kang Jin-woo she had seen, it was nothing.
However, when Monica saw Kang Jin-woo’s black eyes,
“···huh.”
He nodded his head as if possessed.
It was strange.
His eyes were full of confidence.
There was a belief that there was no way you could ever fail, as if you were saying that you only have to do well.
Is it arrogance or is it self-confidence?
Her head couldn’t comprehend it.
“Then stay there and approach me when the opportunity arises.”
He picked up the spanner and ran forward.
In response, Monica also fixed the window and looked at Hilrang.
I met eyes with it.
“·······”
However, before she knew it, she was not afraid of Hyolrang.
Unlike a little while ago, when I was hardened and couldn’t even breathe properly.
Against the killing spree of the blood, she too showed sharp hostility.
“you can do it···!”
And Monica also gained confidence.
That moment.
Blood clots moved.
It rushed at Kang Jin-woo, who entered his territory at a speed that was difficult to track.
***
“Kuaaa!”
With a scream that matched the cry of a monster, the paws of the Blood Rang came flying.
It was like a mace the size of a human head with spikes called claws.
So even that alone was a fairly threatening and violent attack, but it was just a search.
First attack of a prudent beast that refrained from the wolf’s habit of sticking out its mouth and looking at it as much as possible.
And I’ve had encounters with wolves like this before.
So I narrowly evaded his attack on purpose and raised the spanner to break its claws.
“smash!”
Caang!
In an instant, the hand holding the spanner became light, and a huge shock grazed.
The first attack skill I ever used, Smash.
The effect itself was not that simple.
<Smash>
Attacks strongly towards the enemy.
Damage: 200% of weapon attack power.
It’s just that the average hit was about twice as strong.
But that didn’t mean it didn’t work.
“Hey hey hey!”
An intense plosive sound overlapped with the wolf’s scream.
One of its claws comes out of the spanner and dangles.
Of course, it couldn’t be said to be that much damage to Hyolrang, who had more than 10 claws on one foot.
But the pain must have been clearly conveyed.
That part was exactly what I was aiming for.
“Quaaa!”
So this time he opened his huge mouth at me.
A hideous mouth full of sharp teeth the size of a human forearm.
Its teeth were fast and had a wide range.
However, due to the fact that the attack site is the mouth, the trajectory is simple and easy to read.
furthermore.
“It’s not a hydra, you bastard! smash!”
I shouted, hitting the teeth that were interlocking in front of my eyes with a spanner with all my might.
A nine-headed snake that regenerates endlessly.
I was so used to the beast’s teeth that I had dealt with them.
Heck, I’ve slaughtered all the monsters at one time, so I’m not familiar with anything.
“Kang!”
Blood Rang, who was in the middle of the medicine, couldn’t overcome his anger and hit his front paws one after another.
But it never touched me.
It was because the beast’s attack, driven by instinct, was enough to avoid even with a body several feet below.
And every time I dodged, I didn’t forget to hit his teeth and claws with a spanner.
Heollang is getting more and more angry, and he feels his restraint disappearing.
If you drag the time like this, soon Monica will come out.
but,
“Ugh… haa…”
I was short of breath.
Because of my poor body specs, I couldn’t move leisurely to avoid Hulrang’s attack.
Rather, I had to move vigorously enough to put a strain on my body.
Had it only been a minute or so?
“Ugh… the f*ck…!”
I ended up cursing while avoiding the bloody mouth that didn’t even give me a chance to catch my breath.
I can’t.
I can’t stand this for as long as I thought.
Slowly, the strength in his legs was about to loosen up. The hand holding the spanner trembled.
Also, my heart was beating without mercy, and my head was dizzy from the rough breathing.
Suddenly, blood flowed from all over his body.
It was because the attacks that he couldn’t completely avoid due to exhaustion passed and cut his flesh into chunks.
Fortunately, I am recovering little by little thanks to the life force absorption effect attached to the ring I am wearing.
It was unavoidable to go straight to the goal if he was hit with a big blow.
Then, naturally, I thought of Monica.
what is he still doing
I glanced at the back where Monica was originally standing.
“huh···?”
But she didn’t see it.
I hope it didn’t splatter?
The moment I thought so.
“Kuaaa!”
With a scream, the bloody jaw fell from above his head.
But I didn’t escape.
It wasn’t because the strength in his legs was gone.
above the man’s head.
Monica was throwing herself in the air holding the spear, as if she had reached that point before she knew it.
The tip of the spear was pointed directly at the top of the head of the Blood Rang.
and,
Fuwak!
Blood poured from the head of the beast pierced by the spear.