It was dark. I can't see anything. Of course, I lost my sight. That's why I kept my I closed the whole time. I could feel the pain from the shock throughout all my body. Oh, that's right. I'm dead. Suddenly, I heard some sound.
"He seems to be breathing."
"He's getting his conscious back."
"Hey, open your eyes!"
Open your eyes? Is he talking to me? How am I open my eyes? As soon as that thought came to my mind, I opened my eyes.
"Oops!"
The world came through my eyes. I see it. I could see it. What is going on? I slowly lifted my body up and looked around the people observing me from a short distant. I could tell from their eyes; their feelings, which did not contain any hospitality or concerns. Contempt, sneers, and pity.
"Are you alright?" A man step out and asked. I looked at him. He seemed familiar and unfamiliar at the same time, kind of feeling that you get when you reluctantly recall something deep down from your memory. And there was a strange thing above his head.
"Choi Changsu?" The man's face puckered.
"What? Choi Changsu? Am I your friend? Did you lose your mind?"
I didn't do anything wrong. I just read the translucent letter above his head. Then I took a look around at people encircled me. I could see the name of the six people who are surrounding me. I tried to put myself together while calmly looking around them.
First, I could see the name above people's head.
Second, I'm supposed to be blind, but I can see it.
Third, I'm supposed to be dead.
Fourth, I have no idea where I am. Am I in heaven? Or Hell?
"Just leave him here. He'll get us all killed. Dungeon is not a joke. He'll find his own way."
I realized where I was. I died in Dungeon and I resurrected in Dungeon. Although the dungeon looked quite different from the dungeon I died. Choi Changsu seemed to be contemplating then he looked and me and asked.
"Can you catch up with ups?"
I didn't reply. How could I trust him? On top of that, the looks on other's face made me difficult to trust him. Choi Changsu shook his head.
"You'll be able to get out of here as we're not too deep inside. Can you?"
I guess he decided to abandon me. I didn't reply to it either, because I didn't make any decision on what I'm going to do. However, it seemed like they made their decision regardless of mine. They were slowly moving away. After everybody went away, I could get a grasp of the situation. Later on, unexpected situation fell on me.
< Prologue > The End
Kim Kanghyun
< Reborn again 1 >
Hyunseok stood up. He felt heavy and light at the same time. It was a weird feeling. First he had to realize what's going on. All he knows is that he's in dungeon not which dungeon it is or who they were. Hyunseok stood up and looked around. He could hear some noise from a distant. He paid attention to the noise. He gained other senses instead of his sight. He has extremely sensitive at hearing, smelling, and touching. Especially when it comes to a magic power, his sense was unrivalled. Those senses were still sharpened like a keen sword, even after Hyunseok got his sight back.
"Just a little bit further!"
"Do you think he's already went out?"
"Did he look like a kind of person who can do that? No need to worry! He'll still be at where he was."
Hyunseok frowned.
"Are they talking about me?"
It seemed like it. And I could hear the faint thunderclap. Boom! Hyunseok's face has frozen.
"Jerks!"
It was clear. They were luring the evil to here. The evil, who is venting out the thunder. Within a moment they'll be in sight. 6 of men and women were wildly running toward here. Behind them, a gigantic dragonfly was chasing after them. It was swirled with thunderbolts.
"Thunder dragonfly!"
Clearly it was a Thunder dragonfly. Judging by its' size and condition, it was unquestionably a mutant dragonfly.
"Maybe this is Class 1 Bronze dungeon."
Probably. And very unpleasant memory related to it came to my mind. Hyunseok's eyes glinted. The mutant thunder dragonfly took away its' thunderbolts and started to fly toward him at a rapid speed. The direction was obvious.
"Am I the target?"
Hyunseok gnashed his teeth at this situation that is exactly coinciding with the unpleased memory he had.
"Choi Changsu! I can't believe I've forgotten his name although it has been so long….!"
Suddenly, his side started to throb. He lifted his shirt and checked, but there was no scar. The scar that he got from that crazy mutant thunder dragonfly long time ago and now it has gone. Everything happened be fore Hyunseok managed to grasp the situation, but there was only one thing that he had to do. He pulled out the sword from his waist. Keen magic power was floating on the blade. It was very weak. Not the best item. But it doesn't matter. It's good enough to deal with that crazy dragonfly.
"Furthermore, I probably had eaten up some of juice of Thunder flower with my memory."
That is probably why I blacked out. You'll get knock down by a shock if you consume the juice of Thunder flower without thinking. And that's the reason why that gigantic dragonfly is frantically flying toward Hyunseok.
Hyunseok in the past would have ran away. But now, Hyunseok has no reason to run away. He ran towards back to the thunder dragonfly.
Six of the people who radically drop down the speed got confused because the Thunder dragonfly passed them. They didn't expect Hyunseok to run towards them. But there's nothing to be changed.
"Everybody get ready. We're on a hunting now."
"Okay."
They all pulled out their weapons. Mutant Thunder dragonflies lose their reason when they see someone who took the juice of Thunder flower. They literally go crazy. Usually they incessantly omit thunderbolt, which makes hunting difficult, but when they go completely crazy, it's merely a meat shield. Of course, the one who took the juice of Thunder flower will go to wreck. Choi Changsu and his group hunted down the Thunder dragonfly several times using that strategically.
Hyunseok and Thunder dragonfly came close together face-to-face.
"Let's go!"
Choi Changsu's group all started to rush towards Thunder dragonfly. And they could see Hyunseok running towards them after slashing the bottom of Thunder dragonfly.
Ppajijik!
All the thunderbolt started to spread out from Thunder dragonfly's body.
"What? What's wrong with that?"
"Its' eyes went red!"
"Run!"
Somehow, Thunder dragonfly managed to find its' sanity back. Not only that, it was raging out. You'll get hit by the lightning if you stay around nearby.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lightning wildly poured down to Choi Changsu's group.
"Yipe!"
"Spread out!"
Six of men and women ran every which way. They couldn't take an action against this unforeseen situation. Running away in every which way was all they can decide to do. Meanwhile, Hyunseok hid amongst trees and rocks, all his traces were removed.
'My prayers are with you.'
Hyunseok hid and watched Thunder dragonfly chasing after one of the guys from Choi Changsu's group, pouring down lightning. Soon, they'll realize that running away is no use, that it's better to turn against him and fight back. The rage of Thunder dragonfly will never cool down. Because Hyunseok the wrath of Thunder dragonfly. Hyunseok stabbed one of the eggs hidden underneath the Thunder dragonfly. That one stab was good enough to bring sanity back and outrage.
"I feel little bit bad."
Hyunseok quitely murmured. Choi Changsu was quick in decision than expected. All the people in his group gathered back and desperate battle with Thunder dragonfly.
"Not bad, huh? They can surely hold out for at least half an hour."
Of course, they'll never win raging Thunder dragonfly with their power. All of them will end up within an inch close to death. That's when Hyunseok will turn up and finish the dragonfly with one last single blow and also get it done with Choi Changsu and the rest. They deserve it.
"However….. I have to figure out what's happened."
One thing that he figured out after bumped into Thunder dragonfly is that his magic power almost has gone. It's literally at the bottom. It was Hyunseok's superhuman ability in magic power control that enabled Hyunseok to stab the dragonfly and run way, not because Hyunseok had abundant magic power. If somebody else were in this situation, it would not have been that easy. Because although outraged mutant Thunder dragonfly is in a first bronze level evil, it's competent evil even for those who are in silver level dungeon. Judging by the fact that Choi Changsu and his group are fighting rather well, they must have been preparing for silver level dungeon.
"All my magic power gave out, tools…. Are just for elementary.. What is this?"
Actually, one dim memory has come to Hyunseok's mind. But that's really improbable.
"I hope I didn't travel back to the past and reborn to see this ridiculous situation."
But if that's the case, everything makes sense. The fact that he got his sight back, he's out of his magic power, and bumped into that crazy Choi Changsu and his group.
"Speaking of which, that dude, Choi Changsu, still looking so young even after 20 years have passed."
As if time hasn't moved at all or has been rewound to the past.
Hyunseok slowly approached to where Choi Changsu's group having a battle with Thunder dragonfly. He could see the end coming. Soon, they will all knock down. They will live, as long as Hyunseok take care of the Thunder dragonfly in the end.
Vroom! Vroom! Vroomvroom!
Thunder dragonfly spurt out thunderbolt as if pouring out all the energy.
"Ughh!"
"Ughhhhh!
None of them could withstand that counter attack and knocked out. Hyunseok made a moment of chance and rush to Thunder dragonfly. Thunder dragonflies don't fly high. So it's fairly matchable.
"Like this."
Hyunseok slipped down to Thunder dragonfly and slashed the joint between the head and the body.
Swish!
Pop!
Body fluids burst out from the joint below the head. Hyunseok slid down and got away from Thunder dragonfly without having any fluid on his body. That was exact weakness of Thunder dragonfly. Especially it's the weakness only shown right after bursting out lightning.
Hyunseok ran toward Thunder dragonfly again. He managed to cut off the weakness but it's not enough to kill it.
Swish!
Hyunseok hopped onto the tail of Thunder dragonfly and ran alongside its' back.
Tak-tak-tak!
Thunder dragonfly writhed. But Hyunseok kept his balance and ran fast. He soon reached the head. Hyunseok grasp the sword with both hands and stab right center of Thunder dragonfly's forehead.
"Kiaaaaakk!"
Thunder dragonfly started to jump up and down. More body fluids came out of neck. Hyunseok withstood with a sword in his hand. Where he just stabbed was its' second weakness. It's only effective when the first weakness has been removed.
"Kieeeeh!"
With its' final shout, Thunder dragonfly collasped to the ground. Hyunseok jumped and lightly landed at the very moment. No one will think that he's a beginner. It requires at least years of experience to get such nimble movement and judgment. Maybe even 10 years.
Choi Changsu murmured after he witnessed everything.
"Oh, god. I got unlucky."
He tried to use Hyunseok as a bait, but it worked in the other way. He couldn't move. His body paralyzed after the lightning attack. It was a miracle to be conscious. Rests of the people from the group were still unconscious. Hyunseok approached to Choi Changsu.
"Thank you for Thunder flower juice. It was scrumptious. Thanks to you, I had invaluable experience."
Choi Changsu closed his eyes. If Hyunseok knows that, there's no more excuse to say about it.
"You know, I quickly thought about why now."
Choi Changsu looked at Hyunseok with confused face. What is he talking about?
"And now I can slightly get the answer."
Hyunseok turned his head and looked at Thunder dragonfly as he was talking. It was where mutant Thunder dragonfly came out. Hyunseok smiled and looked back and forth at dead Thunder dragonfly and Choi Changsu, lying down with eyes widely opened. Hyunseok's smile made Choi Changsu shudder. He could feel that something…. bad was about to happen.