Published at 17th of November 2020 10:20:06 AM
Chapter 328: 328
Chapter 328 – Descendants of the Monkey King (3)
Team: HH, thursdays, Yahiko (6/10)
Torca glared at the Ice King with a flabbergasted face .
Regardless, the Ice King took a step back . It was clear he really didn’t want to be involved this time .
‘This is why we shouldn’t work with old people . ’
Torca could feel the last of his respect towards the Ice King disappearing . The Ice King was fearful . Way too scared for Torca’s taste .
Just what was the Hoarder anyway?
Torca nodded at his subordinates in the back . The warriors of Iron Lion all raised their weapons at The Hoarder .
Kashing—
Torca silently raised his twin swords, his trademark weapons, and stepped forward .
『I didn’t want to show this side of myself, haha…… . 』
Victoria smiled bitterly and looked toward Yeon-woo . Through her blood-drenched hair, he could see that her eyes were focused somewhere behind him . In other words, her vision was destroyed .
‘She’s in danger . ’
Yeon-woo’s eyes hardened as he looked down at Victoria in his arms . Victoria was in critical condition .
One of her hands was cut off, and her entire body was covered with burns . On top of that, she had internal injuries from forcing her magic power . It wasn’t good .
Healing and Recovery were at work, but it wasn’t enough . Her life was being drained at a quick pace .
‘The Adamantine Nova . ’
Just then, Yeon-woo saw the Adamantine Nova rolling around on the floor in the corner of his eye . It wasn’t shining like usual, but there was still a powerful wavelength of magic power emanating from it .
When Yeon-woo stretched his hand forward, the Adamantine Nova floated upwards and landed on Victoria’s hand .
Urrrng, urrng—
Victoria rubbed it with her hand . The Adamantine Nova was what she wanted to catch but couldn’t in the end . Now, it was back in her possession . However, her empty gaze continued to look blankly in front of her .
『This time…… I wanted to be of help . 』
Yeon-woo thought Victoria was blaming herself for leaving Kahn behind on the Five Mountains of Penances .
The regret from back then was still stacked up in her heart . Yeon-woo didn’t know what to say .
All he could do was hold her tight .
『Boo . 』
Checheche—
On his command, two Inferno Sights flared like will ‘o’ the wisps behind Yeon-woo .
「Yes . Sir . 」
『Save her . No matter what it takes . 』
「Yes . Sir . 」
Urrrng—
Just then, the Adamantine Nova began to tremble fervently and shine brilliantly . The light began to wrap around Victoria .
Her eyes widened . How? The Adamantine Nova was a tricky item to work with .
Even Anastasia had only used it as a core to seal in artifacts, and Victoria herself extracted magic power from it through a tool . And when it was broken, she couldn’t use the Adamantine Nova anymore .
But the Lich who seemed to be Yeon-woo’s subordinate appeared unaffected and was using it smoothly .
Also, the magic it was using was a superior magic called 〈Healing Potion〉 . Normally, it wasn’t magic that Lichs, who dealt with death, should have been able to use .
However, Boo didn’t stop at her curiosity and focused on healing her like Yeon-woo ordered .
While Yeon-woo was also absorbed in supplying the magic power for the treatment… . .
『Hand over Red Deodara, Hoarder . 』[TN: I found that Deodara means sacred tree, and I’ll change Sacred Red Tree to Red Deodara so the flow is smoother . ]
Many players were starting to close in on them . Their eyes were full of greed .
It wasn’t visible because of the mask, but Yeon-woo’s face was colder than ever .
Instead of replying to them, he swished his wings of fire to the side .
With the intense heat, the things he didn’t want to see were swept away .
Kwakwakwa—
The faces of the players stiffened . All the players who were in Yeon-woo’s attack range had been vaporized .
Not a single one was left behind . They were all gone .
The ones who raised barriers and the ones who were on the defense—there were no exceptions . Only ashes remained where they used to be .
The problem was that the great heat was still circulating around Yeon-woo .
Shwoo!
『Everyone be careful!』
Torca, who realized the danger first, shouted, dashing forward .
The chiefs of Iron Lion all jumped forward, and even the famed bounty-hunter Moon Walker Streege stepped up .
Every time the wings of fire thrashed around, intense heat waves spread around them, heating up the atmosphere .
Dust clouds rose to blur their vision .
『Hup!』
Yeon-woo suddenly popped up next to Moon Walker . He moved as stealthily as a ghost . Yeon-woo had moved so deftly that Moon Walker hadn’t been able to read his presence at all .
Moon Walker widened his eyes and quickly tried to defend himself, but Yeon-woo was in front of him before he knew it .
Kwang!
Yeon-woo’s fists flashed forward . It was a simple punch . However, its destructive power wasn’t simple at all .
Moon Walker was blown away . His armor was crushed, and the blood that poured from his mouth had pieces of his internal organs within it .
Yeon-woo had shown a shocking amount of strength that shouldn’t have been possible while he was holding Victoria with one arm .
However, that wasn’t the end . Yeon-woo’s wings of fire grew even larger, and he quickly chased after Moon Walker, who had been blown far away . Like how Moon Walker cut off Victoria’s hand, Yeon-woo planned to slice Moon Walker’s throat .
『Where do you think you’re going?!』
『Stop!』
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The mercenaries of Iron Lion shot forward . Streege was guarding their backs from behind them . He was planning on launching the Shot of Moonlight to keep Yeon-woo busy .
But Yeon-woo didn’t clash with them directly . He suddenly stopped in the air and spun his body .
His wings of fire drew a huge whirlwind around him . When the power of the heat was so intense that the players couldn’t approach him, something popped out .
The mercenaries, who thought it was Yeon-woo, were taken aback . What came from the fire wasn’t Yeon-woo . They were monsters dripping with Residual Poison Blood .
Behind them, ashy ghosts appeared and confused their surroundings .
[The 2nd Soul]
Kyakyakya—
Kiaaak!
『W, What is this!』
『Keaccck!』
The Monster Portents that kept on growing in number quickly amounted to about fifty, digging deep between the ranks of the mercenaries .
Every time they flung their fingernails around, blood spurted out, and the poisoned mercenaries plopped down to the ground with pale faces .
『Where is he?』
Amid all the confusion, Streege hesitated with his arrow nocked, ready to fire .
‘He’s gone?’
He didn’t see Yeon-woo at all . Where had he disappeared to? Feeling shivers down his back, he quickly turned around, but… . .
『You’re too late . 』
Yeon-woo appeared behind him and was already striking with his Magic Bayonet .
Phwooo!
A fountain of blood splattered out, and the bodiless Streege collapsed on the floor . There was another corpse laid nicely next to Streege’s . It was Moon Walker’s .
Two rankers had died in an instant .
『You……!』
Torca ran forward with a red face . No, he tried to . And he may have done it, too, if it wasn’t for the monstrous energy that suddenly appeared before he could reach Yeon-woo .
Boom!
This time, an explosive sound rang out from behind .
Torca turned his head in the direction of the sound and frowned .
A Gumiho that was the size of a house stood above their heads .
The Howling she released while her nine tails were pointed up made him shiver .
『A mere human dares to lay a finger on my disciple?! A mere human?!』
Torca wasn’t given the chance to reply .
When the Gumiho stomped one of her feet, Fox Fire flared up and spread around her in an instant .
The rest of the remaining players were swept away .
『Ah, ahhh!』
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Torca found himself scooting back on his butt . He was half-conscious . The mighty monstrous energy the Gumiho was exuding had killed his fighting spirit .
『Die . 』
That one word was enough to determine Torca’s death . The moment she gave the command, looking at Torca with Monster Eyes, the rest of his will was cut off . He was gone .
Plop—
Yeon-woo looked at the only person who remained .
『What about you, sir? Would you like to fight?』
『Leave me out . I didn’t join the fight when you appeared . 』
The Ice King smiled bitterly and looked around at his comrades, no, the “things” that used to be his comrades .
They were completely gone or reduced to ashes . One poor choice had led to their deaths .
Yeon-woo nodded silently . He was going to take care of the Ice King while he was here, but because he didn’t seem to have any will to fight, Yeon-woo didn’t do anything .
『Still, allow me to take care of the corpses . 』
『Feel free to do so . 』
『Thank you . 』
The Ice King bowed with genuine gratitude and quietly murmured to himself .
『……It’ll be loud this time, too . 』
-There’s always commotion when the Hoarder appears .
Such rumors of the Hoarder were spread throughout the Tower, but it seemed like it wouldn’t stop at that this time .
The strongest mercenary clan, Iron Lion, wouldn’t let this go easily, and with two rankers dead, the people chasing after Kahn would be greatly shocked .
The Ice King already felt tired from the questions he would receive .
『This is all because of you . 』
Anastasia, having returned to her human form, spoke to Yeon-woo, holding Victoria in her arms .
『If you didn’t appear to encourage this child, this wouldn’t have happened . 』
Anastasia left, leaving those words behind .
「What’s up with that granny? She’s so rude . Why is she talking to you like that?」
Shanon muttered to himself in annoyance . Would Victoria have gone searching for Kahn even without Yeon-woo’s visit? Shanon thought so . Yeon-woo was just stuck in the middle .
Anastasia just needed someone to blame .
However .
Yeon-woo didn’t say anything for a while . He had experienced something similar in the past . It wasn’t because of Anastasia . His gaze was fixed on Victoria .
Victoria had moved to rescue Kahn . He was trying to find his brother’s soul . The two images overlapped .
「Master?」
『Huh? What?』
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「Why are you acting like that suddenly?」
『It’s nothing . 』
Yeon-woo shook his head . Shanon was worried about him, but he didn’t reflect it and quickly turned around .
「What are you gonna do now? That granny has quite an attitude . 」
『We have to find out what happened here . 』
However, Victoria, who could explain the situation, was gone with Anastasia . Who could he ask? He looked around aimlessly and saw the Ice King about to leave after taking care of the corpses .
It was bad to stop him from going after telling him he could leave, but there was nothing he could do .
‘And it’s a bit annoying . ’
He felt wronged by what Anastasia said to him . She had blamed him for what the Ice King, technically, had done .
『Please wait a moment . 』
Thinking that he had done something wrong, the Ice King straightened his back and turned to Yeon-woo . Sweat dripped down his back .
『What’s wrong?』
『I changed my mind . I think you should stay here with us . 』
The Ice King laughed awkwardly .
『What is it……?』
『I need someone to explain the situation . 』
Yeon-woo narrowed his eyes .
『Do you not want to?』
He spread his palm open . Black fire flared up and disappeared .
Whoosh—
Images of Torca and the others being swept away by the fire in an instant flashed through the Ice King’s head . Moreover, fire was the perfect weakness of his skillset .
『Ha, haha…… . 』
He laughed awkwardly .
『Of course not! It’s you who’s requesting it, so of course I’ll listen to it . I know your teacher, too . Ask me anything you want . 』
He smiled brightly .
『So . Where should I start?』
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