Only I Level Up: Ragnarok - Episode 23
Only I Level Up: Ragnarok Episode 23
“Captain!”
At that time, there was a voice urgently calling for the attack leader in front..
“found a human body!”
“It's a corpse?”
The attack leader, who was talking with Suho, hurried back to the hunters..
Then I found the body and opened my eyes..
“It's a real corpse?”
“But this… … I guess it's not an ordinary corpse..”
The hunters’ expressions became serious..
The condition of the body was definitely strange..
A body burned like pitch-black charcoal.
Not anywhere else, but here at the Seoul Station field, it was bound to be an unnatural corpse..
“I've never heard of a demon that uses fire at Seoul Station.…….”
“So, that's right.”
Just then, Su-ho came along with the collectors to see the condition of the body..
‘huh?’
Lee Chae appeared in Suho’s eyes..
The state of the corpse was very familiar..
Then, I suddenly turned my head to the side and looked at Assistant Professor Lim, and Assistant Professor Lim had a serious expression on his face as if he had the same thought..
“Suho, this corpse can’t be…….”
“yes. Looks like mist burn.”
Suho nods his head with confidence..
As if they heard those words, the raid hunters simultaneously turned their attention to Suho..
“It's called mist burn.?”
“That blue burning demon beast?”
“Are you sure??”
Unless it was a large guild, hunters did not know all types of magical beasts..
“I'm sure.”
After experiencing the Hankook University incident, Suho looked up information about Mist Burn on the Internet..
And I found out one surprising thing.
Mist Burn... … It was not an ordinary witch.
No, it wasn't even a magic beast in the first place..
Suho calmly muttered the information he had read at the time..
“Mist Burn. A phenomenon in which the body spontaneously ignites when a non-awakened person inhales a certain amount of blue fog..”
“What, what?!”
“Mist Burn was originally a person.?”
Among hunters with short experience, there were some who did not know that fact..
That's because it wasn't long before the Hunter Association discovered the truth about Mist Burn..
It was a well-known fact that the Mist Burn attacked humans and increased their schizonts..
However, there was no way to determine how the first mist burn was formed..
At that time, one of the hunters suddenly realized something and muttered..
“for a moment. If mist burn really happens that way, what happened to the rumor that you can awaken by drinking blue mist??”
“Of course it's nonsense. Or maybe the information about Mist Burn was incorrect..”
-Drinking the blue mist can awaken you..
It's already been over a year since this rumor started floating around the Internet like an urban legend..
But so far no one has discovered the truth of the rumor..
‘……All the people who tried it as an experiment would have burned to death..’
Anyway, that wasn't important right now..
“Then this body... … How on earth did we get down here??”
This is what the hunters were curious about..
This place is now on the 4th basement floor of Seoul Station..
It made no sense for an unawakened person to come down here through the lizards alone..
Still, it was strange that I walked all the way down here on my own after becoming mist-burned on the first floor..
If he had gone out of the station to burn the living people, there was no way he would have come down to this place, which was infested only with demonic beasts..
“Captain! here too!”
At that time, a new body was discovered some distance away..
The state of the body was the same as before. It was the charred remains of a mist burn..
“It's also here!”
After that, hunters were able to find several more corpses..
The more this happened, the more serious the attack leader's expression became..
‘……something is strange.’
As someone responsible for the safety of hunters, it was difficult to just ignore this strange phenomenon..
However, the matter was too personal to stop hunting because of something like this. At most, we only found a few corpses..
Moreover, with this many people gathered together, even if dozens of Mist Buns appeared, they could easily resolve it..
“first… … Let's keep hunting.”
So the hunting resumed.
“Suho.”
Assistant Professor Lim approached Suho with an anxious expression..
“I'll tell you in advance this time.”
“What?”
“If it feels dangerous, I'll jump first.?”
“……?”
[Huh, what is this honest coward??]
Suho and Ver looked at Assistant Lim with a puzzled expression..
But Assistant Professor Lim was really sincere..
“You know I have running skills, right? If something happens, use your summons and run away. Because I will run away on my own.”
Even as he spoke, Assistant Professor Lim kept looking around to see if anything was unsettling..
Suho looked at his face and asked.
“The assistant… … You're sure something will happen..”
“no. Of course it's good if nothing happens. but…….”
At Suho's words, Assistant Professor Lim finally let out a deep sigh and confessed his true feelings..
“in fact… … My mother died from Mist Burn..”
“…….”
“And he also became Mist Burn and tried to kill me..”
“…….”
“That's why I'm so scared of mist burn. I feel like my mother is trying to kill me again.”
Suho couldn't say anything to his complaints..
* * *
Around that time.
“Wow!-!”
An even more cruel scream was coming out from deep inside Seoul Station..
“hot, hot……!”
“Argh! Argh! Ahhhhh!”
Grumbling!
A group of people chained and writhing in agony.
Their bodies were covered in blue natural flowers..
“Help me! Please save me! I'll say I didn't see anything! really nothing……!”
Behind them, people who had not yet been burned were weeping sadly and begging for their lives..
pure fear.
A frantic struggle.
I couldn't understand it at all.
Why on earth do they!
Do I have to face this here?!
……But there was no one who could answer that question..
It was obvious.
Because there was no reason in the first place.
They're just so damn unlucky.
They were being burned alive just for that reason..
“so hot?”
There were people who watched their screams calmly in front of them..
“Hmm. It should be hotter in the first place. Young firepower is not good..”
A group of masks wearing pitch black robes.
They were covering their faces with crow masks that looked like something out of a medieval movie..
“Hey, how can we not increase the firepower??”
“I'm running out of fuel.”
“Tsk. Anyway, that damn fuel is always the problem. How can I not get it?”
“This time, all the hyenas were caught.…….”
“Phew. Doesn't this happen?.”
Crow masks chattering carefree.
Meanwhile, the screaming that seemed to go on forever suddenly stopped..
And what is tied up in its place is…….
[Wow!]
mist burn.
A blue smoke monster burning with a pitch-black corpse as its wick was roaring with vicious force..
[Kyaaaaa!]
“Uh, okay. Nice to meet you too?”
The crow masks waved their hands indifferently, deftly wearing thick gloves on both hands..
“Okay then, let's start working. Before the firewood goes out.”
“What should I do with everything I've used up??”
At that time, the crow mask in the corner raised its hand and said:.
Next to it, the remains of the mist burn where the fire had cooled down were piled up..
“Oh, there was that. We'll be doing the work on our own, so throw it away.”
“yes. All right.”
“You know you shouldn't throw it away?”
“of course. zero difference.”
Crow Mask loaded the remains of the Mist Burn onto a cart one by one..
And he grumbled as he went outside with the cart..
“Ugh. bothered. Where should I throw it away again this time? In my mind, I just want to pile it all up near the factory..”
“Uh-huh, then they find out where I am? Leave it as far away as possible!”
“I understand..”
The crow mask shrugged its shoulders and disappeared into the darkness, pulling a creaking cart..
The other crow masks watching the back clicked their tongues as if they were displeased..
“Anyway, I keep doing tricks..”
“Despite what he says, he is good at his work. Now, let’s get started quickly..”
“yep. The 13th stardust project begins..”
At that moment, the eyes of the crow masks became even more cautious..
And the eyes of the people chained behind them were full of desperation..
‘Please save me.’
‘Anyone please… … Us…….’
They prayed and prayed.
But their voices did not reach the sky.
* * *
[Kiek?]
At that moment, Ber twitched his antennae..
Then I turned my head and stared into the dark subway tunnel..
[Little Lord.]
“I felt it too.”
Suho was also looking in Ver’s direction with narrowed eyes..
‘Is it because my sensory stats have increased?.’
[information]
Senses: This stat increases the five senses. Crisis detection ability increases.
In the darkness of the long subway tracks.
A gloomy energy was felt somewhere in that deep tunnel..
‘That's creepy.’
I could tell without looking.
There was definitely something powerful lurking at the end..
The first thing that came to mind was the existence of the boss..
However, Seoul Station Field was an old dungeon that had been in existence for a year already..
That means that other hunters are already wiping out the profitable monsters like boss mobs..
As a result, the only demonic beasts left here were lizards that were numerous and highly fertile..
‘What is this energy if not the boss??’
Suho looked at the raid hunters who were hunting lizards..
‘Is it possible that no one noticed but me? Such blatant malice?’
And that malice was glaring at me from the darkness..
like… … Like an eagle watching its prey from a distant sky.
And the hunter's target was the raid hunters who were making noise in the area..
and.
“The fuel came into its own.”
Suddenly a voice mutters in the dark.
Hwaak!
“……!”
At that moment, Suho and Ver opened their eyes and shouted at the same time..
“damage!”
[enemy!]
Kwaang-!
“……!”
At that moment an explosion occurred..
And then something wearing a black robe appeared there..
Unidentified man wearing a crow mask.
But no one thought of him as a person..
Because the monster's abnormally swollen forearm was sticking out of the black robe..
“It's a humanoid beast.!”
At the attack leader's shout, the hunters immediately organized their battle lines..
“oh. avoid this?”
The crow mask slowly stood up and pulled out its fist from the tunnel floor..
“It's pretty good.”
Wagjak.
A piece of cement crumbled from his truly bizarre-looking hand..
and.
Swish.
In an instant, his figure disappeared from everyone's sight..
“……!”
The surprised hunters' eyes became busy trying to find him..
But it's already too late.
‘From the troublesome healer.’
nettle-!
The guy's massive fist suddenly appeared from behind, aiming for the attack leader's defenseless back..
The attack leader's eyes widened as he realized this fact a little too late..
and.
flashing-!
“……!”
In an instant, the eyes of the crow mask widened..
Suddenly, someone jumped in front of him and blocked the attack..
Push!
Black blood poured out like a fountain..
“her.”
Suho blocked his fist with 'Volkan's horn' and was glaring at him from under the blood fountain..
“Look at this?”
The corners of the crow mask's mouth were viciously torn..
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