The enemies of outer space were still unaware of Suho’s existence.
But if they ever find out that the Shadow Lord has a son, Suho will become the only weakness that could truly change the course of the war.
Just by capturing him and taking him hostage, we can make Sung Jin-woo’s forces hesitate.
… … So I had to get stronger quickly.
“In the end, it’s all about leveling up.”
Suho nodded and looked back at the shadow dungeon.
The daily quest was over, but I still thought it would be a good idea to hunt more goblins.
Looking back, wasn’t the content of the hidden quest also about hunting ‘more’ than the set amount?
‘Maybe this is the direction the system wanted from the beginning.’
“gray.”
“… … Kkuung?”
Gray raised his head, trembling at Suho’s call.
“Essil.”
“huh?”
Suho said to Gray and Eshil, who were looking at him, with a sly smile.
“Now that we’ve eaten, should we pay for the meal?”
“Kuuung.”
Gray, who had never even tasted a whole pig, made a resentful expression.
However, Gray found that hunting and eating things himself helped him grow better.
* * *
[Killed the Goblin Shaman.] [Killed the Goblin Archer.]
… … .
[Level up!]
Suho spent some time going through the Shadow Dungeon with Essil and Gray, killing goblins.
Sniff sniff?
Gray was weak, but as expected from a hunter’s clan, he had an excellent sense of smell and was able to detect the scent of goblins hiding everywhere.
Shush!
On the other hand, Essil was a master of spearmanship.
Even the most weakened demon nobles were no match for goblins.
He actually stuck his hand into the goblin’s body and sucked out its magic power like a snack.
“Ugh. It doesn’t taste good.”
… … I guess you can taste it even when you eat it with your hands.
So instead of brushing your teeth, you brush your fingernails?
‘Anyway, it’s really strange. It’s a devil.’
“… … ?”
Eshil frowned and tilted his head.
For some reason, Suho was looking at him as if he were a strange animal.
And after a while.
“There are no goblins around here anymore. It seems like they’ve all been killed.”
“I can’t see this side either.”
Only then did Suho stop walking and put the sword down from his hand.
Round.
Lakan’s fangs rose into the air with the power of the ruler.
A beetle flew down like a sparrow onto the handle and landed with a thud.
[Your Majesty, I went around once and it seems like I really killed everyone.]
“great job.”
[What are you going to do now?]
“We’ll just have to wait here until they ‘regenerate’ again.”
Suho set up a base in an open space with wide open views on all sides.
It was the so-called base camp.
“We don’t know when or where they’ll flow in again, so let’s continue to scout the surrounding area centered around here. Of course, you guys, not me.”
“we?”
Gray and Essil perked up their ears at those words.
“They’ll help you too.”
[Keeruk keeruk!] [Keeruk!]
At Suho’s words, the shadow goblins began to roam around and scout.
They looked like bandits pillaging a village, but they were on our side.
The purpose of the quest was to witness the return of new goblins to the Shadow Dungeon.
Considering the existence of daily quests, it was certain that they would flow back in before the day was over.
“Okay, I got some help, so I should pay for the meal.”
licking.
Eshil unconsciously smacked her lips as she answered.
Thanks to Suho, I was able to eat for the first time in a while, but the hunger that I had been starving for a long time could not be quenched overnight.
‘Even if the goblin doesn’t taste good, the quantity is large.’
I swallowed my saliva, hoping that he would show up soon, but then I looked to the side and saw that Gray was making the same expression.
“Huh?”
“… … .”
Eshil was feeling complicated because she felt like she was on the same level as this puppy.
* * *
[Do you want to exit the Shadow Dungeon?]
Suho left the Shadow Dungeon to Essil and Gray and went outside.
‘I killed so many goblins and only leveled up once.’
Of course, in order to become stronger, you had to enter stronger dungeons.
Suho had many choices now.
One is to threaten Rakan’s fangs to tear out the location of the new sanctuary.
But Rakan’s Fangs didn’t know everything.
He said he would let me know if he felt any signs of a new sanctuary, so I guess we’ll just have to wait for now.
And the second is to find the stardust factory somewhere and hunt the demons.
There was no immediate clue to this.
‘And the third is… … .’
Right in Magok.
‘I think it would be better to go there first.’
Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu.
It is said that the original name of the area was Magok (麻谷) because there was a lot of hemp there.
But a year ago.
Ever since the worst dungeon break ever occurred here, people have been calling the area Magok (魔谷) or Makyeong (魔境).
Since then, Magok has been designated as one of the most dangerous field dungeons in Korea, and civilians have stopped visiting.
‘Both Gwanaksan Field and Seoul Station Field were built a year ago. And Magok Field was built exactly a year ago.’
What a coincidence, isn’t it?
Looking back on everything that had happened so far, I was certain that Magok was involved in some way.
“Then shall we go?”
* * *
Squeak.
The bus door opened and Suho walked out.
I arrived near Magok by public transportation.
Even though the world has become like this, the trains and buses are still running smoothly.
So the world has become even more bizarre.
Just a few steps away from a perfectly ordinary civilized city, a hellish world swarming with demons suddenly unfolds.
So even at this moment, the hunters were diligently conquering and purifying those areas, but at the same time, a new gate was opening somewhere.
[But this place… … .]
As Magok approached, Ber’s eyes became serious.
The Magok field spread out beyond was a jungle covered in blue fog and dense forests.
[It looks like a place that gives off a dangerous vibe. Of course, it’s not dangerous at all for me. Kehem.]
Berga, who was seriously bragging about himself, suddenly tilted his head and asked Suho.
[Your Majesty, why is there no barbed wire here?]
Like the Gwanaksan Field or Seoul Station Field, most field-type dungeons had long barbed wire fences surrounding them to prevent the demons from coming out.
But when we actually arrived at Magok, there was no barbed wire anywhere to be seen.
“This place is too wide to put up barbed wire, and barbed wire is meaningless in the first place.”
[Why?]
“Most of the demons here are plant-type monsters, so they can’t come out anyway.”
Strangely enough, plant-type monsters were unable to take root in lands without blue fog.
It was truly a fortunate thing for the people of Earth.
If it weren’t for that, the dungeon plants would have covered the Earth long ago.
[Wow? This is such a fun place.]
Berga looked at the scenery of Magok with an expression of interest.
Suho said they were plant-like demons, but Ber’s senses could sense the presence of other beings as well.
[Your Majesty, isn’t this field occupied by another guild?]
“As far as I know, there isn’t. I couldn’t find it even after searching the Internet.”
After looking into it, I found out that Magok Field was a hunting ground open to all hunters.
It was because it was too much of a hassle to manage the place where plant-type demons were running wild at the guild level.
Besides, you could make money by selling the corpses of demons, but plant-type demons didn’t make much money.
Of course, since they say they are still researching it, we don’t know what will happen in the future, but it is an area that has not yet received much attention from hunters.
“Besides, there are ghosts here.”
[Are you talking about a ghost?]
Ber had an even more amused expression.
Of course, that ghost wasn’t the one from a horror movie.
Ghost species monster.
In this forest, not only were there plant-type demons, but there were also ghost-type monsters that you couldn’t get a corpse from no matter how hard you tried to catch them.
So it was only natural that hunters hated this place.
Because I don’t have money.
‘But I’m different. Experience is more important than the corpses of demons.’
Thump.
But it was the moment when Suho had just entered Magok Field.
-It’s a sanctuary!
“… … !”
At this point, Rakan’s fangs, which had been quietly placed in the inventory, urgently called out to Suho.
Suho immediately took out Rakan’s fangs and bit him.
“What? A sanctuary? Suddenly?”
-Yes. This area is filled with the energy of the sanctuary! It seems that the dense forest and blue fog are preventing the energy of the sanctuary from flowing out.
At those words, Berga looked at Suho.
[They say there is a relic similar to Lakan’s fang somewhere around here.]
“Or there’s a boss mob like Broki.”
[Wouldn’t it be beneficial to choose either one?]
“That’s right. If it’s a relic, it’s an item, and if it’s a boss mob, it’s a shadow soldier with experience points.”
Suho looked out into the dense jungle with sparkling eyes.
The combination of jungle and ghosts made it a troublesome and troublesome place for hunters.
But Suho had a navigation system limited to the sanctuary.
Suho raised Rakan’s fangs forward.
“Do you know where it is?”
-This way.
Rakan’s fangs moved the tip of his sword and pointed it toward the center of the sanctuary.
Suho boldly jumped into the jungle with Rakan’s fangs in front.
* * *
Meanwhile, Suho wasn’t the only one exploring Magok Field.
“Vice President, it’s already the second day.”
“How long are you going to be here?”
“No, rather than saying it’s difficult, we also need to know the schedule and purpose clearly… … .”
The hunters of the Baekho Guild had been wandering the jungle without a destination for two days already.
The reason was because of Baek Mi-ho, the vice president of the Baekho Guild who was currently leading them.
But no one dared to openly complain to Baek Mi-ho.
Especially when Baek Yoon-ho, the president of Baekho Guild, is away in a foreign land, Baek Mi-ho, Baek Yoon-ho’s daughter and vice president, is like the president.
“Who keeps calling me?”
Baek Mi-ho has been hearing strange hallucinations for some time now.
– Prove your qualifications.
The voice started out of nowhere.
– Prove your qualifications.
At first, I just thought it was a hallucination.
But as time passed, the voice grew louder and louder, and eventually brought Baek Mi-ho’s footsteps all the way to Magok.
‘What on earth is this place? What on earth do I have to prove?’
Baek Mi-ho was also frustrated.
But it was clear that there was something here.
Because from the moment I set foot in this jungle, I stopped hearing auditory hallucinations.
But then it happened.
Shhh!
The hunters’ bodies trembled when they saw Baek Mi-ho’s face.
‘The Vice President’s eyes… … .’
Vertically slit pupils.
Suddenly, Baek Mi-ho’s eyes began to glow yellow like those of a beast.
‘The eyes of the beast.’
The beast transformation skill that made Baek Mi-ho who she is today.
Even though only a small portion of that power was revealed, the pressure was immense.
– Prove your qualifications.
“… … It started again.”
The voice came back to Baek Mi-ho’s mind again.
But the content was a little different from before.
-Prove that you are worthy to be king.
Baek Mi-ho took off the hair tie on her wrist and tied up her hair that flowed like a lion’s mane.
And with the eyes of a beast, he glared fiercely in the direction from which the voice came.
“All ready for battle.”
