“after.”
As Suho stopped attacking, a heavy silence fell.
As the life of that terribly tenacious Lee Min-seong ended, the surrounding polluted ghouls collapsed all at once like puppets with their strings cut.
The polluted wasps that filled the ominous sky have also disappeared somewhere.
‘oh my god…….’
Baek Mi-ho, who had been running to help Su-ho, just stood there blankly staring at him.
A sight absolutely unbelievable.
Even though they fought side by side, a C-class hunter defeated an A-class villain with his own strength.
‘That person is… … .’
Baek Mi-ho was guessing about Su-ho’s true identity in her own way.
Meanwhile, in this suffocating silence, Suho himself was busy reading the system messages pouring in noisily.
Tiring. Tiring. Tiring.
[You’ve killed the Queen’s Spearman.] [You’ve leveled up!] [You’ve leveled up!] [You’ve leveled up!]
‘This is awesome.’
It was worth the effort to go up three levels in one go.
Now Suho’s level is 32.
But surprisingly, the message did not end there.
Tiring.
[The player has reached the required level.] [You have met the completion conditions for ‘Secret Quest: Legion Commander’s Qualifications’.] [You have unread messages.]
‘Required level? Qualifications of a legion commander?’
Suho’s body suddenly swayed as he tried to check the message with a bewildered expression.
Kugu palace!
“… … !”
Suddenly the floor began to shake as if it was going to collapse.
No, this space itself was about to collapse.
[Your Majesty! You must get out of here immediately!]
Berga urged Suho urgently.
Crackle! Crackle!
At that moment, the sky was also being torn apart.
[If you’re not careful, you could be trapped here forever!]
It was Immigration who had forcibly brought this imperfect dungeon, the insects’ sanctuary, to Earth by offering numerous sacrifices.
I don’t know if he realized it, but that was exactly the role of priest that Queen Bee Arsha wanted him to play.
However, with the death of Lee Min-seong, that compulsive power disappeared, and the sanctuary was about to return to the rift in the dimension it originally belonged to.
“Okay, let’s get out of here.”
Suho put off checking the message for the time being and looked back at Baek Miho and Im Taegyu.
Im Tae-gyu, who had been staring intently at the dead Lee Min-seong, quickly shut his eyes tightly and turned around.
And then he opened his mouth, glancing at Suho with a complicated gaze.
“I have a lot to ask, but let’s talk after we get out of here.”
“me too.”
Baek Mi-ho also looked like she had a lot to say.
So the three quickly escaped from the insects’ sanctuary.
However, just before leaving the sanctuary, Suho suddenly stopped and glanced back.
‘I worked hard to catch it, so it’s a shame to throw it away.’
And then he reached out his hand towards Lee Min-seong’s body lying there.
‘The power of the ruler.’
Swish.
An invisible hand lifted one of Lee Min-seong’s arms, which Su-ho had cut off.
A deformed shape that is already difficult to call a human arm.
The spearman’s arm, which had a long spear instead of a hand, was drawn towards Suho like a magnet.
Immediately afterwards, Suho smiled meaningfully and escaped out of the sanctuary.
* * *
The aftermath progressed rapidly.
The moment when Lee Min-seong, the mastermind behind everything, dies.
All the ghouls that had been causing a ruckus in the city stopped moving at once, and the whole disaster ended at once.
This was the result of the royal jelly from the immigrant population that had consumed their bodies losing its power.
After that, Tae-gyu Im also immediately called a detox specialist and received treatment, and was barely able to overcome his addiction.
“Haa. This time I almost died. From now on, I should hire some kind of court lady. From now on, I have to choose a healer who specializes in detoxification as my secretary.”
Tae-gyu Lim repeats his pledge with an exhausted expression.
Meanwhile, Baek Mi-ho mobilized all of the Baekho Guild’s personnel and took the lead in securing casualties and missing persons.
On the other hand, the Death Guild was not in that position.
Even though the incident was somehow resolved, the Death God Guild lost too much from this incident.
Fortunately, most of the elites above B-class were still alive, but losing most of the hunters below C-class was a huge blow.
Of course, you can just pick a new person… … .
‘Who would want to join our guild now? I’m worried that the ones who were there might leave. Phew.’
Tae-gyu Lim raised his head and blankly looked up at the sky where Min-seong Lee’s beehive existed.
Somehow, he had an illusion of the dead Lee Min-seong raising his middle finger towards him in the sky.
‘That son of a bitch.’
I guess that’s why my mom told me to make lots of friends.
“… … Oh, right. Oh, Secretary!”
Tae-gyu Lim suddenly remembered Secretary Oh, who had betrayed him and stabbed him with poison in the beginning, and looked around urgently.
But no matter how hard I searched, Secretary Oh’s whereabouts were already unknown.
‘It leaves a really unpleasant aftertaste.’
I felt strange.
Secretary Oh was a secretary he had personally chosen.
He was a guy with a pleasant personality and was good at his job.
Since when has he been a traitor?
No, but was he even a human in the first place?
* * *
And that moment.
Secretary Oh was watching the whole thing with an expressionless face, mixed in with the large crowd.
The moment he turned his back and left the scene.
Wayang-
As the sound of bees’ wings was heard, without anyone knowing, the face transformed into that of Queen Bee Arsha.
However, Arsha’s revealed expression looked even more desolate than Im Tae-gyu’s.
“… … How vain.”
The priest died and the sacrifice was destroyed.
All the plans he had prepared for collapsed overnight.
“The plan was perfect.”
Yes, that’s right.
Looking back, his plan was perfect.
Hide in the shade and make a hideout.
There, gradually increase the number of workers.
He devoted himself to creating priests.
Offering sacrifices to the deceased Quresha.
There was an incident where a priest ran away in the middle of the process, but that small error was not a big problem.
Rather, it only served as a catalyst to bring forward his plans.
But there is just one flaw… … .
‘I missed that guy.’
Arsha took in the sight of Suho in the distance.
From the first time I saw it, I thought it was ominous.
I should have killed him somehow earlier, but instead, I ended up losing all my worker bees to him.
Revenge… … is now a situation where I am too busy trying to survive to even discuss it.
“… … Is this the power of the successor?”
Arsha’s eyes, looking at Suho, were filled with strong desire.
Yeah, let’s admit it.
From the moment he got involved with that human, he had no chance of winning.
That human is… … .
“Because I am Lakan’s successor.”
As expected, he was the successor to the King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch.
It was natural that he could not deal with it with his own power, as he had not yet become a monarch.
That’s why I wanted it even more.
“If I become a monarch, I will have that kind of power.”
Thank goodness the monarchy of the bugs did not take place here today.
Now that I have seen this most important fact with my own eyes.
“I will take my leave for today, Beast King Crow.”
But someday, surely… … .
Arsha’s body scattered on the spot, swallowing her words.
* * *
When Suho returned home, he was holding two business cards in his hands.
The owners of that business card are Baek Mi-ho and Im Tae-gyu.
I received the business cards of the president and vice president of a large guild that every Korean hunter desperately wants to join.
-I’m busy today so I’ll just let it go!
-Please contact me tomorrow! Please!
Even while the two were busy dealing with the aftermath and being bombarded with questions from reporters, they forced a business card into Soo-ho’s hand.
Even so, he still felt uneasy and took Suho’s phone number.
“I feel like I was street-casted.”
[That’s not wrong.]
Heebundeok!
Berga responded to Suho’s words with an expression of utmost pride.
[Just as someone with an outstanding appearance would get a number on the street, Your Majesty, your fighting prowess is also outstanding! Oh my. When did you grow up to be so great… … .]
“Over.”
Suho left Ber, who was shedding tears of emotion, and threw the business card on the desk.
‘It’s good to join a large guild.’
It wasn’t for nothing that they called it a big company, a big business.
Even if the salaries weren’t necessarily high, the benefits of large guilds were truly amazing.
Depending on your rank or experience, you may be loaned expensive, high-quality equipment.
It also had a large and sturdy training center that would not collapse even if magical power was unleashed to its fullest.
Although other hunters don’t grow by leveling up like Suho, he actually needs more training because of that.
It was to use the power given to him more efficiently and strategically.
“But I already have them all.”
That was exactly the problem.
Good weapon? Suho had a shop window.
You could buy as much equipment as you wanted as long as you had gold.
A large training camp?
Is there another hunter in the world who has a personal training ground as large and spacious as Suho?
Suho immediately inserted the key into his shadow.
[Are you going straight in?]
“Yeah. I have something to check.”
Clink.
[Would you like to enter the Shadow Dungeon?]
(Y/N)
“Going in.”
[Enter the Shadow Dungeon.]
Swaaaaaaah!
In an instant, Suho’s vision became black and white.
And before he knew it, he was standing in the Shadow Dungeon’s training ground for physical magic, the Pyramid of Ammit.
Ammit, who had been waiting there for Suho to arrive, raised his huge body with a wicked smile.
[You’re finally here. Let’s start training.]
Gooooo!
“Hey, wait! Not yet!”
Suho hurriedly stopped Ammit, who was about to start training in the martial arts as soon as he saw him.
Ammit frowned as he tried to materialize.
[Is there anything else you want to do?]
“Yeah. Right. Important things to do.”
Suho let out a sigh of relief and checked the message that had been flashing before his eyes since earlier.
[You have completed the completion conditions for ‘Secret Quest: Legion Commander’s Qualifications’.] [You have unread messages.]
Suho took a deep breath and immediately checked the message.
[Secret Quest: Legion Commander’s Qualification]
The player has proven himself worthy by reaching the required level.
Become a Shadow Commander and raise your own army.
“This is… … .”
Suho’s eyes widened.
And at that moment.
Swaaaah!
Under Suho’s feet, a shadow began to boil up on its own and let out a silent scream.
The sound was majestic, like the military song of brave soldiers heading out to battle, or bizarre, like a majestic requiem.
Tiring.
[Learned ‘Skill: Shadow Storage’.]
“Shadow storage?”
[Keeeeeeeeeek?!]
Before Suho could finish speaking, Berga screamed in surprise.
[Oh my! The little prince has finally received the lord’s approval!]
