Reader
chapter-95

Though her defense was not very high, 30,000 health was not low . What on earth could be in the left pathway? What did Roa miss that made her health go from 30,000 to 0?

‘I don’t think it’s a monster . ’

If it was a monster, Roa would know .

A trap?

Soo Hyuk was lost in his thoughts, at the same time; the Firestorm’s duration was diminished . He paused his train of thought and said to Kamian and the Koma Guild members .

“Let’s go . ”

“Ok, but where are we going…”

Kamian asked, at the question, Soo Hyuk thought for a moment, then looked toward the pathway on the right .

“Let’s go towards the right, that’s where the chimera came from . ”

He didn’t know what was on the left . But seeing the chimera come out of the right pathway, the summoning circle should be at the end of the path .

The whole team began to walk towards the right pathway . Although Soo Hyuk walked forward in full confidence, Kamian and the Koma Guild were being careful, unlike before when Roa wasn’t dead .

-Chwiig

-Aaoouuu!

But the sound didn’t sound like what they had heard before .

‘Normal . ’

When Soo Hyuk heard the sound, he knew it was neither the boos nor the mid-boss . So, it was evident that this one was a normal chimera . Soo Hyuk stopped walking halfway and raised his hand to signal at the back . Seeing his sign, Kamian and the Koma Guild stopped moving .

-Chiiik!

-Aaoouuu!

“K?”

As soon as the chimera came into their view, Soo Hyuk called K-Cross . The reason was to check the health of this chimera in front .

Knowing the reason why he was called, K-Cross, activated his dragon’s eye to check the monster’s health .

“Huh?”

K-Cross, who just confirmed its health looked a bit disturbed .

“It’s 1 . 8 million . ”

Though it was still high, compared to the mid-boss it could only be considered normal .

And that was the problem, they thought as they go deeper, the health of the chimeras would get higher . And considering the mid-boss chimera, they thought this monster would have more than 2 million, not less than that .

“What, 1 . 8 million?”

Just like K-Cross, Soo Hyuk too felt strange with the health being reduced .

“Yes . ”

K-Cross confirmed Soo Hyuk’s question . Then looking at the chimera, thinking .

‘That means I can’t get poisoned . ’

The one Soo Hyuk killed near the entrance had 1 . 8 million health as well . That chimera’s poison didn’t affect him . That means if he can’t get poisoned he didn’t need to avoid it . So, without any delay, Soo Hyuk cast a spell on the chimera in front .

-Mutated Orc Skin

-Mutated Wolf Skin

Not long after, the chimera collapsed and a window appeared .

‘I thought I’d level up . ’

His Experience level had filled up to 99%, compared to 92% . But Soo Hyuk, who thought he would level up couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed .

After acquiring the dropped items, he and the Koma Guild started to move forward .

“Oh, there’s something shiny over there?”

K-Cross, who was investigating the area with his skill, spoke out as he was moving .

Soo Hyuk looked over in the direction K-Cross was looking, but his eyes saw nothing except the darkness .

‘Is it an item?’

Since K-Cross had no reason to lie about what he could see, so, there was likely something shining ahead of them . Soo Hyuk thought that it could be a magical item .

As the group moved a little farther ahead, Soo Hyuk could see the item K-Cross was talking about . Though something was strange, they were certain it was a magical item .

‘But why can’t I see any chimera nearby?’

The chimera was nowhere to be seen . As the summoning/magic circle was located at the end of the pathway, there was no place to hide .

‘Are they summoned every hour?’

Soo Hyuk thought while walking towards the circle, and wondering why there were no chimeras .

“I think we have met the requirement . ”

Kamian said, who was following Soo Hyuk joined him by the magic circle .

“Let me just see the magic circle . ”

Feeling Kamian’s presence behind him, Soo Hyuk replied at once .

“Soo Hyuk, what’s the status of the quest?”

Just as Kamian asked the question, Soo Hyuk opened his window .

〈The Troubled Underground Waterway〉

In the underground sewers of Hadrac, chimeras suddenly began appearing in the waterways . Ian and Alex made the decision to clean up the underground waterways, but the chimeras were strong and possessed powerful poison . In the end, the expedition failed, and the most they could achieve was to prevent the chimeras from escaping . Clean the underground waterways of the chimeras and identify their source!

[Chimera Summoning Circle A: 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle B: 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle C: 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle D: 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle E: 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle F: 0 / 1]

[Chimera: 0 / ??? ]

[Quest reward: S-Rank Promotion, ??? ]

“No, they are just the same . ”

But when the Guild checked their stats, their conditions were met .

Unlike the Guild Quest, Soo Hyuk’s quest remained unchanged .

“I think we’ll have to destroy it . ”

Unless confirmed, all that remained was destruction .

“Hmm, let’s go back . ”

Hearing Soo Hyuk, Kamian, and the Koma Guild members took a step back . Soo Hyuk too walked away from the magic circle and cast a spell .

“Firestorm!”

Suaak!

When the spell was cast, a huge whirlpool of fire appeared engulfing the whole magic circle, then, at that time .

[Special Situation Occurred]

[Quest ‘Destroy the Magic Circle’ has been created . ]

A message appeared before him .

***

Roa, who had been sent to investigate the left pathway, moved forward looking around .

‘Dark . It’s very Dark . ’

Unlike the pathways she passed earlier, this particular left pathway had no torches to guide her inside, making the tunnel dark .

‘It’s a good thing I learned ‘Night Vision’ . ’

So, even in the absence of light, her view wasn’t affected very much in the darkness . Roa, who was a Rouge, could use her skill thanks to this situation . ‘Night Vision’ allowed her to see in the darkness to a certain extent, though not enough as complete daylight .

‘It’s blocked . ’

Roa moved while checking her surroundings, and soon reached the end of the pathway . But there was nothing at the end .

‘Is that why it wasn’t on the map?’

She was wondering if the passage being blocked was the reason why the crossroad wasn’t drawn on the map .

-Roa: I’m at the end .

Roa contacted Kamian .

-Kamian: What’s going on? Did you find anything?

-Roa: No, absolutely nothing . I’m at the end and there is nothing .

-Kamian: Yeah? Are you sure that you didn’t miss anything because of the darkness?

-ROA: Well, I used my skill ‘Night Vision’ and found nothing . I’m coming back .

Kamian: Copy that!

After the conversation with Kamian, Roa looked around . She was wondering whether or not she had missed something .

‘There’s nothing . ’

Even with her Vision, she found nothing .

‘Is there something hidden?’

As she looked around, nothing stood out in particular but she couldn’t be completely sure because there was nothing in sight .

She had a nudging feeling that something might be hidden here .

But Roa was neither a treasure hunter nor a thief . She was just an assassin who preferred to pursue extreme attacks, especially on Rouge-affiliated tasks . She had no unique skills to find hidden objects . In other words, she couldn’t find anything .

‘I’ll just go . ’

Even if something was hidden, she couldn’t find it . So Roa, who had no intention to waste any more time turned back . Then started to proceed towards the entrance .

It was just then .

[You Have Died . ]

The moment she turned her back, a message appeared .

“…Huh?”

Looking at the message in front of her, Roa was forced to panic .

‘Dead?’

What, dead? She wanted to check what killed her, but she couldn’t, she had lost control of her body . Soon, her view became dark and she was logged out . Roa, Kim Young-Chun came out of the capsule .

Kim Young-Chun, who was just logged out, was unable to say anything .

‘What killed me?’

She couldn’t help but ponder on what had previously happened .

‘But there was nothing . ’

She was sure there was nothing in the pathway, then what on earth killed her?

Ring! Ring!

Kim Young-Chun, lost in thoughts, checked her cell phone which was blaring at the incoming call . It was Kamian .

***

“Is it there? Would it be over there?”

“Well, I’ll have to check . ”

“Wouldn’t it be better to go with you?”

“No, I don’t think it’s safe . And to be honest, I don’t know what’s in there . ”

Soo Hyuk declined Kamian’s offer . He didn’t want to rush in a situation where everything was filled with uncertainty . Rather, he wanted to go at his pace and figure it all out .

“Ok, I’ll be waiting here . Call me right away if you need me!”

“Sure, I’ll be back . ”

Answering Kamian’s words, Soo Hyuk walked towards the left aisle while looking at his quest .

[Congratulations, you have found the Chimera Summoning Circle . Just a warning, even if you destroy the circle, it’s of no use . There is still the recovery circle nearby . To destroy this circle completely, you’ll have to find the Recovery circle and destroy it, to completely destroy the summoning circle . ] [1]

[Destroy the Recovery circle, hiding somewhere near the Summoning Circle!]

[Recovery Magic Circle: 0 / 1]

[Quest Rewards: Chimera Summoning Magic Circle will get weakened . ]

I didn’t know there was a Recovery circle . ’

He thought, destroying the Magic circle was the end of the quest, but it wasn’t . There was another magic circle that could restore the destroyed summoning circle . To destroy the circle, he first had to destroy the Recovery Circle .

But there was a problem, the Recovery Circle didn’t have an accurate location . The only clue that was given, was that they were somewhere nearby .

‘It’s a high possibility that he is over here . ’

The only place Soo Hyuk hadn’t checked yet . The left pathway . Though Roa said there was nothing, her mysterious death spoke a lot . There must be something down that path .

As soon as Soo Hyuk arrived at the left pathway, he opened his inventory . Then he took out a crystal ball, it was no ordinary crystal . The crystal ball was imprinted with light magic .

[Every 10 seconds, 100 mana is consumed . ]

Suaak!

As he activated the crystal, it began to emit light fending off the darkness that pervaded the pathway previously, now everything was visible .

Soo Hyuk carefully examined his surroundings while moving along the path . He was being careful because he didn’t know what killed Roa .

There!

Being as alert as he could, Soo Hyuk soon reached the end of the pathway .

Then looking at the floor he thought .

‘You said there was nothing . ’

He thought of Roa, who said there was nothing at the end .

Suaak!

But on the floor, there it was, a magic circle emitting bright lights . He was sure it was the Recovery magic circle . [2]