NOVEL NEXT chapter 12
12 – The Labyrinth of the Abyss – 5
-Grrr…
“Hello…?”
[The Eye of the Abyss sees you through.]
‘Why are you out there?’
The shard of the abyss wriggled her hideous eyeballs and stared at me.
Fortunately, just like the void fragments, there was no sign of trying to attack me first.
-Grrr…?
“That… I’m very shy, so why don’t you step aside?”
It sounds like sh*t even if I think about it, but this is the only thing that came to my mind right now.
Unexpectedly, the fragments of the abyss followed my words well.
-Grr…
‘What, why do you listen so well?’
The fragment of the abyss fell a little with me as she nodded as if she understood what I was saying.
In fact, were the fragments of the abyss really good monsters?
-Grrr…Human…
“Damn it.”
You talk crazy.
-The same…Smell…But…Weak…
I’m a bit weak.
But what does it smell like…?
‘Smells the same…?’
Is it related to my job that the fragments of the abyss smell like me?
My job is Abyssal Egg.
From its name, it’s an ‘Abyss’ egg, so it seemed to have something to do with the fragments of the Abyss.
-Grrr…?..But…There are several smells…
“Huh?”
Are you sarcastic because you haven’t washed in a while?
No, I don’t think so.
-Grrr… The smell of giants… The smell of demons… The smell of witches… It even smells of divinity…
By the way, I am human.
[Type: Human] Was clearly written on the status window, so that’s for sure.
I hope you don’t change it to a jjamppong race mixed with everything.
– It’s amazing….
“Yeah..?”
I think you’re more amazing.
How can you talk when you don’t even have a mouth?
“Could I ask you something?”
Once I knew that the Fragment of the Abyss was friendly to me, I decided to ask a bold question.
-Grrr…What is it…
“Do you know the way upstairs?”
The fragment of the abyss tilted its head at my appearance, which instantly changed to a polite tone, and asked me.
-…Why are you…Asking…Seeing…?
“Uh…Um…”
How should I answer? Should I really say ‘I just want to go out’?
No, this guy is a monster. They have different values from us.
If you don’t like the answer, you can kill it.
In times like these, you can borrow the skills of Hell-Joseon politicians.
That’s an ambiguous answer.
“Uh…Just curious.”
I’m curious. I need to find out where it is so I can get out of this dirty labyrinth.
-Grrr…..Strange…..If you are a being in the abyss, you want to go down…You are strange…
“I often hear that it is strange.”
-Grrr…Follow this road…Go straight…Grr…You will find the entrance to the upper floor…
“Okay! Thank you!”
As expected, this passage was the passage leading to the upper floors.
‘Then can you finally escape this labyrinth? ‘
The moment I imagined going out of the labyrinth and eating proper food, I felt a great sense of happiness.
But before that, I heard the answer I wanted to hear, so I decided to run away from the fragments of the abyss quickly.
“Goodbye then!”
-Grrr…Humans…I don’t know why they’re heading to the upper level…But let me tell you one thing…
Tell me something scary. Just let it go please
-Grrr… As long as you are the being of the ‘Abyss’… You will eventually head towards the ‘Void’.
“Void? What is that…”
-Grrr…Everything obeys the will of the Void…That is us…
With those words, the fragments of the abyss turned their backs and disappeared into the darkness.
I kept looking in the direction where the fragments of the abyss disappeared for a while with a slightly dumbfounded expression on my face.
‘Why are you doing that so damn reluctantly…’
I don’t know what the ‘void’ that Abyssal Fragment means, but what is certain is that I feel quite uneasy.
Obviously, the existence of the abyss mentioned by the fragments of the abyss was a word that meant me. However, the existence of the abyss is directed towards the ‘void’…
‘…… Come to think of it, damn it, can I become like that monster if I change jobs?’
Isn’t it? Please say no!
Of course, there was no one to answer.
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Rank… Dalgrak…
“Princess, we will be arriving at Leonhardt’s Bureau soon.”
About three days had passed since Irina left the imperial palace and headed for the Nation of Guardians.
The carriage carrying Irina and her direct knights were able to reach the border of Leonhard’s county.
“Stop it!”
A large fortress was built on the border of the beast kingdom, and a beast soldier appeared on it to stop the imperial knights.
“We received orders from His Majesty the Emperor from the Hyperion Imperial Family and visited the Nation of Waters! Can’t we hurry and open the door!”
“Heung! Who wants to set foot in our watering country!”
At that moment, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader appeared from above the fort.
Irina opened the carriage door and looked at the middle-aged prisoner who was presumed to be the captain.
“Do you know who the original woman is and act like that?”
“I know. Isn’t she the first princess of the Hyperion Empire that is so amazing?”
“Such disrespect?!”
The knights were enraged at the appearance of a middle-aged prisoner sarcastically answering Irina, and as a group they took a stance with their swords in moderation.
“It’s done. Take the sword.”
Irina calmly stopped the angry knights and asked the middle-aged prisoner.
“I’m sure you left the message. Why didn’t you open the door?”
“That’s because circumstances arose on our side. For a while, only the same number of people were allowed to enter our Bureau of Hands.”
Irina looked bewildered at her captain’s answer, she asked.
“Did the beast king give such an order knowing the situation in the beast kingdom?”
“How can I know what the king is thinking? I just follow the king if he obeys.”
Irina has been experiencing a headache.
Undoubtedly, Suinwang was a person with excellent political skills to the point of receiving the title of Hyeonwang.
How could he make such a judgment in a situation where the kingdom of Ruthenia and the kingdom of Ruthenia are attacking together?
“…..Hah…What the hell…”
The captain answered that it was impossible to enter the Bureau of Prisoners because there was obviously a ‘circumstance’.
‘In other words, a more serious problem than the situation in which the Kingdom of Ruthenia and the demonic country are attacking at the same time?’
But what could be more important than a war for the life and death of a nation?
More than anything, if she treated herself like this as the princess, it also meant that she was thinking of arguing with her empire as well.
‘Beast King… I thought he was a wise king, but was he just a battle maniac…’
Irina sighed and asked the captain again.
“Do you have any intention of telling me about that ‘circumstance’?”
“No way. Just go back when you say good things.”
“Princess, I will just wipe it out. Although the fortress itself is large, it is not enchanted at all. If you give me an hour, I will wipe it all out.”
“Stop it. Even though beastmen look like that, you know that the fighting ability is very good. I don’t want to see you dead or injured.”
Irina gave an order to the knights, ignoring the knight who was showing emotion.
“Today we camp in front of the fortress. All knights prepare to camp.”
“”Name!!””
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Tumble thump…..
Uh…
It must have been more than two days of walking… Why can’t I see the entrance to the upper floor?
How big is this labyrinth?
-Kreurre!
“Hello?”
[Savage Attack is activated.]
Hook-take!
[You have reached LV 29.]
[High speed chant LV 3 has been reached.]
For two days, I steadily raised my level by catching weak monsters like hell hounds passing by, and I was already level 29.
I was a little excited because I was level 30 soon.
“Roughly, if you catch 5 hellhounds, you level up… If you catch 5 or 6, is it level 30?”
There were still more monsters stronger than me in the labyrinth of the abyss, so it was difficult to find weak monsters like Hell Hound.
There were at most 15 monsters below level 40 found per day, and it was difficult to find more than that.
‘But!’
I am different at level 30.
‘If you reach level 30, you have a good chance against the Abyss Wolf.’
With my current specs, I should be able to have a good match with an Abyss Wolf below level 45.
But it is true that we cannot guarantee our lives.
So after reaching level 30, if you use the special point shop to become stronger than you are now, you will surely be able to easily hunt the Abyss Wolf.. Is my prediction.
Of course, this is just an estimate.
“Find another hellhound.”
[LV 38 Hell Hound]
HP: 3240/3240
Mana: 1245/1245
-Kreur..?
“The Storm Spear.”
[Savage Attack is activated.]
Push-take…
Ah~ Aren’t there a bunch of hell hounds?
Why bother walking alone? About 5 go around at once.
So, every time you fight, you level up once.
“Shadow tarantula this time? Long time no see.”
As I was walking around, I spotted a shadow tarantula catching and eating a hellhound in the distance using spider webs.
Looking at him catching and eating Hellhounds, it looked like a high-level Shadow Tarantula.
“Wind Spear 10 shots.”
However, no matter how high the level is, a shadow tarantula is a shadow tarantula.
If you hit the wind spear a few times, you will die without knowing why.
Shooing-!
[Savage Attack is activated.]
-Kihihihi!!!!
“Huh?”
However, 10 wind spears were pierced accurately into the body of the shadow tarantula, but the shadow tarantula did not die.
On the contrary, about 3 out of 10 wind spears bounced off and couldn’t penetrate the shell of Shadow Tarantula.
-Kihihihi!!
“Damn it… It’s not a shadow tarantula…”
[LV 51 Reaper Tarantula]
HP: 4264/6561
Mana: 1756/2512
The monster I attacked was not a shadow tarantula, but a 51 level powerful monster named Reaper Tarantula.
Reaper tarantulas look really similar to shadow tarantulas, but if you look closely, there are some differences.
First of all, it was basically a little bigger. And unlike the shadow tarantula, which was completely pitch black, there were thin stripes with a purple glow.
However, the appearance is so similar that it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish it, so I ended up using [Savage Attack] Clumsily using the wind spear.
“Damn it!”
After confirming that the Reaper Tarantula was looking in the direction the magic had come from, I quickly prepared the Storm Spear.
Thanks to [High Speed Chanting LV 3], The chanting was completed in less than 2 seconds, and the storm spear flew towards the Reaper Tarantula with a huge piercing sound.
-Kihehehehe!!!
Reaper Tarantula couldn’t avoid the spear of the storm that came flying at high speed and was hit straight.
Then puuong-! With a sound, the Reaper Tarantula was pushed back.
[LV 51 Reaper Tarantula]
HP: 2872/6561
Mana: 1756/2512
Currently, the damage of my storm spear could deal about 1100 damage if it was properly hit.
Then, if I hit the Storm Spear three times, the victory will be mine.
Of course, as long as the Reaper Tarantula just greets you.
-Kihehehehe!!
The Reaper Tarantula jumped towards me as I prepared the magic again.
Then, the 50m distance was shortened in an instant, and one of the Reaper Tarantula’s legs swung toward me.
“Heuk!”
Thump! Thud!
‘What kind of spider’s legs do the rocks crack every time he shoots down?!’
Reaper Tarantula’s basic stats were obviously higher than mine, but I still had many spells left.
“Wave!”
-Kihehehehe!!
I used Wave, the lowest class wind magic, to push back the Reaper Tarantula, who was attempting close combat.
Then he chanted the spear of the wind five times in a row and fired at the Reaper Tarantula that had been pushed away.
Shooing-!
-Kihihi!!
However, the Reaper Tarantula easily blocked the wind spear by swinging its front legs supporting its head.
In the first raid, I was able to penetrate the Reaper Tarantula’s shell thanks to the 3x strengthening effect of [Savage Attack], But my wind spear, which had already used [Savage Attack], Couldn’t even pierce the Reaper Tarantula’s legs.
“Tch! Annoy me!”
I prepared the magic again.
The magic to be used this time was an intermediate level magic with the wind attribute and was named Typhoon.
It had a short casting time, but it had no offensive ability, and it was a combat auxiliary magic that had the effect of bringing an extremely strong wind.
“Typhoon!”
-Kihihi!!
The Reaper Tarantula tried to charge at me, but was stopped by the strong wind that pushed him away.
Then it was used as an anchor to anchor the ship by driving its front legs into the ground so that it would not be blown away by the wind.
The duration of the typhoon was 10 seconds, and although it had the downside of consuming a lot of mana, it was able to buy enough time to prepare a powerful magic.
“Prepare to go to the Nether Road.”
I laughed evilly and prepared my magic.
With the increase in mana, it is now possible to use advanced wind property magic.
The reason I haven’t used advanced magic so far is because advanced magic requires more than 5 seconds of basic chanting, and mana is consumed unnecessarily, so there’s nothing to use.
I can’t spend 5 seconds using 1/3 of my mana just to catch a hellhound, can’t I?
But now, the Reaper Tarantula, who is enduring the typhoon in front of me, deserves to decorate the end of his life with advanced wind property magic.
“If you hold on, I’ll admit it.”
After more than 5 seconds of tedious chanting, a tremendous amount of mana began to accumulate in my extended right hand.
“Winter Storm!”
Wind Attribute Advanced Magic Winter Storm.
Winter Storm was an offensive spell that rips the target to shreds by raising strong winds as cold as ice.
-Kee hee hee!!!!!
A sharp, cold wind began to hack through the Reaper Tarantula’s body.
From the legs to the head and torso
As if to cut it off without leaving a single spot, the winter storm attacked the Reaper Tarantula fiercely.
Eventually, by the end of the Winter Storm’s duration, the Reaper Tarantula’s entire body had been dismembered into unrecognizable pieces.
[You have defeated a powerful monster! You get 800 points.]
[You have reached LV 30.]
[You have reached LV 31.]
[Unable to learn level 30 unique ability due to point shop ability.]
[You can use the special point shop for free once.]
[You can change to a new job after reaching LV 30.]
Even monsters at level 51 could no longer be my opponents.
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Monster Encyclopedia
[Reaper Tarantula]
-Evolution of Shadow Tarantula
-It has the same black appearance as the shadow tarantula, but has thin purple stripes that are not easily seen.
-The average level is between 50 and 55 and is mainly found in 5 labyrinths.
-It is a much rarer species than the shadow tarantula and its weaknesses are not well known.
-Unlike the shadow tarantula, it mainly uses spider webs not for attack but for restraining prey.
-It was recognized as a 3rd class monster, but it shows a little bit behind compared to the actual 3rd class monster.
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