NOVEL NEXT Chapter 38
The idle Susus and Malicious Net Runners in the Hunter Gallery were already quite interested in the entity known as Isia.
With her big breasts and celebrity-level beauty, she returned after decades as a Returnee with S-grade combat power, raising even more expectations.
Since the Hunter Era began, being S-grade could mean representing a country. For the nation, it was like adding another colossal nuclear weapon.
It was only natural that interest was focused on her.
Especially after the bizarre event where she, alongside Cheon Ah-Young, an A-grade Hunter and professional Hunter streamer, feasted on wyvern egg casserole in the Kurtala Mountains. For an entire week, without any rebroadcast or official announcement, people were on edge, so the anticipation for this broadcast was even greater among the Susus.
– Viewers: 10,392
It was abnormal and unprecedented for a small-scale broadcast to exceed 10,000 viewers.
However, once viewers started watching Shia’s stream, they couldn’t tear their eyes away from her.
Of course, it was evident that Isia’s broadcast was somewhat amateurish, as she had never streamed before.
There were moments, like when she ran frantically without even checking if the drone camera was following her, and also when she didn’t set up the broadcasting equipment correctly. The chat window wasn’t even filtered for insults, allowing them to flow freely.
However, a few die-hard Susus who had been watching broadcasts for a long time realized something.
Despite being her first broadcast, Isia clearly knew how to converse with a large audience of humans.
The malicious comments flooding the chat didn’t seem to affect Shia at all, and she conversed naturally without the slightest hint of nervousness, much like someone who had experienced the public spotlight many times before.
“Wait, why are you running away?!”
[Would you not run away if you were in my shoes???]
[If caught, it’s death lmao]
[Hahaha]
[Of course, running away is the right choice!]
[Honestly, if Noona Saintess is chasing me desperately to eat me, I might consider being eaten a little]
[Crazy person lmao]
[Hehe, Noona….]
As Shia darted through Rotten Mountain, she was focused intensely on chasing that luscious, plump 10-meter Bladed Centipede.
If she were on flat ground, Shia would undoubtedly be much faster than that Bladed Centipede.
Her basic physical prowess was superior. The incredible strength that could lift the ground was a manifestation of her abilities.
However, this was the B-grade dungeon ‘Rotten Mountain.’
The name of the dungeon came from the numerous old trees, damp and swampy ground, and the poison and corpses that contaminated the land from the Bladed Centipedes.
While not as extreme as Kurtala Mountains, Rotten Mountain was also a vast erosion dungeon set upon Korea.
The 10-meter Bladed Centipede slipped into the rugged mountains and rocky terrain with stunning speed while Shia kept tripping over the soggy earth or getting blocked by trees and rocks, making it difficult to capture it easily.
Phew!
“Hah, this is really…!”
She tried to leap to grab the Bladed Centipede, but it desperately scurried off between the rocks, and Shia felt her anger boiling.
[What kind of woman doesn’t hesitate to catch that creepy thing?]
[A rare sight of a woman chasing a centipede… what is this?]
[Is that really a woman…?]
[What kind of crazy woman?]
“Isn’t that Centipede too much? I’m making such a polite request, and yet it only runs away….”
[So you expect it to die just because you ask politely?]
“Die? That’s a scary thing to say. I’m just trying to carefully fry that plump Bladed Centipede!”
[That’s the same thing, you crazy woman lmao]
[Hahaha]
[This is insane lmao]
[Is this really a saint?]
[Is this the next S-grade…?]
“You guys are just so cruel. Just you watch; I’ll fry that Bladed Centipede until it’s crispy, even if it takes determination.”
[Miss, but seriously, can you act like this from your first broadcast?]
[Seriously, your nonsense is on another level lmao]
[Is she a saint of nonsense?]
“Oh, nonsense! I just want to be friends with that Bladed Centipede!”
Known by various nicknames in the Hunter Gallery, as “Saint Noona Kanta-Piya,” “Boobs Saint,” and even “Thief Saint Noona who stole the Wyvern Egg,” today seems to be when viewers officially coined her true nickname during her first broadcast.
‘Nonsense Saint’
Whether intentionally or as a concept, she managed to provoke viewers’ sharp reactions without crossing the line, providing laughter rather than hurt.
Viewers didn’t genuinely dislike the saint’s nonsense.
However, it felt strangely fitting and, at the same time, funny and entertaining.
Her first impression was that of a pretty and saintly figure.
After her bizarre act of stealing a wyvern egg, things began to take a strange turn, culminating in her eating wyvern egg casserole in the middle of a dungeon—while odd, it was somewhat permissible.
But frying a Bladed Centipede?
Going on about it in a ridiculous way?
That was no longer just bizarre.
That saintly woman was inherently a bit crazy!
“Ugh, don’t go!”
Calling out to the fleeing centipede with a voice full of longing like a tragic romance fantasy heroine, she reached out, but the Bladed Centipede continued to scuttle away in fear, refusing to stop.
How could anything that large move so fast?
Hiding between the rocks, Shia glared at the retreating creature, her eyes seething with anger.
“Ugh, if this continues, I need a thought…”
[Miracle – Divine Manifestation]
As Shia clapped, tentacles bloomed behind her like flowers.
What used to be five tentacles had now grown to twenty-five, writhing around. As their count increased, Shia’s appearance turned less like a saint and more like a bizarre creature from another world.
[Wait, that’s growing???]
[Oh wow…!]
[Surrounded by tentacles, it’s Noona Saint…!]
[Hehe, she’s really a snack!]
[Don’t even say such a thing.]
[What the heck is that tentacle!?]
[That’s astonishing, right?]
[If you saw that from the outside, they’d probably hunt it down.]
“Now, let’s run!”
Tap, tap! Tap!
The twenty-five tentacles immediately answered Shia’s command, clattering together as they lifted her up.
Then, like throwing a spear, they propelled Shia through the air.
Boom! Crash!
Crack…!!
In that moment, the Bladed Centipede sensed it.
The presence of a predator was far stronger than before.
The tentacles, writhing like spiders, had multiplied significantly.
Earlier, the creature had run using its two legs.
But now, it was bolting down like a never-before-seen slug-like tentacle, smashing the earth as it fled.
It didn’t even use its visible two legs.
Four tentacles acted as Shia’s legs, allowing for long strides over the ground.
Other six tentacles maneuvered through trees and rocks for directional changes.
And fifteen tentacles…
Snap, tap, snap! Tap, tap!
All fifteen tentacles stretched out with merciless intent to seize the Bladed Centipede.
Feeling tentacles reaching for him, the Bladed Centipede experienced a dreadful panic, as if the abyss was opening its mouth toward him.
“D-Don’t go!!”
[Aaaaahhhh lmao]
[What the heck is this lmao]
[Crazy lmao]
[I’m more scared lmao]
Screech…!!!!
The Bladed Centipede, with an intelligence level of barely one year, experienced a moment of child-like terror as that horrid and grotesque scene unfolded.
Though it was an unfounded myth, facing life-threatening fear caused its intelligence and survival instincts to drastically elevate, allowing the Bladed Centipede to push itself to survive.
As it fled, the Bladed Centipede altered its path, leading itself toward its kin hiding among rocks and in the forest.
But it was all in vain.
Boom! Crash!
Eek!
Screech!
As the tentacles overturned the earth, they smashed the obstructive trees and rocks.
The small Bladed Centipedes that were napping clinging to the ground attempted to attack Shia, but only a few made contact with her.
Those that did barely caused any harm, and as one tiny Bladed Centipede bite down on her face in vain, Shia noticed its existence and turned to glare.
“Eat!”
Snap. Crunch!
The tentacles that had once been undeterred scrambled to devour the Bladed Centipedes that dared climb up her body.
The many of its kin had no time to disrupt her progress, while the fleeing 10-meter Bladed Centipede felt the taste of despair and horror.
[Hey! Is that the person’s face?]
[What face?]
[That face when Cheon Ah-Young unknowingly pulled the egg out while the saint’s Noona was cooking it.]
[Ha lmao, I thought she was stealing the egg lmao]
[Oh my god lmao]
[That eye went red!]
Viewers noticed that Shia’s eyes had turned crimson.
Previously, when A-grade Hunter Cheon Ah-Young pulled out the wyvern egg that Shia was cooking, Shia momentarily almost killed her, thinking she was a thief.
Of course, Shia had no intention of truly killing Cheon Ah-Young. She regained her senses in less than a second, but if Cheon Ah-Young had actually been a thief trying to steal the egg Shia had cooked for so long, her life would not have been guaranteed.
[Got a clip lmao]
[Hahaha]
[That expression was spot on lmao]
[That expression is on!]
[Her face screamed hunger and rage big time.]
“Stop that, little centipede! It doesn’t hurt! I’m just going to fry you!”
[Hahahaha]
[Miss, please stop this nonsense lmao]
[Wow, this stream is actually great lmao]
The 10-meter Bladed Centipede instinctively sensed its doom.
If it kept running, it would die.
Even at full speed, that terrifying predator showed no signs of tiring.
The energy it had consumed from the sewer rat earlier was all spent.
Although it was fleeing for its life, exhaustion was inevitable.
If it got too tired, it would end up being caught by that terrifying tentacled monster.
Its kin, who died a quick death, would not suffer from the same torment, but it would meet a horrific end.
What to do? What to do??
At that moment, the 10-meter Bladed Centipede suddenly felt a jolt, a spark of electricity.
Yes! Monsters should stick together, right?!
With that resolution, the Bladed Centipede altered its direction.
“I caught you… ahh, where are you going?!”
The Bladed Centipede suddenly started climbing a cliff, and Shia sighed deeply.
At least climbing a cliff was much slower than running on the ground.
“Ha, but I got you. Hehe, come to me, big sister.”
[Hahaha]
[The scariest woman on earth…]
[Yikes, what is happening? Let me go!]
As Shia extended her tentacles to capture it, she suddenly stopped.
What was that?
Something stirred.
The ground?
The cliff?
Shia’s hearing and sense of smell were way more sensitive than in her human days.
She suddenly felt the ground she was standing on tilt slightly and looked down.
Something was protruding from beneath the four tentacles she was standing on.
“A blade?”
Crack! Crack!
Then, she saw the rotten tree next to her getting torn off, prompting a realization.
Ah, I wasn’t standing on solid ground?
AAHHHHHH!
[What the heck???]
[Huh?]
[Is that the Bladed Centipede??]
[What the hell is going on??]
The viewers watching through the drone camera were horrified.
The Bladed Centipede Shia was chasing was a 10-meter B-grade centipede.
It was the longest and most plump among the many in the Rotten Mountain dungeon, which explained why Shia had been targeting it.
But now, a Bladed Centipede was erupting from the ground beneath her!
“Aah… it’s huge.”
Shia smiled faintly as she glanced at the shadow looming over her.
Twenty meters… no, it seemed even longer.
Could it be thirty meters?
A centipede as large as an apartment wriggled up from the cliff and soil, twisting its massive frame as it moved, leaving Shia in awe.
Each segment had limbs sharper and sturdier than the Bladed Centipede she had been chasing, with each segment larger than Shia’s torso.
She had scarcely seen such a massive monster in the previous world.
[Whoa whoa whoa, that’s not a Bladed Centipede!]
[What is it???]
[No way! That’s an S-grade Centipede Dragon]
[???]
[What is that?]
[Seriously? That’s S-grade?]
[A single S-grade is stronger than 1,000 A-grade monsters.]
What was this Centipede Dragon?
Shia furrowed her brow.
It seemed different from a regular Bladed Centipede given the name “Dragon.”
Was it… no, it seemed to smell similar and be equally fleshy?
Crack, crack, crack…!
The Centipede Dragon oozed deadly poison and acidic fluid, glaring at the intruder who disturbed its slumber.
A human!
Despite having something resembling tentacles, it carried a human form.
The Centipede Dragon, which had planned to store its energy by sleeping for a long time, was suddenly interrupted and rose in wrath.
Born from the Bladed Dungeons of the Dungeon Overbreak two decades ago, the Rotten Mountain dungeon had mutated, with thousands of Bladed Centipedes merging into a single entity.
Thus, it had gained some intelligence.
To avoid drawing attention from the humans, the Centipede Dragon had furtively eaten many of its kin that resided in Rotten Mountain to sustain its life. It aimed to fill this dungeon with its kin to create another being like itself.
Of course, it did not inform others how it was done.
Believing that by creating numerous similar beings like itself, it could one day give birth to another Centipede Dragon that could mate with it and turn the Rotten Mountain dungeon into a habitation for Centipede Dragons instead of mere Bladed Centipedes.
It would not be killed gently.
Shia would be chewed up alive, made to scream!
The Centipede Dragon growled, gnashing its teeth, determined to make the human pay, wrapping its massive body and sharp legs around her.
Not allowing her to escape, it planned to end her life on the spot.
Yet, despite all this, Shia’s eyes were not on the Centipede Dragon but fixated on something higher atop the cliff.
She wasn’t paying any mind to the formidable Centipede Dragon’s threat at all.
Even as it coiled around her, the enormous, segmental body, she was solely gazing at the 10-meter Bladed Centipede hanging from the cliff, her eyes shining with desire.
“Ugh, you were a good Bladed Centipede…!”
[Huh?]
[What?]
[Excuse me?]
[What??]
[Hahaha, she’s nuts lmao]
“Guys, listen. That Bladed Centipede is my good luck… a lucky centipede…!”
[Seriously going insane lmao]
[Lucky centipede!?]
[Crazy!]
[She’s definitely out of her mind!]
Despite the emergence of the S-grade monster, viewers oddly felt no concern for the erratic saint.
None could anticipate how grotesque her future antics might become, yet viewers could sense one undeniable truth.
That it was likely unnecessary to worry about the life of the busty, gluttonous, nonsensical saint!
“Guys.”
Shia looked at the drone camera fluttering beside her.
“Wanna see something cool?”
[Something cool?]
[Huh?]
“Yeah, do you know how to send a drone far away? High altitude. I heard it moves automatically, but if it’s too close to me, it might break.”
[If it belongs to the streamer, just point with your finger and it will move.]
[Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course.]
[Other streamers do that too.]
[Really?]
“Great! Thanks!”
With the help of the viewer’s chat, Shia learned a simple drone control technique and sent the drone into the sky.
She hadn’t come to let such a good-performing drone get destroyed here, right?
Even as the body of the fearsome Centipede Dragon closed in on her, she remained relaxed, smiling.
“Hehe, yum….”
No, it wasn’t just a smile.
Drool, driven by gluttonous desires, slowly dripped down her chin.
Wiping her mouth, Shia felt the tentacles enveloping her body.
The transformed tentacles, a result of the Divine Manifestation, shared the same will and emotion.
So, the twenty-five tentacles understood what Shia desired, and they began to embrace her gently.
As the sun fell, blooming like a flower, the tentacles wrapped around her with care.
And with her divine voice resounding throughout Rotten Mountain, Shia declared:
[Tempest – Revelation of Authority]
Snap!
The sound of teeth clashing.
Snap!
Not just one.
Snap, snap, snap, snap!
As she grew from one to two.
From two to four, and then to eight.
Our many evils, sowing seeds, feeding on gluttony, and sprouting from hunger.
Now, bloom!
O hideous maw of malice!
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap!
A cacophony of teeth clashing, flesh slamming together, rising, boiling, entangling, tearing, and regenerating could be heard.
The twenty-five tentacles wrapped around Shia exploded like bombs.
From those burst open chunks of flesh, enormous fleshly tentacles regenerated.
The startled Centipede Dragon hurriedly attempted to entangle Shia for an attack, but it was of no consequence. The swelled pieces of flesh and tentacles were beyond the Centipede Dragon’s ability to suppress.
Screech!
The teeth protruding from the fleshy mass seized the Centipede Dragon, tearing it apart. It quickly attempted to uncoil its massive body as a serpent would, but it found itself paralyzed.
What was this?
Despite being a colossal 30-meter creature, it felt utterly powerless.
With its body entwined in the core of the mass of tentacles, the thing that had just been born out of anguish could now do nothing but groan in agony.
The mass of tentacles and flesh akin to Centipede Dragon’s size mirrored what it once had been!
No, it had grown larger! The Centipede Dragon had to look up to see the mass of flesh towering in splendor before it!
Atop the tallest point of the tentacle and flesh mass, an enormous flower blossomed.
It wasn’t a beautiful flower.
Most likely a terrifying and grotesque flowering carnivorous plant.
From that flower, Shia emerged.
Her lower body, buried within the mass, and her upper body rising gracefully through the blooming petals, she faced the drone camera, grinning ear to ear.
“Aah, can you see well, viewers?”
[Wow……..]
[What the hell is that lmao]
[What is it???]
[Crazy!]
[Holy sh*t…]
[What is this?]
[Oh wow!]
[This is unbelievable!]
The viewers watching every scene unfolding through the drone camera were filled with not just astonishment but fear.
This miraculous or bizarre event led to Shia transforming into a monstrous deformed flower, as if starring in a kaiju movie.
“How about it? Isn’t it cool?”
[Yeah yeah yes!!!!]
[Omg!]
[This is truly S-grade, right?!]
[For real!]
[Wow, it’s gross but so stunning!]
“Now, let’s do kaiju battle!”
[Crunch!]
The moment she said that, the Centipede Dragon’s head was bitten off by the enormous teeth.
“Oops, I’ve eaten it… I wanted to have a kaiju battle…”
Crunch crunch crunch crunch!
Horrifying cracking sounds!
Grrk, grrk!
Gulp. Crunch!
Snap. Snap!
Crunch crunch!
[What a kaiju battle? More like a one-sided meal! lmao]
[Whoa…!]
[What in the world is happening?]
[This is insane…]
The Centipede Dragon was oblivious to its own death.
Fortunately for it, before it even recognized pain, its head was torn off, and its life ceased.
And the foul poison it left behind was promptly devoured by Shia.
[…Is this really a saint?]
For a fleeting moment, the viewers wondered if she truly was a saint…
But what significance did that hold?
If she could show such an extravagant and enormous sight, then she was undoubtedly the saint!