Edited By: Sebas Tian
The silver light didnât appear this time .
Because of that, Karazhanâs attack slightly cut the hem of Hyun-Sooâs clothes .
âWhat the?â
Did he imagine the silver light he saw just now?
But the light actually blocked Karazhanâs attack .
âDamn, whatever . Iâll think about it later!â
Hyun-Soo stopped thinking about the problem and focused on the situation that was occuring before him .
Itâs because Karazhan was now attacking aggressively, which was different from when they first fought .
At first, they attacked without moving a muscle, but now, they were aggressively throwing themselves towards Hyun-Soo .
Itâs probably because they realized that standing still didnât affect him .
âBut just suddenly attacking like this is really unexpected!â
Even though they looked like a fairy, their actions reminded him of a horror film .
Thanks to his views slowing down the opponentâs movements, he managed to dodge their attacks .
Kyahhhhh!
Hyun-Soo used his skill while dodging, but Karazhan used their wings and flew up to dodge it .
While dodging, they released an odd cry .
It sounded like they were looking down on him .
âHuhâ¦â¦ â
Were they looking down on him just because they had wings?
Because they were able to freely control their wings, Hyun-Soo couldnât really land any attacks .
The smoke would protect their weakness and when Hyun-Soo counterattacked when Karazhan attacked, they would just fly away .
They were really like an annoying fly .
âWait . â
While gritting his teeth due to the annoyance Hyun-Soo was feeling, something popped into his head .
âIn order to catch a fly like themâ¦right, a fly swatter!â
A fly swatter was the perfect tool when trying to catch a fly .
While thinking about this, Hyun-Soo created a large net .
Hyun-Soo tried to make it as big as his power allowed .
He stitched them as close as he could so that they couldnât escape .
It started off as a fly swatter, but it got upgraded to a large net .
Smirk .
A smile appeared on Hyun-Sooâs face when he reached his limit .
Kyahhh?
Karazhan, who was using their thin wings to stay up in the air, tilted their head in confusion after making fun of Hyun-Soo .
But after flying around once, they charged towards Hyun-Soo .
Andâ¦â¦ .
Flap!
Kyahhhh!
Karazhan felt something odd when they got closer, so they tried to pull away, but Hyun-Soo was faster .
The net that Hyun-Soo made enveloped Karazhan .
After confirming that Karazhan was trapped inside the net, Hyun-Soo condensed his power .
Kyahhhhh!
When Hyun-Sooâs power tightened Karazhanâs entire body, Karazhan started screaming .
Karazhan moved violently to try to escape .
But even after getting caught by Hyun-Soo, the black smoke disappeared, so Karazhan had no way of escaping .
âWhewâ¦â¦ . â
He finally caught them .
Since Hyun-Soo tied their wings together, Karazhan couldnât fly away .
Kyahhhhâ¦â¦
After realizing that they were surrounded by the enemy, Karazhan cried sadly .
Karazhanâs eyes met with Hyun-Sooâs .
And Hyun-Soo was surprised for a moment .
There was some sort of transparent liquid on their eyes and it reminded him of tears .
ââ¦â¦ . â
A human-shaped monster was looking at Hyun-Soo with tears in its eyes, making it extremely awkward and weird .
Like mentioned earlier, Hyun-Soo felt that he was going up against a human, not a monster .
On top of thatâ¦â¦ .
Kyahhhhâ¦â¦ .
Their pitiful cry sounded like they were asking Hyun-Soo to go easy on them .
Karazhan looked at Hyun-Soo, then looked elsewhere and when they looked back at Hyun-Soo, they chattered in a language Hyun-Soo couldnât understand .
Hyun-Soo felt ridiculous and absurd .
But he couldnât go easy on them .
Hyun-Soo shook his head and got rid of the hesitant feeling inside him .
âI almost fell for it . â
Maybe itâs because Karazhan specializes in illusions .
Since they were a monster that was part of the psychological type, they were talented in manipulating the mind .
Because of that, they were probably able to plant ideas into their opponentâs mind .
A psychological type monster that Hyun-Soo has never encountered before .
In some ways, it was the most dangerous skill than any other skills .
If Karazhan used absurd illusions like they did in the beginning, Hyun-Soo could easily notice by using Interface .
But what if it was a type of skill that slowly creeped up?
âI donât even want to think about it . â
Karazhan mustâve given up entirely because they looked like they were out of energy .
It happened right after Hyun-Soo shook off the thoughts in his head .
But that couldâve been another illusion .
As soon as Hyun-Soo saw Karazhan, he started feeling a bit bad for them .
But instead of falling for it, Hyun-Soo chose toâ¦
Swoosh!
He slashed the white light, which was Karazhanâs weak point .
Drop!
With one attack, their small head fell off and rolled on the ground .
And at the same time .
Fwoosh!
A big light flashed .
Hyun-Soo instinctively closed his eyes and got into a defense position .
Since Karazhan was an interesting monster, they couldâve done something even as they were dying .
However, that light flew somewhere and then it slowly disappeared .
âWhat was that?â
Other than the fact that the light suddenly flashed, nothing else happened .
Hyun-Soo wiped off the fluids on his face with his hand while feeling uneasy .
âUgh, something feels off . â
Maybe itâs because he felt bad for Karazhan .
Even though he knew he shouldnât be, it affected him a lot mentally .
And since they had a small body, he didnât expect their head to be cut off with one attack .
âIt was easier than I thought . â
Hyun-Soo mumbled while cutting Karazhanâs body .
The battle wouldâve been a lot more difficult if the weird, silver light didnât appear at all .
It was difficult to block attacks that were coming from all directions .
The poison pierced through the stone floor, so Hyun-Sooâs body definitely wasnât safe .
The owner of the colorful portal .
Their skill was powerful enough to make A ranked hunters delusional .
On top of that, they were a psychological type monster .
They werenât an easy monster to fight against .
Itâs just that Karazhan was unlucky .
The others, as well as Hyun-Soo, never imagined that they would come here to hunt .
Since Hyun-Soo was able to use Interface to detect the illusion, Karazhan was at a disadvantage .
âWhere isnât there an Energy Stone?â
Hyun-Soo mumbled as he cut open their body from head to toe .
He looked through every part of their body and didnât find an Energy Stone .
âIs it because they were still developing?â
Heâs never killed a monster that was still in development .
No, this was a special case since it was a colorful that appeared .
So the fact that there werenât any Energy Stones was possible .
âIn that case, I did all that fighting for nothingâ¦â
His efforts in the first colorful portal went down the drain .
No matter how much he looked for it, it wasnât there .
Since there wasnât an owner in the previous colorful portal, it made sense that they didnât get anything, but this time, Hyun-Soo took down a monster and yet, he didnât get anything in return .
âDid it fall somewhere?â
Hyun-Soo walked around because he felt disappointed .
He thought that maybe he missed it, so he looked around Karazhan .
âHuh?â
And then, he discovered a wall with a small hole thatâs been slightly covered .
It was skillfully hidden, but it wasnât difficult to notice .
But he didnât remember seeing it during the fight .
He slowly went through his memories and recalled one thing .
âKarazhan was very defensive in the beginning . â
They stayed in one area and kept on attacking .
And when it didnât work, they charged towards Hyun-Soo .
âAnd before they died, they kept on looking towardsâ¦â
The area where the hole was .
âWereâ¦they trying to protect that area?â
After considering the different situations, that was the answer he got .
On top of that, when Karazhan died, the light that appeared disappeared towards that direction .
âWhatâs over there anyways?â
Hyun-Soo carefully walked towards the hole .
Something could pop out, so he enveloped himself with skills just in case .
Step .
He carefully pushed away the dead vines at the entrance and looked inside .
Thankfully, there wasnât another monster .
Instead, there was something he never expected .
âWhatâ¦is this?â
If he wasnât imagining, then the thing that Hyun-Soo saw was probably anâ¦
âEgg?â
It was probably Karazhanâs egg .
It was a purple that was as big as a fist and gold geometric patterns were all over the egg .
The eggâs appearance made it easy to differentiate between the pebbles and stones .
The complicated looking patterns was smooth and shining as well .
Hyun-Soo was curious, so he carefully placed a finger on it .
Thump!
ââ¦â¦!â
He couldâve imagined it, but he felt a slight vibration, almost like heart beating .
On top of thatâ¦â¦ .
âItâs warmâ¦â¦?â
In the beginning, Karazhan stayed in the same spot and didnât move .
And after Hyun-Soo caught them, they looked at him sadly .
And the light disappeared at that very spot .
When considering all of this, he easily came to a conclusion .
âWere they trying to protect this egg?â
When thinking about it, there was a part in the report that he ignored .
It said that it was in an incubation period .
Because of the unexpected information about them being in development, Hyun-Soo didnât look deeply into the other parts of the reportâ¦
âI shouldnât have overlooked it like that . â
If he looked at the details more, then he couldâve realized why Karazhan acted the way they did .
Well, he would still have to kill the monster in the end anyways .
Inside the portal, you either kill or get killed .
Hyun-Soo looked down at Karazhanâs egg momentarily .
Hyun-Soo was contemplating on what he should do with the egg .
Was he going to take it?
Or was he going to destroy it?
He thought destroying it was the right thing to do since it was a monsterâs egg, butâ¦
âWeâve taken a monsterâs corpse and items we obtained inside the portal, so I should be able to take this egg with me, right?â
Because of that thought, he gently held the egg .
On top of thatâ¦â¦ .
Thumpâ¦â¦thumpâ¦â¦ .
Even though he told himself that it was impossible, it felt like the heartbeat was coming from the egg .
It wasnât really possible, but the portal itself was a fantastic part of reality .
âI should check it first . â
Hyun-Soo used Interface to get information on the egg that was on his hands .
ââââââââââ
[Incubating Egg]
Karazhanâs egg is currently in incubation .
In order to make it hatch, one needs to pay close attention and gently take care of it .
Time Remaining Until Hatch : 24 Days
ââââââââââ
It was definitely Karazhanâs egg .
And there was one information that caught his attention .
The time remaining until it hatched .
â24 daysâ¦â¦ . â
This could be considered a short time or a long time .
On top of that, they needed to be taken care of very carefully .
For Hyun-Soo, this was burdening because he wasnât the gentle type at all .
He couldâve broken it and act like nothing happened, but he couldnât get himself to do that .
But his instincts was calling out to him .
That he was going to regret it if he just left it!
âWhatever . Iâll take it with me for now . â
If an issue arises, then he could break it then .
Hyun-Soo made his decision and he carefully placed the egg in his pocket .
After checking through Interface that there wasnât anything useful here, Hyun-Soo walked towards the members .
Since he killed the culprit that caused the illusion, theyâll be able to wake up soon .