Chapter 56
Chapter 56
Ch. 56 .｡.:✧ Kali (2) ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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One of the Four Heavenly Kings.
The druid, Kali.
I finally faced that bitch I wanted to see so badly once again.
“Shortcut open, bitch.”
She probably never expected someone to blast a hole in the wall and come directly to the final room.
It was the perfect ambush.
Drawing my sword, I immediately jumped down, preparing to strike.
‘Is that the weakness?’
The Weak Point trait activated, revealing Kali’s weakness.
A spider’s body attached below her female upper body.
The poison sac inside was the vital point.
Crash!
Unfortunately, Kali hastily rolled and escaped, so I couldn’t pierce the vital point.
Despite it being a surprise attack, her reflexes were quite fast.
Especially those spider legs, not only were there many of them, but they were also too fast to follow with the eyes, so caution was necessary.
“Alicia. Don’t come down and provide cover from above.”
“Y-yes!”
Alicia’s voice, which had been scared all along, came to life.
Soon, Undecided also jumped down and landed lightly.
“Here.”
“…Okay.”
When I handed Undecided Blin’s wooden club (reinforced +1), the preparations for the fight were complete.
But by then, the element of surprise seemed to have disappeared, as Kali’s expression gradually showed composure.
No.
Had she gone crazy?
“Yeah, well. Thanks.”
She really seemed to have lost her mind.
Seeing her laughing happily without knowing her own future.
Let’s make it quick.
Since Kali was the owner of the dungeon, the longer the fight dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for us.
Exchanging glances with Undecided, the moment I stepped forward.
“Oh no!”
Crack!
Crunch!
The cocoons attached to the walls cracked, and small spiders poured out from inside.
A spectacle of man-eating spiders rushing in from all directions like waves appeared.
Just as I thought we were screwed.
Whoosh!
A flame ignited in the air.
At the same time, sparks scattered in all directions with a bang.
As the sparks spread on the floor, a ring of fire was formed.
“Screech!”
“Ack! Ugh!”
The wave of spiders rushing in caught fire, and the flames spread.
Screams loud enough to burst eardrums echoed.
But it was only for a moment.
The screams ceased.
The spiders quickly burned black and flipped over.
The flames, which had grown to the size of a person, flickered and took the form of a spirit.
Dumbfounded, I checked the mana stone, and the red glow had completely disappeared.
Ifrit, that bastard…
The Great Spirit of Fire.
Ifrit had finally escaped from the mana stone.
In fact, I had been most wary of this situation.
If Ifrit was released, it was obvious he would try to burn everything, including the World Tree.
But if he was released inside the dungeon, the story was different.
In this place where the things to burn were limited, there was no need to go as far as destroying the World Tree.
Ifrit would also be fully aware of the situation.
He would have quickly understood that if he just burned Kali, the situation would be resolved.
“Good idea.”
Here, Ifrit would become our ally.
My forces had increased again.
The Great Spirit of Fire joined the front line.
And I had regained my top-grade mana stone back to its original state.
From the ceiling, Alicia provided cover with magic.
On the ground, Ifrit perfectly handled the mobs with flames.
And a formation of Undecided and I approached from both sides, cornering Kali and beating her up.
Realizing that, Kali’s face lost its composure and gradually turned pale.
But I couldn’t let my guard down.
Like with Belphegor, there was no telling what random trait she might have consumed.
Driven into a corner, Kali began to struggle.
The moment she opened her mouth, a net made of spider webs shot out with a whoosh.
Fortunately, it seemed Undecided had avoided it by jumping with a swish.
But…
“Ah! Damn it!”
I ended up getting covered by the net.
I thought it would be cut if I slashed it with my sword.
But it was so sturdy that it wouldn’t be sliced.
In the end, I was enveloped in the net and bounced back, and only after sawing at it with my sword blade for a while could I finally escape from the net.
Swish.
Kali’s huge body moved swiftly, coming towards me.
Dodging all the flames spewed by Ifrit and the wind magic fired from the ceiling by zigzagging.
“What’s wrong? You thought you could handle a 1-on-1 fight?”
The moment the sharp spider leg rushed in and struck down at my head, Kali’s eyes widened.
Because I was no longer where the spider leg had struck down.
I had already passed under Kali’s body, going past her.
With a thud, Kali’s body sat down forward.
As a result of breaking the sound barrier and charging with Dakia-style 0th stance.
I had sliced off her front leg, far surpassing Kali’s reaction speed.
Certainly, Kali was fast.
As befitting the spider concept, she was a boss mob designed to dump everything into speed.
Even if encountered in the mid-to-late game, she was designed to be impossible to catch up to in terms of speed.
Yet now, I was facing Kali in the early game when I shouldn’t be, overwhelming her with speed.
Tay’s mana stone had already surpassed high-end.
On top of that, quintupling my stats as a Guardian Knight. And my mana control that had become even more proficient while practicing magic.
It was the natural result.
At least until my mana ran out.
Until then, I could overpower Kali in all stats.
She was quick to grasp the situation.
Realizing she had no chance of winning, Kali gradually retreated, limping after losing her leg.
Then Kali tried to escape from me in an instant.
“Understood, Great Spirit!”
However, Ifrit’s unquenchable flames burned, and Alicia’s wind spread them, instantly creating a wall of fire.
The entrance to the room was engulfed in flames.
The escape route was blocked.
Whoosh!
This time, flames erupted once more from the opposite side.
Now a wall was formed behind me.
The wall of fire enveloped everything.
Now only Kali and I were inside.
“A cozy date, huh?”
Once she realized I was far superior to Kali, it was definitely advantageous to fight 1-on-1.
The others would only get in the way.
Alicia’s sense was good.
“Struggle until the end. Let’s see how long you can last.”
But this bastard seemed to have become quite scared.
Not just scared, she was in a complete panic, repeatedly backing away.
Her body was trembling as if it had received a vibration alert.
Spider webs were oozing out from her rear.
Then Kali crouched down and leaped…
“Hey!!!”
Instead of rushing at me, she flew in the opposite direction.
Kali ran through the wall of fire, her entire body engulfed in unquenchable flames.
The direction Kali was heading was none other than towards Undecided.
“…!”
But Undecided wasn’t an easy opponent either.
Even though Kali swung her burning legs here and there, Undecided, with her small stature and agility, easily avoided them.
Fortunately, the aggro was drawn to Undecided.
If she had gone to Alicia on the ceiling, she would have definitely died.
Soon, thanks to Ifrit extinguishing the fire, the path opened up again.
As I ran to save Undecided…
“Undecided?”
“…”
Undecided suddenly looked at me and stopped in place.
What are you doing?
You have to dodge.
An ominous feeling loomed.
“…Promise.”
“What? What are you-”
Clink.
Undecided took off the ring from her finger and threw it to me.
What the hell is she doing?
Just as I was about to get angry…
Rumble.
Walls suddenly rose around Kali and Undecided.
In an instant, Kali and Undecided disappeared inside the sphere formed by the walls.
Clang!
I tried to thrust my sword in, but the blade shattered into pieces.
There was no scratch on the sphere.
It was the same when I drove my fist in.
My finger bones cracked, and I was just bounced back.
“Could it be…”
Heavenly Armor Plate.
It was a trait that created an area that deflected all external impacts.
If that was indeed the Heavenly Armor Plate, it would be impossible to break it no matter how much force I poured in.
“Great Spirit! Shoot!”
Even when hit by fierce flames and whirlwinds, the sphere remained unshakable, trapping Undecided and Kali inside.
Suddenly, the ring that had fallen to the floor caught my eye, and I remembered what I had told Undecided before.
If you think you’re going to die, take off the ring before dying.
That thing is more expensive than your life.
“Damn it…!”
When I came to my senses, I was already pounding on the sphere without realizing my fingers were breaking and my feet were twisting.
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I received the name Undecided.
I lived a life that was too good for me.
I was the one who went out to pick flowers, got bitten by a red-eyed wild dog, and brought the plague back to the village.
I was the one who ruined the peaceful village.
I was the one who turned the village into a living hell.
When I came to my senses, the village was completely engulfed in flames.
Screams were rampant everywhere.
People’s eyes were all glowing red, and they were devouring each other.
Just as I was getting scared, thinking I was the only one in my right mind… I saw the blood on my hands and mouth, and my family members lying in a pool of blood.
The shocking reality was suddenly thrust in front of me.
I couldn’t believe that this was my doing.
So instead of accepting reality, I decided to separate my mind from reality.
I forgot how to speak, how to think.
I lost my emotions.
I no longer wanted to live.
I was just a moving corpse wandering the mountains, unable to die.
That was all I was.
Before long, I was caught by a slave trader.
Even though I had gone unsold for 10 years, someone appeared who wanted me.
‘I want someone who is absolutely useless and ridiculously cheap.’
‘Hahaha. This is the first time I’ve seen a customer like this. Come this way.’
Yoo-jin.
He was a strange person.
He bought an empty can like me and didn’t expect anything.
I just followed behind him. And occasionally sucked some blood.
With his attitude of truly treating me like an object, I felt at ease instead.
He seemed to cherish even objects, as Yoo-jin’s touch was gentle and warm.
My frozen heart slowly began to melt.
The reality I didn’t want to see or hear before, I now wanted to face head-on.
The emotions I had lost started to return.
Even though I was already a dead corpse.
Even though I was a murderer who had killed my own family with my own hands.
I gained the courage to live again.
If I was with Yoo-jin, I felt like I could stand up again.
But in the end, that was just a wish.
Objects are meant to break someday.
Truly, I lived a life that was too good for me.
“…”
In the enclosed space with everything shut.
While my entire body was burning up and my skin was melting.
The spider woman in front of me kept laughing as if she had lost her mind.
What could be a more precious death than sacrificing myself for Yoo-jin?
He was the one who warmly embraced me, a corpse no different from the dead, and brought me back to life.
Since I was revived thanks to Yoo-jin, it was a life that had to be used for Yoo-jin.
I had always thought that way, and I felt relieved that I could actually sacrifice myself like this.
“…You’re wrong. Undecided is an object. Yoo-jin doesn’t cherish me.”
I don’t know what she’s talking about.
To Yoo-jin, I’m just an object with a little use.
Even if I die, Yoo-jin won’t shed a single tear.
He’ll just say it was unfortunate and move on.
He got it cheap as the price for capturing this powerful monster.
Yoo-jin will surely think that way. And that’s absolutely right.
I’m glad it’s me instead of other precious lives.
I’m really glad I can die.
Just as I was thinking that…
Crash!
With a clear sound like shattering glass, bright light poured down from behind.
Startled, I turned around.
“…Yoo-jin?”
“Don’t touch my property.”
It was Yoo-jin.
Yoo-jin was standing there with a face that had lost its reason more than ever before.
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