Chapter 55
Chapter 55
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 55
Chapter Title: Monster Wave (3)
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To fend off the Monster Wave, everyone moved to their assigned positions.
The Monster Wave lasted exactly 30 minutes, so they all had to prepare thoroughly and get moving.
Training Team 4 was assigned to the northern uninhabited island's sandy beach, an open expanse in all directions.
A spot with guaranteed sunlight and views—valuable enough to fetch a pretty penny.
"......"
The Training Team 4 members scanned the ground, then muttered uneasily.
"I-Is this really the right place? We have to defend here?"
"It's wide open.... Can we even hold it?"
"We're fucked. This is totally fucked, right?"
The Training Team 4 members turned to look at me.
With eyes full of resentment, demanding the truth from me.
I nodded at them.
Confirming that we'd been stuck with this spot, facing swarms of 'Blue Lobsters' and 'Green Crabs' pouring in from all sides.
"Ah... Aah...."
Training Team 4's morale plummeted.
And rightly so—this terrain was close to the worst possible.
A massive horde of monsters would come surging over from the seaside, and we'd have to meet them without a single piece of cover?
Just endgame. No hope.
Everyone was terrified.
Probably regretting becoming hunters for the first time.
I dared to imagine.
"It's fine. Don't worry."
I spoke as the raid leader of Training Team 4, acknowledged by Choi Da-eun herself.
"Just trust me."
Why were they so afraid of the 10th-floor dungeon?
Because they lacked the skill.
Suppose an S-Rank Hunter like Han So-ra came to the 10th floor.
Would Han So-ra fear the monsters there?
Training Team 4 members were all F-Rank Hunters.
Not even certain if they'd rank up to D-Rank.
Bottom-tier third-raters.
It was practically a miracle they'd even reached the 10th floor.
Truth be told, they didn't even qualify.
Yet the Milky Way Guild Master had sent them to tackle the 10th floor on a whim.
Despite knowing they'd be utterly useless, pushing ahead recklessly.
Choi Da-eun wanted Training Team 4 to survive.
That's why she'd thrown every resource my way.
She must've figured my odds were decent, in her own way.
A near-impossible mission? I'd pull it off.
The 10th-floor dungeon didn't scare me.
Why?...
'Because my stats are fucking insane.'
With one week left, I'd realized that coasting would get me nowhere—dead meat.
Time for countermeasures.
My brilliant mind commanded me to fire up the Taming App.
Achievements.
Fucking grind those achievements.
Within the defense zone, I pulled off every twisted stunt imaginable.
Even stuff I'd skipped because it might be risky.
Used only Gene Erasure without Dreamification, confirming actual rapes.
Not just anyone, though—only those relatively safe.
Mostly officetel studio neighbors.
Ravaged familiar pussies to rack up taming achievements.
Taming difficulties were mostly F-Rank, so rewards sucked, but whatever.
Every little bit adds up.
Stack those +1s to S-Rank.
My stats had shot up noticeably.
Around level 50 a week ago—now pushing 80.
A testament to how brutally I'd worked my dick.
'Swollen to bursting from all that pussy juice.'
Plus, Choi Da-eun hooked me up with gear.
Piles of items and potions from the 'Sex Game'.
Entered in perfect condition, nothing lacking.
For me, no need to fear a mere 10th-floor dungeon.
Could be dangerous if careless, but carelessness wasn't my style.
Splash, splash—
Waves churned.
Bubbles boiled up on the surface.
Splash, splash, splash splash splash—!
Crustacean monsters poked their heads up from below the sea.
They crossed their bent legs rapidly, charging across the beach.
'Blue Lobsters' and 'Green Crabs' swarmed ashore in droves.
Size of a Kia Picanto, Daewoo Matiz, or Porter truck.
Majestic.
Gave me chills.
"Ah, aaah!"
"How do we stop those?!"
Training Team 4 hunters recoiled in horror.
Beyond their abilities.
They'd just die like dogs.
Those thoughts, that fear—it shattered our party's morale.
The Monster Wave lasted about 30 minutes.
Slay the required number in that time, or drag it into a prolonged siege and endure.
One or the other.
But Training Team 4 couldn't manage either.
If forced to pick, maybe total wipeout as the third option.
'If I weren't here, that is.'
The crustaceans raised their claws.
Snap snap—clacking threateningly, snapping open and shut.
I tightened my shield strap and stepped forward.
A lead 'Blue Lobster' lunged at me, thrusting its claw.
Aim to bisect me in one go.
I thrust my arm out, shoving the shield between the claws.
Me versus the beast.
The 'Blue Lobster's' claw tried to slice me apart.
Clang—! Clang—!
But impossible.
My stamina was a solid 30.
Tough Skin at level 5.
Against a 'Blue Lobster,' not even enough to trigger Unbreakable Diamond.
The thing hesitated.
It had figured it'd cleave me in half easily.
But that was a mistake.
I was way tougher than expected—could feel its confusion.
"Block them steadily. We can do this."
I shoved the 'Blue Lobster's' claw aside forcefully, bashing the shield hard.
Then I roared.
"Kieeeek!"
⚡ SKILL ACTIVATED ⚡ Area Taunt [Newly acquired skill, essential for tanks]
The crustacean monsters foamed at the mouth and charged me.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Easy, too easy."
Milky Way Guild's Training Team 1 was hunting at the easiest spot.
Their point: the bottom of a narrow ravine.
A small canyon near the coast.
The monsters were dumb as rocks, fixating only on the narrow pass and ignoring other paths.
Training Team 1 fought like Spartan warriors.
Holding off the crustacean horde like a handful of soldiers blocking an army in some movie.
"Just gotta endure like this for 10 days."
Jin Yu-han muttered as he smacked away a 'Blue Lobster's' claw.
Ranked up to D-Rank Hunter.
First in Milky Way Guild's 12th training batch.
Couldn't flail around on just the 10th floor.
This was where it started.
He wasn't like those third-raters stuck on single digits.
Once he hit the 11th floor and graduated Milky Way Guild, he'd be a real hunter.
Borrowing his father's clout—one of the Korean Hunter Association's power players—he'd skyrocket ahead of the pack.
'What, a day tops.'
Jin Yu-han was certain Training Team 4 was toast.
They couldn't last against 10th-floor monsters.
Even if Park Sun-woo had grown lately, still just E-Rank level.
Clearing the 10th needed at least level 60.
E-Rank head, D-Rank tail.
That was baseline.
Milky Way's training teams were mostly E-Rank torsos.
Just barely scraping by.
Not Training Team 4, though.
Even E-Rank tail was too generous.
'F-Rank tail, F-Rank tail.'
F-Rank torso?
Maybe for Park Sun-woo.
"Fire! It's on fire!"
Then a shout from behind.
Training Team 1 supporter Kang Ju-hee.
That bitch with no sense of place, always prickly.
Jin Yu-han planned to drug her before graduating Milky Way—fuck her good.
Nothing chewier than pounding a stuck-up slut.
"What?"
He shelved those thoughts.
Fire? What the hell?
"No fire monsters on the 10th floor."
If anything, they all used water.
Like the 10th-floor boss, the 'Wounded Mermaid Warrior,' blasting water cannons.
Jin Yu-han checked what was happening.
The direction Kang Ju-hee pointed.
Behind them—black smoke billowing from the hilltop base camp.
"No fucking way?"
Unbelievable.
Why was their garrison burning?
"R-Retreat for now! F-Fall back! Pull to the rear and assess!"
Just hold for 30 minutes.
Monsters retreat on their own after.
No need to cling to the point.
Training Team 1 scrambled up the hill.
'Blue Lobsters' and 'Green Crabs' chased after.
"......"
Training Team 1 crested the hill, returning to the garrison.
"Wh-What the hell is this."
"Why are monsters here? Where'd they come from?"
"Fuck, who let them through?! Hold the line or die trying! Don't let this shit happen at base...!"
Jin Yu-han couldn't hold back his rage, yelling.
Then he spotted one man dashing around the garrison.
Dodging monsters like a game of tag.
"Training Team 1 bros, help quick!"
Park Sun-woo.
Park Sun-woo was luring the monsters around.
"Shrimp allergy—I can't fight! Can't breathe when they touch me!"
Park Sun-woo cackled, turning the garrison into a wasteland.
Wrecking everything.
Deliberately trashing the place.
Like it was fine here.
"...You know what you did, don't you?"
Jin Yu-han ground his teeth, suppressing his fury.
First, contain the mess.
"Clear the monsters inside the garrison first, then use the fences as walls to block! Just 10 more minutes!"