The Terrain's Unequal Edge
Abandoning my geographical advantage meant I had no chance of holding on.
Ora > Reinforcement Ice Wall > Revenant.
It was the only reason I had to force myself to cut down the enemies.
Draco led the way with the two of them charging first.
“Krrrleung!”
Flame Breath
A blaze that consumed every last drop of mana to spew forth.
By pure destructive power and range, it was the strongest skill in existence.
“Khhh…”
The flames burned through dozens of Revenants.
Flame Breath
With the second Draco adding its own fire, the path widened even more.
The moment the route toward the Abyss Revenant was fully open.
Raging Charge
Overdoping
The Tigers launched forward with terrifying momentum.
Like releasing a taut bowstring.
The chemically boosted muscles exploded past their limits, releasing a surge of mana.
They closed the distance of dozens of meters in a single second.
“Die. Living ones.”
The aura released over the hammer was hazy.
Imperfection.
I couldn’t ignore it.
Back when Isra first shattered a steel plate with an incomplete aura, hadn’t she? Facing it head-on would snap your weapon.
Still, go!
CRACK!
The bone spear the lead Tiger swung forward shattered.
Even if imperfect, the aura was still aura.
The concentrated power had been pushed beyond its limit, so the spear either crushed the enemy or snapped itself—no other option.
The Tiger crashed down without its spear.
Death Space
I recalled it the instant it hit the ground.
Since it was undead, broken limbs weren’t fatal.
Just repair them and it would be ready again.
The problem was there was no time for that.
I had pulled back just far enough from the Ice Wall to close the distance.
That was to immediately retrieve the Tigers.
CRACK! CRACK!
The charging Tigers weren’t alone.
Undead Medium Cavalry swinging spears in rapid succession with only 0.1-second gaps.
With incomplete aura, I couldn’t deflect every sharp stab.
Each spear tip carried the weight and overdoped strength of the Medium Cavalry.
One after another, massive holes appeared in the Abyss Revenants’ bodies.
Mass Experience Gained!
📍 Location: Abyss Revenant Path
🎁 Reward: Experience Points
Tiger Destroyed!
📍 Location: Abyss Revenant Path
🎁 Reward: Experience Points
The two Abyss Revenants vanished.
One Tiger had been completely obliterated too.
Additional damage included two Broken Ones, four spears lost.
The charging Tigers were all recalled the moment their rush ended.
“Ingrid.”
“Leave it to me.”
Wind Night
Right as the wave of Revenants was about to cover the path.
Strong wind exploded outward in a spray, shoving Isra back.
Instead of resisting the pressure, Isra entrusted her body to the artificial wind and shot into the enemy lines faster than the Tigers.
A tactic of throwing people like in double-team.
It was possible only because she could perfectly control magical output.
And she was a knight who knew how to manipulate the flow of mana rather than fight it.
Ora
The blue current embedded in the Ceramis magic sword sliced cleanly through the Abyss Revenant.
“Master! Retreat!”
“Not going.”
The Armed Zombie Strengthened Soldiers assigned to escort wrapped around me.
Even though they belonged to the knight order, the one in command of priority was me.
The retrieval range with Death Space was thirty meters.
If they got any farther, I wouldn’t be able to retrieve Isra if she fell into danger.
“Don’t think about retreating. Fight. I’ll pull you back at the right moment.”
“Even Master has to come to the front line!”
“This iron head of mine. Trust me. Do exactly what the owner says.”
“Fine. I’ll trust you. Ingrid.”
UUUUUUNG!
The aura, now even denser, left afterimages in the air.
Releasing condensed mana onto my soles, I halved the neck of a double-sized Abyss Revenant.
Six Abyss Revenants remained.
Almost half of them perished without even landing a proper attack.
It was the benefit of deploying our forces early.
The cost had to be paid.
Having given up the terrain advantage of the hill and Ice Wall.
“Living ones. Eat them.”
“You too. Die.”
I had to accept the requests for handshake from countless Revenants.
The Armed Zombie Strengthened Soldiers blocked the tide of undead flooding toward us.
Frozen Orb
A white sphere exploded in the center of the Revenant horde—boom.
Compressed cold energy spread, freezing their bodies solid.
Undead resistant to cold.
I didn’t expect massive damage, but weakening their power enough for the Armed Zombie Strengthened Soldiers to hold was more than enough.
“Excellent judgment, Master.”
├─ Tier 1:Base ability ✓
├─ Tier 2:Enhanced ability ✓
└─ Tier 3:New ability – UNLOCKED ★
Wind Night × 4
Modified Skill – Expansion
The Revenants frozen solid by the cold toppled one after another.
While the spell connection opened a window of time.
Imperial Sword Style (Modification)_Isra Form
3rd Form – Full Moon
Isra slaughtered the Abyss Revenants.
“Such lowlifes aren’t worthy of opposing Isra!”
Only aura could oppose aura.
It wasn’t just a warrior hunter’s rule.
Once you reached A-class, aura let you take a hit from mages.
The rearranged mana structure was the essence of destruction that crushed it!
TA-CHANG!
The instant the incomplete aura touched the blue current, it staggered.
While Isra, catching momentum, cut down another Abyss Revenant.
WHUUUUUNG!
Attacks aimed at the sides of its head.
They didn’t care about ally casualties.
I had seen this scene many times.
“It’s foolish to hope undead feel kinship with their own kind.”
It seemed to be within expected range.
Isra reacted without even seeing the attack from the blind spot.
CHANG!
Deflecting only the headshot while driving deeper to cut one down.
The skin of its torn arms.
She had dug too deep to completely avoid the attack.
Tsk.
I had already taken in the Tiger’s charge and the sudden ambush by Isra.
Too deep.
Only five Abyss Revenants remained.
“Master!”
“Just protect the head and heart.”
If I retreated now, the danger she had taken would be meaningless.
Even with incomplete aura, it was enough to collapse the Ice Wall.
“I obey!”
While we held out.
Snap!
CRACK!
Isra, acting alone, cut down the Abyss Revenants.
One arm completely torn off.
Damage exposing ribs.
She still slaughtered every remaining Abyss Revenant.
Death Space
I retrieved Isra the instant she fell.
“Ingrid.”
“I’ll open the path!”
├─ Tier 1:Base ability ✓
├─ Tier 2:Enhanced ability ✓
└─ Tier 3:New ability – UNLOCKED ★
Wind Night × 10
Modified Skill – Shatter
A concentrated wind in a needle shape shot forward in a straight line.
Knocking back the Revenants blocking the gate entrance.
CLANG! CLANG!
Revenants rebounding like bowling pins hit by a strike.
Contrary to appearances, the destructive power wasn’t high.
“Recall the knight order members.”
Understood!
Isra retrieved from Death Space and gathered the knight order members.
I recalled Ingrid and Draco as well.
Then I sprinted toward the red wall at full power.
Super Speed
Mana Release
A unique-grade skill obtained by defeating a mutated Raptor.
With the propulsion from Mana Release, I ran at breakneck speed.
How long had it been since I had done a full sprint?
Since I reached D-class, I hadn’t run until my feet were soaked with sweat.
That must be why.
It felt much faster than I had thought.
I had only taken a few steps when I suddenly reached near the red wall.
Death Space
I retrieved both my subordinates and minions.
The Abyss Revenant horde was repelled.
The Revenants began rushing over again.
No time to repair leisurely.
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Life Ring: Internal Skill – Life Recovery
I blew life into Isra at nearly 40% and restored her to peak condition.
“Are you all right?”
“I’ve got plenty left.”
I casually shook my left hand.
The vampire ring I owned from the Chinese hunter scattered a sinister glow.
Blood = Life.
With the vampire ring facing it, I sucked up life—swoosh.
Life Ring
Life Accumulation: 100% → 62% → 81% → 94%
Vampire Ring
Charged Blood: 100% → 96% → 91%······.
It’s insane. This vampire ring!
Just looking at capacity, the Life Ring could have been recharged several times over.
Hunters who used these two items in combination were probably rare.
“Then where’s the thief?”
“The moment combat started, he hid somewhere.”
“The owner worked hard. We owe him payment. That scoundrel!”
“Haha. Supporting the master is enough for the two of us. Sorceress.”
Yeah.
You two keep blocking.
I have to finish what I started.
KAAANG!
KLANG!
Park Minho’s Workshop reopened once again.
First, I urgently repaired the cracked bone spears.
Using the bones I extracted from the Revenants, I crafted additional spears.
“Tsk.”
Performance was inferior to the spears the Tigers originally used.
The spears made from alloying Lunar Bear and Owlbist bones with the alloy skill and strengthening them.
Compared to them, Revenant bones were far weaker.
A few more charges and they would shatter.
While I focused on repairs, quite some time passed.
Just about the time I thought reinforcements would arrive when I straightened up.
“Master. They’ve appeared again.”
The Abyss Revenant horde revealed themselves in the distance.
Haa.
Take it easy a bit.
“It seems the girl has figured out the cause.”
Ingrid’s voice grew heavy.
“I suspect the mechanism where resentment accumulates every time we kill the underlings.”
“If the resentment stacks up, do enhanced undead appear?”
“From what I see now, that’s highly likely.”
Ha.
It’s really a crappy structure.
Killing Revenants causes enhanced monsters to pop out.
Not killing them turns them into undead snacks.
There was no justice in death.
Damn it.
“Will I die here?”
Trap or not.
Let’s hold on longer.
Destroy all the undead.
Or let reinforcements arrive first.
Either way, there had to be a way to victory.
Let’s see who wins!
🏛 Type: [Dungeon/Cave/Ruins]
⚔ Difficulty: [Level Range]
📍 Floor: [Current / Total]
💀 Boss: [Unknown / Name]
Far from the battlefield.
Abyss Revenant Odium watched the struggle of Minho’s group.
“Guh. I can’t hold on much longer.”
It was a monster different from the instant one Isra had defeated.
The great being who had breathed life into this gate was Odium himself.
Odium’s goal was simple.
―Kill every hunter who enters this gate.
“Lives. All. Taken.”
In the abyss abyss, ten thousand corpses lay.
All arranged by the great being.
Although the number resurrected at once was limited.
As long as corpses remained, continuous reinforcements were supplied.
“More. If they die. Even better.”
Ingrid had glimpsed the secret of the gate.
At the exact ratio, one Abyss Revenant was produced for every one hundred Revenants killed.
The more Revenants pushed back.
That human was tightening his own noose.
“No variables.”
There was only one way to win this situation.
Remove the core axis of the curse.
The medium was inside the old building behind Odium’s back.
Therefore, his task was to stand guard over the medium until the poor intruder died.
“Easy. Work.”
Carrying out the noble mission given by the great being was Odium’s reason for existence.
While helplessly watching Minho’s group’s battle.
CLANG!
The disturbing sound irritated Odium.