Chapter 212
Chapter 212
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 212
Chapter Title: The Snake's Head (5)
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BOOM! THUD!
Monsters with massive bodies crashed down into the clearing.
“Ugh…”
“Wh-what in the world is that hideous thing?”
Isabella covered her mouth in disgust as she stared at the hundreds of monsters that had landed in the clearing, while Ha-eun’s jaw dropped in horror.
“Kerrreuk, keuk.”
Slimy skin that looked like it was made of yellow pus oozing from burst blisters.
No eyes or ears, just two large nostrils and a mouth slit wide open up to its temples.
On its back, covered in bumps like a skin disease, a bundle of tentacles sprouted like wings, writhing eerily. Its limbs were long, hairy legs that squirmed like those of a cockroach.
“The fuck is that.”
Oh-jin also swore as he looked at the horde of monsters.
‘What kind of fucked-up monster is that?’
He had encountered and fought no small number of monsters until now.
But this was the first time he’d seen one with such a repulsive appearance.
It looked like the worst kind of chimera, born from the decades-long deliberations of a mad scientist obsessed with how to destroy humanity.
“I-I never knew such monsters existed.”
[I, too, have never seen such a ghastly creature.]
Even Isabella and Vega, who were rarely fazed, narrowed their eyes as if finding it hard to bear.
“Kerrrrrrrrk!”
The hideous monsters flared their large nostrils and lowered their bodies.
The bundle of tentacles on their backs moved grotesquely.
“Ugh, seriously, I’m gonna puke.”
Ha-eun averted her gaze, unable to look any longer.
It was the first time she had encountered a monster that could evoke such disgust with its ‘appearance’ alone.
“Are all the monsters in the Demonic Realm this fucked up?”
“How should I know?”
No one here had ever been to the Demonic Realm.
[Enough with the chatter, all of you.]
With Vega’s low warning.
Thududududududu!
The earth shook as the monsters that had encircled Oh-jin’s party charged at them all at once.
“Kerk! Kerrreuk!”
They opened their widely slit mouths with bizarre cries.
Their long tongues lashed out like whips.
[Repulsive things.]
Vega flew into the air and spread her arms wide.
Crackle!
Blue sparks danced around her body.
[Spread.]
With her low, echoing voice, the blue sparks spread out wide like a net.
“Kerreuk! Kerek!”
The monsters engulfed in the blue sparks flinched and convulsed.
Pop.
The bumps swelling on their backs burst, spewing out yellow pus with a horrific stench.
“Damn it, I really can’t watch this!”
Ha-eun scowled and pulled a cigarette from her pack.
Fwoosh!
The tip of the cigarette flared brightly, and a massive fireball erupted.
“Die, you disgusting bastards!”
FWOOOOOSH!
A massive wave of fire surged forward, sweeping over the monsters.
“Kerrreuk!”
The sound of flesh burning mingled with plumes of white smoke.
Engulfed in flames, the monsters rolled on the ground, screaming.
“That’s right!”
Her joy, marked by a clenched fist, was short-lived.
Monsters from the back leaped over their burning comrades and charged forward.
“Kerererek!”
A grotesque sound, like phlegm rattling.
A monster that had scuttled forward on its long, cockroach-like legs shot out the tentacles on its back.
“Ugh, fuck!”
Staring at the tentacles covered in sticky pus, Ha-eun barely suppressed the urge to vomit.
She covered her mouth with one hand and quickly retreated.
Szzzzzle!
The spot the tentacle grazed melted as if doused in hydrochloric acid.
“You bastards…!”
Ha-eun spread her arms wide, baring her teeth fiercely.
Six fire dragons coiled around her body, blazing to life.
“Flames!”
BOOM!
She stomped her foot hard and thrust her outstretched arms forward.
“Burn them all to ashes!”
FWOOOOOSH!
The six fire dragons danced.
The dragons swam through the air like living creatures, swallowing the charging monsters.
The horrific stench of burning yellow pus made Ha-eun’s face turn pale.
“W-wait. Ugh.”
“Ha-eun!”
Isabella stepped in front of the staggering Ha-eun, her eyes glinting coldly.
A blood-red aura enveloped her, forming a crimson scythe.
SWOOSH!
Each time the scythe swung, the bodies of the charging monsters were split in two and tumbled to the ground.
“Damn it, just how many of them are there?”
Oh-jin, who was holding off the monsters on the opposite side from Ha-eun and Isabella, narrowed his eyes.
At first, there were clearly only 200 to 300 of them that fell from the rocks, but now they were pouring in endlessly, as if they were multiplying.
The situation itself was similar to the one in San Fruttuoso, but.
‘These bastards are strong.’
Oh-jin cut down the menacingly fired tentacles with his spear and brutally stomped on the head of a monster bursting from the ground.
In San Fruttuoso, there were many, but they were just 1-star Ant-horns, so he could manage somehow.
But each and every one of the hideous monsters in the clearing possessed swift movements and powerful strength, at least at the 6-star level.
That wasn't all.
‘Each one has a slightly different attack pattern, making them tricky to fight.’
Some monsters charged, swinging large pincers like a crayfish, while others shot out serrated thorns in all directions.
Oh-jin barely blocked the attacks pouring in from all sides, his brow furrowed.
“Mr. Oh-jin, I’ll handle this side alone. You go help Ms. Ha-eun with the other side.”
Isabella said, walking toward the main passage where the most monsters were pouring in.
“You sure you’ll be okay?”
“Fufu. Are you worried about me?”
Isabella turned toward Oh-jin, a captivating smile on her lips.
As she turned, dozens of monsters lunged at her back.
Isabella, with her back still turned, swung her scythe using only her wrist.
SHWIIIIING!
A crimson line of blood was drawn, and the bodies of the monsters charging at Isabella were split in half.
With the chunks of monster flesh raining down behind her, Isabella beamed a bright smile.
“There’s no need to worry about me, you see?”
“…So it seems.”
Oh-jin swallowed a dry laugh and turned away.
Right.
There were others to worry about; Isabella wasn't one of them.
Oh-jin took his position at the passage opposite the one Isabella was guarding.
Though not as many as the main passage, tens, even hundreds of monsters were still relentlessly pouring in from this side.
BZZZZZZT!
Using Exceed, he drew up his mana, channeling more power into the spear in his hand.
“Nunna, you support me from the rear then.”
“Okay! Just leave it to your big sis, kiddo!”
[I shall help as well!]
Oh-jin nodded and kicked off the ground toward the charging horde of monsters.
THWIP!
He shot his wire shooter into the high rock wall and soared into the air like an acrobat.
The monsters swiftly scrambled up the rock wall in pursuit of Oh-jin.
“Hup!”
Extending the wire, he dashed through the air using Lightning Step.
He circled the rock wall once, wrapping the bodies of the monsters climbing it with the wire that now stretched for dozens of meters.
“Kerrreuk! Kerk!”
The monsters bound by the wire struggled, their long, cockroach-like legs flailing.
Oh-jin narrowed his eyes at the utterly repulsive sight and gathered his mana.
‘Explosive Lightning.’
BZZZZZZT!
The blue lightning traveled along the wire and erupted with a massive roar.
Unable to withstand the shock, the 30-meter-high rock formation crumbled with a roar, sending up a thick cloud of white dust.
When the smoke settled, the mangled corpses of the monsters came into view.
“Ugh.”
Yellow pus and a horrific stench oozed from between the crushed corpses.
Oh-jin groaned, his stomach churning with nausea.
‘If something can be this disgusting, it’s practically a weapon.’
Could anything else inflict this much pain through sight and smell alone?
He had lived his whole life at the bottom and prided himself on having a strong stomach, but.
These monsters possessed a level of ghastliness that far surpassed his threshold.
“Kerrreuk!”
[My child!]
A monster that was leaping up from the crumbled rock fragments was struck by a lightning bolt from Vega and fell.
Oh-jin lightly dodged the monster falling while engulfed in blue sparks and continued to slaughter the endlessly surging horde.
“Hah, hah.”
An hour? No, two hours?
Oh-jin, who had been swinging his spear so frantically that he’d lost all sense of time, let out ragged breaths.
The clearing where hundreds of Cheonhye Guild members had died was now so covered in the repulsive corpses of monsters that you couldn't find the guild members' bodies even if you tried.
Panting heavily, Oh-jin drove his pitch-black spear into the jaw of a charging monster.
‘Still, the end is in sight.’
Only about 30 monsters remained.
It seemed like there were still more on Isabella's side, but this was a number he could clean up within 10 minutes.
Instead of charging at the remaining monsters, Oh-jin maintained his formation, protecting Ha-eun.
After a battle that had stretched on for hours, Ha-eun, Oh-jin, and Vega were all exhausted.
They couldn't charge recklessly like they had at the beginning.
“…Oh-jin. Do you see those guys over there?”
Ha-eun pointed to two monsters standing on a collapsed rock, silently looking down at them.
Unlike the other monsters with large noses and widely slit mouths, these ones had ‘eyes’ that shone with a yellow light.
“Hoo. What about them?”
“Those bastards haven't moved since a while ago; they're just watching us.”
Hearing Ha-eun, he could see the two monsters with ‘eyes’ watching them silently, like bystanders.
“Are they like the boss?”
“Seems like it.”
Just as Oh-jin narrowed his eyes and was about to fire his wire shooter at the two monsters standing still and watching them.
“Gasp!”
“KYAAAAAAAAAK! What the hell are those crazy bastards doing?!”
Ha-eun and Oh-jin couldn't help but cry out in shock at the same time.
Because one of the two stationary monsters had climbed on top of the other—and started to thrust its hips violently.
“Son of a biiiiitch!”
Oh-jin spat out a rough curse and turned his eyes away from the two monsters that had started to mount each other.
It was already hard enough to look at one of these nauseatingly grotesque monsters, but now two of them were suddenly starting to mate right in front of him. He couldn't possibly watch with a sane mind.
“O-Oh-jin! Oh-jin, do something about that!!!”
“I don't know, fuck!”
“S-stop those bastards, Oh-jiiiiin!”
Ha-eun screamed from behind him.
Unlike Oh-jin, who couldn't bear it and looked away, she was in charge of rear support and had to keep throwing fireballs at the few remaining monsters, forcing her to directly witness the mating monsters.
“Oh-jin! Oh-jiiiiin!”
Ha-eun’s screams echoed loudly across the clearing.
“Th-their ten-tentacles are getting all tangled up!”
“Don't describe it!”
“GYAAAAAAK! Th-they started sucking each other!”
“I told you not to describe it!”
Oh-jin averted his gaze, clenched his teeth, and suppressed the rising nausea.
“Oh-jiiiiiiin!!! They're laying eggs! They're laying eggs-goooooo!”
“Hey, why have you been describing it this whole time?!”
“Ignorance is bliss, Oh-jin!”
“So why!”
“Because knowing is the disease!”
“No.”
What is this nunna even saying.