Chapter 139
Chapter 139.
'Huh?'
What?
Did I hear that wrong?
Lee Ganghan tilted his head at first.
"Huh? What is it?"
"Did you hear it too?"
"Yeah. Why is there a dog sound...?"
The growling of a dog that was also heard by the players following behind.
Lee Ganghan touched his necktie just in case.
Then.
[Grrrr!]
The sound of a dog came from the necktie again.
'Why is this sound coming from the necktie...?'
As Lee Ganghan wondered, in front of his eyes.
Ttiring.
[You have become Silver grade, meeting the qualification for Cerberus summoning.]
[Would you like to summon Cerberus?]
A message asking if he wanted to summon Cerberus appeared.
'Cerberus? Ah... Athena unlocked this function.'
Athena, who showed great interest in Lee Ganghan's sponsor constellation position.
In the end, she couldn't become a sponsor constellation and was liberated, but.
[Quiene's sealed function, 'Cerberus Summoning' becomes available.]
Before leaving, she unlocked one of Quiene's sealed functions.
But after that, even when he tried to summon Cerberus.
He didn't know the method so he just left it alone.
'Did I have to reach at least Silver to be able to do it?'
Before, even when he touched the necktie, there was no dog barking sound.
But today it suddenly came.
'Let me try summoning it once.'
Cerberus, the three-headed dog that guards the gates of hell.
I should see what kind of existence it is.
When Lee Ganghan pressed yes.
The necktie began shaking violently.
Slurp, Slurp.
The black necktie untied itself and flew through the air.
Then it fell on the ground in front of Lee Ganghan.
The dirt road that was the floor.
Ssss...
Began turning pitch black.
Then.
Crack!
Cracks appeared in the blackened ground.
The center split open, and black smoke spread like fog.
-Oh... what is it?
-The necktie made dog sounds then flew away by itself ㄷㄷ
-Is he summoning something?
-Ah come to think of it, Heavenly Demon-nim was a summoner, right?
-Do summoners these days shoot lasers from their palms???
While viewers showed interest in the blackened ground.
"Grrrrrr!"
A powerful roar echoed from there.
Then a beast with three heads, showing teeth, revealed itself.
"What, what is it? Is it already a boss?"
"Three heads means... Cerberus?"
"Why is it so big?!"
The players following behind were startled enough to think it was a boss.
Cerberus boasted a huge body.
Large enough to feel how big 'house-sized' meant, with a massive build.
The three-headed dog with impressive ash-mixed black fur.
Was breathing out bright yellow smoke from its mouth.
'Does it shoot fire from its mouth too?'
It certainly looks strong, befitting a hellhound.
Cerberus looked more like a fierce wolf than a dog.
With its huge build breathing yellow smoke from its mouth, it had considerable intimidation.
"Grrrrrr..."
Cerberus's three heads.
Gathered their gazes and stared quietly at Lee Ganghan.
Stomp, Stomp.
It approached Lee Ganghan.
Cerberus looked even more threatening up close.
"Uuu..."
"It's too big?"
"Just from it coming close, I can feel the heat..."
Even the players far behind could feel it.
The heat emanating from the hellhound's body was tremendous.
'Am I finally getting a combat-type summon?'
Recently, the goblins had long become just item-collecting summons and market managers.
Karana was also good at handling spirits and was quite strong, but it was still ambiguous to put her at the front as a combat type.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword was just used as a sword.
Lee Ganghan, who always took the lead.
Thought a summon to deploy at the front had finally appeared.
'Of course, it's more comfortable for me to take the lead.'
But later when encountering large maps.
Wouldn't Cerberus also be useful in coordination?
When Lee Ganghan highly evaluated the majestic giant three-headed dog.
Ttiring.
[You have not received recognition from Hades, King of the Dead.]
[Cerberus's form will be reduced.]
A message suddenly appeared before him.
Shuuuuu...
Cerberus, who had been boasting a majestic appearance, began shrinking rapidly.
"Grr...?"
The house-sized body shrank to about an adult man's size.
Then Cerberus began shrinking even more without stopping there.
-Huh what
-Why is that guy suddenly getting smaller???
-An elephant-sized one suddenly became a small dog;;
-But it's kind of cute? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Where can I adopt this one?
-I really want to raise it ㅋㅋㅋ
The gap between its complete form and shrunken form was considerable enough for viewers' chat to keep saying it was cute.
Moreover,
"Kying...?"
Where did that threatening growling go when it got smaller?
Cerberus was whimpering and didn't know what to do.
"Wow... it's cute..."
"It was definitely a boss earlier..."
"If I touch it... that wouldn't be okay, right?"
The players behind also had a completely 180-degree different reaction from when it was complete Cerberus.
Of course.
'Ah. What is this?'
From Lee Ganghan's perspective as the party involved.
Cerberus changing like this wasn't particularly good news.
'Where do I use this guy?'
Cerberus had shrunk to a small dog size that could be kept even in an apartment.
The earlier build was a reliable summon that could guard the front together.
But how should this small dog be utilized?
His head was throbbing.
'If Athena unlocked the seal, it should have just stayed in that earlier form... Hades, this guy really isn't helpful.'
Does this mean I have to clear the Zeus rescue quest to get Hades's recognition?
But in the First Tower.
I can't challenge Zeus who was assigned as the 'God of Lust' yet.
'Moreover, if it's in the First Tower, it's ambiguous to call it a rescue.'
All the opponents matched in the First Tower were enemies.
They weren't rescue targets.
If I had chosen Zeus there, I would have just fought a god.
"Hek, hek..."
While Lee Ganghan looked at Cerberus breathing heavily.
Wondering what to do with this guy.
"Sniff, Sniff."
Suddenly, the small dog Cerberus put its nose to the ground.
And began running toward the fortress area.
"Ah, no!"
"That's dangerous...!"
The simple fortress that Lee Ganghan had devastated with Heaven-Breaking Meteor Palm.
But since robots might still remain.
The players behind worried about Cerberus with concerned voices.
However, Cerberus ignored their worries and quickly ran out on short legs.
Then in front of the fortress's stone wall.
Pababababok...
Moving its two legs frantically, it was digging the ground.
'Why is it digging the ground?'
When Lee Ganghan felt puzzled by Cerberus's sudden action.
"Grrrr..."
Cerberus, who had quickly dug the ground, went inside it.
Wondering what was underground to make it act like that, when Lee Ganghan approached the tunnel Cerberus had dug.
Ssuuk!
Cerberus popped out of the tunnel.
"Let, let me go...!"
It came out with a talking mole in its mouth.
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-What is this mole;
-It has no eyes so it's completely disgusting
-Do moles originally not have eyes?
-ㄴㄴㄴ They're just completely small so they can't be seen, they do exist
Contrasting with Cerberus.
A mole that most people evaluated as disgusting.
Its eyes were hidden by brown fur so they couldn't be seen.
Plus its appearance was close to a rodent like a rat, so there were more negative reactions than positive.
Moreover,
"This damn dog...! Let me go right now! How dare you bite me?"
Even while being bitten by Cerberus.
It was even more unlikeable as it shouted with an arrogant attitude.
"What are you?"
To Lee Ganghan's question.
"You don't need to know!"
The mole snorted.
-Why is it so arrogant? This mole ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But it looks like a mole but the body shape feels like bipedal walking, right? The arm and leg lengths are drastically different
-ㅇㅇㅇ Like a mole human
-Uh... but wasn't this a map where robot races appear? Why is there a mole?
As the viewers said.
Wasn't this tower under occupation reservation a robot map?
But why is this mole human under the fortress?
'I need to find out about this.'
Lee Ganghan approached the mole human that Cerberus was holding.
A mole small enough to be completely subdued by Cerberus who had transformed into a small dog.
However, the body structure wasn't like a mole quadruped.
With legs much longer than arms, it seemed like a bipedal creature as the viewers said.
"Can you let this guy go for a moment?"
At Lee Ganghan's instruction.
Cerberus obediently opened its mouth and put the mole down.
Then the mole, freed from restraint, stood up quickly.
After looking around.
Syuk!
It tried to enter the tunnel Cerberus had dug.
However,
"Grrr!"
Cerberus was already blocking the entrance, threatening the mole human.
Though it had gotten smaller than before.
Its actions were definitely quick and sharp.
'I like this.'
Even small, it's useful.
Lee Ganghan thought so and questioned the mole human.
"What race are you exactly?"
"You don't need to know!"
"Really?"
Kwaaak.
When Lee Ganghan squeezed the mole's arm hard.
"Aaaaak! Aak! It hurts! Save me! Save me!"
The mole human grimaced.
And let out pained groans.
-Look at that exaggeration...
-Completely 180 degrees different from the arrogant attitude earlier
-If we torture it a little, it seems like it'll spill everything it knows?
-Let's start by pulling out its arms and legs one by one?
At the mole human's exaggeration.
Viewers immediately suggested starting with torture.
"Pulling out arms and legs from the start is too harsh."
Lee Ganghan made that comment to control the pace of viewers who were getting too ahead of themselves.
"Hiiik...? Pulling out arms and legs?!"
When the tower's automatic translation system translated Lee Ganghan's words.
The mole human panicked.
"No. I won't do that from the start."
"That means you'll do it eventually!"
"Why do you think that way? I won't do it if you answer my questions obediently."
Lee Ganghan tried to soothe the mole human with kind words.
"I'd, I'd rather die! Kill me!"
The mole shouted at the air, asking to be killed.
Then.
Jiiing...
Light flashed in the air.
A golden gun was instantly created.
'Huh. That...'
It looks similar to the gun that the robot arm transformed and shot earlier?
When the gun barrel aimed at the mole human.
Lee Ganghan reached out to stop it.
Tang! Tang!
More guns appeared from all directions.
Peng!
The mole human's head exploded.
-??? Why are guns appearing?
-Was the mole human related to the earlier robots? ㄷㄷ
-Maybe this mole was controlling the robots?
-That's possible ㄷㄷ It was hiding under the fortress too
-The robot wreckage all disappeared without leaving anything, right? But the mole human's corpse remains
-lol ㄷㄷㄷ This is suspicious
When the golden gun exploded the mole human's head.
Viewers deduced the current situation.
'That makes sense.'
Compared to robots leaving no wreckage.
Seeing the mole human's corpse remain even with its head exploded.
It was definitely suspicious.
Meanwhile,
"Kying..."
When the mole human ended with its head exploded.
Cerberus made disappointed sounds.
"Ah. Sorry. I didn't know guns would appear."
When Lee Ganghan apologized to Cerberus.
"Woof! Woof!"
Cerberus quickly regained energy and barked cheerfully.
-It immediately wags its tail when apologized to ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Why did this guy become so cute?
-Was size this important...?
-ㄴㄴㄴ Compared to the complete form earlier, the art style just changed
-Seriously, I really want to raise it? Is adoption possible?
-But when it was complete, its tail was a snake, but now that it's small, it's just a puppy tail ㅋㅋ
Viewers beginning to fall for Cerberus's puppy mode.
Even after seeing that terrifying appearance in complete form, this evaluation came out.
The miniaturized Cerberus's actions were really like a puppy.
"Let's definitely kidnap a mole next floor."
"Woof!"
Cerberus nodded enthusiastically at Lee Ganghan's words.
So the kidnapping duo went upstairs.
And dug into the fortress floor like on the 1st floor.
"Hi, hiiik! This crazy monster...!"
"I'd rather die!"
The moles on upper floors were even worse than the 1st floor.
As soon as they were bitten by Cerberus, they first said they'd rather die.
And when they said they'd rather die.
Jiiing...
Golden guns were created right next to the moles' heads.
Tang! Tang!
The gun barrels spat fire.
'Ah. This again?'
Even when Lee Ganghan tried to prevent suicide somehow.
The mole human's head exploded instantly because of guns appearing too close.
"There really seems to be a connection between robots and those moles."
"The guns look exactly the same."
By the time even the players following behind could clearly feel it.
The connection between moles and robots became obvious.
Lee Ganghan's group had already.
"This is... the 9th floor, right?"
"Wow, already...!"
Reached the 9th floor.