Chapter 42

‘Seon Soo…’ Although he had a smile plastered on his face, Kang Yu was raging with anger. His pride was hurt. ‘Seon Soo, are you this confident in your abilities?’

Lazily following him, Kang Yu used the Observer’s power to figure out the location of the Boer.

He felt the Boer’s presence not so far from them.

‘It seems he hasn’t satisfied his hunger yet.’

The monster was on a rampage hunting for food.

[Power of Temptation]

Applying the Power, a scent that could attract Boer to them wafted through the air.

— What the? Do you smell that?

— I can smell it. And something’s drooling incessantly…

Seon Soo and his teammates, smelling the scent, started looking around.

‘It’s coming.’ Kang Yu could sense the excited Boer rushing towards them, breaking through the walls.

Kang Yu took a few steps back, waiting for the monster to approach Seon Soo and his posse.

There was a roar.

— Wha… what the…?

— I think something’s coming!

— Get ready to fight! — Seon Soo shouted, sensing an unknown monster approaching. — And you stay silent. Don’t even think about telling people we caught it together. —

Kang Yu looked at Seon Soo, who hadn’t forgotten to throw in a nasty remark even in this situation, and smiled.

‘You can say goodbye to your life.’ Kang Yu didn’t think that Seon Soo and his party stood a chance against the Boer.

A hungry Boer was so strong that even the creatures in the Third Thousandth Circle of Hell could not fight against it.

Even if Yeon Ho, with 7th rank, tried to fight it off, it’s hard to say if he could even win.

Accordingly, Seon Soo, who only became a Player just over three months ago, would never be able to fight it.

— He’s coming! — Seon Soo took out his spear and prepared to attack.

‘He’s like a monster himself.’ Seon Soo was the Player who, after attaining a Class A special ability in Rank 1, rose to Rank 5 in three months.

It was hard to find ‘monsters’ like Baek Kang Hyun and Chae Young-ju who reached even higher levels in three months.

So, of course, Seon Soo was confident in his abilities.

— It’s people like you who die first.

Kang Yu and Seon Soo had switched roles.

— What? — Seon Soo faced Kang Yu’s direction with a panicked look on his face.

Seon Soo almost thought there was someone else talking. It didn’t sound like Kang Yu at all.

When Seon Soo turned around, Kang Yu was smiling again, his arms crossed over his chest.

But this time, the smile didn’t make him look airheaded at all. This time, his smile was full of anger.

— This crazy guy…

— Seon Soo!

— What?

— What are you doing? This is a grave situation, and you still have time for small talk?!

— What… — The moment Seon Soo had turned his back on the monster to look at Kang Yu, the wall was broken down by the Boer and his group was attacked.

Both the Players and their shields were being swung away in all directions.

— What the… — Seon Soo’s eyes widened. He hadn’t expected the unknown monster to be so strong.

The Boer, charged at the Players who had flown away, its mouth wide open.

The monster easily bit through their armor, and dark blood poured out of their bodies.

Seon Soo, who was no longer interested in fighting Kang Yu, stepped forward and gripped his spear tighter.

— Ahh! — He focused Maryok at the end of his spear and a blue light came out of his tip.

Seon Soo swung his spear once he felt the timing was right.

— The power of Light!

The spear, covered with sharp thorns, flew straight to the monster’s head.

Confident in his own power, Seon Soo stepped forward after throwing his spear to attack.

But the Boer easily caught and munched on the weapon.

Seon Soo, terrified by such a powerful foe, fell backwards.

— Ah…? Huh? — Seon Soo looked up and down at the Boer in bewilderment.

He was shrouded in the feeling that perhaps, something had gone wrong after all.

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