Chapter 455 - Wake Up, Queen (5)

Chapter 455 - Wake Up, Queen (5)

This spectacular crowd control skill that stunned the opponent for ten seconds was a bit tricky to land, but when activated, it was like a trump card.

“Han-Yeol-nim!”

“Hehe, easy win.”

Han-Yeol had already prepared for this moment.

He even used the Vibration Booster and rushed to finish everything within the ten seconds that the skill was in effect.

Swoosh!

[Aghhh!]

The eight high priests had prepared thoroughly based on the information they obtained beforehand, and they were ready to take on Han-Yeol’s group.

However, one crowd control effect from Seung-Hoon’s clone wasted all their efforts, and Han-Yeol beheaded them with his sword. This was why a Hunter’s control over the crowd control skill was so important.

In this situation, control was key, but Han-Yeol’s Healing Shot, which supported that control, made it have a bigger impact.

“Game Over!”

Slice! Splat!

Green blood spurted out everywhere, ending the lives of the high priests.

Ting!

[Your level has increased.]

‘Nice!’

[Level 543. Congratulations. It seems that despite the fact that it’s harder to level up than when you lived in Harkan, you’re leveling up faster.]

‘Hmm, oh yeah, you’re right.’

[Yes.]

‘Well, it was a fake leveling up ability back when I lived in Harkan, but now, it’s real.’

[True.]

‘Oh right, and today’s the day that the Arachnid cocoon will finally hatch, right?’

[That’s right. If it takes exactly 30 days, the Arachnid cocoon will hatch in one hour, 15 minutes, and 13 seconds from now.]

‘Nice, then I’ll start resting now.’

[Alright, I think that would be best.]

“Uhhh!”

Crack!

Han-Yeol stretched aggressively, loosening his tense body in a rough manner, and instructed Scarlett to rest.

At any other time, it would’ve been the captain who instructed them. However, the captain, Ye-Rim, and Seung-Hoon were sealed in Stewart’s magic circle at the moment.

Ito, who was supposed to be a Master-Rank, was spacing out, so Scarlett was the only person he trusted.

‘Ugh, I’m so unlucky. Karvis, wouldn’t it be nice if you weren’t an Ego, but a physical subordinate?’

[Yeah. I would’ve been more helpful to you, Han-Yeol-nim, if I weren’t an Ego but an actual being. What a shame.]

‘Haha, thanks for feeling the same way.’

[Thank you, Han-Yeol-nim.]

The group took a break under Scarlett’s command.

“Agh!”

“Ugh!”

As soon as it was time to take a break, Stewart also released the three crew Master-Rank Hunters he had sealed within the magic circle.

They were finally set free from the magic circle.

“Huff, huff!”

“W-What the...”

With a confused look on their faces, they checked every inch of their bodies for any injuries.

‘This much black mana indicates that it's also a lord.’

Of course, it was impossible for a hundred percent of a lord’s mana to cross over to this dimension. This world operated on the principle of strict balance, and absolute power was subject to moderate restraint.

But even so, such a vast amount of black mana like this, even if it was nerfed, was the force of a being that was far stronger than Stewart. Stewart’s feelings of simple admiration soon turned into shock because the energy from the cocoon was growing stronger.

‘What in the world is this cocoon?’

Shakk!

Finally, the cocoon was completely torn open, and eight spider legs emerged from it.

“Tia!”

“Ha, I’ve finally resurrected in this place.”

“Huh?”

Han-Yeol was about to run over to the familiar spider legs as they emerged from the cocoon, but what emerged was not the Tia he knew before, everything from her voice to her overall appearance.

‘She looks similar to Tia...’

But the aura and energy she gave off were different. The biggest difference was that unlike Tia, whose lower half was a spider, the creature that emerged from the cocoon still had a different structure from humans, but she was bipedal.

Tap tap.

She wasn’t wearing heels, but her legs were pointy like heels, making distinctive sounds with each step.

Her eyes locked with Han-Yeol’s and she walked right up to him. Her lower half had changed from spider legs to two legs, but she was still taller than him. She looked to be at least two meters tall.

‘This is humiliating...’

Although they were different species, Han-Yeol felt an instinctive sense of humiliation at being shorter than a female. He hadn’t felt this way at all before when she had spider legs, but now that he was facing a bipedal creature, he felt humiliated.

“Haha, Master, are you not happy to see me?”

“T-Tia?”

Her voice, her tone, and the slightly echoey feel of her voice itself were distinctly different from Tia. But the master she was referring to felt the same as when Tia used to call him master in the past. Only then could Han-Yeol sense that she was still Tia of the Arachnid race, with her old memories intact.

Tia’s eyes bent like crescent moons.

“Haha, of course I’m Tia. Did you think I was a different creature?”

“Tia!”

Han-Yeol threw himself at Tia, who was only around twenty centimeters taller than him.

He wasn’t crying, but it was as if he was about to.

“Haha, I can’t believe you are showing affection for me like this. I guess it’s not too bad to be in a cocoon from time to time.”

Han-Yeol was known as the strongest and merciless killer in the world, but he was also the type of person to give up his friends and privacy to protect his father, and he even put his life on the line for those who deeply cared about.

Tia was someone he deeply cared about, so he couldn’t help but tear up when she came back to his side after he almost lost her.

His pride of being a Transcendent Master-Rank kept him from crying, but he was on the verge of doing so.

“If you go on a rampage one more time, I’m going to hit you even harder...”

“Hahaha, Master, I’m really sorry about that. But you could’ve helped me in a more calm manner. You’re not a Transcendent Master-Rank Hunter that’s weak enough to be distracted by those little brats.”

Han-Yeol felt embarrassed by Tia’s sharp point.

He wanted to let that part go since it was embarrassing, but he was so happy to see Tia that he had mentioned something he was trying to hide.

“Haha...”

“And they were using divine power. I’m just an ordinary Master-Rank demon, and they were borderline Master-Rank clerics. Hmm, the more I think about it, the more it was your fault, Master.”

“T-Tia, that’s u-um...”

Step.

Han-Yeol instinctively took a step back at Tia’s increasingly murderous aura, but he shouldn’t have.

“Haha, Master, where are you going?”

Shaaa.

She disappeared into smoke and immediately appeared right next to Han-Yeol.

Tia currently resembled a human, but upon closer look, she was much different. It looked like she was wearing clothes, but she was actually covered in a hard, navy-black shell, like a spider’s skin.