CH 37

“It looks delicious.”

Then, the spider demon grinned and slowly started crawling down the wall. Maybe he was used to hiding his presence, but Hyeon-woo was the only one who noticed him.

‘What should I do?’

Hyeon-woo patted the stone he had picked up and placed in his pocket earlier.

‘Are you going to try to kill me now?’

Seon-woo wasn’t even looking at this now, so it seemed like he could kill him secretly. Strength entered the hand holding the stone. And then, from behind Hyeon-woo, a ball of black hair leisurely walked in.

It was Kero.

“Wang?”

As soon as Kero found Hyeon-woo, he ran towards him. It was just a suitable time. Hyeon-woo raised his hand as it was and pointed to the ceiling. Kero’s gaze naturally moved along with his fingers, and finding the monster was quick.

“Wang!”

“Catch.”

As soon as the words fell, Kero’s body swelled up.

“Kero?”

The first to discover it was A-yun, who had retreated. At that voice, the eyes of others turned to Kero. Then, Do-jin threw away those who were fighting and ran to Hyeon-woo. But it’s already too late.

“Grrrung”

As soon as Kero was fully formed, he slammed the wall and jumped up to the ceiling. Then, he without hesitation shoved it into the monster.

“Kkiiiik!”

The terrified monster tried to dodge, but Kero was a little faster. Its round, swollen stomach suddenly had a tooth lodged in it and green slime squirted out. The monster appeared to be in excruciating pain and Seon-woo and Junichi’s focus shifted to it as well.

Do-jin, who was in the middle of everything happening, tried to protect the monster but couldn’t stop everything. Because of that, the monster that was struggling with pain fell as it was.

“Kkiik!”

The monster, who had fallen to the floor and struggled with his legs, quickly flipped his body over. Hyeon-woo took advantage of the gap and moved quickly to hug Do-jin from behind.

“Hyung!”

Seon-woo, who found him, screamed in shock, but Hyeon-woo pretended not to hear and clinged onto Do-jin. Then, he put strength in his arms and pulled him away.

“Stop it.”

“Ye-won, I have to protect Ye-won.”

“Ye-won is not here!”

“No, she is here!”

“Where are you!”

“Here, here I am.”

Do-jin looked at Hyeon-woo, then looked at the monster.

“Oppa, it’s me. Ye-won.”

A monster called to Do-jin like that. Up until now, Hyeon-woo had been set as Ye-won and it tried to kill other Awakeners using Do-jin. However, the situation has changed and in its panic, tried to play the role of Ye-won itself.

“Not true. Ye-won was over here.”

“No, Oppa, I’m here.”

As the monster continued to speak, the facial expressions of others became distorted.

「It’s disgusting.」

“Gross.”

A-yun immediately covered her mouth and stood far away. She looked like she was going to vomit at the disgusting look.

“Hey, that kind of monster exists?”

Although she did not enter the dungeon, she had seen the data of many monsters. However, such a monster did not exist anywhere.

‘It’s a new monster!’

A portal suddenly opened without any further notice, and a new monster appeared. Is the change about to begin again? She got goosebumps.

Then, Hyeon-woo’s voice was heard.

“Kero!”

Hearing the voice calling his name, a large, black beast ran straight to the monster to attack.

“Oppa!”

A shrill voice rang through the air. Then, it started to fight Kero, who rushed in. Large log-like legs slammed against the wall and sprinted all over the place as if playing parkour. Then, from time to time, it spit out a lump of white smoke.

As soon as it touched, Kero, who was rushing at him, shrugged and stepped back. That momentary gap was nothing short of an opportunity for the monster. It dropped onto Kero’s back and began strangling him with its forelegs.

Two of the three heads roared and ran wild, but the spider on his back did not fall off easily. Seon-woo joined as well. As the spider’s legs, which had been moving like crazy, froze, their movements gradually slowed down.

At the same time, Junichi moved.

sogok!

“Ahhhh!”

Its legs slowly stopped moving, having been cut in half by the sharp sword. The monster’s face, which Junichi didn’t want to see, changed even more bizarrely.

“Kill! Kill! Oppa, kill him!”

At those words, Do-jin slowly began to move.

‘I should catch it.’

Hyeon-woo hesitated for a moment. And in that gap, Do-jin got out of his hand and ran forward.

“Iwamoto!”

Seon-woo urgently called Junichi, and he quickly ran away from the monster. All that was left was Kero, who was entangled with the monster.

“Wang!”

Kero frantically ran around, trying to dislodge the monster from his back. Then, Do-jin stepped on the shadow behind Kero’s back and mounted him.

“Ahahaha!”

The monster spotted him and laughed and turned away. Joy floated over his grim face.

“Kill! Kill him!”

“Urrung!”

Hot drops of blood started dripping from Kero’s back.

“Kill it!”

Do-jin moved his body while holding the dagger.

Ye-won desperately cried,

“Oppa, save me!”

Although there were obstacles, Do-jin was able to get near Ye-won before she died.

“Oppa!”

Ye-won smiled brightly. Do-jin was happy with that smile. Yes, I will do anything to protect you. Whoever it is, I’ll get rid of it all. Power entered his hand holding his dagger.

“Kill him.”

A large black beast was running rampant.

“Kill it now.”

Do-jin nodded at Ye-won and tried to wield the dagger. But at that moment, something flew at a high speed. One bounced off with a dagger, the other struck his hand.

‘A stone.’

The flying object was nothing special. It was just an ordinary stone. But why did he feel threatened by only a stone? Do-jin tilted his head.

Ye-won spoke again. “Kill!”

“Anything you want Ye-won.”

“Wake up!”

“Kill!”

Another person’s voice began to mix with Yewon’s voice. Then, he started to feel uncomfortable. He understood why after hearing it a few more times.

Ye-won was telling him to kill someone. A child who said that life is precious and refused to even pluck a flower would say that?

“Oppa, why don’t you listen to me? I said kill. Kill it! Kill it!”

“No.”

Ye-won, whom Do-jin knew, was not the kind of child who could tell anyone to kill. His head was throbbing at his dreadful headache. Do-jin fixed his gaze on Ye-won, who kept muttering something.

Even when looking from the front, the face doesn’t look good.

Jijijik.

Do-jin’s eyes were fuzzy like a broken TV screen and the small voice started to become a little clearer.

“Kill!”

A creepy voice, as if scratching the blackboard with a fingernail, whispered in Do-jin’s ear. Ye-won’s voice wasn’t like this.

“Kill!”

Do-jin raised his hand, and with his dagger, smacked his forehead with all his might. The headache began to subside along with the excruciating pain.

‘Once more.’

He slammed it so hard that blood dripped from his forehead. The dripping blood ran down his face and touched his lips. He could taste the metallic taste of iron between his open lips. The face of a disgusting person suddenly came in focus.

No, this is not a person. The upper body was human, but the lower body was a monster with a spider’s body. At that moment, his mind cleared.

Do-jin immediately grabbed the dagger and swung it towards the monster in front of him. The black dagger pierced through the corpse-colored skin and severed bone. It let out a terrible scream. But he didn’t stop. He cut off its leg, cut off its arm, and dug out its flesh.

The monster struggled and tried to run away, but the shadows that had grown suddenly caught hold of it.

“Oppa!”

It cried desperately in a muffled voice, but to no avail. Do-jin continued to attack the completely restrained monster. To be precise, it would have been more accurate to call it a butchering rather than an attack.

“Hiiiiieeeee.”

The cavity was filled with the screams of the monster. A-yun had long covered her ears and curled up, and Seon-woo and Junichi looked at him with firm expressions. The only one who seemed to look okay was Kero. Kero brushed his body and scratched his ear with his hind foot. Then, he made his body small again and returned to Hyeon-woo’s side.

How much time had passed? The monster, which was as big as Kero, gradually shrank. Still, the monster was remained alive.

“Kill.”

The monster begged Do-jin with terrified eyes. But he did not listen to it command. Do-jin swung the dagger to shake off the green blood and walked to Seon-woo.

“Ugh!”

Seeing Do-jin approaching closer, A-yun let out a suppressed whimper without realizing it and hid behind the wall. But Do-jin didn’t even notice her reaction.

“This is the first monster of this kind I have ever seen. I didn’t kill it because I thought it’d be useful for research.”

“Isn’t it almost a corpse already?”

A-yun, who spoke up with courage, jumped as if on fire at Do-jin’s gaze.

“It’s alive.”

“Yeah, but.”

A-yun slowly moved and changed position behind Junichi. She stood by the calculation that it would be better to be next to the S-Class Awoken than the wall.

At that time, Seon-woo opened his mouth.

“Are you sane now?”

“Yeah, it was annoying.”

“It’s good to know.”

Even though he was saying that, Seon-woo’s eyes were still full of mistrust. Do-jin accepted it. It was not an incomprehensible act. Anyone who could see him now would think he looked like a crazy person