Chapter 96
Chaos of Confusion (2)
“Prhrrrr!”
Panath, who had spewed out his breath, shook his head roughly.
The breath was his trump card that could only be used once a day.
He had wanted to save it because using it once drained all the strength from his body, but he had no choice.
He hadn’t expected all the monsters in this place to pounce on him.
“Kiaaaa-!”
Although he was quite tired, the result was satisfactory.
A third of them had turned to ashes from the breath he had unleashed after a long time.
Moreover, he was able to eliminate the human he hated the most.
Although it was the first time he had seen him today, Panath had sensed it.
That he was the root cause of all this trouble.
Furthermore, he had even thrown a threatening log at him.
“Uoooh!”
“Keurk, Keek!”
He could see the monsters who had barely avoided the breath trembling in fear.
Now everything had returned to its rightful place.
He was the absolute ruler of the forest.
The rest were all just insignificant bugs.
“Kiaaak-!”
It was when the satisfied Panath was about to howl again.
“Thank you!”
“Kia...?”
Panath turned his head at the sudden voice.
There, the human who had been directly hit by the breath just moments ago was glaring at him.
Panath’s eyes widened, not expecting that guy to be alive.
“Thanks to you, I’ve had my fill of hot saunas for the year. You bastard!”
And then something tremendous struck his toe.
-Pueok!
“Kiaaaaa-!”
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-Ssssss
-Tadak, Tadak
The sound of burning wood could be heard.
“Ugh...”
As he carefully opened his eyes, he saw ashes scattering in all directions.
-Ding, Dang!
[The level of Heat Resistance has increased]
[The level of Heat Resistance has increased]
Messages popped up simultaneously.
“Shit... I really almost died.”
Faced with the flames, Kang Hyeon quickly hid behind a rock and used Entria’s outer shell.
Even so, he had almost died.
His entire body was burned, and a chunk of magic power had drained out trying to heal it.
“Haa, are the others okay?”
Looking around, all he could see was ashes.
He could also see the remains of an ogre that was still burning.
“I don’t need to worry about An Yu-seong...”
He’s the kind of guy who somehow manages to save his own life, so he should be fine.
“Shin seong-a... Is Yoon Na-rae alive?”
He carefully used his magic power to sense the surroundings, but it was useless.
The magic inside the dungeon was fluctuating due to Panath’s breath.
“Kiaaak-!”
In the distance, he could see Panath howling.
“Is he... Laughing?”
He didn’t know how he understood that a bird could laugh.
But Kang Hyeon was certain.
The creature was laughing.
“You’re dead.”
The clothes he had been wearing were gone, and Ronald’s armor was half-destroyed, so Kang Hyeon put on his spare armor.
Then he quickly moved behind the creature.
‘I’ll give you extreme pain.’
Kang Hyeon approached the still-laughing creature and pulled out Ogre’s giant hammer.
“Thanks to you, I’ve had my fill of hot saunas for the year. You bastard!”
And he struck down on the toe of the creature stupidly staring at him.
-Pueok!
“Kiaaaaa-!”
The creature’s toe, as thick as an adult’s waist, flattened as if it had been put in a giant compressor.
At the same time, the sharp claw attached to the toe was completely ripped out.
“Hahaha! This is great!?”
Kang Hyeon picked up the ripped-out claw and smiled brightly.
“Kiaaaa!”
Seeing this, Panath’s sanity snapped.
With eyes rolled back in anger, Panath struck down his beak towards Kang Hyeon with all his might.
-Tukwagwagwaga!
The creature struck down its huge beak nearly three times per second.
Each time the beak hit, the ground shook and caved in.
‘If I get hit even once, it’s over.’
That was truly dangerous.
Even Kang Hyeon would be turned into a rag if he got hit.
Kang Hyeon quickly dodged the beak while racking his brain.
‘Where’s the weak point?’
Even Kang Hyeon had never faced an opponent this massive before.
No matter how much he thought, he couldn’t figure out how to attack.
-Tukwang! Kwang!
For a brief moment, there were several close calls where the beak almost struck near Kang Hyeon.
‘I don’t know. Let’s get up there first!’
Kang Hyeon swung his sword like a madman. Panath’s tough muscles, cut by the sword, were sliced off like tofu.
“Kuaaa!”
Before long, a huge hole was created in front of Kang Hyeon.
Through the hole, Panath’s internal organs could be seen, and a foul smell rose.
Kang Hyeon, completely battered, laughed as if he had gone insane.
“Kheuk... Now it’s time for real fun?”
Without hesitation, Kang Hyeon jumped into the creature’s body.
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“Kiaaaa...”
Panath, with a body over 10 meters long, collapsed.
-Kuung!
Blood gushed out like a waterfall from the fallen creature’s mouth.
“Puhaha! I’m alive!”
Kang Hyeon, in a complete mess, came out through that beak.
Fresh air.
Although only a few minutes had passed, he hadn’t realized how much he had missed this refreshing feeling.
“Ugh... I’m dying. Really.”
His body, drained of magic power and reduced to a rag, wasn’t recovering.
“Is it over here?”
Outside was already devastated.
There were countless monster corpses strewn about, and the terrain was completely wrecked.
“I don’t know. Let’s rest for now...”
Kang Hyeon lay down, using Panath’s head as a pillow.
The sky looked particularly blue.
“Nice weather...”
“Brother. Were you here?”
That’s when it happened.
Kang Hyeon’s head turned at the carefree voice coming from beside him.
There was An Yu-seong, looking quite neat, walking towards him.
“What are you doing sitting there?”
“What have you been doing to show up now...?”
“I had a bad feeling, so I dodged right before the breath came out. Ugh, what’s this smell?”
An Yu-seong held his nose at the stench emanating from Kang Hyeon.
Even An Yu-seong, who was always soaked in blood after a fight, was about to have a fit, so it wasn’t hard to guess how serious the smell was.
“Brother. What have you been doing!? It’s worse than a sewer smell.”
“Enough. I don’t have the energy to talk to you. Please, just go away...”
“Hmm...”
Indeed, even to An Yu-seong’s eyes, it was amazing how Kang Hyeon was even alive in this state.
Feeling a bit sorry for Kang Hyeon, An Yu-seong sat down nearby.
“Haa... Shit... My life.”
Lying down, Kang Hyeon muttered weakly.
“What kind of wealth and glory was I trying to achieve by doing this?”
“...”
“I was definitely having fun when I was just filming videos and playing around!”
“Brother. Did you get the magic stone?”
“Yeah.”
Kang Hyeon took out Panath’s magic stone from his inventory.
“Wow, it’s the biggest one we’ve seen so far, right?”
“Yeah. At least this is some consolation.”
There must be somewhere it could be useful.
“Mr. Kang Hyeon. Are you alright?”
“Oh... You’re here?”
Turning his head, he saw Shin Seong-a approaching, looking clean.
“Ugh...”
“Why? Is the smell that bad?”
“It seems to go beyond bad to rather nauseating.”
“...”
Shin Seong-a was someone who couldn’t lie.
“You’re safe too.”
“Of course.”
Yoon Na-rae appeared next.
Fortunately, it seemed she had managed to avoid the chaos well.
“Mr. Kang Hyeon! You’re the best!”
“Please let me join the Badass Guild too!”
“Huh...?”
Then, frivolous voices making a fuss could be heard from somewhere.
Turning his head, he saw the two men who had followed from the dungeon entrance.
“Who are you...”
“We’re fans!”
The eyes of Jeong Jae-seon and Kim Yeon-su, who claimed to be fans, were shining brightly.
“We’ll dedicate our lives to the Badass Guild!”
“Haa...”
Kang Hyeon’s face subtly contorted at the sudden situation.
“You want to join even after seeing this state today?”
“We’re convinced. Mr. Kang Hyeon, you’ll become a legend in the future!”
It was a cheesy thing to say, but it didn’t feel that bad.
“You know the guild entry procedures, right?”
“...”
There was no way they wouldn’t know.
It had caused quite a stir in Korea for a while.
And they didn’t think they could pass that hellish test.
“I, I...!”
Jeong Jae-seon, who had been pondering, suddenly raised his hand.
“I have all types of Kang Hyeon figurines too!”
Hearing this, Kang Hyeon sighed and looked at An Yu-seong.
“An Yu-seong.”
“What?”
“Get rid of those things.”