Chapter 102

Chapter 102

Chaos desperate voice broke the campfires peace.

Quickly! What are you doing?

If people are chasing you, cant we just fight them? Why are we running away?

Since Seol had no idea who or what was chasing her, he thought that this could be a good opportunity to learn about them and measure their strength.

Theres nothing to lose from learning about how strong they are right now. I have to clear the Adventure eventually anyway.

Seol was confident in himself.

After all, he had three Legendary-rank summons with him.

Not only that, but when he considered his feats so far, he recognized that no one could come close.

His belief in himself became much more solidified after completely demolishing the Fire Altar.

He couldnt lose.

That was the result of his cold calculations.

Not to mention the fact that I could just escape if things go wrong

It would be impossible for his powerful summons to not even be able to buy time for his escape.

So, that was the reason why Seol asked Chao to fight. He had considered everything.

However, the only thing he was met with was her incredulous look. She forcibly stood Seol up.

Are you fucking stupid?! Are you trying to die? The people who are chasing me are Shadow Hunters!

Shadow Hunters?

The Shadow Hunters.

Seol had heard about their faction before.

In Pandea, the World of Eternity, players could choose from many basic classes, but even more hidden classes existed.

And those hidden classes had differences that werent just through the difference in skills or stats.

For example, certain classes had Friendly Relations and Hostile Relations with the close and opposing factions of the world.

For example, Heretic Inquisitors held close relationships with churches but were opposed to an endless amount of cults. Magicians also didnt have a good relationship with Mechanical Engineers.

Shadows Summoners were not an exception to this rule, they also had organizations that they had Hostile Relations with.

Shadow Hunters

They were a group that despised shadows, especially Shadow Summoners.

Most people in Pandea believed that extracting the shadows out of corpses to use them as subordinates was a cruel and atrocious dark magic.

However, most people simply scorned Shadow Summoners. Shadow Hunters hunted them.

This was the extent of Seols knowledge.

Ive never run into them after all.

As such, Seol had no idea what Shadow Hunters meant to the Shadow Summoners.

And because of that

Chaos excessive vigilance made Seol worry as well.

This is likely dangerous.

Chao then yelled at Seol once more.

If you understand, run! Go west, Ill meet you there! Well, if we can both survive

Seol ran without hesitation.

Not too long after, he heard someone shouting from a distance.

The witch is running away! Get her!

Seol realized that Chaos pursuers were closer than he thought and ran without looking back.

Dash!

* * *

Seols extremely high stats no longer made him look like a caster-type class.

Rustle

Dash!

The way Seol ran through the grass made him look like a Dexterity-based class. Anyone who saw him now wouldnt have assumed that he was a caster.

Seol was someone who always did what he had to do.

If he had to run, he gave his all in running.

Even as he was running out of breath, Seol kept running.

Gasp Gasp

Seols Constitution was similar to most Warriors or Knights now, so the fact that he was gasping for air meant that he had already traveled a considerably large distance.

Gasp Gasp Guys

Fwooosh

The night wind was strong.

Seol inhaled the cool air into his lungs, slowly returning to his senses.

Gasp Gasp Where is everyone?

Jamad and the Twin Knights.

He was with them in the beginning as he ran, but Seol couldnt see them anymore.

Did they return to his Shadow Space?

Seol found it strange that they returned there without even saying anything to him.

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Bark! Bark!

Damn it.

They were still chasing after him.

Seol had been running away from the sounds of hunting dogs from the start, and whenever he believed he had escaped them, he heard their cries not too long after.

It had reached the point where Seol was now beginning to suspect it was a spell.

I have to get rid of it.

Give up, child. Youll only make it more painful. Simply hand over your head to me, Malacus, obediently.

Seol did not respond to Malacus at all and simply ran away. It was obvious that talking to him would never lead to Malacus sparing his life, only wasting his energy.

But then Seol had an eerie feeling and twisted his body.

Fffft!

Something scratched by his earlobe.

It was clear that it was an arrow.

[You are affected by Malacus's Neutralizing Shot.]

[Ring of Grace activates.]

[It deflects the Curse of Neutralization.]

Oho! You had something like that up your sleeve? Still, there wont be a next time.

Grrrrrrr

Dir, bite his neck.

Bark!

Bark!

From the darkness, a large boar no, a large black hunting dog the size of a boar sprinted out.

This might be a bit difficult.

Seol hadnt given up, but it was clear that blocking the dogs attacks without taking damage would be impossible. Seol decided to allow some attacks as long as the dog could not reach his neck.

Seol resolved himself. The moment Dir ran in, Seol used one arm to protect his neck.

He was prepared to lose an arm in the worst-case scenario.

But then

Thud!

With lightning speed, someone ran to Seols side and kicked Dir away.

Whimper Whimper

Fufufu as expected from you, Mirei. Ive been looking for you for so long.

Argh Im so tired of this. Its so annoying. Im getting sick of my popularity now. Still, you cant hang on to me like this. Im not into old men like you.

Hahaha, child. It seems like Mirei has saved you.

You already spilled everything? Youre as boring as ever, Malacus.

Did you think you could hide forever, Mirei?

Chao no, the mysterious woman had saved Seol.

Chao, did you lie to me?

Haha, sorry about that. Still, I didnt trick you intentionally. You were the one who came looking for me and pestered me.

Mirei If youre Mirei, then doesnt that make you Gregorys 3rd disciple?

Yeah, it seems like you already know a lot about me. Then you must also know that I was expelled by him, right?

I do.

Haha What are you going to do, Malacus? I got my identity revealed because of you. I lost all of the mystery surrounding me.

Fffffft!

Malacus fired an arrow as an answer instead.

Ffft!

And Mirei grabbed the arrow like it was nothing.

Something like that wont work on me.

Seol was in awe, but he had just as many questions.

Is she really a summoner?

A summoner grabbing an arrow that a hunter shot with her bare hands? Something was definitely off.

Look back at yourself, Mirei. The way you the other hunters will be arriving here any time now.

Oh no Im so scared But unfortunately for you I havent just been playing around either.

What?

Snap!

Swoosh

As she snapped her fingers, a black fog grew.

[Mirei used Black Fog.]

Oh no Black Fog! You still had some left? Do you think Ill lose you?!

Haha, you are going to lose me though. After all all of my smell and sounds will vanish unless Im close to you.

Damn it!

Fwoooooosh

Thanks to it, Seol could also hide inside the fog.

Mirei placed her index finger on her lips, signaling Seol to stay silent. They then carefully left the area.

However, as they were leaving, Malacus shouted something into the fog. It was something for Seol.

Child, you are being tricked by that wolf.

Seol wanted to tell him to shut up as he already knew that, but saying anything would waste the Black Fog. As such, he silently continued to walk away.

Shes deceiving you! How dare she! How dare she fool a human?!

What was he talking about?

Mireis face grew stiff.

Shes already dead! Mirei definitely died! I-I saw my arrow pierce through her chest!

Seol couldnt understand the ridiculous nonsense Malacus was saying. However, he felt something as Mireis grip on his arm tightened.

Her body is black?

Her hands were darker than Yeo-myeongs, not to mention her neck, which Seol could barely see between her hood, was pitch black.

Malacus shouted at Seol once more.

Shes a shadow! Shes already dead!