Chapter 42 – 42. Fight, Conquer, Subdue

“And. Aram’s class is crazy.”

Demon Slayer. It’s crazy from the name.

I’m a cultist like some kind of heretic bastard…

Leaving aside the performance for now, Aram is the most clever among us when it comes to class names and concepts.

[Han Ah-ram]
[Level: 10]
[Class: Demon Slayer]
[Muscle Strength: 37]
[AGI: 37]
[Health: 33]
[Will: 40]
[Magic attribute: 40]
[Lucky: 24]
[Skills: Crushing the Dead, Sensing Magic, Coalescing Magic, Black Armor Protection, Increased Health, Engraved Curse, Block Magic, Dark Watch, Cursed Grace]

First of all, [Sensation of Magic] Allows you to use the power of ‘Magi’, and [Aggregation of Magic] Is a skill that stores demonic energy in your body. These two are the basic basis for filling the demon slayer’s consumption. It can be seen as an essential skill.

In addition, [Dark Watch] Is a skill that allows me to see dark places like my deformed vision or Eunji’s prying gaze, but it seems that every job has one of these skills.

‘The increase in vitality is literally a self-healing technique…’

It can be used as a tank since it can increase survivability with [Magic Block], Which offsets magic-like ejection skills, and [Black Armor Protection], Which creates a shield like black armor on the skin.

‘Especially, I like her crushing of the dead, which she must have gotten first.’

Dead Crushing is a skill that gives maximum damage to undead type monsters, and it is an advanced skill that can send almost all special zombies that have appeared so far in one shot.

‘If it’s this, I’ll just break the earthenware pot without saying it’s a zombie centipede.’

He probably got through last night with this skill. If you put on the black armor protection and grind the dead, you would have been able to kill all the special zombies.

In addition, [Engraved Curse], Instead of blocking one of the five senses, increases other physical abilities and blocks the sense of smell, which is a unique strengthening skill that can increase muscle strength or reflexes.

You can’t give up your sight during battle, so you can paralyze one of the senses of smell, taste, or pain. Then I was able to raise other physical abilities to that extent.

‘Because taste is useless in battle. As long as I have enough magic attribute, I can strengthen my body without a big penalty… That’s good.’

In addition to this, [Cursed Grace] Is a unique skill that allows you to become half-human, half-horse as long as your magic power allows. Mana is consumed in real time, so you won’t be able to keep it for long. You should see it as a dead end.

Like Harin, Aram had quite a lot of self-reinforcing skills.

‘A job with a clear concept of dealing with magic. Seeing that it already has a skill like Block Magic, it seems to be quite strong against wizards and their lineage.’

I wonder if I can beat the real devil if I grow more here.

However, since the opponent was Harin, a barbaric warrior, I wonder if he was pushed back and beaten like that in a hand-to-hand combat with Harin, who was strengthened with skills.

Once you dry your face, you can’t even counterattack and you have no choice but to get hit.

Anyway, A-ram killed the robber with us and his level went up by 1. You need to take one skill.

“I’ll do it with black salt that is entwined.”

“Yeah.. Do whatever you want.”

While fiddling with Aram’s butt, he chose one of the four options, the entwined black dye.

This is a skill that consumes mana and envelops the body or weapon in black flames.

The effect of the flames slows down enemies hit and makes their bodies heavy. And, of course, it is only hot for enemies.

‘What about Areum?’

[Han Areum]
[Level: 9]
[Class: Sword Dancer]
[Muscle Strength: 38]
[AGI: 48]
[Health: 31]
[Will: 37]
[Magic attribute: 34]
[Lucky: 21]
[Skills: Light Steps, Blade’s Grace, Flowing Gestures, One in Each Hand, Perfect Balance, Wind Dance, Slashing Sword Dance, Hurun Slash]

As a sword dancer, the skills were all related to sword dance.

[Light Steps] And [Flowing Gestures] Are specialized skills for evasion, and thanks to these two skills, I would have been able to deal with Eunji and Hwayeong at the same time.

On top of that, with [Benefit of the Blade], His hand movements to handle arts are getting better, and with the combination of [One in each hand] And [Perfect Balance] Skills, he can use dual wielders like an ambidextrous person.

Even the agility stat is quite high for a level 9. There is a possibility of becoming a real dancer. Truly an example of an evasion dealer.

If Aram is hit and fights back, Aram is a class that avoids everything and hits the stomach to death.

‘Dance of the wind, slashing sword dance, Hoirun slashing…’

If Areumyi was holding a sword, even if it was a dual wielder.

If they moved freely in the dance of the wind and used a combination of the slashing sword dance and the Hoirun slashing properly… Maybe Eunji and Ganghwayoung would have been badly hurt by Ahreum, or if they did something really wrong, they might have suffered serious injuries.

Of course, he wouldn’t have died because I was watching. He might have had to look at Eunji’s painfully distorted face to heal her wounds.

Anyway, at the time of the battle with Areumie, Eunji was quite weak and Ganghwayoung was much lower level.

“Hey, why did you use the chain scythe? You don’t even have a match with the skill?”

“Yes?”

“No. All of my skills are related to swordfighting… I was wondering why I was using a chain scythe.”

“Ah. Originally, I carried two kitchen knives… But the distance was so short that I almost got bitten a few times. Then the chain scythe dropped and I heard about it. My older brother insisted on carrying the big sword…”

According to the story, Arum changed his weapon to a chain scythe a few hours before meeting us. However, the reason I was able to handle it so well was because of the Blade’s Grace skill, but since the chain scythe is also a scythe, it seems to have fallen within the judgment range.

‘Han Taeyang and Aram must have had a hard time handling chain scythes, but they were able to handle them at least, so they were carrying chains.’

Anyway, it’s a skill that judges later. If you attach a cutter knife to a hammer, will it be judged as a blade? It’s probably not a judgment that’s too late.

“It’s Eunji. Areum and you guys need to swap weapons with each other.”

“A short sword and a scythe?”

“Uh. That’s right.”

If you give her two shortswords, Areumie will fly like a bird with her wings.

And Eunji hiding in the shadows somehow suited the chain scythe.

Should I say like a female ninja? The body line is also thin. Dealing with shadows is just right.

Eunji even threw a shadow shuriken.

Of course, there’s no way Eunji could handle a chain scythe well without the blade’s grace, so we did a few experiments.

“With this… Wait a minute.”

Here’s how.

Attach the shadow dagger pulled out by shadow weaving to the iron weight attached to the chain scythe.

If you do that, you’ll increase your accuracy with the Unleash skill, and even manipulate it with the shadow control.

Theoretically, it is possible.

“Done.”

As Eun-ji inserted and removed the iron weight in the shadow, the shadow dagger was pulled up with the clumsy-looking iron weight combined with it.

“Like this…”

Eunji twirled the chain a few times and threw it at his target.

Bang!

The shadow Bido on the iron weight got stuck in the wooden plank that was the exact target. Even on a wooden plank that was in the corner. At this point, the performance is much better than when Areum was used.

And at the moment of being hit, the wooden plank split and exploded with a strong impact. At the same time, the shadow blade, which had exhausted its durability, was broken and was able to retrieve the iron weight again.

“Since I attached this to an iron weight and used it, the impact seems to have increased dramatically.”

“And. Really sister Amazing, Great.”

Harin, who was watching from her side, also raised her thumb. She’s no joke with her skill at throwing a chain scythe. Satisfied.

“From now on, you are a great ninja. Congratulations, Eunji.

He stroked Eunji’s hair. Then, Eunji put her head under my rough touch and laughed with a pleasant snort.

“Hehe… By the way, are you a ninja? I don’t know about that ninja.”

“No. Don’t put too much pressure on the ninja and just do what you normally do.”

“Yes!”

I hope Eunji works harder to level up and become stronger soon.

It seems like a well-trained Shadow Walker would be able to annihilate all enemies like a ninja who suddenly appeared.

Then there was a sound cutting through the air.

Shuk, shook. Shook. Shook shook.

“Huh.. Fuck..”

In the meantime, Areumyi, who was excitedly swinging two short swords, smiled a little while swearing as if the taste of the winding sword was too good.

The shortsword wielded in her hand moved freely, almost like some living snake chick.

Even her strangely smiling face is scary.

“Uh, then let’s finish shooting the skills…”

Only then did Ah-reum come to her senses and let her sword hang down. His expression is a little sad because his concentration is broken.

Areumi learned the [Dance of Remnants of Fire]. If the dance of the wind is a skill that moves freely and attacks enemies freely, the dance of the flames shows more intense sword pressure as the body fatigue accumulates.

And as the sword pressure increases, the range of the attack increases.

After taking all of her skills, we went up to the rooftop to eat the rice she prepared.

Tonight, just like yesterday, a zombie wave might surge, so we, the best in the mart, will take turns standing guard.

Other slaves, such as Hwang Su-min and Ha Jin-seong, take turns standing in pairs, and one of the five on our side takes turns standing guard.

First of all, I decided to stand guard. Two hours later, Harin wakes up, followed by Aram, and then Areum, Eunji.

After setting the order, the four women immediately fell asleep. Because I had a very good day.

“Ha-am.”

I am very tired. Still, it was worth it because the scenery was good.

It was because many people died and the world became a little darker, so the stars in the night sky could be seen clearly.

“Uh? Hey. What are you doing now?”

Hehe. Hehe.”

At that time, Kang Hwa-young, who had climbed onto her rooftop with her bright face, approached me.

“Have you been sucking blood all this time?”

“Ok! I’m full!”

“Huh… You killed that bastard?”

“Uh… Not dead, alive.”

It must have been controlled so that it would not die, so it sucked metallurgy.

I hope the kid can hold on to tomorrow. That way she’ll keep using it as a blood bag.

“Hey, your skills.”

“Yes? I don’t know? Did you just know that it was filmed?”

Ganghwa-young, who had eaten enough of her blood and was full, continued to laugh.

Even when I ask if she is happy in the world, she answers everything clearly and doesn’t cry out for blood, which is nice.

“Let’s see…”

[Kang Hwa-young]
[Level: 8]
[Class: Carnage Vamp]
[Muscle: 44]
[AGI: 46]
[Health: 47]
[Will: 14]
[HP: 50]
[Lucky: 42]
[Skills: Bloody Claw, Vampiric Recovery, Blood Flow Acceleration, Predator’s Vision, Blood Spurt, Blood Manipulation, Falling Blood, Blood Explosion]

“Her…”

It wasn’t enough that he reached level 8 in one day, so his stats rose dramatically.

‘If you remove the willpower stat, almost every level goes up by 4 unconditionally. Instead, the will only rises by 1 per level.’

Among the same level, the stats seem to be the best, but the will is only 14. From what I’ve seen, the Will stat seems to be related to magic recovery, but it’s only at this low level…

‘Still, sucking blood will restore some of your mana. During the battle, as long as there is blood, I will be able to continue fighting.’

It is a class that can continue to fight as long as it is not undead. An infinite circulation structure that draws blood, drinks it, recovers, and kills it again to draw blood.

‘Other skills…’

Because Hwayoung has only one choice, her skill selection is meaningless. It was just a matter of getting it all figured out. I checked the newly added skills.

[Predator’s Sight] Was a skill uniquely found only by humans. It’s similar to Harin’s heart rate tracking, but the difference is that the target is only a human.

In addition, [Blood Eruption] Was a crazy skill to draw blood from a captured target, and [Blood Manipulation] Was a skill to manipulate the drawn blood.

“Falling blood…”

This is a skill that sprays the extracted blood like rain in the air. Blood is scattered widely. Just looking at this skill makes me wonder what it’s doing. However, the true value comes from the next skill, [Blood Explosion].

“It explodes the blood buried under its own control…”

With the Falling Blood skill, you can spread blood over a wide area and then cause a large-scale explosion.

‘Of course, the magic consumption of the skills is extreme and the explosion may be somewhat, but it is still a hit. With this, it is possible to massacre civilians.’

If you catch a person, draw out all the blood, scatter it, and then explode it, the zombies will just die. However, if an ally is stuck in range, it will explode together.

“I checked everything. That’s great.”

“Is it so? Lol. Can I sleep now?”

“Aren’t you going to be on guard? Are you going to sleep right away when you’re full?”

“Uh… I keep getting hungry when I’m awake…”

“No. Just sleep.”

Ganghwa-yeong, who greeted her roughly, lay down on her rooftop.

‘Isn’t it cold..?’

Is it because she’s a vampire so she doesn’t get cold, or is it because she’s a crazy bitch?

She snored as soon as she lay down and fell asleep. It’s just amazing.

It’s still early February, so the day hasn’t warmed up, so the morning air is cold.

I brought her a blanket and put it on her. I don’t know when she’ll use it, but I can’t hurt myself.

“Hmm…”

For the rest of the time, I wandered around the rooftop and looked around the mart. I waited until midnight like that.

And soon it was 12 o’clock, and as the date changed to Tuesday, changes took place all over the street.

I’m sorry!!!

Aaaaah!!!!!

Zombies turned into special zombies screamed everywhere and began to play again like last night.

“Ha… Crazy people…”

A few run to the mart.

At least, it’s not as crazy as yesterday. Before I went to sleep, I used the skill while wearing the earrings of the great mage I received from Eunji.

“Uuuuu!!!!”

“Noisy. Everyone is sleeping.”

Shoots tentacles from a distance and summons mouth to kill zombies.

In the meantime, as if making a regular report, the jet-black wheel sent a signal that the engagement had begun.

I don’t know the details of the situation, but I just feel a fragment of the feeling that I’m fighting something.

What I wanted him to focus on confirming was about the living human Awoken, so I’m not interested in fighting zombies.

No matter how low the level of the jet-black wheel is compared to the depth pillar, it is a monster that has been rescued from the abyss, and there is no way it will die easily from non-named zombies.

Unlike the first day, the battle with the special zombies went without much tension.

The night passed in a slightly relaxed atmosphere.

*****

Sasasasak…

“Didn’t you hear something?”

The virgin Kim Ye-won, who felt an ominous moment, looked around and asked.

“Sound? What are you talking about?”

“Uh.. Something… Something like a bug crawling.”

“Bug? Isn’t that the sound of a fly on a corpse?”

“I haven’t heard anything else either.”

“Is it so? Did I hear you wrong?”

No. Yewon Kim heard correctly.

She thought to herself.

Something has caught up with us and is waiting to be caught off guard.

Her intuition for being favored by the gods was accurate enough to be close to precognitive at times.

However, no one heard the sound except her. Ye-won Kim memorized a prayer in her mind, as the anxiety would only grow if she persisted here.

To be able to use the skill at any time.

“You. You felt something.”

“Yeah, I think there is something going on with us. Maybe.”

Holy Knight Lee Han-seok believed in Kim Ye-won’s intuition. Because she has been helped a few times thanks to her intuition.

“Um… The closer you get to the mart. I feel strangely uneasy.”

“Master. Isn’t that menopause?”

“Yeki! This man Can’t you feel it?”

“Um…Well. Um… I’m sure hearing that… I don’t want to approach it strangely. That mart.”

Meanwhile, Priest Park Gi-hoon and Monk Kang Chan-seok, who were walking in the lead, felt an inexplicable ominous feeling and aversion to not wanting to get close to the mart.

And it was the same for others. The eight players of the advanced camp had to feel a strange air current as they got closer to the mart.

“Let’s see if there really is anything there.”

“I know…”

Except for Kim Ye-won and Lee Han-seok, Park Ki-hoon and Kang Chan-seok, who are special positions in the advanced camp, the remaining four people. The believer classes, who are general workers in the advanced camp, also felt something.

“Hmm…”

“It looks like a truly great evil is waiting for us.”

Everyone nodded at Park Ki-hoon’s words.

And

Sasasak.

Slight tremor. Vibration of air. The sound of insects crawling.

Kim Ye-won, who said she was extremely nervous, reacted sensitively.

But by the time she turned her head, it was already too late.

“Billion… Uh billion.. Woowook…”

Fluffy… Fluffy… Fluffy…

A man in the Bill River class was caught by a giant black worm and was being injected into his mouth.

“Uh… Uh… What is that…”

At best, she thought it was a special zombie or named entity that followed.

However, the monstrous creature he witnessed in front of him was a completely different monster from zombies.

The body does not move. The moment I saw the monster, my body stiffened from the mental shock.

“What the fuck!!!!”

Among them, Lee Han-seok was the first to react.

He immediately rushed at Lee Han-seok and threw out the sword he was holding.

The moment he saw it, he realized that it was hard chitin that was impervious to slashing attacks.

Judging that the man of the believer class caught by it was already dead, he planned to stab him to death without hesitation.

Food Deok!

Pooh…!

However, when Lee Han-seok approached, the jet-black wheel quickly flapped her wings and flew up to avoid Lee Han-seok’s attack.

Lee Han-seok’s sword pierced only the heart of the man who was being injected with eggs by the wheel.

As if waiting, the man’s stomach burst open, and dozens of black roaches crawled out.

“Damn it!!! Hanseok Lee! Step back!!!”

“Oh God!!! Give us the protection of order!!!”

Immediately, Kang Chan-seok and other belivers brushed off the wheels clinging to Lee Han-seok’s body, and Park Ki-hoon opened a sacred barrier and sent his teammates inside.

Lee Han-seok climbed up his arms, tore his clothes, grabbed the insects that were about to chew and devour his flesh, set them on fire, and hurriedly stepped back and entered the barrier.

“This crazy… What the hell is that?”

The jet-black wheel, which used to be the size of a person, disappeared somewhere in the collapsed building.

Sasasak. Sasasasak. Sasasasasasasak.

Only the ominous worm’s footsteps echoed in the air.

“It looks like it’s going to go crazy from the start..”

Kang Chan-seok clicked his tongue as he saw the young cockroaches trying to break the barrier. After stacking body enhancements, he stepped out of the barrier and trampled on the approaching insects.

The bugs could not penetrate the hardened Kang Chan-seok’s skin and were trampled on in vain, turning into a handful of black smoke.

At that time, a believer pointed to a building with his finger.

“Uh? I, there…”

“Damn… Damn it…”

The worm time crawls. The time of bugs that proliferated using zombies as hosts.

Countless jet-black cockroaches.

It’s a disgusting sight. The scene of bugs the size of a person’s palm crawling in groups was enough to give a psychological shock.

However, those gathered here are those who are subordinate to the Good God.

They have a strong spirit that will not easily succumb to the evil beings that have risen from the darkness.

“Light. Reveal us.”

The virgin Kim Ye-won lifted her mace high.

At the end of her short chant, a ray of dawn breaks through her clouds and illuminates her mace.

“Ha…!!!!”

Filled with elation, she rushed out into the barrier.

Throwing his body at the approaching jet-black waves, he swings his mace.

With every swing of a mace dyed in light, the worms die, like the parting of the Red Sea.

The holy light drove away the dregs of the abyss.

“I swear. I will burn myself and become a lamp of hope.”

In addition, Lee Han-seok, who was standing next to her, swore an oath to the Goddess of Hope who had reaped him and used the skill.

Then, a torch burned in his body, and the fire gradually grew.

“Whoa…”

Blowing out hot heat, he half-opened his eyes.

I used heretic tracking to detect the jet-black wheel lurking inside the building.

He’s only aiming for that one guy.

Thinking only of decapitating the giant monster that was the source of these cannibal roaches, I ran forward aiming for that one thing.

Regardless of whether the offspring of the monsters attacking him or what they do, he ignores them.

“You madman! Go out alone again!”

Kang Chan-seok, who immediately followed him, pierced the road together. When the level 15 awakeners joined forces, a road was soon created.

“God wants it!!!’

And finally, at the end of a long chant, a wide-area buff was activated from Park Ki-hoon.

The party’s physical abilities are heightened to the limit.

It was a mix of three buffs.

“Shishasasasasat!!!!”

The wheel was injecting rotting liquid into the zombies and at the same time opening eggs with its tail.

Lee Han-seok ran behind him. He swung his sword at the monster without hesitation.

Now that his body has been strengthened, he will be able to break through that monster’s carapace and take his life.

“Die.”

Chow!!!

The jet black wheel’s body splits in half and the summoning is canceled.

The jet-black wheel turned into black smoke and disappeared.

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“This. It’s already here…”

Jang Jo-jun, who had been sleeping, opened his eyes.

He heard the screams of the jet-black wheel as it died.

The wheel warned that the light had come.

“Wake up! Wake up everyone!”

Jang Jo-joon woke up those who were sleeping right away.

“The converts of the good god…”

And was angry

To the wicked who have invaded his own nest.