Chapter 566 – Battle of the Three-Headed Basilisk (2)
Eun and Ok Co., Ltd., Gangdong-gu branch.
“Burn, the gate leading to the abandoned village doesn’t work?!”
“Yes yes… The last warp gate has not been working since it started 10 minutes ago! We are still trying to get it to work somehow… Oh, maybe the warp gate defense system is working due to the high-ranking monster inside…”
“Ha, 1 o’clock is urgent right now…”
Seo Ok-hee, CEO of Eun and Ok Co., Ltd.
When the guild staff suddenly told her that the gate could not be used, she bit her lower lip and looked nervous.
The accident in the dungeon happened to coincide with the day of integrated management of the abandoned village.
Fortunately, most of the hunters had left work after completing only the appropriate quota, and most of the remaining hunters had already evacuated out of the nearby gate through emergency guidance drones.
The problem was that there were some hunters and guild employees still in the dungeon.
First of all, the sisters of the Dogyeong Group, which belong to the foundation, and a saint from Vatican City.
Although he was not a member of his guild, this abandoned village integrated management day was a subjugation event managed by the three major guild unions together.
If something were to happen to them, she would not be free from responsibility and pressure, although she would not be as free from responsibility and pressure as the representative of the Korean branch of the Ariel Foundation.
“This, haha…”
Moreover, there were people from the beginning who made Seo Ok-hee more anxious than those women.
When she recently confirmed the story in her own guild that all members of the Azure Shield, to whom she had made great contributions, were still in the dungeon, Seo Ok-hee almost wished that it was just a dream.
Because the Azure Shield was a party that included the two children of her best friend Eunyoung Kang.
Although one was also in a similar position to her stepson.
“… I can’t enter the abandoned village… ?”
“… !!!”
Kang Eun-young, an S-class hunter, was planning to enter the abandoned village with her and carry out a rescue operation.
Not only the guild staff but even Seo Ok-hee felt like they were freezing at the bloody voice that came out of her mouth.
Kang Eun-young, who was on the verge of losing her mind, immediately covered the 7th floor office of her Eun and Ok Co., Ltd.
“Uh, Eunyoung…”
“…”
No matter how much her hunter level was two levels higher, even Kang Eun-yeong in her ‘berserk’ state could not be easily suppressed.
Of course, she was usually able to control her berserk state by controlling her anger and excitement.
As soon as she realized that her two children were in danger, she found it difficult to control her emotions.
She is beginning to show signs of returning to the days when she was called ‘the berserker of the great sword’ in the center of the company building.
“Calm down, Eunyoung! “You can’t lose your temper already!”
“Jin… Affection… ? I told you to calm down now… ? Our Hye-eun and Tae-kyung are isolated in the dungeon… ? Besides, Taekyung is still missing in there right now? But Jin… Affection… ?”
“Well, I’m saying that because of course there is another way! “If I lose my strength here, I won’t be able to do anything later when I go into the dungeon!”
“… “Tell me quickly.”
“…”
She just blurted out what she said because she thought she had to calm her down, but of course, Seo Ok-hee didn’t think of any other way yet.
Kang Eun-young’s eyes turned cold as she read the eyes of her friend of 30 years.
“As expected, it wasn’t there. And then you told me to calm down? Okhee, huh?”
“Oh, no! There is! “I was just thinking about putting it into words for a moment!”
“10, 9, 8…”
The isolation of the remaining hunters in the abandoned village was enough to make her feel dizzy, and her best friend had lost her temper in anger and was reciting the countdown to destruction.
Seo Ok-hee came up with a way to somehow resolve this situation amicably.
“Well, first of all, go to the warp gate in the normal union guild…”
“President! They say the gate at the union is also inoperable!”
“What?!”
“5, 4, 3…”
Think, think, Seo Ok-hee.
I need to find a way to calm this crazy bitch down and get into the dungeon… !
“2, 1…”
“Let’s go to Gangwon-do!”
“… Gangwon-do?”
“Well, the abandoned village is an area that became a dungeon through dungeon conversion! “The actual dungeon location is in Gangwon-do, so you can go through the barrier directly from there!”
“…”
“With my awakening ability, you and I can easily pass through the barrier! “If we don’t leave quickly, we’ll be really late?!”
“…”
Seo Ok-hee continued her desperate efforts to persuade her old friend.
Kang Eun-young appeared to pause for a moment with her red eyes in her eyes, just before she went photo-bombing.
If her emotions were stimulated even a little more, there was a possibility that the company building would be destroyed.
In an atmosphere of war that should not have been in the air, Seo Ok-hee and her guild staff held their breath and watched the once legendary S-class hunter.
In her quiet silence, her berserker spirit, centered around her, has been lifted ever so slightly.
“Okay, let’s go to Gangwon-do.”
“Well, I thought about it well, Eunyoung.”
“We will prepare the car soon…”
“I do not need. “Because we’re going alone anyway.”
“Yes?”
-Teook.
“Eunyoung, you can’t believe it…”
-Taaaaa!!
“Eupkkiyaaaaa!!”
“President!!!”
She runs to the window of her seven-story building, clutching the back of her suit in her fist.
She jumped out so quickly that her other employees didn’t have time to stop her and jumped out of her window, holding Seo Ok-hee in one hand.
The guild’s employees had no choice but to watch helplessly as their boss was kidnapped by an S-class hunter right in front of their eyes.
“… Keheup, Kang, Eunyoung… !! I made it clear about 20 years ago that you shouldn’t do this… Okay, okay… !!”
“…”
“Wow, crazy… Bitch… !!”
Regardless of whether Seo Ok-hee voiced her complaints or not, Kang Eun-young simply ran across the rooftop of her building, carried her with her, and headed toward Gangwon-do.
It was already a long time late with just this, and I thought that if I didn’t shorten the time just a little bit, it might really be late.
… Of course, the two people at that time did not yet realize that it was already too late for them to step in and sort out the situation.
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The biggest reason I decided to become a hunter was the monster wave incident that occurred in this damn abandoned village.
On that day 13 years ago, I went on a family outing with my parents to an amusement park in a village in Gangwon-do, and next to me were my sisters Hye-eun and Eun-young, whom I had known as cousins since I was young.
Of course, he only looked like a ten-year-old child, but inside he was a man in his twenties, but that was no reason not to go on a family outing with his parents from this world.
It was my second life, not my first, so I just wanted to enjoy an innocent and leisurely life like a child back then.
And, well, whether you’re in your 20s or 30s, amusement parks are always fun.
‘Kaaaaa! ‘It’s a monster wave!!’
‘Run away! A huge monster… ‘Aaaaa!!’
And what should have been a fun time soon turned into the worst time of my second life.
The monster wave that occurred that day became the decisive factor that made me an orphan without even being able to properly dispose of my parents’ bodies.
The cause was a dungeon gate that occurred in an underground warehouse at a monster material processing factory near the amusement park.
Unfortunately, because it was a dungeon gate that occurred inside an unused warehouse, we were unable to detect it and respond early on.
In the end, the monster wave of that day was caused by the explosion of a dungeon gate that had not been managed properly.
… And the boss monster that caused that damn monster wave was right in front of me.
‘Shaaaaa!!’
‘Sssss!!’
“…”
This three-headed basilisk didn’t kill my parents directly, but it was undoubtedly true that my parents died in the monster wave that arose around this guy.
In a way, this guy was the biggest reason I decided to become a hunter.
In the end, killing this boss monster with my own hands was my goal as a hunter.
‘If it had been the way it was, it would have been impossible to even have a confrontation on the ground like this.’
He was so adaptable that he slept at the bottom of a poisonous lake for over ten years.
Even a proper battle would probably have been impossible unless all the deadly poison from the lake in Area A had been scooped out.
However, thanks to various circumstances, it came out on land and started the battle on its own, and coincidentally, I also had trustworthy companions by my side to fight this damn monster together.
Maybe, if not for this moment, it might be an opportunity that will never come again.
At least everyone here was willing to respond when I said I would fight.
“Everyone ready for battle!!!”
The three-headed basilisk flinched once upon hearing my loud shout, and the hunters grabbed their respective weapons and prepared to engage in battle.
Not only everyone in the Azure Shield and Sihee, but even Do Yehee and Lulucia seemed determined to fight with me.
We took that moment to quickly consider how we should distribute our current power.
The strategy for attacking three-headed reptile monsters, including the three-headed basilisk, was difficult to execute, but the principle itself was simple.
The auxiliary heads on both sides were really just auxiliary anyway, so all that was needed was to somehow destroy the main head in the center.
The problem is that the durability of the central head is extremely hard.
I checked it earlier when I swung the mithril greatsword, but it was obviously difficult to deal with the idea of simply using the strongest attack.
The point at which the central head’s durability weakened was the point at which the other two heads were destroyed and began to regenerate.
If I could somehow attack at that time, I could definitely put an end to the guy’s life.
The only way to do this is to divide each head into three groups consisting of a vanguard, a dealer, and an assistant, and have them face each other one by one.
Since there were eight people who could properly serve as a full force, of course someone would have to fill the role of two people.
In this situation, it was obviously right for me to play that role.
Because I was a multi-awakened person with abilities as a vanguard, dealer, and assistant.
‘It’s still not a perfect condition, but there’s no other opportunity like this.’
Let’s catch this guy today and end this long bad relationship.
With only that thought in mind, I assigned roles to other members.
“The left head is Do Ye-hee’s vanguard! The main dealer is Dosihee! “Cha Yu-ri is an assistant!”
“Okay.”
“Confirmed!”
“… Okay.”
“The head on the right is Kang Hye-eun, the vanguard! The main dealer is Cheon Ji-hee! “Han Min-ah is the assistant!”
“Huh!”
“Confirmed!”
“Me too, check!”
“And as for the main head in the middle, I am the vanguard and main dealer! Lulucia, please focus on assisting me!”
“Please leave it to me!”
Everyone’s fighting position had been decided, and from now on it was just time to trust.
I hope that each person will perform his/her duties properly in his or her position.