Chapter 169 – 169. New Hunting Grounds

Even after that, the activities of the contractors continued.
Every time the sand spider popped out, it disintegrated in an instant, and even the unlucky one who was hit directly by a magic bullet passed away without even being able to see his face.

The sand he had been hiding for his surprise attack had become his own grave.

I patted Jeong Ha-ryun’s head as he stretched his shoulders triumphantly, then climbed up the last sand dune.

“Is that right?”

I nodded after confirming the final destination, Oasis, and Dajin Seol and Dogi Park slid down.

As they went down after them and went straight in the direction of the oasis, Seol Da-jin and Park Do-gi stopped in their tracks. It was when the damaged wagon next to the oasis caught my eye.

“Hey. Excuse me. They are hiding down there.”

“…It’s filthy big.”

I knew what he was talking about without having to explain it. According to the gate information column, there were no sand spiders around the oasis.

The reason why the word death was put in front of oasis. It was because there was a boss monster here, ‘Antares’.

“Haryeon-ah.”

I called for Jeong Ha-ryun while holding Ruthven, who was eating only dust instead of blood. As she nodded her head and stepped forward, all the other contractors lowered their stance.

Yet.

Quagga Gaga River!!!

As much more powerful magic bullets rained down on the carriage, the huge scorpion ‘Antares’ revealed its existence.

“Wow!”

Truly the size of a house.
Seol Da-jin, who left a short impression on the terrifying majesty, scatters to the sides with Park Do-gi. When Antares hit both claws at the same time to catch them, sand gushed out as if a bomb had exploded.

In the meantime, the magic bullet fired again flies at him.

Bang! An explosion from the back dented the exoskeleton and bled blue blood, but the creature was still alive.

I asked after removing Jung Ha-ryun from the guy who was in pain.

“Haryeon-ah, how many feet do you have left?”

“One foot.”

“Once charged. Big one.”

She nods her head, leaving her behind as she runs to her guy, her huge stinger lands on her head. Coo!!! A cloud of dust rises with the enormous impact.

I threw myself into a diagonal line and cast Geosimryu Concordance in it.

Awesome!!

With a terrifying sound, the poison needle part was cut off, and at the same time, the guy’s body tilted. Unknowingly, Ryu Eun-hwa, who joined Park Do-gi, blew off one leg.

Not to be outdone by him, Seol Da-jin smashes a leg joint on the other side as well. He tried to turn himself around with his remaining leg, but to no avail.

Eventually, the guy gave up turning and swung his claw at me in front of me.

‘I’ll take me too, this is it.’

It was a really nonsensical sound.
I easily dodged the claws and swung Ruth Ben, who absorbed the bodily fluids and became normal. With a clap and a clap, the giant heart splits the exoskeleton.

Thud!!

Confirming that his last weapon had fallen weakly, I retreated with my contractors.

Immediately after that, five magic bullets fall into the hollow. A series of explosions tore apart Antares’ body, pulling out the flesh and fluids inside.

Coo…

The severed tail falls helplessly to the floor.
As I was looking at his eyes, which were slowly losing their light, I suddenly noticed something white sticking out from under his head, between the sand.

Upon closer examination, it was a piece of torn fabric.
At the end of it, a black eye shape was partially engraved.

“It’s a believer’s cloak.”

Park Do-gi, who approached before he knew it, looked at the piece of cloth and said so. I looked at him with curious eyes and asked.

“A Shinto cloak?”

“Just in case, I asked Mr. Suri about this hive. As expected, there were as many things in my head as full muscles.”

“Uh, um. It looks like you’re getting along well with Trainer Lee Soo-ri. So what is a Shinto cloak?”

“Isn’t that the carriage you saw earlier? They said it was worn by the people who rode it. They are called Shinto because they look like religious people.”

“…A religious ‘person’?”

I asked again in a more puzzled voice.
Until now, only monsters had worshiped this ‘eye’. But you are a religious person. Does that mean that humans also worship these “Eyes”?

But unfortunately, what came out of Park Do-gi’s mouth wasn’t the answer I wanted.

“More than that, I don’t know. I only taught you that far. If you’re curious, go directly to the A-level gate and tell them to check it out. Hehe, it’s an inducement to get me up to A rank. If I go up to A-rank, I want to snatch it right away.”

“What are you talking about?”

Just as Bak Do-gi fell back into his own world, the lovers who were organizing his clothes and weapons approached him. I showed them a piece of cloth with him staring into the sky and smiling.

“What is this?”

“It’s an eye pattern… Seen at the Altar of Rigo.”

“I also saw it on the mural where the ghoul was bowing down.”

“Come to think of it, that’s it. But why is this?”

When asked what the piece of cloth was like, I gave the explanation I had heard from Do-gi Park. Along with what I think is odd.

Seol Da-jin, who heard the explanation, said calmly as if it was nothing.

“What’s strange about it? There are people who believe in demons.”

“Um…Some people believe in flying noodles.”

“If you’re curious, ask your mother. Hey, Jeong Ha-ryun. But are there really people who believe in flying noodles?”

After shrugging her shoulders, I was looking at the two lovers having a conversation on the subject of flying noodles, so Eunhwa Ryu cautiously approached me and asked.

“…Seobang-sama, just in case, there’s no way people become reverse monsters, right?”

Is it because I saw the reverse monsterization in person?
He seems more interested than the other two lovers. I shook my head as I pondered her words.

When a reverse monster appears, it is known through any kind of media, whether it’s news, nubute, or hunter app. That way, hunters can make their names known.

But until now, I had never heard of a non-humanoid becoming a reverse monster.

No, I hadn’t even heard of anyone ever seeing a live person inside the gate in the first place. When she said that, Ryu Eun-hwa nodded her head as if she was worried for nothing.

“Come to think of it, I have never heard of such a thing. My thoughts were short.”

“Are you okay. And even if a person becomes a reverse monster, that person is no longer a person. It’s a monster Even silver coins know how reverse monsters are made.”

“It was, indeed.”

As if remembering, Ryu Eun-hwa nodded her head.
I smiled bitterly at her and changed the topic by patting her on the butt.

“How was it anyway?”

When I nodded slightly in the direction of her Antares, she replied with a bright smile.

“It wasn’t as difficult as I thought.”

“Well, because there are five party members.”

Nod.

After having a strange conversation, Jung Ha-ryun and Seol Da-jin, who turned their gaze back, agreed with her words, and the surrounding scenery just in time blurs.

“You’re back at last.”

Upon returning to the hive, Dajin Seol brushed the dust off her clothes and shoes. I felt a vibration in her chest as I followed her in shaking off her sand.

Points come in.
I immediately checked out S.L.U.S.

「Disable the B-level gate ‘Oasis of Death’. You have acquired 3000 points.”
“I’m having a party with the gaija. An additional 12000 points have been obtained.”

Total 15000 points.

Each time a C-class gate was deactivated, the points earned were 1500 per person, so it was a double increase. But I wasn’t feeling very well. This is because the increase was lower than expected.

‘I thought it would rise at least three times.’

When I went up from Class D to Class C, the increase in points tripled, so I knew it would be the case this time too. But only twice as much.

Considering that 10,000 points went in every time I raised a stat of 90 or higher, it was an extremely insufficient number.

‘Is it because of the fragments in the castle?’

Probably.

If there were fragments in the castle, not only could you purchase attributes with certainty, but you could also get great items such as Fengyu Cream.

In a word, it was a sign that he would give less points because the money to draw was solid. However, there is no news about the reverse monsters or gates that give fragments in the castle.

‘Anyway.’

With a bit of bitterness, I informed the couples who were secretly curious about the points I had acquired, and after taking a short break, headed to the next gate.

This time, the place to enter was the ‘source of wandering thoughts’.

* * *

Puck!!

A dark catacombs.
A fist clad in magic strikes the head of the boss monster, Priest Calypto.

At the same time as his face, which had been wrapped in bandages, was smashed, the flame-breathing cane also rolled on the floor.

“Easier than Antares, this guy.”

“My older sister tanned her hair a little.”

“What? Where?”

“I’m kidding.”

“Hey.”

I chuckled and inserted Ruthven into Calypto, who was lying under a stone wall with bizarre writing and eye shapes.

Ruth Ben, who was supposed to be restored by absorbing her blood, was still in that state even after time passed.

“Neither can I.”

“Well, of course. Because this guy is also a mummy.”

He nodded and pulled Ruth Venn out, revealing an unsightly dried and twisted body through the torn bandages.

“You and I are the worst.”

“Me too… It’s too small here… Heeing…”

His vision blurs with the words that he could not play an active part. Upon returning to the hive, Park Do-gi said to Jeong Ha-ryun, who was downcast.

“Don’t be too frightened. At the next gate, her girlfriend will be able to go wild.”

As he said, the last gate, ‘City of Flesh’, was the stage for me and Jeong Ha-ryun. It was because Jeong Ha-ryun’s magic bullet was literally a disaster for the flesh golems who were attacking in a wide open space and quantity.

Because I was able to feed Ruthven a lot of blood, I was able to cast Geosimryu Convergence without any burden.

After dealing with all the flesh golems in the last city, the boss monster finally appeared. It was the giant flesh golem ‘Nightmare’, a combination of all the flesh golems he had defeated so far.

“Hey, isn’t that the time? Vampire Lord.”

“It’s similar.”

“…Then this guy won’t have anything to do with it either.”

Well, I guess.
I laughed and kicked the ground as I watched him swing his fist. Five magic bullets were flying above my head.

* * *

“Then get some rest.”

“Please go in carefully. Mister.”

After arriving at the guild house and saying goodbye, Park Do-gi’s SUV disappears downhill. I said hello first and went upstairs with the lovers who were waiting.

“Brother, you worked hard.”

“Good job.”

“You worked hard, Mr. Seo.”

I waved my hand at the lovers heading to their respective rooms, and after entering the room, I headed straight to the bathroom. As I stood still in the pouring water, someone knocked on the bathroom door.

-Daewoong, are you there?

It was Jeong So-hee’s voice.

-I’m here to report on the mission you gave me this morning.

“Mission?”

-Didn’t you tell me to keep an eye on Seo Ga-hee?

“Ah.”

I finally understood and opened the bathroom door with a smile on my face. In front of the door stood Jeong So-hee in pajamas.

“Come in.”