Evolution Theory of the Hunter - Chapter 123

Chapter 123

The ruin entrance was quite large .

There was space left over even with five people walking side by side with space between them . We took Jung Nam-bok’s team and moved forward .

The use of these guys is finding the road and luggage carriers .

I could carry the items and ores on my own so I left all the equipment for every day life to those guys .

They were things like dried food or blankets and flashlights that were prepared just in case .

Even if they were thinking about something else, there was a limited number of things they could do .

They already saw Soo-ah’s monstrous ability so they wouldn’t be able to gather the courage to rebel .

No, if they did so then I would be thankful instead .

I can take their items and chase them away without being mentally burdened after all .

Them dying after leaving has nothing to do with me at that point .

“Now then . Move according to the assigned path . Come back within 30 minutes . Move out!”

“Yes sir!”

At Soo-ah’s words, Jang Moon-bok’s team scattered quickly scattered into the ruins .

The inside was quite dark and wide . We sent them on recon in groups of 2 so they will contact me as soon as they find something .

If they unluckily activated a trap or something then I was thinking about using the Wound Cure potions since I had them .

But since they had experience as level 3 hunters they probably wouldn’t die that easily .

“It looks like people weren’t here for a long time . ”

Han Joon-suk who was inspecting the interior said .

The shape of monsters were carved on the ceiling and walls .

The Black Tiger and Giant White Tiger we met were there and the giant monkeys and boar like monsters were there as well .

“But wouldn’t those guys take the thing they find and run away?”

Cho Young-gu said . The helmet he was wearing was lighting up the entire interior .

The peculiar part was that although the intensity of the light was strong it did not blind the eyes .

“They will come out once I pat them down . ” (Kyle: ‘pat them down’ here can also mean ‘kick the crotch’ . As it is the Soo-ah we all know and love both can work although terrifying . )

Soo-ah said as if saying don’t worry . Pat them down you say, what era is this from .

Our team sat down and took a rest . After 30 minutes or so had passed the guys that went to recon returned one or two at a time .

“We did not find anything . ”

“Clear . No enemies . ”

“It’s quiet . ”

There was no particular gain . No monster or the common traps existed .

The long tunnels were connected and sometimes the recon groups met each other .

However, one group had still not returned . It was the team with Jang Moon-bok .

I was thinking that it was about time to go find them so I started getting up when .

Ahhhh!

Jang Moon-bok’s scream could be heard .

As I turned to the tunnel and saw Jang Moon-bok and the other guy running here in a craze . Did they fish out something?

“Hah . Huh!”

Jang Moon-bok who arrived at the entrance collapsed on the ground as if rolling .

After steadying his breathing he started talking with a desperate voice .

“Inside! There’s a living stone statue!”

“Stone statue?”

It wasn’t a new story . I had seen them in the Red Hole and stone statues were protecting this ruin as well after all .

Since the other paths didn’t lead to anything that meant that this was the right one .

I asked just in case .

“Did you activate something?”

“I just tried lightly touching it since there were two stone statues blocking the wide path . But those things started moving . I tried hitting it with my sword but I couldn’t win at all so I ran away . Thankfully, it was slow . ”

“Looks like it’s just a gatekeeper . ”

And the fact that such a thing exists means that this guy found the right path .

“All members carry the luggage and move out . ”

“Us, us as well?”

At Jang Moon-bok’s words Soo-ah opened her mouth .

“Of course . Who else would carry our luggage?”

“Of course we should!”

He shot up and carried the luggage on the ground . He had been trained well .

Once we arrived at the path Jang Moon-bok told us about, two 3 meter tall stone statues were blocking the path .

They looked like the four heavenly guardians that stood at the gate . The figure of them holding spears was pretty intimidating .

I tried looking at them through the manual .

Guardian (?) : ???

I thought that there was an error at first . However, it was the same even after rebooting the manual .

It was the first time there was an existence that the manual couldn’t distinguish .

In the first place, the manual was a something that had the ability to extract information from a person or item that it saw for the first time .

But to say that it’s an existence of unknown level and ability .

I made our members retreat and took out the Dancing Sword .

Jang Moon-bok’s members were level 3 hunters . It meant that these were at least above that .

I coated Aura Blade on the Dancing Blade and sent it flying .

The stone statues felt the threat and started moving . It looked like slow movements but it was exactly enough to deflect it with the spear…… .

Boom!

“What?”

The giant stone statue that was trying to deflect it blew up with incredible force as soon as it got hit by the sword .

The Dancing Sword that destroyed the first statue continued on and penetrated the second statue as well .

Boom!

“Hah . This was more of a let down than I expected . ”

Soo-ah turned her head to look at Jang Moon-bok .

His head fell to the ground . They were eyes asking why he made them cautious about something that dies so easily .

“It was that strong . There’s no need to blame them . ”

I grabbed the Dancing Sword that came back and put it into the manual .

As I went closer to the stone statue, I could see an ore like thing . It was smaller than a normal ore .

Strengthening Stone (5) : Strengthens an item .

It was a Strengthening Stone that dropped in the Red Hole . It was only a moment that I wondered why this dropped here and found a second ore rolling around beside it .

Dummicyte (5) : Is a rare earth metal type ore . Able to obtain various rare elements by refining . Can be used as a material for combination .

This was a level 5 ore dummicyte . We destroyed two stone statues and both dropped ore type items .

100% drop rate . I wonder if we have good luck or if these stone statues are the special ones .

For now, I collected the ores while leaving my doubt .

After progressing a bit more we saw more stone statues blocking our way . This time, there were three giant wolf like stone statues .

Guardian (?) : ???

The outer appearance was different but the name was the same as expected .

The things slowly started moving . They got destroyed while they were still stone statues .

The dropped objects were level 4 Strengthening Stones and ores .

“What’s this? Does this place drop ores no matter what?”

Cho Young-gu said as he inspected the broken stone statue . Afterwards, we destroyed more stone statues that were on the path .

The Strengthening Stones that we got like that numbered five while the ores numbered ten .

“This is pretty profitable?”

The ores that we obtained until now were usually level 1 monazite and bastnacite .

They were good for upgrading the manual but they were too low leveled to be used for combination .

However, the high level ores were pouring out of the ruin .

After destroying stone statues like that and advancing quite a bit, a gigantic door appeared .

Getting closer, there was a hole that seemed to be a place to put a hand into .

There was a lion’s head carved there and it seemed like something that would be operated by putting a hand into it .

I called Edward .

“Hey, put a hand in here . ”

“I don’t want to . Isn’t that a wrist amputator no matter how you look at it . This . ”

“Don’t you have regeneration abilities?”

“I do have it . ”

“Then there’s nothing bad about it . It will regrow after getting severed anyway . ”

“To say that there’s nothing bad about getting my wrist severed . Are you really saying that? What do you think another person’s wrist is?”

“I will give you a bonus for the risk . ”

“Do I just have to put it in here?”

Edward carefully inspected the lion figure and put his hand in . After groaning a bit his expression lit up .

“I can feel something . ”

Once Edward pulled on something the door slowly started opening . There was no unfortunate incident of a wrist getting severed or something .

“What is that . That expression that seems to think something’s a shame . ”

“No, it’s nothing . ”

To think that it was really just a lever .

After waiting for the door to open, we slowly entered . The inside was dark but thanks to Cho Young-gu’s helmet there was no problem inspecting .

“Wow…… . ”

An exclamation escaped from Soo-ah’s mouth . The gentle light radiated in the room where hundreds of stone statues were .

If a archeologist or artist saw this then it wouldn’t be enough for them to merely talk of its history or beauty for an entire day .

However, to me it all just looked like money .

The statues all started moving at the same time . If it wasn’t us but a low level party then they would have felt like they had entered the door to hell .

However, to me who was using the Dancing Sword coated with Aura Blade this moment was the most enjoyable in my life .

The Dancing Sword destroyed the stone statues as if blowing up balloons, looking like it was slicing the light inside the ruin .

Wow . It was me doing it but this really was beyond my imagination .

The Dancing Sword just went around the place once and yet dozens of stone statues crumbled down . Soo-ah also held Thor’s Hammer and charged in . The ranged attackers also held their weapons to support .

I could hear the voice of Jang Moon-bok’s members from behind .

“What do we do……?”

“Just stay still and shut up . Do you really think you should do something while watching that?”

“True…… Big sis is amazing . ”

In terms of firepower the Dancing Sword was overwhelming . But in terms of flashiness, nobody could compare to Soo-ah who was moving as fast as a bolt of lightning and creating lightning .

In the large stone room, the lightning and sound of thunder could be heard endlessly .

“Wow! There’s a Strengthening Stone here!”

Soo-ah held up an ore and shouted .

I had no idea why a person that worked as a porter had so little cautiousness .

The Strengthening Stone was relatively okay but the other ores radiated radioactivity at the level of eunuch creators .

“There’s one here too!”

“Here as well!”

“Here too!”

Every time a stone statue got destroyed a Strengthening Stone or ore dropped . I shouted at my team members .

“Radioactivity comes out so all of you back away!”

There was no way there would be a hunter that didn’t know this but stupid humans were bound to exist anywhere .

Even with modern medical science it was impossible to treat the bodies of people affected by radioactivity .

It was not without reason that the percentage of people with cancer was ten times higher for hunters compared to any other occupation .

That’s why one had to take care of themselves .

After destroying the several hundred stone statues, the ground was littered with broken debris and ores .

I looked through the area for ores and put them into the manual .

After sweeping them all in Soo-ah approached .

“How many were there?”

“Hm . Strengthening Stone, about 100 . The rest are all ores . The types are different but there’s more than enough even after using them for what we need . ”

For now, we had an entire ten level 7 Strengthening Stones . What was a shame was that there were only seven level 7 ores . We could still create two items that were level 7 with those according to the combination formula though .

Below that was well, we have enough to create as many as we wanted .

It was enough to replace all the items my party members had .