Evolution Theory of the Hunter - Chapter 199

Chapter 199

It was an ore with a diameter of 2 meters .

It was my first time seeing one, so I looked through the manual .

Exotic matter (11): This is an unidentified ore . It emits powerful energy and collapses quickly .

“Edward! Get back!”

“What… … ?”

I hurriedly stepped back and yelled at Edward .

He jumped back without time to even process my yelling .

I haven’t mentioned it earlier, but typically, the ore that is dropped by monsters is a radioactive material .

Things like low-level monazite and bustnasite are almost no different from natural radioactivity, but even a level 4 or 5 ore produces enough radiation to damage the human body .

A level 11 ore will come out much higher .

The effect of radioactivity is directly proportional to distance, so the damage was significantly reduced .

I pulled out the Geiger counter, which was tied to my waist, and turned it on .

The machine turned on and began ticking .

I looked at the counter meter, which read proximity 400 nanosieverts . Although it was a high figure, it was enough to come out naturally in nature . The distance was quite far, but even if it was certain to be collapsing due to its radioactivity, this amount of radiation was almost nothing .

There was no change in the radiation dose even when we got nearer .

The energy emitted from the ore did not increase as we came closer .

I placed my hand on the ore with confidence .

Jump

I was startled and quickly let go of the ore .

“What? Is it dangerous?”

Edward opened his mouth . I shook my head lightly .

“I don’t think it’s dangerous… I just don’t know what it is . ”

When I touched it, it felt like something hot was blazing inside the ore .

I placed the ore into the item list and doubled checked its information in case I may have missed something .

There was a detailed description in small letters below on the item list .

I chose it .

-Additional knowledge is required . Please upgrade .

Soon this message popped up .

In the end, it was stated that more ore should be fed to the manual .

I have been saving up for a while, so I had been enough to upgrade the ore .

-Currently, there are 1,501 ores . Would you like to proceed with the manual upgrade?

I looked around before choosing to accept .

This was because the upgrade process may take some time .

No other monsters were visible, and there were no hunters who might have followed me . I thought that it was safe enough, so I upgraded .

-The manual is updated to the next level .

-Proceeding… 1%

Green text composed of letters, numbers, shapes, etc . reconstructed the world .

The pace was moderately fast . Even though the manual was, after all, just a kind of tool that made hunting convenient . Nevertheless, the update was overly tremendous . The distinction is that the quantity of information I see and the number of items that can be stored increases . However, looking at the process of updating, I feel like the whole world is being reconstructed for me .

Dungeons were all green data chunks, and in the meantime, it was only me who had my own color . Even Edward was a green chunk of data .

The manual is making inferences regarding how to view the world .

It is accessing the Alpha system that is taking over this world and expressing the information that it is assigned to each individual .

Of course, this is only my opinion . Perhaps reality is entirely different .

Personally, I thought I was pretty close to the truth .

-The upgrade is complete .

-The database has been updated . Check out new information .

-The item list has been expanded .

-3D map has been activated .

-Mystics Dungeon has been upgraded .

Again, quite a few things are new .

The most notable thing was the update of the database .

Sometimes, when looking at items or objects, there were quite a few things that didn’t show up correctly or appeared as question marks .

I was hoping that this update will clearly reveal information I didn’t know .

I chose the giant ore in the list of items .

Names and brief descriptions were listed . Then, I selected the detail tab attached to the small side . Then, there were additional explanations that had not been seen before .

Exotic ore (11): A two-dimensional mineral called revnarium . It radiates dark energy . No modern machine can measure its power . It is a resource to use anti-gravity, warp, space movement, etc .

Suddenly, the science level jumped and wondered how to accept this .

This is not SciFi .

No . When I think about it, I have seen instances of space movement . In fact, the dimension gate used by Baekkyung was also a classification of space movement .

Then, is Baek Gyeong-do a monster using this ore?

I opened my mouth to Baekkyung, standing with an expressionless face .

“Isn’t it Levnarium?”

“I do not know . ”

The guy simply shook his head .

It was unreasonable to tell the guy who barely even said anything about it .

Once I had the resources, I thought I could use them someday .

Perhaps the 11th level item might be something relevant to this .

Maybe the next item I will have is not a van, but a spacecraft .

I thought about it and shed a smile .

There was no reason to go into space nor have a space ship . It’s not an alien that we’re currently fighting; it’s a monster that’s only appearing on Earth .

Nevertheless, it’s presumed that, right now, this 11-level ore was of no use to me .

If only I could have received an item .

Next, I opened the 3D map .

The map inside the dungeon came to my mind . The terrain was detailed, so there seemed to be no fear of getting lost .

The expansion of the item list was not so inspiring . It wasn’t urgent because I couldn’t use up the existing space .

When I ran the Mystic dungeon program through the manual, a refined map of the dungeon appeared .

I’m scanning for something brand-new and upgraded and found that a new tab has been created to control the admission limit .

Beforehand, 30 was the limit, but the number could now be increased to 200 .

It was just the option I needed .

I can use all the level 10 monsters I possess .

Immediately, I raised the limit to 200, and I brought out the monster army .

-A monster cannot be summoned due to the restricted number of people permitted in the instance . (200/200)

Only 100 were summoned, but the rest did not appear .

How could this happen, I reopened the Mystics Dungeon . No matter how many times I checked, it said that there 200 people inside the dungeon .

I searched in my vicinity if there are any visible errors .

Awha!

Along with the sound of the earth shaking from a distance, a human scream was heard .

No one has been here, except Edward and me .

Then the owner of this outcry was apparent .

Seo Jong-beom’s group came into the dungeon and had encountered a level 11 monster .

Only then could I surmise why I could only summon 100 monsters .

The rest of the 100 were Seo Jong-beom’s group .

“They’re the ones who don’t any have luck . ”

“Yeah . ”

I nodded at Edward’s words .

As I approached the place where I could hear their screams, I spotted black cows that were spreading all over the area . It was an extensive grassland, and compared to the Earth’s environment, it felt like an African prairie .

Due to their environment, the monsters here were similar to wild animals . Most of the monsters were herbivores, and the herbivores were largely non-mongers .

However, it was a massive hyena that Seo Jong-beom’s group encountered . Just its shoulder height was 10 meters, and it had a considerable body length of 20 meters .

The hyena’s massive scale made it every threatening when considering its other traits were also scaled up proportionally to its enormous size .

And worst of all, hyena’s moved in groups .

Seo Jong-beom’s group was surrounded by dozens of hyenas and was cornered entirely .

Edward asked .

“What are you going to do?”

“I’d regret saving them anyway… This is too much . ”

“True . ”

Edward nodded .

Already more than half have lost their lives . Furthermore, the other half already gave up their will to live .

I took out an escape scroll .

“What are you trying to do?”

“Some people have to live . I’m not going to go through this dungeon again . ”

“Are you going to fight that?”

“I’m just drawing its attention . ”

I summoned Baekkyung .

“Why did you call it? “

Baekkyung turned to the hyenas .

Edward sighed and took out the escape scroll .

It succeeded in catching their attention . At that moment, the shocked guys rushed towards us, and Edward and I tore the escape scroll and vanished .

They were given an opportunity, and the only thing left now was to see how far they will make it .

Edward and I sat at the entrance of the dungeon and waited for Seo Jong-beom .

After a countless amount of time, the hunters with shattered expressions began to escape from the entrance one by one .

“Oh ah ah!”

“Move! Fuck it!”

“Sa, save me!”

One guy sat down on the floor as soon as he came out .

Another screamed like a crazy person and ran down the mountain . Another one even grabbed onto me for help .

“Heoah . Heo . ”

The last one to escape was Seo Jong-beom .

He opened his mouth as soon as he looked at my face .

“Uh, how are you guys here?”

“Shouldn’t I be the one asking? Why are you guys coming out of my dungeon? I definitely saw you guys leaving?”

“That is… … . ”

“Surely, you guys did not follow me in the dungeon to kill me?”

“That . It’s not like that . ”

“So let me explain . Why did you go in there?”

I looked around .

Not more than a dozen people came out of the dungeon alive . 90% of their group already died inside . The dungeon will be reset, so there wouldn’t even be bodies left behind .

Seo Jong-beom opened his mouth and responded with feeble eyes .

“In there… … There are monsters . ”

“I don’t think it’s strange that there are monsters in the dungeon . ”

“Not at that level . . that . . that’s… … Never been seen … … . ”

He said so and sat down on the floor and started to become unresponsive .

I tried to say a few more words, but the guy just simply ignored it .

“This should be enough . ”

Edward opened his mouth .

Nine out of ten of their group died .

Even if this rumor spreads, there will be no one who wants to face this dungeon anymore .

Well, even if someone enters . There are very few people who can hunt there .