Chapter 110: This Damned Astaroth (2)
The chat room was in a state of chaos and utter confusion.
The regular viewers who had tuned in just to enjoy Han-Yeol’s dazzling performance were amazed once again at the surprising sight, but the viewers who possessed a bit of knowledge about Hunters were greatly confused by what they were seeing. That was because they had watched numerous Hunter channels to know quite a bit about how things worked.
The viewers were stunned and confused by what they were witnessing on the screen, but that only further fueled the sales of the V Tickets.
The V Tickets were selling like hotcakes because of Han-Yeol’s fighting style. He did not fight with a preset formation like what other raid parties did, but he went all around the battlefield. For example, if he started fighting on the left side of the battlefield, he would suddenly move to the right side to keep on fighting.
This only made the viewers of the live stream want to purchase the V Ticket that allowed them to switch screens and follow him. They became less keen to only rely on the main monitor, which only showed the battle from a single angle.
In other words, Han-Yeol was so entertaining to watch that the viewers could not help but spend money on him.
It went without saying that the Labyrinth Spiders dropped Angel’s Fragments as well.
Han-Yeol had already gathered hundreds of the fragments, but Astaroth still showed no reactions whatsoever. He wondered, ‘Do I have to make the first move...?’
He could not help but feel uncomfortable as his blood rushed into his nether region at the thought of having to summon the Devil of Seduction once again. It was the result of having two of mankind’s strongest instincts—the instincts of sexual desire as well as survival—clashing together.
However, he had to meet the demon sometime in the future regardless of how his instincts screamed within him. After all, he had to give Astaroth the Angel’s Fragments.
The party ventured forward without a hiccup as no Labyrinth Spiders appeared anymore.
“Ah... It’s such a waste, oppa...” Yoo-Bi grumbled.
“Yeah, I guess,” Han-Yeol replied.
“It is! Just the thought of having to leave behind all of those precious Labyrinth Spider corpses...”
Unlike the monsters above ground, the Labyrinth Spiders here in the secret dungeon remained as corpses after dying. Simply put, it was possible for the party to dismember them for their useful body parts.
Well, they could not immediately sell the corpses off anyway. They had to bring the whole monster corpse to the Hunters’ Association to first get them tested before being able to determine which part of the monster was valuable. Nevertheless, it was clear as day that the monster’s remains were quite valuable.
However, they were going to need a truck to transport the monster corpses that were rather big and heavy. It was unfortunate that they had left their trucks above ground, so it was going to be impossible for them to collect these valuable corpses.
In the end, they could only swallow their tears and collect the mana stones dropped by the monsters to console themselves.
All of a sudden...
Ziiing!
[Hoho! Finally!]
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!?
“Oppa!”
“Yeah, I sense it too.”
Han-Yeol’s Demon Eyes, Balrog’s instinct, and Yoo-Bi’s mana detection device all started ringing at the same time.
‘This mana is...?’
[It seems to belong to the owner of this place.]
‘The boss monster?!’
[The boss, you say? I guess that is indeed the most fitting description for what lies ahead.]
‘It came much sooner than I expected...’?Han-Yeol thought.
In video games, a boss monster was an arrogant creature that usually appeared only after a player had hunted quite a lot of monsters.
In this case, the party had only hunted around fifteen Labyrinth Spiders so far. But the boss monster was already going to appear?
Han-Yeol could see his surroundings within a ten kilometers radius through his mana. It was something like a 3D map usually found in video games or something like that.
‘The boss monster seems to be in a strange room. It feels like a Queen Labyrinth Spider waiting for its prey to venture into its territory...’?Han-Yeol said.
[Keke! An arrogant queen? The thought of ripping that arrogant creature apart is already making me feel ecstatic!]
‘You are indeed a demon.’
[Of course! I am the proud and honorable shield of Baal-nim!]
Balrog was still an intermediate demon no matter how he acted. He was a demon who found honor in ripping apart the bodies of his enemy and bathing in their blood.
“Yoo-Bi,” Han-Yeol called out after making sense of the situation they were in.
“Yes, oppa?” Yoo-Bi replied.
She was Han-Yeol’s personal Porter and the main manager of his solo party, so he had the responsibility of sharing whatever information he found relating to the hunt they were in.
“The Labyrinth Spider boss will be up ahead. We are heading over there now.”
“That sounds quite dangerous.”
“Yes, relay this information to the Mulan crew and make sure you tell them to be extra vigilant.”
“Yes, oppa.”
Yoo-Bi went to warn the Mulan film crew to be careful now that they were going to enter the boss room.
Well, not that they had to do anything different than what they were doing so far. Their survival game plan was quite simple for now. They were going to survive if Han-Yeol won, but they were going to get annihilated if he lost.
The only reason Han-Yeol had asked Yoo-Bi to warn them was so that they could prepare themselves for what they were about to encounter.
“Alright, listen up, everyone. We are now going to meet the owner of this labyrinth dungeon. It will be quite a suspenseful experience. Are we going to be able to kill the owner of this place and safely make it out, or is this going to be the end of the road for us?” Han-Yeol made a short speech for the viewers.
Nobody had said that this was a labyrinth dungeon, but this place was going to be known as the Spider Labyrinth now that Han-Yeol had named the monsters here as the Labyrinth Spiders. It was quite natural for the secret dungeon to be called a labyrinth since the monster that appeared here had the name labyrinth attached to them.
“Now, move out!”
“Yes, Hunter-nim!”
***
Thud!
‘This seems to be the place.’
[Yes, I can smell the presence of a powerful being.]
Gulp...!
[Everything is futile...]
Han-Yeol and Balrog were looking forward to the upcoming battle while the Void Devil was still feeling the same as it always did. As for the rest of the party members who gulped nervously, they were filled with anxiety and fear.
A large shut door stood imposingly in front of them.
‘Balrog-nim.’
[Ah, leave it to me.]
Tak!
Balrog walked toward the door. He placed both of his hands on its surface before pushing it with all of his might.
Creaking, the door slowly swung open to reveal a spacious common hall. There was a flight of stairs at the end of the hall that seemingly led up to a shrine, and the Queen Labyrinth Spider was waiting for them at the very top.
If the Labyrinth Spiders had delicate features, the Queen Labyrinth Spider had an imposing presence that suited its title of queen. Its body frame was much larger than the other Labyrinth Spiders and its chest was bustier than theirs.
Also, the Labyrinth Spiders used their sharp pointy arms as their main weapons, but the Queen Labyrinth Spider had human-like arms that held onto something similar to a magic staff.
‘This looks quite troublesome... I thought it was going to be a monster that depends on its size, but it seems to have some sort of special skills under its belt,’?Han-Yeol grumbled inwardly.
Most monsters at hunting grounds above the D Rank usually possessed some sort of a special skill. These monsters, including the boss, either depended on their physical abilities or their skills, but the Queen Labyrinth Spider seemed to be the type that used special skills.
[Hohoho! Are you scared, human?]
‘Not at all. I just think it is going to be quite troublesome.’
[That’s good. I thought the human I’m contracted to was a weak coward who can’t even face this much of a challenge. I would have pierced your heart with my spear and returned to the demon world if you were.]
‘Ehem...’
It might have sounded like dark humor, but the demons had a single common trait among them. The single common trait was that they did not lie. In other words, Balrog was serious when he said that he would have pierced Han-Yeol’s heart with his flaming spear.
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login