Chapter 46: High Schooler (4)
The demon had replied through telepathy, just as it always did.
‘Shadow Demon, I offer you monsters. Those four?Volaxes?are yours,’?Han-Yeol said while pointing at the four hideous monsters frantically charging toward them and avoiding the bullets Yoo-Bi and Sung-Hwan were firing at them.
[I shall grant your request.]
‘Huh?’?Han-Yeol was confused.
The Shadow Demon's telepathic connection between it and Han-Yeol made it hard for him to fully understand what it was trying to say, but he could clearly hear what the demon was saying this time.
“Halt! Cease fire!” Han-Yeol shouted a command.
The two Porters’ accuracy had drastically fallen the moment they were surprised after seeing Han-Yeol summoning the Shadow Demon. Sung-Hwan immediately stopped shooting once the Shadow Demon started walking toward the Volaxes.
Shiiing!
The Shadow Demon raised its sharp nails on both hands and walked toward the Volaxes, which opened their mouths while charging at it.
Shwaaa...!
“Huh?”
“What the?”
Yoo-Bi and Sung-Hwan were taken aback by what they saw.
‘They just went through it?’?Han-Yeol thought.
The Volaxes were about to collide with the Shadow Demon before they simply passed through it. That was the moment that completely confused the monsters as to what had just happened.
Shakak!
The Shadow Demon turned around and swiped its nails at one of the Volaxes, leaving four huge lines on its back.
“Kekeng!”?The Volax that got scratched squirmed and winced in pain.
‘The Shadow Demon’s attack works, but the Volaxes simply passed through it?’?Han-Yeol thought, and then he wondered, ‘Is it because of its shadow trait? Does that mean?it's?immune against physical attacks...?’
It was certainly interesting if that was the case, since this meant that only magic attacks could ever damage the Shadow Demon. This meant that the Shadow Demon was a nightmare for low-tier monsters. There were a lot of mid-tier monsters that used mana to attack their enemies, but the only monster capable of using mana to attack among the low-tier monsters was the hunting ground’s boss monsters.
‘This is good. I don’t think it’s going to be difficult to grow the Shadow Demon,”?Han-Yeol thought.
The fact that the Shadow Demon was immune to physical attacks meant that it had the ability to one-sidedly sweep through this entire hunting ground.
The Volaxes were fully occupied by the Shadow Demon, and they did not think about anything else aside from trying to get a bite out of the demon. However, there was no way that these monsters, which only knew how to do physical attacks, could ever win against the Shadow Demon that was immune to it.
The Shadow Demon seemed to be relaxed while fighting against the Volaxes as it swiped its nails at the monsters and easily dispatched three of them. Then...
Puek!
“Kekeng...!”?
The remaining Volax continued to stubbornly try and bite the Shadow Demon, only to be punched by the demon’s large fist. It cried in pain when it was flung back by the force and hit a tree.
The Shadow Demon slowly walked toward the incapacitated Volax, then wrapped its hands around the Volax’s neck and slowly started to choke it.
“Keeek!?Keeek!”?The Volax squirmed and resisted for dear life.
However, the Shadow Demon tightened its grip even further the more the Volax resisted against it.
Crack... Snap...!
The Shadow Demon dispatched the Volax by snapping its neck off, just like a serial killer from any horror movie.
[Hehehe...]
The Shadow Demon that dispatched four Volaxes on its own laughed in an eerily sinister manner before it picked up a Volax’s corpse and proceeded to devour it whole. It was just like how a fisherman would swallow its small game after fishing it out.
A red mouth suddenly appeared on the Shadow Demon’s face, which was originally void of anything.
Munch... Crack... Munch... Munch... Munch...
The monsters the Shadow Demon ate were already dead, but the sight of it voraciously eating the corpses could only be described as grotesque and stomach-turning.
Nom... Nom... Nom... Tsk...
The Shadow Demon clicked its tongue after feasting on a Volax, as if to show that it was not satisfied, and it spat out a mana stone just like how someone would spit out the bones of the fish they were eating.
“Make sure you collect the mana stones. You won’t be dismembering any monsters as long as that guy is around,” Han-Yeol said.
“Huh? Ah, yes, Hunter-nim,” Sung-Hwan replied before slowly approaching the Shadow Demon. He was nervous at the fact that he was approaching the grotesque-looking demon that had just picked up another dead Volax. He immediately picked up the mana stone on the ground as fast as he could while the Shadow Demon was busy munching on another fresh corpse.
The mana stones from the Volaxes seemed to be not so valuable at a single glance. This was unsurprising, since the monsters were widely known to give out mana stones low in purity.
‘Let’s make a short round before going to the next stage,’?Han-Yeol thought.
It was the Shadow Demon’s first hunt, but it was not bad at all.
Munch... Crack... Munch... Munch... Munch...
The Shadow Demon finished devouring the four Volaxes like a hungry person eating chicken legs.
‘Shadow Demon, are you satisfied?’?Han-Yeol asked
[Not enough... I need more... Monster corpses... I’m still hungry...]
‘I wonder how many offerings a more powerful demon would demand if you are already so gluttonous,’?Han-Yeol thought.
The Shadow Demon just ate four Volaxes, but it was still complaining about hunger.
Han-Yeol took Yoo-Bi and Sung-Hwan deeper into the hunting ground, to a spot where the Volaxes usually appeared in large numbers.
Sniff... Sniff... Sniff...!
A massive number of twenty Volaxes picked up the scent of Han-Yeol and his party, and they proceeded to ferociously charge toward them.
“Let it rip, you two!” Han-Yeol shouted.
“Yes, Hunter-nim!” the two Porters replied before they let loose.
Ratatatatata!
There was no such thing as aiming for the Volaxes right now. All the Porters had to do was to shoot whatever that came into view, and this surprisingly worked very well. Almost all of their bullets hit a target because of the sheer numbers of the monsters coming in.
‘Shadow Demon, these are offerings for you,’?Han-Yeol said through telepathy.
[I will take... them... all...]
Shwaaa...!
The Shadow Demon glided through the air toward the monsters, as soon as Han-Yeol pointed at them, just like it did a while ago.
The twenty Volaxes and the Shadow Demon were about to collide any minute now!
However, the Volaxes’ attacks did not work on the Shadow Demon, just as expected.
Grrr...!
The Shadow Demon was alone and not nimble, and the Volaxes came in droves. That was why the demon could not attract the aggro of all of the Volaxes, and some of them came charging toward Han-Yeol and his party.
‘Chain Smite,’?Han-Yeol thought as he threw his chain.
Shwwiiiiik!
Han-Yeol mercilessly unleashed his Chain Smite at the incoming Volaxes.
Bam!
“Kekeng!”
Puek!
“Kekeng!”
Han-Yeol looked like a circus ringmaster, whipping the beasts that were charging at him. It only took a single hit for the Volaxes to die from his chain.
Volaxes were the first monsters Han-Yeol had hunted when he was Level 1, but he was now Level 50. It was rather obvious that these low-tier monsters were not going to be able to withstand the sheer difference in level, coupled with the fact that Han-Yeol was using one of his strongest skills against them.
Baaam!
The five Volaxes, who ignored the Shadow Demon and charged at Han-Yeol and his party, did not even manage to reach them before laying dead on the ground. Their corpses were severely crushed.
“Listen up, you two. Go and retrieve the five Volaxes I killed just now and try dismembering them,” Han-Yeol said.
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