Chapter 95: A Date with the Goddess (2)
The Void Demon did not respond any further after that.
Han-Yeol only summoned the Void Demon specialized in range attacks for now. Oddly enough, both of the Void Demons possessed multiple skills, but the one that specialized in range attacks only possessed one attacking skill, which was ‘Void Storm’. Its other two skills were a debuff and a defensive skill.
Anyway, the second half of the battle started after the Void Demon made its appearance.
The twelve Phantoms fell one by one, quickly splitting into twenty-four. Now, the raid party had to fight against a total of thirty-six Phantoms in one battle.
Puk! Puk! Kaboom!
Han-Yeol and the Void Demon displayed a combo that would have been unimaginable when it had been a Shadow Demon. Maybe a ranking existed among demons of the same rank, but Han-Yeol had found it difficult to coordinate with the Shadow Demon in combat as it lacked battle IQ.
On the other hand, the Void Demon possessed higher intelligence and a better understanding of tactics. It was able to follow whatever command Han-Yeol gave it during combat, and it even moved on its own to cover and protect whatever exposed opening he had after using his chain.
‘Chain Smite!’
Pukeok!
Han-Yeol threw his chain and killed one of the two remaining Phantoms after hitting it in the face. Meanwhile, the other remaining Phantom was killed by the Void Demon’s ‘Void Storm’.
The combat prowess Han-Yeol displayed was so different from what he had initially shown that the Egyptian Hunters found it absurd.
[Wow, that’s really awesome...]
[Why does it feel like the Vice Leader-nim is getting stronger the longer we hunt?]
[What if that is indeed the case? What if he does get stronger over time?]
[No way, do you really think that’s possible?]
In the end, the Egyptian Hunters decided to think that they were probably just mistaken and Han-Yeol was only showing his full ability now. That was probably the most logical explanation for them as Han-Yeol’s growth was something that transcended what the world knew about Hunters.
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The Horus raid party’s hunting speed explosively increased after Han-Yeol proactively started to hunt, and they hunted for a week with only minimal rest in between. Most of the Egyptian Hunters cursed and grumbled at the increased intensity of the hunt, but they held their tongue and toughened it out by focusing on the profit they were going to gain at the end of it.
It had been a long time since they hunted this intensely. Of course, Tayarana was someone who enjoyed fighting, so her raid party was already known for going on intense hunts. However, this was still the first time that they hunted so quickly and intensely.
It would not have been an issue if the Horus raid party took adequate rests in between their hunts like they were used to, but Tayarana was basically pushing them to their very limits by significantly cutting their breaks short. It was such a drastic change that the Egyptian Hunters could not help but wonder if their leader had caught some kind of a bug or something.
There were many factors that contributed to their increased hunting speed, but the fact that they did not have to wait for the Porters to dismember the monster corpses in this specific hunting ground was the biggest factor of them all.
“Huff... Huff... Huff...”
When the Horus raid party was getting quite exhausted, Tayarana stopped luring monsters and descended to the ground. Well, the reason she stopped luring monsters was only that they had already massacred the monsters in their surroundings and there were no more monsters to lure...
[Thank you for your hard work,] Mariam said as she ran up to Tayarana with a towel.
[Thanks,] Tayarana replied nonchalantly while taking off her helmet.
Mariam had prepared the steam-disinfected pure cotton towel for Tayarana to wipe her sweat as flying in the Horus Suit consumed a tremendous amount of mana and stamina.
By the way, the used towel would immediately be given to a servant to dispose of as letting someone of her stature reuse a towel should not ever happen. In fact, the only thing that Tayarana probably reused in her life was her hunting gears.
[Please have a refreshing drink,] offered the Egyptian Porters, who looked quite free on this particular hunt, as they handed out chilled drinks to the Hunters.
Han-Yeol watched the Egyptian Porters hand out drinks before he looked up at the drone flying overhead. He thought, ‘The Korean Porters will probably be expected to start handing out drinks more often from now on... It’s probably going to be tiring for them.’
Han-Yeol could not help but feel apologetic toward the Korean Porters as he had been a Porter in the past. He was probably going to one day slowly become indifferent toward the plight of the Porters, but his memories and experiences from being a Porter were still fresh in his heart.
[Is that the end of our hunt?] Han-Yeol asked Tayarana and Mariam.
[Ah, yes, this is the end. The promised seven days have passed and the other Hunters are starting to reach their limits, so it is probably better for us to let them rest than continue hunting.] Mariam gave a response that was befitting of her position as Tayarana’s trusted adjutant.
She not only concerned herself with strategizing and commanding the raid party, but she was also hands-on when it came to maintaining the raid party’s condition and efficiency.
In fact, the only reason the Horus raid party probably grew this big while having an impressive track record of zero casualties, despite having a combat-loving leader like Tayarana, was all thanks to Mariam.
Of course, most people praised her for being the pillar of the Horus raid party, but she would always deflect such praises and give credit to Tayarana instead.
[Ughh...?I guess that’s understandable... I’m slowly starting to get exhausted as well...] Han-Yeol grumbled.
[I’m surprised you managed to fight for so long. You basically ran around the entire battlefield and fought harder than anyone else,] Tayarana commented.
[Hahaha! I had my reasons for doing that,] Han-Yeol replied with a laugh.
Actually, the reason that Han-Yeol had run around so diligently was purely out of his own interest. He had noticed in their previous hunts that he was not gaining much experience points, but he had accidentally stumbled upon the fact, while testing out his skills, that he gained much more experience points the more actively he participated in the hunt.
He immediately understood that, despite his ability being similar to that of a game system, this was the real world and not a game. There was no such thing as experience points being shared among party members. The only thing that mattered when calculating the experience points he gained was how active he was and how much he contributed to killing the monster.
In the end, he could not sit still and relax after understanding how his ability worked. After all, he wanted to level up as fast as he could, which in turn motivated him to push himself to his limits and actively participate in the hunt.
‘I guess the only upside in hunting with a party is that I can go after stronger monsters... Well, there’s also the part that it’s more fun...’?
Han-Yeol thought that while solo-hunting and monopolizing all of the profit was nice, it was also good for him to hunt with a party and go after stronger monsters that he would otherwise not dare to hunt alone, which in turn would offset whatever reduction in the experience points he would gain.
‘Oh... right...’?Han-Yeol suddenly remembered something.
[Tara, I have a favor to ask.]
[What is it? Ask me anything you need,] Tayarana coolly replied.
[You do know that’s quite a dangerous thing to say, right?] Han-Yeol joked in response. He had somehow managed to get close enough to the Egyptian Princess that he could joke with her.
Tayarana remained expressionless while listening to Han-Yeol’s banter, and this scene was live broadcasted by the main camera not only to the V Ticket viewers but also to the normal viewers.
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