Old Guard (1)

Scratch!

Tsutsu !

The dryad's body collapsed with a terrifying shattering sound.

"Ah ."

There was only despair in the brief sigh that came out of his mouth.

I had no choice but to do so.

The enemies that appeared in front of me now... .

Because they were monsters far beyond their cognition.

armor and shield. Even the Blessing of the spirits.

None of that was of any use.

'never You can't let them go to Yuasis.'

However, that thought is only a fleeting wind.

The dryad's head fell to the ground in one clean cut.

kuung!

The flame of life, which had been completely extinguished, extinguished even that will.

In less than three minutes, the thirty-seven dryads placed at the entrance to the ruins were annihilated.

Considering that each one of them is an elite who has been selected in the village. This is an unbelievable result.

"Silly. This is the only way I can't even brush off the rust on the knife."

The slender man clicked his tongue.

The runes written on the gray sword were still glimmering softly.

"This work is not to satisfy your own self-interest. Do not confuse goals with personal feelings."

At the man's words, a woman with short black hair stepped forward.

Similarly, with a thin dagger with a pale gray color, she was examining the corpses of the Dryads with a cold face.

"It's chilly. After all, work is something you enjoy doing .. No matter how upright you are, they don't look after you."

"Your man..."

In an instant, sharp energy collided with each other.

It has such a terrifying force that the mana dissolved in the air is transformed.

[Old Guard.]

Rankers that Nyarlathotep put great effort into raising within the tower. Already thousands of years ago, Nyarlathotep had become the hands and feet of Nyarlathotep, taking charge of the tower's dirty work.

They are faithful hunting dogs and scavengers, and at the same time, they are capable of attacking quite a few labyrinths and ruins alone.

Another man closed his eyes and looked inside the ruins.

It was quite impressive that he was holding a longbow taller than his height with a solid build.

"The player named Jinhyuk Kang is currently in the cave to avoid the storm. The number is five No, if you include Jinjo, it will be six. Hmm. I just just went inside the cave. It seems he has sensed that the Dryads have been hit. ."

"A cave? Are there swarms of black scorpions sleeping there? Besides, it's usually not complicated inside, is it?"

"Hey. Is there any guide among the six? It would be impossible to find a proper path within it if it wasn't for you or Pesis."

Various reactions emerged.

This is because it was difficult to understand Jinhyuk's trait of recklessly pushing.

At the same time, curiosity about what kind of results it will create through it has also increased.

"After all, he seems to know that the sand dunes of the sun have a crown."

The tallest of the four Old Guards stood up.

Chunkyung!

A massive sword that was over 2m tall entered the scabbard on its back.

"We also speed up."

"Are you going to go straight into the sand dunes of the sun?"

"No, looking at his movement, he must have gone towards the ant ghost."

One way is to take things away before your competitors.

However.

That way, there is a chance that you will be caught behind or leave an awkward corner.

Even if he knows a shortcut... It could have gotten even worse.

"Go there and get rid of them and secure the crown."

For the perfect mission.

Eliminating the competitor itself is the surest way.

"That would be fun."

"Don't kill Kang Jin-hyuk. It's a long term horse that Rick, the middle manager, really likes."

"I'll try."

"Then, I'll understand by saying that you can kill all the rest."

jerk.

Soon after, the four old guards entered the gate.

KwaKwaKwaKwaKwaKwaKwaKwaKwa!

"Kee-e-e-e!"

The ant ghost roared wildly and ran wildly.

A prey with a limited range of motion in the sand.

so that.

Obviously, it was normal to be able to eat it in one bite.

It means that it is only natural that it will end sooner or later.

Still, that person was running away from the drug so much.

As if to slow down time.

[The unique ability 'Blood Explosion' is activated!]

Puff puff pop!

Whoops!

Drops of sand and blood gathered together and exploded.

Jin-hyeok, in his dizzyingly obscured view, traversed through the sand through 'Gemma Cheonryeongbo'.

In terms of the trait of 'Ant Hell', the speed was not even 1/3 of the original one... .

Does not matter.

After all, speed wasn't the most important thing in this fight.

a little bit.

little bit more .

Jinhyuk continued to measure the timing.

'We have to finish this before the guys out there come all the way.'

The elite of Hastings who are both talented and informed.

If he knew the entrance to the ruins, he must have guessed the location of the crown as well.

'They're also predicting our current location and the direction we're going in the future.'

Through 'Cheonrajimang', I left milestones from the entrance of the ruins to this place.

To estimate the average speed by calculating the distance the enemy travels per hour.

'If you count... Whatever choice they make, we will be one step behind.'

Much faster than expected.

That is to say, they are monsters that are at least three levels better than assumed.

then .

You must choose to fight head-to-head rather than shake it off.

in a more favorable place and situation.

Ready to catch them.

And one of the conditions depends on that ant ghost.

"Kee-e-e-e!"

The ant ghost ran again.

Again, the vitality of that size is unmatched.

If you look at the fact that even after being beaten like that, the trademark 'Blood Attack' of the Decassus is still alive.

Jinhyuk swung a sickle made of ghost wood.

Kick Kick Kick!

One eyeball was torn horizontally.

huuuuuoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Countless magic circles appeared in the air.

[The 6th circle 'Aqua Storm' is activated!]

The selected magic is a water attribute type.

Water droplets rotating at high speed drew pentagonal stars.

It was a great magic that made use of only one destructive power, excluding other things.

"Try it cold once."

kukuku... .

As the streams of water united, they rushed towards the face of the ant ghost.

Aww!

A huge stream of water completely blocked my view.

However.

"Keiei hey hey!"

The ant ghost was still alive and well.

The wide-open mouth came close to Jinhyuk's nose in an instant.

it's thick

The smell of rotting corpses disturbed his sense of smell.

Teeth and teeth try to mesh.

It is a prey movement in preparation for swallowing by tearing it into small pieces.

now!

The long-awaited time has finally come.

Jinhyuk flew through his teeth.

At a moment when it could be said that it was almost the same time.

Tadaak!

Teeth and teeth collided.

However, Jinhyeok's body had already climbed the ant ghost's neck and went inside.

It was thanks to the perfect timing calculation without any error.

'It was close.'

Jinhyuk let out a small sigh of relief.

Disturbing his gaze with an aqua storm. He was able to earn about 0.3 seconds by paralyzing his sense of smell with blood.

If there was even a slight misalignment, instead of entering the body alive, fragments of fragments would have occurred in those teeth.

'It's awful to come back here.'

My nose hurts, so it's tingling.

The ant ghost's body was extremely hot and filled with a terrible stench.

Nevertheless, I took all those risks because there was something I had to gain.

Core.

A Youngsu of this size must have a core that supports the years.

It's the crystal of mana, and at the same time, it's the heart that sustains Youngsu's life.

To secure this, the rest of the party was sent first.

'While I turn off the time, I'll head first to the dunes of the sun through a hidden passage.'

Now we just need to get over the last hurdle.

Jinhyeok headed deep into the body of the ant ghost along the glistening inner wall.

Fortunately, he was such a big guy, there was enough space for an adult male to pass through.

How long would you have walked like that?

The dark wall gradually brightened, and a space corresponding to a small room appeared.

At last, they had reached the place where the heart of the ant ghost was.

'That's it.'

Maybe it was because it had poison in it, so a black marble appeared.

That is the core of the ant ghost.

'It will not be easy to purify poison.'

If entering this body was the first gateway.

Purifying the poison around the core is the second gateway.

If I didn't know it and even touched it, it would have turned into a handful of blood in less than a minute.

In fact, in the past, one of the demon world's divinities touched that Core with bare hands and disappeared within a week.

Jinhyuk looked around carefully.

Pants! Foul!

The area around the core burns black.

It is a poison that comes out of nowhere to say that it is truly terrifying.

To alleviate that... .

Reading and Reading (以毒攻毒).

Poison is suppressed with poison.

[The unique abilities 'Cheonpox', 'Black Tears', and 'Blood Magic' are fused!]

Black Tears from the Celestial Poison and Wailing Witch, who wields a thousand poisons.

A demon dissolved in blood is served there.

When the three abilities merged into one, a dark red light erupted.

kukukuku!

When one attribute is maximized in this way, the burden on the body is also beyond imagination.

It means that you have to pay a price to get strong abilities.

However, in this situation, you have to move forward even if you are in a hurry.

Throb! Throb! Throb!

It feels like my blood vessels are going to burn.

In the aftermath of mana's runaway, terrible pains spread throughout.

right then

[You have succeeded in fusion!]

[You have acquired the unique ability 'Destroyed Ten Million Poison (滅天萬毒)'!]

[Annihilation Bay Poison]

Acquisition Difficulty: SS

Content: Ten thousand poisons that will destroy the sky. Increases your understanding of the many poisons in the tower by 250%. Even the masters of poison, Sacheondangmun, or even the divinities of the upper classes would not be able to talk about poison in front of this ability.

[The fused ability is stored in 'memory of the world'!]

great.

"Whoa...!"

Breathing became easier.

The poison around the core, which I couldn't even see properly, felt a little thinner.

Where does the poison go? what its ingredients are.

It was thanks to the fact that I began to perceive it much more clearly.

As the annihilated poison bloomed, a green light appeared along Jinhyuk's fingertips.

As his hand crossed the air, the poison that had gathered around the Core began to slowly dissipate.

slowly .

They're almost there, but they're not vigilant.

A little more carefully... .

A cold sweat ran down Jinhyuk's forehead.

As it was a delicate work that required a high level of concentration, he did not let out a single breath.

[The poison surrounding the Core is completely gone!]

done!

Jinhyuk managed to swallow the shouts that erupted.

Finally, the time has come to secure the results of the hard work.

But just before getting Core.

kwaaang!

A strong shock shook her whole body.

"ね!?"

There was no shock from the inside.

from outside. Something attacked the ant ghost.

profit!

The smoke cleared and a huge wind hole appeared.

and.

Beyond a circle over 1m in size... .

Four men and women dressed in black appeared.

no doubt

These are the ones Hasting sent.

"Indeed, at this time..."

I did the calculations by increasing the speed to the maximum.

They got here faster than that.