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Chapter 568: Night of Potential (4)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Cale could feel Bae Puh Rum and Kim Min Ah following behind him.
Boom. Boom. Boom!
The snake-headed giant was walking toward them with its large club. This monster was over 3 meters tall.
“Roooooooar!”
The snake-headed giant raised its arm.
The black club headed toward the sky.
Its movement didn’t look slow at all.
In fact, it was much quicker than the snake wolf and the skeleton from earlier.
It also seemed much stronger as well.
Cale started to speak as Kim Min Ah and Bae Puh Rum gulped after seeing the club being raised.
His voice sounded very sharp.
“Bae Puh Rum! Take Kim Min Ah and move 2 meters to the left!”
Bae Puh Rum subconsciously grabbed Kim Min Ah and quickly moved about 2 meters to the left as if he was possessed.
It was much faster to fly slightly off the ground than to run.
Bae Puh Rum saw Cale moving 2 meters to the right at the same time.
‘That’s the opposite direction.’
Bae Puh Rum and Cale were moving in opposite directions.
Cale shouted once more at that moment.
“Kim Min Ah! Stab!”
Tap.
Kim Min Ah kicked off the ground as soon as she got away from Bae Puh Rum.
She could see Cale raising his spear on the right side as well.
His spear was heading for the giant’s right thigh.
In that short instant... Kim Min Ah and Cale made eye contact.
“Don’t think about the direction and just stab forward with all of your strength!”
“Ah.”
Kim Min Ah finally understood what Cale meant when he told her she didn’t need to control her ability.
She clenched her spear with both hands.
Oooooo-
Kim Min Ah could feel the immense amount of strength moving to her arms.
Her muscles became much firmer.
Crack.
The half-transparent spear in her hands slowly started to crack.
She then heard Cale's voice.
“Now!”
Kim Min Ah pushed her spear forward.
It was at that moment.
Baaaaaang-!
The giant’s club hit a spear.
Cale's spear had struck the giant’s club to make that loud noise.
The snake-headed giant had a pretty quick reaction speed.
That was why it had changed the direction of its club that had been heading down to respond to Cale’s attack.
Craaaack-
The water spear cracked before it was destroyed.
“Ugh.”
Cale’s body was pushed back.
But at that moment...
“Roooooooooar!”
The monster’s body twisted and it screamed.
Kim Min Ah looked down at her spear.
Driiiiiiiiiiiip.
The monster’s black blood dripped down from the spear that had pierced the giant’s thigh.
As long as it only had one club...
The monster could not dodge the attacks from both sides.
They came right after one another.
“...Holy shit... Isn’t that monster’s skin extremely thick?”
Lee Chul Min couldn't hide his astonishment as he watched.
It was the same for the others.
The scary thing about this snake-headed giant was its skin that they could not damage no matter how many times they attacked.
But if there was a spear with enough strength to pierce through it...
It was possible.
Kim Min Ah looked toward Cale.
Cale, who had stood back up as if he was never pushed back in the first place, created another water spear as he started to speak.
“You pierce. I defend. Or vice versa.”
Cale started to smile.
“Easy, right?”
“It’s very hard.”
A smile appeared for the first time on the stoic Kim Min Ah's face.
Cale charged toward the snake-headed giant again.
“Roooooooooar!”
The monster headed for Kim Min Ah who had injured it.
She heard Cale’s voice in his ear at that moment.
“Kim Min Ah, I’m not going to say anything anymore, so follow me with your eyes.”
Cale trusted Kim Min Ah's abilities.
“Stab as hard as you can without thinking about controlling it.”
“But it’s hard to control the direction.”
“Just stab when I tell you to stab.”
Kim Min Ah's weakness was in direction control.
Her spear was so strong that Kim Min Ah couldn’t control it to go where she wanted it to go at this point in time.
It was quite difficult to fight against moving monsters.
She might accidentally harm her allies or attack nearby buildings and cause chaos.
But Kim Min Ah realized something while looking at Cale.
‘...If that person makes the monsters stop moving! If the monster is standing still where this person tells me to stab...!’
Then her attack would work.
Cale moved toward the giant’s back and stabbed with his water spear as Kim Min Ah had those thoughts on her mind.
“Forward! Stab!”
Kim Min Ah followed Cale's voice and swung her spear from the front.
Their directions were opposite, but their movements were similar as if they were reflections.
Baaaaaaaaaang!
The giant’s club struck Kim Min Ah’s spear.
Kim Min Ah was not pushed back.
In fact, it was the giant that was pushed back.
And on the pushed back giant's back...
“Roooooooar!”
The water spear stabbed in.
“Hmm. I guess I really can’t do it?”
Cale’s spear did not manage to pierce the giant’s skin.
There definitely seemed to be some limits to this partial ancient power.
Craaaaaaack.
However, the giant's black club started to crack.
It was unable to withstand Kim Min Ah's power.
“Follow me.”
Cale immediately started to move again. His body was heading for the monster’s left ankle.
Kim Min Ah moved toward the right ankle.
“Stab!”
Kim Min Ah's spear stabbed deep into the giant’s right ankle.
Cale’s spear blocked the black club.
“...Wow...shit.”
“Roooooooooar!”
The snake-headed giant was charging toward them.
But the two of them were not scared at all.
It was already injured in multiple places and looked ready to fall at any moment.
Cale opened his mouth to speak.
“Seomyeon, Busan. Go there with me.”
Cale was drawing an image in his mind.
Choi Han.
Lee Soo Hyuk.
Choi Jung Soo.
Kim Min Ah.
Bae Puh Rum.
Park Jin Tae.
The images of his allies who would take care of the attacking was slowly being created.
The couple looked confused after hearing an unexpected location. Cale shared his thoughts with them.
“I won't make you do anything dangerous. Think about it.”
The two of them tilted their heads in confusion before charging toward the snake-headed giant as dealing with this monster came first.
Cale also kicked off the ground and followed behind them.
‘It should end quickly.’
The snake-headed giant should soon fall to these two who were getting a feel for how to take care of it.
Cale looked farther south past the snake-headed giant.
The leader of the seven Grade 1 taster monsters.
The Dark Tiger that was a mix of a lion and a tiger was looking at Cale with a piercing gaze.
It was scary and looked as if it wanted to rip Cale up into pieces right now.
Cale looked right into its eyes as he started to speak.
“You know how to speak the human language, right?”
The Dark Tiger’s eyes opened wide as if it had read Cale’s lips.
Smirk.
Cale smiled while looking at its reaction.
Another record popped up in his mind.
< The leader of the Grade 1 taster monsters is 1.5 times stronger than regular Grade 1 monsters and has a unique trait. >
< This was a trait that was only found in the leader of the taster monsters since the start of the cataclysm. >
Since the cataclysm...
Only at this moment...
A trait only shown by the leader of the taster monsters.
A special power that would never appear again.
< It was able to communicate. >
The leader of the taster monsters was the only monster that could communicate with humans.
Cale smiled toward the Dark Tiger.
Cale then added the Dark Tiger to his list of allies that would make up the attack team to fight against the unranked monster.
Alberu Crossman looked toward the person sitting across from him.
His eyes looked tired.
He also looked anxious.
The situation... An unexpected situation had happened.
‘...Damn it.’
The White Star had smacked him from behind.
Alberu Crossman had to come to a decision quickly.
Would he withdraw from the Endable Kingdom?
Or would he stay here until the end?
He then started to speak to the person who had come to see him.
“They want to make a deal?”
The person nodded their head.
“Yes, your highness.”
“...What’s the cost?”
“The curse that the Sun God placed on the Crossman blood.”
Alberu's eyes opened wide.
The curse that the Sun God placed on the Crossman household.
< Descendants of the cursed blood. >
< The touch of the Sun God will always be by your side. >
< Never set your eyes on taking over the sky. >
< The Sun will always rise. >
< The moment darkness is planted in your bodies... >
< The moment a person with that darkness becomes the head of the household, the sky will be destroyed and the ground will tremble. >
Alberu recalled the words he had read thousands of times.
His voice sounded very low.
“...How did you?”
“I happened to find out because of this incident.”
The person put on an awkward smile.
“Please don't worry as I will keep it a secret.”
“...Ha!”
Alberu was at a loss for words.
However, the person calmly continued to speak.
“Anyway, I was told you would receive an equivalent compensation if you place that on the scale for the deal.”
“...Is that what the God of Death told you?”
“Yes, your highness.”
Excommunicated priestess Cage nodded her head.
Alberu hesitated for a moment before starting to speak.
“But that’s beneficial for me.”
It was extremely beneficial if this curse was taken away.
Cage ended up learning his secret, but it would not matter if the curse was removed.
What could Cage do about a curse that did not exist?
That was why he found it odd.
“Why does the God of Death want such a thing?”
His eyes looked confused.
He knew that Choi Han had made a deal with the God of Death. He didn’t know the details and Choi Han didn't tell him what he had offered in return, but it couldn’t have been something small.
“What benefit does the God of Death get by taking the curse of my bloodline?”
“Gods are unable to personally help. That is why he wants to help in a different way.”
She shrugged her shoulders and mischievously responded.
“Gods love and cherish heroes. Especially heroes who have escaped their fate.”
She then quickly added on.
“But why do you think it is the God of Death who is offering this deal?”
“...Then?”
“The God of Death is only a messenger.”
Cage turned around and headed toward the entrance of the tent.
Flap.
She lifted the flap and someone walked in.
“...Saint Jack.”
Saint Jack smiled at Alberu after hearing his name.
“The Sun God wishes to take the curse back.”
“...Why?”
Saint Jack shook his head.
“I do not know the answer, however, he did tell me one thing.”
Jack repeated what the Sun God had told him.
“He said that, ‘I need to fix my mistake, the path that went wrong a long time ago.’ He also said that right now was the only time to do it. This is his only chance to do so.”
Cage handed Alberu a video communication device.
This video communication device looked different than regular ones as it had a perfect split of black and white.
“Should you agree to the deal, only you will be able to use this video communication device as the person making the deal. You'll be connected right away.”
“...You mean to Cale Henituse?”
“Yes, your highness.”
Cage gave a short response.
“This video communication device will become the only way to communicate with young master Cale.”
Alberu reached his hand out toward the video communication device.