Dungeon Hunter - Chapter 150
Chapter 150: Chapter 48. Guardian (3)
By the 10th day, I eliminated most of the monsters in Korea. The number of people following me had increased exponentially, and now, there were 30,000.
I was informed that I had accomplished another achievement.
[For the first time, more than 30,000 people have ‘faith’ in you.]
[It is an achievement beyond our measures. We are looking for a reward that is compatible with such an achievement.]
[For one believer, you have received 0.001 achievement point. The rewarded point will be rounded to the nearest integer.]
[You have received 35 achievement points.]
I didn’t know that I could get rewarded for people who believed in me, especially in the form of achievement points. The point I got was very small, but such a method might be useful later if the number of believers continued to grow.
If 30,000 people resulted in 35 points, hundreds of thousands of people could give me dozens of thousands.
The number of believers was quickly increasing, and, at this rate, such a scenario could be possible.
Getting rewarded based on the number of believers was a brilliant idea. I could work on something more productive while waiting for the number to grow. After all, it was a type of passive income, and I found it very useful.
“Stop!”
I had eliminated all of the monsters in the city of Busan, and I was about to head up North. Suddenly, a large number of soldiers and armed vehicles were blocking me. There were neither helicopters nor fighter jets. The monsters and demons attacked the air force bases and supply stations—no wonder why there were no aerospace units. However, I was still surprised to see that such a large army of soldiers existed.
The soldiers had been silent, nowhere to be found, while I had been slaughtering monsters. When most of the monsters were eliminated, they showed up.
The man in front of the army was wearing a hat with three stars.
“We are going to take back Seoul! Come and support us!”
The man said some more after that, but they did not carry much meaning. He was asking me to ‘support’ them in a very forceful manner.
“They didn’t do anything! The soldiers abandoned civilians!”
“Those fuckers! They show up only because the monsters are gone! They have been in hiding!”
“Now that our savior has killed all of the monsters, they are trying to ride on his coattails!”
The people following me were annoyed by the man’s talk. The army must have forsaken the civilians when the monsters started invading.
The army had established its base in this area, and they had been barely hanging on. Civilians were of no use to the army, so they simply abandoned them. As a result, the survivors of the invasion were very angry at the military.
“A strong army makes Korea stronger! We had limited resources and absolutely no additional supplies. We did not have any other options. However, things have changed. We will recover Seoul and bring back the society to how it was before. We have also been developing special techniques to utilize the core. Awakened heroes, come and join us. Let us recover Seoul together!”
It was no persuasion. The army was threatening people to join them by emphasizing their ‘special techniques’. However, they were outnumbered, and some awakened heroes were on my side.
Besides, I was here, who was a god to some of these people.
“Fucking shit!”
Spit!
People spit and swore.
“Master, they are being so annoying. And what is that thing?”
Rose had sensitive ears, and the man’s voice was very disturbing.
“It’s an amplifier.”
“Can I get rid of that?”
Instead of answering her question, I stepped forward.
At that very moment, the amplifier turned silent. Everyone was silent, including those who were complaining and other enthusiastic soldiers.
Despite the silence, the conflict between the soldiers and awakened heroes was mounting and was about to explode.
Boom!
Using the Flame of Arrogance, I created a large sphere. The sphere looked like the Sun with black flames, and it soared in the air. The sphere continued to grow larger until it became almost twice as large as an armed vehicle. Then suddenly, it shrunk.
Out of all my statistics, my mana was the highest; it was almost 110. Thanks to such a large value, I could cause great damages with even the weakest spell.
The Flame of Arrogance was a skill of an epic grade, and, when such an advance skill was combined with my high mana value, the resulting damage would be devastating.
Boom!
When I stretched out my arm, the sphere struck a nearby mountain. It made a short sound of an explosion.
Then the mountain, which looked about 700 meters tall, vanished at once.
No human weapon or technology was as powerful as my skill. To humans, what I just showed was in the realm of a god.
“…”
The soldiers, who had been blabbering with their amplifiers, fell silent again, as well as the rest of the crowd.
No one could dare say anything.
My power and skill were beyond anything they could have imagined. Both the soldiers and the awakened heroes were amazed.
I didn’t mean to show off my skills, but I had to as a sign of warning. If they continued to make trouble, I would punish them with my overwhelming power.
“He’s a god.”
“He’s indeed a god…”
Now the people elevated my status from a savior to a god. The murmurs not only came from my followers but also the soldiers.
After all, the soldiers were humans, too. They must have heard about me and my power through other people and my supporters.
They said that everyone was different, but the entire mankind shared similar traits as humans. Just like my followers, some of them could have been moved and perceived me as a superior being. Then I just showed them my overwhelming power and skill. I wouldn’t be surprised if a large number of soldiers were awed and lost their will to fight after such a demonstration.
Bump!
Bump!
A few soldiers dropped their weapons.
The feeling of helplessness spread like wildfire among the soldiers. Following the first few soldiers, more of them started dropping their weapons.
Those who were in armed vehicles came out and raised their hands as a sign of surrender.
“Hey! What are you doing?”
“But you just saw that, too! No man can fight a god!”
The soldiers were shaken.
Grrr!
At that very moment, a scream burst from somewhere near the mountain, which I just blew up.
Boom! Boom!
A tall giant charged at me with a large club. One of its two heads was gone, but the giant still looked frightening.
It was a two-headed Ogre, which was one of the strongest monsters on Earth.
My skill must have hurt the monster. It was spitting terrible breath and was charging towards me.
Two-headed Ogres were invincible to humans. They usually showed up in devastated places. In addition to the destruction, their terrifying appearance frightened people.
Slash!
The Thousand Wings expanded even further. If I wanted, I could fly with these. I kicked the ground hard and soared straight in the air. Then I charged at the Ogre and collided with it.
Boom!
Two-headed Ogres were slow. Even so, they had great strength. It was well known that the Ogres had the strength of 100.
However, my strength, too, was very high.
In fact, it was 105, which was slightly higher than that of the two-headed Ogre.
I did not dodge any of the monster’s attack. Instead, I caught the club, which the Ogre struck, and I continued to advance.
The Ogre felt somewhat unsure and hesitated for a moment. It could have never imagined that anyone could be physically stronger. In the past, every living thing, including all kinds of demons and monsters, avoided physical fights with it.
Then there was me… I did not dodge or avoid the attack, but rather confronted the blows. I caught the Ogre’s club and did not let it go.
Boom!
Using the club, I controlled the Ogre and beat it to the ground. The Ogre struggled to get up, but it could not balance itself due to one of the heads, which was cut off.
I took out the Sword of the Emperor. Then I stuck it in the Ogre’s throat and slashed it.
Splash!
The Ogre’s blood drenched me, but I did not care. Soon, the two-headed Ogre died.
“God…”
“Guardian!”
Everyone who witnessed the scene started yelling the word ‘god’ or other similar words.
Although the crowd was calling me a guardian, I thought that such a title did not really fit me.
I shook off my sword and turned around.
Then I started moving towards the soldiers.
Gulp!
All of the soldiers were nervous as I approached them. Then I stood in front of them.
I didn’t need to speak. When I looked into one of the soldier’s eyes, the one who was standing in front of the rest, he moved to the side, making way for me. The other soldiers saw that, and they also moved to the side and made way for me.
The entire army split into half to let me pass. When I walked through the middle, people started following me through that path.
I collected all of the required mana for the wings. Monsters were decimated in Korea. Finally, the number of believers reached 40,000.
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“The time has come,” I told myself.
I needed to open the summoning gate.
I thought about the location where the three-legged crow appeared in my previous life. Creating a summoning gate at the same location would increase the chance of its reappearance.
In order to summon a monster, one needed to conduct the spell at a certain time, at a certain location, and with certain tools. I did not know when to conduct the spell or what to conduct it with. Therefore, I decided to leave for a possible location.
I crossed the border and headed to North Korea.
The situation in North Korea was as bad as, if not worse than, that in South Korea. There was no trace of humans at all in North Korea. Thanks to the absence of people, I could advance swiftly.
Moreover, I couldn’t see that many monsters on the way. It seemed that the monsters had plundered North Korea and left for other places.
After three more days of heavy marching, I was able to arrive at the desired destination.
I looked at the mountain. It seemed like it was touching the sky.
The mountain was called Baekdu, which was the final destination.
The lake on top of the Baekdu Mountain was very foggy. My wings, which maxed out its mana of one million, was shining brightly amid the fog.
People got nervous. They seemed to think that the pathway to heaven was located near this lake.
It didn’t make sense to expect a demon to show the way to heaven. Even if I knew the way, I would not want to show it to them.
I was going to open a summoning gate, and I was doing this task because I wanted to confuse Archduke Pandemonium. I couldn’t care less about people’s hopes and wishes.
However, I needed their prayers to open the summoning gate.
The strong desire to go to heaven and become happy would be very helpful to open the summoning gate and bring the desired monster.
“The Thousand Summoning Spell…”
I arrived at the side of the lake and spoke out loud the name of the spell.
At that very moment, something happened.
Swoosh!
My wings spread apart. Then they grew larger and created a circle in the air.
[You have activated the skill of ‘The Thousand Summoning Spell’ (Ex Epic).]
[You have successfully opened the summoning gate!]
I grinned. The mana of humans behind me was slowly getting sucked into the summoning gate. That mana was the result of their hopes and wishes.
I wasn’t sure if I would be able to summon the three-legged crow the same way in the previous life.
However, there were many people behind me, and their collective efforts and wishes would definitely summon something very powerful.
Crack! Crack!
The circle was cracking.
Then the long body of the summoned monster passed through the circle. Soon, the monster landed on the ground.
The length of the monster was about 30 meters. It had a slender body, four feet, a long face, and hair.
Its sharp eyes stared at me, as though it was asking who I was. The monster was scrutinizing me.
The monster was not a three-legged crow. It was something completely different.
I carefully examined the monster, scanning it from head to toe.
The summoned monster had nine tails.
