Dungeon Hunter - Chapter 152

Chapter 152: Chapter 48. Guardian (5)

I watched that scene closely. Kirin had planted a spark within the humans. I didn’t know what kind of spark it was, but I wondered if it wasn’t the skill known as the Children of Kirin.

The humans’ faces became flushed.

It seemed as though they had instinctively sensed Kirin’s identity and then realized what they were to do.

In any case, with this, I had done all that I needed to.

“I’ve said all that I came to say.”

This all took place within the Imagination Barrier.

I let Kirin know who the true enemy who had overrun these humans was.

I briefly recalled the conversation from just before.

“Pandemonium. That bastard and his forces trampled this land. Violated it. He is a demon like me but he yearns for the destruction of this world, and I hope for his destruction. You’re free to choose. Whether you’ll oppose me here, or whether you’ll strike Pandemonium with these humans?”

“Are you saying that even while you want his destruction you won’t help us?”

“I am a demon. I cannot get revenge on behalf of these humans. That’s why I summoned you.”

“If this Pandemonium person is at a similar level to you then it’s going to be a tough fight.”

“There’s no need to attack him, actually. Recently four of his demons died. And I know where their dungeons are. Pandemonium urgently dispatched monsters or demons there, but their numbers will likely be small. Strike those places. If you do, the stepping stone of revenge will be laid out.”

“The stepping stone of revenge…”

“I do not want the destruction of humans. More than that, I do wish for the extermination of other demons. Think carefully before you act. The person you truly need to be hostile toward is not me.”

The important thing to me now was not the dungeons of other demons. It was much more important to shift their attention and stall for time.

And Kirin and the humans were the ones who could buy that time for me.

In addition, provided this dungeon attack succeeds, I would be able to taste the return of my steep military power. It would be fine if I led them again and start to properly attack other dungeons eventually.

Kirin was already in the state of setting his heart on striking the dungeons of the demons under Pandemonium’s command. There was no need for me to interfere here.

“Now…”

I turned around.

Since the leaders and followers had already been decided, there would no longer be a need for a guide. Quite the contrary, if I looked for the right time and appeared again it could give more of a sense of “mystique.”

Seeing as humans tend to like things like that. They had a tendency to follow someone who was more unknown, scarier… or more mysterious.

“Savior!”

“Where are you?”

As soon as I turned my back, the humans were taken aback and followed after me. The first of them to arrive was Yoo Eunhye.

“Just a moment!”

Yoo Eunhye was a magical swordsman of lightning. So it was also possible for her to move quickly like lightning.

She blocked my way and suddenly raised her eyes to me.

“Who are you? I observed you the whole time. But I still have no idea. Why do you give me this kind of familiar feeling?”

I feel her intention to never let me leave an instant before I answered. Although I had planned to disappear from the central area of the world of Baekdusan with the teleportation scroll, I was briefly driven to open my mouth.

“You don’t have the right to know yet.”

“Your voice is familiar. It’s definitely familiar… I can’t remember. Like there’s a mist covering it. Just… can’t you just tell me? Do I really need a right to know something like that?”

“Become stronger. Take command of all the humans. You have the strength to do so, and when you do, you’ll find out all the things you wanted to know.”

In just one year and eight months, she became unrecognizably strong. She had become a powerful person who couldn’t be compared to who she was before. However, that didn’t exceed the level of a human by any means. If she maintained this rate of growth then it would take some time, but… I wanted more rapid growth.

And then, I drew two pieces of parchment from my bosom.

The high-level training room. These were the type of ticket that was able to open it.

“And if you want to increase your strength even more quickly, rip this up somewhere where there is no one else. You can just give the remaining parchment to the person who has the highest potential for growth.”

If the rate of their growth had fallen short of my expectations, I likely wouldn’t have given them the parchments. But Yoo Eunhye and Edward Windsor were both achieving much speedier growth than I had anticipated.

In this era where, unlike the past life, things were changing so drastically, it was no good if humans just fell so easily. Only if they held out to the end and fought back would I also be able to profit greatly.

There was nothing wrong with Kirin’s speech or with Yoo Eunhye trying her hand at being a leader. The true power of humans came from their unity. She would become the central point of that unity and overthrow the demons, and I would be manipulating her from behind.

This was not a bad development.

“…”

Yoo Eunhye’s expression upon receiving the two sheets of parchment was peculiar. She looked back and forth between me and the parchment, tightly biting her lip to the end. As if to say, “Let’s wait and see.”

“If I can make Pandemonium notice my presence, it will be enough.”

That guy didn’t know of my return from the grave. So, there was a good chance he would be sending large units of troops here to search for the demons who have lost contact. And if that were to happen, if the emptied dungeons were all attacked at once, there would be no possibility but for the units that were trying to move to be pushed back.

In the process, the humans would accumulate significant damage, but it would not be huge. Even if they were to receive significant damage close to the point annihilation, Yoo Eunhye and Edward would survive. Because the moment one entered the training room, they couldn’t leave until the instant they clear that place.

“Roy. You stay.”

“Wha, whaaaa?”

It was a preparation for a one-in-a-million case. Even Roy should be able to do something like simply look in and report the developments to me. If I could give my orders through Roy in this situation, then the strategy of cutting and running would also become much simpler.

Rose placed her hands on her hips and spoke.

“Did you not hear what the Master said? And by the way, you know the Master hates to say something twice? Roy, I’ll also take M3. Every time there’s a supporting pillar you do nothing but lean on it, right? Take this opportunity and mend your timid personality!”

Even though the man and woman were twins, Rose’s cold-heartedness knew no bounds.

Roy looked like he was about to cry. He didn’t have the heart to refuse, and so he just stomped his foot up and down.

“Master. Will you go now?”

Whether I did or not, Rose was completely unshaken.

The instant I nodded my head Rose ripped the teleportation scroll with a great tearing sound.

And at that instant… a light flashed and their silhouettes disappeared from the world of Baekdusan.

When I returned to the dungeon, the very first one to greet me was Lyhee.

“You’re back, Master.”

As she slowly gave me a polite bow, she grinned. Her appearance was very ladylike, but she couldn’t erase her unconscious awkwardness. If she were acting, she would be chewing up the stage instead of the scene.

“Did Krithli and Tashumal return?”

“Yes. In fact, they just arrived two hours ago. Lyhee was doing her best to take care of them.”

She covered her mouth and laughed, “Hohoho.” Usually, she would have gone “Teeheehee” when she laughed… I felt my hair rise as though a bug was crawling on my back.

“Before that, Master. Aren’t you tired? Lyhee prepared some honey water for you with all her heart.”

Lyhee extended her hand, and instantly a beautifully crafted cup came out of nowhere. Her level had increased, and she had gained the knowledge to do this kind of acrobatic move.

“For your information, Lyhee made this cup.”

It was a great leap of progress. It was hard to believe that Lyhee had made this sophisticated of a design, but it was true that anything could change with the passage of time.

Gulp!

I drank it in one go. A cool feeling filled my throat.

“That’s tasty.”

“Teeheehee!”

I threw the cup suddenly, and Lyhee caught it just as quickly.

“I’d better see Krithli and Tashumal.”

“Yes, Master. I shall guide you to them.”

She once again bowed deeply and courteously, and then Lyhee flew ahead and led the way.

Lyhee’s garden.

Tashumal and Krithli were laid out in the same room like corpses.

The bees and King Bees buzzing and flying around the house would certainly have been very loud, and yet they didn’t stir.

“The quality and amount of their mana have both increased.”

Tashumal’s three pairs of wings had gotten even larger, and a simply “peculiar” mana radiated from Krithli. But there was one thing that was certain, which was that they had become more pure.

How much have they grown?

I opened my Mind’s Eye out of curiosity.

Name: Krithli

Occupation: Master Guardian (All Ability Levels+5)

Titles:

Carrier of the Bloodline of Jinma Dragon (Epic, Intelligence Mana+6)

Receiver of the Grace of the Moon (Ex U, Mana+8)

One Who has Achieved Balance (Epic, All Ability Levels+3)

Ability Levels:

Strength 72(+8) Intelligence 94(+14)

Speed 68(+8) Strength (+8) Mana 80(+26)

Potential (382+64/484)

Special Information: She has pierced the likelihood of villainy, and matched and balanced the strengths held by the Jinma Dragon Ahojin, the Dark Elf Higher Shila, and Ganak, the King of Death.

Skills: large scale Necromancy (Ex U), Create Undeads (Epic), Queen of the Sun and Moon (Epic), and the King of Death (Epic).

Effects of Items and Skills being used: Death Cane (Ex U, Set, Mana +4)

Name: Tashumal

Occupation: Fallen Angel

Titles:

Fallen Angel of Light (Epic, Intelligence Mana +6)

Agony and Enlightenment (Epic, Intelligence Mana +5)

Ability Levels:

Power 88 Intelligence (+11)

Speed 90 Strength 83 Mana 85 (+11)

Potential (434+22/471)

Special information: Tashumal used to be a Dominion, who used to spread the light to the world, but she has fallen. As a result of repeating many agonies and enlightenments, she has become more complete.

Skills: Spreading Darkness (Epic), Showers of Spears of Darkness (Epic), Thunders of Darkness (Epic)

Items being used: Sturdy Faith (Ex U)

It was an incredible amount of growth.

If they were this strong, they couldn’t even be knocked down by the other highest monsters.

On the contrary, they could even become stronger than them.

Between 2 and 3 at the highest levels. If they were that high, it was sufficiently above my expectations.

I sat in Krathra’s empty seat and waited.

“You, you’ve returned? My Dungeon Master…”

Krithli sensed my presence and raised her upper body with great difficulty. Her complexion was pale. It was telling me indirectly how hard she had strained herself.

“Rest some more.”

“That’s alright. I’m so glad… to see you after such a long time.

How long did you remain in that place?”

“I don’t know. It seems like it was a little less than three years. But apparently it has only been a few days here.”

Her expression was complex. She couldn’t decide whether to be happy or sorrowful that the three years that had passed were not really three years, after all.

“Good job. You have gotten so much stronger.”

“I’m relieved that I’ve fulfilled my Master’s expectations. Ah, also…”

From within her bosom, Krithli retrieved and handed me one board that had split into pieces.

“This was given to me when I left the training room.”

“I see, some peculiar shapes are drawn on here.”

Its weight was hefty. It was stubby, so it appeared to have been cut by force. And some kind of strange mural was drawn on it, but it was incomplete. It seemed that you would have to match all the broken pieces to be able to figure out what kind of object it was.

When I looked at it with my Mind’s Eye, there was no special explanation, either.

Name – A Piece of Balance (???)

Explanation: A piece that is only given to one who completely clears the Advanced Training Room. Among the others, this is the one responsible for balance. If you bring together all five pieces, they each display unique effects according to their type.

That was it. In any case, it would only activate if you got all five pieces together.

There was a piece similar to this grasped tightly in Tashumal’s bosom, too.

“That’s the piece of enlightenment.”

We had practically collected two pieces.

The two tickets I had given to Yoo Eunhye were off separately with her, so it looked like I would have to go and retrieve them later.

Just then, all of a sudden, Krithli knelt down on one knee.

“My Dungeon Master. From now on I will become your sword and defeat your enemies.”

“Are you replacing Krathra?”

Krathra. That kid followed my instructions like a knife. He tried to lead before anyone else and took care of everything.

“Yes.”

Could it be? Was she saying that she will fill his place?

“Okay. From now on, you will become my sword and shield and defeat my enemies. Also… I will leave Pandemonium’s head to you.”

“Thank you.”

Krithli bowed her head deeply.

Pandemonium had been able to kill Krathra and so many Dark Elves because he had found out the location of my dungeon and then attacked.

I intoned quietly.

“Restore your body. You’re going to be busy.”

“My Dungeon Master. May I know what is my next errand?”

I giggled, then spoke.

“We’ll have to get ready for the Auction of Devildom, won’t we?”

The Auction of Devildom!

Since I had bought some time, now was the opportunity to restore my dungeon and get ready for the Auction of Devildom.