환생좌

Hansoo looked at the five Divine Stone Fragments in his possession.

Four from the Calamity Fish, Devouring and Vomiting Root, Ouroboros and the Wasp
Queen.

And one from the Flower.

The King’s symbol was shining upon Hansoo’s forehead.

A situation where he had both the Administrators and King’s symbols.

Hansoo then walked to the Altar behind the Throne at the center of the Flower.

He then placed the five Divine Stone Fragments one by one onto the Altar as if he was
solving a puzzle.

Kiiiiing

Five of the Divine Stone Fragments, which exerted a humongous amount of energy
even on their own, were collected.

And the fragments connected to one another as if they melted.

Then the Divine Stone, which had finally become one, exerted a bright light.

Right as a huge energy storm was about to occur, Hansoo started to push the five relics
around the Divine Stone one by one.

The Relics got inserted into the holes, which seemed like they were prepared for these
specific relics, one by one.

Then the huge amount of energy that seemed like it was going to explode quickly
calmed down.

Soon a huge amount of energy, which would’ve blown up Hansoo’s body if he were to
control it, started to get spread around the World Tree.
Giiiing

Strength started to quickly come back to the dried up World Tree.

The Roots that had been constantly spreading out started to absorb and send the toxic
waters towards the Pillar at a crazy rate and the Pillar used the enormous amount of
energy supplied by the Divine Stone, purified all of those toxic waters and turned it
into Nutritional fluid and sent it all over the World Tree.

<Waak! What! A huge amount of Nutritional Fluid is coming out suddenly!>

<Just drink it and see!>

The words of the people below between the Pillar and the Roots came into Hansoo’s
ears through the World Tree.

‘It’s done now.’

Hansoo nodded his head.

Though it still looked dried up it will quickly return to its original form using the
Nutritional Fluid.

Like a dried up sponge absorbing water.

Since the World Tree’s vitality was that strong.

‘Though it’s a shame to go up without being able to see that change… There’s nothing I
can do.’

That change will be felt by the people who come after him.

Sofía looked at that Hansoo with a surprised expression.

‘…How did he know all this?’

The only person who knew anything about the incredible change in front of them was
Sofía.

The people below would probably think the reason for the changes was the Calamities’
disappearance but Sofía knew through the Library.

That the main reason for that change was those relics and the stone that was emitting
a blindingly bright light.
<Ancient race’s core point activated.>

<Possibility of expansion at a Civilization’s level acquired.>

This was the conclusion of organizing and combining numerous amounts of

information that poured into her head.

‘…Did he kill the Calamities with this as the goal? How did he know about these things?’

Sofía had gone to every corner of the Red Zone because she was strong despite only
being here for 3 years but she had never even imagined such a place like this could
exist.

And Sofía wasn’t the only one with questions.

The two Tekilons who had lost all their powers and had been frozen with only their
heads sticking out also looked at Hansoo with confused expressions.

They could understand him having collecting the relics and the Divine Stone.

Since those two things showed off a huge amount of strength that couldn’t even be
imagined.

Since the Divine Stone Fragments couldn’t be moved with teleportation and the
strength of the Relics alone were very tempting.

But that guy had given up everything and placed them upon the Altar as if it was his
goal from the very beginning.

‘What benefits are there for him to save the World Tree?’

Of course, for all races, there’s no bigger benefit as this but then the World Tree’s
influence only existed within this world.

Which meant that it’s not a single bit of help to him who was going to go up to the next
zone.

Hansoo walked towards Tekilon.

The memories of the previous king was constantly pouring into his head.

One of the functions of the King’s Symbol.

The King needed use the previous King’s memories to reduce mistakes and lead their
race towards a better path.
And because of this, when a King transferred the rights they also transferred their
memories onto the next King.

Hansoo knew because of this.

The reason the Elvenheims had wondered about for so long.

The thing that had suddenly turned their King crazy.

‘…So they were trying to save their race.’

“You guys. You were Akarons huh.”

<Akaron>

The ancient race who were the owners of the ruins he needed to revive for his next
target, the <Body Modification>, in the Orange Zone.

The two Tekilon made surprised expressions.

He could find out that they were of a different race.

Since memories flowed in through the Symbol.

But the way Hansoo spoke was different.

Like he knew something more.

Hansoo started ponder while looking at these two.

‘…They are indeed alive. They aren’t extinct.’

A powerful race <Akaron> who had half a body of a human and half a body of a beast.

If these guys are the inhabitants of the other side, then this is another story.

“Sofía. Could we have a moment by ourselves for a bit?”

Sofía shrugged her shoulders at those words and then left.

Hansoo breathed in and out and then spoke out.

“Do you want to resurrect your race?”

“…What are you talking about?”

Hansoo chuckled as he spoke.

“Simple. Let’s form a contract.”

“…”

Hansoo simply explained his plan and then continued to speak.

“Both of you help me. One of you follow me and go up. And… One of you remain here
as the King.”

One would follow Hansoo to the <Orange Zone> and act as the guide for the objective
he needed to accomplish.

One will remain here, strengthen the humans and send them up.

This was a win-win situation.

The chances of Hansoo succeeding in the Orange Zone increased the more they helped
Hansoo and with that the chances of the Akaron surviving will increase.

The young Tekilon chuckled at Hansoo’s simple explanation and then spoke.

“Well. Trusting you is another story but… You want one of us to act as a wet nurse
here? By looking after your humans carefully so they don’t get hurt?”

Hansoo laughed coldly at those words.

“No way. It’s the exact opposite.”

“…What?”

“If you want to save your race… Push them as much as possible. The Humans. And then
get them as strong as possible then send as many as you can. That much wouldn’t be
hard for you who has the experience of a King once I give you the powers of the World
Tree.”

A person who had stayed as the King of the Elvenheims for hundreds of years.

They were dimensions apart from humans who had come over to the battlefield from
a normal life.

And another thing.

‘There’s no way that this guy would have any benevolence.’

If he left it to a human then the King would probably allow humans living peacefully
on their own.

And they might not be faithful to their job as the King because they get swept up by
some emotions or greed.

But once this guy got on that seat the story would be different.

He will ruthlessly train the humans.

Since the chances of their race surviving increased the stronger humans got.

He won’t act as a Tyrant either.

Since it was better the more went up.

Hansoo looked at the young Tekilon who looked at him as if he was crazy and then
handed something over.

The hard drive that was within the Devouring and Vomiting Root that the Fairy
planted. (*PR: it was mentioned that Hansoo took it out in a previous chapter)

“If you connect this onto the Plant the beasts will get produced again. Stimulate the
humans consistently with this, turn them into warriors and send them up. And you…
Will go up with me.”

Since the King he wanted to set up here was an iron-hearted Monarch and not a
benevolent King.

One who would ruthlessly train every human who comes into a warrior.

But the two Elvenheims made confused expressions as if they still didn’t understand.

They couldn’t trust this guy but it was the same the other way around.

“On what basis can you trust me and leave this world to me? What if I decide to play
around with you humans?”

Once somebody got the power of the Administrator and the King, they could rule like
a god even without the Forked Lightning or the Thousand Soldiers Armor.

Since they could just throw anybody they didn’t like out of this dimension.
Hansoo laughed at those words.

“Correct words. So I was thinking… If you agree then I will need to have some
insurance for the friend who will remain here.”

“What?”

At that moment something came out from a corner of Hansoo’s body.

With enough information and strength necessary.

The fragment which had cracked from a corner of Hansoo’s body came out from the
end of his hand.

“What is…”

Hansoo coldly laughed at those words.

“It’s insurance.”

Reward for the Three Gates.

Second Gate’s reward was runes.

And the reward Ralph Lauren had received from the fairy a long time ago after getting
to the end of the first of the Three Gates.

<Trait Granting>.

Ralph Lauren chose the trait <Berserk> at this place, became a fighting machine and
then swept across the Otherworld until he reached the Final Brigade.

But the thing Hansoo needed was not battle strength but rather shackles.

Humankind, including Hansoo, had a lot of thoughts before sending a person back.

Setting up a King who can control all of the humans was good.

But if they couldn’t control that King then things will become difficult.

Since Hansoo would need to go after he finished his job here no matter how strong he
was.

Then Sofía had spoken out:

<You said that the reward for the First Gate of the Three Gates is Trait Granting right?
Let’s use that.>

Then three candidates came up to control the King.

Trait of a Lord.

Trait of a Covenant.

Trait of the Fragments of Seven Souls.

The trait of a Lord was dismissed.

According to what testing was done, it could not affect people across dimensions.

Same with the Covenant.

Like Miyamoto has already shown, it was always possible to bypass and find shortcuts
if one wanted to.

The trait that had been chosen at the end was <Fragments of Seven Souls>.

From the tests it showed that it could go across the Dimensional Wall and still
influence people.

Since they could borrow Hansoo’s strength, if the King was threatened then they could
maintain their position with monstrous amounts of strength.

And since they can receive Hansoo’s memories there wouldn’t be a need to explain or
help them understand it.

Since there wasn’t a need to teach.

The invasion of the Abyss may hasten but it wouldn’t be a big problem if he sent over
selective memories.

‘You guys will need to become the whips.’

A strong whip which will constantly push humans into strong soldiers.

“Choose. How you want to do it.”

Hansoo looked at the two Elvenheims, no, Akarons as he looked at the fragment on his
hand.
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After the two, who had accepted the proposal, left, Hansoo remained by himself and
started to check his current status.

‘It feels naked… Without the relics.’

The strength that the relics gave was that formidable.

But there was no regrets, he would need to leave them here anyway.

‘There’s a lot I’ve gained too.’

The Forked Lightning and Thousand Soldiers Armors will be taken up by him.

These two things were prepared from the possible coup d’etat from the Five Great
Tiger Generals.

There was nobody who could threaten the young Tekilon who had the relics of the
Five Great Tiger Generals, the King’s power and even his soul fragment.

Though Hansoo won’t be able to show a god-like might without the divine stone, there
wasn’t much to speak about since his armor had a skill which was the basis for its copy
being a solo numbering artifact.

‘And one more thing.’

“Come out. I’ve killed them all.”

The air split apart as the fairy popped out after those words.

The fairy praised him as soon as it came out.

“Woah. You really killed all five huh?”

Hansoo looked at the fairy in front of his eyes and then spoke.

“It’s time to keep your side of the promise.”

The fairy shrugged as it spoke.

“Of course. We’re quite strict about these things. But it won’t be fun by itself so I’ll give
you a choice.”

“…You really like choices.”

“Isn’t that the fun part?”

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

“Speak.”

“Something certain or something uncertain.”

“…”

“If you choose then I will give you a skill of your choice. On the other hand, if you
choose random then I will give you a skill that nobody has gained so far.”

“Hmm.”

Hansoo made an awkward expression.

He didn’t like these things but their rewards were quite faithful.

There wasn’t a loss on both sides.

‘Well, this is indeed better than having 5 solo numbering skills… ’

Since solo numberings won’t on the same levels either.

There weren’t many on the solo, or even double, numberings that worked well with
him.

Even more so if the limit was seven like him.

Hansoo first thought about the certain path.

‘Should I pick Immortal Soul or Elemental Outfit?’

All ten skills were considered but these two skills came up first.

Solo numbering 1 skill.

<Immortal Soul>.

A skill which Kangtae had.

It turned the user’s body close to an immortal’s.

Kangtae trusted this skill and fought like a mad warrior in the front.

Since he was allowed to fight like a mad immortal as long as he didn’t die by constantly
healing.

Solo numbering 3 skill.

<Elemental Outfit>

A skill Keldian had.

Attract the elements from all around, create the outfit of an elemental and bestow a
power upon the user to use numerous elements in any way they wanted.

Since it was an outfit created from the surrounding environment, it obviously gave a
huge amount of survivability and defense against the surrounding environment.

If he fought in a flaming desert then a blazing armor will be created and if he fought in
a lightning island then a clothing of lightning will be created.

He could still remember Keldian wearing the Elemental Outfit and pouring out
thousands of different skills.

If he were to use one of those two above skills then he wouldn’t really lose even
compared to the Zero Numbering, Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement.

But the thing the fairy would give him stuck around his mind.

Though he had killed the Calamities with the help of numerous people, his part wasn’t
small.

And since these guys aren’t the type who would fool around here, the skill that the
fairy would give him that nobody had gotten yet would be amazing.

‘…But the fact that it’s random sticks around.’

Not all skills synergized with Hansoo like the Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement.

No, there were more skills that didn’t.

The Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement had amazing balance and was perfect for
Hansoo’s fighting style.
Just like the Elemental Outfit or Immortal Soul.

On the other hand, he wouldn’t be able to pull out all of the skill’s potential even if it
was a Zero Numbering if it didn’t fit with his fighting style.

A skill which he could utilize to its utmost potential.

Or a skill of higher quality and rarity but something he cannot guarantee would have
synergy with himself.

Hansoo grabbed ahold of his chin and started to ponder.

“Hooh…”

Hansoo pondered for a moment.

Since the things he did were dangerous, the Immortal Soul wasn’t that bad.

No, the Elemental Outfit was good in terms of balance between attack and defense.

But he knew how to obtain these up above.

A skill like a Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement was hard to get within the Otherworld.

“Let’s go random. Can you give it to someone else other than me?”

‘…I must calculate the possibility of getting a Lord-like skill of an already dead person.’

Skills with limits couldn’t match up to solo numberings.

He couldn’t fill up one of the seven spots with such things.

It was better to give it away to Sangjin or somebody else who was capable.

Because the affinity of the skill with the user can’t be ignored.

The fairy nodded at those words.

“Don’t worry. I will give it to you in a rune form. Wherever you want to use it is up to
you.”

Then the fairy pulled out a small pouch.

“Here! Pick one from the bag.”

“…”

It was an act of hospitality.

Then a shining skill rune which was letting off a reddish purple light popped out and
the fairy exclaimed in surprise as it saw this.
“Woah. It’s the Pandemic Blade.”

“Pandemic Blade?”

A skill which he had never heard of.

The fairy smiled as it spoke:

“It’s a skill of somebody who had destroyed a whole world. Heehee. That person had
really entertained us well. Well. I’m not sure if it’s to your liking. Are you going to use
it?”

Hansoo squinted his eyes after checking the skill’s options after hearing the fairy’s
words.

Kuooooooo!

Beasts were charging in from all directions.

They had started to create the beasts again as the World Tree revived.

‘They’re doing good.’

Hansoo looked at those beasts and then nodded.

He had given a soul fragment to the young King, Tekilon, as well as all of the powers.

And after observing how he was doing, he was raising up the humans very well.

Overwhelming them but at the same time not enough to kill them.

Thanks to this the newcomers were endlessly hunting beasts without a break and
were getting stronger.

Which was the same for him.

‘It will take another… 3 more days for the lake to open.’

Only when the World Tree collects more mana will the dimensional door to the orange
zone opens.

There was only one thing he needed to do.

To get the qualifications to go up by gathering runes.

‘Ah, some rest finally.’

This could only be called rest.

Though he didn’t have any relics, Hansoo had advanced too far for the beasts of the
red zone to threaten Hansoo.

Hansoo lightly swung the Forked Lightning in his right hand.

Chwaaaak

As the spear which was over 3 meters long swung in the air, the 5m tall gorilla-shaped
beast instinctively raised its right arm and blocked the attack.

Due to its quick reaction it was able to run away with just a light wound.

But at that time something happened.

Bubble bubble

Something started to grow madly from the Gorilla’s arms.

Sofía, who had been watching Hansoo from afar, made an expression full of fear.

‘It’s… It’s that again.’

The yellowish fungi that had covered the wound grew out and then soon exploded.

Chiiiiiik

Kuuuuuuuhh!

The bright yellow spores that exploded out from the fungi covered the entire body of
the gorilla in an instant.

Infinite repetition.

The spores grew out again as it melted down the gorilla’s body and from that location
new fungi grew out.

The newly grown fungi exploded again as it spread more spores in all directions as
those spores created more fungi.

Kuuuuhh!
Kyaaaah!

Soon the hundreds of beasts around Hansoo had been covered by the spore cloud.

Their body melted down as they rolled over the ground from the pain and slowly died
while becoming a new source of fungi.

Hansoo nodded as he looked at the scene which looked like yellow fireworks
exploding out in all directions.

‘Amazing.’

<Pandemic Blade.>

A blade of viruses and fungi.

The name was a blade but it was actually a skill which added a special effect to attacks.

The effect was very simple.

Creating fungi that infinitely spread out and infected everything.

It was extremely harmful and was hard to kill off since it was in such large numbers.

One could only persevere and hold on until the mana within the fungi ran out.

Of course there was a condition to this.

That mana needed to be supplied.

It would only grow and spread out from the mana it started off from.

‘On the other hand, as long as mana is supplied… Wow. I can only trust the fairy’s word
huh.’

Hansoo clicked his tongue.

He had thought that the words of it being a skill that someone who had destroyed a
whole world had used was a bluff.

Since it wasn’t easy for one to go against a whole world unless they took control of a
being that protected a whole civilization like the World Tree.

But he could only believe it after seeing the effects.

If this was to continue to spread infinitely then it could erase a whole world.

If Hansoo was to use the relics and the divine stone fragments to imbue it with mana
and spread the Pandemic Blade then he would probably kill over half the people in the
red zone with just a single slash.

The amount of mana that the guy who had destroyed the whole world had wouldn’t
even be comparable to that which he possessed.

There was a limit to Hansoo’s mana and there was a limit to how much he could do
but it was indeed a skill that was frightening enough to be comparable to Demonic
Dragon’s Reinforcement.

‘…But it does indeed take up a huge amount of mana. I need to find out a few different
uses for this later.’

He could feel his mana emptying out despite him only slashing a few times.

It was a skill that had clear pros and cons unlike the Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement
which had amazing balance.

But Hansoo didn’t change his expression while his mana was emptying out, he
remained normal and slashed a few more times to cause a massacre.

‘I should warn them just in case.’

Sofía made an awkward expression while looking at Hansoo from afar.

‘I worried for no reason.’

The one who had been the most shocked when Hansoo threw away the relics was
Sofía.

Since though he was almost invincible with the relics, he wasn’t unbeatable without
them.

Since she had way more skills with higher masteries and had a stronger trait.

His ring and armor were extremely powerful but she had more artifacts herself.

She could only worry.

Since she being able to barely contend with him meant that he was on equal ground
with the other Departed Souls.

He might’ve created some friction between those from the Six Pillars since they didn’t
really like him.

Jongsang looked at Hansoo with a slightly disliking expression as well.

But that was a story of a few days ago.

After seeing the strange golden spear and the suspicious skill, they were making an
expression which told that they didn’t want to go against him.

And the people who were watching from the distance were making expressions full of
fear as well.

Sofía looked at Hansoo, who had gathered up all the runes and was walking towards
her, and asked:

“How would we fare if we go up?”

They were strong.

But they had been stuck up against a wall for 5 to 6 years now.

Since it had been years since they gathered the best skills that could come out from
this place and had raised their masteries to the brim.

And their battle experience could not increase since they didn’t have any more
opponents.

But those people who had gained better skills and artifacts in the upper zone and had
fought with stronger foes will be stronger than them.

Since there will also be people who had been there for 4 to 6 years and had not left
like the Departed Souls here due to some circumstances.

The artifacts they had were close to invincible here but could not be used above and
the orange artifacts they gained from the Branch weren’t that high of a quality.

‘Well. How would he know?’

She had asked because of the difference in strength between herself and him but there
was no way for him to know.

But unlike Sofía’s thoughts, Hansoo was calculating things meticulously within his
mind.

‘Though she isn’t weak… Sofía is a strong 5th year. Departed souls are between weak 6th
and normal 6th years. I should be around 7th year.’

The artifacts they had were merely those of the lower level in the Orange Zone.

The usual duration for people to go up from the Red to the Orange zone was 4 years.

They wouldn’t be like 4th years who had just gone up due to their skill masteries but
it would be hard for them to fight against those of the Orange Zone who were armed
with better artifacts and runes.

‘Well that’ll be solved when we go up.’

Hansoo finished his thoughts and then looked at the giant lake, Mirror, which was
filling up in the distance.

He would leave as soon as the mana of the lake filled up since his runes were almost
filled up.

Sofía, who had been watching Hansoo until now, asked something that she had been
curious about:

“How did you know all of that by the way?”

“What do you mean?”

“That giant tree and the relics.”

Sofía’s actual personality was quite competitive and full of curiosity.

But there weren’t many things that drove either of these aspects of her personality
lately.

She had gotten as strong as she could so there wasn’t anyone to feel competitive
against.

Though the other six departed souls were stronger than her, they had been here for 7
to 8 years longer.
According to talent, she was much better.

There wasn’t much to be curious about.

Since there wasn’t anywhere in the Red Zone that she hadn’t been to.

And the places she hadn’t been to were too dangerous for her to go in just from
curiosity alone.

But the recently met Hansoo was constantly driving these two facets of her personality
in a crazy manner.

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.

“Psychic powers.”

“Don’t speak nonsense. Your trait isn’t that.”

Hansoo had hunted in order to fill up his runes but Sofía didn’t really have much to do
for the past few days.

Playing with Camille was getting boring.

Sofía had invested the rest of the leftover time in observing Hansoo and made a
conclusion from her trait, Library.

‘He isn’t a omniscient type like me.’

Omniscient type.

A word to call traits which helped the user know things that they couldn’t possibly
know with their current knowledge.

But as Hansoo laughed and refused to answer, Sofía’s eyes squinted down.

‘It’s a secret huh.’

There was something more to it but she could not figure out what.

‘Hmm… Hmmmm.’

Sofía pondered inwardly for a moment and then made her decision.
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Forked Lightning in the right hand.

Nurmaha’s Ring on the left hand.

Thousand Soldiers Armors over the whole body.

Hansoo, who had filled up his runes, now looked at the filled up lake.

It wouldn’t only open once a month anymore.

Since energy was overflowing throughout the World Tree.

‘It’s time to go up.’

Hansoo, who had been looking at the Mirror which was ready to accept anybody at
any time, thought of Sangjin who he would meet up soon and then spoke towards Sofía
standing next to him.

“You want to go with me?”

Sofía nodded at his words.

“I know that your trait isn’t that of the Omniscient type. Let’s have a win-win. You
won’t know what’s above, it’ll be good for us to help each other.”

Though following him was due to her curiously, she couldn’t say this out aloud due to
her pride so she made an excuse of survival and waited for a reply with a nervous
mind.

‘Is he going to refuse?’

This could happen.

‘No. It felt like he was treating me well, no way.’

Observing for a few days, she found out that he was rather kind to her.

He kindly answered everything she had asked.

‘I guess beauty works again.’

Though strength was the main part in the Otherworld so most people didn’t approach
her with ease but in the real world there was a truckload of boys who had followed
her around while she was attending college.
Hansoo chuckled while looking at Sofía who was praising herself inside.

Because of old memories.

Sofía Vargera.

Member of the Final Brigade which consisted of the 100 most powerful people.

His comrade.

And a woman who had led him around like a teacher when he was roaming around
the Otherworld.

<Well. If you want to follow then just follow. We should help each other.>

These were the words Sofía told him when they first met.

Of course the situation had changed a bit now.

Sofía, the person who had found his and Miyamoto’s treasure while they were barely
holding onto their lives while going up against the Six Pillars and the Twelve Roots of
the Red Zone and had gone up due to not having any people to contend against.

This was something that should happen 2 years from now.

‘It’s nice to meet you again.’

“Sure. Let’s go together.”

Hansoo laughed as he looked at Sofía.

Sofía looked at the man in robes standing next to Hansoo and pouted.

‘So I wasn’t the only one getting special treatment huh.’

Sofía, who was pouting, looked at Hansoo and asked.

“Is this guy going too?”

An ordinary looking man.

But that couldn’t deceive Sofía’s eyes.

‘This guy. This is the guy we caught above the World Tree’

One of the two people who looked like twins.

Though he had changed his appearance and was acting like a human being, numerous
information was constantly popping up from <Library>.

Hansoo laughed as he spoke.

“This guy will help us. Apparently his hometown is over there.”

“…Is that so?”

‘So he came from the Orange Zone? You could come over to this side from that side?’

Sofía gave up after having numerous thoughts.

Though she had gotten curious, Hansoo would answer kindly until it reached a certain
point and then just laughed it off.

As if there was a reason why he couldn’t answer.

Sofía made an expression full of uncertainty but then shrugged her shoulders.

‘Whatever. He probably has a plan.’

“Anyways, are we only going as a three? While the others are going like that?”

Sofía mumbled as she looked at the mobs of clansmen in the distance.

Hecarim’s clansmen, which numbered almost ten thousand, were preparing to cross
over while walking towards the distance.

That was the smarter choice.

A world where they didn’t know anything about.

It was better to go in numbers.

Hansoo laughed at those words.

“There’s no point.”

“Huh?”

Tekilon mumbled while looking at Sofía who was making a confused expression.

‘Oh right… Where is this Dimensional Portal linked to?’

Though they can cross over to that side, all information from the other side will be
disabled.

Of course even Tekilon wouldn’t know where this Dimensional Portal connected to in
the other world.

Tekilon mumbled while looking at the calmly shining lake.

Kuuuuuuuuuuuu

A huge creature was creating loud noises as it was walking around.

A huge creature which towers over multiple kilometers in length.

<Margoth>

Though it was smaller than the Calamity Fish, the giant dinosaur shaped creature that
had the size beyond a human’s imagination was smashing the trees beneath its feet as
it walked.

Though the trees of the forest towered over tens of meters with ease, the size of the
Margoth was well over 1km.

It was the same as walking over grass.

And there were a few people watching that Margoth.

Som Sak, a 4th year* of the Orange Zone, made a confused expression while looking at
the distant Margoth and then spoke towards someone next to him:

“Ken. Hasn’t it been over a week since the newcomers should have come?”

Ken also made a confused expression at those words as he nodded his head.

“Yeah… It has been long past since they should have come out.”

Then Ken thought of the time when he came over to this world from the Red Zone.

He had run into the Mirror because he had been chased by Amil Stadan, the captain of
the Shock Troopers from Hecarim, because he had accidently touched his woman.

Perfectly in time for the mirror that opened once a month.

While he was swimming madly through the lake, a bright light shone from a deep part
of the lake and Ken freaked out once he arrived here from the rough current.

‘For the Dimensional Portal to be linked inside that thing’s mouth.’

<Margoth>.

A creature which had a huge mouth befitting of its size.

The place Ken had come out from while being shrouded in light was inside the
Margoth’s mouth.

‘Damnit. If I was weaker then I would’ve died back then.’

Ken then looked at the Margoth in the distance that was opening its mouth wide.

The Margoth, which had opened its huge mouth, slammed down its mouth onto the
ground.

Kudududududu

Though it looked like a herbivore, the reason why it had bit onto the ground was not
to eat up the trees.
The Margoth pushed away the trees as if they got in the way and then bit onto the
ground itself.

Gurglegurglegurgle

Then a red liquid started to rise up from the ground.

The Margoth hurriedly shoved its mouth in there and drank the red liquid at the same
time as biting the surrounding ground.

‘…I came out from there a year ago huh.’

He was a 3rd year back then with a rather sturdy strength but if he couldn’t come out
from that mouth then one of two things would’ve happened.

Get crushed.

Or get swallowed.

The worst part was those giant beasts that should only exist within stories used that
mouth to eat every three minutes or so in order to sustain that huge body.

If one can’t adjust and move quickly then they would just get crushed inside that
mouth and disappear.

Guooooo

Ken shook his head while thinking of back then.

There was no reason for him to care.

Since they just needed to do what they had to.

‘Hurry up and get lost. You bastard.’

Only then will they be able to accomplish their next objective.

While Ken, Som Sak and the others were watching the creature with anxious
expressions, light started to pour out from the long horn on its head.

Like a signal tower.

As if it recieved information from somewhere.

Som Sak made a surprised expression after seeing this.

“What? Why does the Dimensional Door open just now? It has already been a week?”

There was no way that they wouldn’t know the timing of the Dimension Door’s
opening.

Once a month.

Once light shone from the horns on the Margoth’s head, the people who crossed over
from the Red Zone over the Mirror will randomly be teleported within the mouth of
the Margoth.

But why did it randomly open now?

Gwuuuuuuuh!

The Margoth, which was focused on its feast, made an annoyed expression at the
strange occurrence within its mouth.

It stopped its feast as if it it got pissed, started to chomp its teeth in order to get rid of
the sensation and then puked.

Guwaakk

“Uhh. Memories of the past year are coming back.”

Som Sak made a disgusted expression.

Numerous noises were coming from in between the puke of the Margoth.

“What the fuck! What is this!”

“Goddamit! As soon as we come out!”

“Hey! If you don’t want to get killed then hurry and come out!”

Hundreds of people who had come out in between the puke freaked out at the giant
creature in front of their eyes as they crawled out from the puke and ran.

‘Well. Those guys are at least lucky.’

Ken mumbled.

The reason why most people survived was because of that.

If that thing didn’t want to puke then most people will get chewed and smashed.
‘Of course there are exceptions.’

Ken then looked at another Margoth in the distance.

A Margoth which looked like it had a worse personality than the others due to its slit
eyes.

It was such a glutton to the point where it was constantly devouring the ground whilst
its horn was shining.

No, it was actually eating more vigorously as if it was trying to get rid of the
uncomfortable feeling in its mouth by chewing it down.

Ken mourned within his mind.

Most Margoths puked but sometimes there were a few that had bad personalities such
as that.

Those who come out from that thing mouth would just die like that.

‘It’s really a meaningless death.’

To get chewed up as soon as they got to the Orange Zone, which they had hopes on,
after breaking through the Tutorial and the Red Zone with hardship.

While Ken was clicking his tongue, a strange reaction occurred from the one that was
chewing onto the ground.

Kuuuugg!

It stopped eating and then raised its head.

An uneasiness disappeared from its face as rage filled it up instead.

The edges of its eyes got raised from the rage as it made the already angry-looking
expression even worse.

But that was only for a moment.

Kuuuuhh!

The rage quickly turned into pain.

A loud shockwave and a bright light following an explosion occurred within its mouth
while it was making a painful expression.

Boom! Boom!

Kudududk

Kaduk!

After crying out from the sounds of things breaking and smashing apart, it freaked out
as it opened its mouth in order spit and puke out everything within its mouth.

At that time tens of dolls flew out into the air.

Ken didn’t believe his eyes as he saw this.

‘…What. Who came up?’

Even Amil Stadan, who chased him in order to kill him, couldn’t make it cry from pain.

Since its body was too big for it.

Though it wasn’t at the level of the Calamity Fish, the body which towered over
multiple kilometers and the stadium sized head had a durability beyond human
imagination.

‘Who at the level of a Red Zone… ’

Someone flashed by Ken’s head.

The seven who were thought of when one thought of the strong people of the Red
Zone.

‘…Departed Soul?’

But Ken shook his head.

There was nobody who didn’t know the faces of the Departed Souls.

Since the Helper Clan showed drawings to the travellers around the Pillar and told
them.

To not get killed by pissing them off without knowing who they are.

But the one in the distance within the mouth of the Margoth who was constantly
smashing the inside of the Margoth’s mouth was not somebody he knew.
‘Who is he?’

Boom!

The people who had broken through landed one by one near Ken.

“Uwak. What is this.”

Sofía looked at the red liquid covering her whole body with disgust.

At the same time Sofía understood why Hansoo had told her that it didn’t matter.

A humongous current swept over them the moment they got surrounded by the light.

The people who had been together were swept up by the current and were separated
in all directions.

‘Damnit. Of course there was no way those fairies would just send us off with ease.’

The current looked like it performed the work of separating them into numerous
directions.

‘Michael and Jukma, those guys will go through some shit. Kuhuhu.’

They wouldn’t die since they weren’t that weak but they would be pretty pained after
losing the ten thousand which they wanted to do something with.

Actually a huge amount of carrier pigeons were flying up into the sky from all around.

In order to find their comrades.

‘So this three was the limit in order to bring that guy.’

Even if they knew, they couldn’t withstand the current without strength.

They could only hold onto each other because they were at the level of Hansoo and
Sofía.

If one didn’t have the strength or resistance at the level of Hansoo or Sofía then the
energy was not something they could endure.

It might’ve been different for the other Departed Souls but there was a limit of how
many Hansoo and Sofía could bring while holding onto them.

But the other Departed Souls denied working with Hansoo and only the three of them
came here.

‘Well. We’ll probably meet them again eventually. They aren’t people who would get
killed off easily.’

While Sofía was looking around, Tekilon got lost in homesickness while looking
around.

‘It’s home.’

A place where he could’ve come over to but hadn’t because he feared seeing his extinct
race.

Only after seeing the giant Margoth they had fought with in the past did the feeling of
home come back to him.

‘…To have multiplied the numbers which we had dwindled down during the second great
war.’

Even at just a glance tens of Margoths came into his view.

Margoth.

A giant predator that roamed around the Orange Zone.

There were probably a lot more roaming around.

He had felt that his race was in danger on this side of the world.

Tekilon spoke towards Hansoo because he felt anxious.

“Let’s move out quickly.”

Boom!

At that time a skill flew towards them.

A perfectly aimed skill.

As Hansoo lightly swung his spear and received it, numerous people watching them
shouted at them.

“Hey! Hey! Dumbasses! Come over here quickly! Don’t get in our way! You slow
people!”
‘Huh?’

Sofía clicked her tongue because she was bewildered.

The people over there were threatening them with numbers and even weapons.

A few details came into Sofía’s head about the person standing in the very front.

Name is Ken.

A fourth year.

‘So he came up here last year. Then he should know who I am.’

She didn’t want to bicker on with that but it was a bit sad on her part to be ignored
like this.

‘Or… He has something backing him up.’

Sofía’s eyebrows danced around from the marvelous treatment she had received the
moment she came up.
‘What does he have for him to act like this?’

Ken, who had seen Sofía’s expression, flinched a little bit but then quickly loosened up.

‘There’s no reason to get scared.’

And he wasn’t alone.

“Do you think that this is the Red Zone? Don’t interfere with our work.”

Ken, who had sent a carrier pigeon saying that he had found one of the Departed Souls
somewhere, shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.

Ken had seen a lot of things in the past year while roaming around the Orange Zone.

He had seen a countless amounts of scenes but ironically the scene that left the
strongest impression on him was the first thing he had seen when he came up.

It wasn’t the giant Margoth.

The important thing was what happened afterwards.

Which was the reason for their wait here.

“Don’t get in the way and just watch.”

Ken, who had muttered while looking at Sofía, looked at his comrades running
towards the newcomers for their plan.

“Hoo… that was terrifying.”

The captain of the tracking team of Triple Lights Union, Epilen, sighed in relief as the
giant lifeform made booming noises and walked off.

‘Let’s see.’
Epilen looked at his surroundings and then frowned slightly.

‘As I expected… They all separated.’

They had all been separated due to the strong current that occurred along with the
light.

But Epilen shrugged his shoulders.

‘Well. It wouldn’t matter much.’

Epilen looked around after sending a carrier pigeon to his clansmen to tell them of his
location.

People who were so-so compared to him, the captain of the tracking team of Three
Lights Union, but had the rights to come up.

‘Well. It wouldn’t be that boring on the way at least.’

Since he could just order these guys around.

“Hey! Over there!”

“Hmm? Me?”

Epilen, who had shouted towards the middle-aged man who still hadn’t completely
waken up, smashed the man’s stomach.

Smack

“Kuhuk!”

“This bastard. Go scout around the surroundings. You and you over there too.”

The man, who had been hit in the stomach for no apparent reason, grinded his teeth
in pain.

Why did this guy order him around when they weren’t even from the same clan?

But the man saw the symbol of the person who had smacked him and then grinded
his teeth because he knew that he couldn’t retaliate.

‘Fuck… Triple Lights Union.’

The amount of strength he had was quite a lot but the Six Pillars was not something
he could go up against.
‘Damned bastards… They were oppressive below but still are after they come up… ’

But there was nothing he could do.

“You thought something would change when we came up? Come on. Let’s hurry.”

The strong will get stronger and the gap between them and the weak will only get
larger.

The fact that the rich get richer and the poor poorer didn’t change in this world either.

Epilen looked at the giant creature which had puked him out after ordering a few guys
after smacking them a few more times.

Kuooooooo

‘…Amazing.’

He was laughing before but his mind wasn’t at ease either.

How could his mind be at ease if such a large, dinosaur-like creature was roaming
around?

It was even worse because he had seen the chaos created by the Ouroboros and the
Calamity Fish below.

While all of Epilen’s consciousness was focused on the giant creature, a sharp and
deadly aura sniped him.

‘What?’

Booom!

A black arrow flew in from the distance and then smashed Epilen.

With extreme speed and accuracy.

Epilen could only receive a hit without even being able to activate a single skill due to
this.

‘Kuhu… Damnit. Who was it?’

Epilen stumbled as he quickly caught his balance.

He then looked towards the direction where the person who attacked him was.
A familiar face.

Epilen thought for a while as to where he had seen the person who had attacked him
and then clicked his tongue

“Look at this?”

“It’s been a while Epilen.”

A person which he didn’t even remember the name of.

But he could think actually think of one thing.

That the bastard over there had hurriedly ran over to the Orange Zone to get out of his
hands.

He was extremely let down when that guy had ran into the mirror while he was
hunting.

Epilen couldn’t go after and catch him because he was enjoying the Red Zone and had
no thoughts of heading up.

Though he had repaid it all onto his lover.

But for him to act this confidently after just eight months.

It wasn’t like he was playing around in the Red Zone.

Epilen loosened up his body.

“I regretted not being able to catch you then, this is good.”

He needed someone who knew well about this world anyway so this was good.

A person would at least know the basics no matter how weak they were if they’ve been
here for 8 months.

‘I just need to leave his mouth intact.’

Gitae laughed coldly as he charged towards Epilen.

Ken thought of last year.

The group of people which had specifically targeted the strong people of the Six Pillars
as soon as they crossed over.

The Six Pillars and the Twelve Roots who acted without knowing how high the sky
was were sliced apart.

They had first thought that these guys wanted to massacre them and steal their
artifacts and skills so they had been frightened but these guys checked their list and
then walked off.

<Meh. You aren’t on the list. Live well and don’t make grudges with others.>

And then Ken found out their identity after roaming around the Orange Zone for the
past year.

They weren’t some incredible guys.

Actually they were people who were similar to him.

‘Those who had been chased up.’

Those who had ruled around the Red Zone thought that 1 to 2 years of difference was
okay so they stayed behind in the Red Zone.

To compensate for the hard times they’ve had.

In order to enjoy.

And during that time they trample upon others and have a joyful time.

And those who get trampled by these guys run to the Orange Zone in order to survive.

Like himself.

That abrupt choice, and because of this choice the gap between these two people in
two different zones get larger.

Though it was the same time, the difference of how fast one got strong in the Red and
the Orange zone was like heaven and earth.

Those who couldn’t deal with the tyranny of the Six Pillars or the Twelve Roots and
then barely fulfill the requirements to come here will struggle in order to survive while
those in the Red Zone laze about.

And get stronger at a speed a speed befitting that.

Ken was like that too.

Ken had some thoughts while looking at himself getting stronger at a quick rate.

Though he had gotten here first and was getting stronger, once Amil Stadan, who had
been chasing him, got here then he would get stronger here as well.

No, since he had gotten strong fast in the Red Zone there was a high chance that he
will get stronger than him once he got to the Orange Zone and had some time.

And since these guys were people who had been close below, they will send out carrier
pigeons even if they were separated for just a moment and bunch up again.

Ken knew after thinking to this point.

Why the others had caused a huge massacre near the Margoth.

The moment when the Margoth was spitting them out.

If it was now then it was possible.

These guys will get separated because of the dimensional current of the Mirror.

And they would be confused by the existence of something like the Margoth and would
have been weakened too.

Those guys were at Orange Rune 0.01.

They were over 30% because they had hunted for a whole year.

Amil Stadan of the old days was something Ken had trouble even looking at.

But Ken was confident now.

That he could smash Amil Stadan 99 out of 100 times if they fought now.

Ken thought up to this point and then went to search them out.

In order to participate in the revenge.

People who had gathered in order to return the pain they had received in the Red Zone.

No, it was actually people who had gathered to cut off the roots.

While they hated them this much, the people who came up wouldn’t really like them
either.
And when those guys got strong again then the thing that happened below will just
repeat itself.

Because of this they had to cut off their necks in this period where the door opened
once a month.

So it was a group that that gathered once a month.

Ken stared at the participants who were causing a massacre all around.

“You son of a bitch! Did you really think you will be able to live long after killing my
friend?”

“Die! You bastard! You didn’t know that things would turn out like this!”

There was chaos everywhere.

As soon as the Margoth made some distance from them the people who had been on
standby had assaulted the clansmen.

Epilen was part of the people who had been swept over by this tidal wave.

Epilen couldn’t believe the reality.

‘This is insane… It has only been 8 months.’

Epilen, who had both his arms smashed apart, looked at the person charging at him
with an expression of disbelief.

And Gitae was bleeding in front of that Epilen but was in a much better state than
Epilen.

Epilen grinded his teeth and the shouted to his surroundings.

“You bastards! What are you doing! Help out!”

As the people were watching from the side with an awkward expression, Gitae
shouted out coldly.

“If you aren’t part of this then don’t butt in! This has nothing to do with you! Look! Our
targets are just these guys!”

Then the people who had been looking at this situation realized that those words were
true and quickly backed off.

They knew even after looking at it for a bit.

That the people who were charging at them were precisely charging at their targets
only.

And there was no reason why those from the Six Pillars or the Twelve Roots who were
getting attacked would look as people who should get saved to them.

No, it actually felt rather good.

The fact that people who had been oppressing them and were acting arrogantly had
gotten beaten up and sliced apart.

“This damned…”

Epilen made an expression of despair as he looked at Gitae slowly walking towards

him.

Ken, who had been invigorated from the massacre that was happening all around,
smirked at Sophia.

This place was a very honest world.

In some way, much more than the modern society they used to live at.

In society, once a gap was created between then closing that gap was almost impossible.

Like how no matter how much a normal businessman made, they wouldn’t be able to
get richer than the landlord who just laid about lazily.

But this place was different.

The moment they get strong and relax, a chance is created for those who struggle.

The people dying off over there was the evidence for that.

Those guys had looked amazing when they were below but it was different once they
had gotten up here.

‘You guys are just… Departed Souls. Just a title.’

Their attitude was the problem and not the strength.

One would get left behind even by just lazing around for 1 or 2 years.

Those who had been lazing for 8 to 9 years would be even further back.

Those who had come in the Otherworld at the same time as the Departed Souls could
probably kill off the Departed Souls with just a press of their thumb.

At that time a Carrier Pigeon flew towards Ken.

‘The reply to the carrier pigeon before had come.’

One couldn’t look over every Margoth mouth in this wide open area.

So they shared the information.

When a person on the list came into view, they would either send a carrier pigeon to
those who had grudges against them.

Or kill them for them instead.

There were a few carrier pigeons belonging to the Six Pillars out of those flying above
but most of them were theirs.

There were two things written on those carrier pigeons.

First, that they had found Amil Stadan whom he had grudges against.

Second.

‘Sofía Vergara… You got onto the list too huh.’

While Ken was mumbling, Sofía’s eyes squinted in an instant.

The status of him changed on her trait

From passive to hostile.

Though he wasn’t showing it from the outside, he would charge in as soon as he got
the chance to.

‘Look at this kid.’

She didn’t have such a bad temper to the point where she would beat them down
because she had been ignored but hostility was a different story.

Though she wanted to turn him into frozen tuna right now but causing a face to face
fight the moment she came up was a bit unattractive to her.

Since the aura of those charging weren’t average.

‘And we haven’t understood the situation completely yet either.’

And another thing.

‘This Hansoo guy had a plan I think.’

It might’ve been different if she was acting alone but once you had comrades, you
couldn’t act any way you wanted.

Sofía tapped Hansoo with her elbow as she whispered.

“What are you going to do?”

Hansoo looked at Ken in front of him at those words.

Kududududu

A tremendous vibration ran throughout the ground.

Kwaruru

“Uuk!”

“What!”

From the single wave of the huge vibration, the people’s bodies flew into the air and
then bounced off all around.

They hadn’t gotten hurt due to their inhuman physiques and skills but it was a
vibration that was strong enough to bounce these guys into the air.

‘What. Is it an earthquake?’

But it didn’t seem like even an earthquake would be at this level.

While Sofía was shocked from the huge vibration, a huge soundwave rang from far
away.

Kuooooooo

The cry of a Margoth was loud enough on its own but the level of this cry was on a
different dimension.

A cry which shook the heavens and was like thunder that pushed apart the clouds.

‘…Pain?’

While Sofía was frowning at the emotion that was carried upon that cry, somebody
hugged Sofía from behind.

“Uh?”

Sofía was shocked at the sudden actions of Hansoo.

‘What is this sudden… ’

While Sofía was blushing, Hansoo spoke towards Sofía behind her.

“We need to fly away quickly Sofía. Hurry.”

“What?”

“I don’t have a flying skill.”

Sofía looked at the surroundings at those words.

“Damnit! Run to the shelter!”

“Goddamnit! Why the clash already!”

Ken and the others who were killing and hunting were hurriedly running in all
directions.

Some went through the hole on the ground and hid.

Another one used all their skills to harden themselves and then smashed their body
into the ground.

Some threw their body into the air and then quickly flew towards a direction.

As the seniors of the Orange Zone were acting like that, the people who were getting
attacked and those who were watching the attack started to follow them as well.

Since that strange vibration and the actions of their seniors were enough to make
them feel uneasy.

Kuuuuung!

The giant Margoths started to cry out as they smashed their heads deep into the grounds.

At the same time they compressed their bodies as much as possible and stuck as close
as they could onto the ground.

As if they were trying to prevent getting flicked off somewhere.

Sofía was dazed at the tens of hills that were created in an instant.

‘What is going on… ’

Tekilon approached Sofía and then hung onto the back as well.

And then spoke.

“I’ll be in your care too. Female.”

“…”

Sofía suppressed the sudden rage which skyrocketed for some unknown reason and
then started to activate her skill, <Monumental Air Path>.

Oooooong

Sofía’s body carried the two male bodies and then started to rise high up into the sky.

‘How far do I have to go up?’

It was better to copy others when one didn’t know.

As she saw, the people who had gotten onto the sky already had climbed up hundreds
of meters.

But their expressions didn’t really look that great.

As if they wanted to go up higher but couldn’t due to the restrictions of their skills.

While Sofía was pondering while looking at these people, Hansoo spoke to her.

“Since you’ve come all the way here it’s better for you to see it. Go up as high as possible.”

“What?”

Sofía looked downwards at those words.

Margoths that had shrunk down.

But nothing different could be seen yet.

‘…Let’s go up a bit higher.’

Sofía’s curiosity was stimulated from the current situation which told her that
something might happen.

Sofía followed Hansoo’s words as she went up even higher.

Though she had gone up hundreds of meters higher than the others who were floating
in the sky, she still could not find the origin of the vibration.

Just vast plains.

But at that time another wave of the huge vibration rang throughout the lands.

Kururururururur

At the same time something smashed the ground after cutting through the clouds on
the edge of the plains.

Booooom!

Sofía freaked out after seeing something whipping around in the distance.

‘…Ouroboros?’

The thing that had been smashed on the edge of the land could be seen by their eyes.

The beasts below were big as well but the Ouroboros, which they had fought, was
naturally thought of at the humongous size that wouldn’t even be compared to them.

‘Though it does seem a bit different… ’

While Sofía was squinting her eyes to see it more clearly, Hansoo shook his head and
spoke.

“You’ll be able to see it if you go up higher. It’ll be hard to see yet.’

“…”

Sofía went up higher with Hansoo and Tekilon on her back at those words.

After a long while after Sofía had reached the heights where the clouds had shrouded
her body, she could see what it was.

And where the vibrations had come from.

Kuoooooooo

“Uwaaaaa…”

Sofía looked beneath her feet.

It was a sea of lava all around.

No matter where she looked the only thing she could see was a sea of lava.

A hell-like environment that no life could live on.

But there was a creature living in such an environment.

“…So we were above that thing huh.”

The land they thought of as the land was actually not land.

A giant beast that couldn’t even be compared to the Calamity Fish.

‘…With that size it could probably be as big as a small country.’

Four legs that were like the trunk of the World Tree.

And a giant body which could be compared to the area of a whole country which was
being supported by such legs.

The thing which had made her think of the Ouroboros was a long and thick tail.

A giant cow-like head and a pair of horns that shot above the clouds.

The giant beast had half of its body submerged within the sea of lava and was
screaming out in pain.

Tekilon mumbled with a bitter-like expression.

“It’s the Gragos.”

Divine Beast, Gragos.

A giant beast that should only come out within legends and tales which maintained its
body temperature by submerging its body within the sea of lava, the <Heringsen>, and
supplied its body with energy by drinking the lava.

A gigantic creature which was located a level above the Margoth.

A creature which supplied land and food to other creatures upon the Heringsen where
no life could exist upon.

At that time a question occurred upon Sofía’s mind.

‘What could possibly threaten this?’

It was clearly shouting out in agony.

But what would threaten something with a body such as this?

The dinosaur-like thing they had seen earlier was big too but those things taking a few
bites would just feel like fleas gnawing on its bits.

And they were probably allowed to do so because it was only that much.

‘If they could actually inflict pain onto it then it would just roll around once or so.’

It may only be a flip to it but once that thing flipped upon the sea of lava that was
probably thousands of meters in depth, the creatures living upon it would probably
go through an armageddon.

At that time Tekilon spoke:

“The only thing that can threaten a Gragos… Is another Gragos.”

Kuuuuuuuhh!

At that time something jumped out from the sea of lava and then attacked the Gragos.

Though they were both Gragos, they still looked different.

If the giant Gragos they were on looked like a cow then the Gragos that popped out
from the sea of lava and was trying to bite down upon the bottocks of the cow-like had
the form of a lizard.

The lizard-like Gragos which had popped out from the lava opened its jaw and then
bit down onto the buttocks of the bull-like Gragos.

Then a battle occurred.

The bull-shaped Gragos was much larger than the Lizard but as if it didn’t want to
fight, it smashed at the Lizard with its hind legs, whipped its tail and tried to run away
from it.

The Lizard shaped Gragos continued to bite down upon the buttocks of the Bull-
shaped one as if it wouldn’t let go easily.

‘…So that thing was a tail.’

Sofía then finally understood why all the creatures above that thing ran away in fear
and tried to firmly tie down their bodies.

Though the Bull wasn’t really fighting back vigorously, this much was still a calamity
to those living upon it.

Though they could live through the shockwave, what if they got flicked off into the sea
of lava?

Or get swept by the tail that was swinging from side to side?

‘…But that thing’s a bit weird.’

Sofía realized that the attacking Lizard and the Bull had differences.

No, their size and looks were both different but there was another difference on the
Lizard.

That the lower half of its body had blackened.

She couldn’t tell when it was submerged under the lava but once it got upon the Bull’s
buttocks with its front legs, she could see the blackened lower body.

And as if the blackened lower body didn’t move properly, the Lizard only used its front
legs and its mouth while it hung onto the Bull’s buttocks.

Kuuuuung!

Soon the Bull-shaped Gragos had succeeded in flinging off the Lizard and running
away.

Though their sizes had an impact, the fact that the Lizard couldn’t use its lower body
was a major factor as well.

Kiiiii

The Lizard looked at the running Bull with a regretful expression but looked at the
flesh in its mouth contently as it started to chew on it.

Then a change occurred.

The lower part of its body which was blackened started to recover its color.

The Lizard-shaped Gragos cried sadly upon looking at the color of the body that had
slightly returned and then plunged its body back into the sea of lava.
“…”

“Let’s go down. It’ll be hard to catch up to the Gragos if it went off further away from
us.”

Sofía stayed silent from Tekilon’s words and then slowly went downwards.

Sofía looked around the surroundings after reaching the ground.

“Uwaaa…”

Chaos.

The giant trees had been all broken and pulled off and the Margoths were slowly
raising their bodies while crying out in agony as if their bodies were in pain.

“Kuuu…”

“Kuhak.”

The adventurers stumbled up as they walked off into a direction as they released their
skills as if they had barely survived this time as well.

‘…It was just a Lizard biting off a bit of the meat on a Cow’s butt.’

Since it was humongous in size even compared to the lizard, there wasn’t a calamity
this time.

No, it was only this much because the Bull didn’t like to fight, if it were to madly charge
with its horns like in a bullfight then it would’ve been much worse than this.

‘No, If that thing had lost… ’

The Bull had won because a small one had come.

What if an opponent which the Bull needed to fight against with all of its strength
appeared?

Or an existence which could devour the bull?

‘Insane.’

Sofía looked at Tekilon as she spoke.

“What happened? The lizard had half of its body blackened.”

Though Sofía had thought of Tekilon as a nuisance when they had first come here, now
she was very grateful for having him.

From the fact that there was a person next to her who could satisfy her curiosity which
was vigorously rising up.

Tekilon spoke.

“Calamity of Death.”

“What?”

“It’s the name of the calamity that destroyed our world.”

It wasn’t that their race, the Akaron, had died from an epidemic.

The things that had gotten sick were another existence.

The Divine Beasts, Gragos.

The giant creatures which supplied them with the land and nutrition they needed to
survive.

Their race, the Akarons, looked up to the power of the Gragos and then used their
genes and invented the Body Modification which would strengthen their bodies.

And that attempt had succeeded very well to the point where they had driven off the
Margoths that had threatened them and had united their race who were living on
multiple Gragos’ bodies.

This was the 2nd Great War.

But the spotlight of the 3rd Great War was not them.

The Gragoses that had been inflicted with the Calamity of Death had gone crazy and
started to chomp down upon the other Gragoses.

And their world had embarked on the path of destruction in an instant.

Since the Akarons and the Margoths were nothing but bugs compared to the
transcendental existence, the Gragos.
There was nothing they could do in a situation where the gods were jumping around
and the lands were getting destroyed.

Tekilon spoke towards Hansoo.

“You saw the Gragos. It’s not weird for yours or my race to get killed off at any time. So
I want to ask. How are you trying to save our race? Don’t say nonsense like killing the
Gragos that attack. The Calamity Fish or the Ouroboros were just extremely toned-
down versions of the Gragos.”

The Four Calamities.

These were merely toned down versions they had created while researching the
Gragos for their Body Modification.

The transcendental creature, Gragos, was perfect beyond reason and much larger and
did not have a weakness.

A predator of a Gragos was another Gragos.

Sofía made an expression full of fear at those words.

Hansoo laughed at those words.

“Of course that’s a bit too far. How would I kill that?”

Hansoo wouldn’t be able to kill that no matter how strong he was.

Their race was different in the first place and there was a limit to how strong he got
from the things that came out in the Orange Zone.

Like how the Seven Departed Souls didn’t get infinitely stronger despite the countless
years in the Red Zone.

And even if he were to get strong enough to kill that thing, why would it let him kill it
peacefully?

During the time Hansoo fights it about half of the creatures atop the Gragos would die
off.

‘Each and every one of them are precious.’

He had to not kill them even if he could.

Akaron, the race which were cultivating their culture throughout numerous Gragoses.

The 1st and 2nd Great Wars had occurred because of similar reasons.

Since only a limited amount of creatures could live atop of the Gragos.

No other creature could live upon the Heringsen of lava other than the Gragoses.

In order to maintain their life, they could only eat the bodily fluids of the Gragos or the
other creatures that grew on that bodily fluid.

But there was a limit to the bodily fluid of the Gragos.

Since a great calamity would occur if they drink too much bodily fluid from the Gragos.

Once a too large quantity of fluid escapes then the Gragos will roll around the sea of
lava, Heringsen, in order to maintain its health.

In order to get rid of the parasites.

So there was a limit to how many creatures could live upon the Gragos.

Since there was a limit to the quantity of its bodily fluid despite its huge size and vast
territory.

There were even 3 Akaron tribes who had gotten greedy and had gotten destroyed in
the past.

No, even if they weren’t being greedy, there were quite a lot of Akarons who got swept
up by the Margoth who didn’t know such a thing as restraint.

Because of this, many Arakon tribes, who were each cultivating their own cultures,
went through Great Wars with each other.

In order to get atop of each other’s Gragoses to take over the land and gather more
things to eat.

Or to get to a different Gragos before the lava bath of the Gragos started due to the
Margoths.

This was the 1st Great War.

The Margoths weren’t their original opponents.

Since the Margoths were powerful beyond comparison to the Akarons.

But one man’s thoughts were different.

<In order for Akarons to expand, we have to get rid of all the Margoths. How could our
tribes survive when those gluttons keep chugging down the bodily fluids?>

The much larger Margoths drank a tremendous amount of bodily fluids from the
Gragos.

And because of this the man focused all his strength on developing the Body
Reconstruction technology, united the whole race with this power and then swept off
all the Margoths.

This was the 2nd Great War.

Basically the 1st and 2nd Great Wars were battles that had occurred in ordered to
obtain food from the Gragos.

‘A lot more humans will come over from now on.’

One Gragos that was being used as the starting area was enough since there weren’t
that many humans yet but once hundreds of millions of humans cross over then a
single Gragos was not even close to giving all the humans a place to live.

How could he kill the Gragos when he needed more of them?

Tekilon replied at those words.

“…And dodging the attacking Gragos is a problem as well. Sadly there are probably
only a few Gragos left. Even if you unite all the remaining Gragos, you won’t be able to
acquire land that your race will live upon.”

Tekilon had seen the Elvenheims who had expanded under the influence of the World
Tree so he knew the strength of the World Tree.

He didn’t know how long it would take for Hansoo’s race to cross over here but if they
borrow the strength of the World Tree then expanding their numbers a few hundreds
of times wouldn’t take long.

Since the World Tree sped up rate of growth.

Probably hundreds of millions or billions of them would cross over.

And they needed tens of Gragoses in order to sustain that race.

‘No, hundreds may be required to live on.’

They couldn’t use all the Gragos as a place to live on.

The Gragos had more differences with each other than similarities and there were a
few crucial conditions that were needed to be fulfilled in order for people to be able
to live upon them.

First, they could not have a habit of enjoying a hot bath by diving under the lava.

And the smaller ones who got submerged under the lava could not be used.

Their personalities couldn’t be bad.

Since they would try to fight every Gragos they see if their personalities were bad.

Though the Gragos survived by drinking the lava, the ones with bad personalities will
attack other Gragoses for stress relief or even as a snack.

Of course these things would not fight peacefully.

They would roll around the lava and fight aggressively.

And it needed to be large enough to survive through the sneak attacks of other
Gragoses.

The Akarons had searched through every passing Gragos thoroughly in order to find
those who fulfill these conditions and only after that had they moved.

Since all the Akarons who had gotten on top of that Gragos would get massacred if
even one of those above conditions wasn’t fulfilled.

They could only find out their movement patterns after countless years because they
were so big and were laid back but they had succeeded in dividing between safe and
unsafe Gragos and Tekilon knew of this.

But they in order to find tens of Gragoses who fulfilled the above requirements they
needed to search through hundreds of Gragoses.

‘…There’s no way hundreds of them would be alive.’

The moment the Calamity of Death was introduced, the number of Gragoses had
declined at an extreme speed.

Since there weren’t many when he had left, there would be even less now.

<Calamity of Death>.

A strange unknown disease which only occurred to the Gragos.

The effect of the disease was very simple.

It would slowly eat through the infected Gragos and paralyse it.

But there was a damned way to cure this disease.

The body of a healthy Gragos.

The earlier Lizard was a Gragos that wasn’t really aggressive.

Though it was too small and as such it couldn’t be used to live, something the Akarons
had seen a possibility of being able to live upon once it grew more but it had gotten
that aggressive after catching the disease.

It had attacked the uninfected Gragos in order to cure its lower body that was getting
paralysed.

The peaceful Gragoses went insane and started to attack and bite off each other after
the Calamity of Death fell.

It was a problem even if they didn’t get attacked.

The Gragos that was infected thoroughly by the Calamity of Death didn’t die but would
slowly fall beneath the lava after having its whole body paralysed.

And not much to say for the creatures living atop of it.

‘…Damnit.’

Tekilon grinded his teeth when he thought of back then.

Since he had thought of back then when 23 of the 27 colonies atop of 27 different
Gragoses had been smashed apart in an instant.

A calamity which had befallen them during the happiness they had attained after
driving off the Margoths.

Hansoo laughed at those words.

“That’s why we need to cure them.”

“…What? How are you going to do that?”

Tekilon shouted out because he was dumbfounded.

Tekilon had roamed the outside world after turning into a soul-form.

In order to find out a way for their race to survive.

But they were not stupid.

What would have been the first thing they would have tried to do after the Calamity
of Death swept about.

Of course they would’ve tried to cure the Calamity of Death.

And they had been fairly confident.

Since if the Elvenheims had a speciality at magic engineering like with the World Tree,
then they were skilled at dealing with life and genes.

But the result was a huge failure.

They lacked time, manpower and leisure as well the Calamity of Death being different
from anything they had seen so far.

In the end the 13 Akarons who had special physiques and could live through the Soul
Converter left behind the Akarons struggling upon the Gragos while waiting for their
doom as they headed to different worlds.

But for a random guy to pop out of nowhere and speak like this, how would he not get
pissed?

Hansoo merely shook his head.

“I know of the cure.”

They had searched of countless methods in order to solve the Seven Zones.

But it wasn’t only them who had been running here and there in order to solve the
Seven Zones.

Like the Elvenheims whom they had met at the Abyss.

The humans, along with Hansoo, had not been able to meet the Akarons but they had
found the artifacts of a man while roaming around the Abyss.

<Elkadion>.

Within the memory crystal of the man who had called himself an Akaron, there was a
clear way to cure the Calamity of Death which had occurred in the Orange Zone.

A cure which he had completed after hundreds of years roaming around the Abyss
where time and space had been distorted.

Elkadion couldn’t handle the harsh environments of the Abyss and had died off but
the crystal he had left behind with his regrets and the cure had been handed down to
the humans.

<If anybody finds this cure… Please go to our world, cure the Calamity of Death and
save our race.>

In that crystal, a method for creating the cure by only using materials that could be
found in the Orange Zone was written down.

Elkadion had created a cure using the materials from the Abyss much earlier but he
had prepared for the instance where somebody landed upon the Orange Zone with
only their body and had found a way to create the cure by only using materials from
the Orange Zone.

The alchemists who had found this extremely intricate and detailed knowledge could
only exclaim.

Though it wasn’t hard to create a cure with the materials in the Abyss, creating a cure
with the materials from the Orange Zone was basically the same difficulty as trying to
create a dragon by breeding snakes.

It was obvious why Akarons could not figure out a way to cure it.

It was a miraculous result created from the countless experiences and knowledge
gained through the Abyss as well as the obsession of saving one’s race.

There was a message from Elkadion at the end of the memory crystal which had the
cure.

<I’ve learned too much about the personalities of the people who roamed around the
Abyss while roaming the Abyss myself. There’s no way these people will help my
world if I ask them to do this without any compensation. So I will leave you a hint of
the reward you will receive after you solve this. A hint of what you can earn after
solving this problem. I don’t know who you are, how strong you are or what objectives
you have but… I believe you won’t be disappointed with the reward.>

‘Well. I could get that after this all ends.’

He could only receive those rewards if his work on the Orange Zone was completed.

Hansoo opened his mouth in order to finish his talk.

“There’s something we need to kill in order to make the cure.”

“What is it?”

Tekilon decided to find out the details later since this guy was somebody who hid too
many things and first decided to focus on solving his current curiousity.

“It was called the Margoth Du Tiradus I think.”

“…Margoth of the Tiradus lineage?”

Tekilon sighed at those words.

“Damnit. It’ll be easier to just put a hole on the skull of the Gragos.”

The Gragos wasn’t reachable.

Since they were placed far above where they could reach.

But Tekilon, who had participated on the 2nd Great War against the Margoths, knew
the fright and strength of the Tiradus too well.

They had won against the Margoths but hadn’t easily driven them off.

They wouldn’t have called it the Great War otherwise.

It would’ve been called the Great Massacre.

Margoth du Tiradus.

The most aggressive and powerful Margoth out of the 8 different kinds.

It was the name of a beast which was the least numerous but had massacred the
largest amount of Akarons.

“It seems like you know a lot… Then you know that the food of the Tiradus are those
Margoths over there right?”

Tekilon then pointed towards the Margoths which had puked them out, walking off in
the distance while towering numerous kilometers into the air.
“…It eats those?”

Sofía frowned as she looked at the creature called Margoth in the distance.

Though it looked rather timid, it towered over multiple kilometers.

How vicious and giant does one need to be in order to live by eating up those?

Hansoo just shrugged his shoulders at those words.

“Don’t worry. We can definitely kill them.”

If they follow his plan step by step then in the end they will get to the point where they
can kill the Tiradus.

‘There’s no need to catch it at this moment.’

They had to go through a lot of steps before that anyway.

And get the thing they could gain here.

“Let’s do the most urgent things first.”

“What is it?”

Hansoo smiled at those words.

“There’s a specialty here.”

The biggest reason why Hansoo wanted to recover this place, the Orange Zone.

Tekilon was dumbfounded.

“Mmm… You want to receive the Body Enhancement Surgery?”

<Body Enhancement Surgery>

The combined efforts of the Akarons who envied the powerful bodies of the Gragos
that withstood and even drank the lava.

Hansoo nodded at Tekilon’s words.

If curing the Gragos was for the people coming over from the previous world then the
Body Enhancement Surgery was like a preparation for the next world.

‘Humans are too weak.’

There’s no point in comparing them to Margoths or Gragoses.

In short, the physique of Humans was too weak.

The fact that they could die randomly was only seen in humans out of all the races.

Even Elvenheims had resistances, stamina and bones that were numerous times
stronger than those of humans.

Even without the help of the World Tree.

‘A powerful body that is strong even without the help of the runes is needed.’

They would lose their battle strength by simply not eating for a few days and would
die if unable to breathe.

This couldn’t be solved with runes.

The Abyss was as harsh as this sea of lava, Heringsen, was.

There were places where meteors fell and places where lightning struck down every
time one took a step.

Some places didn’t have any air and some places had gravity that was several tens of
times stronger.

Though they could withstand them with skills, this meant that they were using energy
which should be used as battle strength into surviving instead.

They could be at ease when fighting with the races of the Abyss because of this.

‘We need to… Reconstruct the body of a human as a whole before we advance.’

Enhance the bodies of billions of humans who would come up.

It wasn’t just any body.

The Akarons would gain powerful bodies that could even fight against those giant
Margoths.

And if Hansoo was to acquire this then it’ll be of great help from now on.

‘The pressure from the Racial Metamorphosis will decrease tremendously immediately.’

Tekilon nodded as he looked at Hansoo.

“Your race wouldn’t be able to get as much of an effect out of it since you aren’t the
same as our race but there is still a possibility. But… We would need to find the
temple.”

Temple.

The house of the priests to worship the Divine Beast, Gragos.

The great patriarch who had united the whole Akaron, Mekido, chose the temple as
the location of enhancing the body.

The temple was located where the most amount of essence from the Gragos flew by.

And because of this it was the most suited location for the Body Enhancement Surgery
where they pulled out the essence from the body of the Gragos and integrated it with
one’s body.

‘This is not the place where we used to live.’

Tekilon had looked around the surroundings when they had risen to the sky.

This was not one of the 27 colonies they had lived in before.

But there were traces of their race.

‘Thank god. They must’ve crossed over here.’

If their race had escaped from the Colony and had crossed over to this Gragos then
they would’ve definitely raised a temple and set up the things required for the surgery.

Though their race had been destroyed after the Body Enhancement Surgery had been
invented, the worth of this technology was too high for them to give it up.

No, the worth of the Body Enhancement Surgery was even higher since most of the
Akarons had died.
The problem was that they didn’t know where the Temple was.

The Gragos was humongous in itself and they all had differences so it was hard to
guess where the most essence was flowing though.

It might be deep within the body or between the two horns.

It could be near the heart or the stomach which swallowed the Lava.

Their race had only found the places where the essence was overflowing after
countless years above the Gragos, expanding their numbers and searching every
corner of the Gragos.

Of course they could build multiple temples in places where the essence flew by in
smaller amounts but the priests did not allow this.

<The Temple must be placed in the most important and core location of the Divine
Beast, Gragos. If not then it is the same as defiling the Divine Beast!>

‘Those damned bastards.’

They weren’t that favorable to Tekilon who was sided with the Tribe.

He wanted to ignore and trample upon them all but then he couldn’t ignore the
specialty powers of the priests.

The priests that served the Gragos weren’t normal people.

Within the system of the Akaron’s tribe where the patriarch and the priest had similar
authority, the power of the priest and the patriarch weren’t that different.

And this was the same for the great patriarch, Mekido, so they had used the Temple as
the location for them to have their bodies enhanced.

And this was still a huge amount of yielding from the priests.

At first the great priest, Karbanam had gone on a rampage that they were dirtying and
sucking out the essence of the Divine Beasts.

Though he didn’t know whether the population of the tribe was higher than that of
the priests, there was a high chance that only one Temple was built.
“First we need to find that Temple. It would be easier if we find members of my race
but… There’s nothing I can guarantee.”

It might’ve been different if the owners of this place were the Akarons but it didn’t
even seem like that was the case.

Tekilon couldn’t guarantee that he could find the Temple in a short time in such a
situation.

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then nodded.

‘There’s a place that might have one… ’

He wasn’t sure.

Since the depths of the Gragos was a world of mystery to the humans.

The reason why they had found out the existence of the Akarons was not because they
knew about every part of the Gragos.

It was that there were fights between the Akarons and the humans within the Gragos.

Tekilon mumbled with a tone of worry while looking at Hansoo.

“But it seems like things might get a bit troublesome.”

“Mmm?”

“It might be different if the those on the tribe’s side were there but… If those from the
priest’s sides are in power then they won’t let us use the Temple.”

It wasn’t that he labeled those from the priest’s side as bad guys just because he was
of the tribe’s side.

The priests were people who emphasized that the Akarons who were higher up on the
power scale had to receive the Body Enhancement first.

Why would such guys allow a human, who was of a different race, to use the temple?

There would be a clash.

Tekilon looked at Hansoo and spoke.

“I’m saying this just in case but… Let’s be cautious when we act. You are strong but our
race is very strong as well.”

The <Garde-Barong> who protected the Temples were very strong especially.

Those who fought in order to erase the enemies of the temples for their whole life.

Their strength cannot be questioned since they were warriors who were already
powerful but had received the blessings of the Temple and the Body Enhancement.

Nothing much to say since the requirement to be a Garde-Barong was to be able to kill
a Margoth singlehandedly.

They would be given the rights to protect the Temple and the Body Enhancement set
up above it only when they can kill off the parasite living upon the Divine Beast, the
Margoths.

Hansoo nodded.

It was good to decrease unnecessary clashes.

But that was something he would need to worry about after finding it.

“First I need to get some help.”

It was hard for him to search this humongous Gragos by himself.

He needed to borrow the strength of an already existing power.

‘Where shall I go?’

The Gragos had numerous powers sectioned in different locations since it was so
large.

A bit of time would be needed just to find nearby information since they didn’t know
where they had landed.

Sofía, who was listening quietly on the side, poked at Hansoo.

“Mmm?”

“My trait is telling me to go towards a direction?”

Hansoo nodded.

“Let’s go.”
“Is it alright to choose that easily?”

When Tekilon asked with a worried expression, Hansoo shook his head.

“It’s even hard for me to make a decision better than Sofía. Just believe her.”

Him choosing a direction was heavily influenced by his knowledge of the future.

But the things he knew about were only important things, he couldn’t learn of small
details like this.

On the other hand, the Library supplied them threads of clues that told them about
the quickest route.

Sofía, who had gotten happy from Hansoo’s compliment, flew her body towards the
direction her Trait was telling her.

“Phew… We barely survived. Damn. They all ran away alive. Why did the charge have
to come now…”

Ken grinded his teeth.

He couldn’t do anything since the clash was something that could happen at any time
but the result this time was the worst outcome possible and it was hard for him to not
lament.

It was too late for him to find those who had ran away in all directions.

And after this those guys would understand the danger and bunch up with their clans.

Then it would be almost impossible for people like Ken who moved around in small
numbers to look for another chance.

‘And… It’s different from before.’

Ken looked at the Margoths in the distance.

The surviving Margoths were constantly puking out the adventurers from the Red
Zone.

Those who would usually come once a month.

The reason why they could do something like this was because the Magoth would puke
them out once a month.

Setting up camp in front of this constantly was the same as being crazy.

Since it was the same as the slothing around that they all avoided.

Actually spending one day out of the 30 in a month was still a huge investment.

Since their competitors will get stronger during that day.

‘Damnit.’

Ken made a dispirited expression.

Did this mean it was impossible for him to get revenge on Amil Stadan?

At that time a chill ran down Ken’s spine.

And Ken knew what this sensation meant too well.

‘Danger.’

At that time a jade colored marble cut across the skies and flew towards him.

‘Damnit!’

Ken hurriedly gathered a black colored light within his hand.

<Black Deconstructing Light>

A skill which had turned the scout from Lighthouse from the Red Zone into a rotting
puddle in an instant.

The thing that was good about the Black Deconstructing Light was that it could be
applied to every object and creature.

Everything that got swept by this black light will get the structure broken down and
then melt down into a thick puddle.

But this was only when they were at similar levels or when he was stronger.

Chujujuk

The jade marble that had smashed into him had frozen his whole body.
Ken’s Black Deconstructing Light tried to melt down the ice but the mana and the
mastery of the skill on the ice was definitely a level above him.

‘This is about… 5th year. No, almost 6th. Damn.’

Ken then gave up resisting.

‘Since they have frozen me, they don’t have thoughts of killing me.’

If they wanted to kill him then he would’ve died already.

It was better to listen than resisting and be forced into listening.

But Ken regretted this decision after seeing the face of the person who had frozen him
that was walking towards him from the distance.

He should’ve resisted harder.

“It’s been a while?”

“…Fuck.”

Ken made an uneasy expression after seeing Sofía approaching him from afar.

Seeing the gleeful expression, his earlier thoughts had been exposed.

Since she wouldn’t be making such a happy expression while coming over to beat him
up otherwise.

Ken hurriedly shouted.

“I don’t think you know since you just got here but do you even know what clan I’m
from? This isn’t a place where you can act however you want! You will regret this!”

Sofía laughed as she approached while clenching her fists tightly from the urgent
shouts of Ken.

“I know. I can see it clearly. Rerorerore… Huh. Rather gaudy.”

<Rerorerore>.

The thing which he belonged to that was seen above his head.

Hansoo laughed as he heard Sofía’s mumbles.

‘She’s never wrong.’

Rerorerore.

Though the name was a bit crappy, their strength and influence were real.

A huge clan which had influence over 28 areas out of the 118 areas that the humans
had made up on the Gragos.

If they follow this guy’s guidance then they would be able to find some hints.

‘Well. It seems like that guy will get beat up a bit first.’

Since he had intentions of killing another human being, he should’ve expected at least
this much.

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Ken who was white from fear.
“So you’re telling me that… You can give us that answer huh?”

Sofia looked at Ken with an extremely suspicious expression.

This guy was not somebody who was high up on the rankings even at a single glance.

How would a guy like him know the path to a place like the Temple?

‘Is it in a location that everyone knows of?’

It didn’t seem like that was the case.

If it was in a place like that then it should’ve come up on the Library first.

The fact that no intel came up meant that it was in a place even she couldn’t get to.

And according to this guy’s words, she was around the level of a 6th year.

If it was a place where someone like her could not approach easily then it will be quite
a dangerous place.

Ken pondered for a moment a those words but quickly made a decision.

His life would get in danger if he told people about clan information but getting out of
this situation was more important.

‘Damnit. It’s the same whichever way you die.’

He didn’t want to say anything but he had a strong feeling that he will become a pile
of grinded up meat.

Since the people in front of him looked crazy.

The person holding the spear seems somewhat sane and the female only beat him up
and did not emit any bloodthirst but the normal looking man was completely different.

The moment that man heard that he had a hint, he immediately started torturing him
as if something was urgent.
‘Damnit. I didn’t care about him since he was so quiet.’

The calmest one was the most crazy one.

Ken opened his mouth after giving up.

“I haven’t been there but I know of people who’ve been there.”

“Where is it?”

Ken shook his head.

“It’s not hard to tell you but… Are you really going to go? Those people have been
captured.”

“Captured?”

“Yes. They are trapped deep within the body of the Gragos.”

He had only come out for the meeting but the surface of the Gragos was not a place
where humans could live on.

They had gotten on while expecting quite a lot of danger.

Though the charge where a Gragos attacked another Gragos like before was not a
common thing, the unlucky people who had been up here during that time may get
killed.

Or they may get attacked by roaming Margoths.

And there wasn’t much to eat around the surface since the Margoths sucked up
everything and caused everything to get dry.

Because of this the stronger people dug tunnels on the inside and moved through
those.

The humongous artificial structure that tens of millions of super humans had created
for ages in order for their survival.

<Ant Tunnel>.

These ant tunnels which were still being expanded were the location where most
people on the Gragos lived on.

The chances of being attacked by the Margoth decreases tremendously in here, no

chance of getting into lava even with the Gragos shaking its body and they could gain
the bodily fluids safely without fighting with the Margoths.

‘Of course it doesn’t mean that it’s safe.’

The ant tunnels were dangerous for different reasons.

But Ken kept those words for himself.

Since there was no need for him to give information to people who had just come up.

Anyways, the jail was located in a hidden place deep within the Ant Tunnels.

Hansoo asked Ken.

“Why are they jailed?”

There was no need to ask who they were being jailed by.

Ken shrugged as he spoke.

“I don’t know. Go ask them directly. I just manage the people jailed and go there to give
supplies.”

Hansoo frowned at Ken’s words.

Clan, Rerorerore.

It was the clan which expanded their power the fastest within the Orange Zone
according to his knowledge.

People who didn’t make useless actions and only moved to get results.

There was no reason why these guys would keep them hostage if there was no need
for them.

Which means that they were being held hostage because they were useful.

And if they were being held hostage then they wouldn’t be easily let out.

Ken cautiously asked them.

“Please release me since I’ve told you all. Didn’t I just need to tell you of the location.”

Hansoo shook his head at those words.

Wouldn’t he just send a carrier pigeon if he were get released here.

He needed to penetrate through them while their defenses aren’t set up properly.

“Guide us there.”

“Damn! Then it’s just a plain betrayal! I’ll really die!”

Sofia made a cold expression as soon as his words ended.

Even after hearing his explanation the location of the jail wasn’t being caught in her
specialty.

Which means that it’s a place that’s a bit hard for her to go with her current power
level.

‘There are probably defenses set up.’

Anyways, they needed him since the navigation didn’t pop up but if he didn’t want to
guide them then he had no use.

“Yeah? If you have no use then there’s no reason to keep the guy who wanted to kill
me alive.”

As soon as those words came out something appeared on the end of Sofia’s hands.

Ken freaked out after seeing that.

‘This crazy bitch!’

Ken quickly shook his hands and his head.

“Damnit! Okay! Don’t kill me, I’ll guide you there!’

‘Damnit. I really don’t wanna go to that side.’

But Ken had his own thoughts.

‘I just need to buy time. A bit of time.’

He had already sent the carrier pigeon saying that he had found Sofia.
If they had found out that something had happened to him then they will send out a
scouting team.

Ken hid his intentions and then pointed towards a slightly different direction.

In order to buy time.

As soon as Hansoo saw that direction he grabbed that guy’s neck and quickly moved.

Shwaaaak

Sofia and Tekilon quickly caught up as they made confused expressions.

“Why are you in such a hurry?”

They had already set it up so he wouldn’t be able to communicate in any way.

Why was there a need to hurry if the people at the jail weren’t going anywhere?

It was better to find out the location and then proceed after proper preparations.

There was never enough preparations.

‘And the people at the jail aren’t going anywhere anytime.’

Hansoo shook his head.

‘There’s no time.’

Sofia and Tekilon didn’t know but Hansoo knew that there was an emergency contact
between these guys.

Hansoo looked towards Ken and spoke after finishing his thoughts.

“I give you 30 minutes. If we don’t arrive within that time then we are just going to
leave.”

“What?”

“We will give up. There’s nothing much to say about what would happen to you after
that.”

According to his calculations, there was a high chance that those guys will intercept
them in about 30 minutes.
If he were calculate numerous other things then he needed to complete it within 30
minutes.

It would be better to leave then, get stronger, buy some time and then look for another
chance.

‘Fuck! How did he find out!’

Ken freaked out at Hansoo’s words.

30 minutes was almost the same as his clan’s reaction time that he calculated.

Finding out that he had laid a trap was one thing but how did he find out the time.

Ken, whose expression had turned white from Hansoo’s threats, pondered for a
moment and then moved the direction of his finger.

30 minutes was a bit tight to reach there from here.

If he were to buy time and that guy really did follow his words then he would just be
finished here.

Sofia made a shocked expression after seeing this.

They had blocked all ways for him to do anything but for him to still lay down a trap.

“Look at this?”

‘This bitch.’

He remembered the torture he had endured earlier after seeing Sofia and Tekilon’s
expressions freezing up.

No, Ken felt like breaking his finger which had tricked them since the current situation
looked even worse.

Carlson, the person who had been entrusted with the 21st area of the Rerorerore clan,
frowned.

‘Damnit. Why was the clan name set like this.’

There wasn’t much to say about it since the manager of the 19th area next to his had
made fun of him for that name.
<I will chose the clan name as this! If you want to know why then it’s because I like
that comic!>

‘That crazy author.’

But he could only confirm the clan leader’s strength.

It had been over 10 years since clans of similar size to theirs had been set up.

On the other hand, they had started with the clan leader as the center, gained territory
through battles within just 4 years and had grown to similar sizes as them.

The clan leader was an amazing person just from the fact that he had raised such a
clan in just 4 years from nothing.

‘Anyways, I wonder if the meeting is going well.’

Carlson thought of the meet that would be going on up there.

A clan couldn’t control and suppress every clansman.

And because of this the meets weren’t that bad in their perspective.

Since the clansman would get rid of the future rivals with a reason of revenge.

Because of this many clans would fairly combine their strengths during times of meets
and then separate up again.

But this was all in name, how could they completely trust other clans?

The massacre up there was a perfect setup to get hit from behind.

During the olden days it was quite common for one to go to another clan’s territory
after hearing from them that their enemy from the Red Zone was there, only to be
killed off by other clansmen who were waiting there in ambush.

And because of this they would set up a minimal amount of safety procedures for those
who participated in this.

At that time one of the thousands of voodoo dolls in front of Carlson’s eyes made a
loud noise as it rang.

Beep. Beep.
Carlon frowned as he looked at the voodoo dolls in front of him.

A sound which would be rung when a person participating in the current meet had
escaped the area they were supposed to be at suddenly or had died.

Carlson read the letters upon the voodoo doll.

<Patrol, Margoth recon and Jail manager: Ken Morrison>.

-Last reported area: Location Z-11.

-Reported Information:…

The 21st area that he managed was further divided into three more areas.

Since the size of the area was too big for one to control like that.

Even though it had been divided into 118 areas, the size of the Gragos was so big that
every area was bigger than most cities.

Carlson checked the location and the information of the carrier pigeon that had been
sent to him.

‘…There’s not really much of a reason why he would leave the current area.’

Carlson frowned.

Though there was a slight commotion from the clash with the other Gragos, this guy
had been waiting in the area he was set on.

There was no reason for him to get out from that area like this.

‘No. No.’

Carlson focused his thoughts on the final carrier pigeon that he had sent.

Sofia Vergara.

He said that he met one of the Seven Departed Souls.

‘I guess I’ll need to check it out.’

From the report it said that there were two more companions along with Sofia.

‘Well. They’re just scrubs so I can ignore them.’

Who would be stronger than the Departed Souls?

‘Anyways, they don’t even have any notion of fear. To act like this the moment they get
up.’

Sofia was strong but there was a few people in his clan who were at that level.

And a few would be already there in the nearby ant tunnels.

‘Let’s see. Who shall I send?’

Actually this was a good thing.

Someone as strong as Sofia was a tiger cub.

It would be hard to find her if she had hidden herself but killing her off here before
she got strong and joined another clan wasn’t that bad.

Soon Carlson thought of the best candidate for this.

Someone who had a strong sense of revenge against Sofia Vergara.

A person who had been waiting for 2 years in this Orange Zone after putting up Sofia’s
name on the list.

5th year, Horny Mad Dog, Kale Dawson.

‘Though he’s a maniac he does have some skill.’

The fact that a 3rd year tried to rape a 1st year, failed and had been chased to the upper
Orange Zone was a funny story whenever he heard it.

But this had made him even stronger.

Since he had polished his strength in order to revenge.

Though he had a lot of talent from the beginning, his growth had been slowed down
because of lazing around.

‘Well. Though it seems like he hasn’t given up his habit.’

The fact that this guy hadn’t died despite Enbi Arin searching around in order to kill
him proved his strength.

Somebody who was far above a normal 5th year.

Thankfully this guy was madly rushing towards that location after hearing Ken’s
carrier pigeon.

Others were quite far away and were doing something else so they might take a while
but this guy would get there with plenty of time left.

It was good if he took care of it and still good if others did while he held them back.

Carlson sent a message to him immediately.

Kududuk!

Hansoo madly rushed towards the direction Ken pointed to.

‘We have to get them out before the time runs out and then back off.’

It’ll be troublesome if they got caught in a place like this.

They finally arrived at a location after a long while of running.

A huge underground tunnel.

There were numerous buildings around the tunnel that seemed to be made of cut-
down trees.

‘Checkpoint.’

One of the hundreds of entrances into the Ant Tunnels.

And the place where the people who managed those entrances lived in.

It might be different if they were at an area in which a clan didn’t have control over
but all the Ant Tunnels within the area of a clan’s influence had checkpoints set up like
these.

In order to stop mysterious people from causing chaos within the Ant Tunnels.

Since the Ant Tunnels were so complex that even the ones who managed them didn’t
know all about them so if somebody who was quite strong went inside and caused a
ruckus then it will become very hard to catch them.

The checkpoints were built in order to prevent such situations.

The clansman who was standing upon the checkpoint poured numerous skills
towards Hansoo as he shouted.

“Hey! What are you doing! This area is off limits!”

‘13 5th years. One who has just reached 6th year.’

There weren’t any weak fellows.

A system where the weak ones were set up at the entrance and the strong further in
the back was only possible in a game.

The people who had been sent out to get rid of invaders and protecting the Ant
Tunnels were like the Castle Doors of the clan.

Of course they would send out strong people.

‘Sofía cannot beat them at that level.’

He had to act.

Instantly a yellowish light started to gather up at the end of Hansoo’s spear, the Forked
Lightning.

Not the light of the Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement but Pandemic Blade’s yellowish
light.

Chiiiik

‘Just enough so they don’t die.’

What did these guys do wrong?

He was merely an intruder from their point of view and they were just doing what
they were supposed to.

‘But I still cannot waste time.’

Hansoo had tested numerous things with the spores of the Pandemic Blade on the
beasts before he had come up.

And the result was very satisfactory.

‘It’s not that I can only grow out one strand of spores or molds.’

As the mastery of the Pandemic Blade rose he could use spores that had more
fascinating results.

The fact that he can control a germ with various effects was a very strong point.
The amount of types he could use currently right now were three in total.

Hansoo sent out the second type out of those.

Papapapang!

The yellow powder spread out in all directions through the spear.

The Rerorerore clansmen flinched for a bit while looking at the powder flying at them.

But then laughed at Hansoo.

‘To use poison this blatantly.’

One would receive a great amount of harm if they couldn’t block poison-type skills.

But that was merely the reward for them being hard to use.

A poison would show its might once it got inside the body or touch them but if that
didn’t happen then it was the same as throwing flour at people.

This was why the people who were good at using poison-type skills were hidden
weapon experts or very proficient at throwing them out discreetly.

It might be different if it was liquid or a solid but for him to throw the powder form so
blantaly.

The weak 6th year, Anderson, quickly used his skill <Faint Breath> and then covered
the 14 of them.

One of the lowest-tier skills that collected air and created a wall.

He had learnt it in the tutorial and had never used it since the effects were so crap but
it was good enough to block powders such as these.

Throwing out all their skills in fear to defend just because the enemy used a skill was
something only a beginner would do.

Using the skills in the most efficient way possible with experience as the base was one
of the basics of the basics.

‘It’s just wasted Mana.’

At that moment a change occurred.

Pajijijik

Chiiik

The yellow powder that had been thrown into the air covered something transparent
for a moment and then started to eat up the mana wall.

Anderson freaked out as he saw this.

‘Uuk! Devouring Demonic Poison?’

There was a very nasty poison among all different types of poison.

Poison that ate up everything including skills made of mana.

They had separated these poisons into a different type and then gave them the title of
Devouring Demonic Poison.

A powerful poison that even ate mana and skills.

A poison that ate up mana.

But Anderson made an expression of disbelief.

‘No way. That’s not a Devouring Demonic Poison type!’

Why would Anderson have only used a air wall if he knew that it was a Devouring
Demonic Poison type?

The Devouring Demonic Poison types were very intimidating but they were extremely
rare

There were a total of 6 types known throughout all of the Tutorial, Red and Orange
zones combined.

And they all had bright and vibrant red color.

He had never heard of a yellow poison like this.

But during the time when Anderson had been shocked, the yellow spores that had
broken through the mana wall shrouded over them.

Puhaaak!
“Hooop!”

But they weren’t easy to deal with either.

‘I need to prevent it touching the body no matter what!’

They, the 5th and 6th years, used that short amount of time to use Reinforcement skills
to create a mana wall around themselves.

Same for Anderson.

<Seven Wall Reinforcement>.

Seven colors of mana reinforcements quickly shrouded Anderson’s body.

Tadadadadk

The yellow spores had burned off two of the seven mana reinforcements after going
through the air wall but it couldn’t get to Anderson’s body and only stayed around the
outside of the mana reinforcement.

The same for other people.

Everyone had a silly look of being covered by yellow flour but Anderson sighed in
relief.

Since he had stopped the poison from touching his body in the end.

At that time Hansoo spun his hand around.

Swing

The mana codes within the spores that were spread between the 14 people that had
the Nurmaha Ring’s Power, <Power Destruction>, embedded within them acted up.

Kududududk

Udududk

“Uh? Uuuhh!”

“Uuk?”

The spores that were stuck on their body quickly sucked up the surrounding moisture
and air as they increased their size.
At the same time the powder-form spores that were perfectly suited for flying quickly
turned into a sticky liquid form.

The 14 people instantly got covered within the mucus-like liquid and turned into a
cocoon shape.

“Eeek! Eeeeek!”

Kudududk

Anderson used every strengthening type skill he had and tried to rip apart the mucus
around his body but they were extremely tough and wouldn’t get ripped apart.

‘Damnit. What is this mana composition… What is this skill?!’

The spore’s elasticity and viscosity wasn’t simply the problem.

The concentration of mana within it was extremely high and the mana composition
was very strong as well.

Usually the strength of the mana structure changed depending on the level of the skill
but for a skill to have the hardness of this then it needed to be at least three levels
above his.

Or have reached the pinnacle of mastery.

‘Fuck… We’re screwed. He’s at least at the level of the Baladi.’

Anderson sighed.

If he had been given some time then he would be able to break apart these things.

Since the amount wasn’t that great despite the thickness of the mana concentration.

But the problem was the strength of those who will attack him.

Baladi.

One of the parasites that roamed around the Ant Tunnels and sucked up the body
fluids of the Gragos.

If there were Margoths up above then Baladis existed under the skin.

Of course the Baladi weren’t as strong as the Margoths but they freely roamed around
the Ant Tunnels and enjoyed ambushes so they were quite troublesome.

A strong person at the level of a Baladi meant that person could beat down the Baladi
in a one-on-one.

A title that only a few top percent of the 6th years could achieve.

Of course there was a huge range of Baladi levels so differences in strength were made
up in there but still the weakest of the Baladi level people were stronger than him.

‘Death awaits.’

Anderson clenched his eyes but against his expectations, nothing happened.

“Uh?”

The moment they opened their eyes the four invaders had disappeared already.

“Uwak!”

“Godamit! What is this!”

And sounds of things crashing constantly rang out behind them.

Including the entrance of the Ant Tunnel behind the checkpoint.

‘This is bad.’

If those guys go into the Ant Tunnels then things will become hard.

At that moment a voice came down from above.

“Really lame. You checkpoint defenders… Where did they go? Those guys?”

It was formal speech but was full of contempt.

Anderson made an expression that had a mixture of relief and discomfort from that
voice.

The reason why he had made a expression of discomfort was because he didn’t like
this guy.

‘This rapist bastard.’

The reason why he had made an expression of relief was because he was sure that this
guy could solve this problem.

“Kale Dawson…”

A strong person of the Baladi level.

Anderson quickly ripped apart the golden mucus as he pointed towards a direction
with his chin.

‘It’s satisfactory for now.’

Hansoo nodded as he saw the effect of the second spore.

He could seal down the movements of 5th and 6th years to a degree.

There wasn’t an effect like the first spore which even burned up mana protections but
since this could be covered up with Nurmaha’s Ring, <Power Destruction, it was much
more efficient in terms of mana usage.

‘The first spore just eats up too much mana.’

Hansoo left behind the checkpoint defenders who were struggling with their body as
he jumped into the Ant Tunnels.

If one thought that it was a tunnel where only one person could fit in because it was
called the Ant Tunnel then that is a huge mistake.

A giant cave entrance that was tens of meters in diameter.

It needed to be at least this much when it had been created by superhumans.

‘This is bad.’

The reason why Rerorerore had been able to expand so quickly was because they were
able to use all their strengths efficiently without wasting anything.

They had only used blades to kill chickens when they were killing chickens and blades
for killing cows when they killed cows.

They had been able to increase their power at a super fast pace because they always
kept a slight advantage over people and had battled in numerous places at the same
time.

The area manager who had heard his report would probably have sent somebody who
was just a bit stronger than Sofía.

Then the chances of failure would increase tremendously.

Since the person who he had judged to be useless was extremely strong.

If they had created a tracker team with Sofía into their calculations then they were
likely to get destroyed.

‘Fuck… ’

He had thought of changing the direction slightly but then he would immediately cross
over the 30 minute mark.

The moment Ken gave up and started to raise his hand to point towards a direction a
change occurred.

Giiiing

Ken’s finger distorted into a strange direction.

To be precise it wasn’t that Ken’s finger was distorting but rather the space around it.

Ken’s face brightened up after seeing this.

A dimension-type skill.

For them to have such a mastery over a rare dimension-type skill.

Only one person came up to his mind after connecting it Sofía.

‘Kale Dawson!’

Soon the Ant Tunnels had disappeared and they had been transported into a different
location.

The place they had first gotten to when they had come over to the Otherworld.

The space where they were surrounded by rubbles and were next to the train station.

While Hansoo was frowning while looking at this scene, something rose up from the
ground and tried to smash onto Hansoo.
Towards Ken who was being held by Hansoo to be precise.

Booom!

Green Worm.

A beginner mob that could be seen at the bottom of the train station during the tutorial
stage before.

But their strengths were not similar.

Hansoo frowned after smashing the charging Green Worm with his hands covered by
Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement and feeling it get numb.

A human speech surprisingly came out from the Green Worm’s mouth after it had
come out from the ground.

“There’s a limit to how much you can betray. Why would you tell the exact coordinates
to the enemy? There’s a limit to being lame.’

“Huuuuhh…”

Ken made an expression of his soul having been stripped off from Kale Dawson’s voice
after almost having his heart penetrated through.

“But you have still done well. I’ve found her thankfully. It’s been a while miss Sofía
Vergara.”

“…”.

Sofía remembered where she had heard that annoying voice and then frowned.
Hansoo meticulously checked the formation.

Sofía made a slightly surprised expression and Hansoo looked at Sofía with an
understanding expression.

‘It’s a skill that doesn’t appear in the Red Zone.’

Actually it was hard to acquire in the Orange Zone as well.

But it was indeed a very useful skill.

The user would be able to create an environment that is more suited for him since he
is the one using the skill.

And as the mastery kept on increasing he would be able to continue to change that
environment.

He was basically creating his own zone.

As long as somebody got stuck in it then he would be able to gain an upper hand in the
battle.

Kwadududuk

The attacks in the form of green worms were constantly pouring in.

And the Carnivorous Beast that Hansoo had killed before for the Nurmaha’s Ring was
rising up in the distance while making loud noises.

The strongest point of the formation was that the people would only be able to get out
if they find the core that is connected to the user.

And they would need to search around for that core, but here there wasn’t a need.

Since the blue marble was located above the destroyed building in the distance as if
Kale was showing it off.

Hansoo made a surprised expression.

The fact that he could show the core like that meant that he had some experience with
formations.

‘There’s no need to drag it out.’

The longer one stayed within a Dimension-Type skill the worse it was for them.

If they waste their energy randomly from skills then it’ll only be better for the user.

Hansoo poured strength into the Forked Lightning in his hands.

At the same time he used the <Power Destruction> from Nurmaha’s Ring.

Ooooong

A transparent light surrounded the tip of the Forked Lightning.

Next was pandemic blade.

There was no reason to go easy.

Hansoo poured in the strongest and most vicious spore, the first spore, onto the forked
lightning.

A yellowish light covered over the transparent light and shrouded the Forked Lightning.

Lastly, Hansoo strengthened his entire body with the Demonic Dragon’s
Reinforcement and then poured the dark golden light of the reinforcement right over
the spear.

A strike that was prepared for a one-shot kill.

‘If you block this then… You win.’

Hooooong!

Hansoo then threw the Forked Lightning towards the core, the blue marble, in the
distance.

The Ant Tunnels that towered over tens of meters.

A marble of 1m diameter was floating in the middle of the ant tunnel while radiating
red light.

The dimensional structure created from the dimensional skill.

Kale Dawson made a content expression as he looked at the circular red marble.

‘Sofía. It seems I’ll finally be able to pay back what you’ve done to me.’

He had hurriedly ran into the Orange Zone after losing his left arm after trying to go
against her.

And he had struggled intensely in order to get stronger before she came up.

‘I wouldn’t be able to kill her otherwise.’

Kale Dawson, who had been making a content smile while looking at the marble that
shone red light as if it was made of blood, suddenly frowned.

The person inside it had suddenly thrown the spear into the air.

‘Uh?’

The moment Kale Dawson got surprised, the spear flew through the air and then
headed towards the top of the Gangnam building where the core was located on.

And Kale made a content expression again as he saw this.

‘He fell for it.’

An attack that had all of his strength poured into.

The aura of the spear that was flying was not normal.

If that spear penetrated through the core then it would be dangerous for him too.

Since the blue core inside the dimension and the red core in front of him were
connected.

The moment the spear hit the core it will come out from the core in front of him and
then hit him.

But that was only if he were to hit.

‘I don’t know why they all act the same way.’

He had purposely put the core in a place where it could be easily seen.

When he set up the dimension in the past, he would often hide the core with utmost
care in case it might get broken if it was hit but he found out that it was more effective
to just show the core.

If he hid the core then the people inside will calmly deal with the surrounding attacks
but once the core was shown then they will ignore the attacks from around them and
only go for the core.

Though that was the trap.

‘Move.’

Kale slightly moved the core located above the top of the Gangnam building.

Wooosh

The insides of the dimension trembled slightly due to him moving the core but Kale
didn’t care.

Since it was a move for which he had taken into account the durability of the dimension.

A situation where one used all their strengths to prepare an attack and send it towards
the core but the core disappearing in front of their eyes.

At that time they will got shocked psychologically and then get swept over by the
attacks from around them.

They wouldn’t give up that easily if they knew that there was a limit to moving the
core but not many people knew since dimensional skills were quite rare.

Even more so for those who had just come up like them.

‘Let’s see.’

Kale looked inside the dimension with a happy expression.

Since he wanted to see the expression of that guy’s face once his attacks failed.

But Kale suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

Since the guy who had thrown the spear was laughing.
At that moment the spear that had been thrown started to turn in an impossible angle.

Kugugugugk

The spear that had turned in a 90 degree angle didn’t slow down a single bit as it
started to fly into the depths of the rubble in the distance.

Towards the location he had moved the core to.

“Godamnit!”

Kale quickly changed the environment of the dimension, blocked the trajectory of the
spear and then started to pour defensive skills all over himself in reality.

And he also used the special skill of his reinforcement, <Metallic Jade Reinforcement>,
to turn his body into a steel-like material.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The spear penetrated through tens of Carnivorous beasts and hundreds of Green
Worms as it smashed into the blue marble.

Craack!

The moment the spear smashed into the extremely hard blue marble, a transparent
light shone out from the spear.

Then the core rippled as it swallowed the golden spear.

As if it couldn’t handle it anymore.

And the golden spear that the blue marble had swallowed came out from the red
marble in reality as it flew towards Kale Dawson.

Towards his heart to be precise.

Kale Dawson hurriedly grasped the spear that was flying towards his body by
activating <Antal’s Claw>.

Kudududk

The transparent light had disappeared but the power of the spear was tremendous.

Kale Dawson clenched his teeth as his reinforcement got shredded apart by the dark
golden reinforcement.
‘But… I survived it.’

The spear that had charged towards him started to lose its strength.

At that moment the yellow energy surrounding the spear spread out into the air.

Kale Dawson smirked as he saw this.

His Metallic Jade Reinforcement had a tremendous amount of resistance against

poison.

Since he was basically turning his entire body into steel.

But Kale could only stop laughing.

Since tremendous amounts of pain started to pour in from all over his body.

Chiiiiik

“Uaaaaaaak!”

Some yellow things started to gnaw into Kale’s body as it sent in a burning-like pain
all over his body.

Clank

The spear that had smashed into him lost its strength and got dropped to the ground
but Kale couldn’t even care about this as he screamed while he rolled around on the
ground.

Suuuk

At that moment he saw the hands of a person picking up the spear that had dropped
next to him.

Kale woke up despite struggling in pain when he saw this.

‘This is bad.’

There was no way Sofía would let him live if this continued.

‘No. It’ll be worse if she let me live.’

Kale, who had understood that the situation was dangerous, used both his Metallic
Jade Reinforcement and the dimensional skill as he used his most powerful skill.
Kuuuooooong

A reddish gold-like metal box surrounded Kale Dawson in an instant.

<Crimson Metal Dimension>.

The user himself wouldn’t be able to do anything either but it was Kale’s last resort
that had tremendous amounts of defense.

The reason why Kale Dawson didn’t use this from the start was because it wasn’t really
effective.

If he used this then he wouldn’t be able to do anything for 30 minutes.

But a person who forced him to use this could easily break through it in 30 minutes.

‘But… These guys are aiming for things unknown to them.’

Kale Dawson hurriedly shouted as he thought that he had bought time.

“Wait! You aren’t thinking of killing me right? You you know who I am? They would
have sent down more people from the Rerorerore clan already! You should run!”

Hansoo smirked inwardly from those words.

‘No way.’

Those guys were famous for not going overboard.

He didn’t know the identity of the guy in front of him but if they had sent a guy of this
level to kill Sofía then they have done enough.

They would not send additional members.

Sofía’s expression turned white at that moment.

Since her trait, Library, was ringing out warning alarms.

Hansoo and the person in front of her were both strong.

But the person coming right now couldn’t even be compared.

“Damnit. It’s real. Something’s coming.”

“…?”
‘No way.’

But there was also no way that Sofía’s trait could be wrong.

Hansoo squinted his eyes and focused after hearing Sofía’s words but he couldn’t catch
anything in his senses.

Which means that something was approaching from outside his range.

‘…I wish I had a long range perception skill or two.’

Even if he were to increase his perceptions with the Demonic Dragon’s reinforcement,
it would still not be able to compare to long range perception skills.

‘There are a lot of skills I need to fill up.’

One needed a strong attack skill, a defensive skill and a perception skill.

But he wasn’t in a rush.

Hansoo sharpened his perception even more.

In order to read the airwaves coming off from the existence rather than the existence
itself.

You can hide aura or force waves.

But you can’t hide the ripples in air that were caused by the shape moving through it.

A result which he had found out after countless battles.

At that moment Hansoo felt slight ripples within the air.

After calculating the speed, aura and the distance of the existence closing upon them,
Hansoo made a helpless expression as he looked at the person in front him.

‘It’s a Margoth level. Is this guy that important?’

Baladi Level.

And then the Margoth Level which existed above that.

An extremely strong person who could beat down a Margoth in a one versus one
situation.
‘…There shouldn’t be many of them within the Rerorerore clan. This guy. I thought he
was just some useless guy.’

He didn’t know what had happened in the 2 years this guy was separated from Sofía
but if a Margoth level was running over then that meant that this guy was somebody
really important.

‘There’s no time.’

He could probably get through the defensive skill in front of him.

It would take about 1 minute.

But then he would clash with the person charging towards them.

‘I can’t win yet.’

A Margoth level would be hard to deal with even after his Racial Metamorphosis.

No, he had a higher chance of losing.

Only those who are extremely lucky and have a huge amount of talent reach the
Margoth Level.

Like Kangtae or Keldian.

It was the same as winning the lottery but there were always people who won it.

People who resided at the top of the Orange Zone which consisted of hundreds of
millions of people.

“We have to get…”

At that moment he frowned at the countless amounts of Rerorerore clansmen who

were getting caught within his senses.

At this rate he would get caught.

At that time a red carrier pigeon flew in from the distance.

<This way! Run this way!>

“…Mmm?”

Hansoo frowned at the sudden carrier pigeon that flew in from somewhere within the
ant tunnels.

And then asked Sofía.

“Is it okay to follow this?”

He asked her to figure out if it was a trap or a safe route.

Sofía touched the red carrier pigeon and then nodded.

Her trait was telling her to follow this carrier pigeon.

At that time Hansoo and Sofía held onto Ken and Tekilon as they quickly moved their
body towards the location the red carrier pigeon was telling them to.

Kale Dawson made a surprised expression after seeing this and then laughed out
loudly.

“Uwaahahaha! Did you really fall for that? That’s some next level stupid!”

He had gambled that last part as a last resort but for them to believe him and actually
run away.

Kale Dawson laughed, grinded his teeth and then told himself he would get revenge
next time.

‘I’ll get you for sure next time.’

They were strong but if he gathered around two more people his level then they would
be able to win.

Kale Dawson, who had added another person to his blacklist other than Sofía, looked
at the Crimson Metal Dimension surrounding him and made a content smile.

‘I guess this is still helpful.’

It was a skill which he called the stupid box because it only had a high defense, it didn’t
allow one to run and also reduced one’s perception within it but for it to save his life
like this.

But Kale Dawson suddenly felt something weird after laughing for a while.

‘Uh?’
The Rerorerore clansmen who had gathered in order to catch the intruder had started
to run away in all directions.

Kale Dawson was flabbergasted as he looked towards the direction the ones running
away were looking at.

And then his expression turned around 180 degrees as he looked up into the sky.

“Uwa… Uwaaaa…”

Kale Dawson started to subconsciously smash onto the red colored wall surrounding
him.

But of course that didn’t do anything to the Crimson Metallic Dimension.

Koooooouuu!

At that moment something landed in front of Kale Dawson like a missile.

Kale Dawson tried to stick out his tongue and bite it off after seeing the person who
had walked out from the dust cloud.

Since it was better to just suicide.

At that time the person who had landed struck their hand out like lightning.

Clash!

The Crimson Metallic Dimension that even Hansoo had given up on and ran away from
broke apart like glass.

Tuk

“Kuu… Uuu.”

Kale Dawson trembled in fear as his chin was grasped even before he could bite down
onto his tongue.

Then the female, Enbi Arin, looked at Kale and mumbled with a calm expression.

“I’ve heard well of what you’ve done to my younger sibling.”

“Kuuu…”

Kale Dawson wanted to shout out.

That he wouldn’t have done it if he knew that it was her sibling.

Enbi Arin looked at Kale Dawson who was covered in germs and then clicked her
tongue.

“Let’s see. Why are you so hurt. There’s a lot to do, let’s heal you up and start
afterwards.”

“Kuuuuu…”

Kale Dawson realized the moment he saw the soft healing light on Enbi Arin’s left
hand.

That he would not be able to die easily.

Kale made an expression of despair.

‘Hmm. Something’s bugging me.’

Hansoo had a nagging feeling while following the carrier pigeon throughout the
complex ant tunnels but shook it off by shaking his head.

Since the person who had sent the carrier pigeon appeared in front of his eyes.

‘…They don’t look hostile.’

“Who are you guys?”

Hansoo looked at the 3 males and 3 females who were hiding in the corner of the
extremely complex ant tunnels.

At that time the man who was standing in the front pointed towards Ken within
Hansoo’s hands as he spoke.

“Give us that guy.”

Hansoo squinted his eyes as he heard the man’s words that told him to let go of his
guide.
“I don’t think that will be possible.”

Hansoo was thankful that they had helped them in a dangerous situation but he
couldn’t let this guy go.

Then Tares, the man standing in front of him, sighed.

He couldn’t win with strength.

Since he had seen Kale Dawson who was hard to deal with even among the strong
people get smashed by this guy.

But he couldn’t back off.

Tares asked him with a nervous expression.

“Why do you need him? I don’t know why you guys need him but he’s a necessity to
us.”

“Why?”

“Since that guy knows where our comrade is being held at.”

“…?”

Hansoo squinted his eyes as he looked between Ken and the 3 males and 3 females.

Then he finally understood why they were asking him to give Ken to them.

‘So these guys are also looking for the location of the Jail.’

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then spoke out.

“Why is there a need to go separately? Let’s go together.”

“Mmm?”

“I have some business with those guys too.”

If he were to go with the people here then it will be much easier to find out the location
of the Temple from them.

And even if it was borrowing a cat’s hand, it was better if there was support.

There was no reason to go separately if they had the same destination.

The 3 males and 3 females made suspicious expressions but then nodded.

There wasn’t much time.

The surrounding defenses would increase by a level from the recent chaos.

It might’ve been different before this guy had come but even if they knew the location
it will still be hard to get to it with their own strength.

‘Ailen. Wait for us.’

Tares clenched his teeth as he thought of their friend who would be held there.

Crunch

Tares gulped as he saw the parasite Metiron get smashed through in a single strike.

‘He’s really strong… ’

They were currently using the ant tunnels that the parasites had dug and not those
which the humans had dug.

From the fear of the human-made ant tunnels swarming with clansmen searching for
them.

Of course there was a reason why people didn’t go through the ant tunnels dug out by
parasites.

Since other than eating the body fluids of the Grados, the parasites loved to feast upon
humans as a special treat.

But Hansoo and Sofía who had recently joined them were smashing apart the
parasites as they headed in the direction Ken was pointing to.

“But why are they keeping our comrade hostage?”

Ken squinted his eyes at the words of Tares.

‘This weakling… ’

It might’ve been different for Hansoo but he could only get annoyed as these weakling
asked him.

But there’s nothing he could do.

Since he had been caught.

Ken shrugged his shoulders and spoke.

“What would it be. It’s to figure out the location of the Temple that they know.”

“Damn…”

Tares frowned at the expected answer.

It was quite a well-known story.

Another race lived in the inner parts of the Gragos.

A race that was the object of fear from their powerful body, beast-like ability to take
on hits and secretiveness.

But one day, a rumor came in.

<That race didn’t have that strength from the start either. If you visit a place called the
Temple then even humans can gain that strength.>

Everyone tried to convince themselves that those words weren’t true but they couldn’t
after seeing the person who had started that rumor.

Since he went up from the Baladi level to the Margoth level.

A powerful muscular structure and vitality that exceeded humans and even ignored
skills.

Humans tried to search every bit of the Gragos from that point onwards but that
wasn’t possible.

The numerous other parasites along with Baladis were burdensome enough.

Even though it seemed like they had dug around like it was the human’s territory, it
was dug around in the safest spots.

And even if they got through the parasites, the unknown race was still the problem.

Because of this the location of the Temple fell into the depths of mystery.

And of course they would ask people like Ailen who would have hints towards that
place.

“Wouldn’t it just be easy if you put in the Symbol instead?”

There was no need for torture.

Since they just needed to recruit them if they wanted to know.

Ken laughed at Sofia’s question as he answered.

“I don’t now. It doesn’t seem like the symbol works on those who aren’t human.”

Sofia, Hansoo and Tekilon paused at those words.

‘…Yeah. If they know about the Temple then it’s likely that they are Akaron.’

“You guys are doing all this for nought. There’s nothing you would find out even after
all that torture.”

“Why?”

Tekilon nodded at Sofia’s words.

“All the Akaron clansmen receive a restriction from the Temple before they set off.
Even if they want to say it they can’t say a thing about the location of the temple.
Anyways… It seems that kid will go through a lot of hardships.”

Tekilon clenched his teeth.

The thought of his few remaining clansmen having been caught and being tortured
had unconsciously made him grind his teeth.

Sofia asked back.

“Why?”

Tares was the one who answered.

“The Akaron say that they can’t even suicide.”

One of the 13 rules that had existed after the 3rd Great War.

Every Akaron must die at the hands of someone else.

It was one of the rules that had been created since they had so little numbers.

“It seems you’re close to them.”

That information wouldn’t be easily told to other races.

The fact that they knew that much meant that they are close.

Tares spoke with a bitter expression.

“That’s why we’re going to go save them.”

“Hmm.”

“We will send her back to her home no matter what. But there is no other way right?
It seems like you know something.”

Tares wasn’t really surprised from the thought of Tekilon, who didn’t really look like
an Akaron, knowing something.

There were a lot of people with strange stories and strange abilities in the Orange
Zone and they were always people that were outside their expectation.

‘They might’ve heard this somewhere like us.’

Tekilon shrugged as he spoke.

“I don’t know. The fact that they came outside… Means that they have the orders of the
Temple. The Temple won’t remove the limitations until they complete those orders.
Which means that Ailen kid won’t know the way to the Temple at all.”

There were countless times when they were suspicious of other tribes before the
Unification.

That was the reason for the method that could keep the location of the Temple which
acted as the most important location secret.

The Akaron who had gone outside from the Temple will only have their limitations
lifted off once they accomplish their orders and only then would they remember the
way to the Temple.

“…Oh yeah, she said that she had orders that she needed to accomplish. Though she
didn’t tell us. Anyways it’s great. Having met people like you. We can’t save them with
just our strength.”

Tares made a bitter expression.

Though they had spent a lot of time together they didn’t get to hear the stories about
the orders and the temple.

And they were in a situation where they couldn’t save Ailen because they lacked strength.

Kyaaaak!

Hansoo asked Ken after killing off the last parasite and collecting up the runes.

“Are we really there? Where is it?”

Ken pointed towards the small hole located between the Ant Tunnels with his finger.

An extremely shabby hole compared to the surrounding tunnels that towered over
tens of meters.

‘It seems someone would just run by it if they didn’t know about it.’

There was no way that they could go into every tiny hole like that within the complex
ant tunnels just because of suspicion.

Hansoo spoke towards the surrounding people.

“Stay here.”

“Uh?”

Hansoo jumped into the hole in the distance the moment he finished speaking.

‘This reckless bastard!’

Tares freaked out as he saw this.

If loud noises occur after jumping in recklessly like that then all the surrounding
people will swarm in.
Though it was covered up as a small hole in order to hide it from people’s eyes, there
were 5th and 6th year level people swarming inside there.

Since it was a place created by the Rerorerore clan to work away from the sights of
other clans.

But the more problematic thing was the surrounding patrols.

Though this Jail was a bit out in the corner, the surrounding area belonged entirely to
the Rerorerore clan.

The moment noise happened inside there, all the clansmen would swarm here like
ants.

Befitting of the Ant Tunnels.

But unlike the worries of Tares, the insides of the Ant Tunnels were quite quiet.

‘…What’s happening in there?’

Tares looked at this surroundings but Sofia and Tekilon were also squinting their eyes.

As if they didn’t know either.

After a long while of silence a person held onto a thing much larger than his body as
he jumped up.

Hansoo wasn’t small either but the person in Hansoo’s hands was almost 2m high.

A reddish brown skin and a tiger-like expression.

Tares’ expression turned bright as he saw this.

“Ailen!”

But Tares could only grind his teeth after seeing Ailen.

Since Ailen’s body was basically covered with wounds.

‘These fucking bastards!’

And Tares wasn’t the only one who was enraged.

“Kuhue…”
Tekilon made a helpless expression after seeing one of his race being covered in
wounds.

‘Why did they send a child… Who hasn’t even received the Body Enhancement Surgery?’

If she had received the surgery then nothing would’ve happened.

But his questions disappeared as he saw the wounds all over her body and he was
filled up with rage instead.

‘Humans… ’

There was nothing good about this guy’s race.

To the point where he didn’t understand why Hansoo was trying to increase their
numbers so hard.

‘Will coexisting with these guys be possible?’

Tekilon could only question.

Hansoo spoke towards Tekilon.

“Let’s run away quickly.”

“Mmm?”

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s about time to run.”

Flapflapflapflap

At that moment tens of carrier pigeons started to fly in all directions from the small
hole Hansoo came out from.

And Tares made a confused expression as he mumbled.

“Oh my… Did you not kill them?”

Hansoo nodded.

‘It’ll be trouble if they get on our tail.’

There was a difference between taking one person and running away and killing
everyone inside there and then running away.

The size of the tracking team will also change.

Though this Tares seemed to have personal grudges, there was no need for him to
share that.

Hansoo spoke towards Ailen as he continued to run.

Since he had saved somebody who knew the road, it was now time to ask about it.

Of course after helping them remember it.

“Which mission were you trying to do?”

They needed to complete the mission in order to find the Temple.

And because of this Hansoo would gladly help with Ailen’s mission but he could only
do so if he knew what it was.

Ailen looked at her surroundings and then clenched her teeth.

Because she was stuck between either telling them or not.

‘Can I trust these humans?’

Ailen looked at the people as well as Tares while she pondered but then clenched her
teeth.

‘I need their help.’

She had wasted too much time here and her body condition wasn’t good enough to get
through this place alone.

Ailen spoke out after she finished thinking.

“Please take me to the Baladi Tube.”

Tares made a surprised expression at Ailen’s words.

<Baladi Tube>

A mysterious tower located at the spine of the Gragos.

Though it didn’t even go over 5m above the skin, the reason for this tower being called
mysterious was situated deep below it.

The depth of this tower that often blocked their path while they dug the ant tunnels
couldn’t even be measured.

A tower that shot past even the deepest parts the humans had been to.

The people wanted to investigate this place with more detail but there were so many
Baladis in the area to the point where most people couldn’t even approach it.

A mysterious tower that shot down deep into the Gragos which had so many Baladis
that it was named after them.

The others were confused but Tekilon’s expression turned grim.

The humans didn’t know but the ones who set up the structure called the Baladi Tube
was them, the Akaron.

The purpose for that structure was one.

<Checking the status of the Gragos’ body fluid.>

The Baladi Tube that was stuck in the giant spine of the Gragos checked the fluid level
that came out from the Gragos using the body fluid pressure.

Like a thermometer.

If there’s plenty of body fluid then it will be filled up to the brim and if it was lacking
then it would dry up to the bottom.

A mechanism built since the Gragos will roll around if there isn’t enough body fluid.

Hansoo nodded at those words as he flew his body towards the Baladi Tube in order
to get Ailen over there.

The Baladi tube wasn’t that far away from where they were.

Ailen quickly checked inside the tube through the transparent window on the green
wall of the tube.

‘Nothing.’

The body fluid that should’ve been filled up was gone and only a dark hole could be
seen below.
Ailen clenched her teeth as she fumbled with a few places on the Tube as she opened
the door and shouted.

“I’ll be right back so wait.”

“Utt!”

Ailen fell down the tube and checked the height of the tube after leaving behind the
people’s shouts.

‘Though we expected this but for it to be this much… ’

Ailen clenched her teeth as she looked at the dried up tube.

If the body fluids were at the green areas of the tube then it was safe.

It meant that more Akarons could live.

There was no need to clash with the Margoths either.

Ailen fell for a bit longer as she started to fall past the yellow area.

Yellow was warning.

A stage where though there wasn’t a need to clash against the Margoths yet, they
should have a look at controlling their population.

‘…It’s not even filled up to this yet.’

Soon Ailen dropped past the yellow and started to fall into the red part of the tube.

Red was very dangerous.

Now, one of two things will happen.

Either the Margoth will die or them.

They needed to wage war against the Margoths.

And reduce the rate at which the body fluids were being drunk.

‘…There’s nothing here either?’

The moment Ailen was shocked, the red tube ended as well.
At that moment Ailen made a splashing sound as she crashed into the body fluids of
the Gragos.

Bubble bubble

Her whole body had been smashed with a huge amount of force but that wasn’t the
important part.

Ailen quickly looked at the surroundings.

Black.

‘Oh my god. How did it get down here so quickly… ’

The body fluids were barely filled up to the dark tube.

Ailen clenched her teeth at the much more worse situation than it had been expected.

She had to quickly go to the Temple and tell them.

‘…I must get out without them finding out.’

The limitations were coming off and she could remember the location of the Temple.

The words of her returning were lies in order to lose those guys.

The rules told them to not lie and repay kindness but the human race was too
dangerous for that as well as the current situation not being good.

The moment AIlen was about to escape through the secret tunnel on the side of the
tube, a splashing noise was heard from behind.

‘Somebody jumped in after me?’

While Ailen was shocked, Hansoo’s voice was heard from inside the liquid.

“It’s a bit troublesome if you go alone.”

Hansoo also made a serious expression as he looked at the black walls.

‘…It’s too fast. It should happen at least a year later. Anyways, it doesn’t seem like this
girl would take us that easily.’

Hansoo frowned as he looked at Ailen who was being very cautious of him.
‘…The future changed.’

Hansoo made a grim expression.

A few huge incidents existed in the Otherworld and there were cases where hundreds
of millions of people had died.

One of them.

The Gragos Lava Bathing incident which will happen one year from now.

Though the Gragos had simply spun around a single time, the result that had brought
was horrific.

The incident which had one of the most casualties with over 300 million deceased
while not counting the wounded.

The dark mad lord was cute compared to this.

The him of the past came up to the Orange Zone one year after that had happened.

And could only get shocked.

Since the remains of those who had died from the lava were still around.

The people in the Ant Tunnels burned up from the lava that flowed in there and then
petrified like fossils.

The Gragos, which had traces of hundreds of millions of people living in it, was just
slowly being filled up from the people who were just coming up from the Red Zone.

But Hansoo wasn’t focused on this.

If he were to cure the Gragos and complete the next stage as well then there was no
chance for the incident that would happen in a year.

But this changed everything.

‘I knew a change would happen but this is too fast.’

Akardian, the person who was dealing with skills relating to time, had spoken to him
before he came here.

<The fact that you’re going to the past alone is a change. A lot will change from what
you knew.>

Hansoo’s greatest point was not his strength but the knowledge he brought from the
future.

Of course that strong point will crumble as the future changed more and more.

But Hansoo and the others believed something while planning this out.

The Seven Zones that were separated by a dimensional wall.

They believed that these walls will reduce the butterfly effect as much as possible.

Since the amount of the lower zones being affected was low since they couldn’t see it
from above.

But for them to have this big of a miscalculation.

It wasn’t that he had made a mistake and it was too short of a time for somebody to
have a huge effect after climbing up.

Hansoo frowned.

Since he had almost no information regarding this incident.

There was barely nothing that was alive above the Gragos after this incident.

Only the extremely strong and a lucky few.

And a few Margoths who had extremely strong stamina that could withstand the lava
and had dug into the skin.

Because of this there wasn’t much information regarding this.

‘It shouldn’t be the fairy… There should be more. Where did the change happen?’
 j

“Hmm. So that Kang Hansoo did something that amazing? Mister?”

Kim Gwanje, the patriarch of the Rerorerore clan, mumbled after hearing the story of
the person in front of them.

And Jongsang, one of the Seven Departed Souls, smiled as he looked at that Gwanje.

“Yeah. Amazing right?”

Jongsang had immediately gotten caught by some mysterious people and was dragged
here.

He tried to resist but he couldn’t even handle the people who were called Baladi level
here.

And here the person who he had seen before in the past was sitting as the Boss.

Kim Gwanje.

A person whom he had saved the life of in the past just for fun.

‘Well I knew he wasn’t a simple guy but… He has really become a monster.’

Gwanje was treating him extremely well.

Others might look at Gwanje treating the savior of his life and say he’s a very good
person but Jongsang, who knew a bit about this guy, knew why.

The reason why this guy was being nice to him was not because he had saved his life
or because they were both Koreans.

That guy just wanted to show off to him.

Towards Jongsang who had a tremendous amount of influence which he couldn’t even
chase after.

The result of his work which he had accomplished in the Orange Zone.

‘He is a guy who was this way since back in the past.’

<Damn. The things called the Six Pillars wouldn’t even exist if I had come up earlier!>
A person who was always shouting that there would only be one pillar instead of six
if he had come first.

He had looked over every corner of the World Tree and just left along with his
followers.

After throwing away the patriarch position of the Hecarim Clan that had been set
already.

<The environment here isn’t good. Those Calamities things bug me too much.>

It had already been 4 years ago.

‘He should be quite pissed.’

Jongsang laughed as he looked at Gwanje laughing as well.

A person who lived on the taste of his own greatness.

That guy couldn’t even muster up the courage to even touch the Calamities and just
moved himself away.

And had actually grown after showing his true strength after getting to the Orange
Zone.

But somebody had dealt with those Calamities from below and then came up.

Though it was laughing on the surface, he would probably be extremely pissed inside.

“Yeah. What are you going to do?”

Gwanje shrugged his shoulders after listening to Jongsang’s story.

“Well. Thank you for the story. But I had a plan for something like this already.”

“What?”

Jongsang frowned as he heard Gwanje’s words.

“Mister. You saw what this thing looked like right? Who do you think will be stronger
if you compare with the Calamity?”

Then Jongsang spoke as he saw Gwanje asking him while pointing towards the
existence called the Gragos that they were standing on and then replied without even
a need for thinking about it.

“Of course this thing is much stronger.”

The Calamities lived up to their name as calamities but these Gragos were on a
different level.

Gwanje giggled as he spoke.

“You think so right? Wouldn’t it be so much more amazing if I kill this?”

“…What?”

Jongsang thought that he had heard wrong as he got suspicious of his own ears.

If somebody had said this he would’ve thought that they were crazy but this guy was
not somebody who just said random words.

Since he had created a giant clan which had carved up their spot in the Orange Zone
in a mere 4 years.

‘No, where is he planning to live after killing this thing… ’

At that time he kind of understood what this guy was thinking of.

‘Keldian. Eres. Kim Kangtae. Pao Ren… ’

The owners of the six pillars.

And the amazing feats that these people had left behind.

This guy was trying to accomplish something that couldn’t even be compared to those
things.

Something that everyone will look at and respect, a feat that would become a legend
in the Otherworld.

Only for his own pride.

‘…This guy is also a lunatic.’

Gwanje spoke towards that Jongsang.

“I was going to do this in a year actually. But wouldn’t that amazing guy just go up in
just a bit?”
He needed a year for perfection but he could do it at any time.

No, he had already sent carrier pigeons in all directions and the plan was already on
the way.

‘You can’t just go like that. See it first and then go up.’

A show would only have meaning if there were audiences and a proposal will only
have its worth if there was somebody to make it to.

That guy had gone up to the next stage within just a month of coming up.

Which meant that this guy wouldn’t even take 1 year to go up to the next stage.

No, he might even go up in just a bit.

So he had to show his hand before this guy went up.

That he had done something even greater than him.

‘This is a show just for you.’

Gwanje thought of Hansoo whose face he didn’t even know of as he laughed.

Hansoo mumbled as he looked at Ailen who was unconscious and hanging in his
hands.

‘…I need to find out the reason for this first.’

If it was this much then somebody had intervened.

It hadn’t been long since the liquid’s level had descended to the black zone.

This amount is still fixable.

He might be able to fix the problem if he removed the originator of this.

But going to the temple was also important.

He was stuck in a situation where he had to find the reason for the change as well as
finding the temple.

So Hansoo made a red carrier pigeon. (*PR: Remember, he was given an earring with
that skill from the clans back in the Red Zone.)
‘He should’ve come up by now.’

Hansoo pulled out the carrier pigeon and threw it towards a direction.

Gwanje thought of Hansoo, who was going to be his audience, and then asked because
the other Departed Souls came into his mind.

“But where did the others go? Mister? Wasn’t it seven including you mister?”

It was better the more audience there was.

Departed Souls who were high and mighty in the Red Zone would be great audience.

He was already feeling good from the thought of people who acted high and mighty in
the Red Zone looking at him with surprised expressions.

Jongsang frowned at Gwanje’s words.

“I don’t know what happened to one… One followed that Hansoo guy. I don’t know
where the other five are. They aren’t replying to my carrier pigeons.”

‘Anyway… Did Miyamoto really die? Then it’s a bit of a pity… His skills and artifacts are
quite precious.’

The skills they had were amazing but the core part was Miyamoto.

Because of this he had searched around all of the World Tree area, looking for traces
of Miyamoto while Hansoo was hunting for runes.

The result was a failure.

‘It didn’t seem like Hansoo moved during that time… Where did he go?’

While Jongsang squinted his eyes while thinking of Miyamoto and the other five
Departed Souls, they were surprisingly all in the same place.

Boooom!

Arc Mariangt, one of the Seven Departed Souls, grinded her teeth as she looked at the
purple mana reinforcement exploding towards her.
Though she had just been slightly grazed, her own mana reinforcement created by the
Golden Reinforcement was getting shredded apart rapidly.

Arc Mariangt shouted out after getting pushed to the corner.

“This crazy bastard! Why are you doing this?”

10 years since she had been tied down by the Akuma below.

And because of this, she hadn’t stayed with the other Departed Souls and had
separated.

She needed to enjoy her life a bit now.

Though it was a new zone, Arc Mariangt had complete faith in herself.

That she would be able to find her place quickly with her skills and experience.

‘But to meet a crazy bastard like this the moment I get up.’

Why was there no rumors when a guy like this existed?

And Arc Mariangt knew instantly of what happened to Miyamoto whom Jongsang was
searching for.

Miyamoto’s skill, Miyamoto’s artifacts.

Since the guy in front of him was using all of these to smash her around.

Theirs were high level but Miyamoto’s was a level higher.

‘And what the hell is that purple reinforcement! Where did he get it!’

She had never even heard of something like that existing.

Sangjin smiled while attacking Arc Mariangt.

“Just, I kind of need an underling but having a good one is better.”

The moment these words ended, Sangjin’s purple reinforcement burnt up all the
remaining reinforcements surrounding Arc Mariangt’s body.

And the golden spear that had shot up from the ground like lightning smashed onto
the stomach area of Arc Mariangt.

Smack!
“Kuhuk…”

Arc Mariangt grinded her teeth whilst breathing out heavily from pain and grabbing
onto her stomach.

“You bastard… You think I’ll listen to you because of this? Me?”

She realized from the attacks.

His goal was capturing her alive and not killing.

Which meant that he had something to ask of her.

Sangjin laughed as he shook his head.

“The three before you said the same thing. I don’t know where one went though.”

“What?”

As soon as his words ended, some people walked out from the trees.

Arc Mariangt swallowed her words as she saw this.

“…You guys.”

The 3 other Departed Souls whom she had separated from.

This meant that all the Departed Souls with the exception of Miyamoto, Jongsang and
Sofía had been gathered here.

But they had the symbol of a Lord shining upon their hands.

‘Who was able to…?’

These guys couldn’t be handled with normal Lords.

Who had and polished such a powerful trait?

While Arc Mariangt was lost in confusion, somebody walked towards Sangjin.

The person who had the title of Dark Mad Lord in the past but had died and revived.

Wongyung looked at Sangjin and spoke while preparing to implant the symbol of a
Lord.
“…If I listen to you then my daughter will be safe right?”

His daughter whom they had revived from the cross where he had revived at.

Of course it was something Yerin did in order to keep a hostage to control him but he
was still extremely thankful.

But she couldn’t escape her fate of being a hostage.

Now she had become that man’s hostage.

‘Damnit… ’

Sangjin laughed at Wongyung’s words and spoke.

“Of course. And I told you that this isn’t bad for you either. I told you that I’ll help you
find your son right? You just need to listen to me well.”

“…”

Wongyung clenched his teeth.

This was why it was hard for him to kill that guy off.

‘…How did he find out that I had a son?’

A strange aura was constantly being released by Sangjin who seemed to always be a
step ahead.

At that moment a red carrier pigeon flew to Sangjin.

“Hmm…”

Arc Mariangt sighed at the symbol on her hands as she looked at Sangjin who was
looking at the carrier pigeon with a serious expression.

Though she had thoughts of rebelling during the branding process, what meaning did
this have?

Arc Mariangt didn’t want to die yet.

‘Damn. To get binded down the moment I become free.’

Curiosity and loyalty were flowing into her mind as the extremely strong symbol that
was beyond her imagination was burning into her.
Though a suicidal order would be a bit too hard since she was quite strong on her own
but she would need to keep the lord to servant relationship no matter what.

Arc Mariangt sighed and realized that she didn’t even know the name of the person
who had made this scene and then threw a question towards Sangjin.

“What do I need to call you?”

Sangjin smiled as he answered.

“No need for my name since it’s rather ordinary. Just call me Dark Mad Lord.”

“…Dark Mad Lord.”

‘Damn. I’ve really been caught by a weird one. Why such a childish name… ’

Arc Mariangt threw a final question.

“Why are you doing this?”

Sangjin shrugged his shoulders.

“Just because.”

“What?”

“There’s a lot I want to do and it won’t be boring if we do it together with a lot of

people. Let’s go.”

“…”

Wongyung and the others grinded their teeth at Sangjin but then started to follow
after him.
Grind

Ailen looked at Hansoo who had gotten her unconscious before and gnashed her teeth.

“You think you’ll be able to find the location like this?”

Hansoo sighed as he looked at Tekilon and Tares.

In a situation where most of the intel couldn’t be shared due to the invasion of the
Abyss, he needed to get into persuasion mode.

Why would she gladly tell him and cooperate if he were to act aggressively in a
situation where persuading nicely would not be enough?

That was perfect for being framed as a thief looking for the Temple.

“Please.”

Persuasion was originally used by emotion and not really by logic.

Tekilon started to ponder at Hansoo’s words of asking him to persuade Ailen.

‘…Can I really trust this guy?’

He knew after seeing him.

For some reason that guy was as desperate as himself.

To save the Akaron.

And he had heard after coming here.

The humans were treating their race like a huge treasure chest.

Something that will grant them strength if they found it.

And he didn’t know but he could guess that his race didn’t really have a good
impression of the humans.
Since the humans were parasites sucking onto the blood of the Divine Beast in their
eyes.

And the tube had already reached the black color in such an edgy situation.

It meant that the body fluids were critically lacking.

If there was a dispute created between the humans and the Akarons in such a situation
for the Gragos then he questioned Hansoo sticking with the Akarons.

Tekilon clenched his teeth.

There’s no point in getting dragged around if he got pushed away at the very end by
force.

‘Bit by bit… I need to prepare.’

Though they had gotten on the same boat now, the directions they were looking at
were different.

In a desperate situation the weaker one will fall into the water and the stronger one
will take the boat to his/her destination.

And from the current situation it seemed like their race was clearly stronger than the
humans.

‘But since we’re on the same boat… I must help.’

Since they would all die if they didn’t go to the temple to report this.

The solution when it reached the black zone was simple.

<Escape.>

It wouldn’t be surprising for the Gragos to roll over at any moment.

And this was the time when the priests’ faction had the strongest power.

Tekilon looked towards Ailen.

The seven green stripes in between her hair.

And the two accesories between her fingers.

“So you are a daughter of the Ontarim Tribe. Is Ontarim Tan Akam still alive?”
Ailen’s eyes quickly squinted down at those words.

Since those aren’t names which should come out of a different race’s mouth.

Ontarim Tan Akam.

The patriarch of the Ontarim Tribe who had succeeded in moving 50 years ago along
with their whole tribe.

Tekilon whispered into Ailen’s ear while looking at the confused expression.

“I’m one of the 13 seeds. 11th successor to the Kalu Tribe, Tekilon Ah Kalu.”

Ailen flinched.

It was before she was even born.

A plan that was attempted before white lion <Larner>, which supported their
kingdom, sunk beneath the lava.

The 13 seeds.

From the 1st seed Elkadion to the 13th seed Tener.

As Ailen made an expression of disbelief at the fact that this human-shaped person
was a person who had floated away with only his soul in order to save their race,
Tekilon released his transformation.

And then the shape and look of the Elvenheim came into Ailen’s view.

‘…He’s not human.’

He knew information that the Humans and even most Akarons did not know about.

Ailen could only recognize this to be the truth.

That he was one of the 13 saviors sent to other worlds.

Ailen made a chaotic expression for a bit and then grabbed onto Tekilon’s hands as
she went into final confirmation work.

A method of conversation used when they needed to not make a single sound, a
communication method using muscles.

If he was really part of the Akaron then he needed to understand all of the
conversation transmitted by the slight tremblings in the hand muscles.

<Why have you only come now? Did the work fail?>

Tekilon thought of their hunting communication at this moment.

‘I should’ve used this sooner.’

Tekilon searched around his memories as he used the tens of minute muscles of his
hands to return a message.

Their language that he almost forgot about since he hadn’t used it for hundreds of
years.

<Fail. But… This time. Not going to fail. Our Race. To Save. Come back.>

It was an extremely choppy communication but Ailen’s expression completely

loosened up.

She didn’t know much about the people Tekilon had brought but from what Tekilon
had said, he must’ve had a plan.

While Ailen was cautiously getting up after nodding, a message was relayed at the end
of Ailen’s hands.

<The humans behind. Don’t trust them all. Keep guard up.>

Ailen flinched for a moment but then stood up as if nothing happened as she started
to guide them towards a direction in the Ant Tunnels.

Kuooooo

Ailen looked at the 3 males and females including Tares.

“…You’re going to follow? Safety. Cannot guarantee. Danger. It is.”

She was just part of the lower caste in her tribe.

She didn’t know what would happen to the people here.

And they would need to defend themselves.

Tares and the others nodded.

“Don’t worry. We can protect ourselves.”

How could they miss this chance?

Ailen nodded after worrying over them for a bit.

It didn’t matter much whether she took one or she took many.

The rule of repaying back kindness kept on nagging at her so she couldn’t get herself
to kill them.

‘Return the favor.’

Since they wanted to go this bad, taking them was a method of paying them back.

But Tares couldn’t hide his thumping heart from Ailen’s answer.

‘Finally… We’ll be able to go to the Temple.’

He was currently a 5th year.

If he received the body enhancing surgery then he could probably catch up to Sofía
who showed off a might that was around a 6th year’s.

‘Yeah. She would give the opportunity to us 6 before the 2 she just met.’

While he was making numerous thoughts such as this, Ailen suddenly stopped while
running.

‘…?’

While Tares was watching Ailen who had stopped at a location that was similar to the
ones they had run across until now, Ailen shoved her fist in her mouth and started to
puke something out.

“Uweaek… Huhuk.”

‘Mmm… ’

Ailen spoke towards the surrounding people while Tares frowned and looked at Ailen
who had pulled out a small thumb-sized green stone from inside her.

“Next to me. Get close.”

“Mmm?”

The people slowly gathered around Ailen from her words and soon after a strange
slime-like thing popped out from the wall.

Kudududuk

“Uhuht!”

Even before they could get surprised, the 10 meter tall rocky slime swallowed up
Ailen, who held the small green crystal in her hands, as well as the others.

Kurururururu

Hansoo made a surprised expression at the rock slime that flowed through the artery
towards an unknown location after having swallowed them up.

Since it was the first time seeing it for himself despite having heard about it

‘So these are the Defensive Stones of the Gragos huh.’

<Defensive Stone>

A rocky lifeform that the Gragos let around inside its body in order to get rid of the
possible harmful substances it brought into its body while devouring rocks.

There were only 4 things that could influence this giant creature.

The Defensive Stones remembered those four things and when it felt that substance
getting near an area which could impact it, it would automatically surround the
substance and drag it out with the <Purification Method>.

The Green Stone in Ailen’s hands was one of the four substances.

‘If it’s green then it should be Graphite. The Graphite has an ability of absorbing the
bodily fluids of the Gragos.’

The small green stone, <Graphite>, would absorb the bodily fluids of the Gragos as
soon as it fell in it and then expand tens of thousands of times in size.

This was why the Defensive Stone would come out when it got near the arteries in
order to take it out with the purification method and destroy it.

Kururururu
After a long while of getting swept down the current, they could see tens of chains
hanging in the distance.

‘Uh?’

Ailen spoke towards the surrounding people while looking at the metal chains.

“Ready. Must. Grab it.”

As soon as Ailen finished speaking, she swallowed up the green stone she had taken
out before.

<…… >

The Defensive Stone surrounding them shuddered.

Since the reason for its actions had disappeared.

Since there was nothing to get rid of, there was no need to sustain its form anymore.

The Defensive Stone automatically let loose its body.

“Huuk!”

Kwarurururu

It was only called a liquid but the bodily fluid of the Gragos was extremely thick and
viscous since it was made from grinding up rocks and lava.

Tares freaked out as an extremely heavy and thick amount of liquids that couldn’t even
be compared to water pushed them.

Tares quickly tried to follow Ailen but Ailen was also barely holding onto the chains as
she started to head towards the outside.

“Help… Me!”

Sofía sighed as she looked towards Tares.

‘It seems like they value benefactors, taking them will make it easier for us at the temple
right?’

Sofía rated the fact of helping others in a time of need highly as she used a few skills
in order to drag the 3 males and 3 females out.
“Huukk… Hukk.”

Tares gasped for air after coming out from the arteries but then was lost in awe after
seeing the scene in front of him.

“Uwaa…”

It was a completely different world.

A huge cave that was hundreds of meters high and was wider than most fields was in
front of them.

Tens of strange stones in the ceiling were shining moonrays out and lighting up the
insides of the cave as tens of thousands of caves designed for living existed upon the
corners of the cave.

And a strange structure in the center.

Two towers that seemed to have imitated the horns of a creature faced each other as
they rose from the ground to the ceiling.

‘How could anyone find it if they had to come in like this… ’

But Tares could only shut up.

Since he saw Akarons charging at them with extremely fierce auras.

Ailen’s height was 2m long but she was a child in comparison to the ones charging at
them.

Especially the five at the front, their heights almost reached 5m tall.

‘…Are those Garde-Barongs?’

Hansoo swirled his tongue around at the fierce aura he felt.

An aura telling that they could beat down a Margoth without any skills or artifacts.

And a single Akaron came out from in between the Garde-Barongs.

Though she was only 3m tall, he had 7 accessories that symbolized the highest level
of power.

‘The Priestess.’
While Hansoo was looking at the priestess, Ailen walked up and whispered something
quietly to the priestess.

The priest made a cold expression at Hansoo after hearing the story.

“You are here to solve our problems? And the person who had brought that guy is the
seed?”

Tekilon tried to greet him using the old ways of the Akaron but he felt that something
had gone wrong.

An extremely aggressive aura.

For them to have such a reaction even after Ailen verified their identities.

At that moment the priestess shook her head and shouted.

“Those who don’t have our body… Aren’t a part of our race. You are quite cocky for
someone who has failed their task. Kill them all. Use the blood as a sacrifice to the
Divine Beast and finish off the preparations to move!”

The moment those words ended, Sofía felt her senses getting dizzy.

<!!!!!!!>

Since a tremendous amount of sirens were roaring inside her head.

The Library, which would usually tell her a way of survival, couldn’t let out a single
piece of intel.

Which meant that she could not run away no matter what.

No, the single massive body walking towards them was more than enough to crush
them all.

“…Did you expect this situation too? They only seem to know our language, it doesn’t
seem like our words got through them.”

While Sofía clenched her teeth towards Hansoo, Hansoo threw a red carrier pigeon
towards the priest.

The information and the legacy left behind by Elkadion, the first seed.

‘There’s nothing good about many people knowing such a thing.’

Boom!

At that moment the Garde-Barong approaching them smashed the carrier pigeon and
blew it apart.

The red carrier pigeon became dust from the fist of the Garde-Barong and disappeared.

‘…These blockheads.’

Hansoo swirled his tongue at their attitudes which told them that they didn’t even
want to talk.
Hoooong

Hansoo pushed Sofía away as he saw the fist flying towards her and took her spot
instead.

Kudududuk

Hansoo raised his spear, plunged it into the ground in front of him and then made a
defensive posture as he poured the energy from the Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement
onto the Thousand Soldiers Armor.

The fist of the Garde-barong, who had turned a color of oxidized bronze and reached
a height of 6m, smashed onto the top of the spear.

Boom!

The Forked Lightning bent to the point where it almost broke just from one smash.

The mana reinforcement surrounding the Thousand Soldiers Armor dissipated as

Hansoo got pushed back.

A result from a single fist.

Hansoo frowned at the oppressive amount of force as he shouted from that spot.

“Priestess, Elkadion’s Crown of Thorns!”

The Garde-barong flinched while he was pulling back his fist and looked at Hansoo in
a different way.

But not only did the Garde-barong stop, the Priestess who had turned around, Oteon,
also flinched and looked at Hansoo with an expression of disbelief.

‘…He knows about the Crown of Thorns?’

Everybody knew about Elkadion, the priestess who had become a seed and departed.

She was a symbol of victory of the 2nd Great War who had united the tribal and
priestly sides of the race as well as helping Mekido to create the Body Enhancement
Surgery.

A promising candidate for the next Great Priestess, no, a person who had more
influence than the Great Priestess of that time, Karbana.

Elkadion.

This wasn’t just from the amount of fame she had.

Her holy powers had long surpassed those of the Great Priestess, Karbana.

To the point where she had departed as a seed in order to prevent her and Karbana’s
followers from clashing.

‘If she had stayed… It might’ve been a bit different.’

And the treasure in which she had poured all of her remaining strength and
knowledge and created before she departed.

<Crown of Thorns>.

If they had this then they could reverse this tragic situation which had driven the
Akaron almost into extinction.

How could she not get tempted.

But Oteon shook her head off.

Humans could not be trusted.

The reason why they had hid in this deep place and the reason why the Tube had
reached black was all because of humans.

Those guys will promise them things and then aim for their backs after.

It was more dangerous the sweeter it was and that proposition was extremely sweet.

Oteon clenched her teeth and then shouted towards the Garde-barongs.

“He must’ve heard it somewhere… Just kill him!”

But the Garde-barongs didn’t move a single step at her shouts.

She was flustered at Garde-barong’s movements as she looked at the great warriors
who protected the temple and then shouted.

“Why aren’t you acting? You can’t possibly believe his words right?”

At those words the first pillar, one of the Garde-barongs, shook his head as he spoke.

“It’s not that but… Our job is to protect you.”

The priestess was too important for their race.

The job of protecting the priestess had higher priority over everything.

Oteon made a dumbfounded expression at those words.

“What?”

What did that matter in this current situation?

The first pillar alone could crush all of those guys.

Why would she get in danger?

The first pillar looked at the expression on Oteon’s face as he pointed towards the one
whom he had smashed earlier with his eyes.

And Oteon felt a chill run down her back as she looked at that direction.

A man who held a spear towards their direction with extremely calm eyes.

Something was clustered upon the tip of the Golden Spear that could not be identified.

And the tip of the spear was pointing right at her.

Only 1 thing came up in her head as she saw the spear.

Margos Du Tiradus.

A top tier predator which ate apart the Margoths and had a strong venom.

Surprisingly, that aura and the sensation of those sharp teeth were radiating out from
the tiny spear in the human’s hands.

The first pillar shrugged his shoulder as he saw Oteon shrug her shoulders.

“You see it right? Though blocking that spear isn’t hard… The moment that thing at the
tip of the spear explodes out, half of the people here who are weak will die along with
you.

“…Damnit.”

Their saplings were too important in a situation where they had a very low amount of
individuals in their population.

A sweet carrot along with a deadly whip.

Oteon realized that she had been caught in a trap.

“It might’ve been different if you had not been let in here in the first place but… Since
you’re here let’s hear your story. Anyway you saved Ailen as well.”

“…”

It seemed like the first pillar quite liked this person.

Oteon looked at the people in front of her with a disgusting frown on her face.

“First, I thank you for saving Ailen.”

“Damn. Hearing a single thanks is damned hard.”

Tares complained quietly from the side.

This was reasonable.

How could he feel good if he had almost become a grinded up fish cake when they had
brought a person which they had saved?

Oteon decided to ignore Tares, who was still mumbling, after giving him a cold look
and then started to focus on the man in front of him.

“Where did you hear about the Crown of Thorns?”

Hansoo laughed as he spoke.

“Well that’s not the important thing right now. We should solve the Gragos problem
first.”

“That’s something that you humans should be worried about. We just need to leave.”
And their preparations were actually going well.

Hansoo shook his head.

‘No way.’

A move would only have a high success chance when they prepared from the red
warning.

It wouldn’t be weird for the Gragos to roll whenever when it was in the black.

But for them to start the move in such a situation.

‘Well. They probably don’t have another way.’

They didn’t know the reason and since it was hard to scout outside the temple due to
the humans, the solution not being simple was obvious.

Hansoo straightforwardly told them his situation.

“I’ll speak truthfully. I have received the memory crystal of Elkadion in the Red Zone
below.”

Of course he had obtained it in the Abyss but there was no need to reveal this.

‘With this much… The invasion of the Abyss wouldn’t get affected that much.’

It was good to at least tell the origin of the intel if they wanted to have a good
conversation.

Oteon made a helpless expression as she heard the few pieces of information which
came out from Hansoo’s mouth and could only verify them to be true.

These things were things one couldn’t know unless they were Elkadion herself.

‘Why did the relic the first seed left behind get to him?’

Oteon looked at Hansoo with an expression of resentment but then spoke.

“If you hand over that memory crystal then I’ll think about our alliance.”

“Sorry to tell you but I memorized it all you see.”

“…”
Oteon sighed.

Though she had expected it, not even a single gesture went through.

Hansoo then looked at that Oteon as he continued to explain this plan.

The cure for the other Gragos.

And even the plan after that.

‘…O Elkadion.’

Oteon made a regrettable expression after saluting to Elkadion’s compassion which

had found help for her race despite her death as she spoke towards Hansoo.

“If we do things according to what you say then there’s nothing bad for us, it’s actually
rather good. But there is a problem.”

“What is it?”

“Credibility.”

She didn’t know how much was the truth and how much were lies.

The thing he had brought was sweet beyond reason.

Which means they had to be even more careful.

Since if that sweet thing was a fatal poison and they swallowed it, they will have to
suffer the

consequences.

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

“What do you want?”

Oteon spoke as if she was waiting for this moment.

“This problem was probably caused by the humans again. Since it’s only normal for
there to be some room according to calculations. So solve this problem and fix the
black warning. Then we will help you. We won’t butt in on this current incident.”

The problems created by humans had to be ended by the humans.

Only then would they get the basic rights to an alliance.

The Akaron had no thoughts of joining and bleeding because of the problem the
humans had created.

‘And… Watch over this guy during that time.’

Words were light and the only thing that can actually determine a human being are
their actions.

An idea would be grasped as they see how he deals with this.

Hansoo nodded.

‘I should at least do this much.’

Actually it will be quite a bit troublesome for him as well if the Gragos decided to roll.

Since he needed to get to the White Tiger Gragos, <Lazar>, and meet the great
patriarch.

Hansoo thought of a moment about Sangjin and then spoke.

“Let’s receive something ahead before we start.”

Oteon pondered for a moment while looking at Hansoo and then nodded.

“Okay. You and two people will receive the body enhancement surgery. The girl behind
you. Mr. Tekilon. You should receive it as well. Though it would only take a bit if you
were a part of our race… Since your bodies are of a different race it will take about 2
days. You cannot come out during the surgery.”

The 3 males and 3 females, including Tares, frowned at those words.

“What about us?”

Tekilon spoke instead of Ailen.

“It’s not something anyone can receive. This is only possible if you have a physical
basis that can support it. If you undergo it with the current level of your physique then
your bodies will blow up.”

“…”
The expressions of Tares and the others instantly got filled with dejection.

It didn’t seem like a lie from the sorry expression of Ailen.

Since there was no need to lie just to fool a few of them.

They just needed to say they didn’t want to if they didn’t.

Since they couldn’t do anything to them anyways.

Tares made a dejected expression as he dragged himself towards the place they would
stay at following Ailen’s guidance.

The 3 males and 3 females looked at each other in the cave and whispered quietly at
each other.

“Damnit. Is it the end like this?”

Takuya, one of the 2 males other than Tares mumbled with a depressed expression.

For them to only receive a good sight after coming in here through hardships.

Of course the Temple was not something anybody could see but their expectations had
become too big because of this.

‘…How did it turn like this?’

Tares sighed.

Helping Ailen in the beginning was actually very innocent.

He had no form of greed.

But the idea of a reward started to come up the harder it got to help out Ailen.

<Shouldn’t we receive something as well when we are suffering this hard?>

From then the reward became a focus.

They hadn’t stayed by Ailen to help her but more so because the amount of help they
had given her was too regretful to leave behind.

The reason why they had stuck around despite Ailen telling them that it’ll get
dangerous and that she’ll go alone was because of this.
While they were lost in silence, the female in the corner, Mirian, clenched onto the
teeth and shouted.

“So are we done like this? Without being able to get anything?”

“…”

“Tares. I keep saying this. You’re too soft. It’s not weird for us to die at any moment if
we continue like this!”

The fact that they were soft had gotten the six of them together.

But then it won’t be weird for the six of them to die at any time if they continued to
give free volunteer work.

Tares sighed at Mirian’s words as she spoke.

“What do you want to do?”

Mirian pondered for a moment, cut her pants and then showed her thighs.

And then she dug around her flesh for a bit and then pulled something wrapped in
leather.

Tares flinched after seeing this.

“That… We denied that deal before.”

A secret deal that they had gotten ahold of while following around AIlen.

<You’re doing well. Get close to her like that… Find out the location of the Temple and
then tell us.>

Tares cut them off on the spot.

He didn’t know their objectives but why would they keep it so secretive if it was
something that could be told to the world.

He had thought that he denied them completely but it seems Mirian met them
separately.

Mirian clenched her teeth and then spoke towards Tares.

“Tares. Decide. I understand you want to be kind to everyone but we can’t do that. We
need to grab ahold of this deal.”

Why would such a big chance like this come to them who were ordinary 5th years?

They will really receive a big reward if they take this deal at this moment.

Enough to get ahead in this Otherworld quite a bit.

“Choose. Is it us? Or is it Ailen?”

Tares made a complicated expression at the leather pouch which had red light shining
off from it.

Kiiiing

A man laughed coldy as he looked at the gem that was suddenly shining red.

“I won right? I told you they’ll contact me.”

The girl next to the man frowned at this.

“Damnit. That Tares. I thought he was a good guy but he was just this much.”

“There’s a limit to being good. You can’t ignore the opinions of others around you. Let’s
go.”

The man who had won received something from the woman in glee as he looked
towards the location the gem was pointing at and slashed beneath his feet happily.

“Let’s go quickly. We need to go with all our strength since they won’t be pushovers.”

Though there was worry in the details there wasn’t any uneasiness in the voice.

Kuuuuuunngg!

Chuguk

The man who had split the giant neck of the Margoth beneath his feet in two started
to send carrier pigeons towards his clan in the distance.
Glugluglug

Hansoo, who had his body submerged in a silver liquid, felt the change coming through
the liquids as he praised it.

The silvery metal was changing his entire body step by step.

The metal filled up the holes in the bones as it changed them.

At the same time the silvery liquid which had gone out through the walls of the arteries
and veins rotated around his body as it started to change up his entire body.

The muscle which was made of protein started to get replaced by metals.

Hansoo poured strength onto his fist as he saw his biceps turn into an artificial muscle
of a robot.

Kududududk

He felt a strength which he would only feel after collecting many more runes and
reinforcing himself with mana.

Taruhol, the first pillar, spoke with a huge voice as he saw Hansoo.

“Huhuu. It’s good right? You’ll become a nice opponent after you come out from there.
Let’s have a go at it after.”

The liquid shut out most perception from the outside.

But Taruhol’s shout which was filled with a crushing aura was so loud to the point
where it could be heard from the inside.

Hansoo smiled faintly at Taruhol’s shouting as he opened and closed his mouth,

‘Alright. But only after I do what I need to.’

Hansoo felt the currents roaring up and down his body as he quietly closed his eyes.
 j

Kurunkrung0

Mirian looked at the red gem they had hidden deep within their living quarters with a
complex expression but then quickly hid it as she felt someone nearing them.

<This is something that goes very well along with the body of a human. Make sure you
take good care of it since it was extremely hard to make it.>

Mirian remembered the words they had left behind as she made herself more resolute.

Soon Ailen appeared and then spoke to them.

“Living. Is it okay?”

Tares made a complex expression as he replied.

“It’s good. Anyways, is your body alright?”

Ailen nodded as she spoke.

“Thank you. Once you get strong. Blessing. I will make them. Debt. Must repay.”

Tares felt like his chest was being stabbed apart but he stayed resolute.

The priestess who seemed like their boss seemed to hate them extremely.

No, it seemed like she despised all humans.

They wouldn’t be able to flip the Priestess’s decision even if Ailen were to be on their
side.

‘In the end… You can’t do anything without strength.’

Tares made a bitter expression.

He wanted to go past the differences in races but this was not something that could be
done by himself.

It didn’t matter since Hansoo seemed to be of importance to them but people like them
were useless to the Priestess.

If the priestess decided to keep their mouths shut then they will end their lives in this
place without being able to leave.
‘Yeah. The only thing we can trust… is humans.’

And they had said it too.

That they won’t kill.

<All we want is the secret to the body enhancement. It doesn’t matter what their race
is. We just need to chase them off.>

‘…These guys will run away too.’

The things here were strong.

Since one could see just from the five next to the Priestess.

But their numbers were too small and it seemed like the people who could actually
fight seemed to be limited, on the other hand the people who would be invading are
people who had gotten strong over 5 to 6 years while murdering like it was their job.

Just from the fact that the Akarons didn’t act around in the Gragos showed which side
had more strength.

If they sense the difference in strength then they will run away.

During this time when Tares and the others were comforting themselves.

Booobooboom!

A huge shockwave was heard as it shook the entire cave

“Uhh?”

‘They’re here.’

Tares and the other people followed the surprised Ailen as they looked at the celing.

And they could see.

The scene of the ceiling, where countless gems were embedded like stars, falling
down.

And thousands of people started to pour down from that spot.

“You guys…”
Plop

Tares and the others attacked Ailen from behind and got her unconscious when she
tried to look behind her.

Since the Akarons would definitely figure out who had caused this.

They needed to join up with the people up there before that.

They didn’t kill off Ailen as they left her unconscious and started to run towards them.

Boooom!

“What is it!”

Oteon shouted towards the suddenly exploded ceiling.

Taruhol and the four quickly checked upon the situation at those words.

Their extremely honed perception started to gather up the information from all
around the cave.

But this current situation wasn’t hard to figure out even without amazing perceptions.

‘They’re pouring in like crazy.’

The first pillar, Taruhol, clenched his teeth.

The people he sensed were easily over 3000.

The problem was that they didn’t have anyone useless.

‘…There’s at least four or more people who are at our level.’

“Those bastard! To hit us from the back! I’m going to rip these guys apart!”

The fourth pillar cried out loudly.

Their cave, which hadn’t been found out yet, had been found out.

The moment the humans came in.

The four pillar’s movements of running up to the temple to rip the two humans
receiving the body enhancement surgery had been blocked by Taruhol’s suppression.
“Stop. Why would they ask for the surgery if they weren’t retards in such a situation?”

“…”

“It’s the other ones.”

“Damnit.”

The fourth pillar growled and then looked towards Oteon and asked.

“Priestess. What are you going to do?”

Oteon made a cold expression from those words.

“We need to escape. Please buy some time with the high and mid level warriors. I will
try to get the seeds, escape this place and prepare for the movement.”

“…We shall.”

The strong had the responsibility to protect their race and the priestess in times of
danger.

And the priestess had the responsibility to lead their clan and sustain their survival.

The moment they started to move after finishing off their strategy, the walls of the
cave started to petrify.

Chuujujujuk

Though it was called a cave, it was still the insides of the Gragos.

Oteon’s expression hardened up as she saw the emergency exit he wanted to escape
through the currents in it turned into rocks.

“What is this…”

Oteon clenched her teeth as she saw the yellow metal, <Nadium>, that the people
dropping down were throwing.

One of the four substances that could influence the Gragos.

The moment the flesh of the Gragos touched that metal, the flesh would instantly
petrify and turn stiff.

Kurururu
The Defensive Stones were rushing over from all around but they couldn’t come in as
if it was hard to get through the petrified walls.

“…They prepared well huh.”

Taruhol froze his expression as he saw the four people slowly walking towards them
from the distance.

‘Well. There’s no need to rush since we trapped them in.’

“We’ll take care of the ones over there! You guys go get the children first!”

“Okay!”

One of the four Margoth-level adventurers smiled at Tares as he shouted towards the
Baladi levels behind him.

“Hooo. Thank you. It’s all thanks to you. I’ll make sure I keep the promise.”

But Tares’ expression hardened as he heard the conversation.

The story was different.

“Didn’t you say you’ll let them run away! Why are you going this far! Isn’t this too
much?”

Tares clenched his teeth.

Isn’t it enough to ask them with a few hostages for the body enhancement surgery?

Why were they pushing them to the corner and taking all the younger ones as hostage?

The man shrugged his shoulders.

“Sorry. I lied a bit since your personality wouldn’t allow us to do so. It’s too wasteful
to kill them or let them run away.”

There was an Akaron warrior that they had caught before.

The Akaron warrior that they had around gave them information the moment they
threatened the kids.

They couldn’t find out the location of the Temple due to the limitations but they
learned about their race’s specialty.

The greatest catch was the fact that they cherished children extremely.

This was why they went for the children first.

‘Which means we can get these guys to fight instead of us.’

The man, who had been frowning at the crazy people of the Rerorerore clan, smiled as
he looked at the beast-like man from the other race in the distance.

If they were to get these 5 in the front then they could grind apart the Rerorerore clan
no matter what.

It didn’t matter even if they ignored the children and attacked them.

Since the fact that they had found the location of the Body Enhancement surgery alone
was amazing.

As Tares made a dumbfounded expression of despair the female standing next to the
man growled at him.

“You bastard. Why are you acting as if you’re the only kind person? You think we’re
doing this because we want to?”

“…”

“A lion might seem invincible to a fox like you but it’s tiring for us too. You think you
are the only one who has worries?”

No, the lions even have to keep their pride unlike the foxes.

So it was even harder.

“Actually we get scared every time we see it. Your gathering thing.”

“…”

“Look. You get rid of the strong people whenever you get the chance. We’re at least a
different race. You bastards. Isn’t was you’re doing a racial cleansing?”

It was scary but there was a reason why the strong allowed the gatherings.

It was a stimulant.
If one gets strong and leisurely they will get lazy.

This was why they allowed gatherings in order for them to constantly polish and
sharpen themselves.

While seeing the end of those who had lazed about below.

The female, who had gotten worked up from the sensation of battle, shook her head
as she spoke towards Tares.

“I’ve gotten too worked up. Sorry. Just go hide in the corner until we finish.”

Though she spoke like this, the battle wouldn’t be easy.

‘But we will still win… ’

The female got rid of her nervousness as she shouted loudly towards the 5 Akarons in
the distance.

“Where are you trying to run off too? We’ve prepared quite well for you.”

Then the female spun around the necklace in her hand.

Taruhol’s expression froze up as he saw this.

“…Kalum.”

The necklace of Kalum, a warrior who had gone missing while going out for a patrol 6
months ago.

And a few of them were purposely turning around and aiming for the children.

“These bastards!”

The moment the 5 pillars took a step forward, brilliant lights of skills exploded out
from the female and the other four.

At the same time the countless amounts of Akarons and and clansmen started
following the example of their leaders.

“Uwaaaaa!”

“Wipe them out!”

Kwaajijik
Udududk

A crazy scene of massacre started.

The Akarons showed a tremendous battle prowess while fighting desperately in order
to save their race and the humans forgot the idea of keeping them alive to use them as
soldiers and instead also fought with all their strength.

It might’ve been different if one side was stronger but the injuries on both sides
started to pile up quickly as the total strength of both sides were quite similar.

But it was clear as to which side was winning.

The physique of Akraons were basically like monsters but they had weak offensive
powers.

Like only having a close ranged tanker in a game.

They were slowly getting pushed back by the humans who were assaulting them with
various skills from a distance.

And the Akarons also had a fatal weakness, the children.

‘This… This isn’t how it should be.’

Tares made an expression of his soul escaping while looking at the massacre in front
of him.

This was not what he had imagined.

Tares, who had been staring at the battlefield in a daze, clenched his teeth and started
to madly rush somewhere.

Tares looked at the giant empty tower-like temple for a bit and then ran inside.

He then looked towards the giant silver tank on the insides of the temple and shouted.

“Hansoo! Please! We need you!”

Tares had reached the point where he couldn’t even understand himself.

The powers of those who had come in was something not a single person could
change.
It would be hard to flip the tables even if Hansoo were to come out.

But the moment he thought of helping the Akarons, Hansoo came into his mind.

This was why he had ran here.

Tares slammed his fists onto the calm silvery tank as he shouted.

“Please! Please!”

But the tank only did what it was supposed to and stayed calm, nothing changed.

Tares made an expression of despair after smashing the wall as much as he could and
then crumpled onto the sot.

‘Yeah. There’s no reason why he would come out.’

Hansoo could just stand on the side of the humans.

Why would be become the enemy of the humans.

At that moment the silver tank started to bubble as a human shape came up from it.

Tares looked at the man who had come up with an expression of disbelief and then
shouted out in glee.

“You came out!”

Tares flinched the moment he saw Hansoo.

Though Hansoo had been strong before his body wasn’t top notch.

Since one’s body didn’t get stronger even if one worked out in this world.

Which meant that his body was that of a normal human being just like when he had
come into this world.

No, it was worse than a normal human’s.

Since he was extremely scrawny.

But the Hansoo who had come out was completely different.

His height reached over 2m and his body was full of muscles that seemed like they
would explode.
The moment Tares froze from the intense aura, Hansoo focused his perception to
check the battlefield and then sighed.

‘There aren’t any calm ones left anymore’

“I’m going ahead.”

Booom!

Hansoo, who had taken the gear which was next to the tank, started to run towards
the battlefield at a speed which couldn’t even be compared to before.

Boom! Boom!

Tares looked at the ground which seemed like it went through an earthquake in a daze
and then started to run towards the battlefield as if he thought of something.
‘Dumbass. To call humans in here.’

Hansoo prioritized things quickly as he looked over the battlefield and calculated what
he had heard from Tares.

‘First save the children which the Priestess should be protecting then save the others as
much as I can.’

The other Akarons were different but he had to save the priestess no matter what.

Since only then would the priestess be able to use her holy power.

Then the children she was protecting.

Only if the children were alive would the Akarons stay hopeful and help him.

But sadly the five pillars and the Akaron warriors were quite low on the priority list.

‘But… I trust them.’

He didn’t think that such strong guys would die that easily.

And keeping them alive would only make things easier for him in the future.

Since his job will become easier the more of the strong warriors survived.

‘Though an incident blew up… It won’t be that bad if we hide this current problem.’

Actually, it wasn’t that bad in one perspective.

There is a saying which says that danger is a chance.

A debt shines brighter in times of danger.

If he were to finish this problem well?

Then he would be able to get the Akarons heavily indebted to him.

Since the fact that he risked his life and helped the Akarons when they fought against
humans could only bring him benefits.

‘And moreover while coming out mid-surgery.’

Hansoo frowned at the silver liquid that was rolling around from within his body.

He had succeeded in absorbing all of the liquid.

But the problem was attaching it.

The liquid metal which he had absorbed needed to be attached onto every corner of
his body but was instead just sloshing around his body.

And his body had judged the liquid metal as an enemy and had activated the defense
system and was attacking the liquid metal.

‘I understand now why they told me not to come out in the middle… Hnng.’

Hansoo frowned at the pain that shook his consciousness.

Hansoo calculated what he had lost and gained.

He had gained an extremely powerful body.

The pain was alright but he had definitely obtained a power up that he had as a goal.

He could now go against the first pillar, Taruhol, or the unknown Margoth-level person
who had flown to them while he was killing Kale Dawson.

No, he was a bit above them actually.

The thing he had lost was a bit of battle prowess from the intense amount of pain.

There was a limit to what one can withstand with just sheer will.

If it was somebody other than Hansoo then they would be rolling around the floor in
pain the moment they came out.

The bit of advantage he would’ve had had been cut down by the pain.

‘I would be even-matched if I fought with Taruhol.’

Hansoo hadn’t come out from the liquid tank without calculating anything.

Since there was a method of getting rid of this side effect in Elkadion’s memory crystal.
But the pain was one thing, there was another problem.

‘If I use the Racial Metamorphosis then the burden on my body will get bigger instead.’

He had to solve this battle without the Racial Metamorphosis.

‘I should do as much as I can.’

Frankly, he would’ve received everything he needed to once he saved the Priestess.

‘…Anyways, how should I deal with the guys who invaded?’

Hansoo found the priestess who was heading somewhere with the children and
quickly rushed up to her.

<Don’t kill and instead try to capture! But kill a few as an example so they don’t
notice.>

Bart Rien, one of the shock troopers from the Crown Clan, nodded as he received the
carrier pigeon.

If these guys found out that they weren’t going to kill them then they’ll fight with their
lives on the line.

‘That’ll become troublesome.’

Bart Rien shook his head as he looked at the children who were being escorted away.

They reached 2m tall even if they were children.

A healthy man’s height.

‘It seems god is really unfair.’

If they didn’t have the runes, skills or artifacts then it wouldn’t even be a fight.

‘Should I be thankful to the fairies or something? Since they opened a path for us to get
strong.’

But Bart Rien quickly receded his thoughts.

To thank those bastards who had thrown them into this damnable land.

‘Damn… I’m getting pissed off. I should finish this up quickly.’

Bart Rien then looked at the Akaron in the distance.

Though she had thrown away everything that would tell that she was a high ranker, a
strange aura was coming off from her.

It was seen that she was a special person with just a simple glance.

‘Is that the priestess? I guess it’s all over once we catch her.’

Bart Rien raised his reinforcement and cut off the arm of one of the Akaron warriors
in front of him.

Ssk

“Uaaaaa!”

Though that guy was strong he was far from dealing with himself, a Baladi level.

Bart Rien was just about to charge at the priestess after freezing up the warrior’s
whole body and kicking him away.

“!!!”

At that moment he felt all of the hairs on his back stand up.

Something was approaching from behind him.

Without even hiding its aura a single bit.

Everyone who had felt this stopped charging and instinctively wrapped themselves in
skills as they escaped outwards.

Since it was that vicious.

‘These retards!’

Bart Rien swallowed down the curses that came up to his throat.

Since he understood.

He was barely holding on since he was a Baladi level, if he was at their level then he
would’ve ran away instantly too.

Bart Rien rolled his head at the same time.

‘It’s too late to run.’

The ones who came here who had enmity against them were only Akarons.

It was too late to run anyway.

He needed a hostage.

Someone important.

‘That one.’

Bart Rien started to madly rush towards the Priestess in between the childrens in the
distance.

Though the aura was vicious, there was quite a distance between the unknown Akaron
and the holder of the aura.

It would be his win if he caught the Priestess as a hostage before that.

‘I won!’

Bart Rien’s thoughts ended right there as he arrived in front of the Priestess.

Boooom!

Something flew in from the distance, punctured through Bart Rien’s stomach and this
caused Bart to lose consciousness and slam into a corner in the distance.

At that time a green spore that came with the spear exploded out as it spread all
around.

The Crown clansmen who had smelled the spore couldn’t handle the smell as they
swirled around a bit and then fell down.

‘The sleep spores work well too.’

Though it wasn’t easy to get them down, this result was possible because the strong
ones had already run away and the weaker ones had already been exhausted from the
resistance of the Akaron.

Hansoo, after seeing the effects of the green spore that he had used in the jail to free
Ailen, landed on the ground.
Booom!

The Priestess looked at the suddenly appeared Hansoo with an expression of disbelief.

“Two days haven’t…”

“Don’t talk about it, it feels like I’m about to die.”

Oteon looked at Hansoo, who was cracking various parts of his body, with a surprised
expression and then spoke out after a moment of thinking.

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart first of all. It seems like we will be able to
have a good relationship from now on.”

She couldn’t figure out Hansoo’s real intentions just from this.

But this was the perfect chance to use them or take them.

There was no reason to help them.

‘I would need to repay this debt no matter what.’

But the situation wasn’t going to change just because Hansoo appeared.

Since their warriors were being sacrificed all around them even if this place was
solved.

“Can you solve this problem completely?”

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then shook his head.

“That’s a bit too much.”

Margoth levels weren’t invincible.

Though it seemed like the problem here had been solved easily, the other side would
have found out about him and act accordingly.

Their side had more power overall.

‘Well there’s a reason why I came to save these guys at least.’

Hansoo focused his Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement and then smashed the petrified
flesh of the Gragos that was blocking the emergency exit.
Boom!

A huge hole opened up as the path to the emergency exit the Akarons had prepared
opened up.

Hansoo pointed to the hole as he spoke.

“Run. I will try to solve as much as I can here.”

The Priestess had to live no matter what.

He would be able to fight at ease if this Akaron were to go away.

But the Priestess didn’t leave as she looked at the people laying around in the distance
and then spoke.

“How about this. Help us a bit more. On the other hand… I will create soldiers for you.”

“What?”

While Hansoo was frowning at the unexpected outcome, the Priestess started to pour
something into the unconscious people’s mouths.

Boooom!

“Wow!”

The four Margoth-level people the Crown clan had dispatched for this mission.

One of them, Bali Roper, shouted out from the attack the Akaron smashed at him.

Since the force could be felt through his bones despite the high quality defensive
artifacts one could only obtain at the <Horn Forest> and various other defensive skills.

‘They’re really strong.’

Roper swirled his tongue around.

A super strong body.

They were strong even without skills and artifacts.

If Baladi level guys had gone up against them then their bodies would have been
ripped apart.
This made it more joyous for him.

‘We can now get that strength.’

Actually victory was slowly being wrestled towards them.

Though the other side had one more person, those guys were just strong tankers
compared to themselves who combined various kinds of skills.

And one more thing.

They just needed to sustain this.

The ones who were restless were the ones in front of them.

‘Hurry and catch them.’

Once the people they had sent catched the young ones then their victory would be
guaranteed.

He didn’t know about the guys in front of his eyes but there will definitely be ones who
give up.

But Roper felt something weird after a long while of clashing against the five pillars
and buying time.

‘It’s taking too long.’

And there wasn’t any communication from the ones whom he had sent.

Though he thought it was because they were in a dire situation but it took too much
time for that.

At that moment.

A huge warning rang through Bali Roper’s head.

A feeling similar to the past when he had gone into the Margoth’s Forest without
knowing anything and almost had his body bit apart in two.

Bali Roper instantly used the skill he had the most pride in, <Gravitational Orb>.

Chujujuuk

A small black marble appeared in front of Bali Roper and started to suck in everything
around him.

A skill which was related to the dimensional skill he had obtained, a small black hole
formed using gravitational waves.

Of course it was a bit inferior in comparison to a real black hole but its might was not
to be trifled with.

Chuuuuuaaaap

“Kuaaaahh!”

“Dumbass! Roper! What are you doing!”

Everything around them was getting sucked towards the Gravitational Orb.

Even their Crown clansmen and the skills that were flying towards the Akaron.

‘Damnit. Did those guys not figure it out yet?!’

There was a reason why he didn’t use this skill.

This skill destroyed teamplay too much and didn’t work well against the Akaron in
front of him who were heavy and large.

And the Akarons were actually standing firm with their legs down in the earth.

A huge area of effect skill.

But this wasn’t the time to worry about such things.

Since the warnings inside his head were too strong for that.

At that moment.

Clash

A golden line flew in from the distance and curved as it smashed onto the Gravitational
Orb.

The black marble had successfully blocked the golden line but gained cracks as a
consequence and blew away all the energy it had been absorbing.

Booom!
“Goddamit!”

Bali Roper’s expression froze up as he barely escaped the range of the explosion.

‘There was still a guy like this left?’

There was no way.

Why would they have saved such a guy until now?

At that moment the owner of the golden spear ran up to them and landed.

“…A human?”

Roper made a helpless expression.

He knew about every Margoth-level adventurers.

Though the Orange Zone was large, there were barely 20 Margoth-level fighters.

But he had never even seen or heard of a guy like that.

At that time somebody ambushed the Crown clansmen who were setting up the
formation below.

Boooom!

Boom!

“This crazy bastards! Why are you attacking us!”

“Hey! Bart Rien! I’m Cole, it’s me Cole! Are you crazy?”

Roper saw the third force that was charging into their lines and then frowned.

‘Those guys are our clansmen?’

The ones whom he had sent had gone crazy and were attacking them instead.

And were integrated in the lines of the Akarons.

Their movements didn’t look normal either.

‘…What did they do?’

While countless unexplainable things were going on one after another, the one who
had flown in suddenly spoke.

“Let’s end this. Since there’s a lot of things we need to do.”

“What?”

Hansoo thought of the final words of the Priestess, Oteon.

<Just leave them breathing after dealing with them. Then I will turn them into your
army. This is the repayment for saving us>.

He wondered what it was since it wasn’t in Elkadion’s memory crystal but it seemed
like it had been created after Elkadion left.

It didn’t sound that wicked and didn’t seem like it’ll ruin his image.

Though there were a lot of limits, it seemed very useful for the moment.

But Hansoo shook his head at the added words of the Priestess.

<I will convert everyone else into your army but… Those six bastards. Not those six
bastards. Those bastards… Will be sacrificed on the flaming altar.>.

Hansoo didn’t really have anything against Tares.

Since they probably acted in order to survive.

But it would be different in the Akaron’s perspectives.

Since all of this damage was due to them.

‘Even if it was an act of survival without any evil intentions… If that action brought
resentment into the world then one needs to prepare to shoulder the consequences.’

If it was the flaming altar then there was only one solution for them to survive.

They had to solve it on their own.

Hansoo finished his thoughts and then looked at the four in front of them.

‘Organize this place… And then solve the Gragos problem.’

Bali Roper grinded his teeth as he looked at Hansoo.

The situation will change completely because of this.

“This damned bastard… A human sticks with the Akaron?”

Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

“When were us humans that close to each other? Don’t worry, we’ll get close to each
other pretty soon enough.”

“What the hell are you saying!”

The four started to throw skills at Hansoo after hearing the strange words while
Hansoo just shrugged his shoulders, retreated behind the five pillars and placed
himself in a safe spot.

‘It’s really comfortable when there are tankers.’

Hansoo gathered up all the mana in his body, including the portion he used for defense,
as he started to pour it into the Pandemic Blade, latched it onto the Forked Lightning
and threw it out.
The Priestess, Oteon, looked at the four humans in front of her with a cold expression.

She wanted to rip them apart and that would be befitting but the current status of
their race was not very well-off for her to deal with things based on her emotions.

So she left them alive.

In order to make them work for their race.

The ones who drank the liquid which was passed down through the Priestesses will
lose all control of their bodies and get controlled by the scent the Priestess let out.

A result of the holy powers of a Priestess who was talented in this field and the liquid
which came from researching the Gragos.

It couldn’t control them completely but if they used the seven different scents which
controlled enmity, loyalty, bloodthirst and other sensations then it wasn’t hard to use
them like an army.

And the priest had already handed over all those scents to Hansoo as a symbol of their
alliance.

“Though I want to keep them under me and use them as slaves until they die, this is a
gift for saving our race. Take it. Letting them go or dragging them around is all up to
you.”

‘Not bad.’

Hansoo slightly released the scents and controlled them.

“Puhaaa!”

Then the people who had their mouths blocked by the priestess breathed roughly as
they glared at Hansoo.

Hansoo spoke to them.

“Speak comfortably. Since I don’t have thoughts of limiting your speech,”

“…Damned bastard. Just kill us instead.”

The result was clear if they were to act like dolls like this.

They would get killed after being controlled by the one in front of their eyes like
hunting dogs.

Though it was a bit too much to say it with his mouth, it was too frightening for them
to stay alive.

But Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.

“Really? Though I’m going to let you go after I finish my work?”

“…?”

As it seemed this scent only worked in the Orange Zone.

He was going to release them after the work here finished.

“That’s why I told you let’s get along.”

“…”

Hansoo turned around, leaving these four who wondered what Hansoo was thinking,
as he looked at Sofía walking towards them after coming out from the tank.

“…”

Hansoo, who looked at Sofía with a strange look, asked Taruhol standing next to him.

“Isn’t this a bit sexist? It doesn’t seem like Sofía changed much physically.”

Taruhol nodded his head:

“Of course. We can control the physique the way we want as well.”

“…”

“You see, you seemed a bit too scrawny so we specially made you as manly as possible.
That was the limit due to your human body sadly. We wanted to make you around 3m
tall.”

“…That’s a relief.”
It’ll be troublesome if his appearance diverted away from the humans that much.

Since there may be people sticking behind him in order to kill him after thinking that
he is a monster.

At that moment the roar of a successful hunt resonated from the distance.

Kouuu! Kouuu!

Taruhol spoke with a cold expression after hearing that sound.

“They’ve been caught. You two stay here. Since the flaming altar is only for warriors.
I’ll be right back.”

Taruhol then rushed into the distance.

The six males and females were dragged in front of Taruhol after getting reprimanded
by the Akaron warriors.

Taruhol looked at the six, who had their entire bodies bound, as she spoke:

“We are going to offer you as sacrifices on the flaming altar.”

“…”

Flaming altar.

It was simple.

Place them on the flaming altar after filling them up with the silvery enhancing fluid.

It was painful enough with the silver liquid alone but a fire will burn them from the
outside.

They will face the pain of their innards getting destroyed by the silver liquids and their
outsides getting burnt off.

The worst part was that they won’t die.

Since the silver liquid did its job even without having to attach itself.

The liquid will constantly give them pain as it heals their body at the same time.

And it takes 7 days for them to die an excruciating death while that liquid loses its
power slowly.

It would be amazing if it ended there but if they decided that the sin was so huge then
they would heal them back up, dump them in the silver liquid and then offer them
again.

“There are countless Akarons who died by your hands. Your sins are too great but…
We don’t have the time to look after you since we’re busy, be thankful. Being able to
die in 7 days is a great blessing.”

Mirian made a cold expression from Taruhol’s words.

Though they had done wrong, they still couldn’t look at the person who wanted to kill
them with a good expression.

Taruhol looked at those eyes, pondered for a moment and then spoke.

“But, there is a way to not get offered on the flaming altar. Since this punishment is
very cruel we will give you a chance to live.”

“!”

“It’s simple. If there is a single Akaron here that wants you to live. If there is a single
one then this punishment will be pushed back.”

“…”

“One day per one Akaron.”

With this they would usually beg the Akarons in order to live.

And the number of Akarons who wanted to forgive them rose as they saw their actions.

If they act properly then the Akarons who wanted to save them will come out and if
they don’t then the ones who wanted to may change their mind.

Taruhol finished speaking and then looked at the six with a still expression.

“10 minutes. If a single person comes out then you will at least buy some time.”

Tares hurriedly looked towards Ailen from those words.

The other Akarons wouldn’t even budge.

Since all of them were looking at Tares with eyes that wanted to kill.

Actually the Priestess was already confidently preparing the Altar.

Ailen was their only hope.

“Ailen! Please! Give me a chance! I’ll do anything you ask!”

Ailen made a bitter expression.

Hundreds of her race had died because of these people.

But on the other hand, if these people didn’t exist then she wouldn’t have been able to
come back safely from her mission.

Since their intentions back then were at least real.

Ailen slowly spoke out.

“The thing I can save. Is One. My one vote is one day. I can push back one person.”

“…”

“Choose between you guys. I will push back one person.”

The six looked at each other from those words.

They were all friends.

Others might betray each other and stab each other in the back but these six didn’t
even have a single thought like that in 5 years.

Betraying the Akaron and then pleading to the Akaron here to save themselves.

Tares made an expression of despair.

‘It’ll be better to die together than doing this.’

The thought of all six dying and one surviving clashed inside his head after weighing
them both.

Mirian made an annoyed expression as she spoke.

“I don’t care. Even if I live it’ll mean that I’ll have to lick their asses for my whole life.
I’m done.”
Takuya muttered as well.

“I’m done too. Even if that happened, if no one else than Ailen allows us to live then I’ll
have to die anyway. I’m tired of this.”

As Tares heard this he stayed resolute and spoke out.

He was the leader and all the fault lay on him who had decided to do this.

“I’m done too. The remaining people are…”

Takuya shook his head at those words.

“No, you need to live no matter what. And I have a very important favor for you to do,
please. Only you can do it.”

Tares realized what he meant and clenched his teeth.

While Taruhol was solving the problem, Hansoo and Oteon were discussing about
what’s to come.

“Are you going to go solve the Gragos problem right away?”

Hansoo nodded his head.

‘I’m almost there.’

Once he solved the Gragos problem and created the cure by killing the Tiradus then
everything he would need to do on this cow-shaped Gragos would be over.

‘…My current pain can only be solved by killing the Tiradus anyway.’

So he needed to ask him a favor now.

“I have a favor to ask.”

“What is it?”

Hansoo whispered to Oteon.

“While I solve the Gragos problem, lure this Gragos to your Holy Land, to Lazar the
White Lion.”

Oteon’s expression brightened up as she spoke.

“Are you thinking of curing the White Lion?”

Hansoo nodded.

The strongest beast of all the Gragos who had completely been suppressed by the
Calamity of Death and had fallen to the bottom of the lava sea.

Though it had the shape of a lion, it was sublime and benign and didn’t attack the other
Gragos easily. The Lazar was a symbol of their race and a holy land where only their
Great Patriarchs and Great Priests could live on.

But the white lion can stand up again if they had the cure.

To that prideful look of the past.

“This is why I need your help.”

This was why Hansoo had to save the Akaron priestess no matter what.

Priestess.

The person who had the power to communicate to the Gragos.

Though the Priestess didn’t have any power like controlling the Gragos, they could use
a special material with their holy power to make their Gragos head towards another
Gragos.

‘Well, it’s actually stimulating their sexual desire.’

The only method in order to control the Gragos which acted following its own wishes.

Though it didn’t seem like much, it was a precious power to the Akaron who lived upon
it which could flip at any time and they could use this to save their race.

This was why the power of the priestess, which could communicate with the Gragos,
was always precious and revered more than the Patriarch who fought at the very
frontline.

The color on Oteon’s face changed from Hansoo’s words.

‘Could he really… ’

If they can retrieve that place then they will be able to acquire a vast and safe territory.
Since Lazar, the white tiger, was the most powerful Gragos that nothing else could
threaten.

But Tekilon made a strange expression as he heard the story next to them.

‘…He shouldn’t be able to acquire space for the humans to live with the Lazar alone, what
is he thinking of?’

Anyways, the conversation proceeded quickly.

“Then we will take our race and go ahead to control the Divine Beast.”

Their locations had been found already.

Since there was no guarantee that these guys wouldn’t have said anything even if they
invaded immediately after getting called.

Hansoo nodded.

He had to move on his own now.

‘Tsk. Though it’ll be better if the Akarons helped… ’

Hansoo clicked his tongue.

It would be better the more forces he had but the Akarons wouldn’t have much to
spare either.

Since getting through the forest which was swarming with Margoths in order to
control the Gragos wasn’t a simple task.

At that moment a red carrier pigeon flew to Hansoo.

The hurried carrier pigeon blew apart as it transmitted the message.

<Hey! You didn’t tell me guys like these were here! Get here quickly!>

“Hmm.”

On the message there was the reason for the lack of body fluids that Sangjin had found
out.

Hansoo clicked his tongue as he read the news about the origin of the reason.

‘…Rerorerore clan. These guys were the problem? Anyways I should start off right away.
The location is a bit awkward.’

Though Sangjin was quite strong, it seemed like he has clashed with a Margoth level.

Hansoo spoke towards Oteon.

“I will see you later. Please clean this place off well.”

Hansoo then took Sofía and the other clansmen as he started to quickly head
somewhere through the hole on the ceiling.

‘I wish you well. If you do this properly then… We will really be thankful to you.’

Maybe even to the point where they would fight with the humans alongside Hansoo.

Oteon looked at Taruhol walking towards her with a complex expression after sending
Hansoo off.

“How did it go?”

Taruhol spoke with a strange expression.

“Ailen excused one person.”

“Then the other five get to live? We have to move now. Send the other five to the
Flaming Altar and move out.”

The scenes of Akarons dying off to the invading humans could still be seen in her head.

7 days were far from enough but they had no leisure when they had to move.

But Taruhol shook his head.

“There’s no one to get on the flaming altar.”

“What?”

Taruhol then thought of what happened earlier.

“…The guy called Tares cut off the necks of the five the moment he got released.”

“You couldn’t stop it?”

Taruhol nodded.
“They were too close and it might’ve been different for somebody else but he used a
strange technique. It didn’t seem like the skills humans spoke of.”

“Is it the thing called a trait?”

Oteon made a surprised expression.

‘Does this mean that we have to take him?’

Oteon frowned.

Her most and least favorite humans had come in at the same time.

Since one has left it was now time for them to take care of the other one.

If they take him with them then they will place a simplified formation on him.

One day per one Akaron.

The moment he doesn’t get the approval of an Akaron then the silver liquid will pour
into his body from the formation and will light him on fire.

He will then become a flaming altar on that spot.

‘If you are really trying to repay the sins you have caused against us then you might live
but… The chance of such a thing happening is slim.’

Though the chances of that guy living was low anyway even if they took him but she
didn’t want to leave a single thing to chance during the work that would decide the
fate of their race.

Though the rules were important, there wouldn’t be rules if the race didn’t exist.

‘I should kill him.’

Oteon finished her thoughts, gave a signal and then shouted towards the nearby
Akarons loudly.

“We move too. There’s not much time.”

Then they started to head towards the Horn Forest that was located between the two
horns.
Kurururururu

Gwanje smiled as he looked at the scene happening in front of him.

‘It’s almost complete.’

Soon he will be able to fulfill his objective.

Then nobody would be able to stand above him.

‘Good good. Very good.’

Gwanje, who had been checking the numerous carrier pigeons flying in from all
around, saw one of them as he smiled and spoke to Jongsang standing next to him.

“The Seven Departed Souls aren’t really befitting of their title huh. Mister.”

“Mmm? Did something happen?”

Gwanje explained the details of the carrier pigeon.

“Following an unknown power who infiltrated the central area. Four of them seem to
be part of the Seven Departed Souls… Is what’s written here.”

“How is that not befitting of their title? It’s actually quite amazing. They ransacked
your central area and ran away.”

The central area, where their plans were setting out, had 4 of the 7 Margoth levels of
the Rerorerore clan in order to protect it from the other clans.

But for that central area to be ransacked by the Seven Departed Souls, who hadn’t been
in this place for long, was quite a blow to their reputation.

And even more so if they were successfully running around.

‘Is Arc Mariangt the captain? Well, that one was indeed the strongest. She’s better than
me.’
It was much better than just seeing the time pass by while being tied down by that
brat from before.

Since it meant that she had gathered a power that was strong enough to charge into
the central area.

Gwanje laughed as he spoke.

“Mister. Listen till the end. Apparently the four of them became somebody’s bitches,
they’re having it real hard.”

“…Well what can they do. They’re just like me.”

Jongsang shrugged his shoulders.

If they were to charge at them and fight them then what kind of strength would they
be able to resist,

They can only get caught.

Gwanje made a frustrated expression.

“Would I be like this if it was like that? The one acting as the captain is also someone
who just came up apparently.”

“…What?”

It wasn’t Hansoo.

Since that guy had gone off the grid the moment he came up.

So who could it be?

Jongsang made an expression of disbelief and then asked Gwanje.

“Did that guy receive the body enhancement surgery like you?”

Jongsang looked towards the giant tower-like Gwanje and asked.

Since he couldn’t think of other factors that could make one that strong other than
that.

This was the most surprising thing when he saw Gwanje.

A normal Korean guy who was 175 cm tall had become a 2m muscle powerhouse.
He knew then.

That there were strange races other than them in this world and that one would be
able to receive the body enhancement surgery if one is lucky.

And Gwanje was the one who had spread the news about the body enhancement
surgery as well.

He had saved a few Akarons who were in a deadly crisis and received the body
enhancement surgery, this news was a great shock to the humans.

‘Well. This guy did say that the surgery helped him a lot when he first started gathering
up his power.’

The clan was being sustained with complex methods now but the first reason for the
creation of the clan was to find the Temple and have everyone receive the body
enhancement surgery.

Gwanje rose from the Baladi level to the Margoth level.

Of course this was the reason why many strong people had flocked to Gwanje who
showed them the vision and the possibility of this strength.

‘Well. Though we haven’t been able to find the temple yet… If the plan he has in mind
sets off properly then we may really be able to find the Temple.’

Gwanje said he had lost his memory after he made the trip to the temple so he couldn’t
remember the location of the temple.

The objective of finding the temple was part of the plan he had in motion right now.

If the plan succeeded then they would be able to find the temple and maybe even kill
the Gragos.

But wouldn’t they be able to ask someone who had received the body enhancement
surgery after catching him?

Gwanje flinched at Jongsang’s words and then shook his head.

“Don’t know. We’ll figure it out once we catch him Mister. Just wait. We’ll catch him
soon. One of the Ursa Major went.”

“…”
‘Some real naming sense… ’

Jongsang clicked his tongue.

Boom! Boom!

‘This rat-like bastard. Why did he have to come into the area I was assigned to.’

One of the Ursa Major of the Rerorerore clan, Gordon, frowned.

Ursa Major.

Though the name was quite corny, they were the seven strongest members of the giant
Rerorerore clan who acted as the pillars of the clan.

Of course all of them could kill Margoths.

But Gordon really didn’t like the work he was doing currently.

‘Even though the final achievement is just before my eyes!’

Soon the plan will be finished.

Then the likelihood of him receiving that body enhancement surgery will skyrocket.

‘Then I will become stronger than that guy.’

The Patriach, Kim Gwanje, was a Margoth level due to the surgery.

But he, Gordon, was a Margoth level without it.

He had stuck beneath him in order to get the surgery.

Though one of the reasons why they had stayed under Gwanje was because Gwanje
was quite resourceful but they had all gathered beneath him in order to gain
something.

How could such a giant clan be created otherwise?

They stuck around since there was something to suck.

Actually his plan was on a whole another scale and it had been going well so they
followed without complaint.
And the time to suck out that sweet fluid was right in front of their eyes but for a few
mayflies to disturb them…

‘Tsk. I have to hurry and get back… But those guys are really cruel.’

Gordon swirled his tongue around as he saw the ones running away.

Sangjin, who had been running away from Gordon, was using the skill he had stolen
from Miyamoto, the <Heavenly Window Path>, to run away as he checked the
situation.

Though they had quite a large number the only people who were at the Baladi level
were Sangjin himself and Arc Mariangt.

The others couldn’t quite get to that point.

So it was a bit hard for them to go against that guy who was a high ranker even out of
the Margoth levels.

They could only run.

Sangjin spoke towards Wongyung next to him.

“Throw another one.”

“…You’re really going to hell after you die.”

“What are you saying, this is hell.”

Wongyung clenched his teeth at Sangjin’s orders as he laid down an order using the
symbol.

‘Damn. Becoming a noble father is a no go.’

The moment he gave the order, one of the 150 clansman’s eyes spun around as he
charged towards Gordon.

And used the skill, <Limit Breaker>, with an expressionless face.

Kiiiiing

The speed of the clansman charging at Gordon increased by several fold instantaneously.

Boooom!
Then the clansman blocked Gordon’s road when he had almost reached them and then
started to buy time.

“These fucking flies!”

Gordon was enraged at these guys who would normally get flung off by a single kick
of his instead just holding down onto his ankles.

‘This crazy guy! To make everyone who he can control learn the Limit Breaker!’

None of the clan lords would do such a thing.

Who would gather under their clan if such rumors were to be spread?

<Limit Breaker>

It was easy to get and was quite strong even without raising the mastery of it.

It was a skill that only had good points.

But nobody tried to learn this skill.

The moment one activated this skill, they would gain a tremendous amount of
strength by burning all the runes they have.

Skills which had masteries around 10% would skyrocket up to 50% and their
physique which lost the limit of the brain showed a battle prowess that couldn’t even
be compared to that of before.

This was quite good enough to use as a lifesaver.

Since it was better to lose some runes to live instead of dying.

But the problem was that if this skill was used while having great amounts of mastery
then they wouldn’t be able to stop it at will.

The mastery would only rise if they use it but if they use it at high mastery levels then
they can’t stop it.

Of course once they use it all the runes in their body will be burnt up and eventually
it will burn their life as well.

The first thing Sangjin had done after coming up was catching weaklings, teaching
them this and then increasing the mastery to the limit of control.
The reason why Sangjin and his crew had been able to come here without Margoth
levels and with only Baladi levels was because of this.

Because their underlings ignited their bodies and madly charged against their
enemies like suicide soldiers in times of danger under Wongyung’s control.

It was something only used at the right place at the right time but they could only
reach this place with 30 sacrifices.

And 20 had already died while they were escaping.

Something strange.

Sangjin was always killing off the clansmen the moment before they died.

The image of him killing them off even while he was running with a skill or a flying
dagger was nothing more and nothing less than that of somebody crazy.

Sangjin spoke towards Wongyung who was grinding his teeth endlessly.

“Run well. There’s no time to fight. If we stay here in order to fight then others will get
here. This is the best choice.”

“…You bastard.”

“What do you mean, I said let’s get along.”

Sangjin shrugged his shoulders as he replied to Wongyung in a sweet voice.

Though he had spoken leisurely, this was not a leisurely situation.

This was still part of the Rerorerore clan area and they would be charging at them
from all around like ants.

They would instantly get surrounded the moment their feet get tied for a moment.

‘Damnit. When are you coming, when?’

Sangjing gasped for breath as he looked into the sky.

 j

“Let’s go.”

Boom! Boboom!

Hansoo quickly moved his feet as he heard the explosive sounds in the distance.

And Sofía, Tekilon and the Crown clansmen were flying besides Hansoo.

Tekilon made a worried expression.

“…If there are other Akaron tribes then they need to escape before the Gragos spins.”

“Other tribes?”

Tekilon nodded.

“Though they might build only one temple… Other tribes might live inside the Gragos.
Since the inside of the Gragos is quite vast.”

From what they had heard from the priestess, their move had been made in a huge
hurry.

The process of getting to this cow shaped Gragos which had been next to the White
Lion, Lazar, was not a properly prepared move and because of this they had not been
able to move united and had instead crossed with their lives on the line.

Though the tribe with the priestess had found the location where a thick amount of
essence was flowing and had created a temple but there were probably a few tribes
who were hiding in the corners of the Gragos.

Hansoo pondered for a moment and then shook his head,

‘This isn’t the time for that.’

If his work to stop the Gragos from spinning went well then they would all live anyway.

There wasn’t time for him to find them and deal with them.

Hansoo, who had been reading the mana wave from the carrier pigeon, turned his
body and then headed towards a different location from the explosion.

Sofía made a confused expression from those words.

“Where are you going? Weren’t you receiving the guidance of someone?”

She had thought that he was going to aid someone since he was following the carrier
pigeon.

Wasn’t he going to save them because that person was in danger?

Hansoo shook his head.

“No, our destination is somewhere else so let’s go.”

The location had been clearly written on the carrier pigeon Sangjin sent.

And an additional word.

<Soon the night will come so steal the things from the empty house while I distract
them. I’ll drag them around as much as I can.>

‘Good.’

Hansoo laughed as he increased his speed another level.

Hoooooong

‘Wow. I haven’t been able to catch that guy for a whole 40 minutes?’

Gordon was flabbergasted.

For it to be night already.

This meant that his plans of catching this guy, smashing him apart and then returning
for a good rest had been broken apart.

At that time he could hear that guy muttering while he was running.

“Hooh. It’s night you bastard.”

‘…What?’

The moment Sangjin mumbled ‘I’m suffering this hard for you, you better treat me
well… ’ quietly, something started to wriggle and climb out of the ground in the
shadows.
Cracklecrack

A large amount of body fluids, that resembled a small sea, was quickly being filled up.

By the green stone, Graphite, that the Rerorerore clan was throwing.

“Throw more!”

“You’ll get caught in it if you get close! Use skills to pour them in!”

Crack

The moment one of the four materials that could affect the Gragos touched the bodily
fluids it sucked in the fluids like a sponge as it started to increase in size over hundreds
of times.

Thanks to this the sea-like body fluid lake was getting slowly emptied at a visible pace.

Jongsang, who had been watching this next to Gwanje, swirled his tongue around as
he looked at the viscera deep within the Gragos.

“Wow. Amazing. How did you manage to find such a place?”

It wasn’t an easy place to locate since it wasn’t within the sphere of influence of humans.

Gwanje smiled.

“Well. I struggled a bit. It should at least be this much mister.”

Jongsang nodded.

But there was something he was worried about.

“But what if it suddenly goes on a rampage while we take over it?”

Gwanje shook his head at that.

“Don’t worry about that, we’re taking care of it somewhere else. If it goes to plan then
an amazing pet will be created.”
Only four of the Ursa Major were here including Gwanje and Gordon who had gone to
catch the little flies, the other three were nowhere to be seen.

They were doing something somewhere else.

‘Hmm. Then we can take over the Gragos and even find the Temple… Huh.’

Jongsang freaked out in the past because he thought that Gwanje was going to kill this
thing.

Since two problems will rise up from that.

First, if this guy fell then everyone above it will die.

Second, if this guy died then the location to acquire the body fluids will disappear so
they will starve.

But Gwanje meant that he was going to take control of it.

<What would it do for us if we kill it? The ones who will come after will just get burnt
and not be able to see it. There isn’t any audience then. Making this into a pet will be
much more amazing. Even Hansoo wasn’t able to do that right?>

‘Well yeah. But how are you going to find the location of the Temple like this?’

Jongsang looked at Gwanje with an amazed expression.

There were a few things that Gwanje hadn’t told him, an outsider.

In what way the thing they were doing was part of controlling the Gragos?

And how he can find the hidden Akarons and find the location of the temple?

‘He has a lot of secrets.’

He had a few awkward spots and was a bit humane in the past but the current Gwanje
had become a man who Jongsang couldn’t see through easily.

Jongsang suddenly thought of something he had forgotten about when he had first
met Gwanje.

“Anyways, what happened to your wife and your daughter?”

This guy wasn’t alone when he saved him.

He had a 13 years old daughter because he had married early despite being 30 years
old.

He thought that Gwanje had placed them in a safe spot but he had never heard of him
talk about his family.

Gwanje shrugged his shoulders.

“My daughter died and my wife is next to another man.”

Though he was talking lightly, Jongsang felt a chill run down his back.

‘…He’s not thinking of doing something crazy right.’

Though others might not know but Gwanje was a guy who had given up everything in
the Red Zone due to his family possibly being endangered by the Calamities and had
gone up.

If his family had gone through that then a corner of his mind might be seriously
twisted.

‘It’ll be a relief if his actual goal is just taking the Gragos over.’

If this guy were to let off those twisted emotions then it won’t end in a small scale.

Gwanje laughed towards Jongsang who was making an uneasy expression as he spoke.

“I said don’t worry. Why would I do something weird when my wife would be in this
Gragos somewhere? Anyways, do you want to eat this? It was created by petrifying the
body fluids on the Graphite so it’s quite good. We named it Greenlight… they say sweet
things help out in stress relief.

Gwanje then handed over a small green candy with a stick stuck onto it.

Jongsang frowned as he tasted the strange taste that he could not discern.

Though it was sweet it was like adding sugar to waste water.

“You damned bastard. This would definitely help out in stress relief… Anyways, why
are you putting such lame names on these things?”

Gwanje shrugged his shoulders.

“To not get attached to it.”

“What?”

“It’ll be annoying if I put an awesome name on something I hate and get attached to
it.”

“…”

While Jongsang was making a strange expression, a carrier pigeon flew towards
Gwanje.

Gwanje sighed as he looked at that carrier pigeon.

‘Look. There’s no way I can like these guys.’

‘Damnit! Why are there no reinforcements!’

Booom!

Gordon freaked out at the sudden change.

Squirm squirm

The situation changed the moment it turned into night.

Endless amounts of soldiers were climbing out from beneath his shadow.

Of course that wasn’t enough to beat him.

Though the skill was extremely strong, it was still a bit lacking to close in the gap
between a Baladi and a Margoth level.

If only there weren’t suicide soldiers who constantly charged in.

Booom!

“Fuck!”

The black creature which had crawled out from the shadow of the suicide soldier,
which had turned into powder by his skill, madly rushed towards him.

Gordon let go of the reinforcement while gathering it in his hands.

Boooom!
An explosion that far exceeded what a reinforcement could have created swept the
area.

The shadow soldier who had its upper body blown off fell backwards towards the
ground.

Then it disappeared as if it had melted and then absorbed back into the other
shadows.

Though his attack had destroyed the shadow perfectly, Gordon had no time for leisure.

Since that guy will rejuvenate from the shadows, heal up and then climb back up.

They only looked a bit black after that. The human-shaped creatures constantly
coming back after healing back up no matter what kind of damage they received was
tiring even for Gordon who had gone through a lot of things.

‘Damnit! I have to get the main source!’

They were obviously being recreated by mana.

He had to kill the guy who was just throwing daggers at him from the distance.

But there were too many things charging at him.

‘Is he crazy or something? How many have you killed in that short amount of time?’

The moment he thought that he had cleared quite an amount of shadow soldiers,
suicide soldiers with the Limit Breaker expressionlessly charged towards him.

And when he had taken care of those the shadow soldiers who had gone back to the
shadows climbed up again.

‘But… I can win!’

Gordon grinded his teeth.

This much was clearly winnable.

Since his mana wasn’t endless and there was a limit to the number of suicide soldiers.

Once his mana and the suicide soldiers ran out first then it would be his win.

And Gordon was confident.

Killing the Margoth alone wasn’t child’s play.

Margoth hunting was something only possible after polishing one’s skills, artifacts and
battle skills to the extremes.

But the problem laid somewhere else.

“You retards! Get back! Get the fuck back!”

Gordon grinded his teeth as he shouted.

The guy who had held him down with the shadow soldiers and the suicide soldiers
was killing off the Rerorerore clansmen as they were approaching him.

Weaker ones would get killed and supplement to the shadow soldiers.

The dropped runes would be eaten up and increase the amount of mana.

Decent ones would get suppressed, forced in the Lord symbol and then be recreated
into a suicide soldier.

The clan Lord who was acting as a slave below was about to fall down from exhaustion.

He could only.

He had to constantly give suicide orders, recreate symbols and accept new clansmen
while others died, even the greatest Lords would get exhausted by this.

No, the fact that he could do this much was already amazing.

Gordon suddenly felt fear.

Since he had killed almost a hundreds suicide soldiers the remaining amount should
be less than 30 but there were still at least 80 left.

Though the shadow soldiers had gotten weaker as if his mana was getting drained but
the problem was Gordon himself.

At this pace his stamina and mana would run out first.

Then he would really die.

‘Damnit! Where are they! It’s been a long while since I sent the carrier pigeons.’

This was the first time he had missed the Ursa Majors and that lame name.
If one of them came then they would be able to rip apart everyone here.

But even after a long while nobody came.

“Gwanje you crazy bastard! Come! Am I a hand which could be thrown away
somewhere like here?! I’m not! Uwaaa! If you took me in then take responsibility!”

Gordon shouted out in rage.

“Mister let’s go. Since we finished everything we needed to here, let’s go to the next
stage.”

Gwanje, who had been receiving the carrier pigeons that were constantly flying in
from all around, sent a few to two of the Ursa Majors who would be protecting other
directions as he prepared to leave.

Jongsang frowned as he saw this.

“You said that there was another Ursa Major right? Aren’t you going to take him?”

He said four total including himself.

But Gwanje was going to leave while leaving one behind.

‘Damnit. I can’t figure out what’s going on.’

He had no way of knowing since he could only listen to what Gwanje was saying.

Gwanje nodded.

“Well. He’ll figure it out on his own. Getting to the Forest of Horns next is more
important. Anyways, there is a large amount of graphites left.”

The moment Gwanje mumbled ‘We were going to leave before it completely froze up
anyway… Collected too much for nothing.’ and read the final carrier pigeon, he suddenly
stopped as he read it.

And then muttered towards Jongsang.

“It seems like the ones Gordon chased before were baits. Formidable.”

“Bait?”
“It seems the Crown clan is invading this place.”

It was clearly written on the carrier pigeon.

That four Margoth levels of the Crown clan were invading this place.

Others might’ve been different but how could the scouts mistake the faces of the
Margoth levels?

Normally he would ignore them.

Since he had done everything he needed to here even if they had sniffed something.

‘But… If it’s the Crown clan then the story changes a bit.’

“You know them?”

Jongsang asked.

It was quite a stupid question really.

Since the Crown clan was a humongous clan which had four Margoth level adventurers
other than the clan patriarch himself.

Reroreore clan, one of the top 2 strongest clans.

And the Crown clan, one of the 3 strongest.

How could Gwanje not know them?

But the reason why Jongsang asked was because a clear emotion started to well up on
Gwanje’s face.

Gwanje laughed.

“Of course, I told you that my daughter died earlier.”

“…”

“It’s a bit rude to go like this. We should leave them a gift.”

Gwanje spat the Graphite candy in his mouth, the Greenlight, and then sent a carrier
pigeon somewhere.
 j

‘Tsk. They were pouring in Graphite. This is why the body fluid was drying up. Anyway,
how did they find the reflux organ?’

Hansoo clicked his tongue as he looked at the scene in the distance.

Reflux Organ.

It reorganized the bodily fluids that ran around the Gragos body once, sent the usable
ones around the body again and the ones which ran out of nutriments were sent
outside the body.

Of course it was a place in the Gragos with the most body fluids since it was an organ
created to decrease the waste of body fluid as much as possible.

‘They’re falling back though. Was killing the Gragos not their objective?’

If killing the Gragos was their objective then they had to pour more.

But these guys were hurriedly packing up and quickly heading somewhere else.

‘Then I shouldn’t have needed to come here… Why did the flip incident happen in the
past?’

If more wasn’t poured in then the graphites would get swept up by the body fluids and
slowly get crushed apart.

Bali Roper, the Margoth level expert of the Crown Clan, shouted as he saw the ones
running away.

“What are you doing? Let’s go ahead and wipe them out.”

Their clan received tremendous amounts of stress since that crazy guy over there
trying to assimilate them.

If there wasn’t a power balance between the two strongest clans then a full frontal war
would’ve happened already.

So Bali Roper actually liked the current situation.

‘Though I became a slave… It’s good as long as the result is good.’

This guy had clearly said.

That he would release them if everything went well.

And if this guy helped then sweeping the main headquarters of the Rerorerore clan
wouldn’t be that hard.

Since the clan patriach, Gwanje, always liked to separate the Ursa Major and use them
efficiently.

‘There’s no way all of them would be here.’

The four of them here and Hansoo could deal a serious amount of damage.

Kuuuuuuuungg!

While Bali Roper was laughing , a rough cry ran throughout in all directions.

‘Margoth?’

It wasn’t just one or two from the cries he could hear.

‘Damnit.’

Bali Roper made a frightened expression.

They were called Margoth level because they could win a one versus one against the
Margoths.

But the cries told them that there were at least 20 of them incoming.

Hansoo clicked his tongue as he looked at the Margoths charging from the distance.

‘It seems like they are leaving after completing everything they needed to here but for
them to go the extra mile and throw the Margoths here… Huh.’

It seems like they weren’t even luring them to this location in order to prevent the
Crown clansmen being able to chase them.

Hansoo spoke towards Bali Roper next to him.

“There’s no way that I’m the reason… Did you cause some sins against that guy?’”

“…”
Bali Roper looked at Gwanje who was personally leading the Margoths to his direction.

‘It’s been a while. Tsk. Some bad fate.’

Bali Roper thought of the incident in the past.

He had met that guy, his wife and his daughter 4 years ago.

There aren’t many who travel with their family in the Otherworld.

And those who came together in the beginning and had even climbed up to the Orange
Zone could be counted on one’s fingers.

It was one of two incidents.

One of the family members was so abnormally strong that they could protect the other
members despite them being weak.

Enbi Arin, a powerhouse of the Orange Zone, was like this.

Or that all of the members were decently strong.

Gwanje’s family were the latter.

And because of this they couldn’t win over Bali Roper.

Though Gwanje, his daughter and his wife were quite strong, they were just at the level
of those who came up from the Red Zone.

Though Gwanje was almost at the Baladi level, he himself was one of the strongest out
of the Baladi levels and these three mediocre ones couldn’t go against him.

He was extremely happy when he first found Gwanje and his family.

One of Bali Roper’s favorite actions was playing around with another family member
in front of them.

Finding such a family was like plucking stars from the heavens but for him to bring
both his wife and his daughter, how could Bali Roper not be excited?

And as if he’d married early, the fact that his wife was still attractive made him quite
happy.

‘Damn. I should’ve killed him back then.’

Bali Roper frowned.

The place where he had lost him was this place.

Though Bali had caught the daughter, Gwanje had taken his wife and fell into this giant
Reflux Organ.

‘I shouldn’t have killed his daughter as a mean of anger relief back then.’

Who would’ve known that the guy who had come back would’ve become such a
monster?

The guy who was barely at the Baladi level came back as a Margoth level.

He then used that strength and the lure and hope of the body enhancement surgery in
order to madly increase his influence and power.

Their growth was but instant.

Gwanje seemed like he didn’t care much about managing the clan, he just took people
in as long as they were strong.

The reason why they had let in Kale Dawson, who was being chased by Enbi Arin, was
a tactic as well.

Since the decision of taking Kale Dawson in while neglecting the possibility of clashing
with Enbi Arin was very tempting to those in the Orange Zone who had created
enemies everywhere.

In conclusion, all the people who were strong but couldn’t join a clan and receive their
protection because they were such a mess of a character had been recruited into the
Rerorerore clan.

This was the moment where a group consisting of the worst possible individuals had
been created.
The Rerorerore clan, which had instantly caught up to the clan Eres and Keldian had
created, the <Cross>, became an object of caution to other clans in a moment.

If he himself hadn’t become stronger, gotten to the Margoth level and hadn’t gone into
the Crown Clan who were against the Rerorerore clan quickly expanding and
recruiting in strong people then he would’ve been ripped apart.

‘Tsk. To meet in a place like this.’

Margoths were charging in from all directions.

But there was no need to fight with the Margoths here.

Though Gwanje had brought the Margoths here, they could also just back off.

They might receive some damage while backing off but those who should worry about
this were the weaker ones and not himself.

‘If Hansoo has some sense then he wouldn’t throw me away here either.’

Bali Roper frowned after looking around his surroundings with leisure.

‘…But wouldn’t be we able to kill that guy this time?’

As he’d been penetrated by the horn upon the Margoth’s head, Bali roper looked at
Gwanje who had a giant hole on his side and muttered inwardly.

Actually Gwanje was like fear itself even in Bali Roper’s perspective.

That strength, that tenacity and that resourcefulness.

If such a guy was alive then he wouldn’t be able to sleep at night in peace.

He had to kill the guy who was always looking for a chance to kill him instead no
matter what so he had targeted the Akarons.

Since combining the strength of the Akarons along with their clan would mean that
they would have the strength to smash apart the Rerorerore clan.

‘Though everything went to shit… Isn’t this a chance?’

Bali Roper stole a glance at Hansoo.

The best instance would be the guy next to him and Gwanje in the distance all dying
together.

At this rate he will eventually be killed under Gwanje’s hands.

Since Gwanje had been slowly getting to him for the past 4 years.

Though he wanted to get to the Yellow Zone but once he tried to do this Gwanje would
block his path even if he had to go on a war against him.

It was a crazy act in Bali Roper’s perspective since he had to cross over the Rerorerore
clan’s territory in order to get to the portal to the Yellow Zone.

‘But this is quite worth risking a bit of danger.’

Bali Roper took out and grasped the small necklace that he had saved for an unknown
situation after finishing off his thoughts.

Hansoo looked at the guy in the distance while preparing to back off.

‘It seems like that guy is the leader of the Rerorerore clan. Did he lure them over here
himself?’

Kim Gwanje.

Though it seemed like he had received quite a large injury, that injury was healing at
a visible pace.

‘So he received the body enhancement surgery as well. I wasn’t the first huh.’

The Margoth’s eyes were not targeted on Gwanje who had lured them but at Hansoo
and his group who were swarming around in the distance.

Margoth Du Capucio.

They were smaller than the giant Margoths with a herbivore’s physique, the Margoth
Du Graesios.

Just about 1km.

Since they were a bit weaker than the Graesios, a normal Margoth level adventurer
could kill around two of them.

But they were much more dangerous to humans since they had a much worse temper
and will kill even if they couldn’t eat them if they felt danger.

Actually around one Margoth level person would get shredded apart after going into
their territory without realizing it and get hunted down by their group hunts.

‘Tsk. To bring 20 of them.’

Though he might be able to beat them with the new power of the Nurmaha’s ring he
had obtained on the way up to the Orange Zone and the power of those behind him
but the damage will be substantial.

‘But if he doesn’t bother to plug this place up then there’s no reason to fight.’

Then he didn’t have anything to do with that guy.

Though there wasn’t anything bad about killing him but it’ll be dangerous if they go
too far while the Margoths are on a rampage.

Hansoo made the decision to back off here and help the Akarons as he spread the scent
behind him and tried to back off.

‘It doesn’t seem like he brought them here to massacre us anyway.’

Kuaaaaaaaaaak!

Though the Margoths were madly charging at them, there was a limit to how many
can come in at a time due to the structure of the ant tunnels.

Though there might be small amounts of damage, they would be able to back off.

Hansoo looked at the Margoth Du Capucios making huge noises as they ran towards
the cave that housed the Reflux Organ and gathered mana onto his hands.

At the same time the most fatal pore of the Pandemic Blade started to gather up at the
end of Forked Lightning.

Hansoo then used the Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement onto the already enhanced
body and whipped the spear out.

Booooom!

The Capucio that was charging at them started to shake its head.

Kyaaaaak!
The Capucio shook its head from the pain of the skin around its head burning up and
then fell, smashed down to the side of the inner walls of the Gragos as if it had become
dizzy.

‘It’s working.’

He hadn’t put in that much mana onto the Pandemic Blade.

The thing he had put more mana into was something else.

Nurmaha’s ring.

The third power after Power Destruction and Hemorrhage.

.<Sense Destruction>

Kuuuuu

The giant Margoth Du Capucio smashed its head against the wall as if it was feeling
extremely stuffy.

No, it even staggered as it crashed onto the other Margoth Du Capucio running next to
it.

Kyaaaak!

As he saw the row of Margoth instantly being smashed apart, Bali Roper made an
annoyed expression.

‘That’s really unfair. Where the hell did he get something like that?’

Bali Roper thought of when he had been caught by Hansoo.

It wasn’t that one got blind or turned deaf after getting hit by it.

But it was much more annoying.

Their eyesight which allowed them to see objects that were kilometers away.

It suppressed their perception rune that was the basis of that and even messed with
their balance.

And of course such a thing was fatal in a battle where they had to fight madly with all
five of the senses being honed on the battle.
The things over there would feel the same thing at this moment.

“What are you doing? Let’s hurry and get out.”

Hansoo spoke as he looked to the side.

It wasn’t that they would turn into half of a retard after getting hit once.

It took more mana the more effective it was and the duration wasn’t that long.

Bali Roper made a sad expression at those words and then shook his necklace a few
more times.

‘Did he not see it?’

This was all he could do since he couldn’t provoke Gwanje openly when Hansoo was
looking at him.

Bali Roper looked at Gwanje who was looking at his direction with a glare.

‘To have to send him off. Hoo… ’

Gwanje looked at Bali Roper in the distance with a neutral expression.

Though he wanted to rip that guy apart, he had no way of killing him since he had
hidden deep within the Crown Clan.

Though he didn’t know why that guy had come here today but this was a great chance
to kill a guy who had climbed up after hiding in the clan for so long.

But Gwanje shook his head.

‘It’s too much.’

He could probably do it.

But in order to kill that guy he would need to charge in, hold them down and lure the
Margoths to crash into them.

The next stage was too important for him to risk so much danger.

Since the guys, who already didn’t listen to him, would be impossible to control if he
didn’t exist.
He had to quickly finish off here, regroup with the Ursa Major members he had already
sent off and focus on the work at the next location.

‘Since these guys don’t even listen to the leader that well already.’

Rerorerore clan.

A chaotic clan full of screwed up people.

The pinnacle of this example was the Ursa Major.

The Ursa Major members had only joined under Gwanje for profit.

Of course they wouldn’t participate in such a dangerous work like this.

There was a reason why Gwanje, the clan leader, had to lure the Margoths himself.

‘Though I wanted to give them a small gift but… Is the guy next to him Hansoo? Damn.
It wouldn’t even count as a small gift.’

He thought that he would be able to kill at least a third of them but the Crown clan was
safely backing off due to the guy who threw the booming golden spear in the distance.

‘I’ll let you live a bit longer.’

If things go according to his plan, that guy wouldn’t be able to survive anyway.

The moment Gwanje looked back at Bali Roper with a regretful expression, something
got caught in his eyes.

His eyes which had been enhanced to supernatural levels allowed him to identify the
thing that was shaking back and forth on his neck.

Gwanje made an expression of despair as he saw this.

‘Huh… My daughter’s necklace? He had it.’

The necklace which he couldn’t find despite searching for hours from the corpse of his
daughter.

At that moment Gwanje felt something snap within his head.

 j

‘He saw it.’

Bali Roper made a content expression as he saw Gwanje’s expression.

But Roper couldn’t see it because he was focused on Gwanje.

That Hansoo was glaring at him from his back.

‘I wondered who had sinned against that guy, it was this guy huh.’

Hansoo laughed coldly.

Gwanje prepared to go in with a neutral expression.

‘I must take back that necklace.’

Of course the fact that taking the neck where the necklace was a definite thing.

He needed to hurry

The Capucios will stop chasing them once they get into the ant tunnels and he
wouldn’t be able to kill those guys by himself at that point.

He needed to chase them while the Capucios could catch up to them.

Gwanje touched his waist.

‘I’ll use this.’

<If there is an incident where you get entangled with the Margoths, use this. It’s a
formula that makes the Margoths go crazy. Those things will chase whatever they see
until the medication power runs out. Be careful using this since tens of thousands of
people will die once you use it.>

‘…Damn. Tens of thousands?’

Gwanje’s hands flinched.

It felt like that he will really go crazy if he couldn’t get ahold of that guy in front of his
eyes.

But the thought of tens of thousands of people dying kept on delaying his actions.

While Gwanje was pondering over this problem, a line of voice rang out from an
unknown location.

<Don’t forget about the contract. Remember what you paid in order to gain your
strength. The living are more important than the dead.>

Gwanje clenched his teeth at that moment.

‘Damnit.’

The others would’ve almost reached the Forest of Horns by now.

He needed to go as well.

In order to control them.

‘I’ll visit there before I go.’

He needed to calm himself down after getting so worked up.

Gwanje looked at Bali Roper with a glare filled with rage for the last time and then
flew towards the ant tunnels.

‘Is he leaving?’

Hansoo frowned as he looked at Gwanje backing off in the distance.

‘It’s a bit regrettable.’

Hansoo momentarily made an regretful expression.

He was going to throw Bali Roper out as a bait if that guy charged at him and then
capture him.

But that guy somehow managed to suppress down his rage and then backed off.

Of course there still was something that he had gained from this short encounter.

“Bali Roper. Amazing. Looking forward to working with you more.”

“…Mmm? Oh okay.”

Bali Roper felt strange from Hansoo’s sudden compliments but he just thought of it as
Hansoo praising his skills and just ignored it.

‘It seems like I’ll be able to use this guy in the future. I should keep him alive and well.’

Hansoo labeled Bali Roper a useful bait and then looked at his surroundings.

Though many clansmen had died, they had maintained quite a large amount of force.

He just needed to quickly regroup with the Akarons and help them.
Forest of Horns was basically where the Margoths lived in.

It wouldn’t be easy even for the five pillars that protected the Priest.

At that moment a single carrier pigeon flew towards Hansoo.

<Did everything work out on that side? The Rerorerore clan guys that were here left
and headed to a strange location.>

There was the direction where they had headed towards that Sangjin had scouted
written down on the carrier pigeon.

‘Past the 11th region… past the 14th… towards the 19th region huh.’

11th region located above the thorax region and the 14th region that was located on
the neck.

And the 19 region that was located on the back side of the head of the Margoths.

Soon Hansoo realized what the destination of these people were.

‘Forest of Horns. They’re going to the Forest of Horns.’

Forest of Horns.

The name of the forest located between the two giant mountain-like horns upon the
huge head of the Gragos.

The destinations of the Akarons and these people were the same.

Of course it might just be a coincidence.

Though it was called a forest, it was actually extremely wide and vast.

The location of controlling the Gragos that the Akaron were headed towards was
located in this forest as well.

The Forest of Horns was a location that the clans used very frequently due to the high
level skills and artifacts that drop there.

But the destinations and the times overlapped each other too perfectly.

‘…These guys. Did they put the Graphite in here in order to drag out the Akarons.’

How did these guys know about this?

And how did they know to get to the Forest of Horns?

At that moment another possibility was thought of in Hansoo’s head.

‘There’s another Akaron.’

An Akaron that had gifted Gwanje the body enhancement surgery and the intel.

An Akaron who couldn’t show itself to the other Akarons and was doing this because
of a reason.

“I’m here you damned bastard.”

An Akaron who was making an arrogant expression nodded as he spoke.

“You’re still arrogant. I’ll allow that much since you’re useful.”

Gwanje snorted inwardly.

A guy who had all sorts of glamorous artifacts hung around his body despite being
holed up in a corner.

Akarons couldn’t even use those artifacts.

The Akaron over there, who called himself a previous Great Priest, had these artifacts
dangling upon his body in order to disguise himself.

‘He’s like a King of a fallen country.’

But his own situation was much worse.

Since he couldn’t even go against that guy’s words.

The Akaron seemed like it had guessed his intentions, it laughed coldly as it spoke.

“Don’t act around as you want. You and I made a contract.”

Gwanje clenched his teeth at those words.

His chances of survival when he had jumped into the Reflux Organ 4 years ago due to
Bali Roper was actually 0%.

Since he had received quite a deep injury and had to take care of his unconscious wife
as well.
And the reason why he had been able to live was because of the Akaron that was in
front of his eyes.

The guy who called himself the Great Priest.

Right before he fell unconscious, the Akaron dragged him out and then whispered into
his ear.

<Well… You should be content with this much at your current stage. Sleep for a bit. I’ll
give you strength.>

And when he had woken up everything had changed.

An overflowing amount of strength and a powerful body.

To the point where he had thought that he had been reborn at first.

But he knew instantly.

That this guy hadn’t given this surgery to him out of generosity.

The Akaron said these words to him back then.

<Don’t worry. It’s not much. Just that you need to listen to my words? But for a guy I
had rescued to be this arrogant. I gave you a blessing that’s only allowed to our own
race after scratching up all the remaining materials I had. Do you know how hard it is
to perform the surgery without the Temple?>

And as the Akaron in front of his eyes threw a bit of incense, his body forcibly knelt in
front of the Akaron.

<Yeah. This is a good height.>

‘Damnit.’

Gwanje clenched his teeth after thinking of back then.

Since he had to work crazily since then.

In order to accomplish the thing this guy wanted him to.

It wasn’t hard.

Since the intel and the strength that this guy had given him were not just a bit.
Gwanje calmed down his mind and then spoke towards the Akaron.

“The Akarons popped out after we petrified the body fluid like you told me to.”

“Yeah. They’ll need to move.”

The Akaron laughed coldly.

They needed to get to the Forest of Horns in order to move the Gragos to another
Gragos.

How could they remain hidden after getting the black warning even if they were
hidden so well.

“We’re almost there. Just catch them all. Killing a few is alright as well.”

Gwanje frowned at the Akaron mumbling about how killing his own kind was fine.

How could a previous Great Priest talk about the lives of his own kind with such ease?

‘That’s why he got chased out by his own race.’

“…What are you trying to do?”

The Great Priest laughed coldly.

“You don’t need to know about that. Don’t cross the line. Just go finish off what you
need to.”

“…”

Gwanje grinded his teeth but he couldn’t do anything

Though his body was suppressed, it wasn’t perfect.

There were many ways he could dodge his control but he couldn’t even if he wanted
to.

‘Mihyang my darling.’

The only person he could find comfort upon after the death of his daughter.

Gwanje looked at his wife who was sleeping like the dead behind the Akaron.

The Akaron laughed as if it had sensed that Gwanje was looking at her.
“It seems like my words were a bit harsh. It means that you don’t need to care about it
that much. I’ll release your beloved as I promised. I’ll also erase the controlling method
inside your body. You just need to go to that Yellow Zone then. Simple right? It won’t
matter what happens here.”

Gwanje set his mind from those words.

‘Yeah. This is a trade. This is definitely not a bad thing.’

Though he had to work like a dog for 4 years, the reward wasn’t bad.

Since he had escaped a lethal situation and had gained the strength to protect his wife.

He just needed to go up to the Yellow Zone after he was done with this.

‘It’s almost over.’

The contract was to lure out the hidden Akarons and to capture them.

He had gathered and increased his power and influence because of this.

Since he needed to be extremely strong as well in order to capture those strong

Akarons.

But this was now all over.

Seeing the screwed up Ursa Majors and the Rerorerore clansmen was getting tiring.

He didn’t have any ambitions of finding the Temple and taking control of the Gragos
in the first place.

It was that he needed to put on air like this in order to create the clan.

After this he would be able to leave this damned Orange Zone.

“Ah. One more thing. If you meet those guys later…”

Gwanje frowned after hearing what the Akaron said.

‘He has a real fucked up mind.’

But he had done what he needed to here.

His mind calmed down a bit more after seeing his wife and felt his sanity returning.
‘Yeah. Right now… I must focus on the living instead of the dead.’

He had to act in order to save his living wife instead of being enraged because of his
dead daughter.

Gwanje looked at his wife once more, got out of the dark ant tunnels and then quickly
headed towards the head of the Gragos.

Kuooooo!

Taruhol landed on the ground after smashing the head of the giant herbivore-shaped
Margoth Du Gracios with a body full of injuries.

Boom!

A huge soundwave resonated out and Ailen quickly ran upand started to look over
Taruhol’s body.

Taruhol shook his hands and pushed back Ailen.

“It’s alright. You go and fight as well. There’s a lack of manpower.”

Taruhol mumbled as he saw the two giant horns in the distance.

The path of the Forest of Horns was much more intense than they had expected.

Since the numbers of Margoths had multiplied numerous times.

‘…If we don’t organize these guys then a disaster will happen. Anyways we’re almost
there.’

They just needed to get through the gap in between the cliff in front of their eyes.

The moment Taruhol turned to catch some breath, something flew in from the
distance.

‘What!’

Booooom!

The skill which had flown in from above the cliff flipped the grounds upside down and
Taruhol, who had momentarily dropped his guard, prepared for the ambush.

At that moment a large shout was heard from above the cliff.

“You know I missed you on purpose right?”

And behind the woman, thousands of clansmen appeared on one of the cliffs.

Taruhol made an expression of disbelief at the human army.

‘They were waiting?’

The path to the Forest of Horns was harsh beyond reason for humans.

Why were these guys there when there wouldn’t have much to do here?

The woman above the cliff spoke while looking at that Taruhol.

“It seems like our friends from the clan will be a bit late. Let’s just play around on our
own until then. Oh and… Our clan leader told us to tell you something to you guys.”

Then one of the members of the Ursa Major, Akaella, looked at the red carrier pigeon
sent by Gwanje and made a confused expression.

‘What does this mean?’

But there were many things they didn’t understand that came from Gwanje.

Akaella just read the message on the carrier pigeon.

“Congratulations. My clan. You will soon be able to follow me, your first leader, all over
again.”

Taruhol and the priest, Oteon, made an expression of despair at those words.

First leader.

The only person arrogant enough to call himself the first leader that they knew of was
one person.

Great Priest, Karbana.

The person who had fought with Mekido the Great patriarch, put on all blame and
responsibility onto Mekido who had created the Body Enhancement Surgery when the
Calamity of Death had hit and had run away.
‘He wasn’t dead huh.’

But they realized that this wasn’t the time to worry about such things.

Taruhol clenched his teeth at the three Margoth level adventurers and the thousands
of clansmen charging towards him as he went out to meet them.

‘Hurry up Hansoo. I don’t know how long I can keep up with this.’

Boooom!

Soon a huge shockwave and a loud sounds ran throughout the Forest of Horns.

‘I need to hurry.’

Hansoo moved quickly.

It was a race for time.

Whether Gwanje and the other three Ursa Majors arrive first along with their forces.

Or him arriving first along with the Crown Clan’s forces.

If they combine the two forces on both sides then the total strength was similar.

This was why the side which receives the reinforcement first will be at a much greater
advantage.

‘I must arrive there first.’

Bali Roper cried out while following behind him closely.

Why was he moving in such a hurry?

The sensation of his body moving in such a hurry without his own intentions was not
quite a good feeling.

“Let’s slow down a bit!”

Hansoo turned around and smiled kindly.

‘Oh yeah, I had a secret weapon’

If the thing that could move the enemy leader was not a secret weapon then what
would it be?

“Oh yes. Our Bali Roper is a man who would do great things for us.”

“…?”

‘This feels a little bad for some reason.’

Bali Roper, who felt a chill, started to run even faster in order to get rid of the
sensation.
Boomboomboomboom!

A man was running through the ant tunnels.

Gwanje finally found his clansmen and the Ursa Major at the Rerorerore clan’s main
meeting location after a long run.

Jongsang, who had been waiting there, looked at Gwanje with a worried expression.

“Are you okay brat? How’s your side?”

“What do you mean brat? I’m much stronger than you mister. This body is amazing.
Don’t worry around and let’s proceed.”

Jongsang was probably the only person who called him, the clan leader of the 2nd
strongest clan in this place, a brat.

‘Well. We were probably just brats when he rescued us back then.’

Gwanje looked at Jongsang and then clenched his teeth.

‘Don’t worry mister. The time for me to repay my debt to you has come.’

Jongsang rescued his wife and daughter without much thought.

Such actions probably didn’t excite him or gave him any sort of amusement in the
slightest.

But Gwanje had never forgotten about it.

‘I will take you up with me Mister.’

He didn’t know what that crazy guy who called himself the priest would do.

Since a hint of madness could be seen in his eyes from time to time.

And Gwanje knew what that meant.

His hurt pride, want for revenge and resentment.

The perfect emotions to drive somebody to the extremes.

How would a guy who didn’t even care for the lives of his own race deal with the
humans?

He couldn’t leave mister in such a place like this.

‘Well. Mister will probably argue that he’s being kidnapped but there’s no time to explain
all of this thoroughly.’

He had prepared all the runes necessary anyway.

‘But there’s something I must do before that.’

Gwanje sent messages to the numerous scout teams of the Rerorerore clans who were
spread all around and then shouted out to the people nearby.

“Gather up! There are some guys we need to capture first! There are people who are
trying to interfere with our final project!”

The eyes of those who had been gathered here shined at those words.

They knew as well.

That the other guys were fighting with the Akarons at the place they were going to go
to.

If they catch those guys then they can finish off the work for the Body Enhancement
Surgery.

Who would dare to mess up their meal that has been completed already?

Jongsang asked with a confused expression.

“Who are you trying to catch?”

Gwanje shrugged his shoulders.

“Those Crown clansmen. This is the perfect time since they would be weakened.”

“Huh? You’re going to attack them first?”

Jongsang made a confused expression.

Gwanje looked at Jongsang and then smiled bitterly inwards.

‘Damn. I know, mister.’

There was no real reason to fight them.

But the reason why Gwanje was hurrying was because of the final order of the priest.

<You grouped with your underlings. Good job. Now quickly go catch that Hansoo guy.>

‘Damnit.’

Gwanje grinded his teeth at the voice that resonated throughout his head.

He could indeed win if they fought.

Though they only had 3 Margoth levels and the Crown clan had 5, there was a huge
difference between the Margoth levels of the Crown clan and the Ursa Major.

So much that one Ursa Major can go up against two from the Crown Clan.

They might get pushed back by numbers but they would still be in an advantage.

And their forces had been screwed up by the assault of the Margoths.

‘But it’s still a useless fight.’

There was no need for a head-on collision.

It would be much more simple if they grouped up at the Forest of Horns but why did
the priest make such decisions?

There was only one reason.

Gwanje thought of the words the priest had spoken to him.

<I smell a scent on him similar to the method that is used to control you. The people
you called the Crown clan are all held captive right now. It seems things will be really
easy. Just go and catch him only. For such a useful thing to appear. The divine beast has
given me blessings.>

The priest looked extremely delighted as it was talking to him.

‘Of course he would be.’

Gwanje mumbled.
The priest had long been regretting the fact that he didn’t have enough materials to
control more people than himself only.

If he could then Gwanje wouldn’t be the only one under his control.

He would’ve dragged them one by one and turned them into slaves.

How could he not be happy in a situation like this after finding Hansoo?

‘Well. He would indeed have more of a use than me.’

Though he was strong, he had the Rerorerore clan that even he couldn’t control.

Hansoo could control the giant Crown clan with the scents.

He asked the priest if he couldn’t just use those scents to control the Crown clan but
the priest just shook his head.

The scents were the same but the main part was the divine powers of each priest.

It seems that they couldn’t control the divine powers of other priests.

‘Well. It would really become chaotic if that was possible.’

What would happen if there were numerous owners for a single slave?

From what he saw, it seemed like the priests bickered with each other in the past for
such a thing to have been invented.

Gwanje made an unsightly expression as he thought of Hansoo.

Though he himself might get released, he knew what would happen to Hansoo.

It seemed like the priest was going to take out the materials for controlling him and
put them into Hansoo but then it was obvious that Hansoo would work even harder
than himself.

‘…It’s not really befitting of the hero that saved the Red zone.’

Gwanje thought of Hansoo who was accomplishing the feats that he himself dreamt of
and made a bitter expression.

If Gwanje left Hansoo alive then he might do something amazing in the Orange Zone
again and save millions of more people.
‘I can be a hero too.’

Gwanje chuckled.

If he committed suicide at this moment then he would also become a hero of the
Orange Zone.

Since the things that mad priest wanted to do would end and that could cause millions
if not tens of millions of people to die.

But Gwanje shook his head.

‘Unnecessary.’

To him, becoming someone who can protect one person was better than being a hero
to tens of millions of people.

He didn’t know in the Red Zone but he realized it now.

‘Capture him.’

The story was simple.

Use all their forces to catch Hansoo who would be heading to the Forest of Horns in a
hurry.

Then it would be game over.

If it was like chess then it would basically be catching the King.

If it was like chess where you only needed to catch the King then it was clear which
side had the advantage.

<Hurry. If they have given the body enhancement surgery and the scents to him, a
human, they would be extremely close to each other. He would definitely be going to
help the Akarons and it would be better to catch him before he groups up with them.>

The priest reminded him again.

‘Tsk.’

Gwanje received the reports from the scouts as he quickly moved.

 j

“…It seems like those guys are heading this way.”

Kurururururu

Bali Roper made a grim expression after running for a while.

Though they were the middle of nowhere in the ant tunnels, it was still within the
Rerorerore clan’s territory.

There was no way such a large force like theirs would go unnoticed.

They could see countless carrier pigeons flying about around them and the speed at
which they were being sent from each location was getting faster.

Which means that they were quickly heading towards them.

Hansoo laughed as he spoke.

“We fight here.”

“…This crazy bastard.”

Bali Roper shouted out in shock.

There wasn’t a high chance of winning if they fought here.

Though they had four Margoth levels their individual strength was much lower than
that of the Ursa Major.

The problem was that the ones in danger were only themselves.

‘This bitch. Is he going to abandon us?’

But Bali Roper shook his head.

‘No, he wouldn’t throw us away that easily.’

He found out after a bit of observing.

This guy had a goal that he needed to accomplish by using them.

Hansoo himself might live if he runs away in this situation but the chances of him
accomplishing that goal would become much much lower.
‘Did those guys who left earlier go to do something?’

Bali Roper mumbled.

Tekilon and Sofía disappeared with Hansoo for a moment a while ago.

And after that, Tekilon and Sofía were gone, nowhere to be seen.

‘What could those two guys do?’

Hansoo smiled at that Bali Roper and then threw the scent in all directions.

Chwaaaaak

“Uh?”

At that moment all of the Crown clansmen, who had been running at full speed,
stopped in place.

While they were shocked, Hansoo laughed as he ran away.

“Stay well.”

“Uh… Uhhh? Hey you crazy bastard!”

The scents prepared their bodies for a battle without their consent and Hansoo
laughed at them as he started to run away.

Gwanje flinched momentarily at the carrier pigeons that were flying in.

‘They want to have go at it?’

Why would they fight if they knew that they were going to lose?

But Gwanje made an extremely bitter expression at the extra carrier pigeons that flew
in.

Hansoo had shoved all the Crown clansmen in place and was getting out through the
side.

‘I’m a bit disappointed.’

He had thought that Hansoo might’ve acted differently.

But for him to throw away everyone who had been following him, though they were
under his control, and run away.

He had asked the scouts who were hiding in the corners of the ant tunnels just in case
but Hansoo was indeed running away.

‘…It’s a huge miscalculation if he thinks that I’ll fight with the remaining guys because of
Bali Roper.’

Of course he wanted to rip apart Bali Roper.

But Hansoo sadly didn’t consider the decisive factor.

<What are you doing? Hurry up and catch him! All those guys will become my forces.>

‘This is the decisive factor. Though he might’ve bought some time.’

Gwanje sighed.

He just needed to catch Hansoo.

Why would they collide in such a situation?

Gwanje sighed and looked at the surroundings as he spoke.

“Only the Ursa Majors will go. The rest of you stay here on standby.”

In a situation like this these guys would only get in the way due to their slow speed.

In an instant the three from the Ursa Major quickly started to head into the ant tunnels.

‘I’ll catch up to you in just a moment.’

This was their territory.

Catching him would be instant if they went through the shortcuts.

The priest’s mumbles could be heard in his head after a long run.

<You dumbass. You left behind a tail.>

‘A tail?’

Gwanje thought of something that he had received as a report a while back.

Sofía and a normal-looking guy had escaped somewhere.

‘Are they… perhaps following my scent from behind?’

But Gwanje shook his head.

Though it wasn’t impossible, following them with just the scent was too hard.

And there was no reason that the priest would leave behind such trails.

‘So it’s Sofía’s ability huh.’

Sofía’s trait was too famous.

If they followed that then it wouldn’t be impossible.

But Gwanje sighed.

‘Only two? They’re looking down on the great priest too much.’

The great priest smiled as he looked at the male and female that were approaching
him.

‘I don’t know how you did it but… Amazing.’

The great priest actually worried about such a thing.

Since there were a lot of amazing abilities out of those traits the humans had.

But there was a reason why he didn’t run away.

“Good job getting all the way here. But you can’t think of me as just a priest.”

The Great Priest, Karbana, stood up as the artifacts on his body dangled and clanked
against each other.

Kurururururu

He wasn’t any priest.

Great Priest.

His body’s abilties were also at its peak.

Kududududk

As he poured strength into his body the surrounding air trembled.

A body that was comparable to the warriors that protected the Temple, the Garde-
Barongs.

‘Dumbasses. Huhu.’

If that Hansoo guy had disappeared then he would’ve prepared for it.

But he had constantly received reports through Gwanje.

‘It would barely be enough if a Margoth level came but for him to send these guys?’

Sofía shrugged as she looked at the Great Priest who was making a confident
expression as she spoke.

“I’m gonna back off now. Oh yeah. Give back the earring. There’s no reason to hide it
after you’ve gotten all the way here.”

Tekilon, who had been standing next to Sofía, took off his earring.

“Thank you. I’ll handle it from here. Stand back.”

Kudududk

Suddenly Tekilon’s body started to change.

And the power of the runes that couldn’t be seen due to the suppression got released.

At the same time the powerful aura of mana came out from Hansoo’s body as it started
to fill up the priest’s residence.

Kudududk

‘This is much more easier to catch the King.’

Hansoo loosened up his body and laughed as he looked at the Great Priest who had a
shocked expression on him.
<Get over here quickly! Hurry! The guy called Hansoo is over here!>

Gwanje freaked out at the sudden voice of the priest that resonated throughout his
head.

‘The priest cannot die!’

Actually the priest’s death didn’t really matter much to him but his wife might get
swept up in that chaos.

The moment Gwanje was about to move out, a marble that shone with extremely
bright light flew through the ant tunnels and into Gwanje and the Ursa Majors.

Zooom!

The marble that traveled over hundreds of meters in an instant tried to smash into
Gwanje’s head as he was about to set off.

‘Damnit!’

Gwanje clenched down his teeth and punched towards the Marble.

He was in a rush.

He would’ve ignored most attacks but if he ignored this then his head might fall off.

Woosh!

Gwanje clenched his teeth and looked at the Margoth levels from the Crown clan who
were rushing towards him after smashing away the bright marble.

‘Bali Roper.’

“Damnit! Damnit!!”

Bali Roper was rushing towards him with a extremely scrunched up expression.

Of course the true meaning behind it was not rage but rather closer to fear.
Since he really didn’t want to go against Gwanje.

‘This damned scent!’

Gwanje’s rage finally exploded out after seeing Bali Roper rushing towards him with
the dangling necklace in order to disturb with his work.

“This bastard, until the very end!!!”

Soon Gwanje, who was trying to penetrate through no matter what, and Bali Roper,
who was blocking with his life on the line, clashed in the middle of the ant tunnels.

(Y)

Boooom!

Hansoo mumbled as he looked at the Akaron in front of his eyes after smashing him
lightly with the Forked Lightning.

‘I think I know who it is.’

Elkadion’s memory crystal.

Though he could read Elkadion’s memories, he couldn’t know of every single Akaron
that was in there.

And there was also the fact that most Akarons looked similar from a human’s
perspective.

But the great priest in front of his eyes, Karbana, had quite a deep impression within
the memory crystal.

A bastard who threw all the responsibilities of the Calamity of Death to the patriarch
and tried to take over his position during the chaos.

The people didn’t know but the likelihood of the great calamity a year after that having
been caused by this guy was very high.

‘I don’t know what you were trying to do but let me cut you off here.’

Hansoo finished off this thoughts as he pierced with his spear.

Chiiiiiik

The location that the Forked Lightning struck had spores starting to grow on them.
Most of the artifacts on Karbana’s body were destroyed and his body was in a mess.

“Uwaaaaaa!”

It seemed like his beast-like instincts still remained whilst his perception was in chaos
from the Perception Destruction skill.

The great priest roared as he smashed Hansoo the way his body told him to.

Booom!

Duduk

The king’s armor, Thousand Soldiers Armor, made crackling noises as a crack
appeared upon it.

At the same time the arm that had been enhanced by the body enhancement surgery
creaked.

‘Mmm.’

Hansoo frowned slightly.

The great priest’s battle strength was extremely high.

At the same time the liquid metal inside his body, that hadn’t quite settled, bubbled up
from inside his body.

‘Tsk. I have to hurry and solve this problem as well.’

Hansoo frowned at the pain which felt like his whole body was being skewered.

But it didn’t matter.

While Hansoo was about to slowly pinch down on him, the priest quickly backed off
tens of meters as he grasped the unconscious woman.

And then shouted out loudly.

“You’re here! Kill him quickly!”

‘Did he come already… Though he came alone.’

As Hansoo turned around, he saw Gwanje who was covered in blood from head to toe.
Gwanje, who was panting despite his superhuman body due to having rushed so
quickly, looked at the female within the priest’s hands and clenched onto his teeth.

Hansoo looked back and forth between these two people as he nodded.

‘It seems like she’s a hostage.’

Hansoo looked at the priest and then nodded.

One couldn’t give out detailed orders with the scent.

And how hard one worked in order to fulfill the order was still in the control of the
one being controlled.

‘Well. At least the hostage will make him work hard.’

And as Hansoo guessed, Gwanje clenched onto his teeth and charged towards him as
the priest laughed coldly towards that Gwanje and then sighed.

‘Good. The scents work well but it’s a bit problematic.’

He needed to spread the scent again in order to change the orders of telling him to
rush here to killing Hansoo but there was no time.

Using a hostage was much quicker.

‘Keep fighting. Kuhuu.’

It seemed like Gwanje had been injured slightly but that didn’t matter.

Since slaves existed for their owners in the first place.

Since he just needed to change the orders while he fought, rest up and then join with
him later.

While the priest was laughing coldly, Hansoo took a glance at Gwanje who was rushing
up to him and just ignored him.

And then he gathered up all the strength in his body and struck the spear towards the
heart of the priest.

Shooooo
“No!”

Gwanje, who was charging at Hansoo, freaked out as he screamed.

His wife would die before the priest at this rate.

But Hansoo’s thoughts were quite laid back.

Since he knew that the priest had no room for leisure.

‘He wouldn’t be able to even use her as a shield, would be still hold onto her?’

It seemed like he forgot during the chaos but that woman had no effect as a hostage
against Hansoo.

The priest seemed to have realized this as he made a demonic expression, threw away
the female that he was holding onto and then shouted out loudly.

“Block! Block him!”

He then threw the scents towards Gwanje and tried to escape somewhere.

‘Damn. I’ll have to look for another chance in the future.’

Folding after accomplishing the things to this point was quite regrettable but he had
at least succeeded in dragging out the Akarons.

Then it was okay.

He needed to get out of this place first.

At that moment Hansoo shouted out.

“Sofía !”

At that moment Sofía , who was in the corner in order to not get swept up in the battle,
threw her jade marbles towards Gwanje.

Chujujujuk

At that moment Gwanje’s entire body froze up.

Of course this much wasn’t even close to giving Gwanje a large amount of damage.

Gwanje seemed to have realized this as he broke the ice around his body and tried to
smash Hansoo.
If a line of words from Hansoo hadn’t been heard.

“Stay still right there. Isn’t that enough? You didn’t receive an order that said <Come
all the way here>.”

Hansoo knew of the weakness of the scent more than anybody since he used it himself.

Flinch

Gwanje flinched at those words.

‘Oh yeah… ’

The scents that had been thrown to him couldn’t get to him due to the ice prison
around him.

He had indeed accomplished the <Come here> order per the scents.

Gwanje tried to pour strength into his body as a test.

And his body, which had accomplished the orders, wasn’t being controlled by the
scents as he was allowed to move his body.

“Stay there.”

Hansoo left behind Gwanje who was making a strange expression as he chased the
priest through the ant tunnels.

Like a hunter chasing a wounded beast.

Sofía slowly walked as she approached Gwanje who was standing there frozen as an
ice statue.

“This woman is your wife? Girlfriend?”

Gwanje cautiously moved his body in order to not break the ice.

‘Wife.’

“Hmm…”

Sofía shook her head as she saw Gwanje coming to save his wife despite becoming
covered in blood.

“I don’t really like you but… This woman has no sins. I’ll look after her so just stay
there for a bit. Since the scents will rush up to you if you break the ice.”

‘Okay.’

The moment he came outside the ice the scents will order him to attack Hansoo.

Then Hansoo may lose the priest.

Gwanje stood in within the ice prison and looked at his wife in a daze.

‘…Could we go back to how we were in the past even if she woke up.’

Gwanje, who finally had the leisure to look around, sighed deeply.

The priest clenched his teeth after a long run.

The situation behind him was clear.

A failure.

And soon he will be caught.

Boooom!

Karbana, who had smashed off the spear that had flown towards him once more,
pondered for a bit.

What to do.

‘Is this it?’

Was achieving the Crown of Thorns after reaching the top of the Akarons and
acquiring the old territory really not possible anymore?

The priest realized it quickly.

‘Yeah it’s impossible.’

This was the end.

The guy behind him had no reason to keep him alive and even if he were to get out
from here, there was no point.

What would he be able to do alone?

‘Then… There’s no point in dying alone.’

He couldn’t acquire the glory.

Then the best method at this point was erasing all of history.

The entire history of the fallen Akaron.

And that was simple.

As long as there was nobody to remember it.

‘I’d rather not be remembered by anybody than being remembered as a failed race.’

The priest laughed coldly as he started to run towards the Reflux Organ.

‘Dumbass. Is there a necessity to go that far just to call out the Akarons?’

His plans were quite simple.

Go above the white lion, Lazar after taking control of the Akaron.

And then sink the dirty humans.

“Hoo… Hooh.”

The priest looked at the giant Reflux Organ in front of his eyes.

Crackle

The Graphite was slowly being cracked apart by the flowing liquids in the organ.

‘I remember burying the rest of the Graphites around here somewhere.’

The priest looked around for a moment and then soon found the Graphites that were
buried deep within the ground.

Tens of tons of Graphites were buried deep within the ground of the ant tunnels.

‘This is more than enough for the Gragos to take a bath.’

This was the final chance.

The humans weren’t stupid, after this chaos they will guard this location like a
fortress.
Kududuk

As the priest shoved his hands down, tons of Graphites were lifted up by the priest.

The moment the priest tried to throw the boulder into the Reflux Organ, he flinched
for a moment.

‘…Why are there no spears coming this way?’

That damned spear should’ve flown towards him and attacked him already.

Karbana looked towards the ant tunnels due to his confusion but then he could see
Hansoo who was looking towards the Reflux Organ in a troubled manner.

And realized why he hadn’t thrown the spear.

Kururururu

Margoth Du Capucio.

The ones who had been lured here due to Gwanje had remained behind at the Reflux
Organ and were gulping down the body fluids.

These things seemed to still be angered as they were still growling out in a rough
manner even whilst drinking the fluids.

‘The Divine Beast is helping me.’

And as if he had come out from a different ant tunnel, there was quite a distance from
him and Hansoo.

If those things roamed around then it was obvious that even Hansoo couldn’t throw
his spear around any way he wanted.

Since he will attract their attention in an instant.

The priest’s head started to quickly set out a plan.

‘This… I might be able to survive if I’m lucky.’

He knew of a secret place where he would live even if the Gragos were to take a turn.

Except that he would’ve been caught by that guy before he even reached that location.

But if the Margoths were there like that and Hansoo needed to work quickly in order
to solve the Graphite problem then he might be able to live.

‘Someone at your level would survive if the Gragos took a turn but let’s see if you really
can.’

The priest laughed coldly as he threw the Graphite boulder.

Hoooong!

The giant green boulder cut across the air as it flew into the Reflux Organ.

Kurururur

The Margoths looked at that boulder and then ignored it as it didn’t pose much threat
to them.

Since their stomachs were quite full for them to get angry at that.

‘Try blocking it.’

At that moment Hansoo looked towards him and then mumbled something.

‘You… can’t live?’

Karbana snorted.

What would that guy be able to do?

At that moment Hansoo applied something onto the spear as he ignored the Graphite
and then threw the Forked Lightning.

Zooooom!

The priest looked at the spear and then smiled.

‘Aiming for me?’

Boooom!

The Forked Lightning smashed into his body.

Kuduk

The pain made his whole body squirm and scrunch up but the priest just smiled in
leisure.
‘Good. Very good.’

Kyaaaaak!

The Margoths who were drinking at the organ reacted to the golden spear that flew
through the air.

They all felt how the spear made them feel earlier.

Soon the Margoths smelled an unknown scent that pierced through their noses and
then turned around.

Same for Karbana.

Karbana could only freak out at the scent that permeated out from the spear that
smashed into him.

‘Scent! Stimulant Scent! Damn! What did he do in order for them to give him a thing like
this!’

The Stimulant scent that he had given Gwanje was extremely dangerous so it was only
allowed to be held by the Garde-Barong who protected the temple or the priest
themselves.

How could they give such a thing to an outsider?

‘What is this… Did he save the entire race or something?’

Roar!

The Margoth’s eyes soon turned red as they started to madly charge towards Karbana.

Karbana clenched his teeth and tried to run as he saw the scene of over 20 of the 1km
tall lifeforms rushing towards him.

Since the distance between him and them were getting short at a rapid pace.

Puff

At that moment something started to puff up from his body.

‘This is!’

What were these sticky mucus that were covering his entire body?
He could see Hansoo who had sat down on the ground as if he had exhausted all his
mana.

“Damnit!”

Karbana clenched his teeth and quickly tried to rip apart the bundles of spores that
were around his body.

Dudududuk

Though it wasn’t easy to rip apart the binds on his body that were created from a large
amount of mana but he still had a Margoth-level body.

Though his muscles were in a mess and there were cracks in his bones, it could still
show off a mighty strength.

‘Done!’

But the moment the priest escaped the mucus that held down his body, he felt his
surroundings get darker.

‘…Uh?’

Rip

At that moment.

Karbana got ripped apart along with the Graphite that he was standing upon.

Kyaaaak!

Hansoo, who had been looking at the Margoth Du Capucios who were in a frenzy in
order to rip apart a small object even whilst fighting with each other, retrieved the
Forked Lightning as he started to walk back towards the tunnel.

‘Tsk. I wanted to keep him alive and use him. Well he dropped quite a bit.’

There were many artifacts that he had dropped on the way.

And quite a lot of them were useful as well.

Hansoo made a confused expression after returning back while picking up the
artifacts like Hansel and Gretel.
‘…Mmm?’

“Uwaaa! What is this!”

Hansoo frowned as he looked at Gwanje who had broken through the ice and was
making a ruckus.
Hansoo quickly rushed towards where the noise came from after hearing the strange
shouts of Gwanje.

Three people could be seen inside the priest’s living quaters.

The most unique looking one out of those was the woman who was the hostage
previously.

“Aaak! Aaaak! Kyaaaak!”

“Please do something about this!”

The female who looked to be korean squirmed her whole body and made an
expression full of pain.

She couldn’t even scream as if it was extremely painful.

The one screaming was of course Gwanje who had been looking next to him.

‘Damnit! What is this! Why is this happening! Why!’

Gwanje was flustered.

The moment he realized that the controlling method had been broken apart he broke
out of the ice and woke up his wife, Mihyang.

It was good up to this point.

But why was his wife wringing around in pain like this?

Sofia frowned at the sight of these two and then pushed back Gwanje.

“Move.”

Crackle

Sofia applied a few more skills onto her freezing jade skill and then froze Gwanje’s
wife whole.
Though she was a hostage, her body should still be at the level of a newcomer to the
Orange Zone.

Though her bodily metabolism would decrease, she wouldn’t die from this.

“Huuu…”.

Gwanje made a dejected expression at the sight of his wife who seemed to have fallen
asleep again within the ice and then fell down.

‘Will she be in pain like this from now on?’

Then letting his wife sleep like this for eternity was the best option for her.

Hansoo approached behind Gwanje and then swept the woman with mana.

And then realized the reason for her pain.

‘He used this woman as a storage device.’

Liquid metal.

He had stored the few remaining silvery liquids that were leftover after forming
Gwanje’s body inside the woman’s body.

It wouldn’t’ve mattered if she was asleep but the moment she was awake the liquid
had gone on a rampage.

“It’s a side effect of the bodily enhancement surgery. She would be in a huge amount
of pain.”

She wouldn’t die since the amount of the liquid was much less than what was in his
body but that was probably the limit.

She will suffer from intense pain the moment she wakes up again.

While Gwanje was making a pained expression from the explanation, Hansoo spoke
out.

“This is good.”

“What? This bastard!”

Hansoo shook his head as he saw Gwanje who was trying to punch him.
“I don’t mean that it’s good for me but I’m saying that it’s good for you.”

“…?”

Gwanje growled as he stared at Hansoo’s mouth.

Hansoo didn’t speak anything as he showed Gwanje his own injury.

Gwanje made an expression of disbelief at something silvery that was bubbling like
squirming like bugs within the injury on his arm.

“You… This…”

“My situation is very similar as well.”

Gwanje’s expression of disbelief turned even more exaggerated.

‘No way. He withstood through the pain all along?’

He knew that pain as well.

Since that great priest had showed him what happened to his body once it failed.

Actually the pain was not something that humans can withstand.

And his wife had also screamed out to the point of ripping apart her throat.

No, this guy’s pain was probably not even comparable to his wife’s.

Though his enhancement surgery had gone well, he was filled up with the silvery
liquid all over his body.

‘What the hell are you?’

Hansoo spoke as he looked at that Gwanje.

“Work for me.”

Though the cure for the body enhancement surgery and the cure for the calamity of
death were completely different, their core materials were the same.

<Margoth Du Tiradus>.

The most powerful Margoth of all.

A thing that ate Margoth Du Gracioses as their main diet and Margoth Du Capucios as
dessert.

‘Though it would be hard to acquire it, it’ll be like catching two birds with one stone.
Anyways, there’s a lot of places to use it.’

Befitting of the great priest title, there were plenty of rare elixirs that Oteon the
priestess didn’t have.

Items of the temple that could all impact the Gragos and the Margoths.

Gwanje pondered for a moment while Hansoo was searching around the living
quarters of the Great Priest but he made a decision.

‘There’s no reason to not hear it out if there indeed is a method to solve this. Hoo… My
blood sugar level is dropping.’

Gwanje took out a graphite candy, Greenlight, and then spoke towards Hansoo as he
threw it.

“You eat one too. Anyways, what do I have to do?”

“We need more Margoth levels. I hope I could receive the help of those in your clan…”

Weaklings weren’t needed in catching the Tiradus.

Since they wouldn’t even be able to catch up.

Gwanje made a helpless expression.

The four including Bali Roper had died by his hands.

And two of the Ursa Major had died during the process as well.

‘Well they deserved those deaths.’

If those guys were thrown in Korea then they’ll be convicted with at least 2000
charges.

And only on rape and murder cases.

Anyways, there were only three left in the Rerorerore clan.

“Those three probably won’t listen as well. They don’t really listen to my orders that
well.”
“Don’t worry. You just need to follow my orders.”

Hansoo laughed after sending a red carrier pigeon into a direction as he chewed down
upon the Greenlight.

“What is this. Why is he telling us to stop fighting.”

Akaella, one of the Ursa Major who had gone into the Forest of Horns in order to chase
the Akarons, frowned as she read the carrier pigeon that had flown in.

Akaella made an uncomfortable expression as she looked at the two giant horns in the
distance.

‘I don’t wanna be here that long.’

Though Akaella ran around the Gragos as if it was a small playground, if she could pick
out a place she didn’t want to go to then it would be this Forest of Horns.

Since both the things that she hated were located here.

‘I don’t know when that crazy bitch, Enbi Arin, is going to get here.’

Akaella looked towards the other two Ursa Majors and spoke.

“What shall we do?”

Altarim and Starring pondered for a moment and then shook their heads.

Though they had sent them in, it would be quite burdensome for them to fight as them
three.

Since five of the Akarons were quite powerful.

It was better to regroup to finish them off than overexerting themselves.

“Standby. We would only receive more casualties if we fight by ourselves. That person
should have some form of a plan.”

“…Hmm. He shouldn’t be thinking of anything different.”

Akaella’s pretty eyes frowned once more.

Since it was a bit regretful.

‘I can’t always stay in this lower zone and clean around.’

Body enhancement surgery.

She had been enticed by that strength and stayed around Gwanje.

The vitality of his body which mended broken bones in an instant and survived
through drinking poison was too tempting.

He could also stay underneath the water without breathing for greatly extended
periods of time.

This was the reason why she had stayed here and not gone up to the Yellow Zone
despite having attained the Margoth level for 4 years.

Waiting here while the goal was right in front of her eyes was making her jittery.

‘There’s nothing I can do about this.’

“Hey. My foot. While we rest.”

“…Yes.”

“Hyuro. Puppy.”

Akaella extended her foot towards a pretty man whom she had picked out personally.

Though his strength was just at the level of a 5th year, she had picked him out because
of his looks.

‘Well. I would be quite busy if I was in the other zone, I should enjoy this for a bit.’

She felt good as a man who looked like a handsome actor was licking her foot.

Altarim and Starring looked at this scene as they clicked their tongues but then started
to polish their weapons, the axe and the nunchucks.

Since they needed to due to the excessive amounts of blood.

“Anyways, we’re all grouping here? How long do we have to stay here?”

The moment Altarim finished speaking, something charged towards them at an

extreme speed.

Ooooooong.
Akaella frowned as she looked at the distance.

‘…One’s the clan patriarch. Who’s that person next to him?’

Gwanje had something dangling upon his side as he was flying.

Booooom!

A dust cloud was created as Gwanje landed.

The moment Akaella looked at the person on his side that seemed to have become a
hostage to him.

Hansoo who had come in with a look of being suppressed by Gwanje also looked over
those guys.

An expression that wasn’t nervous at all.

Gwanje was covered in blood and their numbers were two.

But they had three.

‘It was true that they didn’t treat him much like a patriarch.’

Their attitudes told him immediately.

Since one woman didn’t even bother to get up as she just received her foot massage.

‘Well. Anyways, I gotta let Gwanje take care of this from here. Why did he throw me so
hard though.’

Smack!

“Kuuu…”

Hansoo rolled about on the ground after getting thrown while being tied up by metal
chains.

Akaella looked at Hansoo who had been thrown on the ground while being completely
tied up and then remembered something.

‘Is that the guy that old man Jongsang was speaking about? That rookie from the Red
Zone. It seems that he wasn’t that much.’

She could have these thoughts as she saw Hansoo rolling around the floor.
Akaella coldly laughed at Hansoo as she spoke towards Gwanje.

“Our Patriarch seems to know alchemy as well. Trading away those three crazy guys
for a single weakling.”

Where did he send off those three maniacs from the Ursa Majors including Gordon
and bring a guy like this?

Gwanje coughed out blood as he spoke.

“Hoo… They’re all dead. The three from the Ursa Major. They got ambushed by this
guy.”

“What?”

Akaella freaked out.

Was this guy strong enough to the point where he could smash apart the three from
the Ursa Major and even injure Gwanje to this extent?

Gwanje added more words in order to clarify.

“This brat allied with the Crown Clan. He had brought four Margoth levels including
Bali Roper. Hoo…”

“Mmm…”

Akaella finally nodded as if she had understood.

Since the guys from the Crown Clan were quite formidable.

They weren’t 3rd just for show.

‘It seems they had ambushed them perfectly when we had split our forces in two. Quite
formidable. Well, though we won anyway.’

Akaella clicked her tongue for a bit, kicked away the guy who was licking her foot and
then got ready.

“Anyways why did you bring that guy? And why did you tell us to stop fighting?”

Gwanje smiled confidently at those words.

“Don’t be surprised. It seems that this guy knows the location of the Temple. I heard it
personally.”

“Uh? Without catching an Akaron?”

“Look at his body.”

Akaella and the other two from the Ursa Major looked over Hansoo’s body at that
moment.

And then exclaimed out.

“As expected…”

There were clear signs of the body enhancement surgery on this guy’s body.

Which meant that this guy clearly had a connection with the Akarons and the Temple.

And even to the point of remembering the Temple unlike Gwanje.

‘Then there’s not really a need to fight with the Akarons.’

Their goal was the Body Enhancement Surgery, not war.

Gwanje smiled at those three as he spoke.

“You understand right? You’ve done well so far. Isn’t it about time for you to receive
your reward?”

Gwanje then whispered very quietly to the three.

“Actually there’s only one thing I ask of you. After you get this, just go up.”

“…?”

Gwanje shrugged at the confused expressions.

“The moment I learned of the location of the Temple from this guy I wanted to just go
and destroy it instantly. Since all the other clans will crowd up in order to receive the
surgery if they hear about it. But then there’s no way you guys would agree.”

Akaella nodded.

There were a lot of Baladi levels.

For all of them to become a Margoth level.

The factor of strength that played a huge role in control would get smashed apart in
an instant.

“And I can’t ignore the fact that I found the temple forever. Since you guys won’t stay
still. But then once you guys get this you will become much more stronger than I am.”

Akaella nodded at these words.

Since he was perfectly correct.

To push back finding the temple while not fighting with the Akarons despite being
right in front of them?

They themselves would not stand still.

“So let’s make a contract. I want to stay here a bit more. You know my plan. I want to
tame the Gragos. But if strong people like you exist then it’ll be hard to control others.
Please just quietly go up.”

Akaella finally knew of Gwanje’s thoughts.

If they go up then all the Ursa Majors will disappear and only Gwanje will remain.

Then since they can’t attack the Akarons, pushing back the search for the Temple
would be a viable excuse and he would be able to lead the clan the way he wanted to
during that time.

‘This guy wants to control the Gragos to that extent? This crazy guy. There are plenty of
other things if you wanted a pet.’

Akaella clicked her tongue but nodded as there was nothing bad about this.

They wouldn’t have any reason to stick around anyway after they received the surgery.

And it was burdensome for them to fight after their forces had been dwindled.

“Good. Let’s get out by ourselves first.”

They all knew that the Ursa Major’s personalities were quite bad so nobody
approached them while they rested anyway.

So the only people here were the four of them and Hansoo who had been caught as a
hostage.
“Why is this guy trembling so much anyway?”

Gwanje coldly laughed as Akaella saw Hansoo who was trembling since a while ago
without a single word.

“Look well. This guy tried to fight me not long after the Body Enhancement Surgery
took place. Because of this the metals didn’t stick and turned him into a mess.”

Akaella made an expression full of fear after scanning Hansoo’s body.

‘Oh my god… His whole innards should be destroyed at this level.’

Akaella instantly dropped a large amount of her guard against this guy.

Since she didn’t think that he would be able to move with so much pain running
through his body.

‘We should be careful after we receive the enhanced body as well.’

“Let’s go.”

The five moved the clan into a safe place and then started to fly towards a direction.

And Hansoo slightly smiled while being held hostage under them.

‘Well I didn’t really lie. Since they will indeed be successful in enhancing their body.’

Of course they would fall under his control at the same time since they would receive
the controlling treatment.

Hansoo closed his eyes as he thought of the priestess, Oteon, who would be following
them from a distance.
Kuuuuooo

Forest of Horns.

Trees that grew hundreds of meters tall between the two horns.

There were giant lifeforms that moved past these trees as they broke them down.

Crackle

Smash

The giant Margoth Du Gracioses smashed their head down onto the ground and bit off
the skin of the Gragos as they always had.

In order to drink up the body fluids.

Crunch

Kuoooo?

The Gracioses made a confused expression while they were biting the ground.

Since the liquids that should have been gurgling out didn’t come out at all.

The Margoths frowned as they growled.

They knew why this was the case.

This was when the body fluids of the being that they lived upon was lacking.

Something like this would happen because of that.

Kuooooo!

The biggest Margoth Du Gracios that acted as the leader raised its head and shouted.

They just needed to move towards a location where there was more fluid if it wasn’t
enough.
Though it was empty here, a more plentiful location would come out once they head
towards the tail.

Guooooo!

At that moment a cry that resonated throughout the forest rang out.

Soon hundreds of Gracioses started to move.

In order to find a location where the body fluids will appear.

In order to find a location where their group could survive.

And the location they were headed to had humans located on it.

Bubblebubblebubble

Gwanje clicked his tongue at the giant silver container where the work would be
progressing.

The three who were prepared to jump out the moment anything suspicious happened.

The three had accounted for one of them finishing first and causing harm to the other
two so they had decided to go in at the same time.

Since they just needed to suppress Gwanje if he tried to do something weird.

But that didn’t matter.

Since the controlling method was progressing the same time the Body Enhancement
Surgery was.

As proof of that their wide open eyes were slowly closing.

‘Your excessive greed is going to strangle you in the future.’

Gwanje ignored the three as he looked at Hansoo who was pretending to be stuck on
the ground without being able to move.

And then thought of Hansoo’s proposition.

“Tiradus. Tiradus huh… I’ve only heard about it, for such a thing to exist.”

Gwanje mumbled as he looked at Hansoo.

He had never actually seen a Tiradus himself.

The reason why he knew about the Tiradus was because of a line from a piece of
literature.

That one of their seniors, Kangtae, had left behind as a form of a book.

<If you go deep within the Forest of Horns then… You will see a true monster.
Something that ripped apart the heart of the Margoth and drank the blood of the
Gragos. Nobody should ever approach this deep within that place.>

‘Even if you say it like that… Who could actually go that deep into the Forest of Horns?’

Since there were a large amount of strong beasts within the Forest of Horns, it was
often used as a hunting ground for high level clans.

There were three immediate outposts from the Rerorerore clans near the forest and
another outpost from the strongest clan, <Cross>, also existed nearby.

And 12 other different outposts for hunting were spread around the Forest of Horns
and there were also locations where high level adventurers who weren’t in clans
visited often.

The location where the biggest amount of human forces were concentrated.

There were enormous amounts of people as well.

But no one would go deep within the Forest of Horns.

Since the Forest of Horns was infamous for its swarming numbers of Margoths.

There were a lot of food for the Margoths since there were more veins/arteries
containing body fluids around the head and if you wanted to exaggerate a little bit,
there were so many Margoths here that while you’re trying to catch one, another one
would be running towards you.

‘If that thing eats these Margoths then… It should be humongous right?’

He was told that it ate these Margoths that towered multiple kilometers in length.

It was probably as large as a small mountain.

‘I don’t know how we’re supposed to catch such a thing.’

While Gwanje was clicking his tongue, Hansoo dusted himself off the ground.

Which meant that the three people receiving the body modification surgery inside the
tanks had fallen asleep.

Gwanje asked Hansoo.

“What are you going to do? Is it ten now?”

Himself, the enhanced three, Hansoo and the five pillars of the Akaron.

Ten total.

Hansoo nodded.

“If we look at a single Tiradus itself then… It’s a possible feat.”

“Which means it’s impossible.”

Gwanje frowned.

If they consider only a single Tiradus then it was possible.

Which meant that there was no way to deal with the Margoths they would meet on the
way.

Since the Tiradus resided within the deepest parts of the forest.

“How are you going to deal with the other forces we have then?”

In Gwanje’s head, they needed at least 15 to 20 more Margoth level people in order to
get through the Margoths on the way.

Of course it might be enough if they collected everyone in the top 6 as well as the ones
that roamed around separately.

But he was sure that it would still be impossible to kill the Tiradus even if they filled
the numbers of 20 after catching those people.

“Are you trying to go on a conquest or something? If you want to gather that many
Margoth level people then you would at least need to unify everything under the
heavens.”

Such a dream team wouldn’t be possible unless they were to smash down every clan
beneath their feet.

Hansoo sighed at those words.

He then spoke towards Gwanje.

“It… would probably be possible thanks to you. Sadly.”

“What?”

“You ate too many Graphites.”

“What are you saying?”

The captain of the shock troopers of the Rerorerore clan, Kanch, sighed and wiped his
sword while he was resting in the middle of the Forest of Horns.

“Where did all those guys from the Ursa Major go? After leaving us behind here.”

“Heh. If you get caught saying something like that you will die.”

As his comrade next to him rebuked him, he replied in a depressing manner.

“They might be so incredible but how could they have a skill to hear things thousands
of kilometers away. Anyways, don’t we have no way of dealing with the Akarons
without them?”

Kanch finished speaking and then gazed through the trees across the forest to look at
the Akarons who were glaring at him and his group.

Though he was at the peak of the Baladi level, those Akarons there were Margoth
levels.

It was too much for them.

Where did Akaella and Gwanje run off to?

‘Only after killing those guys would I be able to receive the body enhancement surgery
or something and then go up. Where the hell did these guys go?’

While Kanch was frowning and glaring at the Akarons, a ruckus was created in the
midst of the Akarons.
“…!!!”

“…Run…!”

“Hurry and away… Gragos… There…”

Loud voices that could be heard all the way here.

The Akarons shouted at each other and then started to quickly run away in numerous
directions.

Not towards this cliff, which was their location, but through a completely different
path.

Kanch freaked out as he saw this as he also got up.

If those guys run away and hide then what would happen to everything they have done
so far?

‘Kim Gwanje this bastard. Not even finishing them off and doing your job properly as a
clan leader!’

Kanch quickly rose up and then shouted.

“They’re trying to get out from the Forest of Horns! Create tracking teams, 2nd, 4th,
7th divisions block the way towards area 20 and the 1st division come with me!”

‘I need to find out the reason why they’re running away.’

Though Kanch grumbled a lot, he had grown quite a lot while roaming around the
Otherworld for 7 years.

The Rerorerore clan quickly formed tracking teams and then prepared themselves.

‘Good. They’re all ready.’

Kanch made a content expression as he looked at the 1st division that was completely
armed from head to toe and were standing behind him.

A 30-man team only made of Baladi levels.

People who he had dragged under him in order to have some strength within the clan.

He would even be able to kill a Margoth-level person with this much power.
Though all of them were a bit insane, this was actually better.

‘Since the crazier they are, the better they fight.’

“Let’s go! Just scout their trails lightly and then group with the tracking teams.”

Kanch then flew into the sky.

He was going to scout them from high up.

Though he didn’t do this often since he would be exposing his location to the other
clansmen but that didn’t matter right now.

Kanch raised his body 500m into the air and then looked at the trails of the Akarons.

And then quickly shouted beneath him.

“Run away! Get to the 2nd outpost! 2nd outpost! The Gracios are on a stampede!”

Akol, the vice leader of the 1st division, frowned as he heard Kanch’s shouts.

The 2nd outpost was in the complete opposite direction of the direction the Akarons
were running in.

Which means that he had completely given up the Akarons.

‘What the hell. Why is the Gracios coming towards us a problem?’

Akol made a confused expression.

The Margoths Du Gracios which were the most numerous in numbers were quite big
but they were slow so they didn’t move that fast.

And they didn’t really like to chew on humans so they weren’t that threatening.

‘A joke. To kill such things and to call themselves a Margoth level.’

Others freaked out at Margoth levels but he was never afraid.

And his actual hobby was sliding down the backs of Gracioses.

The moment Akol snorted at this the ground started to rumble and shake.

Akol suddenly freaked out.

Since this wasn’t a vibration that happened when the Margoths moved slowly.

Kuoooooooo!

At that moment large roars were heard in the distance.

From hundreds of locations at the same time.

Then the cliff the Akarons were hiding behind instantly got destroyed.

Boooom!

Akol freaked out as he started to run away.

“Uwaaaaaa!”

Kuoooooo!

Hundreds of beasts that towered multiple kilometers high were on a mad stampede.

Akol finally realized why the others were afraid of Margoth levels.

‘Those guys killed things like this?!?!’

There was a huge difference between them standing around calmly and when they
were mad.

Since the mountains collapsed and the ground cracked apart.

The trees that got hit by the bodies of the Margoths flew out like meteors so the
clansmen who were in the way of it turned into a mud of flesh.

‘Why are they in such a hurry!’

Akol dodged the wooden fragments as he clenched his teeth.

The hundreds of Gracioses were stealing glances behind their back as they were madly
trying to get away from something.

In the same manner that they were trying to get away from the Gracioses.

What kind of existence did one need to be in order to make these things deathly afraid.

‘I’ve never seen such a creature before?’

Crack

The moment Akol made a confused expression and looked behind him.

Booooooong

Something appeared in the air while flapping its wings.

‘Uh?’

Akol squinted his eyes.

Since it was extremely small.

No, it wasn’t that small.

Since the 10m tall steel angel was much larger than humans and also looked much
sturdier.

But this was as far as humans went.

Compared to the Gracios, they weren’t even comparable to the flies that sucked blood
from the cows.

‘Is that?’

At that moment.

The steel angel in the air suddenly disappeared.

Akol’s eyes couldn’t even track it.

Kuduk

Kuuuunngg!

At that moment the giant male Gracios that was in the very back cried out in pain.

And then something smashed through the heart of the Gracios as it ran away.

The steel angel that had disappeared from Akol’s vision.

Udududuk

The Gracios that looked like the leader of them all fell down even without being able
to scream.

And the thing that smashed through the giant heart laughed as it started to chew down
on the thing in its hands.

Akol felt a chill run down his back as he ran in order to get away.

Kiruruk

At that moment.

The angel frowned as it saw Akol run away.

It pulled out the thing it was eating from within its mouth and then threw it like a
projectile.

Puguk

“…Uk? Uwuhh…”

Akol made an expression of disbelief at the thing that had pierced through his heart.

A very small bone fragment that seemed to belong to the Gracios.

And in his blurring vision, he could see a beastly existence that was throwing things
in all directions as if it was trying to catch everything.

“Once the Margoths move out the Tiradus will come out. Though it would become
easier for me…”

Hansoo mumbled.

Margoth du Tiradus.

It would survive on a single Margoth for a whole year.

So this predator didn’t really run around much as it stayed asleep in the deepest part
of the Forest.

But there is indeed a time when this guy goes on a rampage.

The great move of the Margoths.

Once the Margoths come out to the body of the Gragos in search for food, these guys
would start killing. Not for food but as a <Hunt>.

The target of this hunt was every other Margoths other than the Tiradus.

“A lot will die. So we need to catch it fast. Focus and let’s go. Since their treatments
finished up.”

“…”

Gwanje looked into the sky in a daze even while listening to Hansoo’s words.
The Forest of Horns that was ablaze.

Gwanje made a bitter expression as he ran through this place.

Since this was the result of him and the Great Priest.

‘That is why… I need to save as many people as possible.’

Gwanje quietly mumbled as he thought of his wife that was trapped within the ice.

He couldn’t fail when he had come so far.

At the same time he thought of the words that Sofia had told him before.

<There’s not much time left for your wife.>

<What?>

<She had the liquid metal within her too long. Her vitality is decreasing at a rapid
pace.>

Sofia told him.

That they needed to drag out the liquid metal from her body within a week no matter
what.

He had asked the other priests from the Akarons, they only shook their head and
couldn’t figure out a different method.

Which meant that he needed to catch the Tiradus no matter what and gain Hansoo’s
cure.

‘Catch it no matter what.’

Gwanje clenched onto his daughter’s necklace on his neck that he had retrieved back
from Bali Roper.

His wife, Mihyang, was his only remaining bit of hope in this damned world.
Gwanje furiously clenched down onto his teeth and then chased after Hansoo who was
running in front of him.

Kurururu

The Forest of Horns was in flames.

To be precise the clan areas of the Forest of Horns.

“Uwaaaaak!”

“Damn! Run towards the portal!”

The strongest clan, Cross.

And Enbi Arin, one of the people from Cross, looked at the small creature that was
causing a massacre as she spoke.

“…What shall we do?”

Enbi Arin spoke to her comrades standing next to her.

The clan, Cross, that Eres and Keldian created together.

Their clan had worked intensely without a stop in order to create an area in this
damned Orange Zone where humans could at least survive on.

They created laws and rules to follow, gave people responsibilities and divided
authority and also allowed anyone who was willing to follow these things they had set
up to enter their area of control and even become one of them.

And then there was this current situation

This ‘Fence’ that they had so painstakingly built up was getting destroyed by a single
crazy beast.

Since the Cross clan was the closest to the Forest of Horns with respect to other clans
since they were the strongest.

‘It’s a first, feeling as weak as this.’

Enbi Arin looked at the steel angel in the distance as she pulled out a cigarette created
from a dried plant in this world.
Though there were 6 Margoth level people in the Cross clan, they had no way of
stopping this massacre.

They might’ve been able to push it back with numbers if it had a large body but with
such a small body, there was no point of trying to push it with numbers.

Since the target area was too small and there weren’t many who could follow its
movements with their eyes.

‘Only the Margoth levels matter in this fight but… 6 cannot do anything.’

They needed help.

At that moment the carrier pigeons she had sent in numerous directions came back.

Carrier pigeons that she had sent to the other Margoth levels in the top 6 clans as well
as the ones that roamed by themselves.

If they were combine all their numbers then around 20 Margoth levels would be
gathered.

But Enbi Arin started to inhale the cigarette smoke in a much more annoyed manner
as she read the replies.

“The Crown clan has been massacred from colliding against the Rerorerore clan and
the remaining Rerorerore clansman are all missing due to some Akaron issue. Hooh.
They’re really befitting of their name, creating such a damned situation until the end.”

Close to 10 Margoth levels had disappeared in an instant.

The remaining Margoth level people could be discovered through scouting and none
of them had replied to the Cross clan’s messages.

Since the danger levels would increase dramatically if close to 10 Margoth levels were
to not participate and since they didn’t lose out on anything by not killing that monster.

They just needed to go up to the next zone through the portal.

It didn’t matter if the people here died or not.

‘Eres, Keldian… I respect your abilities but it seems you thought of humans in a bit too
simplistic way.’
Enbi Arin mumbled as she inhaled the smoke.

Another aspect of society that had been created due to the rules.

Eres and Keldian thought that their setup would’ve been able to unify the whole
Orange zone in an instant.

Since the people who joined were able to guarantee their safety with a small amount
of work and responsibility.

And in truth their Cross clan, though being located in the most dangerous area, had
the highest survival rate and was growing strong very quickly.

But they had only gained around 10% of the area of the Gragos.

“What are we going to do?”

Karlet, Enbi Arin’s comrade, asked her.

They were the protectors who kept the people inside the Cross safe for the past 3
years.

But Karlet himself was making a bitter expression.

Since then 6 going against that thing was basically a suicide mission.

Enbi Arin threw the finished cigarette as she mumbled.

“There’s no need for a win. Let’s just buy some time. Save as many as possible, those
who should back off just back off.”

There were too many clansmen within the area of the Cross clan and they cared too
much for these people to just let them die.

“My biggest mistake in my life was becoming friends with you, damned bitch. Let’s
go…”

Boooom!!!

Even before Karlet could finish his words the giant tree that they set their base upon
got penetrated by something.

Kudududuk
“Kuhuk…”

Karlet held onto his right arm that had been cut as he clenched down onto his teeth.

A white spear, which looked like a bone fragment of a Margoth, penetrated through
the 10m thick tree and smashed into Karlet’s right arm.

But if Enbi Arin hadn’t blocked it then his entire arm would’ve been gone.

Enbi Arin covered her body with her trait that ripped apart all the criminals that went
against her in the tutorial zone, <Tainted Emotion>, as she mumbled.

“…There wasn’t a need for us to go find it.”

The steel angel was flying through the air at an extremely fast speed and heading
towards them.

The six of them used every skill they could muster up as they started to charge towards
it.

‘Oh god… ’

The first pillar, Taruhol, frowned as he looked at the chaotic world.

‘Tiradus… I knew it would act out but not this early.’

Tiradus.

This thing, which was at the peak of the Margoths, was different from the Gracios
which only acted upon their instincts.

It thought about its survival, planned for the future and even knew how to enjoy.

This was why it didn’t act that much most of the time.

Since the amount of food will decrease the more they kill.

But there is indeed a time when their savagery is released completely.

During the time the Margoths have to great move due to the lack of body fluids the
Gragos.

The Tiradus, which knows that the Gragos will have a flip if they didn’t decrease the
number of Margoths now, will completely release the suppressed savagery.

‘The problem is that… It doesn’t only kill Marogths.’

They, the Akarons, weren’t exempted from this.

While Taruhol was clenching his teeth, Hansoo rushed up from the distance.

Taruhol was shocked at the three standing behind Hansoo.

Three who radiated an intensely powerful aura.

‘He enhanced the bodies of Margoth levels with the body enhancement surgery huh.’

Though they hadn’t risen a whole level in strength, they should be able to show off the
power of around 3 Margoths with that much strength.

Akaella, one of the three, shouted as she grinded her teeth at Hansoo who was
controlling her body.

“You damned bastard! Fuck!”

Hansoo ignored Akaella as he spoke to Taruhol.

“Let’s hurry, we need to kill it as fast as possible before the black one pops out.”

Taruhol made an expression of fear after hearing those words.

Black Tiradus.

The second form of the Tiradus that appeared only from time to time even during the
great move of the Margoths.

Hansoo checked the gear that he had.

‘…Not sure if this is enough.’

He didn’t like uncertainty.

So he needed a trump card.

Hansoo spoke towards Gwanje.

“We’re going to fight from now on.”

“Not me?”

Gwanje made a confused expression.

They would need all the help they can get, why was he being exempted?

Hansoo pointed towards a location deep within the Forest of Horns.

A deep place within the forest which the Margoths and the Tiradus came out from.

“There’s something you need to bring.”

This job was dangerous as well as being very important.

To the point of him wanting to get it himself.

But he had to block the Tiradus.

‘Clever bastard.’

The Tiradus was only killing the strong ones who would get in the way of its massacre
step by step.

Since Enbi Arin’s clan, <Cross>, was getting attacked by it.

The carrier pigeons that were flying in from all around were telling of how dire the
situation was.

They needed to regroup and block the Tiradus before the casualties rose too much.

‘He’s the right guy.’

Hansoo muttered as he looked at Gwanje.

Since he had forces that he could still control as well as being the most desperate.

“What do I need to bring?”

Hansoo handed something over to Gwanje in reply.

Booooom!!

The Tiradus flew around in the skies as it targeted the six people.
The weakest of them to be precise.

As if it was playing with them.

Udududk

The Tiradus appeared in front of Karlet in an instant, grabbed ahold of his right hand
and then pulled it out.

“Aaaaak!”

“Karlet!”

Enbi Arin saw Karlet’s right arm being pulled off as she aggressively charged into the
Steel Angel.

As she felt her strength and agility skyrocketing from her trait.

<Tainted Emotion>.

It raised one’s physical and skill levels from one’s emotions.

Mana and Magic when one was calm.

Stamina and Perception when one was happy.

Strength and Agility when one was angry.

Magical and Physical resistances when one was in despair.

The strongest the emotion the more power this trait gave her.

And the current situation of Enbi Arin was unprecedented rage.

Enbi Arin charged towards the Tiradus with her agility and strength, which had
multiplied to be numerous of times higher than usual, and smashed it’s face.

Gooooongg!

Though a fist and a face had collided, a sound of a battering ram and a castle wall
colliding resonated out.

The laughing face of the Tiradus crumped up slightly.

It shook off Karlet as it flew up into the sky.

It’s movements were so fast that the dried blood on its body got scattered all around.

Due to this the bloody demon-like Tiradus had disappeared as a completely white,
angel-like Tiradus had appeared in the skies.

Though its sinister smile made it scarier.

‘…It seems like it’s turning darker?’

Enbi Arin gazed at the Tiradus floating in the skies as she freaked out from her current
body’s situation.

Her magical and physical resistances were rising.

‘Oh goddammit.’

Though she was in rage, it seems her subconscious was a bit different.

Since the Trait didn’t lie.

Despair was pushing back the rage.

Enbi Arin sighed as she got ready.

She had no thoughts of running away.

And it didn’t look like the Tiradus would let them go anyway.

An annoyed emotion that could be seen in behind the smiling face proved this.

‘…Run away my sister.’

Soon Enbi Arin and the other 5 aggressively collided with the Tiradus.

Booooom!!

The head of the Margoth which was trying to chew up the running clansmen blew
apart.

‘…The road towards it isn’t a joke as well.’

The Margoths and the other high level beasts started to go on a rampage as they saw
the Tiradus being focused on something else as they released their suppressed
savagery.
Due to this the casualties were increasing even faster than when the Tiradus was on a
rampage.

‘Hold on please. You cannot die there.’

Hansoo quickly ran as he looked at the steel angel that was shining with bright light
in the distance.
Hansoo asked Akaella and the others while rushing forward.

“Since it’s a bit boring to go just like this, do you want to have a bet?”

“…I’m not in the mood for it, shut up and just run.”

“It would be beneficial to you guys though.”

“…?”

‘What the hell is he going to say?’

Akaella and the other two Ursa Majors who were being forced by the scents to run
looked at Hansoo as he spoke.

“If you guys can fight better than me, objectively speaking, then I’ll release you guys.”

“Release us?”

“Yes. The Akarons will be our judges.”

Hansoo pointed towards Taruhol standing behind him.

Akaella made an expression of disbelief.

She understood what he was trying to do.

Since it was impossible to pull out all the fighting prowess of an individual with just
the scents.

He’s probably trying to make them fight better.

‘But on what basis?’

Their battle powers far surpassed Hansoo.

It might’ve been different if they hadn’t received the Body Enhancement Surgery but
to Akaella’s ears it sounded like that he was going to just release them.
Akaella replied as she ran.

“I can’t trust you. I don’t trust verbal promises. Let’s use my trait to make a promise.”

Akaella then started to explain her trait, <Covenant>.

A trait which gave a fatal wound to the side that didn’t keep the promise.

With the difference of her and his ability, he might even die if he were to not keep the
promise.

‘Despicable bastard. You probably hadn’t thought that I’d go this far.”

Akaella smirked.

She did not think that he would take on this deal.

Since if she was Hansoo then she would definitely not let themselves go.

She just wanted to see him back off with a flustered expression.

But Hansoo nodded as he answered.

“Sure.”

“…?”

“We start now then.”

Hansoo then flew into the Margoth Du Capucio that was charging towards them.

‘Inner parts of the thigh bone. The vein that flows next to the 3rd nerve.’

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Certain locations on the Margoths exploded in order.

At the same time the skin exploded the Pandemic blade’s pores rushed into the wound.

The pores took over the skin as well as flowing deep within the Margoth through the
veins.

Koooungg!
‘Then to the left surface vein… towards the Aorta.’

There were anatomical charts of every Margoths within the memory crystal of
Elkadion.

And of course he had memorized all of them.

All of the weak points on the Margoths got drawn out inside Hansoo’s head.

It was impossible to kill such a huge organism in a single strike.

And these surprisingly nimble things were very good at dodging attacks towards their
fatal locations.

‘Attack weaknesses one by one and when a chance for a fatal spot opens up then smash
it apart.’

When its movements started to slow down.

Hansoo’s eyes shone.

‘Found it.’

As the strength in its legs gave out, the head stopped moving momentarily in order to
catch balance.

At that moment.

The golden spear that flew in between the Margoths’s mouth pierced through the
ceiling of the mouth and then bored into the head.

Kuuuhhhnggg!

The giant Capucio stopped momentarily.

And then the giant head that was high up above the sky fell down towards the ground
like a meteor.

Boooooom!

Hansoo ran out through the dust cloud that was created from the impact as he spoke
towards Akaella who was fighting in the back.

“Work harder. You guys would need to combine the results of around two people to
compare with me right now. The contract was one person to one. I’ll only release those
who kill more than me.”

‘What the hell!’

Akaella grinded her teeth as she smashed down the head of the Capucio that was
charging towards her with a pressure wave.

She definitely had way more strength, attack power, stamina and defense than him.

But the reactions were different.

The Margoths were only making dizzy expressions from her attacks while they were
falling down every time he attacked.

And another thing.

‘That maniac. Did he receive the body enhancement surgery just to do that?’

Akaella looked at Hansoo who was bleeding a silvery metal liquid as well as actual
blood from all over his body.

The only location on his body that was still intact was the two legs that were used to
charge towards the Tiradus.

The other parts of the body had long been turned into a mess due to the tails or the
claws of the Margoths that flew towards him like a comet.

He solely focused on attacking only where he would trade even blows with the
Margoths as he stuck close to them.

Boooom!

Akaella swirled her tongue around her mouth as she saw Hansoo withstanding the
force from the tail that smashed into him as he started running atop of that very tail.

Though his body might not blow apart since he had some defense from gear and the
reinforcement skills but then one still should not receive these hits head on.

‘But then he’s not really stepping over the line either.’

He wasn’t crazy enough to strike down one more spear into the Margoth no matter
what happened.

He calculated the distance to the next Margoths and only received enough damage to
heal on the way.

Though he looked like a mess all the time, his battle condition was always at the peak
when he met a new Margoth.

‘…What the hell have I been doing for 7 years?’

Akaella made an expression of despair.

She had to approve of his skills.

‘He was confident huh.’

She had thought that fighting after one had gotten strong was the best.

Since it would be easy to smash down the opponent with powerful skills and artifacts.

So she couldn’t even dare to mimic such a battle tactic where one allows oneself to get
smashed around.

‘…I need to get released.’

At this rate it seemed like her slave contract would get lengthened.

Crunch! Crunch.

While Akaella was thinking of numerous things within her head, Hansoo climbed atop
of the Capucio’s head and looked at the Tiradus in the distance while attacking the
cervical nerve after arming himself with the Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement.

‘Almost there.’

The Tiradus was stealing peeks towards this direction from time to time.

Which meant that they, who were steadily making way towards it, were getting on its
nerve.

Boooom!

Taruhol and the other five quickly rushed to the Capucio that hansoo had slowed
down.

Kwadududuk!

Though the Capucio was strong, it couldn’t win over the combined strength of 6
Margoth levels.

Taruhol was the one to finish it off.

Taruhol smashed through the Capucio’s eyes, smashed the core in the center of the
brain and then jumped out.

Kooooongg!

Taruhol praised Hansoo as he dodged the Capucio’s skull that plummeted down all the
way down to the ground.

“It seems like you know the Margoths better than we do.”

‘And he is using the Body Enhancement Surgery very well.’

The Body enhancement Surgery’s main purpose was not the powerful strength or
limitless stamina.

It was the regeneration that allowed one to heal back up even if the whole body was
to get smashed apart.

The silver liquid that ran around one’s body allowed one to regenerate at a rate tens
of times faster than usual.

Mend ripped apart veins and smashed apart bones.

But who would want to test out such abilities?

Regenerating meant that one would first need to get damaged.

‘It’s like seeing the Great Patriach, Mekido.’

He thought of the brave and valliant Great Patriarch who fought against the Tiradus
and smashed its head apart.

After Mekido killed the Tiradus in a one versus one battle.

Nobody could go against him becoming the next Patriarch.

Taruhol, who had been making a leisurely expression, suddenly spoke with a tint of
worry.

“Aren’t we being a bit too noisy? There’s nothing good about being seen by others.”
The eyes of the people who had reached the Orange Zone were sharp enough to see
things tens of kilometers away.

It might be different if they didn’t do anything but if they were to proceed while
smashing down Margoths then they would get caught in their sights.

But Hansoo just shook his head.

‘That’s the important part, being seen.’

Ariel, leader of <Okonelly> which was one of the top 6 clans made an expression of
fear as she looked at the steel angel that was creating a massacre in the distance.

Since it felt like the three Magoth levels in her clan would just get smashed apart up in
the front.

‘Those guys at the Cross are beasts as well. To hold on and be able to fight against such
a thing.’

But they won’t be able to hold on that long.

“Oh no. He only had his right arm left.”

Ariel shook her head while looking at the battle between the Tiradus and the Cross
clan.

Two of the six already had limbs torn off of them.

And the only one who was still fighting well out of the four was Enbi Arin.

They were holding on well but the results would be shown soon.

At the same time one of the lackeys next to her asked Ariel.

“Boss, why are they fighting so hard?”

“Why are you asking, you know already. They’re just like that.”

“Well yeah but I was just asking in case that thing gave something amazing if one were
to kill it.”

Ariel flinched at those words.

‘Hmm?’

If something was strong to that point then it would definitely give out something after
being killed.

But Ariel shook her head.

“Dumbass, think about it. What would the Cross know about that thing? They’re just
like that from the start.”

‘Retards.’

Ariel clicked her tongue.

There was a reason why they were fighting up in the front.

In order to let the other clansmen from Cross run away.

At that time one of the people that were looking in the opposite direction from Ariel
shouted out.

“Boss! The Rerorerore clan guys are heading towards the Cross clan’s territory! Target
is the Tiradus!”

“What? They went to kill the Akarons.”

As Ariel asked in confusion, the guy shouted out again as he received messages from
all around.

“Reports say that the Rerorerore clan suddenly rushed out after hearing that the
Tiradus came out! Akaella and the other 2 people are currently heading towards it!”

Ariel and her lackey looked at each other.

They could understand the Cross clan’s actions.

But why were the Rerorerore clan doing this.

They’re trying to join in on the fight?

This wasn’t possible.

Even more so after taking into account of the personalities of the Ursa Major.

The guys who even the clan leader cannot control are trying to join such a dangerous
fight?

At that time something came up in Ariel’s head.

The document that Kangtae guy had left behind in the past.

‘There were rumors of a second part to that thing, perhaps… ’

If there were information left behind by Kangtae then there would probably be
information left behind to the Cross clan that Eres and Keldian, who were of the same
time period as Kangtae, had left behind.

‘It doesn’t seem like we’re in that much of a disadvantage… ’

The more Margoth levels there were, the more amount of danger they faced will
decrease.

At this rate it wouldn’t be bad for them to join in and put in a little bit of effort.

Ariel pondered for a moment and then shouted out.

“Contact the other two. We’re going as well.”

“Yes.”

‘Yeah… This is actually pretty doable.’

She could just back off if things turned bad.

Since the more desperate ones will always lose out more.

Ariel muttered quietly as she looked at the steel angel that was shining extremely
brightly.

‘It’s too hard to throw out human’s nature.’

Hansoo laughed as he looked at the people who had been attracted by greed.

He would’ve had to drag the Tiradus around if they hadn’t come but they were coming
at just the right time.

Boooom!

Hansoo threw the spear into the bright, white Tiradus in the distance.
Gwanje dragged his bloody body through the Forest of Horns into the deep parts.

‘…Thank god the Margoths had run away from the Tiradus, I might’ve gotten buried here
if they hadn’t’.

Dealing with the few on the way had turned his body into a mess.

Gwanje, after a bit of running, ran into the giant hole which seemed like the Tiradus
jumped out from.

‘Was it sleeping underneath here… ’

The hole that the Tiradus smashed through had been melted and welded together due
to the heat created by the collision.

Gwanje dragged his sore body as he carefully climbed beneath the hole.

Since there would be a trump card to deal with the Tiradus within this place.

Gwanje couldn’t believe his eyes after he had reached the bottom.

‘What the hell is this… ’

A capsule-shaped machine which resembled a time machine.

There were clear signs of the Tiradus sleeping next to the 5m tall capsule-shaped
machine.

‘Was it protecting this machine?’

Gwanje knew that the current situation was very dire but he couldn’t win over his
curiosity as he looked over the machine.

The ability that the fairies gave which allowed them to ignore the wall of language
allowed him to even read the mysterious symbols written on the giant capsule.

<Soul Telautograph>.
Gwanje realized that something was wrong as he looked over the Soul Telautograph
machine.

A small keypad that was located on a corner of the Soul Telautograph.

And a very important looking graph was slowly turning black.

Usually, positive things weren’t symbolized by the color black.

The original white graph seemed to have turned almost half black.

‘Damn. It seems like it’s pretty urgent. Anyways… How did the Tiradus have knowledge
of an object such as this?’

Gwanje searched the insides of the Soul Telautograph for the object that had been
drawn on the carrier pigeon that Hansoo had gave him.

And soon Gwanje found the amber colored gem as he tied it onto the red carrier pigeon
and then sent it towards the Cross clan’s area where loud booms were coming from.

‘…It doesn’t seem like a bomb or something. Why does he need it?’

Gwanje made a confused expression as he looked at the flying carrier pigeon.

Boooom!

Hansoo flung his spear towards the Tiradus which had almost turned black halfway
through.

“Who the hell is it!”

Enbi Arin shouted out urgently.

Four of them had created a formation and were suppressing it so it wouldn’t get out.

She knew that they were approaching from afar but why did he suddenly do such a
thing?

Hansoo looked over Enbi Arin.

‘She needs to rest. She shouldn’t fight with her condition.’

“Rest for a bit and then join back. Receive some regeneration runes from those guys
over there.”

“What?”

“We’ll buy some time here.”

Hansoo finished speaking as he stepped forward.

Along with the five Akarons and three from the Rerorerore clan.

Enbi Arin made a strange expression after being pushed into the back.

‘What the hell is that mismatched group?’

Akaron.

And the Rerorerore clan that had targeted them.

Some random guy who she didn’t even know of.

Enbi Arin couldn’t easily back off at the strange group that had appeared in front of
her.

Since it didn’t look like such a group could block the Tiradus.

But then Enbi Arin soon realized that her worries were quite useless.

‘They’re blocking it much better than me.’

The Rerorerore clansmen who she had labeled to be underneath her had returned at
a much stronger level than her.

The Akarons were also very good at dragging around the attention of the Tiradus with
their powerful bodies and well coordinated teamwork.

And the mysterious guy who had talked to her was not normal.

‘…But they can’t kill it like that. Why are they fighting so passively? Are they really just
trying to buy time?’

Enbi Arin frowned.

And Arin wasn’t the only person who thought like this.

Boooom!
Akaella shouted out in rage after being smashed back by the Tiradus’s attack.

“You damned bastard! Why aren’t you letting me attack it!”

That thing was so savage to the point where her enhanced strength was barely enough
to hold on against it.

She couldn’t hold on for long.

Pouring in a large amount of attacks before she got injured or one of the people who
formed the defensive formation got killed was the best choice for decreasing as many
casualties as possible.

But Hansoo was controlling her body and even suppressing it whilst attacking the
Tiradus himself.

The other two Rerorerore clan Margoth levels were also being controlled…

‘Fuck! I don’t want to fight for prolonged times against that thing! Is he trying to throw
us away here?’

While Akaella was flustered from Hansoo’s actions, Hansoo spoke after getting the
attention of the Tiradus by smashing it with his spear.

“Hold on a bit longer. We have to control the amount of damage we give it.”

“What?”

While Akaella was in confusion, a red carrier pigeon flew in from the deep parts of the
Forest.

Hansoo momentarily escaped the range of the Tiradus and caught the carrier pigeon.

‘He accomplished it in time. Good.’

Hansoo attached the small gem that had arrived through the carrier pigeon onto the
tip of Forked Lightning.

Shoook

Unlike its gem-like appearance, it was quite soft so it got pierced through by the spear
and remained on the tip.

Hansoo looked at the gem that had firmly been attached onto the spear as he covered
the Forked Lightning with Demonic Dragon’s Reinforcement.

Very slightly.

Just so that the gem wouldn’t fall out while it flew.

Hoooook

He then flung the spear towards the Tiradus that was charging towards it.

Kiiiiiing

The Tiradus made a strange metallic sound as it looked at the spear that was flying
towards it but then ignored it as it focused on the others.

Though the spear that was flying towards it was fast and accurate, it lacked a very
important factor.

Power.

With that much power it couldn’t even come close to penetrating its special surface.

Kuuung

The Forked Lightning got embedded within the small gap between the plates on the
steel angel.

But only that far.

The spear, which had been embedded into the Tiradus, instantly fell out as it shook its
body.

‘This damned bastard! Do it properly if you’re going to attack.’

Akaella freaked out while she blocked the attack of the Tiradus head on.

Why would he attack if he couldn’t even get its attention?

But Hansoo simply nodded as he looked at the falling spear.

‘It went in.’

The yellow gem that was on the tip of the spear instantly got absorbed into the body
of the Tiradus.
At the same time the slowly creeping up black light instantly disappeared.

Like ink that had been spread on a white surface getting cleaned off.

But the Tiradus didn’t notice its own change as it still rampaged on but the outer
appearance was clear to everyone there.

‘The suppression stone works properly.’

Hansoo nodded since he had stopped the 2nd phase of the Tiradus which was the
worst part to deal with.

If the Tiradus judged that it had gained enough damage from the opponent then it
would use up its remaining energy and go into phase 2.

From defensive phase to assault annihilation phase.

It would be able to stay in that phase for about an hour.

Though it was short, it was more than enough to crush everything that it deemed
threatening to itself.

Since the black Tiradus, which would then resemble a devil due to its color, should
show off a power that was suitable of its appearance.

Attacking a lot would cause it to turn black and not attacking or weakly attacking it
weak would cause them to get killed by the white version.

It was a very annoying existence in many ways.

‘But since the suppression stone has gone to work, it’s all over.’

The suppression stone forcibly kept it within the first phase.

Now they could attack it as much as they wanted and it wouldn’t go over to its black
phase.

At that moment.

Churururururk!

A giant chain flew through the air and smashed into the Tiradus.

Boooom!
Kyaaaaaak!

The Tiradus looked towards the location the chain flew from after getting annoyed.

Enbi Arin, who had been preparing to join back after healing up a bit, also looked at
the owner of the chain.

‘Okonelly clan… Ariel.’

Enbi Arin frowned.

Around 12 Margoth levels had appeared behind that Ariel.

These were all the people the Cross clan had asked for help from.

Enbi Arin spoke while frowning with her pretty eyes.

”Ariel. What a perfect timing. It seems like the carrier pigeon I sent had slowed down
because it was feasting on some worms huh?”

Ariel, who had been standing in the very front, shrugged her shoulders.

‘No need to back down.’

Though these guys were strong, she had 12 other Margoth levels behind her.

It would be a bit hard to argue just over being a bit late.

‘And the power to decide things aren’t in your hand either.’

“What shall we do? We can back out if you tell us to.”

Ariel smiled in a coyish matter while looking at Hansoo.

‘It’s a bit unbelievable but… That guy is the leader.’

Ariel realized this fact after watching the fight for a bit from the distance.

Surprisingly, that guy over there who she had never seen before was the leader of the
group fighting the Tiradus.

He was leading the Ursa Majors and the Akarons.

Hansoo nodded.
‘They’re willing to work. No need to stop them.’

This moment when the Tiradus had been tied down by the suppression stone.

The more people they had to attack the better it was.

Hansoo nodded slightly as he started to pour attacks towards the Tiradus.

Ariel smiled towards Enbi Arin and then also started to pour in attacks towards the
steel angel.

Kudududuk

Ariel made an expression full of expectancy after seeing the Tiradus which had fallen
from the skies and had gotten embedded into the ground.

This was the reason why most of the Margoth levels on the Gragos had gathered.

But despite such a large number of people attacking it, it still took a long time to get it
down.

Even the Margoth levels of the Cross clan, who were famed of being extremely
powerful even out of the Margoth levels, had been turned into a mess while trying to
block it.

‘There should be some form of reward if this thing was that strong.’

And there was another harvest.

‘Akaella, you must be feeling good after you got that strong.’

Ariel looked at the tired looking Akaella in the distance.

Even a monkey would know how Akaella had gotten that strong.

Body Enhancement Surgery.

‘I can’t just let the Akarons standing back there go like that either.’

The current moment was very important.

Ariel laughed as she looked at Hansoo.

“The distribution should be fair for everyone right?”

Hansoo shrugged as he replied.

“Of course. I don’t care even if you divide it evenly per person.”

He didn’t need all of its materials anyway.

Since the important part was the catalyst anyway.

‘With that I’ll be able to create the cure.’

He could finally see the end to this.

At that time numerous carrier pigeons flew in.

Towards Ariel.

5 other clans who she had sent carrier pigeons to while fighting were sending in
carrier pigeons as if he had gotten quite close.

Ariel laughed as she looked at the carrier pigeons that flew in at the perfect time.

‘Cross clan, Rerorerore clan. You guys shouldn’t have retreated your clansmen that far
back.’

The distribution wasn’t dependent on who worked harder.

It depended on who was the stronger one.

‘And… This guy is too dangerous.’

Cross, Rerorerore and even the Akaron.

If she left the guy in front of her eyes alone then a force that couldn’t even be compared
to the Rerorerore clan would appear.

Ariel finished her thoughts and spoke towards Hansoo in order to start the fight.

“Good. I have a few more propositions by the way.”

“What is it?”

“I hope you can excuse us and leave the Akarons behind you to us… What are you
doing, not even listening to the person speaking?”

Ariel frowned after speaking confidently for a moment.

Since Hansoo fumbled over the corpse of the Tiradus for a moment, pulled out
something, mixed it with some things from his pocket and had drunk it like that.

“Mmm. It isn’t much, my body wasn’t feeling that well lately. What did you say
anyway?”

Chududududk

Kudududuk

Hansoo replied as he heard the pleasant sound of the liquid metal sticking and calming
down all around the inside of his body.