Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Level 2 Player

Variant Lycanthrope

Clang!

The lycanthrope with silver fur swung its claws and blocked the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword.

“Kraaaang!”

Then it let out an enraged roar and poured a fierce attack.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Jin-su swung the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword and blocked the attacks of the lycanthrope with silver fur.

‘The body is extremely hard.’

Especially the strength of the claws blocking the attacks of the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword where aura was blooming was beyond imagination.

‘The movements are also not ordinary.’

It was not a systematic attack. It was a wild movement according to instinct. However, that made it feel even more irregular and threatening.

Slash!

Jin-su’s sword cut past the waist of the lycanthrope with silver fur.

“Kyaaak!”

The lycanthrope with silver fur screamed and attacked even more fiercely.

‘The leather is also extremely tough.’

An attack that would have clearly cut the body in half if it was another boss monster was blocked at the line where only the leather and muscles were cut.

‘Even though the Skill Nullification of the Baekcheon Divine Sword is activating, to this extent.’

In terms of the body alone, it was a guy hard to a stupid degree.

‘If the enemy was another player party, they would have been wiped out in an instant.’

It was not an enemy that ordinary players could handle. However, it was not to the point of being called out-of-spec.

‘There are occasionally guys like this.’

Among boss monsters, particularly strong mutant variants that usually give generous rewards when caught.

‘With the skill of Kim Young-cheol’s party level, it seems they could catch it.’

However, Kim Young-cheol’s party are top-tier skilled people on Floor 100. Conversely, it meant that players of a lower grade than that would unconditionally die.

‘Achievements and titles will unconditionally come out.’

The questionable point was that before regression he had never heard any information about the lycanthrope with silver fur at all. Usually rumors spread about such variant monsters.

‘Well, from my perspective there is nothing bad.’

He was already in a situation looking for a strong monster to make into a summon. If it is at the level of the lycanthrope with silver fur, a guy strong to the point of being on a different dimension from the 6 summons made from boss monsters will come out.

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa!

Jin-su infused mana and strengthened the aura skill, and at the same time the pure white aura formed on the Baekcheon Divine Sword and the blood-colored aura formed on the Blood-Sucking Sword rapidly increased in size and burned fiercely.

Kwaaaang!

The claws of the lycanthrope with silver fur that had been blocking Jin-su’s attacks well until now shattered along with the right arm.

“Kraaaang!”

The lycanthrope with silver fur disregarded defense as if making a final struggle and thrust its teeth toward Jin-su’s shoulder.

There was enough room to dodge if he wanted.

‘There is no need to drag it out long.’

Jin-su offered his shoulder and stabbed the Baekcheon Divine Sword and Blood-Sucking Sword toward the heart of the lycanthrope with silver fur.

Crack!

The lycanthrope with silver fur bit Jin-su’s shoulder. However, Jin-su did not receive even a speck of impact.

It was thanks to the defense power of the Black Dragon’s Cursed Armor Set being added in a situation where Shin Su-a’s protection skill and the tanker’s protection skill were activated.

‘With that much, not even a scratch appears on the armor, you bastard.’

Thuuud!

“Kiiing!”

Contrary to Jin-su receiving no impact at all, the lycanthrope with silver fur pierced in the heart had its life cut off just like that.

[You have hunted the Lycanthrope Lord that was called the Nightmare of the Forest.]

[The title Nightmare Hunter is granted.]

[The elixir Heart of the Lycanthrope Lord is granted.]

...omitted...

Rewards dropped generously. However, what was important to Jin-su was not that.

‘Army Summon.’

Jin-su quickly tried to make the white of the lycanthrope with silver fur into a summon.

[Activation of the skill Army Summon failed.]

However, the activation failed.

‘It probably is not a skill level problem.’

Army Summon was level 622.

There were no monsters on Floor 100 that could not be made into summons because the level was low.

‘Is the T.O. full?’

Currently Jin-su was controlling as many as 6 boss monsters.

‘I revived them all for nothing earlier. First, let’s erase them one by one.’

Jin-su annihilated the individual with the lowest combat power among the boss monsters and used the Army Summon skill again.

Saaak!

“Krrrr!”

Then he was able to summon a lycanthrope that sparkled like obsidian.

‘Did the existing boss monsters eat up that much T.O.? Or does this guy consume that much T.O.?’

Although it is a variant far stronger than ordinary boss monsters, since it is not an out-of-spec monster, Jin-su had no choice but to feel regretful.

‘Accurate situation assessment later.’

Jin-su first switched the status window from dark type to holy type and annihilated 1 existing summon.

“Kyaung!”

Then he summoned a lycanthrope summon that sparkled like marble.

‘Good.’

He was worried that the soul and white might disappear while annihilating the existing summons, but fortunately both succeeded. Jin-su changed the status window back to dark type again.

Since the synthesis skills appeared, Jin-su had been maintaining the dark-type status window with good versatility in hunting.

‘By the way, the T.O. is tighter than I thought.’

Necromancers usually often control an enormously large number of summons alone. So he naturally thought the Dominating Necromancer and Reigning Necromancer would be like that too, but the expectation completely missed.

‘If the limit is 6 boss monsters, it is too tight.’

Like this, Jin-su’s plan to make out-of-spec monsters into summons goes wrong from the start.

‘Even just the White Drake is stronger than six boss monsters, right?’

Then it meant that making an out-of-spec monster at the White Drake level into a summon was practically impossible.

‘Even though it is level 622, to think the limit is only this much.’

From Jin-su’s perspective, he had no choice but to be dumbfounded.

‘The difference with Dragon Tooth Soldier Summon is too large.’

The Dragon Tooth Soldier Summon skill could maintain 12 summons made with the White Drake’s teeth and still make as many as 810 summons made with lizardman teeth.

On the other hand, Army Summon ended at only 6 even if they were boss monsters.

‘Let’s confirm once.’

Thinking that additional research on the Army Summon skill was needed, the moment Jin-su was about to start hunting again, Kkami shared its vision.

‘Players?’

What was visible in Kkami’s eyes was a group of players. They were moving at a fast speed exactly toward the direction where Jin-su was.

‘It’s Kim Young-cheol’s party.’

What was coming to the location where Jin-su currently was was the familiar Kim Young-cheol’s party.

‘Why are they coming here?’

It probably is not Jin-su’s purpose.

‘Because we agreed to forget the previous matter.’

Kim Young-cheol was not a person who would smile on the outside and harbor resentment inside. On top of that, there was no way he would know that Jin-su was here to begin with.

Then there was only one reason left.

‘It is because of that guy.’

The variant lycanthrope that Jin-su made into a summon.

‘It is a guy strong to the point of being called the Nightmare of the Forest, so I wondered why I had never heard rumors before regression.’

It seemed it was because it was subjugated by Kim Young-cheol’s party before Jin-su climbed to Floor 100 before regression.

Jin-su entered the cleanup while maintaining only the shadow summons.

Dadadak!

Around the time the item sorting ended, Kim Young-cheol’s party arrived.

“Huh? What?”

“There are no lycanthropes?”

“That person, isn’t that the person from then?”

“The summons are the same too, it matches.”

Kim Young-cheol’s party who arrived at the scene made surprised expressions upon seeing Jin-su and Shin Su-a positioned instead of the lycanthrope group.

“It has been a while.”

Jin-su said while looking at Kim Young-cheol.

“Well. That’s right. I didn’t know we would meet like this. Did you perhaps hunt the lycanthrope group here a moment ago?”

“That’s right.”

“Hahahaha! We were one step late. Daehan Guild-affiliated players were hit by those lycanthrope bastards so we came to take revenge, you see. Thank you for paying back the grudge instead. But this is also definitely not an ordinary coincidence for us. To meet like this on the vast Floor 100. This is also a connection, so won’t you go to a nearby city and have a meal together?”

Kim Young-cheol spat out a rapid-fire of words.

“It is fine. Because we are concentrating on hunting while camping.”

“Camping? Well! Your passion is amazing. I also had times like that in the past. But I quit soon. Because I thought, when you go beyond Floor 100 there is camping that you do until you get sick of it, so is there a need to experience it in advance? Actually, the inconvenience was the biggest. Even if there is a Sanctuary skill, camping is...”

Kim Young-cheol’s words continued endlessly.

‘If I keep listening, it seems he will chatter all day.’

Kim Young-cheol’s bag of words that started with camping went back to the time of the first camping on Floor 1.

‘I should cut it off.’

At this rate, it seemed he would hear all of Kim Young-cheol’s camping stories from Floor 1 to Floor 99.

“Hey, stop a bit. Blood will come out of my ears.”

At that time, one of Kim Young-cheol’s party members stepped forward and cut off Kim Young-cheol’s words.

‘Was it Seong Ha-yeon?’

The second-in-command of Kim Young-cheol’s party, a person who had some acquaintance with Jin-su before regression as well.

“What did I do for you to act like that. You always...”

“I said stop.”

When Seong Ha-yeon opened her eyes sharply, Kim Young-cheol quietly closed his mouth.

Jin-su laughed involuntarily.

‘It is the same as then.’

He had a memory of seeing an appearance like this before regression as well. Seeing the appearance of Kim Young-cheol’s party that had not changed at all from before regression, his mood improved for no reason.

“If you stop by a city later, please visit the Daehan Guild’s guild house once. I will talk in advance. No matter which city you go to, you will be able to receive free lodging and meals.”

“Thank you for the consideration.”

“No. It is not something particularly great. Ah, and do you perhaps have a connection with Oh Su-hyeok’s party?”

An unexpected name came out of Seong Ha-yeon’s mouth.

‘If it is Oh Su-hyeok, it is the Mad Dog who is the leader of the Eight Mad Dogs. How does Seong Ha-yeon know Oh Su-hyeok?’

A small question arose, but if Seong Ha-yeon knows about the Eight Mad Dogs, it was certain that those guys had arrived on Floor 100.

“Yes, I briefly met them before climbing to Floor 100.”

“It is not a grudge relationship, right?”

“It is not. But how do you know Oh Su-hyeok’s party?”

“Oh Su-hyeok’s party arrived on Floor 100 the day after Jin-su left. Because they are Koreans, our Daehan Guild temporarily protected them. Now they have officially entered the Daehan Guild.”

“They entered the Daehan Guild?”

Jin-su asked with a surprised expression.

“Yes, they entered. Is there perhaps some problem?”

“No. Since they are guys with excellent skill, you did well. It is just that their personalities are so trash-like...”

“Hey, it is not to that extent. You are speaking too harshly. Oh Su-hyeok’s party asked if we knew Jin-su. So I asked because I wondered if there was a connection.”

Seong Ha-yeon made a fuss, and Jin-su was dumbfounded.

‘Those madmen entered a guild.’

The Eight Mad Dogs had never been affiliated with a guild even once until they met Jin-su. Because their personalities were so willful.

‘The timing of climbing to Floor 100 also seems to have become faster.’

It is probably thanks to concentrating on hunting while grinding their teeth after being beaten by Jin-su.

‘The future of the Eight Mad Dogs has changed.’

He felt a slightly ambiguous feeling.

‘It is a good thing.’

If they became affiliated with the Daehan Guild, the matter of rampaging like crazy like before regression will clearly decrease.

“Then I will take this chatterbox and go. See you next time.”

Seong Ha-yeon made a bright smile and then grabbed Kim Young-cheol’s arm and dragged him away.

“Hey! Let go a bit! What do you do if you say all the words I was going to say? And what did I do wrong to make such a fuss...”

The chatter of Kim Young-cheol being dragged away was heard.

‘Nice.’

Along with the changed future of the Eight Mad Dogs, a faint smile bloomed at the appearance of Kim Young-cheol that had not changed at all from before regression.3