Chapter 120: Tiradus (4)
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.
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,
"…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,
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.
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.
Chapter 121: Tiradus (5)
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,
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
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.
Chapter 122: Tiradus (6)
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.
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.
Chapter 123: Lazar (1)
Hoodududuk
Jennifer, the manager of Okonelly clan's 98th area, nodded as she saw the hundreds of carrier pigeons flying up in the distance.
The carrier pigeons flying in and out meant that the upper echelons of the clan that they had to report to were gathered there.
Kyle, the vice manager of the 98th area who was standing next to Jennifer, made an uneasy expression as he looked at the joyful Jennifer.
"Are we really going to have a fight against the Cross or the Rerorerore clan? It doesn't feel that good."
2 Strong. 3 Medium. 2 Weak.
These were the clans that existed on the Gragos.
There were quite a difference between the levels.
And that was why their clan had conceded a lot of things so far.
Even if they had the upper hand at this moment, fighting against those guys would bring fear to oneself.
Jennifer smacked the back of Kyle's head.
Smack!
"Kuhuk!"
"Dumbass. When would a chance come by if it isn't now?"
Rerorerore clan was part of the 3 mediums and had lost most of its powerhouses from the collision with the Crown clan and were spread apart.
And even more so since the Ursa Majors had run here in order to control the Tiradus while hunting the Akaron.
Same for Cross clan.
They had kept the attention of the Tiradus since they were the strongest and their whole clan wasn't able to react to the sudden raid of the Tiradus and the numerous Margoths as their current clan was in shambles.
That was why this was the time.
Since they knew that those guys had received huge amounts of casualties from this.
Though they had been hit strongly and were still in confusion, after some time passed and things calm down then people will again start to flock beneath Enbi Arin or Gwanje.
They needed to solve it before then.
"But… If we collide then isn't leader Ariel also in danger?"
"Aigoo, there's a lot you're worried about huh."
Jenniffer made a very annoyed expression.
"Would those guys collide that easily? In such a situation? They would probably stop after dividing the spoils of war. Don't worry that much. We're just going to go for a sightseeing."
It might've been different if they roamed around alone but once a clan's size increased in size then a safe zone where they can receive protection from Baladi and Margoths level as well as having a steady supply of body fluids becomes important.
It wasn't that they controlled areas according to the size of the clan.
The more area they get, the more people they would be able to gather and sustain and increase the size of their clan.
Even more so in the otherworld where most people in the clan would get switched out in around 3 years.
The Rerorerore clan had constantly been disturbing their alliance so a chance hadn't occurred.
And thanks to this the Cross clan also benefitted.
They had to reorganize the area at this chance.
The two clans would be enraged but there's nothing they could do.
'Yeah. It's been long since the balance should've been broken. If we're lucky we might be able to acquire three to four…
Booooom!
While Jennifer was laughing, a shockwave that shook the entire forest resonated out from the distance.
This shockwave, this sound.
It was the collision of Margoth levels.
Jennifer's expression turned grim as she figured this out.
'They collided?'
The story would change if this happened.
'We can't be late! We have to hurry and help!'
Jennifer spat on the ground and quickly started to run towards the battlefield.
.............
Booooom!
"Kuhuk!"
Ariel got dizzy from the powerful force that had smashed into her as she was sent flying backwards.
Tuduk
Ariel's comrade from the Okonelly clan caught the flying Ariel as he asked quickky.
"Are you okay?"
"Damn. Do I look okay to you…Kuhuu."
Ariel grinded as she shouted out.
It felt like her whole intestines had turned into a pile of mud.
A single spear strike.
That single attack had smashed through three of the defensive skills she had around her body.
At the same time the artifact she had gained in the deep parts of the Forest of Horns, a shield
'What the hell is that? Was there the option of such a thing in the Body enhancement surgery?'
Ariel puked out blood as she looked at Hansoo.
His whole body had been covered in golden scales.
And a dark aura was radiating off above the golden scales.
It looked like an evil golden dragon.
And the pressure which was radiating from his body made her feel like her whole body was being pressed down onto the ground.
It felt like a demonic dragon was glaring at her.
'…If we fight then all of us will die.'
The reason why they could hold on despite being a bit weaker on terms of strength was because of her.
She, who could hold on until reinforcements came.
Even if a collision were to happen the reinforcements will still come and she would be able to take this chance to wipe them all away.
But at this rate they might all die even before her clansmzn arrived.
Power was important but that only mattered if she was alive.
'Damn… I must buy some time first.'
"Ariel threw away the shield she was holding onto the side, stumbled back up and shouted.
"This crazy bastard! Attacking us without a warning!"
Hansoo smirked as he spoke out.
"What do you mean without a warning. I told you clearly that it wasn't possible. The one who said I wouldn't be able to leave this place was you."
He needed to take the Akarons to the altar deep within the Forest of Horns and control the Gragos.
He then needed to head towards the white lion, Lazar.
How could he allow these guys to take the Akarons from him?
Ariel breathed in and out.
She then looked around at the people around her and then sighed as she spoke.
"Damn. There's nothing we can do then. Go. Damned bastards. Nothing we can do."
It was a bit regrettable to let them go but she had no confidence.
The confidence to hold on until reinforcements came.
Ariel sighed, made an given up expression as she opened up the path to the deep parts of the Forest of Horns.
'Hoooh. We're able to get out.'
Akaella was making a nervous expression in the back but then sighed out in relief.
Even Margoth levels weren't invincible.
If they were then why would they join a clan?
She didn't want to fight with the people who were closing in with the formation while swarming from all around but thankfully Ariel opened up the path.
'Yeah. Let's go you bastard. No matter how strong you are you will still get held down here if you fight.'
But Hansoo let down Akaella's expectations by a great margin.
"That's not going to be possible."
Booooom!
Hansoo swung his spear and smashed Ariel again after closing the distance between himself and her.
Ariel was on guard due to the previous clash and had comrades next to her so she barely held onto her life.
Crack
But she couldn't prevent both her arms being broken.
'Kuhuk…'
Ariel clenched her teeth from the pain of both of her arms breaking and shouted as she backed off.
"Why are you doing this! I told you to go!"
"You can enter at any time but leaving is a different story."
'This used to be Kangtae's catchphrase, it's quite pleasant today.'
Hansoo laughed as he looked at Ariel.
The Rerorerore clan and the Cross clan would have a quite hard time to perform, in terms of a clan as a whole, for a while.
Since they had gotten smashed apart into too many pieces to patch it up.
It would become extremely annoying if other clans ambush them after forming an alliance.
'It might be different if they weren't hostile to us but, I should at least make it so they can't act.'
The carrier pigeon was not something as convenient as a phone.
There was a limit to how many people one could send out and receive the messages from.
So if he were to smash apart the location where all of the carrier pigeons gathered then the communication within the clan would get paralyzed for the time being.
And why would Hansoo let them leave when they were right in front of his eyes.
Even more so since these guys would probably create scouting teams to track them.
'Damn.'
Ariel looked at her surroundings.
They had 13 Margoth levels.
But the opponent had 6 from the Cross clan, 3 from the Rerorerore and even 5 Akarons not including Hansoo himself.
'We won't be able to get out at this point.'
Ariel made a despaired expression for a moment and then thought of something as she shouted to the Akarons on the back.
"Akaron! You damned bastards! You said you guys kept honor and didn't attack the weak! And you also said that you wouldn't participate in wars of other races! Are you still warriors!?"
Taruhol simply shrugged his shoulders at those words.
"Those things are important but… The laws say that we need to help friends who are in danger. No matter how I see it, it seems like my friend is in danger."
Taruhol then looked at Hansoo.
Hansoo nodded.
"That is true. My heart is beating extremely hard right now, my opponent is too strong."
"Is that so? I shall help you."
"Bastards…".
Akaella clicked her tongue at Ariel who was making an expression full of despair.
Because she was in a similar situation.
There wasn't much difference between her and Ariel who both had their lives turn for the worse after getting entangled with that Hansoo guy over there.
'It's a bit sad to watch but what can I do, I'm not in the position to worry about others.'
Akaella stopped thinking about this subject as she charged towards Ariel in the way her body was being controlled by the scents.
............…..
"Huuu…"
Ariel made an expression that clearly showed that she had given up while she was being dragged after having her entire body tied down.
'Damn. They really hit hard.'
Ariel frowned at the pain that was originating from every part of her body.
The difference in power was too great.
She thought that she would be able to hold on to a certain degree but that was a huge misconception.
They got beat down even before their comrades could surround Hansoo and his group as they were now being carried on the Akaron's backs after being tied down towards an unknown location.
At that time the Okonelly clansmen appeared in front of their eyes.
"That damned clan leader!"
The clansmen who were grinding their teeth while charging towards them.
Quite a large number of them were attacking but Ariel just shook her head.
Since she knew what would happen clearly.
'And they aren't really doing this to save me or anything.'
Boooom!
A single spear broke apart the formation of the Okonelly clan.
"Kuaaaaak!"
The Okonelly clansmen rolled around her floor and shouted out in agony from the spores that exploded out from the spear.
The moment the formation was broken Hansoo and his group dashed through.
Ariel looked at this scene as she sighed.
'There's no way they can block these guys.'
It wouldn't be enough even if they received orders from her and did it carefully but they were all dashing in individually.
They can't do it.
Ariel dejectedly spoke to Hansoo who was running in the front.
"…Can't you please just release us? We don't have much value as hostages anyway! And… There's no reason for us to chase you down as long as you're still with them."
There were probably wide spoken rumors all around the Gragos.
Actually the body enhancement surgery wasn't that widely known until now.
Since the only person who had gained it was Gwanje and didn't have many opportunities to show off his strength after creating his clan.
But this was different.
There was a difference between a rumor and seeing with one's own eyes.
Everyone knew how that Hansoo guy had gotten extremely powerful in an extremely short period of time.
And the location of the Akarons had also been seen.
If they were just simply searching for them leisurely before then now they will madly search for them.
'And… There's no way the clan would even treat us as a hostage.'
The only time the clan would call the clan leader their leader was then the leader could control the clan.
Why would the clan feel pressured with their leader being caught as a hostage when that leader couldn't even do anything?
"I know that you have no value as a hostage."
Ariel was confused at Hansoo's words.
"…Huh? Then why?"
At that moment.
A deep and magnificent roar resonated from the skies.
Guoooooooooooooo
"It began."
Hansoo laughed at the sound that was resonating from the distance.
The Gragos was roaring so loud to the point the clouds were dispersing.
While Hansoo and Taruhol were fighting the Tiradus and gettings its attention, Oteon had arrived at the Altar and started working on the Gragos.
Now they just needed to move towards Lazar.
It would take around 1 week to get there.
But the fireflies, the people who would want power of the surgery, would not stay idle during that time.
'I shall play with you guys for the time being. You shouldn't come this deep into the forest you know.'
Hansoo laughed at the thousands of clansmen who from the hurry didn't even have Margoth levels leading them as they charged into the forest.
Chapter 124: Lazar (2)
"What the hell are you thinking? You're going to deal with that alone?"
Enbi Arin looked at Hansoo with a confused expression.
The giant army with people who were throwing hundreds of carrier pigeons between each other as they advanced.
This wasn't a normal army.
Every one of them were like the sword masters of fantasy stories.
Though the Otherworld was a damned world, it was very capable at creating superhumans in just a few years.
For him to go up against an army of those people.
There was a difference between bravery and arrogance.
Though he was strong, the thing he was trying to do was far beyond arrogance.
'…Did he go crazy from eating that strange thing from before?'
Hansoo laughed from those words.
"Don't worry, it wouldn't be that hard."
.........…..
"Damnit! How much damage did we receive from one person!"
Akon, the person who had become the leader of the Okonelly clan instead of Ariel, shouted out in rage.
5 days.
The clan alliance had searched around this forest of horns in order to find them.
There was nothing to fear.
Since the Margoths had all run away due to the sudden Tiradus and the original Cross clan had also received large amounts of damage.
And he was here.
It wasn't that they brought some random 9000 people.
They had only brought the capable 9000 from numerous clans.
But soon he realized that he had a huge misconception of the situation.
They had done battles so far but they had never fought a war.
'Hnng… I didn't know there was this much of a difference.'
Akon clutched his head.
He had experienced numerous fights alone, with ten people and even with a hundred people.
But he had quickly reached his limit as he was trying to control thousands of people hand to hand with people from the other clans.
Orders weren't passed around properly and their formation was weak.
And even more so since the Margoth level adventurers didn't have many people that could contact them since they wanted to have good relations with other Margoths. [PR: Amount of people who can save you as a receiver with the carrier pigeons is limited] He couldn't even get a clear idea of how much damage they had received.
'Damn. He won't amount to much if we fought head on!'
That guy understood their flaw in communication as he was hitting and retreating constantly.
He smashed apart the weak links and left alone large groups.
'Just kill them! It's even harder since we have to treat those guys!>
<82nd legion also falling back. Crap! We can see a Capucio nearby!>
Akon grinded his teeth at the messages that were flying to him.
The people who had been attacked by him suffered for an entire day due to the pores that got attached on their bodies.
It was intense since regeneration runes and skills had no effect on them.
They couldn't leave the wounded in the dangerous Forest of Horns.
Since this place was still dangerous despite some Margoths leaving.
Due to this the Akarons which they expected to find in 2 days couldn't be found anywhere.
And there was another thing that was making Akon and the clansmen uneasy.
Guooooooo!
The Gragos was constantly crying out and heading towards somewhere.
The daily life of the Gragos was usually very simple.
Roam around, drink some lava, rest, roam some more.
Akon had stayed in the Orange zone for 3 years but something like this had never happened.
He would ignore most things but he could only feel uneasy since that giant monster was acting this way.
The smaller clans had already bored deep within its flesh just in case the Gragos was preparing to roll.
Deep enough that the lava wouldn't be able to penetrate even if it rolled.
And certain groups within their army were also discussing this matter.
A dilemma in many ways.
'…Do we have to give up?'
He didn't expect to get pushed back this far from one guy but the signs were there.
That further chase would be very hard.
But Akon strengthened his resolve and shook his head.
'No, we have to catch him.'
This was already a huge failure and a blow to his pride.
And another thing.
'…What if they ally with the Akarons.'
Akon actually freaked out after seeing Hansoo fight.
It wasn't because of the body enhancement surgery.
The strange method that could control that powerful Akaella like a slave.
'If he creates an army with the Body Enhancement Surgery and increase its size infinitely then… It'll be a calamity.'
This Orange Zone will become his empire.
A slave empire of only his slaves.
...........
"They wouldn't give up that easily."
Hansoo nodded at Oteon's words.
'As I thought… Controlling the others like slaves is very risky.'
One thing that humans feared as much as death was the lack of freedom.
Even a Lord's trait couldn't control the clansman the way they wanted.
And they wouldn't even if they could.
'I used them because I needed them but I should be careful from now on.'
Hansoo organized his thoughts, looked at his body which was slowly healing back up as he started to finish off the job he had with the priest.
The cure for the Gragos which had been infected by the Calamity of Death.
'We would arrive at the Lazar safely if we're lucky but… I have to prepare just in case.'
Numerous materials, medicines from the priest and the Great Priest bubbled along with the core of the Tiradus.
Soon Hansoo nodded as he looked at the shimmering white liquid.
Enbi Arin and Sofia asked Hansoo after discussing something between themselves for a moment.
"By the way, why are you trying so much? There's not much profit for you."
They knew how Hansoo was trying extremely hard but they didn't know what his true goal was.
But one thing was clear.
'He's not doing this for his own benefit.'
Due to Hansoo hunting from time to time while running around the Forest of Horns, his runes were quickly being raised up.
Even more so since Enbi Arin and the others who already filled up their runes helped him.
'It's extremely fast. Since he almost filled up 20% within a week.'
But one thing was clear to them.
That he could've gotten much stronger than he is now if he focused on getting stronger.
Killing the Tiradus or helping the Akaron had no relations to Hansoo.
Akaella added from the side.
"Maybe he wants to play king. By collecting soldiers like this. How about taking over the Orange Zone? It wouldn't be hard. Oh by the way treat me like the queen of a chess board at least. Even if we're all slaves someone at my level would…Akk!"
Crack!
"Shut up for a moment."
Enbi Arin pushed away the babbling mouth of Akaella as she gazed at Hansoo.
She could not see through him at all.
"Is that really it?"
Struggling to do something he couldn't was very weird.
Like a normal human trying to fly like a bird.
But Hansoo wanting to play king was not that weird.
'Though it wouldn't be that fun.'
The moment Hansoo was about to speak after pondering briefly.
Kududududu!
A huge vibration shook the entire Gragos.
"Huuuup!"
"Embed yourselves onto the ground!"
But the Akarons just stood on the ground as they tied their bodies down with the previously prepared tree vines without freaking out.
Dududududu
The vibration couldn't even be comparable to a normal earthquake.
"…Damn."
Sofia's expression turned grim.
Since she had felt something like this before.
As soon as she had arrived at the Orange Zone.
"…You knew about this huh."
Hansoo nodded at Sofia's words.
"I didn't say it out loud since you guys would be scared but I did expect it."
'There's nothing much we can do even if we knew it anyway.'
White lion, Lazar.
A divine beast which had tried to maintain its prideful stature even after getting infected by the Calamity of Death.
Many Gragoses who were still struggling had still stayed around the Lazar.
The Gragos who wanted to eat up the living flesh of the Gragos and cure the Calamity of Death which was slowly eating up their body.
The giant Gragoses who wanted to eat Lazar until the end still stayed around the general area.
Guoooooooo!
The giant bull was crying out a much different sound than it had before.
And Enbi Arin and Sofia exclaimed out in surprise after seeing the surroundings through the giant eye they had sent up a few kilometers in the sky.
"Holy mother of…"
They couldn't see everything clearly since they had sent the eye too far up but this was still enough.
Another Gragos was eating the buttocks of the giant Gragos.
A leopard-shaped Gragos who had half its lower body blackened already.
And that wasn't it
From the distance, giant mountains were slowly approaching them while crossing the clouds.
It looked like the end of the world.
Numerous types of beast-shaped Gragoses who had numerous dark spots on their body.
One resembled a snake and another resembled a bear.
One resembled a sloth and another a monkey.
The only similarity was that they were all humongous.
They were dragging their half paralysed body and roared out in pain as they were very slowly heading towards the bull.
As if this was the only place where they had hope.
"…You brought the Gragos over here even after expecting this? Are you insane? It doesn't matter even if you have the cure!"
Akaella cried out as she was watching the same thing.
The leopard shaped Gragos which was biting onto the ubll.
Lava fell down from the skies like hails and everytime the two Gragosses collided a shockwave which felt like a giant meteor falling onto the ground shook the entire Gragos.
They had to get through this, get on top of that Gragos and directly insert the cure.
Even if they had a lot they might not succeed.
Since humans will all get swept away even if they were to get hit by the flaming hails.
Hansoo chuckled.
"Don't worry about it, you guys stay here and just eat some snacks. Here."
Hansoo then threw the Graphite candies which he had received a lot of from Gwanje.
"…You kept some huh. I kind of put a lot of effort in making it."
Gwanje, who stayed next to Hansoo due to him having no confidence to get through the surrounding formations around the Forest of Horns despite his wife having woken up, looked at Hansoo with a dumbfounded expression.
Hansoo ignored him as he simply just stared at Akaella and Gwanje.
And asked himself weirdly.
'I'm still confused. I don't know if these guys are worthy of going up alive."
From the example of the Light Monarch and Dark Mad Lord, there were plenty of humans who would be of harm if they were kept alive.
And he would need to wipe those guys off after getting to the Yellow Zone.
The only difference between them and Akaella was the degree of their actions, there wasn't much difference to Hansoo since they were both bad.
But Eres once told him.
'Well. Eres I'm not sure but… Since you're almost never wrong, I'll trust you again this time.'
Hansoo finished his thoughts as he prepared a large amount of the cure by his waist.
He just needed to insert a single drop into the deep parts into its brain.
Then the cure will eat up the Calamity of Death and spread out through its whole body.
It's just that this feat is very hard.
'Shall I go earn my pay.'
He had came back alone after leaving behind three of his friends.
If only counting the ability to gather others then Eres or Keldian would be much better than him.
If Eres or Keldian had been in the same zone as him at this time then he would not be able to beat the clan Eres or Keldian made.
But there were certain things they couldn't do so he had come.
Things that were impossible as a human.
Kudududuk
The Racial Metamorphosis which had cooled down and had abnormally increased a large amount in mastery started to fill up his body.
The strength which had been enhanced by the Body Enhancement Surgery rose up from the very depths of his body.
A strength which wasn't even comparable to the past due to the increased amount of runes.
Charrruruk
Hansoo prepared his spear and then spoke to the others.
"Hide well."
"Hey! Are you crazy! You didn't even fill up your runes! You're barely at 20%!"
Hansoo laughed towards Sofia.
And swallowed up the words he was about to say.
'Don't worry, I have a friend.'
Hansoo then looked towards a location around the tail part of the Gragos.
..............
Kugugugugu
The sky was split and the ground flipped upside down.
"Damnit! Hey! Are you crazy! Why are you standing there! It's dangerous! We need to get below!"
Arc Mariangt shouted towards Sangjin.
'Shit. I'm the crazy one. Why am I worrying about him anyway!'
Arc Mariangt then looked at her surroundings.
Kuoooooo
The tail of the Gragos smashed through the earth like a whip of the gods.
No, even without the tail the simple shockwave from the collision of the two Gragos made her whole body feel like it was just getting crushed.
She needed to get away as fast as possible.
And hide somewhere very deep within the Gragos.
While the heaven and earth were in flames, Sangjin laughed at Arc Mariangt while looking towards the Forest of Horns.
"There's something I need to give to my friend. He's going to need this so. Go ahead without me."
Sangjin then looked at the countless runes gathered on his wrist.
Chapter 125: Lazar (3)
Kururururu
Some things fell from the skies like meteors.
Trees, boulders and Margoths that were on the skin of the Gragos which had fallen from the Gragos shaking its body.
A person was standing in the midst of the heaven and earth getting destroyed.
'Arc Mariangt. Why is this woman not leaving until the end.'
The relationship between Hansoo and him had not been found out, at least not yet.
'Well. I do want to stay by his side too.'
Everyone else had run away.
Sangjin was lost in thought as he looked at the falling skies in the distance.
When he was young.
He had always spent his time watching hero movies.
And thought to himself.
One day, he wanted to become somebody who shined light upon others.
Even if nobody knew about it.
'Well. Isn't that cooler?'
Sangjin smiled.
The world he used to live in, it would be impossible for such a thing to happen.
Since such things wouldn't be possible for a cog.
And since he was a cog that didn't even matter.
While he was thinking of numerous things, something charged through the falling debris.
A bright golden light.
With a dark aura surrounding it.
'Woo. That's fucking cool no matter how many times I see it. I should get something like that when I get the chance. Violet is a bit tacky.'
Sangjin laughed at the charging golden line that was approaching him through the earth which was getting smashed apart.
He didn't know what Hansoo was running towards at the very beginning.
But he thought that he now had a slight idea of what it was.
'It's amazing. Thank you.'
Sangjin smiled.
While thinking that he had gotten on a very nice boat.
............…..
Hududududuk
"Uwaaaaa!"
"Dodge it! Fall back! Get back deeper!"
"Damnit! This much was still not safe!"
The Okonelly clan who were hidden deep within the buttocks of the Gragos freaked out.
Since the ant tunnels they were in started to get ripped apart as a whole.
Udududuk
The dark ant tunnels collapsed as they disappeared.
And Jichan almost fell down onto his knees from the sight that appeared in front of him.
Kuuuuungg!
Crunch Crunch
The flesh of the Gragos where their ant tunnels were had been chewed off as a whole.
And it was disappearing into the leopard's mouth which was easily few kilometers big.
"Aaaaak!"
"Uwwaaaa!"
The thousands of people who hadn't been able to escape from the Gragos's flesh started get sucked into the leopard's mouth.
But these were all adventurers who roamed around the Otherworld.
Everyone had a few tricks up their sleeves.
They used numerous skills to fly or jumped in order to get onto the bull-shaped Gragos.
Few pondered for a moment since the distance was too great and just jumped into the leopard instead.
In order to just live upon the skin of the leopard.
But in conclusion, both of these decisions weren't good ones.
Kuuugugugung!
The bull shaped Gragos couldn't handle it any longer as it raised its front legs and smashed the leopard.
It had gotten angry after having a chunk of its buttock flesh getting chewed off.
Boooom!
The leopard, which had been hit by the bull, fell into the lava.
The problem was after this.
Splash
A shockwave rang out with the location where the leopard fell as the center.
The shock wave from the leopard created numerous splatters of lava which flew into the skies and assaulted the bodies of both the leopard and the bull.
As well as the people above them.
"Aaaak!"
"Kuaaaak!"
The people who were swept up by the lava only left behind echoes of screams as they disappeared into the Heringsen.
And it wasn't much different for those who survived through it.
No, it was actually worse for them.
Chiiiiiiiiik
"Uwaaak!"
These people died as their whole bodies were burnt by the lava as they petrified along with the lava.
Like those who couldn't escape the volcano's eruption in Pompeii.
The people who had barely survived within the ant tunnels looked at this scene with dumbfounded expressions.
Since they realized how small and insignificant they were.
They weren't even at the level of a parasite.
"Damn. The area which we tried so hard to take over… Just got chomped up by that thing in a single go.
The 2nd area for the dispute between the clans for the past 5 years, which was full of body fluids and was quite safe from the Baladis, had disappeared in an instant.
Along with around 6 smaller clans who had taken over this area recently.
'Deeper! We need to get deeper!'
Jichan clenched his teeth as he started to run deeper.
This place was dangerous.
Since the leopard was preparing to pounce again.
The moment Jichan prayed that the leopard bit onto another location as he started to run.
Something came into Jichan's view.
Hoooook
Something was charging towards him at extreme speeds while shining with a gold light.
'Uh? Uhhh?'
Jichan unconsciously took a step back from the oppressive aura.
And then a chill ran down his back from that aura.
Jichan turned around instinctively in order to search for a location to run away to.
A cliff was behind him.
Though there wasn't anywhere to run, the aura of the golden thing was vicious enough to make him forget that.
But Jichan regretted looking behind him.
Since he saw the leopard opening its mouth widely towards the area where he was standing at.
Kuaaaang!
The bull raised its hind legs in order to kick away the leopard.
The ant tunnels started to vibrate intensely as if an earthquake occurred.
Whoosh
Jichan lost his balance while going back and forth between the golden existence and the leopard as he got flung out from the vibration.
Jichan fell as he made a dejected expression.
The most prominent memories ran by his head while he was falling towards the Heringsen.
He had fought the people charging towards him desperately and killed them.
He had fought battles in order to gain the lacking body fluids.
Since he didn't want to die and the environment was too harsh for him to not be selfish.
'…Damn. I wanted to find my father.'
At that moment.
He felt his body being lifted up.
Though his body was already in air, he felt something lifting up his body.
A single voice was heard in Jichan's ears.
"Go in."
"Uh?"
Whoosh
Jichan had been flung back into the ant tunnels
Kwadududuk
Jichan caught his balance and desperately grasped the walls of the ant tunnels.
Since the sensation of the fall was still running through him.
"Huuuk…Huuk."
Jichan caught his breath as he got suspicious of his own eyes at the person who had flung him.
The golden line, which had thrown him, was flying towards the mouth of the leopard in the distance.
"Insane…Hey! What are you doing! Where are you going man!"
Jichan hurriedly shouted but the golden line had long disappeared into the mouth of the leopard.
..........
Boooom!
Hansoo landed on top of the leopard's teeth as he plunged his hands into the white teeth and stabilized himself.
Though it was a very sturdy teeth that could easily chew up the flesh of the giant Gragos but it was smashed apart like tofu in front of Hansoo's strength.
Koooong
Hansoo repositioned himself as he looked around.
The whole world was in chaos.
Lava was clashing from all around as numerous debris that fell from the Gragos rained down while ablaze.
And they constantly smashed onto this body.
The extremely hot lava rain, which had killed hundreds of people, smashed onto his body but he withstood it.
Tudodododong
'It's nice.'
Hansoo nodded at the strength of the completely filled up runes.
The difference between 20% and 100% was like heaven and earth.
Power was overflowing from every part of his body.
The mana, which he always lacked, made the thickness of the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement like a castle's walls.
He felt invincible no matter who he went up against.
Except the problem was that humans weren't his opponents.
Chiiiiik
The strengthened Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement blocked off the heat from the lava.
The Thousand Soldiers Armor seemed like it was proving to be the best armor in the world as it kept its shape despite the countless debris smashing into it.
But he had to withstand the projectiles of lava with his own strength.
Kudududuk
'Hoook. Hook.'
The leopard's mouth was constantly moving in order to chew up the bull.
Due to this the rocky skin of the Gragos and the lava was swirling around its mouth constantly.
A force which would've easily turned him flat smashed onto Hansoo's body.
Roaaarrr!
He felt like a small fly being blended up with numerous other things within a giant blender.
But Hansoo wasn't flung off as he intensely clenched onto his teeth, smashed his legs into the teeth and climbed up towards the top of its mouth.
'If I didn't receive the Body Enhancement Surgery then I would've been flung off numerous times huh.'
Thunk. Kuthunk.
The three hearts ruthlessly pumped blood throughout his whole body.
The golden scales and the black mana melted and deflected off the flying debris.
Hansoo withstood the storm as he went past its mouth and headed towards its nose.
Hooooong
"Hoooh."
The vibration was still the same within the nose but he could at least dodge the storm of lava.
'I wonder if this is what the adventurers feel after dodging a giant storm.
Well his situation was a bit worse since one's legs and arms wouldn't get broken from getting hit by a bit of rain.
Hansoo caught his breath as he looked at his broken right arm and left leg.
A result of him deflecting a flying debris.
'Hu-up!'
Kududuk
Hansoo used a bit of strength and fixed the position of the broken arm and leg.
Then the silvery liquid started to madly fill up the broken location.
Hansoo got up after his legs and arms healed to the point where he could move them.
'No time to rest.'
Chiiiiik
Hansoo flung off the lava burning on his body as he cut through the humidity that was coming off from all around as he headed deep into the leopard's body.
Suuuuuk
Hansoo, who had been running through the nose where its breath was storming like a hurricane, touched the surface of the wall.
The inner flesh and turned completely black.
Calamity of Death.
All the Akarons thought of this disease as the side effect of creating the Body Enhancement Surgery.
But he knew.
Since he had read Elkadion's memory crystal.
He knew why the Calamity of Death had appeared.
'Elkadion… An Akaron who roamed the Abyss in order to atone for his sins.'
Hansoo ran through the already dead inner parts of the Gragos.
Through the hole devoid of Baladis and parasites, that only had huge vibrations and sounds rushing through.
His goal was seen after a long run.
'Found it, It's as it was written down.'
Soul Telautograph.
The capsule shaped object on the insides of the Gragos where nothing else existed looked a bit different from what Gwanje saw.
Since it was still working very well.
At that moment.
Boooom!
Hansoo blocked a powerful blow and then smashed the thing which had attacked him.
Kyaaaaak!
'You came out.'
Hansoo muttered as he looked at the Tiradus which he had turned more than halfway black with a single attack.
The final obstacle.
And a guardian created in order to defend the
Hansoo started to think of the things written down in Elkadion's memory crystal.
Chapter 126: Lazar (4)
<…One…Monologue>.
After the great patriarch, Mekido, killed the Tiradus.
I gained the chance to study and research the Tiradus that no one else had been given the opportunity to.
But the more I researched the more I found out that something was strange.
It was not a lifeform which could be created naturally.
This was closer to an artificial being than a lifeform.
Something created for war.
I realized that I didn't have enough information as I went deep within the Lazar in order to find the remnants of the Tiradus.
Then I found a strange machine called the Soul Telautograph.
Since nobody could get into this place before, nobody had known about this.
The Tiradus seemed like it had been created to defend this.
No, I was sure of this.
Since the locations of all other Telautographs were shown on the Telautograph and that location was the same as the location where the unique Margoth, Tiradus, had been standing by for a long time.
I couldn't hold in my surprise after looking over the machine under Mekido's guard.
There were clear instructions on controlling the essence of the giant creature, Gragos, stored within it.
Priceless information that even I, who had researched countless things, had never seen before.
I was extremely excited after I gained this intel.
Since I would be able to create and perfect the Body Enhancement Surgery that I had dreamt of and only hypothesized.
Once I complete the Body Enhancement Surgery then we wouldn't get chased around by the Margoths and the Akarons will reach a golden age.
From the mindset of a researcher and the hope of strengthening the clan, I searched around the machine more in order to gain more information and researched the essence of the Gragos.
And then I completed the Body Enhancement Surgery.
But even before I saw that result helping the clan, the Calamity had hit.
Since the machine had started to work after my endless fiddling.
And then I finally realized what this machine had been created to do.
There was only one thing this machine did.
No, It wouldn't matter even if it was the Gragos.
This machine had the ability to automatically analyze lifeforms with huge amounts of energy or highly important information.
So it could pull out something from the target efficiency.
And the reason why the information regarding the essence of the Gragos was within it was the machine's automatic process over the countless years.
My greed for information had started up the machine and… Every machine that was spread around started up at the same time.
I smashed apart the machine as soon as possible but it was too late.
The telautograph had already inserted the toxins into the body of the Gragos since it had already analyzed the giant beast.
The toxin to paralyze it in order to pull out the essence from it efficiency.
And then the Calamity of Death which led to the downfall of us, the Akarons, had started.
I tried to smash the other telautographs in order to slow down the process but this wasn't easy as well.
Since the Tiradus were tremendously strong opponents even for the Akarons who had their bodies enhanced.
And the black Tiradus, which was the final barrier that guarded the machine, was…
The Akarons had been massacred by the black Tiradus and the Gragoses suffered from the toxins from the machines as they fell one by one.
Oh god, what have I done.
Just for some powerful body!
Because I touched that machine…Our race embarked upon a path of extinction.
I must atone for my sins.
This is why…
.........…..
Hansoo shook his head.
There was only a single reason why the bull-shaped Gragos had survived.
It had survived because the Telautograph had been broken.
A few more Gragoses had survived the same way as this but they slowly died out from the attacks of others.
There was a reason why the Tiradus killed off the Margoths.
They had done so since the telautograph may get broken if the Gragos rolled due to lack of body fluids.
It was an order given to it after the telautograph had analyzed the patterns and habits of the Gragos.
'…Get rid of that Tiradus and insert the liquid into the core of the telautograph.'
Hansoo then looked at the transparent liquid in his pocket.
The moment this is inserted the telautograph will send out a counteracting formula to the Calamity of Death instead of it.
It would work without the machine but the machine will hasten the process of it.
Hansoo finished his thoughts as he looked at the completely black Tiradus.
'I need to hurry.'
Kuuguugugooong
The inner parts of the Gragos where Hansoo was standing was vibrating much more aggressively than before.
Kiriririk
The black Tiradus which had turned into a killer machine without any emotion stared at Hansoo expressionlessly for a moment and then shot out a ray of light.
It didn't use this usually due to its high energy usage but once it got into assault mode then it would focus everything it has onto destroying its opponent.
There wasn't a need for it to be scared either.
Zoooom!
Speed of light.
It wasn't dodgeable.
The ray of beam penetrated through Hansoo and even the darkened inner wall of the Gragos.
Chiiiik
There weren't any sounds either.
The location where the ray went through melted down due to the extremely high temperatures and soon an endlessly long and dark tunnel was created from the ray.
At that moment.
A golden spear flew through the light and then smashed into the Tiradus.
Booooom!
The Tiradus and the spear, which could penetrate through anything until now, collided and created a loud sound.
Hansoo frowned as he looked through the steam and the dust.
'As I expected, it's a bit hard without the suppressing stone.'
The assault mode simply would burn the yearly amount of energy within a single hour.
The mysterious energy floating around the body of the Tiradus instantly dispersed the mana reinforcement upon the golden spear.
Hansoo felt his golden scales which had melted slightly from the beam, clicked his tongue and then jumped up.
The Tiradus saw this and started to assault Hansoo with endless amounts of rays.
Boooom!
The black nails of the Tiradus smashed through the Thousand Soldiers Armor.
And it had even smashed through the golden scales and penetrated into Hansoo's enhanced body.
Kuduk!
'…Amazing.'
The black Tiradus really lived up to its fame.
Hansoo grasped the hand that was digging into his body and smashed it with the Forked Lightning.
Dududuk
It had such a powerful protection aura around it then it still maintained its shape after being smashed by the spear head on.
But even if it wasn't broken, it couldn't absorb all of the force.
Crack
The nails got pulled out from the hands of the Tiradus from the force.
Kirik
The Tiradus saw its nailed get pulled out, judged Hansoo to be formidable and then backed off.
Black fiber like materials grew out from the location where the nails got pulled out from but they started to entwine and criss cross as they created a new set of nails.
At a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hansoo clicked his tongue.
It would take an hour for it to run out of energy.
But if he were to fight against this thing for an hour then almost half the people above the Bull would die out.
He needed to insert the cure quickly.
'…End it quickly.'
Hansoo started to gather all of his mana onto the tip of the spear.
He pulled back the mana which he had sent into the Thousand Soldiers Armor and instead poured it into the Pandemic Blade.
He also pulled back the mana which was reinforcing the dragon scales as he used it to sharpen the tip of the spear.
The fortress of defense around Hansoo's body started to disappear.
'Hooh.'
Hansoo prepared himself and looked at the Tiradus which had regenerated its nails and was charging towards him.
The nails which had penetrated right through the Thousand Soldiers Armor and the scales.
Hansoo clenched down onto his teeth as he saw this.
'I just need to… Keep my life!'
Hansoo swung the Forked Lightning on his hands the moment he finished thinking.
Puuuuuuuk
Though it was small compared to a Margoth, the Tiradus was still 10m tall.
The Tiradus started to focus all of its energy on its body onto the tip of its nails.
Most adventurers would get smashed apart by this.
But the Tiradus felt as if it wasn't enough as it poured the year's worth of energy within its core onto the tip of the nails.
This almost 2m long spear of a nail flew through the air and smashed into Hansoo's body.
Kwadudududuk
'Kuuuh.'
He tried to dodge the attack from getting to his heart but simply being grazed had smashed one apart and half of another.
His innards had melted and got stuck to each other from the energy within the nails.
But Hansoo just laughed.
Since he had seen his spear reach his target.
Cracklecrack!
The spear which had flown above its nail smashed onto the small gem located in between the center of its chest and its head.
Its greatest weakness.
The location where the core and the neural control system intersected.
Udududuk
The Forked Lightning, which had upon it all the energy from Hansoo's body, smashed apart the three defenses outside of the Tiradus as well as the 7 alloy walls created to defend its weakness.
The Pandemic Blade was a vicious mana parasite that ate up anything, including things that weren't alive.
Whooosh
As the Pandemic blade exploded out it melted down everything within the body of the Tiradus.
Pajijiijik!
Kiiiiiiing
An extremely loud noise came out from the insides of the black Tiradus.
Thankfully the Tiradus which had its nail skewered through Hansoo and was making minced meat out of him stopped moving.
'This is why mechanisms are very nice to go against.'
Living things will try to finish off what it had been doing even if its weakness had been smashed apart.
But mechanisms will have something in its body which will allow someone to stop it immediately in case something went wrong.
Hansoo chuckled as he looked at his current situation.
'I almost got chopped apart in two.'
Hansoo clenched down his teeth and pulled his body out from the nails.
Then the silver liquid poured out and started to fill up the mess of a hole.
'Good, it's healing.'
This is why he received the surgery.
The human body wouldn't be able to heal itself after a certain moment and instead continue to get worse.
But the body of those who received the Body Enhancement Surgery was different.
Though they weren't immortal, they would get better as long as they were still alive.
The Body Enhancement Surgery and the hearts were slowly turning Hansoo's body back to normal.
'That's done then.'
After he healed enough to be able to walk, he pulled out the cure from his pockets and walked towards the soul telautograph.
He then dropped a single drop of the cure onto the core of the telautograph.
Soon the machine started making loud noises and went into work.
The darkened inner walls started to quickly turn white with the telautograph as the center.
Now this Gragos will fall into slumber.
Until its body was completely healed.
'Almost there.'
Just a single stage was left.
Curing Lazar.
'But… It won't be easy.'
Hansoo looked at the soul telautograph and the corpse of the Tiradus.
..........
Kurururu
"Uh? It's backing off!"
"Woah!"
Sofia and Enbi Arin, who had been looking at the leopard with worry, sighed a breath of relief along with everyone else.
'You did it Hansoo.'
Their whole body was full of injuries.
They had turned into a mess just from standing atop of the bull while it had been fighting.
Though they didn't show it, everyone was prepared for death.
Actually there were some people who had questions while everyone else was cheering.
Ariel and the clan leaders who had been caught as a hostage.
Due to what Hansoo had told her before he left.
'There's going to be a lot of things I would need to do? What could I do?'
What could she during the moment when this giant Gragos was fighting with another giant Gragos?
At that moment the priestess, who had been standing at the highest location on the Gragos, shouted out.
"It's Lazar! We've arrived at the location where the Divine Beast Lazar has fallen to slumber!"
Everyone looked towards the location where the bull was heading towards from Oteon's shouts.
At that time Hansoo landed near them with a huge shockwave.
Sofia looked at Hansoo with a worrisome expression.
Since his entire body was a mess.
But Ariel giggled as she looked at Hansoo and spoke out.
"You're suffering a lot by yourself huh? Thank you for the work."
Hansoo looked at Ariel with a confused expression.
"I told you earlier. That there's a lot of things you would need to do."
"What?"
Ariel made an extremely uneasy expression from Hansoo's reply.