When I was on my way home Ji-Hae looked at me with a confused look.
"Hyungnim, I'm a little confused but why don't you resurrect that corpse of Haize? Wouldn't it really help you if she became one of your skeletons."
"When I killed that Haize, I touched his corpse and I didn't feel any mana in his body at all. Usually the monsters I kill will leave mana in their bodies and I can use my skills to resurrect them." Reply me.
"Is that even possible? All monsters, even the weak ones should have mana in their bodies." Ji-Hae replied to me while looking confused.
"I thought there was something strange about that monster, and we lack information about it."
"This is Haize's second appearance, the first to appear in America and luckily they managed to defeat the monster. But Elijah Stanley was seriously injured and he is an S-Rank hunter with Archmage class."
"At least we managed to beat him even though we had a hard time in the beginning."
Come to think of it I also didn't get a stat increase after killing such a strong monster, normally I would have a stat increase after I killed a boss monster. It's a little confusing.
Then when I got to my house, I opened the hunter forum. And it seems that the news about the A-Rank portal containing Haize has gone viral. This made sense, because the monster's strength was already on par with an S-Rank monster. But because his weakness is in the mana crystal that is on his neck he becomes more easily defeated.
Besides that, it seems that the Blood Moon guild is getting a lot of attention for defeating Haize. Now I have to look at the black orb I got from that body of Haize.
I took the black orb from my blank space and closed the door to my room. I tried the same thing when I activated the dark stone the first time.
I channeled my mana into the black orb, and after a few seconds my surroundings darkened but this time it was different I still had consciousness. Usually I would fall asleep or pass out when I walked into this place.
Then the King of Darkness came towards me from behind.
"Looks like you've found the second shard." The King of Darkness said that with a slight grin.
"What is the function of this black orb?" I asked curiously.
"With that thing you can communicate with me like this, even if it drains a lot of mana in one go."
"Then I can see you whenever I need help?"
"Of course not, it has a cooldown of 30 days every time you use it."
"Ohh I see, then I wanted to ask. Do you know anything about Haize?" After I said that the King of Darkness looked at me.
"It turns out that the creature has arrived there." said the King of Darkness.
"What creature do you mean?!"
"Haize is a created being, she's not a creature like a goblin or any other monster."
"Created?! By whom?!"
Just when I said that I went back to my room, and I felt really tired and my body was covered in sweat too. I felt very tired and suddenly I lay on the floor and fell asleep.
1 hour later....
I woke up from my slumber, and I was so confused as to why I could fall asleep on the floor.
"Status Window"
[Hunter Status] 2
Name : Lee Won Myung
Age : 20
Title : Goblin Slayer, Orc Slayer, Werewolf Slayer
Class : Swordman | Necromancer
HP : 2300 (2200/2300)
MP : 3600 (10/3600)
Stats :
Constitution = 99(+3)
Strength = 106(+7)
Dexterity = 101(+7)
Intelligence = 101(+1)
Magic = 106(+9)
Endurance = 97(+4)
Skills:
Call Upon the Death (Necromancer) MP : 20 Max 60/60
Blank Space (Necromancer) MP : 5
Bone Shaper (Necromancer) MP : 20
Shadow Step (Necromancer) MP : 15
Black Aura (Necromancer) MP : 20/second
Slash (Swordman) MP : 10
Side Step (Swordman) MP : 10
How is it possible that I only have 10 mana left?!?! Seems like the King of Darkness was right, activating the black orb really drained a lot of my mana. I have to save this thing again.
Besides what did he mean by created being? I don't understand at all, and why I can communicate with the King of Darkness. Besides, is the King of Darkness real? I'm so confused right now.
That time he also told me to prepare myself, was it because of that Haize? Or will something bigger happen later? I have to find out more about this. For now I need to rest a bit. I'll be improving my skills by doing some portal raids tomorrow.
I think it's better for me to do a solo raid for now than join a big party and do a high rank portal raid. I think C-Rank will be enough for a solo portal raid. I'll try to contact Ji-Hae later.
I was lying on the bed when my phone suddenly rang. Turns out Pyon Hee-Ra contacted me.
"Did something happen?" I ask.
"I just want to thank you once again, as a guildmaster I'm still not good enough. I hope you forgive me." She spoke in a low voice.
"I told you it's fine, so take it easy."
"Alright... then will you join our next portal raid?"
"I'll think about it later, for now I'll do a solo portal raid."
"Okay... then good night."
"Yeah... good night." Then he ended the call there.
I got some materials from Haize's body, I think I can make a good sword with these materials. Also I think this material has a strong fire attribute.
Could a monster created by someone have a body like this? It's still a little confusing but I'll find out later. And it seems that for now there are fewer S-Rank portals appearing. The last S-Rank portal to appear in Asia was in China, and they deployed 300 hunters to close the portal.
Even with the help of 10 S-Rank hunters they still had trouble closing the portal. What if Korea will appear an S-Rank portal, will we be able to protect people? We currently have 3 S-Rank hunters including myself, but none of us make it into the top 50.
At least now I have the black orb to meet the king of darkness and also I can ask some questions with him. I fainted after only 1 minute of using it, even though the total mana I have is 3600.
I have to raise my stats again, tomorrow I'll try to go make weapons and do a C-Rank portal raid solo.
I also have to talk about setting up my guild with Mr. Un Sang Hun the chairman of the association. Yesterday he promised to help me set up my guild in Korea. And now it looks like I'm going to bed early.
The next day....
As I planned last night, I will contact Ji-Hae to find a C-Rank portal and I will go to make weapons from Haize materials.
And today after I opened the forum everyone became noisy, first because Haize appeared on the Korean A-Rank portal. Besides that my name also became quite famous because I managed to kill that Haize. It looks like Pyon Hee-Ra brought this up at the press conference yesterday.
Many people are talking about this because this Haize is the second Haize to appear on earth. So this has received a lot of attention from foreign media. The America White Riders Guild was one of the guilds that managed to defeat Haize, and they were the first guild to find Haize.
It happened about 9 months ago, and they had 10 S-Rank Hunters from their guild taking part in the raid. Like I said yesterday even Elijah Stanley who was an S-Rank hunter was injured in that raid. It proved that Haize was a monster that was hard to beat.
The reason why Blood Moon and my name was highlighted was because we defeated Haize with just 2 S-Rank hunters. Many people talk about Korean hunter abilities which are much better than the listed rankings. But I'm not sure we can beat him that easily without Ji-Hae.
Although Ji-Hae's fighting ability is not as good as high rank hunters. But his ability to analyze battles as well as his ability to search for information was very useful in raids. Looks like I found a really great partner.
Then Ji-Hae came to my room.
"Hyungnim, what are we going to do today?"
"I'm going to do a C-Rank portal raid solo, and I'm going to make weapons with Haize materials."
"You're going solo portal raid? Don't you want to go with me?"
"I just want to test my skills, we'll do a portal raid together after this."
"Alright, then I'll find you the nearest C-Rank portal. And I think they'll allow S-Rank hunters to enter on their own even if it's a bit difficult."
"No problem, I will contact the chairman of the Association regarding the permit."
Then I finished my meal, and I immediately went outside to one of the famous weapon-making places. Hades Company! It is an international level company located in various countries. And they are very skilled in crafting hunters equipment.