It was a huge praying mantis, well over three meters tall.
Its forepaws were as sharp as giant scythes. As the forepaws folded, it seemed easy to cut the target.
The two round eyes were set on either side, so it seemed that he could see in all directions without any blind spots.
The huge praying mantis spread its wings and flew straight towards the party.
"What is that? Anyone know what?"
"It's the first monster I've ever seen!"
The three search crews were very perplexed.
It's because they rarely see unfamiliar monsters in their quite long careers.
At that time, Seo Moon-yeop shouted.
"Matt! It is a monster that first appeared in South America not too long ago."
After learning English, Seo Mun-yeop, who also reads information about overseas dungeons and monsters, immediately noticed it.
"Sometimes it throws blades made of aura, so be careful!"
Thanks to the accumulated knowledge, Seo Mun-yeop was able to give appropriate instructions.
"damn!"
"A mantis-like bastard even has a ranged attack!"
The team members stepped back, and Seo Moon-yeop took the lead and faced Mant.
Chew!
Mant swung his front paw. A knife blade was shot and flew.
Seo Moon-yeop blocked lightly with a shield.
He took up his shield and moved forward.
"Approach Formation."
As soon as the words left, the members of the crew followed behind Seo Moon-yeop.
Aura blades flew a few more times, but it wasn't difficult to block them with a shield.
When the distance was close, Mant also folded his wings and came down to the ground.
"away! The reach is longer than it looks!"
Seo Moon-yeop shouted again.
The crew scattered like the ebb tide.
Seo Moon-yeop stepped forward and stabbed him with a spear.
Caang! Kang!
Mant slams it with his forepaw and blocks it.
With a brief battle, Seo Moon-yeop roughly guessed Mangt's fighting ability.
'I have a rough feeling. Shall we check with the analysis plan?'
-Mant (Monster)
-muscle strength 140/211
- Agility 72/84
-Aura 297/400
-Weaknesses: The hardness of the outer skin is weak, so it is vulnerable to attacks.
'Right. I thought it was because he was good at defending with his front paws.'
If you get stabbed, you get seriously injured, so aren't you good at blocking it naturally?
You can ignore the fact that their strength is much better than that of humans.
'It might try to snatch the shield with its scythe-like forepaws. I just need to be careful with that.'
Seo Mun-yeop, who finished the analysis, began to attack in earnest.
The sound of metal continued to resonate.
Mangt swung hard with his front foot to block it, but he was being pushed back by Seo Moon-yeop.
C'mon!
A mant that makes a sound by shaking its long belly as if it is angry.
As the other members attacked from the left and right sides, they spread their wings as if they wanted to stop.
The moment your body rises,
'Wait!'
Kwajijik!
He threw a spear and hit the ship.
Charrrrrrr!
Auras were leaking from the elongated belly pierced by the spear.
Seo Moon-yeop took out the extra spear hanging from his back and finished it off by stabbing Mangt in the neck.
"Whew, luckily the attack works well."
"If a guy like that counts his strength, the difficulty is too high."
The crew chatted with a slightly relieved expression.
However, Seo Moon-yeop's expression was not very good.
"The eye worms were bred to be used as food for Mangt."
"Yeah, that's right. Because eye-eye worms are usually used as food for other monsters."
"It means that this dungeon is a place where mants are raised from the beginning, so there must be quite a lot of mants."
Despite Seo Moon-yeop's explanation, the crew members couldn't accept what the problem was.
Seo Moon-yeop sighed and said.
"You saw me shooting a knife earlier. Imagine using it as a group."
Only then did the members' expressions become serious.
They also have experience, so I got a sense.
Mants are more dangerous when they are many than when they are alone.
There was no way that the person who created this monster was unaware of this fact.
It was then.
C'mon!
Take it!
In the distance, Mant's distinctive noise echoed.
'At first, several appear after that.'
The first one would have been scouting.
It means you know how to do a tactical mindset.
Considering that mants have recently started to appear, I thought that they might be monsters newly developed by the underground civilization to defeat humans.
This dungeon seemed more dangerous than I thought.
Seo Moon-yeop and the search team escaped and joined the main team led by Park Jin-tae.
"Your name is Mant?"
"yes. Considering that they sent reconnaissance first, they will show tactical moves even in group battles."
"hmm… It would be quite a struggle if a group of people came all at once and slashed their blades."
After hearing Seo Moon-yeop's explanation, the team struggled.
There is no superhuman who tries to get out of the dungeon in vain. On the contrary, when they enter the dungeon, they tend to become more reckless because they are excited because they are stimulated by their fighting spirit.
But you only have one life
Park Jin-tae's team, who had a lot of trouble, were the ones who kept that in mind.
"How about a price estimate?"
Park Jin-tae asked again.
Actually, that's what everyone was curious about.
Since the mante has not yet appeared in Korea, it is not well known how much the carcass cost.
"I said that the forefoot part sold well. I heard that it is good to make it into a weapon because it is also a shooting part. The multiplier that stores the aura also costs money."
"oh."
"It looks expensive just by hearing about it."
"If we grab it and go back, aren't we the first in Korea?"
"It is more expensive if the material is not in stock in Korea yet."
The eyes of the team members changed.
The reason superhumans become reckless in dungeons.
It was money.
"I do, brother. I will block all the Auror blades."
Woo Young-kwang came out with enthusiasm.
"Wait, be careful."
Park Jin-tae replied, looking at Seo Mun-yeop and asking again.
"How do you judge as the search leader? Shall we go this way?"
Seo Moon-yeop was lost in thought.
I reviewed the battle with a mant that happened earlier.
"They are very aggressive."
"Are there monsters like that?"
"I can attack from a distance by shooting blades, but I didn't try to increase the distance."
"Oh, you're aggressive, so you mean you don't bother thinking about using your distance to your advantage? Guys who are intelligent enough to send reconnaissance."
"yes. If you stand in front of the tank formation and close the distance with the dealers close together, it will be worth it from then on. Because these guys are weak."
"Anything else I need to know?"
"You have to watch your front paws when you get close. I don't know because my arms are folded, but if I stretch them all out, they'll be longer than I thought. Also, the scythe-like part is very curved, so you have to be careful when blocking it with your shield."
"good. Did you all hear?"
"yes!"
"Let's go make money!"
hunting is decided.
Main tank Woo Yeong-gwang stood in the middle, and Seo Moon-yeop and another tank stood on the left and right.
The dealers stand close behind the three tankers.
"We need to keep this distance from each other. If you leave, a rain of knives will pour down."
"yes!"
"Okay, let's go!"
It moved slowly while maintaining formation.
Taking the lead, Woo Young-gwang was lost in thought.
'Damn it, I should have studied.'
Against a monster that first appeared in Korea, Seo Moon-yeop showed off his dazzling knowledge.
From the personality of the monster to the price quote, I couldn't help but admit it.
He already had unrivaled skills, but he also combined hard work.
Compared to him, Woo Young-gwang felt embarrassed. His talent was less than that, and he was not trying any harder.
'I'll have to look for some monster data when I go back. Well, it's because new monsters keep appearing lately.'
C'mon!
Chirrrrr!
A loud noise was heard.
"come!"
Park Jin-tae shouted.
Woo Yeong-gwang raised a large square shield.
Mant looks more savage than he's been told. It was all the more so because he was created to kill humans.
Dozens of Mants flew up in the air and fired their blades at me.
"Concentration!"
Woo Yeong-gwang shouted, blocking it with his shield.
If the tanks make a mistake, the dealers behind them get hurt.
The responsibility the tankers felt was enormous.
That is why Woo Young-kwang was extremely reluctant to change the pre-determined formation.
I hated Seo Moon-yeop for being able to fight freely while carrying such responsibility.
At first, I thought it was because I had no sense of responsibility like a tank, but later I realized that it was because I was a genius who couldn't even speak.
I didn't like either.
'I'm so ugly too.'
It was Woo Young-gwang who finally looked back on himself when Seo Mun-yeop's skills became so great that it was laughable to compare them any further.
The fight went according to plan.
He took one step at a time, enduring the storm of aura blades, and as the distance got closer, the mants also began to descend.
Their forepaws were structured for grabbing nearby foes and tearing them to pieces like chopsticks. It was not a species reluctant to fight enemies up close.
Woo Yeong-gwang fought hard with a shield and an axe.
When it came to close combat, it was worth trying more than I thought.
His large square shield covers a large area and shines in close combat.
It was Woo Young-gwang who had the time to look at other team members in the middle.
Seo Moon-yeop was using his unique hit-and-run style.
But maybe it was because I was somewhat selfish and looked at it, I could see more than before.
Seo Moon-yeop was deliberately moving forward to create space for the melee dealers behind him to attack.
I threw a spear to kill one of them, and the action of taking out another spear while blocking another guy's attack was as natural as flowing water.
'That child! good fight... .'
"Woo Young-kwang, be careful!"
Park Jin-tae's cry was heard.
Surprised, Woo Yeong-gwang saw a mant stretching his forepaws from the front.
"don't worry!"
Heard a square shield.
At that time, Seo Mun-yeop's cry was heard in succession.
"Watch out for coming in bent!"
'huh?'
Come to think of it, the movement of Mante's sickle-like forepaw was strange.
He swung his arm in a curved line, and it felt like he was swinging the scythe in front of him once more.
Is it because of that?
The scythe bypassed the square shield and landed on Woo Young-gwang's shoulder.
hooked!
"Kuk!"
Along with the sharp pain, Woo Young-kwang's concentration wavered.
It was, of course, the left shoulder holding the shield.
"Kuaa!"
He avenged himself by swinging an ax and cutting off one of his legs.
Take it!
But one of the legs was cut off, and Mant, staggering, swung again with his forepaw. Perhaps it was because he attacked while staggering, he flew from a low orbit.
Caang!
I lowered my shield and blocked it.
At the same time, a mant that took out its wings and flew into the air flew a blade at Woo Young-gwang.
Woo Young-kwang felt distant.
He raised his shield quickly, but was delayed due to a shoulder injury.
I felt like dying.
at that time,
Shih- Kaaang!
The spear thrown by Seo Moon-yeop came back and collided with the blade, canceling it out.
"Kuaa!"
Seo Moon-yeop took out a new spear and jumped into the gap between the mantes.
confused.
Dodge, stab, and beat with a shield. The ranks of the mantes became congested.
"This is it! Push!"
Park Jin-tae shouted.
The dealers used all their auras and launched an all-out offensive.
* * *
after the battle is over.
I was arranging the corpses of the mantes I had hunted, and the tankers who suffered the most were given the privilege of resting.
Woo Young-gwang took out a hemostatic agent, sprayed it on his shoulder, and applied a bandage.
Seo Mun-yeop was sitting next to him, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
However, Woo Young-gwang, who finished first aid, opened his mouth.
"hey."
"why?"
"What did you watch and study?"
"A mant? Most of the companies that run dungeons have overseas data. If you ask, please share the materials in the original English."
"Fuck, I can't speak English… ."
Woo Yeong-gwang and Seo Moon-yeop, who were motivated to study but were discouraged, said.
"Ask your main business to translate it. The relationship with our team is so important, they will hire a translator for it."
"Ah, yes."
Woo Yeong-kwang admired Seo Moon-yeop's smart answer, but suddenly got annoyed.
"But are you the only one who knows that? A foolish bastard."
"While you're busy drinking, what… ."
Seo Moon-yeop mumbled as if he was dumbfounded.
After that.
Park Jin-tae's team sometimes gathered together instead of drinking and had time to study the materials provided by the company.
And Seo Moon-yeop and Woo Young-gwang had a relationship that wasn't too bad.