Demon King

Chapter 16. Monster Heart 1

Did you say that Bugbear is an Assassin? Now I think I know why I was able to evolve into a Bergbear, a species clearly stronger than Trolls or werewolves.

Obviously, I met the conditions for evolving into a bug bear through the growth of skills such as surprise, fairy tales, and martial arts. The three of my abilities were special. No, maybe even Lunatic Trickster, the top skill.

After all, I have earned the right to evolve into a Bugbear by proving my abilities, and as a Bugbear, my surprise abilities have become even more enhanced.

The ambush is divided into two processes.

Making no move to reach the target without noticing, and making the most of the momentary force to eliminate the enemy's critical points.

Although I could only test the first of these in this dark passageway, I was already satisfied enough.

because it was a two-meter 50-centimeter, and it was impossible to run without a hitch compared to when you were Hobgoblin Ashter.

Darkness is familiar now. This empty space seems to resemble me more and more.

No, on the contrary, I resemble the darkness. Changes have been made to allow us to act freely, concealing everything we own and even killing.

Only surprise and fairy tale skills have grown steeply in the process.

[Epic Raid has become Lv2.]

[Intermediate fairy tale is now Lv4.]

Originally a lesser skill is slower in level than a beginner skill. Intermediate is slower than that, and advancing a skill level is too difficult.

Evidence suggests that martial arts and detection, which had grown to a superior skill at once in the process of defeating and evolving the Trickster, has now grown slowly to a point where it is doubtful that its skill level is rising.

[Epic Raid has reached Lv3.]

But the raid and fairy tales were different. It's probably due to training in environments that are good for raising skill levels, but the growth was surprisingly different from other skills.

[Epic Raid has become Lv4.]

[Intermediate fairy tale is now Lv5.]

Rain once confirmed that I have a flair for surprise. I denied it back then, but I don't anymore.

I am definitely talented. Without it, this kind of growth cannot be explained.

I no longer question that. I simply acknowledged and accepted my talents, and I did everything in my power to grow them and strengthen myself.

It was the least I could do in this dark passageway.

The food supply during the training took place on the third floor. Of course, from the moment I entered the third floor, there were all kinds of intermediate monsters, but they were not my opponents.

There were no critical hits allowed against the first monsters you encountered. No matter how many enemies you killed, you didn't get hurt. It was so natural that it could not be a question.

I was in an absolute predator's position with skills such as advanced surprise and martial arts against the lowest level of monsters.

The target I was fighting was no longer a dungeon. I was out of the dungeon's orbit, and so my struggle had to be within me.

You can't grow with the goal of fighting and winning monsters in front of you.

[Epic Raid has reached Lv6.]

Suddenly, another group of humans entered the second floor. At that time, I was at the entrance of the dark passageway, so I could almost detect it.

[Intermediate fairy tale is now Lv8.]

[Epic Raid has reached Lv7.]

But I didn't care. In order for them to find the dark passageway, they would have to pierce the reincarnated second-floor boss werewolf, and they could never pierce the werewolf as long as their superior detection capabilities were telling them.

However, more and more people entered the second floor over time.

I went deep into the passageway to avoid being influenced by human prowess, but I couldn't stand by when that number went over the bag.

They were a group that was separated but clearly had the same purpose.

If that group, more than a hundred humans, were hostile to me, I could be in danger. At least you'll feel comfortable knowing what they're up to.

I'm sorry that I haven't trained my sneak attack skills to the level I want, but I can't help it. I kicked my tongue down the dark alley and escaped to the second floor.

And I followed some of them, just in case they had proof of the Devil, keeping as much distance as I could hear the human voice.

The information came out quickly. There's always a cheap-mouthed human in any group. And you can't imagine a monster eavesdropping on them from a distance.

“These are lesser monsters? The Goblins were the only ones on the first floor.... Isn't this dungeon dangerous if the water changes directly from the second floor? Maybe the second floor isn't the end. ”

“That's why the guild master is blinking. This was the most shallow dungeon...... It's a good thing our guild noticed it sooner. ”

“So we just take him down and take care of him? ”

“Fool, first we have to see the end of the dungeon. Don't you know the First Conqueror's blessing? ”

Why do Koreans like to put English in any name?

As I was rolling my head over what the word "conveyor" meant, I soon realized that the English word meant "conqueror."

First Conqueror. First conqueror.

What's so special about conquering a dungeon for the first time?

Then I remembered something. A jewel from Pelcardia.

A Goblin King with a jeweled sword from Pelcardia who showed extraordinary strength.

The werewolves on the second floor were slain by me without a crack at the power of Pelcardia's jewelry on the necklace, but I'm sure his power was no exception.

However, after a while, the Goblin Kings and Werewolves showed up new faces, not entering the boss' room, but looking hard, but clearly weaker than the first ones. It was unbelievable.

Until now, I thought it was just because they didn't have Pelcardia's jewelry. I had to make a rough inference as to why only those I confronted were carrying jewelry.

But it's clear now. First Conqueror, that's why.

Boss monsters guarding the boss room of an unmanned dungeon are strong. It's hard to defeat that monster, but you can get a special reward for it.

And I was definitely a 1F, 2F first conveyor of this dungeon, the Black Palace District 7.

The jewel of Pelcardia. A reward for the First Conqueror in the Black Palace District 7. It will definitely not be different from 3F.

However, since the dungeon on Earth is not the only black palace, there must be more people besides me who have received precious stones like the jewels of Pelcardia.

Determination rises. The thought of not being left to others has overwhelmed my mind.

First Conqueror.

You will be the first conqueror of the very depths of this dungeon, not just the first and second floors.

But there is a problem that needs to be dealt with first.

“Son of a bitch, he'll die.... ”

“But you still learned the secrets of this dungeon, didn't you? ”

“My cousin's dead in his claws, damn it. ”

“I'm sorry. ”

These guys are after someone right now. If I follow someone into 3F, I get quite annoyed.

And before that, I cared about the people they were chasing.

“Damn, I'll find that informant if I go out there." ”

“He said there were only five of them in the building. It was obviously a ploy to put our guild at risk. ”

“But I can't believe we're in a herd hiding our identity. ”

That's right. Whoever they're after is a fugitive.

It is painted so that it is not difficult for them to compile the information they vomit.

Judging by their words, the ‘guild’ heard from an informant that ‘they are forming a group without hiding their identity' and headed to a specific ‘building’ to hunt down the vanguard.

However, there were more vanquishers in the building than the informants had heard, and one or more guild members were killed during the hunt. And only one of them escaped alive.

He ran all the way to the dungeon and ended up on the second floor, and after him, some or all of the guilds entered the second floor.

It's a ridiculous story.

The information of the vanguard, who just wanted to live in secret, was traded, and the guild that received that information once knew he was a human being, but drew its sword to hunt them down, and led a group of people after him with a grudge that the human died on the vanguard.

Humans can see them with EXP, items, and gold, but they have to die without resisting them.

It was truly an arrogant and narrow base. It was a mindset only possible for those who excluded everything other than humans.

The black heart thumps violently. Arrogant people who don't fit the topic. Those who imitate the gods who bend the earth from the sky to the creatures who move the earth!

You jump out of the water, breaking your own rules, and you feel like slitting their throats.

But I couldn't do that. Not because I can't break the rules.

Because there's still something important to hear from them.

“Let's just say disguising your appearance doesn't work, and there's a problem with Maine's proof. Hiding monsters among Humans is terrible. ”

Yeah, this is it.

Hiding his identity is impossible for a foreigner without his proof.

Nevertheless, the fact that the identity has been hidden all this time is that there was a way to prevent the evidence of the Demon in the group of predecessors.

As soon as this happened, all the reasons to hesitate disappeared.

I decided to find the Chosen One before they did. And it wasn't that hard. I had 2F in Black Palace District 7 here like a courtyard.

It took me just seven minutes and 38 seconds to find a werewolf covered in red blood.

“Cough…. ”

He was lying in a dump in the corner of the cave, killing his breath and bleeding.

The corpse of a shredded spider surrounds him, and the impressive appearance of the four War Wolf Elites standing in front of him as if they were escorting him.

The wolves roar first, and then he reacts as I reveal myself to him.

“Damn... why would a middleweight, monster like this...? ”

“But you're a mid-level monster. ”

I spoke lightly, and he opened his eyes wide.

Then you smile small.

For the first time in my life, I met someone other than myself.

Chapter 16. Monster Heart 1 End