episode_0139

ㅡKujijijijik!

“… huh? What is it all of a sudden?”

ㅡKuuut!!!

A gray pillar appeared where the Empress was. No, more precisely, it fell from the sky. Directly over the Empress’s head.

The ground rumbles with the sound of something being crushed flat. Something so heavy made contact with the ground that it made my body shake.

The diameter of the gray pillar appeared to be well over 5 meters even with the naked eye. Suddenly, a huge pillar crashed into the ground.

At first I thought it was a concrete pillar.

A structure at a construction site.

However, when you look at it closely, you can see wrinkles like animal skin.

It was shaped like an elephant’s leg.

“The Empress was kicked, was she crushed?!”

“Hey, what are those elephant leg-like things-?!”

“What is happening all of a sudden? … ?!”

A situation that cannot be understood through common sense.

Everyone just looks at the sky in silence.

To find the source that crushed the Empress.

Even the calm Park Mak-rye couldn’t even put his hand on the hilt of the sword. My body probably couldn’t react to the unrealistic sight. Same goes for me.

“Everyone look up… ! There is a gate in the sky… … !”

It was Park Bi-hwa’s shout that broke everyone’s silence. She just kept her eyes fixed on the sky and her lips quivering, as if she was facing an object of awe.

“Gate… ? Oh, really?!”

As she said, I looked at the sky… … .

Gooo━──!

A gate resembling a black hole was open.

It also has a gate the size of a soccer field.

At that level, it would probably be a mid-sized gate.

The gate spun with an ominous sound.

Light purple and black swirls.

Although it looked calm on the outside,

Inside, it is a demonic world teeming with monsters.

Small and medium-sized gates occasionally produced monsters. A random monster was dropped on the ground. Just like the last time Cyclops appeared.

ㅡKuuung! thud! Kugugugung… !!!

A huge bipedal elephant emerged from there and was taking steps. At the spot where he stepped, there was only a circular mark left, as if it had been engraved.

A huge monster that is well over 30 meters in size.

“Elephan Ogre?!”

After seeing the giant monster with my own eyes, I instinctively spit out its name. This was the same reaction I had when encountering Cyclops.

The instinct as a hunter that had been sleeping inside me was awakened once again.

It felt like the experiences and memories I had accumulated while dealing with countless monsters were being revived once again.

“Elephan… Sihu? What?”

“He’s fundamentally different from the Cyclops that came out of the gate last time! Everyone disperse first! Never attack first!”

I answered Iria’s question in a loud voice.

It’s dangerous, so let’s get out of this place quickly.

The Elephan Ogre was such a dangerous monster.

I climbed the mountain and climbed the mountain, but it is not the end.

How did you deal with the villain alliance?

This time, a huge monster was waiting for us.

Now it is the Elephan Ogre, a high-level monster.

‘If it’s that big, it’ll be boss level. But why why… … ?’

ㅡBlah blah… ! Wow!!

When the guy lifted the leg that had trampled on the Empress, only circular footprints were clearly visible on the floor, but there was no trace of the Empress.

If I was lucky, I would have escaped with my liquid body, or else I would have just disappeared.

But the latter is more likely.

I know him well because I met him once before.

That’s right, the Elephan Ogre… … .

“Everyone, don’t approach too hastily! If it touches its body, it will disappear… … !”

“What? Kid, is that true?”

“Lord, master? How did you do that… … ?”

“Sihuya? I wonder if it’s a monster you know or something like last time… … ?”

I nodded to Iria’s question.

While paying attention to the Elephan Ogre’s movements.

Judging from his movements, it didn’t seem like he was in any immediate danger.

A high-level object that is difficult to find at regular gates.

The guild classified it as a boss monster.

Its destructive power was beyond imagination, and its handling was also difficult.

“But why is the gate now… … ?”

“Puuu!!”

The Elephan Ogre screams, its long nose twitching painfully. It was walking on two feet, but its appearance was almost no different from that of an elephant.

If I had to compare it, would it resemble the Hindu Ganesha? It had an appearance that made you feel fear just by looking at it.

“Sihuya? So where is this guy’s weakness? Don’t you know better than anyone else?”

Iria comes out and evacuates with Park Bi-hwa in both hands and asks a question. She landed in a safe zone, avoiding the Elephan Ogre’s movements as much as possible.

“First of all, no matter what happens, don’t touch his skin!”

“Huh? What does that mean from earlier? Are you just telling me not to approach you? Then how do you deal with it?”

“That’s because he’s really dangerous! If it comes into contact with its skin, everything, including body parts and objects, will disappear at the molecular level!”

“What? So does that mean there are no weaknesses at all?”

“No… ! Instead, the weak spot is the flesh inside the skin! You have to aim for that!”

I shouted, pointing at a guy whose entire body was covered in thick gray leather. A guy whose inner flesh is not revealed anywhere.

According to what we know, Elephan Ogre had an invisible extra-space distortion substance smeared all over his body. The identity of this space-distorting material was not yet known.

However, one thing is certain: all materials that come into contact with it are completely destroyed in an instant.

The only way to deal with him was to go on a rampage alone and wait for him to get hurt himself.

Very occasionally, I would get crushed by a large piece of debris, and at this time, the power of the space distortion material would slow down.

It was a very rare phenomenon, but other than that, he was almost flawless.

If you are lucky enough to get hurt yourself, you will have to use all your attacks during that time to stop it.

Even where I was, I’ve never seen a hunter who dealt with this guy on his own. He wasn’t that easy to deal with.

“You have to aim for the inside? How on earth can they tell you not to approach the skin? … ?”

ㅡQuaaa! Kurrr!!!

The guy who appears at the gate moves forward, trampling the ruined academy site. As if people are so small that they cannot be seen.

“Ear… ! On the rare occasions when it flaps its ears, you have to look for it! Either that, or wait until you go on a rampage and get hurt yourself… … .”

It couldn’t have been a more hopeless situation.

I don’t know what kind of wind is blowing,

A boss-level monster suddenly falls into the academy… … .

“Kid. Is what you say really true?”

Park Mak-rye draws his sword while glaring at the Elephan Ogre. Although she was asking me a question, she was only glaring at the Elephan Ogre.

It seemed like it was going to pop out at any moment.

Even though I made such a request.

Even if it was a ghost sword, it wouldn’t be easy to cut it down.

“Yes… ! But even a sword won’t work!”

“That sounds interesting. Why do you think that?”

“I told you earlier! Everything that touches its skin disappears─”

-Chuck! Huuut!!!!

Before I could even finish my explanation, she unleashed her spirit-killing sword.

In the blink of an eye, the sword is pulled out and a huge aftereffect is felt.

‘It’s more life-threatening than what you tried to cut me with earlier… … ?!’

When she pulls out her sword, translucent wave-like sword energy spreads out along with tremendous wind pressure.

The wave pattern was quite different from the sword attack that had been fired to cut us down earlier.

It’s definitely a huge blow, but… … .

I had no choice but to remain skeptical.

As expected, among the hunters, there were many who used swords.

Among them, there were people like Park Mak-rye who radiated sword energy, but Elephan Ogre even extinguished sword energy.

ㅡSsss!

However, Park Mak-rye’s sword skills spread out with fierce force… … .

「Puuu… … !!!!」

Surprisingly, it hits your ears accurately.

It made the guy’s legs collapse.

The elephant’s roar sounds as if it will tear your eardrums.

“Well, what happened… … ?!”

“What happens? I just cut it.”

“That can’t be possible… … .”

“You are a bluff. There is nothing I have not been able to cut with my sword.”

Park Mak-rye retrieves the sword with a calm tone.

Park Mak-rye also went beyond my common sense.

I can’t close my mouth at the incredible sight that has unfolded once again.

“Sihuya? Grandma’s spirit sword can cut not only the substance but also the soul of the target. Isn’t it thanks to that?”

Instead of Park Mak-rye, who leads the sword, Park Bi-hwa adds an explanation.

“Dae, it’s amazing! As expected, the president of the association… … !”

“Iria? There is no time to make a fuss. Follow me quickly. I have to finish it!”

“Ah, yes! excuse me… Peonies?!”

“Ugh-?!”

“It’s only for a little while, but I’d like to ask you a secret story with Sihu!”

-Pababat!

With those words, Iria and Park Mak-rye run towards the Elephan Ogre. It seemed like he was definitely planning to finish this guy off.

“Eeeeet-? Iria just asked me a favor… … ?!”

Moran was tilting her head with a very surprised face at Iria’s unexpected appearance.

Honestly, I was surprised too.

‘Iria, who tried to monopolize me like that, turned me into someone else…’ … . ‘You’re leaving that to a woman too?’

How much trust has been gained from the battle that just took place?

“… But what about Sihu? How do you know that?”

“Oh? Yes?”

Park Bi-hwa, who had been quiet while recovering his stamina, asks a question.

“Ma, that’s right! Seeing him like this makes me feel like he’s not really the master I knew… … !”

Moran also shows a surprising reaction to this. And then they both looked at me with eyes demanding an explanation.

“Ah, um… … . So how should I explain this?”

The sudden question leaves me speechless.

We’re already in the same boat. Is it okay?

Or do you just play it cool?

Of course, I don’t think people will easily believe me just because I say it… … .

ㅡKugugugugugung!! Quagga River-!!!!

When I was thinking about their questions,

There is a roar and dust rising from afar.

Even though it hasn’t been long since Iria and Park Mak-rye ran away.

It was probably Park Mak-rye’s ridiculous strength that pushed him down.

After all, he is not a living legend for nothing.

Defeating the Elephan Ogre in one blow?

I hope they both come back without any injuries.

“The same goes for Elephan Ogre, and there has never been anyone who has ever used force to push down a boss-level monster… … .”

It seems like it’s not just a world where genders are reversed.

I feel it again, but the awakened people of this world seem to be incomparably powerful.

‘This could possibly create the strongest guild in history… … ?’