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nKill The Hero – Chapter 265 – 9 Tails (3)

nTranslator: Seven

nEditor: Ana_Banana

nThe players had a saying.

nStepping onto a new floor was like stepping onto the surface of the moon.

nThose who heard would think that it meant stepping onto a new floor was an amazing and mysterious experience.

nNaturally, they had the wrong idea.

nThe reason players compared new floors to the moon, wasn’t because it was new, fresh or even amazing.

nInstead, it was because they had stepped foot in a mysterious space, where it wouldn’t be strange for them to suddenly die without knowing what happened.

nThat was what that saying meant.

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nIt was the same for Lee Jin-ah at that moment.

nGulp!

nThe moment he entered the eighth floor, he couldn’t help but subconsciously swallow his saliva.

nEven Lee Jin-ah, who had encountered and overcome numerous hardships couldn’t help but be tense.

nHowever, it couldn’t be helped.

n“Night?”

nOn the eighth floor of the dungeon, there was darkness reminiscent of the surface of the moon.

nFurthermore, the darkness was so thick that they were unable to see anything except for small lights that flickered in the distance.

nIn this darkness, Kim Woo-jin, whose eyes had turned golden, said.

n“Those lights, they’re Foxfire.”

nThrough Horus’ eyes, he was able to determine the identity of the lights that illuminate the darkness.

n“Foxfire?”

nLee Jin-ah, who clearly remembered their experience dealing with Foxfire, was surprised, and couldn’t help but ask back carefully.

n“Isn’t that a monster that only appears on the fifth floor?”

nFoxfire.

nThey were monsters who could take the shape of any other monsters and couldn’t be dealt with by normal attacks.

nIn addition, they were rare monsters who were only found on the fifth floor.

n“They’re not monsters.”

nBut the Foxfire they were seeing at that moment weren’t monsters.

n“They’re magic that the Nine Tailed Fox created with its skill.”

nMagic.

n“The Nine Tailed Fox’s magic?”

nLee Jin-ah’s expression stiffened when he heard those words.

n“Wait, the boss of this dungeon is a Nine Tailed Fox?”

nKim Woo-jin frowned slightly at the question.

nThis was because it was a truly unexpected question.

nKim Woo-jin thought that Lee Jin-ah would’ve known that the boss monster of this dungeon was a Nine Tailed Fox.

n“Then what did you think the Nine Tailed Beast was?”

nBecause the only Nine Tailed Beast that they knew of was the Nine Tailed Fox.

nEven if it turned out to be another monster, it was still natural to at least keep the Nine Tailed Fox in mind.

nLee Jin-ah could only scratch his head sheepishly when he heard Kim Woo-jin’s question, and say.

n“No, well… I just didn’t think too much about it, okay? We just have to defeat whatever it is anyway, don’t we? So I just prepared to defeat whatever we encountered.”

nAn 8 Floor dungeon, the first 8 Floor dungeon attack, and he didn’t think too much about it?

n“…amazing.”

nThis fact caused even the normally stoic Kim Woo-jin to express his surprise and admiration.

nThis admiration made Lee Jin-ah smile as he said.

n“Haha, I am a little amazing.”

nIt was a very bright smile.

n“Anyway, those Foxfires aren’t monsters, but magic?”

nWith the smile still on his face, Lee Jin-ah continued.

n“Doesn’t that mean we’d get no loot from it if we kill it? And that we’d get no experience to level up? Plus, since it’s that Nine Tailed Fox’s skill, doesn’t that mean it can keep summoning them endlessly?”

nFortunately, Lee Jin-ah didn’t forget the dangers of the Foxfire just because he heard it was magic.

n“So we have to search for the Nine Tailed Fox while dealing with these Foxfires…. That’s such a headache. And I’m certain that the Nine Tailed Fox would be hiding in the dark, it wouldn’t be easy to find.”

nFurthermore, Lee Jin-ah was able to quickly analyse the difficulties of the dungeon attack.

nIt was as he said.

nFirst of all, the magic Foxfires were rather tricky.

nThey weren’t monsters, they were constructs made of magic, but that was the only difference between them as they still had the same characteristics.

nFoxfires could turn into any monster, and ordinary attacks would not work on them.

nIn addition, the light given off from the Foxfires basically blinded the hunters.

nIt didn’t matter if they stayed in the dark.

nBut if in such darkness, a bright light appeared, when it went out, the eyes of most living creatures would need time to adjust to the darkness once again.

n“How much of them can the Nine Tailed Fox summon?”

nThe troublesome part was the fact that they weren’t sure just how many Foxfires the Nine Tailed Fox could summon at a time.

nThis might just be a portion of it.

n“If it’s a hundred or more, that would be such a headache…”

nIt would be very difficult if the number exceeded a hundred.

nKim Woo-jin answered this question for him.

n“Infinitely.”

n“What?”

nInfinitely.

nWhen he heard this expression, Lee Jin-ah could only stare at Kim Woo-jin in shock.

nThen Kim Woo-jin continued.

n“In the worst case scenario, I might be able to summon them infinitely. So we have to plan with that in mind.”

nAlthough he said ‘worst case scenario’, Kim Woo-jin knew for a fact that the Nine Tailed Fox was able to summon Foxfires infinitely.

n‘That’s why it’s the worst.’

nAnd that was the reason why the Nine Tailed Fox was one of the worst monsters to face.

n“In that case, a drawn out battle is inevitable.”

nAgainst the Nine Tailed Fox, a prolonged battle was basically inevitable.

n“Even if that’s the case, it wouldn’t be good to have a prolonged battle. If there are no other monsters other than the Foxfire, my magic power would not be able to last.”

nFurthermore, in the absence of corpses, Kim Woo-jin would not be able to showcase his full ability.

nAs Kim Woo-jin said, if there were no other monsters on the floor, he wouldn’t be able to absorb any additional magic power.

n“So we have to finish this in a day.”

nTherefore, Kim Woo-jin intended to end the battle with the Nine Tailed Fox in a day.

n“Whew.”

nLee Jin-ah let out a long sigh at those words.

n“Then I guess I’ll just have to deal with Foxfires again. That’s just my life.”

nBut Kim Woo-jin interrupted him.

n“This time, I’ll deal with the Foxfires.”

nAlong with those words, Kim Woo-jin gave Balmung, which had been in his hand, to Lee Jin-ah.

n“If you find the Nine Tailed Fox while I’m dealing with the Foxfires, stab it.”

nShocked, Lee Jin-ah couldn’t help but ask.

n“Why?”

nKim Woo-jin replied easily.

n“Because it’ll be faster if I handle it.”

nAlong with those words, Kim Woo-jin took Excalibur from his inventory.

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nIn a forest covered in deep darkness.

nCrackle!

nNumerous Foxfires that had been created by the Nine Tailed Fox, each with the shape of a different monster, illuminated the darkness.

nIn a way, they could be called beautiful lanterns.

nCrackle!

nIn particular, they lit up the dark forest like stars lighting up the night sky.

nIt was truly a beautiful scene.

nBut it wasn’t just beautiful.

nIn the dark, their brightness served only to blind the players who had come to hunt the Nine Tailed Fox, attracting them like moths and causing them to be unaware of their surroundings.

nFurthermore, the Foxfires were arranged in such a way that if one Foxfire was attacked, the rest would be able to quickly encircle the aggressors.

nCrackle!

nThe Foxfires were laid down in order to alloy the master of this territory to annihilate the intruders faster.

nThose who knew such a fact wouldn’t dare to call such a thing beautiful.

nOf course, that didn’t mean it was guaranteed to work.

nHaaa!

nDeath Knight.

nThe Knight of Death created by death stepped out of the darkness in front of a Foxfire.

nCrackle!

nWhen the Death Knight appeared, the Foxfire took the form of a Troll.

nAnd when the battle started, the Death Knight’s sword tore through the Foxfire.

nPaht!

nThe Death Knight’s sword cut through the Foxfire easily.

nIn a way, this was to be expected.

nThe sword it held in its hand was none other than the legendary Achilles’ Sword, which had no problems cutting into the Foxfire.

nMoreover, it was none other than the Death Knight who was wielding this sword.

nThe Death Knight cuts off the Foxfire’s life.

nA being that was able to kill any living thing.

nA Death Knight had the ability to rip a Foxfire apart with its bare hands.

nSo naturally, the battle was one sided.

nShuk!

nThe Death Knight, which rode a skeleton horse, swung its sword three times, sending pieces of the Foxfire flying with every slash.

nIt was a moment when a Foxfire, a creature which terrorised every player that encountered them in 5 Floor dungeons, became extremely helpless.

nThen, the Foxfire around it began to move.

nCrackle!

nCrackle!

nThe flaming bodies of more than thirty Foxfires began to burn brightly as they transformed themselves.

nThe shapes they took were that of monsters who were able to run very quickly.

nIn that state, they all flocked towards the Death Knight.

nHaaa!

nThen, the Death Knights who had been hiding in the darkness made their appearances known.

nThese Death Knights, who suddenly appeared, all attacked the Foxfires’ flanks without exception.

nIt was a surprise attack.

nA surprise attack that their enemies could not have seen coming.

nNaturally, the effect of this attack was powerful.

nShuk.

nThe Twelve Death Knights that appeared unilaterally annihilated the Foxfires to the point where their fights could barely be called as such.

nNaturally, the forest darkened as a result.

nIt was as if the Death Knights had occupied this portion of the land.

nCrackle!

nSuddenly, a group of Foxfires appeared in the distance.

nAt that moment, exactly three hundred Foxfires had been created.

nThe Nine Tailed Fox summoned Foxfires.

nAnd it was the moment that the Nine Tailed Fox, which had been silent until then, finally showed its hostility towards the intruders.

nCrackle!

nLike well trained soldiers, the Foxfires which appeared all took the form of Ogres and began advancing towards the Death Knights like a well-trained army.

nIn an instant, the darkness of the forest was pushed back by the resplendent brightness.

nThe sight was so bright that it would force onlookers to avert their gazes.

nOf course, the Death Knights didn’t need to look away from this scene.

nHaaa!

nFollowing this terrifying cry, thirteen Death Knights, each atop a skeleton horse, charged towards the group of Ogre shaped Foxfire* without hesitation. (TL: Gonna call them Foxfire Ogres from now on, and I’ll do the same for any monster the foxfires transform into)

nLight and darkness. The two groups, which could only be described in this way, soon collided.

nThen something began to approach the Foxfires from behind.

nExcalibur’s wielder has confirmed the Foxfire’s hostility.

nExcalibur has granted you the Winner’s Blessing.

nIt was Kim Woo-jin!

nAppearing behind the Ogre shaped Foxfire army, Kim Woo-jin leaped towards them as soon as he appeared.

nThis leap from Kim Woo-jin was spotted by a 5m tall Foxfire Ogre, the neck of whom was immediately cut by Kim Woo-jin’s sword.

nYou cut the enemy’s neck.

nYour Winner’s Blessing has ended.

nCut by Excalibur, this Foxfire Ogre was immediately extinguished.

nThis was one of Excalibur’s abilities.

nCutting the opponent’s neck was a guaranteed victory, and no interference would be tolerated.

nCrackle!

nWhen Kim Woo-jin appeared, some of the Foxfire Ogres turned around to face him.

nThat was the moment when the perfectly formed battle line collapsed.

nNaturally, this was good news for the Death Knights.

nHaaa!

nThe Death Knights were prepared to repay the opportunity their master gave them with only one word. Victory!

nHyaha!

nSuddenly, Ice Arrows shot over from the distance.

nSkeleton Wizards!

nIt was the moment they began to provide support under the Lich’s orders.

nThe broken battle line had to face off against Death Knights, monsters which defied common sense, as well as the supporting fire from the Skeleton Wizards.

nIn the face of such a situation, the Foxfire Ogre Army was not able to showcase even half of their original strength.

nDespite outnumbering them, the Foxfire Army was the one at a disadvantage.

nExcalibur’s wielder has confirmed the Foxfire’s hostility.

n“Hoo!”

nAnd in such a situation, Kim Woo-jin showcased his prowess more strongly than anything else.

nThey literally began sweeping away the Foxfire.

nIn such a situation, the choice the Nine Tailed Fox, who hid in the dark, would make was simple.

nThe Nine Tailed Fox summoned Foxfires.

nThis time, it summoned 500 Foxfires.

nCrackle!

nThe light, which had once again begun to die down, now burned more brightly than ever.

nIt was at that time.

n‘There.’

nLee Jin-ah, who had been looking for the Nine Tailed Fox all this time, made his move.

n‘Just like Kim Woo-jin said, the Foxfires will only be summoned around the Nine Tailed Fox.’

nThe Nine Tailed Fox summoned Foxfires around itself, so Kim Woo-jin had told him to use them to find its location.

nAnd now, he had figured it out.

n‘It’s smaller than I expected.’

nThe 10m long body of the Nine Tailed Fox, which lowered itself so that it wouldn’t be spotted among the Foxfires appeared in front of Lee Jin-ah’s eyes.

nThen Lee Jin-ah charged towards the Nine Tailed Fox with a sword in his hand.

n‘Just once.’

nLee Jin-ah’s task was to just leave one wound on the Nine Tailed Fox.

nThis was easier than any task Lee Jin-ah had been given so far.

nTherefore, Lee Jin-ah performed this task well.

nPuk!

nThe tip of Lee Jin-ah’s sword pierced the side of the Nine Tailed Fox which had all of its attention on Kim Woo-jin.

nKii!

nAt taht moment, a bizarre cry was heard from the fox’s mouth.

nAt the same time, the Nine Tailed Fox’s body began to burn with a violent red flame.

nThe Nine Tailed Fox’s Alter Ego has been destroyed.

n‘Ah.’

nThis proved that the monster Lee Jin-ah had just stabbed was only an Alter Ego, one of the Nine Tailed Fox’s abilities.

nIn other words, it meant that Lee Jin-ah’s supposedly easy task had failed.

nKii!

nAt the same time, a large tree nearby made a terrifying sound as it quickly transformed into the shape of the Nine Tailed Fox.

nCrunch!

nAfter revealing another ability, the Nine Tailed Fox opened its mouth towards Lee Jin-ah.

nCrackle!

nThen a huge fireball flew from its mouth and swallowed Lee Jin-ah like a snake made of fire.

nCrackle!

nThe fire quickly enveloped and burnt Lee Jin-ah to ashes before he was even given the chance to scream.

nKiii!

nThe Nine Tailed Fox’s lips curled into a cruel smile at this sight.

nIt was a smile that mocked its prey for falling into the trap it created.

nPuk!

nThis was none other than the sound of the Nine Tailed Fox’s side being pierced.

nAnd with the sound, something gradually appeared beside the Nine Tailed Fox.

nCap of Invisibility’s concealment released.

nThe figure that was revealed was Lee Jin-ah wearing the Cap of Invisibility. (ED: My heart skipped a beat. I thought Lee Jin-ah died since they were nearing the end of the book.)

nThe Nine Tailed Fox has been afflicted by the Curse of Balmung.

nIn addition, the sword he held in his hand was Balmung.

nWhat had just happened was really simple.

nKim Woo-jin had also given the Seventh Tail of the Nine Tailed Fox in his inventory to Lee Jin-ah, and Lee Jin-ah used the item to create an alter ego.

nAnd since then, his real body had been hidden by the Cap of Invisibility.

nIn other words, Kim Woo-jin had expected the Nine Tailed Fox to use its alter ego from the start.

nThis was Kim Woo-jin’s plan to injure the Nine Tailed Fox.

nThe Nine Tailed Fox lights itself on fire.

nThe Nine Tailed Fox, which was attacked with its own skill suddenly set itself on fire.

nIn an instant, its body became covered in huge flames, and Lee Jin-ah instinctively retreated.

n‘That’s dangerous.’

nIt was a wise move.

nIf he came in contact with that fire, then like Hellfire, it would not go out until he was burned to ashes.

nOf course, while retreating, Lee Jin-ah kept his eyes on the Nine Tailed Fox.

n‘If I let it get away, Kim Woo-jin will beat me to death.’

nHe was determined to keep following the Nine Tailed Fox till he died.

nFlash!

nSuddenly, the Nine Tailed Fox emitted an intense light before disappearing.

n‘Ah!’

nIn that moment, Lee Jin-ah’s eyes lost their function.

nThis wasn’t the same as a ‘blind’ effect.

nIt was just a natural process of his eyes adapting to an intense light source.

nEven if Lee Jin-ah had Lancelot’s bracelet which made him immune to negative status effects, he wouldn’t be able to avoid this natural phenomenon.

n‘I lost it.’

nWhen Lee Jin-ah’s eyes finally adjusted, the Nine Tailed Fox was long gone.

nAll that was left in its place was Balmung which had fallen from its body.

n‘Dammit.’

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nSuddenly, a small Goblin Skeleton Soldier appeared beside Lee Jin-ah.

nThen the Skeleton Soldier said.

n“Good job.”

nLee Jin-ah responded bluntly to Kim Woo-jin’s words.

n“Are you being sarcastic now?”

n“No, I mean it.”

n“Mean it?”

nThe Skeleton Soldier nodded.

n“Because now I can smell the Nine Tailed Fox’s blood.”

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