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nTranslator : Ekdud

nTL Check : KobatoChanDaiSuki

nChapter 25 – Sky Road (4)

nWhile Hansoo was making such thoughts and advancing forward, one person cautiously spoke as they looked at their surroundings.

n“It seems like the number of snakes are decreasing?”

nEveryone nodded at these words.

nIt was something they had felt for a while.

nThankfully their speed of movement had increased and they had made quite a distance from the part of the island that was crumbling.

n‘Good’

nHansoo nodded his head inwardly.

nSince the lack of Rune Pattern Snakes meant he had almost reached the habitat of the Rune Eater Snake.

nAs soon as the snakes had disappeared they looked at each other while catching a breath.

nTheir entire bodies had been healed cleanly.

nSince Kangmin’s healing was rather effective despite the disputes.

nKangmin looked at Hansoo with a mysterious expression.

n‘He didn’t receive any heals…’

nThere was no way to not get injured no matter how strong you were.

nAnd the only reason why he had been able to survive was because he had put himself in such situations.

nAnd Hansoo was like that too.

nInjuries all over the body.

nBut there was a clear difference with Hansoo.

n‘Just how much stamina does he have’

nKangmin rolled around his tongue.

nIt wasn’t fast enough to see with the eyes but his injuries were often gone while they were walking.

nHe had thought that he had mistook what he had seen at first.

nAnd he had been dodging all the big injuries that would be of harm during a fight.

nHe wasn’t sure because he didn’t look close but he could guess somewhat.

nHe had made sure to not get injured on his joints and muscles and if he was going to get bit then he made it so the parts of the body that wouldn’t hinder him was bit.

nEven if his skin were to be all scratched off.

nIt would hurt much less to get bit around the thigh or buttocks but he had been dodging injuries in important areas as if every part which helped him fight was precious.

nAnd he had been doing so by getting hit all over the body whilst dodging fatal wounds and healing himself with his high stamina.

nAt once glance he looked like a normal college student but he was fighting like a beast.

nAs if he was fighting by squeezing every bit power out of his entire body.

n‘…Is he like a mercenary or something?’

nThe skin would hurt a lot but it healed fast so it was the right choice.

nBut this choice would be hard for a normal person to make but that guy was not afraid of getting hurt.

nNo, he had even shown that if he could kill the enemy by getting hurt, then he chose to do so.

n‘It seems like the sales won’t be that good’

nKangmin frowned slightly.

nAmazing was amazing and obstruction was an obstruction.

nIf that guy didn’t exist than the others would’ve been hurt more but due to him fighting so well he had to set the price of healing low.

nSince if there was no demand, the prices will drop.

nBut at that moment, something appeared in front of Kangmin whom had been thinking of this and that

n‘…What is that?’

nA humongous tree that couldn’t even be compared to the trees until now had appeared in front of them.

nAnd the surroundings trees had been broken and smashed to create an open area.

nWhile everybody was cautiously looking at their surroundings in this new area that was a bit off the road, Hansoo was looking at the top of the tree.

n‘There it is.’

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nA giant snake of 15m that had coiled upon the tree.

nIt had become the leader of the Rune Pattern snakes by eating them and absorbing their runes.

nMost mutant Rune Eater Snakes became strong like that and acted as predators.

nA monster that couldn’t even distinguish its own clansman and only saw them as food.

nAnd because of this, other rune pattern snakes did not live around it.

n‘But that one is useless’

nThat one was useless.

nSince due to its size, if you gave it 3 runes it will eat all of those 3.

nIt was only useful while it was a baby, when it did not eat much and would puke out two when you gave it three would it be useful.

nBut since it was only useful for three months, he just needed to release it after that.

nHansoo nodded as he thought of the rune pattern snake’s egg somewhere within the tree.

n‘Let’s go’

nHe had fought in the most dangerous areas for 50 years and had never encountered an enemy who he could leisurely dodge and whom would send only so-so attacks at him.

nForesee the enemy’s movements?

nThere were much more enemies that moved faster than one could foresee.

nAnd because of this the fighting style of giving flesh and hitting bone had been deep embedded in him.

nSince as long as you kill the enemy, regeneration was possible.

nBut his tactic was only possible when you could receive their attacks to a degree but due to his resistances being rock bottom low, it felt like he was fighting with chains all over his body.

nAnd he seemed strong right now but later enemies who know how to use skills and their traits properly will appear.

nHe had a bit of an advantage in stats and artifacts but there was a huge gap in battle powers that came from skills and traits.

nSince that girl called Jimin had already grasped her fighting style a bit.

nHe had to take the advantage before he could earn skills and to do that a Rune Eater Snake was a necessity.

n‘If I take this then everything becomes easy’

nThe family man, Gyucheol, cautiously spoke as he saw Hansoo warm up his body.

n“Do you really have to fight that thing?”

n“Hmm?”

n“Isn’t that something you don’t really need to kill?”

nHansoo nodded at those words.

nThe Rune Eater Snake was too high of a difficulty for people who came out of one week of the tutorial.

nAnd that snake which ate three and spat out two was a scam to others who needed the strength, stamina, agility and perception runes.

nAnd because of this he had diverged from the path a little bit.

nSince there weren’t any snakes here so as long as you were careful you wouldn’t run into rune eater snakes or rune pattern snakes.

nThe others who had already seen this stood far away as they looked at the tree with worrying expressions.

n“You don’t have to fight. I’ll fight it alone so go over there where it’s safe. Or you can go first”

nGyucheol shook his head at those words.

n“No… I’m saying let’s go together”

nGyucheol almost spat out something he had been thinking for a while.

n‘How would we advance if you die’

nGyucheol knew.

nThat the reason why it was ok for him to just protect his wife at the back was because Hansoo, who was in the front, was fighting well.

nHe knew. That if you don’t fight yourself here then you will eventually die.

nBut even though he knew this in his head, how could he send his wife and daughter out after seeing them bleed after getting slashed by swords.

nThere might be a chance that a place where his family could be safe might appear if they continue like this.

nAnd for that he needed to live a little bit longer.

n‘And because of that I must go with that person’

nIf that guy dies then he would need to step out and fight.

nBecause if he doesn’t then the defense line will crumble and they would all die.

nBut then if he died like that, who would protect his family.

nHe wasn’t in the situation to put up with danger.

n‘And isn’t it very greedy to try to kill that snake which you don’t need to, to the point of soloing?’

nGyucheol, who couldn’t spit out such words, tried his best to make a pleasant smile as he spoke.

n“What would happen if you died fighting that thing. It looked dangerous at a glance, let’s just continue and not waste your strength on that thing. Shouldn’t we continue forward while the gap is still large.”

nEveryone looked at Hansoo and Gyucheol at those words.

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