Chapter 68
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nTransator: Ekdud
nProofreader: coyotte508
nTL Check: KobatoChanDaisuki
nChapter 68 – Cataclysm (1)
nReinforcements were basically imitations.
nSomething that helped a human imitate something stronger than them.
nThere were reinforcements created from imitating beastmen and there were reinforcement which imitated an intense flame like the Scarlet Jade Orb.
nSome were created after imitating a tiger and some were created to imitate lightning.
nOf course there were exceptions but most were like that.
nBecause of this the special skills were basically and due to this the main point of the special skills were set.
nBecoming the exact thing that you want to become.
nAnd Hansoo’s speciality was related to this.
nIf he learns a skill then he receives the intentions and experiences of the creator or the user of that skill and assimilates it.
nHe can understand the skill better than anyone, increase the mastery of the skill quickly and become closer than anyone else to the one who has mastered it before.
nAnd the result in which such specialty and special skill combined to create.
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nBooom!
n“Kuwaaaaak!”
nA clansman flew into the distance after getting his whole body crushed by Hansoo’s kick.
n“Damned bastard! Die!”
nAnother clansman charged towards Hansoo after covering themselves with skills from head to toe.
n‘Damned monster!’
nThey had all been killed by that guy.
n‘Damnit. When did this get tangled up like this!’
nThey had thought that they could just watch the newcomers die and take back the relics but for something like this to happen.
nKeeerik.
nHansoo’s reinforcement had been cut apart but they could not get through the scales.
nTough scales that showed higher defenses than armors.
nBut the clansmen did not give up.
nSince they weren’t alone.
nKwaaaaaa!
nA clansman who had charged him from behind shoved a greatsword into the location where he had cut apart with his dagger.
nCrack.
nA crack had appeared on the translucent scales.
nAnd at the same time a rough noise was heard as the greatsword got shoved in towards Hansoo’s chest.
nKudududuk.
nBut only that far.
nThe greatsword could not smash apart the ribs by the chest.
nA clansman who saw this was shocked.
n‘No way!’
nNo matter how high a person’s resistance is there is still a limit to the durability of human’s bones.
nBut that bone was so hard that the blade of the greatsword could not even leave a scratch on them.
nKudududuk!
nOf course there was no need worry further.
nThe moment the formless sword in Hansoo’s hand flew across the air the bodies of the two closest people to Hansoo had been cut in half.
n“Kuuuhh….”
nThe two people made groans as they fell, Hansoo looked at these guys and then looked at his body which was full of injuries.
nThe injuries were healing at an extremely fast speed.
nHe looked like a human from the outside but the insides were totally different.
nA completely different muscle structure, heart and bones comprised of his body.
nUnlike humans who would die from getting hit by a sword, the dragon race had barely no weaknesses and had high health so they survived in much harsher conditions than humans.
nAnd because of this they were stronger by at least a few times even if they had the same amount of runes.
nActually there aren’t any races who are weaker than the humans in battle.
nAnd especially for those races who had skills made after them because humans wanted to imitate them.
n‘But it’s still a bit burdensome.’
nHe knew the moment he learnt it.
nThat he couldn’t use it all day and all night due to the low amount of masteries.
nThe difference between the Demon Dragon’s and a human’s body was still too great.
n‘Time will solve everything I guess.’
nCharururuk.
nHansoo, who had glanced at the extremely thin and transparent layer of scales on him, gathered up the runes on the ground and then collected the most useful artifacts out of the ones dropped on the ground.
nHe would gain the attention of everyone if he were to walk around with these things hanging off his body but he could just hide them with a cape.
n‘This isn’t the time to worry about other people’s eyes.’
nHe could just throw them away if they become nuisances.
nFor the moment he needed to focus on increasing his battle power.
nSince the biggest hurdle has yet to come.
nHansoo threw away the
n‘My runes are now at… around 35%’
nIf you think about how people take usually 3 years to raise the runes’ level to the next rank, then he had raised all at once to the amount he should have gotten after a year of hunting.
nIt would be much easier for him to get around from now on.
nKwaruruk.
nHansoo glanced at the spectres charging at him but then looked up towards the core up in the sky.
nHansoo started to quickly run before the spectres arrived on him.
nTowards the tallest and closest location to the core which was stacked high with trash and debris.
nHe needed to charge through while Galadriang was dead and was struggling to get back.
nAfter climbing up the mountain the Core was in his view.
nThe identity of the Core which was shining like the sun was revealed.
nA humongous eye.
nThe eye, which looked quite small on the way, was bigger than the 2000 man ship.
nThe eye, which was giving off light in all directions, blinked as it stared at Hansoo.
n‘I have to finish everything within 30 minutes.’
nThis was not something he could turn on and off at any moment.
nOtherwise he would’ve used it already.
nHe had to smash the Core and crush the Heart before his transformation ended.
nHansoo, who had jumped towards the sun-like core, started to raise the tension of his body.
nSince the Elvenheims hadn’t been killed and turned into spectres because of no reason.
nThough there was still a quite a bit of distance there was no problem.
n‘Footholds will come down.’
nHansoo then stretched the formless blade of his sword and slashed at the sky.
nAt that moment a change occurred.
nFrom the dark curtain that the eye was attached to, tentacles started to pour out viciously.
nKadudududk.
nTens of thousands of tentacles.
nKudududuk.
nThe attack Hansoo made had cut off hundreds of tentacles but it couldn’t reach the core as it dispersed.
nThis was the defensive system that protected the insides of the Calamity Fish.
nThere was nothing that protected the outer parts of the Calamity Fish.
nSince it had no predators.
nBut as the inside is huge, the protection system for the inside was very well built.
nThe tentacles that swim through the veins of the Calamity Fish will come out from the corners of the body if they deem an invader to be harmful to stop them.
nLike a white-blood cell in humans.
nIf he had gone to the heart using a different direction then he would’ve still had to deal with these things.
nThat might be more dangerous for him who had a limit to the time of his transformation.
n‘Well. This place isn’t really safe either.’
nHere, the core, one of the main part of the body, there was dozens and hundreds of times more tentacles than in other parts of the body.
nAnd the heart has even more.
n‘I need to finish it quickly.’
nThe amount of tentacles that were surroundings his body were much more in numbers than the ones he could see with his eyes.
nThough he had about 30 minutes left for his transformation Hansoo calculated that he had about 15 minutes instead.
nHe had to smash the core and crush the heart within this time period.
nIf not then he will just get shredded apart by the Tentacles that roam around the veins.
nNo, he wouldn’t really be shredded apart.
nHe will just become like the spectres below.
nHe will become a calamity greater than Galadriang and then be reborn as a sturdy shield that will protect the Calamity Fish.
nChwarururuk!
nHansoo spread the Hardening Liquid onto his whole body and then applied them onto his blade.
nHe then proceeded to swing in all directions.
nChwarururuk.
nHis body, which had turned like a Demonic Dragon’s, endlessly supplied Galadriang’s Relic with mana.
nHis Magic Force spread into hundreds of strands due to the Relic, took a bit of the hardening liquids and then attacked the tentacles.
nKadududuk.
nThe tentacles screamed and squirmed as they were scratched from the formless blades.
nThen they turned like stones as they fell to the ground.
nThe Hardening Liquid, which was made from the combined efforts of the Alchemists, was like a fatal poison to them.
nThough it had been created with the Kukulja extract as the basis but the effect could not even be compared to it.
nHansoo madly slashed his sword as he proceeded forward by stepping onto the tentacles.
nKududuk.
nThe scales on his whole body got shredded off and his limbs repeated the process of getting broken and healing back.
nThere were a few occasions where he almost fell down when the tentacles that acted as footholds disappeared but there were simply too many tentacles coming at him.
nHansoo stepped atop the petrified tentacles as he continued to proceed towards the Core.
nChururuk.
nAfter slashing continuously, the giant eye had come close enough to him to the point where it was within his range.
n‘I’ve arrived!’
nThe eye glared at at Hansoo as if it wanted to shred him apart but there was nothing it could do.
nSince its only job was to create and maintain this space.
nKwaduduk.
nA tentacle which flew in from afar broke through his ribs and then crushed his heart.
nHansoo could see the Eye smile.
nBut Hansoo also laughed towards the eye.
n‘Laugh as much as you want.’
nChukunk!
nHansoo, who had cut apart the tentacle which had penetrated through his heart, stepped on top of it as he jumped over.
nThen he used all the strength in his body and stabbed the eyeball.
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n“You brats! What are you doing! Grab onto the tree!”
nCamille Rowe frowned as she looked at the people running around on the ground.
nOn the waist of the newcomers an extremely tough looking rope was tied onto them.
nOne of the newcomers who were tying on the rope that were tied onto the trees spoke out in dissatisfaction.
n“Damnit! Shouldn’t we be finding a ship during this time to run away! Or combine our strengths to get through the Gertas! You told us that you would save us but what is this?”
nEveryone nodded at these words.
nThe giant fish had got close enough to the point where they could see it themselves.
nWhat kind of crazy act was this when such a thing was coming to eat them up.
nCamille spoke as she thought of Hansoo.
n‘He said to just smack them if they didn’t listen right.’
nThis was something she excelled at even if Hansoo hadn’t told her about it.
nEspecially towards the newcomers who didn’t realize their situation.
nKwaduk.
n“Kuaak!”
n“You bastard. I said to leave if you were going to leave right? Why do you keep asking me to clear the road for you?”
n“Kuhuwuu…”
nThe guy who had made strange groaning noises just started to roll on the floor while grabbing ahold of his stomach.
nThe people glanced at that Camille and then quietly fastened themselves onto the Tree.
nThe newcomers, who had linked their body onto the thousands of thick woods in the jungle and to each other, looked towards the distant sea with a worried expression.
nActually Camille was worried also.
nSince they would all die like this if that guy failed.
nAt that time something happened.
nGuuuuuuunggg!
nA scream which was filled with pain resonated throughout the atmosphere.
nThe people trembled in fear but Camille smiled in joy.
n‘I don’t know what he did but he gave a hit!’
nBut soon Camille realized why Hansoo had told her to hold onto the tree.
nThe Calamity Fish, which had a expression of pain, started to throw up things.
nEndlessly.
nCamille knew what those things were.
nSince she had seen them before.
n‘Those are… the debris within the stomach?’
nThe huge amount of debris that poured out from its mouth dropped onto the sea as t created a huge tsunami.
nCamille shouted widely.
n“Hold on!!!”
nAnd then the huge tsunami that was created in the distant sea swept onto the Root they were standing on.
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nKyaaaaak!
nBlack Blood was pouring out of the giant Core.
nAs the Core got damaged the huge space that was being sustained by the core started to tremble.
nAt the same time the space shrunk down as the debris within it endlessly started to stab the insides of the Calamity Fish.
nKwaaaaaaaa.
n‘But this won’t kill it.’
nThough it was struggling in pain it will start to heal again once it pukes out everything.
nThe Core required the most amount of energy so it was located nearby the Heart and received blood from the biggest artery in its body.
n‘Let’s end this.’
nIf he were to go through this then he will reach the Heart.
nHansoo clenched his teeth as he jumped into the large artery which the blood was pouring out from.
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