Chapter 122
An immeasurable level.
Every monster and every being with Rank that Suhyeok had encountered until now still possessed a level.
But this creature...
The one whose enormous shadow covered the entire surrounding sea...
Was literally impossible to measure.
[‘Artificial Creation’ is not an eligible target for Trait Plunder.]
An artificial creation....
Before Suhyeok could even think about the message...
A wave surged toward them like a tsunami.
It was large enough to swallow everything in the area.
Gulp.
"...H-Huh?"
The warriors of each race, who had been brimming with confidence just moments earlier...
Slowly lowered their weapons.
This was no ordinary enemy.
It was a natural disaster beyond their ability to resist.
The Giant Whale existed on an entirely different scale from every sea monster they'd encountered until now.
Everyone lost their will to fight before its overwhelming size.
Then...
Step.
"Move aside, everyone."
Lee Yumi calmly walked out from among the crowd.
"If you're already giving up here, what are we supposed to do?"
She quietly raised her staff.
Cold blue energy began swirling around it.
Crackle.
Frost spread from the wooden deck beneath their feet...
Then across the surrounding sea.
Impressive.
Suhyeok couldn't help but admire the Mana flowing from her.
Both its quality and quantity surpassed everyone here, including himself.
Even before his regression, there had been very few mages with this much Mana.
And ice wasn't even her only attribute.
Most people were considered talented if they could properly handle a single elemental attribute.
Yet Lee Yumi could use all five.
Maybe...
One day, she might even awaken the light and darkness attributes Suhyeok had never seen from her before.
Whoosh.
Once her preparations were complete, Lee Yumi raised her staff high.
Cold energy exploded outward in every direction.
FWOOOOSH.
The massive wave was moments away from swallowing them whole.
Then...
Crack. Crackle.
It froze.
Silence fell.
"...Huh?"
"N-No way...."
The very wave that had crushed everyone's fighting spirit...
Had been frozen solid in an instant.
Everyone stared in disbelief.
ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
Fuck, I actually pissed myself;;
That's cool as hell ㄷㄷ
Never saw her fight on broadcast before, but she's crazy strong lol
We've been too focused on Lee Suhyeok. She's seriously strong too.
She froze all of that and doesn't even look tired?
Lee Yumi adjusted her grip on the staff.
Then spoke indifferently.
"Ice Age."
"Ooooooh!!"
"Waaaaaaah!!"
Cheers erupted loudly enough to shake the air.
Lee Yumi rubbed beneath her nose with a satisfied expression.
"Hehe."
"Yeah, yeah."
"I've always wanted to do that."
"Ice Age" <---- cool as fuck lol
Somehow dumb and awesome at the same time ㅇㅇ
fr now I wanna try it too lol
I just copied the pose and said it, why do I look like such an idiot;;
LMAOOOOOOOOO
Because... you are one.
The Constellations loved it.
Sponsorships began pouring in as well.
Suhyeok had a pretty good idea what she'd been trying to imitate.
But he had no intention of saying it out loud.
Lee Yumi confidently strode toward him.
"Oppa, how was that?"
"I haven't exactly been sitting around doing nothing either."
"At this rate, maybe we'll be able to have a good match soon-"
"Shh."
Suhyeok's expression hardened.
"It's not over yet."
The ground began trembling again.
Lee Yumi had only frozen the wave...
And the surface of the ocean.
In other words...
She hadn't stopped the Giant Whale itself.
RUMMMMMBLE!!
The Giant Whale began rising again, shaking the entire region.
Now it was time to execute the plan.
Ding!
[Warning!]
[The target cannot die unless its ‘Heart’ is destroyed.]
[Additionally, the target cannot receive damage as long as its Heart remains intact.]
So that was why its level couldn't be measured.
But Suhyeok had already expected something like this.
He glanced at Bong Taesu.
Taesu and the other two immediately nodded.
Pabababak! Flash!
All four kicked off the frozen surface and leaped upward.
Bong Taesu jumped far higher than the rest.
His fist clenched.
CRAAAAACK!
At the same moment...
The Giant Whale shattered through the ice blocking its path and surged upward.
But...
"Hup!"
Taesu's fist descended like Mount Tai.
A semicircular shockwave exploded outward.
The Giant Whale's steel-hard skin caved inward.
And in response...
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG!!!
The Giant Whale opened its enormous mouth and roared.
This was their chance.
"Now!"
At Suhyeok's shout...
All four threw themselves directly into its open mouth.
A short while later...
They landed inside an impossibly vast space.
Green liquid reached up to their ankles.
Bong Taesu pushed himself upright.
"Hup."
"Everyone all right?"
"Yeah, more or less."
Lee Yumi looked down at herself.
"The problem is my clothes and body are kind of...."
Her clothes were covered in sticky mucus.
And because she'd been swept along with the stomach acid, her hair was a complete mess.
Of course...
The other three weren't in any better condition.
Kim Hyuna wiped some of the mucus from herself, then began cleaning the thick clumps tangled through Lee Yumi's hair.
"At least we're not being dissolved by stomach acid thanks to the item Mister gave us."
[‘Highest-Grade Barrier (Unique)’ is functioning properly.]
"...Haa."
"Yeah, that's true."
Lee Yumi sighed.
"I just wish it blocked this disgusting slime too."
After cleaning themselves up as best they could...
Lee Yumi formed a small ball of fire on her fingertip to illuminate the area.
"Hmm."
"I heard whales have around four or five stomach chambers."
"This thing probably has something similar."
"The problem is..."
"How are we supposed to reach its heart from here?"
She was right.
No matter what kind of creature it was...
The stomach and heart weren't directly connected.
Searching around blindly wouldn't lead them there.
Shing.
Suhyeok drew his sword.
Then slashed the stomach wall with all his strength.
BOOOOM.
The impact shook the entire chamber.
Hummm.
