Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Part 26

As expected of a Level 85. Even after redirecting the attack, I still got pushed back.

Ramond smiled.

“As I thought. The rumors about you were false.”

Rumors could never be trusted.

Killed Baruoden in one strike?

A man who got pushed back by one of Ramond's attacks?

BZZZZ.

WHOOSH!

Dash.

“Hehehe. You won't catch me by desperately running around like that.”

Yugeon stepped backward and avoided an attack descending from above.

Ramond laughed.

This man killed Baruoden?

Nonsense.

And the ridiculous power shown in Mongolia...

I finally understand.

That bastard... No. That video itself was fake.

Korea still had no Great Star.

So perhaps the government was trying to manufacture one.

No wonder this guy suddenly appeared in Mongolia and stopped the Wave.

The media company and Korean government had fabricated everything.

Someone who killed tens of thousands of monsters in one attack was being pushed backward by Ramond?

Ridiculous.

BZZZZ.

CLANG! CLANG!

Ramond moved freely through the darkness.

He struck at Yugeon's sword from multiple directions.

“Don't worry. I won't kill you too quickly. There are too many things I need to ask.”

His voice came clearly from everywhere.

Yet his body could not be seen.

“How did you discover Genocide?”

BZZZZ.

WHOOSH!

Rip!

“How do you know my name?”

WHOOSH!

Slash.

Ramond appeared from every direction.

Yugeon's clothes were gradually torn.

“And how do you keep detecting me?”

WHOOSH!

CLANG!

SCRAAAAAPE!

Ramond emerged from beneath Yugeon's feet and thrust his dagger.

Yugeon used Supreme Purity Sword Art from the Kunlun Sect to redirect it.

As the exchange continued...

Ramond began feeling something strange.

What...? Why can't I injure him?

He frowned.

At first...

He thought it was coincidence.

But after attacking repeatedly...

It became obvious.

Han Yugeon had no wounds.

His body got pushed back.

His sword got knocked away.

His clothes were torn in several places.

Yet not a single attack had touched his skin.

And this bastard...

Ramond moved through the darkness.

Then swallowed dryly after watching Yugeon's eyes.

There's no doubt.

He knows exactly where I am.

Ramond had completely erased his presence.

He had even stopped speaking.

Yet Han Yugeon's eyes followed his exact position.

Tch. I wanted him to attack a little longer.

Yugeon clicked his tongue when Ramond stopped.

Already noticed?

Yugeon had wanted to use this fight to re-embody more martial arts through real combat.

Whoosh.

Ramond circled widely behind Yugeon.

As expected!

Yugeon's eyes followed immediately.

[Lv. 85] Ramond

His level is floating over his head.

Yugeon laughed internally.

Hiding inside darkness?

Meaningless.

There was a giant level indicator floating in the middle of empty space.

“Hmm... No more attacks? How boring. So this is Genocide? I guess an organization full of idiots really does produce idiots.”

Grit.

Ramond clenched his teeth.

The sound came from the darkness.

“Fine. I've changed my mind. I don't need information from you anymore. I'll kill you.”

The floating level stopped moving.

WHOOOOOSH.

Dark killing intent poured into the area.

“You seem to know where I am, but it won't help you. I merge with darkness. Your attacks cannot touch me.”

“So that's why you kept talking so much.”

“Try blocking this.”

RUMBLEEEEE!

An enormous amount of power gathered into one point.

At the same moment...

Ding!

[You have activated Heaven-Annihilating One Sword.]

BOOOOOOM!

SLASH.

“...Huh?”

Ramond froze in the darkness.

He had been compressing his power.

“You were gathering power right in front of me. Why would I wait?”

CRAAAAACK.

Thud.

Ramond's body split in half.

It collapsed.

Swish.

Yugeon flicked blood from the sword.

Charging a powerful attack in front of an enemy...

What kind of idiot did that?

Transcendent Eye really is incredible.

Thanks to its passive effect...

Yugeon knew exactly where Ramond stood even when he was invisible.

It was absurdly powerful.

“Surprised?”

Yugeon laughed at Ramond's corpse.

The man's eyes remained wide open.

He had been so confident until the last second.

He probably never imagined dying like this.

Rustle.

“I saw him put it here...”

Yugeon searched Ramond's clothes.

Grab.

“As expected. It's the same item.”

[Item: Compass of the Forgotten Path]

Grade: Heroic

Type: Search Item

The needle does not point north.

It points in the direction of the thing the user needs most.

Remaining Uses: 3

“Thanks, Ramond.”

Now Yugeon could find Mincheol's weapon immediately.

Originally...

He needed to reach Sector 6, Floor 51 before he could obtain it.

More precisely...

Floor 51 contained the item that could locate the weapon.

The weapon itself was hidden on Floor 28.

But with this compass...

There was no need to visit Floor 51 first.

He could go directly to Floor 28.

[Go to sleep first. I'm going to visit my old house for a little while.]

Yugeon sent Mincheol a message.

Then he entered the Tower.

Sector 3, Floor 28.

[Troll Cave]

Regeneration Trolls inhabited this cave.

Among all floors in Sector 3...

Its difficulty was infamously terrible.

Even with lights...

The cave remained extremely dark.

The tunnels twisted like an ant nest.

Monsters hid throughout the passages and launched surprise attacks.

Worse...

The layout changed every hour.

That's why I originally needed Floor 51.

Floor 51.

[Paper Room]

A treasure map of Floor 28 could be obtained there.

As Floor 28 changed...

The map changed in real time.

But Yugeon had the compass.

So he no longer needed the map.

Hissssss.

Slash.

Yugeon followed the compass.

When he heard the sound of a snake...

His sword moved.

Tch. Even after all these years, their camouflage is unbelievable.

Cave Vipers.

Which monster had killed the most people on Floor 28?

Regeneration Trolls?

Cave Bears?

No.

Cave Vipers.

Their poison was extremely difficult to detoxify.

And their camouflage was on another level.

A person practically had to bend down until their face was right above one before noticing it.

Many animals in the outside world had excellent camouflage.

Octopuses.

Stonefish.

But Cave Vipers were several levels beyond them.

They were Tower monsters.

That meant they possessed supernatural abilities.

Slash!

“Even with a level floating above it, it's still hard to see...”

Yugeon shook his head after cutting down another snake.

Ding!

[Accumulated growth has been reflected in your stats.]

Senses +2

“I used Goblin Bombs to clear these things in the past.”

Not monster Goblins living in the Tower.

Goblin Otherworlders.

Yugeon had bought bombs from them and scattered the explosives throughout the area.

They had enough power to kill Cave Vipers without collapsing the tunnel.

The compass needle suddenly began spinning.

“Hmm. The layout's changing.”

There was no sound.

That was what made this floor so troublesome.

Normally, one might expect an earthquake or rumbling sound when an entire tunnel system changed.

Here...

The paths changed silently.

“Good thing I have the compass.”

The spinning needle finally stopped.

Yugeon immediately followed it.

“Haa... Haa... Haa...”

Dash dash dash.

White hair.

A thick beard.

Short legs.

The Dwarf Tulkan wiped blood from his head as he desperately ran through the cave.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Terrifying footsteps followed behind him.

“Damn it! That damned snake!”

Tulkan cursed the Cave Viper.

He had been wearing a Cloak of Stealth made by his people.

He had nearly slipped past a sleeping Regeneration Troll.

Then a Cave Viper crawled beneath the Troll's leg.

The tickling woke it.

Their eyes met.

And now...

It was chasing him.

“I was almost finished with this floor!”

Because he had been forced to retreat...

Clearing the floor had been delayed.

“ROOOOOOAR!”

No.

Forget clearing the floor.

Survival came first.

Damn it... It's almost time for the paths to change.

Tulkan ran.

Then suddenly stopped.

“You've got to be kidding me...”

The path had changed.

Just as he feared.

Which way...?

A fork.

Choose wrong...

And he might run directly into a nest of monsters.

Ancestors... please...

Tulkan clenched his teeth.

He had no choice.

He needed to keep moving.

Whoooosh.

Wind is coming from the left.

Then he would go right.

Trolls were huge.

They usually preferred wide spaces.

If wind came from the left...

There was probably a large chamber there.

This was inside the Tower.

It was not as though wind came from an outside exit.

So going toward the airflow might actually be dangerous.

Of course... that's only my guess.

If the right path ended in a monster nest...

He would die.

He ran.

Then narrowed his eyes.

Hmm?

There was something far ahead.

He could not see clearly because of the distance...

But something was there.