Chapter 66
The start of the brand, Vanguard, was very simple.
Of course, no one would describe a brand starting in the Gangnam reinforced district as 'simple'.
However, it might not be wrong to say it's simple since Vanguard, that appeared out of nowhere, started with just a sign board without any advertisements.
Moreover, that brand, despite using the 13th and 14th floors of a building, had locked away the 14th floor entirely. Even a person who had business in other floors questioned that fact.
"Is it a storage room? No, it shouldn't be. The rent here is huge."
That didn't matter since the brand owner was also the owner of the building.
"Just with what confidence did someone hang a poor looking sign in the middle of Gangnam? At least they could tell people what they're selling. Debt and stock must be piling up soon."
That didn't matter since the owner had a lot of money.
Of course, the other people didn't know of those circumstances. The majority laughed awkwardly upon seeing it, and some laughed in loathing.
The rest of the people, came to the 13th floor to ask what kind of store it was.
And they could understand that the brand Vanguard meant what the word really meant.
"Welcome to Vanguard."
The two employees that Yu IlHan had picked out after personally interviewing them, greeted the customers. One guide, and one at the counter. He thought about just taking one, but he decided on two after thinking about it.
However, the customers weren't ready to receive the welcomes of the employees. They had become absent minded after seeing the weapons in display.
"Just what is..."
"What are these, weapons? There are finally these kind of stores?"
Strictly speaking, it wasn't that there were none of these stores until now, but none of them were as accessible as Vanguard. Well, there was no helping it, because despite the fact that blacksmiths existed on Earth, they did not have the ability to make better products than the artifacts in other worlds. Not to mention, factory produced weapons.
"If you want, you can check the information of the products by grabbing them, but you are not allowed to swing them."
"I wondered what was up. It looks okay on the outside. Let's go back. There's no way they are better than those in other worlds, right?"
"But they look cool. Let's just look at the information. I can check this one, right?"
"As you wish. However, if you step outside with a product that you haven't purchased, then the sensor would activate so be careful."
The employees were only warned of 3 things from Yu IlHan.
First, Vanguard would only operate once a week, on Monday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. They wouldn't be able to enter on other days.
Second, one customer may buy up to 2 products.
Third, merchants are not allowed.
Unlike the companion that wanted to go back after thinking that only the outside looked pretty well, the man who could somehow check that the blade of the sword was at least very straight and sharp, grabbed the bastard sword as soon as the employee's permission fell.
This man had hunted quite a lot both in another world and on Earth, so his level was 22. He was long past the time he would sway due to the weight of the weapon.
"Wow."
As such, he knew as soon as he picked up the weapon; how perfect the balance of the bastard sword was, and how good the grip was.
Even if the performance of this weapon wasn't that good, he would be satisfied; he could feel the sincerity of the crafter.
Despite that, he could only get frightened after seeing the text appearing on his retina.
[Sharp Wolf Bone Bastard]
[Rank – Rare]
[Attack Power – 1,950]
[Option – The wielder can cut apart those with higher defense than the attack power of this sword.]
[A mass produced weapon made by the world's best smith, using low quality materials. Despite the fact that its power does not lack, this bastard was made with common materials and it shows the path that mass produced weapons must go.]
"Just, what is..."
"It's trash, right? So let's go to somewhere else."
"Yes. You can go all you want."
Kicking his colleague that was speaking nonsense, the man asked the employee.
"Is this sword I grabbed coincidentally this powerful? It's not, right?"
"Of course it isn't. It's Vanguard standard."
"Vanguard standard..."
An exceptional product that even the 2nd class, the top of the Earth's ranking right now, would receive without hesitation, was the brand's standard. The man could only laugh awkwardly/
"Oh my god. Just what is happening on Earth?"
"Why are you being so annoying! Huh?"
The colleague couldn't stand the man's hype, and picked up a dagger nearby and ended up screaming. The dagger's attack power was a staggering 1,300 despite the fact that it looked like it was carved from a bone at most. He didn't want to believe his eyes, but he knew very well that he couldn't not believe it.
They exchanged glances. Then asked the employee with one mind.
"How much is it?"
The employee replied with a clean smile.
"All Vanguard's standard weapons are 100 million won each, sir customer (85,000USD). You can also buy them with suitable monster byproducts."
The thing Yu IlHan thought about the most while making weapons was of course, the price. Honestly, he wanted to give them out for free to give everyone an opportunity, but he knew very well that opportunity was called opportunity because it could not go in everyone's direction. There was no way he would be able to make weapons for all the people of Earth.
As such, it was 100 million. A margin between what could prove his value, and what other people could afford. Yu IlHan thought that margin as 100 million.
Like how Yu IlHan did not know of all the circumstances of all the people, he knew the fact that there would be people who wouldn't be able to buy these weapons despite their sufficient qualifications and talent, and that there would be people who would buy these weapons despite the fact that they had neither motivation nor ability to move forward. However, who would be able to calculate everything? Didn't even God fail?
As such, he thought that this was the best he could do. If he was wrong, then he would change it later.
"No way, such a good weapon only costs 100 million!? People would line up even if this was sold at 5 billion!"
"However, we don't even have that 100 million."
"That's true."
The first customers could not buy the weapons so they left helplessly.
Like modern people who liked to gossip, they started chatting about Vanguard on mobile messengers and various SNS, and as they had expected, that information grabbed a huge amount of attention almost instantly.
[Anyone heard of Vanguard?]
[I think it's a lie though.]
[I just bought a breastplate and a warhammer. I won't make this long. Anyone that has money should run there right now. Just think that you're deceived and go. It's a waste of time just waiting.]
[Ah, shit. It's definitely a lie but it keeps nagging on my mind.]
[We sold our house and bought weapons for my little brother and I. I don't know who the owner is, but thank you so much.]
[You bought a weapon after selling your house? It looks like that guy is really well off.]
[Wao, things turned out like this!](T/N: Guess who)
Nothing was sold in the first 2 hours of the store opening, but on the third hour, 2 were sold at once, and 50 more on the two hours after. Then, the store closed.
Not even one week had passed, only half a day had passed and the gossip had spread around to many people, and they all wanted to buy the items, but the employees who were instructed strictly by Yu IlHan, had locked the store as soon as it became 5 p.m.
There were some who tried to force their way in, and those who tried to sneak in and steal, but they all failed just before they could succeed. The magical protection that blocked them, top be exact, the angels' protective magic, was the reason.
"It's obvious, but it is no ordinary store."
"Just what the hell is it? Is this prepared by the one called God?"
"Wouldn't he give out quests rather than asking for money?"
The people asked the employees who were leaving work, but since they were only hired by Yu IlHan, they could not answer the questions.
There were only 3 that knew how things worked right now, excluding Yu IlHan. Kang MiRae, Kang HaJin, and Na YuNa. On a round table, they were talking about the situation that happened after they gave out the building to Yu IlHan.
"Just what is that person... fuu. It's tiring to just say it. He shouldn't have taken the smith here to Earth, right?"
"You know very well that that's impossible, oppa. It's his ability. He would be supplied from another world, and release them on Earth."
Kang MiRae replied in a cold tone after looking at the performance of the shoulder plate and the boots that Kang HaJin had bought himself. After realizing that he was feeling the same emotion as the one that his little sister was feeling, Kang HaJin just made a bitter smile.
"Yes, that must be true. It's not that his own ability is good. I thought he was a quiet kind of guy, but he had an unbelievable connection like this. Just what did he do to receive total support from such a smith?"
"I don't think it would just end with 'such a smith'. It says the best across all worlds. ALL WORLDS."
Na YuNa pointed out Kang HaJin's error. All worlds, it couldn't be said lightly, but the item's info was as such, so there was no helping it.
So, this meant that the crafter that made this shoulder plate had a better ability than any of the smiths in other worlds. It wasn't a level that could be reached just by hammering away for hundreds of years, but only Yu IlHan himself didn't know that.
"It's a good thing for Earth. It's unbelievable, but this business of his is only an extension of the trade he had with me. He really is an upright person."
Kang MiRae concluded. She had a face that had non-acceptance written on it. SHe was feeling slightly touched, and a bigger rage; faint hope and deep despair.
"Fuf, Fuffhi."
Suddenly, Na YuNa made a weird laugh. The siblings thought that she put on a stone mask, (T/N: Google tells me stone mask is "Ishikamen" from JoJo) but it wasn't that. She just found this situation too funny.
"Puhi, puhihihi."
"Na YuNa, did you get inflicted with mental magic or something?"
"Puhhh, Nooo. Just, huhu. I just understand."
Na YuNa made a nonchalant wink that didn't fit with her idiotic laugh. Naturally, Kang MiRae asked back, stupefied.
"What do you understand?"
"A little, more than MiRae though."
"Nonsense."
Kang MiRae's brows twitched. Kang HaJin, who realized that she had become enraged, tried to stop Na YuNa, but stopping here was not worthy of Na YuNa's name. She kept laughing and touched the shoulder plate in front of her eyes.
"How funny. How can this be? It's so interesting."
"What a coincidence, I also think it would become much more interesting now."
In Kang MiRae's two hands sparked golden lightning. If Kang HaJin didn't stop her, either Na YuNa would have blown up or the office would have blown up.
"Should I tell you what's so interestiiiing?"
"Shut up."
"MiRae's so cute when angry too!"
"Stop."
Kang HaJin smacked Na YuNa's had while sighing. Leaving her, crying while stroking her forehead, he took back the shoulder plate and the boots before placing a pile of paperwork on the table.
"Enough about Mr. Yu IlHan. Us moving won't really help anything, but I'll do something about it. Shall we go onto our work, Clan Master?"
"Fuu."
Clan was something that both Kang MiRae and Kang HaJin had once offered to Yu IlHan. It referred to an group of ability users based in Korea.
Kang MiRae was the master while Kang HaJin was the vice-master, and Na YuNa was just an ordinary member. The clan members were just those three.
Until now, that is.
"The number of clans that officially made themselves known numbers in the hundreds just until now. There are some small scale groups that made themselves known in Korea too. Delaying anymore would make this half-hearted. To bring your name up, we should start doing activities after receiving members."
"Yes, we should."
Kang MiRae nodded obediently. Her expression was still complex, but the words from her mouth were very clear.
"Let's start recruiting the members of the 'Lightning God' clan."
"It'll be better if we change the name though..."
"Shut up."
Meanwhile, Yu IlHan, who had unintentionally made the executives of the Lighting God clan chaotic, was...
[You have earned 2,989,744 experience.]
[You have earned the record of Lv 93 Dark Shadow.]
[Killing a 2nd class with concealment in one strike with a surprise attack 1/3,000]
"Ah shit. How is this any 'easier'!"
[Well maybe it was killing a 4th class in one strike with a surprise attack before.](Erta)
[Zzzz.](Lita)
...currently training alone to evolve his concealment skills in the most dangerous dungeon in the world.
Chapter 67
Now that Yu IlHan's objective to enhance the people of Earth was now on a smooth start thanks to the launching of the brand, Vanguard, his next objective was of course to go to Daréu and beat up all the dragons.
His motivation died down instantly since the objective he was facing was way too grand, but even so, as this was the most urgent matter, he had no choice. And, after thinking what the most important element in fulfilling that objective would be, he concluded that he should evolve his concealment first.
Concealment was the only innate ability he had, and at the same time, his strongest ability.
Of course, as he couldn't use mana, he couldn't deploy it of his own will, but thanks to the title that made his concealment passive, there was no big hindrance in bringing out that ability.
If a problem was that the concealment would wear off after attacking once, then its solution would be ending the target in a single strike.
Moreover, he also had another reason why he tried to evolve his concealment first: the skill evolution conditions had become easier after he had gone through the first and second class advancements. And the 'easier' conditions were the following:
[Killing a 2nd class with concealment with a surprise attack 398/3,000]
[Killing a 3rd class with concealment with a surprise attack 1/300]
[Acquiring a high ranked title related to concealment 1/1]
[2nd class magic stone 132/1,000]
[3rd class magic stone 0/100]
"I might just die if it had got 'easier' once!"
[Even to me, it looks quite impressive. Skills with bullshit evolution conditions like this should be rare. But it's fortunate that you don't have to kill it at once, no?](Erta)
"Isn't it the same since concealment becomes meaningless after one strike?"
[Well, to you, it is.](Erta)
[Zzz.](Lita)
If he became able to wield mana and use active concealment, then it wouldn't be impossible for him to go into concealment after an attack and do a surprise attack again.
Of course, since Yu IlHan could not use mana yet, the chance to do a surprise attack was as good as gone when his concealment wore off.
[Do your best. As far as I know, all dragonkin have concealment abilities as their basics, so if you kill 299 3rd class dragonkin, then that's one condition done.](Erta)
For reference, the '1' in the requirement to kill 300 3rd classes was referring to Reta Kar'iha. Although he had killed the Shadow Leopard, if counting 3rd class monsters with concealment ability, it didn't die in a surprise attack, so it didn't count. Truly a damned world.
"Wow, that's consoles me soooo much, alright."
[Zzz.](Lita)
In the end, doesn't this mean that he wouldn't be able to evolve his concealment until he went inside the dungeon connected to Daréu?
Well, of course, as it had tremendous ability even before the evolution, he did expect that evolving it wouldn't be easy, but he couldn't help his sighs.
[You have earned 3,090,850 experience.]
[Killing 2nd class with concealment in a surprise attack 399/3,000]
[You have become level 67. 1 Strength, 2 Agility, 1 Health, 1 Magic increases.]
Of course, he didn't look for dungeons only to evolve his concealment. Although the dungeon he found was one where monsters had concealment, at the same time, it was also the dungeon with the highest level monsters accessible on Earth right now.
[You have earned 3,112,002 experience.]
[Killing 2nd class with concealment in a surprise attack 400/3,000]
[Level requirement 90... Just how did such a dungeon come about, after only such a short period of time had passed since the Great Cataclysm? This dungeon is also where 'migrants' appear too.](Erta)
"Didn't I say to not ask me? Just renew the dungeon information properly. I killed all the low level monsters so the average level of the monsters are about to rise."
[It's alright. There should be no other human than you, who would want to enter this dungeon! This is all Lita's fault.](Erta)
[Zzz.](Lita)
The time Lita had brought this information was 3 hours after the plan to beat up the God of Smithing was annulled. As soon as Yu IlHan had said that he wanted to evolve his concealment, she seemed to fly to the skies before coming back with information in no time at all.
Erta had a feeling of rejection in releasing the information on dungeons like that, but Lita was different. This should mean that she trusted in him that much. He honestly didn't feel that bad about it.
That didn't mean that he was disappointed in Erta. She should have her own set of standards. One that's a little tight and one that is wrong frequently.
"If the 2nd Great Cataclysm happens in a month's time, then this dungeon might explode and crisis may erupt on Japan. They should thank me if I clean it up beforehand."
[I said it's not one month!](Erta)
This dungeon was located in the Kantou region of Japan, and it was good since Japan was easier to enter than China.
Yes. Yu IlHan had, for the first time in his life, bought an airplane ticket and entered Japan officially! And the dungeon waiting for him was worthy for him to spend his time crossing the sea.
It was good that the monsters in this dungeon all had concealment abilities which helped him fulfill the evolution conditions of the concealment skill, and also, as expected of the most difficult dungeon on Earth right now, his levelling speed was fast as well.
There were several who couldn't acquire their 2nd class in their lifetime, but currently, Yu IlHan was levelling at a pace of about 1 level per day.
Of course, this was because Yu IlHan had the ability to fight monsters way above his level like nothing, but it was also due to the fact that the monsters were shadows that had concealment abilities, and he could also sweep them in quite easily.
The problem he had encountered was also that: the fact that his enemies were shadows.
[You have earned 3,455,767 experience.]
[Killing 2nd class with concealment in a surprise attack 1,349/3,000]
"This thing doesn't leave behind a body either."
Muttered Yu IlHan with a dark expression. In his front was the figure of a shadow monster that became particles of mana and scattered into the air after its life ended and it had lost the ability to coagulate its body.
What was left was only a 2nd class magic stone emitting black light, similar to the characteristics of the shadow monster.
"It should be fine to leave me with a little!"
[I already told you that it's an existence that would lose its corporeal body and scatter since it was born from the shadows.](Erta)
There were two problems due to that. First, it had become impossible for him to earn any byproducts from them and make equipment, and the second was that he couldn't cook with their bodies.
[Uuum, Should I bring the food?](Lita)
At that time, Lita, who just woke up from her sleep, asked him while rubbing her eyes. Hearing the news that he could use the meal delivery service that he never imagined he could use while being with only Erta, Yu IlHan asked, seemingly delighted.
"Really?"
[Yeah, just give me 5 minutes.](Lita)
However, the next moment, Yu IlHan changed his expression before snorting and shaking his head.
"But I refuse."
[What!!?](Lita)
"One of the work this Yu IlHan likes the most is cooking with monsters that I've killed myself."
[Kuhk, to think that I will lose to a mere monster cooking, this is the greatest insult of my lifetime as an angel!](Lita)
[You two can sure play around.](Erta)
The harmony of a thousand years wouldn't go anywhere. Yu IlHan and Lita were overcoming the boring dungeon with their strangely harmonic conversation trained through numerous years!
Meanwhile, Erta, who had no confidence in joining in on their harmony, grabbed Yu IlHan's phone and regularly checked the SNS. That Erta, who hated SNS to the bones, due to some circumstances unknown to Yu IlHan, was!
[They're complaining about why you only open on Mondays.](Erta)
Of course, what she was reading was about Yu IlHan, to be exact, the brand Vanguard, since it could be said that the current hottest topic in Korea was Vanguard.
No, to be exact, while Yu IlHan had spent his days in the dungeon, stories about Vanguard had even spread through the SNS to other countries as well. Major TV companies and newspaper companies all talked about Vanguard at least once. Honestly, this result was more amazing than he had imagined, but Yu IlHan just firmly replied.
"That should be, since that's how to get them all riled up."
[The effect was a little too excessive. Right now, it's even going out as the top news in a foreign major TV company.](Erta)
"Oh, it looks like foreign people would visit next Monday."
No matter how great the power of media was before the Great Cataclysm, it would be hard for a single store to surface in less than a week.
However, not now.
Vanguard wasn't simply a store a little amount of weapons and armor, but a blessed place where it sold swords and shields and the like that could save several lives, depending on the situation, at a cheap price of 100 million won.
[Honestly, it's way too low quality considering that you made it, but considering the ratio of price to performance, it should be the best across all worlds. The interest in Vanguard would only increase if anything, but not decrease.](Erta)
"Yeah, that should be true. Although, I don't know since I never went to another world."
Yu IlHan replied while shrugging his shoulders, but Erta was more worried if Yu IlHan had understood the current situation properly or not.
[Yu IlHan, you're laughing right now, but soon, your identity will be leaked. Well, you have absolute power so you would be fine unless a nuke drops on you, but at that time, your parents might get caught up in this too. You shouldn't look down on human greed.](Erta)
"No, it should be alright."
Honestly, Yu IlHan didn't have such a deep filial piety. However, it wasn't that he was unfilial. Rather, he had more affection for them, and wanted to do more for them, since he couldn't see them for 1000 years. The problem was that his parents didn't accept.
However, there's no way he could raise his head in front of them, when he got them caught up in this when he didn't do anything for them, right?
Yu IlHan asked the two angels, who, despite having 'transcended' emotions, liked jewels and got angry quite well.
"Human greed, you say. I know very well. Well, then. who, at this point, knows the value of Vanguard the best? And those that would desperately want to hide this?"
[Excluding you?](Erta)
[Me! IlHan's metalworking is the world's beeeeeeeeest!](Lita)
"Excluding you two too."
[Ah.](Erta)
Hearing Yu IlHan's words, Erta realized the correct answer before laughing and replying.
[There was the Empress. I was a fool.](Erta)
"Bingo. I guarantee that she would do something herself. No, there's a possibility that she would do better than I expected."
In the first place, that building was owned by Na YuNa's grandfather before. Although the era had changed, if someone had the identity where they could give out such buildings like that, they should be the core personnel even within those with vested interests, with both political and financial power.
Before, they were hateful existences who took without giving back, but having them as allies were very reassuring.
[So there was a reason why you were so daring to act like that.](Erta)
[He's just using them like how they tried to use him, aren't they? It's a give and take.](Lita)
Yu IlHan had all the abilities to survive on a changed Earth while they had the abilities that worked even after society had changed. They had only exchanged those things.
At first, he didn't think up to this point when telling Kang MiRae his number, but during the time he sold the staff, he thought that there should be a time when he would receive help from her. And it actually became like that as well.
Although, they were probably protecting him not to help him, but in order to prevent the artifact he's creating from going into the hands of the wrong people.
[So on Earth, a dropout adapts better than returnees.](Erta)
"Hah! That's like installing father in boiler's house."
Yu IlHan flicked his spear with a nonchalant reply to pierce the shadow monster that just shot out from the floor.
[You have earned 2,876,019 experience.]
[Killing 2nd class with concealment in a surprise attack 1,350/3,000]
"It should be god if 3rd class monsters appeared as normal mobs."
[Don't talk about horrifying things and go inside.](Erta)
He pouted after hearing Erta's words. Reality couldn't be avoided just by averting the eyes. It was something to face head on!
"What horrifying, I can just fight it head on if that happens."
[No, IlHan. It's not a problem solved by just fighting them.](Lita)
"Please explain, Litawagon."
Lita explained in place of Erta, while smiling.
[3rd class monsters appearing as boss monsters and appearing as normal monsters are two completely different things. Boss monsters may appear if they're exceptional, but normal monsters evolving to 3rd class means that the concentration of mana, at least in the Kantou region of Japan, has increased to the point that it's not at the level of a 1st Great Cataclysm.
The average difficulty of the dungeon would increase, and it would become easier for Dungeon Breaks to occur as well. In other words, it would become a problem that's not only related to this dungeon alone.](Lita)
"So they're like cockroaches, eh? If 1 appears, then I have to kill the 29 left after flipping over the entire place, right?"
[How clever.](Lita)
Lita stroked Yu IlHan's head like he was cute to her. Erta sighed at Lita's speech, and Yu IlHan became dejected while feeling her hand.
He had already foreseen the future now that their conversation had reached this point.
"Yes, I should install a Kantou region in insecticide's house."
Yu IlHan muttered while sighing.
And just as he had expected, it became reality after 3 weeks he had entered the dungeon.
{kiiiii!}
{Record, to, thicken, my, shadow, deeper.}
{*muffled breathing*}
In the core parts of the dungeon were tens, no, hundreds of monsters that breathed roughly like Darth Vader.
From their auras, they seemed to have similar levels to the Highland Troll Boss that was around Lv 100, and looking at their forms, they looked like it hadn't been a lot of time since they were generated.
In other words, there were 3rd class monsters everywhere.
Yu IlHan looked at Lita while gripping on his spiked spear.
"What was that about Kantou region again?"
[I said it's doomed.](Lita)
"You will give me a quest if a Dungeon Break occurs, right?"
[Yes, sir.](Lita)
[No, it will be alright. It should not be occurring.](Erta)
And exactly 2 days later, Yu IlHan cleaned up all the monsters inside the dungeon and exited after becoming Lv 75.
However, in Kantou region, a large scale Dungeon Chain Break, a.k.a a Dungeon Wave was occurring.
Chapter 68
Although the opinions would differ from person to person, generally, Kantou region was historically, politically, commercially the center of Japan.
As such, the Dungeon Break that started in Kanagawa prefecture without any signs one day made numerous Japanese people shocked. Not just the Japanese, it was the same with all the other people on Earth.
It was shocking that a mix of 1st and 2nd class monsters had appeared out of nowhere, but it was more shocking since everyone believed that Dungeon Breaks would not occur unless the 2nd Great Cataclysm arrived.
This was the moment when their knowledge learnt in other worlds had popped like a soap bubble.
If a Dungeon Break ends as a Dungeon Break, then there would be no problems. However, the monsters freed from the dungeons not only try to kill humans, but they also try to free other monsters by destroying other dungeons. This was because they knew that their forces were insufficient.
And that didn't end unless they forced all the humans into submission and kill them on the land they could step on. As a result, that land would only be left with monsters, and the monsters would repeat the Dungeon Break by going over to another piece of land.
If that covered the whole world, then that was the end of the world.
Moreover, the monsters on Earth had high intelligence on average, so their movements were very meticulous and evil.
As a result, in just a single day after the Dungeon Break had occurred, all dungeons in Kanagawa prefecture broke down, and the damage and casualties in Kanagawa prefecture was tremendous as well.
At that point, no, the moment they realized that a Dungeon Break had occurred, Japan requested SOS to the world. A pan-national organization, which was prepared for such cases, were dispatched as well.
Of course, other countries didn't just sit back and relax because it was happening in another country; they knew that this monster wave wouldn't just end in Japan if they did not take care of the situation beforehand.
Japan being an island wouldn't change the fact that it was dangerous. There were several dungeons in Japan where flying monsters were trapped in. If they assaulted at once, then that would really be the end.
Other countries first checked the possibility of Dungeon Breaks occurring in their own countries, and they only sent reinforcements to Japan after making their elite forces on standby next to the highest level dungeon in their country.
Although they could be seen as selfish, there was no helping it. What good would it be if their own country was doomed while helping Japan?
Hundreds of thousands of ability users headed to Japan. The lowest level among them were above level 20, and they were those who could be called 'elites' – such people had gathered in Kantou.
Amongst them, 20% had died on the first day in the chaotic fight, and the scale of the damage was increasing.
{*Screeech*}
"Shit, it's a flying-type monster!"
"The JSDF, where's the special forces of the JSDF! If we don't stop them here, even Shizuoka would be in danger!"
"Go to the rooftop and shoot those monsters down! Block them in area A-1!"
The first thing they should do was to prevent the proliferation to other areas. The people all wanted to finish the crisis within Kanagawa prefecture, but only half succeeded.
They could somehow prevent the proliferation to Shizuoka prefecture, which was towards the inland, but the roads towards Tokyo had been broken through.
{*Chirp*, there are a lot of our friends here.}
{There are a lot of humans. Breathing humans, many records!}
"Shit, block them!"
Was it a coincidence? Tokyo had the more dungeons than any of the cities in the world. Not only that, it had a lot of facilities, and most of all, people.
That made the situation even worse.
"E, escape, escape to other worlds!"
"Shit, I just came back....... N, no!"
Blood and flesh scattered around everywhere, buildings collapsed, and cars caused explosions. There were a lot of casualties on the ability users' side as well. Every one of them, who had gathered with different minds at the same place, were fairly meeting death.
The Japanese, who had to pay a cruel price in blocking the initial monster violence during the initial stages of the Great Cataclysm, had installed strong defensive measures on buildings above a certain scale, but as the scale of this wave was too big, they couldn't bring out any effect either.
If they were 1st classes, then it would somehow be plausible to block them with modern firepower, but for 2nd classes, it wasn't possible unless they poured missiles at them. They had to be blocked by the ability users somehow.
And as such, an environment where clans formed with high level elites can act freely, was being formed. Amongst them was the Lightning God clan of Korea that had answered the request for help from Japan.
"Na YuNa, buff!"
"Make oppa's shield much, much bigger!"
"Ah, can't you do something about that chant!"
{Kiiiik, block the magic!}
"Block the monster behind us! Protect the master!"
"Master, not yet?"
"Soon!"
The composition of the members of the Lightning God clan was very strange. The Empress, Kang MiRae, was located in the middle, and next to her was the priestess, Na YuNa. The one protecting them at their front was the holy knight, Kang HaJin, and other than them, 7 members that they had picked were standing in a protective formation to guard Kang MiRae and Na YuNa.
"Chain Lightning!"
{Kwaaaaak!}
{B, brave orc's, Kahak!}
Shouted Kang MiRae while holding a luxurious-looking staff with both of her hands. The lump of lightning that sparked above her head spread throughout the area and struck the 2nd class orcs, and it didn't only end at that and spread around to other monsters and killed them.
That stacked and stacked more to kill 70 2nd class monsters in a single chant. She seemed amazed at the destructive power of her own attack before she hugged the staff and rubbed it with her cheeks.
"What a lovely staff."
"You might marry that staff at that rate...... They're coming from another direction, next magic chant!"
"Make MiRae's next magic super duper strong!"
"Like I said, that chant!"
However, Empresses must always stand at the top. She wasn't at the point where she was satisfied with herself.
Kang MiRae opened her mouth while staring at the tens of 2nd class orc elite squad.
"Who has the best reactions?"
"Metal Knights of England and Magia of Italy are becoming famous."
"Magia? That's quite blatant."
Magia, the Italian word for magic. It wasn't quite the words that Kang MiRae should say, considering she used 'Lightning God' for her clan name, but Kang HaJin didn't retort and silently blocked an orc's axe.
"Even so, it will be us who will go ahead."
Kang MiRae muttered while lighting sparked in her eyes. On top of the staff, lightning was reacting even more strongly.
This staff, that not only enhanced the power of magic, but also decreased the casting and activation time, had a shocking ability to make her, who had just gone past level 60, to look like a 3rd class mage. She thought to herself while looking at the staff.
'He gave me this spear because he trusted in me. I will show him that his trust isn't wrong, no, that I'm above his calculations.'
In fact, she wanted to show him this herself, and tried to request him to accompany them to Japan since there was no more helpful ally than him, but somehow, she couldn't contact him. Even though they had contacted once or twice after Vanguard opened its doors. She even bought high quality products of Vanguard first due to their relationship.
She never thought that he hadn't come here. In her knowledge, Yu IlHan was more good-natured than anyone to the point that it pricked her.
Unless he had unavoidable circumstances, he should be here. He was probably making great contribution in a place unknown to her. Their competition had already started.
"Fufu."
A smile appeared on Kang MiRae's lips. That shivering made the people around her flinch, but she didn't care. She only shouted while holding up the staff that had gathered enough power.
"Thunder Spear, Triple!"
This place where mass-extermination is possible, in this place I will overwhelm him! Her magic rippled according to her elevating emotions, and the members of the Lightning God clan swept around the battlefield following the berserk Empress. This was the start of a legend.
Meanwhile, Yu IlHan, who couldn't care less whether Empress was burning her rivalry against him, was laughing at the scene of disaster that could be seen as soon as he came out.
No matter how optimistic Yu IlHan was, he wasn't a psycho who would laugh in delight when people were dying and buildings were exploding.
He ended up laughing since he found it absurd that the situation that the angels were worried about was happening, no matter how high the concentration of mana had become.
"Do Dungeon Breaks happens this easily normally?"
[Just receive the quest already.](Erta)
The expressions of the angels were as rotten as it could get.
In fact, due to their angel rings, they already knew that a Dungeon Break had happened.
However, if Yu IlHan didn't clean up the dungeon, then this dungeon would collapse as well, and then, 3rd class monsters with concealment abilities would proliferate and cause the greatest calamity in history, so they kept their mouths shut.
Yu IlHan took out the atlatl from his Cross bag. After retouching it and repairing regularly, the attack power had increased slightly from the beginning.
[Rough Moonlight Bone Atlatl]
[Rank – Unique]
[Attack Power – 3,000]
[Options – 50% increase in attack range, 40% increase in attack power and accuracy under the moon.]
[Durability – 1,778/1,850]
[A spear throwing device that was made to throw a small spear by slotting a small spear on the hook. The result differ tremendously according to the abilities of the wielder.]
Lifting his head up, he found that coincidentally, the full moon was up tonight. It was the perfect time to rampage. The bone atlatl was a good weapon even during the day, but at night, it would turn into a monstrous weapon due to the effect of the moonlight from the beta option.
He had prepared enough throwing spears as well. However, just as he was about to position himself to throw after slotting the throwing spear with nimble hands, he demanded the angels.
"Pay the quest rewards up front a little."
[Well, if it's you, you will handle most of the things properly so ok. What do you want?](Erta)
"Add two more options to the Cross Bag. One is additional spatial expansion. And the other one is."
Yu IlHan swung his arm with all his might to shoot out the throwing spear.
The throwing spear which shot through the air as if to slash apart the air under the moon sky, flew through the sky to pierce two flying type monsters that were butchering a human by shooting out their feathers.
[You have earned 540,857 experience.]
[You have earned the record of Lv 66 Iron Wing.]
[You have earned 514,334 experience.]
"Remote collecting of possession."
With this, it would become possible for Yu IlHan to collect the throwing spear AND the monsters skewered by it.
[Oh my, your imaginations are becoming horrifying by the day.](Lita)
"You will do it, right?"
Yu IlHan shot the second spear using the Atlatl.
This time too, two flying type monsters met their deaths after being skewered by the spear, and the people who were fighting on the ground became shocked after seeing that the flying type monsters that killed them so easily were meeting their deaths so easily.
However, what was more shocking was that they did not know where the throwing spear had come from.
[Of course, we'll do it even if we have to pull Heaven's roots out.](Erta)
Amidst that, Erta firmly replied.
[So don't worry about anything and rampage all you want.](Erta)
"Of course."
Yu IlHan grinned with a short reply and firmly walked towards the middle of the battlefield where no one found him. This was the start of the horror.
Chapter 69
[You have earned 524,839 experience.]
[You have earned 499,904 experience.]
[You have earned 512,293 experience.]
Some of the angels said that Yu IlHan's request was very shameless and they enraged, but the majority understood that accepting his request was the answer to solving this crisis fast.
Tens of angels instantly descended on Earth, and at the same time they blessed the strongest human of Earth, Yu IlHan, they added the two functions that he had requested onto the Cross Bag. The number of abilities the Cross Bag had was now becoming quite shocking.
The moment those options were added to his Cross Bag, Yu IlHan retrieved the spear he threw and the monster skewered onto it. Just seeing it directly was enough to bring it into the Bag so there was nothing easier than this.
This, helped Yu IlHan to hunt fast without showing his presence. If something came into his Cross Bag, then it was possible to separate it by category so there was no need for him to pull out the throwing spear himself either.
"Spears are flying out of nowhere. Dodge!"
"No, those spears are only aiming at monsters. It's an ally!"
Even though Yu IlHan was throwing his spears in front of their noses, those people could not notice Yu IlHan.
No matter how great Yu IlHan's concealment was, this was normally impossible.
Yes, if Yu IlHan still only had his concealment technique, then this would not be possible.
[Killing 2nd class with concealment in a surprise attack 3,000/3,000]
[Killing 3rd class with concealment in a surprise attack 300/300]
[Acquire a high ranked title related to concealment 1/1]
[2nd class magic stones 1,000/1,000]
[3rd class magic stones 100/100]
[All the materials combine into a single record.]
[Absorbing record. Concealment skill evolves.]
It was something that the angels, but thanks to the shadow monsters evolving to 3rd class, Yu IlHan succeeded in fulfilling all the criteria to evolve his concealment skill within the dungeon before he cleaned it up.
He missed the 2nd class magic stones and the 3rd class magic stones that were used as materials, but as he was assured that he would acquire a tremendous efficiency in using the skill if he evolved it early on, Yu IlHan evolved the skill without hesitation.
[You have earned the skill, Deathgod. Mana required to use concealment decreases, and the effectiveness of the concealment increases by a large amount. Concealment does not wear off if you kill the enemy in a single strike with a surprise attack. Also, killing enemies consecutively for 5 minutes would increase all abilities by 0.1%. Currently, as level 1, the maximum stack is 50%, and it will dissipate if you do not kill any enemies within 5 minutes. Other abilities will be added if the skill level goes up by a certain amount.]
[Due to the beta option of the artifact, Black Deathgod's Dragon-annihilating Spiked spear, all abilities of the deathgod skill increases by 30%.]
Surprisingly, the evolved ability was a passive skill. And the point that it did not hinder him in anyway even though he could not use mana, this could be said to be tailor-made for him. It was truly a suitable ability for the evolved concealment ability, while at the same time, it was a skill that affected the battle a lot.
Just that, there was no meaning to the skill when fighting one strong enemy, and instead, it was suitable when fighting many weak enemies. This was the only lacking point.
However, on this battlefield, this was very effective.
"OMG, the throwing spear just went past my head.!"
"Three died at once again!"
"The bodies of the monsters skewered by the spear are disappearing! Sh, shit. Just what the hell is happening......!"
Since he had killed all his enemies with a single strike of his throwing spear, Yu IlHan's concealment never wore off. Nobody noticed him even when he shot the spear from right in front of them! Yu IlHan found fun in this.
"This is comfortable and nice......"
[A horrifying skill had evolved to become a terrifying skill, but seeing you rampage around thanks to that makes me feel quite weird.](Erta)
[Wow, he killed 200 in an instant.](Lita)
Flying type monsters were already wiped out in this place. The moment Yu IlHan realized that, he changed targets to the monsters on the ground, and in less than 15 minutes, the 2nd class monsters on the ground were all cleanly exterminated as well. The deathgod skill had become level 3.
"Looks like I should move locations. I want to clean up as much as possible while the moon is up."
[...I think you'll instakill them even without the moon.](Lita)
Confirming that all his throwing spears and the monster bodies were in his Cross bag, Yu Ilhan nodded and left the place to find another area where monsters were rampaging. This place only had 1st class monsters which were weaker than the humans here. Although, both humans and monsters were shivering in fear.
"So, so scary."
"Scarier than monsters."
"Hic, hiccup."
{Kuooooo......}
A city legend had come about. (T/N: This would be 'toshi densetsu' in JP)
Kanagawa prefecture, Tokyo city, Chiba prefecture. These were the battlefield zones between monsters and humans. Of course, It wasn't like monsters were proliferating throughout all of Tokyo and Chiba, but if the battle went on like this, it wouldn't take a long time until it did.
Amongst these areas, the area where the foreign delegate ability users were focused on was naturally Tokyo. No one could say which area was not important but rather than Kanagawa, where it was already in ruins, Tokyo, which still had a lot of intact facilities and dungeons left, had more chances of recovery. Using the same reason, Chiba had a higher priority than Kanagawa.
Truly cruel, but the people all treated Kanagawa as a thrown chess piece and were focusing to not let the monsters spread out from that area.
First, they would stop the proliferation, then would exterminate while closing in. Although this was the natural course of action to block the Dungeon Wave, what of Kanagawa? It would naturally reach an irreparable state after being trampled on by monsters.
"Shit. The American and French reinforcements are also concentrated on Tokyo and Chiba?"
"Us too, there are orders to join the Tokyo defense line. Kanagawa was completely abandoned."
Since everyone on Earth were now ability users, many high level personnel had their hometowns in Kanagawa, and there were even two clans that represented Kanagawa as well. In the first place, considering just the population, Kanagawa didn't lose out to Tokkyo and Osaka.
These two clans all burned in ambition to become a global clan when they were founded, but currently, they were put in a position where they had to defend their clans on the line.
"Are they planning to abandon a city whenever something occurs? Fuck!"
"Above! Fucking monkeys!"
"Retreat. Make the guys at the front retreat to the defense line!"
In Odawara city of Kanagawa prefecture, a battle full of despair was occurring.
The group of devil monkeys that vexed people by jumping around every single place that looked like it could be used as a hiding place, used the all buildings, whether intact or in ruins, as their fortress and hunted humans that wandered around between them.
Their levels were between 65 and 80. Currently, no matter how elite an ability user was, it was slightly taxing to fight 1 on 1. As such, casualties were rapidly increasing as well.
{Kiik!}
"Kwaaak! C, captain!"(T/N: "Taichou!")
"Shit, Tamura!" (T/N: "Kusouuuu!")
A colleague that was just grumbling about the situation right now right next to him, flew into the air after he was snatched by the enormous monkeys with huge grip power.
It would be the end once they were caught! The man called captain tried to grab his colleague's body but the next moment, a throwing spear that flew out of nowhere broke the devil monkey's skull.
"Kuhk!"
"Wh, what!"
The man opened his eyes wide while rescuing his colleague that was falling behind. He had not felt any signs anywhere. However, as soon as the throwing spear and the devil monkey fell down, they disappeared immediately.
[You have earned 486,989 experience.]
[You have earned the record of Lv 66 Devil Monkey.]
"How is it possible that I don't see anyone close to level 60?"
Immediately after that, Yu IlHan muttered with a sigh while passing by the man. In his hand was the atlatl that already had another throwing spear loaded onto it.
[I should've told you that becoming 2nd class was also something permitted to a select few.](Erta)
[This isn't something we can do something about. The Akashic Record is strict.](Lita)
"I bet 100 won that the Akashic Record will appear as the last boss."
[It's fortunate that you've only bet 100 won. Akashic Record has no physical power.](Erta)
Even while chatting with the angels, Yu IlHan kept shooting out spears without rest. If he was unlucky, he would only kill one; normally, he would kill two; quite often, he would kill three; if he was lucky, he would kill four at once and they all left the world after being pierced by his spear.
{Kiiiik!}
{Kuik, Kiik!}
The devil monkeys didn't know who was attacking them, but they knew that they were being attacked. They tried to hide their bodies behind a cover, or tried to dodge with their fast movements, but all were for naught.
[You have earned 690,983 experience.]
[You have earned 675,938 experience.]
Yu IlHan's throwing spear was accurate, fast, and strong. The throwing spears that became stronger by 40% due to the effect of moonlight, killed the devil monkeys even if it had to go through a concrete wall. The walls of the building that made them fearful became meaningless.
"It barely got to Lv 75, but just how many of them do I need to kill if I want to level up with that experience? About 3 thousand?"
[Normally, people level up by killing those 3 thousand. That is also why levelling up is slow too..... No, the other people wouldn't receive additional experience due to a title's effect, so they would kill 4 thousand normally.](Erta)
3 hours had passed since Yu IlHan had commenced the hunt. He had already cleaned up 5 districts similar in size to Odawara city, but he did not level up even once. Even though he was killing only 2nd class monsters!
If there was any consolation, then it was that he had earned at least hundred of 2nd class magic stones. Since he had to consume an enormous quantity of them while evolving the concealment skill, he felt good whenever a 2nd class monster's body entered his Cross Bag.
And the survivors of Odawara were looking at that absentmindedly.
"The fucking monkeys all......"
"Oh my god. Am I seeing 1 killed every second? Just what were we doing until now!"
"It's scary, it's scary, but......"
Throwing spears kept flying everywhere, but they did not know where they were coming from. However, they were all skewering monsters that threatened humans.
It was honestly a scary scene, but to the humans that were standing on the ground ravated by the monsters, it also felt quite refreshing.
"God must have become enraged."
"No, God must have descended after being enraged by the monsters."
"Susanoo, Susanoo has descended!"
Yu IlHan had just thrown a few spears, but he had now become the God of Storms that appeared in Japanese mythology. Of course, his techniques could be considered a storm since it ravaged all the monsters nearby, but honestly, it was an embarrassing title.
"Good, should I fire myself up a little more?"
[So it seems like you like this title more than LA's Dark Knight or Sungdaein Bolt.](Erta)
Bullseye. Although it's a from a different country, isn't it still a God? Even a whale would dance when praised. Now, he felt like he could dance a Samba.
Yu IlHan, who had become slightly delighted, started increasing the rate of throwing his spears. If the people mistook him for Susanoo, then he would live up to their expectations and overwhelm them!
Until the moon set and the sun rose that day, Yu IlHan cleaned up all the 2nd class monsters, or those close to it, in about 30 districts. To put it in another way, he had conquered half of Kanagawa prefecture by himself.
A truly amazing achievement. There was no way this had not become an issue.
The survivors all rejoiced, became shocked, and feared while talking about the incident, and various SNS were already flooded about stories of the Storm God Susanoo that had descended on Japan.
Absolute power that nobody can notice.
Although this sounded like nonsense, since it had happened for real right in front of people's eyes, it couldn't be refuted. Some said that a real God had descended to a lower real, but the majority thought that this was also a type of monster that would threaten humanity.
And, those that belonged to neither, for example, people like the master of the Lightning God clan, Kang MiRae, and the strong ability users of the humanity side all thought this.
That an absurdly strong guy that would threaten their debut stages had appeared!
Chapter 70
[The Strange Phenomenon of Kanagawa, The Spear of Rage that Exterminates the Monsters!](Erta)
"Don't read it."
[Is This the Descent of God? The Divine Punishment by an Enraged God!](Lita)
"I said don't read it, sheesh."
Erta and Lita teased Yu IlHan by reading the internet articles related to him. They found him cute the more he hated it so they couldn't stop.
A sense of hedonism was shared between these angels as they enjoyed the moment even though they knew that they would buy Yu IlHan's displeasure in the long term.
Yu IlHan soon gave up and just obediently swung his arms around. The throwing spear on the atlatl rapidly pierced through the air and skewered four monsters at the same time.
The people on the battlefield who saw that scene all shouted.
"S, Susanoo!"
"Susanoo has finally descended on Yokohama!"
"There are reinforcements too! The monsters got wiped out thanks to Susanoo!"
Even though the moon had set and the sun had risen, the things Yu IlHan did didn't change: He just ardently swung his arms again and again to clean up the monsters.
The angels were right. Perhaps due to his attack power becoming strong due to the deathgod skill, even though the sun was in the sky, Yu IlHan's spears were instakilling all the monsters. Was it just that?
"T, triple kill!"
"No you idiot! It's a quadra-kill!"
"Oh my god. A penta-kill!"
Despite the battlefield being full of death and despair only a few moments ago, the moment Yu IlHan had arrived, that tension had all but disappeared; as long as monsters came inside his vision, none could escape death.
His throwing spears swept like a storm, and did not stop even for a moment. If there was a ruler of the battlefield, then it was he.
The people became shocked, feared, admired, and in the end, accepted as it was natural. Then, what awaited them was only joy.
"The monsters are running away! Kill them!"
"Lord Susanoo does not confront 1st class, idiots! Kill them now!"
"Attract the 2nd class here! Just run there and back and it will be over!"
Thanks to the fact that Yu IlHan had wiped out the high level monsters, the ability users in that place could easily clean up the remaining monsters.
The ability users who already wiped out the monsters like that and had nothing else to do, followed the storm of Susanoo to help other areas, and this repeated several times before they realized how they should support Yu IlHan.
They attracted the 2nd class monsters to make it easier to clean them up at once, and they themselves confronted the 1st class monsters. The already fast hunting speed had sped up even more.
The high level ability users full of vitality called themselves the Army of Susanoo, and followed Yu IlHan's back, and the number only increased as Yu IlHan cleaned up more areas.
Now that most ability users in all of Kanagawa prefecture had gathered, there were more than two thousand ability users above level 30.
"Drive them, drive them back!"
"We are the elite forces of Susanoo!"
"This is the first time I had such fun in fighting monsters!'
Since the fighting power had gathered up, they didn't collapse against the same monsters, and against weaker monsters, they swept forward.
They were already so strong as it is, and since they had Yu IlHan's protection, they showed more unity and fighting power above their norm. So there was no way they couldn't be excited.
"I didn't say a thing, and these guys are doing a several man show."
[But it's good, isn't it?](Erta)
"Yes."
Yu IlHan only confronted 2nd classes anyway. They realized what he was doing, and attracted the 2nd class monsters for him to clean them up more easily, and they were taking care of the 1st class monsters by themselves.
This was truly the scenario where everyone was happy. Yu IlHan didn't betray their expectations and threw the spears ardently. three, four, and five were skewered at once and his spear throwing technique was also developing.
[Due to a shocking development in technique, the skill evolution conditions of the spearmanship skill becomes easier.]
"So there were things like this too."
[Skill evolution is literally the Akashic Record giving out tasks suitable for increasing the level of the technique, but you've showed development without the task so it's natural for the skill evolution conditions to become easier.](Erta)
However, no matter how advanced his techniques become, it wasn't like there was a fundamental change in the fact that he had to kill 4th class monsters. Thinking that he had to delay the evolution of the martial art related skills, Yu IlHan ardently kept throwing the spears.
And when time flowed to become 2 p.m. Yu IlHan's vision seemed to clear up before he saw armed JSDF and the ability users that lined up on the horizon after having destroyed the nearby buildings; the barricade.
He realized as soon as he saw it. That was installed to stop the monsters from passing.
That meant.
"To, Tokyo defense line."
"I, insane. How did we come here?"
Yes. They came to the border of Kanagawa and Tokyo. Of course, not the 23 wards of Tokyo, but just the border.
"Did we miss anywhere out?"
"None. We cleaned up all of Kanagawa."
"Insane.Did we just clean up an entire prefecture in less than 24 hours?"
"Correction, not us, but Lord Susanoo did."
While the nearly 5 thousand people army that followed Yu IlHan were whispering to each other, the ability users and the JSDF at the defense line also became confused.
The number of monsters seemed to decrease from a certain point in time, and now, suddenly a huge number of ability users appeared!
They did hear that Susanoo had descended, but there was a difference in looking through the internet and seeing for themselves, as much as the difference between a photoshopped picture and a non-photoshopped picture!
"Kanagawa is now safe! Lord Susanoo killed all the monsters!"
"Let's dissolve the defense line and go to Tokyo with us!"
"No, even so."
"Are you sure that you have killed everything without leaving a single one behind? If there's any mistake then Tokyo will."
"Tokyo is already dangerous anyway! There's no time to chat here. Lord Susanoo does not care about humans! We need to match him!"
The Tokyo defense line was made to block the monsters from Kanagawa from entering Tokyo. Since Dungeon Breaks were occurring in Tokyo anyway, one or two monsters coming over wouldn't make a difference.
"Okay, let's go!"
After a not so long discussion and report, the defense line dissolved. The JSDF and the ability users decided to go together with the army after hearing that they might be left behind by Susano.
As long as they had eyes and ears, they couldn't not be inwardly jealous of the confidence that the Susanoo Army had. The fact that they could smile in this crisis-like environment was literally the proof of Susanoo's power.
With that, the Susanoo Army had instantly tripled in size. Although there were low-level ability users in the mix, if they could hunt the monsters without dying, then their levels would rise.
Also, amongst the members that made up the defense line was the 'Strong Friends' dispatched from Korea, the Suppression.
"Ah, now we're alive."
"First Lieutenant Han, I think you're getting too loose after you were transferred to Suppression."
"Did you notice that? I wish someone would fire me already."
"Don't worry, they'll never let you go no matter what happens."
"Colonel~!"
The 'Beauty' Han YeoRang seemed to have been promoted to First Lieutenant, and Colonel Yoon DaeHan. These two were people that Yu IlHan knew very well.
Although he finally had the chance to contact Suppression, since he didn't want his concealment to wear out by coming into contact with another, Yu IlHan decided to leave the negotiations on the equipment to after the battle.
Yu IlHan didn't stop even in Tokyo. He only did one thing, and that was throwing his spears. When his right arm felt sore after all that throwing, he would throw with his left, and since he found just throwing boring, he used superhumans strength from time to time.
After repeatedly experiencing the weakening of his muscles by using the skill repeatedly, he succeeded in reaching an enlightenment, and that was the method to dissolve the penalty time after the superhuman strength skill.
"Transcendent Regeneration."
Yes. He healed his damaged muscles by using the transcendent regeneration skill!
Without having to be injured by fighting while weakened during the superhuman strength penalty time, he succeeded in shortening the skill training cycle with just superhuman strength and the transcendent regeneration skills!
[This guy can do anything, even though he can't use mana.](Lita)
[So Lita finally understands what I'm feeling.](Erta)
Although words were easy, it wasn't such a simple matter. It wouldn't work with just the will to do it. It was only possible since it was Yu IlHan, who knew the structure of his body very well, and could delicately control the power of his skills. For reference, this was a skill he perfected after thinking back to the time when his penalty was decreased after being treated by Na YuNa before.
Anyway, thanks to his enlightenment, the penalty due to the superhuman strength skill was reduced to below 5 seconds. By recovering the rest energy used in the transcendent regeneration with the bloodrink, he now ended up training his skills even within this mess.
Superhuman strength, transcendent regeneration, extreme poison resistance, and cooking skill mastery was endlessly increasing again and again.
[The skill, Superhuman Strength, has become lv 24.]
[The skill, Transcendent Regeneration, has become Lv 23.]
"Susanoo's power is becoming stronger!"
"Penta-kill! Penta-kill again! This should get some attention!"
Sweeping like a storm, Yu IlHan took away the lives of the monsters along with the despairs of the people.
This was too great of an achievement to be done by a 2nd class around level 80, and as such, the people increasingly believed that the identity of Susanoo is not human. This might be the case even if Yu IlHan showed himself.
"Shit, a dungeon's bursting again!"
"Dammit. That's a dungeon with a level 50 restriction! Block at all costs, make a defense line!"
At that time, screams could be heard nearby. Yu IlHan kicked off the ground after he shot out four spears almost simultaneously to kill the nearby 2nd class monsters.
After jumping up to several hundred meters in less than 3 seconds with the help of his leap skill, Yu IlHan's two eyes saw a scene where a vortex exploded and several thousand monsters were freed at once.
That looked like a scene where the gates of hell were opening, but Yu IlHan muttered while seeing that scene.
"That's perfect."
Yu IlHan put away the atlatl for a moment, and took out about a hundred round lumps from his Cross Bag.
Those were grenades that had thousands and even tens of thousands of bone fragments and had the Giant's Rubber Band as the fuse. And one that was enhanced to the extreme through the use of a 2nd class magic stone!
Until now, he couldn't use in fear of hurting the people nearby, but if it's a situation where monsters were flooding out moments after a Dungeon Break had occurred, he could use it while being rest assured; If it was with Yu IlHan's throwing skills, that were near marvel, that is.
[You have awakened the skill, Throwing Lv Max. If the skill evolution conditions are met, then a synthesized evolution is possible.]
Yu IlHan threw the grenades continuously without a hint of hesitation. During that process, he also awakened the throwing skill. Spear throwing was included within the range of spearmanship, but throwing grenades relied on throwing alone so he had now got the skill.
{Kugak!}
{Above, strange stones, Kugagak!}
Yu IlHan threw all the hundreds of grenades he had. Although there were more left in his Cross Bag, he was worried that it would hurt the people if he threw anymore.
The moment the last grenade fell down in the middle of the group, the first thrown grenade caused an explosion.
[Critical Hit!]
{Kuaaaaaaa!}
{Kihik! Kihiiiik!}
The people who were setting up the defense line after realizing that a Dungeon Break was occurring, all became speechless. No, they were moving back in fear of getting caught up
{Kuuuuaaaaa!}
{Kuhuk! Kukiiiiiik!}
It was an instant that monsters were flooding out after the dungeon was broken, but the time the explosions happened as soon as they appeared was even more instantaneous
One explosion; and the chain of explosions that continued after as if it was stimulated. The exploding sound like an erupting volcano, the screams of the monsters meeting their demise filled the world.
Yu IlHan lightly ignored the experience acquired texts that appeared on his retina without rest, and took out the atlatl again. And he threw it towards the sole monster, that looked like a 3rd class, that survived alone in this grenade storm.
{Khak!}
[You have earned 6,847,374 experience.]
[You have become level 82. 2 Strength, 1 Agility, 1 Health, 1 Magic increases.]
[You have earned the record of Lv 103 Ark Katrar.]
[You have acquired the title, 'A Thousand In One Hit'. Critical Hit Rate increases by 50% when attacking several enemies at once.]
The monsters that left the dungeon died, and disappeared. This all happenned in less than 20 seconds.
"Susanoo."
"Susanoo......."
"He came to us to save Japan."
"Isn't it Takemikazuchi?"
"Amaterasu?"
People vaguely muttered while looking at that scene. Now, other Gods than Susanoo were popping out.
They did not know what exactly happened, but they knew one thing for sure.
Now, they were witnessing the start of a new history.