Chapter 387

Chapter 387

Ming Hu shook his head at the message that appeared after the monster octopus died.

“Is it a boss monster?

I’m not a frequent visitor here, and I don’t know who Lamphere is, but I have a strong feeling that it’s a boss monster.

That was the moment.

[The monster octopus eyes you].

[The monster octopus eyes you].

While Ming Hu was pondering the message, a new one appeared. It said that the monster octopus was watching him.

Sigh

When Ming Hu saw the message, he looked away from it and checked his surroundings.

-Horrorock!

-Horrorrorrorock!

Up ahead, monster octopuses were approaching, spewing ink. Ming Hu looked at the approaching monster octopuses and thought.

“Are they going to get a champion monster if they get a certain number?

In the case of the Helmeted Seahorse, the champion monster, Akupol, the Deren faction Centurion, appeared after 20 of them were caught. I’ll have to confirm, but I’m guessing that the Monster Octopus is also a Champion Monster.

Jumbled

Finishing his thoughts, Ming Hu began to move toward the monster octopus. The distance quickly closed, and soon, the monster octopus that had been advancing on Ming Hu was engulfed in a wave of blood.

-Horrorock…

-Horrorock.

[You have killed the Octopus of Lampere; Current Kills: 2]

[You have killed the Octopus of Lampere; Current Kills: 3]

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The monster octopuses collapsed in painful groans shortly after stepping into the wave of blood, and a message began to appear.

“But they don’t have this thing called anger.

Ming Hu thought as he watched the rapidly rising kill count. For the Helmeted Seahorses, the death of one would inflict a rage buff on nearby Helmeted Seahorses. But unlike the Helmeted Seahorse, the Monster Octopus didn’t have a separate buff.

[You have killed the Octopus of Lampere, current kill count: 20]

In the meantime, the 20th monster octopus was killed.

[Horend the Centurion of the Lamphere Faction is summoned].

The following message appeared

“Again.

The monster octopus was also summoned, as were the helmeted seahorses, and when twenty were caught, a champion monster was summoned. Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at the summoning circle in front of him.

Siaak

-Horroroc? Human? Horroroc?

The summoning circle then summoned Horrend, a centurion of the Lamphere faction.

“…huh?

When Ming Hu saw Horrend, he was a little surprised.

“Wait a minute. That looks like…

The reason for Ming Hu’s surprise. It was the appearance of Horend.

“Kraken?

H??rend, the Kraken, looked like a Kraken I had seen once before. Or, to be more precise, a mini-Kraken, only smaller.

“No way.

Ming Hu frowned at the thought that flashed through his mind at the sight of Horrend.

“Again?

I couldn’t be sure, but somehow I felt that something similar to Deren’s garden was happening at Lake Belkan.

-I’ll kill you! Horroroc!

Was it because Ming Hu hadn’t said anything? Or was it because it was time? Horend began to run toward Ming Hu.

Unlike the monster octopus, the Horrend didn’t spew ink, but its sheer size made it all the more intimidating.

“Let’s get it.

Ming Hu looked at the approaching Horen and thought to himself, “I’ll catch him first,” and started walking again. As before, the distance closed quickly, and soon Horen was within range of the blood wave.

-Horrorock…

Horrend, who had been moving at a brisk pace, slowed markedly upon entering the blood wave, and soon stopped moving.

[You have killed Horend the Centurion of the Lamphere Faction].

[Only prestige 4 will increase].

And a message appeared. Ming Hu looked at the message, collected the dropped items except for the miscellaneous items, and opened the quest window.

Refurem, the god of luck and thieves, has a proposition for you: kill the Kraken, a race known to the gods as the Faradon. You don’t know why Leprechaun wants to kill the Kraken, or why he wants to do so. What is your choice: accept Refurem’s offer and kill the Kraken or refuse?

[kraken: 0 / ???]

Quest Difficulty: S

Quest Reward: ???

Slightly decreased affinity with Refurem when declining quests

“If there’s a kraken here…

Nothing was certain yet, but if there was a kraken here, it would be a prerequisite for the quest “Refurem’s Proposal,” which was given to me by Refurem.

Jumbled

Ming Hu closed the quest window and started walking again.

-Burrrrrrrr!

-Horrorock!

-Burool!

-Horrorock!

Some time later, Ming Hu stopped walking at a sound in his ears.

“This is…

Ming Hu listened to the sounds and soon realized that they were the cries of seahorses and octopuses.

“Are we in a fight.

The cries of the seahorse and octopus were coming from the same place. The cries of two monsters from different factions were coming from the same place. Ming Hu turned and walked toward the sound to see if the monsters were fighting each other.

-Burururur!

-Horrorock…

Bam, bam, bam.

-Horrorock!

-Bururu…

Soon arriving at the source of the sound, Ming Hu climbed up the hill to see the source. After confirming the source, Ming Hu could see a huge number of seahorses and octopus fighting.

“There’s an armored seahorse. What is that?

At the source were the helmeted seahorse and monster octopus we’d seen before, as well as the armored seahorse from Deren’s garden, and a new kind of octopus I’d never seen before.

-Bururururur! Advance, bururururur!

-Kill them all! Horororok!

“Wow, that’s a lot of champion monsters.

In between the seahorses and octopuses were champion monsters. There must have been dozens of them.

“Wait a minute…

As Ming Hu stared at the seahorse and octopus, he shook his head at a sudden thought.

“…if I grab all of them, will they pop out?

There were tons of normal monsters and dozens of champion monsters. Champion monsters had the potential to reveal Deren and Lampere, the masters of the faction.

“That deren would make it easy to get to the center.

What if the Deren here was the same Deren he knew? It would be easy to find the center.

“Let’s go.

Finishing his thoughts, Ming Hu descended from the hill and walked toward the source.

“Blood Wave”

Ming Hu, who had turned off Blood Wave because he couldn’t see any monsters, cast it again when he was closer to the seahorse and octopus.

Siaak

Casting Blood Wave, Ming Hu’s surroundings turned blood-red. Ming Hu smiled in satisfaction as he looked at his blood-soaked surroundings, and then he pushed through the seahorses and octopuses.

[You have killed Deren’s Seahorse, current kill count: 21]

[Helmeted Seahorses are enraged by the death of an ally, increasing their movement speed by 20%].

[You have killed the Octopus of Lampere. Current Kills: 21]

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[You have killed Deren’s Seahorse, current kill count: 33]

[Helmeted Seahorses are enraged by the death of an ally, increasing their movement speed by 20%].

[You have killed the Octopus of Lampere. Current Kills: 37]

As soon as Ming Hu broke through, he could see a huge number of messages. Ming Hu continued to look at the huge number of messages and moved on to where the seahorses and octopuses were.

[You have killed Deren’s Seahorse, current kill count: 41]

[Helmeted Seahorses are enraged by the death of an ally, increasing their movement speed by 20%].

[You have killed the Octopus of Lamphere; current kill count: 43]

“It’s because I have a champion monster.

Is it because there are already champion monsters nearby? No new Champion monsters were summoned even though I had over 40 kills, but the lack of Champion monsters wasn’t a big deal.

Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked ahead. Ahead of him, the Seahorse and Octopus Champion monsters were battling each other, firing off attacks. Ming Hu stepped between the Seahorse and the Octopus Champion.

-Bururu?

-Horrorock?

Was it the Blood Wave? The two champion monsters, the Seahorse and the Octopus, who were in the midst of attacking each other, stopped their attacks and looked at each other, and at that moment, parts of their bodies entered the blood wave.

[You have killed Horad, Centurion of the Deren faction].

[Only prestige 4 will increase].

[You have killed the Centurion Karoten of the Lamphere faction].

[Only prestige 3 will increase].

Thump! Thump!

At the same time, the Seahorse and Octopus champion monsters, Horad and Karoten, fell. Ming Hu turned his attention away from the fallen Horad and Karoten and continued to move around the area, sweeping up the Seahorses and Octopuses.

[You have killed Deren’s Seahorse, current kill count: 200]

[Helmeted Seahorses are enraged by the death of an ally, increasing their movement speed by 20%].

[Derren Faction Archon Kalex is summoned].

[If you defeat the Archmaster, Deren, the leader of the Deren faction, will appear 3 minutes later].

As he swept past the seahorses and octopuses, Ming Hu stopped in his tracks at the first message he saw. It was the message he had been waiting for.

‘Ho-ho. Two hundred of them.’

Ming Hu turned away from the message and scanned his surroundings for the location of Archmaster Calrex.

“Uh, is that him?

Soon, Ming Hu spotted a seahorse being summoned in the distance. It was larger than the Centurion Champion monsters he had captured so far, and it wore a full helmet and armor.

Jumbled

Finding Calex, Ming Hu quickly approached him.

“If I can just catch him!

If you did as the message said and grabbed Calex, Derren would appear.

[You have killed the Octopus of Lampere, current kill count: 200]

[Summons Kotom, the Lamphere Faction Archon].

[If you defeat the Archmaster, Lampere, the leader of the Lampere faction, will appear 3 minutes later].

As Ming Hu approached Kaleks, the octopus also reached 200 and another message appeared. After reading the message, Ming Hu continued to move closer to Kaleks, scanning his surroundings.

“It’s the other way around.

Soon, Ming Hu was able to spot Kotom. Kotom was being summoned from the other side. Ming Hu turned to look at Kaleks, thinking that he had three minutes to kill Kaleks before Deren appeared.

-Bururu? Human?

Calrex looked at Ming Hu and cocked his head, unsure of why the human was here. Ming Hu quickly closed the distance, using his traveling strikes and the blinks on his shoes to close the distance.

-Bururu!?

In an instant, the distance was closed, and Kalex let out a panicked cry. But it wasn’t the end of the story.

“I don’t know why the shadow is there, but it’s there.

After checking the distance, Ming Hu used Shadow Move to move into the shadow behind Calex’s back.

-Where is it…? Boo-roo!

Calrex, who had been speaking in a panicked voice as Ming Hu disappeared from view, suddenly shook his head as the world around him turned blood-red, and then let out an agonized cry.

“Ho-ho.

Is it because he’s a master craftsman? Unlike the other monsters, the Calrex didn’t die instantly.

-Bururu…

Of course, it didn’t last long. Two seconds later, Calex began to slowly fall forward.

Thump!

[You have defeated Deren Faction High Chancellor Calex].

[Three minutes later, Deren, the leader of the Deren faction, appears].

Kalex collapsed and a message appeared.

“Three minutes.

Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at Kotom, the octopus master, on the other side of the room.

-Ho, horrorock?

Kotom looked at the fallen Calex with a very puzzled expression. Ming Hu saw Kotom’s bewildered expression and started running towards him.