Chapter 271

Nuclear Breath

“Damn it, Choi Yu-i! What the hell happened?!”

Gong Su-hwan, the leader of the assault team of the Sea Guild, shouted with a flustered expression.

She, the Guide, had only touched the statue for confirmation.

[Someone has touched the ‘Two-Headed Statue’!]

[A special condition has been met!]

[The boss, ‘Twin Head Ogre’ (SS-Class), has appeared inside the Dungeon!]

The Dungeon shook along with these messages.

“I, I don’t know! That statue must have been the medium for opening the boss!”

“You son of a……! You should have checked properly!”

A curse burst from Gong Su-hwan’s mouth.

He couldn’t help it.

They hadn’t been able to rest for about a week, constantly hunting ogres.

Even for them, who were veterans, there were many precarious moments.

As a result, they were about to face the boss without even proper maintenance.

Moreover.

“SS-Class?!”

“There was such a rank?”

“Captain! It’s SS-Class! Should we be happy about this? Or not?”

It seemed like an opportunity had come.

But it smelled like an opportunity they couldn’t handle.

“……Um, I think we’re screwed?”

The moment Choi Yu-i, who was standing in front of the statue with a dumbfounded expression, swallowed hard.

Kugagaga!

An enormous ogre soared from the ground.

About three times larger than the existing ones, with two heads.

Uwoooo!

Geooooooo!

The two pairs of red eyes, gleaming fiercely, were filled with savage bloodlust.

And that wasn’t all?

Protruding fangs, bumpy tentacles on the skin, and slimy fluids.

“H, Hiiiik……!”

Choi Yu-i, her legs giving way, collapsed.

It wasn’t because of the terrifying appearance.

It was because the aura the ogre emitted was so intensely strong that she couldn’t speak.

“C, Crazy…….”

“Choi Yu-i! Get a grip and fall back!”

Gong Su-hwan shouted.

“And you two tanks! What are you doing! Get to the front, quick!”

However.

“Y, You want me to block that thing?”

“I can’t do it! Shield or not, my bones will be crushed the moment I get hit by that club!”

The tanks were in a state of panic.

“You damn bastards!”

But there was no need for the tanks to step forward.

Because.

Uwooooock!

The ogre, its eyes gleaming, immediately swung its club at the guys with shields.

Swish!

The sound of tearing through the air and the club flashed.

That was the end.

The moment it collided with one tank’s shield, defense was bullshit.

Kwaaaang!

Swept away by the trajectory, he flew and crashed into the cave wall.

“Keu.”

The hit tank opened his mouth with a gurgling sound.

“Keuaaaaaaack!”

At the same time, he screamed at the top of his lungs.

Because, as he had said before, his bones were all shattered.

No matter how much of an S-Class Hunter he was, he couldn’t endure the pain of his bones being crushed.

“F, Fucking hell.”

The remaining tank trembled.

Kooong!

He slammed his shield into the ground and used a skill.

Wooowoong!

A protective skill that defended the entire team was deployed, but.

Swish!

It was dismantled like tearing paper by the ogre’s club in one swing.

“Keo, Keoheok!”

As a result, red blood poured from the tank’s mouth.

The tanks were neutralized in just two hits.

Shoong, shoong shoong!

Gong Su-hwan’s archery and the front dealers’ slashes tried to inflict damage somehow, but.

Even if they hit the ogre’s tough flesh, it had no effect.

It was truly a situation of being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

“No way……. No……. This can’t be happening…….”

Gong Su-hwan’s voice trembled.

His spirit had broken.

This was.

A situation where even if you tried to do something, there was nothing you could do!

It felt like being one of the eight ants that had to face a human by combining their strength.

Wouldn’t it be easier to break a rock with an egg?

“How, how did we get to this point……. Why did it have to be SS-Class…….”

Everyone was an S-Class Hunter.

The owner of a golden nameplate that people on the street envied and couldn’t take their eyes off.

What adversities had they overcome to get to that position?

“Keuak! Captain!”

“E, Euaaaaa!”

Dealer Gi-hyeon’s body floated into the air.

Having taken the ogre’s front kick directly to the abdomen, he clutched his stomach and vomited.

“U, Uweeck! Kueeeck!”

The ranged dealers, Ji-han and Ji-ho, also collapsed.

Was this how a mouse felt in front of a cat?

All they could do.

Was to grip their weapons with trembling hands and just hope to die without pain.

Geuwo! Geuwo!

Uwoooo! Uwoooo!

The Twin Head Ogre roared, looking down at the Sea Guild members.

It was a roar of joy at conquering delicious prey.

Now that the prey was incapacitated, it was time to devour them.

Jureuk.

Gong Su-hwan squeezed his eyes shut at the sticky saliva flowing between the ogre’s buck teeth.

It was his fault.

It was his fault for recklessly entering an S-Class Dungeon following a lousy captain.

But what could he do?

It was already too late to blame his greed and haste and apologize to them.

‘I hope you live in a peaceful world in your next life…….’

Just as Gong Su-hwan, who had given up on everything, was praying to an unknown god in his heart.

Geuwo?

U, Uwo?

Something.

A different cry than before was heard.

If the previous sound was the cry of a ferocious predator, this one was a cry that seemed slightly bewildered?

“……?”

Gong Su-hwan, who had closed his eyes, slowly opened them.

Something caught his blurry vision.

A man wearing a familiar mask.

And the appearance of his summon, a black lizard.

“Y, You are……?”

Gong Su-hwan had a dazed expression.

How was that summoner still alive?

Could it be that he had survived alone in this ogre field for a week?

“Nice to see you. More importantly, that boss.”

It was then that the man pointed at the Twin Head Ogre with his finger.

“You don’t seem to have any intention of dealing with it, so is it okay if I take care of it?”

“…….”

Gong Su-hwan stared at the man with a dumbfounded expression.

What?

Deal with that terrifying being?

Was that even possible?

‘……Could it be.’

If he had survived alone in an S-Class Dungeon and was showing composure against an SS-Class monster.

There was an answer.

‘A Ranker.’

Ah.

At that moment.

Gong Su-hwan recalled the unprecedented aura he had felt a week ago.

That spine-chilling aura that had stopped their progress.

And.

‘The aura I felt back then was definitely…….’

It was more frightening than that Twin Head Ogre. More terrifying.

‘Is it real? Are we really alive?

His emotions surged.

A single tear rolled down his cheek.

The relief of someone who had come back from the dead.

“Please.”

Gong Su-hwan nodded frantically.

“You can have all the rewards, just please take care of that thing!”

“Okay.”

I took a shallow breath and looked ahead.

I had received permission.

Now I could devour that prey without feeling uncomfortable.

“Vinas.”

Kreureung?

“We had one last thing we wanted to experiment with, right?”

Kreureureung!

The Destruction Dragon nodded confidently and howled.

In fact, there was only one skill I hadn’t used while hunting so far.

Nuclear Breath.

Why hadn’t I used it?

You’ll know if you open the description of Nuclear Breath.

[Skill: Nuclear Breath]

[Level: 1]

[Description: Unleashes the remaining energy at once through the breath of the Destruction Dragon.]

[Be careful! Everything that touches the breath can be destroyed.]

[Be careful! Nuclear Breath does not distinguish between friend and foe.]

If I recklessly used something that looked so terrifying just from the description, what if the Dungeon collapsed?

I didn’t want to harm them for my curiosity.

‘Besides.’

If I used that skill, all of Vinas’s energy would be released.

In other words, it was a one-time ultimate move.

Originally, wasn’t it the rule to decorate such things as a finale before finishing the Dungeon?

“Okay, get ready.”

At my command, Vinas slammed his front paws on the ground, thump! thump!, and opened his mouth wide.

At that moment.

Dudududu…….

An enormous energy began to swirl, and the cave shook.

“Wh, What……?”

“What is this!”

The Sea Guild members were horrified by the suffocating pressure.

“How can a summon have such power……?”

“Could it be that it’s really a legendary dragon?”

“Now that I see it, it does look like a dragon……!”

They had many questions, but this was not the time for that.

“Everyone…… Get a grip and fall back!”

Gong Su-hwan, who came to his senses first, shouted.

“Those who aren’t hurt, take care of the injured!”

“Yes, sir!”

“A, Alright!”

The hunters quickly retreated behind Vinas.

Even in the midst of that.

Kwagaga……!

The energy inside Vinas’s body was fluctuating explosively.

‘Wow.’

I clicked my tongue inwardly.

It wasn’t just the Sea Guild hunters who were surprised.

I was surprised too.

I had about 7,000 energy left, right?

When that energy was condensed into one shot, it was enough to make my Poison Flash look insignificant.

The power itself contained in that energy was so enormous that even I, who was next to it, had difficulty taking a step.

Because of that.

Geuwoeoock!

Uuuwoeoong…….

The ogre was also whimpering, unable to escape.

It was overwhelmed just by the preparation for the breath.

Heo.

This was another first.

I was starting to feel sorry for the monster……?

Kreureureung!

And at that moment.

[Destruction Dragon Vinas uses Nuclear Breath (Lv.1).]

The energy that had gathered in his mouth exploded forward with a white flash.

Syukwaaaaaaaang!

With a roar that tore through the air, the beam shot out in a straight line.

And at that moment.

Dukwaang!

I heard a resonance that seemed to beat a drum in my heart.

The resonance I felt when I encountered a decibel of sound that humans couldn’t feel, like the language of the Shadow Shepherds in the past.

And.

Kugagagagaga!

The beam of destruction tore everything apart and disintegrated it.

At that sight.

“…….”

I couldn’t close my mouth.

“What is this…….”

Everything in front was gone.

It literally vanished.

The ogre too.

The cave itself too.

As if nothing had existed in the space that spread out in a fan shape in front of Vinas from the beginning.

Only a pitch-black space of nothingness remained.

“……What is this…….”

“Unbelievable…… What kind of power is this……. Isn’t this a cheat?”

The mouths of the Sea Guild members who were watching also dropped open.

“Not only the monster…… The Dungeon itself disappeared?”

“Was that just a monster? It was SS-Class!”

They were at a loss for words.

What on earth was this?

Who was this Hunter who wielded such power?

If he was a summoner with this much power, they should know him.

But they had never heard of a Ranker who commanded a cute dragon.

“Y, You are who the hell……?”

The moment Gong Su-hwan turned his head to satisfy his curiosity.

[Ting!]

[Congratulations!]

[You have defeated the Dungeon Boss ‘Twin Head Ogre’ (SS-Class)!]

[You have cleared the Dungeon!]

The vision of everyone inside the Dungeon flickered.

A phenomenon that occurred after clearing, being ejected outside.

At the same time.

“…….”

I saw countless messages filling my vision.

[Kim Jin-ah: Guild Master! Guild Master!]

[Kim Jin-ah: Seriously, why is it that you never reply when you just enter a Dungeon?!]

[Kim Jin-ah: The other guild members are answering just fine! Ugh, frustrating!]

[Kim Jin-ah: Guild Master?]

[Kim Jin-ah: It’s a mess right now! Our guild is also on its way to support the Caribbean, but crazy, it’s a dragon! A dragon has appeared!]

[Guide: Hmm, it seems to be on par with the existing Giant Dragon or Greed Dragon.]

[Guide: The situation is not good.]

[Berserker: It’s truly an amazing guy.]

[Berserker: To see such a guy in my lifetime, Khahaha!]

[Kim Jin-ah: Everyone, don’t do anything rash and follow the Tower Master’s control!]

[Kim Jin-ah: Guild Master! If you happen to see this, you must contact me immediately! We’re barely holding on thanks to the Tower Master, but thousands of Hunters have already died!]

…….

Records of countless other conversations.

The topic of what they were saying was only pointing to one being.

Dragon.

“What is this?”

Just as I was narrowing my brows with a bewildered expression.

Keurwararararara!

It was then that Vinas roared fiercely at the sky.

With a savage look in his eyes that was different from before.