The Return of Apocalypses Tyrant

Episode 17

– Myeong

-Hoon pushed the key into the old iron door at the end of the hallway.

“When you enter this room, you will probably find the dungeon boss, the Ghoul King. This guy is a summoning monster. “Take care of the zombies.”

“Is this… the same Goblin Lord we saw at the National Cemetery?”

“It’s a little different. He uses subordinates, but the Ghoul King literally summons. “Even if you kill the zombies in the room, they keep coming out.”

“Hmm… then what should we do? Should we ignore the zombies and catch the ghouls right away?”

Namgung shook his head at Myunghun’s words.

“There are four zombies in the room. “If we can’t take them all out at once, we won’t be able to catch the Ghoul King.”

“Then, Gyeongin and I will have one each. And…”

Myung-hoon glanced at So-min and smiled awkwardly before speaking to Nam-goong.

“Brother, can you take care of the three? haha.”

“I can fight too!”

So-min, who is quick-witted, clenched her fists and said at Myung-hoon’s words.

“then. “Whose daughter is this?”

“They will help you. “Don’t worry, just use magic on the zombies.”

As soon as Namgung finished speaking, soul soldiers appeared behind Somin.

“The other one. And I will take on the role of the Ghoul King. “Everyone has this.”

Just before entering the boss room, Namgung handed Myung-hoon and Gyeong-in several old daggers.

“And…”

He took the dagger that had been distributed to the two people, took out a pocket from inside the belt, put the dagger in, and looked at his daughter.

“Be careful not to touch the blade with your hands because it is rusty. got it?”

He hung a pouch with a string around her neck and gave one to Somin. I didn’t like giving the cutlery to the child, but I had no choice.

“What is this? older brother.”

Myung-Hoon looked around at the rusty dagger that looked like it could not be used as a weapon and asked Namgung.

“Once you destroy all the zombies summoned by the Ghoul King, immediately plunge this dagger into their corpses.”

Namgung said as he also took out a dagger.

“The Ghoul King’s zombies are different from the ordinary guys in the dungeon. Even if you kill it once, it won’t regenerate. However, if you plunge a rusty dagger into their corpse, the rust of the dagger will block the corpse’s regeneration, slowing it down.”

“You’re catching the Ghoul King inside.”

“that’s right.”

“It’s not that dangerous other than dealing with zombies, but like a dead person, he won’t die easily. “You’ll probably have to repeat this a few times.”

“That’s why you need multiple daggers.”

“that’s right.”

The three people nodded as if they understood Namgung’s words.

“Let’s begin.”

Namgung stepped into the room.

* * *

[Crrrrrrr….]

As we entered the room, a gloomy air descended upon the group.

[Lark… Asan…]

There was a large throne in the middle of the dark room, and in the middle of it, a ghoul wearing an old cloak was speaking something unknown to them in a low voice.

“…Eternal death?”

It was Somin.

“Do you understand what that guy is saying?”

“That… I don’t know.”

She looked at Myung-Hoon with a puzzled expression, as if she was surprised that she herself understood the Ghoul King’s words.

‘Is it because of magical qualities?’

Namgung couldn’t help but be surprised by Somin’s unexpected abilities.

However, if you think about it that way, Den Howl, the Grand Wizard of the Eight Stars, should also have had that ability.

‘If it’s not magic…’

An ability that only Somin has.

‘Is it Su-ah’s influence?’

As her mother’s spirit intervened in her awakening, she gained new magical power rather than normal elemental magic.

It is a kind of concept expansion.

Namgung thought that he should not evaluate his daughter’s abilities based on his common sense.

[Kraksha… Rakum.]

“Somin. “What is he talking about?”

“Give me the land of rest…? “I don’t know exactly, but I think that’s what they say.”

“okay. “If you want rest, I can give it to you.”

Namgung sneered at the Ghoul King sitting on the throne.

Paaah-!!

As he ran out, the spirit soldiers followed him as if they had been waiting.

[Krrrrrrr…!!]

When the Ghoul King stretched out his hand from the throne, the zombies standing in front of him all rushed towards them.

“be careful. “They are different from the previous ones.”

As soon as Namgung finished speaking, the zombies swung the huge swords and axes they were holding.

Buuuuung…!

Kwaang!!!!

The zombie’s ax hit the floor.

“Wow… this is no joke.”

Myung-Hoon lowered his posture as he saw the place where he had been standing a moment ago shatter into pieces.

Shush!!! Empty!!!

But at that moment, an arrow flew from behind him and pierced the zombie’s head.

Myeong-hoon pushed the zombie’s chest, whose head was broken, with his foot and slashed the decapitating sword horizontally.

Wow…!!

The waist of the zombie holding the sword behind him was cut in half and shattered.

Buuuuung…!!

At the same time, the spirit soldiers subdued the remaining zombies.

The zombies swung their spears to fight them off, but it was useless against them as they had no substance.

[Kagagak…!!]

With a strange scream, the three soul soldiers tore the zombie’s body into pieces.

‘last.’

Namgung stretched out his arm toward the innermost zombie.

Green onion-! Pot! Fababag–!!

While dodging an attack from a zombie holding a halberd, he plunged his rusty dagger into the creature’s joint.

Tsk tsk…! thud!!!

The dagger stuck in his leg, pelvis, and shoulder caused him to fall forward, unable to overcome the weight of the halberd he was holding.

Wow!!

As if he had been waiting, Namgung kicked the head of the fallen zombie with his leg.

Like a ball, the zombie’s head separated from its neck, bounced on the floor, and crashed into the wall.

[Kick… Kick… Kick… Karrak!!]

As his limbs were instantly suppressed, the Ghoul King clenched his few teeth up and down and let out an unintelligible sound.

“Resurrect…?”

At Somin’s words, Namgung plunged the dagger into the zombie’s corpse. Seeing his appearance, the others also thrust rusty daggers into the body.

Cheeeeeeeek…!!

Then, white smoke rose from the blade of the dagger.

“Myunghun.”

“yes!!”

Namgung did not miss the opportunity and ran towards the throne, and Myeonghun threw his sword with all his might.

Ugh…!

At that moment, the pendant hanging around Namgoong’s neck radiated light. Then the blood-stained blade of the beheading sword turned a pale milky color.

“Whoop…!!”

Holding his breath, Namgung slashed the decapitating sword from top to bottom with all his might.

Kwasik-!!!

At that moment, the Ghoul King’s arm was cut off.

Cheeeeeek…!!!

Black smoke rose from the severed arm and the man screamed in pain.

[knife!! lakh…!! Ramaksha!!! [Karak!!!]

When he waved his hand, a black film appeared around him. At the same time, the daggers that were stuck exploded! It exploded with a sound.

“…Zombies are resurrected!!”

Four black magic circles appeared on the floor, and zombies appeared above them again.

bang!! Quagga River!!!

A red thunderbolt landed in front of Namgung, who was about to step back.

[Carrrrrrrrrrrr!!!]

As the thunderbolt fell from above the head, the black membrane that protected the Ghoul King shattered like glass.

Suddenly…!!

Namgung drew his sword without hesitation.

At that moment, the Ghoul King’s head was cut off by the sword.

“done!!”

Myung-Hoon cheered when he saw that.

puck-!!!

“…?!!!”

However, as if mocking his victory, the decapitated arm of the Ghoul King hit Namgung’s abdomen.

“…Cough!!”

Blood poured out of his mouth.

His body stumbled from the unexpected blow.

“dad!!!”

At that sight, Somin shouted urgently and tried to run.

Kkkdeudeudeudeuk…!!

“Wait a minute.”

It was then.

The moment Somin turned around with a low voice, she saw Gyeongin holding a protest with all his might.

Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!!!

His arrow flew out of the darkness with the sound of cutting through the wind.

Kwaang—!!!

At that moment, unlike before, the arrow left Gyeongin’s hand with a sharp explosion and exploded, piercing the Ghoul King’s left chest.

‘Not the head, but the chest?’

When hunting ordinary undead, it could be said that destroying the head was standard.

Because of that, Namgung also broke the Ghoul King’s head.

“older brother!!”

The moment the Ghoul King hesitated, Myung-Hoon hurriedly unfolded his shield. [Goblin Lord’s Bracelet] glowed and a light film was created around him.

He quickly supported Namgung and retreated.

‘Undead doesn’t work unless you break its head…’

The moment he wondered about Gyeongin’s attack, surprisingly, the Ghoul King began to tremble as if in pain.

Passssssssss…!!

“Okay… next.”

Instead of stopping there, Gyeongin drew his bow once again.

“Brother Myung-Hoon! Please limit his movements!!”

At his shout, Myung-Hoon instinctively jumped forward, grabbed the decapitating sword that Namgung had dropped, and struck off the ghoul’s leg.

Kaang!!!

The moment the Ghoul King’s body stumbled for a moment with the light sound of the sword, an arrow came from behind him and over his shoulder at a narrow distance.

Wow…!!

This time, an arrow stuck in the Ghoul King’s shoulder.

‘What are you trying to do?’

Namgung couldn’t hide his surprise at Gyeongin’s behavior.

‘With that level of skill, you could blow the boss’s head off in an instant…’

“Just one more time!! “Don’t break the head!”

“Okay. “There are a lot of demands?”

Even as Myung-Hoon said that, he distanced himself from the Ghoul King, as if he was enjoying it.

[Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…!!!]

The Ghoul King, whose chest and shoulders were broken, seemed to be no longer able to use his limbs and the zombies he had summoned instantly collapsed and turned into powder.

“Hwaap!!”

Myung-Hoon threw his body in a zigzag motion and slashed his beheading sword horizontally.

Coo…! Tukan!!

His sword was stuck in the Ghoul King’s waist.

Although it wasn’t completely cut, it was enough to suppress the Ghoul King’s movements.

“now!!!”

With Myeonghun’s shout, the arrow pierced the Ghoul King’s abdomen and hit the floor.

Wow…!!!

At that moment, the Ghoul King’s body shattered and rotten, foul-smelling flesh flew out in all directions.

“Wow.”

Myung-Hoon, who was covered in the corpse of the Ghoul King, looked at Gyeong-In with an arrogant frown.

“I’m sorry!”

“are you okay. are you okay.”

Myeong-hoon smiled and waved his hand at Gyeong-in, who bowed.

“There was no need to buy a dagger like this.”

Namgung threw the dagger he was holding on the floor and shrugged his shoulders.

‘I didn’t know it would go to this extent. ‘Do you see the monster’s weakness?’

I didn’t expect him to be able to produce this much power with an ordinary bow, unlike Myeong-hoon’s decapitating sword or So-min’s magic, not even with a pendant.

“As expected… it came out!”

However, even though he was surprised by Gyeongin’s skills, he couldn’t help but be even more surprised by what caught his eye for a moment.

“This is…”

What Gyeongin took from the Ghoul King’s corpse was none other than a rune.

‘Isn’t it just luck?’

At that moment, when Namgung first met Gyeongin, he realized that it was no coincidence that he had runes.

“sorry. mister. “You suddenly intervened.”

“no. Rather, I should be thankful. Thanks to you, I survived. But… how did you do it?”

“I saw it. hmm… What can I say? Lighting points appear on the monster’s body parts. Just shoot them sequentially with a bow. Then, when you die like that, it always drops.”

Gyeongin said to him.

“You said before that you would tell me when it became clear. “That’s it.”

Namgung recalled the ambiguous answer Gyeongin had given in the dungeon hallway.

“What are the odds?”

“Probability? Umm… I don’t know. “First of all, I got it all the way to the second time, so I guess I should say 100%.”

“second?”

“yes. Because not all monsters shine like that. That’s why I couldn’t tell you right away at first.”

“Right. “You mean there is a monster that glows?”

“yes. However, it is not immediately visible; it appears as you hunt.”

Namgung nodded at his words.

‘Qualities associated with runes.’

It was thought that he was indeed Jeon Tae-ho’s son.

‘Being able to catch the Ghoul King without a pendant may be an ability that goes beyond simply dropping runes.’

A kind of weak point detection.

It was truly the best quality for someone who uses archery.

Moreover, it was clearly different from Jeon Tae-ho’s abilities.

Unlike increasing the acquisition probability of people in the radius, Gyeongin was able to clearly distinguish between the monsters that dropped runes.

‘Appearing during a hunt probably means that there is a condition… Does it appear when the monster’s stamina falls below a certain level?’

So, the key now was two things.

‘Is the light generated by chance, or does it shine because its stamina is low because it is a monster that originally has runes?’

Namgung quietly looked at Gyeongin.

‘If it’s the latter, you’re going to be catching monsters that have runes anyway, so there’s nothing more you can do at the moment. However, if it is the former…’

If runes are generated stochastically, then if you increase the probability, more runes can be dropped in a certain way.

‘The way to increase the drop rate is, of course…’

It was the ability of his father, Rune Master Jeon Tae-ho.

‘This could be…’

Namgung doesn’t know which of the two possibilities it is, but if it’s the former, he may be able to maximize the harmony between the two when Jeon Tae-ho wakes up.

To do that, what is needed is to wake up Jeon Tae-ho, who is in a coma.

He felt that he should once again make purchasing elixir a top priority.

‘It’s an elixir…’

But it was never easy.

Because at this point, simply collecting heads to buy elixir was not the answer.

What they needed most was survival.

In order to fight against the monsters that appeared in the future, I had to upgrade my weapon.

The practice bows and knives that are used in real life like today clearly had limitations.

The way to increase abilities without using your head as much as possible was through drop items.

▶ The Ghoul King has been defeated.

▶ A reward (basic) reward (participation) box will be awarded.

▶ The Ghoul King’s loot (2 pieces) will be awarded. The loot can be acquired by one of the reward recipients.

Two black boxes appeared on top of the ashes-only corpse along with other basic boxes.

After surviving the apocalypse for 25 years, Namgung no longer hoped for a fluke.

‘It would be nice to come up with something that could be used as a weapon…’

However, rather than trying to succeed at the impossible, I was just hoping for a little luck with the given reward.

Click-

Namgung opened the black box.

Ssssssssssssssss—!!

At that moment, a blinding light poured out of the box.

“…uh?”

The corners of my mouth went up without me realizing it when I saw the items inside the box.

It was a jackpot.