Chapter 24: The Ancient Desert (4)
A storm blew across a certain desert.
The monster… no, the being that had been rejected as a human finally realized what to do—to survive, to avoid suffering.
—Whoosh!
It swung its spear endlessly. It stabbed into the noisy mouths and tore out their insolent tongues.
Blood splattered, organs spilled out. The more violence it unleashed, the less noise there was; the more slaughter it committed, the quieter it beca.
Ah.
The child felt satisfied. It realized its judgnt was correct. If it killed all the humans in the desert, the negative malice directed at it would disappear.
You were the ones who started it. You were the ones who rejected , so don’t bla for being rough.
—Flap!
The black wings on its back twitched excitedly. The child beca increasingly intoxicated by the slaughter.
As it hunted humans, its combat skills also naturally improved.
From the village to the city, from the city to the kingdom, from the kingdom to the empire. The more it expanded its hunting range, the more graceful and sharp the spear’s movents.
A mystical aura began to form around the spear, and the humans called it ‘Spear Ki.’
The aura ingrained in a weapon contained sothing that was deeply wished for.
The child imbued the blade with the sight it saw at birth—the sun shining brightly in the sky on the day it lost its sight. A spear that absorbed the sun!
The sun-imbued spear bestowed punishnt upon humanity. It burned, pierced, and impaled them.
It’s truly laughable.
The child laughed. Why? Because the more it killed, the less resentnt and malice it faced from them.
It defied common sense. Humans, strange as they were, lost their negative emotions the more they were tornted. They turned to admiration and reverence. They turned to fear and awe as if begging to be tornted more.
Foolish creatures.
More people followed the ferocious child. So even worshiped it, killing their kind.
“…”
Sun Spear—it was the title given to the child at so point.
“Lord Sun Spear!”
“The great hero and warrior born of the Desert Empire! We shall follow you!”
“Lead us, save us, oh rciful one!”
The child accepted these humans.
To lead them? To save them? Absolutely not!
The child knew well that human nature was cruel; they couldn’t be saved without violence. To revive the ecosystem of the desert, they needed…
Death.
The child ruled the Desert Empire to exterminate all humans. If all humans died, there would be no more victims like itself. No one would be denied life from birth.
Raise your spears!
The followers of the Sun Spear raised their weapons. Their eyes shone with the madness of the cursed heretics.
From now on, kill each other! Slaughter your kin rcilessly! Burn everything down like the scorching sun!
The child had truly beco the monster humans had called it.
[The skill ‘mory Recreation’ (S-rank) has ended.]
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—Flash!
In the strange and dark space, the triangular area resembling the top of a pyramid, a being stared at .
[The ‘Sun Spear’ gazes at you.]
Or rather, it couldn’t stare since its eyes were hideously hollow.
That’s the Sun Spear…
I shuddered as the presence emanating from its black wings suffocated .
Is this really a B-rank?
Though I had never experienced a B-rank dungeon before, I could tell this was too much.
The activation of the mory Recreation skill and the intense pressure brought an old mory.
It’s almost like the case of the Master of All Techniques.
Its mouth opened.
“Filthy and heinous human.”
It exuded a severe murderous intent. Its primal malice and resentnt toward humans pierced my heart coldly.
“Did you co to deny as well?”
—Whoosh!
The “spear” in its hand glead.
It felt like being swallowed by the scorching sun.
“…!”
The overwhelming attack made instinctively shut my eyes, unable to even dare defend against it.
Hm?
However, even after a while, I felt nothing.
I opened my eyes slightly.
Did it miss?
The spear that was thrown at had gone off to the left as if I had dodged the attack instinctively.
While my mind was filled with confusion, I heard a familiar voice.
“Tsk, tsk. Can’t you get your act together?”
“Elder?”
Surprisingly, behind stood the Master of All Techniques.
In that brief mont, he had grabbed my sleeve and pulled away from the attack.
“How?”
I was bewildered. I had no more energy left, which ant I had no ans to summon either the skeletons or the old man.
“…You dare evade my attack?” The Sun Spear’s voice was filled with anger. “A re human thinks it can withstand my spear technique that ruled the Desert Empire for hundreds of years?”
Once again, the sun glead.
But.
[‘Master of All Techniques’ used the skill ‘Absolute Shield’ (Lv. Max).]
—Vwoom!
The gentle aura surrounding him t the Sun Spear’s weapon.
—Boom!
The trendous physical force threw against the wall, followed by pain that surged through my back and ribs.
“Ugh!”
Thanks to the old man’s skill, I survived. Otherwise, I would have died instantly.
“Tsk, tsk. Foolish one.”
“Elder?”
“You’re my disciple, yet it seems you can’t tell the difference between illusion and reality.”
“Illusion and… reality…”
I frowned.
I looked down at my body. It was transparent like a hologram—a ghostly figure like the old man.
This indicated only one thing.
“This isn’t real.”
“Exactly, boy. This is inside your mind. That child nad the Sun Spear invaded you while you were unconscious.”
The old man had ntioned before that he and I were connected ntally, so inflicting pain was no problem. That’s why he could appear without any energy consud.
“Tsk. Looks like you finally got a grasp.”
The old man laughed, then looked at the Sun Spear.
“That thing.”
“Yes?”
“You are no match for it yet.”
“Yes.”
I knew since I had read its mories—a monster that massacred tens of thousands, no, hundreds of thousands of humans.
I understood how strong it was and the “resentnt” it held.
But that was all. I didn’t feel sympathy. From a human perspective, it was just a monster, nothing more, nothing less.
“So I need you to step back for a bit this ti.”
—Swoong!
The old man drew his weapon with an imnse fighting spirit emanating from him.
“A monster that once ruled a world. Oh, how interesting, very interesting.”
The old man had never shown such an expression. He looked highly intrigued.
“Once again, choosing you as my disciple was the right choice.”
As the absolute ruler of his other world, he was curious about the absolute ruler of another world.
“…Will you be okay?” I asked hesitantly.
Because the energy emanating from that monster was also formidable.
The old man grinned at my question.
“Will I be okay? Well, it certainly possesses a formidable spear technique. Stronger than mine by several tis.”
I gasped, “It’s that strong?”
“You fool. What do you take the power of All Techniques as? I’m just talking in comparison with strictly spear techniques. Overall, it is far beneath .”
The old man’s spear technique was just one of the ten thousand techniques he had mastered. When all those techniques were combined and amplified to synergize, true mastery of All Techniques would be achieved.
“Hahaha, this is exciting any way you look at it. To find such entertainnt after death! How could I miss this opportunity!”
The old man’s fighting spirit clashed with the Sun Spear.
“Formidable. Are you a human who has transcended your limits?”
Even the furious Sun Spear seed to sense the threat as it was wary of the old man.
Good gracious.
I swallowed a gulp.
I didn’t know why it had co to this, but maybe I could resolve this situation without lifting a finger.
[‘Master of All Techniques’ is gazing at the ‘Sun Spear.’]
[The ‘Sun Spear’ is gazing at the ‘Master of All Techniques.’]
A tense standoff began between two absolute beings.
—Rumble.
The space started to tremble. Sand trickled from the ceiling, and stones on the floor floated into the air.
All I could do was cheer him on.
I hope the elder wins!
I moved to the corner, protected by the old man’s shield.
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—Crash! Crash! Crash!
The air tore apart, and the space collapsed.
The pyramid could not withstand the collision of two absolutes.
“Can a re human even dare to understand my resentnt?”
“I have no interest in your past! I only long for a worthy opponent.”
The two clashed over a few hundred tis within seconds.
The sound of their collisions deafened my ears.
The fierce fight continued.
One absolute being sought recognition for its resentnt while the other absolute being sought only the thrill of battle.
“Raaaargh!” the monster howled. “I only wanted to live! To see the world! To behold the scorching sun, the warm sand, and the lush greenery in my sight!”
It deflected the old man’s attacks with the light emanating from its spear.
“But you humans brutally took away my rights. You gouged out my eyes without reason!”
The voice’s owner, the Sun Spear, cried out desperately. The child’s fierce murderous intent made my skin tingle.
“So I slaughtered the humans of the desert! I conquered the world with my spear-wielding followers!”
“…”
“So you must know the pain I endured! I cannot be the only one to suffer!”
The old man grimaced and took a step back.
“Such deep resentnt,” he muttered. “I must admit, my resentnt pales in comparison,” he said, but the tide of the battle was already tilting in his favor.
Even I, a novice compared to them, could sense it.
The Sun Spear seed precarious.
“However, that is all. If resentnt alone could determine the outco of the battle, the most wronged would be the strongest.”
The old man now held a bow.
—Creak…
He only perford the action of pulling the bowstring, yet hundreds of magic arrows ford around him.
Despite the awe-inspiring skill, the Sun Spear’s montum didn’t wane.
Had it not been satisfied, even after killing so many humans?
It lifted its spear and charged.
“…”
I watched their battle in silence. But a part of my chest felt stuffy as if I was missing sothing.
This dungeon’s difficulty is B-rank.
I hadn’t experienced a B-rank dungeon, but it wasn’t supposed to be this hard. Was it because it transford?
My mind spun.
Co to think of it…
When I entered the dungeon, this ssage appeared.
[Discovering the connection between the dungeon and Hunter Joo Donghoon’s profession.]
A stage related to my profession. What could it be? What was pressing down on my chest?
After pondering for several minutes, sothing flashed in my mind.
“Ah?”
Undead, spear, skeleton, and sothing related to .
“No way, could it be?”
My heart raced.
Now that I thought about it, the Sun Spear fighting the old man looked very similar to soone I had seen for more than three years.
“No way, that…”
Overlapping their shapes, it was indeed… the sa.
“Boney 2…?”
A ssage appeared before my eyes as if responding to my question.
—Ring!
[Stage: Resentnt of the Sun Spear]
[Difficulty: Imasurable]
[The Sun Spear’s resentnt toward humans.]
[Subdue the Sun Spear to achieve the true awakening of ‘Boney 2.’]
Imasurable!
With an insane difficulty, it was a stage solely for achieving ‘Boney 2’s’ true awakening.
Ah.
My whole body shivered in enlightennt.
At the sa ti, I clearly understood what I had to do.
“Elder.”
I took a step toward the realm of the two absolutes.
“What are you doing?”
The old man frowned.
“Stop. It’s dangerous if you interfere. As I said, you are no match for that thing yet.”
“No.” I shook my head. “Rember you said this is my mind.”
“…Indeed, I did.”
Now that I’d given it more thought, it didn’t make sense. This was my profession’s quest. How could it require the old man’s help to clear it?
“Look at that child.”
I pointed at the Sun Spear with black eagle wings and hollow black eyes.
Unlike when it was a child, it was now in a grown adult body—a form chilling enough to make anyone shiver.
But.
Knowing it was Boney 2’s previous life, I felt sympathy. If it was just a monster, I wouldn’t feel anything.
I wonder if that’s because it’s my baby?
I couldn’t fathom how much it suffered, and how much agony it had to endure. I began to understand the pain it felt.
“It was just going through a tough ti. It wanted to let go of its resentnt.”
“So what will you do?”
“This is my mind, so I will bear it. Until its resentnt exhausts. Until it collapses from its exhaustion.”
“…”
The old man, about to stop , hesitated.
“It is my summon. My child. If I can’t bear its resentnt. How could I even hope to control it?”
“…”
“That’s right. This was my stage from the very beginning.”
Step by step, I walked forward.
Only then did the Sun Spear’s gaze turn to .
[The ‘Sun Spear’ is watching you.]
“…!”
Its imnse murderous intent and pressure weighed down on .
Yet I walked silently toward Boney 2.
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