Chapter 99

‘So it does have physical immunity.’

If it didn’t have physical immunity, the piercing shot should have gone through. Since the bullet was enchanted with piercing, it made no sense for it not to penetrate.

‘Well, I confirmed it, so that’s enough.’

Jaeha pulled a dagger made of kainium from his Inventory and threw it. Medusa couldn’t dodge the dagger flying at high speed, and it ultimately embedded itself in her.

After that, Jaeha charged straight at Medusa. He struck various parts of her body at rapid speed, and eventually Medusa collapsed under his attacks.

‘So it suppresses her healing to a certain extent too.’

Watching her body fail to heal properly, Jaeha smiled and severed Medusa’s neck. Then he dissected her body and found the poison sac attached to her collarbone.

‘She had a poison sac but never spat poison. Well, if she’d bitten me, I probably would’ve been poisoned.’

Thinking that, Jaeha collected the poison from the sac into a glass bottle. Then he checked its toxicity.

[Medusa’s Poison]

[Toxicity: 5000]

“5000, huh. Weaker than what I made.”

Still, it was good poison in its own right, so Jaeha ate it.

“Ugh. Tastes awful.”

And with that, Jaeha immediately left the dungeon.

* * *

After leaving the dungeon, Jaeha headed straight home. Once inside, he took a moment to rest and called John.

<Yes, Jaeha.>

“Did you get the daggers?”

<Yes, I received them. It’s a metal with tremendous power.>

“Is that so?”

<Yes. Not only magic circles, but if you apply this metal to a Transmutation Circle, both are dispelled. Even putting it in a potion reverts the potion back to the monster’s blood before processing.>

“Oh ho. I didn’t know that.”

Saying that, Jaeha rose from his seat.

“Anyway, I did a bit of testing in the SS-Rank dungeon earlier.”

<Yes.>

“The bosses in SS-Rank dungeons seem to have physical immunity. And the boss I took down had pretty strong regeneration, but after getting hit by the kainium dagger, most of that healing disappeared too.”

<I see.>

“It’s not a consumable anyway, so ten should be enough to rotate through.”

<Yes.>

“And if you ever run short, contact me. Let me know if anything comes up. I need to start broadcasting now.”

<Understood.>

With that, Jaeha hung up and headed down to the living room.

* * *

“Ready?”

“I’m all set.”

He didn’t strictly need to bring Sia on the broadcast, but he had plenty of healing skills and potions anyway, and since Sia’s combat ability stemmed from Jaeha, her talent was clearly exceptional. So it wasn’t much of a burden.

‘Besides, she has her own personal healing skill.’

That was why Jaeha decided to hunt together with Sia.

“Alright. Turning it on.”

“Yes.”

“On air.”

The broadcast started, and viewers began flooding in. After waiting a moment, Jaeha greeted them.

“Welcome, everyone. I took a few days off from streaming, and my ranking dropped quite a bit.”

―You reap what you sow

―Ranking only goes up if you stream consistently, let alone maintain it.

―Honestly, this guy’s content is fun and informative. But he does take way too many breaks.

“Haha. I’ve got a bit of a lazy streak. I’ll try to put in more effort.”

Saying that, Jaeha walked toward the dungeon entrance, glancing at the chat.

―Hey streamer! Are you not selling things like Neutralizer or neutralized meat?

―Yeah, I wanna try the meat.

―Ah, same here.

“Ah, the Neutralizer will be in supply soon. It’ll hit the market in the US, Japan, China, Korea, Europe, Russia, and several other countries within a few days. The remaining countries will take a bit longer.”

―Why?

―So it’s only releasing in developed countries.

“It’s not that we want to release it only in developed countries. The guild selling the Neutralizer is the Alchemists. They chose to distribute it by designating an agency in each country to handle sales on their behalf.”

―Ah, so the so-called developed countries have plenty of those distribution agencies. That’s why it was easier to get and faster to supply.

―Makes sense.

“So if you just wait a few days, you’ll have plenty of time to purchase the Neutralizer. And just in case, I want to mention—you really need to think about this. Hunters might be fine, but civilians could be risking their lives.”

Having said that, Jaeha looked forward and opened his mouth.

“Let’s wrap up the talk about the Neutralizer here. What matters in the end is what we’re going to do today, isn’t it?”

—True.

—Anyway, the Neutralizer is something we can buy if we wait. I want some, but I’ll hold off.

“Well, it’s been almost 2 months now since we started and continued this content. But even though it’s related to Hunters, and even though we’ve been doing content only Hunters can do, it’s still been somewhat different from hunting, which is a Hunter’s main gig.”

—Agreed.

—Looking at the posts on the community these days, there are quite a few people who don’t watch because Jaeha isn’t hunting.

—Honestly, the streamer’s physical ability is already so famous.

“So this time, I plan to hunt over a somewhat longer period. And conveniently, we have a good hook, don’t we?”

—Could it be?

—Coooould it be?

—SS?

“Yes, that’s right. An SS-Rank dungeon. Today, we’re going to clear that place.”

—Ooh.

—Finally.

—Honestly, I don’t want to watch other guilds or places go in because I’m worried.

—Because if something goes wrong, we’d have to watch people die.

“Actually, yesterday and the day before, I visited several SS-Rank dungeons and did various things. I even cleared them. In the process, I learned things that many guilds haven’t discovered yet.”

—Oh.

—Hurry up and turn on the stream and focus. All you big guilds around the world.

“I’ll explain the details once we’re inside the dungeon. And today, I’ll be clearing the dungeon with Sia and the Spirits.”

—Isn’t that dangerous?

—Right? There’s no need to bring Sia along.

“It’s fine. Sia can hold her own well enough. On top of that, I’ll attach the Spirits to her. If anything goes wrong, the Spirits will protect her.”

As he said that, Jaeha looked at Sia waiting off to the side, and Sia approached.

“Hello to everyone.”

“Alright, all preparations are done. We’re entering now.”

Jaeha said with a smile as he stepped into the dungeon.

“For your information, the dungeon we’re entering this time is called the Land of Cerberus. Most of you probably know about Cerberus, so I’ll skip that. Honestly, I don’t know the specific details about Cerberus’s true nature myself.”

Once inside the dungeon, Jaeha slowly looked around his surroundings.

“The environment inside the dungeon is a bit unusual. I’d imagine the demon world looks something like this.”

Looking at the bright red sky and the crimson ground, Jaeha said that.

“Sia, stay in the back.”

“Yes.”

Then he walked forward. Before long, monsters began running toward Jaeha from afar.

“Since the area is such an open plain, I can see them coming from way over there.”

The monsters running toward Jaeha were faster than he expected. In appearance, they looked like giant puppies.

“Doesn’t seem like Cerberus.”

Muttering as he looked at the monsters, Jaeha pulled out a sword and a gun from his Inventory. Then he began taking down the monsters swarming around him.

After finishing off about 20 monsters, Jaeha looked at the corpses and spoke.

“The name is Hell Hound?”

Saying that, Jaeha grabbed one of the Hell Hound corpses and began dissecting it.

“Hmm.”

Even after dissecting it, no proper byproducts came out. Jaeha thought for a moment, then spoke.

“The difficulty is lower compared to Succubus or Lamia, though.”

Then, as he rummaged through, Jaeha spotted something hanging around the monster’s neck.

“An iron collar. Hmm. I see.”

—Don’t keep it to yourself, explain.

—Let us in on it too.

“In SS-Rank dungeons, the byproducts monsters produce are somewhat similar. Among the monsters I caught last time, the byproducts from a creature called a Centaur were the spears they use and their hooves. And those two items are both made of the same type of metal.”

As he said that, Jaeha collected the collar from around the monster’s neck.

“And these metals don’t have a name yet, but using them, we can create a metal called kainium. And this kainium is the most important part. In order to clear SS-Rank.”

—What’s it used for?

“It’s needed to catch the boss. I’ll show you the details later.”

And with that, Jaeha began hunting in earnest.

* * *

After clearing the Wave Room and stepping into the Boss Room, Jaeha opened his mouth.

“What I’m about to say can’t be guaranteed as 100% certain. Including this one, I’ve only been to three SS-Rank dungeons so far.”

—What are you trying to say..

—Yeah.

“To give you the conclusion, the bosses that appear in SS-Rank dungeons all have a certain degree of immunity to physical attacks.”

—……??

—Wait, so we can’t catch them without a Mage?

“No. Even though they have immunity, it’s not 100% immunity. To put it simply, think of it as physical attacks dealing reduced damage. For your reference, in the case of the Succubus Queen from the Sanctuary of Succubus—the dungeon the Blue Dragon Guild attempted—she not only had physical immunity but also an absolutely tenacious regeneration ability. That’s why they couldn’t catch the Succubus Queen.”

—So SS-Rank dungeons are impossible to clear?

—Unless you have enough power to ignore the physical immunity and deal damage anyway.

“As you all know, the system doesn’t like one-sided things. There is a way. It’s exactly what I mentioned earlier.”

Saying that, Jaeha smiled.