Chapter 125

The cold was getting so strong that Taeyang Kang’s hands were numb. This was probably due to the dungeon rising to SS-Rank. Cho-i Hyeon also felt that the cold was not good for her as she moved ahead, because for some reason, her speed was not as fast as usual.

‘Is this going to put a slow debuff on me?’

Cho-i looked at the monsters rushing towards her. Among the monsters made of ice, there were large golems, and creatures that looked like the legendary monsters called yetis. And even ice fairies dancing. It was a place where there was no unity whatsoever. A golem raised its fist high and struck Cho-i Hyeon. Cho-i Hyeon immediately jumped up onto the golem’s arm.

“Still faster than you!”

And quickly climbed the golem’s arm and cut off its head with her drawn sword. Clang! Thud! The large head was instantly severed and plunged to the floor. Cho-i Hyeon jumped off the collapsing golem’s shoulder, and then immediately stabbed an ice fairy dancing behind her with her sword. Screech! A chilling scream was heard, but she didn’t care and raised her sword over the stumbling ice fairy’s head and immediately cut it in two. Ice fragments shattered and poured onto the floor. Taeyang Kang shot an ice spear at a yeti that was throwing ice chunks at Cho-i Hyeon from afar. Thud! Boom! The incoming ice chunk and ice spear collided, and then another spear pierced the yeti. Blue blood poured out and soaked the floor. Cho-i Hyeon shouted ‘nice’ to Taeyang Kang from a distance.

“Well done!”

“Well done? Watch out and move carefully!”

“It’s okay, I won’t die!”

“You’ll get seriously hurt like that!”

“Oh, I really won’t die, I’m telling you.”

Cho-i Hyeon grinned and stopped for a moment.

“Come to think of it, when the dungeon rank goes up, doesn’t it sometimes change to a completely different boss monster?”

“That’s right. The environment can change too.”

“I’ve had that happen before.”

“But fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be the case now.”

“What was the original boss monster again?”

“I think it was a large yeti.”

“Right?”

Cho-i Hyeon looked alternately at the collapsed golem, the fallen yeti, and the flimsy fairies made of ice. Certainly, the unfamiliar beings here were those flimsy fairies.

“They’re made of ice, but they’re a little different.”

“Where are you going?”

Taeyang Kang asked, sounding unsure.

“Just, I have a feeling.”

Cho-i Hyeon walked straight down the corridor, leaping over the entities. At the end, there was another door.

“Open it?”

“Okay.”

So the two began to advance to clear the SS-Rank dungeon. Fortunately, thanks to Cho-i Hyeon, there was nothing difficult.

***

They stood right in front of the boss monster room door. Neither of them was injured. Cho-i Hyeon had been slowed down a bit by the cold, but that was all, and even then, it wasn’t noticeable thanks to her Sanity Paralysis skill.

“But… for this to be a boss monster room…”

“Isn’t it a bit strange?” Taeyang Kang nodded at Cho-i Hyeon’s question. The boss monster room where they stood was decorated with many flowers. Vines grew, adorning both sides of the door, and within about 3 meters of it, grass and charming flowers had grown. The large flowers covering the door were yellow, pink, and white, making it look like a bridal waiting room.

“The boss monster has definitely changed…”

“I guess we’ll know once we go inside.”

Cho-i Hyeon approached the door.

“Wait!”

Taeyang Kang hastily stopped her, but she was already opening the boss monster room door. As soon as she opened it, a large flower garden appeared. Lush grass and flowers adorned the ground beneath their feet. And in the distance, there was a monster wearing a dress made of flowers. The monster, with green eyes and hair made of pink petals, floated in the air.

“This definitely isn’t a boss monster that fits this place.”

As Cho-i Hyeon said with a sour expression, Taeyang Kang also nodded. The Entity glared at them with a fierce expression. Cho-i Hyeon was about to step forward, but at that moment, a voice echoed in her mind.

‘It’s my turn here.’ “Uh, why?”

But without being able to refuse, The Entity instantly took over Cho-i Hyeon’s body. With a blink of an eye, her inverted pupils quickly returned to normal. Taeyang Kang looked at Cho-i Hyeon, who was suddenly acting strangely with a

“Nothing.” ‘Are you no longer interested in males?’

Cho-i Hyeon, buried in the depths of her consciousness, grumbled. Then The Entity replied in her mind.

‘That one is currently enraged.’ ‘I know that. It’s obvious from its expression.’ ‘Because its God’s World was taken by Calamity.’ ‘Calamity?’

The Entity drew its sword and immediately took a few steps forward.

[Bartalin Fairy King (SS Rank)]

‘A fairy?’

Cho-i Hyeon tilted her head, looking at the window that was now visible to her thanks to The Entity.

“This must have been the world of the Bartalin fairies.”

“What do you mean?”

The Entity looked back at Taeyang Kang once in response to his question, then swallowed. It seemed to still have an appetite even amidst all this. Cho-i Hyeon urgently stopped the Entity.

‘Hey, if you eat it now, it’ll be a big problem.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Just let it grow a bit first. Grow it and then eat it.’ ‘So you’re not saying don’t eat it at all.’

The Entity began speaking like Cho-i Hyeon. Although, for Cho-i Hyeon, it seemed very erudite.

“It’s already struggling in the Ruined World due to the Calamity. Now that I see it, it seems to have woken up after being asleep.”

“Wait, the Ruined World? I don’t understand.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand.”

The Entity immediately raised its sword and charged at the boss monster. Its movements were faster than at any other time so far. Taeyang Kang’s eyes widened as he searched for Cho-i Hyeon, who had vanished from his sight in an instant. Was she really that fast? No, she hadn’t been that fast until now. Was it due to the slowdown? Or had she been hiding her power? Before he could even judge that, the sword held by the Entity cut the wings of the Fairy King, which were made of blue leaves. Kyaaaah-! A scream was heard. The Entity didn’t stop and charged at the Fairy King again, and at that moment, the vines led by the Fairy King sharpened into points and began attacking the Entity. Clang! Clank! Crash! The vines were so hard that the sound of them hitting the Sword and Shield was deafening. The Entity spoke to the Fairy King.

“Your world is already broken!”

“□□□□□! □□□□□!”

Taeyang Kang’s eyes widened. The monster was speaking. It was completely unintelligible, but the Entity was clearly saying something.

“Wait, what is it babbling about?”

He said, batting away the vines that were also attacking him with an Ice Spear. The Entity, floating in the air, dodged and cut through the vines, moving even closer to the Fairy King.

“No matter how much you struggle, your world has already been destroyed.”

“□□□□ □□! □ □□□□ □□□!”

The Fairy King babbled incoherently, then let out another scream. Despair and sorrow could be seen on the face of the humanoid Fairy King. And in that moment, the Entity had approached right in front of the Fairy King.

“It’s alright. You are also a King of this world.”

Cho-i Hyeon knew what the Entity meant by ‘King’. A ‘god’. The Entity said ‘King of the world’. And with those words, the Entity, standing before the Fairy King, plunged its sword deep into the center of the Fairy King’s chest. Another scream was heard. Green tears began to fall from her green eyes.

“□□□ □ □ □□, □□□.”

“It’s alright.”

The Entity twisted and pulled out the sword. Green blood splattered onto her cheek.

“Because there will be someone to inherit the Legacy.”

Saying that, she looked back at Taeyang Kang. Taeyang Kang, who was fighting the vines in the distance, was wide-eyed, looking at Cho-i Hyeon, who had already defeated the SS-Rank monster. So fast, so strong. The current Cho-i Hyeon could not be called S-Rank. After all, where was an S-Rank that was faster than an SS-Rank?

“Prepare yourself now.”

“For what?”

“To inherit the Legacy.”

The Fairy King’s body slumped, and an exit to the outside opened. But the Entity pointed not to the exit, but to a newly formed door behind the exit.

“There.”

“No way…”

“That’s right. The hidden dungeon.”

At that moment, Cho-i Hyeon stumbled. Taeyang Kang was startled and tried to catch Cho-i Hyeon, but Cho-i quickly regained his balance and stood upright. He then ran his hand through his hair and said,

“Don’t just use other people’s bodies… Oh, you’re here?”

Cho-i Hyeon chuckled as he saw Taeyang Kang, who had approached in an instant. Taeyang Kang stared blankly at Cho-i Hyeon, not understanding the situation, and Cho-i Hyeon, finding it troublesome to explain, pointed to the hidden dungeon’s door. The hidden dungeon’s door, like the boss monster room, was made of small flowers and vines. The handle was made of thorny vines, and flowers and stems were intricately intertwined on the door.

“Let’s go in. The exit is also open, so we don’t have much time.”

“…Alright.”

Taeyang Kang had a strong urge to demand an explanation, but decided to keep quiet for now. Cho-i Hyeon seemed to read his mood and circled around the exit to stand in front of the hidden dungeon.

“Are you mentally prepared?”

“I am.”

“Hahaha, I’ve now been to a hidden dungeon five times with this.”

“…Five times?”

“Yes. I told you I’d been to a hidden dungeon four times.”

“……”

As Taeyang Kang was momentarily speechless, Cho-i Hyeon chuckled and opened the hidden dungeon’s door.

“Anyway, the items here will be yours. So you have to work hard, right? It loses its meaning if I do everything.”

“I know about the Entity.”

“Come on, let’s go, kiddo.”

“I’m not a kiddo.”

“Yes, you are.”

Cho-i Hyeon stepped into the hidden dungeon with Taeyang Kang. And soon, they were faced with a vast flower field.

“Isn’t this too big…?”

The problem was that the flowers were taller than both of them. Each petal was larger than a person, and the fully bloomed flowers were large enough to swallow a person if they closed their petals.