Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Chapter 71 - 80:

Chapter 71: Chapter 70

10 minutes before Suho's arrival.

Numerous drones were flying over the city where the disaster occurred.

– Suddenly appearing mutants are attacking the citizens!

Real-time news with shocking content hit the country.

– Currently, the police hunters of the Hunter Association are quickly suppressing the situation...!

No matter how hopeful the news was, the situation shown on the screen was not.

Citizens were screaming and running away everywhere.

Mutants were following them at breakneck speed and were attacking them.

Also...

"Kheuuaaah!"

The wounds of the citizens bitten by them rot away at a rapid rate, where they even turn into
new mutants right at the scene.

– Despite the struggles of the Association Hunters, the number of mutants is increasing rapidly!

It was a so-called zombie apocalypse in the middle of the city.

– Currently, the Hunter Association is in the process of recruiting more troops to the field, but it
will take some time for them to arrive!

In the end, the problem was time.

Overall, the place where the disaster occurred is in the middle of Seoul, where tens of
thousands of citizens live.

If that large population turned into mutants, Korea would have no choice but to face an
apocalypse.

Even at that moment, several guilds were sending additional support, but their number was
lacking.
The hunters were always busy, and it would take quite a while to arrive unless the hunters were
nearby.

Right then, something odd happened.

– Ah! This is the Reaper Guild!

A drone camera suddenly appeared and captured the members of the Reaper Guild shooting
magical arrows at the mutants.

– Guild leader Lim Taegyu of the Reaper Guild has arrived at the scene with his guild members!

All the drones started taking close-ups of Lim Taegyu.

He took the lead and began to actively help the struggling Association Hunters by directing the
members of the Reaper Guild.

– Meanwhile, the Hunter Association is arguing that the root cause is villain Lee Minseong, who
was the Vice President of the Reaper Guild...!

At the same time, news began to appear on the Internet emphasizing that the cause of this
incident was not the Reaper Guild, but solely Lee Minseong.

Numerous comments began to run under the articles.

– Does that make sense?

– They're probably still all connected somehow.

– Did they cut ties with him?

– It seems that the Vice President lost it in a fit of anger.

– What if our country goes down?

– I'm glad I live in the countryside.

Public opinion had long since antagonized the guild.

They were already seen in bad light due to rumors, so they were firmly stigmatized by the
incident.

However, even the malicious commenters who cursed the guild had no choice but to admit one
fact.
Lim Taegyu, an S-Class hunter.

The tremendous sight of the countless magic arrows he shoots at the mutants every moment
was captured on the screen.

– Awesome.

– Lim Taegyu is amazing.

– S-Class are really different.

– If he had that skill, he should've quietly gone solo. Why bother creating a guild and receive
swearing from the public?

– Information) His hunter skill and manager skills are different.

– Information) Lim Taegyu's weapon is the 'Reaper's Bow', but the price is...

Right then, the secretary standing behind Lim Taegyu made a strange move.

– Huh?

– Hey, wait!

– At his back! His back!

– Look behind you!

Lim Taegyu was concentrating on the battle. The viewers who were watching him through
drones were the first to sense something.

However, Lim Taegyu was not able to see the comments and was totally unguarded.

Secretary Oh was standing behind him.

– That's crazy! What was that?

– Betrayal?

– Was he Lee Minseong's pawn?

– Why are you so helpless?

– Were S-Class hunters originally that weak?

– No way!

– Did he get poisoned?

Viewers watching the news were in shock.

Even S-Class hunters were not invincible.

Even if their attack power and defense power were incredibly high, as long as they were human,
if they were injured, they would be sick, and if they were fatally wounded, they would inevitably
die.

However, for those who did not know the details, it was hard to believe that the S-Class hunter
was stabbed by a dagger and fell to his knees.

"Keugh!"

Surprised by the person he trusted, Lim Taegyu immediately pulled out the dagger stuck in his
back.

The psychological shock was greater than the physical pain.

"Secretary Oh, why did you...?"

Secretary Oh only put on a puzzled expression.

"Boss, I am sorry. I have a great mission from the Queen."

"W-What queen are you-"

Suddenly, Taegyu Lim's legs staggered.

It was the poison.

Not an ordinary poison, but an extreme poison.

Secretary Oh bowed politely to Lim Taegyu.

"Don't strain yourself and accept it. The poison I used is the queen's royal jelly."

'Royal... jelly?'
Memories flashed through Lim Taegyu's mind.

– Boss, it's your birthday, right? Here's a gift.

– Hey! A gift? What is it?

– It's a high-quality liquor that I had a hard time getting through an acquaintance. Would you like
to try it?

– Nice! The name is Royal Jelly, right?

– It's good for your body.

Secretary Oh gave Lim Taegyu a western liquor called 'Royal Jelly' as a gift whenever he had a
chance.

Why does the name of the drink with a strangely sweet scent come to his mind at a moment like
that?

Cheers!

"...!"

Lim Taegyu felt a tremendous headache.

At the same time, a powerful message resonates in his head.

– Be loyal to the Queen!

– Be loyal to the Queen!

"Ack!"

Lim Taegyu threw away even the bow of the Reaper Guild and rolled on the floor holding his
head with both hands.

It was impossible for Royal Jelly, which had failed to control even Lee Minseong, to get through
a higher-level hunter.

"G-Get out of my head!"

Grumble!

Lim Taegyu screamed out loud as a huge aura swirled through his body.
Secretary Oh hurriedly left from the sudden attack.

However, Lim Taegyu had no time to care about him and fought against the voice who tried to
devour his mind.

"President!"

A healer from the Reaper Guild, who noticed what was happening, approached Lim Taegyu and
hurriedly healed him.

However, it was not an ordinary poison that was consuming Lim Taegyu's body.

It was impossible to decipher with normal skills.

"President! The 'heal' doesn't work! I think you have to drive out the poison with your own mana
power!"

"Mana..."

His mana was already doing that.

Lim Taegyu focused all his mana and fought against the energy of royal jelly.

It seemed that if that process was broken even for a moment, his mind would be corrupted.

"Ack! Don't mind me, go see the other guild members! And catch that secretary who ran away! It
seems like he was working under Lee Minseong!"

"Yes, Sir!"

After giving orders to his subordinates, Lim Taegyu sat down with his back leaning as he was
out of breath.

Fighting or anything, he couldn't use any skills because he was suppressing the poison with his
mana. It seemed that his mind would be subdued as soon as he used any skill.

'I have to counter it with mana power.'

But even that wasn't easy.

The ambush he just suffered was just a trigger. The high-quality liquor called royal jelly he had
received from Secretary Oh had been accumulated in his body.
Swoosh!

Suho and Baek Miho arrived at the scene just in time.

'... Baek Miho?'

Lim Taegyu, who was fighting the poison, immediately recognized her.

Baek Miho, the Vice President of the Baekho Guild, came!

However...

'Who was she carrying on her back?'

What kind of person would the great Baek Miho carry?

If he was such a talented person, Lim Taegyu would have recognized him.

The face of the young man Baek Miho brought down from her back was a face he had never
seen before.

Just then, the young man's head lifted as he looked around at the situation.

From a while ago, he found a suspicious beehive that was on the upper floors of the
surrounding buildings.

"Let's fly right away."

Those words suddenly came out of his mouth.

As much as he couldn't use any skill, Lim Taegyu, who was paying attention to the surrounding
situation, felt puzzled when he heard Suho.

'Fly?'

Swook!

A black shadow rose from under the young man's feet, wrapping around both him and Baek
Miho.

"... Woah!"

The situation was so sudden that even Baek Miho was startled.
Lim Taegyu, who was watching from afar, opened his eyes wide as if they were going to pop
out.

Two pairs of wings with black steam were on their backs!

'What are those?!'

***

As soon as Suho saw the contaminated ghouls, he quickly grasped the situation.

The purpose of Lee Minseong was to create his own legion by killing citizens.

As a result, he chose a structure where there were countless lives as Arsha intended, and more
number of 'sacrifices'.

All the casualties were a sacrifice to the Queen of Insects, Plague Monarch, Querehsha.

'We don't have time.'

If things go on just like that, it would only be a matter of time before the ritual would eventually
be completed as Arsha planned.

Speed was the answer.

'I'll leave these ones to the hunters and I'll catch the captain.'

He had no intention of going up the stairs of that high building step by step.

'I must fly.'

Suho had shadow soldiers with wings.

"Two of you, come out."

[Krrrk!]

At Suho's command, shadows swayed beneath his feet.

Suddenly, Suho had a good idea.

'These guys are shadows anyway.'

Shadows can exist anywhere.

Even if it's not under Suho's feet.

Even Beru would hide in the small shadows that existed in every corner of Suho's body and
then pop out.

It was possible for only his face to stick out, while his body remained in the shadows.

That means...

'It would be possible for the others to do it too.'

Suho ordered the shadow lancers hiding in his shadow.

"Ride on our backs and just take out your wings."

[Krrrk!]

They soon followed Suho's order.

Swoosh!

A shadow lancer pulled the pairs of wings from his back.

Another black shadow covered Suho's shoulders and back, creating a strange shape.

[Eh?]

Seeing that, Beru smiled at Suho with a strange expression.

[This is a really interesting strategy. You're only halfway through summoning soldiers. It's
definitely a new era. Such idea is novel... ]

"Boomer."

[Eh?!]

Beru reacted defensively.

[The King of Beasts, Fang Monarch, raises a question, asking if he imitated the blessing skill.]

"What are you talking about? You can see for yourself."

Suho smiled and flew away.

Baek Miho, who floated beside him, couldn't help but be astonished.

'Oh my god. I heard he was a C-Class summoning hunter.'

What kind of skill was that?!

Summoned Wings?

Was there a skill that allowed one to attach wings to the body of a comrade like that?

Most of all...!

"If you had skills like this, why did you ask me to carry you on my back!"

Baek Miho stared at Suho, implying that it was unfair.

Suho responded shamelessly.

"When I get tired, my mana decreases. Anyway, let's go up to the beehive like this."

Right then...

"Wait a minute! Take me too!"

Suddenly they heard someone screaming urgently.

Baek Miho confirmed his identity and exclaimed in surprise.

"President Lim Taegyu?!"

"Who is that person?"

Reaper Guild, one of the representative guilds in Korea.

The name of Lim Taegyu, the guild leader there, was familiar to Suho.

He didn't look very good, but an S-Class Hunter would definitely be of help.

"Go with that one guy over there."

[Krrrk!]

Swoosh!
At those words, a black shadow flew and clung to Lim Taegyu's body.

"Follow me with your own will."

Suho left only those words and started preparing to fly again.

"What the hell is this..."

Suddenly, Lim Taegyu felt a strange sensation as something clung to his body.

Regardless, he meekly accepted the shadow.

'I might be able to reject it if I push it away with mana.'

He felt a sense of rejection for a moment, but he endured it.

In the first place, he couldn't use his mana separately because he was countering the effect of
royal jelly.

Swish!

Soon after, the shadow wings that sprouted from Lim Taegyu's back began to flap.

Then, at a tremendous speed, he flew up after Suho and Baek Miho.

The target was the beehive.

Wiiiing-!

As they got closer and closer to the beehive, a huge rain of arrows suddenly came from inside
the beehive.

Each of them was an arrow surrounded by an aura.

"Oh my...!"

Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu were surprised.

No one knew how it would be if they were on the ground, but there was no way to dodge that
many arrows while floating in the air.

It was a situation where they had to shield themselves or become shields helplessly!
Baek Miho hurriedly shouted.

"President Lim Taegyu! Hunter Sung Suho! Hide behind me!"

If there was no way to avoid it, it was best for one person to act as a shield.

Among the three of them, it was the most effective for a fighter to become a shield.

[Whew. You're a pretty noble fox.]

"...!"

Beru went on Miho Baek's hair and stroked it.

[But, don't worry.]

Beru smiled faintly and looked at the back of Suho.

[Our Young Master will solve it.]

Suho's eyes flashed.

"Don't back down, keep flying!"

[Krrk!]

The Shadow Lancers attached to their backs flapped their wings even harder.

That moment.

[Use 'Skill: Blade Storm'.]

Swish!

The wind created a raging-like typhoon.

Before they knew it, the twin swords held in both hands of Suho began to brutally slaughter the
entire space into the barrage of arrows.

Suho, Baek Miho, and Lim Taegyu fly straight through the center of the typhoon.

In particular, the shock felt by Baek Miho, who knew Suho as a summoning hunter, was
indescribable.
'... Oh my God. What is this?'

Wasn't he just a C-Class summoning hunter?

Following the summoned wings, he also has such a tremendous attack skill?

'Did he hide his power? Why?'

It made no sense at first.

What kind of hunter in the world would lower his class and value by suppressing his skills!

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Suho, Baek Miho, and Lim Taegyu managed to break through the rain of arrows and enter the
beehive.

The moment they hit the floor...

Thud!

No matter who came first, Suho and Miho jumped forward at a tremendous speed.

They cut the throats of the archers who were shooting arrows at them.

Slash!

"Ack!"

[You have killed the contaminated ghoul.]

[You have killed the contaminated ghoul.]

They were the same as the mutants on the ground.

"Damn it. They are all our guild members."

Lim Taegyu recognized their faces and gritted his teeth. Even though they were mutated, a little
bit of what they were like before remained.

"These are all the guild members he took with him?"

Baek Miho muttered with a serious expression.

"Somehow, all the other hunters were killed and only the members of the Reaper Guild were
kidnapped... 'Could it be that Lee Minseong wanted to become a guild leader?'

"Anyway, since we've entered the beehive, let's find its owner. Beru, give me directions."

[Yes, Young Master. Please follow me.]

Beru took the lead, flicking his antennae.

One of Suho's twin swords, 'Rakan's Sword', spoke to Suho.

-Be careful. This beehive is now a sanctuary.

"This is a sanctuary?"

Suho looked at Rakan's Sword and asked again to confirm.

[The King of Beasts, Fang Monarch, shrugs that it was not his.]

"Then it must be the sanctuary of Querehsha."

-It seems to be like that.

"Were sanctuaries originally just created out of nowhere like this?"

-No. The sanctuary is, after all, the realm of the monarchs. Now that all the monarchs are dead,
it has become a place where ancestral rites are held for the monarchs.

Sanctuary.

Suho recalled the sanctuary of Rakan he had been to.

"That means there could be relics in it."

-No one knows. There could be relics, descendants, or pontifex.

"Well, if we meet Lee Minseong, we'll find out."

Anyway, it looked like a beehive from the outside, but when they went inside, there was a new
space completely separated from the outside.

Ominous sky.

Thick clouds moved as if a big storm was about to come.

The air, covered with fear, smelt of rotting corpses.

"It feels like entering a gate. Is it a new dungeon?"

Lim Taegyu muttered as he looked around.

To that, Suho replied.

"It seems different from a dungeon."

To be precise, it was a sanctuary.

However, with those words, Lim Taegyu felt uncomfortable.

"Different from a dungeon? What do you know to say that?"

Lim Taegyu, who was suppressing the royal jelly's toxicity with mana power, was anxious.

As the guild leader of the Reaper Guild, he had to take responsibility for all of this.

Public opinion has already been against them.

Even if he solved this problem this time, he was at a loss on how to solve the mood.

He didn't know what Lee Minseong did, but the fact that the person who was the Vice President
of the Reaper Guild even opened a dungeon in the middle of the city was sure to deal a huge
blow to the guild.

It would be enormous to pay compensation for accidents to those who died today.

However, when Suho, who seemed to have only C-Class magic at a glance, suddenly said
something strange, Lim Taegyu was dumbfounded.

What does a C-Class hunter know to throw such words to an S-Class hunter?

"If not a dungeon then what?"

Baek Miho hurriedly intervened between the two.

"There is no time for us to be like this. President Lim Taegyu, are you unable to use magic right
now?"

"..."
Lim Taegyu flinched and shut his mouth as he was stabbed by those words.

"... That's right. Poison is spreading in my body right now, so I'm countering it with mana."

"Didn't you receive a 'heal'?"

"Heal didn't work. I think it will be solved by a more advanced healer later, but there is no
suitable healer nearby right now..."

"Then why did you follow us here?"

"... Even if you can't use magic, your power should be enough."

The excellent physical ability of an S-Class hunter was able to exert tremendous power by itself.

"Ah, it can be used as a shield. That's fortunate."

"..."

[Stop. He will cry.]

Beru could't bare watching them so he stepped out.

'Are you kidding?'

Lim Taegyu was at a loss for words.

A small ant floating beside Suho was looking at him with sincere pity.

But, why?

Lim Taegyu, who met Beru's eyes, felt an instinctive rejection.

Reluctance? No, this is more...

Chills.

'Am I afraid? Why?'

Beru looked at Lim Taegyu's face with a strange expression.

[Hmm. You are pretty old too.]

"...?"

Lim Taegyu felt puzzled by the way Beru spoke as if he knew him.

But that feeling didn't last long.

"Everyone, get ready for battle."

Suho focused his senses and looked around and looked up at the sky.

Grumble!

A swarm of jet-black bees was swarming in the ominous rolling clouds.

Now that he saw it, it wasn't a cloud.

"This is crazy."

Lim Taegyu thought it was absurd.

"Could it be that all those clouds were swarms of bees?"

[This really seemed to be a beehive. I've collected a lot of information well.]

Beru wiggled his antennae.

[The greatest energy is felt beyond the clouds.]

"After all, we'd have to fly again."

They came through the rain of arrows, and this time they had to fly through that enormous
swarm of bees.

Ring!

['The Sanctuary of Insects' is activated.]

"...!"

Suho suddenly felt a chill.

It felt just like 'then'.

When he entered the sanctuary of beasts...

Ring!𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

[Passive Skill '(Unknown)' is activated.]

Swoosh-!

In an instant, Suho's shadow spread in all directions and colored the whole world.

And...

Time has stopped.

No, everything stopped.

***

'... Are you here again?'

Suho stood alone at the edge of the empty horizon.

A world of complete blankness.

'It's the Realm of Eternal Rest.'

However, the feeling he felt there was completely different from when he met Rakan, the Beast
Monarch.

'Is it a bug?'

Suho looked at the ground he was standing on.

That whole land, no, that entire white world was made of pure white bugs gathered one after
another.

Suho lifted his head and looked forward.

At the end of that empty horizon, a woman sat cross-legged and looked down proudly at him.

Suho realized her true identity at once.

'Are you Querehsha?'

At the question, the corners of the woman's lips curled wickedly.

[Yes, that's right. My name is Querehsha. The ghost of eternity that was killed by your father.]

The system urgently popped up a message in front of Suho.

[The Queen of Insects, Plague Monarch, Querehsha, is watching you.]

...!

At that moment, the woman's presence began to grow enormously.

It wasn't just a surge of energy.

Krrrk! Krrrk!

Kyaaaagh!

The white worms that had been forming this land gradually united into one, and the size of the
woman changed to a gigantic one.

[... At one time.]

Then, looking down at Suho, who had grown relatively small, she licked her lips.

[I wanted to try the taste of the same monarch.]

The giant bug queen giggled and smirked.

[But in the end, it was me who was eaten.]

That moment.

The ground where Suho was standing turned into a giant hand that grabbed Suho's body.

The hand slowly lifted Suho up to Querehsha's face.

Querehsha slowly scanned Suho's figure and remembered the time.

[You know that? Your father was a poison worse than any bug I've ever met.]

It was as if she was trying to find the shadow of Sung Jinwoo who killed her on Suho's face.

[You look like him. A lot.]

'Really? I heard that there are many people who said I look more like my mother.'

At Suho's reply, Querehsha's eyes flashed with mischief for a moment.

[What would you taste like if I ate you now? Would you be just like your father?]

She had an innocent child's expression like that of a kid who unintentionally killed small insects
with his hands.

In that reversed situation, Suho was much smaller in front of the enormously large queen of
insects.

But he was resolute.

'You're bragging about a ghost that died a long time ago.'

[... That cheeky way of speaking is exactly like your father.]

Querehsha glared at Suho with a terrifying look and lowered Suho's body to the ground.

[Yes, you are right. I'm already dead but...]

Ring!

An ominous system message suddenly appeared in front of Suho.

[A quest has arrived.]

Before Suho could even check the message, Querehsha's smile turned into a cruel one.

[I am originally one and a colony.]

Querehsha was born as a small bug, and was the Queen of Insects that grew up by swallowing
countless ones of her kind.

All the bugs she swallowed formed Querehsha's body.

The bugs that filled that world were Querehsha's corpse and soul.

[From the moment you stepped into my world, you were already swallowed up by me.]

A shady venom felt outside filled the pure white world.

No, that whole world started to reject Suho.

The quest window automatically opened in front of Suho.

[Urgent Quest: Querehsha's Solitude]

The King of Insects, Plague Monarch, Querehsha has dragged you into 'solitude'.

All the bugs that made up Querehsha were hostile.

Prove yourself worthy by surviving the required time.

Required time: 4 hours

Remaining time: 4 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds

An arrogant smile appeared on Queresha's lips as she looked down at Suho from a high place.

[Struggle well. Like a bug, and just like I did in front of your father!]

At the same time, all the bugs that made up that world started attacking Suho.

Kyaaaaagh!

Kyaaaaaaa!

'...'

However...

Querehsha felt something strange.

Even when he saw the endlessly swarming insects, Suho's expression did not change at all, let
alone get bewildered.

Regardless if that was a Realm of Rest, it was a place where even the Suho's shadow soldiers
could not be summoned.

[W-Wait.]

Rather, it was Querehsha who was taken aback.

[What is that power? No way...]

An ominous black aura was entwined around Suho's arm.

The energy was not just one.

Swoosh!

A divine wind was blowing from somewhere, dyeing Suho's hair silver.

Querehsha, who was well aware of those energies, couldn't help but be perplexed.

[You bastard... How many monarchs have you inherited powers from?!]

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When monarchs die, they fall into eternal rest.

That empty world was a vacuum space where nothing could exist except the soul of the dead
monarch.

However, there were things that even Suho, who was brought into such a world, could do.

First, skills.

[Use 'Skill: Spiritual Body Manifestation'.]

Swoosh!

Black aura wrapped around Suho's arm.

Querehsha could recognize that skill.

[No way! Isn't that the power of the Iron Body Monarch!]

She was astonished.

Spiritual Body Manifestation.

The skill of the great mentor Ammut, who had made a weak and insignificant goblin reborn into
Iron Body Monarch, could be felt in Suho.

Also...

[Use 'Skill: Blessing'.]

Swoosh!
A divine wind moved around Suho's whole body.

[Use 'Skill: Grassland Wind'.]

Swish!

Suho's hair fluttered in a silver light, and the explosive force of the beast burst out.

[T-This can't be...! The Fang Monarch's...?!]

Even if it was a world like that, or rather, because it was such a world like that, there was
another being who could observe that place.

Chills!

[Who are you?!]

Querehsha asked the name of the certain monarch from the gaze she suddenly felt.

He was the King of Beasts who fought against the Shadow Monarch with her...

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, watches Querehsha.]

[Rakan! Why are you lending your power to the son of the Shadow Monarch?!]

Querehsha couldn't understand.

'Why did Rakan lend his power to the son of the enemy who killed him?'

No matter how much she tried to deny it, it was the truth.

It was the energy of Rakan that dwelled in Suho's body.

Spiritual Body Manifestation.

Even if shadow soldiers could not be summoned in that world, Suho alone had the strength to
deal with tens of thousands of bugs.

'Come.'

Suho plunged his black fist into the pure white tidal wave that was attacking him, rather, in the
middle of the pure white insects.

Boom!
A huge explosion occurred in the center of that huge tidal wave.

The remnants scattered in all directions and attacked again, aiming for Suho's blind spot.

[Querehsha's Spiny Mantis]

[Querehsha's Explosive Insect]

[Querehsha's Venomous Spider]

[Querehsha's Venomous Moth]

...

Numerous types of poisonous insects attacked Suho.

However, Suho, who received Rakan's energy, narrowly avoided them with dazzling
movements.

Another one.

Boom!

And another one.

Boom!

Every time Suho's attack exploded, hundreds of insects burst out.

Suho's attack crushed them.

Querehsha bit her lip with a look of resentment.

[Argh. You're struggling quite a bit. But even so, you are alone! And my bugs will poison you
every time they die...!]

Ring.

[A harmful substance has been detected.]

[The detoxification begins with the effect of 'Blessing: Great Spellcaster Kandiaru's Protection.']

[3, 2, 1... Detoxification is complete.]

Querehsha was shocked to see Suho moving as if nothing had happened.

[How come you are fine?!]

Suho smiled at Querehsha.

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, laughs loudly, saying that bugs are weak.]

[Bastard-!]

Querehsha screamed in anger on the top of her lungs.

The picture she painted was not like that.

Now that the son of the Shadow Monarch had set foot in her realm, she wanted to harass him
as much as she wanted.

Her plan was quite realistic enough.

Because in that world, no external power could be drawn.

Even the legions of the proud Shadow Monarch did not dare to set foot there.

Because that place was a tomb entirely for herself!

But what kind of shit is happening?!

[Argh! Still, there is plenty of time. You, too, will eventually get exhausted!]

'Time...'

At that, Suho glanced around and checked the quest window.

[Remaining time: 3 hours 41 minutes 17 seconds]

Querehsha was right.

There was still a long way before 4 hours passed, and it was impossible to keep fighting at such
a pace.

'Besides, I can't even take out my weapon here.'

For some reason, the inventory didn't open there.

'What about the shop window?'

Ring.

[Potions and shops cannot be used at the current location, and the player's condition does not
recover even if level increases.]

As if answering Suho's thoughts, a system message arrived.

'Still, my level goes up, right?'

A small smile appeared on Suho's lips.

He wanted to know how much experience points he would receive for catching a few of those
bugs, but when the number reached that scale, things changed.

'Should I just use this opportunity to increase my level properly?'

Suho's eyes flashed.

Since they were already dead bugs, no matter how many times he killed them, the message
that they had been eliminated didn't appear.

But every time he killed them, their bodies turned to dust and disappeared.

Accordingly, if they continued to fight like that, their numbers would gradually decrease.

Boom!

As Suho continued to fight, he canceled the skills that he couldn't use one by one.

Since he had no weapons, his blade storm and twin swordsmanship skills were ineffective, and
he could not receive help from the shadow soldiers.

'The skills that can be used are endurance, ruler's power, grassland wind, giant's armor, and
martial arts.'𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

However, most of them were skills with a short time limit that consumed mana in real time.

In the case of a long-term battle where he had to fight while conserving physical strength and
mana like now, he needed to be a little more strategic.
'It's fortunate that the blessing is possible, but since I have to conserve mana, I'll have to cancel
this first.'

If he released the strong spirit, his speed would be that much slower, so he wouldn't be able to
completely avoid the insects' attacks, but it seemed like he could cover that much with the
endurance skill.

[Cancel 'Skill: Spirit'.]

But the moment he canceled the Spirit skill.

[Hnnnng!]

'Huh?'

A gray dog ​that had been nesting in Suho's body, no, a gray wolf cub came out from Suho's
body.

That little one looked around with a puzzled expression.

[Hnnng?!]

Gray was startled at seeing the bugs attacking from all sides and hid behind Suho's legs.

However, when Suho saw him, a strange thing came to his mind.

'Oh, wow.'

'Look at this.'

[Gray Lv.7]

Canine Wolf

Thanks to hard hunting in the Shadow Dungeon, Gray had also leveled up quite a bit.

'Great. Let's level up a bit.'

[Hnnng.]

Gray, probably understanding Suho's words, hurriedly shook his head.

'Ha. You, coward, seriously....'

Suho made a strange expression.

However, Gray's senior (?), who was watching this place from afar, also clicked his tongue at
the kid's foolishness.

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, asks you to train his descendants to be stronger.]

'You sure?'

Suho made a deal with Rakan with a provocative look.

Rakan snapped at the deal.

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, says he will give you a piece of advice instead.]

'Advice?'

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, advises to devour, rather than be a prey.]

'Eat rather than be eaten? No way...'

Suho's gaze stared at those disgusting insects that endlessly attacked.

'Eat bugs?'

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch nods seriously.]

'...'

There was no way he would say anything outrageous under his identity as the King of Beasts.

Suho, who hesitated for a moment, smiled.

'It's all white anyway, so it's less disgusting.'

[W-Wait!]

Querehsha was taken aback by Suho's answer.

[You're not trying to follow that madman's words, are you?]

Seeing that reaction, Suho became more confident.

Suho picked up Gray, who was hiding behind him with one hand.
'Gray, isn't it time for you to become an adult soon?'

[Hnnngng?!]

Gray struggled with his legs.

Suho threw him into the middle of the bugs without hesitation.

[Hnnggg!]

Suho smiled widely at Gray, who was whining and trying to walk away.

'This world is the weak meat.'

That surely sounded better.

'Gray. Be the one who eats rather than the one who gets eaten.'

That's a true predator.

After all, he is the descendant of the King of Beasts.

Suho himself would train him as well.

Chomp!

He got poisonous insects in his mouth and bit them off.

Then, the poison bursting in Suho's mouth filled it like gravy.

Suho chewed it all up and swallowed it all at once.

Gulp.

Ring.

[A harmful substance has been detected.]

[The detoxification begins with the effect of 'Blessing: Great Spellcaster Kandiaru's Protection.']

[3, 2, 1... Detoxification is complete.]

Suho smiled.
'It's more edible than I thought.'

[Y-You're crazy!]

Querehsha was shocked.

Seeing that, Suho suddenly remembered what Querehsha had said.

-I am originally one and a colony.

If all these bugs are part of Querehsha, what would happen if he would eat them all?

'I'm curious.'

Suho began biting, chewing, and swallowing the bugs that continued to attack him mercilessly.

[Stop! Stop eating!]

Each time, Querehsha was enraged and she screamed.

A huge hand made of insects came out of the air to grab Suho again.

Suho avoided the hand and bit another insect.

'Calm down. There's still plenty of time.'

[Remaining time: 3 hours 07 minutes 54 seconds]

'Three hours is enough... for a mealtime.'

[Growl!]

Thankfully Suho showed how it was done, so Gray was also eagerly catching and eating
insects.

He glanced at Suho as if he was anxious that Suho would steal all of his food and eat it.

Seeing that, Suho became more motivated.

'Great! Let's see who eats more!'

[You are crazy!]

[Don't compete...!]

Queresha screamed and spurred on the attack.

However, no matter what she did, there was no way to stop Suho and Gray.

Just how much did they eat...

Rakan's advice was effective.

Ring!

['Title: Natural Enemy of Insects' has been acquired.]

'Oh?'

Suddenly, a system message appeared in Suho's eyes.

[Title: Natural Enemy of Insects]

A title given to a predator of insects. Increases all stats by 40% when facing bug-type monsters.

Somehow, something similar to the wolf slayer title arrived.

However, there was no need to visually check the effect of the title.

The moment Suho looked at Querehsha's bugs.

[The 'Title: Natural Enemy of Insects' buff effect is activated.]

Swoosh!

The endlessly swarming bugs moved.

Instinctively, they realized that Suho was their natural enemy.

'What's wrong?'

Suho was suddenly curious.

'Do bugs like you feel fear?'

A cruel smile formed on Suho's lips.

Kiyaaaah!

A huge wave made up of bugs escaped Suho and scattered away.

Right then...

'... Huh?'

Whoa!

Mysterious light powder was sprinkled over Suho's head.

That was the ashes of insects that have died through his hands.

The remnants of their soul.

[The Queen of Insects, the Plague Monarch, is being extorted of its pontifex.]

Chapter 74: Chapter 73

'Pontifex? Again?'

Suho made a puzzled expression.

The situation was completely different from that of Rakan, the King of Beasts, but a similar result
came out.

It was because of Gray back then, but Rakan was friendly to him from the beginning.

So, he gladly made Suho a pontifex for Gray.

But this time it's 'extortion'?

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, bursts into laughter as he sees Querehsha's
bewildered look.]

[Rakan, you bastard-!]

Querehsha burst into anger at Rakan.

[How dare you interfere with my sacrifice when you are already dead!]

Suho finally realized.

At first, he thought Rakan's intention was the 'Title: Natural Enemy of Insects'.
It wasn't.

Now, it seemed that Rakan's real intention was to forcibly take the position of 'Pontifex of
Insects' from Queresha.

Suho looked back at the remains of countless insects scattered everywhere around him.

All of those were also part of Querehsha's soul.

'Extortion...'

Sometimes, when you fight with someone, there are times when you curse and say, "Know that
today will be your memorial day!"𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

But looking at it now...

'Is this enough to be considered holding a memorial service with my own hands?'

Outside, the Queen Bee Arsha and Lee Minseong were offering countless humans as sacrifices
for Querehsha.

However, Suho actually sacrificed the ancestral rites inside with Quarehsha's own insects.

'Does this make sense?'

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarc, explains that Querehsha's insects are grudges that were
originally eaten by Querehsha.]

'Grudge?'

So, in the end, Suho paid Quaresha the grudge of the dead bugs instead.

'Ah, so that's why it was the Pontifex of Insects and not the Pontifex of Querehsha.'

Querehsha is one and a colony.

In other words, Suho became a Pontifex of Querehsha by offering sacrifices to insects.

[... You won]

Eventually, a declaration of defeat flowed out of Querehsha's mouth.

There was still more than enough time before the quest ended, but Querehsha already felt tired
like she aged a hundred years.

[Ha. This bastard is more bug-like than any other bugs. No wonder he wasn't just someone
else's son...]

As the bugs scattered from Querehsha's huge body, their size began to decrease.

Then, she transformed into the female body that had fought against Sung Jinwoo a long time
ago and landed in front of Suho.

Ring.

[Remaining time: 1 hour 29 minutes 34 seconds]

[You have completed 'Urgent Quest: Querehsha's Solitude'.]

[Your level increased!]

The quest was completed even before 4 hours had finished.

The will of Querehsha, who forcibly executed the quest, was completely broken.

She glared at Suho with eyes full of bitterness.

[You know what? It's as if you killed me twice.]

'I'll ask just one thing.'

Suho interrupted Queresha and asked directly.

'Did you plan the disaster outside?'

[Ha. That's absurd.]

Querehsha bursted into laughter.

[I am a monarch who died a long time ago. All I can do is wander in the world of nothingness, so
what the hell could I have planned?]

'Queen Bee Arsha. Also, Lee Minseong.'

[Who is that?]
'She doesn't know?'

Suho was confused.

Querehsha had a dull expression, as if she had no interest in the subject.

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, explains that a dead monarch has no influence in the
real world without a pontifex.]

It was just as Rakan said.

A dead monarch can do nothing.

Rakan also usually fell asleep in the world of nothingness, but was able to wake up and watch
the outside world only when Suho did something related to him.

It was through a channel called 'dream'.

Same goes with Querehsha.

'It's really absurd.'

The way Suho looked at Querehsha changed slightly.

Outside, Arsha and Lee Minseong are sacrificing countless lives for the purpose of inheriting
Querehsha's power. Who would have thought that Querehsha, the person involved, was
unaware of that.

[I know roughly what the situation is.]

Querehsha snorted.

She collected bugs from the floor, made a chair, and sat cross-legged on it.

[There have always been bugs targeting my power. Even after I became a monarch, the quarrel
continued endlessly.]

Before she knew it, Querehsha became a proud queen just like when she first appeared,
recalling fierce memories from her previous life.

[I was the only emperor who survived and reigned in that fierce struggle, and at the same time I
was also a prey that could be eaten by someone at any time.]

A fierce world of eating and being eaten.

It was the world of insects.

[In other words, any insect can become a monarch if they eat me.]

'So the people outside are trying to hold a ceremony to be a successor...'

[You probably mean they're trying to use me and my grudge.]

The corners of Querehsha's mouth curled up and a mischievous smile formed.

That smile somehow looked forced.

[They don't serve me, they're just hungry demons who want to devour me. Just like what you did
to me just now.]

Suho, embarrassed for nothing, opened his mouth after thinking about it.

'Didn't taste very good, though.'

[Hey...!]

Querehsha furiously clenched her two fists that were holding the armrests of her chair.

However, she soon smiled and leaned back in her chair.

[Yeah, well... In the end, if I have to be eaten by someone, it's only natural for me to be eaten by
the one who killed me. If your father had been a bug, he would have fully inherited my power
right away.]

The reason he couldn't do that was because Sung Jinwoo was a human, not a bug.

It was the same for his son, Suho.

[No matter how much you ate my bugs here, you will never become the Plague Monarch. Your
qualification itself was not enough.]

'So, just pontifex after all?'

[Ha. I also had no intention of giving that. Do you think I'm just simply pretty? Anyway... since I
was robbed off Pontifex, I would be grateful if you find me a descendant who can inherit my
power.]

'Who's pretty?'
[Isn't this pretty enough by human standards?]

In response to Suho's reply, Querehsha showed off her appearance in a female form.

'Enough with your jokes. What can I do as the Pontifex of Insects? In the case of the Pontifex of
Beasts, the descendant can possess my body.'

[Hngggg?]

When Suho lifted cute Gray with one hand and showed him, Querehsha clicked her tongue.

[Rakan is also pitiful. His heir is such a clumsy one-day puppy.]

[The King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch, feels like crying...]

Suho smiled lightly at Rakan's message and looked at Gray.

[Gray Lv.14]

Fang Wolf

Thanks to the hard hunting of insects today, Gray's level doubled.

'I envy you.'

[Hnnnggg?]

Suho's level was now 29.

It was only natural that the higher the level, the more experience was needed to level up.

Leveling up in such a short amount of time was amazing enough.

Considering that time stands still in the real world, it was like he suddenly became stronger in
less than a second.

Querehsha looked at Gray like he was insignificant to the world, but at the same time, she
looked envious.

[Still, I envy Rakan. I can't believe I'm looking for a descendant among blood relatives. There's
not a suitable one, so it's impossible to be strong.]

'What? Being the Pontifex of Insects is completely useless then.'

[Instead, something else is possible.]

As soon as Querehsha finished speaking, the message window opened in front of Suho.

Ring.

[The quest completion reward has arrived.]

[The following rewards are prepared.]

Reward: 'Blessing: Plague Protection'

[Blessing: Plague Protection]

This is the protection of the Queen of Insects, the Plague Monarch.

The Plague Monarch, Quehresha, has chosen you to be her Pontifex.

Pontifex can infuse his body with deadly poison.

-Effect 'Poison': You can freely deal with the ingested poison.

'Oh?'

Suho's eyes lit up.

Indeed, it was a blessing worthy of the name of the Plague Monarch.

Thanks to Kandiaru's blessing, he was immune to all poisons, but now he can handle the poison
freely beyond immunity.

[You can rejoice to your heart's content. From now on, you will become a walking plague.]

Querehsha crossed her arms triumphantly and proudly proclaimed to Suho.

[What do you think? It will be much more useful than having a puppy like that on your body.]

***

Meanwhile, over the heads of Lim Taegyu and Baek Miho, who entered the beehive at that
time...

Wiiiiiing-
All the clouds in the sky had suddenly turned into swarms of bees.

"Ugh. This kind of thing is troublesome to deal with."

Baek Miho had a puzzled expression.

Against such a large number of small monsters, the only thing she could do was to endure with
her body.

Increase mana power to amplify defense power.

However, Lim Taegyu felt more futile.

He was an S-Class hunter, but he was just an archer.

Because of that, most of the skills he had are those related to bows.

The new skills he learned by paying expensive money to buy runestones were all things that
increased his agility and precision.

However, the problem was that Lim Taegyu ingested too much Royal jelly, so it was difficult to
defend himself with mana powers like Baek Miho.

"I'm sorry, but I'll be under your care."

"Why did you have to follow us here?"

"...."

Lim Taegyu hid behind Baek Miho with an embarrassed expression.

But then an ominous feeling came over his senses.

"Wait. Those bees...!"

"What?"

"...!"

At that moment, the bees began to explode on their own.

As the golden mist covered the area at the same time as the explosion, Lim Taegyu hurriedly
shouted.
"Hold your breath! The mist may be the same kind of poison I had been poisoned with!"

"...!"

Baek Miho hurriedly held her breath, covering her nose and mouth with her hands.

If she becomes addicted to that mist, she might not be able to use mana like Lim Taegyu.

'Wait. Hunter Sung Suho?!'

Baek Miho suddenly remembered Suho and looked back.

She was worried about the safety of Suho, a C-class hunter, in an emergency situation where
even A-Class herself and S-Class Lim Taegyu were in trouble.

However...

'... Huh?!'

Baek Miho was shocked.

Instead of holding his breath, Suho was actually breathing in as much as he could.

"What...!"

Baek Miho held her breath again when she almost inhaled poison mist while trying to stop Suho.

A system message appeared in front of Suho as he smiled strangely.

['Poison: Lee Minseong's Royal Jelly' was inhaled.]

[You can handle 'Poison: Lee Minseong's Royal Jelly'.]

Chapter 75: Chapter 74

The effect of becoming a Pontifex of Querehsha was immediately apparent.

Not only is he immune to poison, but he is free to handle poison and could use it for attacks.

Also...

'To be able to deal with it freely... Does this mean that this is possible?'

Suho immediately reached out to Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu.

Swoosh!

[Use 'Blessing: Poison'.]

"...!"

Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu's eyes widened.

The poisonous mist sprayed by the bees began to melt away as soon as it touched the light
emitted by Suho.

"Detoxification skill?!"

"Sung Suho, were you a healer, not a summoning hunter?"

Baek Miho looked confused even as she asked.

It was because each and every ability that Suho had shown so far had nothing to do with being
a healer.

However, Lim Taegyu's eyes were hopeful.

"If that's the case, you should have done it sooner! Could you help me to detoxify the poison in
my body?"

Lim Taegyu was unable to use his mana as he was suppressing the poison that Secretary Oh
had infused into him earlier.

The healer of the Reaper Guild failed to detoxify it, but a healer with a special skill might be able
to do so.

However...

Ring.

[It cannot be detoxified because it is poison that has not been ingested.]

"Hmm."

A failure.

Apparently, the poison Lim Taegyu was infused with was not Lee Minseong's royal jelly but
Arsha's royal jelly.
'Could he have had Arsha's poison before coming here?'

It's too late to regret.

"Right now, it seems difficult to detoxify. Let's deal with them first."

Swoosh!

Arrows were flying from all directions at the same time.

Contaminated ghouls hiding everywhere suddenly jumped out and started attacking Suho and
his company.

"I will take care of the ghouls!"

Baek Miho jumped forward and slammed her fist on the floor.

Grumble-!

Skill, 'Vibration of Provocation'.

A circular wave of magic power spread from her fist stuck on the floor.

As if possessed by something, the contaminated ghouls all turned around and attacked Baek
Miho.

Baek Miho fought against them, exuding tremendous energy from her body.

Starting with that, Lim Taegyu also ran and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight beside her.

The problem was that he knew each and every one of the ghouls' faces.

They were the younger brothers who had followed him since the founding of the Reaper Guild.

To be in a position to kill them with his own hands...

"Lee Minseong! What the hell do you want?! After all this, what do you want!"

Lim Taegyu burst into anger and shouted at Lee Minseong, who was hiding somewhere.

[All I want is just... for everyone to just go back to their original places.]

Lee Minseong's voice echoed in all directions.

As if Lee Minseong was in all those bees.

"Lee Minseong!"

Lim Taegyu looked around with an angry expression and shouted.

"Where are you?! Don't be cowardly hiding, come out!"

That moment.

Wiiiiing-

[I...]

The bees that filled his field of vision began to form a human shape as they came together in a
whirlwind.

[... never hid.]

Thud.

Lee Minseong turned into a human and landed on the ground.

The whole area became quiet as if time had stopped.

"Lee Minseong!"

Lee Minseong stared at Lim Taegyu with emotionless eyes.

"I'm in charge of that guy!"

Lim Taegyu gritted his teeth and attacked Lee Minseong.

Baek Miho, who was fighting with the ghouls, shouted urgently.

"It is dangerous to attack alone!"

Even so, Lim Taegyu did not stop.

Even if he didn't have any skills, he was confident that he could beat Lee Minseong with his
force.

That confidence is rooted from their level difference.

The difference between S-Class and A-Class that Lee Minseong was so jealous of.

But...

[Arrogant bastard.]

Lee Minseong sneered and scattered again into numerous bees.

Swish!

Lim Taegyu's punch cut through the air in vain.

Lee Minseong came together in human form behind Lim Taegyu's back.

Swoosh-!

Lim Taegyu turned around and attacked Lee Minseong again with his great reflexes.

Then, Lee Minseong scattered again.

"You bastard!"

Swoosh-!

Things went on repeatedly.

When he suddenly came to his senses, dozens of Lee Minseong clones were standing around
Lim Taegyu.

"What...?!"

Those 'Lee Minseong' attacked all at the same time.

Sharp spears extended from both of their hands, and their appearance gradually began to
change into that of the queen bee's lancer.

Slash!

As the battle continued, Lee Minseong changed his appearance to queen bee's lancer. Lim
Taegyu panicked and avoided the endless attacks.

[Fair enough.]
[Suppressing one's mana, but at this level.]

[A useless S-Class is still an S-Class.]

Lee Minseong's voice echoed from all sides, mocked Lim Taegyu and continued to play with
him.

[Young Master.]

In the center of this terrible melee, Beru looked at Suho.

"That's right."

Suho, who was watching the situation, nodded.

Then he raised his head and muttered as he glared somewhere.

"It is all an illusion."

To be precise, it was all 'imitation'.

Lee Minseong, who was only a worker bee, did not have the ability to make a lancer like the
queen bee Arsha.

If that was possible, the ghouls Baek Miho was dealing with would have been lancers, not
ghouls in the first place.

In the end, it was clear that all of those ghouls were failed attempts by Lee Minseong to imitate
the Queen Bee and make a lancer.

Those lancers that Lim Taegyu was dealing with must also be just an illusionary existence of
bees.

"Beru, any information about the real Lee Minseong?"

[I'm sorry, but the bees are wandering around and disturbing my senses.]

Beru has been tracking the true location of Lee Minseong, constantly flicking his antennae.

"We should stop for a moment."

Suho raised his head and glared at the bees filling his field of vision.

Lick.
I've already got a taste of them.

'What kind of taste do these guys here have?'

Right before, he had been eating Querehsha's bugs non-stop, and now they all looked like
delicacies.

Right then...

[The 'Title: Natural Enemy of Insects' buff effect is activated.]

...!

The bees that were wandering around were startled and buzzed loudly.

A tension from a natural enemy awakened their survival instinct.

[Title: Natural Enemy of Insects]

A title given to a predator of insects. Increases all stats by 40% when facing bug-type monsters.

Suho immediately crossed his twin swords.

Then, a tremendous amount of energy emerged from 'Rakan's Sword' he was holding in his
right hand.

[Use 'Skill: Contempt for the Weak'.]

Swoosh!

...!

['Effect: Fear' is activated.]

[All stats of the targets are reduced by 50% for 1 minute.]

The debuff skill of 'Rakan's Sword' put opponents weaker than himself into a state of fear.

When the effect was combined with the 'Natural Enemy of Insects', a tremendous synergy was
created.

Suho's twin swords created a strong wind.

[Use 'Skill: Blade Storm'.]

Swish-!

'It's stronger than usual.'

A whirlwind of great energy engulfed him so much that he could feel it himself.

Suho twisted his whole body and swung the two swords around like windmills.

SWIIISH!

A terribly violent typhoon caught the bees that filled their field of vision and engulfed them all at
once.

Everything, including the lancers who surrounded and pressured Lim Taegyu.

[You have killed the contaminated wasp.]

[You have killed the contaminated wasp.]

[You have killed the contaminated wasp.]

[You have killed the contaminated wasp.]

...

Countless bees were crushed.

Messages were pouring in.

Along with that...

[The level of 'Skill: Blade Storm' increased.]

Suho became even stronger.

'Woah. How could he be this powerful?!'

Lim Taegyu, who hurriedly escaped thanks to the storm, looked back at Suho with a shocked
expression.

'Wasn't he also a healer?'

Suho's current appearance was neither a summoning hunter nor a healer in any way.

What kind of summoning hunter and healer could use such powerful attack skills?!

Lim Taegyu felt that everything he knew about hunters was being shattered.

The reality was that the synergy between the title effect buff and the item buff boosted Suho's
power, but Lim Taegyu, who was unaware of such a situation, could not help but be astonished.

"Lee Minseong? What happened to Lee Minseong?"

He suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly turned his gaze to the place where Lee
Minseong was.

All those 'Lee Minseong' were caught in the storm and scattered.

In the place where the storm had passed, Beru shouted after breaking the momentary silence.

[I found him!]

As soon as Beru's words were finished, Suho's sword cut through the air as it protruded forward.

Crackle!

Then, the vacuum of nothingness was shattered...

Everything started to fall apart.

[Damn it. You found me well.]

From beyond that hidden space, ferocious eyes glared at Suho.

Through the cracks in the fragmented air, 'Lee Minseong' slowly walked out.

But his look...

[The Queen's Lancer]

'It doesn't say contaminated.'

Suho found it strange.

Was it because he was an A-Class hunter?

Unlike the 'contaminated lancers' he encountered so far, Lee Minseong was the first
non-contaminated one to appear.

A humanoid soldier whose entire body is armed like armor.

He was exuding the most powerful aura among the lancers Suho had ever met.

"You said you weren't going to hide, but you were hiding?"

[Normally, it's out of character for the king to step out directly where his servants play.]

When Suho laughed at him, Minseong smiled as if he found it funny.

Those words were true.

'... Strong.'

Flutter.

From the moment he met him, Suho's senses stats were sending warnings like crazy.

'He's the strongest among the monsters I've met so far.'

But.

'... Compared to the dead monarchs, he was absurdly weak.'

Since Suho had already met Querehsha, the Queen of Insects, he wasn't discouraged by the
overwhelming sense of intimidation emanating from Lee Minseong.

However, Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu were different.

"N-No way..."

"How did Minseong get this kind of power..."

He was the strongest soldier bee created by Queen Bee Arsha with great care.

The powerful aura felt from the Demonic Beast born for battle was giving them a terrible sense
of despair.

In particular, to Baek Miho, who has developed a sense of wildness more than anyone else, Lee
Minseong felt like an incredibly gigantic being.
However, what Lim Taegyu, an S-Class hunter, felt was humiliation.

"Ugh. If only I could use my mana..."

No matter how strong Lee Minseong became, he was confident that he could deal with him if he
got his usual strength.

But that was impossible now.

Right then...

Suho spoke to them, who were completely frozen.

"Let's join forces."

"... What?"

"Huh?"

"What are you looking at? Will you run away then?"

Suho's words made them think if they should retreat and bring in fellow hunters.

"We're in a mess right now, so let's attack all at once instead of splitting the tanks and
attackers."

Suho's strategy was simple.

"Since he hides well, let's rip his wings first so that he can't run away, and beat him altogether
until he dies."

[Pft.]

Minseong laughed at Suho's words.

[Ridiculous. Are you saying you're going to deal with me on your own? Me, who will become the
King of Insects?]

"Ah, the King of Insects?"

Suho also laughed at him genuinely.

Lick.
"Didn't taste very good though."

... Chills.

Why?

Minseong suddenly felt uncomfortable with Suho.

[Queen of Insects, Plague Monarch, shakes her head, saying that she has been caught by a
terrible one.]

"I wonder what your poison would taste like?"

Chapter 76: Chapter 75

Lee Minseong managed to escape from Queen Bee Arsha, but after that, he had to run away
while being hunted by contaminated lancers.

The lancers were obviously weaker than Minseong, but it was impossible to kill them.

Every time he tried to kill them, a powerful message resonated in his head, causing him to suffer
from a tremendous headache.

-Be loyal to the Queen!

-Be loyal to the Queen!

[Ack! Shut up! Shut up!]

He really seemed to almost lose it.

If he didn't try to counter his mind for even just for a while, his desire to return to the Queen Bee
on his own and kneel down to swear allegiance surged up.

-Be loyal to the Queen!

[Stop! Stop! Please get out of my head!]

He tried everything to get the voice out of his head, but to no avail.

Even when he plugged his ears and banged his head on the floor, the voice didn't stop.

That was natural.

It wasn't a voice in the first place.

It was the instinct of a worker bee reborn for the Queen Bee. For Lee Minseong, who always
reigned over others, it was a very humiliating feeling.

-Be loyal to the Queen!

[I refuse! I'm not a worker bee!]

He gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed his instincts.

Ironically, the place where he managed to avoid the pursuit of the lancers was the Vice
President's Office of the Reaper Guild.

[Whew. Yes, my place is right here. It's not like a beehive.]

He was breathing heavily and was about to take a bottle of wine from the cellar and drink it as
usual, but his expression changed.

[... It was because of this!]

The wine in his hand was the culprit of that situation he was in.

A high-quality wine and royal jelly that the 'Lady' always gave him as a gift whenever he went to
Queen Bee.

That was the Queen Bee's poison!

[I drank this every day, that was why I'm like this...!]

Lee Minseong held the wine bottle high to throw it, but hesitated for a moment.

[... Hold on a second.]

When he thought of the Queen Bee's poison, he suddenly had a good idea.

He came up with a way to suppress the worker bee's instincts.

By using that...

[Maybe I can create my own corps.]

Lee Minseong poured his mana energy into the royal jelly.

He changed the properties of royal jelly to his own preferences.

[Great. Now, if you are poisoned by this, you will turn into a soldier loyal to me, not the Queen
Bee.]

Lee Minseong absorbed the newly prepared royal jelly into his stinger.

Then, he went outside and attacked the lower level hunters and injected them with royal jelly.

Somehow they died right on the spot.

[Tsk. Weaklings. Can't even stand this much poison.]

Lee Minseong clicked his tongue and went to find stronger intermediate hunters.

However, the results were the same for intermediate hunters.

They all vomited blood and were poisoned to death.

[Why do you keep dying?]

He was confused.

Was there something wrong with the royal jelly?

Until he found out why, he continued to attack the hunters over and over again.

Then, finally, he saw a positive light.

His target was... the Reaper Guild he belonged to.

[... Coincidence?]

At first he thought it was just a coincidence.

But it wasn't.

No matter how many times he tried it, the only ones who survived the royal jelly without dying
were the hunters of the Reaper Guild.

[How is this possible?]

Eventually, Lee Minseong found the reason.

[Could it be that they were the ones who followed me from the beginning?]
Royal jelly was a poison for worker bees.

The object of that loyalty was, of course, the Queen Bee.

[But, I am not a queen.]

Even if they were forced to be loyal to Lee Minseong, who was at most the same worker bee,
there was no worker bee to devote their allegiance to.

However, only the members of the Reaper Guild, who were originally his subordinates, were an
exception.

Loyalty to "Vice President Lee Minseong" was basically engraved in their heads.

The reason for that loyalty was only a thin master-servant relationship tied to annual salary and
rank, but ironically, it was the most tightly bound master-servant relationship among humans.

With that logic, Lee Minseong bursted into laughter.

[Then, the royal jelly with my magic could only be eaten by the members of the Reaper Guild?
That's funny. Really interesting.]

Somehow, he thought that the appearance of the slaves he made with his own royal jelly was
very different from the ones who resemble soldiers.

The slaves of Lee Minseong were reborn as 'contaminated ghouls' that looked more like
humans than bees.

[This may also be destiny.]

It was better.

Using that ability, he might be able to steal everything from Lim Taegyu, that lucky bastard.

The position of guild leader was not suitable for such a guy like him from the beginning.

[Lim Taegyu looked better when he was my driver. I'm going to poison him and make him my
slave.]

Minseong had no idea if even an S-Class would be affected by his royal jelly, but if he
succeeded, it would be a jackpot.

Taegyu was once a driver who obeyed his words, so the possibility was high enough.
He felt better when he thought of enslaving Lim Taegyu.

Being reborn as a worker bee wasn't all bad.

Except for the instinct to be loyal to the Queen Bee, there were many more good things.

The Queen Bee suppressed all of Lee Minseong's nature as a human, reinventing him as a
highly evolved form of a fighter.

It's a little disappointing that all the skills he had when he was a human disappeared because of
that, but after all, skills were for combat anyway.

By condensing all that power, he obtained a transcendent body specialized in combat, so the
gains were rather large.

He wondered if he could beat Lim Taegyu if he was in his current state now.

[Although he is S-Class, Lim Taegyu is nothing more than an archer who shoots an arrow from
behind. If I poison him first and then disable his weapon, I stand a good chance...]

... That was how Lee Minseong came that far.

All of his plans have been successful so far, and as a result, Lim Taegyu was now standing in
front of him looking exhausted.

'I can win now!'

Lee Minseong was confident.

He would beat Lim Taegyu with his own hands, trample on his face, and spit on him.

And, like before the cataclysm, he planned to make him his slave and use him for the rest of his
life...

'Who the hell is that human next to him?'

Lee Minseong felt an ominous feeling when he saw Suho next to Lim Taegyu.

It was like having the Queen Bee in front of him...

No. Kf that person were the Queen Bee, he would have felt more of a forcing loyalty, but he felt
the opposite from Suho.
Fear.

As if facing a natural enemy, pure fear welled up.

'Why? Does he seem to look very strong?'

After becoming a worker bee, Lee Minseong's sense of estimating the opponent's level was
extremely developed.

Judging by the mana power that he felt from Suho, he was clearly a C-Class hunter.

No matter how well he attacked, it would only be at the level of a B-Class hunter.

In fact, the more threatening being than him was Baek Miho, an A-Class hunter next to Suho.

But why?

Why did he want to run away from there right now?

Why did he become as stiff as a frog in front of a snake?

'Natural Enemy of Insects'

The uneasy feeling touched Lee Minseong's ego.

[... He gives off a very bad aura.]

He worked hard to shake off the anxiety he felt and showed his strength.

A tremendous energy surged from him.

On the other hand, Suho felt the opposite.

'He's obviously stronger than me. I don't think he'll ever lose.'

Suho immediately opened the shop window.

[You purchased 'Item: Quiver (100)'.]

[You purchased 'Item: Quiver (100)'.]

In an instant, two heavy quivers were in Suho's hands.

"If you can't use magic arrows, use these instead."

"...!"

Lim Taegyu, who was suddenly handed a quiver, looked at Suho with his eyes wide open.

"From where did-?!"

"Summoning hunter."

Suho shrugged his shoulders, skipping over the explanations.

"Of course it's not free. You'll be billed for it later, so maximize its use. I will give you some again
when you have used it all."

"Oh, yes! Thank you!"

Lim Taegyu nodded with a bright expression.

Now, it didn't matter if Suho was a healer or a summoning hunter.

Such concerns can be dealt with later.

Immediately, Lim Taegyu turned his head toward the enemies, and his expression suddenly
changed.

The 'Reaper's Bow' was an S-Class weapon that could kill mages with an ordinary arrow.

The moment Korea's strongest S-Class archer held it, he truly became a hunter.

Swoosh-!

Lim Taegyu's arrows pierced the heads and hearts of the ghouls attacking from all sides.

"Leave all these to me, and you guys catch Lee Minseong!"

He wanted to beat Lee Minseong directly, but he had already confirmed that it was impossible
now that he does not have mana power.

An all-out battle began.

"Let's go!"

"Y-Yes!"
Suho and Miho went after Lee Minseong.

[Krrrk!]

At that moment, the wings of the shadow lancers sprouted from Suho and Miho's backs.

Swish-!

They flew towards Lee Minseong at breakneck speed and launched an onslaught.

Swoosh!

[Slow.]

However, Lee Minseong laughed at them and easily avoided the attacks.

'How can he have that speed?!'

Baek Miho hurriedly gave a warning to Suho at Lee Minseong's movement.

"Suho, be careful! Based on his speed alone, he's far beyond A-Class!"

Lee Minseong was delighted at those words.

The corners of his mouth twitched with an ecstatic expression.

[Haha! That's right! I'm already beyond human. Your slow bursting attacks can't even touch my
body!]

"Oh, really?"

Flinch.

Suho's trivial reply made Lee Minseong feel uncomfortable.

No matter how much he tried to ignore it, Suho's existence itself is so strong.

[... I can't do this. I'll kill you first!]

Lee Minseong flew towards Suho in full momentum.

The moment the sharp spear in his hand is about to pierce Suho's heart...

Swish.
Suho laughed.

'I've been waiting for this moment.'

Suho's thoughts raged with his eyes shimmering.

"Come out!"

...!

Swoosh-!

Suddenly, numerous black beams of light emanated from Suho's body and rushed toward Lee
Minseong at the same time.

[I-Is this...?!]

Lee Minseong's eyes widened as he was taken aback.

It was visible to the perspective of a worker bee that transcended humans.

The identity of those beams of light.

Lancers.

The Queen Bee's lancers who had been chasing him so tenaciously had appeared!

[This is ridiculous...]

Lee Minseong was frightened and hurriedly changed direction just before attacking Suho.

Besides, his speed was much faster than those guys.

Even if they were too close, he could escape...!

"...!"

Suho suddenly grabbed the tip of Lee Minseong's spear, which was about to pierce his heart.

"Caught it, you bastard."

[Let go!]
Lee Minseong tried with all his might to defeat Suho.

But it's already too late.

"Kill him."

[Krrrk!]

[Krrrk!]

The spears of the shadow lancers flying from all sides began to mercilessly slaughter Lee
Minseong's body.

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Countless black streaks of light struck Lee Minseong like thunder and lightning.

Blag!

[Ack...!]

He fell to the floor and let out a tremendous roar.

Baek Miho immediately followed him to the ground and plunged her fist straight into his
abdomen.

Bang!

[Ack!]

Lee Minseong's eyes opened and he vomited blood from his mouth.

"Let's fight here."

Baek Miho, with a raging gaze, swung her both hands.

Skill, Beast Claw.

Slash!
Baek Miho attacked Lee Minseong without a break.

If she stopped even for a moment, she could miss him.

'I don't know what happened, but I can't miss this opportunity!'

She was taken aback by Suho's sudden ability, but if she missed such an opportunity, Lee
Minseong could run away at great speed.

Baek Miho spurred on the attack, and Lee Minseong suddenly came to his senses and fought
back.

Speed ​was definitely Lee Minseong's advantage, but numerous shadow lancers constantly
harassed him to fill that agility gap.

He could not hide his confused expression.

'How...?'

'What happened?'

'How did the lancers suddenly appear?'

'What the hell does that human have to do with the Queen Bee!'

Numerous question marks filled Lee Minseong's head.

The moment he saw Suho attacking him, he felt a surge of complex emotions.

[What kind of relationship do you have with the Queen Bee?!]

Bang!

Lee Minseong's attack was directed at Suho.

Common sense made him think that it's only right to Baek Miho, who is stronger than Suho, but
Lee Minseong could not think rationally.

He realized what that terrible emotion was.

Jealousy.

[Why did the Queen Bee give the lancers to someone like you?!]
He used to deny it with all his body, but there was one truth that never changed.

That's right...

[The Queen Bee's favorite and strongest worker bee is me! Me, Lee Minseong! Not someone
like you...!]

Lee Minseong's raging attack crumbled the whole area like a bomber, Baek Miho hurriedly
unfolded her defense skills.

"Ack! Hide behind me, Suho!"

But instead of retreating, Suho jumped forward.

'Oh my.'

Baek Miho couldn't help but doubt her own eyes.

In front of her, Lee Minseong's spear and Suho's sword were fighting fiercely.

Lee Minseong's speed was obviously overwhelmingly faster than Suho's.

However, Suho never stopped attacking, taking all the unblockable attacks with his bare body.

She couldn't help but be surprised at that terribly tough defense.

'Was he a tank, and not a summoning hunter?'

She was so confused.

In the end, she gave up thinking about it, but there was some truth to what she was thinking.

['Skill: Tenacity' level increased!]

[Physical defense +60% → +80%]

'Great. I'll be able to hold out longer with this.'

Fighting with all his might, Suho's mind was extremely rational.

Body hot, head cold.

He was fighting, checking his HP and MP every moment while looking at the status window.
Since Lee Minseong was such a strong enemy, there was no room to use the skills that sucked
mana in real time.

It was suicidal to grow in size with the giant's armor against a fast enemy.

Even if he tried to amplify his speed by strengthening Gray, the limit was only a few minutes.

Even if he didn't use a skill, he was attacking with mana energy, so he needed to fight while
conserving his mana thoroughly.

'Eventually, it's just the Spiritual Body Manifestation...'

Among his skills, the one that boasted the most destructive power was definitely Spiritual Body
Manifestation.

However, it was also a skill that consumed mana in real time, and in order to hit an attack
against such a fast enemy, he had to be prepared.

Suho ordered the Shadow Lancers.

"Tie that bastard's feet! Tear off his wings, attack the legs!"

A truly cruel order!

But rather, it was the Shadow Lancers who were torn apart.

[How dare you!]

[Krrrk...!]

In the hands of Lee Minseong, the lancers' heads were cut and a huge hole was pierced in their
chests.

It was just the beginning.

[Khiiik-!]

As Suho's mana decreased, the fragmented bodies of the Shadow Lancers turned into black
steam and began to reattach.

Lee Minseong was greatly shocked by that.

[No way! That's just impossible...!]

The jealousy towards a fellow lancer surged up in his heart.

[Why didn't the Queen Bee give me the ability to regenerate?! Could it be that the Queen was
afraid that I would become too strong?!]

Of course, not.

However, Lee Minseong's misunderstanding became the incarnation of jealousy and grew out of
control. He realized one thing.

He was originally unable to attack the lancers sent by the Queen Bee.

But now, for some reason, the attack was possible.

What does that mean?

[That's right! Haha! I'm already completely free of the Queen Bee! As expected, creating my
own corps was the answer!]

Lee Minseong burst into laughter with a face full of joy.

He defeated the lancers and attacked Suho.

But at that moment.

Chills!

[...!]

He saw something.

Swoosh-

A huge shadow behind Suho's back.

The illusion of something huge like a mountain looking down on him with an arrogant gaze.

[The Queen of Insects, the Plague Monarch, is watching Lee Minseong.]

[Ahh... Ahhh...]

In front of that mighty gaze, he became a tiny and shabby insect, trembling before he knew it.
Then...

The stopped time started to flow again.

Lee Minseong's spirit suddenly returned to reality, and the huge shadow was nowhere to be
seen.

'Did I just see something?'

He didn't know what it was, but Lee Minseong decided to run right away.

'Besides, my intended purpose was all accomplished.'

Lee Minseong's gaze turned to Lim Taegyu, who was shooting arrows at the ghouls from afar.

'I don't know how the ghouls poisoned him...'

It was clear that Lim Taegyu was suffering from the poison.

He managed to suppress the poison with his mana powers, but that will eventually reach its
limit.

'It doesn't matter if I lose all the ghouls I've collected so far. I just need to catch Lim Taegyu!'

With that, he would be able to take on an S-Class hunter as a worker bee.

... Lee Minseong was mistaken.

Unaware of the fact that Secretary Oh betrayed Lim Taegyu, Lee Minseong mistook him for
being addicted to his royal jelly.

'Okay, I'll run away first! No one will be able to detoxify Lim Taegyu's poison anyway, so I just
have to hide quietly and wait until he gets completely poisoned!'

As soon as he thought about it, he immediately turned around and ran.

"Make sure to not miss him!"

Immediately, Suho chased Lee Minseong with the Shadow Lancers.

[You got caught, you bastard!]

Seizing the momentary gap, Lee Minseong suddenly turned to Suho again.
[Before I go, you...!]

"...!"

Lee Minseong's magic exploded toward Suho.

"No!"

Baek Miho hurriedly ran from behind, but it was too late.

Bang!

There was an explosion of highly concentrated magical power.

"... Ack."

"...!"

Suho opened his eyes.

It wasn't him who received the attack.

Lim Taeyu suddenly got in between the two, and received the attack by Lee Minseong instead of
Suho.

Even Lee Minseong was taken aback by the completely unexpected situation.

[L-Lim Taegyu, you bastard...]

"Yes, it is me. You son of a bitch."

Lim Taegyu looked straight into Lee Minseong's eyes and smiled.

Blood poured out of his mouth.

However, even in the midst of such pain, his two hands firmly gripped the spear of Lee
Minseong, which was stuck in his stomach, and did not let go.

No matter how hard Lee Minseong tried, his spear could not be pulled out.

Lim Taegyu still had the physicality of an S-Class hunter.

[Lim Taegyu!]
Lee Minseong desperately struggled with Lim Taegyu.

[What are you thinking?! Don't tell me you're going to die with me!]

"... Why would I, bastard? "

Lim Taegyu struggled to answer those words.

"It's because of me that you have such a bad temper. Right?"

[...!]

At those words, Lee Minseong's body suddenly stiffened.

Looking straight into his bloodshot eyes, Lim Taegyu muttered with a smile.

"So you have to take responsibility. At least as a business partner."

Lim Taegyu was truly sorry.

It hasn't been more than two years since they fought.

Before that, they were close friends.

How did everything happen?

What is this mana power?

What is awakening?

'Why is a guy who was born with everything jealous of me...'

"... So, Minseong..."

Swoosh!

Lim Taegyu's mana, which had been suppressed until now, suddenly began to surge.

At the same time, the royal jelly's poison tried to invade his brain, but everything would end
before that.

"I really can't see my friend getting beaten up by others. So if you will die, just die in my hands."

[Nonsense! It is you who will die!]

Lee Minseong roared and attacked Lim Taegyu with his other hand.

Swoosh!

Suho, like a thunderbolt, got in between the two.

Both of Lee Minseong's arms were cut off by his twin swords.

[...!]

Lee Minseong's eyes widened.

"You talk a lot."

Suho, who had been waiting for the moment Lee Minseong was tied up, poured all his strength
towards him.

[Use 'Skill: Spiritual Body Manifestation'.]

Spiritual Body Manifestation.

The power of Ammut, which raised even a small and insignificant goblin into an Iron Body
Monarch.

A large, black energy enveloped Suho's arm and spread out as a sword.

Swoosh-!

Suho did not stop attacking.𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Like a giant hand crushing a small bug to death.

Again and again.

It was ruthless violence against Lee Minseong.

'No way...'

Lee Minseong, who lost both arms, couldn't even scream properly, and had no choice but to
suffer with all the attacks.

'Why is this guy...!'

He just couldn't believe the situation.

It would be better if it was Lim Taegyu, an S-Class hunter, but he couldn't accept the fact that he
was being treated so badly by an unknown kid.

But...

It hurt.

All of Suho's attacks were so painful.

The worst of all...

Lim Taegyu was watching his desperate appearance and muttered something.

"..."

He couldn't hear anything.

Lee Minseong, who was already battered, couldn't hear a thing.

[Accckkk!]

He got up with his last breath and attacked Suho.

At the same time, Suho's huge black fist and numerous black lancers' attacks rained on
Minseong's body.

Blag!

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"Phew."

When Suho stopped attacking, a heavy silence came.

As Lee Minseong died, the contaminated ghouls around him collapsed at once like a puppet
with a thread cut off.

The contaminated wasps that filled the ominous sky also disappeared.

'Oh my God...'

Baek Miho, who was running to help Suho, stood there blankly staring at Suho.
It was an absolutely unbelievable sight.

A C-Class hunter crushed an A-Class villain by force.

'As expected, that person...'

Baek Miho went on her way to guess Suho's identity.

Meanwhile, in that suffocating silence, Suho himself was busy reading the noisy system
messages.

Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.

[The Queen's Lancer has been defeated.]

[Your level increased!]

[Your level increased!]

[Your level increased!]

'Oh, great.'

Climbing 3 levels at once was worth the hard work.

Suho's level was now at 32.

Surprisingly, however, the message did not end there.

Ring.

[The player has reached the required level.]

[You have met the completion conditions of 'Secret Quest: Qualification of Corps Commander'.]

[There are unread messages.]

'Required level? Qualification of Corps Commander?'

Suho, who was trying to check the message with a puzzled expression, suddenly stumbled.

Grumble!

"...!"
Suddenly, the floor started shaking as if it were about to collapse.

No, that space itself was about to collapse.

[Young Master! You must get out of here immediately!]

Beru urgently shouted at Suho.

The sky was also being torn apart.

[If it was too late, you could be trapped here forever!]

Lee Minseong made numerous sacrifices and forcibly brought such an incomplete dungeon, the
sanctuary of insects, to Earth.

That was the role of a Pontifex that Queen Bee Arsha wanted.

However, at the same time as Lee Minseong's death, the coercive power disappeared, and the
sanctuary was about to return to the dimensional rift.

"Come on, let's get out of here."

Suho put off checking the message and looked back at Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu.

Lim Taegyu, who was staring at the dead Lee Minseong, immediately closed his eyes and
turned around.

Then he glanced at Suho feeling conflicted and opened his mouth.

"I have a lot to ask you, but I'll do it once we get out of here."

"Me, too."

Baek Miho added.

The three hurriedly escaped from the insect sanctuary.

However, just before Suho left the sanctuary, he suddenly stopped and glanced back.

'It took a lot of hard work to catch him. It's a waste to throw him away.'

He reached out his hand toward Lee Minseong's body lying on the ground.
'Ruler's Power.'

Swook.

An invisible hand lifted one of Minseong's arms, which Suho had cut off.

It was already in a deformed shape to be called a human arm.

The lancer's arm, which had a long spear instead of a hand, moved towards Suho like a
magnet.

Right after that, Suho smiled meaningfully and escaped from the sanctuary.

***

The post-processing was carried out swiftly the moment Lee Minseong, the main culprit, died.

All the ghouls that were rampaging in the city stopped moving at once, and all of those disasters
ended at once.

This was the result of the loss of power from the contaminated Royal Jelly of Minseong, which
corrupted their bodies.

Afterwards, Lim Taegyu immediately called a healer specializing in detoxification and received
treatment. He was barely able to break free from the poison.

"Ha. I almost died this time. In the future, should I have any kind of a court lady or so? I have to
choose my next assistant as a healer specializing in detoxification."

Lim Taegyu repeats his resolutions with an exhausted expression.

Meanwhile, Baek Miho mobilized all the manpower of the Baekho Guild and took the lead in
securing casualties and missing persons.

Reaper Guild was not in a position to do so.

The incident was somehow solved, but the Reaper Guild had lost so many things due to that.

Fortunately, most of the elite B-Class or higher were still alive, but the loss of most of the
hunters C-Class or lower was a big blow.

Well, they would just have to recruit new ones, but...

'Who will try to join our guild now? I'm worried that those who were there will also leave. Phew.'
Lim Taegyu raised his head and blankly looked up at the sky where Lee Minseong's beehive
was.

For some reason, he had a vision of the dead Lee Minseong raising his middle finger up in the
sky.

'That damn bastard.'

'This must be why my mom told me to make good friends.'

"... Oh right. Secretary Oh!"

Lim Taegyu suddenly remembered Secretary Oh, who betrayed him. He hurriedly looked
around.

However, no matter how much he searched for him, Secretary Oh's whereabouts were already
unknown.

'Weird.'

It felt strange.

Secretary Oh was a secretary he personally selected.

He had a moderate personality and was a good guy at work.

Since when was he a traitor?

Was he even human in the first place?

***

At that time...

'Secretary Oh' was watching them all with an expressionless face, mingling with the crowd.

He turned his back as he walked away from the scene.

Wiiiing-

As the bees flapped their wings, without anyone noticing, the face changed to that of Queen
Bee Arsha.
However, Arsha's expression looked more depressed than Lim Taegyu's.

"... It's futile."

Lee Minseong died, and the sacrifices also perished.

All the plans she had prepared so far collapsed overnight.

"The plan was perfect."

Yes.

Looking back, her plan was perfect.

Hide in the shade and make a hideout.

There, she gradually increased the number of worker bees.

'I put my heart and soul into making followers.'

Offering sacrifices for the dead Querehsha.

In the middle, Lee Minseong ran away, but that level of error was not a big problem.

Rather, it served as a catalyst to accelerate her plans.

The only cause of defeat was...

'That human.'

Arsha caught the sight of Suho in the distance.

She also thought he was ominous from the first time she saw him.

As expected, she should have killed him earlier, but instead, only her worker bees were taken
away by him.

It has become an urgent situation even for oneself to survive right now than to think of revenge.

"... Is this the power of descendants?"

There was a strong desire in Arsha's eyes looking at Suho.

'Alright. I'll admit it.'

From the moment she got involved with that human, she had no chance of winning.

Because...

"He is the descendant of Rakan."

As expected, he was the heir of the King of Beasts, the Fang Monarch.

It was natural that she would not be able to deal with him with her own power as she had not yet
become a monarch.

So, she wanted more.

"If I become a monarch, I will have that kind of power."

Fortunately, the succession of the Plague Monarch did not happen there today.

She confirmed the most important fact with her own eyes.

"I'm leaving for today, Beast King Crow."

But someday definitely...

Swallowing back words, Arsha's body scattered on the spot.

***

Returning home, Suho had two business cards in his hand.

The owners of the business cards were Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu.

Korean hunters receive business cards from the president and vice president of large guilds that
everyone was eager to enter.

– I'm busy today, so I just let it go!

– Be sure to contact us tomorrow! It is a must!

The two forcibly put the business card in Suho's hand, even while he was frantically answering
questions from reporters flocking to do post-processing.

Still feeling uneasy, they even took Suho's phone number.

"It feels like I was casted on the street for some reason."

[That's not quite wrong.]

Beru responded to Suho's words with a proud expression.

[Like when you get recruited on the streets for looking too good, Young Master is also very good
at fighting! When did you grow up so great...]

"That's too much."

Leaving Beru, who was shedding tears of emotion, Suho roughly threw the business cards on
the desk.

'It's good to join a large guild.'

It wasn't just a popular name or a big company.

Even if the salary wasn't high, the welfare of a large guild was truly enormous.

Depending on the class or experience, one can borrow expensive, high-quality equipment.

Large guilds were also equipped with a spacious and sturdy training center that would not
collapse even if members used their mana to their heart's content.

Other hunters don't grow through leveling up like Suho, that's why they needed more training.

It was to use the power given to them more efficiently and strategically.

The problem was that...

"I already have them all."

Good weapon? Suho had a shop window.

As long as his gold was enough, he could buy any equipment he wanted.

A large training camp?

Is there another hunter in the world who has a personal training ground as big and wide as
Suho's?

Suho immediately inserted the key into his shadow.

[Are you going in right away?]

"Yeah. I have something to check."

Clack.

[Would you like to enter the Shadow Dungeon?]

(Y/N)

"Yes."

[Entering the Shadow Dungeon.]

Swoosh!

In an instant, Suho's vision turned black and white.

Before he knew it, the place where he was standing was the shadow dungeon's strength
training center, the pyramid of Ammut.

There, Ammut, who was waiting for Suho to come, stood up with his gigantic body and a vicious
smile.

[You are finally here. Let's start training.]

"Wait a minute! Not yet!"

As soon as Suho saw him, he hurriedly dissuaded Ammut, who was about to start Spiritual
Body Manifestation training.

Ammut frowned as he tried to transform into a spirit body.𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

[Do you have anything else to do?]

"Yes. There are other important things to do."

Suho let out a sigh of relief and checked the message flickering in front of his eyes from earlier.

[You have met the completion conditions of 'Secret Quest: Qualification of Corps Commander'.]

[There are unread messages.]

After taking a short deep breath, Suho immediately checked the message.
[Secret Quest: Qualifications of Corps Commander]

A player has proven himself or herself by reaching the required level.

Become a Shadow Legion Commander and raise your own crops.

"This can't be..."

Suho's eyes widened.

Swoosh!

Under Suho's feet, the shadow moved on its own and began screaming silently.

The sound was grand like a military song of brave soldiers leaving the battlefield, or grotesque
like a solemn requiem.

Ring.

[You have learned 'Skill: Shadow Save'.]

"Shadow Save?"

[Ehhh?!]

Before Suho could finish his words, Beru was startled and screamed.

[Oh my God! Finally, Young Master has been recognized by His Majesty!]

Chapter 79: Chapter 78

So far, Suho had released and used a variety of shadow soldiers.

There were quite a few useful soldiers among them, but unfortunately they were only one-day
mercenaries.

That had been the case up until now.

Black bees flocked at the sky.

If there was a 'Grave Spider Arachne', it would have sprung a web right away and tied up the
bees in an instant.
However, Arachne had already gone back to nothing, and Suho had to deal with all those tiny
mobs one by one.

There was something that Beru once said to Suho.

[Only a monarch can command corps.]

Although Suho inherited the Shadow Power thanks to his father, he was not the Shadow
Monarch himself.

In order to become a monarch, a vacancy was needed and it would exist when the current
monarch died.

However, Sung Jinwoo was already an immortal being. With that, Suho could forever not
become the Shadow Monarch.

But then, Beru said clearly.

-Young Master does not have the authority to handle corps 'yet'.

He said, 'yet'.

That very moment finally came to Suho.

[Skill: Shadow Save Lv.1]

Shadow power.

No mana cost.

Shadow Soldiers are stored in the caster's shadow.

Stored soldiers can be summoned or stored back whenever the caster wishes.

Number of stored shadows: 0 / 1

"... Oh, wow."

Suho's eyes widened as he checked the skill window.

Above his head, Beru was flying round and round, shedding tears of joy.

[Eeek! You must be so thrilled! His Majesty has finally allowed Young Master to have a private
soldier!]
"A private soldier..."

Suho muttered.

"In the end, there was still a level limitation."

Level is, after all, an indicator that the system easily recognizes, limiting the protection.

If power were to be given to low-ranking ones, they would rather be consumed by the energy of
death and become a shadow soldier.

Storing the soldier of death in one's shadow was the same as saying that death always followed
beneath one's feet.

Now, he finally has the authority to lead a private soldier.

What was important to Suho was, after all, numbers.

[Number of saved shadows: 0 / 1]

"Just one..."

Suho sneered.

That was probably because his level was also low.

"It's like saying I need to increase the number by myself one by one."

It will also be affected by the intellect stat just like the shadow release skill.

Suho suddenly remembered the time when he was young and sat side by side with his father to
play games.

At that time, his father would often nag him, saying, 'How can you fall asleep with that level?'

'Somehow, even if we play the same game, you level up so fast. Leveling up was your main job.'

[Which one do you plan to save as the first soldier?]

Suho, who had escaped from his thoughts at Beru's question, responded with a smirk.

"Why are you asking? You already know."

Of course, the one he had been having the most trouble with lately.

Suho put down one side of Lee Minseong's arm, which he had brought with him, on the floor.

[Shadow release is possible on this target.]

Shadow release was possible even with only a part of the corpse.

After all, the body is just a medium.

A dark aura was already moving around Lee Minseong's arm.

Aaaaaaah-!

An ominous cry echoed in the shadows.

Lee Minseong was screaming to get him out of that hell.

The aura was frighteningly ferocious.

'Okay. If you want it that much, I'll take you out.'

Suho stretched out his hand towards him.

"Arise."

A black shadow began to wriggle.

[Tries to release the shadow.]

[Attempting to release...]

Aaaaaah!

In the shadows, Lee Minseong's face stretched out and opened his mouth.

However...

Ring!

A notification popped up with the sound of metal snapping.

[Shadow release failed.]

[You have two more chances left.]

'Failed?'

Suho's eyes narrowed.

He wasn't too surprised because he expected failure to some extent.

Shadow release increases the probability of release failure in proportion to the target's ability
level.

Lee Minseong was an A-Class hunter with much more mana power than Suho, and the latter
did not fight alone to win in the first place.

'That's why he's more coveted.'

Suho remembered.

Lee Minseong, the strongest lancer, was developed by Queen Bee Arsha with great care.

Even so, if he could reap that arrogant fellow who voluntarily escaped from the Queen Bee for
his own purposes as his own soldier, the thought alone made his heart swell.

'Two chances left...'

After taking a deep breath, Suho calmly attempted the second release.

"Arise."

Ring!

[Shadow release failed.]

[You have one more chance left.]

"..."

'I'm getting dizzy.'.

He expected it, but he couldn't help but be nervous when there was only one chance left.

Aaaaaaaaah!

Even at that moment, Lee Minseong was struggling to get out of the black smoke.
'Do you want to come out too?'

He felt his eagerness.

Suho's eyes grew serious.

'You must have been jealous of my shadow lancers.'

Lee Minseong had shown jealousy when he saw the lancers who resurrected even if they died
while fighting him.

-Why didn't the Queen Bee give me the ability to regenerate! Could it be that she was afraid that
I would become too strong?!

He was seriously mistaken.

In the first place, that power was not something a Queen Bee could give.

'Come to me. I'll make you the strongest lancer.'

Suho's eyes flashed with strong will.

"Arise!"

That moment.

Aaaah-!

Minsung roared and came out of the black smoke.

Then, the black smoke that followed began to form a body that was not yet completed.

[Shadow release succeeded.]

"Finally!"

Suho bursted into relief.

However, it did not seem to be a complete resurrection.

[A strong desire led to the fighting spirit of the dead.]

[However, the power of the shadow soldier is weakened because the dead's stats are too high
compared to the caster's.]

[The level of the shadow starts at 2.]

'Weakened to level 2?'

Suho made a puzzled expression.

What level was it originally?

[?? Lv.2]

Knight Class

Thud.

Eventually, a lancer made of black steam landed on one knee in front of Suho and bowed his
head.

[Greetings to my master.]

"Huh? You can talk?"

[Ehh?]

Suho and Beru's eyes widened at the same time.

The other Shadow Lancers couldn't speak. Only this one had that ability.𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Is it because it's a Knight Class?"

[I-I don't think so. In order to be able to speak normally, you need to be at least General Class...
Or was it really necessary?]

Beru too looked perplexed.

[Hmm. Maybe it's because Young Master has been playing with the shadow soldiers since he
started babbling...]

In the end, they can only speculate on the effects of talent and early education.

Ring.
[Names can be given to soldiers of knight class or higher.]

[The given name remains until the shadow disappears.]

[Please specify the soldier's name.]

Suho pondered for a moment.

'Name...'

The name Lee Minseong was so infamous that he did not want to use it as it was.

'Alright. Since Lee Minseong wanted to succeed Querehsha...'

"Quay."

[Do you want to use 'Quay'?]

"Yeah."

As soon as Suho finished speaking, a new name was engraved instead of the question mark
above the shadow lancer's head.

[Quay Lv.2]

Knight Class

[Thank you for the great name.]

Lee Minseong, who was born again under the name of Quay, smiled faintly and stood up.

When he was alive, long poisonous needles sprouted like spears in both hands instead of his
hands, but now that he was born again, only one poisonous needle was attached to it, and the
other hand was a normal hand.

'Is it because I only cut off one arm?'

While taking a look at Quay, Beru flew up and mocked Lee Minseong.

[Kehehe. I feel sorry for you. A guy who was once so strong was only a level 2 knight now.]

However, Quay only snorted at Beru's provocation.

[Ha. I can't believe this. You, of all people, dare to laugh at me?]
[Ehh.]

Beru's ego was pierced and he flinched.

[Beru Lv.1]

Pawn Class

For reference, the current mini Beru's rating was far below.

[T-This is not my real self!]

[The same goes for me. The important thing is the present, right?]

[What!? How dare the distant successor speak back?!]

[Says the pawn.]

[...!]

Beru was genuinely enraged, and Quay indifferently looked at him with arms crossed.

In the middle of a bloody nerve war between the two, Suho said a word.

"Quay."

[Yes, Master. What is it?]

"Show some respect to the elderly."

[Elderly?!]

Quay's eyes widened in surprise at those words.

However, the body had already obeyed the command and immediately bowed his head.

[Young Master! Why are you...!]

"Beru is like the uncle who raised me. You'll get in trouble if you mess around."

[Young Master-! Kehehehe!]

Beru flew in with tears of emotion and clung to Suho's head.

At the same time, he glanced at Quay with a side eye and began to chuckle coolly.

[Looking at it now, you're level 2 because you're number 2!]

[Pft.]

As if those words touched the wrath, Quay's face crumpled as if he hit his head on the floor.

[... We'll see, you bastard.]

It seemed that the war of nerves between the two would continue.

***

[Hmm. A pretty useful looking soldier. Where did you get this guy from?]

Ammut, whi was watching what Suho was doing from the side, was looking over at Quay
amusingly.

Suho told him everything that had happened that day, and Ammut bursted out laughing when he
heard the story.

[You still have a long way to go. You mean you struggled because of just a few bugs?]

"There weren't just a few. Even Master would have had a hard time, I bet."

[Sounds funny. Even if hundreds or millions of those bugs come at once, they can't do any
damage to me.]

It was not an exaggeration.

Ammut's thick skin is a kind of full body armor itself made of steel.

With that solid defensive power, he would have ignored all attacks, strode towards the captain
and trample him on.

"I have more questions other than that."

[What?]

Suho remembered himself during the last battle that took place that day.

"It would be quicker to show you. Look at this."

Swoosh!

[Use 'Skill: Spiritual Body Manifestation'.]

Suho raised his sword and casted the Spiritual Body Manifestation technique.

A black aura flowed through his arms and wrists and drew sword energy from the blade.

Seeing that, Ammut's eyes flashed.

[Woah. It's quite good. Extending the Spiritual Body Manifestation technique to weapons!]

"Was this originally possible?"

[Of course, but Tarnak couldn't do it.]

"It was something that even an Iron Body Monarch couldn't do?"

Suho was surprised at Ammut's unexpected answer.

Ammut smiled meaningfully and stared at Suho intently.

[Yes. Since he was a goblin from birth, the only thing he could do was to strengthen his body.
Actually, that alone was good enough, but you are different.]

Suho was not a goblin, but the son of a Shadow Monarch.

[If the starting point is different, the result is bound to be different. I'm curious too. What kind of
monster will you turn into if you master Spiritual Body Manifestation!]

Swoosh!

At that moment, Ammut's body grew larger and began to transform into a spiritual body.

[If you're done with your business, let's start training now!]

"Wait a minute! I'm not yet ready...!"

The heavy gravitational field pressed down on Suho.

A workout- No, a daily quest that was harder than fighting Querehsha had begun.

Chapter 80: Chapter 79

Hyeonmu Guild 2nd Management Division.

"Hmm. Where did I see him? I'm sure I've seen him somewhere..."

Hyeonmu Guild's Section Chief Lee Youngho had been immersed in thought since earlier while
watching the video of the large-scale disaster filmed by a drone.

In the paused video, three hunters were captured soaring towards the hive with black wings
spread.

Two of them were the famous Lim Taegyu and Baek Miho, so he could recognize them. The
problem was the other one.

The identity of the third hunter was not known yet.

"It seems that Baekho Guild and the Reaper Guild are controlling the information."

"Yes. Accordingly, they are responding to reporters' requests with thorough silence."

"That means..."

"Yes."

In an instant, Section Chief Lee Youngho and his subordinates nodded their heads to each other
with eyes filled with confidence.

"That means they haven't recruited that hunter yet."

"I think so, too. If they already got him, there's no reason to hide the information. Rather, it will
be widely publicized and used to promote their guild."

"Of course. Wing buffs are rare."

As far as known, Lim Taegyu and Baek Miho did not have the skill to grow wings.

If so, it was the third hunter who gave the buff. The strategic value of a hunter who could give
others the ability to fly was enormous, regardless of class.

Rather, the lower the rating, the better.

Low cost but high value for money.

"We have to somehow recruit this useful guy before other guilds snatch him away. In particular,
he should never be in the Baekho Guild."
Baekho Guild was famous for recruiting only hunters with Beast Transformation skills, but
healers and buff hunters were exceptions.

Since that hunter has a wing ability, there was a high possibility that it was included as a Beast
Transformation skill.

Baekho Guild would surely not miss the chance no matter what.

"First of all, make a contract. Meanwhile, I'll try to figure out his identity somehow."

"What about the offer?"

"We're not playing here. Leave the deposit item blank for now. If he's someone who just
awakened, we should try to offer him as much as we can."

"Hehe. Alright. But how will you find out who he is?"

"With my head."

Chief Lee Youngho pressed his forehead with two fingers as if he were using superpowers, and
his eyes flashed.

"You know what? Before Cataclysm, I was a hairdresser. I remembered every face and name of
every customer who had ever passed me by."

"... Here we go again."

With the same repertoire every time, the subordinate shook his head and went back to his seat.

However, Lee Youngho believed in his sharp memory.

"I've seen him. It's definitely a face in my memory. What have I missed..."

In his head, countless hunters' faces began to unfold like a panorama.

'I haven't met him in person. If I did, I would have remembered right away. Was it a face I saw
on HunterNet or on the news? ...Ah!'

"I remember now!"

Section Chief Lee Youngho suddenly jumped out of his seat with bloodshot eyes.

"That's him! That E-Class summoning hunter who dared to knock us down!"
"What? An E-Class Hunter?"

The subordinate who was printing the contract next to him tilted his head and asked.

"Yes, punk! Hahaha! Also, don't you know me?! It's only been a month, so how can I forget it?!"

The employee still looked puzzled at the words of the section chief.

"Chief, are you sure? If he's really E-Class, how did he get 3 people to fly, even if it's a skill?
Wouldn't he run out of mana and fall?"

"That's what we need to figure out. Regardless of the method, make sure to recruit him! The
other guilds will also have their eyes on him right now, so hurry up!"

"We're working overtime again today."

***

Meanwhile, the Baekho Guild was having a hard time because of Suho.

"Vice President, other guilds keep asking for the identity of 'that hunter', what should we do?"

"Just pretend you don't know."

"That's kind of... weird. Since his face is already widely known... They must be looking for each
of the C-Class hunters in the Seoul area to check, too."

"... Try to hold out until we recruit him first."

Baek Miho had been holding on to her cell phone with a nervous expression on her face.

However, no matter how many times she tried to call Suho, he wouldn't answer.

-Are you sleeping? If you see this text...

She had already sent a text message, but even if she waited long enough, she never got a
reply.

"He didn't give me a wrong number, did he?"

If he did, someone else would have received it.

"Or maybe... Did he block me?"

No, it can't be!

That didn't even make sense.

"Yeah. There's no reason to block me, right? We fought together as colleagues... I even carried
him on my back? Oh wait! Could it be that President Lim Taegyu already took him?"

Baek Miho's eyes raged when he thought of Lim Taegyu.

If they were colleagues who fought together, Lim Taegyu was the same.

That guild already went into hell due to the incident, and it was no exaggeration to say that they
were completely ruined financially.

Even just dealing with the situation and paying compensation to the casualties would have cost
an astronomical amount.

'It's not impossible though. President Lim Taegyu himself is an S-Class hunter.'

A hunter's true strength comes from force, not money.

Even if all the hunters of the Reaper Guild left, it could be built again as long as Lim Taegyu, an
S-Class hunter, was there.

Either rebuild the guild or start a new guild.

In such a situation, Lim Taegyu would never want to miss out on that outstanding hunter named
Sung Suho.

"... Vice President?"

Baek Miho was muttering to herself with an anxious expression when the personnel manager of
Baekho Guild spoke.

"Was this hunter Sung Suho really that great? Even though the wing buff is rare, I heard that he
is only a C-Class hunter?"

"He's not just a C-Class."

Baek Miho said firmly.

"It doesn't matter if it's his hunter level or a wing buff. Hunter Sung Suho..."
Other guilds didn't know anything right now.

The only reason they care about Suho is probably because of the wing buff.

Or maybe because he was the only hunter who could be recruited among the three who
stopped the disaster.

Since they couldn't recruit Lim Taegyu or herself, their purpose was to take the other one and
use him to promote their guild.

But Baek Miho was different.

She watched Suho's battle closer than anyone else.

In the scene of a bloody battle...

"He is.. someone who should not be taken away by anyone."

***

[13 missed calls]

"What's with this many calls?"

Suho, who managed to get out of the shadow dungeon after completing the difficult daily quest,
checked his phone.

Half of them were Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu's numbers, and the other half were unknown
numbers.

[Kehehe! How wonderful! Young Master's popularity is overwhelming!]

"Calm down. It's not that much."

While eight-legged Beru was spinning and bursting into a frenzy of joy, Quay skillfully turned on
the computer and showed Suho the news on the Internet.

[Master, would you like to see this? It seems that the Master's face has spread through various
media this time.]

"Hmm. I see."

The Internet was burning hot because of the disaster caused by Lee Minseong.
Of course, there had been many news about Suho until now, but most of them knew him as
Beast King Crow because he was wearing a crow mask.

This time, things were very different.

Since the famous Baek Miho and Lim Taegyu were right next to him, Suho's face was also
widely publicized.

Quay, who was watching Suho's reaction from the side, quickly knelt down and begged.

[I have committed a mortal sin! It looks like you're having trouble dealing with what I've done this
time!]

[Ehh! Raise your head, sinner! And die!]

Beru cut Quay's head at this time, but it quickly got back together and Suho's mana was
drained.

Quay didn't even care about Beru and just looked at Suho.

[Sorry but... were you hiding your identity?]

"No, it's not really like that."

[Khm. Right now, Young Master is quietly developing his strength. It's because there could be
apostles from outer space acting secretly on Earth.]

His eyes flashed meaningfully and he opened his mouth.

[Even at this moment, far away in space, His Majesty is fighting a fierce war with outer powers.
The fact that the gate opened on Earth was also something they did to target our backline.]

Beru gave a long speech to the newcomer, Quay, about the truth going on in the outside
universe.

Quay nodded and looked over at his senior with a serious face.

He was quick to understand because he had already instinctively realized the truth about the
monarchs to some extent after being turned into a worker by the Queen Bee.

[... Right. So, are the flying insects roaming around here also the apostles of outer space?]

[No, those are real flying insects.]

[Is that so?]

In fact, from the moment they came out of the Shadow Dungeon, there were beings that
disturbed Beru and Quay's senses.

Today, unfamiliar entities were being felt near Suho's house.

[Young Master, why are there flying insects outside the house?]

"Hmm."

Suho opened the window and checked outside.

People whom he felt mana power with were watching that side of the alley.

A light flashed in Suho's eyes.

"Hunters."

[Seeing that they are secretly wary of each other, it seems like they came from different groups
and places.]

[Master, there are some faces I know among them. Apparently, those guys are like scouts from
guilds who came to recruit Master.]

"They found out my personal information so quickly?"

Suho was a little surprised.

It's only been a day since the case was solved, but he didn't know they'd already found out
where he lived and came to find him.

[Because that's what they do. Since your face was shown, they probably spent all night scouring
HunterNet or Association information.]

Swish.

Just then, the sound of the wind came from outside the window.

When Suho did not come out of the house no matter how long they waited, someone launched
a drone with a camera on it.

Then, as if the others didn't want to lose, they started to take out drones as well.
They seemed to be checking through the window to see if Suho was inside the house.

"What the... Even drones?"

Suho frowned.

"Are hunters not given any privacy at all?"

[After the cataclysm, the world is in a state of emergency, so they tend to ignore minor laws.]

[Keeek! The villain will take care of it right away!]

"Don't do it."

Suho pulled Beru's antennae as he was about to jump out.

Beru groaned while clinging to his hand.

[If you draw too much public attention, there is a risk that the existence of Master will be
exposed to unknown outer apostles.]

"If true outer apostles exist, it seems that I have already been exposed. Besides, shouldn't it be
known that I am the son of the Shadow Monarch anyway?"

[That's right, but still...]

Suho had no intention of leaving them alone.

'Ruler's Power.'

As Suho stretched out his hand, an invisible hand crushed all the drones that were flying in the
air.

Swoosh!

Smash!

"W-What?!"

"Why did it suddenly-!"

As their drones exploded one after another, the scouts hiding in the alley were extremely
perplexed.
[Those flying insects shouldn't go away with this. Show me what you saw.]

Right then.

Bzzt-

Suho's cell phone vibrated.

"Who is this again... Hmm?"

Suho's eyes widened as he checked his phone with an annoyed expression.

[Uncle]

"Uncle?"

Suho's uncle.

The call came from 'Yoo Jinho', the husband of his father's only sister.

Yoo Jinho was an adult Suho was grateful to as he had been taking care of Suho ever since his
parents went missing.

"... He must have seen the news."

A troubled look appeared on Suho's face.

He was already worried about how much explanation he would make.