Chapter 49

Jun-sang, around that time, was directly assaulting the central control room.

He rushed straight into the area marked with a red exclamation point, and upon discovering a giant crystal pillar surrounded by magic circles, he immediately charged it with Shoulder Charge. Skeleton workers, seemingly laborers, desperately blocked Jun-sang’s path, but without even weapons, these skeleton workers were nothing more than straw dolls to Jun-sang.

CRACK!

He slammed into the crystal pillar with all his might, but the pillar didn’t easily shatter. Instead, only a few of the magic circles that were blinking around it disappeared.

“Hmm…”

However, there was no reason to waste time on an inanimate object that couldn’t escape and lacked any separate self-protection mechanisms. Jun-sang immediately activated Power Strike. He then charged it to full power over 3 seconds and immediately unleashed the concentrated force towards the crystal pillar.

CRASH!

The magic circles that had even withstood Shoulder Charge couldn’t endure the full charge reinforced by the Martial Artist combo. The magic circles vanished like melting snow, leaving the crystal pillar exposed to the explosive force of the Power Strike.

CRACKLE!

Finally, the crystal pillar instantly cracked, then SHATTER! It broke into pieces, scattering in all directions like shards of ice.

“Hoo… Hoo…”

Having used Full Charge twice in a row, Jun-sang was breathing heavily and had to recover his overloaded body first. And finally, as the white, smoke-like aura radiating from his entire body subsided, he regained his breath and checked the quest.

Confirming that he had completed all the hidden quests, Jun-sang gathered the surrounding broken rock fragments into his inventory and began to move towards the final area where the ultimate boss, the evil sorcerer, was waiting.

Exiting the control room and entering a large, plaza-like hall, he saw a figure draped in a black blanket, surrounded by dozens of skeleton soldiers. As Jun-sang appeared, the boss immediately floated into the air and laughed.

“Mwahahahaha! You’ve managed to come this far! But your luck ends now!”

“Tsk…”

Jun-sang lightly clicked his tongue. When the opponent floated into the air like that, it was difficult for Jun-sang’s combat style, which was primarily based on close-quarters combat, to launch an attack. However, Jun-sang had anticipated this situation once he learned that his opponent was a sorcerer.

“Wolfpack.”

Jun-sang summoned his wolves all at once and tasked them with dealing with the skeleton soldiers rushing towards him. He then took out the rock fragments he had stored in his inventory, piled them up, and looked at the boss who was still laughing with a deflated sound in the sky.

“Berserker.”

As the command left his mouth, the previously equipped Martial Artist combo was removed, and the Berserker combo was equipped.

Rampage,Bloodbath (UC),Bloodbath (R),Bloodbath (SR).

With these four cards, ‘Yanthunsen’s Berserker’ was completed! As the Berserker combo was completed, Jun-sang spoke again.

“Open Stone Throw.”

Then, the Berserker combo’s basic attack skill, Twin Strike, was replaced by Stone Throw. With all preparations complete, Jun-sang picked up a pile of rocks beside him and activated the Stone Throw skill towards the boss.

“Mwahaha… H-ACK! COUGH COUGH!”

The boss, seeing Jun-sang throwing stones at him, laughed mockingly. But when the stone flew at the speed of light and struck the shield around his body, he was so flustered that he choked.

“W-what is this?”

The boss was confused. The power of the shield around his body was almost halved by just one stone throw. What was even more alarming was that those terrifying stone throws continued to fly towards him.

“EEK!”

While using a shield, the sorcerer himself couldn’t use offensive magic. No, to be precise, even if he used magic, it would be blocked by his own shield and become useless. So he had lifted himself into the air and released skeleton soldiers to observe the situation, but the intruder in front of him was cornering him instead. He quickly moved aside, and the rock mass that passed the sorcerer struck the semi-circular ceiling with a roar and shattered. The power was so immense that the ceiling shook, and rock dust rained down.

“Tsk.”

Jun-sang clicked his tongue and picked up another rock fragment. He then raised one foot high and made a wind-up motion, using the Stone Throw skill with all his might towards the boss.

WHOOSH!

But despite using the Stone Throw skill, the stone that tore through the air flew towards a spot slightly away from where Jun-sang aimed and again hit the ceiling, shattering.

CRASH!

Seeing the ceiling cracking and shaking as if it would collapse at any moment, the boss couldn’t help but scream in terror.

“You madman! Are you trying to bring the whole thing down?!”

“…”

No matter how much Jun-sang was using a combo that was doubly insane, with a mad dog and a mad warrior, hearing himself called “mad” to his face made him a little angry. So he responded by throwing an even larger stone, even harder, than before! This time, his control seemed to work, and it flew directly towards the boss.

“Gasp!”

The boss hurriedly tried to dodge, but the stone, flying at incredible speed, directly hit the boss’s shield.

CRASH!

The shield, which had already been hit once and was cracking, shattered completely.

“Cough!”

When the magic was forcibly broken, the backlash returned to the sorcerer, striking him, and the internally injured sorcerer clutched his chest, suppressing the pain.

“Y-you… how dare you!”

Since the shield was broken, there was no longer any need to hold back offensive magic. The enraged sorcerer unleashed his specialty, electric magic, towards Jun-sang.

“Hm!”

As powerful electric magic burst from the sorcerer’s hands, Jun-sang quickly rolled to the side to avoid it and then threw another stone. But the stone he threw this time flew in the wrong direction due to his bad posture, hitting the ceiling again.

“Not a chance!”

As Jun-sang’s stone missed badly, the sorcerer shouted triumphantly and began to unleash electric magic with both hands.

ZAP!CRACKLE!

Soon, the surrounding space began to fill with the smell of ozone. Ozone is a harmful gas that is detrimental to the lungs, adversely affects the entire respiratory system, and can lead to death if inhaled for a long time. Jun-sang frowned and continued to throw stones. However, dodging the lightning that literally rained down like arrows while accurately hitting the boss with stones was too difficult for Jun-sang at the moment.

“Kekeke! Die!”

As Jun-sang’s counterattacks continued to miss in the wrong direction, the sorcerer thought he should have done this sooner and continued to indiscriminately unleash electric magic. Now, not only Jun-sang but even the skeleton soldiers and wolves were busy dodging the falling lightning.

“Tsk…”

Jun-sang gritted his teeth and continued to use Stone Throw. It seemed like a meaningless act at first glance, but eventually, his efforts moved heaven. No, to be precise, they shook the ceiling!

“Huh?”

The boss involuntarily raised his head as the amount of falling rock dust suddenly increased. In the boss’s eyes, the sight of a massive rock mass, collapsed due to continuous stone throws, was reflected.

“Oh?”

When a giant truck charges, people sometimes see it clearly but don’t dare to dodge. The same was true for the boss now. The moment he saw the house-sized rock falling towards him, his reason stopped, and by the time he thought “Oh no,” the rock was already crushing his body and slamming down.

KWA-KWANG!

“…”

And when the sorcerer, the summoner, died, the skeleton soldiers moving under his command shattered and fell like debris. Jun-sang silently watched the rock collapse and the boss being crushed underneath. When he heard the sound of a message arriving on his phone, he quickly began to clear away the broken rock fragments.

The good news was that, unlike before, Jun-sang had a 5-minute waiting period. Instead, the two men who had just entered the dungeon entrance received a message announcing the quest completion without knowing why.

Slay the Evil Sorcerer Hidden in the Dungeon.

• An evil sorcerer who has harmed many people intends to create a dungeon. Slay the evil sorcerer before the magic traps are completed.
• [This quest involves multiple participants simultaneously.]
• -> Completed!
  • Your actions and achievements in this quest will be settled. This process will take some time. Please wait a moment.

“Huh?”

Even as the two men were bewildered and didn’t understand why, the messages continued without fail.

Congratulations!

• Your rank is F.
• You contributed less than a fingernail’s worth to the completion of this quest. This kind of performance is problematic. Please try harder.
• Reward: None.

The two men cried out in despair. “What is this supposed to mean?!”

But the quest completion messages continued without fail, and the two men were sent back to their original location without a chance to do anything. They weren’t the only ones in despair.

“Jjong-ah!”

Seo Yu-mi, at least, was spared the fate of an F-rank, perhaps because her actions of defeating a few skeleton soldiers and breaking traps were considered. But even then, she only got an E-rank.

“…”

Jun-sang ignored Seo Yu-mi’s voice from the entrance and continued his work. He quickly cleared away the rock fragments and found the boss’s flattened corpse inside. He hastily found and retrieved the seeds from its head, and then acquired two rings that were on the boss’s fingers. And when all that was done, only then did Jun-sang’s own transfer begin.

As the light enveloping his body disappeared, Jun-sang realized he had arrived back in the alley behind the guesthouse he had left.

“Phew…”

Rock dust, ozone smell… His body, which he had just cleaned, was instantly a mess again. Jun-sang returned to the guesthouse, washed himself thoroughly, changed his clothes, and then came back to his room. Only then did he begin to check the results he had obtained this time.

Slay the Evil Sorcerer Hidden in the Dungeon.

• An evil sorcerer who has harmed many people intends to create a dungeon. Slay the evil sorcerer before the magic traps are completed.
• [This quest involves multiple participants simultaneously.]
• -> Completed!
• (Hidden) Slay the Chimera Sorcerer. (Cooperative) -> Completed!
• (Hidden) Slay the Twin Chimeras. (Cooperative) -> Completed!
• (Hidden) Search for the Hidden Ancient Relic. (Solo) -> Completed!
• (Hidden) Destroy the Central Control Room. (Solo) -> Completed!
  • Your actions and achievements in this quest will be settled. This process will take some time. Please wait a moment.

He could confirm that all four hidden quests, in addition to the main quest, had been successfully completed.

Congratulations!

• Your rank is SSS.
• You performed the objectives of this quest with an unimaginable level of perfection.
• Additional rewards will be given in addition to the basic rewards.
• Reward: Much experience, additional reward box (cooperative) x2, additional reward box (solo) x2, additional reward box (SSS rank) -> Would you like to claim your rewards now? (Y/n) _ (Caution) Unclaimed rewards will be automatically deleted after 7 days.

And as he claimed the rewards, the white light of leveling up once again enveloped Jun-sang’s body and swirled around him.