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Chapter 263: Harpy Kingdom Revival 3

TL/Editor: Raei

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The dim tunnel was slightly different from one carved out by Vacuum Stones.

A tunnel burrowed by a giant bug wouldn't be the same as one made with cutting-edge magical technology.

The wave patterns that formed on the walls with its steps and jaw movements.

Given its size, the marks left by the bug gnawing at the rock looked like a beast's claw marks magnified tens of times.

"The bugs, they crawl slowly but dig tunnels quickly?"

"Maybe this tunnel was pre-dug. They might have just run into the tunnel farthest from the boss monster in a panic."

"If we're talking speed, they wouldn't catch up to even a child."

The lengthy tunnel couldn't have been dug in just a day, let alone a few hours to escape the boss.

It was clearly shaped over a long time as bugs gnawed through the rock.

The group, relying on Han Se-ah's light magic and walking ahead, noticed this as well.

After all, they had seen how slowly the ground insects approached, hadn't they?

Considering those slow creatures eventually managed to demolish the city, perhaps the stone dwarves' cannons were weaker in firepower than expected.

The story goes that the bugs endured magic and cannon fire with their bodies, creeping steadily towards the city until the mages ran out of mana and couldn't hold them back any longer.

"What will we do if we find the creature that demolished the city at the end of this tunnel?"

"I'm just looking today. I don't think we can take down that big thing with one hit on our own. If we can cut off its shell or tentacles, it might be best to stuff them in our inventory and request an analysis from the Magic Tower."

"True, fighting an unknown enemy is madness. A hunter should always understand their prey's habits."

Naturally, the conversation drifted to stories about the boss monster.

Whether it was the mid-boss on the 45th floor or maybe the boss monster of the 50th floor that had crawled down here, the undeniable fact was its enormity.

Facing a giant monster capable of crushing a city with its body required courage, not just confidence.

Grace, though not exactly scared, was quite tense, nodding at Han Se-ah's words.

Given the Magic Tower's abilities, there was a belief that the tower's analysis would provide answers.

"Up ahead, something's coming."

"Is it an insect?"

"...No, it's something fast!"

With Grace's shout, a chilling sensation was felt.

An almost instinctual warning crawled up my spine, prompting me to unknowingly step forward with my shield raised.

Something sliced through the air from the other end of the tunnel, where there should be no flow of wind, rushing towards us with a speed utterly different from the ground-crawling insects, as if to say this tunnel was not a mere tunnel, but a subway station, cutting through the wind.

Dark gray tentacles, almost black, flew in like siege rams, pounding against the shield with a thud.

"Ugh!"

"Tentacles? Is it that thing?"

At first glance, they looked like squid tentacles.

The elongated tentacles were slightly more swollen and thicker at the tips, resembling hammers.

Despite blocking it perfectly with the shield and not taking any damage, my body instinctively stepped back, grinding against the tunnel floor.

No matter how strong I am, I can't use weights like martial artists to counteract the force; the difference in weight was unavoidable.

But there was no way these tentacles could snatch my shield away.

Both I, gasping from the sudden impact, and the tentacle, which took some reflective damage, didn't suffer any real harm; what remained was a test of strength.

"It's grabbed onto the shield! Cut it off!"

Thinking it resembled a squid's tentacle was spot on, as it tried to snatch my shield away, gripping it tightly like a mountain goat caught in its grasp.

But if I could withstand a charged attack weighted with force and acceleration, there's no way I wouldn't withstand its grabbing and pulling.

Planting my feet firmly and lowering my posture, I resisted in place as if in a tug of war, causing the tentacle to hesitate.

Whether out of greed or because it had tiny suction cups, the tentacle refused to let go of the shield, wriggling.

Its punishment was a slash from Katie, glowing with aura.

"Damn, tough!"

A beautiful aura with cold attributes lit up the dark cave as it fell straight down.

A clean strike from a 5 swordsman who had reached a higher realm.

Still, the tentacle, not completely severed, showed the resilience of a mid-boss monster, indicating how tough its body was.

It was absurd that an aura sharp enough to slice through steel pillars couldn't cut through mere flesh.

Me, engaged in a power struggle with the tentacle holding my shield; Katie, attempting to cut through the tentacle with her aura and failing; and the boss monster, not even trying to retract its tentacle.

"Ah, Goddess above!"

"What the hell is this?!"

The standoff was nearly broken by a tentacle that shot out from the darkness.

A thin tentacle aiming straight for Katie's side, swift as an arrow.

It was what I thought looked like an insect's antenna after seeing Lili's drawing.

Sticky, thick tentacles for grabbing and thin, pointed tentacles for piercing.

A giant monster with hundreds of these.

Thanks to Irene's quick use of a protective spell, Katie avoided becoming skewered, but the boss's strike wasn't completely nullified by the shield.

The pointed tentacle tapped lightly on the slightly cracked shield.

"Damn it... Katie! Roland! Close your eyes!"

"What? Uh, what?!"

While Katie and I were dealing with the tentacles, Grace was stuffing arrows into any opening Katie made, and Irene had saved Katie with a protective spell.

As the chat was flooded with questions on what our hero was doing, Han Se-ah quickly pulled out several items from her inventory and cast Gust of Wind.

As a log-thick tentacle flew towards us, the whirlwind she created blew in the opposite direction.

Small glass bottles, launched from Han Se-ah's hand over my head, naturally landed on the half-severed tentacle.

The shriek that followed was ear-piercing.

"F*ck, what the hell is this?"

Ignoring the warning to close my eyes, I was taken by surprise when ochre smoke billowed as if a smoke bomb had exploded.

The ochre gas, looking toxic, the thick tentacles dissolving and bubbling away, and the thin tentacles that stopped tapping the barrier only to bang on the ground and hastily retreat.

I almost dropped my shield due to the creature's convulsions.

The creature, which had shown no reaction to being partially severed, now threw a fit that echoed down the tunnel.

Its roar was so loud, it made a train horn sound like a baby's babble.

It made one wonder what kind of vicious substance had been thrown to cause such a reaction.

Curiosity wasn't mine alone; Grace, who had just used all her alchemical arrows, quietly approached Han Se-ah and asked.

"What did you throw, Han Se-ah?"

"Oh, that... There's an alchemical catalyst that dissolves proteins. It seemed like the tentacle was tough, but it doesn't have immunity to that kind of thing."

"It works better than aura. I'll have to prepare a lot of that."

-Hero's ultimate move: Sulfuric Acid Spray

-Are you really a hero?

-Sulfuric acid terrorism is something not even the worst criminals do

-Look at our hero quietly saving the day. Insane skills

-So, no magic works against giant tentacles, just pour sulfuric acid on it?

-Honestly, didn't seem like spark or fire would do anything to that size...

-Our hero's ultimate move is sulfuric acid terrorism, scary as f*ck

It looks like we've definitely found a weakness.

...Though, I wonder if there's any creature that wouldn't have that as a weakness.

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Raei Translations

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Setting aside the viewers' skepticism, Han Se-ah's actions could definitely be called a heroic feat.

The thin tentacles, which fled as quickly as they came, were hard and pointed, like they were coated in some insect-like carapace.

In contrast, the thick tentacles were as sticky and wet as squids, lacking any shell.

Despite their thickness and muscular nature, which Katie's aura couldn't cut through, and even after being bombarded with all sorts of alchemical arrows by Grace in that short time, they remained intact.

The creature, which had not been cut or shown it could feel pain, suddenly fled in agony from just a fist-sized bottle of chemicals, revealing a perfect weakness.

It was a significant hint obtained even before handing the research over to the Magic Tower.

"Ice, explosion, flame, petrification, none worked. But what Han Se-ah threw worked perfectly."

"Aura didn't seem to work properly either. It felt like it was tough and sturdy, yet resistant."

In short, while it was immune to most attributes, acid was the creature's weakness.

I remember there being magic related to acidic liquids in the Magic Tower.

Acid tends to work well against non-undead life forms and is used quite frequently.

The Magic Tower has magic for melting rocks, so why wouldn't they have magic for breaking down proteins?

"Amazing, Han Se-ah! You figured out its weakness in such a short time after seeing Grace's alchemical arrows didn't work!"

"Ah, haha... It's nothing, Irene..."

Han Se-ah awkwardly laughed as she collected the tips of the tentacles, which had been sliced by aura, exploded from the half-cut surface, and finally dissolved by strong acid, into her inventory.

Grace and Katie, realizing their attacks had almost no effect, had eyes that were shining brightly, and even Irene, who saved Katie from the brink of death, was lavishing praise on Han Se-ah for dissolving the tentacle...

[Roland's Mighty Aura Greatsword donated 10,000 Won!]

Should I change my fan club nickname to Acid Fan or Sulfuric Fan?

[Tentacle-Hating Acid Terrorist Se-ah donates 50,000 Won!]

We all saw the weakness of the 45th-floor mid-boss, but why is it that of all things?

To the viewers, it looked nothing less than an acid terrorist hurling a bottle of a acid she had on hand.

It looked like leftover catalyst from making alchemical arrows in the stone dwarves' city, but such minor details were of no concern to the thrilled viewers.

The latest meme of Han Se-ah updated from being a kidnapping-brainwashing zealot to an acid sprayer.