Solo Resurrection

Chapter 94 – It’s Easy, Right? (2)

B-rank dungeon ‘Panath’s Jungle’

“If you’re scared, you can still back out.”

“I’ll back out if you admit it and give me 10 million won.”

Jeong Jae-seon and Kim Yeon-su bickered while hiding in the bushes.

“Shh. Be quiet. We’re screwed if we get caught. For real.”

Jeong Jae-seon and Kim Yeon-su usually hunted in D-rank dungeons.

Although ‘Panath’s Jungle’ was said to have weaker monsters compared to other B-rank dungeons, it was by no means a level where they could feel at ease.

“Kyaaaaaah-!”

“Ugh!”

At that moment, a terrible scream was heard.

It was the scream of Panath, the dungeon’s boss monster.

The two silently trembled at the ferocity that felt like it was cutting their skin just by hearing it.

“Doesn’t it sound like it’s getting closer?”

“That won’t happen, so just stay quiet.”

The reason ‘Panath’s Jungle’ was B-rank was solely because of that boss monster, Panath.

It was a powerful giant monster that had already torn apart numerous raid parties.

Among the victims were even mid-tier guilds that had perfectly conquered C-rank dungeons.

“If we get caught, we’re just dead!”

“I know that too. Please shut up.”

Unlike other boss monsters, Panath didn’t guard a core.

This meant there was no fixed spawn area usually called a boss room.

In other words, this entire dungeon was its territory. It was essentially one big boss room.

“When is Kang Hyeon coming?”

“Wait. He’ll be here soon.”

“Is that friend of yours in the Badass Guild reliable?”

“Of course! Man!”

Jeong Jae-seon snapped at Kim Yeon-su’s suspicious gaze.

“He definitely said they’re coming to Panath’s Jungle. They left around the same time as us, so they should arrive soon.”

Despite Jeong Jae-seon’s words, Kim Yeon-su’s stern face showed no signs of relaxing.

“Kuku. Are you that scared?”

“I’m not scared, I’m just worried I won’t get your money because Kang Hyeon won’t show up.”

Kim Yeon-su puffed out his chest, trying to act tough at Jeong Jae-seon’s words.

-Whoosh!

Just then.

Light burst out as the dungeon gate a little distance from them opened.

‘They’re here!’

Four men and women appeared from there.

Guild Master Kang Hyeon and Vice Guild Masters An Yu-seong and Shin Seong-a.

‘Yoon Na-rae is much prettier in person…’

‘I heard she’s younger than me.’

The remaining one was clearly Yoon Na-rae, the executive who was becoming popular these days.

“Shall we start today energetically?!”

“Yeah…”

Kang Hyeon, who had entered the dungeon, shouted brightly. However, the others’ reactions were far from enthusiastic.

Jeong Jae-seon tilted his head, seeing their expressions that clearly showed their annoyance.

‘What’s this? Is Kang Hyeon’s position not as solid as I thought…?’

Usually, a guild master holds absolute authority within the guild.

It was rare to see such a lack of response to the guild master’s words.

“Alright, turn on the camera. Ready?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. Cue!”

Shin Seong-a turned on the camera and started filming Kang Hyeon.

“Hello everyone! This is Kang Hyeon, the master of Badass Guild.”

Kang Hyeon’s first videos were extremely awkward.

It was natural since they did everything from planning to filming to hosting without any help, just as they wanted.

“Today’s video is, as previewed last time, none other than!”

“Drum roll…”

As Kang Hyeon dragged out his words, Yoon Na-rae made her usual mouth sound effects.

It was entertaining to watch because she was clearly showing that she really didn’t want to do it but was forced to.

“An ogre strategy video!”

-Clap clap clap clap.

Followed by half-hearted applause.

‘It’s even funnier seeing it in person.’

But their unadorned appearance unexpectedly led to good reactions.

That’s why Kang Hyeon firmly rejected the government’s offer to provide professionals and continued to produce videos as he wanted.

“I think there’s probably no one who doesn’t know about ogres. Because they’re like the epitome of monsters! Huge, ugly, and very strong ogres!”

“…”

“They’re quite dangerous, but because they appear frequently in various dungeons, we’ve taken the risk to produce this strategy video.”

“Wooow…”

Kang Hyeon briefly struck a pose as if savoring the cheers directed at him.

“Alright. Now, shall we go find an ogre?”

And he immediately entered the jungle with his companions.

Jeong Jae-seon and Kim Yeon-su quietly followed behind them.

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“Shh! There’s an ogre over there, everyone.”

Kang Hyeon, with his finger on his nose, looked ahead with a serious expression.

The camera slowly moved to capture a giant green monster.

“Now I’ll begin the strategy. And!”

“…?”

“I heard there are people copying our videos these days… You must absolutely not copy this video. Not with ogres. You’ll really die.”

As if responding to Kang Hyeon’s words, Shin Seong-a moved the camera angle up and down.

“Then let’s go.”

Kang Hyeon nodded with a solemn expression and approached the ogre.

“Uooh?”

The ogre tilted its head, seeing Kang Hyeon calmly walking towards it.

“Hmm, this one seems unusually big?”

As Kang Hyeon said, the ogre was exceptionally huge.

Ogres are known to be around 3.5 meters tall on average, but the one in front of Kang Hyeon seemed to be over 4 meters tall.

“Shit, of all the ones to run into…”

Kang Hyeon frowned for a moment, then suddenly changed his expression as he looked at the camera.

“Everyone, can you see well?! This one is particularly large compared to other ogres.”

Kang Hyeon spoke while looking at the camera, with his back turned to the ogre.

‘What are you doing…? It’s dangerous!’

Behind him, the ogre could be seen lifting a log.

Jeong Jae-seon’s fists clenched tightly in tension.

“It looks very strong. Very suitable for this shoot… Kuek!”

The massive log struck Kang Hyeon directly.

-Thud, thud! Boom!

Hit by the log swung by the ogre, Kang Hyeon flew through the air, smashing through several small trees before crashing into a boulder.

Jeong Jae-seon and Kim Yeon-su’s eyes widened at the sight.

‘Fuck… What the hell!?’

‘He’s dead. Surely dead!’

There was no way he could have survived.

Even a skilled ability user would perish from a bare-handed hit from an ogre.

But this was a direct hit from a log swung with full force by an ogre much larger than usual.

“Even if it’s Kang Hyeon, this is…”

That’s when it happened.

“Cough, cough!”

A coughing sound came from the boulder where Kang Hyeon had crashed.

“Ow, that hurts more than I expected. Everyone, this is how dangerous ogres are.”

Kang Hyeon walked out calmly, rubbing his shoulder with a pained expression, as if he were really hurt.

“Now, let’s start the strategy.”

“Uwooooh!”

The ogre seemed enraged that its attack had no effect.

It threw away the log it was holding and charged at Kang Hyeon.

-Thump, thump, thump!

The ground trembled slightly with each step the creature took.

“Uooh!”

In an instant, it approached and raised its fist, larger than Kang Hyeon’s head.

“The strategy is simple.”

And it swung its fist towards Kang Hyeon’s head at incredible speed.

“Haap!”

Kang Hyeon shouted and stretched out his hand to catch the ogre’s fist.

-Screech…

Immense body and speed that didn’t match its size.

Kang Hyeon’s two legs, firmly planted on the ground, kept sliding back from the tremendous force packed in the ogre’s fist.

“First, grab its hand.”

But Kang Hyeon’s face remained calm.

Eventually, he succeeded in stopping the creature several times his size.

“Huaaah!”

“Uooh!”

Kang Hyeon began a test of strength with the ogre right there.

A battle of strength between a human and a giant monster.

The winner was the human monster, Kang Hyeon.

“Uwoooh!”

The ogre, its wrist twisted by Kang Hyeon, let out a pain-filled scream.

Naturally, its body twisted and fell to its knees.

“Twist the wrist like this.”

Kang Hyeon used this opportunity to slam it to the ground.

-Crash!

A clean shoulder throw.

“After slamming it to the ground.”

“Uooh…?!”

The ogre was completely disoriented.

It had been overpowered by a human much smaller than itself.

And not only that, it had been lifted and slammed to the ground.

“One puuuunch!”

Kang Hyeon, who had somehow moved next to the creature’s head, raised his fist.

His furrowed brow and the veins bulging in his neck showed he was using all his strength.

“Hah!”

-Smash!

Kang Hyeon’s large, solid fist connected with the ogre’s jaw.

“Like this, cleanly blow away its snout.”

That was the end.

The ogre, with half its head blown off, died without even making a sound.

“Easy, right?”

Jeong Jae-seon and Kim Yeon-su, watching from afar, had their jaws nearly touching the ground.

“Bring me 10 million won.”

“Ah…”

Kim Yeon-su nodded obediently at Jeong Jae-seon’s words.

“But seeing it in person somehow makes it feel even less real.”

“Yeah…”

Not only did he remain unharmed after being hit by the ogre, but he also overpowered it with strength.

And then the head exploding from one punch.

“What do you think would happen if our entire guild attacked together?”

“What, against Kang Hyeon?”

“Yeah.”

“Do you think we’d stand a chance?”

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Kang Hyeon looked around after finishing off the ogre.

“Is something wrong?”

“No.”

He shook his head lightly at Shin Seong-a’s question.

‘What are those guys up to?’

At first, he thought they were monsters.

But as time passed, he became certain.

Someone was watching him.

‘What do they want with me? Their magical power is too weak to be assassins… No. They might have items or skills to hide their magic.’

Nothing was certain in this situation.

‘It would’ve been better if they just came out and attacked…’

They were clearly waiting for him in this dungeon.

Yet they continued to hide and only watch.

‘Let’s see who wins.’

Kang Hyeon organized his thoughts and called for Yoon Na-rae.

“Loli otaku.”

“I told you not to call me that!”

“Alright, alright. Bring the next monster. Let’s finish the ogre video and go back.”

“Bro, what about the boss?”

An Yu-seong’s brow furrowed at the mention of leaving after defeating the ogre.

“We came to a dungeon and you’re leaving without fighting the boss?”

“Don’t you know how famous the boss here is? How can we fight without preparation?”

“Since when did you ever prepare?”

“What did you say?”

An Yu-seong openly showed an expression of disbelief.

“If you’re scared, just say you’re scared. Don’t make such lame excuses.”

An Yu-seong was provoking him, but Kang Hyeon deliberately ignored it.

Honestly, it was true that he hadn’t really prepared for strategies before.

“Sigh…”

Kang Hyeon sighed and leaned against a tree trunk.

“By the way, why isn’t the loli otaku back yet?”

Quite some time had passed since Yoon Na-rae left. But only the calm sound of insects could be heard from the forest.

“She seems to be delayed looking for an ogre. This dungeon is home to various monsters besides ogres.”

“That’s strange. Didn’t they say there were tons of ogres here?”

“That’s right. But ogres themselves aren’t that common, are they?”

“True… Then was the first one we found just luck?”

They had encountered the first one less than 5 minutes after entering the forest.

And it was much larger than other ogres at that.

“Tch. I guess that talk about ogre colonies was bullshit.”

Generally, ogres live in family units or individually.

But this dungeon was said to have so many ogres that people joked about there being ogre colonies.

“It was certainly said to be like that…”

Just as Kang Hyeon’s patience was running out,

-Thud thud thud thud…

The ground began to shake.

“Huh?”

At the same time, he felt an enormous amount of magical power rapidly approaching.

“Uh…Everyone get ready.”

Kang Hyeon sensed it.

Something had gone wrong.

“Uoooooh!!!”

Yoon Na-rae, who should have returned with just one ogre.

Behind her, frantically running through the air, was what looked like a hundred-strong army of ogres.

“Damn it! I said bring just one!”

“You think I want to be in this situation?!”

“Shut up!”

A hundred ogres.

Even Kang Hyeon couldn’t help but get serious.

“Uhhhhk!”

Just then, a scream erupted from behind Kang Hyeon.

“Those guys…”

“O-ogre army! Save me! No, please save us!”

It was the source of the magical power that had been watching him all this time.

“Who are you guys?”

“We’re sorry. Please spare us!”

The two men were in a complete state of panic at the overwhelming sight of the ogre army.

‘No matter how I look at it, they don’t seem like assassins, spies, or killers…’

After pondering for a moment, Kang Hyeon grabbed them and threw them to Shin Seong-a.

“Take these guys and hide. The camera’s expensive, so take good care of it.”

“Understood.”

Shin Seong-a nodded, grabbed the men by their necks, and disappeared into the trees.

“They’re coming! Get ready!”

By then, the ogres had come right up to their faces.

“Hahaha! I told you it’s fun to hang out with you, bro!”

Kang Hyeon wanted to snap at him but held back.

“Yoon Na-rae, we’ll deal with you later!”

As Kang Hyeon’s irritation peaked, Yoon Na-rae brushed past him, and

“Uooh, uooh, uoooooh!”

Kang Hyeon clashed with the ogre army.