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Chapter 27
[Translator – Zain]
Chapter 27
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He had returned from around 920 monsters at the tower, but suddenly, the quest was marked as completed.
‘What’s going on?’
Seong Jihan looked down below the tower, specifically at the spot where he had used the Flashing sky thunder steps.
‘It must be because of that.’
Flashing sky thunder steps was the ultimate magic that allowed him to jump great distances at once by transforming his body into lightning just before taking off. The distinctive feature of this technique was the explosive current that surged just before his feet left the ground.
However, a portion of that current still remained in the ground where he had passed through.
Seeing this, Seong Jihan furrowed his brow.
‘It only happened because I still haven’t mastered the technique.’
Originally, when he took off, the current that had spread into the earth should have gathered entirely around him. But since he had triggered the Nameless Divine Arts through the three dantians rather than using it as a skill, the power that had spread into the ground hadn’t gathered perfectly.
‘I’ll need time to practice.’
He’d completed the quest thanks to that, but it was nothing more than unexpected luck from a martial artist’s perspective.
Recognizing his own shortcomings, Seong Jihan patiently awaited the next linked quest.
[You’ve been rewarded with 3,000 achievement points.]
[You’ve unlocked the linked quest ‘The origin of the zombies (2)’.]
Kurrurrur- 𝘯𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
The ground shook violently, causing the zombies that had been relentlessly charging to suddenly stop in their tracks.
Grrr… Rrrr…
The zombie voices that had been echoing across the battlefield abruptly cut off.
A deep silence fell over the land beyond the tower, as well as the other towers, mirroring the situation.
Viewers watching the broadcast were thrown into confusion.
– ????? What’s happening?
– I’m seeing something like this in a zombie map for the first time.
– Is it a Bug?
– Is this on Battle Net? If this is real, isn’t it a monumental event??
Just then.
Kugugugung!
The ground split open, and a massive hand thrust upward.
Each finger was so gigantic that they almost reached the height of the tower. The hand was made of black steel.
From the center of the palm, a mouth formed, and a mournful melody began to resonate, one that could shake the entire battlefield.
Ooohh-!
“…Wha!”
“What in the world is this…?”
The players participating in the game, as well as the viewers watching, were chilled to the bone by the eerie sound.
And then, the horde of zombies began to be sucked into the colossal hand.
Crunch! Squelch!
The hand crushed and kneaded the zombies.
Even though the bones and flesh of the zombies were torn apart with a horrifying noise as they fell to the ground, the fragments of the fallen zombies reassembled into the black hand and gradually formed a massive figure.
And before long, the black hand created ‘something’.
“No… That’s…”
Golden Light’s voice trembled.
A gigantic abomination made of a mix of the blood, flesh, and bones of various creatures.
“Why is a monster like a Flesh Golem, usually seen at Gold-level, here?”
The grotesque form, created by the haphazard assembly of zombie fragments, robbed onlookers of any sense of reality.
And it wasn’t just one.
Crunch-thud! Crunch-thud!
The black hand created a total of seven sections of the Flesh Golem.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!
After emitting a sinister laughter, the hand disappeared into the ground once again.
[You’ve cleared the Defense map, ’10 Towers,’.]
[Bonus Quest has been unlocked.]
Despite there still being seven towers left standing, a message appeared, indicating that all the towers had cleared their missions.
-Bonus Quest?
-There was something like that on the Bronze map?
[Halt the advance of the Flesh Golems created by the ‘Black Hand,’ an apostle of destruction. You can narrow the power gap by utilizing the blessing of the Crystal!]
[Reward – Experience & GP tripled upon mission completion.]
The reward for the bonus mission was straightforward.
Three times the original reward.
‘Crystal gives its blessing?’
‘Then… is it worth trying?’
Since they would consider it a clear regardless, the bonus mission was worth a shot without any hesitation.
As players prepared themselves for battle with determination, something different appeared on Seong Jihan’s quest messages.
[Linked Quest – Origin of the Zombies (2)]
[Defeat the Flesh Golems without the aid of the Crystal.]
[Reward – Achievement Points 10,000 / Crystal Fragment]
‘Defeat the Flesh Golems without the aid of the Crystal?’
[Translator – Zain]
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