Damned 13th Regression – 17



Episode 17 – Cerberus Predation

“Kwaaaaah!”

Hot! Hot!

Ting cupped his face with his hands his fingers pressed together into a lump.

‘I can’t breathe in my throat I can’t breathe.’

The magical heat of the ‘hell lava’ terrain of the boss room attacked the respiratory system. Ting’s tongue esophagus and lungs had already been cooked to medium for a long time.

The boss room was bearable at first. However when the Hell Two-Headed Dog poured out flames from its mouth the lava flowing on the floor spurted out and the room became several times hotter. It was not at a level that could be endured with fire resistance (E).

“Where is Sujeom-gu?”

Dane Ting’s colleague muttered with melted lips.

The crystal ball that X mentioned was nowhere in the boss room. No matter how much I ran around in the four directions or around the corners I could only see lava and pitch-black basalt not a crystal ball.

Wow!

The hellhound which lost one of its heads and became a single-headed dog instead of a double-headed dog trampled on Dane’s waist.

Between the charred leather equipment yellow melted fat and slightly cooked intestines splashed out.

“Radish… this”

Perhaps the heat had reached his brain but in Ting’s eyes the image of the hellhound overlapped with the face of the black chow chow he had raised at home 20 years ago.

“Mui Son….”

Crumbling

When the hellhound obeyed Ting’s words and raised its giant paw Ting saw golden stars falling from the ceiling.

[Activate both sides (D-)]

A golden flash crossed the back of the hellhound’s neck in the blink of an eye. The golden ax spear hit the ground a drop of thread-like lava splashed out and the remaining head of the hellhound fell off.

‘Mui is dead.’

Memories emerged from the face of the dead hellhound with its tongue out. This is what Mui’s face looked like before grilling and eating. It was that day that I first rebelled against my father and it has been 20 years since I decided that I would never be fooled by anyone again.

Ting’s eyes were filled with vitality and anger.

“Where are you using the crystal ball?”

Ting pointed to the man’s face with his pressed hand.

“Oh sorry that’s lame. In fact the terrain damage to the boss room here is divided by the number of people entering the boss room. If I take 100 damage when I come in alone I take about 15 damage when I come in with you. Actually after killing that guy I need to expand my skill authority but I think I’ll be short on navy coins.”

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[The Hell Gate Labyrinth boss ‘Two-Headed Hell Dog’ has been defeated!]

[Raid achievement 1st place 100% Joo Gong-hyeok 2nd place Ting Jie 0%]

[100% damage achieved! Some conditions (1/10) for the title “Perfect Slayer” have been met.]

[You will receive 800 purple coins and 2 navy coins as a reward!]

[The title “Butcher of Hell’s Gate” has been acquired.]

[Please select a reward for clearing the labyrinth.]

[‘Black Fang Steel’ ‘Lava Drop Pierce’ ‘Helldog’s Mask’]

[Achievement ‘Clearing out the entire Hell Gate Labyrinth’…]

[As compensation….]

Several navy blue coins also fell in front of Ting.

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.”

Blood splattered out of Ting’s mouth. I want to kill him. I want to kill but I can’t feel my arms and legs. One eye is gray possibly due to a corneal burn and the remaining eye is also out of focus.

“Are you unfair? Don’t be so mean Mr. Ting. You calmly betrayed me 270 years ago and 44 years ago. When I think about that time my cut ear still throbs. “I’ve hit him about 4 times so far so let’s hit him teacher.”

Gonghyeok who was muttering to himself held up the ‘Helldog Mask’ as a reward.

When you put on the hellhound mask your entire body is engulfed in black darkness. The golden ax spear also loses its original color and becomes ink-colored and sharp.

Gonghyeok who looked like a grim reaper raised his ax spear.

“Then see you next time when the time comes. “If only I were sane then.”

Jump!

Ting’s distorted head flew through the air. Blood and coins jingled down the neck where it had fallen.

Gonghyeok shook off the ax spear and picked up the navy blue coin that fell from Ting’s neck.

‘If you wear a shadow hood on the hell dog mask you’ll have no problem getting up to the 10th floor.’

The Hellhound’s Mask had a hiding effect as well as a resistance effect to all information searches. It can be resisted as a GM but it is impossible to defend when using a different avatar and its abilities and skill information are revealed so it is a necessary stealth item.

“congratulation. Mr. Gonghyuk.”

A mysterious voice was heard in the boss room where only Joo Gong-hyeok was present.

When I looked to the side I saw a succubus floating in the air with its legs crossed right near Gonghyeok.

“Hehe it’s my first time meeting you right? I am Lilianne a servant of the Four Heavenly Kings Cluesti. These days Cluesti is in the 10000 area on the first floor…”

“You’re busy appearing in 10000 districts at the same time? “Get to the point quickly.”

“Oh my~? Be smart. Even if you know that 2 million people are summoned at once no one would guess. Actually I am~.”

Liliane crossed her legs to the other side again showing off her seemingly invisible charm between her voluptuous lines and the ambiguous length of her skirt.

“Whoa….”

Gonghyuk gently touched Lilianne’s forehead.

“I don’t really understand what you’re saying. Please proceed quickly. huh? hurry.”

Gonghyeok’s fingers pressed against Liliane’s forehead.

Liliane looked at Gonghyeok blankly for a moment and then tilted her head slightly. And with a popping sound black magical power spewed out like a storm from behind Lilianne’s wings.

[The demon world quest ‘Killing 5 people on the 1st floor’ has been accomplished. The next quest is ‘Kill 10 people on the 1st floor.’]

[As compensation you will be given 3 navy blue coins and ‘Laplace’s Poison’]

The magical energy swirled around and the surrounding area disappeared. This much simply by revealing magical power. In name and reality he was a thousand knight-level demon.

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“Yes are you picking it? Plug it in? “If you tease me I’ll attack you.”

“You mean now!”

Liliane twisted her head grotesquely and raised her finger at Gonghyeok. At the end of it there was enough magic power to send Joo Gong-hyuk flying away without a trace.

“Don’t you have anything to say? Then get out. “Because I’m busy.”

“You…!”

“Code 011a01wc1k10 to Operation Angel Sandalphon. Change settings. Refuse the devil’s quest for 48 hours. “They also deny access.”

Wow

A huge hand appeared in the air and grabbed Lilianne.

“You later…”

Liliane’s figure disappeared in his hand and Gonghyeok picked his ears.

“You talk a lot when you can’t even kill. GM. Achievements and coin count.”

[1st floor achievements: A total of 38 titles 6 titles and 15238 purple coins. There are 51 navy blue coins. Among the list of achievements achieved….]

“Oh it’s okay.”

Gonghyeok threw up the navy blue coin that Liliane and Ting had dropped. The GM’s mouth opened wide and he swallowed.

[Would you like to expand ‘Skill Predation’ permissions with 20 navy coins?]

“expansion.”

[A new skill ‘Skill Predation(?)’ has been added to the ‘Game Master (GM)’.]

[I’m looking forward to my first meal]

“Okay okay. “There just happened to be some dog meat over there.”

Gonghyuk pointed to the end of the cavity where both lava and basalt had disappeared. There a chained three-headed dog was staggering to his feet.

– What is it? It hurts.

S+ class avatar Cerberus. Not only was it excellent in flame-based skills and final skills but its physical abilities were also greatly adjusted so it was an avatar that had been taken in place of La Jehuti in the past.

The avatar was close to a spirit body but the picture on his body shook and he couldn’t come to his senses as if he had been damaged by a sudden magical storm. Gonghyeok snaps his fingers while looking at Cerberus.

“Eat.”

[‘Skill Predation’ is carried out]

GM’s mouth became grotesquely long and lined with sharp bizarre teeth.

Right now

– Kyung! Now wait a minute what are you? Kyung! Keke!

munching munching

With each bite the avatar’s shadow splattered like blood. Cerberus roared loudly with its three throats but soon quieted down after a few more bites.

[There is a lot of quantity but the meat is somewhat rough. Even though it is of the flame type it feels like I ate it raw. I feel bloated perhaps because of the command-level properties.]

“It’s S+ grade so it’s delicious at that level. “From the first meal my taste buds became sophisticated.”

[The flame-based skill ‘Ignite (E)’ has been added. Remaining predation space 1/1]

Gonghyeok sat down on the head of the only remaining Cerberus and took out a pipe. I yawn and fill up the tobacco.

‘I don’t know if you’ll be loud but I don’t want the devil to catch me talking to Cerberus.’

If the devil found out that Gonghyeok was eating the avatar of the dungeon then a Hollywood blockbuster Babel explorer was waiting for him. They will try to get rid of Gonghyeok by somehow bypassing the rule that they cannot touch neutrals or hunters.

“Ignite.”

[Ignite (E) activated]

Originally an explosion was supposed to occur but thanks to Gonghyeok’s delicate adjustments it caught fire slightly in the middle of the beginning of the year.

“Whew I’m finally throwing away the matches. very good.”

Gonghyeok usually made a fuss while lighting a fire.

Gonghyeok held the pipe with one hand and held up the golden ax spear. I was about to test out my newly acquired skills.

“Ignite transformation: Converts physical force to the front limited to rear eruption.”

[Ignite (E) is transformed. Please specify the trigger point]

“Ax spear 0.9cm rear.”

[Activates after 2 seconds]

Quang!

Flashes and explosions.

A fierce flame exploded behind the raised ax spear giving tremendous momentum to the ax spear.

Kwaja Jajajak!

Before my eyes the human-sized head of a hellhound was completely shattered into pieces.

It seemed like he could have easily cut the neck by slamming it down from the ceiling just now but that was the result of using all kinds of corrections and techniques including skill effects and falling martial arts skills. Additionally the skull was harder than the cervical vertebrae.

The current blow is a pure slash that does not include any of the beastman martial arts or transcendental techniques that Joo Gong-hyeok used. It was just a ‘flat hit’ swung with one hand.

[Left wrist ligament damage elbow ligament spasm]

‘It’s been a while since I used it and I almost dislocated it.’

The momentum generated from the explosion was so strong that Gonghyeok’s body floated even as he swung. In actual use it was difficult to maintain balance and it was clear that if used incorrectly it would damage the body.

[The skill is derived from Ignite (E).]

[Ignition Booster (D) has been found.]

[When used on the body and weapons speed and destructive power increase several times.]

“Good good. Let’s go like this.”

Gonghyuk put the ax spear in his inventory and enjoyed smoking leisurely. After about 20 minutes something suddenly occurred to Gonghyuk.

“Oh right. “I need to level up La Jehuti with the dead kids’ coins?”

I looked everywhere but instead of coin crumbs only basalt powder shattered by magic was scattered.

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