The Skill Maker

The silver light didn’t appear this time .

Because of that, Karazhan’s attack slightly cut the hem of Hyun-Soo’s clothes .

‘What the?’

Did he imagine the silver light he saw just now?

But the light actually blocked Karazhan’s attack .

“Damn, whatever . I’ll think about it later!’

Hyun-Soo stopped thinking about the problem and focused on the situation that was occuring before him .

It’s because Karazhan was now attacking aggressively, which was different from when they first fought .

At first, they attacked without moving a muscle, but now, they were aggressively throwing themselves towards Hyun-Soo .

It’s probably because they realized that standing still didn’t affect him .

‘But just suddenly attacking like this is really unexpected!’

Even though they looked like a fairy, their actions reminded him of a horror film .

Thanks to his views slowing down the opponent’s movements, he managed to dodge their attacks .

Kyahhhhh!

Hyun-Soo used his skill while dodging, but Karazhan used their wings and flew up to dodge it .

While dodging, they released an odd cry .

It sounded like they were looking down on him .

“Huh…… “

Were they looking down on him just because they had wings?

Because they were able to freely control their wings, Hyun-Soo couldn’t really land any attacks .

The smoke would protect their weakness and when Hyun-Soo counterattacked when Karazhan attacked, they would just fly away .

They were really like an annoying fly .

‘Wait . ’

While gritting his teeth due to the annoyance Hyun-Soo was feeling, something popped into his head .

‘In order to catch a fly like them…right, a fly swatter!’

A fly swatter was the perfect tool when trying to catch a fly .

While thinking about this, Hyun-Soo created a large net .

Hyun-Soo tried to make it as big as his power allowed .

He stitched them as close as he could so that they couldn’t escape .

It started off as a fly swatter, but it got upgraded to a large net .

Smirk .

A smile appeared on Hyun-Soo’s face when he reached his limit .

Kyahhh?

Karazhan, who was using their thin wings to stay up in the air, tilted their head in confusion after making fun of Hyun-Soo .

But after flying around once, they charged towards Hyun-Soo .

And…… .

Flap!

Kyahhhh!

Karazhan felt something odd when they got closer, so they tried to pull away, but Hyun-Soo was faster .

The net that Hyun-Soo made enveloped Karazhan .

After confirming that Karazhan was trapped inside the net, Hyun-Soo condensed his power .

Kyahhhhh!

When Hyun-Soo’s power tightened Karazhan’s entire body, Karazhan started screaming .

Karazhan moved violently to try to escape .

But even after getting caught by Hyun-Soo, the black smoke disappeared, so Karazhan had no way of escaping .

“Whew…… . ”

He finally caught them .

Since Hyun-Soo tied their wings together, Karazhan couldn’t fly away .

Kyahhhh……

After realizing that they were surrounded by the enemy, Karazhan cried sadly .

Karazhan’s eyes met with Hyun-Soo’s .

And Hyun-Soo was surprised for a moment .

There was some sort of transparent liquid on their eyes and it reminded him of tears .

‘…… . ’

A human-shaped monster was looking at Hyun-Soo with tears in its eyes, making it extremely awkward and weird .

Like mentioned earlier, Hyun-Soo felt that he was going up against a human, not a monster .

On top of that…… .

Kyahhhh…… .

Their pitiful cry sounded like they were asking Hyun-Soo to go easy on them .

Karazhan looked at Hyun-Soo, then looked elsewhere and when they looked back at Hyun-Soo, they chattered in a language Hyun-Soo couldn’t understand .

Hyun-Soo felt ridiculous and absurd .

But he couldn’t go easy on them .

Hyun-Soo shook his head and got rid of the hesitant feeling inside him .

“I almost fell for it . ”

Maybe it’s because Karazhan specializes in illusions .

Since they were a monster that was part of the psychological type, they were talented in manipulating the mind .

Because of that, they were probably able to plant ideas into their opponent’s mind .

A psychological type monster that Hyun-Soo has never encountered before .

In some ways, it was the most dangerous skill than any other skills .

If Karazhan used absurd illusions like they did in the beginning, Hyun-Soo could easily notice by using Interface .

But what if it was a type of skill that slowly creeped up?

‘I don’t even want to think about it . ’

Karazhan must’ve given up entirely because they looked like they were out of energy .

It happened right after Hyun-Soo shook off the thoughts in his head .

But that could’ve been another illusion .

As soon as Hyun-Soo saw Karazhan, he started feeling a bit bad for them .

But instead of falling for it, Hyun-Soo chose to…

Swoosh!

He slashed the white light, which was Karazhan’s weak point .

Drop!

With one attack, their small head fell off and rolled on the ground .

And at the same time .

Fwoosh!

A big light flashed .

Hyun-Soo instinctively closed his eyes and got into a defense position .

Since Karazhan was an interesting monster, they could’ve done something even as they were dying .

However, that light flew somewhere and then it slowly disappeared .

‘What was that?’

Other than the fact that the light suddenly flashed, nothing else happened .

Hyun-Soo wiped off the fluids on his face with his hand while feeling uneasy .

“Ugh, something feels off . ”

Maybe it’s because he felt bad for Karazhan .

Even though he knew he shouldn’t be, it affected him a lot mentally .

And since they had a small body, he didn’t expect their head to be cut off with one attack .

“It was easier than I thought . ”

Hyun-Soo mumbled while cutting Karazhan’s body .

The battle would’ve been a lot more difficult if the weird, silver light didn’t appear at all .

It was difficult to block attacks that were coming from all directions .

The poison pierced through the stone floor, so Hyun-Soo’s body definitely wasn’t safe .

The owner of the colorful portal .

Their skill was powerful enough to make A ranked hunters delusional .

On top of that, they were a psychological type monster .

They weren’t an easy monster to fight against .

It’s just that Karazhan was unlucky .

The others, as well as Hyun-Soo, never imagined that they would come here to hunt .

Since Hyun-Soo was able to use Interface to detect the illusion, Karazhan was at a disadvantage .

“Where isn’t there an Energy Stone?”

Hyun-Soo mumbled as he cut open their body from head to toe .

He looked through every part of their body and didn’t find an Energy Stone .

‘Is it because they were still developing?’

He’s never killed a monster that was still in development .

No, this was a special case since it was a colorful that appeared .

So the fact that there weren’t any Energy Stones was possible .

“In that case, I did all that fighting for nothing…”

His efforts in the first colorful portal went down the drain .

No matter how much he looked for it, it wasn’t there .

Since there wasn’t an owner in the previous colorful portal, it made sense that they didn’t get anything, but this time, Hyun-Soo took down a monster and yet, he didn’t get anything in return .

“Did it fall somewhere?”

Hyun-Soo walked around because he felt disappointed .

He thought that maybe he missed it, so he looked around Karazhan .

“Huh?”

And then, he discovered a wall with a small hole that’s been slightly covered .

It was skillfully hidden, but it wasn’t difficult to notice .

But he didn’t remember seeing it during the fight .

He slowly went through his memories and recalled one thing .

‘Karazhan was very defensive in the beginning . ’

They stayed in one area and kept on attacking .

And when it didn’t work, they charged towards Hyun-Soo .

‘And before they died, they kept on looking towards…’

The area where the hole was .

‘Were…they trying to protect that area?’

After considering the different situations, that was the answer he got .

On top of that, when Karazhan died, the light that appeared disappeared towards that direction .

‘What’s over there anyways?’

Hyun-Soo carefully walked towards the hole .

Something could pop out, so he enveloped himself with skills just in case .

Step .

He carefully pushed away the dead vines at the entrance and looked inside .

Thankfully, there wasn’t another monster .

Instead, there was something he never expected .

“What…is this?”

If he wasn’t imagining, then the thing that Hyun-Soo saw was probably an…

“Egg?”

It was probably Karazhan’s egg .

It was a purple that was as big as a fist and gold geometric patterns were all over the egg .

The egg’s appearance made it easy to differentiate between the pebbles and stones .

The complicated looking patterns was smooth and shining as well .

Hyun-Soo was curious, so he carefully placed a finger on it .

Thump!

“……!”

He could’ve imagined it, but he felt a slight vibration, almost like heart beating .

On top of that…… .

“It’s warm……?”

In the beginning, Karazhan stayed in the same spot and didn’t move .

And after Hyun-Soo caught them, they looked at him sadly .

And the light disappeared at that very spot .

When considering all of this, he easily came to a conclusion .

“Were they trying to protect this egg?”

When thinking about it, there was a part in the report that he ignored .

It said that it was in an incubation period .

Because of the unexpected information about them being in development, Hyun-Soo didn’t look deeply into the other parts of the report…

‘I shouldn’t have overlooked it like that . ’

If he looked at the details more, then he could’ve realized why Karazhan acted the way they did .

Well, he would still have to kill the monster in the end anyways .

Inside the portal, you either kill or get killed .

Hyun-Soo looked down at Karazhan’s egg momentarily .

Hyun-Soo was contemplating on what he should do with the egg .

Was he going to take it?

Or was he going to destroy it?

He thought destroying it was the right thing to do since it was a monster’s egg, but…

‘We’ve taken a monster’s corpse and items we obtained inside the portal, so I should be able to take this egg with me, right?’

Because of that thought, he gently held the egg .

On top of that…… .

Thump……thump…… .

Even though he told himself that it was impossible, it felt like the heartbeat was coming from the egg .

It wasn’t really possible, but the portal itself was a fantastic part of reality .

“I should check it first . ”

Hyun-Soo used Interface to get information on the egg that was on his hands .

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[Incubating Egg]

Karazhan’s egg is currently in incubation .

In order to make it hatch, one needs to pay close attention and gently take care of it .

Time Remaining Until Hatch : 24 Days

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It was definitely Karazhan’s egg .

And there was one information that caught his attention .

The time remaining until it hatched .

“24 days…… . ”

This could be considered a short time or a long time .

On top of that, they needed to be taken care of very carefully .

For Hyun-Soo, this was burdening because he wasn’t the gentle type at all .

He could’ve broken it and act like nothing happened, but he couldn’t get himself to do that .

But his instincts was calling out to him .

That he was going to regret it if he just left it!

‘Whatever . I’ll take it with me for now . ’

If an issue arises, then he could break it then .

Hyun-Soo made his decision and he carefully placed the egg in his pocket .

After checking through Interface that there wasn’t anything useful here, Hyun-Soo walked towards the members .

Since he killed the culprit that caused the illusion, they’ll be able to wake up soon .