“What the hell?!”
“What is all this all of a sudden?!”
“Kill them! Kill them!!”
“Uaaaah! It’s a monster!!”
The hall turned into a literal hellscape.
Not only had a monster fallen from the sky, but now dozens of people were raining down as well—each one striking like a teor with terrifying force.
And not just that—
The ones who landed didn’t fear death. They charged in, fighting like madn.
Then, one sharp-eyed mage shouted, amplifying his voice with mana.
“Don’t be afraid! It’s just a copy spell! We can solve this just by killing them!!”
The mont he said it, other mages began to analyze the situation and shout advice.
“It’s a copy spell! Don’t get confused!”
“There has to be an original sowhere!!”
“Take out the original and it’s over!!”
“Especially target the one fighting the best!!”
Exactly.
To them, a copy spell wasn’t anything amazing.
Just one among countless forms of magic.
They had thods to block even a Grand Mage’s teleportation. A copy spell wasn’t a big deal.
And naturally, they knew how to counter it.
So they focused on finding the one fighting the best.
Sure enough, amidst the chaos, they quickly spotted one with the sa face who was cutting down their troops with overwhelming skill.
“That one!”
“Kill him!”
“Archers! Where are the archers!!”
The invading army focused on that specific clone.
A hail of arrows and spells flew toward him, and behind the shield bearers, spears and swords began thrusting forward.
The onslaught was so intense it was hard to imagine anyone surviving it.
Then one soldier shouted, voice trembling with excitent.
“It landed!”
It had hit.
His weapon had pierced through.
With that, the others shouted too.
They’d succeeded.
It had gone in.
They were certain.
End him.
And all of it was true.
“Grrkk...”
The Su-ho impaled with countless weapons—
Like a great general eting his end on the front lines—finally fell.
The princess on his back, still tightly bound, had also been shredded by the countless blades and spears.
The mont Su-ho’s head hit the ground—
Puff!
His body burst into smoke.
“...?”
“...?”
“...?”
The soldiers stared in blank confusion.
Then they realized—
Even the one who had fought so well was a fake.
A naless commander scread:
“You sons of bitches!! Start searching again!! Now!!”
‘Damn... even so, that one lasted pretty long.’
A man running with a nod.
It was none other than the real Su-ho.
Not the clone—but the original.
Su-ho had been present during the teor assault plan executed by his clone.
But the mont they landed, he chose not to fight.
Instead, he transford into mist and slipped through the chaos.
‘You think I’m crazy enough to fight all those bastards head-on?’
The journey was still long.
He’d only just descended from the upper levels and crossed the middle floors. Who knew how long it would take to reach the basent?
No—it was possible to reach it.
But there was no way to stop every single invading soldier in the process.
Thankfully, his plan had worked beautifully, and Su-ho broke through the grand hall with minimal damage.
Why did that one clone fight so well?
Because Su-ho had been controlling it directly.
That much he could manage even while running.
As for Bulgasari—he’d unsummoned it in advance.
Even Bulgasari wouldn’t survive that place.
So, combining distraction tactics, mist transformation, and his backup battery strategy, Su-ho finally reached the underground level of the palace.
“Search!”
“Where the hell are they?!”
“Comb every corner!!”
Above, the sounds of invading troops echoed through the floors.
But that didn’t an the basent was safe either.
From ti to ti, Su-ho had run into commander-level enemies like Bahram or Ablain, but with stealth and ambush tactics, he’d narrowly avoided disaster.
‘I think it was around here.’
The palace basent was divided into two major areas:
A storage warehouse for supplies, and a prison for people.
The prison wasn’t for real criminals—it was more like a punishnt zone for those who broke rules within the palace.
After all, they couldn’t keep actual criminals beneath the sacred palace.
Su-ho headed toward the prison.
That was where the royal family’s secret location was hidden.
And the mont he stepped inside, Su-ho winced at the overwhelming stench of blood.
‘Don’t tell ... they killed all the prisoners?’
It was true.
A bloodbath had already occurred here.
No one had even cleaned the corpses.
They were strewn everywhere, and judging by their condition, many hadn’t been killed in combat.
They were murdered for fun.
‘Disgusting bastards.’
Worse still, most of the bodies had chunks torn off.
The invading army’s brutality was too much to stomach.
It was nauseating.
Even if a gate recreated another world, the revulsion was still real.
‘Good thing I kept the princess asleep.’
Frowning, Su-ho headed deeper into the prison.
That’s where the royal family’s secret chamber lay.
He followed a spiraling path downward—
“Heuhuhuk... heuhuhuk...”
“Heuhhhh...”
“Haaaaa...”
Whimpering voices echoed # Nоvеlight # from sowhere.
What was this?
If that many were crying, then... there were people here?
Su-ho imdiately activated his sensory field.
To locate the source of the crying.
His head turned toward the far end of the path.
The voices were getting closer.
Closer?
That was strange.
The cries were drawing near.
“Heuhuhuk... heuhuhuk...”
“Heuhhhh...”
“Haaaaa...”
Su-ho suddenly felt sothing off about the sound.
And then—
From the darkness at the end of the hallway, the source of the sobbing erged.
And when Su-ho saw it—
He was at a loss for words.
“......”
The reason he was speechless—
The voice hadn’t co from multiple people.
It had co from a single being.
Not a monster in the normal sense... more like a thing so hideous that “monster” was the only word that could describe it.
It stood nearly three ters tall.
And most disturbingly—
‘So that’s why the prisoners were torn apart... it was because of that thing.’
Its body was made of the very corpses Su-ho had seen.
Mostly their lower jaws.
A grotesque sight.
The thing resembled the form of a necromancer’s at golem.
But this wasn’t just so stitched-up lump of at and hide—it had limbs and torsos bursting outward, forming a visual horror that was difficult to comprehend.
Its shape wasn’t even humanoid.
Two legs, a massive spherical torso.
On that torso—one single eye, and countless mouths.
Su-ho grimaced as he checked its naplate.
— Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam Lv. ???
“Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam.”
That was its na.
The label suggested Gu Byeong had been created by soone nad Gwaeslam.
‘Gwaeslam must be like Ablain—a mber of the invading army. But what the hell is a Gu Byeong?’
And then—
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
[Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam uses Boss Monster-level Fear.]
[Dragon Blood has been activated.]
[Fear is nullified due to Dragon Spirit effect.]
A deafening roar.
Even beyond the Fear effect, its sheer volu was enough to make Su-ho’s eardrums throb.
“Wow...”
He rubbed his ringing ears and let out a low breath.
Normally, he’d be completely immune thanks to Dragon Blood.
But the princess wasn’t.
So the damage from Fear hit her full force.
“If Sacrifice were still F-rank...”
He didn’t even want to imagine it.
Only one option remained—
Finish it fast.
But if that thing was a nad or custom monster, why was it using Boss Monster-level Fear?
It was suspicious, but he’d worry about that later.
First, eliminate the target.
Su-ho dashed forward to close the gap.
And right then—
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
Gu Byeong scread again.
Fear?
[Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam uses Boss Monster-level Fear.]
[Dragon Blood has been activated.]
[Fear is nullified due to Dragon Spirit effect.]
Yes, it was.
But not just that—
[Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam uses Ultrasonic Wave.]
Alongside the Fear ca a piercing ultrasonic wave.
A transparent, high-speed pulse erupted from Gu Byeong.
It slamd into Su-ho, blowing him back.
Su-ho barely managed to brace himself and regain balance.
“Stronger than expected.”
The force of the blast was bad—but the actual damage wasn’t light either.
But there was no turning back.
According to the princess’s mory, the royal family’s secret chamber was just beyond this point.
“If I can’t close the distance—then I’ll attack from range.”
Su-ho summoned the Guiyeong Spear and hurled it.
[Javelin has been activated.]
It tore through the air with a whistle.
Gu Byeong roared again.
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
[Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam uses Boss Monster-level Fear.]
[Gu Byeong of Gwaeslam uses Ultrasonic Wave.]
Fear and ultrasound activated simultaneously.
But—
CRACK!!
[Shadow Binding has been activated.]
[Shadow Bleed has been activated.]
[Shadow Pierce has been activated.]
The ultrasonic wave that had blown Su-ho back couldn’t stop the spear empowered by Javelin.
Not only that—
The creature was in dim lighting. Enough to count as shadow.
So Shadow Pierce activated as well.
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
Gu Byeong thrashed and roared in agony.
It wanted to pull out the Guiyeong Spear—but with no arms on its spherical body, it couldn’t.
“Guess I don’t need to use Weakening.”
It continued screaming, blasting out ultrasonic waves like gunfire—but it didn’t matter.
[Hundred Pounds Throw has been activated.]
When weight is lacking—add more.
Su-ho closed the distance again.
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
“HUAAAAAAANG!!”
Gu Byeong scread in pain with the spear still lodged in its body.
But thanks to Hundred Pounds Throw, Su-ho wasn’t pushed back this ti.
He reached lee range and swung his sword.
[Steel Severance has been activated.]
[Enhancent is applied.]
[The power of Steel Severance increases further.]
Adding the enhancent for a clean and safe kill.
Just as the sword was about to strike—
SHUUUU—BOOM!!
Sothing long slamd into Su-ho.
“Kh!”
It was too fast, too sudden.
And Su-ho had been mid-swing—he couldn’t react in ti.
Grimacing, he stared forward.
And from the darkness, the new attacker revealed itself.
— Su Byeong of Gwaeslam Lv. ???
Its na: Su Byeong.
And when Su-ho saw what it looked like—
He couldn’t help but curse.
“Fuck...”
Gu Byeong had a body covered in mouths.
Su Byeong?
Its body was covered in arms.
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