Leveling
CH 62

The Shadow Warrior quickly closed the gap!

However, the ferocious movement of the ice bear was much faster than the Shadow Warrior.

Booms!

Cracks!

One swipe of the bear claw obliterated the Shadow Warrior.

If it was a human who was inside a pitch-black armor and not a shadow, it would be

it becomes a terrible sight.

‘Hmm ..’

Jin Woo furrowed his brows.

"As I thought, is it too strong for them?"

Whether it was strength or size, alas it seemed like the bear was too excessive to

Shadow Warriors face.

But suddenly, something surprising happened.

'What!'

Jin Woo's eyes widened.

The Shadow Warrior's body that was crushed by the ice bear turned into black smoke

before it fully hits the ground.

shooooo

The black smoke gathered in a place some distance away, then turned into its original form.

"Oh, shit!"

Jin Woo's face brightened.

Undead.

He had already forgotten about the true nature of this shadow and was now as if being recalled.

Realizing his attack had no effect, the ice bear panicked and roared.

Roooaaar!

While the Shadow Warrior kept the ice bear busy, the shadow Mage had completed

casting their spells.

Flaaare!

Bang out!

The kaboom!

The fireball released from the Mage's hand exploded here and there.

While the Shadow Warrior that was caught by the explosion immediately regenerated, a bear

burning and thrashing.

"Yahoo!"

"Quail!"

The Shadow Warriors continued their attacks, swinging and sharpening their swords

to the bear that burned.

the slash!

stab!

At first, the ice bears seemed to have an advantage, but they

it was slowly pushed back by the combined attack of the soldiers and the mages.

‘Whoa ..’

Jin Woo watched the battle with interest.

Rapid regeneration of soldiers.

Powerful mage firepower.

The strength of the Shadow Warrior exceeded his expectations.

The ice bear was immediately overwhelmed and pushed all the way back to the cave.

Looks like the battle is over

ROOOOOOOOO!

With a roar that shook the eardrum, something big emerged from the cave.

"That's ..."

Jin Woo's eyes widened.

It was an ice bear whose head was located higher than the others and was also much wider.

ROARS!

On one swing of the claw, many Shadow Warriors were swept away.

BOOM UP!

Craaaack!

Even their rapid regeneration speed was unable to keep up with it.

Cracks!

A smash!

"It looks like alpha has already made his appearance ..."

Of course, he hoped that the bear's nest would have an alpha bear.

But his size and strength exceeded his expectations.

ROOOOARS!

The giant ice bear attacked the Shadow Warrior and ran towards Jin Woo.

Suddenly, a message appeared,

ring ~

[You run out of mana.Shadow Warriors cannot regenerate]

[You run out of mana.Shadow Warriors cannot regenerate]

Whahuh?

He checked his Mana in a panic.

As the System says, its MP is at zero.

[MP: 0/1860]

With the mana lost, the Shadow Warrior was no longer reborn after being destroyed.

Instead, they turned into shadows and returned to Jin Woo's shadow.

Jin Woo realizes that it is mana that allows the soldiers to regenerate.

'Where is it ...'

He found another reason to raise his Intelligence status.

Jin Woo scratched the side of his head.

The appearance of alpha completely changed the flow of battle.

However, Jin Woo still had a trump card up his sleeve.

"If their boss comes out, I'll have to send mine too"

With crossed hands, Jin Woo called a worthy person called the boss of the Shadow Warrior.

"English!"

A single shadow slid out from Jin Woo's shadow.

From that shadow appeared a Knight wearing a helmet with a feather decoration.

Jin Woo raised his chin towards the alpha.

Ygritte lowered her head at Jin Woo then charged towards the giant ice bear.

step,step,step,step!

Ygritte dodged the alpha attack and slid between the ice bear's legs.

As he moved, he quickly pulled out a dagger beside him and cut the tendon

the animal's feet.

"Lawwaah!"

This is just the beginning.

Drawing out her long sword, Ygritte skillfully avoided the bursts

attack from the alpha while carving it like a statue.

Tendon, claws, claws, legs.

Little by little, the alpha meat is cut like a quarry being processed by a butcher.

"Well…"

Jin Woo watched Ygritte's flowing and art-like movements with great admiration.

The head is the last to leave.

the slash!

The head of the giant ice bear was separated cleanly from its body.

Before it could touch the ground, Ygritte grabbed it from the air.

The knight approached Jin Woo then knelt in front of him.

drop

Igris places the head of the bear at the feet of Jin Woo, offering the trophy to his king.

Jin Woo looked at the knight and gulped,

"If he used his sword from the start, can I defeat him?"

The remaining ice bears were thrown into chaos after losing their leader

and was quickly defeated by the Shadow Warrior.

Battle over.

The result was very satisfying to Jin Woo.

[Shadow Warrior (Lv. 2)]

[Shadow Warrior (Lv. 3)]

[Shadow Warrior (Lv. 2)]

[Mage Shadow (Lv. 2)]

The soldiers have leveled up here and there.

Since the Shadow Warrior himself was a skill that belonged to Jin Woo, he also gained

3 Level increase.

And above all, everything,

"Rise."

[You have succeeded in Shadow Extraction]

[You have succeeded in Shadow Extraction]

[You have succeeded in Shadow Extraction]

He has gained a new subordinate.

ROOOAR!

Including the alpha, Jin Woo has selected several ice bears.

From their shadows, a huge black mass rose up.

"I was expecting a bear wearing a harness ..."

But the reality is a little different.

'The 'Shadow Warriors' that appeared maintained their resemblance to the bear,

but at the same time it has a shape that seems to shift between solid and gas.

Black steam continuously spewed out their figures.

"It looks a little less, but still, it's the shadow of an ice bear"

Their strength and capacity to destroy was formidable.

He would definitely have the chance to use it.

Suddenly,

rooooars

Jin Woo's ears rose because of the cries heard from a distance.

Not just one or two.

"It looks like there are more nests in the area."

It's a little afternoon.

He'll check it out tomorrow.

A bright smile appeared on Jin Woo's face.

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"Yyyama!"

"Your!"

His teammates shouted left and right.

Kim Cheol's eyes were wide open.

'There is no way!'

If he, Kim Cheol, would fail like this!

He was someone who would become an elite in the Baekho Guild.

He had even received special training for that purpose.

And now, he's going to fail ?!

Rank-A couldn't take it.

Their party had withstood the cold and hunger and fought with the Yetis.

After that it was an ice giant.

They had lost two of their members but managed to win against them as well.

The attack seemed to go smoothly.

But.

But!!!

As they prevailed over the ice giants, White Wakers ambushed them from all directions,

as if they had been waiting for it.

Those bastards had been watching their battle, waiting for their stamina to hit rock bottom.

What followed was a massacre.

The Hunters fell, one after another, in an instant.

"P-leader!"

The fallen Hunter extended a bloodied hand towards Kim Cheol.

Kim Cheol stepped back.

A White Wakers appeared out of nowhere and slit the throat of the Hunter that was on the ground.

While the man was gurgling and choking on his own blood, White Walker raised his head

towards Kim Cheol.

Hunter Rank-A was screaming, man,

"U-waaah!"

He turned and ran into the forest.

The forest has ice bears?

The bears were nothing compared to the yeti, the ice giants, and the White Walkers.

Kim Cheol ran with all his might.

Seeing his figure disappear into the distance, White Walkers raised their bows and took aim.

But before they could shoot, a White Walkers raised his hand and

It was an ice Elf with hair that was straight up to her waist.

The other White Walkers lowered their bows.

‘...’

Her long hair was pointy and moved to follow Kim Cheol.

One by one, the other White Walkers disappeared from sight.

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Kim Cheol jumped through the bushes.

"pant,pant,pant"

His lungs felt like they were burning.

The picture of the White Walkers smiling as they slaughtered his teammates was still fresh in his mind.

The man looked at his hand.

Frozen hands lose their ability to feel.

His toes had long since lost all feeling.

He could not fight well in his current condition.

"It's so cold ... No, if we don't starve for the last few days, we'll win."

Although it had reached the bitter end, Kim Cheol could not admit his failure.

While muttering to himself, Kim Cheol raised his head.

"How deep have I been running into the forest?"

He looks around.

The smell of blood pierced his nose from somewhere.

The man followed the scent.

That's close.

Moving across the trees, he arrived on the open ground and could not believe his eyes.

'How is this possible?'

In front of the cave were more than 20 bodies of ice bears.

He was curious in advance about why he had not found a single bear here!

"What's that?"

He examined the bodies.

All the bodies had marks cut by something.

Some of them also have burning marks.

Sung Jin Woo and his praty flashed across Kim Cheol's head.

"Can't ... That bastard do this?"

No. gabe.

Kim Cheol shook his head.

The wounds on the ice bear's corpse were made with swords.

To his knowledge, Sung Jin Woo's group has no sword users.

"The two Rank-Es don't even have guns"

There's no way they're safe here.

Then there's just one other conclusion, though,

"White Walkers are here too!"

Heart's sinking.

He thought that he had managed to escape from that elf.

Thinking that he had ventured into another group of them.

With overwhelming fear in his heart, Kim Cheol held his breath and turned to

the direction he came.

Further.

Faster.

He wants out of the White Walker territory.

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At the same time.

"Goddessaa!"

An ice bear fell in his death.

Shadow Warriors swarmed his body and made sure it was dead.

[You level up!]

"Yosh"

Jin Woo is in a different bear nest.

It had been five days since they entered the Gates.

And he's been meeting three different bear nests ever since.

‘It looks like I've killed every bear in this forest.’

Thanks to that, the level of him and his army had risen slightly.

At first, it took two soldiers to hold the ice bear.

Now, a warrior was able to win a one-on-one battle against the beast.

Jin Woo is satisfied.

As his warrior abilities increased, he began to give them different roles.

The current limit is 30 shadows.

28 Of them will be assigned to battle, while 2 of them will be assigned

to collect the core and the meat.

Now he no longer needed to raise a finger to fight or gather magic nuclei,

a very comfortable life for a Hunter.

"I don't feel any more monsters around here"

It seemed that he had cleared monsters throughout the forest.

Later then.

"Is it time to go to beat the boss?"

There was still one more month, the worst few months, until the Dungeon Break occurred.

He had no intention of waiting for that to happen.

"I must kill that arrogant elf as well."

A mere monster who denounced the Hunter.

Her arrogant smile still annoys Jin Woo.

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Kim Cheol's nose detected the smell of cooked meat from somewhere.

sniff

The man's sense of smell becomes sensitive due to hunger.

After entering the Gates, all he had to eat for the past few days was a rabbit.

His mouth was watering from the smell of food.

gulp gulp

White Walkers are probably eating somewhere.

"But if there are only a few of them ..."

He believed he could defeat them and steal his food.

It was a misguided belief born from his hunger.

‘Come we check.’

Kim Cheol did his best to calm his steps and carefully

approaching the origin of the smell.

And finally, he arrived at the open where Jin Woo's team was.

Kim Cheol's eyes widened.

'What?'

The smell of meat came from their campfire.

"How are they still alive?"

However, he did not see any of the E-rank Hunters.

‘Pft.She leads with such confidence.Surely she is dead first"

That's obvious.

What was not clear was the scene in front of him.

How ... can I process all this?

Something is strange.

"Wait, their clothes ...?"

Warm clothes, blankets, tents, and other equipment entered his eyes.

They are clearly ready for this environment.

"How did this happen?"

While puzzled, Kim Cheol's gaze became attached to something.

It was a piece of bread next to the meat.

There was no way they could find or make bread here.

It must have been prepared before.

His confusion quickly turned to anger.

"These fuckers ..."

grind

Kim Cheol gritted his teeth.

These fuckers have all this with them and walk away on their own.

"If my hands don't freeze, no, if only I wasn't hungry, I could easily beat

the ice elves."

Thinking about how they greedily stockpiled something that should have been shared

with the Raid team, Kim Cheol could not hold it back anymore.

He jumped onto the open ground.

"You bastard!"

Park Heejin jumped in shock and stood up.

“Kim Cheol? How did you get here? ”

To be honest, it was hard to say that it was a friendly sight.

It was because the man's eyes were filled with killing intent.

Kim Cheol did not hide his hostility.

“Party we failed to clear the Dungeon because we lacked equipment and food

then how can you sit here with that equipment and food? "

"That's ..."

Park Heejin could not answer.

She fears that raising Jin Woo will turn Kim Cheol's anger against Jin Woo.

He did not want to give up his life-saving.

"From the beginning, I didn't like the way the man looked at Sung Jin Woo"

Park Heejin shut her mouth.

Seeing him defy his will, Kim Cheol's anger increased.

"I do not consider you to be subordinates and you do this

hiding all this? I'll forgive you later"

The blood vessels in his neck grew.

"WHO ONE OF YOU BROUGHT ALL THIS AND

IGNORING YOUR FRIEND'S LIFE? !!!"

His screams echoed loudly throughout the forest.

Kim Cheol realized he had to raise the stakes.

"I will count to three.If no one speaks, I will assume all of you

equally guilty"

Han Songyi pulled up Park Heejin's sleeves.

"U-unni ..."

Park Heejin hugged Han Songyi.

Go Myunghwan and Yoon Gijoong also gulped while sweating.

Kim Cheol is a Rank-A.

Even if they combined their strength, they could not hope to

won against him.

However, none of them want to betray Jin Woo.

"One."

Kim Cheol drew a sword beside him.

schiing

"Two."

The Hunters are silent.

Would a low-level Hunter dare to disobey him?

Kim Cheol's anger is.

"How dare you look down on me ..."

His eyes were reddened with killing intent.

The first is this woman.

The one who betrayed his team and decided to join the weak.

Park Heejin will be the first to die.

'Yes, he must be hiding something.That's why he left my team"

That was the only reason he could think of.

Kim Cheol stepped closer to Park Heejin and finished his countdown.

"Three."

Park Heejin closed her eyes.

Suddenly.

"Four."

Bam!

Something hit Kim Cheol on the back of his head, and the man fell face down

land and slide forward for a few feet.

All the eyes of the Hunters were wide open.

"Leader!"

Jin Woo had struck with such force that his fist did not kill him.

He spoke, coldly,

"Who's the son of a bitch who really put his partner's life at risk?"