Chapter 77: Amongst Men, Kim Ji-Hee; Amongst Horses, Mandong (1)
Inside a collapsed department store.
Riiiiip!
"Hah... hah... hah!" Kim Ki-Rok panted heavily.
After slicing through the spirit with a mana-infused sword, Kim Ki-Rok leaned against the blade he had driven into the floor as if it were a walking stick, then stared at the door leading to the exhibition hall on the fifth floor.
He had entered the building with ten other Hunters, but they had all been annihilated by a pack of spectral monsters that had suddenly ambushed them from all sides, leaving him as the sole survivor.
"Fuck this unbalanced, shitty game," Kim Ki-Rok cursed.
These spectral monsters lacked a physical form, so normal weapons had no effect on them. Unless it was a weapon sheathed in mana, they could be slashed tens or hundreds of times without incurring any damage.
On top of that, these spectral monsters could appear anywhere, at any time, making it impossible to predict their ambushes. The only way to defend against such a surprise attack was to keep one's entire body constantly wrapped in mana, which meant a colossal consumption of mana.
After a deep breath to gather himself, Kim Ki-Rok set off again. He cut down a spectral monster emerging right through the corridor wall, then lifted his right foot and kicked the door open.
Boooom!
A craftsman had recently rented the exhibition hall to display his crowning work—an S-Class enchanted weapon that he had poured all of his heart and soul into—which drew the interest of the Hunter community.
Naturally, the Hunters Association and the government had stationed hundreds of Hunters to guard against an attack by Awakened criminals, but they had been powerless to stop them because of the spectral monsters that devoured mana so intensely.