Lord of Training - Chapter 102



Only Krnovel

102. New Yeonseongjin.

A snake monster chases me, its huge body writhing.

If I’m too far away, he won’t chase me, but if I’m too close, I’m in danger.

So keeping a proper distance was vital.

Avoiding or even killing that giant snake monster is not difficult for me.

Because you can snipe from afar or keep firing skills from the sky.

‘But the crop tile crowd is different.’

A group of them number in the hundreds.

They had a clear hierarchy within the group, were intelligent enough to use tools, and were also fearless.

If we don’t figure out their weakness, we’ll be on the run, moving bases for 30 days.

‘Where was their village······.’

Chewy!

“Huh!”

[Uses Halo (lv.3) skill.]

Choaaaah!

Papapapat!

The shield kept flashing with light.

I just stopped the poison flying from the mouth of a giant snake.

‘Huh? You got it?’

There were holes in his uniform, indicating that a few drops had penetrated the barrier.

If it’s poison, how can it make clothes melt?

Is it acid poison?

There was no time to think long.

The bastard opened his mouth and tried to bite me!

I had no choice but to go up to the sky.

But a giant snake kept following me up the tree.

[Use the High-Speed ​​Flight (lv.3) skill.]

[Use the Overlap (lv.3) skill.]

Paaaaang!

Kwajik!

I narrowly avoided the guy’s mouth and flew up into the sky.

“Phew! If I had been a little later, I would have ended up in the snake’s mouth.”

It was time to catch my breath.

Over there I could see a group of Croptiled huts.

As I went down, the bastard chased me again.

And lured him to Croptile Village.

“Crunch?”

“Kyaak!”

The Croptileds opened their mouths wide in anger as they discovered the giant snake monster.

but!

Chwieeeeee! Kwajik! Kwajik!

The two at the very front entered the mouth of the giant snake monster in an instant.

One by one, crop tiles as big as two meters disappeared, showing just how big their mouths were.

“Kkirik!”

“Kiririk!”

The Croptileds raised their spears and rushed fearlessly towards the giant snake.

Boohoo! Thud! Thud!

As the giant snake monster swung its tail, three Croptiles flew out and crashed to the ground.

And he wrapped his body around a nearby hut.

The hut collapsed and the two Croptides inside were killed, their bodies twisted grotesquely as they were engulfed in the snake’s torso.

‘Are they weaker than I thought?’

But Croptiles didn’t give up on the chase.

Even though it was a Class A monster and there was no chance of winning, it continued to attack without mercy.

I appreciate the brave spirit, but that’s reckless.

Shake! Phukk!

“Kuaaaaak!”

At that moment, the spear thrown by the elite-level croptile pierced the snake monster’s torso.

That blow changed the mood.

“Kkuruk!”

As the elite Croptile shouted, the surrounding Croptiles started throwing their spears.

And that was the beginning of the counterattack.

Shake! Shake!

Pok! Pok!

“Kkaaaah!”

I guess this should be considered a ranged attack.

The window flew 30 meters away.

If it’s powerful enough to be embedded in the torso of a Class A dimensional monster, then its power is······.

I’ll also break through my Halo (lv.3) skill.

The elite (B-class) Croptile who gave the order has high intelligence!

At first, the C-rank crop tiles could only rush forward.

So what this means is that once the elite level disappears, it will be much easier to deal with crop tiles.

After all, it’s fastest to kill the leader of a group, whether it’s a human or a monster.

Twenty or so spears poured in from all directions, and the snake monster with four spears stuck in it turned around and started to run away.

But the Croptiled herd seemed unwilling to let go.

He rushed forward with a bone knife and an axe in his hand and climbed onto the back of the giant snake.

And then he started hitting me hard.

“Kueeeeek!”

The snake monster screamed in pain.

But he didn’t stop running away.

As the snake monster shook its body violently, the Croptiles riding on it fell down.

But before he knew it, an elite Croptile and a dozen other Croptiles had caught up to him and were blocking him.

It is true that the elite are smarter and run faster.

“Crunch!”

“Kiririk!”

At the command of the Elite, the Croptiles charged from the front.

The giant snake monster opened its mouth, perhaps deciding that there was no more escape to be made.

Choaaaah!

Chit! Chit! Chit!

“Kkuruk!”

“Kkiak!”

Six Croptiles that had been poisoned fell down helplessly.

Even though not much skin had been peeled off, he died with his eyes rolled back and foaming at the mouth as if his body was paralyzed.

Does the neurotoxin spread when it touches the skin?

The snake monster’s venom was very lethal.

“Crunch!”

“Kiririri!”

But Croptile didn’t stop attacking this time either.

The Croptiles, who had avoided the venom, stabbed the snake monster with axes and spears.

And then, Croptileed, who had followed behind, mercilessly struck the snake monster’s tail and back with an axe.

The hunt didn’t take long.

Kkeeeeek! Boom!

“Kkireuk!”

“Kkireuk!”

After killing the monster in about ten minutes, Croptile cheered.

It would be better to snipe the Elite Croptiles first.

It is especially effective if you kill them before giving orders to the group.

“Pfft!”

“Whew!”

What are you doing?

Suddenly, Croptile started spitting at the dead giant snake.

Then he turned around and moved towards the village.

‘Why don’t you take the body?’

If you take that, how many days will the tribe eat?

A strange thought occurred to me.

Moreover, he just leaves the body of his dead colleague behind.

Oh! Is it because of the poison?

Come to think of it, the smell coming from that guy’s nest alone gave me a headache and a sore throat.

And the clothes that were hit by the guy’s poison had holes in them, and all the Croptiles that had their skin hit by the poison foamed at the mouth and died.

‘It has such a terrible poison that they don’t eat it!’

It seemed that Croptileed already knew the snake monster well.

It was short, but there was a harvest.

Because I got the information from Croptile.

‘Let’s stay still, you say it’s poison?’

It’ll take some effort, but let’s chop it up and take it!

[Use the Body Strengthening (lv.3) skill.]

The snake dimension monster’s torso was cut into pieces and placed in the alchemist’s workshop.

***

[Special leaflet temporary base]

Because it was such a large monster, it took a considerable amount of time to put it into the workshop.

But the group still hasn’t arrived.

Chi-chik!

“Phelps, are we there yet?”

– We’re a little delayed because of the rough jungle. We should be there in an hour or two.

“Understood. Be careful and come while scouting to avoid encountering a group of Croptiled.”

– yes!

I opened an alchemist’s workshop.

The snake monster’s blood also contains acidic poison, and several steel daggers have been melted in it.

Later on, I had no choice but to join forces with the steel battle doll and completely crush its torso with the dragon claws.

It didn’t matter since I was just going to extract the poison anyway.

Let’s make a new formation before the agents arrive.

Select the decomposition space.

[Disassembly (lv.39) The linkage device is ready.]

As I continued to disassemble the magic stone, its level increased considerably.

Select the manipulation space.

[Extraction (lv.32) The linking device is ready.]

Because I continued to extract mana liquid from the magic stone, the extraction level also increased significantly.

The last construction space was chosen.

[Injection (lv.1) ductile device is ready.]

Now, I dismantle the snake monster in the workshop, extract its venom, and inject it into the Iris Dimension Bullet (Chaos) that I have.

The dimensional bullets used in the Iris Dimension Rifle summon another dimension and attack the enemy when the bullet hits.

For example, the Flame Dimension Bullet was a special bullet that summoned a dimensional space engulfed in flames, adding scorching heat, and in the case of Chaos, a dimensional space filled with chaos was summoned.

In the case of flame bullets, some level of firepower is supported, but in the case of chaos bullets, the power is random, so only the power of the bullet itself may be exerted.

So I thought I’d try injecting some poison into the chaos bullets.

At the very least, anyone hit by a bullet will be fatally wounded by the poison.

That’s how we created the first soft stage regarding poison.

‘Now my alchemist abilities will gain great synergy.’

During that time, I was making mana rings, gnome panels, and using the alchemist’s workshop instead of the subspace warehouse.

But now the external fuse was also prepared, and poison bullets could be made.

And my alchemist skills could continue to develop infinitely.

Because there are enough dimensional nuclei.

***

There was no need to create a base gate.

Brrrrrr! Squeak!

The entrance to Phelps’ subspace warehouse was blocked by a large horsepower truck.

“Everyone is in.”

Fortunately, everyone entered the elf base without a single person falling behind.

“The 1st Battalion will search the area around the base, the 2nd Battalion will install machine guns on the walls of the base, the 3rd Battalion will clear away any large objects in the area with the orbital giant, and the 4th Battalion will search the area to see if there are any other secret bases nearby.”

“yes!”

I looked at Prince Arc.

“Your Majesty, please pitch a tent with your soldiers and clean the inside of the base.”

“Okay.”

We might be able to last here for a month, so we had to clean up the base.

And I distributed Draco assault rifles to the Lutes officers and soldiers. Since we were a little short in numbers, I distributed the old elven rifles to some of them.

Because the rifles of the Lutes Army had too little firepower.

“What do I do?”

Saint Veronica made an awkward expression.

“Please follow me for now.”

I took the saint and went into the building in the center.

Once we reached a quiet place, we got down to business.

“Have you received the message from God?”

“Are you talking about letters floating in the air?”

“Yes. Can you see it?”

Saint Veronica nodded.

“But I don’t really understand what you are saying.”

“Do you know what a status window is?”

“I don’t know.”

If you see the mission message, it means that you have awakened the spell.

So she must have awakened the ability to perceive dimensional energy.

But you didn’t even open the status window?

Who brainwashed her?

If you had just talked a little more deeply with the awakened magic knight, you would have known about the status window.

“That message is that when you enter the labyrinth gate, the system will tell you a mission. And if you complete all of those missions, you can go back to where we live.”

“This is a trial from God.”

“yes?”

You just said system, so are you suddenly saying system is god?

“Well, it’s similar.”

I took a small dimensional core from the alchemist’s workshop.

“Ah! You carry a fragment of God in your bosom!”

She folded her hands and looked at me with a reverent expression.

“This is not a fragment of God, but a lump of dimensional energy called the Dimensional Core. And the holy relic that the Aquila Church talks about is a relic that came from the Labyrinth Gate here, and if you bring this Dimensional Core to it, dimensional energy will be charged. And if you shout out the status window, there is a detailed explanation.”

“What does it matter if we call the fragments of God dimensional cores, divine power dimensional energy, and sacred relics heritage? The essence does not change just because non-believers call them that.”

“yes?”

“Alain Bombard, your messenger of God, thinks that the Aquila Cult should be more accessible to the general public. Then I will also refer to it as the Dimensional Core and the Relic as the Legacy.”

Huh? This isn’t it, the story keeps going in a strange direction.

“I understand that you are shocked. It must be hard to believe that everything you have believed in up until now has been denied. In fact, everything that the saintess believes in was not created by God, but by elves who live in another dimension. And this labyrinth gate was also created by the elves to help us humans.”

Do you understand now?

“Ah! Now I understand. What are you talking about?”

Fortunately, he didn’t seem to be in shock anymore.

“You are saying that the god Aquila descended to the elves and created the dimensional core and holy relics to help humans. Ah! The providence of the gods is truly great. It is all prepared for humans!”

“No, that’s not it. The dimensional core is a substance that comes from the body of an S-class dimensional monster.”

“It is a blessing that God bestows upon those who kill monsters.”

“yes?”

I was speechless for a moment.

Wow! This is how scary it is when people are brainwashed!

At this point, even I would have a hard time persuading them······.

Even if you see the high elf Iris holding the dimensional core, you will be speechless if you say she is the incarnation of God.

For the first time, it felt like there was an insurmountable wall right in front of me.

Do we just have to keep pushing forward as if he’s a messenger of God?

“Let me ask you something. Do you know where the Labyrinth Gate is in this world right now?”

Saint Veronica closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them.

“There are three labyrinth gates in total.”

“What about the other gates?”

“Well, there are quite a few gates where dimensional monsters come out. Most of them are in the mountains or ruins. There are also some that are underground or underwater.”

“Are there any unusual gates?”

“A peculiar gate?”

“A gate that has a peculiar aura, like a labyrinth gate.”

Veronica closed her eyes again.

“Unfortunately, there isn’t.”

“Wait a minute, there are three gates to this labyrinth? Are you sure?”

“Yes. There are two A-class labyrinth gates and one S-class labyrinth gate.”

“There are three labyrinth gates in our world, right?”

“Yes, that’s for sure.”

“It’s strange. When I entered the S-class labyrinth gate before, there was no gate inside. And all the soldiers who entered were scattered.”

“Really? But isn’t there definitely an S-class labyrinth gate in this dimension?”

So then, is that an S-class labyrinth gate leading to a destroyed world?

Or maybe there’s an S-class labyrinth gate created by the elves in this dimension. We might not have seen it.

The only way to confirm this is to go there yourself.

“Where is that S-class labyrinth gate?”

“It’s very far from here. And the moving dimensional core makes me think it’s home to a very powerful monster.”

“What if it’s a very strong dimensional monster?”

“You are emitting energy more powerful than the dimensional core you are holding right now.”

I took out the medium dimensional core.

Then Saint Veronica looked surprised.

“Is there a monster that emits dimensional energy more powerful than this?”

“yes!”

For a moment, I thought I knew where it was.

It seemed that the S-rank labyrinth gate would probably have to be located deeper than where my team and I had caught the elite-rank dimensional dragon.

The elite-level dimensional dragon was the only one left in the area, Lieutenant General Enhart, who had awakened nine spells.

So, if you awaken more spells than that, it means you fall deeper, meaning there are dimensional monsters stronger than the elite level.

‘Ah! I guess I’ll find out later if I ask Iris!’

End