Chapter 11

Leveling Up Alone: Ragnarok Chapter 10

"Who dares to covet the fangs of the Fang Lord?"

"Yongjun? What are you talking about all of a sudden?"

Strange words slipped out of Kim Yongjun's mouth as he gripped the sword handle.

The leader, who was about to stop him, suddenly felt a chill.

Swish.

At that moment, the sword was drawn by Kim Yongjun's hand.

"Who dares to covet the fangs of the Fang Lord?"

Kim Yongjun's eyes, repeating the same words, were tinged with red.

"Y-ongjun? Are you okay...?"

Swish!

"......!"

At that moment, the leader's neck was cut.

A fountain of blood spurted out.

Time seemed to freeze at the unbelievable scene, and silence swept through.

And then.

"What, what the...!"

"Aaaah! Leader!"

The hunters behind them were startled and ran over.

"Y-ongjun! Why...!"

Swish!

At that moment, another neck was severed.

"Yongjun!"

Only then did they realize.

Kim Yongjun, with bloodshot eyes, was rampaging.

His sword was pointed at them.

"Who dares to covet the fangs of the Fang Lord?"

In the surreal blood mist, Kim Yongjun laughed wickedly.

Rumble!

A chilling howl began to echo from the ruins.

***

Creepy.

Bae's eyes suddenly changed.

He turned his head and stared intently into the darkness of the dungeon.

[...What is it?]

"Why are you like that?"

In response to Suho's question, Bae, with his gaze fixed, spoke.

[All of a sudden, I sensed the presence of a Lord.]

"Lord? Do you mean Father?"

[No. There are not just one but several Lord-level beings.]

Bae explained.

Originally, in this universe, there were several Lords, not just the Shadow Lord.

However, they happened to invade Earth, the world where the Shadow Lord Seong Jin-woo lived, and ultimately met their end at his hands.

"So it's not Father, then?"

[If it were him, my power would have been instantly recharged. But my magic power remains the same, and this aura... I recognize it.]

At that moment.

Auuuuu!

A wolf's howl echoed from somewhere.

It was followed by the simultaneous howls of fierce beasts from all directions.

Rumble!

Kyaooo!

"What, what's happening?"

"What's going on all of a sudden?"

The miners' faces turned pale as they nervously looked around.

-Kraaaah!

A scream was heard.

It was the voice of someone who had gone deeper to mine.

-Uaaaah! S-someone, help...!

The screams were getting louder and closer by the second.

And then.

"Kyaooo!"

A wolf's paw suddenly attacked from behind Suho.

[Young Lord!]

"I saw it too!"

Suho thrust the pickaxe he was holding into the wolf's mouth.

Crack!

"Mad?"

The teeth were so sharp that the pickaxe was crushed like tofu.

But it bought some time.

Pht!

While the wolf was chewing the pickaxe, Suho commanded the Shadow Goblins.

"Attack!"

[Kerlek!]

The three Shadow Goblins simultaneously pounced on the wolf.

"Rumble!"

But they were outnumbered.

The Shadow Goblins' weapons were the same mining pickaxes Suho used, and the wolf crushed them with its teeth.

It also tore the Shadow Goblins' bodies apart.

But.

Swish.

At that moment, the magic power that had left Suho's body restored the Shadow Goblins to their original state.

[Keeek! The Shadow Soldiers are an undying army. They can be restored with the Young Lord's magic power!]

Bae looked excited as the battle began.

[Kerlek!]

The instantly revived Shadow Goblins clung to the wolf's body.

They mercilessly stabbed the wolf with the broken pickaxe pieces.

Crack, crack, crack!

"Keeek!"

The wolf, which had attacked with great momentum, howled pitifully and rolled on the ground.

[Steel Fang Lycan has been defeated.]

"Figures, it was chewing the pickaxe."

But it wasn't time to relax just because one wolf was dead.

Dozens of wolves had appeared, and the miners were being torn apart by their steel teeth.

"Uaaaah!"

"These guys' teeth...!"

Their pickaxes were useless in battle.

'Inventory!'

Suho urgently pulled out the Goblin stone axes he had collected and gave one to each Shadow Goblin.

[Young Lord! These stone axes will also be destroyed by the wolves' teeth!]

"I have plenty of axes!"

Suho shouted and threw a stone axe at a wolf that was about to attack a miner.

Swoosh—Thud!

The stone axe flew straight and embedded itself in the wolf's side.

"Keeek!"

[It's not dead yet!]

'Dominion Power!'

A transparent hand extended from Suho's hand.

The transparent hand picked up the fallen stone axe and struck the wolf's head.

Thud!

The wolf let out a final scream and died.

[Steel Fang Lycan has been defeated.]

That was the beginning.

"Everyone, gather here!"

Suho shouted loudly so that the panicked miners could hear.

He then ran into the midst of the wolves with a stone axe in each hand to save them.

[Kerlek, kerlek!]

The three Shadow Goblins following him raised their axes with great momentum.

But the actual command Suho gave them was different.

"Don't attack, just keep getting hit!"

[Kerlek?!]

The Shadow Goblins were startled.

"And keep running to lure all the wolves into that passage!"

[Kerlek, kerlek!]

There was no time to catch each wolf to save the people.

The Shadow Goblins began to lure the wolves, shouting.

Their bodies were constantly torn and ripped, but they kept reviving, infuriating the wolves.

"Rumble!"

"Kyaooo!"

Eventually, most of the wolves became obsessed with chasing the three Shadow Goblins.

When they all entered the passage at the corner.

"Quickly, block the hole!"

At Suho's shout, the miners, who were sitting on the ground covered in wounds, hurriedly got up.

They dragged all the carts of mana stones they had collected and piled them in front of the passage the wolves had entered.

"Huff, huff."

The miners collapsed on the ground, exhausted, after blocking the passage.

"What the hell? How did the monsters get here?"

"What happened to the attack team?"

Anxiety spread across the miners' faces.

It was rare for the attack team to be so far behind and for the monsters to reach the mining site.

There was only one case.

"Could the attack team have been wiped out?"

"But when they went in, they were so confident, saying it was just wolves?"

"After all, this is only a D-grade dungeon."

Rumble! Kyaoo!

Just then, the wolves' growls were heard from behind the blocked passage.

"What do we do now?"

There was no guarantee that the way out would be safe.

"Baer?"

Suho called out to Baer, who had been staring into the depths of the dungeon.

Baer had a serious expression.

[Young Lord, it seems we're in big trouble. This is indeed the aura of the Fang Lord.]

"Fang Lord?"

[The king of beasts who was killed by the Lord. It seems there is someone controlling these wolves from behind.]

"Does that mean a dead one has come back to life?"

[...I can't be sure. The power to revive from death is only possible for the Shadow Lord in this universe. However, even with the Shadow Power, it was impossible to revive a Lord-level being. They didn't die; they were completely annihilated.]

So it was impossible for an annihilated Lord to come back to life.

[Therefore, this aura is most likely a remnant of the Fang Lord that has seeped through a dimensional crack.]

After explaining, Baer looked at Suho resolutely.

[Young Lord, we must flee.]

"Flee?"

Suho looked puzzled.

Baer, who had always been eager to fight and kill, was showing the opposite behavior.

[As I've said before, your current strength is worse than an ant larva. You're so weak that a Lord-level being could kill you with a single strike. We need to get out of here as quickly as possible.]

"Are you still mad because I fed you mana stones?"

Suho remembered clearly.

Until this morning, he was an ant larva, but now he was even worse than a larva.

But then.

Boom!

The hole they had blocked suddenly exploded.

"Ah! The passage is open!"

The miners, who had been relieved to isolate the wolves, turned pale and clutched their pickaxes.

However, instead of the wolves jumping out as expected, a familiar face walked out.

"Mr. Kim Yongjun!"

A miner who recognized his face called out to him with a bright expression.

It turned out to be an acquaintance who was part of the attack team.

"What the hell happened in there? We almost died!"

"..."

He approached him happily, but Kim Yongjun only stared at him expressionlessly.

Then the sword in his hand moved.

Swish!

"Danger!"

Thud!

At that moment, Suho's Dominion Power grabbed the miner's collar from behind.

The sword, which had been about to strike, narrowly missed his neck.

Sss.

A thin red line appeared on his neck, and he turned pale and fell backward.

"Ugh?"

Red eyes looked down at him arrogantly.

Kim Yongjun spoke.

"Who dares to invade the lair of the Fang Lord? This is the sacred ground where the great king of beasts resided."

Boom!

"......!"

At that moment, a terrifying killing intent exploded from his entire body.

"Kraaaah."

A sinister aura that made it impossible to breathe dominated the area.

[Effect: Fear activated.]

[All player stats are reduced by 50% for 1 minute.]

At that moment, Suho felt his body become heavy.

[We must flee immediately.]

Baer whispered urgently.

[If only my power were intact, this would have been no problem...]

Baer, who had been muttering angrily and looking at Suho, suddenly paused.

Suho's eyes were burning with a fierce light as he looked at Kim Yongjun.

At that moment.

[A quest has arrived.]

A quest window appeared in front of Suho.

[Emergency Quest: Eliminate the enemy!]

There is an entity with murderous intent toward the 'player.' Eliminate it to ensure safety.

Number of enemies to eliminate: 1

Number of enemies eliminated: 0

Baer spoke urgently.

[Young Lord! Ignore this quest. The weak have their own way of fighting. Let's use the Shadow Goblins as a shield and flee like before.]

"Understood."

Suho murmured softly.

Baer's eyes lit up.

[I'll guide the escape route!]

"......I will fight."

[Keeek?!]