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Chapter 54 5th Legendary Rank Monster Ratman

‘I thought this was it.’

I knew that China would put out flippers, and I knew that other countries would pass in moderation.

In fact, they are not directly affected, and there is no need to bear a gun on behalf of Korea.

In addition, as they are also operating secret agents made up of players, it was not good that this incident became a big issue.

To be honest, Hyunseong even worried about what would happen if the government opposed making this issue an issue.

No matter how weak China’s influence, it was the best customer who bought the most Korean products.

There were many items that Korea imported from China, including raw materials.

To that extent, if the Korean government was issued, it would inevitably cause great losses for Korean companies.

‘It seems that you have made up your mind after the North Korean territorial dispute.’

This time, however, the Korean government’s resolve that it could not show weakness to China was felt.

Also, China was not in a situation to issue a Korean-Korean order right away.

It was only a few weeks ago that the Chinese government announced that it would not pressure other countries with its weapons of foreign joint ventures and imports and exports in China to attract investment from foreign companies.

Under such circumstances, it was obvious that if the Korean government was issued, foreign companies struggling to restore their production plants and make additional investments would completely turn their backs on China.

From China’s point of view, it was a situation where they had no choice but to stand still.

On the other hand, for Korea, it was a good opportunity to feed China one shot without any damage.

However… … .

‘The government is only satisfied with this level of achievement.’

The Korean government thought this was enough.

But not from Hyunseong’s point of view.

A man next door trespassed with a knife, smashed furniture and committed murder.

But he didn’t put the person next door to jail, and he’s just content with being humiliated by his neighbors?

I backed away too far.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

I had to jailbreak him so he wouldn’t do it again.

* * *

It was decided that the new home of the Hyunseong family would be a detached house, not an apartment.

It was easy to guard and it was good to be prepared in case of an emergency.

The detached house where Hyunseong’s family moved was famous for being home to many high-level players.

It was because of the geographical advantage of being close to the headquarters of large guilds, including high-level dungeons.

Of course, the security was good, and even if the dimension gate was opened, it had the advantage of being able to deal with it in an instant.

The problem was that after the Second Cataclysm, house prices rose dramatically.

The reason was that a large number of ordinary people were worried about the sudden creation of the dimension gate.

Fortunately, money was no longer an obstacle for Hyunseong’s family.

This is because Hyunseong’s father also made a huge amount of income, even if he excludes the income he makes from selling magic stones.

Money is not everything in the world, but with money, most problems can be easily solved.

Hyunseong told the Players Association that he would stop hunting for the time being.

The Players Association also understood.

Having gone through something like that, I understood it to mean that I would personally take care of the safety of my family for the time being.

Hyunseong, who declared to the Players Association to stop hunting, headed north that day.

* * *

‘found.’

Hyunseong looked at a building on the outskirts of the city.

From the outside, it looks like an ordinary residential building.

But the reality was different.

This was one of the shelters used by Chinese secret agents.

The men who attacked Hyunseong’s family also gathered here to plan a kidnapping.

Perhaps by now, preparations for another duke are in full swing.

‘Wait till night.’

There was no need to attack during the day.

Hyunseong got a hotel nearby.Hyunseong pretended to be Japanese, not Korean.

He even used his Japanese passport to check in to a hotel.

‘Inukuso is very useful.’

The Japanese passport Hyunseong is holding was not a fake fake.

It was a genuine Japanese passport that was officially issued by the Japanese government.

So there was no problem with background check.

Hyunseong disguised himself as a Japanese reporter who came to cover China on a Japanese flag.

It wouldn’t happen, but it was a precautionary measure in case the tail was caught.

Hyunseong easily crossed the border using the Dark Curtain skill and stopped by a Japanese secret agent in China to be offered a camouflage identity.

His appearance was also in disguise to match his camouflage status.

‘Even if there is a link between ratman and humans, it is only a Japanese reporter.’

Even if the disguised identity of a Japanese journalist was revealed, there was no problem.

Then, an additional disguised identity of a Japanese secret agent will emerge.

Hyunseong, who had double hidden his identity, waited for the night to come.

As night fell, he sneaked out of the hotel using his dark veil skill.

‘Shall we try it?’

Hyunseong ripped the Consumable Item Ratman Transformation Order.

Wrath!

With the bright light, foreign magic wrapped around Hyunseong’s body.

Wow! Wow!

With him, Hyunseong’s appearance began to change.

Stiff hair grew all over his body, and a mouse’s tail grew from his tailbone.

His snout protruded long, and his front teeth continued to grow out of his lips.

His ears went up to his head and pricked up.

‘Perfect.’

There was no ambivalence.

As if he was a ratman from the beginning, he was able to freely manipulate his tail.

The armor set of the Demon King that covered Hyunseong’s body was changed to a chain armor with a color similar to the black fur of a ratman.

It was thanks to the form transformation, an option that the Demon King’s Armor Set had.

No one with a good eye would think of the same armor that Hyunseong wore with the Demon King’s armor set and Ratman’s body armor.

Because the form and type are completely different.

The last one was the dragon blood sword.

Hyunseong has placed a shape-shifting spell on Dragon Blood Sword.

Wrath!

With the bright light, the shape of the dragon blood sword with the dragon’s mouth biting the blade changed to the shape of the rat’s mouth biting the blade.

Options and expectations were the same, of course, in size.

However, just changing the shape of the handle from a dragon to a mouse looked like a completely different weapon.

‘Shall we go?’

Hyunseong infiltrated the house while maintaining the Dark Curtain skill.

‘Is it weaker than I thought?’

The defense of Anga was lax.

There were no items that could see through stealth skills, and no players were on guard duty.

Hyunseong, who easily infiltrated the inside of the house, arrived at the place where the secret agents were planning the operation.

‘27 people.’

Three party-sized players were gathering and chatting in Chinese.

It turns out that they were plotting to kill dissidents in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region under the guise of suicide.

‘It seems that they are working on their own people as well.’

The horse was a secret agent, and what he did was no different from a robber.

‘Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region… … .’

I knew that among ethnic minorities, they were relatively conforming to the Chinese government’s rule, but not all of them seemed to be like that.

‘There is enough available.’It was important to get rid of them first.

27 high-level players are never weak.

Rather, he was strong enough to crush three or four rankers.

Even if you have excellent skills, there is no business in the number of heads.

Hyunseong quietly drew the dragon blood sword.

‘It cuts in one blow.’

High-level players are gathering for a meeting.

Hopefully, before the full-scale battle begins, the number of enemies can be greatly reduced.

Break up! Break up!

The Dragon Blood Sword was covered in the breath of the Black Lightning Dragon.

When the magic power was raised in earnest, the stealth skill, the Curtain of Darkness skill, was released.

“what?”

The secret agents, who noticed the flow of magic, all focused their attention on Hyunseong.

What caught their eye was the lowest level monster, Ratman.

“How did the ratman get here… … ?”

Whik!

At the bewildered secret agents, Hyunseong swung his dragon blood sword with all his might.

Scratch!

The throats of the three secret agents flew away.

“Shield of Faith!”

The tank’s defense skill was cast before the dragon blood sword reached the fourth target.

The translucent defense skill and the dragon blood sword wrapped in the black lightning dragon’s breath collided head-on.

Aaaaaaaaah!

With a loud explosion sound, the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath spread out in all directions.

“Aaaaah!”

“Gagging!”

In an instant, more than 10 secret agents lost their lives.

“Kill that monster!”

“Ice Missiles!”

“Frost Ring!”

“Chains of Bondage!”

All kinds of skills poured towards Hyunseong.

Hyunseong used Black Dragon’s breath as his power.

Fragile!

Aww!

The breath of the Black Lightning Dragon and the skills of the secret agents exploded, and the inside of the narrow inner house turned into a chaos.

Scratch!

Hyunseong moved without hesitation.

The first enemies we targeted were healers and ranged dealers.

Secret agents also counterattacked.

But the secret agents were out of luck.

Even if they fought hard with all their might, the opponent that is hard to beat is Hyunseong.

However, before a proper battle could be fought, they were attacked and their number was reduced by almost half.

There was no way he could defeat an enemy that was difficult to defeat even with full power with half his power.

Kwajik!

A dragon blood sword splattered blood, and a jet-black lightning bolt covered the interior of the building.

“Gagging!”

The dragon blood sword stuck in the heart of the secret agent who resisted to the end.

“Uh, how… … ?”

The lowest level monster, Ratman.

He and his comrades were all beaten by the one who suddenly appeared.The secret agent could hardly believe the present reality.

dump!

The last secret agent fell to the floor helplessly.

he is dead

Hyunseong opened the subspace and swept everything inside the house.

He also took all the magic stones and items from the corpses of the secret agents.

Hyunseong used the Dark Curtain skill again to get out of the house.

Police officers gathered, but they were just ordinary people.

Hyunseong leisurely left the scene and returned to the hotel.

* * *

The Chinese government was stunned.

Nowhere else, the secret agent’s house was attacked.

This was by no means something that could be overlooked.

Once it was disguised as a simple fire accident, other secret agents were dispatched to investigate.

As a result, it became known that everything inside the house had completely disappeared.

“player. It was also the work of an outsider.”

There were 27 secret agents in the house at the time.

All of them were high-level players who passed level 350.

They were killed in an instant.

“This is a challenge to public authority! What the traitors in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have done must be clear!”

“You mean by what means did they recruit out-of-standard strongmen? I am suspicious of Choi Hyunseong.”

The moment the name Choi Hyunseong came out, the hall became quiet.

“You mean Choi Hyunseong came to China?”

“I think it is very likely. See the results of the investigation. Wasn’t the thunderbolt skill used? How many out-of-standards are strong who use thunderbolt skills?”

“Ugh.”

“There are plenty of possibilities.”

“ Choi Hyunseong If he came here… … .”

The faces of the Chinese government officials were stained with greed.

A delicious prey entered the tiger’s burrow by itself.

You can never miss this opportunity.

I had to catch it by all means.

smart!

“What’s going on?”

“Further investigations are here!”

“Come in and report.”

“Yes!”

Good profit!

The door to the conference room opened and an intelligence agent entered.

“As a result of using the restoration skill, the identity of the culprit has been revealed.”

“Who is the culprit? Maybe Choi Hyunseong?”

“Yes? What… … ?”

The intelligence agent asked with a puzzled expression.

“The main culprit in this case is Choi Hyunseong, a player directly affiliated with the Korea Association.”

At the words of a government official, the intelligence agent opened his mouth with a bewildered expression.

“I, the culprit was a monster, not a human.”

“what?”

The faces of government officials hardened like stones.

“It’s in the shape of a ratman, but… … As a result of evaluating the combat power with the restoration skill, it is estimated that it is a legendary-grade monster, not a normal-grade monster.”

“Me, Legendary?”

The faces of government officials turned white.

The losses suffered from the Second Cataclysm and Imoogi Incident have not yet been recovered.

But once again, a legendary monster appeared.

“Why the hell?”

Government officials resented the sky.

* * *

Hyunseong distinguished between items and general items among the items placed in the subspace.

In the case of a skill book, he immediately learned what he needed and sold the rest along with items such as weapons and armor.

Normal items became the target of casting psychometry skills.

However, there were general items that were helpful beyond that purpose.

It was an assassination plan and instructions document.

It is not stated who wrote the assassination plan and directive documents.

But I had no choice but to know who would do such a thing if not stupid.

Hyunseong stacked the documents one by one in a subspace.

‘The more enemies, the better.’

China has been putting strong pressure on minorities who are claiming independence.

They also used secret agents to kill them as they do now.

The reason the Chinese government mobilized radical methods such as assassination was the weakened status of China after the Second Cataclysm.

Taking advantage of China’s weakness, the independence movement took place more actively.

‘Inner Mongolia is just an embers, the real Uyghurs and Tibetans.’

Jangjok, Manchu people, and Koreans were also shaking little by little.

In addition, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan were also unpredictable.

The Chinese government was actively using secret agents to quench the flames of independence.

‘I’ll expose you to everything.’

It would probably taste like death from the Chinese point of view.

To the extent that I can’t even think of a player named Hyunseong in Korea.

Hyunseong raided the secret agents’ homes using information learned through psychometry skills.

The results were the same as before.

There was a history of being attacked once, so I was worried that the alertness would rise, but nothing in particular has changed.

Hyunseong destroyed the bases of the secret agents one by one.

The confidential documents obtained in the meantime were piled up one after another in a subspace.

As Hyunseong continued raiding the homes of secret agents, the Chinese government was on the verge of going crazy.

It was because he could not understand why this crazy monster was only targeting the bases of secret agents.

In addition, when the battle was over, it disappeared without a trace whether it rose to the sky or fell to the ground.

No, isn’t it normal to destroy nearby facilities and massacre people when monsters appear?

If that happens, the damage to the general public increases, but it has the advantage of being able to easily identify the location of the monster and enter the raid.

However, this mean ratman made a surprise attack and disappeared.

And that’s only for secret agents of the Chinese government.

– It is judged to be a fairly intelligent object.

– He knows he is thirteen.

-There is a possibility that it is an object that has reached the limit of the hero level, not the legendary level.

– He seems to be increasing his strength by hunting high-level players while hiding his body for growth.

-The reason for attacking the secret agents is presumably because several high-level players were gathered.

-There may be more high-level player victims that the government has not identified.

This was the opinion of the experts.

In the end, the Chinese dimension gate management decided to halt all operations and disperse the secret agents.

China has a large population, so the number of players was large.

If mobilized for official work, China is a country that can mobilize not only tens of thousands but more than 100,000 high-level players.

However, the number of players who faithfully obey the government’s orders and are active in the shadows is only a few thousand.

It was also really hard to put together.

The Chinese government wanted ordinary players to be attacked.

Then we can formalize the existence of Ratman.

It has been less than a week since the South Korean government has denied the existence of secret agents in the offensive.

However, it was impossible to say that their secret agents had been attacked by a legendary monster in the house.There is a Legendary level monster in your country, but you cannot reveal its existence.

Even though it was frustrating, I couldn’t be so frustrated.

‘Uh, aren’t these guys coming together?’

Hyunseong was quite embarrassed by the actions of the Chinese secret agents who suddenly vacated the house.

‘If this is the case, I can’t wipe them all at once.’

Transformation spells are one-time use.

If you use it once and then return to your human form, you have to purchase it for 30 billion points and use it again.

When Chinese secret agents were gathered in one place, it was rather an advantage.

You can earn hundreds of billions of points by spending 30 billion points.

However, when these guys are scattered like now, things get a little more ambiguous.

‘Let’s get the information first.’

I had to figure out why all of a sudden they were leaving the house.

Hyunseong moved to the house of a secret agent, which he found out through his psychometry skills.

‘I like this house.’

A detached house, not an apartment.

It was also quite far from the neighboring houses.

Hyunseong infiltrated into a residential area after using the ratman transformation order.

Security was pretty tight, but… … .

‘Blink.’

It was useless in front of space movement-based skills.

Hyunseong moved carefully to the bedroom.

The secret agent did not even know that Hyunseong had entered the house and was in a deep sleep.

Whoops!

Hyunseong stabbed the dragon blood sword.

The secret agent lost his life without even making a proper resistance.

‘Shall we do some research now?’

Hyunseong used psychometry skills to gather information.

There was a lot of useless information, but by collecting it step by step, I was able to get the right information.

‘I thought the ratman was targeting players who were gathered in one place, so I gave the order to disperse.’

From Hyunseong’s point of view, it was an instruction that was not bad.

‘I’m going to be a little busy tonight.’

Hyunseong used his blink skill to get out of the house.

After that, he continuously moved to the next destination using space movement series skills.

In order to convince him that the ratman is a monster, the Dark Curtain skill was not deliberately cast.

Hyunseong arrived at her destination.

After that, the same operation as before was repeated.

Among the skill books I have learned so far, there are many space movement skills, so it was possible to move a great distance in a short time.

Hyunseong ran from city to city dealing with secret agents, and as the day dawned, he returned to being an ordinary Japanese reporter again.

* * *

Bang!

Wang Jinguang, Minister of Dimensional Gate Management of China, took a picture of the desk.

“If you scatter, you will attack other places? If you have a mouth, say it!”

These so-called monster experts kept their mouths shut like honey-eaten idiots.

“In one night, the number of agents killed was over 100! The damage is even greater! How many more people do you think will be beaten tomorrow?”

No one could speak in front of Minister Wang Jin-gwang, who was furious with fire.

“Whew!”

Minister Wang Jin-kwang, who was voicing out his anger, let out a deep sigh as if he had calmed down a bit.

“What about tracking?”

“It failed. It is estimated that he has space movement skills.”

“I’m going crazy.”

Rather, it was easier to deal with large monsters such as Imoogi.

A monster with great intelligence, a small human-like body, and free use of space-moving skills.Of course, it was difficult to catch the tail.

“Are you really a monster? Could it be that someone was in disguise? Don’t you have that skill called handwriting?”

Minister Wang Jin-kwang doubted whether Rat-Man was really a monster.

This is because the behavior of the monsters was very different from the characteristics of the monsters he had seen so far.

“The personification skill is very rare to have and has strong physical abilities, but on the contrary, it has a disadvantage in that the skill power is low. If you are a human who has used the characterization skill, you cannot use powerful attack skills like a ratman.”

“It could have been that the main stats were based on magic.”

“Even if that is the case, the transformation time is too long. In general, the limit is to maintain the handwriting skill for at most 3 hours. Also, the cooldown is long, so you must disable the skill at least twice the time used. Look at this.”

The material presented by the intelligence agent was a CCTV screen.

On the CCTV screen, the figure of the ratman who cuts through the darkness was accurately captured.

“As a result of analyzing the CCTV connection, the ratman was active for nearly 8 hours. This is an absolutely impossible time with handwriting skills.”

“Then are you really saying it’s a monster?”

“That’s right.”

“I’m going crazy.”

I couldn’t figure out why the monsters were relentlessly targeting only secret agents.

He also wondered how he managed to pinpoint the location of the secret agents’ homes in such detail.

“Let the scattered secret agents get back together.”

In the end, this was the best.

* * *

‘Wang Jin-gwang, Magic Analysis.’

China Dimensional Gate Minister and President of the Players Association.

He is the main culprit in planning the kidnapping and killing of Hyunseong by mobilizing secret agents.

‘These two must be removed.’

If you remove these two and get information, the name of the superior who gave the first order will pop out.

The problem is that the guard is too thick.

In particular, after Hyunseong’s promotions as a ratman, the security has more than tripled.

‘For now, let’s take the opportunity slowly.’

Hyunseong once again raided the house of secret agents.

But it was nonsense.

‘It’s fast.’

The location changed within a day.

But he couldn’t shake off the pursuit of Hyunseong, who possesses psychometric skills.

Hyunseong, who grasped the location of the house, used the blink skill.

‘It’s quite a lot.’

Before, there were about 3 parties, but now there are about 13 parties.

Boundaries have also been tightened.

At the entrance to the house, secret agents were on guard duty in pairs using stealth skills.

‘Are you going to give up?’

The 13 parties were a bit burdensome even for Hyunseong.

An escaped secret agent may emerge.

‘Let’s hit it in moderation.’

Once you try to attack, if you don’t want to, just fall in.

Hyunseong approached with Dark Veil skill and raided two secret agents on guard duty.

Whoops!

Two secret agents lost their lives without even being able to properly resist.

Wrath!

But the moment they both died, the lights in the building were lit.

At the same time, players poured out.

Over 100 high-level players surrounded Hyunseong in an instant.

‘This is what I was prepared for.’

Break up! Break up!

Hyunseong’s body was dyed with jet-black lightning.Shoo!

Hyunseong’s body disappeared into the air and escaped out of the siege.

Kwajik!

After that, they attacked the ranged dealers and healers in the rear.

“Kill!”

Secret agents counterattacked fiercely.

“Taunt!”

The tanks continuously applied provocation skills toward Hyunseong.

But Hyunseong had an unyielding spirit.

-You have been hit by a hero-grade taunt skill.

-Attacks the skill target for 10 seconds.

-Passive skill Unyielding spirit – Heroic rank is activated.

– Perfectly resists hero-grade taunt skills.

A message came up saying that he had perfectly resisted the provocation skill in succession.

Hyunseong ignored the tanks and focused on long-distance dealers and healers.

‘not bad.’

Although there were many attacks due to the large number of enemies, the basic physical attack resistance and skill attack resistance were high, and the resistance enhancement effect given by the Demon King’s Armor Set was also large.

Hyunseong quickly collected points by selling loot earned while hunting secret agents.

And as a result, he was able to complete the Demon King’s Armor Set and the Vampire King’s Accessories Set.

I used to collect 4.3 trillion points over a period of time, but when I came to China, I collected it in an instant.

The physical attack resistance and skill attack resistance raised by the Demon King’s Armor Set were over 55%.

When combined with Hyunseong’s basic stat resistance and passive skill resistance, it was able to absorb nearly 80% of damage.

where is that

The dark attribute skill power increase effect given by the Vampire King’s accessory set was 55%, and the amount of damage dealt by physical and skill attacks was absorbed by 80%.

When the absorption ability of the Vampire Ball and the Dragon Blood Sword was added to this, more stamina and magical power were recovered than the consumed stamina and magic power.

Hyunseong didn’t feel that the attack skills fired by a number of secret agents were that intimidating.

On the other hand, the secret agents were easily knocked down by Hyunseong’s attack skill one shot at a time.

‘I have become very strong.’

It could be misunderstood that China is a legendary monster.

Hyunseong invested the increased points in developing the Breath and Immortality of the Black Dragon.

As a result, the Black Lightning Dragon’s breath became stronger and the Book of Immortality was reborn as the only legendary skill.

Fragile!

Hyunseong fired the skills that contained the breath of the Black Dragon.

The 100 secret agents were wiped out in an instant.

‘It’s too easy.’

There was no need to use the Walk Cry skill.

Literally, with only basic stats and attack skills, 100 secret agents were crushed.

Hyunseong packed the booty and prepared to leave.

‘uh?’

Then, suddenly, I could feel the energy of magic from all directions.

‘It’s a trap.’

Hyunseong, who grasped the situation, used the space movement series skill.

-Space movement obstruction skill has canceled the activation of the active skill Blink – Heroic rank.

-Space movement obstruction skill has canceled the activation of the active skill Shadow Movement – ​​Hero Rating.

Successive failure messages appeared.

The skill was a failure.

Hyunseong ripped the scroll for long-distance travel this time.

-Space movement obstruction skill has canceled the activation of long-distance scrolls for consumable items – hero grade.

But it was also a failure.

‘Damn it.’

Hyunseong looked around.

A number of players who seemed to be well over several thousand were forming a siege around Hyunseong.