Maxed Out Leveling Novel

Chapter 98

34. Subspecies (3)

I’ve seen it before.

In the foggy dungeon on Jeju Island, there is a crack visible only to Cha Shin Hyeon.

A bizarre phenomenon that can only be seen with the naked eye and cannot be captured by his transcendent senses. An unidentified black line drawn in the air that cannot be touched or interfered with, where there is no gap in nature.

I never thought I’d see something like that in a tutorial dungeon.

“… … .”

Cha Shin Hyeon pulled out a claymore from his inventory and poked through the crack.

🥳.

the same As if cutting a virtual image, the blade just passes without any resistance. Even if he swung his sword and fired bullets of magical power, it was useless.

Not being able to touch it at all is the same as back then.

No, in terms of severity, this one was more serious.

‘too big.’

The cracks in the Misty Dungeon were literally cracks, that is, at the level of incontinence. It was a small gap that could be seen in old buildings or rocks.

But the cracks here were different.

In terms of size, would it be about the size of crevasses? It was so serious that it was difficult to call it a “gap” anymore. If it was drilled into the floor, it was large enough that even a human body could fall into it.

Since it was in the air, it looked several times more ominous than that of the foggy dungeon.

Cha Shin Hyeon drooled as she put the sword back in.

‘I thought it had something to do with the safe zone, but… … .’

Monsters do not approach near the entrance of the dungeon for some reason. This is the so-called safe zone.

However, the foggy dungeon was attacked by monsters as soon as it entered the dungeon.

And a mysterious rift found in the dungeon.

It was Cha Shin Hyeon’s guess at the time that there might be a correlation between the two.

However, in the tutorial dungeon, there were no problems related to the safe zone.

is not it? Did you not check because there was no room for monsters to accumulate? Or is it that the rabbit is so weak that it has a safe zone, but it doesn’t care at all?

‘This is the one, I don’t have too many clues.’

Cha Shin Hyeon clicked his tongue in disapproval.

at that time.

Anomalies have occurred.

Without warning, something suddenly popped out of the rift “inside” it.

“What?!”

Even in surprise, Cha Shin Hyeon reacted reflexively. Like a baseball player who unconsciously catches and watches when something flies.

wow!

As soon as the being protruding from the inside came out, it was caught by an invisible grasp. I tried to struggle like a fish caught in a net, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Cha Shin Hyeon’s aggression.

that is… it was a rabbit

I’ve been watching and slicing through all day.

Cha Shin Hyeon, who was looking at the rabbit with blank eyes, slowly recovered her power. The trapped rabbit is released and lands on the floor.

Kei!

The rabbit, which had been crying wildly as if angry, jumped right away.

He jumps as tall as Cha Shin Hyeon at once and opens his mouth with protruding front teeth. It was about to bite off Cha Shin Hyeon’s face.Of course the resistance was lightly crushed.

“Not good.”

As a goalkeeper catches the ball and hugs him into his arms, Cha Shin Hyeon grabbed the rabbit very gently with one hand and retrieved it. It was like holding a pet rabbit.

When Cha Shin Hyeon was caught, the rabbit lost its former viciousness like a lie. In an instant, he calmly stayed in his arms as if he had recognized Cha Shin Hyeon as the owner.

Once back a few meters from the crack, Cha Shin Hyeon looked around the rabbit.

‘this… … .’

First of all, the dungeon rabbit is right.

I can say with confidence because I have cut more than 600 birds in one day alone. Normal rabbits do not show such great jumping ability or aggression.

However, the feeling was different.

After contemplating for a moment, Cha Shin Hyeon grabbed a rabbit and flew away.

When he found a herd of rabbits at the foot of a hill some distance away, he caught a nearby one.

Cha Shin Hyeon’s eyes were striking, contrasting the two seemingly identical animals.

‘It’s definitely different.’

It was the same in that it had a unique vitality unique to monsters, different from life on Earth.

However, if the original rabbit’s life force felt like it was going uncontrollably, the life force of the rabbit that came out of the rift was pretty neat. It’s like a warrior who has learned the naegongshim method to control the energy of the body.

‘… Is it like an elite rabbit?’

However, just because his energy was refined, he didn’t seem to be particularly strong. Is it because there is no difference in the total amount of life force?

However, in any case, it was certain that it was different from the existing rabbits.

Cha Shin Hyeon, who took care of the captured rabbit, took the rift rabbit and returned to the front of the rift.

He sat down on a chair and spent his free time. Only the poor rabbit played toys, rolling to and fro in his hands.

about 2 hours later.

It was worth the wait.

Another rabbit appeared from the crack.

Delighted Cha Shin Hyeon quickly captured him.

After confirming that the rabbit he was playing with and the new rabbit appeared to be of the same type – that is, the elite (?) rabbit – Cha Shin Hyeon murmured, gently stroking the old man.

“Good work.”

Gently pressing the head, the rabbit died quietly.

And, as expected… The rabbit’s body did not disappear.

The special rabbit that Lee Ji-hye showed was still a special entity that came out of the crack.

Cha Shin Hyeon, who lifted the corpse into the air with a fierce attack, flicked his fingers like a conductor.

shhh! Whoops!

The intangible energy dismantled the rabbit. More sophisticated than a professional butcher’s knife, an invisible blade peels the rabbit’s skin and cuts through the body. Blood dripped down the grass.

Cha Shin Hyeon, who disassembled the rabbit into pieces, looked carefully at it.

Monsters didn’t exist.

‘Rather, I thought this guy with a refined vitality would be kept inside the body in the form of an inner body.’

Cha Shin Hyeon shook her head and shook her hand lightly. A career in the wind erased the rabbit’s corpse.

After a simple post-processing, Cha Shin Hyeon turned to the rookie rabbit.

Seeing the old man disband, the newcomer’s eyes were full of fear. Seeing the little cute guy shivering, he was a little pitiful.

“But monsters are monsters. Even if I let it go anyway, wouldn’t it attack me again?”

Even with that said, Cha Shin Hyeon released the captives. He was a consideration to get him to do anything.

As soon as it was released, the rabbit ran diligently.

However, the direction of the jump is not Cha Shin Hyeon.

The rabbit turned around and ran towards the crack.

And the moment it flew up and its front paws touched the crack, the rabbit jumped into it!

“Eh?”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who was appreciating the joke, was startled.

He reflexively stretches his aerodynamics, but as he tried before, he can’t interfere with the rift at all. He wondered what had changed, so he tried to touch it with his hand, but it was the same.

“no… … .”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who had lost his absurdity, smirked.

Well, it’s usually normal to be able to get in if you can get out.

Confused, he jumped again.

He caught a rabbit from a nearby dungeon and threw the rabbit towards the crack.

Whoo!

The throwing power is strong with a little bit of irritation mixed in. The rabbit flew in a straight line towards the crack without an inch of error.

And just passed that place.

Like Cha Shin Hyeon, an ordinary dungeon rabbit could not even touch the crack.

“this.”

With a sigh, Cha Shin Hyeon flopped down on the grass.

Well, thanks to you, the last thing I checked is that it looks great… You must have a test object. He fears that the escaped gnome is taunting his fellow rabbits not to go.

The unpredictable wait began again.

Fortunately, there seemed to be no such incident. This time, we only waited an hour or so.

“Come here.”

Cha Shin Hyeon, who immediately caught the rabbit crawling out of the crack, moved to the dungeon entrance. The time wasted in meaningless waiting was wasted, so my footsteps were very quick.

He arrived in front of the entrance in an instant and threw the rabbit away. The curled up rabbit flew like a basketball to the target.

The rabbit… Couldn’t get through the entrance.

‘In the end, this is what happens.’

Cha Shin Hyeon caught the rabbit flying backwards through the entrance point. He patted the rabbit on the head.

hey hey

As soon as he entered the dungeon, the rabbit, who had no idea whether to be kidnapped, dragged at high speed, or thrown away, died without even knowing the words.

After confirming that the rabbit was completely dead, Cha Shin Hyeon threw the body again.

Unlike when alive, the rabbit’s corpse disappeared as soon as it reached the entrance. He went out of the dungeon.

I’ve seen everything with this.

Cha Shin Hyeon left the dungeon without any regrets.

Outside the dungeon, near the entrance, he looked down at the dead rabbit who seemed to be asleep, and he was immersed in thought.

‘Let’s clear things up.’

Normal rabbits in the dungeon are normal monsters. If the rabbits that emerged from the rift were temporarily named special monsters.

Normal monsters and special monsters are almost identical. There is no significant difference in appearance or strength. You could call it a subspecies.

Instead, when a normal monster dies, the body disappears and leaves a monster stone, and a special monster leaves a dead body, but there is no monster stone.And just as only hunters can go in and out of the dungeon through the entrance, only special monsters can come and go from somewhere through the rift.

If so, the rift acts as the entrance to the dungeon from the monster’s point of view.

However.

‘Then what?’

A new question arises again.

‘What do normal monsters do?’

If cracks existed from the beginning.

It was easy to understand if humans entered and exited the dungeon through the entrance and monsters entered and exited the dungeon through cracks. It is simple to explain and not difficult to understand.

However, for more than 10 years, only normal monsters have existed, but now cracks have arisen and special monsters have appeared.

gustation? tutorial? You’ve been dealing with fakes all this time, and now it’s real?

‘… If it were really like that, it would have a bit of a ripple effect.’

If the existing paradigm of simply picking up stones and selling them for money suddenly changes to the need to collect animal carcasses, well. At this stage, I don’t know if it’s good or bad.

I’m not sure if this will happen anywhere other than the tutorial dungeon. It was still a stage that needed observation, and Lee Ji-hye will take care of it without him having to use his hands.

“Ah.”

That being said, there is one place where I can definitely observe.

He pulled out his cell phone and looked through the phone book.

After a few beeps, the other person answered the call.

– Mr. Cha Shin Hyeon?

“Yes, I fold. how are you?”

– of course. What happened to the person who was desperate for construction?

Kim Ha-geun, the guild leader of Tamna, the Jeju regional guild association, greeted us warmly.

“I suddenly thought of it. I have something to ask you.”

– Say it.

“It’s the foggy dungeon I went to the other day. At that time, I asked you to continue to pay attention… … .”

– Oh, of course I remember.

Ha-geun Kim said confidently.

– I’m running around there more than other high-risk dungeons. Overall, there is still a shortage of staff. haha.

“Have you noticed anything strange lately?”

– Nothing. Well, the last time you went was about 3 weeks ago? At least until then.

“Is that so.”

After thinking for a moment, Cha Shin Hyeon opened her mouth.

“Can I visit Jeju Island again soon? I’d like to take another look at the Misty Dungeon. At the same time, I also deal with other high-risk dungeons.”

– Of course, we are very welcome. Come anytime! Would you like the terms of the contract to be the same as back then?

“Enough. Then we will get back to you soon.”

– Yes. I’ll wait.

Cha Shin Hyeon happily accepted the call and ended the call.

If anomalies are found in other dungeons, it is left to Lee Ji-hye, and she does what she can now.

The dungeon where the crack was first witnessed.

I go there to figure out the change.