Chapter 119

‘I’m sorry. It won’t open.’
Ming Hu tried the door, hoping to get out of here, make a plan, and then come back in, but it wouldn’t open. Ming Hu turned to face the knights staring at him.
“But why aren’t they summoning?
But the knights hadn’t summoned him, and they weren’t doing anything else – they were just staring at him. Ming Hu slowly realized that something was wrong. That was the moment.
-Thou who hast come to prove thyself worthy.
A grave voice echoed through the palace.
‘Prominence?
Prominus’s voice was clear. Hearing the voice, Ming Hu suddenly had a feeling that the moment these words were finished, the stone knights would move.
Dada dada dada!
Ming Hu quickly began to run toward the stone knight.
-Show your power.
But before Ming Hu could reach the gargoyles, Prominence’s words were over. And at the same time, the gargoyles raised their swords.
“Moving Strike.”
Ming Hu frowned and quickly moved in front of the gargoyle knight and threw a punch.
Bam!
Sure enough, a shield appeared, and the moment it did, Ming Hu could hear the cries of the other gargoyles except for the one he had attacked and stunned.
-Hail, my knights!
-Hail, my knights!
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Boom! Puck!
Hearing the endless shouts, Ming Hu threw punch after punch, breaking the shield and destroying the stone knight. Upon destroying the stone knight, a message appeared to Ming Hu.
[Number of senior gargoyle knights remaining: 199]
Stop!
Turning to face the stone knight beside him, Ming Hu saw the message and couldn’t help but pause.
“Was it 200?
After learning the exact number of gargoyles, Ming Hu furrowed his brow and extended his fist at the gargoyle in front of him, exclaiming, “I’m going to kill you!
“Life Explosion!”
Oooooh!
The wave started to spread out.
Bam! Bam!
Ming Hu’s fist and wave shattered the shield. Ming Hu extended his fist once more toward the stone knight.
“Wham Boom.”
Boom!
An explosion erupted from the gargoyle knight’s back, striking the gargoyles behind him. The shields that had been cracked by the wave were completely shattered by the explosion. Ming Hu looked at the gargoyle knights whose shields had been destroyed by the wave and explosion and thought.
“This is good.
With that thought, Ming Hu used Madness to increase his attack speed and movement speed before charging at the stone knight.
-Hail, my knights!
-Oar, my soldiers.
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Ming Hu, who had been destroying the stone knights, frowned once more as the content of the shouts changed.
[Number of senior gargoyle knights remaining: 194].
Ming Hu looked at the message and thought.
“When are you going to catch up…
There are 194 senior gargoyles left. But they weren’t the end of the story. There were intermediate and low-level gargoyle knights, and gargoyle soldiers were still being summoned.
Puck! Tsk tsk.
[Number of senior gargoyle knights remaining: 193].
[Level Up!]
A leveling up message appeared as he captured the gargoyle knight. Ming Hu looked at the level-up message and the stone knights surrounding him and thought.
“How high will I climb if I catch them all…
Whip
Ming Hu dodged the sword flying at him in anticipation.
Siaak
“Hmm?
After dodging the sword, Ming Hu threw a punch at the stone knight, then tilted his head slightly to look down as he saw a bright light from below.
“Huh?
Looking down, Ming Hu couldn’t help but panic. The light was a magic circle. Soon, a giant wall began to emerge from the magic circle.
Puck!
“Uh-oh!”
The bulging wall lifted Ming Hu into the air, giving him a bird’s-eye view of the palace’s interior, and he was overwhelmed.
“Wow, this big place could be full.”
The interior of the palace was very large indeed. But this large space was filled with statue knights and statue soldiers.
“That’s him.
As Ming Hu scanned the palace, he saw someone who was not a statue. It was Prominence.
“Just a minute.
Ming Hu smiled at Prominence. At the same time, Ming Hu, who seemed to be climbing without end, stopped.
“Heh, heh, heh.”
When Ming Hu stopped climbing, he slowly fell to the ground and laughed. Of course, it wasn’t a happy laugh.
Boom!
[fell from a high position].
[Stunned for 4 seconds].
Ming Hu fell to the ground with a tremendous thud and saw the fainting message and the gargoyle knights rushing toward him.
Squeak squeak squeak squeak
[10% Physical Armor reduction for 10 seconds].
The gargoyle knights swung their swords relentlessly at Ming Hu. Ming Hu saw the swords flying at him constantly and checked his health. Despite his reduced armor, not much life was taken from each attack.
“I’ll use it when it’s about 60%.
It wasn’t enough to bother him, so Ming Hu waited for the stun to lift, thinking about when he would regain his health.
Bam!
As soon as the stunned man recovered, Ming Hu stepped forward and threw a punch at the stone knight, then opened his mouth to shout, “I’m going to kill you.
“Life Explosion!”
Oooooh!
The wave spread out, destroying the stone knights and soldiers around them. Ming Hu smiled at the shattered statue knights and soldiers and resumed his hunt.
* * * * *
-You’re strong!
Puck! Tsk tsk.
Ming Hu strictly targeted high-level stone knights.
[Number of senior gargoyle knights remaining: 97]
The number of Advanced Gargoyles was less than half of what it had been in the beginning. Of course, it wasn’t just the high-level gargoyles. The reason Ming Hu only targeted high-level Gargoyles was because of their shields. Without the shield, the middle and lower level Gargoyle Knights and Gargoyle Soldiers were steadily being reduced through Life Explosion and Weapon Boom.
“Life Explosion!”
Oooooh!
As he watched the stone knights and soldiers being destroyed by the wave, Ming Hu turned his attention to where Prominus had been.
“I need to catch him.
I wanted to grab the prize as soon as possible, but I couldn’t do it now. Not because he couldn’t win. When Ming Hu realized where Prominus was in the air, he went straight there to attack him. But it was impossible. One condition was necessary to attack Prominus.
[The Superior Gargoyle Knight remains and cannot be attacked].
The existence of high-level gargoyles and the reason why Ming Hu only targets high-level gargoyles.
[Number of remaining senior gargoyle knights: 96]
[Number of remaining senior gargoyle knights: 95]
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Ming Hu gradually reduced the number of senior stone knights.
“Life Explosion!”
Oooooh!
The spreading wave destroyed the stone knights in the neighborhood.
[Number of Superior Statue Knights Remaining: 1]
After checking the number of remaining High Grade Stone Knights through the message, Ming Hu looked around with a glint in his eye.
“Moving Strike”
Ming Hu soon spotted the last high-level gargoyle knight and used a moving strike.
Bam!
Ming Hu saw the shield cracked by the moving blow and threw a series of punches at the stone knight.
[Number of Superior Gargoyle Knights remaining: 0]
[You have defeated all the high-level gargoyle knights].
After checking the message, Ming Hu smiled and turned his gaze to where Prominus was. Currently, the distance between Ming Hu and Prominence was very short.
“Diddy…hmm?”
As Ming Hu walked toward Prominus, he stopped in his tracks at the sight of Prominus, and he wasn’t the only one. Ming Hu’s expression quickly hardened.
-Those who passed the first test.
Prominus’s voice began to echo, but Ming Hu’s ears heard nothing. Ming Hu stared at Prominus in disbelief. Prominus was holding his sword high. It was the same stance the gargoyle knights used to summon their men.
“No way.
She thought she was worrying for nothing. No, she wanted to think so.
-Pass the final exam.
Siaak
Soon, Prominus was done speaking. Knights began to appear on either side of him. Ming Hu looked at the summoned knights with an expression that said he had dropped everything, and to his relief, there were only four of them.
“…huh?
Ming Hu shook his head at the sight of the fully summoned knights.
“Not a gargoyle knight?
Contrary to what you might think, the summoned knight wasn’t a gargoyle, but a human, though it’s unclear if he was human or not.
“…”
“…”
Summoned, they said nothing.
“He who proves.”
Prominus, who had summoned the knights, opened his mouth and spoke. Unlike before, it did not echo through the palace. Ming Hu looked at Prominus.
“…?”
But Prominus, who seemed to be about to say something, said nothing. As Ming Hu looked puzzled, the four summoned knights pointed their swords at him.
“Phew.
Ming Hu breathed a sigh of relief at the sight. The summoned knights didn’t seem to need to be summoned.
‘I’m gonna save my traveling strikes for now, but I’m gonna use Life Blast and Weapon Boom on the early game… Hold on.’
As Ming Hu contemplated how to respond, he looked at Prominence and the Fourth Knight, who looked like they were about to pounce at any moment.
“That’s not my statue.
As Ming Hu thought, Prominus and the Four Horsemen were not stone statues. The moment Ming Hu realized this, Prominence and the Four Horsemen began to run toward him. As they rapidly closed the distance between them, Ming Hu smiled and shouted, “I’m coming!
“Bloody explosion.”