Chapter 193

Srarak
The Kraken’s legs turned to dust and it vanished.
“One leg?
Ming Hu frowned at the message. The message said that the first leg had been killed, and from the looks of it, the Kraken seemed to be a detachable monster, not a monolith.
“By the way, I took out a leg, and it’s a 4-up? On my level?
It didn’t matter if it was integral or detachable. The most important thing was that I leveled up four times for just one leg.
“There’s a few legs, and then there’s a torso, and then there’s a bomb at this level?
It still had fourteen legs left, and it still had a torso. Ming Hu realized he had a golden opportunity, and with a smile on his face, he ran toward the writhing kraken’s legs and punched it.
Puck!
Since it wasn’t a one-punch, no kill message appeared, but it didn’t matter. Ming Hu kept punching.
Puck! Puck! Puck!
[You have slain the Kraken’s second leg].
[Gains 100,000 prestige].
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
Soon, the second leg turned to dust and disappeared. As the second leg disappeared, the Kraken looked at Deren with a pained expression and cried out.
-Deren.. ugh. What did you do.. ugh!
Half-frozen, but not completely frozen, the Kraken was still unaware that Ming Hu was attacking him.
-Are you crazy…?
Deren shouted in anger at the Kraken’s words, then looked puzzled at the Kraken’s missing leg.
-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Kahahahahahahaha!
Derren laughed out loud at the thought that popped into his head and began to create a ball of ice that immobilized the kraken.
Poof! Poof! Poof! Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp!
-What the… Billion! Kkkk!
The orb popped, freezing the kraken again. Ming Hu thought as he watched the kraken scream in panic.
“I never thought I’d be fighting a monster.
Deren was not a pet. He was a monster. It wasn’t a normal monster, but I never thought I’d be fighting a monster that wasn’t even a pet.
“I’m good.
Of course, from Ming Hu’s perspective, it didn’t matter. All that mattered was defeating the kraken one way or another. Ming Hu continued to punch at the kraken.
[You have slain the third leg of the Kraken].
[Gains 100,000 prestige].
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
Soon, the third leg turned to dust and disappeared.
-Crack!!!
Ming Hu continued to process the bridge as he heard Cranken’s screams.
“…Wow, even though you level up, you’re still going up four levels.
Despite the level increase, it seemed to be a fixed level up, as processing the bridge no differently than the first time increased the level by 4 levels.
[You have killed the last leg of the Kraken].
[Gains 100,000 prestige].
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[You have killed all of the Kraken’s legs, you can now attack the main body].
With the last leg taken care of, Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at the Kraken.
-Yuck. Aren’t you ashamed, Deren, to join forces with a human?
The Kraken looked at Deren with a pained expression. When the fifth leg was dealt with, the Kraken realized the presence of Ming Hu. But it was unable to move, and it gave up the leg in vain. Deren looked at the kraken and said, “You are a good man.
-What did I do?
-what?
-I only made you immobile. Just like now.
As he spoke, a ball of ice once again appeared around the Kraken. As the orbs appeared, Deren continued.
-You’re right, my power can’t do you much harm, but it doesn’t mean I can’t kill you, it just takes longer.
The round ice balls began to change shape into cones, and the ice balls, or rather, cones of ice, began to dig into the Kraken’s skin.
-Crack!
The torsoless kraken roared as the icy cone dug in.
“What the…what!
The kraken’s agonizing roar caused Ming Hu to panic; he knew that at this rate, the kraken would die. Ming Hu quickly began to run towards the kraken’s torso, and when he arrived in front of it, he checked the cooldown of One Punch.
“Five seconds!
He had to wait five seconds before he could use the One Punch. Ming Hu looked at the Kraken nervously.
The cone of ice that had burrowed into his skin has completely disappeared.
-Kaaaaahahahahahaha!
At the same time, the Kraken, which had been roaring in pain, began to laugh.
“What, is it time to die?
At the Kraken’s sudden change in reaction, Ming Hu realized that five seconds had passed and threw a one-punch at the Kraken’s torso.
-Crack, crack, thank you, I can use your power to reorganize my body again. Kaaaagh!
The kraken roared wildly again as the first punch landed. Ming Hu looked at the kraken, which hadn’t been killed by the first punch, and began to punch again.
Puck! Puck!
[You have slain the Kraken].
[Gains only 300,000 prestige].
[Level up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
Soon a message appeared that the kraken had been defeated, and Ming Hu stopped punching it and watched as it slowly turned to dust from the bottom and disappeared. The kraken happened to be looking at Ming Hu, and when their eyes met, the kraken opened its mouth and spoke.
-Human… No, you’re a human.
The Kraken didn’t finish his sentence and disappeared.
Flashing
With that, the kraken disappeared, and something shiny began to fall from where its head had been. Ming Hu’s eyes widened as he saw it.
“Drop Tem!
The drop item was obvious. It was a Kraken that was far beyond the level of the boss monsters they had defeated so far, and Myung-Hoo watched the item descending towards him with a look of anticipation.
‘Oh, right. Derren!
Looking at the item, Ming Hu realized that Deren was still there and quickly turned his attention to her.
Siaak
As soon as I looked away, Deren’s body shimmered with light and disappeared. It was clear that he had humanized. Ming Hu looked around. In the distance, Deren, now a blue-haired man, was approaching. Ming Hu looked back and forth between Deren and the item descending from the sky.
Tsk tsk tsk
Deren stopped walking, and the items fell to the floor. Ming Hu glanced at the items, looked at Deren, and opened his mouth to speak, but Deren spoke faster.
“Thank you.”
“…?”
“Even if I didn’t… I’ve been trying to figure out what to do about this Kraken thing that’s been trying to get a hold of my power.”
[Increases your intimacy with Deren the Water Dragon].
As Deren finished speaking, a message appeared indicating that their intimacy had increased.
“Oh…”
The words and atmosphere were not what he expected, and Ming Hu wondered if he should say something.
“I didn’t mean for it to feel like this.
He hadn’t expected such a fleshy reaction from Deren. Ming Hu didn’t know what to say. It was then.
Sigh
Deren held out his hand.
“This was painstakingly crafted. It’s my small way of thanking you for slaying the Kraken.”
Ming Hu was unsure of what to say, but when he heard that the dragon Deren had carefully crafted it, he quickly handed it over.
[You have acquired the Maiden’s Mantle, which Deren has painstakingly crafted].
“Yeo Eui-ju? Doesn’t it say fake?
The wisps from Deren’s shadow were labeled with the word fake, but this one was not. Ming Hu quickly checked the information on the spirit circle.

The second of Deren the Water Dragon’s many prized possessions, this gown contains great power. It can also be used as an ingredient for items.
When consumed: Allows you to breathe underwater. 100,000 Mana
Activate: Freeze all enemies within a 100M radius (Cooldown: 10 hours)
“Awesome.
It was literally a blast. It had a cooldown, but unlike the fake ones, there was no limit to how many times you could use it. Furthermore, it had the effect of granting a 100,000 mana boost along with underwater breathing. Ming Hu quickly put the Maiden’s Mantle into his inventory.
“What are you going to do now?”
Deren said, looking at Ming Hu. Ming Hu pondered Deren’s words.
“She’s not a normal dragon, the way she gives gifts and says things like this.
He was sure he had come to kill Deren, though it had been a misunderstanding, but now that he had the gift, it was on his mind to do so, if not before.
“You said it was the Kraken. You’re done, you should go home.”
“I see.”
Deren smiled broadly at Myung Hu’s words.
Siaak
At the same time, a portal appeared. Ming Hu looked at the portal with a puzzled expression, and Deren continued.
“It’s a portal to the outside. You said you were going back.”
‘I saw the affinity increase message. I don’t think it’s a scam portal…’
A message popped up, clearly indicating an increase in intimacy. Thinking that Deren’s portal might not be a scam leading somewhere else, Myung-Hoo walked through it.
‘Oh, right. An item!’
Walking to the portal, Ming Hu stopped walking when he realized that he hadn’t picked up the item the Kraken had dropped yet.
“…?”
Deren gave Ming Hu a puzzled look as he suddenly stopped walking, and Ming Hu quickly began picking up the items the kraken had dropped.
-You have mastered Kraken Meat.
-You have acquired a Kraken’s Spiritstone.
-You have mastered Kraken’s Sucker.
-You have mastered the essence of Kraken.
“Oh no.
After picking up all the items the Kraken had dropped, Ming Hu looked at the acquisition message with a disappointed expression on his face, and then started walking toward the portal again.
“See you later.”
As he stepped through the portal, he heard Deren’s words. Ming Hu heard Deren’s words and stepped through the portal to the shores of Vedrin.
Siaak
The portal disappeared as soon as Ming Hu stepped out. Ming Hu looked away from the portal and checked his surroundings. The shores of Vedrine were clear. This was it.
[User ‘sharpshooter’ has destroyed the last inhibitory orb].
[Ten days from now, Agranecto, the Demon of Death, will descend upon the continent].
Ming Hu frowned when he saw the message. Sixty days had been reduced to ten in less than a day.
‘First. report, then we’re off to the temple.
Finished with his thoughts, Ming Hu began to walk to the Magdan, where Viscount Samon was, to debrief.