We had to put him down

Chin-Yul's sword clashed with claws as he held back the now taller, beast. Twisting his blade, he directed the tip towards the ground, letting the claws glide across the sword, giving him a large enough opening to deliver a kick.

The opening he made was taken advantage of when a pillar of fire consumed the opponent. Unfortunately, it had little effect.

Narrowing his eyes, He charged forward, watching with satisfaction as the creature got ready for him, but wasn't ready for Abu behind it.

The giant ape slammed his bulky hands down on the vessel, creating a large crack on the ground.

"..."

"..."

"... that's it?"

Chin-Yul groaned at the dumbass, He jinxed it.

With a roar, The werewolf pushed the giant ape back and swung its fist, sensing Abu flying back.

With [Mana burst], He appeared in front of it while its hand was still extended.

Using [Critical Hit] And [Mana Impulse], he slashed from its shoulder to neck, trying to decapitate it.

The beast leaned back, gaining a gash right below its neck for its efforts... and some fire in the face.

Falling back, It scratched at its eyes, trying to regain the lost sight.

Capitalizing on this, He used [Mana burst] Again and as soon as he got closed, Created a [Double].

one slashed at the legs, while the other slashed at its torso.

Its ears twitched and it jumped, that still wasn't enough to dodge the second blade.

It let out a whine as it got slashed in two, The mighty Alpha of its clan was reduced to a mess of body parts on the ground. slowly dying but still trying to fight.

[HP: 45778/80000]

His health was reduced by almost half. Releasing a sigh of relief, he was ready to finish the job when he felt a build-up of Mana inside the werewolf's body... It was going to explode, wasn't it...

"Oh, Goddamnit."

Turning back around, He dashed away, Picking up Choi Jong-In and Hae-in over his shoulder and Spamming [Mana Burst].

Apparently, he had underestimated the Self-destruct function as the explosion spread fast and wide. Using [Mana Shield] he set up a barrier around him and those poor souls close to him.

Though, he noted, it would have been better and easier if he had tried to contain the explosion and redirect it upwards.

Sighing at his own stupidity, He got ready for his Mana burning out.

And when the wave hit he just stared at the passive face at his Mana indicator... it was going down fast...

"... Somehow... I saw this coming."

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"It's still a miracle you survived..."

Muttered one of the healers when they got outside the dungeon, just barely.

Chin-Yul just sighed in resignation, a good thing he could take his armour to his inventory, some of the armour parts melted, Attaching themselves to his skin. Taking them off was quite painful, even with the help of inventory. Apparently, Simba and Abu had taken enough damage to be returned to him to be healed.

Stupid Monarchs... Wait he was a monarch... Nevermind that! They were still stupid, who explodes their own vessels?

He could just drink a potion and be done with it, but not in front of others unless it's necessary.

"I'm fine now, Let the rest heal by itself, go help the tankers."

The three medics nodded and turned to the said people. Chin-Yul sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time, this little escapade was a mess.

(I don't think this happened in the manga... otherwise, the hunter guild wouldn't be as strong as they were... and they wouldn't have the two S-Rankers.)

[Level: 78]

he gained five levels from that. Because technically the kill was an assist. He needed to farm more, this was not going to end well if he didn't become stronger.

And the drops were satisfactory as well.

[Familliar stone]

He closed the tab and looked around, seeing the Hurt soldiers, for the most part. Thankfully they had fire resistance due to their guild leader and that helped them to survive.

"How are you feeling?"

Stretching his neck, he saw who it was, the red hair gave it away.

"I'm fine, really, Just a few burn marks that will heal in a day. How are your men?"

Jong-In sighed, taking out a cigarette and lighting it with a small flame on his finger. Taking a deep breath and releasing the smoke, he spoke up.

"No casualties, some wounds here and there due to the werewolves but nothing major, The blast didn't do as much damage as it did to the three of us and your summons since we were closer, and your Barrier helped a lot. Thank you."

Chin-Yul nodded and closed his eyes. He was tired, mentally. If the monarchs were manifesting early, he was the one who had to deal with it, why were they coming this early? What if there are more around the world?

(Where is Jin-Woo when you need him?)