The S-Classes That I Raised [EN]: Chapter 287

285. Burning It Clean (4)

The three monsters that arrived first were all ones I remembered. Monsters that appeared in dungeons with increased difficulty before my regression. They were SS-class, but back then, the level of Hunters was higher than it is now, so they were all successfully cleared. Even Yoohyun was said to be close to SS-class.

“That black panther can teleport short distances, so be careful. Its basic movements are also fast. The dragon species weakens weapons that touch its teeth and claws. Weapons below S-class break instantly. That giant beetle next to it emits explosive gas when touched, but with your current fire resistance, you can ignore it.”

With Sprout Skill, I can only know the skill names. So, it would be too detailed to use the skill as an excuse, but I’ll tell Yoohyun about it soon.

“If you can keep up with its speed, the panther is the easiest to deal with. The beetle is tough and has fire resistance, which is annoying, but its attacks won’t work on you either.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Yoohyun glided towards the monsters. The blade was aimed at the beetle, surprisingly. As soon as the threatening opponent approached, the beetle trembled all over.

Flap, flap. Smoke seeped out between the clashing of the hard shells. It wasn’t Yoohyun who was taken aback by the rapidly spreading smoke, but the other two monsters.

– Kreong!

Before the panther could even swing its front paw, Bang! An explosion occurred. Unlike the dragon species, which could withstand the explosion, the panther, with its relatively weak defense, howled in pain. The smoke spread quickly, making it impossible to escape with short-range teleportation.

It wasn’t enough to inflict fatal damage on the same SS-class monster. But it was enough to distract it for a moment. In the flames engulfing its entire body, the panther shook its head and glared sharply as if sensing something. But it was already too late.

Cutting through the flames, Han Yoohyun’s sword pierced the panther’s crown. The SS-class monster, known for being difficult to even graze, let alone land an attack on, due to the sudden speed increase skill of the attire, had its vital point exposed.

– Kyareuk!

The panther tried to resist with a strange sound. But before that, the flames spread along the embedded blade. The dark blue flames burned the black fur, digging deep into the skin and bones. The head, about three or four times the size of a human, turned to ashes in an instant and scattered.

Thump! The panther’s body fell to the ground with a thud. Without even looking at it, Yoohyun stepped on a willow leaf and leaped into the air.

– Kyaaaa!

The dragon species, and a monkey-like monster that appeared in the meantime, lunged to grab the small human that they could easily hold in their front paws. Perhaps having seen the same-level monster lose its head and fall in an instant, they charged even more fiercely.

The beetle, belatedly realizing that its smoke had helped the enemy, stopped emitting smoke. Above the cleared air, the sky was already dark. The ground, where electricity was cut off and people had evacuated, should also have been dark, but the dark blue flames scattered light brighter than moonlight.

The flame-filled leaves danced lightly. The roars of the monsters, the claws scraping the ground, and the clicking fangs swayed leisurely as if they were none of their business. It was a bizarre sight.

Wherever the leaves fell, flames soared and showed no sign of dying out. The floor was entirely dyed dark blue. The monsters thrashed in the fire that burned fur, scales, shells, and even the insides. They desperately chased after the culprit, Yoohyun, but couldn’t even graze the edge of his attire.

– Kyaak!

– Kireureu!

Under the bulk of the SS-class monsters, the smaller monsters were trampled and burned. Like moths to a flame. The S-class and lower monsters, drawn in by the bait, died one after another without Yoohyun even having to touch them. The flames spread even wider, devouring their corpses.

As if growing, it swallowed the entire city.

Swish, Yoohyun, dodging the monster’s attacks with minimal movement, took out a wire. No matter how I looked at it, it wasn’t from our world. He probably exchanged it for points.

‘Did he exchange what was left after buying skills?’

That neighborhood’s wires were good. The ones that were just sturdy without additional features weren’t that expensive.

The long wire wrapped around the dragon species’ snout.

– Keureuk!

At the same time, Yoohyun’s toes slammed down on the dragon species’ snout as he pulled the wire tightly. With a crunch, the scales caved in and the dragon species’ head slammed into the ground.

– Kkiiiii!

Not missing the chance when Yoohyun turned his eyes to deal with the dragon species, the monkey-dog lunged. The long claws on its right front paw were sharper than any ordinary blade. Moreover, they were claws no different from weapons, each possessing its own skill.

An SS-class monster that was not only sturdy but also possessed five effects—poisoning, paralysis, decreased recovery, decreased defense, and visual disturbance—meant certain death without a high-level healer if scratched even once. I had explained it to Yoohyun, so it would be better to avoid it, but.

Pak! Instead of dodging, Han Yoohyun roughly raised the wire. The dragon species’ snout was half-bent and lifted, and the protruding fangs collided with the monkey-dog’s claws.

Kagagak! A loud noise rang out, and the monkey-dog’s claws cracked. The dragon species’ teeth had the ability to weaken weapons. It had worked on the monkey-dog’s claws.

– Kkieik!

The monkey-dog stepped back in surprise, but before that, Yoohyun dug into the monster’s chest. Unable to swing its main weapon, the right front claw, it extended its left front paw instead. But the left was just an ordinary claw without any abilities.

The claw was cut off in an instant, and Yoohyun, reaching the monster’s lower jaw without hesitation, raised his sword vertically and stabbed straight up. As the blade pierced through, flames engulfed it, burning the blood and seeping into the skin. Seokduk, the monkey-dog’s head split open.

Yoohyun kicked the falling monster’s body hard.

– Kiririk.

The beetle knocked away the flying monster’s corpse with its thick horn. In the meantime, the dragon species’ neck, which was tied with a wire, was also cut off.

Kurururung!

At that moment, the ground shook greatly. The ground heaved, and heat soared.

“The latecomer has arrived. Remember that you have to cut off that dragon species’ head three times?”

“Yeah.”

A new head quickly sprouted from the severed neck of the dragon species. It was a monster that could only be killed in two ways: by cutting off its head three times or by mincing its entire body. Of course, the former was easier.

The last one was a monster I didn’t even know. There was no information except for observations in Japan that it was relatively dull, slow, and dug up the ground.

– Kuruk, kruk.

The monster, which looked like a long lump of dirt with four legs, kicked off the ground and leaped up. Was it a rock-type monster? Then fire wouldn’t work well. As expected, it didn’t seem to be greatly affected by the flames on the ground.

“It’s going to be a bit annoying.”

“No, not at all.”

It was just a calm, matter-of-fact voice. As if there was no need to be confident against something like that.

“Is that the last one?”

“Yeah. It’s the last one.”

Then, Yoohyun’s surroundings blazed with fire. As if everything up until now had been a light joke, the dark blue flames spread with a terrifying momentum. Filled with dense magic power, with the maximum firepower that could be drawn out.

The ground melted. The air flickered, and the sky seemed to melt and drip down from the intense heat. The three monsters and the surrounding small monsters were instantly swept away by the dark blue waves.

That was the end.

– Kyak, Kyaaaa!

The dragon species’ head, as well as its body, burned, regenerated, and then burned black again. Even if it was a monster that could regenerate not three times but dozens of times, the result would have been the same. The beetle was the same. It had fire resistance, but it couldn’t withstand it. Small fires are swallowed up by bigger fires.

The last rock monster also melted. It struggled and tried to dig into the ground, but the ground was also melting and burning.

While melting and burning everything it touched, the fire showed no sign of losing its power. The overwhelming firepower spread throughout the city. A land of fire where not a single monster drawn in by the bait could have survived.

Without a trace of the past, they were all melted, mixed, and tangled together fairly.

A faint smile appeared on Yoohyun’s lips. I looked up at my satisfied younger brother’s face and was startled.

“Isn’t that going to spread to other places? I don’t care about other places, but not towards the mountains.”

“I can control that much. You said you didn’t care about the damage within the city.”

“…You can control it? Even that spread-out fire?”

“Because it’s mine.”

As Yoohyun said, the flames around us began to subside, starting with the flames around us. The melted earth that was revealed in a circle slowly solidified. Where the flames had passed, nothing remained. Only black, black earth was spread out.

A chill, different from fear, ran down my spine.

“If it was okay to go outside the city, how far could you have gone…?”

“I don’t know exactly. But I think I could do more than twice as much as now.”

Yoohyun said, looking pleased. He seemed to be in a good mood.

“To the minimum. It hasn’t been 30 minutes yet, right? Be careful because the floor is hot. It’s better to let Peace out first.”

The heat had subsided quite a bit, but the heated ground wouldn’t cool down so easily. I let Peace out first. It was so cute to flutter its wings and fly out of my pocket. I should have asked for a phone. I have to save Mini Mini Cookies, when will I get to feed it again? It’s a complete fairy, a fairy.

– Kkiang!

It did a somersault in the air and came back as if telling me to come out too. It grew its body to about the size of a sub-adult and growled, so I climbed on top of it.

“Yoohyun, you look so big!”

I had fed it cookies a few times, but I didn’t have much time to calmly examine it up close. Yoohyun smiled and reached out his hand, and Peace growled. Did it feel threatened because he was trying to touch it in its smaller state? It looked cute to me, but Peace didn’t like it and returned to its original size even though there was still some Cookie Time left.

“Ugh, Peace!”

At the same time, my body was buried in red fur.

“Hyung?”

– Kkeueung.

“No, no. It’s okay.”

I tried to push through the fur and get up, but I just canceled the cookie effect and returned to normal.

“It’s dangerous!”

Yoohyun quickly grabbed me as I staggered because the spot I was standing on suddenly became narrow.

“I’m still using Grace [a protective skill].”

“Still. There are still parts that haven’t solidified yet, so your feet might sink.”

As I settled properly on Peace’s back, Yoohyun leaned slightly against me. He had been doing that since earlier, but he definitely seemed to be in a good mood.

“Hyung, that skill. It seems like it has additional effects.”

“Huh? Why?”

“I originally liked clearing dungeons and hunting monsters. Especially after using attack skills to my heart’s content, I felt relieved.”

Yoohyun didn’t have many personal hobbies, but combat was different. He was also more aggressive than his usual personality.

“But I’ve never felt this good before. It’s not just because my stats have increased, but I think the skill Hyung gave me has an effect.”

Yoohyun looked at me like a wagging puppy, saying it was a different feeling from Hong Kong. Hmm, there might be such side effects. The skill name praises the opponent, and anyone would feel good if they were praised, right?

“Maybe it’s just because you heard good things.”

“Is that so?”

My younger brother tilted his head. Anyway, Yoohyun’s expression was refreshed, and he seemed a little excited. It seemed he enjoyed blowing up a city quite a bit.

It’s a shame I can’t gather a hundred people in the dungeon and use it. He likes it so much. …Should I buy an uninhabited island and let him run wild?

“We have to collect the SS-class monster magic stones because they might try to sneak them out without showing up.”

“They must be buried somewhere.”

“I brought a magic stone detection item.”

There are so many places to use them, I can’t miss even one. When I used the high-end magic stone detection item, numerous signals appeared here and there. How many is that? All five SS-class ones came out, and there were also a lot of S-class magic stones.

“The closest one is right in front of us. Did the ground melt and flow all the way here?”

Yoohyun dug out a large area with the tip of his sword where I was pointing. The still-slushy lump of earth flew up, and a sparkling magic stone appeared. Then, as we collected the second magic stone, we heard the sound of a helicopter. People jumped out of the helicopter that stopped in the air.

They were all Hunters. Japanese Hunters.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Shishio, who landed last, said with a solemn face.

“I will keep the contract. However, the contract says to send you back safely, ugh!”

Bang! A bullet grazed his mane-like hair. It was fired by an F-class, but it’s an S-class magic bullet. I smiled, still aiming the Lynx gun at him.

“I didn’t think you’d do something so obvious. The Lion King, no less.”

Shishio’s face turned red at my words. Well, he’s ashamed.

“The guild is more important than my honor! The duty of a king is to jump into a dirty mud pit if necessary!”

“Ah, you weren’t a lion, but a pig. My mistake. Should I introduce you to a good mud pit?”

“You, you! I’ve been lenient because of your skill!”

“I don’t know what that pig is saying.”

The pig squealed. Regardless, I turned to Yoohyun.