Housekeeper in the dungeon

EPISODE 83

Chop-chop-chop-chop! Palak palak!

Go was sprinting frantically, flapping his leaves. A few steps behind him, the boss monster was closing in on him.

Go dodged the acidic solution that the boss monster spat out as it went boom, boom, boom. It was an exquisite move.

In the midst of all this, the system non chalantly congratulated him on the strolling effect. It was condescending.

But it was only for a moment.

Chit!

The acidic solution splashed, and with a loud crackle, some of Go’s leaves burned.

Instead of screaming, Go jumped up and down in place. The fine hairs on its roots whipped around as it jumped.

“No, Go!”

Hee-na squirmed in Kang Jin-hyeon’s arms and reached for Baduk.

“It was dangerous. No.”

Kang Jin-hyeon set her down outside the danger radius and grabbed her by the shoulders.

“Hmph.”

Hee-na squirmed in place. She was wearing heavy armor, but Kang Jin-hyeon’s pressure made it impossible for her to stand.

“Was that little plant-like monster over there important to you, Ms. Hee-na?”

Kang Jin-hyeon asked with a serious expression.

“……Yes.”

Hee-na nodded in agreement.

Skill issues aside, it was Hee-woon’s cherished pet plant, a friend of Five Colors, and a member of Hee-na’s family.

“Well, we’ll hear the rest of the story a little later.”

With those words, Kang Jin Hyeon turned around and left. It seemed that he was going to take care of the boss monster first, and then decide what to do with the Go player.

As she stood in front of the monster, naked and without any armor, Hee-na shouted urgently.

“You have to take this!”

“It’s okay, you can keep it.”

A blunt reply came back. At the same time, his back blurred.

“Where did he go?

Hee-na turned her head this way and that, looking for Kang Jin-hyeon, who had disappeared.

Bam!

Within seconds of Kang’s disappearance, a boom sounded in the distance.

With it, one petal of the boss monster that had been spewing acidic solution shriveled up.

Unlike its plant-like counterpart, the Go, the Boss Monster could even shout.

The boss monster wrapped its tentacles around the bursting petal with a hissing sound. It wrapped its tentacles around the petals, hoping to stem the flow.

But it was only for a moment. Kang Jin-hyeon reappeared on the monster’s body, running on the giant petals.

He balanced delicately on the monster’s writhing body and brushed his hands together. A black shadow flowed from his fingertips.

As soon as it touched the black shadow, the flower petal he was riding on burst open with a boom.

The boss monster let out an ear-splitting roar and shot out the tentacle vines it had hidden beneath the petals. There seemed to be hundreds, perhaps thousands, of them.

But Kang Jin-hyeon didn’t move from his position, only shooting at the sharp tips of the vines as they stretched toward him.

Hee-na clenched her fists tightly. It looked like Kang Jin-hyeon was going to be impaled by the tentacle vines at any moment.

“Oh, no!

She was about to let out a dry scream.

As he glared at the air, Kang leaped in place. He moved as silently as ever. There was no sound.

The new Sacraman sliced through the air. Hee-na quickly moved her gaze along his afterimage.

There was no sense of reality in his movements. As if defying gravity, he leaped over the giant monster’s body.

Kang Jin-hyeon clasped his hands together as his body floated in the air, and black energy surged through his fists, forming the shape of an elongated sword.

“Was it an item? Or a unique skill?

I thought to myself.

Woof!

The air trembled. At the same time, the saccharine energy in his fist amplified to a length of nearly three meters. It was overwhelmingly huge.

It wasn’t just its size that was huge. The momentum emanating from the sword was so great that it could split the heavens in half.

Tadadak! Tadadak!

While Kang Jin Hyeon watched helplessly with his mouth half open, Go moved out of the boss monster’s attack range.

“Came here, Go!”

Hee-na slipped off her cloaking robe and waved. Go ran to her side, panting like a child finding its lost mother.

“I told you to go home! How did you bring that thing with you?”

Hee-Na scolded him under her breath, but she also looked around to see if any of the roots or leaves were more damaged.

Luckily, it seemed to be fine, except for one burnt leaf. His body was covered in mud from all the running he’d been doing. …….

The excitement of the chase didn’t let up for Baduk. His body shook and he tried to drag Hee-na farther and farther away.

It was as if his whole body was telling him, “It’s dangerous here, run away quickly.

“Baduk, calm down. It’s okay, you’re safe now. Shh, shh. Calm down.”

Hee-na calmed Baduk down by pointing to Kang Jin-hyeon in the middle of the battle.

“It was not dangerous. There was someone who can help us. He is strong. He’ll save us.”

Kang Jin-hyeon was slicing through the tentacle vines of a boss monster that was charging at him.

Hee-na knew nothing about combat, but at least she could tell he wasn’t outnumbered.

Kang Jin-hyeon, a human who felt tiny compared to the monster the size of a house, had the upper hand.

“Otherwise, his body language wouldn’t be so relaxed.

He was unyielding. Every movement was intentional. It was as natural as flowing water, and at the same time, his hands were indescribably vast.

Kugung, kugung!

Suddenly, the boss monster staggered, having lost most of the tentacle vines that supported its body.

The ground thudded with every tilt of the giant flower bud, and it lost countless limbs in a hurry.

Kang Jin Hyeon leaped at the boss monster. His movements were swift.

Circling the boss monster, cutting through the vines, and twisting its center, Kang plunged his massive blade through the gaping flower buds.

The blade, already nearly three meters long, stretched out as far as the eye could see.

Finally, the tip of the extended sword stabbed into the deepest part of the boss monster’s throat.

The monster stumbled backward, spewing acidic solution into the air.

“Aaah……!

Hee-na covered herself deeply with her robes, fearing that the acid would splatter.

[Keh-eh-eh-eh!]

However, thanks to Kang Jinhyun’s skillful twisting of its center of gravity, the boss monster fell in the opposite direction from where HeeNa was sitting.

Paaaaat!

Kang Jin-hyeon slashed at the falling monster with his sword once more.

With a push, acidic vapor spewed out of the monster’s face.

“Mr. Jin-hyeon!”

Hee-na screamed, but Kang Jin-hyeon covered his face with his sleeve as if he was used to it. He quickly moved away from the space filled with acidic vapor.

Thump!

At the same time, with a heavy sound, the monster completely collapsed.

The carcass of the boss monster littered the dense jungle forest in the distance. The trees were crushed by the monster’s massive body, and the mossy, damp soil dissolved in the acidic solution that spilled out, bubbling like lava.

“Was it dead?”

As soon as the monster was completely down, Hee-Na scrambled to her feet.

Of course, Hee-na’s rational mind didn’t believe that such a great S-class Hunter could be so easily injured.

Kang Jin Hyeon’s appearance from a distance was very calm and relaxed.

But at the same time, she had witnessed him being exposed to the acidic solution spewed by the monster. She was worried about his safety.

‘What if he got hurt? I would have been fine if he hadn’t given me all his armor…….’

Hee-Na dragged the armor across her body and took a step or two forward.

Even Baduk, who had been gawking at the flower buds, slowly followed her.

But Hee-na waved a hand to stop them.

“It’s dangerous, stay back.”

It was a familiar warmth. Hee-na’s face flushed with color.

“……Jin-hyeon, are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Kang Jin-hyeon’s upper body was drenched as if he had poured water from his canteen on his head. He ran a hand through his wet hair and abruptly removed his top.

“Mom!

Hee-Na covered her eyes in surprise at the unexpected reveal.

Of course, her fingers were spread wide, barely blocking the view, but she covered them out of politeness.

‘Wow…….’

Hee-na sighed inwardly.

Kang Jin-hyeon had a strong body that anyone, male or female, would envy. His hard body was densely packed with smooth muscles.

A few light scars proved that his past life hadn’t been easy.

She’d expected him to be tall, but she hadn’t expected the muscles hidden beneath his clothes to be so well-developed.

Hee-na rolled her eyes and stammered.

“By the way, Mr. Jin-hyeon, why were you suddenly wearing oh, clothes?”

“I got acidic steam all over my upper body. I washed it off with water, but it might cause a wound if it comes in contact with your skin.”

He answered Hee-Na’s question and threw his clothes in a bundle.

The clothes made a ‘chi’ sound as they landed on the bushes. The leaves of the bush burned to a crisp.

‘Oh my god…….’

It was a gruesome sight.