Chapter 258 – Drake King

The hunters, including Jeong Hye-won, showed surprised expressions at his words that he would catch it alone.

“Y-you’re going to catch that giant thing by yourself?”

“Wouldn’t that be too dangerous?”

“Rather, wouldn’t it be better if we all joined forces…”

Min Do-jun shook his head.

“That guy is too dangerous for you all to step forward. Please leave it to me.”

At his words asking them to trust and leave it to him, the hunters no longer tried to stop him.

Seeing him step forward so confidently, it seemed he had a chance of winning even alone.

‘Then we should step back.’

They had all experienced Min Do-jun’s power through parties at least once.

That’s why no one took his words lightly.

“Understood. If Hunter Min Do-jun wants to catch it alone…”

“We’ll stay here and prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.”

“Do as you please. But it won’t take long.”

Min Do-jun, who spoke confidently, walked toward the boss.

At that moment, one of the government hunters happened to spot Min Do-jun.

“Ah, it’s Hunter Min Do-jun!”

“What? Where, where?”

The government hunters who had been moving to catch the scattered monsters stopped and turned around.

“Oh, it really is?”

“After ranks 3, 4, and 5, even rank 1 has appeared!”

“Now it’ll be easy to catch the boss!”

“Wait, but why is the hunter walking alone?”

“Don’t tell me, Hunter Min Do-jun is planning to fight alone?”

“No way, that can’t be. How could he catch that thing by himself?”

“Right. No matter how much he’s rank 1, that’s impossible.”

The government hunters who were watching voiced negative opinions, but there was no need to worry.

Min Do-jun’s current condition was better than ever.

[Current kill count: 50/50]

[All stats increased by 50%.]

[Time remaining: 47 minutes 19 seconds]

‘Avatar of the Battlefield is at full stack.’

He had killed monsters while coming to Mapo Bridge.

As a result, it became full stack.

Since kills by the Ghost Wolf also counted toward the kill count, it was easy to achieve.

Following this.

‘Rampage.’

[Using Rampage.]

[All stats increased by 1.5 times.]

[Strength +18,224 Health +17,418

Agility +19,537 Magic Power +15,563]

[Time remaining: 4 minutes 59 seconds]

With Rampage used as well, an absurd stat boost was achieved.

-Strength: 62,453 Health: 60,037

-Agility: 66,392 Magic Power: 46,689

‘Stats other than magic power have exceeded 60,000.’

Min Do-jun, who had been looking at the amazing numbers, closed the status window.

Checking his stats made his already high confidence soar even higher.

‘With this much, there’s absolutely no way I can lose.’

Min Do-jun, who activated Blood Song under his feet, ran toward the boss.

[GROOOOOOAR!]

The Drake King that spotted Min Do-jun let out a roar.

If it had been another hunter, they would have felt intimidating pressure that made their cheeks tremble, but to Min Do-jun, it was just a monster that was only big in size.

“Crazy! He’s really running at it alone?”

“Why isn’t anyone stopping him?”

The government hunters watching from behind screamed in shock, but that was only for a moment.

[G-GRRRRRRRR!]

Seeing the Drake King being helplessly beaten by Min Do-jun, they almost felt pity for it.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

SLASH SLASH SLASH!

Watching Min Do-jun pour out all kinds of magic and slice through skin at speeds barely visible to the eye, the watching hunters were mesmerized.

“Th-this is completely one-sided fighting?”

“W-was Hunter Min Do-jun this strong?”

“The articles about him catching S-rank bosses alone weren’t lies.”

The S-rank hunters including Jeong Hye-won were equally dumbfounded.

“I thought he’d at least fight on equal terms, but this is…”

“He’s completely toying with it…”

They knew Min Do-jun was strong, but they didn’t know it would be to this extent.

That was natural.

While others had only one trait, Min Do-jun had 116 of them.

It wasn’t just them who were surprised by his absurd strength.

‘Was this guy always this weak?’

Even Min Do-jun himself was surprised by the Drake King’s appearance, weak like a mere lizard.

‘When I conquered it in my past life, it wasn’t to this extent…’

Min Do-jun had caught the Drake King exactly once before his regression.

And that was with great difficulty.

‘Back then, I didn’t catch it alone like now either.’

That’s why he knew the strategy to some extent, but now it wasn’t necessary.

‘If I mind control it, catching it is as easy as eating cold porridge.’

That said, he wasn’t currently using mind control to beat it.

Even without doing so, he could easily handle something like the Drake King.

[You have defeated the Drake King!]

[Experience +30,000,000]

[Level increased!]

[Level increased!]

[Level increased!]

[Level increased!]

[Obtained S-rank Magic Stone.]

[Obtained S-rank Magic Stone.]

[Obtained S-rank Magic Stone.]

[Obtained S-rank Magic Stone.]

[Obtained S-rank Magic Stone.]

[Obtained Drake King’s Scale Helmet.]

[Obtained Drake King’s Scale Shield.]

[Obtained Core of Magic Power.]

[Obtained Skill Book: Roar of Terror.]

‘Since it’s the strongest boss that’s appeared so far, the experience is tremendous.’

30 million experience points came in at once.

Magic stones, S-rank equipment, and skill books also came in, but they didn’t particularly catch his eye.

‘They’re still below legendary items anyway.’

Min Do-jun opened his status window to check his combat power.

-Combat Power: 20,133,212

His combat power had been updated to 20 million at some point.

‘Should I consider this my maximum combat power?’

He had used all his strength when fighting the Drake King.

The Avatar of the Battlefield buff was also at full stack.

As a result, he achieved the feat of defeating the boss in 20 seconds, but.

‘This isn’t the end.’

There was still room for his combat power to rise.

‘The battle time was too short.’

If he could have fought longer, it would have gone higher than 20 million.

‘To raise my combat power, I need a stronger opponent.’

Despite defeating an S-rank boss, regret remained on Min Do-jun’s face.

It was regret that he couldn’t fully demonstrate all his power.

Contrary to the person involved’s feelings, the watching hunters all had blank expressions.

“To think the Drake King would die so easily…”

“Hunter Min Do-jun caught it alone, right? My eyes aren’t wrong, right? Right?”

“Haha…”

The fact that the Drake King, which was no different from a disaster, had been killed by just one person was unbelievable.

“H-Hunter Min Do-jun…”

“I told you, didn’t I? That it wouldn’t take long.”

Min Do-jun, who smiled at Jeong Hye-won and the hunters, spoke leisurely.

“Everyone relax. The threat has now disappeared.”

But even at Min Do-jun’s words, the hunters couldn’t feel at ease.

The threat wasn’t completely over yet.

“This isn’t the time for this. We need to save the citizens.”

At Jeong Hye-won’s words, the hunters who had been in a daze came to their senses.

The monsters scattered throughout the city would be threatening citizens at this very moment.

Just as Jeong Hye-won and the government hunters were about to move to subdue the monsters.

“There’s no need to go.”

Min Do-jun stopped them.

“Because all the monsters are dead.”

“What? What do you mean?”

Min Do-jun glanced at the Ghost Wolf that had just arrived and said again.

“All monsters in Seoul have been exterminated. You can rest assured.”

“Really?”

Min Do-jun nodded, but he couldn’t avoid suspicious looks.

“Do-jun, how do you know that?”

‘Well, that’s because I gave Awoo instructions in advance to go catch all the monsters in Seoul.’

Min Do-jun had given the Ghost Wolf such an order before arriving at Mapo Bridge.

‘Awoo returning means there are no more monsters to catch.’

Of course, the Ghost Wolf alone couldn’t have exterminated all those monsters.

‘Probably the help of the James and David brothers was significant.’

If the S-rank twin brothers faithfully carried out the order to stop the monsters, exterminating them in such a short time wouldn’t be impossible.

‘Anyway, I can’t tell them this fact straight out.’

Min Do-jun lied, making up excuses.

“I have an ability to detect monsters. When I checked with that, not a single one remained.”

“Ah…”

Jeong Hye-won was convinced, but the other hunters seemed to find it hard to believe.

Regardless, Min Do-jun, having finished his business, waved his hand and walked away.

He needed to return to Guardian Guild.

“Then I’ll see you again next time.”

After Min Do-jun disappeared, the government hunters who had been just watching opened their mouths.

“Are all the monsters really exterminated like Hunter Min Do-jun said?”

“It is quiet around here, but I’m not sure?”

“He said he has an ability to detect monsters.”

“Do you believe that? Seoul is so big, how could he detect such a wide range?”

“There must be monsters remaining somewhere.”

They were divided between believers and non-believers, but that was only for a moment.

Not long after, the government hunters opened their mouths at a text that arrived.

[Satellite confirmation shows that all monsters released in Seoul have been exterminated without exception. Thank you for your hard work, hunters!]

* * *

A week had passed.

[Unprecedented monster terrorism hits Seoul with massive damage!]

[Monsters that struck Seoul identified as 1 S-rank boss and 142 A-rank monsters…]

[68 dead, 32 injured. Expert says it’s fortunate damage was limited to this extent. Quick response reduced casualties.]

[Satellite analysis reveals monsters flew across the Pacific riding the Drake King…]

[Where were the monsters hiding before appearing? Why did they suddenly attack Seoul?]

Min Do-jun, sitting on the living room sofa reading articles, let out a small laugh.

‘No one but me would know the reason the monsters attacked. Even if I told them, it would be hard to believe.’

There was no point in saying the monsters were under mind control.

There was no evidence, and it was already over.

All figures related to Adam had been executed by Min Do-jun’s hand.

‘If I had killed Adam quickly, this accident wouldn’t have happened…’

He regretted not killing him quickly, but it couldn’t be helped.

He kept escaping with teleport, making him quite difficult to catch.

‘Anyway, this incident definitely built up my recognition.’

Min Do-jun skimmed through articles related to himself.

[Rank 1 Min Do-jun. Defeats Drake King solo…]

[Min Do-jun rises from Hongdae Hero to Hero Who Protected the Nation.]

[President to personally award Medal of Honor soon.]

Even before the article came out, he had received a direct call from the President.

-Thank you for protecting the Republic of Korea, Hunter. I’m planning a modest medal ceremony, so please attend.

It was extremely unusual for a nation’s leader to personally call to thank someone and ask them to receive a medal.

‘That means my contribution to the country was significant.’

After all, Seoul had almost been erased by the Drake King, so it was deserved treatment.

Netizens were also welcoming the medal ceremony.

└Hunter Min Do-jun receiving a presidential medal?

└Of course he should. He’s a hero who saved the country.

└For real, what would have happened without Hunter Min Do-jun?

└Seoul would have been erased… I would have been erased too…

└Seriously, Seoul citizens should bow toward Hunter Min Do-jun’s house direction as soon as they wake up in the morning. For real.

└At least tell us where he lives.

└By the way, when is the medal ceremony? I want to go watch.

└I also want to see Hunter Min Do-jun in person once.

└If you see him in person, you’d probably be so overwhelmed you can’t speak and pee yourself first.

└This.

└Well, he is the world’s strongest, so that might happen.

└Hunter Min Do-jun, I love you♥

Now Min Do-jun had become the pride of the Republic of Korea in name and reality.

‘I won’t be able to go out freely anymore.’

He was seriously considering whether he should transform his face when going out, when a thought occurred to him.

‘What about the coup? Is it completely over with this?’

Since Adam, the mastermind, was dead, there was no way to know.

But Min Do-jun had a skill called Soul Exploitation.

‘I should have a conversation with Adam’s soul.’