Leveling Up Alone - Chapter 546

Zing! Zing! Drip.

Tears with a hint of blood flowed from Han-Yeol’s eyes.

The excessive concentration of mana had caused the spider veins around his eyeballs to burst, but it was worth it.

‘I found it!’

[Congratulations.]

‘Tsk, they hid it so well. No wonder I couldn't find it easily. Damn it. I’ll smash it into pieces.’

[Hmm, you’re not going to bother hiding your mana when you destroy the magic circle, right?]

‘No.’

[Sorry?]

Karvis was slightly taken aback by Han-Yeol’s answer as it was different from what she expected.

‘Contaminants of that size are impossible to break through easily. I’ll have to start off strong from the beginning.’

[Good idea.]

‘Haha.’

Han-Yeol laughed and then called everyone together.

“Unseal your skills from now on.”

[Okay.]

[Alright.]

[As you wish, Great One!]

“Sounds good.”

“Khu!”

Each member agreed to Han-Yeol’s command in their respective ways.

“I’ll give you a breakdown of what’s going to happen, Mariam.”

“Alright.”

Han-Yeol smiled at Mariam.

‘It’s so convenient having Mariam around!’

Even without a map or high-tech tools like beam projectors, Mariam could connect everyone’s brains so that they could understand precisely what Han-Yeol wanted. He didn’t have to make things complicated. All he had to do was think about what he wanted.

“Everyone gets it, right?”

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“Khu!”

“Let’s blow off some steam!”

[I hope you die in the process!]

Lord Kasha accidentally let his inner thoughts slip out of his mouth and got a good fist to the head from Han-Yeol.

Bam!

[Aghh! Ughh.]

Lord Kasha’s head was on fire and he had to rub it with his hands.

With that minor(?) incident out of the way, the group began to move toward the shortest route.

[Everyone heard me, right?]

[Yes, Great One!]

[The roughest path is the fastest, so be careful, everyone.]

[I’m not that weak, you know.]

[I’m just saying it out of concern.]

Lord Kasha replied in defiance.

[Hmph!]

[Do you want to get punched again?]

[N-No!]

[No?]

[N-No, Han-Yeol-nim!]

[Behave, okay?]

[Alright...]

Lord Kasha immediately backed down after hearing an earful from Han-Yeol.

The rough path they traveled was not without its share of modified contaminants.

“Khaaa!”

On the contrary, as if they were expecting Han-Yeol’s group to enter that way, the shortcut had an even denser concentration of the modified contaminants.

Whoosh!

‘It jumped?’

[As expected of a modified contaminant.]

Chrrr! Kwang!

Each time Han-Yeol swung his chains with both hands, they exploded with light, turning countless modified wild contaminants into dust before they disappeared.

“Woah! Master, you’re quite violent.”

Tia let out a short laugh in admiration at Han-Yeol’s previously unseen intense fighting style. Some could’ve perceived her tone as sarcastic, but Han-Yeol had spent so much time with her that there was no way he couldn’t tell that she wasn’t being sarcastic.

“What do you mean this is violent? Aren’t you being too dramatic? Maybe you’ve changed after hanging out with humans for too long.”

“Well, isn’t that a bit provoking?”

“Hmm, is it?”

“Haha, maybe I’ve been behaving too much recently. After all, the human world is a pretty peaceful place, unlike the demon world. You’re right. I’ve been too careful.”

While Han-Yeol was constantly in the middle of fights, Tia would sometimes join him, sometimes not. Earth was a much more peaceful environment than the time she’d spent in the demon world as an ordinary arachnid.

Tia realized a lot from Han-Yeol’s comment.

“Haha, then let me have some fun for real now.”

“Don’t have fun. Just get rid of them, Tia.”

“Haha, that’s what I meant, Master.”

Tia’s eyes curved into crescents and she whipped out her next attack.

“Ghaaa!”

‘As expected of Tia. She really is the best when it comes to speed.’

Tia weaved through the hordes of the modified wild contaminants with a speed that Han-Yeol could only marvel at. She eliminated their weaknesses by smashing their heads into pieces. That was only enough to temporarily incapacitate them, but Tia didn’t care about any of that.

Slice! Gush!

“Khaaa!”

She didn’t care because the Shurarmors and Lava Golems following Tia, Tayarana, and Mariam neatly finished off the incapacitated contaminants.

Han-Yeol didn't have time to purify them with light and he was busy hunting on his own, so he left them to the summoned creatures. Surprisingly, the two golems completed their task without a problem. Just like that, the modified wild contaminants were quickly but steadily disappearing.

Tia walked up to Han-Yeol, who was sweeping away the modified wild contaminants.

“Hey, Master.”

“Yeah?”

“How far do we have left?”

“Only about five and a half kilometers more,” Han-Yeol answered.

“That’s not too far.”

“Yeah.”

“Great. Slurp. I’m going to rip the hyenas’ heads off.”

“Ahahaha.”

No matter how much Tia behaved, she couldn't hide the cruel nature of a monster. She licked her lips and released an incredible, murderous aura.

“Let’s get going, everyone!”

Han-Yeol’s movements quickened. Speed was the essence of this operation.

***

Boom!

[W-What is that!?]

The hyena sorcerers were startled when one of their cave walls collapsed.

“Hey, stinkers, what are you guys doing hiding in here?”

Han-Yeol broke through the cave wall and entered the place with the magic circle.

Oong!

In his hand was a floating ball of light.

Weak contaminants would flee in terror at the mere sight of light, which was perfect for Han-Yeol. He didn’t have to fight them one by one.

[U-Ugh!]

[That was so fast...!]

[Those useless wild contaminants!]

The hyena sorcerers cursed the wild contaminants. If the contaminants who had fought with all their might heard this, they would’ve wanted to kill the sorcerers right away, but this was a sacred place and no contaminants dared to enter, so not a single one was present.

“Aw, they still fought hard against us in their own way, so they’ll be sad to hear that,” Han-Yeol teased.

[Shut up, you lowly being!]

“...”

[Hmph!]

Noras, Tayarana, and Mariam gasped.

[O-Oh no...]

[He’s going to die.]

[I know.]

They knew what Han-Yeol hated the most and what phrase he was the most sensitive to in arguments. So when the hyena sorcerer uttered those words thoughtlessly, Han-Yeol’s group members were horrified, knowing how much backlash it would cause.