Debuff Master

Someone was aiming their bow at Hennessy’s Cocoon just one hundred meters away from where Siegfried was standing.

Ding!

Then, a message popped up in front of Siegfried's eyes.

[Master’s Regret]

[Type: Quest]

[Details: Find and crush the seven successors of the people known as the strongest eight on the continent five hundred years ago.

[Progress: 28.50% (2/7)]

[Descendant of Thunder God Vajra 1/1] ?

[Descendant of Sword Saint Murcièlago 0/1]

[Descendant of Great Sage Sieghart 0/1]

[Descendant of Blood Master Berserk 0/1]

[Descendant of Enlightened King Maugris 0/1]

[Descendant of God Arrow Windforce 0/1] UP!

[Descendant of Supreme King Braum 1/1] ?

The person who shot the arrow was none other than the Descendant of God Arrow Windforce, with whom Siegfried had a brief encounter long ago.

[Alert: Your Quest - Master’s Regret has started!]

[Alert: Defeat the Descendant of God Arrow Windforce!]

Siegfried tried to observe the Descendant of God Arrow Windforce, but he couldn't do so due to the fact that each arrow shot zipped through the air like bullets.

Shwiiik!

‘I can’t avoid that!’ Siegfried’s face paled. He instinctively knew that he couldn't avoid the oncoming arrow.

Flash!

The arrow let out a burst of light and disappeared before reappearing behind Siegfried. Then, the arrow dug itself into the grotesque pulsating cocoon and exploded.

Kaboom!

This was the combination of Napalm Arrow and Teleport Arrow of the Descendant of God Arrow Windforce. Of course, Siegfried wouldn't know those skills. In fact, he couldn't even properly observe what had happened, as he was completely distracted by what was happening to his head.

“Aaaack! I can’t turn bald! Not like this!” Siegfried screamed and ran around trying to put out the fire on his head.

There was one funny fact about BNW, and it was related to the character’s hair. An Adventurer who lost their limb or their head would have them back upon resurrection, as the setting of the game dictated that the players were descending upon the continent.

In other words, their characters were merely avatars used to play the game.

However, it was different when it came to one’s hair. What would happen if certain conditions were met such as having their hair ripped off by a monster or being melted away like what happened to Seung-Gu's hair?

Their hair would not grow no matter how many times they died and came back to life. In other words, their character would be bald from that point onward.

Seung-Gu was living proof of it, as his hair still refused to grow even though quite a long time had passed since the incident in the Great Jungle.

“Phew... I thought I had to quit the game...” Siegfried let out a sigh of relief while holding onto his hair.

“Siegfried-nim!" the archer shouted," We’re running out of time!”

“Eh?”

“HURRY!”

Siegfried was surprised to find out that the Descendant of God Arrow Windforce turned out to be Gosran, but he didn't have much time to stay surprised.

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[Status: Hatching]

[Time Remaining: 20 seconds...]

Only twenty seconds were left until the awakening of the boss monster, Hennessy.

***

“I will help! Let’s take care of that cocoon first!” Gosran shouted.

“A-Ah, alright!” Siegfried shuttered in response but immediately gripped his +13 Horse Fly and used Machine Gun Smash at the cocoon.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The +13 Horse Fly struck the cocoon repeatedly like a machine gun.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

The cocoon squirmed and made an extremely repulsive sound that made Siegfried grimace every time he heard it, but he remained unfazed.

Shwaaaaa!

Gosran shot arrow after arrow at the cocoon from range while Siegfried was pummeling it with his +13 Horse Fly.

Puk! Puk! Puk!

The rain of arrows instantly turned the cocoon into a hedgehog.

“Siegfried-nim! Please stand back for a moment!”

“What?!”

“Hurry!”

“O-Okay!”

Siegfried retreated away from the cocoon.

Kaboooooooooooom!

Gosran waved her hand, and the hundreds of arrows simultaneously exploded, triggering a massive chain explosion.

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[HP: ??????????]

The cocoon lost forty percent HP in an instant.

“I’ll do it again!” Gosran shouted and shot a single arrow at the cocoon this time.

It was just a single arrow, but its effects were far from negligible.

Shwiiiiing...!

A powerful air current enveloped the arrow as it flew through the air, and it started spinning like a drill before drilling itself into the cocoon, stirring up a storm while at it.

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[HP: ??????????]

Then, the cocoon lost thirty percent of its HP.

[Hennessy’s Cocoon]

[Status: Hatching]

[Time Remaining: 9...]

Only nine seconds were left...

Kwachik!

Siegfried clenched his +13 Horse Fly and prepared to use Death’s Touch.

Woooong!

A surge of mana so powerful that it twisted the nearby space gathered around the +13 Horse Fly, and Siegfried swung his weapon down at the cocoon with all of his strength.

Splaaaaaash!

Hennessy’s Cocoon burst from the impact, and it spewed out the green liquid inside of it like a fountain.

***

“Hiiiik!” Siegfried shrieked and hurriedly evaded the fountain of disgusting green liquid gushing out from the cocoon.

Psshhh...!

The green liquid melted the surface of the Sun Pyramid.

“Eww! That’s gross!” Siegfried cried out in absolute disgust.

Then, a message popped up in front of Siegfried's eyes.

[Hennessy’s Nutrient Medium]

[A biological liquid that aided in Hennesy’s growth.]

[It possesses immense nutrients and it can be turned into a powerful growth elixir if purified of its poison.]

[Type: Consumables]

[Rating: Legendary]

[Warning: This is a highly corrosive substance if it is not purified. Caution is advised when handling it.]

“Heok!” Siegfried gasped after realizing that the disgusting liquid was actually something extremely valuable. He immediately opened his Inventory and took out the containers coated with the Kautschuk Tree Sap to collect all of the liquid gushing out from the cocoon and flowing on the ground.

However...

“U-Ughh...”

Siegfried heard something groan from within the largest puddle of the green liquid. He flashed his Rune of Insight at the figure, realizing that it was most probably the true form of Hennessy.

[Hennessy Venom]

[One of the fragments of Apocalius.]

[This creature is poison itself, and it can poison its target simply by looking at them.]

[It also has the ability "Poison Fog," allowing it to transform into a poisonous fog that can silently assassinate its targets without them even realizing it.]

[Type: Alien]

[Race: Coculas]

[Level: 550]

[Class: Ignite Venom]

[Note: Its cocoon shattered, and it couldn't extract all the nutrients inside its cocoon. It is in an extremely weakened state.]

Hennessy Venom indeed looked quite pitiful just as the description stated. Its face looked haggard, and its body was extremely skinny. It resembled a fetus on the verge of starvation rather than a powerful alien.

[Hennessy Venom]

[HP: ??????????]

It even had less than ten percent HP remaining, and it was probably going to die if someone kicked it. This was definitely because it couldn't extract the nutrients of the nutrient medium inside the cocoon, as the cocoon itself had shattered.

“U-Ughh...” Hennessy groaned and squirmed on the ground.

Siegfried looked down at the boss monster as if it was pitiful, “Tsk... It looks so pitiful...”

“S-Spare me...”

“What?”

“Please... spare me...”

“I can’t hear you~ My ears aren’t that good, you see,” Siegfried sneered before swinging his +13 Horse Fly at the boss monster’s head.

Pukeok!

Hennessy’s head was smashed open into pieces by the +13 Horse Fly, and with that, Siegfried gained a ton of Experience Points.

[Alert: You have killed Hennessy Venom!]

[Alert: You have gained Experience Points!]

[Alert: Your level has risen!]

[Alert: You have reached Level 274!]

Shockingly, he didn't level up just once.

[Alert: You have reached Level 275!]

[Alert: You have reached Level 276!]

[Alert: You have reached Level 277!]

[Alert: You have reached Level 278!]

[Alert: You have reached Level 279!]

[Alert: You have reached Level 280!]

Siegfried gained seven levels just from killing the boss monster.

Hennessy Venom was in an extremely weakened state, but it was still a Level 550 boss monster, so it gave enough experience points for Siegfried to level up seven times, even though he was already in the level range where leveling up once was excruciatingly difficult.

However, a ton of experience points was not the only thing that Siegfried had obtained from the boss monster.

Hennesy Venom’s body soon disappeared and something with a green luster floated up from its remains.

‘Is that...?’ Siegfried wondered and extended his hand toward the object.

[Alert: You have obtained Ignite Soul!]

One of Apocalius’ fragments, the Ignite Soul, was automatically sucked into his Inventory.

Ding!

Then, a quest message popped up in front of Siegfried's eyes.

[Alert: You have cleared the Quest – Great Chieftain’s Return!]

[Alert: The effect of your title Ruler of Great Jungle has reactivated!]

[Alert: Congratulations!]

[Alert: The Southern Great Jungle is now a part of the Proatine Kingdom!]

Finally, the long arduous journey had concluded, and peace had returned to the Great Jungle.

“Great work, Siegfried-nim,” Gosran said, teleporting beside Siegfried.

“Huh? Gosran-nim...?” Siegfried muttered in response while staring at her.

‘Who would’ve thought Gosran-nim was the Descendant of God Arrow Windforce...?’ He expected her to be some unknown mysterious strong Adventurer, but he did not expect even in his wildest dreams that she would turn out to be one of the descendants.

‘Damn... I can’t fight against her here...’ Siegfried grumbled inwardly. He had to defeat Gosran to clear the quest he received from Deus, but this was definitely not the right time for that.

“E-excuse me—" Siegfried tried to say something but was interrupted.

“Waaaaah!”

“Chaaaarge!”

“Let’s kill the boss!”

“Wait for me, you nasty beasts!”

“Boss! Time for the boss fight!”

The Adventurers finally managed to break through the perimeter of the Ishuka Ruin and charge into the Ishuka Ruin like a swarm of angry bees. Their obsession to obtain the Top-Rank Ignite Crystals had transformed them into bloodthirsty monsters that massacred every single monster guarding the Ishuka Ruin.

“Kyuu! Owner punk! We have to run away! The Adventurers are going to kill you if they find out that you stabbed them in the back!” Hamchi shouted at Siegfried.

“Hey! Who stabbed whose back?!” Siegfried retorted angrily.

However, Gosran seemed to agree with Hamchi and urged, “Siegfried-nim! I think we have to run!”

“R-Run?”

“Hurry!”

“Hold up!” Siegfried shouted and rushed to scoop in as much of the nutrient medium as he could into the containers. The nutrient medium was so toxic that it dug a depression on the Sun Pyramid’s surface and created a pool.

Siegfried could scoop this toxic substance up thanks to the tools that he was currently using, which were the same ones he had used to collect the Kautschuk Tree Sap.

“Siegfried-nim! We need to hurry!”

“I’m done!”

“Kyuuu! We have to run away, owner punk!”

As soon as he was done collecting the nutrient medium, Siegfried ran down the Sun Pyramid in the opposite direction of the Adventurers. While he was running, a line of words was flashing above his head unbeknownst to him. "I Am Backstabbing."

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