Kiaang!

The man was staring blankly at the wolf who had been quietly following beside him through his quest. Suddenly, the Crimson Wolf stopped, whined, growled, then charged forward as if it could see something, or sense something, something its master couldn’t see at first.

Ahead was dark, and there wasn’t much that could be seen in that corner. The wolf soon disappeared into the darkness, and only its growl could be heard.

The growls slowly turned into a whine, and then the wolf was thrown back toward its master. It bounced off the wall and rolled sideways, and the man could hear its bone crack on impact.

―Creule… …

The man squinted into the darkness ahead of him and noticed something in it, something with human form and muscular. He thought it was a zombie, but it was different from the other zombies he had encountered.

It wasn’t just the size that was different.

It had beast-like red eyes that glowed terrifyingly in the dark.

The man took a step back, slowly.

The sight of whatever that thing was, using the darkness as cover, it sent a chilled feeling deep into his bones.

Unlike the cold-dried-bodied zombies, this creature’s body was alive and released so much heat that he could feel it from where he stood.

The monster took a step into the light, and the man became even more frightened. Unlike the zombies, whose skins had turned black from rot and dryness, this monster had pale blue skin.

The man intuitively realized

that this had to be the owner of the dungeon!

“… …”

The man kept his sight on the monster.

The wolf staggered to its feet, limping.

This was going to be a tough fight, and he knew it. The wolf wasn’t in a position to fight anymore without healing.

Although it had significantly helped in preventing him from walking right into the attack unaware, it was up to him now to overcome whatever that apex monster was.

The man threw the torch he was holding at the monster, and it waved it aside effortlessly.

There was no need for the torch anyway. The place was brightly lit with three or four torches, and there was enough luminance to see correctly.

The man took a deep breath, then took some more short breaths, braced himself and readied his spear.

Before he could do that ultimately, the monster was in front of him. It launched its balled fist at him, which felts more like a hammer is it cut through the air. The man tried to redirect the strike with his spear, but the spear shattered at merely touching the monster’s fist.

“Chit!”

The man realized that the monster was so much stronger than he expected.

Even though his crude wooden spear was broken in pieces, he held to the parts that remained in his hand and bent his body to avoid the monster’s hit.

As the monster’s blow passed above his head, the side became exposed, and the man wasted no time ramming the sharp points of his broken spear at the monster’s side.

Kagak!

But to his surprise, the monster’s skin was so thick the spear shard couldn’t penetrate it. Instead, the wooden spear slipped with a noise as if it was scratching a tree’s bark.

“… …”

The man frowned. He understood now that he had a big problem with this monster.

The monster swung another fist.

Booung!

The man threw himself back, narrowly escaping the hit. He hit his back against the wall pretty hard, and his head rang from the impact.

―Kow!

The monster again aimed at the man’s head and swung its big fist.

It was a blow he couldn’t let hit him, so the man quickly lowered his head and rolled to the side to avoid it.

Spatter!

The hit was so close it touched his hair. The sound of the blow shattering the wall echoed all over the dungeon, like the sound of an explosion.

The man quickly realized that he was to this monster as the zombies were to him.

Just as he could smash the zombies’ heads like watermelon, this monster could do the same to him.

He couldn’t block the punches, he couldn’t pierce its skin, and his own strikes probably wouldn’t do anything to this monster. What could he possibly do to defeat this apex monster? He wondered.

The answer wasn’t that difficult. If the skin was firm, wouldn’t it be enough to target the areas that weren’t firm?

The monster raised his hand again and moved it towards the man with great force.

At that moment, Crimson Wolf, who had been injured and had retreated to one corner, jumped in and went directly for the monster’s throat.

It was a perfect attack, because both the monster and the man had written the wolf off in the fight, and therefore, none of them expected its sudden return.

However, the monster was quick to see the wolf coming, and it turned its thick part toward the wolf.

However, the monster did not completely escape the wolf’s surprise. The wolf caught on to its ear and bit it hard.

―Koowoo!

But still, the ear skin was also tough, and the wolf even couldn’t bite it off.

The monster touched its hair and saw it was bleeding. It growled heavily and furiously charged at the wolf. This was the opportunity the man had been looking for.

“Shy!”

He had sized the creature and observed that its crotch skin wasn’t as tough as the other parts. He picked the two pieces of the broken spear, inhaled deeply, and held his breath, and then he ran after the monster. When he was close, he slid between its legs and shoved the shards up its crotch with all the strength he had in him, screaming.

Fook!

At the same time, the wolf latched on the bleeding ear and continued to tug at it.

A painful scream erupted from the monster’s mouth as he struggled to remove the wolf, biting its ear and, at the same time, as the feeling of tearing the wet skin with his fingertips.

―Wow!

The monster could not stand the pain. It fell on its knees. But despite the intense pain, the beast managed to grab the wolf and slam it into the ground hard.

Cain!

The wolf screamed and rolled over, trying to get back up, but failing. After a few more times of failing, it barked a few times and whined as he turned to embers of glowing light, then it disappeared.

The man noticed that a message came into his cell phone, but he couldn’t afford to pull out his cell phone and check the messages now.

Black fluid flowed from the monster’s ears. It was thanks to the wolf’s teeth not being removed even though it was straddling the floor.

―Crew… …

The monster woke up in a staggered position and pulled out a wooden spear from its anus.

The wood shard came out with little effort because it didn’t go in very deep, but it was deep enough to cause the monster to scream in pain once more.

The man hurried to his feet and tried to make additional attacks while the monster was in pain.

“Ha-ah!”

He landed two blows on the monster’s head, but the impacts made him stagger, and as he moved back, the monster caught his arm.

He widened his eyes as he felt his bone give under the terrifying grip of the monster.

He used his other hand to strike the monster’s face, but the monster again caught that hand too.

Now they were standing face to face. The man could see very well into the monster’s eyes, and it was nothing short of evil. He could swear he saw a slight revenge smile on its face.

It finally got him where it wanted him, and now it was going to make him pay for the pain he and his wolf had caused.

Now the man felt himself shiver. This was because he realized that with his two arms stuck in the monster’s grip, the monster might very literally rip him apart.

“… …”

No matter how much regeneration he had, or how many potions he could use. If his body was ripped in half like it was about to, he was most certainly and most definitely going to die.

At that moment, he was frightened to his core by the advent of his own death. An idea suddenly came to his mind.

“Crazy dog!”

As soon as the words burst out of the man’s mouth, the cards currently installed in the card slots were automatically released, and new cards were placed in the slots.

Bite, 2 Consecutive, Wide, Blood Pack, Blood Pack (R)

The moment these five cards were mounted in the slot, the combo card was activated.

Its name was none other than ‘The Mad Dog of Harias’!

As soon as the combo card was activated, the man opened his mouth and bit the monster its wrist. The faster attack speed caused by the combo card did not allow the monster a chance to get its hand out.

Woodduk!

The moment the man’s upper and lower jaws met, the monster’s hand, which was like steel, lost all its strength and tore like foam.

However, the man’s counterattack was not over. The hand holding the other arm also could not escape the man’s teeth.

Jijik!

The monster let go of the man’s hands, screaming out in pain, and staggering back.

He frowned at the disgusting smell and taste of the monster’s dark red fluid in his mouth. The man was able to recognize the faint fear in the monster’s eyes.

The fear effect, it makes it impossible for the opponent to counterattack! That same effect was exerted at this moment.

The man took a deep breath and roared like a thousand storms, so profoundly, its echo filled the whole dungeon.

“The Berserker!”

Cards came out of the slot again, and new cards filled their place.

Wide, blood, blood, blood (R)

As soon as the four cards were mounted in the slot, the combo card ‘Janthunsen’s Berserker’ activated, and with it activated the effect of increasing additional attack power by 100%, causing further fear by 30%, and reducing the cooldown of physical attack skills by 50% in turn.

And the last two-strike skill set in place burst out of the man’s two fists.

Knowing well that the table had turned against him, the monster hurriedly tried to escape, but he hadn’t made it far when it felt its legs go numb from the pain of the crotch attack and fell to its knees.

Perfuck!

The man did not give the monster a chance to recoup. He immediately went after it and landed a straight one-two attack that exploded as fast as that of a skilled boxer. One of the blows hit the monster’s throat, and it became concussed.

The man stepped back and launched himself at the kneeling monster. The monster fell back and landed on its back.

The monster had already lost the battle and all that was left was for the man to finish it off.

The man climbed over its chest, and then he slammed his fists into his head repeatedly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As powerful and fast as the strikes were, he continued to strike lay it on the monster repeatedly. The beast was disabled by the fear effect and couldn’t fight back.

The man landed two powerful blows to complete the combo, and with the final blow, his hand went right into the head of the monster.

Spatter!

The monster’s head shattered with an eerie sound.

“Huh, huh… …”

The man slowly pulled out his fist from the monster’s head. Then, as if announcing the end of the battle, a sound was heard from the cell phone, indicating a new message’s arrival.