Leveling Up Alone

Chapter 547: A New Era (2)

Shaaa.

“...”

Han-Yeol’s silly expression quickly stiffened.

[T-Those trashy hyenas! How dare they!] Karvis was the most serious as she was more sensitive to Han-Yeol’s mood swings than anyone else.

[I’ll have to give him my condolences in advance.]

[Tsk, tsk, I’m sure he said that without knowing anything. Should I call him unlucky or just stupid?]

[It’s none of my business.]

[True.]

The roe deer sorcerers all nodded.

[W-What is that?]

[Huh!]

Han-Yeol wasn’t the only one who had stiffened. An incredibly harsh wave of mana radiated from his body. The mana wave vibrated his surroundings and had the power to destroy weaker creatures. The good news was the mana waves weren’t strong enough to kill any creatures in the area. However, that didn’t mean that hyena sorcerers were relieved.

[W-What the…!]

[H-He can unleash this much mana… Just like that?]

[Gag!]

Drip!

The weakest sorcerer threw up his breakfast on the spot.

‘Oops, how dirty.’

Tia frowned and clicked her tongue inwardly. Even though she was the most comfortable with Han-Yeol, it was best to leave him alone in his current state.

‘Hmm, I can’t dare to say that I want to kill him.’

Normally, Han-Yeol would’ve been more than willing to give Tia a weak sorcerer for her to eliminate, but after they called him lowly, he was not in his right mind. In fact, that could be considered another side effect of Blood Strengthening. He hated that word since a long time ago, but he wouldn’t get that angry. Karvis thought perhaps his contracts with demons or Blood Strengthening had worsened his triggers.

[Ha,] Karvis sighed heavily. [You guys won’t be able to die peacefully now.]

Pang!

[Huh!]

Han-Yeol disappeared in an instant.

One of the most skilled lower-ranked hyena sorcerers shouted, [Damn it! Stop him!]

The ten lower-ranked sorcerers were the least skilled among the hyena sorcerers.

If they could fight properly just because of a shout, would they have been placed here?

Chuck! Crack!

[Argh!]

Of course not. Han-Yeol’s fist instantly smashed one of the lower-ranked sorcerer’s heads, sending him flying backward and into the wall. The sorcerer was left on the brink of death from the brutal attack.

[D-Damn it! Stop him!]

Crack! Whoosh!

The hyena sorcerers decided to use the most effective spell to fight when they couldn’t use the contaminants. They ripped their fingers with their mouths to draw blood, then used the blood to enhance their offensive skills, maximizing their effectiveness.

[Shawdon Bind!]

[Dark Poison Smoke!]

[Dark Hand!]

The hyena sorcerers activated eight powerful spells and aimed them at Han-Yeol.

There were a total of seventeen enemies, but Han-Yeol was the hyena sorcerers’ only target. Besides, since Han-Yeol was in the midst of a rampage, the rest of Han-Yeol’s group didn’t even think to join, so the hyena's choice was not a bad one. However, if the others had chosen this moment to attack, the hyenas sorcerers would’ve definitely lost.

“How dare you try and attack with such weak techniques!”

Boom!

Han-Yeol condensed the mana in his body and released it all at once into his surroundings. To everyone’s surprise, like a shockwave, the mana waves spread out in the shape of a sphere, neutralizing all the lower-ranked sorcerers’ attacks. If it weren’t for their vast difference in strength, Han-Yeol would’ve never been able to display an overwhelming performance.

Tremble.

[W-What a monster…]

With this, the lower-ranked sorcerers completely lost their morale to fight.

Thud.

One of the lower-ranked sorcerer’s legs gave out, and they fell to the ground.

[W-We’re done for.]

“What? You’re giving up already?”

Han-Yeol’s anger quickly died at the sight of the hyena sorcerers losing their will to fight. No matter how enraged he was, he couldn’t help but quickly calm down as his opponents were unwilling to fight anymore.

“How boring.”

Han-Yeol clicked his tongue at the sight of the foolish hyena sorcerers.

‘Arch Lich-nim.’

Phwaaa!

As soon as Han-Yeol called out his name, a magic circle appeared from the ground, and the Arch Lich appeared with black smoke mixed with ice pellets.

[Hahaha, this is great!]

Han-Yeol always thought this, but every time the Arch Lich appeared, he appeared like a second rank Arch Lich.

‘Arch Lich-nim, do you mind if I sacrifice them alive?’

[That’s even better since alive test subjects are better than dead ones.]

‘Alright. Please make their experiment as painful as possible.’

[Hahaha, I’ll make sure they regret ever being born.]

The Arch Lich stretched out his skeletal arm toward the lower-ranked hyena sorcerers.

Shaaa!

[W-What is that?]

[Ahhhh!]

Black smoke surrounded the hyena sorcerers, enveloping them. Then, in a matter of seconds, the Arch Lich grabbed the hyenas and began dragging them into the ground.

[P-Please don’t kill me!]

[P-Please, I beg you. We’ll do anything you say!]

[Don’t kill us!]

The hyenas instinctively knew that this was the beginning of their hellish days. They turned to Han-Yeol and begged desperately to spare them, but he didn’t bat an eye.

“Haha, sorry, but this is the money I owe to Arch Lich-nim, so goodbye.”

[Ahhh!]

[You will be cursed!]

In the end, they just cursed Han-Yeol as much as they could and disappeared into the ground completely.

“Hmm, Arch Lich-nim, since I gave you not just the head but their bodies as well, why don’t we count it as two for each hyena?”

The Arch Lich’s tone was characteristically monotone and icy. [It doesn’t matter.]

“Hehe, thank you.”

There wasn’t much to gain by reducing the number for Han-Yeol, but he was happy enough that the price had been reduced. Negotiating was always fun.

[So this is how it ends.]

‘Oh, now that I think about it, it does feel a bit unfulfilling.’

[I agree.]

The magic circle had threatened the entire existence of the Bastro Dimension, but the sorcerers protecting it were so weak that they were wiped out without Han-Yeol having to lift a finger. He wondered if he had come to the right place.

‘Is this a trap?’

It was to the point that he wondered if it was a trap. The amount of preparation he did to take over the place was almost embarrassing compared to how easy it was.

[F-Finally…!]

[Woah!]

Noras and his subordinate sorcerers were in tears of admiration when it was all over.

How had the Light Faction, otherwise known as the owners of the dimension, been up until this point?

They had been defeated in most battles, stripped of all their territory. They were driven to the mountains, forests, seas, and resisted the hyenas occasionally using guerrilla tactics. Recently, the Dark Faction had devastated the resistance army, eliminating more than half of its forces. This included the powerful hyena sorcerers and resulted in large-scale subjugation of the remaining forces.

‘Han-Yeol-nim hasn’t even been in this world for a few days, but he has already taken over this magic circle that those wicked bastards created!’

Recently, the new independent armies Han-Yeol supported heavily had been winning a series of battles using guerrilla tactics here and there.

‘Even if we win a thousand times, won’t make much of an impact on those stinking bastards since they have an infinite amount of contaminants, but—!]

Noras looked around with proud eyes.

There lay a vicious cursed magic circle that wouldn’t calm their anger even if they tore it apart into pieces.

‘Tsk, I can’t believe such a normal-looking magic circle could exert such a terrifying effect.’

With that, Han-Yeol stopped thinking.

Noras looked around and asked his subordinates, [Everyone’s ready, right?]

[Of course.]

[We’re ready.]

The sorcerers nodded in response to Noras.

[Then let’s destroy this magic circle right away.]

[Hahaha, we’ll get the hyena sorcerers good this time.]

The roe deer sorcerers were all very happy.

They had experienced a few minor victories, but they didn’t do anything that directly impacted the hyenas since the beginning of the war.

[Let’s celebrate after we destroy this magic circle.]

[Haha, okay.]

The roe deer sorcerers looked at each other and nodded. They then closed their eyes and began to chant.

Oong!

As they continued to chant, the magic circle began to react.

Rumble!

‘I hope there are no other problems.’

Han-Yeol frowned from a distance and glared at the magic circle reacting violently to the roe deer sorcerers’ spells.

‘I can never trust those hyenas.’

The current hyenas were not the same as the old hyena sorcerers. They were now the most powerful race, and they ruled the Bastro Dimension as the leaders of the Dark Faction. However, that didn’t take away the patheticness that Han-Yeol experienced from his time as Harkan.

‘I’ve suffered using their equipment not just once or twice.’

No matter how developed the hyenas were, they were still untrustworthy.

‘Things made in China don't suddenly change just because China’s become a G2.’

In reality, there were still a lot of defective products made in China. In that sense, from Han-Yeol’s perspective, he did not trust anything that the hyenas did or made.

Rumble!

As the sorcerers surrounded the magic circle, chanting their incantations, the magic circle trembled and the surrounding area shook as well, making it seem like an earthquake.

‘This makes me feel so uneasy.’

Han-Yeol’s skin crawled with anxiety, but luckily, there were no accidents.

Boom!

An explosion erupted from the magic circle, but it didn’t affect the outside world. It was just a minor incident caused by the destruction of the magic circle.

[Phew, it’s over. We’ve destroyed the magic circle.]

“Oh, really?”

[Yes, Great One. Once again, on behalf of the Bastro Dimension, thank you.]

Noras suddenly dropped down, placed his forehead on the ground, and thanked Han-Yeol.

[Great One, thank you so much!]

‘As expected.’

Noras was just the start, and soon, the other nine roe deer sorcerers followed, thanking Han-Yeol.

At first, Han-Yeol found their behavior to be too much, but now that he had gotten used to it, he only grumbled inwardly. A part of him had also given up since they wouldn’t listen to him anyway when he told them not to do that.

“Okay, okay, Get up now.”

[Yes, Great One!]

‘Haa, I wonder when I’m actually going to get used to this.’

Han-Yeol had given up trying to change them as the roe deer race was stubborn and wouldn’t listen to him. Instead, he waited for himself to get used to them.

‘If the world doesn’t change, change yourself, for that will change everything.’

It was a famous saying that Han-Yeol knew well.