"Skrrr… skkk… skkkk…"
"Tik-tik-tik-tik…"
Even before Eren could take a few steps into the forest, a group of half-meter, eight-legged insectoid creatures gathered around where he stood.
Each and every one of them was the size of a dog.
Their needle-like legs were clinging tightly to the trees.
[Nightmare Stalker
Level 20
Tier: 2
Strength: 35
Agility: 58
Spirit: 20
Constitution: 45
Insect Skills: [Agile Skitter] [Venom Fang] [Thread Bind]]
Their flattened heads had multiple red eyes, along with a pair of hooked mandibles, constantly tasting the air to detect the scent of enemies.
'My location is already exposed!'
Eren had just arrived inside the dungeon and was completely invisible to their sight.
The tiny monsters in front of him were still searching around without any determined location for their target, proved that they couldn't see his presence.
His Concealment Authority was working perfectly fine.
But the problem lay somewhere else.
These monsters residing in the dungeon were insect-type creatures, very similar to spiders.
They didn't rely on eyesight to hunt their prey.
Instead, they relied on other senses such as detecting vibrations and smelling scent.
Thanks to his authority, Eren didn't have to worry about his scent being noticed, as it also hid his scent and footsteps.
But the real problem was the vibrations spreading through the web, alerting the monsters.
Eren's current form, a two-meter-tall gigantic silver wolf with a powerful body, meant that every step he took would undoubtedly create strong vibrations, despite his authority suppressing sound.
So his location will, without a doubt, be discovered by monsters no matter what he do.
But realized this, instead of being flustered, Eren broke into a smile and started running toward the strongest presence within a 5 km radius, without giving the surrounding monsters a second glance.
Without caring about alerting monsters through vibrations, Eren ran through the barrage of webs with brute force cutting them straight.
His speed was far greater than the monsters inside the dungeon, so before they could even feel and reach the location, Eren had already left their range.
Countless Nightmare Stalkers were scattered throughout the forest, thousands of them in front of Eren, but none could detect him.
Eren casually ran past them, even stepping on some of them as he passed.
His current weight was not something those tiny insects could endure, so they were instantly squished and died on the spot.
[You have slain Level 21 Nightmare Stalker...]
[Gained 160 Life Essence and Nightmare Silk x1...]
[Random Reward Multiplier triggered...]
[Random number: 99...]
[You gained 15,840 Life Essence and Nightmare Silk x99...]
Eren's concealment wasn't canceled at this time, as he stepped on them, killing instantly.
It made him questioning how his authority based skill works.
Similar messages flooded his mind as he reached the location of a stronger presence.
What Eren saw there was a massive, grotesque evolution of the normal Stalker monster, easily one and a half meters tall and three meters wide.
Its surroundings were covered in a dense cluster of webs.
Text appeared in front of Eren.
[Nightmare Stalker Broodmother
Level 23
Tier: 2
Strength: 90
Agility: 50
Spirit: 60
Constitution: 100
Insect Skills: [Web Dominion] [Spawn Hatchlings] [Paralysis Mist] [Thread Pulse]]
The moment Eren entered its range, the Nightmare Stalker Broodmother let out a furious shriek.
"SKRRRRAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
The surrounding Nightmare Stalkers swarmed toward that location, but Eren didn't bother to give them a second glance.
'It's not the boss monster.'
The spider monsters searched around for the enemy's presence but found nothing.
Meanwhile, Eren spread his senses again.
He detected more than ten strong presences similar to the Broodmother in front of him, all scattered across different locations in the forest.
The forest itself was far too vast for him to immediately locate the boss.
Then he suddenly noticed something strange.
'Four of these strong presences are gathered in the same spot.'
Deciding the next location, he instantly pushed his legs against the ground, sending shockwaves before disappearing from where he stood.
His sheer speed caused the wind around his body to stir violently, throwing away nearby Nightmare Stalkers.
When he reached the location this time, he arrived in front of the entrance of a cave, where four Nightmare Stalker Broodmothers were blocking his way.
Eren felt another seven Nightmare Stalker Broodmothers' presences inside the cave, along with an even more powerful presence.
'Found you!'
The stronger presence was undoubtedly that of the boss monster.
Eren instantly accelerated his speed even more.
[Azure Divine Flame]!
The moment Eren used his new skill, Azure Divine Flame, his concealment authority was canceled immediately, revealing a majestic silver wolf covered in blue flames all over his body.
He instantly arrived before the four Nightmare Stalker Broodmothers and attacked them with a crescent arc of blue light that burst out of his claws, wrapped in blazing Azure Divine Flame.
[Lunar Severing Claw]!
Eren used a generous amount of 10 Spirit in that single attack instead of 1, and also increased the flame output, consuming 1 Spirit per 'second'.
SHRAAAAAK!!
Before the first Broodmother could react, its massive three-meter-wide body was instantly split apart, and blue flames engulfed the severed halves immediately.
The first monster that died let out a pathetic, distorted shriek before it collapsed, and its body was instantly absorbed by the dungeon core.
[You have slain Level 23 Nightmare Stalker Broodmother...]
[Gained 220 Life Essence and Nightmare Essence x1...]
[Random Reward Multiplier triggered...]
[Random number: 883...]
[You gained 194260 Life Essence and Nightmare Essence x883...]
It died in a single strike.
"TRRRRRRMMMM!!"
The other three, terrified by the scene, caused the web around their bodies to tremble violently before they used their skills simultaneously.
A thick, poisonous fog burst outward, spreading rapidly and covering the entire space.
At the same time, their large, grotesque bodies vanished into the fog they created.
Which didn't stop Eren for even a second.
Without hesitation, Eren charged into the fog as he activated a third skill,
[Lunar Benediction]!
A faint moonlight surrounded his body, constantly cleansing all kinds of negative effects the instant they tried to affect him.
Even the slight tiredness he felt vanished, making his movements even sharper than before.
"BOOM!"
The ground beneath him cracked as he shot his body through the fog.
Slash—!
SHRRRAAAK!!
Eren's claws continued to tear through the other three hidden Broodmothers, setting their bodies ablaze with divine flame.
"SKREEEE—!!"
The first one managed to escape with a claw mark, but the blue flame that spread from the wound instantly engulfed its body and killed it immediately.
CRASH!
The second one was struck on its head and died instantly, causing the last one to flee in terror.
But it was already too late.
"SHRRRAAAK!!!"
Its body was cut in half by his huge claws before being burned black and absorbed by the dungeon core.
Three messages echoed in his mind, confirming his kills.
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