Evolution Theory of the Hunter Chapter 173

Once I started rampaging within the enemy’s formation and the Black Tiger and other monsters above level 4 supported, the mermaids’ advancing speed noticeably decreased .

In a state where their morale was cut down quite a bit, the only thing left was a battle of stamina .

“Kuooo!”

“Kyaak!”

The sound of monsters roaring and screaming, the sound of bodies being sliced, the sound of blood splattering, and the sound of spears and swords being broken could be heard .

Even during all this the low level monsters steadily narrowed the encirclement so that the mermaids couldn’t escape .

However, it seems the difference between individuals couldn’t be helped because I could see the number of green dots disappear rapidly on the minimap .

I clenched my teeth and swung the sword .

The mermaids sacrificed their weapons again to block the Aura Blade .

Once an attack got deflected, the monsters on our side got killed in droves in that short time .

On top of that, these guys maintained a considerably high level of battle strength even without their weapons .

“Huuong!”

A Mermaid Fighter ripping off a Giant White Tiger’s leg was seen in the corner of my eyes .

d.a.m.n .

Hundreds of my side’s monster army died in the time I killed dozens of mermaids .

Most of them were low level monsters but I can’t say that it didn’t have an effect .

The only place that had the advantage was the location I was rampaging at .

However, since there were quite a few mermaids dying at my hands I think it should be possible to win this battle of stamina eventually .

We were slowly raising the flag of victory when a giant wave came from the ocean .

It was a wave that reached 5 meters which was pretty much at the same level as a tsunami .

“Kuk!”

I tried to escape the range of the wave while making the monster army retreat to the back .

However, no matter how quickly I move, there was no way to bring the monsters out while in the middle of battle .

“Ahhh!”

A few civilians who were holding their phones stubbornly got swept up in the wave together with the monsters . I hurriedly took my distance from the wave and confirmed the situation .

Among the 1,700 monsters that were alive, a third got swept up in the wave .

This was a much larger loss than I imagined . Even though land monsters have powerful bodies, it wasn’t like that would benefit in water as well .

The monsters that got swept up by the wave started getting annihilated by the mermaids who were adept at swimming .

“d.a.m.n it…… . ”

The situation rapidly started becoming disadvantageous .

I couldn’t have predicted such a situation . I had started a battle that I thought I could win .

I thought that I would be able to benefit by having America owe me a debt . But at this point the loss was far greater .

Close to half of the 2,000 monsters were already gone .

The thought of why I should block this wave of monsters while sacrificing so much flashed by for a moment .

I hit my face fiercely .

I was a professional hunter . It was obvious to receive an appropriate reward for what one has done .

However, that didn’t mean that one had to weigh the loss and gain in every situation .

You have to do what you have to do .

Instead, you strive for the maximum reward .

This was the greatest compromise I could come to .

Therefore, leading this battle to victory comes first .

Receiving benefit from it comes later .

I sent the neck of a mermaid flying again .

Red blood evaporated after mixing in to the sand for a moment . The severed corpse returned to the void as it was and appeared as a level 7 item in the manual .

I put it through the Golden Ring immediately .

A level 7 Mermaid Warrior appeared as my side .

“Kya kya kya!”

It ran towards the same clansmen that were allies until just now holding a sharp trident .

I could feel them becoming fl.u.s.tered at the unexpected situation .

“Kieek!”

“Kyaaa!”

Mermaids were intelligent creatures like vampires . They had spear techniques and a clear method of communication between them .

That’s why they were even more fl.u.s.tered by the betrayal of their comrade .

I took the chance while they were wavering to pressure them even further .

[+1,400]

[+1,600]

[+1,400]

…… .

I got surprised while looking at the reward points and remembered that the amount of reward points I received doubled as well as the Effort skill got upgraded .

I think it would be possible to add some stats in the middle of battle .

– You have obtained the item Flame Sword of h.e.l.l (7)

On top of that, an item dropped from the mermaids everytime I killed 10 or so . If the drop rate was 1 in 10 when it wasn’t a dungeon, it was a pretty high rate .

Like that, every time an item dropped, I put it through the Golden Ring . I selected the summoned monster as mermaids on purpose to incite confusion .

“Haah . Haah . ”

I breathed heavily as I swung my sword .

Even with my endurance that had been upgraded to 650 my stamina got expended in a mere 30 minutes . Attacks using Aura Blade took up that much stamina .

The number of mermaids was constantly rising and each time they were killed their numbers would be replaced . The 300 or so from the beginning was being maintained .

Compared to that, the number of monsters on my side constantly decreased from 2,000 to below 500 .

However, the remaining 500 were the elite among the elite . The number of newly created level 7 monsters already surpa.s.sed 50 and the rest were also at least level 5 .

I felt like it would be possible to win if the battle continues in this manner .

There was a critical problem though .

It was none other than the fact that my stamina wasn’t infinite .

I upgraded my endurance as desperate as I was .

I used 7000 reward points to raise my endurance of 650 to 750 . Even after that there was quite a bit left so I used another 8000 . And then another 9000 .

I burned a total of 24,000 points to raise my endurance to 950 .

I could feel my stamina that hit rock bottom begin to rise up again .

It might be a temporary measure though .

However, the average reward points I got for every mermaid I killed was 1,500 . Even if I kill just 10 it’s 15,000 points .

If it’s that much then continuously raising the stat during battle is possible .

“Kieeeek!”

A mermaid rushed forward with its fish like mouth wide open .

I took a step forward after cutting it vertically . I had been moving pa.s.sively until now but there was no need to preserve my strength since I had a method to continuously raise my stamina .

Also, I could gather enough reward points to put into endurance around the time my stamina runs out due to continuous battle .

– Will you invest 10,000 reward points into endurance?

As I selected accept, my endurance rose to 1,050 .

Also, another message appeared in front of my eyes at that moment .

– Endurance has surpa.s.sed 1,000 points . Another ability will be unlocked .

– Psychokinesis will be added . An extra 10,000 reward points is needed to activate it .

I checked my stats the moment I saw the message .

From the original strength, endurance, agility, concentration, and defense, a category called psychokinesis got added .

The start was 1,000 points, and it was the ability to move a weight of 100 kg .

About 30 minutes since the battle began dozens of vehicles arrived on the coast .

They seemed to be hunter use trucks seemingly several times larger than the ones I saw at the Yellow Sea . As expected of America, they had a different scale entirely .

Hundreds of hunters poured out from them .

It seemed they got a briefing on the way as they rushed past the monsters and ran towards the mermaids .

The one at the very front was a pet.i.te heavy armor wearing woman .

“Mr . Great Summoner, we will help!”

“The enemies are level 7 monsters! It might be dangerous!”

“They are monsters that are in the database . We are aware of the method of killing them . ”

She didn’t have a normal amount of confidence .

Her equipment didn’t seem normal either so I tried opening her profile .

Name : Jane Gray

Equipment : Azure Scale Armor (8) , Azure Sky Greatsword (8) , Expert Leggings (4) , Steel Gloves (2) , Earrings of Strength (6) , Helmet of Power (5) , Medusa s.h.i.+eld (7)

Skill : Great Destruction (9)

Proficiency : 91

Additional Skills : Earthquake, Strikes the ground to cause a powerful earthquake .

Characteristic : Defense squad of the state of California . 5th Special Mission Battalion Leader .

This seemed more than enough to be able to fight the mermaids . The ones following behind here were mostly level 8 as well .

After they joined in, the battle became much easier . It was a bit of a shame that I couldn’t get all the reward points but I was able to get all the items and ores through rapid return and automatic collection so it wasn’t all that bad of a situation .

It was better to save one monster than to receive reward points after all .

We were barely able to annihilate the mermaids after an hour long battle .

The ones I took care of personally numbered about 100 . The amount of reward points I got was about 150,000 .

Among that, a total of 90,000 points were used to upgrade endurance while 10,000 was used to activate psychokinesis .

The conclusion of current stats is like this .

Strength 750 Endurance 1,550 Reflex 850 Concentration 700 Defense 700 Psychokinesis 2,000

It was a situation where only endurance stuck out like a sore thumb but thanks to that I was able to endure for nearly an hour so I didn’t think it was wasted .

Since these skills used the user’s stamina instead of not having other costs it allows the user to use it more .

I had no choice but to have high endurance compared to the other stats since the level of Aura Blade is much higher than my equipment or skills .

And about psychokinesis .

It should have normally started at 1,000 . IT was possible to move 100 kilograms for every 1,000 .

However, my Effort skill was currently doubled . Because of that, it started at 2,000 .

At this point, it was fine to say that getting another Effort skill was heavenly luck .

I can receive twice the reward by standing still after all .

Also…… .

My proficiency became 71 .

A message came to my phone .

It was Han Joon-suk .

– Did you close another dungeon?

– Yes .

– It’s said that high level monsters are pouring out at the Yellow Sea . I think we might get into a head on collision with China .

It seems China is starting to feel the heat since dungeons are disappearing one by one .

At this point, the possibility of a face to face battle cannot be denied . If China starts using Baek Gyeong actively then an enormous amount of damage might be inflicted .

The time to open Red Holes was slowly approaching .