Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

45 Grilled Clam

Kiari, one of the children of the Dragon King, went inside her room despondently. As she closed the door, she couldnt help but let out a sigh.

Jevis, where are you

It had been days since Jevis, the third child, had been missing.

Did she really run away?

No, that cant be. Although Jevis is the youngest among the three of us, no one trusted and followed the Dragon King more than her.

Jevis was so loyal to the Dragon King that if she was asked for her rabbits liver then she would have gladly given it to him at that very moment. That was how much loyalty and love she had for the Dragon King.

However, Kiaris eyebrows crumpled in annoyance.

That?

Her head turned to look at the area where her bed was located. There was a piece of paper tucked neatly underneath her bed. When she came forward and pulled it out, she saw that it was a letter.

There was also the mark of a rabbits paw as if to prove that it was really from her. Perhaps, when Jevis had written the letter and placed it on her desk, the wind had entered through the gaps from the door and displaced the letter until it rested underneath her bed.

Jevis!

Jevis was the weakest among the three of them but it was still a fact that she was one of the Dragon Kings children. It was entirely possible for her to successfully hunt the legendary Clam Golem that they had deemed to be a predator.

Originally, the Dragon King had forbidden the hunting of the Clam Golem because it eats up the trash scattered around in the Dragon Kings Sea. However, Jevis had ignored the Dragon Kings past remarks and had gone ahead to hunt it. This meant that she was prepared to receive punishment just to find a way to cure the Dragon King. This was how deep her love was for the Dragon King.

Jevis might have been the weakest among the three of them but she had special powers. Out of the three of them and the entirety of the Dragon Kings Sea, there was no one else who could talk to the God Roves except for her. This was the case ever since they were young. Even the Dragon King couldnt communicate with the God Roves!

This was the reason why her holy power was high and why she excelled in various production jobs. She could easily make a huge batch of potions in one go with fine quality. So Kiari could tell that she wanted to make a potion to feed the Dragon King using the materials from the predator.

Among them, she was the one with the most amazing buffing ability as well as aggro skills. Her aggro skills were so super that she could even attract stronger and amazing creatures. She was not sure but she believed that it wasnt entirely impossible for her to draw the attention of the predator.

But, there was one problem.

Why isnt Jevis back yet?

Did something go wrong? No, she can easily take down the predator. Did something unusual happen?

D, dont tell me Did the predator become angry?!

As far as she knew, the predator had only been angry for a total of two times. Once the predator was angered, its body would change completely and it would become much stronger. The predators anger would only rise if there were plenty of trash under the sea, and once its anger reaches its peak the predator would then become the Angry Predator.

An angry predator the clam golem

Jevis may not be able to win against such an opponent.

Minhyuk tightened his grip on his sword as he watched the bastard close its mouth.

Its quite close so it would be good if I can catch it all at once.

The only way to attack the bastard was through its mouth so if he was able to strike it successfully then he would definitely be able to kill it all at once.

Chichichichiiiiiik!

A weird sound came out from an empty space not far from where the Clam Golem was located. The Clam Golem which had just opened its mouth wide looked over with curiosity.

Without missing any moment, Minhyuk quickly ran towards its open mouth as he slashed at it with his sword.

Clang!

?!

The moment the attack connected, Minhyuk heard the jarring sound of metal clashing with another metal.

What the hell? Why does this sound like Im hitting another metal?

He accurately landed his attacks on its mouth for five straight times.

Ting, ting, ting, ting, ting!

However, he still couldnt scratch it with his sword. At that moment, its wide open mouth suddenly started to return back to its original state. Then

Fwiiiiiiish!

He launched one final attack and slashed it diagonally.

Keuaaaaaack!

His strike was able to land on its body as clam shells fell down.

What crazy defense!

Minhyuk finally realized why only one attack came through from all of his other strikes.

I wonder how high its defense is?

The beady eyes of the Clam Golem suddenly turned towards Minhyuk. Minhyuk was now fully visible towards the Clam Golem. After all, his invisibility would be lifted after 2 seconds once he attacked an enemy!

Minhyuk quickly turned around to run, however he faintly realized how disadvantageous his situation was.

S tep!

Vwooooooooooong!

As soon as his feet left the ground, a fist went straight through the afterimage that he had left behind.

Vwoooong!

Minhyuk had barely escaped the attack. However, its body quickly turned around and swung its fist at him again.

Vwooooong!

Minhyuk felt the strength of the wind from the fist as he used Step to evade the attack once more. The wind ruffled his hair in a mess.

Dash!

He successfully evaded the attack! As he evaded, he also tried to strike on the bastards body.

Clang!

And just like what he had expected, he wasnt able to leave so much as a scratch on its body.

What kind of nonsense is this.!

At that moment

Bang!

His feet quickly dug on the ground as he maneuvered his body to once again face the bastard.

Swoosh!

He quickly narrowed the distance between them.

Swoosh!

His sword that was filled with a strong force stabbed strongly at its body. Sword of Fury, Shatter (Destroy), was literally a stabbing attack. Once the attack was successful, the condensed power in the sword would then explode inside the body of the enemy.

As long as Intangible Sword is attached to it!

I might be able to subdue this guy!

However

Dash!

Black energy suddenly covered the fist of the Angry Clam Golem as it ran forward towards Minhyuk.

Fwoosh!

The bastard swung its fist as it tried to counter the tip of the sword with its punch. The powerful force from its punch collided with the tip of Minhyuks sword. The force even stretched towards Minhyuks body!

Bang!

Keheuk!

The force that was condensed at the tip of Minhyuks sword exploded together with the force from the Clam Golems fist. Minhyuks body flew and rolled away from the aftermath of the collision.

The Clam Golem quickly straightened its form and ran after Minhyuks body. Minhyuks eyes widened in shock. However, thanks to his amazing reflexes, he was still able to attempt another attack towards the Clam Golem in his disadvantageous position.

Slash!

Slaaaaaash!

It was the fast and indiscriminate attack from Rampant Sword! Minhyuk believed that this was the best attack to stop the bastards incoming attack. The attack would also allow him a bit of a breather to regain his footings. Dozens of images of swords were swinging indiscriminately towards the Clam Golem.

Slaaaash!

Bang, bang, bang!

A scar finally appeared on the body of the Clam Golem, however, the attack was not enough to deter the movements of the bastard. The Clam Golem was still fiercely pursuing Minhyuks body that was flying away.

Minhyuk quickly slashed his sword at its chest.

The reason why Intangible Sword was considered to be a ridiculous skill was because it could ignore all of the defenses of the enemy. It was like attacking a completely defenseless person who only had a shirt as their armor. This meant that, depending on the amount of the enemys HP, he would be able to kill them all at once.

However, the bastard in front of him still looked as energetic as ever.

How high is its damned HP!

Before he knew it, his body had already rolled on the ground. Minhyuk quickly adjusted his bearings as he stood up. The Clam Golem quickly narrowed the distance between them. He realized that he wouldnt be able to evade this attack so he hurriedly took out his frying pan.

Minhyuk quickly enlarged his frying pan as he covered his body with it. Then

Baaang!

The bastards fist slammed straight at the frying pan.

Keheop!

The force of the fist was so strong that Minhyuks body flew out and plunged straight on the walls of the cave.

My HP dropped by 10%?

Even though most of the impact was received by the frying pan, he still received a huge amount of damage. In a daze, it was too late when Minhyuk realized that there was a fist that was coming straight at him.

Bang!

A notification rang out as soon as the punch landed on his body.

One of Minhyuks eyes closed and his field of vision narrowed. As if realizing that Minhyuk was incapacitated, it geared for another attack.

Baang!

Its foot stretched out and kicked Minhyuk on his abdomen.

Kghk!

Minhyuk, who was still stuck on the wall, went deeper in the wall as he vomited blood. His consciousness blurred and became hazy but he still held on his sword tightly.

Im going to eat grilled clams!

The taste of the shellfish meat on an open-mouthed white clam and the clear soup in the plate-like shell. And once you picked the clams and dipped it in gochujang Minhyuk wanted to taste this flavor once again.

At all costs.

Blood was dripping from Minhyuks head and his body was not in the best condition. But, his body shined brightly and his injuries recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was the effect of Armor of Immortality.

The Clam Golem, who was watching the on-the-verge-of-death Minhyuk, was suddenly caught off guard. Minhyuks sword quickly stabbed at its abdomen.

Ting!

However, its extremely sturdy shell was able to stop the attack. So he stabbed at it again.

Tiiiiing!

As expected, his attack was blocked again.

And finally.

Stab!

The sword finally pierced through its stomach.

Keuaaack!

The Clam Golem shrieked loudly as its hands swung once more to punch at Minhyuk.

Swoosh!

His first step was used to move to the left to avoid the incoming punch.

Puhaaaaa!

The shells from its thick armor-like body fluttered down to the ground in troves.

Gruooooo!

The bastard screamed angrily as Minhyuk quickly dashed away to increase the distance between them. Then, he stabbed the ground strongly with the tip of his sword.

Keuhaa!

The Angry Clam Golem stretched its hands out to try and catch Minhyuk. However, the ground fluctuated strongly as it trapped the Clam Golem in its clutches. Minhyuk used this moment to increase the distance between them further.

What skill do I have that has the fastest cooldown?

It was Rampant Sword: Connection (Inherit). However, there were still 20 seconds left before he could use it again.

Rumble

The Clam Golem was using its immense strength to break out of the ground that trapped it. Meanwhile, Minhyuk had increased the distance between them to 100m. Before he knew it, the Angry Clam Golem had already broken free of its restraints and was glaring at Minhyuk sharply. Then..

Graaaaaaaaaaaa!

Keup!

Minhyuk heard the ear-shattering roar of the Clam Golem.

Did it say 30% stronger than before?

Just when he was thinking like that

Bang!

The bastard stomped on the ground and dashed to where he was.

!

Minhyuks eyes widened the size of the saucers. Its speed had increased greatly and each of its steps broke the ground beneath its feet. Minhyuk quickly dashed away.

Step!

He was only barely able to avoid the galloping golem! The running bastard stopped in its tracks as Minhyuk stomped on the ground and jumped on its back.

Taeng, taeng, taeng!

Just like what he had known earlier, the clam golems defenses were truly too astronomical. Suddenly, it turned around which caught Minhyuk by surprise.

?!

Minhyuks eyes widened when he saw its eyes blacken.

Clang! Slash! Clang! Slash!

Two of his attacks slammed straight at its chest. However, due to its monstrous HP, it still did not collapse.

Then, the blackness that covered its eyes slowly spread out as it created a sphere. The huge, black and powerful sphere suddenly descended on Minhyuk.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Grrrrrrrrr!

At the same time, the entire cave shook strongly as piles of stones fell down from the ceiling.

N, no!

The moment Ben saw the cave shaking strongly, an immense sense of frustration engulfed his being.

It had been quite some time since Minhyuk had entered the cave. He knew that he had already found the Clam Golem since he could keenly hear the sounds of fighting which was followed by the sounds that he was currently hearing.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Grrrrrrrrr!

It wasnt just the cave, even the Dragon Kings Sea was shaking strongly due to the vibrations from inside.

Ben dropped to his knees as he peered in the darkness of the cave with frustration and despair.

Th, this cant be happening.

I already lost my son, am I losing this young man who closely resembled him too?

His eyes lost its shine as he looked at the cave in a daze.

The Clam Golems eyes bulged in surprise. It believed that everything was over.

It was sure that the intruder who had entered its cave recklessly should have died with that attack. However, there was something standing in between itself and the intruder.

The being was smaller than its fist and was floating in the air.

It was none other than Kongie, the baby pig with a flipper spatula and a pot on its head.

Oiiiiiink!

TLs corner!

[Kongie is angry.] [He will make you into grilled clam.] KEK. I wonder if thats the case.

PRs corner!

Finally, time for Kongie to shine! Im looking forward to it.