Chapter 307

Mikael felt the danger and he immediately summoned his Lightning Void Spear, he raised his arms, instinctively swung his weapon, but it was too late. Within just a second, no, it did not even reach a second. 

All he saw was nothing but darkness. His mana, his life force, his strength, his whole existence, everything was sucked into the darkness. As if he was thrown into a black hole. His eyes lost their colors and he kneeled, he puked blood. So much blood and he knew that he was going to die. 

His chest was bleeding so much. What happened? He could not understand. It was too fast. Even for a person like him who had an animal instinct, he could not see it. 

He felt like the world turned into darkness but it immediately disappeared. He only realized that he was kneeling and his chest was bleeding so much. 

"Gah!". He coughed blood. He was trying to breathe but he could not. He was slowly losing his life. 

He raised his head, his eyes set on Kim Soo-Woon who was staring at him without an ounce of sympathy. He realized that his katana was out of the scabbard. Perhaps he attacked Mikael but it was too fast. 

Yeah, that was the only explanation he could think of. Kim Soo-Woon was too fast and he couldn't see his movement. Niña was fast but Kim Soo-Woon was way faster. Even his speed was different and it couldn't be put in the same category. 

Mikael lifted his hand and tried to struggle but his body slowly lost its strength. He looked down and saw a puddle of blood under him. He was going to die. His eyes lost their focus and he perished. 

Kim Soo-Woon sighed, he returned his katana, Muramasa, to the scabbard. 

"You are strong, I can see that."

Kim Soo-Woon glance at his shoulder, it has a cut. Mikael instinctively slashed him because he sensed the danger. 

"The Skill I showed to you is called Black Hole Blade. A Skill that absorbed all of the Light, Life, and Energy around the area and released it in a slash that rendered the enemy useless, possibly leaving you into nothingness. That's why you felt like your existence has been suctioned together with your mana. Even if you know that it's coming, you can't stop it because the Skill will never miss. The gravity that's strong that even light can't escape from it. It has another effect but I don't want to tear your body into pieces. Just like what I said earlier, I want to test you. So come on and get up, I know that something is hiding in you--"

Powerful lightning broke down and Mikael started standing. His body slowly disintegrate and lightning covered him. Even his hair turned white. Mikael was unconscious and the Fourth Skill, Lord of Lightning, awakened. This was the Skill that kept Mikael from dying, a cheat that solely represents his undying will. The manifestation of his will to live. 

"Good, it seems like Kyle did not make a mistake. You have what it takes to enter this place. Even I don't have that kind of Skill. I guess you beat me in terms of the will to live, looks like you have a lot of reasons to keep on living, unlike me."

Kim Soo-Woon genuinely smiled. He was happy for a fact that someone could reach his standing, perhaps far superior to him. Kim Soo-Woon knew that as of right now, he was the strongest Hunter. However, it seemed like Mikael could exceed his potential. 

"Well, I'm not bitter about it. Being the strongest is not my goal. I just want to know the secret of this world… And I already found it, so I don't have any reason to live anymore. But you, Mikael, you have it. I can feel your determination to live. You always ran towards the danger because you know that's the only way to survive, to cope with the danger and become stronger. I like your ideology, sounds crazy, but worthy to take note of."

Mikael was not afraid to enter the Hidden Dungeon because he already lost his fear, or perhaps his fear was on a different dimension. He feared the death of his loved ones than the Hidden Dungeon. 

The Lightning was starting to get stronger, even the space around them was getting distorted as the crackling of lightning became fierce. On top of that, a silhouette of a tiger was manifesting. It seemed like Kim Soo-Woon had to fight two enemies. 

"Hehe, not a problem. Haechi, come forth."

A hybrid creature of lion and watchdog stood behind him. It was growling and ready to bite. Haechi was a mythical creature in Korea that balanced the good and bad karma. 

"Haechi eats fire so let's test if he can eat lightning."

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"Huh?"

Mikael opened his eyes, sat up, and looked around. He felt refreshed as if every stress in his body vanished. Yet at the same time, he felt heavy like his power vanished. 

He found Kim Soo-Woon smoking, he didn't change much except that he was paler this time. He puffed the smoke out and glanced at Mikael.

"I can see that you're awake."

"Ah, yeah… So what happened…?" In the middle of his question, Mikael remembered that Kim Soo-Woon killed him. Mikael summoned his Spear but he realized that he lost all of his mana. 

"You? What did you do to me?" Mikel roared, he tried to cast his Inventories to drink a mana potion but he realized that even opening his Inventories was impossible to do. He lost all of his strength as if he became an ordinary person. 

"T- This?"

"Don't worry, everything will back to normal after a good rest. Phew, you almost killed me, you know." Kim Soo-Woon sighed and smirked, he only experienced dying when he fought the existence in Room 99. 

"I should be the one to ask that? You killed me?"

"Then, why are you still alive and talking to me?"

"… You have a point."

Kim Soo-Woon got up and walked to the coffee vending machine. He slightly coughed and turned to Mikael. 

"Congratulations, you pass the test."

"Huh?"

Before Mikael could ask him. Kim Soo-Woon inserted the coin and returned to the hallway. 

He paused and glanced at his hand, it was bleeding so much. 

"Phew, I almost see the otherworld. I guess I have to ask the Game Master about the current situation."