Level 1 Player

‘It seems impossible to stop it from spreading to other places.’

The sea is wide and deep.

It was impossible to block off the sea route even if all the players present on Earth were mobilized.

‘It’s a big deal.’

What if the sea is blocked?

Food, energy and import/export transport will be severely disrupted.

The global economy may explode and starvation may occur one after another.

‘How do you solve this?’

No matter how much Hyunseong was, he couldn't come up with a way to solve this problem.

‘It wouldn’t be easy to stop them from going retrograde into the river.’

The spread of marine monsters throughout the sea is also a problem, but it is also a problem to flow inland through rivers.

If marine monsters are installed, such as breaking down dams or coming up on land, the entire earth will turn into hell.

‘Let’s deal with the big ones first.’

The magical power of monsters expected to be legendary level alone amounted to dozens.

First of all, these guys had to be dealt with first.

with a splash!

Hyunseong went into the water.

And rushed towards the nearest legendary monster.

- Kyaaaaah!

An entity presumed to be a legendary monster ran towards Hyunseong, revealing its sharp teeth.

But somehow it looked familiar.

‘Blackbird?’

No matter how you look at it, it looks just like a blackbird.

The only difference was that it was a very large size.

'Is the black kin?'

It seemed likely.

Left ah ah ah ah!

The magical energy emanating from the monster engulfed the surrounding seawater.

Then he turned into a sharp weapon and attacked Hyunseong.

Aaaaaaaaah!

Hyunseong didn't have to avoid it.

It broke through the monster's attack in the front and rushed in and stabbed the dragon blood sword.

Kwajik!

The Dragon Blood Sword was properly locked into the body of the monster.

- Bind Item Dragon Blood Sword - Unique Myth grade has increased.

- Bind Item Dragon Blood Sword - Unique Myth grade has increased.

- Bind Item Dragon Blood Sword - Unique Myth grade has increased.

… … aftermath... …

‘It’s a dragon, too.’

Hyunseong used the Dragon Blood and Dragon Blood skills.

Left ah ah ah!

The dragon's bloodline inflicted a huge wound on the monster's body.

At the same time, more blood was spurted out, and the blood turned into a dragon's bloodline and attacked the monster.

- Kyaaaaaaaah!

The screams of the monsters rang out incessantly.

The option of the dragon blood sword with fire properties was not very helpful due to the environment of the water.

But it didn't matter.

A guy like this was able to cook enough with just the dragon blood.

Kwajik!

A long sickle-shaped dragon blood pierced the monster's head.

‘It’s over.’

Thanks to the dragon blood sword, the hunt was successful.[Unbelievable Achievement – ​​Legendary Rank]

- You have hunted a high-level legendary level named monster Leviathan Poised alone.

-Achievement Reward: Title [He who defeated Leviathan Poised alone - Legendary]

‘It was a Leviathan.’

That means that the blackbird that Hyunseong is raising is also a Leviathan.

Aaaaaaah!

Residual magic spewed out and several items came out.

Hyunseong put the item in the subspace.

‘Resurrection of the Dead.’

Hyunseong resurrected a Leviathan as an undead monster using the Resurrection of the Dead skill.

‘Kill all the surrounding monsters.’

- Kyaaaaaaah!

Upon receiving Hyunseong's command, the undead Leviathan began hunting monsters at random.

‘Then shall we find the next target?’

After Hyunseong searched for the next target through the Eye of Horus, he continuously used the space movement skill.

And the hunt continued.

As a result, Hyunseong was able to hunt 24 legendary monsters in one day.

The number of legendary undead monsters increased by 24 in one day.

‘Well, it’s a little strange that all but one are Leviathan.’

Leviathan is the highest level of marine monsters, except for one legendary monster, all but one were Leviathan as if they had promised.

‘I hunted a lot of hero grade monsters, but it’s not enough.’

While moving to complete the undead monster, it seemed to have caught tens of thousands of hero-grade monsters.

Those guys were also made into undead monsters.

However, despite Hyunseong's efforts, the number of monsters in the North Atlantic Ocean was steadily increasing.

As the number of the undead corps increased to tens of thousands, it was difficult for even Hyunseong to keep it under control.

‘Even if these guys were just a little smarter.’

I gave a command to attack the monster, but the undead monsters did not understand the command properly.

If Hyunseong hadn't controlled it, he would have attacked at will, whether it be ships, humans, or other non-monster marine creatures.

‘How do you do this?’

All Legendary level monsters have been swept away.

However, not only the hero grade monsters, but also the rare and normal grade monsters were too numerous to count.

This is because the dimensional gate continues to pour out monsters.

First, the undead monsters were placed around the underwater dimension gate as soon as possible, but this was only a temporary measure and could not be a solution.

If Hyunseong does not continue to supply mana, the undead monsters will disappear within a few days.

Also, even Hyunseong couldn't stay focused on hunting 24 hours a day in the North Atlantic.

‘Fortunately, legend-grade marine monsters are no longer appearing.’

There were already too many monsters released.

‘It’s impossible to dungeon all these dimensional gates.’

Great powers, including the United States, have put a lot of effort into making underwater raids and dungeons.

However, the sudden appearance of thousands of dimensional gates completely thwarted such efforts.

‘Let’s check the loot first.’

Hyunseong hunted Legendary and Heroic monsters and checked the loot earned.

‘There are many good things.’

Caught a total of 24 legendary level monsters.

What are the hero grade monsters?

Hundreds of thousands were caught.

Of course, the loot was enormous.

'uh?'

As Hyunseong was checking the loot, an item he had never seen before appeared.

[Leviathan's Blessing - Legendary Rank]

- Monsters of lower species than Leviathan cannot approach within 10km in diameter.

-When encountering a Leviathan, there is a 100% chance of being attacked.

‘What if this?’

It seemed that there might be a way to solve this situation.‘How many in total?’

The quantity was not much.

‘Eight.’

That's one for every three.

‘Is it in the system store?’

This was the most important.

Hyunseong opened a system shop.

‘The protection of Leviathan.’

Hyunseong diligently searched the system store.

'have.'

Leviathan's Blessings were currently on sale.

But if there is a downside... … .

‘It’s terribly expensive.’

It was about three times more expensive than a typical Legendary item.

‘I think it would be possible to buy in bulk.’

Hyunseong's point continues to grow.

I've gotten a little thin because I've been purchasing various myth-grade skill books, including the purchase of the Demon's Armor set, but it's been filling up again.

‘Let’s figure out the right quantity and purchase it.’

This is for world peace.

Even if the sea route is blocked, it may end up being simply inconvenient for the wealthy.

But for the common people and the poor, it will be a terrible disaster.

‘This is a problem that can be solved if we patrol regularly and pick out only legendary monsters.’

Also, in the long term, it could be used sufficiently on land.

The protection of the Leviathan keeps monsters lower than that of the Leviathan from approaching.

There are no restrictions such as being a marine monster or being able to use it only in the sea.

‘It’s okay if you get something else in return.’

Still, it was planned to acquire a large number of world-class game companies, film companies, drama production companies, and electronic product manufacturers for stable sales.

Normally, it would have sounded bad because of a monopoly or something.

But now was not the time to question it.

In order to obtain the protection of the Leviathan, the nation or corporation had no choice but to bow flat to Hyunseong.

‘Let’s count it as a pre-investment.’

The points consumed to purchase the protection of the Leviathan can be filled by selling cultural goods and electronic products.

It was a possible plan because it was Hyunseong, who could freely exchange points and cash through the system shop.

* * *

The White House in Washington, D.C., USA.

This place was a melting pot of chaos.

Companies with blocked export routes were clamoring, and people in panic demanded a solution every day.

The U.S. government banned crossing the North Atlantic Ocean.

He also ordered the vessel to operate through the Pacific Ocean, even if it had to return far away in a hurry.

But it couldn't happen overnight.

In addition, the longer the distance traveled, the higher the sales price.

“Inflation is already skyrocketing.”

Those with a keen eye were already preparing for an economic crisis.

The problem was that it caused inflation to rise faster.

“Capitalists are moving.”

Capitalists are preoccupying inventory with huge capital.

The road is not completely blocked yet.

But more chaos than completely blocked was coming.

“My head hurts.”

The capitalists were looking elsewhere to make up for the loss they would have suffered from the blockage of the North Atlantic Passage.

“ Is there no contact from Choi Hyunseong player?”

“Yeah, it seems like you’re busy hunting legendary monsters right now.”

"ha!"

A sigh came out.Even Choi Hyunseong, the only hopeful player, has given up on sealing the underwater dimension gates that have been created in the North Atlantic.

Even if you dry the seeds of the legendary monsters released in the North Atlantic, how on earth do you do with the vast number of common, rare, and heroic monsters?

‘You may have to give up the sea road forever.’

Given the current situation, it is highly probable that this will be the case.

In that case, even within the same continent, goods must be transported through land transportation.

Land transport is more expensive than water transport.

What if you need to transport goods to another continent?

We have no choice but to use aircraft that cost a lot of money.

Of course, if more expenses were spent on the movement of goods, prices were bound to skyrocket.

Tirririri!

At that time, the direct phone with Choi Hyunseong player rang.

President Wilson swallowed dry saliva and quickly picked up the receiver.

“This is President Wilson.”

-Once you have cleared all of the legendary level marine monsters in the North Atlantic.

“You suffered.”

- And in the process, we found an item that can solve this situation.

At the player's words, Choi Hyunseong, President Wilson was taken by surprise.

“What is it?”

-This item is called the protection of Leviathan. The exact function is… … .

From the player's mouth, Choi Hyunseong, the effect of the item called Leviathan's protection came out.

President Wilson's face brightened.

With the help of Leviathan, the ship can start operating immediately.

Where is that?

It also had the effect of protecting major cities.

“Give it all over to the United States. I will buy them for $10 billion each.”

Legendary items typically cost around $1 billion.

At $10 billion, it was almost ten times more expensive.

- That would be difficult.

“ Choi Hyunseong player, please.”

-That's because other countries have already been informed of this fact. It is likely that all will be sold through an auction.

Upon hearing the player's answer by Choi Hyunseong, President Wilson's expression was colored with regret.

-The trading location is Seoul, and the auction will start immediately in 3 hours. Then I'll cut it off.

Player Choi Hyunseong ended the call and hung up.

‘It would be impossible to trade alone like before.’

President Wilson gave him a bitter look.

It was so sad that I fell out of the eyes of the player Choi Hyunseong, arguing about the responsibility of the strong in the past.

‘But I can’t give up easily.’

Auctions are for money.

And the United States was confident that it would not be defeated by other countries if it was a fight for money.

“Call the US ambassador right now.”

This auction had to be won at any cost.

* * *

An auction of legendary items was held in a hurry in Seoul.

Only one item will be sold.

It was the protection of Leviathan.

‘More than half should be paid for.’

‘You must buy at least one of them.’

‘I don’t need it right now, but I must have it for the future.’

The ambassadors from each country who had made up their own minds entered the auction house.

From the Americas and Europe that have to collide with marine monsters right now, to countries that don't need it right away but need to prepare for the future... … .

He came to the auction house with the determination to unconditionally obtain the protection of Leviathan.

‘What the hell is the quantity?’

‘Why don’t you tell us the quantity in advance?’

‘I feel like I want to hold Choi Hyunseong and interrogate him.’

The biggest concern of the ambassadors of each country was how many protections the Leviathan had.

What if the quantity is a single digit?

If you invest 100 billion dollars, not 10 billion dollars, you have to get it unconditionally.

But what if the quantity is a three-digit number?

It can be easily purchased at the level of several billion dollars.

Probably, if it wasn't for Hyunseong who had the protection of the Leviathan, he would have figured out the number even through intimidation.

In the end, the ambassadors of each country had no choice but to roughly guess the quantity.

‘About ten or so.’

‘At most, there are around 20.’

It's a legendary item.

If the quantity was large, it could not be large.

* * *

‘A lot of them come.’

Meanwhile, Hyunseong looked at the ambassadors of each country leisurely.

The reason why Hyunseong did not reveal the number of leviathans to be sold today is simple.

'I plan to solve more than I thought.'

If you tell us the quantity from the beginning, there is a high probability that the price will plummet.

Perhaps countries could collusion with each other.

If so?

Hyunseong suffers a huge loss.

A Leviathan's Blessing is quite expensive.

Naturally, Hyunseong also wrote a lot of points.

He intends to sell at a fair price for the benefit of mankind as a whole, but he does not intend to lose money.

‘The prepared quantity will be sufficient.’

10 kilometers in diameter is a fairly wide range.

It can safely protect dozens of ships at least at a time.

‘You will have to endure some discomfort.’

You can't sail the sea the same as before the underwater dimension gate opened.

For Hyunseong, he was just trying to prevent the worst from happening.

- 30 billion dollars!

-35 billion dollars!

The auction price, which started at $10 billion, has skyrocketed.

But the winner was decided.

-76 billion dollars!

It was America.

America did the right thing.

It has already monopolized more than five volumes, selling between $70 billion and $80 billion.

Ambassadors from other countries were also poisoned properly.

As a result, the Leviathan's house recorded an average winning bid of $80 billion.

However, when the quantity sold exceeded 20, the situation changed little by little.

'what? Why do you keep coming?’

‘Do you still have pool stock left?’

Gradually the price fell.

And later on, it started selling for around $20 billion.

The price has dropped by 1/4.

‘That’s right.’

When the quantity runs out, the price drops to the bottom.

“With this, we will end the Leviathan’s Blessing auction!”

At the auctioneer's words, the ambassadors from each country stood up with satisfied expressions on their faces.

Oh, of course, the countries of the Americas and the countries of Europe were not very good-looking.

This is because more items were released than expected.

‘In the beginning, I shouted too much.’

'I've lost too much.'If I had waited patiently, I would have been able to win the bid at a lower price.

But in the beginning, I couldn't afford it.

So I had no choice but to call the price too high.

It was sad and it broke out.

But I couldn't even complain to the seller.

Countries in the Americas and European countries deeply regretted the fact that they hated Hyunseong not long ago because of the theory of responsibility for the strong.

* * *

‘Once the fire is extinguished.’

When the auction was over, Hyunseong lay down on the bed.

He spent several days at sea.

He couldn't sleep well and didn't eat well.

Hyunseong's body was completely worn out.

‘Still, the results were pretty good.’

I was able to increase quite a few stats through the Book of Gluttony and the achievement of new achievements.

In addition, a large amount of legendary items and manastones that are difficult to obtain were secured.

‘He gives me a complete bottle and gives me medicine.’

The sudden appearance of the underwater dimension gate was a great disaster for mankind.

But on the other hand, it also gave them a way to overcome them and gave them a foothold on which to become stronger.

‘Let’s take a break.’

Hyunseong fell into Suma as it was.

And the time when Hyunseong is asleep.

South Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, Arabian Sea, Philippine Sea, etc.

Underwater dimensional gates were opened in all oceans on Earth at once.

* * *

Lucia had returned to Korea with Hyunseong's family.

The sight of him beating and catching a Leviathan alone became quite a big issue, but Lucia didn't care at all.

Wow!

At that time, Hyunseong's smartphone, which Lucia was keeping, vibrated loudly.

‘What’s going on with Guild Leader Kang Seon-young?’

Lucia answered the phone.

- Chairman of the Advisory Board, there is a big problem!

As soon as the call was connected, Guild Leader Kang Seon-young exclaimed urgently.

“This is Lucia. Hyunseong is sleeping now.”

-Ah, I'm sorry, but please wake up the Chairman of the Advisory Board right now. The whole world went into an uproar.

“What’s going on?”

- A large number of dimensional gates have been opened not only in the North Atlantic, but also in other seas.

At the words of guild leader Kang Seon-young, Lucia's face was horribly distorted.

‘Is that just a starting point?’

It was quiet after the mid-course, so I had high expectations.

It seems that the problem was not going to end in the North Atlantic.

The third major cataclysm began in earnest.

“I will inform Hyunseong immediately.”

Although they had been preparing for underwater raids in the past, the ability of ordinary players to block the border area between the river and the sea was the only skill.

On the ground, the players of the Earth had grown enough to hunt legendary-grade monsters, but the situation was different in the underwater battles in the water.

At least hero level.

That was the limit that Earth players could hunt marine monsters in the water.

Hyunseong and Lucia were the only ones who could hunt legend-grade marine monsters in the water alone.

drop!

After hanging up the phone, Lucia went to Hyunseong's room.

“Sir, you need to get up.”

At Lucia's words, Hyunseong hardily raised her eyelids.

"What happened?"

“A number of underwater dimensional gates have been opened.”

At Lucia's words, Hyunseong jumped up from her seat.Immediately after that, I called the guild leader Kang Seon-young.

“Yes, fold. Please tell me all the places where the underwater dimension gates came into existence. Yes Yes… … .”

drop!

Hyunseong ended the call.

“Okay.”

Hyunseong's face was contorted into a mess.

‘I think it will be difficult to solve this by myself.’

Still, I had to check it out.

Hyunseong called the White House and asked for Sarah's help.

Shoo!

“Did you call?”

Shortly after the call ended, Sarah arrived.

It was evidence that the White House was taking the issue quite seriously.

“I think we need to check the number of monsters first.”

"all right."

Sarah took Hyunseong to seas around the world.

Hyunseong confirmed the monster's population through the Eye of Horus.

'It's really messed up.'

It was about the same size as the North Atlantic Ocean.

There were hundreds of legend-grade monsters in all, and it was difficult to count the number of monsters lower than that.

‘I think it will be difficult to solve this alone.’

The defense range was too wide.

‘Lucia’s help is essential.’

It seemed like the two of us would have to work hard for a week.

It could be even longer if legendary-grade marine monsters keep appearing.

‘I can’t help it.’

First of all, I had to clean up all the legendary level monsters.

Only then was it possible to use the protection of the Leviathan to operate the ship normally.

‘It would have been nice if Partisia-sama could be of help.’

However, it was unreasonable to ask for Partisha's help.

The number of legend-grade monsters that Partisha alone could handle was only one.

Even if it's a land monster.

In the unfavorable environment of the sea, it was difficult for even one.

‘I can’t help it.’

There was no solution other than Hyunseong and Lucia suffering.

Oh, of course, it was easy to solve this problem by hiring a talented Hyunseong-class man through hiring mercenaries.

The problem was the point.

‘It has already been used up.’

Most of the remaining points after the underwater dimension gate problem was raised were wasted to purchase the protection of Leviathan.

There were not enough points to hire a mercenary with the ability to easily defeat legendary-grade monsters.

‘I can’t help it.’

In the current situation, killing yourself was the only solution.

“For now, please bring back some of the Leviathan’s protection that we sold to all over the world.”

"Yes?"

“It’s the best way to lure the Leviathan out of the sea.”

The protection of Leviathan has one drawback, not one.

If you encounter a Leviathan, there is a 100% chance that you will be attacked.

‘You should use this in reverse.’

When will you catch them all?

As it turned out, hunting by sheep was the best.

Oh, of course, this was only possible with Hyunseong.

No matter how Lucia was, it was impossible to hunt legend-grade marine monsters in the sea.

Of course, there may be non-Leviathan Legendary monsters.

However, as in the North Atlantic, most of the legendary monsters except for a few were Leviathan.‘You can clean up the Leviathan first and clean it up.’

It was convenient to sort things out with the most pages.

“I will be back soon.”

Shoo!

With those words, Sarah disappeared.

After a while.

Sarah appeared in front of Hyunseong again.

“I brought it.”

Sarah handed over the protection of Leviathan to Hyunseong.

“Then please leave me here and send Lucia to another place.”

“Are you talking about the Usia player?”

At Sarah's words, Hyunseong nodded her head.

"that's right. Please tell Lucia to hunt marine legend level monsters. And hand it over to Guild Leader Kang Seon-young.”

Hyunseong glanced over the Horus he was wearing.

“Why this?”

“From now on, Sara and the guild leader Kang Seon-young must work together to inform me and Lucia of the location of the legendary monster.”

It is a kind of division of labor.

Guild leader Kang Seon-young, who can use the Eye of Horus, and Sarah, who can move through long distances, work together to provide information, and Hyunseong and Lucia will go and take care of it.

This was the most efficient.

“I will.”

“Sara's role is the most important. Please move as quickly as possible.”

"Yes!"

Shoo!

Sara, who answered vigorously, disappeared.

with a splash!

When Sarah disappeared, Hyunseong went into the water and opened the subspace.

- Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

The subspace opened and Hyunmoo appeared.

'For underwater battle, Hyunmu is more suitable than Red or Three-Headed Dragon.'

Because he was born as a marine monster, he had the best efficiency in underwater battles.

Hyunseong handed over the protection of Leviathan to Hyunmoo.

‘Bring it on.’

After receiving Hyunseong's instructions, Hyunmoo slowly disappeared into the sea.

Hyunmoo will make a big turn around the sea on the course Hyunseong ordered.

The course that Hyunseong ordered is… … .

Of course there are Leviathan.

'I'm a little disappointed in the spirits and clones skills.'

I can't handle the Elemental Skills because the amount of magic consumed increases with the distance.

spontaneity?

Cooldown is too short.

Because of that, he could not mobilize for sheep hunting.

'I can't summon those guys from the North Atlantic.'

The distance was too far.

‘Let’s just throw them away.’

Undead Monster?

It is enough to create a new one from now on.

Hyunseong randomly hunted the marine monsters around him.

After that?

He made him an undead monster and handed over the protection of the Leviathan.

And he gave instructions to circle the sea according to the distribution map of Leviathan, which had been searched by the Eye of Horus earlier.

Undead monsters created by Hyunseong were scattered everywhere with the protection of the Leviathan.

- Kyaaaaaaa!

Then, from a distance, a half-tattered Hyun-moo drove up to Hyunseong with three Leviathan.

It was the beginning of a full-fledged sheep hunt.

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