I tamed the First Rank Chapter 97
- HoshiMiya
- Dec 27, 2025
- 8 min read
At the same time that the tattoo on the back of his right hand was glowing, Hyeon Gyu-ha was holding the Shamshir, Zulfiqar (the weapon of the four great caliphs) whose blade were split in two like scissors in his hand.
In the vision of the soul connected to him, In Yoo-shin saw. An eternal and immortal empire that began from seven hills and embraced the sea as a lake. The young Sultan who destroyed it and succeeded it. The first Padishah (a title for emperor in Islamic countries, etc.) who made the noble country prosper into an immortal empire. A great conqueror who was praised as the father of conquest. His war became a turning point in world history.
In the blink of an eye, Hyeon Gyu-ha rushed right up to Nzinga's nose.
Kwaaaaang! Just a clash of swords and spears, and a loud noise as if the earth were splitting apart. Spears wielded by the hands of the people of the two kingdoms. The sword of the Khalifa (the supreme ruler or religious leader of an Islamic nation) imbued with the power of the Padishah, who was praised as a conqueror. Not spears and swords, but the great destinies and destinies of those who lived as kings collided.
Nzinga's voice grew louder for the first time.
"I too will not fall behind in conquest and war.
“Is this the power of the conqueror!”
“So noisy, chattering while fighting!”
In one breath, the slaughter clashed and crossed several times. The earth shook and the air swirled like a whirlwind. The flashing light and the sky shattered the hot African sunlight fiercely. The rough waves tore through the clouds and split the ground. Through the cracks in the deep ground, demons rose like lava and tried to bite Hyeon Gyu-ha.
In Yoo-shin’s eyes could not properly see what kind of battle was taking place. What he could barely see were the demons silently appearing behind Hyeon Gyu-ha’s defenseless back and swinging their axes.
“Ah……………!"
The moment a single scream was about to burst out, Fragarach, who had been floating in the air, defended his back. Clang! Phuuk! The sound of blades clashing and the sound of flesh being pierced overlapped.
Fragarach is a counter-attacking sword. The sword, which has the absolute principle of ignoring all defenses and countering all attacks, returned attacks at a faster speed than before. Dozens of monsters that attacked Hyeon Gyu-ha died at the same time as their crystal stones were destroyed.
In Yoo-shin held his trembling hand. Even if I had the same Fragarach in his hand, I wouldn’t be able to imitate him. Even while exchanging fierce attacks and defenses with Nzinga, he only relied on his senses to operate the Pragarach behind him.
'There's really nothing I can do.'
I thought I knew it deep down, but realizing my own incompetence was so bitter.
It was around that time that a group of hunters appeared from beyond the horizon.
“Yoo-shin-ah!”
Lee Hye-yeon, who arrived first after strengthening her body, hugged In Yoo-shin tightly.
“You’re okay. I’m so glad. You weren’t hurt?”
In Yoo-shin tried to raise the corners of his lips and responded jokingly to the voice that was full of worry.
“I’m fine, except I’m a little weak from starving. Nu-nim, ah, there’s blood here……………….”
“It's just a scratch, really!”
Lee Hye-yeon also pretended to laugh loudly and rubbed the wound on her forehead with the back of her hand, from which thick blood was flowing. Since her hand was soaked in the monster's blood, a dark blood stain remained on her face.
“I was searching the area when the monsters suddenly disappeared, and as expected, Gyu-ha was fighting first.”
They should join forces and hunt the hidden boss together right away, but while Lee Hye-yeon, who knew his tendencies, hesitated, the other hunters took up their weapons and used their abilities. Immediately afterwards, the sharply sharpened waves of psychic kinetic energy deflected all of their attacks.
"I will kill her with my own hands! Don't interfere!"
The fierce rebuke that was filled with killing intent was not Nzinga's but Hyeon Gyu-ha's. Lee Hye-yeon just laughed in vain, and the hunters who thought of Hyeon Gyu-ha's mind, who was not in his right mind due to the kidnapping of In Yoo-shin, flinched and stepped back.
“Do you think you’ll be able to defeat me so easily?”
Nzinga, which seemed to have disappeared as if melting into the ground, appeared in the grassland hundreds of meters away.
"Go!"
And the ones who filled the gap between them and surrounded Hyeon Gyu-ha were the legions of monsters. In an instant, Hyeon Gyu-ha, surrounded by monsters, disappeared. The hunters shouted in shock.
“No matter how much you are a genius, how can you possibly take down a hidden boss that’s commanding an entire legion by yourself?!”
“That bastard! Is he crazy or something, swinging his sword at his own side?!”
It was before the hunters' cries had even ended.
Kwaaaaah!
The wave that was emitted with the momentum of splitting a mountain split the monsters that were coming like a tidal wave in two at once. The world was dyed blood red by the surging fountain of blood and the monsters’ final screams. The view that contained the horizon was split in two. A feeling of dizziness came over him as if the entire dungeon had been cut in half by his sword.
The hunters groaned at the unbelievable sight of the intangible energy being emitted in a tangible form. Someone muttered his nickname as a groan. One-man army. What could compare to the ability to fight the hidden boss commanding the legion alone, if not the legion?
Even as Hyeon Gyu-ha attacked the monsters in front, corpses impaled by Fragarach were piling up behind him.
“………………Isn’t that a Fragarach?”
“It seems that Fragarach can only be used for defense…………….”
“It looks like the thing you’re holding in your hand is Zulfikar……………….”
“A few years back, I saw the Yongdu Sword too. Exactly how many artifacts is he carrying?”
“Is it okay to just have it? It’s a monster, so I can manipulate it however I want, damn it.”
The hunters could no longer even think of interfering and retreated as bystanders, and even that time did not last more than a few minutes. Hyeon Gyu-ha's Zulfikar, which leaped the remaining distance in one breath, reflected the sunlight dazzlingly. The blade was blocked by Nzinga's spear, but the momentum carried by the spear was significantly lower than at first.
The next blow struck hard and the spear blade finally shattered, and Hyeon Gyu-ha’s hand pierced Nzinga’s chest. Hyeon Gyu-ha’s blood-soaked hand, which had come out through his back, was clutching a handful of flesh.
The face of Nzinga, bent back sharply, was visible to In Yoo-shin. In her eyes, the blue sky and the scorching African sun must have been reflected. The image of a wealthy and abundant country created by her imagination.
Was Nzinga, who said he lived a life without regrets, satisfied with his last war?
It may be an illusion, but I felt like I had met her gaze even though we were very far apart. It was the first time that her eyes were faintly smiling.
[Hidden Boss 'The King Who Respects Every Blade of Grass' has died.]
[Unique area 'Two Kingdoms' is unlocked. All strengthening and weakening are removed.]
[Time left until reset: 24 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds]
“Whoa.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha took a deep breath in front of the hidden boss who had melted into thin air without even leaving a corpse behind. If it had been any other time, he would have lifted In Yoo-shin and made him come to him, but he slowly approached him.
The hunters who had gathered together, muttering and not being able to speak loudly, slowly stepped aside. Through the wide gap, their eyes, clearly exhausted and even more painful, turned to In Yoo-shin.
"Sorry."
The one who should apologize is me, who is incompetent and has enslaved you. I am the one who has been saved by you and still harbors cruel thoughts. In Yoo-shin bit his lower lip and grabbed his hand, which was soaked in blood, without hesitation. Hyeon Gyu-ha blinked for a moment and buried his face in Inyushin’s crown.
Hyeon Gyu-ha's irregular breathing gradually subsided into a steady rhythm.
[Name: Henri Raymond Charles Françoise VII]
[Current status: Murderous. Affectionate. Anxious]
11.
The system seemed to have determined that the inside of this gate was some kind of dungeon after the disappearance of the 'King who respects even a single blade of grass'. It printed a message that the unique area had been released along with the reset time.
Since it was so large, 24 hours was not enough to collect resources. Since it was a monster wave, there were so many corpses that it was hard to step on. Lee Hye-yeon, who decided to first move the corpses outside the gate before collecting them, contacted someone outside the gate.
The public servant hunters led by Lee Hye-yeon began to busily clean up the surroundings. Although in principle Hyeon Gyu-ha should have faced internal discipline, he was simply let go given his achievement of hunting the hidden boss alone, and because there was also the matter of In Yoo-shin.
Above all, the most valuable resource in the dungeon is the boss's crystal stone. In this case, of course, it is the hidden boss's crystal stone. Since two hidden bosses appeared with one crystal stone, even Lee Hye-yeon, who is not a researcher, was curious about things like the energy content and efficiency.
Surely there won't be a third one. Thinking that, Lee Hye-yeon searched the place where Hyeon Gyu-ha had defeated the 'King who respects even a single blade of grass', and then made a suspicious expression before screaming.
"There is no crystal stone!"
The Hidden Boss's Crystal Stone is large and bright, so it stands out no matter where you look. However, this time, I thought it was hard to see because of the overgrown bushes, but that wasn't the case.
There was none. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find the stone of 'the king who respects even a single blade of grass.'
“Gyu-ha-ya!”
Lee Hye-yeon ran straight to Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was washing the blood on his hands with water from a water bottle in the distance.
“Didn’t you get a crystal stone when you hunted the hidden boss earlier? There wasn’t one?!”
“There’s no way there wouldn’t be a crystal stone. Did you look for it carefully?”
“It’s not there! I looked through my eyes and it’s not there!”
“Then I don’t know either.”
"Wow, this is crazy. Where the hell did the crystal stone go?"
There were more than a few hunters who witnessed Hyeon Gyu-ha kill the 'King who respects even a single blade of grass'. There was definitely no sign that he had taken the crystal stone separately. He was not the kind of guy who would secretly take the crystal stone for money.
“The fact that the Hidden Boss has reappeared is unprecedented. Didn’t it consume all of the energy of the Crystal Stone when it appeared twice?”
"......Eeum That sounds plausible. Of course, since this is the first time something like this has happened, I can't guarantee that the Hidden Boss's Crystal Stone will remain like before."
“If you have any doubts, should I just lay out my entire inventory?”
“No, you don’t have to. Even the hidden boss's crystal is just pocket change to you, so surely no one would swipe that, would they?”
"Exactly. How much could that measly thing be worth anyway?"
Lee Hye-yeon seemed to accept his guess despite her troubled expression, and Hyeon Gyu-ha had a calm expression as if he had nothing to be afraid of.
Next to him, In Yoo-shin was secretly sweating profusely.
'…… The crystal stone was stolen.'
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