Chapter 3: Gigantopia’s Rampage and Oxian’s Debut

After the Death Knight went back into the magic circle, I lay in bed and began to surf the internet communities on my phone.

“Looks like it’s the same abroad.”

Looking at the news articles that were coming up, the situation didn’t seem good in other countries besides Korea, such as the United States, Europe, China, and Japan.

Especially in Guangzhou, China, three season bosses appeared simultaneously and the entire city was destroyed.

On the other hand, in a few European countries such as the United Kingdom and France, large guilds were uniting to maintain security.

In the case of our country, the damage was less than other major cities, thanks to the rapid action of ‘Aria’, a guild ranked 7th in Busan.

I could feel how important the existence of a large guild was because, even in Seoul, where I was, monsters that weren’t suppressed were freely roaming the streets.

Compared to the guilds and users who were actively participating, the humanoid season bosses didn’t even show their faces, and there was a growing public criticism that they were irresponsible and just watching from the sidelines despite having gained great power.

Especially, there were many posts searching for Oxian, who was somewhere regardless of nationality, and among them, the content asking her to show her face even once accounted for the majority.

Well, if it was up to me, I also wanted to go out and kill the monsters and help the civilians, but if the news that Oxian had appeared spread, requests for support would come in endlessly from all over the world.

If that happened, I would be dragged here and there, and I would get all kinds of fatigue and exhaustion, and it would be a foregone conclusion that I would be on the front page of all the newspapers, which was something I would extremely dislike since I didn’t like the attention of others.

I don’t have the slightest desire to become a hero, nor do I want to create troublesome things by receiving public attention.

“Haa…”

I let out a deep sigh and looked at the palm of my white hand.

I didn’t think that being changed into a season boss was that great, but maybe it would seem like I had won the lottery to others.

“What is Oxian, anyway…”

…It was then, when I was immersed in contemplation about myself.

[Thud.]

“Huh?”

A loud sound came from outside the window, and my apartment also began to shake, trembling.

“What, what is it?”

As my apartment continued to shake as if there had been an earthquake, I hurriedly ran to the window to check the source of the sound.

“…”

As I peeked out,

Looking at the direction where the sound and vibration were coming from,

[UwooOOOooOOOoo!!]

“Gigantopia…?”

A monster with a huge body, as if from a myth, was slowly walking towards my house.

The giant monster, Gigantopia.

With an average level of 500, a body length of 10 meters, and a one-eyed giant monster, it boasted an enormous size that I had to look up at from my 3rd-floor apartment.

He often appeared in the maze, and along with Mister Hydra, he was selected as a representative monster of Arising and was quite well known to the public.

[Thud]

“…!”

Anyway, with every step of that huge body, the ground shook, and the building swayed.

Not only that, the flail in his hand boasted a violent appearance that could crush a human without any difficulty.

“UaaaAAaaAAaa!”

“Run away!”

“Monster!”

Even the people who hadn’t reacted when the small Minotaur or Mister Hydra was around, ran out of their houses and began to run like crazy, as if they couldn’t stand Gigantopia, who was shaking the building.

“Those fools…!”

I frowned and looked at the people from the neighboring villa, running like a school of fish.

They were people who had been frightened by the overwhelming size or had run out of fear that the building might collapse, but Gigantopia’s size was almost five times that.

No matter how hard they ran, it was only a matter of time before they were caught.

It wasn’t a problem that could be solved just by running out of the house.

[UwooOOOooOOOoo!]

As if he had anticipated this reaction.

As the prey appeared by itself, Gigantopia began to chase after the fleeing people with a chilling laugh.

“Why, why is it so fast?!”

“Run away! UaaaAAaaAAaa!”

…The distance of several tens of meters between them soon narrowed to a few meters, and Gigantopia had almost caught up with the line of fugitives.

[…]

“U, uaaaAAaaAAaa!”

Without using the flail, he quickly snatched one of the men who was lagging behind with his hand.

Then, without hesitation, he brought it to his mouth full of sharp teeth.

“Uaaak! Help, help! Hel…!”

[Crunch]

…In a short time, the man, who was caught in Gigantopia’s hand, struggled as much as he could to get away, but his head was crushed by the giant’s teeth.

[Udeuk, Wagajak]

Gigantopia, standing still, eating the man deliciously as if tearing a chicken leg. The only thing that could be considered fortunate was that the others managed to escape in the meantime.

[Munch munch]

Blood splattered every time he moved his jaw,

Flesh scattered here and there.

Every time he was chewed, the man’s body, which had already stopped breathing, twitched.

“…”

…And I, watching all those scenes in real-time without any censorship.

If it were the usual situation, I would have vomited, suffered extreme mental shock, and even been traumatized, but for some reason, I didn’t feel anything right now.

Like watching a falling leaf, like watching the sun rise every day, I only thought, ‘Ah, he’s dead.’ Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t know the situation was serious.

It’s just that I didn’t experience any psychological changes even when seeing a person die.

“Come to think of it,”

I thought there was a trait of Oxian that neutralized all mental shock, was it perhaps the effect of it?

“Hmm…”

…As I was looking at Gigantopia’s meal scene with a doubtful expression after sticking my head out the window,

[Uwoo?]

“Huh…?”

…I made eye contact with him.

And, quite accurately.

[UWOOooOOOooOOOoo!]

Gigantopia, throwing the man he had been eating onto the ground, approaching my apartment.

He let out a tremendous roar as if he was annoyed by being watched while eating.

“Huh?”

As he strode towards my apartment, a bad feeling followed my spine.

I immediately closed the window and retreated as far as possible from the wall, and prayed that he would pass by quietly, but,

[Tukwang!]

The wall where the window was located was smashed with a tremendous roar.

The flail that Gigantopia was holding destroyed the wall and swept through my house.

“UaaaAAaaAAak!”

The window frame, where I had been sticking my head out just a moment ago, collapsed without a trace, and the closet and bed were also smashed in two, filled with dense dust.

“My house…”

I looked around my apartment, which had become a complete mess in an instant.

The wall was down.

The furniture was smashed.

The floor was broken.

What about the repair cost?

I’m broke?

I don’t even have enough money to live on.

This is 100% bankruptcy.

No, even if we put bankruptcy aside, my house is gone.

“Are you f*cking crazy?”

As I realized the situation, anger surged through my body.

Whether he had no sense or was stupid, Gigantopia was giggling through the collapsed wall as if he found me funny.

“…”

I took a deep breath, barely suppressing my rising anger. Then, I bowed my head and slowly walked through the broken wall.

The wind blew, and the skirt of my dress fluttered.

…And at that moment, a blue screen suddenly appeared in front of me.

I frowned and glanced at the words written on the blue holographic screen.

《Quest》

Slay Gigantopia.

Time Limit: 30min

Reward: A-class Magic Stone

Failure: Player’s data deletion

“Quest?”

Quest.

A main system of Arising, a random mission befitting the player’s situation is suddenly given.

If successful, a reward befitting it is given, but if it fails, it was a system known to give quite a vicious penalty.

“Hmph…”

I thought I saw a post about quests appearing earlier, but it was true.

Perhaps this quest appeared because Gigantopia was in front of me.

“Player data deletion upon failure…”

I scratched my chin at the unfamiliar penalty for failure. Usually, the penalty was a level reduction or item confiscation, but player data deletion, I had never heard of it before.

“Whatever.”

I smiled faintly and closed the quest window.

I didn’t think I would fail to kill that guy, and well, it was rather good.

I had already wanted to test the power of Oxian more clearly, so it was a good motivator and experimenter to find me.

“Then,”

…I bent my knees and gathered strength,

Jumped out of the room and jumped towards Gigantopia, who was standing outside the building.

If it were the usual situation, I would have fallen straight to the ground and broken a few bones, but now, I rose high into the sky as if I had become a feather.

It was the moment I could feel with my whole body that I had become Oxian.

[UwooOOOooOOOoo!]

Because I rose to a distance that was too ambiguous to wield the flail, Gigantopia launched his huge fist at a tremendous speed instead of the weapon.

“Pay for my house, you bastard!”

I also reached out my dainty fist towards him without backing down.

The fists of Gigantopia, which looked hundreds of times larger than mine, met in the air and released a tremendous storm.

“…!!”

The thrill coming from my fingertips.

And the certainty that came afterwards, ‘I won’.

[U, uwoo?]

Gigantopia, who made contact with my fist, looked flustered.

Then, he began to take a step back, roaring tremendously.

[UwooOOOooOOOoo!]

He grabbed his left arm, which was hanging down in pain.

It looked like a tentacle, dangling, and it seemed that a few of his bones were broken.

…Although Oxian was a girl, her original race was a rare Half-Devil.

Moreover, her level was about 3,000.

That means that her physical level was also close to 3,000, so Gigantopia couldn’t be a match for me.

“Utscha.”

I landed on the ground stably and confronted the one-eyed giant, whose left arm couldn’t move.

The giant seemed a little hesitant, perhaps because he was embarrassed that his arm was broken by such a young girl.

[Grrr…]

But, as if his pride was hurt by me, he struck me down with the flail in his right hand.

But I didn’t flinch, I reached out my hand towards the flying flail and quietly recited the skill name I had seen earlier.

“…Blood Wall.”

Then, a red defense wall, as if made of a square of blood, appeared in front of me and lightly stopped the flail that was swung with tremendous momentum.

[Uwoo?]

“Oh.”

Gigantopia, looking at his own blocked blow, made an expression that couldn’t be true, and I made a surprised expression on my face.

After that, the flail, which had been swung, began to crack, and it shattered like pieces of glass.

[UWOOooOOOooOOOoo!]

When the flail, which had been blocked by my technique, broke, Gigantopia wailed sadly as if he had lost a precious friend.

Well, I don’t know how strong the Blood Wall is, but it was stronger than my apartment wall, which was destroyed in one blow, because it not only blocked the attack but also broke the flail.

[U, uwooeeeee…]

Had he been afraid of having his arm broken and his weapon broken by such a small girl, he began to step back, where was the momentum from earlier.

“You’ll pay for the repair, you b*tch.”

Although the girl, who looked like a junior high school student, was using profanity, it would be quite alienating, but it was the contents of a genuine Korean male, so I didn’t think it was wrong.

I smiled with a sense of madness and prepared for the final blow.

“Bloody Spear.”

As I stretched out my left hand and muttered the skill name, red liquid began to gather in the air, and soon four pointed spearheads, which became about 5 meters long, were created.

[U, uooawoooOOOoo!]

Gigantopia, seeing that, turned and began to run away, frightened by the threat to his life.

“…No way.”

But unfortunately, I had no intention of letting him go, but rather, I turned a cold expression and reached out my hand towards the back of his massive body.

Then, the four spearheads in the air flew at tremendous speed and pierced Gigantopia’s back.

[Uwoo, ueeeee…]

The giant, pierced by the red spearheads, slowly lost his balance and then collapsed, burying his head on the ground.

And his huge body didn’t get up from the spot even after a few minutes.

“…”

I alternately stared at my right hand and Gigantopia, whose life had been cut off.

I couldn’t believe that I had brought down Gigantopia, who had barely been defeated after going through life and death in Arising, with just one blow.

Moreover, since the extra skill, not even the special skill, was at this level, I couldn’t even imagine how much power I could exert if I fought with all my might, such as rare skills.

“…”

In the current situation, where monsters were beginning to swarm, there seemed to be no problem with my life as long as I was Oxian.

If I wasn’t overly mentioned in the media and people’s word of mouth, I was sure that I could live safely and comfortably until the situation subsided.

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…And at that time, on an internet community.

[OMG Oxian appeared in my neighborhood (Photo)]

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