Only Wisdom Awakened - Chapter 188

Chapter 188: Crustacean
On the gate site, many reporters and police officers waited for the raid team to arrive.

The gate was on the beach, making it annoying for most people to stand on the sand, but they still couldn’t give up the opportunity of seeing the raid team enter the gate, and maybe snatch a couple of answers from them.

However, the people they were waiting for never arrived, instead, only Hans showed up, and as if being alone wasn’t enough, he was dressed like he was just taking a walk.

He had no armor or weapons, he didn’t even have a staff.

‘Now that I think about it… how much power would a staff give me?

Well, not much I guess, I heard staves usually give fixed stat increases other than many smaller buffs like decreasing casting time, but I don’t really need any of that.

Still… I’ll check it out with the old man next time I’ve got a chance.

For now, let’s just get this over with…

Hans was noticed by the reporters as soon as he closed on to the gate, but seeing his casual attire, they all thought he was there as a pre-expedition visit.

“Mr. Richter, what are you doing here?”

“Mr. Richter, Are you really close friends with Mr. Preston?”

“Mr. Richter, who will be participating in this gate raid other than you?”

The public was left answerless, as Hans simply passed by the swarm of reporters and entered the enormous gate that stood in the middle of the wide beach.

Hans only said one phrase:

“I’ll probably be back before midnight”

He said before entering the gate, even if he wasn’t quite sure about it.

~silence~

Everyone was left speechless by what had just happened.

“H-he-he entered the gate alone!”

“Come on, send it to the headquarters right now!”

“Uh? Oh, that’s right! Report it right now, and tell them to make an article about it!”

The situation in the city became chaotic as soon as the news spread, even if they all knew he would be the main force of the gate expedition, they never would’ve expected him to go in alone, and without any equipment.

Anderson, in the office of his guild, was watching the TV…

“We just received word of something incredible and terrifying at the same time…

The young seventh circle mage, Hans Ritcher, who was supposed to be the one to clear the A-rank gate threatening our city, has just entered the same gate without any companions or gear, leaving behind only a few words”

The clip of Hans entering the gate was shown on TV, and with it were his words before doing it:

“I’ll probably be back before midnight”

The television was turned off as the Twilight Guild leader pressed on the remote…

“What the hell…. Are they thinking?!”

His expression, always emotionless, seemed to become enraged, furious even.

“This is an A-rank gate, not a walk in the park… do they not know about the dangers that dwell inside those terrifying rifts?”

“Mercer!”

A man entered the room briefly after he called, and bowed before him.

“Prepare the guild forces, we will have to raid an A-rank gate shortly”

“What? But sir, wasn’t the association branch supposed to take care of It?”

“Those fools… they only sent one person”

“What?!”

The middle-aged man was shocked by his leader’s words.

“Only… one of them?”

“Yes”

“I-I understand sir, I’ll get the guys ready”

“Remember Mercer, the lives of our citizens are at stake here, if we can’t do it, then no one in this city can”

“Yes sir”

The man walked away, as Anderson remained lost in thought.

“An A-rank gate… is nothing short of a catastrophe… my body still remembers it vividly”

The man took his shirt off, revealing a muscular yet slim build, standing out even more than his sculpted body, was a terrifying scar, that crossed his body from his left shoulder to his right hip.

“Sigh….”

A long sigh was heard in his office, as he couldn’t help but trap himself in thoughts once again.

In the meantime….

[you have entered the A-rank gate: deadly sands]

“Luckily… it’s not a false rank gate or an irregular.

Finally… I can level up in peace without having to run into dangerous and annoying unexpected situations”

‘Let’s get this over with, shall we?’

Hans was prepared to unleash his magic on the ground to inspect the surroundings when a monster appeared, surprising him.

“What the hell…. Why is the boss coming out now?”

In front of Hans, a towering crustacean emerged from the sand, its huge body and its eight giant legs cast a shadow on Hans, covering him from the rays of the sun, while the two imposing chelipeds swinger in the air, ready to attack the young man.

[boss monster

Race: Crab king

Name: none

Level: 326

Strength: 1254

Dexterity: 982

Endurance: 1360

Wisdom: 24

Race skills:

{call of the king}

{crustaceans’ shell}

Blessings:

{blessing of the burning sand

Description: Whenever the crab is fighting alongside its species on the burning sands of the beach, its and its allies’ stats will be enchanted.

Effect: when the conditions are met, the Crab King and its subordinates will gain a 20% boost to their strength and their endurance.}

Skills:

{scissors’s cut}(A-rank)

{eight-legged foorwork}(B-rank)

{weight attack}(B-rank)

…

Description:

An evolved Giant Crab who has become the king of the island, even if Crabs are solitary creatures, none of them will be able to resist the call of the king.

This creature’s enormous and dangerous chelipeds pose a threat even to the strongest of the sea predators in the area.

Evaluation: Medium (S-rank), high (S-rank) when fighting alongside its subordinates.

Emotional state: neutral.]

“Look at those stats, they’re even more powerful than the Pankus, not to talk about those two chelipeds…

One of the beast’s front legs fell upon Hans, who evaded it by moving a few feet to the side.

Where the monster’s leg landed, a cloud of sand formed because of the impact.

“Let’s see… it’s about thirty meters(100 feet~), isn’t it?

I must say… you’re quite small compared to those tortoises, and also… your attacks are easy to evade, especially… When your opponent has the ability to fly”

Hans raised his body with {telekinesis} making it easy for him to evade the precise but slow attacks of the giant.

“It won’t take long, let’s just put an end to this…

{load}

Hans used a spell he hadn’t used in quite a while and began falling from the sky at an incredible pace, aiming for the crab’s body.

The young man landed on the crustacean’s carapace, slamming the beast to the ground and making its sturdy legs sink into the sand.

‘Wow… it didn’t die, must be because of that skill:

{crustacean’s shell

Skill type: race skill

Effect: increases defense by one hundred percent when the received attack would’ve been critical.}

“I would’ve liked to play with you, but I’ve given my world that I would return before tonight.

And…

A real man ought to keep his word”

What seemed to be the beast’s last struggle came out of the monster’s mouth.

Even if crabs do not have the ability to make vocal sounds, they can communicate with their body’s actions and signals.

The Crab King began smashing its two mandibles together, creating a loud, hammering-like sound that resounded throughout the seemingly lifeless gate.

‘This is… the king’s call.

I’ve got to hurry up, otherwise things might get a bit spicy.

I don’t dislike it, but there’s nothing better than an easy level-up

Hans couldn’t use his strongest spell: {purgatory’s flames} since he wasn’t sure if the crab would be recognized as ‘evil’ and the purgatory’s flames seemed to be most effective against evil creatures.

Instead, he decided to cast a faster spell, which could’ve pierced the beast’s thick exoskeleton without having to burn it.

It was his first time using it in a real battle, his sixth tier ice spell: {perma-freeze}.

It was a spell he had developed after seeing the Japanese academy’s teacher ice spell.

As he cast {perma-freeze} the place where his hand was touching the crab’s shell froze, and the freezing began to spread throughout its whole body.

Hans continued to pour mana, and unable to retaliate, in just a few seconds, half of the beast’s body had been covered in frost.

When the young man thought the fight had come to an end, a shadow coveted his from the sun once again.

This time, it was not an even bigger crab, but a beast who had thrown itself at Hans.

The boy couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

He instinctively evaded, jumping backward, and just a few moments later, the flying beast landed where Hans had been standing a few seconds earlier.

From the landed shell, many legs spread out, lifting it up.

“Are you serious right now… What kind of crab jumps that high?”

[Race: giant crab

Name: none

Level: 210

…

Skills:

{body propulsion}(A-rank)

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