How the Regressed Munchkin Chews Up the Tower - H.R.M.C.U.T Chapter 33 (Part 1):

The second floor was a jungle.

Completely different from the first floor, which consisted of the vast city of Terra and its expansive plains.

The temperature soared past 40 degrees Celsius, with humidity exceeding 90%.

It was an environment akin to a stifling sauna, suffocating and oppressive.

Naturally, such conditions imposed significant constraints on the players’ movements.

The dense forest, where visibility was barely a meter ahead, made it nearly impossible to detect monster ambushes, and the sweltering heat constantly drained stamina.

If there were at least a river, one could dip into the water for momentary relief, but no such respite existed here.

An endless expanse of jungle and hidden monsters.

Truly, a floor deserving of the name *Green Hell*.

Of course, that applied to ordinary players.

Yujin, however, appeared no different from usual.

‘*Green Hell*? Compared to the 82nd floor, this place is paradise.’

Recalling memories from his first run, Yujin gave a slight shudder.

The 82nd floor.

A true green hell that only Yujin had experienced.

Even he, the mighty Yujin, had to struggle desperately to survive there.

Fighting powerful monsters would have been far preferable to enduring that harsh environment.

“Ugh, just thinking about climbing there again pisses me off.”

Though it was a distant future, the mere thought soured his mood.

Spotting a monster lurking among the dense trees, Yujin drew his 『Fire Dragon Blade [E]』.

No, he swung it the moment he drew it.

A flawless, impeccable draw-slash.

The monster, poised for an ambush, was cleaved in half with a flash of the blade, collapsing to the ground.

“Hm? A tree monkey, huh.”

His eyes fell on the corpse of a monkey covered in fur the same color as tree bark.

It was barely a meter tall.

Comparable to a red goblin in size.

But its danger was on an entirely different level.

With proper timing, it possessed strength capable of tearing apart a level 15 player in an instant.

For an inexperienced player, death would come in the blink of an eye.

“So this is the tree monkeys’ habitat?”

He scanned his surroundings.

Lost in thought, he must have wandered into their territory.

“Tch, this is gonna be a hassle.”

The real terror of tree monkeys lay in their pack behavior.

And not just one or two.

At least fifty.

Not as numerous as a red goblin wave, but dealing with their ambushes, leveraging the environment, was quite a nuisance.

“No helping it.”

Yujin clicked his tongue, staying alert.

Once inside their territory, avoiding a fight was impossible.

Especially after killing one of them.

They’d likely keep coming until either Yujin was dead or their pack was wiped out.

‘The daily quest will have to wait.’

That morning, Yujin’s first daily quest was to collect 10 『Isaiah’s Leaves [D]』.

In this vast, complex jungle, finding them was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

But Yujin wasn’t worried.

He knew exactly where the Isaiah plant colony was located.

‘Got distracted and took the wrong path, huh.’

He should’ve headed slightly east from here.

Still, since he needed to hunt anyway, he decided to just switch the order.

*Kiik- Kiiiiik-!*

Angry screeches of monkeys echoed from above.

The pack of the one he’d just killed was charging in.

‘Quite tricky opponents.’

Stealth abilities, agile movements.

And unpredictable, erratic aggression.

Tree monkeys were once called a calamity by players, so dangerous were they.

Of course.

“Not to me.”

Yujin’s form vanished.

At least, that’s how it appeared to the tree monkeys.

The power of 『Divinely Blessed Body [S]』 was far beyond what mere second-floor monsters could comprehend.

*Kiiiiiiiiik-!*

They screeched warnings to their pack.

Too late.

Yujin was already standing in their midst.

*Papapapapapapa-!*

Space itself seemed to tear apart.

Such was the illusion caused by the blinding speed of his slashes.

Dozens of cuts in a single second.

Everything in the path of his blade was severed.

Massive trees.

Leaves blotting out the sky.

And the tree monkeys gathered to attack Yujin.

No exceptions.

In the blink of an eye, twenty tree monkeys plummeted to the ground, lifeless.

The forest trembled with fear.

No, it was the surviving tree monkeys, stunned by the unimaginable spectacle, fleeing in terror.

“Huh?”

Weren’t they supposed to be like red goblins, blindly charging with vengeance in their eyes?

Tree monkeys fleeing…

Yujin hadn’t anticipated this behavior and didn’t even think to pursue.

“Well, damn.”

Apparently, unlike red goblins, tree monkeys chose flight when faced with an utterly unbeatable foe.

“First time I’ve seen that.”

In his first run, Yujin hadn’t possessed this level of power, so he hadn’t known.

“Whatever, doesn’t matter.”

Unless the daily quest was to hunt tree monkeys, he had no intention of trudging through the jungle to chase them down.

“Hunting’s not the priority right now.”

The daily quest.

To see what rewards it offered, he needed to focus on collecting 『Isaiah’s Leaves [D]』.

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