The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero

Chapter 12: You Wanna Die? (1)

Boom!

A killer beetle, which was larger than a human, fell from the sky. The menacing beetle opened its mouth and tried to eat Lee Gun. However...

[The requirement to unlock Suicidal Instinct (F) has been met!]

[Requirement: Feel Very Threatened!]

[You can now use the Suicidal Instinct (F) skill. It allows you to partially activate a locked-away physical ability.]

At the next moment, Lee Gun vanished. To everyone's surprise, he reappeared above the beetle's head!

Ba-gahk!

"Kyahhhk!"

Screams erupted as blood splashed into the surroundings.

Lee Gun had ruthlessly crushed the beetle's head with one punch. This development left everyone surprised. Lee Gun had killed the killer beetle without a weapon; only a few people in the world could accomplish such a feat.

"What... what the hell? Does he belong to one of the combat temples?"

"S rank?"

"I've never seen him before!"

Lee Gun looked at the greenish-blue magical energy emanating from his hands. It seemed different from his usual power. 'This feels like a god's power.'

He had felt this sensation before when the twelve Zodiacs had borrowed magical energy from the gods to use their skills. However, he still couldn't feel the presence of the thirteenth god. He also felt like this power was his own.

That was, by no means, the only difference. He had executed a battle-type skill that he had used in the past. The skill temporarily boosted his physical abilities. However, the skill seemed different today.

'It did evolve.' His reaction speed had changed. He had yet to test it out, but his other skills felt different too.

Lee Gun laughed. 'I didn't want this to happen, but...' He suddenly disappeared. It seemed he could unlock his skills and test them. It would be killing two birds with one stone.

"It's the calamity!"

"Shit! Bugs!!"

As soon as the screams started, a dark swarm of bugs erupted out of the cracked floor. At a glance, they looked like a swarm of black beetles. They were much smaller than the killer beetle Lee Gun had killed. However, they were somewhat different. These beetles were horrifying bugs that burrowed into the organs of their prey.

"Why did they have to be the hatred-type!"

"What?

Calamity monsters were classified into various types, such as hatred-type, mischievous-type, fear-type, disease-type, deception-type, and etc. The danger level and the way to deal with them differed as per the type. Most hatred-type monsters were capable of wiping out a city.

The beetles clacked as their heads emerged from the cracks. Suddenly, the light in the store blinked out, and pandemonium broke out.

"What the hell! Why is this happening in a safe zone!"

"That's right. This place is a green zone!"

"It's so strange. Our local government bought protection from the Saints!"

Hahn Jimin suddenly yelled, "Ah! Sungjae! Behind you!"

"!" Hearing the warning, Chun Sungjae whipped his head around in surprise. A large centipede was crawling toward him. To make matters worse, four more were behind it! The centipedes were so large that he lost his cool despite being a high-rank disciple.