I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Using the momentum from her kick, Regu performed a backflip and jumped out of the pit to Riko's side.

"Rico! Rico!"

The sight of Riko lying unconscious on the ground, blood streaming from her forehead, alarmed Reg, who was holding her. She said in a panic:

"Ahh... I've lost so much blood..."

From a distance, Olsen watched as Regu held the unconscious Riko and said to her:

"Oh dear, so that child is so weak. I thought he was something special, but he's just a weakling."

Regu slowly laid the unconscious Riko down, stood up, and said to Olsen:

"Hopeless! You're beyond saving, Olsen!!"

Regu launched her mechanical arm at Olsen, which then wrapped around Olsen's body. Just as Olsen was thinking that Regu hadn't learned her lesson, Regu immediately tightened the ropes of her mechanical arm and slammed it into Olsen.

Suddenly, Regu slammed into Olsen's abdomen like a rocket, sending him flying. Then, Regu kicked Olsen hard, immediately creating distance between them.

"!"

Regu watched as Olsen, who was only slightly bent over, slowly stood up. Regu then gave him a disdainful smile and said:

"Is your attack over? Then it's my turn."

Chapter 55 [Osson: We were careless...]

"Woooo..."

Lyco, who was lying on the ground, slowly opened her eyes and made a "mmm" sound as she slowly got up. Lyco covered her forehead, her vision was a little blurry, and she stood up.

"What am I doing...? Right! Regu! Yuu!"

Then, realizing something, Riko quickly looked around for Yuhaka and Regu. Soon, Riko saw a two-meter-tall man named Olsen grab Regu's head with one hand. Regu was covered in wounds and seemed to have lost consciousness, motionless. The metal ornament on her head was also nowhere to be seen.

"Leigu! Leigu——!"

Olsen grabbed Regu's head and turned to look at Riko, saying:

"Shut up! If you're so weak, you should just stay in Os Town. Right now, none of you are qualified..."

As he spoke, Olsen released Regu and, under Riko's horrified gaze, raised his foot, preparing to stomp on the unconscious Regu.

"No—!"

With a look of fear on her face, Riko watched as Olsen's shoes slowly fell and ran towards Regu, reaching out to try to stop him. Unfortunately, Riko was now more than ten meters away from Olsen and Regu, and could not stop Olsen at all.

Boom——!

A hollow tree trunk flew towards Olsen's location with a whistling sound in mid-air. Olsen did not react at first, but he abandoned his move to stomp on Regu and kicked the hollow tree trunk to pieces.

"?!"

Just as Olsen kicked the hollow tree trunk to pieces, a figure emerged from the broken trunk and kicked the astonished Olsen hard in the face.

boom!

After being kicked away, Olsen flipped in the air and landed on his feet. Looking at the figure that had appeared in the distance with some surprise, he said:

"Oh... I see. At first, I thought it was a bit unbelievable that a child could have such power. So you're just like that robot..."

Olsen looked at Yuhaka, who had revealed cat ears and a large tail, with a strange smile and said:

"...It's not human..."

Yuhaka shook its cat ears, watching Olsen warily in the distance. Then, it used its large tail to retrieve two bottles containing green liquid from the dimensional portal and threw them at Riko, who was bleeding from the head, saying:

"Drink it, it will heal you, and it will also be Regoo."

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Riko quickly nodded, then picked up the recovery potion, uncorked it, and stuffed it into Regu's mouth.

Meanwhile, Olsen, watching Rico force-feed Regu the medicine from a distance, asked in confusion:

"Potion? But now..."

Before Olsen could finish speaking, Regu, who had been given the medicine by Riko, suddenly got up and coughed. Riko, seeing that Regu had woken up, immediately hugged Regu and said something to her.

Olsen blinked, looking at Regu who had recovered with some confusion. Olsen remembered that he had beaten Regu half to death, and now that Regu had recovered so quickly, Olsen probably guessed what was going on.

"Wow, this is a bit unexpected..."

Olsen was somewhat interested in the potion that Yuhaka had pulled out of nowhere, but she was more interested in Yuhaka himself. If she wasn't mistaken, Yuhaka was the strange undead that Lysa had mentioned in her letter.

Although the descriptions are somewhat similar, there are still some differences, such as the armor covering the body and the two pairs of arms.

Yuhaka glanced at Riko, Regu, and the others behind him. Riko was a little girl, and he could easily push her over.

Although Regu had just been given a recovery potion by Riko, the potion couldn't restore Regu's stamina (although the health bar in Monster Hunter is called stamina), and some of her injuries hadn't fully healed.

After all, Regu had just been beaten up pretty badly by Olsen.

Regu, slightly out of breath, looked at Yuhaka with half-open eyes and said:

"Youyou...where did you go just now...?"

Hearing Regu's words, Yuu pointed with her big tail to a spot in the distance where there were two large rocks and said:

"It's stuck by two big rocks."

Regu and Riko looked in the direction Yuhaka was pointing, and they saw a narrow crevice between two stones. A cold sweat broke out on Regu and Riko's foreheads, wondering if Yuhaka had just gotten stuck in that crevice...

"Rico, take Regu away for a bit."

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Riko nodded and then dragged the weak Regu away.

Olsen watched Riko and Regu leave without reacting, but he had already judged them as unqualified, especially Riko.

but……

Olsen turned his gaze to Yuhaka, whose half-human, half-monster appearance reminded Olsen of the White Flute on the fifth floor who was conducting some kind of experiment.

If that's the case, did this child named Yuhaka run away from there? Or was he deliberately released?

For a child who can live alone in the fourth level, the "Giants' Cup," where bullet-piercing beasts roam (Riko and the others didn't mention Nanachi), Yuhaka is undoubtedly qualified as a cave explorer.

pedal!

Ehaka was the first to launch an attack. Ehaka rushed to Olsen's side at a very fast speed. Ehaka's first form is only 130cm tall, while Olsen is a full 200cm tall. When Ehaka rushed to Olsen's side, he looked like a child (which he actually was).

Olsen merely kicked Yhaka once, seemingly a light kick, but Olsen was determined to send Yhaka flying.

However, this attack did not send Yhaka flying. Instead, Yhaka dodged Olsen's kick with lightning speed, like a snake, and then delivered a spinning kick that struck Olsen directly in the back of the knee.

When Olsen was kicked in the back of his knee, he immediately felt his leg bend and his body coordination was disrupted. However, as a seasoned veteran, Olsen quickly regained his balance and swung his arm at Yuhaka, trying to knock Yuhaka away.

However, Yuhaka grabbed Olsen's arm and, like a little monkey, twisted his slender waist and used his big tail to slap Olsen's face.

However, Olsen had already noticed Yhaka's tail attack and immediately reached out and grabbed Yhaka's big tail.

However, when Olsen grabbed Yhaka's tail, Olsen frowned slightly. Then, Olsen grabbed Yhaka's tail and pulled Yhaka off his hand, then threw Yhaka away.

Yuhaka, who was thrown out, spun around in the air like a cat before landing easily on both feet.

Watching Yuhaka land easily, Olsen glanced at his hand that had just grabbed Yuhaka's tail. Several black, feather-like scales were embedded in his leather-gloved palm, and the stinging sensation made Olsen mutter softly:

"We were too careless..."

Chapter 56 [Farewell, Departure]

Undoubtedly, the test ended with Olsen collapsing from paralysis, with only 14 minutes remaining and one minute left.

Because of the Level 1 relic called the "Thousand-Man Wedge" implanted in Olsen's body, the paralysis only lasted for a few seconds before Olsen stood up on his own.

The duration and effect of paralyzing venom also depend on the target's physical condition, and the dosage of paralyzing venom is also a crucial factor in the duration of paralysis.

Inside the surveillance base...

With bandages on his hands and a hunched back, Olsen looked at the disheveled Yuhaka and his two companions and said to them:

"Although I am very satisfied with that half-dead child, I am very disappointed with your results."

Riko and Reig: "Hmm... Although we're very unwilling, we can't refute it..."

Then, looking at his bandaged hand, Olsen said to Yuhaka and the others:

"The native creatures that dwell in the depths of the Abyss are far more cunning and dangerous than I am."

After saying that, Olsen stood up, hunched over, and said to them:

"If you continue to advance at this level, you will undoubtedly only become their excrement or seedbed."

Then, as Olsen walked out of the room, he said to Rico and the others:

"Of course, if you had received my instruction, perhaps that situation could have been avoided..."

Olsen, who had stopped walking, suddenly remembered and said to Rico and the others:

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I'm lying to you about: there was no one in the previous grave."

Olsen turned around, a smirk playing on his lips, and looked at Riko and the others, saying:

"Really? Then maybe we shouldn't dig it up and find out what's going on..."

After saying that, Olsen turned and walked towards the door without looking back, continuing:

“Ryza is waiting... so just go for it.”

………………

After a day of rest, Olsen led Riko and the others to the outside of the surveillance base. As they walked, Olsen said to Riko and the others:

"There are still three weeks until the next large-scale cave exploration activity. Whether you can learn it well or not, this is the most I can train you for."

Regu, standing next to Rico, looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and asked Olsen:

"Ossen, this seems to be quite far from the Abyss? Are we heading there?"

"Ah... if I had to say, it would be the edge of the Abyss."

"Here, you don't have to worry about being discovered by other cave explorers, nor do you have to worry about anyone coming to rescue you. It's the perfect training ground..."

Upon hearing Olsen's words, Riko and Regu subconsciously swallowed, while only Yuhaka seemed unfazed, curiously looking around.

Soon, Riko and the others, who had followed Olsen, arrived at a dimly lit place. Olsen explained to Riko and the others:

"Because the light cannot reach this area, most of the creatures here are honest. Nevertheless, all of these guys can see in the dark, so don't let your guard down."

Olsen looked at Riko and the others and said: