Jeong In-Chang grunted, "Ugh."

"I have a potion ready!" shouted Lee Jun-Kyeong.

“I…I’m fine!” Jeong In-Chang shook his head a little too quickly in response. However, Lee Jun-Kyeong didn’t mind as he could see that the swordsman really didn’t need the potion. He wondered if it was a result of the special training and the sponsorship he had been gifted.

They were successful in pushing around Catalyon without any significant injuries. Its fur and skin had been burnt in several places, and a red-green ooze was dripping from the wounds that the greatsword had inflicted on it.

– Rawwrrrrr!

Similar to earlier, it let out a huge roar. Following that, the Catalyon immediately stopped moving and began howling at the sky.

Awoooooo!

The sky shook, and the mana, the power which held the gate together, had begun to shift. It began to move toward the lion, flocking toward it in streaks like lightning. The overwhelming density of mana had turned tangible, starting to look like threads.

“Back up!”

Lee Jun-Kyeong stepped back with his round shield and Muspel’s Spear crossed before him.

Finally, it had begun. The bosses of the different High-Grade Gates were varied, but most of them had the characteristic of being able to shift to something stronger. It was the next evolution of a boss, which the Hunters called a phase. It was even sometimes called the shift.

The higher the grade of...