Gi-Gyu remained dazed for a moment. 

Rattle.

He forgot to close the gate immediately in his daze, and a skeleton soldier used this opportunity to make a break.

“Hup!” With a short breath, Gi-Gyu sliced the monster in half. His body now worked on autopilot whenever he saw a monster.

“Huh?” But something felt a little different. Gi-Gyu could tell the skeleton’s strength and speed had increased slightly. It was such a subtle difference that he wouldn’t have felt it if not for his improved senses.

“Does this mean the monsters inside the gate become stronger if I put crystals inside?”

-I think so!

Brunheart replied cheerfully. Rubbing his rough beard, Gi-Gyu shook his head and murmured, “But it’s not like I can control them. If they become stronger, it will be just more annoying for me whenever I open or close a gate.” 

Suddenly, a random thought crossed his mind. 

“Wait! I can hunt them, right? If I just put the crystals, which I can’t carry anyway, to make those monsters stronger… And then if I hunt them later…”

However, a frown appeared on his face as he realized something. 

“Dammit! I can’t enter this gate myself!” 

Or could he? Gi-Gyu decided to test it out immediately. He opened the gate and tried to enter it from all directions. Unfortunately, failure smacked his face every time he tried to enter the gate: The gate would close...