Episode 98. Unrecovered area (4)
Goo!
A pansy golem showing off its majestic appearance in front of me. While the other one was dragged and taken away by the crew, I faced him alone.
I remembered what this guy’s standard strategy was like.
A quick tip from the loading screen in Psychic Age. As if giving a quiz, there was a one-line message, ‘Why don’t you cross the stone bridge after tapping it?’
Tuong!
He quickly lunged at the pansy golem and hit his right ankle with his fist. I felt like I was literally hitting a stone with a feeling of ‘puff!’.
‘Not here.’
Bake it!
The pansy golem slammed its clenched fists on the floor in excitement. As expected, his movements were slow, so he didn’t feel any reason to avoid it with the help of his nature.
I dodged lightly to the side and tapped the other leg as I did the first time. It was the same feeling as hitting a hard stone.
It continued to move without stopping. While the Pansy Golem was putting it down to swing its fists, I kicked off the floor and climbed onto his arm.
Same here. I went back and forth between his left and right arm, stepping down on his arm with the sole of my foot.
and.
More!
‘Here it is. The feeling of hitting is different this way.’
Right biceps area. It was right around here. The pansy golem’s weakness was that it made a different sound when struck in close proximity.
Each individual had a slightly different weak point, so it was only possible to find out by hitting it directly.
wooo!
The pansy golem tried to slap his palm like a mosquito. There was no way he would be hit by an attack like that.
That moment.
Kwaaang!
Whoa whoa whoa!
The guy hit his weak spot on his own and started screaming. If you look closely, you can see that there is a noticeable crack in the area where it was hit.
‘This is such a stupid guy.’
clap.
While I’m out of my mind. Infuse mental power into Astrolabus and collect until it is fully charged.
Now that you know its weakness, you can easily defeat it by sticking to that part as it is.
‘but. Even if it cracks, he’s pretty solid.’
It shouldn’t be like this. Even if you fully charge the Astrolabos, it won’t end with one shot.
Even if this method of strategy was only known to me, it wasn’t even that.
[Oh~ Kim Do-yoon. Did you know the strategy? But what? You don’t think your members are completely stupid, do you?]
Seong Hyuk-soo’s sarcastic voice came from the body cam badge.
I looked at Jo Won who was fighting from the side. Among them, one member of the group, who seemed to be in a supporter position, was seen hurriedly manipulating a smartphone. It looked like she was learning about Pansy Golem.
If so, does it end here?
‘Of course not.’
All monster rooms have basic and hidden weaknesses.
While this basic weakness can be found with a little search on the internet, hidden weaknesses are usually not known to the public.
‘Because it’s a trade secret. Hunters also have to take care of their own rice bowls.’
I planned to dig into the Pansy Golem’s hidden weakness and end it. Only then could he be knocked down with one full charge.
The method was simple. Just as living beings have pulses from their hearts, Monstrum also had its own magic waves.
‘The exact timing when the magic wave makes a pounding sound.’
In the original work, when hitting a weak point at an exquisite moment in line with the wave, a critical hit judgment was applied and the damage was squared.
Here is not the end. This square was a multiplication judgment. What this means.
‘It means that the power is ridiculously inflated when combined with the damage percentage I raised with full charging.’
There were numbers like that in the game, but what about in reality? One thing was certain. The point is that there was a phenomenon that the Psychic Age of reality also tried to follow the historical research of the game as much as possible.
There is only one key remaining. How do you detect this magic wave?
‘Jeongseok has to keep building up his combat skills and reach the point where he can feel the waves… … .’
I never got to that level. It still didn’t matter now.
Because there was an easier way for me.
[Activates ‘Sense Control’.]
[The hearing is greatly strengthened.]
[The hearing is greatly strengthened.]
2 stacks of greatly enhanced hearing.
Mana waves can be sensed by sound because they are literally ‘waves’. The problem is that the sound must be good, and it has a frequency that is difficult for the human body to detect.
‘Even veteran hunters with sensitive five senses won’t be able to hear this sound.’
Glenn, who has become my nemesis. A talent that can never be imitated without possessing a hearing-related nature like him. I detected the timing by sensing the magic wave only with the power of my hearing.
aaa!
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Just like this.
The moment my full-charging magic bullet hit the weak spot in line with the magic wave, the Pansy Golem’s body collapsed as if it were collapsing.
I looked at the crew members.
The Pansy Golem they were in charge of was somewhat injured, but was still running amok.
“uh? Did you really defeat him by yourself?”
“what. When did you knock it down?”
“already? how?”
Some of them looked dumbfounded when they checked my status.
“Do you have time to look here? If you lose your eye during battle, you will be in trouble.”
Quaang!
Scary to say, the two members of the crew, who were looking this way, were hit by the golem and left.
‘That’s right.’
At least Shin So-ra stepped in midway, so it ended with two people. If it hadn’t been for it, not two, but five people would have been blown away by the golem’s arm.
[Kim Do-yoon. What are you?]
It was a radio call from Sung Hyuk-soo.
“What is it? I caught it with my skills.”
[You think I didn’t recognize you? You just sensed the magic wave and shot it.]
As expected, he was a 0-generation hunter, so his eyesight was quite good.
I decided not to hide it. If I appealed my abilities, I could make a good impression on the examiners through the body cam badge.
“It can’t be helped that you know.”
[you… . You didn’t even feel the energy of the battle posture, but you did it? The ability to raise the five senses is a level that can detect even magic waves?]
“If a student does a good job, how about praising it rather than questioning it?”
[Tsk. Cheeky.]
The fact that I couldn’t bear to deny it made me realize that my skills were recognized. Seong Hyuk-soo has a personality that doesn’t like to lose, so if he could refute it, he was the type to run into it unconditionally.
I perched on the remains of the pansy golem I had defeated, leisurely watching my team take down the other.
Anyway, it’s a fight that started with a feeling of victory. I was thinking of not intervening in the battle with that object alone.
“Huh. omg.”
“I managed to defeat him with a weakness I found out on the internet, but… … .”
how long did you wait Finally, the Pansy Golem in charge of the team members collapsed.
“How many minutes did it take us this time?”
“Whoa. Hoo-wook. I think it took 15 minutes?”
“what. Even if you knew your weakness, you could only shorten it by 5 minutes?”
“Kim Do-yoon. Didn’t it take less than 3 minutes to deal with him alone?”
It wasn’t until I had time to catch my breath that the entire crew finally looked at me.
“Now do you realize who has the superior power?”
“… … .”
“I have no intention of feeling superior with this. Instead, let’s just point out this one.”
“What, what is it?”
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Jin Do-hyun, who was supposed to be the leader, asked with an anxious expression. It was only natural that he made a plan to see who was better first. As a leader, you must take responsibility.
“Seniors. And my classmates in the same grade as me. That you don’t have the right to say anything to me in the future. So please be considerate. Because I don’t want to cause more friction between the members than necessary. You know?”
Take care of yourself in the future
No one objected to that request.
***
The 7th day of work was completed safely.
It was only the first time that the pansy golem was noisy. After all, they were in the same group, so later on, they cooperated with each other and went on a clearing mission.
As a result, we achieved the splendid feat of finishing second in sweeping progress among five groups.
‘Considering that the first place is, of course, Pyo Yu-rim’s group, it’s a pretty good performance.’
Because she was a person with the specs conceived as a boss character in the first place. It was absurd to catch up.
After the attack system was established to some extent, the flow of our battle method was like this.
The other members of the team found a weak spot and attacked it, and when I thought it was cracked enough, I finished it off with a single blow.
Although this finish may not seem like a big deal, it was a very important task.
The Pansy Golem became more ferocious the more it was driven into danger, and began to move faster. My blow skipped that pattern, so the overall physical burden was reduced.
‘Because it means that if I keep my stamina, I can carry out more clearing missions for a long time.’
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was the secret to the 2nd place in sweeping progress.
in the middle of the setting sun.
Back at the base camp, we took out the meal kits prepared by Signal and prepared dinner.
The cooking staff was going to proceed with a rock-paper-scissors game fairly. At that time, those who willingly said they would do it appeared. They were the two people who had lost their eyes when I saw that I had defeated the Pansy Golem alone.
After finishing the meal like that, there was something to decide next. It was who was using the shower room.
“It’s Sora. Do you want to start writing?”
“At times like this, it’s definitely Lady First.”
Like all men in their prime, they were inviting Shin So-ra to take a shower first.
“no. Brothers, you can use it first.”
“no way. don’t subtract You worked really hard today. Not enough privileges to write first. is not it?”
“Well then. Especially when surrounded by those five pansy golems. If it wasn’t for Sora, everyone would have been beaten until they turned to porridge, right?”
“In terms of performance, did Doyoon oppa work harder than me?”
The intention to turn the ball was good, but unfortunately the opponent was not good.
“Okay. So, Doyoon Kim. Would you like to wash first?”
“Tsk. Wash if you want to wash.”
Is it because I showed you something? Everyone didn’t like it, but I didn’t object to the fact that I wrote it first.
“no. I will wash at the end.”
“uh? is it real Don’t change your mind later.”
“Yes yes. So, you decide the order of the shower room yourself.”
“Then, as expected, Sora will go first, and then… … .”
While the team members are starting a full-fledged shower room meeting. I quietly left my seat and turned on my smartphone.
‘I asked to be contacted if something happened, but there was nothing in particular.’
The result of sending messengers to Yoo-rim Pyo and Na-yeon Eom. Except for the fight against the monsters that they were supposed to eradicate, it seemed that nothing had happened.
However, if there is one thing that bothers me, it is the undead that our group witnessed. It was that no other group had seen anything about its existence.
‘Is it that he only appeared in front of our group?’
It didn’t seem like a mere coincidence.
Even so, the work to be done remained unchanged.
I glanced at Seong Hyuk-soo, who was lying on a cot in the tent of the command room, and tried to leave the base camp unknowingly.
“Where are you going without care?”
right. Come to think of it, this guy was there too.
He was immediately stopped by Jeong Gyu-min.
“Aren’t you taking a shower?”
“I do not need. I didn’t sweat at all because I stayed still during the camp. I asked where you were going.”
“I would have eaten too. I want to go for a walk or something.”
“You say crazy things casually. Did you forget that this is an unrecovered area?”
I looked at him and smiled.
“Are you really worried about me?”
“Don’t be creepy. If you go somewhere and have an accident, I will be scolded by Hunter.”
“I won’t go far, so there’s no fuss.”
“Then I will follow.”
“Is it okay? With their natural ability, they can see as clearly as daytime even at night like this, so there is no danger of being attacked.”
“no. just in case.”
It’s not that easy to shake off.
If you think about it with common sense, Jung Kyu-min’s actions weren’t bad.
It’s just that that intention is not purely my concern. Just looking at the eerie smile, I could clearly see what was inside. It must have been the intention of ‘I don’t know, but I won’t let you do what you want’.
How to do this.
‘… ah! That’ll do.’
Coincidentally, today, while driving the signal car to the unrecovered area, I remembered a joke Sung Hyuk-soo said.
“senior. Are you seriously going to follow me?”
“okay.”
“You really feel better when you know my intentions to go out of camp.”
“As expected, there must have been something suspicious. I knew it.”
I shrugged and made a relaxed expression.
“Then I can’t help it. I just didn’t want to do it because I noticed it in the base camp.”
“huh? notice?”
“I was going to do this.”
He waved it up and down with his fists half clenched.
Let’s see where it goes
“Sir… . If that was the case, tell me from the beginning!”
“Aren’t you not aware of that?”
“Ah-oh. Do you really have to do that in this situation?”
“Don’t you remember what Hunter Sung Hyuk-soo said? There are three basic human instincts. It’s because I have a personality that I can’t stand.”
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Jeong Gyu-min turned around with all sorts of curse words on his face.
“Fix it in 10 minutes and come back. If you don’t come, I’ll call you on the body cam radio.”
“That means the 10-minute cut. I express my condolences.”
“20 minutes! If you don’t come within that time, I’ll report it to Hunter-sama, so know that!”
The guy went back to base camp, huffing and puffing.
The excuse was a bit masculine, but there was no other way. I can’t say that I’m going to find the Hidden Stash and get the hidden artifact from now on.
‘I don’t think it will take 20 minutes, but I can’t help it. That artifact is well worth the risk and deduction.’
The unrecovered area was originally a field that was only unlocked in the second half of the main episode. As it is an artifact that can be obtained from such a field, its performance was also adjusted so that it could be used in the second half of the main episode.
I hurriedly moved my steps to hurry as much as possible.
It was in the middle of it.
‘wait for a sec. Who is following from behind?’
It was worthwhile to amplify my hearing with sense control in case I was followed. If the opponent was a strong player like Jeong Gyu-min or Seong Hyuk-soo, there was a high probability that they would read my signs of magic and follow me.
Therefore, after I terminated all of my activated natures, I stopped on my way and hid in a moderately shady-looking bush.
‘Even if they do this, they will be able to track my location without difficulty… … .’
It can’t be helped if they’re really following. I have no choice but to pretend to comfort myself with the feeling that I don’t know.
Bubbly.
After a while.
I was able to figure out who the identity of the presence that was following me was.
‘huh? Why is he following me?’
He was a very unexpected person.