Red Forest Village Battle
‘Something unusual is happening in the forest.’
Hyeon-jun stood up holding the corpse’s ankles. It also had an eye, so I had to be careful not to burst it. He dragged it along and headed for the village.
“June! Our hero!”
Adventurers screamed and ran to Hyeon-Jun, but Hyeon-Jun held out his hand to stop them.
“Gather those who have knowledge about monsters!”
Hyeon-jun’s cry echoed through the village that was burning with victory. Even though the battle ended in victory, Hyeon-jun’s momentum did not subside, so several people approached and found the body.
“What, what!”
Hyeon-jun threw the body to the floor. The adventurers huffed at the hideous figure and backed away.
“Does anyone come to mind?”
Hyeon-jun said, but there was no one here with enough experience to think of something after seeing such a bizarre scene. Knowledge is power, and it only shows its true value when few people know it. The only way to get detailed knowledge about rare monsters is to spend a lot of money or experience it yourself. At least C-class is possible.
“I never thought there would be a guy like this…”
“Carl, have you ever heard of it? Don’t you know a little bit if you’ve worked with leather?”
“Hey, I’m just a guy who handles animal skins. If he was skilled and famous enough to handle monster skins, would he have worked as an adventurer?”
gnome info! Hyeonjun sighed as he felt once again the mighty power of the internet in an unwanted way. Karma is good, but not better than life. If you see a guy like this, it’s only natural that you take an angle to run away. Unlike adventurers who still think there is an eccentric, Hyeon-jun had a hunch that something had happened in the forest.
“Well, didn’t you want me to kill you anyway?”
“I write, yes.”
Hyeon-jun quietly buried the fact. In the end, he chose karma. As such, the karma he earned through this short battle was truly ignorant.
[Hyeonjun Kang]
Attribute: Analysis
Protection: Protection of the Goddess of Education and Growth
Karma: 491
The karma he earned here is 315. With 5 karma per one, you might think he killed 63 by himself, but no matter how many he killed, he didn’t kill that many. In addition to the few I killed before, the one I killed directly at the entrance was about 30, and about 10 outside the fence. And there are those who supported him and those who killed him and those who killed him on the fence. If you get about 250 karma that way, where did the 50 karma come from?
‘I don’t think this guy is as strong as Karma 50.’
When I killed the giants in the sewers of Scanden, I gave them about 50 per person. But this guy is 50?
‘There is no intervention of the goddess. It’s probably not related to Tahman’s power.’
In fact, this is Hyeon-jun’s hasty misjudgment. In Bimarn, there were no quests even though there were existences that were difficult to even compare to women in Scanden. It was a mistake that the quest in Scanden left a big impression on me.
If you come back and compare the strength of the giant and the leader, the three-eyed gnoll, the giant is no different from a scarecrow if you fight one on one, but it was protected by the power of Tahman and the sword did not enter. If it wasn’t for Zilenai’s sword, I wouldn’t have been able to kill him so easily. On the other hand, this guy’s fighting style was more threatening than the giant’s, but it was easy to kill because his body couldn’t escape from the creature. If you compare the giant to this guy, of course the giant wins.
‘It simply means that strength cannot be compared with karma alone. Also, this guy is worth 50 karma that I don’t know about.’
“Can I have this one?”
“Oh, take it. Of course it’s yours.”
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement with Hyunjoon’s words. He’s a very reluctant guy, and considering Hyun-jun’s performance, most of the corpses that came out today are actually Hyun-jun’s. He was afraid that his share would be reduced if he brushed his teeth in the position of sharing it.
“Karl, help me skin it.”
“Uh, sure.”
As Hyeon-joon said grabbing him by the ankle and dragging him, the knife quickly approached him. If I stay here, I have to groom and dispose of those many corpses before and after. If you go with Hyeon-jun, no one will be able to say anything. You can do anything as long as you take off a piece of skin. He is a true bee who is amazingly good at finding the smell of honey.
“Where are you going?”
As Hyeon-jun dragged the corpse away from the others, Carl asked. Hyeon-jun walked silently to an obscure place and put the body there.
“Let’s do it here.”
“what? I need a place to hang it and do it in a brighter place.”
“I’m going to help, so just do it.”
“Ayyyyyy…”
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Carl finally pulled out his dagger with tears in his eyes.
“This time, take out the intestines as well.”
“why!”
“I have something to check.”
I came to wash the honey, but it turns out that it was a sticky spatula. Carl grumbled and began to dismantle. Although his strength is less than Hyeonjun’s, he has skill and knack, so he cuts even the tough hide away from prying eyes. First, I cut open the stomach, put my hand in, scraped it open, and scooped out the intestines. Hyeon-jun held a torch and inspected them in detail. Carl hated the sight of him even rummaging around with his hands.
“what are you doing?”
“There is such a thing.”
When Hyeon-jun checked his internal organs, he chinned, and Carl began to peel off the skin while frowning. Hyeon-jun also put a torch on the floor and helped with a knife. It was very painful as the leather became tough and stretchy, but it didn’t take long.
“The hole is so thick that it won’t be of much value for a sturdy one.”
“Does not matter.”
Hyeonjun carefully inspected the inside of the leather. It’s just plain leather. Hyeon-Jun used his dagger to gouge out the eyes of the skinned leader.
“Ugh! Why are you doing that!”
Hyeonjun didn’t answer, and carefully teased the dagger, peeling off his eyes and the surrounding flesh. Then, as thin, almost invisible tentacles sprouting from the eyeballs secretly clung to the gloves, he slashed them away with a dagger. Ignoring Carl’s surprise at the sudden and violent action, Hyeonjun carefully inspected his gloves. Fortunately it didn’t break through. Well, I don’t think those thin tentacles have that much power.
“what?”
“No, I just feel bad.”
“Then why are you doing that sh*t!”
I thought it was strange from the beginning. My eyes are stuck in a strange place, how the hell am I looking with those eyes? Could it be connected to the brain? I was suspicious when I saw him rolling his eyes freely, but when I saw the guy with eyes all over his body, not just his face, I was convinced, so I wanted to check it out.
Hyeonjun took out a canteen and washed his gloves and dagger. It may be that the tentacles are weak, but the egg is opened and the young burrow into the skin. Still, the most questionable thing is direct ingestion. I rummaged through the intestines and found things wriggling.
Of course, it could be a common parasite, but what these eyes do is very suspicious. He was alive and well and didn’t move until his eyes were gouged out. Even after being cut out, the eyeball did not move at all. If you think about it now, doesn’t it look like it’s waiting to be eaten?
They are really dangerous guys. However, Hyeon-jun kept his mouth shut to hide the fact. Morale has soared from today’s battle, but knowing that these bizarre things are parasitizing will shake their hands in fear.
As much as that, Hyeon-jun can monopolize a lot of karma, but the situation is not so good. Even so, if you are surrounded by three-eyed gnolls in an open place, you won’t be able to fight like today. Today’s battle was possible because there was an adventurer who supported him firmly in the narrow terrain.
‘Depending on the situation, I need someone who will protect my back and die in my place.’
I felt it desperately while fighting a large-scale battle today. Everyone’s level is high, but the difference between having and not having is stark. In addition, the number of three-eyed gnolls is also abnormal. It’s not as much as the non-skinny goblins, but there are dozens of them killed today, and there are more that escaped alive. It’s better to push the adventurer into the woods and let him have a chance to kill the three-eyed gnolls than to monopolize karma.
“Anyway, thank you. Let’s go get some rest.”
“You sound natural.”
The two sat a little away from the corpse. Hyeon-jun had a lot to think about, and Carl, who was exhausted from the battle, passed the time without saying anything to each other, then slipped in between the adventurers who were almost done cleaning up, dragging the naked corpse of the leader. Hyeon-joon roughly threw the body of the leader at the place where the corpses were gathered, and he noticed and intervened in the place where the peeled skin was being moved and pretended to be moving it roughly. There was no one who didn’t recognize Hyun-joon, but there was no one who was bruising, and there was a guy who even made a seat for him to rest comfortably, even though it would be difficult. It seemed so powerful. The talented guy has no choice but to bounce wherever he goes, and the strong guy is the best among adventurers. In addition to that, in their opinion, Hyeon-joon has a good personality and is popular. No one would give a damn about a guy who is strong, has a good personality, and is popular.
“It’s over now.”
At the words of the guard captain, the adventurers groaned and sat down. Even when I moved the body and skinned it, I was full of energy thinking that it was all money, but after it was over, I felt dizzy from fatigue. Before I knew it, the entrance was also disassembled and reassembled to block the obstacles. In the process, blood poured between the obstacles and the people who were working screamed, but it was resolved well anyway.
“Thank you everyone. Let’s get some rest tonight and pay the bills tomorrow.”
The adventurers shouted and scattered. The number of three-eyed gnolls killed today is 64. Even considering the condition of the leather, each person could hold more than 20 fairy tales in their hands. It’s not a lot of money, but it’s not bad compared to walking around the woods all day and barely making ends meet. Even though it took a long time to prepare and clean up, the battle ended sooner than expected, and even though there were many wounded, there were no fatalities. It inspired everyone.
Also, without realizing it, they have become enamored with the taste of belonging to the group. Class E and class D are all arrogant unless they have the ability. The right guy, of course, gets a spot in the fixed party. However, most of the guys who came here didn’t have the ability to do that, so they were just wandering around and making temporary parties with the guys who were commissioned together.
It wasn’t because they didn’t want to belong somewhere, but since so many adventurers united and led them to victory, I was intoxicated by the taste of mulberry and felt like they had done a great job, so my heart naturally felt magnificent.
It will strengthen the bonds of this ad hoc collective, and will fuel the formation of parties large and small to kill the three-eyed gnolls. And even if the situation gets worse, it will be difficult to say that you will willingly step out. Aren’t they all fellow adventurers in the same difficult situation?
Everyone smiled, unaware of what they were involved in, and moved lightly to the inn they had reserved during the day. Hyeon-jun headed back to Haim and Emma’s house with Carl. This is because they gave a room for 8 fairy tales when the average inn price was 10 fairy tales, and they decided to rent a room for 6 fairy tales to Hyeon-jun and Carl. It was a bit awkward with Haim, but the atmosphere wasn’t too bad. As soon as I arrived, I took off my clothes and washed myself in the space behind the house that Emma had told me about, getting water from the well. Then they went into their respective rooms, lay down, and immediately fell asleep.
“Take it.”
“Thank you.”
Early in the morning, adventurers gathered at the reception desk and went to receive the request fee to subjugate the Three-Eyed Noll that they killed the night before. Leather was also purchased in large quantities in the village at once, and the money was deposited at the reception desk, so it was paid together. Most of the people Hyeon-jun killed were clean-skinned, so they could be considered goods, but those killed by those who supported him were badly damaged in one or two places, and those who died in the fire were a mess, so each person could receive twenty-two fairy tales. It’s not a lot of money, but since I received it all at once, it seemed as if I had made a lot of money, so everyone was in a good mood.
In fact, considering the fact that he was almost killed the day before, it was nothing more than a pittance. In addition, from today, even if you kill one three-eyed game, you can earn twenty fairy tales. There were not many people who could make a proper decision because their eyes were blinded by the corpses and skins piled up the previous day. Only Glenn and a few adventurers are aware of this.
“This···. hmm.”
“Don’t look at me, just tell me.”
“Bitter, I can’t give you much. There are so many holes…”
Hyeon-jun stopped at the store to sell the skin of the boss, Gnoll, after receiving money from the receptionist. The merchant glanced at Hyeon-joon with fearful eyes and hesitated to say the price. The quality of the leather is good, but it’s not even a little cut, and there are so many holes along the place where the eyes used to be.
“I’ll buy it for thirty-five fairy tales.”
“Good.”
Immediately after making a cool deal, Hyun-jun left the door. Thirty-five fairy tales are not bad. It’s pretty similar to Carl’s advice. Even if there were no holes, it would have been nice to see it as a special product because it could fully arm a person, but it can’t be helped.