A smiling face in the dark
Gunter’s party leaned on the moonlight and cautiously approached the narrow road located halfway up the mountain. After passing this road, you will come to a forest where a group of kobolds have settled. This is the place where the bandits killed in the village below the mountain went away to escape the growing kobolds.
When Gunther gestured, Cain lowered his stance and moved silently to look around the corner of the street. and waved his hand. The party moved again, and after making a wall with shields in front of the narrow street, they made a sharp formation with halberds and spears.
“You’re getting better with each passing day.”
“Now I’ll believe you even if you’re an assassin.”
Seeing the four kobolds lying on the floor, Gunther spoke, and Cain replied with a shudder.
The kobolds were drenched and decapitated, and I could imagine how painfully they must have died from gaping mouths and glazed eyes. Even so, Gunther’s party, which was quietly waiting right in front of them, didn’t hear anything.
“It will come soon, so prepare well.”
“Ah, for kobolds.”
“Didn’t I tell you not to be vigilant?”
“Still, Jun is there, so what can happen?”
When Cain grumbled, Gunther slammed Cain’s helmet with his palm the size of a pot lid.
“evil!”
“June is not our party. We just work together.”
Then he said with a serious face.
“Be careful not to get used to Jun. Jun is special, and I won’t be able to work with someone like that while being an adventurer in the future. Are you going to whine and talk nonsense like that even after you split up with Jun?”
“sorry.”
To Gunther’s cold words, Cain replied with a stiff face. Ga-in, who had just joined the party, had not yet adapted to the party atmosphere of obeying Gunter’s orders and holding discipline in battle. I heard that most of them were from mercenaries, but I didn’t know they would do it this far.
“Keeck!”
At that time, a kobold’s scream was heard from inside the living room, and the inside immediately began to light up. It soon grew out of control, and the whole mountain was filled with the cries of kobolds, and the fire spread so much that everything started to burn with smoke.
“preparation!”
When Gunther shouted, the shield rose and the weapons sharpened their positions. Ga-in also had skills and joined Gunther’s party, so the tip of his spear was aiming forward without shaking.
As the commotion grew, the door to the sanctuary opened, and frightened kobolds began to run frantically.
“hehehehe, it looks like he’s running wild again.”
Gunther muttered and grabbed the halberd.
***
The moment another guy found the kobold that Hyeon-jun had killed and screamed, Hyeon-jun moved quickly, set fire to the entire mountain, and took a position near the entrance. The building was made of wood and straw, and because it was autumn, it caught fire very well.
Confusion spread all at once, and sleeping kobolds poured out, found Hyeon-jun and rushed at them. But there weren’t that many, about thirty. This is because Hyeon-joon wandered around the living room in the dark and decapitated so many sleeping kobolds.
Hyeon-jun jumped at the group of kobolds rushing at him and started swinging his sword. He swung his sword obliquely at the one who rushed at the front, slicing his chest and passing it to the side, ramming the one behind him with his shoulder, then pushing him like a bulldozer, hanging several of them and digging into the inside of the group. Then, turning around and shaking off the body, he swung his sword at the same time, cutting off the four kobolds surrounding him at once.
“Kaak!”
Pushing those who fell, Hyeon-joon leaped up to avoid the one who was charging him, and then raised his stomach and shook his left hand around like scattering sand.
Roaring!
“Keeeh!”
The flames spread along his hand, and the kobolds who were about to rush in were startled and hurriedly retreated. One who came closer had flames spreading across his face, burning his eyes, and the hot air following his inhaled breath cooked his lungs.
Hyeon-jun again grabbed the sword with both hands and dug in, swinging it sideways to knock off one guy’s head, then turned his body to follow the sword and kicked the other guy’s head. The guy who was hit by Hyeonjun’s kick broke his neck and his ears reached his shoulders, then bounced off and fell helplessly.
“Kee-hee!”
Surrounded in all directions, without allowing a single attack, the kobolds began to retreat and run towards the entrance of the mountain. Hyeon-jun saw that and changed direction, rushing toward the entrance of the living room and cutting them down. Then he waved his hand at the man running in front. This time, a water ball the size of a man’s head flew out of his hand and hit his head, causing him to lose his balance and roll on the floor, hindering the others.
Hyeon-jun caught up with them at once, trampled on the fallen man’s neck, broke it, and cut down those who rushed towards the entrance. And I spread fire widely to stop the fleeing kobolds, but I couldn’t stop them all, so a few escaped through the entrance.
I’m sorry for the karma, but Gunther Party will kill it on its own. Hyeonjun licked his lips and ran towards the kobold again. Even if it’s Karma, it’s not much different from goblins, but I’m hoping that if I gather dust and kill all these guys, I’ll be able to gather them. I knew that I was obsessed with karma more after learning magic, but I couldn’t help it. Once I tasted it, I don’t know how I lived and fought without magic. Now that I think about it, it was truly horrifying. especially life!
Chow!
“Kek!”
Hyeonjun swung his sword, pouring water as cold as ice. Fall is in full swing, so it gets quite cold at night. In this kind of weather, the kobolds were suddenly doused with cold water, so they couldn’t come to their senses. Fire has high killing power, but I can’t send it far because I’m not used to magic yet. However, since the water created has mass, it flies quite far if it is blown in a certain direction.
Also, water is good for assassination. If you pour water over your nose and mouth and cut your throat, you won’t even be able to scream. I killed the bastards at the entrance to the sanchae like that. The guys who were sleeping in the living room just shoved their swords into their throats. It’s also to save mana, but it’s not so clumsy as to cause a commotion to cut the throat of a sleeping guy. I learned a lot while killing bandits.
“Whoa… .”
Hyeon-jun, who had killed all the kobolds in the mountain, walked leisurely through the entrance, brushing off the flying sparks. The fire might catch on because it’s dry autumn, but the bandits who built this mountain house in the past have settled down so well that it’ll be fine since the surroundings are rocky. Actions were taken there. Still, if there is a forest fire, there is nothing you can do. Well, it’s better than having the monster settle in and devour the entire mountain.
“You did it splendidly today. Can’t you be a little calmer?”
“I am not sure if this is how it should be done. We’re the ones who get in trouble when someone gets away alive. What would you do if I told you later that there were kobolds left?”
Hyeonjun answered Gunther’s words and wiped the blood from his sword.
Those who escaped the entrance are piled up as corpses in front of the shield, unable to cross the formation made by Gunther’s party.
“What will you do if there is a forest fire?”
“You checked everything in advance and even took action. Well, if there is a forest fire like this, you should just think that it can’t be helped.”
“I think this bastard is getting more and more delicious as he goes on?”
“Uh huh, isn’t it an extraordinary thing that happens while killing monsters for people?”
“Hey, why did he become like that?”
“Even if you ask us about it, we have nothing to say.”
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“Write it, it doesn’t.”
“Don’t be silly, let’s go down. I’m tired.”
“Then who wants to make such a fuss?”
“It is not always possible to use magic.”
“Are you always? You don’t seem to feel anything when I see you?”
“If you get water in your nose while sleeping, know that I did it.”
“hehehe, I’m going to pee more.”
“It’s f*cking!”
Hyeonjun sprayed cold water widely at Gunter’s party.
“Ah!”
“Why do we!”
“You son of a b*tch! Will you take responsibility if the equipment rusts!”
“Solidarity responsibility! And if it rusts, is it your fault or mine!”
It means that it was oiled wrong, so it is actually Gunther Partey’s fault. Isn’t it worth fighting with a stone knife just because summer is humid?
“That son of a b*tch, he has a magic sword!”
“If you twist it, you’ll buy it too!”
“Damn it!”
Gunter’s party members, who had been silent for no reason and were struck by water, shouted. But I can’t help it. Gunther, the party leader, made a fool of himself. Of course, all party members must take responsibility!
“Bastard!”
“Yeah, no.”
Gunther opened the canteen and sprayed it all over, but Hyeonjun used magic to stop it in the air. Then, he spun around the floating water and grinned.
“surrender.”
“I don’t normally negotiate with terrorists, but I give special consideration.”
“Another strange bullsh*t… .”
“what?”
“Let’s go down quickly!”
Gunther grumbled and brushed the water off his body. It’s still chilly, but I’m going to die of cold after being bathed in cold water. The party members also grumbled and repaired their equipment.
“Ah, if the captain did something wrong, just do it to the captain.”
“Isn’t Gunther your head? If the head is wrong, the body must suffer.”
“Isn’t that what you use at times like that?”
Even if Hyeon-jun was a talented person they couldn’t dare to match, there was no awkwardness or fear in dealing with him. When Hyun-Jun enters a battle, he radiates goosebumps and kills, but normally he’s just a decent guy with a bit of an oddity. Of course, they can’t run into Hyeon-jun, who is in a fighting posture. Hyeonjun won’t swing a sword at them, but scary is scary.
“I want to get into Taxis quickly. After leaving Scanden, I haven’t been able to enter the city for nearly a month already.”
“It’s your fault.”
“If it wasn’t for me, I’d search everything, you asshole.”
“That’s right, but anyway, your fault is right.”
“It’s true, so I can’t refute it.”
Gunther’s party didn’t know about Tantares, but they knew about Hyun-joon’s dealings with nobles. Although there was pressure from the nobility, it was Hyeon-jun who agreed to the deal anyway, so he couldn’t refute it.
“Let’s go down quickly. I want to wash up.”
“If there is any mana left, let me wash myself.”
“Hey, think about your party members. Are you going to wash alone? This is a very bad boss. Isn’t it?”
“We just need to make them all wash!”
“You can’t wash all of them.”
“How many are there?”
“Well, considering that it will be filled by the time we go down, there will be about six people.”
“Then it’s confirmed that I’ll wash up first.”
“Captain, it is not. Shouldn’t it be fair?”
“This bastard?”
Hyeon-jun leisurely walked down the mountain while listening to Gunther’s quarrel with the party members.
Ten days have already passed since he killed Tantares. The triumphal ceremony had already ended, so he was able to enter Taxis, but he could not go back and forth between the village and the mountain because of the request. Thanks to that, Shosanna’s gift, the longsword, is still intact.
When I first learned magic on my way from the Red Forest Village to the village below the mountain, I laughed like a madman in the middle of the road. He has mana control 1 and fire and water attributes respectively.
I bought it for 100 karma each, and after a big heart, I spent 1000 karma on mana to get 100 mana. And with the remaining 100 karma, I bought 50 ignition and water creation.
Fortunately, the basic mana consumption for ignition and water creation was 10, and the mana accumulation of the magic tools received from the Kurman family reached about 500. It wasn’t much, but the recovery speed was fast, so I was able to use magic right away.
Fire and water come from his hands. The power of magic that he experienced firsthand was mysterious, and Hyeon-jun fell in love with it. I thought about investing all the karma I would get into magic. for a week.
Hyeonjun constantly practiced magic using magic tools. Kurman remembered all of Mana’s movements. And all failed. Obviously, I moved the mana in the same way, but nothing happened. And the price of mana control did not decrease at all, and the price of magic remained the same.
‘It’s clear that the goddess has been playing tricks.’
Hyeon-joon, who had been winning mentally by blaming the innocent goddess, eventually had to admit it as time passed and he calmed down. He had no talent for magic enough to be considered a magic eunuch! Did the price just drop? I just fall because I have no talent at all! Why are you swearing at a goddess who has no responsibility for this, and rather, a magic eunuch made it possible for her to use magic?
‘I’m a magic eunuch… .’
Still, he continues to use magic. Magic doesn’t increase as much as pellets, but mana does increase as much as ant urine. Due to these circumstances, Hyeon-jun had saved the karma he had killed the bandit to this day without spending it on magic and mana. This is because when he realized his talent, even if his head was broken, his head, which had been shouting magic, was stitched together like magic, and he was able to come to his senses.
‘Let’s invest in magic after raising long sword 2 and combat skills (skills) first.’