40 – World 11. First Hunt (6)
At my instruction, Karina summoned the nearby party and players.
I explained the situation after confirming that a total of eight people, excluding me and Zepin, had gathered at the table.
“As a result of checking just now, I could see that 5 to 600 beasts were gathered.”
Everyone guessed it, so no one was shocked.
Instead, Muel spoke calmly with a pensive face.
“I think it is still in the early stages. So, do you intend to return to the fort and report it?”
As Muell said, returning to Fort Fritton and reporting this fact would be the best course of action.
But I shook my head.
“We attack like this.”
“…?”
Everyone looked at me, and soon, one by one, they made surprised faces.
“to? an attack? Now?”
“Now go and attack.”
“…”
When he kindly replied again, there was only a strange silence.
I didn’t say it openly, perhaps because of the appearance of my armor, but the look in my eyes seemed to ask if I was crazy.
“Of course it is not compulsory. Let’s get only the people we want.”
Then, I looked around, and the rest of the players, except for Muel and Soltis, who had formed the party at the beginning, avoided my gaze.
To be honest, Muel and Soltis also looked at it with absurd eyes, but didn’t seem to agree.
“Isn’t it? If not, you may return to Fort Fritton.”
Even if they all went back, I was going to take Karina, Ren, and Zepin with me, so there were a total of four of us including myself.
If you prepare properly, there is nothing difficult.
At that time, Soltis said with an incomprehensible face.
“Excuse me, but do you have any odds?”
“There is none.”
“Then I would like to hear what kind of operation it is.”
Are you saying you want to participate in the operation?
It was unexpected for me, who thought I would fall for Soltis.
However, apart from that, it was not a plan to keep secret, so I briefly told him.
“I go into the enemy camp and fight. For the rest, you just have to wait in the rear and deal with the beasts that come out from time to time.”
“…is that a strategy?”
“Operation.”
In response to my answer, Soltis made an inexplicable expression, and Karina, who was standing to the side and watching, also gave a slightly uneasy expression.
Looking at their expressions, I slowly brought up the story of compensation.
“Instead, if it succeeds, there is a possibility that the protection level will rise.”
“If we catch 5-600 beasts with this number, of course they will rise.”
“If you want a divine protection level, follow me.”
Soltis asked, now half-desperate.
“What if I die then?”
“There is no price without risk.”
However, if everything went as I expected, there would be little risk to the party.
Anyway, Soltis scratched his head with a complicated face and asked Muel.
“What will Mr. Muell do?”
“Ugh. I wonder if it would be okay to participate.”
“Are you okay?”
“You already know the location and number of enemies. But since you said you should attack, you must have an idea. Are you sure you are going to die?”
“Over there, Lee Seong-min must be the only one who has the confidence not to die.”
“ah.”
know what
Soltis gave a cold look to Muel, who responded that he had finally realized it, and then sighed.
“Is there anyone else participating?”
“Me and Ren are going here.”
When Soltis asked if anyone else would join, Karina pointed to herself and Ren.
“after. I can’t help it if everyone wants to go.”
It seems that he intends to participate.
‘There is no need to forcefully participate.’
Is it a responsibility as a healer?
Whatever the reason, it was my own choice, so I decided to respect it and looked at the rest of the players.
They laughed awkwardly as they made eye contact with me.
“Ha ha ha ha ha. We just don’t have the skills to go there.”
Maybe that’s not a normal reaction.
“Then let’s go with only this original number.”
After saying that, I started walking towards the place where the thugs were gathering.
‘Besides me, there are four of us, Karina, Ren, Muel, and Soltis.’
Zepin was excluded because he was not part of the party.
To be honest, I didn’t think Zepin would actively fight.
Therefore, after removing Zepin from all forces, I calmly conceived of a weapon to hold on to four people.
After all, Karina and Ren couldn’t fight with swords and axes against hundreds of thugs.
“Mr. Lee Seong-min.”
While I was thinking, Karina approached me.
“Considering the achievements of the Divine Protection level, I don’t think we should just wait in the rear.”
“Know.”
“Do you have a way? Actually, it’s a problem that can be solved quickly if you just pull out the gun.”
Aren’t the guns and bombs you brought as a last resort?
With a serious expression on my face, I said to the troubled Karina.
“Okay. I just need to bring some things.”
“Lee Seong-min’s?”
Karina frowned slightly, perhaps thinking of a game item, but she had no intention of bringing it.
I was thinking of making it myself.
“The problem is that it looks like it will take about 30 minutes.”
There was still quite a bit of distance between them, so it seemed like it would take about 30 minutes to take a break after walking moderately.
However, Karina said straight away that she had a different idea.
“I don’t know why it took 30 minutes, but I think it would be better to go now.”
“Have you left yet?”
“What would everyone think if Lee Seong-min disappeared for 30 minutes in the middle? You might think that he abandoned it and ran away.”
“…”
It was something plausible.
Even now, I had the confidence to deal with the thugs, but the rest didn’t.
Thinking, I nodded and stopped walking.
Of course, the people who were following me also stopped and looked at me.
“I have something to look at. Come back in 30 minutes.”
“Yes? What to do?”
“I will take care of it as soon as possible, so wait for me.”
I immediately closed the connection without saying that.
* * *
“…”
“…”
When Lee Seong-min disappeared in an instant, saying he had something to do, those who were left blankly looked at the spot where he had disappeared.
They said that if they were too absurd, they wouldn’t even say anything.
Muel, who was the first to come to his senses, opened his mouth.
“Oh, what the hell?! The person who wants to go attack without hesitation disappears because he has business!”
Muel’s dissatisfaction that had accumulated a little while ago exploded and he shouted out loud.
In comparison, Soltis had a dejected expression, saying he didn’t know anymore, and Zepin had an expression that he still couldn’t figure out.
Karina said as if to comfort them.
“I will apologize instead. Still, maybe it’s fortunate that I have something to look at now. If I went in a little further, the ugly tribe could have appeared.”
“…Certainly, now is better than disappearing later.”
Muel and Soltis knew that Karina was also a 5-star job.
A 5-star job with less than 10 players.
When she, who has such a job, spoke as if to comfort them, it became difficult for the two of them to continue grumbling.
“By the way, Miss Karina. Do you really think it is possible with this number?”
“Wouldn’t that be possible? You took the second step a little while ago casually.”
Karinaya knew Lee Seong-min’s abilities, so he could say it now.
Of course, Lee Seong-min did not directly participate in the battle.
However, I thought that it would not be an attack without thinking when I thought of its tremendous ability.
“I got the 2nd step, but what about the 3rd step?”
“You must have an idea. Also, I said you can sit in the back, so don’t worry too much.”
In other words, it meant that Lee Seong-min was in charge of the most dangerous job.
In fact, Muel also knew that, so he followed suit.
Carina, who had persuaded Muel and Soltis to some extent, recalled what had happened a little while ago.
‘But how did you summon that rock golem?’
Even now, I don’t know how the hell he summoned the rock golem.
Wasn’t Sungmin Lee’s job level 1?
Since the soldiers were summoned at that job level, the rock golem was a separate ability.
To guess, it was highly likely that it was the original ability.
‘What and how much are you hiding?’
Of course, I didn’t have to tell myself everything, but I couldn’t help but feel a little dissatisfaction leaking out of my heart.
‘Well, I’ll tell you someday.’
However, there was no complaint about the situation itself.
No, I am rather satisfied.
Thanks to Lee Seong-min, I flew straight to Fort Fritton, including getting a 5-star job.
This alone was a huge time saver.
To put it bluntly, without Lee Seong-min, no matter how thoroughly he planned and moved, he would not have been able to progress this much in this time frame.
‘by the way.’
Karina slowly stopped thinking about Lee Sung-min and looked at Ren, who was standing in a daze from one side.
how to say
Ren was just acting as he was told to, as if he had been drunk or watered down.
Even now, it was questionable whether he would have accessed it if he had not been hired because he paid 5,000 credits per month.
‘If I became a player, there would be nothing to lose.’
For reference, he showed such an unmotivated appearance now, but when Lee Sung-min served rice, he moved with a very lively face.
If you look closely, there was a corner similar to Hayden.
‘Shall we talk separately later?’
Let’s spend some time thinking.
Parbat!—
I could see Lee Sung-min, who had closed the connection with the light, had returned.