127 – An Unwelcome Reunion
“Kuhhhhh”
Yeonhee’s eyes were already red and her eyes were moist. However, it was an extension of the business. Perhaps she didn’t want to show tears easily, she was sobbing with her molars tightly closed.
(Ilwol is this bastard. Hurry up and deal with that guy. The owner is having a hard time.)
Ran said to me while stealing Yeon-hee’s water droplets with her soft wings instead.
‘That’s right.’
Flutter- Flutter-
Due to the body structure of the mutant, it was difficult to hit the harpy. It was easy to gauge the extent of his ability just by looking at how he couldn’t subdue even a harpy.
However, the Neos Harpies were only bothering to keep them in check in the air, but were unable to deliver a decisive blow. It was because it seemed that if I went too deep, I would be caught by the wriggling things attached to the body of the mutant.
Tadadadadat-
Yeonhee Leaving behind ‘Chehwa’ who was waiting for the order to come, she ran forward.
“Kiik?!”
He recognized me and opened his mouth wide. He’s a guy who reacts better than he looks.
A mouth full of terrifying slime that opened wider than the face.
A bundle of long tentacles quickly ejected from within and hit the spot where I was.
Quaang-!
An attack powerful enough to create a small crater on the ground. It’s in the form of a tube that looks like it’s going to suck blood, but I just have to think that it’s specialized in physical attacks.
If hit properly, it must have enough attack power to break through the defense of the bone armor and damage me.
I easily dodged his attack and was already flying high into the sky and falling down holding the dagger firmly.
Koo-wook-
I don’t know what kind of life this child lived or if that life was happy. At least. It was clear that the only thing I could do was to quickly relieve myself of the pain I was in.
Please feel free even for the last time… I wanted to do that.
His concentration was higher than ever before, and perhaps because of that, he even felt as if he saw a thin line on the body of the mutant.
A thin line drawn where the head, torso, and neck should have been.
I swung my dagger vigorously down along it.
[Flame Slash]
Glancing!
The mutant’s orange eyes stare at me as I pierce the dagger into my body.
Those eyes that didn’t contain any emotions made me feel even more innocent, and that made me even more depressed.
By the time I cut his neck in half, the mutant finally reacted as if it felt some pain.
However, the tentacles on its body flew out of control and fluttered about, and the young creature didn’t even seem to know what to do.
‘Damn it…!’
Unfortunately, my swing could not free this child at once. Archen’s dagger stopped when it was about 2/3 cut.
In the end, it was only when three skull bombs were inserted into the cracks and detonated that the child who was captured by the bad guys was free.
Patter-
‘……’
A message came to mind when the head and part of the body of the mutant exploded and scattered all over the place.
Actually, I didn’t want to see it. I didn’t feel like it.
– Defeated the mutant (D).
– An entity that does not possess any skills or attributes.
– We are preparing a new reward system···········
‘I’m so f*cking…’
I don’t know if it’s because it’s the first time I’ve ever had an object with no skills or characteristics, or if there’s some other reason, but even the interesting word “New reward system” Didn’t move my heart.
About 10 seconds passed, and it was only when a new text was added to the suspended message that the sinking heart began to rise again.
From noble mtl dot com
– Acquired ‘Contaminated Elixir Fragment of Life’. (1/100)
‘……?’
When you think of an elixir, you think of a liquid form like a potion, but I was a bit puzzled that it was a fragment.
Along with the message, a small piece the size of a little fingernail rose from the body of the mutant into the air.
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Corrupted Elixir of Life Fragment
– If you collect 100 fragments and [Purify], You will get 1 ‘Elixir of Life Fragment’.
– You can obtain ‘Elixir of Life’ by collecting 10 pieces of ‘Elixir of Life’.
—–
‘…… Crazy?!’
I have found a way to obtain the ‘elixir of life’, which is said to revive even the dead. Does this make sense?
‘I heard that it takes 10,000 lives to be replaced with the Elixir of One Life…’
The route I got was to get one ‘elixir of life’ by killing a thousand mutants. Of course, it can only be done by using [Purification].
‘Nmm… It’s surprising, but not in a very pleasant way.’
However, it is an item that can only be obtained by repeating this disgusting thing a thousand times. It wasn’t something I really liked to applaud.
Let’s assume that hundreds of mutants have been eliminated. Then, as you get closer to the number that can make the ‘elixir of life’, you may want to hope that a mutant will occur.
‘That could be enough… I don’t like that. No, no matter how much I’m not a good person, but that’s it…’
I shook my head and looked at the body of the mutant. Before I knew it, Yeon-hee and Ran were approaching.
Cheodeok- Chideok-
Every time I rummaged through the corpses, Yeon-hee sniffled and shed tears.
“I feel sorry for you…”
Seeing her sobbing, I had a strange urge to hug her. Are you crazy?
Fortunately, it was only a fleeting feeling.
The corpse was quickly sinking to the ground like cotton candy drowned in water. Since it wasn’t a proper life form in the first place, it was also an instant to collapse.
In the end, all that was left was pure white bones.
‘How come only the bones of a child are left…’
I have some knowledge about bones, but these were obviously the bones of a child who became a test subject.
When I put my hand on the bone, the attack power figure came to my mind, like a message from holding a monster, but I tried my best to ignore it.
I gathered the bones scattered randomly on the floor and held them out to Yeonhee. Then, Yeon-hee cherished the bone in her arms and put it in the cloak she took out of her inventory.
“Family… I hope you find…”
Nodding-
Two more mutants were caught in the sensory wave, but other hunters were already chasing them, so I didn’t bother to catch them. In fact, I didn’t want to make Yeon-hee even more difficult.
Because she seemed deeply immersed in her child’s plight, it was quite difficult.
So, the idea was to prevent the mutation from harming the general public, and I tried to wait for time to pass.
However, because of a guy who was newly caught in the wavelength, that couldn’t be done.
‘Fast… At least C-class strong.’
They were clearly higher than us. It didn’t seem like they would lose if they fought, but they didn’t know when another monster would join them.
That’s why I didn’t think I’d jump on it. It wasn’t just because of Yeonhee’s current state. The fact that these narrow alleys are not a very favorable terrain for us, whose main weapon is the quantity of goods, also played a role.
Shhh-
He raised a finger to Yeonhee and gave a hand signal to step back. Let’s get out of this place as slowly and secretly as possible.
However, the guy caught in the wave suddenly turned to us and quickly closed the distance. No, he was flying. You caught us from that street? How?
‘Oops…!’
Seeyeek―
Kwaaang-!!
Something unknown flew in quickly and crashed into the wall of the alley we were walking on.
I grabbed Yeon-hee and hurriedly threw myself to the side, but the Neos Harpy, who had landed next to us, was split in two and the summon was cancelled.
“What, what?!”
Yeon-hee was slammed into the floor as she rushed her body, but Yeon-hee, who protected herself with slime before she knew it, didn’t get a single scratch.
It’s just that I was so surprised that my eyes were much bigger than usual.
Patter-
A guy who made an attack so strong that a 2m high wall collapsed completely came out through the dust.
“Kikikikick- This, this, no matter how much I think about it, I’m lucky these days. I felt a familiar energy, so I came and saw that Harpy wasn’t the only one there, right?”
“… Huh? Everything, you!!”
It was a dark night, but the opponent’s body was glowing with magical energy, so his face was clearly visible.
The wrinkled forehead, gathered lips, sunken cheeks and slanted eyes gave the impression of being full of nervousness.
And when Yeon-hee saw that face, she recognized it first and screamed.
“That, that time! That red cap I saw at the test site!”
The man was not wearing a hat, but the impression was so strong that I recognized him right away.
“Ohhh? This is such an honor? hehehehe- b*tch remembers me.”
‘… You’ve changed a lot.’
If it was normal, I would have beaten a piece of bamboo bread right away, but I became cautious with my completely different appearance and dangerously unstable energy.
Kaaak-!
The man gathered up the phlegm and spat it out on the floor, then slowly walked towards us with his hands in his pockets.
When I saw him before, he gave the impression that he was being chased somewhere, but now he seems more relaxed.
Besides, the wings sprouting from its back… It wouldn’t be an illusion if it looked similar to that of a harpy.
“Yeah… Seeing your face reminds me of it clearly… Because of your 4 years on that day, I got lucky. I fell from the C-class promotion again… Kiki-kick- f*ck. Even thinking about it again sucks. ?”
Kwaaang-!!
– aaa!!
– hehehe…!!
The man was about to fall, and the rest of the wall he slammed with his fist and blew it away. I could feel the people inside the villa hit by the blown wall shivering like puppies in the rain.
‘Falled again? It wasn’t that his skills weren’t going to drop… But he must have done quite a bit of an idiot.’
I laughed inwardly and began to create skull bombs one by one in the palm of my hand.
It was a strong opponent. Even at the test site, the guy who was at the end of the D-class was now well over the middle of the C-class.
‘There are so many impurities in magic that I can’t accurately measure it… It won’t be easy.’
“You obviously did well enough to push the examiner right? Did you catch a few people in the exam hall and call them fangirls, violating the maintenance of dignity or something? They gave them deductions for reasons that didn’t work, and they dropped them. Hey, you f*cking skeleton? That’s what I meant. Do you think it will work? Uh-“
The moment his mana exploded, I activated [Reckless Charge] And ran forward.
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Reckless Charge Lv.3
– Randomly rushes in the direction of the designated target.
– Powerfully attack with 320% (+20%) of attack power.
– Greatly increases defense while rushing.
– Increases movement speed by 32% (+2%) while dashing.
—–
It was still only level 3, but it was a very useful dash for a skill obtained from Big Bore. The synergy with the speed rune was also good.
ㅡ!!
His shoulders trembled as if he was surprised by the speed of his charge, which was faster than expected.
[Flame Slash]
Seoguk-
“Oh sh*t!”
I quickly drew the dagger and cut off one of the little toes of the guy who was jumping into the air.
The man furrowed his brow, but the corners of his mouth were ripped upward as if touching his ear, imagining the pleasure he was about to enjoy.
See-!
‘It’s that technique!’
It was the skill that cut ‘Neffi’ in half at once. Damn it, even the activation time was a short ability.
“Provocation!”
Catch up, go, go, go, go ――!
The man who had just activated the skill and rushed at me seemed confused by the provocation skills of the crackle and spot.
Jwajajajajajaja-!
In the end, it failed to attack me and left a long landing mark on the floor.
‘Taunts are really useful too. They have become indispensable beings.’