164 – An Unexpected Request
No matter how much I’ve muted the waves of my senses, I can’t help but know what state she’s in when she’s staring at me from right behind me.
Pure white skin that hasn’t dried up yet, slightly damp hair. And even the blushing face and the expression that looked at me as if it were indifferent.
‘What are you thinking? If you say don’t look back and stand like that…’
Do you want me to look back?
‘I don’t know! I don’t know!’
I think it would be more comfortable to face off against a thousand orcs.
I wanted to surprise her by turning her head, but I was afraid that if I startled her in the morning, it would adversely affect her dungeon exploration.
“Chi…”
Yeonhee glanced at me disapprovingly and then went into the room.
‘Hmm… Next time I’ll have to hug him and throw him into the room.’
It’s only once today.
“Go, let’s go-“
A few tens of minutes later, after changing her clothes, she came out and for some reason couldn’t see my face.
‘I acted boldly earlier… What should I do with this monster?’
Seeing her holding out her hand to me while being so shy, I thought she liked holding hands.
“·······.”
When will her red-hot cheeks return to normal?
Personally, I think it’s okay to keep going like this. It’s because the slightly embarrassed expression looked very attractive.
“I’ll take a taxi.”
Nod-
We took a taxi and headed to the Orc dungeon.
In the back seat of the taxi, she passed the time running my hand around. The taxi driver tilted his head several times as he watched Yeon-hee play her hand in the air as if she were miming alone.
30 Minutes later, Baek Ah-rin and Bae Joo-ah had already arrived in front of the dungeon. We reviewed the main points of this dungeon that we discussed at the café yesterday and waited for Ham Eun-yeong to come.
“This older sister is all good, but she has no concept of time.”
“I should have just brought you.”
“No, she insists that she can do it alone. She always says that and the result is always like this. Ehh…”
Still, this level of flaw was a level we could tolerate when weighed against Ham Eun-young’s ability.
A dungeon dominated by orcs. If so, you can think that Ham Eun-yeong is less useful.
However, Ham Eun-young’s song did not simply have the effect of canceling status abnormalities. The side effect I like the most is relieving the overloaded mental power.
This is an ability that is of great help not only to Bae Joo-ah, who consumes a lot of her mental power, but also to other party members. Because the human mind drains faster than you think.
It was a skill that didn’t really reach me as an undead, but for the sake of her colleagues, Ham Eun-yeong was a colleague who had to lead somehow.
– Oh… Is that the skeleton soldier who grew up as a wizard?
– It’s Lee Yeon-hee! Wow – it’s really pretty.
– Even when Baek Ah-rin is next to her, she is unrivaled.
– Wouldn’t it be like throwing a bomb all of a sudden?
‘……’
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Thanks to me, who appeared in front of the gate, and Yeon-hee, who briefly took off her hood, attention was focused on dozens of hunters who were waiting.
– Look at the impression Wow… That was a Skeleton Soldier? Probably not It must be another monster newly summoned by summoning magic.
– If you hold the saw in that state, it must be Friday the 13th. I’m afraid of this, so I’m going to go around the dungeon.
– Quiet! They’re looking at us…
‘That sounds like a lot.’
I turned my eyes to the gate so I wouldn’t mind going up and down the cubicle any longer.
Looking at the swaying gate, I felt like a red-haired elf would come out and summon an orc army at any moment.
Fortunately, that didn’t happen, but just looking at the gate reminded me of that time, and my shoulders twitched.
‘Orc…’
We have already experienced the strength of the Orcs firsthand.
They are hunters by birth.
Their innate five senses are far superior to humans, their physical abilities differ even more, and they even have the tenacity to relentlessly pursue a prey they have set.
Of course, that wasn’t all.
One of the most annoying things.
It was the quantity.
The ceaseless pouring of troops is an excellent tactic in itself.
I don’t know if it has good fertility like rabbits or what, but there has never been a case where hunters have an advantage in terms of quantity in a battle with an orc army.
‘Maybe it’s better to throw away the idea that only melee forms will come out.’
There are variants such as magic series or command series, but all of them have shown a stronger appearance than Orcs of the same class.
However, except for those rare variants, orcs are basically melee fighters.
Tens of thousands of warrior-class orcs live in their own tribe in this dungeon alone. The experience of these guys rushing at us in droves was something we never wanted to go through again.
However, since we had already gone through unexpected things, we divided the labor in advance.
“If a mutant is found, Ilwol will deal with it.”
“…Sometimes I can do it myself.”
“Arin, we all agreed on this. We should thank Yeon-hee for saying she would embrace danger instead-“
“Eight! Got it!”
“It’s just my temper. This is-“
Baek A-rin seemed to be dissatisfied with the fact that he could not play an active role as the vanguard when an unexpected strong man appeared. No, he seemed ashamed.
Is it because I was pushed by a low level monster like me? Hmm – I guess that’s quite possible. After all, she’s an elite who just graduated from the academy and joined the Ilseom Guild.
Her gaze met mine and she lowered her eyes and pouted her lips. She would normally try to hide her insides, but she is a straightforward person. And I liked that aspect.
Arin dug the ground with her toe for no reason.
‘It’s embarrassing when a party member loses their temper.’
A type like Baek Ah-rin only shows her strength when she is excited.
From the day we first met, I could see that he had calmed down little by little, but it didn’t seem like a positive sign.
She’ll have to find a way to raise her tension. What should I do.
‘Hmm… I wonder if this will work.’
I asked Ran, who was riding on my shoulder, to relay her words. After receiving my message, Yeon-hee seemed to think about it for a while, and then delivered her message to A-rin.
“Ilwol wants to learn swordsmanship.”
“What? Me, me?”
“Yes… To Arin.”
“Why, why? Isn’t Ilwol stronger than me?”
‘I don’t know.’
She’s never had a proper sparring match with her, so I don’t know why I think she’s stronger.
Especially while her ‘lightning step’ is in effect, it far exceeds my ability, so there is no need to lose it first.
There are tens of thousands of ways to subdue me just by using that ability well, but it was revealed in that aspect that I still have little experience.
And looking at her like that, it was clear that she was intimidated by being with me.
As a skeleton, the scope of what I can do at this party is limited, but I wanted to correct the parts that I could see.
After returning from my thoughts, I exchanged several conversations with Arin through Ran.
“Well, the Ilseom Guild’s swordsmanship is sophisticated. It’s a swordsmanship that has been developed by the current family for a long time, so there are certain parts that are well organized.”
In the end, Arin decided to teach me swordsmanship during his free time between dungeons. She didn’t even worry about it. I thought she would give it a little thought, but it was surprising.
It wasn’t all about her posture correction and light sparring, so she wasn’t going to be her teacher and disciple.
“… Kko, I feel like I’ve become a master! Me, I don’t know if it’ll be helpful because I’m really sick of teaching anyone. I’ll try my best as far as I know!”
“Clack!”
Arin, whose face was full of dissatisfaction before her, became a big smile of hers that her mouth reached my ears after she became my swordsmanship teacher.
‘I’m glad. I like him because he’s simple.’
Now, no matter how active I am, from her point of view, it will be seen that her disciple is active, so she will be able to relieve some of the burden on her heart than before.
“A hunter with a skeleton apprentice… It’s a topic.”
“Pheheheh! Is that so?”
“…Not a compliment, this is-“
“Anyway, that means I’m awesome!”
“… Think what you like.”
Bae Joo-ah, she asked Arin in a hint if she was really okay. Arin asked what was the problem, and Joo Ah seemed to pass it off as if it were so.
He probably asked if it was okay to teach the Ilseom Guild’s swordsmanship to another place, but Arin didn’t seem to mind at all.
“It’s okay!”
“I got it!”
Seeing the two bickering all the time reminded me of the Helen duo.
I thought it would be hard to find a party member like Helen and Jinkyung, but I could feel that they were gradually reaching such a position.
“Ah, there he is. Sister! Here he is!”
Ham Eun-yeong walked to a corner avoiding the slow people and found us.
When Eun-yeong arrived in front of us, her clothes were damp from her cold sweat.
Could it be that this is how I came all the way from home?
If so, I think she should seriously start with therapy and have a social life…
“Mi, I’m sorry…”
“You’re 7 minutes late. Let’s not be late if possible. Sister.”
“Ugh…”
Joo-ah Bae warned Eun-young Ham with a restrained voice. Ham Eun-yeong should know that she is really fortunate that she is several years older than Bae Joo-ah.
There was no reason to delay any longer, so we entered the dungeon immediately after registering at the management office.
After entering the dungeon, we immediately set out in the direction of the boss, and as we moved, we were able to hear an unexpected story from Bae Joo-ah.
“Hayoon asked me to ask if he could join me for a day.”
“Ha-yoon? Noh Ha-yoon, the ice magician? Is he yuck?”
“Why is he, why?!”
Bae Joo Ah shrugged her shoulders as if she didn’t know.
“Rather than that, when did you start talking to him?”
“Ha-yoon told me to talk to her from before. He treated me with respect because I was flattering him.”
‘If you think you’re going back, wouldn’t it be better to continue to respect it?’
“Think about it anyway. They said they wouldn’t even take loot distribution at all. Of course, they said they would take some decent runes, but anyway, it’s a chance to use one of the highest level wizards for almost free.”
“······ Unpaid? Why? You didn’t ask why?”
“Of course I asked. But… He gave a very strange answer.”
“Muh, what answer?”
Yeon-hee continued to ask questions while feeling nervous for some reason, and Bae Joo-ah said calmly.
“I want to go on an adventure with my old colleagues who have crossed the limb together, but I have to have a reason!”
“······ What do you mean. What is that?”
“What kind of doggie are you talking about? Are you filming a youth drama?”
“Ah, I mean. Old Ha-Yoon Noh, there’s definitely something. Oh! I don’t know what it is. Does anyone know?”
However, Baek Ah-rin and Ham Eun-young, who had no contact with Noh Ha-yoon, as well as Yeon-hee, bowed their heads in thought as if they were really in doubt.
“Sup- First of all, I won’t take any money. I’ll work for free. This is the point? So, we.”
‘Do you go there right away?’
“Why don’t you try Nargul’s dungeon right away? Of course, only the first floor! Not the second floor.”
“Wow- I agree!!”
“Hmm… I’ll give it some more thought.”
Yeon-hee delayed giving a definite answer, and Bae Joo-ah said that it was okay to think and speak. Ha-yoon Noh only has time on certain days.