166 – The picky girl
In the end, the orc warrior didn’t summon additionally, so it stopped at the second tooth.
Anyway, since the power of the summons continues to grow, and there is no problem in clearing the dungeon, it is a matter that can be chosen after considering it satisfactorily.
As much as it was delayed, the time to acquire experience points was shortened, so it was impossible to delay it. It’s already a bit late, but it’s her choice, so I can’t intervene.
“hehehehe… Hey, Ilwolah- Alright, did you see it?”
Nod-
“Joe, react a little more furiously! It’s very difficult. This!”
“Tickktoktaktak!!”
“Hey, good.”
In less than a minute, Baek Ah-rin devastated the formation of the Orc warriors.
The monsters she finished off were counted in her hand, but her contribution to this battle was that she dealt so much damage that she already took her first place. She alone had approached twenty orcs on her knees.
Looking at Arin gasping, she couldn’t easily tell who was hurt, but at least she didn’t get blown away like the orcs did.
After looking around the battlefield once, I drew my dagger in an X shape several times and ran toward the target. The finish should be neat.
‘Technology will become familiar when you look at it.’
Even now, I was clumsily imitating the operation of the lightning stride, and I was able to get a rough idea of it while watching Arin, so I didn’t feel impatient.
– Defeat enemies using daggers while stealthed. (119/10,000)
Thanks to Arin, I was able to easily clear the quest with only the last hit. If this is the case, I think I can easily fill the dagger quest today to 300 or more.
Awesome!
It didn’t take long for Arin to separate the heads of the orcs he had defeated from their bodies.
Also, it was just a bit difficult for the summoned beasts to block the orcs one-on-one, but with me and other party members, I was able to defeat this much in an instant.
We ended up killing them all in less than 10 minutes.
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‘… It wouldn’t be bad to work on a quest here.’
After fighting, it was much easier to deal with. I feel like I can handle everything by myself even if I only have a specter next to me.
Wooji Jik-
Soon, a rare scene was created in which an orc corpse was decapitated by sitting around with the summoned beasts.
If I were to be recommended for a job other than Hunter based on my accumulated experience, I wondered if the butcher would be the number one job.
“Kkeeung- Phew- It’s done. Ilwol-ah, I succeeded in separating an arm!”
“Clack!”
Yeonhee held up her bloody arms and bones and shook them at me. With a beauty like Yeonhee working on the bone, it gave rise to the illusion that this job looked like a pretty good job.
“Hmm… Considering this kind of work, summoning an orc…”
Nod-
If you think about it that far, Orc was the correct answer.
Looking a little further, when fighting against the Orc army, it was more efficient to summon the Orc considering the hands that would be used at that time because it was not just a battle. Things like moving the injured and clearing the rubble of collapsed buildings.
“Nana~ Heung- Heung-“
‘Unidentified humming. He seems to be in a good mood again.’
At some point, when I was working on the bone, it became a daily routine for Yeonhee to stick close to me and wiggle.
I help with the work as before, but most of the time I hum to myself or ask, ‘What shall we have for dinner?’ Most of them were talking about the same small talk.
At times like this, it would be nice to have a conversation with the same team members and build a bond. Of course, the other team members didn’t say that they were chatting in particular, but I was worried that they seemed to be trying to stick to me too much.
And I also wanted her not to bother with these chores.
Perhaps this kind of heart is instinctively possessed as a summoned beast.
‘It was buried.’
The blood on her cheeks bothers me.
After burning off the filth from her hands with her fireball, she reached out to her.
“Oh…”
I wiped the blood off her cheek a few times and lightly brushed it on the ground, and her face instantly heated up.
“Aww…”
Yeon-hee hurriedly lowered her head and pretended to dig the poor ground with bone fragments. Then she raised her eyes slightly and asked me if she remembered something.
“Today… What are you going to transform into?”
“Tak-“
Well…
“Oh, take me as I am today… Come to think of it, that would be better… I think.”
If you say ‘today’, do you mean to change into yourself tomorrow? Changing from day to day?’
“Tick-tock.”
“Ugh…”
– Yay! One Rune of Absorption!
– One here too! This is what I caught!
The rune you get after killing an orc warrior is the rune of absorption. I already had two runes of absorption. And I just got another one from battle, but the numbers are garbage.
Come to think of it, there is one with a low value among the magic runes that you are currently wearing.
– Rune of Absorption (Intermediate) Recovers +3 Magic when killing an enemy
‘If I get a good number, I’ll have to change the +3 first. Thanks to the magic circuit, this effect can also be obtained.’
Now that the supply and demand for magical power has become easier, it is possible to turn it back to the giant’s rune, and there are more options.
Having supplied 40 orc bones, I started moving again with a strong heart from the beginning.
“Boss battles are okay, right? Considering that Yeon-hee’s summons weren’t pushed back at all.”
“Yes. If nothing else happens…”
“That kind of thing has happened a lot lately.”
“That’s true. They say dungeon breaks have become more frequent these days… They say it’s difficult to launch ships on the sea side even close to the port.”
As Yeonhee said, since the gate was built, the sea has become a really dangerous place. Since dungeons do not only occur on the ground, dungeons in the sea must be managed, but it was practically impossible.
No matter how much a hunter you are, there is no way to go down to the deep sea.
So, the current situation was completely occupied by sea monsters led by monsters called mermaids.
At least, the sky road was better.
Of course, there are times when flying monsters get in the way, but it was so small compared to the number of monsters released in the sea, and it was relatively easy to defend against the monsters’ attacks.
So it was possible to move to nearby Jeju Island or Japan if you take a little risk.
The problem was, of course, the movement of materials. This is because exchanging goods by plane is inefficient compared to ships.
At least, MGT (magical global trade network) was developed through the research of wizards, making it possible to exchange goods between continents, but it was not easy because a lot of magic stones were consumed.
In the end, it would be ideal for the hunters to enter the dungeon under the sea and kill all the monsters and close it, but it was a long way off because it was urgent to block the land side.
Let’s limit the movement of goods by sea. ‘The answer is self-sufficiency. Let’s farm.’ It was a natural flow for the same movement to appear.
So, the expectations placed on the Hunters grew day by day. This was because it was known that plants and fruits from other worlds obtained from dungeons were rich in nutrients and grew quickly.
Even if you find just one seed of a good variety in a dungeon, you can turn your life around, so the number of lower-ranking hunters who turn their eyes to it rather than fighting monsters is naturally increasing.
Ironically, thanks to that, the number of monsters other hunters had to deal with was increasing.
‘Future children will have a hard time surviving…’
No one talks about it, but this world was already entering the path of destruction step by step.
However, humans were only slow to prepare for it because they thought it would be fine if such a time did not come in their lives.
It would be possible if the whole world cooperates closely. Well. Even if the world were to end immediately, that would be impossible.
‘…Even if Jo Ki-man were to be killed, would he be able to live happily with Yeon-hee?’
It was too early to think about it now, so I tried to shake off my thoughts.
“It’s 12km to the target point. If you don’t go diligently, it won’t be easy to challenge.”
“Yes, hurry up.”
“First of all, if you want to try it today and the time is too tight… I’ll stop Ilwoli from deboning monsters for a day or so.”
“Hmm… Are you okay?”
“Because the team comes first.”
‘Yeonhee is also thinking a lot about various things.’
After that, we continued exploring dungeons without any special events.
Although the battles were more frequent than was reported, we did not encounter enough enemies to pose a threat to our party.
On the contrary, I was uneasy because it went so smoothly, but the party members didn’t bother to talk about it.
The emergency room is free today. It was the same context as not saying that.
“Quieiik!!”
“Kya- Look at those chubby hind legs!”
Since this dungeon is also home to a lot of ‘grown up big bores’, I had to beat them up and stock them up in my inventory. Among the meats of Big Bore, the hind leg is highly nutritious and tastes good, so it is sold at a reasonable price.
But I had no intention of selling it. Food stored in the inventory does not rot, so I wanted to prepare in advance by thinking of intermediate or higher dungeons that lasted for a long time.
We flow effortlessly. Contrary to what he felt, the Hunters of other parties he occasionally met while moving were not gullible. It must be because the number and quality of Orcs have increased significantly compared to known information.
“Hello.”
“Oh, hello.”
“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”
“Yes. Be careful.”
After exchanging awkward greetings, they go straight on their way. However, those who distanced themselves from us continued to look back at us. Some of them looked at us with envy-filled eyes.
Seeing us unscathed by the time the sun came up exactly overhead, their thoughts were obvious.
– Lee Yeon-hee… The next time a party is held, I will definitely apply.
– I heard that your eyes are strict? Look at the members First of all, they say men don’t take it.
– sh*t… Was that too? But why not only men? Have you ever had a bad experience in a dungeon?
– I don’t know exactly, but it’s usually to prevent that.
– I don’t think they accept everything if it’s a woman. I heard that the rabbit and the woman next to him were from Sale Academy.
– Sale? Huiyu~ It was an elite group.
– So, wake up and do some maintenance on your equipment. You bastard!
There were a few errors in their conversation as they moved away, but they didn’t need to be corrected.
And it seemed like I wasn’t the only one who heard their conversation. Arin brought up words to change the topic to Yeonhee for no reason.
“hahahahang- Yeonhee-ssi, I don’t think there’s a need to challenge the boss fight because it’s too much to look at, right? After finishing, I have to go to a shop run by Helen.”
“Ah…? Ah, yes!”
“…You haven’t forgotten, have you?”
“Oh no!”
“… Sup.”
‘I forgot. Was I too preoccupied yesterday?’