171 – Raw Gemstone
I ran away from the scene, complaining in my heart about the condition of the quest that I didn’t even have a single word for.
He wanted to take the spoils of the fallen woman, but after the woman collapsed, he saw a man rushing to this place, so he withdrew his feet.
Should I just kill that man… I thought about that for a moment.
However, those criminals also said that they would follow the standards set in advance, but I also thought it would be appropriate to keep what I was going to do with only one woman.
‘Still, runes and magic stones are a bit wasteful-‘
– Attribute [Obsessive] Hurriedly rummages through corpses to collect loot!
– Obtain Vitality Rune x1, Speed Rune x1, Absorption Rune x1!
– Acquire Intermediate Manastone x 23!
‘…… Huh? What! [Obsessive] Aren’t you sick?’
I guess this trait wasn’t just collecting the drop items from monsters. He even took care of magic stones. Did you go through the dead person’s inventory? Amazing is this?
He even killed the woman and left immediately, so the distance was a few meters away…
Among the Runes of the Fallen Woman, I didn’t find anything I could use, but if you sell them, you can make more than 10 million won.
‘Because they make money so easily, they must fall into the temptation of hunting hunters.’
“Selection!”
I desperately cry out the name of the woman who is cooling down and look at the back of the man passing me by.
A man kneeling in front of a fallen woman and shaking her shoulders.
What emotions does that person feel right now?
If they lost their lover right in front of their eyes, evil or not, they would not dare to imagine the depth of their grief.
Looking at him, I feel like my heart is coldly sinking.
But when I feel this kind of feeling, on the other hand, I feel very fortunate.
What would it have been like if it had been like this, would it have been different if it had been that way, if at least I had become numb without a single regret or worry. What is the difference between me and a monster?
“What! Why, why not?”
When I was lost in sentiment for a while, the man said in a panicked voice.
‘Hmm? What are you looking for-‘
“Runes! I don’t have any runes! I don’t have any gems! You stupid b*tch can’t keep any of them! Ha… Did she take all the birds? What kind of asshole are you? What kind of asshole are you? Come out!”
‘……’
I felt like an idiot after falling into sentimentality for a moment at the sight of a man screaming at me with glaring eyes.
Shaking my head violently, I completely took my eyes off them, and then bounced back to Yeon-hee like a bullet.
The only thing that caught my eye as I passed by was the scenery overflowing with malicious intent to kill the other person.
– Ugh! These bastards, what power?!
– During the fight, don’t even take the potion, just hit it in advance, you assholes!
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– Protect the Wizard! Even if an arm falls off, the dealer must protect-
Pooh-!
Three or four iron bars flew at a man who was shouting to protect the wizard. The man defended himself by holding up a kite shield as tall as a man, but was eventually injured by a spear that pierced the shield.
– Bro! Damn it…!
– If you don’t solve the spearmen first, it’ll be tough! How many throws have you already made? This!
There were not one or two parties that struggled.
‘It’s strangely difficult. I thought it would be quite possible to organize the vanguard, but the fighting power of the orcs is higher than I thought…’
I was a little nervous after seeing the hunters, and I concentrated on returning to Yeon-hee, excluding attacks.
‘The smell of blood…’
The bitter smell of iron filled the battlefield. The smell of Orc’s blood was also terrible, and it was gradually turning into a stench as the heat of battle mixed with the smell of sweat.
Damn- Tadat-!
Using an orc as a stepping stone, he leaped high into the sky and unfolded his cloak.
‘There it is!’
It was normal that it was not easy to find Yeon-hee on the battlefield wriggling as if green monsters had united. However, as if drawn by something about her, wherever she turned her head, she was always there.
“Oh no!! Embodiment…!”
At the scene we arrived at, Yeon-hee’s exclamation was just bursting out.
Shui-Ik-
Where her gaze landed, she saw her specter disappearing into smoke. No matter how physically immune the Specter is, there is a materialized moment to attack, and the Orcs were a race with enough intelligence to aim for that moment.
I turned my head to the right.
The defensive line, which the hunters had firmly established, began to crumble from the center.
I couldn’t hide my wonder once again as I watched the battlefield being pushed back without any countermeasures.
‘I can’t be pushed this far…’
In fact, boss battles are always dominated by hunters. Whether it’s 1000 vs 100 or whatever, it’s because I’ve decided that I can win, so I’m participating in the battle.
So, why everyone is having a hard time, it’s not because of the monsters who just got stronger.
‘Come to think of it, why are there so many guys who challenge boss fights with pull-ups these days?’
Looking around, there were many Hunters who did not have the ability to deal with 3-4 Orcs at the same time. Hunters with mid-to-low power in D-class.
Normally, it’s a level where you’d be playing against wolves or harpies for experience points, but why? I thought. What is the reason for taking off your feet and challenging yourself while risking your life?
‘…Wasn’t it only me who felt it?’
I thought that because our party was unlucky, we went through a lot of strange things. Other hunters will also have ears to hear, so even if they don’t experience it themselves, they will feel that the situation in the world is unusual.
The world has entered the path of destruction. I started to feel it all.
You must become strong quickly. Enough to protect my body. Are these thoughts starting to spread?
‘Rather than slowly dying, I chose the path of rapid growth… High risk, high return. People who made that choice…’
Before the boss battle started, even though their hands were trembling, their eyes contained some unknown spirit. If it was a choice to look far ahead and carve out a future for yourself.
‘They’re a bit lacking in skills, but they have the ability to act.’
Yeon-hee shouted out loud when she gave meaning to the hunters’ gestures.
“Hey, Sun Moon! Bombs! Fireballs! Everything, quickly!”
Yeon-hee’s urgently urging cry awakened me from my thoughts, and I leaped high into the sky again.
With the gliding cape open.
Huiyiik-
Moving with [High-speed flight], He dropped a large amount of bombs on the back of the orc group that was pressuring the hunters.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-! Kwak Kwa Kwa Kwam-!
With the explosion, the largest axis of formations spread out by hundreds of Orcs could be seen disintegrating in an instant.
Cracks occurred in the area where only the center was sharply pushed inward. It was the discerning hunters who filled the void left by the orcs. In the end, I was able to correct the wire twist in one skill turn.
But this was just the beginning. While flying in the air, they dropped all but ten bombs at the enemy camp in preparation for an unexpected situation.
The feeling of seeing bombs falling in mid-air is… Awesome. Even the icing on the cake if the orcs even look shocked at the falling bombs.
‘As expected, bombs are the best in terms of fun.’
I wasn’t used to using [High-Speed Flight] Yet, but it didn’t bother me too much because I didn’t need to fine-tune the bombs.
– Defeat 10,000 enemies with skills with properties. (649/10,000)
Over 100 Orcs were directly killed by these several bomb attacks.
And for some reason, the bomb damage seems to have increased compared to before, but I couldn’t figure out why.
I think it was after the mimic event…
‘I don’t know, it’s good to climb anything!’
– Lee Yeon-hee’s Skeleton Soldier!
– Irada!! This is the dead!
– Blast! Explosion is an art!
– The road opened in the middle! Let’s push together!
‘……’
I was very nervous about the bombs exploding in succession, but I got really upset when someone called me by my name strangely. Ha- what kind of guy is he really? The child who made me a woman.
I calmed down for a while and looked at the battle situation below from the air.
‘Is the only one dead… The one whose head was blown off in the first place?’
Perhaps it was worth the bombs and fireballs, but only one person died. Unlike Bae Joo-ah, who begged me to stay by my side, she seemed to still have enough magic power.
The management of battle, including mana management, is not something that can be done just by thinking. Only by experiencing a lot, reviewing mistakes made, realizing painfully, and regretting them. That’s how it grows day by day.
In that respect, our party members were growing beyond recognition every day.
‘The gemstones that have started working now… It will be fun to see what kind of gems will come out.’
I wondered if it would be like this when raising a child.
‘Huh… Where else are you? Intermediate Warrior, Intermediate Warrior… There he is.’
There were guys standing in the center of the formation of the Orcs, pretending to be leaders.
His appearance was not much different from other low-ranking warriors, but he could easily be distinguished just by his standing posture and the atmosphere he was exuding.
Huwook-
Following the gravitational wave from the sky, it plunges straight down――
[High-speed flight]
Adding the skill to the falling speed made the wind pressure of the air cutting through the wind much stronger.
“Kreuk?!”
Although he instinctively noticed the abnormality happening above his head.
‘It’s late. You bastard.’
[Skull Bomb]
[Flame Slash]
Phuong-!
Chow ah!
“Keuhuhhh!!”
An explosion exploded around the head of the orc who looked up at the sky, and soon after, a dagger tore through his thick skull and pierced it like an erection.
Kwajijik!
Maybe it was because he was heavily damaged by the bomb, but he was able to cut his bones easier than expected.
According to the force drawn downward, the bones of the creature could not split and were crushed and destroyed.
Eventually, a long line extending all the way to my neck was drawn, and my brain and blood gushed out, and because of that, red dots spread like paint on the blank space of my body, which was in a state of stealth.
‘Unhide.’
Kung!
– Killed an Orc Intermediate Warrior!
– [Warrior’s Cry] Level has risen!
Warrior’s Cry Lv.2
– The warrior’s shout gives strength to allies!
– Strength +4 (+1)
‘Huh? I didn’t even use a warrior’s shout, so even if I killed a monster with the same skill, did it go up?’
It would make sense if it was a structure in which EXP was gained little by little when killing monsters with that skill, rather than only receiving EXP by using a skill at a meaningful timing during battle.
‘Okay. Then, if you play around in this dungeon, you might be able to raise the warrior’s shout level by one or two levels.’
I used a warrior’s shout once to commemorate my level increase.
– Strength +4
‘That sounds like a clue. How many times does this overlap? First of all, it’s up to number 2, so it’s stacked up to three times.’
Whiriririk-!
While I was thinking about something else for a while, a hatchet the size of my forearm flew towards my head.
‘Oh, that was a bit dangerous.’
“Kreurreuk! Tweak!”
As I lightly dodged the axe, the orcs spat thick saliva on the floor and disappeared behind their men again.
‘Is that bastard also an intermediate level? I don’t think I’m vastly different from the senior warrior I saw last time…’
Not all orcs were ignorant. It is known that their intelligence improves as their rank rises.
He couldn’t bear to attack me after killing an orc of the same level as himself, so he watched closely and threw it as soon as he saw an opportunity. Cunning child.