18 – The hunter, the victim
Only the upper body, completely separated from the lower body, was slowly moving in the direction Yeon-hee fled.
The subtle glow of the small nucleus in its head felt like it was crying out desperately to find its owner.
Grrr
Just in time, the short man who had first attacked in that direction was gasping for breath.
‘Just a little more…’
As I slowly approached, the dying man’s eyes seemed to recognize me, and his pupils widened. Soon, the shape of the skull reflected in the man’s eyes was clearly confirmed in my field of vision.
[Acid Spray]
Fuhuaak-!
“Keuuu…”
The body of the guy, whose face was crushed beyond recognition by the acid, trembled like crazy for a moment, then stopped moving.
– Defeated a powerful enemy!
– EXP greatly increases!
– Obtain Vitality Rune (Normal).
– Your level has risen. Choose three stats to increase.
– Your level has risen. Choose three stats to increase.
As soon as I leveled up, fragments of broken bones began to gather towards my upper body at a rapid pace.
It wouldn’t be possible to recover this fast with just one level up, but the speed was very fast because I leveled up twice at once. With the newly acquired rune effect, HP also increased by an additional 4.
[Skeleton Soldier Ilwol – Lv.8]
Strength: 29 (+6) Agility: 28 (+6) Stamina: 26 (+10)
Intelligence: 24 Power: 20 Resistance: 1
Sense: 16 Restoration: 2
The stats raised by leveling up were quickly distributed to Geun, Min, and Body. Soon, as soon as his legs were joined to his upper body, he ran in the direction his body was being led.
‘Where are you! Where!’
I wonder if I ran like crazy for about 5 minutes.
I was finally able to see Yeonhee and the man.
The two of them were still chasing, but their movements were noticeably slowed down as if they were very tired.
– sh*t… I’ll definitely kill you… I’ll tear you to shreds…
– Haa··· Haa···
I see a man clinging tenaciously behind Yeon-hee, who is exhaling wildly and spitting out curses. He was being chased with his leg with a dagger stuck in his thigh.
It was probably possible because they were able to find directions precisely with their sense of smell. Seeing that, anger surged from his body like a furnace.
“Tick-tock-!”
– Ha? f*ck, what are you talking about?
– Ah!···
I hit the man on the chin as hard as I could with the stick.
[Kangta]
Baaagh!
Kuch black-!
I could definitely feel the taste of my hand. The sense of impact was clearly conveyed even to me, who had blurred senses.
Chow!
Ahhh! Hot! Aww!
I immediately poured the acid into his face, and beat him with a club.
– Let’s go… Buy, save…
‘It’s a disease.’
Pereouk-!
Kreuk···
If I could have spit, I would have spit thick spit into his face.
– The level of [Acid Spray] Has increased.
“Ha ha… Ha… Sun Moon!”
She sat down and called out to me, but she was too tired to even raise her head.
‘Is the guy who stabbed his throat with a dagger still alive?’
If I killed her, Yeon-hee would have leveled up and regained her stamina.
After catching her breath for a while, she stared at the man whose equipment was scattered, her eyes widening.
– Defeated a powerful enemy!
– EXP greatly increases!
– Obtained Vitality Rune (Normal).
– Acquired Vitality Rune (lower grade).
– Your level has risen. Choose three stats to increase.
“Rune······.”
Surprisingly, two runes were dropped, and one was a lower level rune. It was even a rune of vitality that could be obtained from a goblin centurion, so compared to the low-level rune I had, I could pass it on to the shield guild.
Yeon-hee quickly took the rune and looked at me and said.
“Sunwol, let’s go there earlier. It looks like it’s alive.”
Nod-
She is also a pro who has adapted to this world. In order to get rid of the back mask, I’ll have to take care of the one remaining guy.
I went back the way I came and arrived at the place where the guy who had stabbed his throat with a dagger had been.
Shhh- shhh-
He was breathing so shallow that he could only hear it if he put his ear close to it, but he was definitely alive. The light of life so faint that even if left untouched, one would soon lose one’s breath.
Pu-wook!
But she killed him without hesitation, and quickly left the place again with the fallen rune.
‘How did all the equipment fly away…’
There is a high probability that the dead person’s equipment will evaporate, but at least one will be dropped, but today was also an unlucky day.
We quickly moved towards the entrance. There was a group of goblins passing close by, but I ignored them.
‘On days like this, it’s right to jump out quickly.’
Obtained as many as 4 runes. It won’t be possible to be greedy anymore.
“Good job Sunwol-ah. I’ll call you soon.”
Nod-
My body soon folded and I was sucked into a space engulfed in darkness.
‘Whoa – It got a little twisted at the last minute.’
As soon as I arrived in front of the huge door, I lay down.
‘I’m probably under investigation…’
A magical seal given to the entrance office staff after entering the dungeon. The small seal on the wrist has a very simple structure, but each seal is linked to the person who gave it, so if the person who received it is disconnected, it will be immediately known.
Of course, it can only be judged whether they are alive or dead, but it is a useful means that allows them to interrogate the hunters who are leaving.
It is a world where deaths in dungeons cannot be published even in small local newspapers anymore, but the Hunter Management Agency also does work, so considering that Yeon-hee will come out after being investigated, it will take quite a while to be summoned back to the studio today.
Vitality Rune (Normal)
– Stamina +4
A normal grade vitality rune obtained by killing a short man.
‘For some reason, it seems that he grows faster than when he was a human… It’s not even funny.’
It’s only been 5 days since I was born as a Skeleton Soldier, but I was already laughing at level 8. What made that possible was, of course, the presence of attack skills.
[Smash] And [Acid Spray]
In particular, it was confirmed once again that acidic liquid is extremely useful.
Acid Spray Lv.2
– Sprays lethal acid in front.
– Spray amount +1
– Spray range +1
It is not easy to raise the level of a skill, but seeing that it has already risen, you can tell how much you have been using this skill. As the level goes up, the spray amount and range have increased slightly, so it will be more useful in the future.
‘I want the quality of the acid solution to improve… Is it greedy to want that?’
It’s just a slime’s skill, but it seems like overkill. It was satisfying to play a role just to outwit the opponent and limit their movements.
[Skeleton Soldier Ilwol – Lv.9]
Strength: 29 (+3) Agility: 31 (+3) Stamina: 26
Intelligence: 24 Power: 23 (+3) Resistance: 1
Sense: 16 Restoration: 2
I invested the stats I gained by killing the big man into a hard worker.
What should I do now?
·······.
It’s dark, quiet and desolate.
Humans can hear at least the sound of their own breathing and heartbeat, but skeletons don’t even have that resonance. But he doesn’t tremble even when he’s in this space anymore. I stopped grinding my teeth. I stopped crying.
‘Yeonhee… I want to see you soon…’
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Just looking at it makes me feel lighter. It makes me feel like I’m alive. It makes you feel like your heart is beating.
‘I want to keep making you smile.’
How can I do that?
Even now, her growth is on the fast side. No, if I were an indicator included in her growth, it would be a very fast axis.
Because even if I wasn’t there, he’s a person who rose to Grade A in two years. Even if she twisted her direction greatly, in the end, she went on a different path among the many ways to move forward, but her potential will remain the same.
Still, I have my doubts. At the current growth rate, will Yeon-hee be able to escape Jo Ki-man’s s*x life?
‘······· I can’t escape.’
Jo Ki-man is a mysterious being who is living his 7th life.
I don’t know what his life was like 6 times, but even if we assume that he only lived for 5 years per episode, he is already past his 60th birthday.
A few days ago, Yeonhee and I found a singularity and then quietly withdrew, in other words, it is the same as saying that it was just one element within the expected range.
‘As we become stronger, we must make him weaker.’
A dungeon that constantly creates and disappears. If you get the artifacts and achievements you acquire there first, you can hinder his growth a bit.
Fortunately, I didn’t tell him about the hidden places I found in my previous life.
‘Why would I tell you that?’
It was possible because I, who had a good sense of touch for people as much as I had sensory values, didn’t look good at the early days from the beginning.
There were times when I was sick of being with him, so I seriously considered leaving the guild, but in the end, I stuck with the guild because it gave me more money than other places. A lot of it too.
‘Damn what the money is.’
Looking back now, I should have acted on my intuition, but it’s just a belated regret. In the end, because I kept holding that awkwardness in my arms, I was a very foolish person because I died while suffering from him for no reason.
Thanks to this, the memory of not being able to die peacefully came to me suddenly, resulting in a mental illness that made my heart darken endlessly moment by moment, but this insignificant skeleton soldier’s great trait [Calm] Prevented his mental power from being eaten away.
Anyway.
‘I need to raise my rank quickly so that I can enter Nargul’s dungeon.’
This is because you need the skill of one of the monsters that only appear in that dungeon.