Chapter 122 – Cloud-Shrouded Nest (3)
Boeun-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do.
Outside the barrier, the entrance to Songnisan Field.
Moon Ga-eun and I were walking side by side in this place, flanked by dense trees as if decorating the surroundings.
… With Seong Na-yeon following quietly from far behind.
I turned my head to check Seong Na-yeon and said, sticking a little closer to Moon Ga-eun.
“… Take responsibility.”
At that one word, Moon Ga-eun was startled and replied.
“Me, me, are you crazy? What, what are you responsible for?”
What.
Why are you so surprised
I looked at her with her sullen expression.
“It’s an escort from the Royal side. You take responsibility and convince Holder Seong Na-yeon. As naturally as possible.”
“Ah, that responsibility… Phew… I again….”
What are you thinking?
Moon Ga-eun, who let out a sigh of relief, looked at me again with a pouty expression.
“Sometimes you say you don’t have to worry. Clan escort.”
“What? Hey, that’s different from this one. This is a promise… !!”
I stopped talking for a moment.
I think my voice got too loud.
I even glanced back.
“…….”
Just as expected.
Seong Na-yeon was watching us from afar with a happy face.
… Fuck.
It seems that this is also a fight for love.
This was filmed as a couple firmly.
I turned her head and whispered to Moon Ga-eun.
“This is a breach of promise. I’m sure I just had to say hello to my father at that time.”
Moon Ga-eun’s fake boyfriend role.
This obviously ended with one meal with Moon Jeong-hyeok, and the role play was successful at the time.
I played the role of boyfriend more perfectly than Ga-eun Moon originally asked for, and I was able to leave a positive image by finishing the second drinking party with Jung-hyeok Moon in a good mood.
Moon Ga-eun’s lie was transformed into the truth.
However, the role play that I thought was over is now in progress.
… Against Sung Na-yeon, one of the key players in 〈 Royal 〉.
Moon Ga-eun also had an embarrassing face, as if she hadn’t expected it this far.
“I’m really sorry about that… I told you it was a secret from Dad….”
She mumbled and continued.
“Perhaps it was because I was worried about the villain, so I said everything without saying anything.”
“…….”
I use the invincible shield.
A father’s concern for his daughter….
It wasn’t that I didn’t understand.
It was two weeks ago that there was an attack by 〈 Villain 〉, and the 〈 Anti-Villain 〉 Circle was created last week.
After that, he said that he and the club president would go hunting in the field together, but it was strange that he wasn’t worried.
In particular, Moon Jeong-hyeok is a father who has a particularly deep affection for his daughter.
‘…….’
Of course, I don’t know if that’s why we even say we’re lovers.
Perhaps, as Moon Ga-eun said, it seemed that the story came out while she was telling Seong Na-yeon about us.
I said with a shallow sigh.
“I can’t help it. If you’re hunting anyway, you won’t care much. I told you that I came here to hunt in the first place, so you’ll understand.”
“… Yes. I’m really sorry.”
“Hey. If I sincerely apologize, what will I be? I just said I am not angry.”
I was embarrassed by the appearance of Ga-eun Moon, who was completely down.
Actually, it was the hunt I asked to go on, and Ga-Eun Moon only followed me, but I felt sorry that I was blaming myself for nothing.
… Are you sure you’re not crazy?
I asked scratching my head.
“Shall we hold hands like that time?”
At that, Moon Ga-eun raised her head and replied.
“No! I think it will be ok! Seong Na-yeon, Holder, I will do my best to convince you!”
Such a stubborn refusal.
It’s also tight.
* * *
A place where monsters gather, a field outside the barrier.
Each field has different topographical characteristics and monster tendencies. Among them, Songnisan Field was the only field where monsters did not appear in the beginning.
Near the open hill beyond the hiking trail.
Go to the middle of the field and the monsters will start appearing.
Thanks to that, we didn’t face the monster for a long time after field climbing.
“I think it’s time to come out soon.”
I was a little nervous and looked around.
The [Sword of the Penitent] Is already in my hand.
He was perfectly prepared to fight whenever a monster appeared.
Moon Ga-eun put her hand on the floor for a while and said.
“The search hasn’t caught on yet. I think it will come out more.”
The reason archers are essential for parties.
This is because monsters that may appear at any time can be detected to some extent with the search rune.
Of course, I was able to search because I also had [Search for prey], Which I had obtained before, and which is now a [Descendant of the Barbarian King] Sub-rune.
Moon Ga-eun, who robbed her seat and stood up, raised her bow again.
She then looked around and said.
“But there aren’t many holders who hunt. Didn’t everyone come because it was a holiday?”
As she said, the neighborhood is too secluded.
Not even a monster, I can’t see anyone.
As I walked from the beginning to the current location, I hadn’t encountered a single holder.
The only people who pretended to be there were me, Moon Ga-eun, and Seong Na-yeon quietly following behind me.
But it wasn’t just because today was a holiday.
“Originally, Songnisan Field is a rather unpopular hunting ground.”
“Why?”
“The way monsters attack is tricky. Most of them are aerial types that fly in the sky, so hunting is difficult and everyone will have little experience fighting.”
Aerial type monsters are extremely difficult from the standpoint of opponents.
Warriors must mark the attacks of monsters who don’t know where to fly, and dealers can also be attacked at any time, so they must hunt carefully.
Unlike normal monsters, whose attacks are mostly in a straight line, aerial monsters can attack in any direction.
“But it’s not even a low grade.”
“Um, right.”
Songnisan Field is a fairly high level hunting ground.
There are no D-class or C-class monsters.
There are few monsters in the beginning, but from the middle, B-class monsters start to swarm, and as you go further up, A-class monsters appear frequently.
The other day, I was looking for an attack on the stained rock pile…
A hunting ground similar to the ‘Seorak Mountain Field’.
It’s such a high-level field, but even the monsters that appear are floating in the sky?
It was normal for everyone to not like it.
“But it is not without its downsides. They don’t move in groups like beast-type monsters, so it’s easy to defeat them individually, and since they have the advantage of flying, other abilities aren’t difficult in many cases… It might be easy to hunt secretly.”
As long as you adapt, Songnisan Field is a surprisingly good hunting ground.
… Of course, if you just adapt.
It’s annoying to adapt to it, so not everyone comes.
Moon Ga-eun looked at me with a new look.
“Do Jae-hyeon, you are quite quick at field hunting. I didn’t know too well.”
I was momentarily stoked by those words.
In fact, I only know the theory, only the theory.
I read a lot in writing.
It was also for this reason that I did not listen to lectures on dungeons or fields during common classes.
I know you so well that I’m tired of it now.
“Hmm, hmm. I am very interested in hunting. Have you ever been from a clan?”
“Yes. Even when I was dispatched, I only went to the Inwangsan field or the Seoraksan field.”
At that, I also nodded.
Two of the most popular hunting grounds in Korea.
If I needed to go hunting or gain experience, I would go to those two places, but there was no need to come to Songnisan Field.
In fact, if it weren’t for the ‘clue to the wyvern’…
He wouldn’t have come to such a tricky hunting ground.
Ugh-
Ugh-!
And then.
A ghastly cry came from far above.
After passing the first half of a long walk, now we have reached the middle.
Finally, the monster of Songnisan Field appeared.
Moon Ga-eun quickly started pulling the string of the bow, and I also looked at the sky with a nervous face.
A monster with a disgusting face appeared before long.
As soon as I saw him, I knew his identity.
“Hafi.”
Class B monster, Harpy.
A uniquely shaped monster with a human-like head and a bird’s body.
It is generally known that it has the face of a woman, but befitting the appearance of a monster, it was so crushed and crude that it was disgusting.
“Ga-eun, prepare a room with something strong.”
“What are you going to do?”
“Harpies are fast. It’s probably hard to hit right away even if you use the concentration rune. If I stop him with the dagger first, hit him with the strongest support shot. Then hunting will be much easier.”
Harpies are basically body-strengthening monsters.
Although there is a magic rune that can handle water, it is at an extremely insignificant level.
The guy’s main attack route was, no matter what anyone said, a surprise attack using high speed and aerial control.
The countermeasure against such an attack is to strike first in reverse.
Before it could roam through the air, it had to be restrained and brought down to the ground.
‘Secret magic is optimized for such an attack.’
Lately, I’ve been learning short swordsmanship from Yoo Eunseol, but my main use of daggers until then was secret swordsmanship.
Four daggers worn at the waist.
I put the [Sword of the Penitent] In the magic bag for a while and took out the daggers.
Turn it off-!!
Aww-!
The harpy came closer, still making strange noises.
The body of the guy who finally came into sight.
Without hesitation, I threw four daggers at me.
‘Quarter knife!’
A [Quarter Knife] That attacks with magical energy in a single dagger.
Even if you can’t defeat the harpy with this, it should be able to create an opening for Moon Ga-eun to attack.
The auxiliary rune, [Cool Concentration], Caught my shaky focus.
“Lucky.”
Two missed, but the other two pierced the harpy’s torso and legs.
And within the dagger on the leg side, it seemed that magic was contained.
Kkeuh-?
As soon as he saw the harpy whose movement was restricted for a moment, he shouted.
“Moon Ga-eun, now… ?”
And I, who was shouting, lost the end of my words for a moment.
That’ll be too….
Kwaaaaang!!
Turn off-?!
With a sudden great roar.
Because the harpy’s leg exploded.
The harpy, who received a huge shock, fluttered and flapped her wings sloppily, with her legs smashed.
Looking at it
Moon Ga-eun’s expression, which was drawing a spleen bowstring, became blank.
“This….”
When I saw that, I realized too.
Rain bomb linked with [Exploding Sword Force].
I added the explosive property because I was worried that the power would be insufficient…
This is a lot stronger than I thought.