10. brain genius
“Then we will set off again.”
After waking up and unlocking the safe zone, the party started exploring again, and after about 20 minutes, the party entered a naturally created cave, not an underground waterway. It is a shady cave with human skeletons everywhere.
“Kreurreung… … .”
[Gnoll Scout] [Level 13]
Six gnoll patrols are walking. He is similar in height to the Nolls I saw in the underground waterway, but his size and armament look much better.
“That’s a bit much.”
Previously, only two or three appeared, but this time there are six. The problem is that Bussan Ai is not a professional tanker, so only two can be stably tanked. Of course, it’s not hard to handle six dogs. However, since our goal is Chief Gnoll, we had to catch him without casualties as much as possible.
“I do this. Kill one with a single shot with your bow, and take care of the other three while I’m in charge of two. Finally, I’m going to take care of what’s attached to me.”
“yes.”
“Kei-sama, are you okay?”
Bussan child asked me. He seems to be worried because he hasn’t done a complete single serving up to this point. But the reason I didn’t step forward was because I didn’t have to, so I just fought passively to study. So, I think we should give faith here at least once.
“Do not worry.”
“Um, I believe you.”
Seeing him wink at party member 2 next to him while saying that he believes in me, it seems that he is instructing me to help him in case of an emergency.
“Signal and shoot.”
Except for me and Aerang, the three took out their bows. Even if you are not an archer, there are many uses for a bow, so it seems that everyone carries one at a time. It’s me, it’s only been a day since I started playing, so I didn’t have time to prepare something like that… … .
Hard and hard… … .
After a while the protest was pulled.
“Shoot!”
Along with Bussan-ai’s cry, three arrows hit the face of the Nol scout who was walking the farthest.
“Kick!”
The gnoll scout flew back, three arrows sprouting from his face. It is an instant death judgment without any need to confirm. Retracting our bows, we drew our weapons and charged at the five gnoll scouts.
Kagagak!
Busani pushed the two with his shield, and I swung my shortsword at one of the remaining three.
visor!
“Kreureung!”
The gnoll scout blocked the shortsword with the bow he was holding, then pulled out the dagger he was wearing around his waist and tried to stab me in the chest. It’s an admirably agile response, but I also play with one arm. And my strength is stronger too.
Tsukeok!
“Keep it!”
I grabbed the hand of the guy who was holding the dagger and planted it on the other arm holding the bow, and I let out a scream and lost the dagger. I rotated the shortsword and made the bow fall from the guy’s hand, then pushed it in and cut the guy’s throat.
Push!
After killing him for confirmation by completely cutting his throat, I looked around and saw that he was still fighting for a while. I pulled the dagger from the fallen guy’s wrist and threw it at the gnoll scout fighting on the right, then slashed the gnoll scout on the left with his shortsword.
Crack!
The crude leather armor split open and the guy let out a scream. In a situation where you are competing with party member 2, even momentary rigidity is fatal.
“Good assist!”
Party member 2’s sword cut through his throat.
Tsukeok!
After confirming that blood was spurting from his neck, I turned my head to where I had just thrown the dagger.
“Ah!”
It hit anywhere and threw it, but luckily it seems to have stuck in the neck. After watching party member 1 finish, I approached the gnoll scouts, who were struggling with Bussan-ai. Fear seems to be in the eyes of these simple AI masses.
* * *
After the battle, the eyes of the party members toward me changed beyond comparison.
Bussan-ai, who was unable to properly see my performance (?) because she had her back turned, is staring at me blankly at the images of my performance (?) flowing from other people’s mouths.
“Ta-dak-tak! So, one of them pops up~”
“Wow… … .”
At Aerang’s hand movements, Bussan-Ai exploded in amazement.
“This was possible because Mr. Bussan-ai took care of the two of them.”
In fact, 1:1 and 2:1 differ in the level of difficulty of the battle. As the saying goes, if there were two of them, I wouldn’t have been able to kill them so quickly.
“I didn’t know Gosu.”
“It’s just because the vital attack worked well.”
“Be humble… … .”
“hahahaha… … .”
Bussan Ai said it was humility, but honestly, it was just because I wasn’t used to having others compliment me.
It doesn’t suit Vijay’s virtues, who aim to become a broadcaster, but it’s hard to tolerate being unfamiliar.
“Did you learn martial arts separately? They say that a black man catches monsters more easily… … .”
“right. Where do you go to dojang? Is it systema that is popular these days? Iaido? Western swordsmanship?”
I couldn’t even go near the dojang, let alone martial arts. I just think it would be nice to see the situation at that time and move on. But if I say no, I don’t think you’ll believe me again.
“I just learned a lot.”
“Ohhhh… this and that… After all, Gosu is good at everything.”
No matter how they took my words, all four of them pointed at me and put their thumbs up. It seems like you’re misunderstanding something, but it’s better than being annoying.
“Hmmmm, let’s go.”
“Yes! Then, since we’ve confirmed Kei’s skills, we’ll move on a little faster.”
“yes!”
As we entered the gnoll lair a little deeper, more diverse gnolls stood in our way, including gnoll scouts, gnoll warriors, and gnoll bandits. The gnoll bandits were especially threatening, and the moment they were attacked, they used something similar to stealth for a while, then went back and attacked from behind. I was also hit once, but because of my low health, 30% of it came out at once. Even if the upper body with proper armor was attacked, it would be an instant death judgment if it hit even a vital part.
However, Bussan-ai took all of these things into consideration and proceeded with the reading, and finally reached the place where the Nol chief was. In front of a building that looks like a ger, a large gnoll, two heads taller than the other gnolls, is sitting on a chair made of human and monster bones, munching on the unidentified meat set on the table in front of them. He was wearing armor made of leather and bone, and on one side was a large mace, with six gnoll warriors standing as if to escort him.
“There is also Kay, who is new to the Nol chief, so I will explain the strategy. The basic goal is for me to drag 6 warriors to gnoll around while the other 4 kill the chieftain with all their might. The caveat is that if you put too much damage on the gnoll chief in the early stages, the gnoll warrior may return, so you have to attack after a certain distance, and if Aerang-nim heals me, it may bounce aggro, so don’t worry about me and focus only on the recovery of the four of you .”
“yes.”
“Do not worry.”
Everyone has some experience, but the party atmosphere is only lightly tense.
“Then let’s begin!”
* * *
Wow!
“Got it!”
[You have leveled up.]
With a cheerful notification, the gnoll chieftain, half-decapitated by my shortsword, fell.
“Oh, it’s hard.”
“You worked hard!”
“Iknow, right. I thought I was ruined when my heels jumped out in the middle, but Kei-nim grabbed me and I lived.”
“Kkeukkeuk, you and I almost became traitors.”
“Gh, don’t make fun of me. I thought my heart stopped when Chief Noll jumped at me.”
Everyone says a word and enjoys the afterglow of the battle. After overcoming the tense and dangerous moments and clearing the boss, I can understand why people enjoy raids with parties.
“When I caught the Nol chief, I was resurrected at least once or twice, but Kay-sama cut it off in the middle, so I survived.”
“It’s thanks to Bussan Ai-nim’s good reading.”
“hahahaha, is that so? Anyway, since the video was chosen well, you can expect some views.”
Raided the Gnoll chief without a single death. There is a resurrection, but there is a huge experience point penalty, so it’s good to finish without dying.
“Route quickly and take a break. There’s blood everywhere.”
“okay.”
It was when Aerang, who was in charge of loot, approached the corpse of the Noll chief. I felt a chill for some reason and turned my head to see a man in a cloth robe standing in the distance with a cane pointed at me. A huge fireball emitting orange light, which he presumably shot, is flying.
“Harm!”
Kwa-gwa-gwa-kwam!
“Ouch!”
The moment the fireball hit the center of the party, it exploded and the body flew like a piece of toilet paper. In the messy, crumpled field of vision, Bussan-i, who is enveloped in a fireball and flying away, and Aerang, who raises both hands high, look like slow motion.
‘Why is it so hot?’
No matter how realistic Seion is, there is no pain. Of course, since it deceives the brain with a similar sense, it gives a feeling of immersion by making it feel similar to pain, but pain was prohibited by law because it could have a great adverse effect on the subject. But what do you feel right now? is it pain? Is it anger? or… … .
‘Is it a pleasure?’
[True berserk]
– Increase attack speed by 1.25x when HP is below 50%, increase attack power by 300%
* * *
“Tsk, I told you to set a time for it, so you’re still playing the game.”
Hyemi, who came to see what she was doing after finishing her broadcast, clicked her tongue low as she looked at Jeonghyeon, who was still lying on the capsule playing games. Being a broadcaster requires thorough self-management. In particular, unlike games in the past, virtual reality games are insensitive to changes in the body during games, so you need to take care of your body more thoroughly. That’s why you only play games and broadcast for a set amount of time, and take proper sleep or exercise the rest of the time.
“Ehu, it’s the same for older and younger siblings to not listen.”
Hyemi sighed and sat down in front of the monitor placed on one side of the capsule.
Click, click… … .
“I took a lot of videos.”
When I opened the saved broadcast video folder, it contained about 7 hours of video. He wants to help with editing, but since he himself is too lazy to edit videos, he promised to find an editor with good skills once the videos are gathered.
“Shall we take a look?”
It’s the first day, so I don’t expect much because it’s just stuttering and there will only be videos that adapt to the game. However, it is rather important as it is the first day. Because you can see the real ability from the most raw appearance.
“Hmm, I’m doing well according to the strategy guide I wrote… … .”
Hyemi nodded her head as she quickly flipped through the video of the game being played with Kei’s gaze. The battle on the first floor of the underground water is played. At first, Hyemi’s expression, which was cold, gradually changed as time passed. I reached the top 0.001% in the tutorial, so I knew some fighting skills, but… This was another side of Junghyun.
Click, click… … .
I moved the progress bar to move the time forward, but it’s still holding the mouse. can’t even rest It’s just a mechanical movement.
“I heard that you worked part-time at the workshop, but you are very good at labor.”
Even a person skilled in virtual reality cannot sustain a battle for more than six hours. If the tension of the battle is maintained at that level, the brain gets tired, so in about 3 hours, the limbs become twisted. But Jung-hyeon was really catching mice like a machine. This is another talent for gamers.
“Is there anything more to see?”
Almost to the end, only rat catching comes out. To the extent that anyone can see that it may have been lengthened by copying and pasting… That was when she was about to close the recorded video.
“uh? what’s this?”
For the first time, something other than a mouse caught my eye. And then her eyes widened.
“Why is this coming out here!”
I knew that the event itself was blocked because the event boss, the Giant Golden Rat, failed to adjust the difficulty level. That’s why I didn’t even include it in the strategy guide, but Jeong-hyeon met the giant golden rat alone. No matter how talented Jung Hyun is, the boss is another matter. This is a situation that can only be described as literally being flagged for death. However, after a while, she opened her mouth wide.
“equality… sun?”
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Jung Hyun was fighting against a giant golden rat. I allowed one shot very occasionally, but other than that, everything else was perfect with evasion and vital attacks. As if a pro gamer who was fully familiar with the strategy of attacking the Giant Golden Rat was filming a strategy video, he was cooking the Giant Golden Rat. Surprisingly, it wasn’t just that.
“Clear all berserk attacks by avoiding them?”
It passes the berserk section, which is the root cause of the Giant Golden Rat event’s blockage, by just avoiding it.
“What!”
“Chwiiik!”
She cleared the second berserk with evasion and finally defeated the giant golden rat.
click… … .
“Whoa!”
Hyemi, who had been holding her breath throughout the video, let out a long breath. It’s nonsense. Completed the Giant Golden Rat solo. It is said to be a split section, but a boss is a boss. Jeong-hyeon, who is less than level 10, caught the giant golden rat, which had also annihilated the Vijay party, who had rushed to shoot a video of the strategy, and who had hit the level limit.
“you… What is your identity?”
Even pro gamers who eat raw meat had different numbers when they first started, but it wasn’t to this extent. If you send this video to a professional gaming team right away, they will come rushing to you to sign a contract with a bundle of money. It was a time when Hye-mi was sitting in a daze, amazed by Jung-hyeon’s yet another talent.
Beep beep beep!
It was then. A low buff sound was heard from the capsule, and a window appeared on the screen’s task bar. When Hyemi clicked on the window with her cursor, her eyes widened once again.
“Nonsense!”