47. practice mission
Monsters are human beings who are born supernaturally. A cockroach-like existence that recklessly jumps at humans when they see them and tries to kill them, reappearing from somewhere even if they kill and kill and kill again.
In reality, it is an existence that cannot be understood or explained, but in a game way, it is an existence that can be explained very simply.
A regenerating monster.
If this existence, which can be explained extremely simply in terms of game, is implemented in reality, it would be a headache.
“do not worry-! All of the seniors in 3rd grade with you guys are veterans!”
Instructors and professors from the Department of Engineering passed among the cadets and spat words of encouragement, but there was no cadet like Jeong Park-ah who was relieved to hear those words.
At this time, there were only two types of cadets standing without tension. Either you are too confident in your own skills, or the skills of your 3rd year senior who became your partner are too good.
Kyle was both the former and the latter.
“See you again in a place like this! Kyle.”
“I see.”
Kyle’s partner was Ruby Alderica. The general manager of the Swordsman’s Club and an expert level master.
Kyle found it strange that the faculty members tied him and Ruby together. Even if he didn’t know he was a master, the instructors knew very well that he was an expert-level cadet.
In a way, it was only natural that he beat up the self-proclaimed expert Hundred every day.
But what about tying those two experts together? This meant that there was no other ulterior motive.
‘what?’
I couldn’t understand, but I wasn’t particularly worried. Isn’t that Master and Expert? No matter who they meet, they are strong people who can save at least one life.
Ruby, who didn’t know that she was a master, but thought she could be an expert level or higher, had the same idea, so she quickly opened the mission order.
“… … Um, are you going?”
“Why, where are you from?”
“Mountain of trolls.”
“troll?”
The most fantasy monster.
Commonly known as the Knight Slayer.
* * *
Trolls are big monsters. Its physical strength is strong enough to pull out a tree and swing it, and its skin is so thick that the blade does not work well.
This was a characteristic that was not a problem for a knight who could write an aura. This is because a knight who knows how to use an aura can cut through the skin of a troll without any problems.
The reason why trolls got their nickname of knight slayers is because of their special ability. Super regenerative ability that instantly heals limbs even if they are severed.
The psychic power that makes the wounds invisible at the same time as being cut by the sword makes the knights useless.
‘It’s quicker to take the wizard… … .’
Ignite wounds, freeze them, or curse them to reverse regeneration.
It is a monster that can be caught very easily if you take a wizard, but it is a monster that can hardly be caught by knights.
The fact that only two knights were sent there made Ruby vomit.
“what’s this?”
I went to the instructor thinking that something was wrong, but the instructor shook his head saying that it was not. The destinations given to the cadets were based on the cadets’ ability to choose the most suitable place or something.
It was a laughable answer, but Ruby asked Kyle first.
“Do you have any force abilities?”
“I don’t have one.”
“Then why are you f*cking? It comes and goes again.”
Ruby, who spat out thick curse words uncharacteristic of an aristocratic lady, visited the professor again, and returned with a frustrated expression this time.
“… … He said we could do it. What the hell are you talking about?”
If the other professors had said something like that, they would have at least said something like that, so it seems that it was Gawain who said it.
The Academy’s only Aura Master. The model for all knight cadets.
As if Ruby couldn’t put up with Gawain’s horse like that, she quietly got on the carriage heading to Troll’s Mountain.
“Ahh… … is this correct? really? really?”
Leaving Ruby whining like a sergeant leaving for guerrilla training in his later years, Kyle thought about why Gawain had sent him here.
Although it is a troll called a thorn slayer, that was a term used only by expert-level knights——and if you became a master, the story would be different.
The blade of light that cuts through anything can cut even the regenerative powers of trolls. The wounds cut by the Aura Blade cannot be healed.
‘Are you saying to use the Aura Blade?’
However, the headmaster and the duke told him to hide the fact that he was a Master. Considering that, it could have been said to deal with the troll without using the aura blade.
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No, it could have been neither. The destination is only a mountain of trolls, and there is no saying to catch trolls. There is also the possibility that a new monster, not a troll, has settled there… … .
“Kyle?”
“—Ah, yes. Senior Ruby.”
“What are you thinking like that? Are you that worried?”
“No, not like that.”
“hahahaha, don’t worry dude! This older sister will protect you, so stay by your side and watch over my back.”
Ruby said that and put a headlock on Kyle’s head. There was no way he could have been dragged by force or skill, but Kyle was dragged along without hesitation.
Her chest presses and squeezes Kyle’s head gently. Kyle, who was enjoying the pressure, was rocked back and forth by the wagon that had come to a halt before long.
“what?”
[Im here.]
When the spirit who was driving the wagon said so, Ruby opened the door as if she knew it and came out.
Mountain of trolls. A special area near the Academy Territory.
If you ask why there are monster-filled mountains near the academy territory, there are two reasons. First, in this game, the main character is the player character attending the academy. In other words, the closer to the academy, the more dangerous monsters.
Second, troll blood is a very precious magic material, and it is something that would make the magic professors at the academy drool, so the academy deliberately made this acid to be maintained.
For both game and practical reasons, this troll mountain still lives on.
“Kyle, open the mission.”
“Yes.”
“What did you write down? If you see that he sent it to the troll mountain, he must have asked for troll blood.”
“It’s similar.”
Listening to Ruby’s words, Kyle quietly closed the mission.
The contents of the mission statement were as follows.
[Troll’s mountain, kill the test subject at the top]
─Use of the Aura Blade is recommended.
—The mission is to be burned.
‘It was a waste of time.’
Kyle smiled bitterly when he finally figured out why he had been sent here.
* * *
Most of the wizards are eccentrics, and they have an experimental aspect. They showed great interest in the trolls near the academy, including hybrids of monsters.
What would happen if you crossed a troll and a goblin? What about orcs and trolls? What about ogres and trolls?
Trolls’ super-regenerative ability was something they coveted, and wizards thought that if they could mix that trait with other races, they could create the strongest monster.
Setting aside the question of where to use the created monster, the wizards succeeded in creating the monster for now.
Ogre’s strength, troll’s regenerative power, Cyclops’ exorcism, and all other monsters’ characteristics were brought together to create Chimera.
‘My name is Hecatoncale… … Was it?’
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Named after a giant in Greek mythology. True to its name, this chimera monster has become an outrageously powerful monster.
It was so strange that only one master and one expert were sent.
‘Don’t these bastards even know what they made?’
The grandeur of Hecatoncale was vividly remembered even after more than ten years of playing the game. A scene in which the player character and his colleagues, whom he had worked hard to raise, were swept away like fallen leaves at one gesture.
I don’t know how many times I tried to catch him. It was a monster that could only be hunted after dying and dying again.
The master mobilized in the process is Yeol. A number that could not be gathered even if you searched the entire academy and the entire empire.
‘It’s not like I’m just going behind… … .’
Of course, if Hecaton Kale had been such a monster from the start, it would have appeared as soon as the game started wiping out everything.
There is only one thing that it is not. Hecatoncale did not grow when the player was in the first year.
‘Can I catch it now?’
or run away Kyle thought so and started climbing the Troll Mountain. Ruby followed after Kyle.
On the ridge, Kyle ran straight ahead as he saw the troll blocking his path. A lightly wielded sword decapitates the troll, before regenerating it with another blow, knocking off its head.
It’s super regenerative ability, and there’s no way to survive with a cut on the head. The moment she left the fallen troll behind and was about to climb up, Ruby began to tilt her head as if it were strange.
“… … What is it, Kyle? you-“
“Ah, senior. this is so… … .”
“Where?”
“… … Yes?”
“no… … If you collected this much blood, didn’t you collect it all? Should I collect more?”
After hearing her words, Kyle realized that he had introduced her to another mission belatedly.
I couldn’t leave it like this, so I introduced her to a proper mission.
“… … what?”
“So, bring me the blood of the chimera troll here at the top, not the normal troll blood.”
“No, what kind of mission is that? What master are you?”
“… … Iknow, right.”
Listening to Ruby’s sharp words, Kyle began to break out in a cold sweat.