Episode 46
The reason I came forward was not because I was confident. Because if I stayed still, the only thing I could do was die.
None of the party members could defeat that giant monkey. In that case, you have no choice but to do something yourself. Whether it’s yelling or whatever.
As he slowly approached, Si-hyeon concentrated on the giant monkey’s movements with all his might. If you do something after moving, you will be late. I have no choice but to stop before I move.
Sihyeon mentally prepared herself to yell at any time.
“Kukaka!”
The giant monkey laughed as if it was fun to see the vision. It seemed funny to see such a weak and insignificant being that would crumble to pieces with just a passing glance approach me alone with a serious look on my face.
When will this guy move?
Sihyeon measured the timing. His eyes stared at the giant monkey’s exposed teeth. When he stops laughing, his big mouth closes and his teeth start to show.
Sihyeon shouted with all her might.
“Waaaaaaaa-!!”
The loud sound spread everywhere. Immediately after shouting, Sihyeon’s face showed an expression of complete shock. A tingle and goosebumps ran down his spine, and his body trembled.
The huge body of a giant monkey was right in front of me. It was close enough that I could even see a single strand of its red fur. It came in the blink of an eye.
If I had shouted a little later, I would have died.
“oh my god….”
The hunters who were watching also sighed in surprise. The moment the giant monkey appeared in front of Sihyeon, he thought he was dead.
Eunhye was trembling with a pale face due to worry and nervousness and did not know what to do.
Fortunately, the giant monkey seemed clearly shocked by the sudden shout. He covered his ears with a very painful expression and was staggering around like a drunk person.
“Kuu… Kuu….”
I let out a moan that I had never heard before.
‘After all, this guy is a giant monkey!’
Even though Sihyeon was surprised, she could not hide her excitement. The fact that the guy was caught by shouting was a clear fact from the system. And as expected, the same method works.
Sihyeon shouted once again. Since he didn’t have any magic power, he could continue indefinitely.
“Aaaaaah-!!”
However, this time, the effect did not seem to be as great as before, perhaps because the monkey covered its ears with its huge hands. This could be seen by looking at the giant monkey’s expression. The pained expression did not get worse, but rather seemed to be calming down.
Damn, at this rate… .
At that moment, a thought quickly passed through Sihyeon’s mind. His body was already moving along with his thoughts. There was no time to delay even 0.1 second.
Sihyeon went behind the giant monkey, who was still unconscious. Before he knew it, Poahim’s rope was in Sihyeon’s hand.
I was thinking of using the art of trapping. Of course, he did not initially think that he could use a complete Poseung technique. It was a huge man, over 3 meters tall, and both arms were raised upward, so it seemed impossible to bind them.
However, there was a calculation that fast movement could be blocked even if the legs were tied tightly.
‘Poseungsul!’
Sihyeon used the Hoseungsul skill without delay.
My body began to move uncontrollably at an incredibly fast speed. It was as expected. Perhaps because he felt that with his current abilities, he could not forcibly lower the giant monkey’s arms and tie them up, his body did not move in that direction at all. It seemed to be a skill that allowed one to figure out the optimal means to tie up the opponent.
One, two… huh?
Sihyeon opened his eyes in surprise. As I was counting to three in my mind, the giant monkey’s two legs were already tied tightly to the rope. It seemed like it took less time because it wasn’t a perfect capture.
After confirming that the giant monkey’s legs were tied, Sihyeon stepped back a little and observed its movements. Since I couldn’t run as I wanted anymore, I wouldn’t be attacked in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, the giant monkey, which had come to its senses from the shock of the shout, looked embarrassed as if it was the first time it had been tied to something. I tilted my head and strengthened my legs to try to cut the rope.
However, Poahim’s rope is a luxury product made by twisting the expensive royal griffin’s tendon. No matter how hard it was to break even the might of a giant monkey, I continued to use my might, but the rope was unshakable.
When it wasn’t enough, the giant monkey blinked its big eyes and looked at Sihyeon.
‘Why are you looking at me?’
Sihyeon also glared at the giant monkey. After observing his condition for a while, I noticed something.
‘Ah, look at this guy.’
The guy was rolling his head, looking at Sihyeon’s thoughts. I want to use his hand to untie the rope, but I can’t lower my hand because I remember the shock I received from the shout I received earlier.
I could tell by the way the guy’s hands were fidgeting while he was covering his ears. Sihyeon understood the psychology of the giant monkey and narrowed the distance further.
The moment I took my hands off my ears to loosen the rope, I wanted to get as close as possible and yell.
“Kuka.”
The giant monkey continued to frown as if his legs were tied to the rope. From the looks of it, it seemed like he would soon not be able to hold back and would put his hand down.
Sihyeon strengthened her legs so that she could run at any time.
However, contrary to Sihyeon’s expectations, the guy kept thinking that he was a primate and kept thinking.
“Mr. Sihyeon!”
Hyeong-cheol saw that the giant monkey’s legs were tied, and before he knew it, he staggered closer.
But his expression was extremely pale. Even heels cannot treat internal injuries.
Hyeong-cheol, who was quick-witted, had a rough idea of what the current situation was. He mustered his last strength and grabbed the warhammer. And he poured out all of his remaining magical power and used the God’s Judgment skill again.
“I will mess with his mind.”
Hyeong-cheol aimed his warhammer at the giant monkey’s head and started hitting it.
Pow!
puck!
The giant monkey was helpless because its legs were tied and both hands were covering its ears. Of course, it wasn’t a big blow, but I frowned as if it stung.
In the end, the giant monkey continued to hit its head in annoyance and reflexively extended its fist towards the annoying human.
Even though it’s a primate, it’s still a monkey. Because of his annoyance, he forgot about Sihyeon for a moment.
At that moment, Sihyeon kicked off the ground and jumped up near the giant monkey’s ear. Then he shouted loudly with all his might.
“Waaaaaaaaaa-!!”
“Kuuuuu?!”
The giant monkey opened its eyes wide in surprise and continued to stumble. Then, perhaps because his legs were tied, he lost his balance and started falling to the floor.
Kudang!
The giant monkey fell to the floor with a very loud noise.
This time, Sihyeon put her face right into the guy’s big ears and screamed loudly again.
“Aaaaaaaaa-!!”
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“Kuh… kuh….”
The giant monkey looked completely lost. When I looked closely, to my surprise, I saw that the guy had passed out with his eyes open. As expected, he seemed extremely weak to shouting.
It had to end now. Sihyeon took out another rope from his inventory. Although it was not as good as that of the Royal Griffin, it was tough and strong in its own way, made from twisted orc tendons. One rope was not enough to be used in actual combat, so I bought several from the item shop.
‘Strangle.’
Sihyeon wrapped the rope around the giant monkey’s neck. To make sure the rope was securely fixed, I wrapped it around my neck several times and then squeezed the end of the rope.
“blessing.”
Hyeong-cheol, who immediately noticed what Si-hyeon was doing, used up his last magical power to bless Si-hyeon.
Sihyeon felt that his body’s vitality had increased significantly. This time, Sihyeon took out a strength scroll. I bought it because I realized something after seeing other hunters using it in an emergency.
Sihyeon tore the scroll. Then I felt my whole body overflowing with strength.
‘good.’
Now the preparations are complete.
Sihyeon tightened his grip on the rope and pulled.
Ouch!
I felt it. The feeling of the rope digging into his neck and squeezing it strongly.
Sihyeon gritted his teeth and applied more strength.
Wow!
“Kuh… big….”
The giant monkey’s mouth opened wide.
However, it was a reflex movement. I hadn’t come to my senses yet. Breathing was cut off from the open mouth.
Sihyeon continued to pull the rope with great force. They had to put as much pressure on his aorta as possible to cut off his blood flow. That way he could be killed surely and quickly.
“….”
After squeezing the monkey’s neck for another 20 seconds, the monkey’s pupils finally relaxed completely. There was no need to confirm death. This is because a notification window appeared.
[Poahim gives honest praise for strangling a strong enemy that is too much for you to handle. He was in a very happy mood.]
[Strength +100, Agility +100, Wisdom +100, Stamina +100, Mental Strength +100 recovery]
huh… ?
All stats increase by 100 at once?
Sihyeon looked in disbelief at the amazing reward.
But that wasn’t the end.
[Recover magic power +2]
“her….”
It finally went up.
Horsepower.
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“Waaaaah!”
People who saw that the giant monkey was not moving shouted with joy.
“I lived! I lived!”
“This is reality, isn’t it?”
People hugged each other and shared joy. They still seemed like they couldn’t believe this.
The cheers of those around him made Sihyeon realize that he had defeated the giant monkey. He committed suicide by strangling himself, but he still didn’t realize that he had done such a huge thing. He seemed unreal, as if he were moving in a dream.
So I stood there watching people cheering with a blank expression.
“…Sihyeon oppa.”
Grace’s eyes were full of tears. When Si-hyeon approached the giant monkey alone, he seemed to be in great shock because he thought he was going to die.
“Good job.”
Minjun just said that.
But his eyes said a lot.
“Si-hyeon, thanks to you, I survived. I really don’t know how to thank you….”
Taeseong bowed his head deeply. While everyone felt the joy of being alive, only Hyeong-cheol had a sad expression. He was deep in thought as he looked at Jinsu’s miserable corpse.
“It’s the gate! The gate above the altar has opened!”
Suddenly someone shouted in excitement. People’s eyes quickly turned towards the altar located in the middle of the village.
Indeed, a gate had been created there. This time it was white, not red. When the boss is defeated, the blocked gate entrance turns white and opens again.
As expected, the giant monkey seemed to be the boss. So it seemed like the exit from the gate was open. However, this time, the exit was created near the boss, so there was no need to walk back to the entrance.
It was fortunate. She almost walked for half a day without moving. Because it was a double gate, it seemed different from a regular gate.
“First, let’s get the magic stones quickly.”
Although he killed the boss, Taeseong said as he was worried about what might happen again at this strange gate.
“is it so.”
“Let’s hurry.”
People shouted as if they were anxious about staying here for a long time. It seemed like he just wanted to grab what he needed and get out of the gate quickly.
Sihyeon also agreed. I wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible.
People were moving around busily. Perhaps because the monkeys were so weak, the magic stones were like the lowest quality magic stones often seen at E-class gates. Almost no items were dropped, and even if they were, they were miscellaneous items. Still, since there were so many, it seemed like if I collected them all, I would get the money for attacking a few low-level gates.
But the giant monkey was completely different. This guy dropped a black magic gem the size of an adult’s head. It had an unusual sheen to the point where you could tell it was a high-quality product even without measuring its purity. And that wasn’t all.
“Unique item…!”
Taeseong, who checked the item, let out an exclamation with surprised eyes. It was a unique item that appeared with a slim chance if you caught the boss monster of the advanced gate. No matter how bad it was, it was a treasure worth at least billions of dollars.
It was my first time seeing Taeseongdo in a raid.
“Unique?”
“…The boss was a real monster, and it was also a high-level gate.”
“Hey… does something like that really pop up? I heard that even if you go through the advanced gate tirelessly, it won’t pop up….”
Sihyeon also looked curiously at the word unique. He had to tear down the money he had saved to buy rare weapons and armor, but unique ones were several orders of magnitude more expensive than that.
Taeseong shifted his gaze towards Sihyeon.
“This is Sihyeon’s responsibility.”
“yes?”
“It’s only natural that he contributed the most to eliminating the boss monster.”
The case in which high-value items dropped by bosses were divided equally was when the hunters’ contributions were similar, making it difficult to distinguish between superiority and inferiority. When the difference in contribution is as stark as it is now, ownership cannot be questioned.
Hyeong-cheol also nodded as if that was correct.
Sihyeon suddenly received a unique item.
“Hunter, take the boss’s magic stone.”
Taeseong said to Hyungcheol.
He even used the expensive Giga Lightning, which was a life-saving scroll, to wound the giant monkey and even provided appropriate assistance to Sihyeon to defeat the giant monkey. Without Hyeong-cheol, the party would have been in great trouble.
“…All right.”
Hyeong-cheol nodded. He still looked depressed from the shock of losing his comrade. Otherwise, it would have been Hyeong-cheol, not Tae-seong, who was leading the current situation.
“It looks like everything has been sorted out, so let’s go out of the gate now.”
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“Ugh! What is this?”
Hiris made a dumbfounded face. The corpses of monkeys were strewn everywhere. And the giant monkey they were trying to hunt was already dead.
The traces of the body showed that it had died in various ways, as if it had been hit by a sword, magic, or blunt weapon.
“Where did you send the punitive force from?”
Hyris frowned.
“….”
Poahim also looked a little shaken. He trotted over and looked at the body of the giant monkey.
There were clear traces of a string digging into his neck.
strangulation.
Who is it?
There were very few people who used ropes as tools for murder. There was no way a knight would ever use such a tool. Among assassins, there are probably very few.
Among that rare group, is there anyone capable of strangling a giant monkey?
It didn’t come to mind easily.
“Ah… I’m not human, so I can’t read the memories of a corpse. It’s driving me crazy, really.”
Hyris grumbled. She seemed a little irritated when someone stole her prey first.
“…Let’s go back.”
Poahim muttered. He was also curious about the identity of his opponent.
But there was no way to find out here.
But if you have this level of ability, you will find out someday. He might meet him if he becomes a prisoner.
“You’re leaving as soon as you arrive? I’ll somehow find out what happened….”
“….”
Poahim ignored her words and turned his back on her and walked away.
“Oh, really! It’s annoying. It’s annoying. Stop, Poahim! Stop!”
fantasy,
