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“Stand back!”
At the party, Kim Cheol-ho ran out and swung his sword.
Crunch!
The monster orc at the D-class gate was cut cleanly and fell to the ground.
“They’re all dead!”
At the party leader’s shout, the other party members also ran towards the group of orcs.
Crunch! Pfft! Phew!
There was no sense of tension.
The party members were definitely pros at hunting monsters, and the group of more than ten orcs was quickly laid dead on the ground.
“How is it!”
“As expected, you are my brother. But still….”
The leader of the sculpture party, Ahn Min-hong, spoke in a small voice.
“Please give us a chance to come forward. It’s not like I don’t know about your skills… .”
I heard that Kim Chul-ho participated in Ahn Min-hong’s party as a mercenary and showed off his outstanding skills, and they became close.
“You said you would help us gain some practical experience this time. That’s why you followed me and kept it a secret from your father.”
“Yeah! That’s right. Don’t worry!”
All of Ahn Min-hong’s sculpture party members were from fairly wealthy families.
Of course, they are nouveau riche families, not that they are famous or anything.
Since a player was born into such a family, it is only natural that the parents invested heavily in their children’s growth.
That wasn’t the right way.
What is called a bus.
‘Putting your children among strong players and letting them gain experience.’
The experience points required to level up a player were not something that could be obtained simply by hunting monsters.
It is determined by how much you participated in battles and what achievements you made at the gate.
But still.
‘You can gain some experience points by being in a place where monsters are being hunted or by clearing gates.’
The bus was like that.
The nouveau riche use their money as a means to level up their children in a safe way.
But children tend to feel the reality of such a process.
How frustrating would it be to become a player and gain superhuman powers, only to not be able to use them properly?
So, they, sometimes called passengers, enjoyed the escape of joining parties of players they had become friends with and gaining practical experience.
“Oh, by the way, there are three orcs over there. Do you want to catch them?”
“great!”
That’s stupid.
Even if the bus isn’t the right way, it’s definitely the safe way.
This world is not such a clean and safe place.
“Whoaap!”
Those innocent fools were going to realize it this time.
While the sculptor party was hunting the orcs, Kim Cheol-ho approached Iroun and said.
“One more day and the gate will be closed completely.”
The gate closes completely after a certain period of time has passed since the entrance was opened.
It will no longer accept visitors and will not open doors until the boss is defeated.
like that.
“Well, I’ll show you around up to the boss room. You can subdue them there. There won’t be any major problems.”
There are kidnappings but nothing to do.
In the first place, they didn’t save people from the Dark City because they needed electricity.
AKA trying to find a pair of pants.
If something goes wrong, you need someone to take the blame.
The Black Cat introduced itself to them as a ronin, and ronin sometimes acted in a manner no different from the mines of Gehenna.
“And show them how to hunt too. If you keep holding on to the weight like that, they’ll notice something.”
Lee Ro-woon just nodded quietly.
* * *
The first night at the gate.
“Wow! It’s a tent!”
“Hehehe. We are real players now.”
Even at lower-grade gates, the conquest would take several days, so camping at the gate was almost essential.
But the sculpture party was excited and thrilled about their first camping trip, as if they had never even been camping properly before.
“I’ll set a night watch and go to sleep now. You guys shouldn’t go to bed too late either! Then you can enjoy the pleasure of hunting monsters tomorrow.”
“Yep! Got it!”
Despite Kim Cheol-ho’s words, Ahn Min-hong’s party fell asleep after a long time of boiling blood.
Before we knew it, it was Iroun’s night watch.
Since he was on guard duty for two people, Iroun’s partner was… .
“Can I sit down?”
She was a woman who caught my eye from the moment I first entered the gate.
“As you wish.”
It should stay like this for two hours.
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“Do you know my name?”
“Kang Eun-ha.”
“Then tell me your name now.”
Lee Ro-un looked at her intently.
At Ahn Min-hong’s party, where the inside of his head was judged to be a flower garden, Kang Eun-ha was an odd presence.
He acts as if he is no different from Ahn Min-hong, but he never lets his guard down.
It was exactly like that, they acted as if they had no experience, but they were quite good at hunting monsters.
“Beneficial.”
“Beneficial…? I’ve heard that name somewhere.”
“… … .”
“It doesn’t sound like a silver name.”
Lee Ro-un kept his mouth shut.
Knock knock.
There was a sound of a wood fire crackling.
Maybe he didn’t like the silence.
“What level is it if it’s unmanned?”
Kang Eun-ha opened her mouth again.
“You didn’t even come forward properly when we were hunting orcs earlier. Second-rate? First-rate…?”
Knock knock.
“Or the climax? Haha, a climax-level unmanned person wouldn’t come to a D-class gate, right?”
Sigh, only then did Lee Ro-woon look at Kang Eun-ha again.
“Don’t you know that it’s rude to ask someone about their status?”
“Oh, really? I’m sorry if it’s rude. But since we’re a party that’s going to conquer together, I’m curious about your skill level.”
There was no sign of confusion in her eyes as she spoke.
I asked even though I knew it was rude.
“You don’t use weapons? Have you learned how to use a fist…?”
Kang Eun-ha asks more questions as if trying to dig up something.
“Use the weapon. I can confidently say that I use it better than anyone else.”
“Then why…?”
“If I use a weapon now.”
Sigh.
Lee Ro-woon playfully raised the corners of his mouth.
“Because something unmanageable will happen.”
“… … Ugh, it’s a bit crooked. Is it the Black Flame Dragon or something?”
“If you don’t want to believe it, don’t believe it. Anyway, I’m not using the weapon right now because my body can’t handle it properly.”
“Oh, I see you’ve suffered an injury. You can’t use a weapon… .”
Kang Eun-ha muttered softly after saying that.
“He doesn’t seem like a bad person….”
“What do you mean?”
“Don’t misunderstand.”
Kang Eun-ha smiled faintly.
“I heard that there are many scary people among the ronin, so that’s why!”
Before we knew it, our night shift was over and we were having a lot of pointless conversations.
“It’s a shift.”
One of Kim Cheol-ho’s party members.
“Oh! Night watch!”
One of Ahn Min-hong’s party members came to change shifts with him.
The way to the tent.
Bow.
Kang Eun-ha greeted Lee Ro-woon with an unknown smile.
Iroun ignored her greeting and just went into his tent.
Beneficial for lying in a tent.
I can’t sleep anyway.
Sigh.
‘It’s too obvious.’
I just thought about what would happen tomorrow while recalling my conversation with Kang Eun-ha.
* * *
“Hey guys, just in case, I’m telling you, the gate is closed today. If you’re going to leave, you have to leave now.”
“Hey! The boss is coming up soon, so I need to have a proper boss fight!”
Ahn Min-hong answered Kim Cheol-ho’s subtle remark without asking the other party members.
Fortunately, the thoughts of other party members didn’t seem to be much different.
“Yeah! That’s a real player!”
Kim Cheol-ho said with a hearty laugh.
After a while.
[The gate is sealed.]
The appointed time has arrived.
“Okay! Okay! Let’s quickly get to where the boss is!”
Kim Cheol-ho had not yet revealed his true colors.
It was obvious what he was thinking.
‘It’s not once or twice.’
It was clear from the beginning that Kim Cheol-ho had been doing this as a profession.
As we have seen from his actions so far, he had the sophistication to never let his guard down until the very end.
“Now, shall we go hunting? If it’s dangerous, we’ll step forward.”
“great!”
Ahn Min-hong’s party, children from wealthy families.
And why players can be special compared to characters from other worlds.
‘Item.’
If there was an item hidden by Ahn Min-hong’s party, he was going to make them use it.
As expected, Kim Chul-ho’s party’s subtle pursuit resulted in a much larger herd of orcs attacking than before.
“Haaap!”
The orc horde gradually increased. Kim Cheol-ho deliberately pushed the orc horde to a level that Ahn Min-hong could deal with, and Ahn Min-hong did not seem to suspect much.
“Ugh! Ugh!”
But eventually, the end comes.
An Min-hong’s party, exhausted from continuous hunting, continued to retreat, breathing heavily.
“Tongue, bro! I think you need some help!”
A herd of about twenty orcs surrounded them.
“Minhong! Sorry, but hold on a little longer! There are a lot of orcs here too! I guess the roundup went wrong!”
“that….”
As Kim Chul-ho said, Kim Chul-ho’s party was also surrounded by nearly twenty orcs.
There was no longer any place for the An Min-hongs to run to.
In the end, they had only one choice.
“Fire Strike!”
Retrieving hidden items.
These are probably expensive items that your parents bought for you to save your life in a truly critical situation.
Shh.
The corners of Kim Cheol-ho’s mouth curled up as he fought the orc.
Phew! Phew!
When Ahn Min-hong’s party cleared out the orcs with unprecedented firepower, Kim Cheol-ho’s party also succeeded in clearing out the orcs.
“Are you okay? I’m sorry.”
“Brother! I almost died! You promised to take good care of us, but what if you do this?”
Ahn Min-hong also raised his voice toward Kim Cheol-ho for the first time, as if he was not satisfied with the situation just now.
And that was the signal.
“hey.”
“… … ?”
“Did we do that on purpose?”
“Tongue, bro.”
“We almost got killed too. Didn’t you see us fighting a herd of twenty orcs?”
Kim Chul-ho’s eyes turned fierce. Ahn Min-hong, who had never seen eyes like that before, was flustered and had no choice but to step back.
“Fuck. Just because we gave you some money, you think we’re your dogs?”
“Hyung, that’s not it….”
“Hey kid. Are we easy?”
Before I knew it… .
Swish.
Kim Cheol-ho’s party surrounded Ahn Min-hong and the others.
They were shaking, unable to hide their bewilderment at the sudden turn of events.
“Tongue, bro. What’s wrong…?”
“Baby.”
Kim Cheol-ho smiled and snapped his fingers.
“Didn’t your mother or father tell you not to follow people you don’t know?”
“Web!”
“Bind!”
Kim Chul-ho’s party members succeeded in restraining Ahn Min-hong and the others by using items they had prepared in advance.
“Ha, it’s hard to keep up with the rhythm of the kids.”
“Thank you for your hard work, party leader.”
“Brother, what is this….”
“Minhong.”
An Min-hong and Kim Cheol-ho, who still couldn’t properly grasp the situation, pushed their faces toward the guy and spoke.
“You guys are in this situation because you don’t understand the situation. Don’t worry. If you just give them the money your parents promised, you can get out alive and well.”
“… … !”
It seemed that Ahn Min-hong wasn’t completely stupid, as he only then seemed to understand the situation.
A face that has turned pale.
Even if you try to use the item you’re holding, you’ve already exceeded the number of uses for today.
“So, should we just stay quiet until our parents give us the money? Hehe.”
“Re, Red Player… .”
Ahn Min-hong could no longer say stupid things when he saw Kim Cheol-ho’s appearance, which had changed 180 degrees.
‘If I give you money, you’ll send him back alive?’
Lee Ro-un laughed at the sight.
‘No way.’
I’ve already seen your face and I know your name.
If these guys come back alive like this, they will definitely be wanted.
This kind of thing happened often.
A crime committed against novice players who know nothing and lack experience.
And the ending is always the same.
‘death.’
If you kill the guys inside the gate, catch the boss, and close the gate, there won’t even be any evidence left.
From the beginning, the kids decided their destination in complete secrecy, so it would take time for the parents to find out which gate their children entered through.
A trap from which there is no escape.
Guys like Kim Chul-ho are called red players.
Another name for them is.
‘spider.’
Those who dig traps and prey on beginner players.
“Hyung, just stand here and watch so those guys don’t do anything. They’re still useful.”
Kim Cheol-ho said, tapping Lee Ro-woon on the shoulder.
In the meantime, Lee Ro-woon was only looking at one person, Kang Eun-ha.
‘What should I do?’
Kang Eun Ha.
Crunch!
It did not disappoint Lee Ro-un’s expectations.
“Kkaaaaaaah-!”
The scream of one of the spiders echoed throughout the area.
