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< Sleep disturbance >
Valley of Flames.
It was a terrain made up of black rock formations and flowing lava.
As soon as I arrived, I felt a hot heat spread throughout my body, so I looked around and fanned myself.
“Whew… It’s hot, it’s hot.”
A volcano was visible a few kilometers to the west.
Above, the ruler of the Valley of Flame, the ‘Fire Giant’, lived.
When you kill the Flame Giant, this gate will disappear, along with dozens of other gates around it.
Plus, I can obtain the soul stone, which is my goal.
Perhaps because we were still at the entrance to the gate, there were no signs of monsters around.
I guess I’ll have time to do some quick tidying up.
“Equipment team. Please replace the equipment with fire-fighting equipment immediately.”
[yes!]
Soon the equipment support team members got out of the vehicle with our equipment bags. They each grabbed me and the little boy, two at a time.
The equipment support team leader, Cheon Seol-ah, who came to me said.
“Team leader. Please raise your arm.”
Clank. Clank. Clank-!
The armor he was wearing before was split into front and back, and armor made of fire-retardant material was put in its place.
The whole process took just one minute.
Cheon Seol-ah said as she put a new helmet on me.
“Armor replacement is complete.”
A cool breeze flowed out of the helmet, cooling my head.
I looked down in awe at the armor, which was overall white with a hint of blue.
“This is better than expected?”
It wasn’t just the helmet. The entire armor radiated cold air, helping the superhumans move comfortably even in harsh environments like now.
Cheon Seol-ah nodded.
“I was also surprised when I first received it.”
This fireproof armor was the latest equipment currently only provided to our 7 teams, a combination of the latest engineering technology, body parts of cold-type monsters, and the touch of artisans.
Jang Young-shin, right there, made it for me a while ago at my request while disguising herself as a kid.
Jang Yeong-shin, who came out of the golem, was walking towards the little boy.
“···Lily.”
For some reason, the kid had been looking a little gloomy since a while ago.
“···yes?”
At the boy’s weak answer, Jang Young-shin pressed the button on the boy’s armor and said.
“···If you press this···. Ice cream comes out.”
The little boy’s eyes widened in surprise at the surprise event.
“ice cream?”
It was ice cream in the shape of a chutney.
The little boy said with a bashful smile, although his smile was a little weak.
“Thank you, brother!”
Unable to bear that smile, Jang Young-shin blushed and turned her head away.
“···It’s nothing.”
It was warm and nice up until there.
The problem was, no matter how hard I looked, there was nothing resembling a button on my armor.
I glanced at Jang Young-shin and muttered.
“You damn bastard. Isn’t my mouth even a mouth?”
When Cheon Seol-ah saw me like that, she shook her head.
“Team Leader. When adults do that, they look petty.”
And then, without me knowing, he opened up a box of weapons in front of me.
“What kind of weapon will you use?”
The weapon box contained a variety of weapons.
Swords, spears, daggers, whips, axes, bludgeons, and even ranged weapons.
All the weapons were perfectly polished and sparkling.
I thought about it for a moment and then picked one of them.
I figured I’d use this since we have an Iron Golem joining the team.
“I’ll do this.”
“···That’s unexpected.”
I smiled at the puzzled Cheon Seol-ah and called Wang Gu-ho and Jang Yeong-sin to talk.
“Listen carefully, you guys. From now on, your roles will become very important.”
Because it’s more comfortable for me that way.
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Woof! Woof woof woof!
The first monster we encountered was a fire dog.
The fire dogs, which were as big as large dogs and had flames shooting out from their entire bodies, were even more annoying because they moved around in packs.
Woof woof woof woof!
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A pack of fire dogs came running towards us, barking fiercely.
The number is about 20.
It was a perfect number for a first shooting practice.
Let’s start by gathering some targets.
“King Guho!”
Before I could even shout, Wang Guho was running forward.
Dddddddddd!
Wang Guho, whose entire body was turned to stone, stomped his feet hard and provoked a pack of fire dogs.
Kwa-ang!
“Come on…!”
Woof woof woof woof woof woof!
A pack of fire dogs barked fiercely and charged at him. Soon, Wang Gu-ho was surrounded and attacked by a pack of fire dogs.
“Okay. This is a perfect fit.”
I sat roughly on top of the vehicle and aimed my gun at the area where the monsters were gathered.
What I was holding was no ordinary gun.
This is a special weapon made to deal with fire attribute monsters.
Inside was a liquid nitrogen bullet.
-Phew!
The fired bullet hit one of the fire dogs in the back.
At that moment, the bullet exploded, rapidly freezing the area around it.
Crack, crack, crack!
With confidence gained, I pulled the trigger one after another.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
Tsk, tsk, tsk!
The liquid nitrogen bullets exploded, rapidly cooling the surrounding area. The flames on the flame dogs’ bodies went out, and they froze like frozen meat.
I put away my gun and sent in Jang Young-shin.
“Go and finish it.”
[······.]
The Iron Golem charged at the pack of half-frozen and weakened fire hounds, swinging its massive fists to crush and shatter the frozen enemies.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
It took only a few minutes for the nearly twenty fire dogs to be cleared out.
I grinned as I reloaded my gun.
“The world is so comfortable.”
Wang Guho gathers monsters in one place, I shoot my gun to freeze and weaken them, and the Iron Golem rushes in to destroy the enemies.
That was enough.
Best of all, I just have to sit on the car and wiggle my fingers.
Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!
When other monsters appeared after the Flame Dogs, the battle unfolded in the same way.
Of course, I’m human too, so there are times when my aim misses the mark.
-Phew!
“Whoa···it···is···hot···!”
Wang Guho, who had been hit in the back, trembled.
I spoke to Wang Gu-ho, who was looking back at me with a resentful face.
“What are you looking at, Inma? Stop joking and start fighting.”
“too bad···.”
What are you doing? I knew this would happen and even made you wear winter tights in advance.
Thanks to the addition of the Iron Golem, we advanced at a faster rate than I had expected.
at that time,
“···ha.”
The little boy who was sitting next to me and shooting with me – and thanks to that, Wang Guho’s back was covered in frost – let out a deep sigh.
“Why is that little thing sighing?”
The kid looked sullen the whole time he came here.
He seemed to feel good for a moment when he ate ice cream, but that didn’t last long.
“It doesn’t work···.”
“What’s not working?
Hurrruk!
The flame that bloomed next to the little boy’s face flew towards the flame fox that was fighting the king’s guard in front of him.
-Phew!
As the blast died down, the flamethrower appeared, barely damaged.
The little boy said with a more sullen expression.
“It doesn’t work···.”
I did something and that was it.
I spoke as if it was no big deal.
“Of course it won’t work. You have nothing to do today, so just stay still.”
At that moment, the little boy looked back at me with a very shocked expression on his face.
“I’m useless now···?”
I nodded very seriously, holding back the laughter that was about to burst out.
“Hmm. I guess so. He eats a lot, doesn’t listen well, and doesn’t even have a spark plug, so it’s a bit…”
“······.”
When I was about five years old, my father once lied to me with a serious look on his face, saying, “You are not my son.”
I wondered if the little boy’s expression now was similar to mine back then.
I said this while roughly ruffling the little one’s hair, because I thought he would cry if I teased him any longer.
“But you’re still useful, right?”
“···don’t do it!”
The little boy slapped my hand away and turned his head away.
And then I let out a small sigh of relief.
I chuckled and looked straight ahead again. Not far away, I could see a lava lake.
As long as we could safely pass that lava lake, there were no major obstacles until we reached the fire giant.
“···But that’s the problem.”
After a while, we arrived in front of the lava lake.
The lava lake was literally a place where lava had pooled like a lake.
To get to our destination, we had to go around here.
The problem is that at that moment, a monster will jump out from inside and attack us.
I said, looking back.
“Medical team. Can you bring me just one monster corpse?”
I brought one of the corpses of a fire dog that I had brought with me from the support team. I threw it with all my might towards the lava lake.
Wheeeeeek-!
The fire dog flew in a parabolic arc.
By the time it had flown to the center of the lake,
Puhwaaaaah!
Lava spurted out in all directions, revealing something.
It was a huge snake, 20 meters long from head to tail.
Thud!
The snake swallowed the flaming dog from the air and then went back into the lake.
with a plop-!
The lava erupted again in all directions, then quickly subsided.
“···As expected, it exists.”
When I looked back, the group leaders who had gathered in one place were looking at me with blank expressions.
“Team Leader. That thing just now···”
I nodded.
“If I had just passed by without checking, I could have been in big trouble. I have to catch that first…”
Even wearing a fire-fighting suit, it was crazy to go into the lava and fight.
That said, there aren’t any long-range attacks that can effectively hit the guy in the lake.
Of course there was a way.
I pretended to think for a moment and then suggested a method.
“Gear Team. Can you make a big fishing rod?”
“Huh? … You mean that snake?”
Cheon Seol-ah opened her eyes wide, taking a moment to understand what I was saying.
I nodded and said.
“You only need to use it once.”
Cheon Seol-ah thought for a moment and then nodded.
“I think it might be possible.”
“Then please make it as quickly as possible.”
I turned my head and looked at Wang Gu-ho and Jang Yeong-sin.
“You guys···.”
Just as important as the fishing rod was the bait. A bait big enough to make the snake drool, and strong enough to hold the spear in the roof of the snake’s mouth.
As it is an important role, I decided to give both of them a fair chance.
“The two of you play rock-paper-scissors.”
““······.””
A moment later, the two stood facing each other like western gunslingers.
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“Ugh···ah···ah···ah···ah-!”
Finally, Wang Guho screamed and flew into the lake.
It seems that the god of misfortune loves Wang Gu-ho.
But it’ll be okay since they even put fireproof armor on top of the petrified body.
The moment Wang Guho flew to the center of the lake, a monster snake emerged from the center of the lava lake.
Puhwaaaaah!
A monster snake spewed lava in all directions and opened its mouth wide to swallow Wang Guho.
Snap!
At the same time I shouted.
“Pull it-!”
Three guild vehicles connected to fishing rods stepped on the accelerator at the same time.
-Buaaaaaaah!
-Buaaaaaaah!
-Buaaaaaaah!
At the same time, the Iron Golem, which had thrown the Giant Tyrannosaurus, used its might to pull the fishing rod.
In an instant, the fishing rod became taut. The giant snake began to be pulled out, cutting through the lava lake.
Kiyaaaaaaaaaa-!!
The giant snake roared and thrashed. The fishing line was taut as if it would snap, and the wheels continued to spin in place, emitting a burning smell.
It was Wang Guho who broke the balance of that tense tug-of-war.
“Ugh···ah···ah···!”
Phew!
A harpoon emerged from the roof of the snake’s mouth.
Kiyaaaaaaa!
At that moment, the giant snake writheed in pain, and the balance of power collapsed.
“Pull it-!”
My little brother and I joined in and pulled the fishing rod.
The giant snake was increasingly being dragged out of the lava lake.
And finally,
Kwaaaaaang!
A monster snake was dragged out to the ground and rolled around, changing the surrounding terrain.
I quickly cut the fishing line and shouted.
“Get back to the back of the vehicle and keep a safe distance! Wang Gu-ho! Are you okay?”
Wang Guho vomited out of his mouth the moment the monster snake was dragged to the ground.
On one side, Wang Guho raised his body and said.
“I···am···okay···.”
He looked a little dizzy, but he seemed okay.
I supported Wang Guho and stepped back for a moment.
I was thinking of regrouping and going on the attack.
Meanwhile, the monster snake, having come to its senses, raised its head.
Kiyaaaaaaa!
Now, we have only just managed to pull it out of the water.
The monster snake was enormous, and hunting it was no easy task.
I stepped forward again, holding the Unwoldo. To my left and right stood Wang Guho and Jang Yeongshin riding an iron golem.
“Let’s just hold on to that and rest for a bit.”
It was then that the axis suddenly shook.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo!
The ground shook so much that it was difficult to even stand properly.
Lava lakes boiled, rocks collapsed, and landslides occurred.
And the air began to get so hot that it was difficult to breathe.
“This is no way···.”
I raised my head and looked up at the top of the volcano.
A giant being crawled out of the volcano, dripping lava, and was walking towards us.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
With every step I took, the earth shook.
It was impossible to even guess how big or heavy it was.
“······.”
It seems like the commotion we caused has awakened the Flame Giant.
ⓒ Ganjjajang
