Solo Resurrection Chapter 48

Episode 48: Benandi’s Forest (2)

48. Benandi’s Forest (2)

-Phew!

The sound of horns blaring from all directions struck my ears without warning.

“It’s a trap! Get ready!”

At Choi Dong-woo’s shout, the union members quickly formed a line.

-Pishuk.

“Arrows! Deploy the defensive wall!”

At the command, blue magic shields rose into the air.

-Kwaaang!

Arrows and magic flying endlessly.

The allied members silently endured the attack, which was like a bombing.

“How long will this go on?!”

The seemingly eternal rain of arrows stopped at someone’s shout.

“Keeruk!”

And the identities of the guys that appear.

[Goblin Light Infantry]

Goblins wearing full body armor, camouflaged to match the forest, poured out from all directions.

“Kerrrr…!”

“These guys are no ordinary goblins. Everyone, be careful!”

Goblins were different from any other monsters we had faced so far.

As soon as they realized that the surprise attack wasn’t working, they formed a large formation.

They slowly pressed the Union members, moving like well-trained soldiers.

“Damn it! Those guys are nothing!”

Although their individual strengths were not that great, when gathered together they displayed strength beyond their original capabilities.

‘What are you doing to a mere goblin?’

Kang Hyun, who had been watching silently, activated all of his buff skills.

‘Digging into the center in one breath.’

Anyway, if they fought individually, they wouldn’t even be able to fight each other with a single punch.

“I’ll go first.”

Kang Hyun, who had jumped up from his seat, jumped into the middle of the goblins.

“You crazy, what are you doing!?”

“Leave me alone! Focus on defense.”

The allied forces were shocked by Kang Hyeon’s suicidal act of jumping into enemy territory alone.

“All goblins must be hunted down!”

Kang Hyun shouted with a lot of emotion.

[The Lion of Wrath is activated]

[All enemies’ morale and abilities have been reduced]

“Keruk?!”

The goblins were startled by a loud noise that sounded like a thunderbolt.

“Magic explosion, magic explosion!”

-Bam! Bam! Bam!

Kang Hyun, who had entered between the goblins, fired a barrage of magical energy in all directions.

The impact caused dust to fly up and vision was momentarily obscured.

-Squeak!

Even in the dust where nothing could be seen, Kang Hyun moved without hesitation.

Kang-Hyeon runs wild and slaughters goblins. Everything that touches his sword is cut, torn, and shattered.

“Keeeek!”

At that moment, a goblin swung a longsword behind Kang-Hyeon.

Kang Hyun noticed it but didn’t care.

-chin!

The goblin’s sword slashed accurately through Kang Hyun’s armor.

But rather than cutting the skin, a dull sound like the beating of a drum rang out.

“Keruk..?”

“It hurts. You idiot!”

Kang Hyun grabbed the goblin’s head and slammed it to the ground.

-Crack!

The head of the guy who hit the floor was shattered in an instant.

Attack. Attack. Attack.

That was the only thing that filled Kang Hyun’s mind.

‘For most attacks, just hit them with your body.’

Kang Hyun’s stamina using ‘Wayne’s Secret’ reaches a whopping 47.

There, the skin was again protected with ‘Entria’s Outer Shell’.

‘In the time it takes to dodge and block, it’s better to swing your sword one more time.’

Less than a minute after Kang Hyun jumped in, dozens of goblins fell to the ground.

“I’m going too!”

An Yu-seong also flew in after seeing a gap in the goblin formation.

“Hahaha! Goblins are secretly good at cooking!”

The goblin’s torso was blown apart by the swinging mace.

The crude armor he was wearing was no match for Anyu’s mace, which was spiked with huge nails.

“Kreuk, keruk!”

“Keeeek…”

The goblins began to feel uneasy as they watched their comrades die without being able to do anything.

“Keeek! Keeek, kerruruk!”

Then a goblin that was a head bigger than the others let out a scream.

A goblin with a height of about 2 meters was urging his subordinates.

-Peshuk!

“Ke, keke…”

However, the man whose neck was pierced by an arrow flying from somewhere fell to the ground in vain.

“nice!”

After that, Shin Sung-ah’s sniping continued.

She quickly moved across the battlefield, dealing with enemies of interest.

“Now! Push!”

Finally, when the goblin formation completely collapsed, Choi Dong-woo ordered a charge.

With that momentum, the bastards couldn’t even think of resisting and just turned their backs and ran away.

“I won!”

“Wow!”

The union members cheered after their first victory was unexpectedly easy.

“What are those guys called Baddes? Aren’t they amazing?!”

“Well, it’s pretty good…”

“The rumors weren’t exaggerated.”

The union members changed their attitude as if they had never cursed at them and were busy praising them.

‘I already knew that Kang Hyun was great, but the rest of them are no joke either.’

Choi Dong-woo was lost in thought as he cleared the battlefield.

‘Even though they are goblins, they are not opponents that can be defeated so easily.’

They were strategic opponents with a certain system. Even though they were goblins, they were bound to be a threat.

“Heh heh…”

Choi Dong-woo, who had been thinking for a moment, just smiled in vain.

**

After that, the Baddest Guild continued to slaughter their enemies without hesitation.

It didn’t matter whether the opponent was an orc or an ogre.

They just jumped into the midst of their enemies as if they were living a life with only one day left to live.

“Those guys named Baddes were awesome today.”

“What a bunch of complete lunatics.”

“So you can do it like them?”

The Unionists now fully acknowledged Baddes.

It was only natural, as there was no one who did not receive their help during the ongoing battle.

“Everyone worked hard. Now let’s start preparing for camping!”

As time passed, a red moon, seen for the first time, rose in the sky.

Choi Dong-woo gave instructions to camp before it got too dark.

“Let’s conquer it all at once like this!”

The members of the union gathered together and lit a campfire. Their expressions as they chatted and ate looked more comfortable than tired.

“Let’s eat.”

“yes.”

Kang Hyun was also sitting with his group and eating.

“Can we eat together?”

Choi Dong-woo approached, holding a bowl of soup.

“Yes. As you wish.”

At Kang Hyun’s words, Choi Dong-woo sat down nearby. Kang Hyun coughed in vain in the awkward atmosphere.

‘Come to think of it, we’ve never had a conversation like this before.’

I didn’t realize it because of the strange sense of familiarity that had been creeping in. At this moment, it was practically my first conversation with Choi Dong-woo.

“Hey, Mr. Choi Dong-woo…”

“yes.”

“Oh, should I have called you Union Leader?”

“You can call me whatever you want.”

Kang Hyun nodded at Choi Dong Woo’s words.

“Then I’ll just call you Dongwoo.”

Choi Dong-woo laughed heartily and enjoyed Kang Hyun’s straightforward words.

“Or, since it was fate that we met like this, how about we just call each other brother and sister?”

“I’m fine.”

As we started talking more comfortably, the atmosphere quickly relaxed.

Choi Dong-woo, who had been eating soup while looking at the campfire for a while, opened his mouth.

“I was really surprised to see you guys fighting today.”

Honest and candid words.

Choi Dong-woo finally revealed the reason why he came to Kang Hyun.

“It was a fight that broke my common sense.”

“…”

“You’ve been through the tutorial, so you know? It’s about leadership.”

Tutorial Step 4. Leadership.

It wasn’t a particularly good memory for Kang Hyun.

It was definitely a stage where I grew a lot, but it was also a difficult stage.

“Yes. It’s a place to learn cooperation and leadership.”

“That’s right. That’s the stage where I learned the most.”

“I thought Dongwoo hyung had been doing something related to combat since before the dungeon.”

Even at the Ability Education School, they imitate Choi Dong-woo’s tactics. To that extent, Choi Dong-woo’s command and military tactics were excellent.

“Actually, I was a soldier before.”

“also.”

A man whose personal strength was top-notch, but whose ability to lead people was even greater.

That’s what got him to the position of Union Leader.

“The first time I saw you fight, I felt like I got hit in the head.”

“yes?”

“You’re saying that you’ve denied everything I’ve learned and practiced.”

“…”

“That boldness! That freedom! That purity! Honestly, I envied it. If I could, I would go under Kang Hyun’s younger brother and learn his secrets.”

“To that extent… haha…”

Choi Dong-woo looks a little excited.

Kang Hyun laughed, embarrassed by his sincere words.

‘Where’s the secret? Just don’t care…’

Kang Hyun will come back to life even if he dies, and An Yu-seong is crazy.

‘That guy is crazy about talent.’

That’s all.

That was the secret.

“Thank you for saying so.”

“But that won’t work.”

“Yes. A little…”

Kang Hyun, who had been rolling his eyes here and there, quickly changed the subject.

“I was also really impressed when I saw you, hyung.”

“It’s okay if you don’t make it stand out like that.”

“No, it’s true. What.”

Although it was a sudden remark, it was an honest impression.

Kang Hyun was truly amazed after watching Choi Dong Woo’s fight.

‘I don’t know what will happen in a 1v1… but the mercenary skills are truly incomparable.’

From the beginning, Kang Hyun thought he was a person far removed from leadership.

That was something you could tell just by looking at the four stages of the tutorial, which were filled with violence and oppression.

“Putting capable people in the right positions and responding calmly to any situation.”

“…”

“It may look easy, but it’s not something anyone can do.”

Choi Dong-woo’s conducting simply emphasized two things.

Efficiency. And safety.

“If I had commanded the Union members, a third of them would have already been lying on the ground.”

“Haha! Don’t be so picky. Anyway, I came here to say that I hope you’ll take care of me in the future.”

“I’m always welcome.”

“Okay. You’re a really cool guy!”

“yes?”

“I like it more and more! Haha!”

“I like women.”

“…”

The conversation between the two who quickly became close continued deep into the night.

**

“Eww! Help me!”

Kang Hyun quickly swung his sword towards where the scream was coming from.

The orc who had been swinging his sword at that momentum growled and retreated.

“Thank you!”

the next day.

The expedition force advanced deeper into the jungle. The forest became denser and the enemies stronger.

Kang Hyun-do, who had been wild and wild on the first day, could not help but become serious now.

“Oh my god!”

Kang Hyun ran forward at the same time as he shouted. Then, the sound of a bowstring being released was heard from afar.

-Wedge!

An arrow that barely missed Kang-Hyeon pierced the orc’s arm.

“Queek!”

A brief moment of pause in pain.

It was only a split second, but it was enough. 

-Squeak

The orc’s head was cleanly cut off by Billgain’s longsword.

Kang Hyun was already running towards another orc before the bastard’s head even hit the ground.

“Is there really no end to it?!”

Their numbers were growing.

‘You have to conserve your magic power.’

When Kang Hyun fights a long-term battle, the first thing that runs out is his magic power.

Because of this, Kang Hyun did not use ‘Wayne’s Secret’ or ‘Giant’s Strength’, and moved only with his own abilities.

“There’s not much time left. Cheer up!”

“yes!”

The union members who were forming formation responded powerfully to Choi Dong-woo’s shout.

“Queeeek!”

The orcs howled and pushed back at the allies.

However, the solidly built formation was not shaken by any upheaval.

Eventually, the men grew tired and knelt down one by one in front of the thick defensive wall.

“Quiet…”

“It’s finished.”

Finally, Kang Hyun cut off the last orc’s head.

“Wow! I won again!”

“This time, it’s a complete victory!”

Victory in battle. The Union members cheered in joy at having survived.

“Brother Dongwoo.”

While everyone was cleaning up after the battle, Kang Hyun approached Choi Dong Woo.

“This dungeon. No matter how much I think about it, doesn’t it seem a little strange?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s too easy.”

Choi Dong-woo’s brow furrowed at Kang Hyun’s sudden words.

“The dungeon is easy…”

“No one has died so far?”

“yes.”

After thinking about it carefully, something was definitely strange.

“That’s right. Even though it’s the beginning of a dungeon, the difficulty level seems easy.”

“Yes.”

“At this level, it’s at the level of a top-tier D-class dungeon.”

“Hmm…”

Choi Dong-woo, who had been thinking for a moment, continued speaking.

“Anyway, it’s something we can’t let our guard down.”

“yes.”

“Perhaps this dungeon itself is a lower-tier C-class dungeon, but it could also have a really strong boss in it.”

“Yes.”

The difficulty of the dungeon is determined comprehensively.

Several topographical factors.

The number and strength of monsters.

Boss’s power.

If one thing fell, the other had to be of equal rank.

“So, I think it’s probably time for us to start moving on our own now.”

“Huh? Are you saying this so suddenly?”

Choi Dong-woo’s face quickly darkened at the news that Kang Hyun was leaving.

“Is it because of ‘that’?”

“Yes. I have to give Park Ho-yeon a shot.”

“Do I really have to make a bet?”

“You’ve scratched my pride so much, I can’t just let it go like this. The stakes have already been set.”

The reason why Hwa-ryong’s guild leader Park Ho-yeon was suddenly mentioned by Kang Hyun.

That was a day ago.

Let’s go back to just after entering the dungeon.