Episode 15 Do you have skills too? (3)
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3.
A week has passed.
-Purr…
The monster stumbled, making the sound of a pot boiling. King Goblin. The monster who was the home of the hunting ground on the 5th floor eventually collapsed with his uvula cut.
I looked down at the corpse of the Great Goblin with a solemn face.
“Gor.”
Over the past week, the monster in front of me has been my strongest enemy. Oh, how many times did I die to catch this monster? I became an honorable warrior, and with the feeling of sending off my rival, I defeated the Great Goblin…
-You’re being damned. It’s like a f*cking zombie.
“ah. a little. You barely managed to hunt it for 6 coins. “Can’t I just leave you alone to appreciate it?”
For reference, 6 coins means I risked my life 6 times. This is the 6th coin, so I’ve died 5 times while trying to catch the King Goblin.
Bae Hu-ryeong snorted.
-If you get sentimental after catching a monster, that’s stupid. I only tell facts.
“Wow, you see. “Our Sword Emperor has a very good personality.”
As you can see from my free conversations with Bae Hu-ryeong, I have already become accustomed to being an Auror. Even now, due to the effect of the elixir, time was passing slowly.
It’s just that I’m focusing my aura on my tongue, so I’m speaking ‘much faster’ than usual.
“Purple.”
Although it wasn’t a head-to-head match, it was won by using slander.
I took out a poop-colored card and checked it.
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[Goblin High Society]
Rank: F
Effect: The King Goblin thought hard. ‘Our goblin culture is too low. All languages end with kerreuk, kerreuk. In this way, the majesty of this throne cannot be shined!’ at that time. The great goblin’s genius flashed. ‘Yes! From now on, I will say that the main seat is Gorek, not Keruk. Gork! It is a pronunciation that suits the noble sensibilities of this position.’
※However, conflict within the tribe will intensify.
※This skill is copied from Monster King Goblin.
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I clicked my tongue.
“Goblins also care about useless things. “Whether it’s Keruk or Goruk, that’s it.”
-So it’s a goblin. Humans are no different.
“yes?”
-Well, I’m just talking to myself.
The moment I was about to ask what it meant, a voice rang in my head.
[Your presence becomes even more evident.]
A sound I’ve never heard before.
But I knew what this meant. Numerous hunters testified in interviews and even showed it in personal videos.
“D-finally!”
Level up right away!
[Hunter Gongja Kim’s level increases.]
“ah···.”
I was thrilled. I have lived my whole life as an F-level hunter. She was anxious, wondering if she would continue to live like that in the future. However, she gained cloning skills and regression skills, overcame countless pains… and the moment of leveling up for me finally arrived.
[Skill slots are expanded!]
[Now your hunter rank is E!]
Even though it was still only E-class.
[May good luck be with you.]
Grumble!
A red aura suddenly rose from beneath my feet. flames. Or it simply resembled a stream of red water, covering my body all at once. Then it flowed down again and disappeared.
-···Is it a flame?
Bae Hu-ryeong narrowed his eyes in front of him.
-No, blood? Tsk. I’m confused. It looks like fire or blood…
“That was the level-up effect just now, right?”
-It’s not just an effect to look cool.
Bae Hu-ryeong scratched the back of his head.
-It’s kind of a hint.
“Hint?”
-hmm. [The form of the auror] is determined depending on what effect is displayed when leveling up. For example, there is a guy called Flame Emperor that you killed. That guy must have had [Fire] as his Auror form.
“It’s a flame.”
I recalled a memory. The scene where the Flame Emperor burned a saint to death in a slum alley. It was such a bad memory that I didn’t want to recall it again… It certainly seems that the aurors were dealt with in the form of flowing flames.
-The form in which an auror appears is usually determined by the hunter’s trauma.
trauma.
-An event so significant that it determines one’s life. scene. memory. That’s what appears in the form of an auror. Would you say it is a form of unconsciousness? Well, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a negative trauma. Generally yes.
“indeed.”
-In my eyes, zombies, you are either fire or blood.
As I listened to the story, I became a little curious.
“So, what type of auror is the Sword Saint?”
-Moonlight.
Bae Hu-ryeong said as if he were throwing something out.
-Grandpa Marcus said he got lost in the mountains when he was young. He didn’t want to die, so he hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain. As he got closer to the top, the leaves that covered the night sky became increasingly sparse. When I finally reached the top of the mountain, the dark night sky unfolded brightly.
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Moonlight.
-He said he thought at that moment. The moon does not shine on its own, but simply accepts the sun’s light, and a life that just accepts it can be beautiful enough. ah. I too want to shine by accepting it like the moonlight.
“······.”
-I heard that it left such a deep impression that I kept it in my heart for the rest of my life.
I was dumbfounded while listening.
“I heard you were a child?”
-ok. They say it was when I was 12 years old.
“What kind of 12-year-old kid thinks that deeply?”
Bae Hu-ryeong nodded.
-So Grandpa Marcus is a born old man. Tsk tsk. When I was 12 years old, all I could think about was how I could efficiently beat up the bully in front of me.
“No, that doesn’t seem to be normal either.”
If Geomseong is a born old man, then what is Bae Hu-ryeong in front of us? A natural jerk?
-Anyway, I got used to the 5th floor. Let’s go up to the 6th floor hunting ground.
“Oh, about that.”
I said.
“Can’t we just attack the 10th floor boss right away?”
-what?
“I also knew that monster skills could be copied. The Aurors also got used to it to some extent. In my opinion, I can easily defeat the 10th floor boss.”
Bae Hu-ryeong remained silent for a moment.
The eyes looking at me were fierce.
-Kim Gongja. Aren’t you already starting to feel conceited about this young child?
“Absolutely not.”
I answered firmly.
10th floor!
In our world, we haven’t been able to reach the 10th floor for several years. It was a place called impregnable. Since Bae Hu-ryeong said he would dare to clear such a difficult area, Bae Hu-ryeong was likely to be concerned.
“I’m really confident.”
But I was really confident that I could attack.
No, I was sure.
“If I don’t catch the 10th floor boss within 2 coins, I will call you Master.”
-uh? 2 coins?
Bae Hu-ryeong suddenly had a harsh look on his face.
-The guy who only took 6 coins to kill the goblin leader wants to kill the 10th floor boss in 2 coins? really? You don’t seem to know, but I’ve never seen it in a bet.
“step! “There are conditions.”
-huh?
I lifted my index finger.
“Don’t hide what skills the 10th floor boss has from me and tell me everything. You can’t lie about this. Cheating at cards is also prohibited.”
-Hmm. Well, that’s about it…
“and!”
I grinned.
“If I win, call me Confucius. Be as polite as possible. By being courteous and courteous.”
-······.
“why? Jol? no way. If you’re scared, just quit.”
Wiggle.
If I had to pick one word that a gangster hates to hear the most, it would be ‘Are you scared?’ It will work. And Bae Hu-ryeong was no ordinary bully. He was the strongest bully in this world who conquered all the way to the 99th floor.
Bae Hu-ryeong’s facial muscles twitched.
-Kaaak, hehe! Is this Thunder Naked Man making fun of the Sword Emperor of the World just because he has some morale skills? Oh my, that’s good. Let’s have a bet!
“call.”
-call! Zombie Kim, if you fail to defeat the 10th floor boss, you will call me teacher until you die. ah! Since you can’t die, you’ll just have to live with the name Master on your lips forever.
“Do you have delusion skills? “Hurry up and get ready to serve Confucius.”
-Hehehe.
“Hehehe.”
We glared at each other and smiled sinisterly.
Hunters hunting goblins from afar whispered.
“hey. “That person has been muttering to himself ever since.”
“Now he even laughs alone. “Do you have a mental problem?”
“Shh! Look this way. “Pretend you don’t know, pretend you don’t know.”
“······.”
···I need to talk to myself as little as possible.
I kept my mouth shut and headed to the 10th floor.
4.
Unlike other hunting grounds, there was a manager standing in front of the boss room on the 10th floor.
The person dispatched from the Hunter Management Bureau listened to my story and frowned.
“You want to challenge the boss alone?”
“yes.”
The manager’s expression was ‘Who is this crazy guy?’ It took less than 2 seconds to change to .
“excuse me. I don’t know if you saw the news last time… There are only 30 elite members of the Black Dragon Guild. We formed a strategy team with 4 top rankers, but it failed. Hunting solo is suicidal.”
“What do you think?”
I was confident.
“It’s the management bureau’s policy to unconditionally send out hunters who want to attack.”
“That’s right, but…”
The manager looked embarrassed.
“Excuse me, but I record all the hunters who come and go here. Later, the management bureau boss will look at the records… Then wouldn’t I be a bad guy for letting a hunter who was almost certain to die enter the room? Please take a look at the situation here as well.”
“hmm.”
how will we do it. I stroked my chin calmly.
-what? Administration? When we conquered the tower in our world, we didn’t raise guys like this!
Of course, that means I was the only one who was calm.
-Without these guys! They’re playing politics by creating management bureaus and guilds. I’ve never liked them for a long time. I’m wasting my energy on something like that, so I’m still moping around on the 10th floor! Hey, Kim Zombie! Just beat this guy up and go into the boss room.
‘no. ‘Why hit someone who did nothing wrong?’
-How dare you block my path.
As expected, he was probably a psychopath, but his human rights were at the level of a mosquito.
“Manager.”
I clicked my tongue in my mind and took out my pocket.
“I see you are having a hard time. The manager is right. Taking on a challenge alone is just an act of suicide. But… I really want to commit suicide.”
“yes?”
“I’m having a hard time these days…”
I smiled bitterly.
“My lover died a year ago. Not long ago, the Ministry of Pension declared that I had an incurable disease. No matter how long you live, it only lasts half a year, and I don’t have the confidence to endure that half a year without a lover.”
“ah···.”
-what?
Bae Hu-ryeong frowned.
-What kind of bullshit is this zombie bastard talking about?
I ignored it. And I kept whispering to the manager in front of me.
“But even though I’m a low-level hunter, I’m a hunter. I don’t want to end my life by being hospitalized in the pension castle and waiting to see if I will die today or tomorrow. Even if I die… I want to challenge the monster until the end.”
“Such a story…”
The manager slowly looked pitiful as he listened to my story. why. You know that expression people make when they hear about the unfortunate tragedy of someone completely unrelated? that!
“Here is the money I saved up to fight my illness.”
I handed the money bag to the manager. It was heavy. There was one hundred gold in the pocket.
“Anyway, it’s useless now… the manager will keep it.”
“I can’t accept this kind of money!”
“I want to leave without leaving anything behind in the world that will disappear anyway. Manager. Please don’t even record my presence here. “This is the last request of my hunter life…”
The manager’s expression became heavy. Almost like he was crying. Perhaps the weight of the money bag is also added to that heaviness.
“···All right. Go ahead. “I didn’t see anything…”
-What the hell.
Bae Hu-ryeong was dumbfounded.
-hey. Are you two filming a movie together? Aren’t there hidden cameras running somewhere right now?
No matter what I said, the manager let me through.
I parted ways with the manager and walked away. Stone road. The place where the 10th floor boss was staying was a very luxurious mansion, like an old noble house. I walked down the stone road leading to the mansion.
‘Originally the 10th floor cleared by Flame Emperor Yu Suha.’
I stood in front of the main gate of the mansion.
I slowly pushed the door open with both hands.
‘This time is different. I am on behalf of the Flame Emperor… No.’
I’m sorry.
The mansion’s main door opened, its hinges shaking.
‘I’ll write a legend more spectacular than the Flame Emperor.’
I walked one step forward.
And it started.
-Karrrr!
Laughter was heard from all directions. At the same time, the door I opened and entered closed. Coo! In an instant, the surroundings became dark, and the sounds of creepy laughter from the dark side became louder.
The candles were lit one by one.
-Are you going to play?
this place. Over there. Even though no one touched it, the candles stuck to the floor were lit. There was always a doll placed where the candles were lit. Lady dolls that young children would often play with.
-Are you going to play with us?
The dolls opened their mouths.
-Ice? Has the Rose of Sharon flower bloomed? hide and seek?
-The ice has melted. The flowers are all torn. Let’s play hide and seek!
-OK! Come play with us! Let’s play hide and seek!
-Crackling!
I took a stance.
“OK. “I’ll play with you.”
The aura I had trained over the past week bloomed from my body.
As if waiting for such a reaction, a voice rang in my head.
[You have entered the boss stage.]
[The challenger is Hunter Kim Gongja. There is only 1 person.]
[May good luck be with you.]
A stage that no one in humanity has yet conquered.
The so-called ‘Hide and Seek in the Inferno Mansion’ has begun.
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