chapter 29
29 – Faster than anyone else (2)
‘Are you halfway there?’
I sensed that I had reached the depths of the dungeon before I knew it.
It’s hilarious, it’s hilarious.
A rustling sound was heard.
I moved my gaze there.
It was a sound coming from an abandoned house that was thick with dust and looked like it was going to collapse at any moment.
A pleasant smell stung my nose to see how much the mold had rotted.
‘You live a very dirty life. Orcs.’
Kiki-.
I heard the creaking of the abandoned door of the abandoned house.
“Ugaga! Are you an intruder?”
While holding an axe, the orc pushed through the door and nervously slammed the door shut when he found Siwoon.
The orc who found Siwoon walking towards him was surprised and his body stiffened.
“… Wild boar?”
It wasn’t a wild boar.
It was easy to mistake it for a mutant wild boar walking on two legs, as it was covered in thick boar skin, but it was presumed to be a wild boar, holding a greatsword that only humans use.
It was human.
“Ooh! Hey, did the human go all the way here?”
Kung-kung-kung!
The orc waddled over and approached him holding an axe.
He had a bloated physique that seemed to weigh 200kg, and his body was full of muscles, not flesh.
[Orc Elite Soldier][Lv.36]
“Ughyagyagya!!”
An orc came running, holding an ax and opening his mouth wide.
“Welcome.”
Siwoon greeted him with a smirk.
It’s annoying to go looking for each one, but I’m just glad I found them on my own.
f*ck!
“Kkeo-heo-eok!”
Siwoon’s middle kick hit the rib exactly, and the orc collapsed on the spot clutching his stomach.
He didn’t even have to wield his greatsword and move his body swiftly and fight flashily.
Si-woon’s power, which was added to his fraudulent strength stats and the effect of increasing his stats, was enough to wipe out his vitality with one kick.
“Here, hehehe, heuk….”
The subject lying on the floor with his head on the floor managed not to die yet and gasped for breath.
“You’re tougher than other orcs, right? Seeing how he is still holding his breath after being hit by my kick.”
“Oooh, Oooh… Now, wait a minute… “
The orc stretched his hand upwards, giving a signal to stop for a moment, and at the same time, Siwoon’s greatsword pierced the orc’s head with precision.
Kiki-
Kikki-
I heard the commotion and heard the doors of the nearby abandoned houses being opened all at once.
And it was Orcs who showed up.
“My colleague!! Whoa!”
“I won’t forgive you, Wooga!”
When he saw that his neighbor orc had been killed by a dog, he rushed into a frenzy.
Although they were Orcs with low intelligence, they were a race known for their loyalty.
Boom!
The orc’s first ax hit Siwoon, but the ax only cut through the air noisily.
“Slow, slow. Who is fit for that axe?”
“Profit!”
Hearing Siwoon’s voice provoking him, the orc squinted his eyes and desperately ran further.
It looked frantic.
Boom!
The second blow from the ax belonged to another orc.
Siwoon twisted his shoulder and avoided him very lightly.
To the point of embarrassing for an orc who threw the ax with all his might.
As the ax sliced through the empty air, the orc lost his balance and stumbled.
Suuk!
“Each of them….”
I heard the screams of the orcs.
With Siwoon’s hand holding the greatsword, he could vividly feel the gentle touch of the sword’s blade against the orc’s chest.
Cheolpuduk-
And,
Paak!
It was the sound of Siwoon’s fist striking the face of an orc who was trying to join the side.
The head of an orc that has been properly straightened is tilted backwards.
“Ooh! Blood, blood!”
The staggering orc was busy grabbing his nose and turning his blood to stop it.
“I guess even muscular guys like you feel the pain.”
A gentle voice of Siwoon.
But to the orcs, that gentle voice sounded like a demon.
Shaak!
The orc’s head fell off his neck and rolled to the ground at Siun’s greatsword.
“It’s easy.”
Siwoon looked at the greatsword he was holding.
The greatsword was covered with the green blood of an orc.
It was blood with a thick, disgusting smell.
Took. Took.
Tap the blade to the ground to shake off the blood.
Then the blood on the blade fell to the ground along the blade.
“Can you feel the vibration?”
And Siwoon raised his head and moved his gaze over there.
Kung-kung-kung-kung!
I heard a sound so loud that I could feel the vibration through my whole body.
Five orcs, as if they formed a group, were running towards him with passion, clinging tightly to his left and right.
[Orc Elite Soldier][Lv.36]
[Orc Elite Soldier][Lv.35]
[Orc Elite Soldier][Lv.33]
[Orc Elite Soldier][Lv.37]
[Orc Elite Soldier][Lv.32]
“Leap of the Fire Dragon.”
I took off right away!
Hey!
“Ooh! Be careful.”
“Something is flying! Wooga.”
Bagak!
“Kwaaah!”
One of the orcs who flew in from the air like lightning and jumped down with a great sword fell without knowing why. As his massive body swayed and fell, the orcs who had been running close to him were entangled in the aftermath and fell down with their faces slammed into place.
Kooung! Cooong!
With the ax dropped from his grasp, he could see the backs of the fallen orcs’ heads.
‘These guys have muscles in the back of their heads too.’
Without hesitation, he thrusts the blade of his greatsword into the back of the orcs’ heads in turn.
One.
Two… Three, four.
Up to five.
As if hitting a mole with its head sticking out of the ground with a hammer, I used my greatsword to cut the back of their heads one by one.
They didn’t even have a chance to scream in agony.
[You have leveled up.]
– The level does not rise further, so the experience is automatically saved.
“Okay. All the orcs in the dungeon today are my prey.”
I moved deeper and deeper into the dungeon.
Slice lightly and slaughter the orcs that pop out along the way.
The end of the dungeon was in sight.
‘It’s a door.’
What Siwoon saw was a single door.
A long passage stretched out in front of him, and there was a round door in front of him.
The door was huge.
‘That door is that door.’
That’s right.
It was the very door that hunters who reached this place should never open.
There was a strict rule that not only Hunters, but also humans could not approach that door.
Beyond that door lives a ruthless being.
***
“It’s time to lay the goal down.”
A demonic, low-pitched voice flowed from the monster’s mouth.
The appearance of the monster was very crude.
Three times the size of a normal orc.
Formidable combat muscles developed through countless battles. And the blood vessels protruding through the skin of those muscles.
A monster with a crushed face was lying peacefully on a bed in a luxurious and spacious room.
However, it was uncomfortable to plant due to the small shaking sound from outside the door.
“I don’t know what kind of bastard it is, but it’s a little noisy.”
It was clearly speculated that it was the work of a human being.
From mercenaries to hunters, they often go to the Orc battlefield for the purpose of hunting.
However, the monster didn’t care about the act to some extent.
It didn’t matter if the orcs who acted as his henchmen were killed by the humans.
Orcs were already regenerated and created at a set time, and it was enough to use the orcs that were created as their henchmen.
Besides, humans never invaded their territory.
There was no human coming into his house, which existed at the very end of the Orc battlefield.
This ‘Orc battlefield’ is a place where only humans below level 30 can enter.
At least level 30 or lower humans couldn’t deal with him.
That’s why humans took care of themselves and didn’t invade this room where they live.
Knowing that, I used to turn a blind eye to monsters and humans hunting in this battlefield.
Because they do not invade their territory.
There were a few humans who came to this dungeon to hunt, stupidly opened the door and entered their territory.
Few of those people got out of the door alive.
There were at least a few humans who got out alive.
The human who saw the monster and immediately said “Sorry!” And ran away like a rat was able to survive.
At least, on the battlefield of the Orcs, this monster was like a follicle to humans.
“Even lower human beings have to make a living.”
The monster closed his eyes and talked to himself.
Whether humans were hunting or doing anything, as long as they didn’t invade their territory, they didn’t care.
He himself, for an Orc race, had a thing called mercy.
Closing your eyes and trying to fall asleep.
I kept hearing the sound of something on the other side.
My nerves were on edge.
The monster frightenedly opened its closed eyes and stood up.
“Come here!!”
As the monster’s mighty roar rang out,
The door rattles! As soon as it opened, an orc came running and bowed its head like folding a folder.
“Ooh! Did you call, great king?”
“Isn’t it a bit noisy outside?”
“Let’s go out, Wooga!”
The orc bows with his hands together and goes out of the door.
And after a while,
I heard a scream as if my soul was about to go out.
He was the upbringing of an orc who had just taken his orders and went out.
The monster grabbed two axes by his bedside.
The size of the ax was also enormous.
However, it was as tall as a human being. It was awkward to even call it an axe.
“Where is this lowly human being!”
As if he had an intuition that a human had invaded, he spurred out the door.
With the monster’s eyes, he entered a huge staircase that stretched all the way below him.
The stairs were not only huge in width, but also enormous in length.
“Hmm?”
Something caught the monster’s eye.
Beneath his own steps, beyond, lay the orc who had just screamed out, lying miserably with his arms and chest severed.
Trumbling.
I started going down the long stairs.
Then I saw something.
A wild boar standing on two legs?
No, wild boars can’t be here.
The boar was standing there holding a greatsword.
Looking closely, it was human.
“What? You bastard!”
The monster roared with all its might.
The shouting was enough to shake the stairs.
“……… ….”
Hearing the shout, the human stared at the monster for a while without saying anything.
“Oops! I forgot something, I’ll come back.”
The human said calmly.
Then he turned his back, made a U-turn, opened the door and left.
When he saw a human who pulled out his tail right away after seeing him, he burst into laughter.
“Ha ha ha ha! Seeing as you stopped thinking of attacking me, you’re not an idiot. I am a body full of mercy, so I will close my eyes to one mistake.”
***
“Can’t you see any orcs?”
“Damn it, I tried to hunt once… ….”
“Do I have to wait until it is regenerated? But seeing as there aren’t any orcs in sight, it means that they’ve all been wiped out…. He must have gone hunting for a group party.”
The sound of men talking filled the dungeon.
The torch held by one of the men explodes! As I rode, I was illuminating my surroundings.
They all wore cloaks with marks on them.
They were mercenaries.
I had visited this dungeon for training.
The four of them made a party and stopped by here to concentrate on hunting, but the orcs didn’t even show their noses.
When I walked through the dungeon, it was only full of the bloodstains of the orcs.
“As if sweeping away with a dustpan, not a single orc was left…” . Did the mercenaries go?”
“Am I a madman in the beginning city? Did you ask all your fellow mercenaries? But, no mercenaries said they were going to this dungeon today!”
“I can’t believe the hunters went there.”
“Jimiral! Hunter chicks are all selfish.”
“Bastards…. Do those who are comfortably stronger than us eat their own?”
Swear words came out of the mercenaries’ mouths.
They were jealous of the Hunters.
There was a reason for that.
Mercenaries each have their own level, and you can level up through fighting and hunting.
However, mercenaries did not receive extra stats when they leveled up like hunters.
Thanks to that, I couldn’t raise the stats I wanted to raise according to my taste like the hunters.
While leveling up, they beat monsters, while beating those monsters, trained their bodies to become stronger.
In addition, mercenaries, like hunters, did not acquire skills through the former system, and had to learn skills by buying expensive skill books while working tirelessly as mercenaries.
The gap between hunters and mercenaries was inevitable.
Also, due to the appearance of hunters, the mercenaries’ jobs were also decreasing.
The main missions of mercenaries are to wipe out monsters, intervene in wars between countries, and perform various missions by receiving money through private methods. Through this, they made a profit and lived on, but history changed after the appearance of hunters.
There were fewer and fewer places for mercenaries, and the hunters who appeared like saviors were gaining the trust of many people.
That’s why most of the mercenaries used to envy the hunters.
“I’m in a good mood, but if I see a hunter that stands out, will I just give it up and beat it?”
“Arthur, it’s a disgrace if you get a reverse tour.”
They looked around and walked deep into the dungeon.
“What? What?”
At the words of one mercenary, the other mercenaries all stopped in their tracks.
“Look there….”
The mercenary who was talking to himself pointed in front of him with his index finger.
The eyes of the other mercenaries moved all at once to the direction the mercenary pointed.
Something was approaching.
I wasn’t human.
It couldn’t have been human.
It was normal for humans to carry torches, magic spheres, or lights to illuminate the surroundings in this dark dungeon.
Something that had been in the dark finally made its appearance.
“It’s a wild boar!”
“What? What… How is the wild boar here?”
Mysteriously, it was a wild boar that approached with trudging sounds. A wild boar that walks on two legs.
“Is it a mutation?”
“It doesn’t matter what the f*ck. There are no orcs, so I have to catch them and get something.”
“Huh? But… it looks like he’s holding that boar weapon.”
“What?”
“Are you saying that mutants like that exist in the world? First of all, everyone is nervous!”
The mercenaries held their nerves, pointed their weapons and prepared for an attack.
A roaring weapon held by a mercenary! As the boar approached within range of the blazing torch, I could see its shape in detail.
“I’ll take the lead, are you ready to heel?”
A warrior class mercenary looked at the healer mercenary and asked with a determined face.
Healer nodded vigorously once.
It was then.
“Over there?”
As the boar’s mouth muscles moved, human words began to flow out of its mouth.
“I think you are misunderstanding, but I am not a monster.”
Boar. So, whether it’s a boar or a mutant, he was using human language on the subject wearing a boar’s back.
“Mutants these days are highly intelligent, right? You know how to pretend to be human.”
The mercenary of the mage class said as if his energy was blocked.
That guy can’t be human.
Surely, I walked from that pitch-dark dungeon without a single light.
With human eyesight, you wouldn’t be able to walk, let alone hunt, in this lightless dungeon without light.
“Ice Bolt.”
A small but determined voice came from the mouth of the mercenary.
Chiing!
A sharp knife-shaped sphere of ice was created and flew towards it, whether it was a wild boar or a mutant.
Sweet! Paga river!
“What?”
The wizard mercenary’s eyes widened.
It was because his special skill, the ice bolt, flew well, but exploded before it even touched the boar’s body.
“… Misfire?”
The judge tilted his head.
The warrior mercenary next to me giggled as if laughing.
“Tsk tsk, I told you not to skip some mana training, I…. What is the misfire?”
The warrior winked as if he wanted to show something and ran to the boar.
With explosive speed.
“I think you completely misunderstood. Because I am a person… “
The wild boar manages to pretend to be a human.
However, his medicine cannot be tricked. The warrior smiles bitterly.
‘Do you think we’ll be fooled by the mutant pretending to be human?’
The warrior gave strength to his lower body.
His lower body swelled with his muscles.
“Blazing Attack.”
Soon after, the warrior spun on the spot and swung the sword loaded with the power of his centrifugal force toward the boar’s head.
Bagang!
The sound of swords clashing against each other.
By the way…….
“Huh?”
The world turned around before my eyes.
Kooung.
“Gup!”
In an instant, the warrior was slamming his ass five meters away from the wild boar.
“Ahhh….”
The arm holding the sword trembled like an aspen tree.
It happened in the blink of an eye.
“Keuheuk. That mutant….”
When his own sword collided with that wild boar’s sword, he felt the pressure of power he had never felt before.
“Sir.”
A curse came out of the warrior’s mouth.
The female mercenary he likes is watching from behind her.
Feed that mutant with a cool skill! I wanted to show that I had grown enough as a mercenary.
The warrior grabbed his sword again in his resentment and stood up.
The healer ran and touched the warrior’s back.
“Heel.”
Then, a green circular sphere was created from the healer’s hand and gently spread around the warrior’s back.
“Are you okay?”
Healer asked.
“No nod.”
The wild boar put down the greatsword he was holding and began to roll up his sleeves.
“I’m not a monster, I’m a human. Now, look.”
The wild boar held out his sleeveless arm and shook it.
Certainly, human skin was right.
“Isn’t that really a human arm?”
The mage who was watching put down the wand for a while.
On the other hand, the warrior had twin wicks in his eyes and was ready to attack.
“Humans or mutants! I gave you the wings, so there is no forgiveness!”
I once again strengthened my courage and quickly ran to him.
This time, be sure to cut off his head or arm.
Because I am a mercenary with more pride than anyone else.
She is watching me from behind.
The wild boar frowned when he saw the warrior running back.
“Sheesh, I can’t understand the language. Fire Dragon’s Leap.”
Boo Woong-
In front of the warrior’s eyes, he suddenly disappeared.
The startled warrior looked around him with a stiff face, then raised his head when he felt his hair blowing strongly in the wind.
The soles of his shoes caught my eye.
From above, he was flying calmly.
He carried a greatsword that was too heavy to even lift.
“?”
Least evil.
From behind, I heard the sound of the soles of my feet hitting the ground in my ears.
When a warrior turns his back and looks back.
It was already after he jumped up like a bird and flew to a distance of over 10 meters before landing.
“Did you fly?”
“Fast….”
When healers and archers exclaim in admiration.
He was waving his hand at them.
“I’m a bit busy, stop.”
Ta ta tak! Then, he ran like crazy to the other side of the dungeon.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the figure from the back as he ran away with a boar’s hair flying while holding a greatsword.
The speed at which they ran was incomparable to their own.
“Are you the right person?”
“You must be right… …. How much agility do you have instead? How could a guy like that enter this dungeon?”
***
“This is it.”
Siwoon arrived in front of the Equipment Reinforcement Shop in Taecho City.
Of course, he didn’t forget to put the giant boar’s leather clothes and great sword in his inventory.
Bang Bang!
The sound of hammering and the sound of heating iron were heard mixed together.
The smell of smoke wafted in was so thick that it stuck in my throat.
“Are you there?”
Siwoon went inside and looked around him.
“Welcome, Hunter.”
Someone welcomed Siwoon.
It was a blacksmith.
A blacksmith with an angular square jaw and a beard reaching all the way down to his neck took off his coat and hammered, then saw Siwoon and gave a fake smile.
Siwoon answered the smile he sent by slightly lowering his head.
‘I know him as a blacksmith who is known for being picky.’
It was as Siwoon thought.
The blacksmith in front of you was a blacksmith known for being picky and picky in Taecho City.
Especially, when low-level hunters came to visit, they told them to just get out of the way, pushed their voluptuous muscular bodies and chased them away threateningly, so when hunters found this place, there were many cases where they were heartbroken.
‘It’s all thanks to my reputation.’
Perhaps the fact that the NPC blacksmith did not disrespect Shiwun and at least greeted him was due to Shiwun’s reputation level.
“Do you want to enhance your equipment?”
The blacksmith put down the hammer he was holding and asked while shaking his hand.
His face is scorched black, as if he had been quenched by fire.
“I am here to avenge your son.”
Siwoon said firmly.
Then the blacksmith’s face hardened.
“Revenge?”
The blacksmith’s body trembled slightly. It seems to be filled with various emotions.
Siwoon had a reason to visit this place.
It was to carry out a quest.
The quest was to kill the Orc King and secure its supply.
There was a reason Siwoon did not deal with the Orc King when he faced the Orc King, the final boss of the battlefield.
‘The quest is triggered, and I have to catch the clumsy guy in order to get the reward.’
That’s right.
For this quest, you had to ask the blacksmith first and deal with the Orc King to smoothly activate the quest.
The blacksmith looked at Siwoon for a while with his eyes drooping, then opened his mouth.
“You mean you’re going to kill the Orc King?”
“Yes.”
The blacksmith looked up and down the luck.
‘This young friend.’
Siwoon is a famous hunter among hunters that currently exist in the beginning city, but he was a famous hunter among newbies.
In addition, the outfit he was wearing didn’t even hold a weapon in the white uniform worn by beginners.
‘Looking at your face….’
The blacksmith wasn’t happy with his luck.
In terms of his appearance, rather than the impression of a strong hunter, he had a skinny body and a smooth, girly face that would touch women well.
“Hmm.”
The blacksmith bit his jaw.
Siwoon walked right in front of him.
“Don’t worry, just leave it to me. I will avenge your son’s grievance.”
“Ummm….”
Siwoon’s voice is so determined and confident. And his eyes full of fearless confidence.
Seeing that, the blacksmith’s heart was gradually moved.
‘No one has offered to kill the Great Orc, so should I leave it to you?’
The blacksmith stopped thinking and said.
“Let’s try to trust Hunter. Please bring me the supply and demand of the king of the orcs. Compensation will not make you feel sad.”
[The quest has arrived.]
‘As expected.’
The quest was triggered.
[Blacksmith’s Grudge][Quest]
Five years ago, the son of Gryon, the blacksmith of the Beginning City, was killed by the Orc King, the boss of the Orc battlefield.
Unable to accept that fact, Gryon lived a life of ruin in sorrow. In order to appease his son’s spirit, he asked promising hunters and mercenaries to kill the Orc King, but he was repeatedly refused.
5 Years later, he is still looking for someone to avenge his son.
For Gryon, who lives with his son buried in his chest, let’s deal with the Orc King and bring him the supply.
Success condition: Supply and demand of the Great Orc (0/1)
Failure Conditions: Death of the Orc King by someone else or flight of the Orc King.
Failure Penalty: Relation with blacksmith Gryon down to .
Unable to use reinforcement points in the Beginning City.
Reward: Advanced Enhancement Scroll x3
Siwoon smiled inwardly.
‘The reward is very good.’
It was inevitable. This quest was actually a quest that could be considered almost impossible.
You must be level 30 or lower to enter the battlefield of Orcs.
On the other hand, the level of the Great Orc is close to 50.
So the Hunters in the Beginning City couldn’t carry out this quest.
In addition, this quest belongs to a quest called
.
This is because the Great Orc is a rare monster that does not regenerate upon death.
“Then, shall we go?”
Siwoon moved on without delay.
To the battlefield of the Orcs.
***
“Kuuul..”
The King of Orcs sleeps with a golden blanket up to his neck and the world knows nothing about it.
On either side of his shoulders, female orcs with long hair are lightly leaning against his chest, falling asleep.
Well, even though she was a female orc, she only had long hair, but her appearance was no different from that of a male orc.
Quang!
The sound of lightning struck the Orc King and opened his eyes.
“What are you talking about! How dare you, this body is sleeping. Who made this noise?”
The face of the Orc King, who was especially sensitive to sleep, flowed out of the flesh.
He was a tyrant who, if nothing else, would slit the throat of any female orc who disturbed his sleep.
“Great King! Get up and come out.”
Some son of a b*tch was screaming deafeningly through the door.
“Whoever you are, you are dead. I’ll kill you and drink your whole body into blood itself.”
He was the great king of Orcs who lived for fun to satisfy his s*xual desire and appetite, but he was the happiest.
It is sleep like honey.
I had no intention of forgiving anyone who disturbed my sleep like that.
Even if you kill him, he just won’t kill you. Kill them halfway, tie them up, and slowly tear them limb from limb! I will eat you alive.
The face of the Great Orc turned into a demon.
Salkan!
Let’s open the door with two axes in each hand and go out.
Down the stairs at his own feet stood a human.
It was that guy earlier.
“Awesome! Awesome!”
He doesn’t even want to say anything.
Just drive the ax blade into that human flesh! I just wanted to quickly see his face as the bastard cried.
“Hey, majesty. Sorry for waking you up But I have to take your neck today.”
The human was spitting out nonsensical words, saying that the snout had been pierced.
The Orc King’s pupils went up even further and became the eyes of an axe.
The Orc King steps up a very long staircase. One step, with a furious step, thump! Crashed and went down
How can I kill him so that rumors spread that he killed him brutally and well?
With this in mind.
“After coming down like a turtle, when are you going to come down here? I’ll just go up.”
“There is no use in running away. I will follow you to the end and cut you into pieces…….”
The Great Orc clenched his teeth.
His jaw muscles are sticking out from the bite so hard.
“Then go up?”
The human talked presumptuously.
Salkan!
The Great Orc held his twin axes in both hands and gave them all the strength in his hands.
“Come up. I’ll chew and tear and chew and chew your flesh….”
“Leap of the Fire Dragon.”
The human was talking incomprehensibly.
By the way.
In the eyes of the Great Orc King, the human figure standing on the 15-meter-long downhill stairs grew larger and larger.
It was flying.
“A rat-like human! You know me…… Kuck?”
The feeling of splitting your head!
The Orc King’s field of vision was divided into two halves, and he saw the distorted sky and the stars.
“…… Uh huh?”
Cheap!
Then, the shape of the bottom of the stairs entered with his own eyes.
“M…..”
No words come out of my mouth.
I couldn’t even breathe.
My head hurts like it would split. I couldn’t even get into my body. Soon everything in the world started to look red.
‘Does this body really suffer?’
“It’s black.”
Blood gushed from deep within his chest into his throat.
“The Great Orc!”
“Gwa, are you okay, my lord? Come to your senses…… “
Behind her, the sound of her concubine orcs screaming in astonishment and jumping in order was getting louder… It fades.
So he is 45 years old.
It was the moment when the life of the great king of Orcs, who reigned as the king of Orcs by force alone and enjoyed a luxurious life that no one envied on the battlefield of Orcs, was ending in vain.