chapter 17
17 – Taiga and Sasits
Chwiyiik-!
At 12:00 noon, the night streets of Emosh*ta City were steeped in a strange atmosphere.
A mist of strange light filled the place. It was clear evidence that this small city and the other world had begun to fuse.
“…This.”
Only then did Taiga look at something that floated above his head.
‘Level: 1’
Above Taiga’s head was written a large letter. Apparently, Taiga couldn’t handle his status window, but he seemed to be able to roughly grasp his own level and the level of his enemies.
Within seconds, Taiga silently meditated on the clear evidence of strength that appeared above my head.
‘Level: 5’
“Unexpectedly strong!!! Top man!!!”
Taiga jumped right in.
“What is Utong Man!! What is Utong Man!!”
How the hell is he stuck in my upper chest?
“Anyway, can you feel it? My strength.”
I immediately took a pose to show off my muscles.
“Something hurts my pride… I can’t believe I’m weaker than this guy.”
Taiga muttered indignantly.
“Huh. Jealousy… It’s the privilege of the weak. Enjoy it to your heart’s content.”
I brushed my hair.
“Ohhhhhghhhhh!! Anyways, this is like a game, right? It means that if you kill a lot, the level goes up.”
Taiga soon put on a hideous expression.
“Let’s go hunting!! Hunting!!”
Taiga exclaimed.
It’s good that you’re motivated. I laughed and lifted the iron pipe.
What….. Did you monopolize the talent of our protagonist Sasitth? I also felt that kind of anxiety.
‘Well… But it doesn’t matter, does it?’
Anyway, it’s a matter of Seo-soon. Perhaps, as fate would have it, Taiga would become a companion of Sasitth. It was just thinking of raising Taiga’s level beforehand.
——–
“Gerrr!!”
“Gerreuk!!!”
The scene where the first casualty was killed was definitely a hot place for monsters. Slimes popped up everywhere.
Slime again… I could bet on something like this, but it was just the beginning of the game. That’s an hour’s worth of play. The only mobs to appear were slimes.
“Gerrr.!”
The slimes were more ferocious than usual. And that hatred was only towards me.
“Ah…Do you ‘hate’ me?”
I muttered as I closed my eyes.
It deserved it. I killed the slime’s hero, Gerreuk. It was not unreasonable that Gerruk’s subordinates hated me.
“I understand your feelings. But… If you’re also a warrior, strike with power. I’ll turn your hatred into power!!!”
I shouted that and immediately rushed towards the slimes.
“Keee!!!!”
I immediately swung the iron pipe and burst a slime.
Kwaaang-!!
The slime’s body exploded helplessly at the blow. Now, slime was just one cut.
I took the life of another creature. What a sinful life…
Taiga was weeping on such a day.
“Do you really have to fight while doing sh*t like that?”
Taiga looked at me like a pitiful creature.
No. Damn it… Is it that you don’t feel this heat that only men can understand?
——
Anyway, a large army of slimes surrounded us.
“Uhhhhh!!!”
Taiga excitedly swung the baseball bat and hit the slimes.
“Kihahahahaha!
Taiga seemed really excited to be able to release his destructive instinct. Uh…It’s kind of scary seeing it in person.
Although he was at level 1, his former bullsh*t career shone. Taiga fought fairly well. Well… He’s a good guy even in the game.
Bojeong, the main character’s colleague, appeared right away.
T-ring-! Tiriling-!
Thanks to the slime hunting method, Taiga’s level began to rise at a terrifying speed.
Ring-!!
Taiga’s level reached 5 before he knew it.
Yes. He was on the same level as me.
‘What about my efforts during spring break…’
Fluff-!!
I immediately sat down on the ground. To be honest, it felt like a huge hit.
The days of spring break passed by me.
After three weeks of hard training at the kendo hall from morning to evening and a murderous routine of hunting slime with a heavy body, he barely reached level 4. And I risked my life to kill even Gereuk, the overwhelming strongest by my standards, and eventually became level 5.
He reaped in one day the results he had obtained at the end of those faithful days.
‘Ah… Is this snake mind?’
Overwhelming jealousy that I hadn’t felt since I was a current Webso writer raged inside me.
“Huh. You caught up.”
Taiga immediately spoke in a triumphant tone.
“…….Numbers, there are strengths that cannot be expressed in numbers.”
I tried my best to win the spirit. My 3 weeks of hard work was not in vain!!!! No!! It can’t be in vain!!!
“Really? But at first you teased me with numbers. What is that? What?”
Taiga said while stroking my hair.
“You, your 5th level is nothing but water!!! My 5th level is a real contraction muscle!! That’s it!!”
I shouted that and immediately ran towards the slimes.
“Keee of of of course of the game of the game of who catches more!!!!”
I tried hard to keep my mind positive.
“That’s great!!! If I lose, you’re my favourite!!”
Tyga was a game-loving personality, and immediately swung a baseball bat and charged at the slime.
———-
After the mad slime hunt.
I raised my eyes and looked over Taiga’s head.
‘Level: 7’
On the other hand, my level was 5. They say they hunted pretty hard, but they didn’t climb even one.
Fresh-!
Taiga looked at me like that and smiled sadistically.
“It’s cute.”
Taiga stroked my hair and said a destructive word. The triumphant smile that seemed to have won was a bonus.
Ah…Yes. So, is there only one thing I can do?
“Taiga. Shall we take a break from slime hunting? I have work to do.”
I spoke to Taiga in a very calm tone.
“Huh? All of a sudden?”
“I’ll go and kill myself in a minute.”
Ah…The will to live has completely disappeared. It felt like I could die without any regrets now.
“Hey!!! Stop making that carefree expression because you’re scared!! Please!!! It’s like you’re really going to die!!”
Taiga caught me right away.
“Kuuu…!”
Before I knew it, tears came out of my eyes.
“You really bother people!!! Wake up!!”
Taiga wiped away my tears while saying that.
“Huhhhhh!!”
I immediately threw his face into Taiga’s chest. Anything is fine, I wanted to be healed by motherly love.
“Wait a minute…Breasts?! This pervert…!”
I heard Taiga’s panicked voice, but I didn’t intend to move a single step from Taiga’s chest. I want to be healed!!
“Yes. Yes. Pop. Nice. Nice.”
Eventually, Taiga gave up and stroked my hair.
———
About 5 minutes later, I was immediately healed.
“Whoa… Mental recovery.”
As expected, the power of motherhood is great.
“He’s a really fast-paced guy…”
Taiga looked at me and muttered something dumbfounded.
“Then, are you only catching slimes until 2 am today? I want to fight a strong enemy soon.”
Taiga asked me about the plan.
“Huh? Are you asking for my opinion, a level 5 bug? Shouldn’t Taiga-chan, level 7, decide?”
At those words, my inferiority complex reared its head again.
sh*t. The more I think about it, the more unfair it is.
“He really has an aftertaste…”
Taiga snorted as if it were absurd.
It was then.
“You… Can you see this too?”
As I heard a very cool and serious voice, Taiga and I turned our heads.
Beyond that was our hero, Aiueo Sassiseso. Sacits for short.
He was holding even an old wooden log as a weapon. This guy… He’s quite adaptable. It was like a main character.
“Ah… Aiueo. Are you here to fight these monsters too?”
That’s what I asked.
“Just call me Eo. It’s inconvenient to call.”
Our cool guy, Sarsits, said in a calm tone.
“Eh…. Aiueo, you left out the coolest part of the hiragana word order!! You are a genius!!!”
I couldn’t help but admire it right away.
Oh. Having said that, there is something in the atmosphere. No one would have guessed that the prototype was an insincere word order called aiueo.
Sacits succeeded in embodying extreme coolness in his cursed name. This was a huge achievement.
How can I say it… It feels like a sprout has sprouted in the wasteland.
“Then I’ll call you Sash*ts!!”
But I decided to just call them Sarcits. Everyone calls it that It is better to unify the names.
“Why are the conclusions drawn like that?!”
Sasitth took a beating in an exasperated tone, uncharacteristic of a cool guy. Hey, is cool a concept? I had such a question.
“I… I’d like to call you Sacits.”
I naturally acted with a sullen attitude.
“Heh… I don’t care about the title. It’s not important.”
Now, belatedly pretending to be cool, it was our main character Sasits. I think I paid a little attention to the title for something like that… However, I decided to ignore it with the affection of a man. Because there was a time when I was also sick with middle school disease. Okay. It all grows with it. Just because it was a freshman in high school didn’t mean I wouldn’t get sick in the second middle school.
“Ohh. There’s another human who can see a monster.”
Taiga seemed curious about that.
“Norio Ishimori was found dead today. That person was attacked by a monster. They say that humans who are attacked by a monster die from a heart attack. It is believed that death is caused by accumulated mental damage, not physical damage. “
Sacits made a cool analysis.
Then there is only one thing I have to do. It was enough to justify the main character.
“…..That, I already know.”
However, Taiga, who couldn’t read the atmosphere, spoke indifferently.
“…….I see.”
Sasitth spoke in a cool tone, but his voice trembled with embarrassment.
Sorry. Sasit’s. Inwardly, I apologized to Sasitth.