Damn System

Episode 18

Chapter 5 K(2)

It is a body formed with over a thousand mana.

Climbing the cliff was really easy.

There was no need to hang on by hand, just step on the protruding part and jump up.

“Kyaaak!”

As expected, as I began to close the distance, he began to use his tongue.

The point that is aiming at me and approaching quickly.

Expanding my senses, I quickly turned my head and grabbed my tongue.

“Suck!”

Then, with enough strength to clench his teeth, he swung his arms around.

I felt resistance, but not to the point that I couldn’t win.

Muscles swelled and the body of the monster on top of the cliff floated into the air.

I was thinking of putting it on the floor.

“Ugh!”

But while the monster fell down the cliff, something unexpected happened.

Two more tongues protruded from the gaping monster’s mouth.

The guy I saw in the promotion test only had a split tongue, but one root.

But this guy has three strands from the root!

I let go of the cliff and grabbed my other tongue, and my body began to fall.

In the meantime, one remaining tongue wrapped around his waist.

Both of them were falling, but I, who was relatively low, touched the ground first.

He immediately took out his longsword and was about to cut off the tongue wrapped around his waist.

He quickly let go of me and retrieved his tongue.

‘It’s like a whip.’

Right after that, he also landed stably next to the valley.

Face to face, the difference from the monsters I had seen before seemed more vivid.

The guy I saw in the promotion test was about 170 or 180 in height. About the same as mine or slightly smaller.

But the guy standing right in front of me was well over 2 meters tall.

The difference wasn’t just the physique.

The bristly-looking fur was white in places, and the dents were visible.

Fingernails and toenails were more broken than intact.

The muscles in his limbs also seemed to be somewhat slender.

On top of that, a half-shaved face and one empty eye.

Unbelievably, he was the behavior of a defeated soldier.

If you look at it differently, it looks like you’re getting old and frail.

I was confused by how different it looked from the monster I knew, but that was it.

I raised my magic and prepared for battle.

At the same time, he waved his hand at me. As if telling me to jump on it.

‘This bastard.’

Just looking at it, they’re mocking me.

I gritted my teeth and shot forward.

The monster also stepped forward and waved its hand.

‘For now, spearmanship.’

I waved the spearhead as if drawing a small circle.

His hand could not block the spearhead and slid all the way along the spearhead.

Arms, spears and effective distance are longer for me.

I just aimed at the guy’s chest and stabbed the spear.

‘Kill at once!’

Soon after, silence ensued when the spear point touched the guy’s chest.

‘what… … ?’

It was Took, not Fuuk.

I opened my eyes and saw the scene in front of me.

I stabbed it as hard as I could, but the blade couldn’t penetrate his hide.

“Kick-kick.”

It sounded like a shady sneer.

Right after that, the monster grabbed the spear pole with both hands.

I hurriedly put the spear into the storage box.

“Kyaaak!”

Right after that, the monster’s snout, which had closed the distance at once, opened wide.

From there protruded three tongues that moved wildly like tentacles.

All were of different lengths. In an instant, the neck was seized.

“Suck!”

My body seemed to rise into the air, but immediately began to plummet.

He hurriedly swung his longsword and cut off the monster’s tongue.

Black blood gushed out and screams continued.

I managed to get out of the monster’s clutches, but I couldn’t avoid being slammed to the ground.

“Kuk!”

thud.

It made an unbelievably loud noise.

Although there was pain, the impact was not great.

It was thanks to the magic that was quickly put on his back.

Right after that, I stretched out my foot, holding on to the nearest tongue.

I kicked the jaw of the monster that began to bend down to catch me.

“Keck!”

The monster’s head snapped back and he managed to completely pull out one of his tongues.

It is rewarding to learn even the ground techniques used in mixed martial arts.

As soon as the situation struck, I avoided being caught thanks to my body moving first.

While he staggered in shock, I hurriedly rolled on the floor.

At the same time, he flung the tongue he had plucked out of it to the side.

“Two.”

When he spit, it was mixed with blood.

‘I can’t compare to the gym leaders.’

For the past three months, when I was playing with the gym leaders, I felt like I was playing with a child.

It was because my body was beyond the level of human judgment.

‘Would I be good at jumping off a cliff in a few steps?’

I haven’t tried it myself, but it seemed like I could dodge a gun with this reflex speed.

It’s because the moment your finger starts to move, you just have to get out of the straight line area.

The newly created body through magical power was so amazing.

Even so, the monster was on the same physical level as me.

That alone was enough to make me nervous, but the addition of the tongue moving wildly in the air made me a little annoyed.

It’s because I’m nervous because I don’t know where that thing will attack.

‘I’ll have to neutralize that tongue first so I won’t be dragged around.’

In order to reduce the burden at close range, I have to deal with that tongue first.

“Kyaaagh!”

The guy who had enough room to mock me roared.

But I didn’t run first.

Even the monster seemed to be chewing on my thoughts while analyzing my strength.

‘It’s definitely because it’s level 2.’

There is not a big difference in the second number, but I thought it was because of the limited number of people entering because the difficulty level was different.

However, the level of the monsters that came out was also slightly different.

That monster was harder to deal with than the one I saw in the promotion test.

Right now, isn’t it to the point where you can’t even pierce leather with a blade?

but.

‘I can kill you.’

It was cumbersome, but it didn’t feel impossible.

The lull that began by analyzing each other’s strength was not long.

This time, he moved first.

I also rushed at the monster as if I would not lose.

The first thing that comes in is, of course, the tongue.

I tilted my head to the side to avoid the dot shooting through me.

Then, holding onto the tongue that had brushed my face, he cut it off once more.

I couldn’t pull it out by the root, but I shortened the length.

At the same time, another tongue that strikes like a whip from the side!

Then, the hand that makes a sound and threatens the abdomen is added.

I ignored my tongue and twisted my waist to avoid his hand.

Then, with his arm wrapped around his side, he extended his senses.

「The senses are expanded.」

In the slow time, I could see the direction the guy was moving.

As I gritted my teeth, I stretched out my hand and grabbed the root of the tongue protruding from the monster’s mouth with one hand.

He took out his longsword and drew it, and black blood gushed out.

The distance got too close in the process, but it can be done!

I groaned and kicked the hand that was slamming it down, pulling out my dagger.

In an instant, the monster’s eyes met.

What was contained in the red eyes was a sense of disappointment, and what was contained in the brown eyes was a thrill.

It was after the dagger covered in red mist pierced the monster’s jaw as it was when the other hand grabbed my head and grabbed it tightly as if it would explode.

Deep enough to barely see the handle.

“Kek… … !”

There was a sound like boiling blood, but it was not satisfactory.

I twisted the dagger as hard as I could, thrusting it into his jaw.

Crack.

The pierced skin split open and the jawbone protruded from the side.

Black blood gushed out and the monster’s body disintegrated.

I took out my longsword again and put it through his head.

The red mist-covered sword pierced the monster’s skull and plunged deep into the ground.

It didn’t take long for him or me to fight because each gesture and kick ended in the blink of an eye.

It happened only a minute or two after colliding with the monster.

“Aww!”

Immediately after the battle, a shout came out without my knowledge.

I did it, because I succeeded in killing a bigger guy than I saw in the promotion test without any major injuries!

I was thrilled because it seemed that my efforts had been rewarded.

But it soon disappeared without a trace.

“You have succeeded in eliminating the enemy.”

「I collect 16 contaminated magic power.」

「65 contaminated magic power is absorbed.」

It was because of a familiar yet unfamiliar message.

“Kheop!”

I had to grit my teeth at the pain I had been experiencing for a long time.

Even so, I did it a couple of times and avoided falling to the floor.

I started purifying right after the absorption was over and opened the message window.

Cursing rose up to the tip of his neck.

「I collect 16 contaminated magic power.」

At the time of the beta test, there was no such message.

But now it exists.

What does this mean?

During the promotion test, the system couldn’t take any magic power away from me.

That’s why it was changed to a way to reduce it before it is absorbed at all.

The system ate 16 mana that should have been originally absorbed by me.

“this… … !”

I guess this is what it feels like to be so angry that I’m speechless.

Total mana from simple addition is 81.

16 of them were robbed of a whopping 20% of their magic power.

Right now I’m only 16, but the more monsters I catch, the more mana I’ll take away.

“Aww!”

I tried screaming and screaming next to the monster’s corpse, but I couldn’t let go of my anger.

The influence of tainted magical power had begun again.

I had to breathe hard for a while.

But you can’t stay stuck on this problem forever.

I started to purify while suppressing my anger.

Then he took the dagger stuck in the monster’s jaw and the spear that fell next to three or four steps away.

After recovering the weapon, it was magic detection.

Right now, the range of perception is not wide, but you need to raise your proficiency as you continue to use it.

When I made a butterfly again, the curse came up.

“sh*t.”

Two more large lumps of magical power were running.

As I gritted my teeth, I firmly grabbed the spear.

‘you can do it.’

It was confirmed by the previous battle.

Didn’t it add up to the training he had been gritting for three months in a body that was stronger than at the time of the promotion test?

Absolutely I win

‘Six more.’

Kill the remaining ones and gain elemental magic.

I decided to think about that for now.

“Come on, you bastards.”

“Kyaaagh!”

As soon as the low murmur was over, a new monster fell from the cliff.

* * *

“eww… … .”

After repeated battles, he was sitting next to the corpses of monsters.

At first, there were two monsters that came running, but around the time I killed one, another came, and while I was fighting them, another one joined me.

As a result, I caught five monsters in the valley.

He was beaten in the side during a melee, and every breath he took was as painful as being stabbed with a knife.

The calf muscle was also slightly torn due to being bitten by one of them on the way.

‘I thought I’d go a little easier.’

Injuries could not be completely avoided.

Nevertheless, instead of resting, I moved to check my loot.

After crossing the carcass of the monster, I approached the place where the gold ingots and jewels were stored.

‘Quickly before they come again.’

The hand to open the storage box and take out the backpack became urgent.

‘You take me no matter what.’

Even if there is a limit to confronting the system, unconditionally.

The corners of his mouth twitched as he shoved the gold ingots into the empty space in the storage box.

After collecting the loot, I opened a shop.

There, I bought a bundle of 10 options for 150 mana.

‘Let’s see how effective it is.’

The potion contained in a transparent bottle the size of an index finger was a red liquid.

When I opened the lid and took a sip of it, my insides became hot.

A feeling of heat spreading from the heart through the blood vessels to the whole body.

Slowly but surely the pain subsided.

“Whoa… … .”

The wounds and bleeding on the legs were noticeably reduced.

Just in case, I opened another one and poured it on my leg, and the flesh began to heal very slowly.

It’s not at the level of a panacea, but the effect as a recovery agent was certain.

‘My magic is also restored.’

Not only was the physical injury resolved, but even magic was recovering faster than usual.

I got up only after compressing the wound on my leg with a bandage I took out of my backpack.

There was no hesitation in the movement to climb the cliff again and enter the forest.

Although the movement was not smooth due to the rocks scattered here and there.

Thanks to the constant purification, I was able to lower the chaos level by 10%.

Looking at it so far, it seems to be doing pretty well.

Not necessarily.

‘Where are the other two guys?’

No matter how much I look around, I can’t see it.

“under.”

I let out a sigh and put down the backpack I had been wearing all along.

Fatigue sets in as I slump down on a nearby rock.

There are only 7 monsters to catch in this mission.

I’m not sure because the watch I’ve been carrying has disappeared.

It felt like two or three hours had passed.

‘Does it really take this long?’

Or because I’m doing a 5-player mission by myself?

I sighed repeatedly and searched my backpack.

I was very hungry because I was moving so fast.

It’s a pity that I brought food just in case.

If not, I would have dealt with the remaining monsters in a hungry state.

I took out some bread and a can of drink.

My body changed and the amount I ate increased dramatically, so I brought several of each type.

As I ate them, my thoughts branched to and fro.

‘If this continues, I’ll have to think about it for a few days.’

Starting from level 3 missions, the number of monsters increases to three digits.

It may not be over in a day or two.

“Tsk.”

I munched on the bread and clicked my tongue briefly.

‘Let’s rest for now.’

Although his stamina has increased dramatically, the first battle he fought was so intense that he was exhausted.

My mind was tired, not my body. I floated the butterfly up and lay down on my back.

I never thought I’d find a sharp blade on the right side of my face.