Damn System

Episode 39

Chapter 9 Capitalism (3)

He came exactly where I was.

I hurried back the way I came.

Then the magic power coming towards me stopped in place.

Instead of retreating further, I stayed still.

Then the boss mob started returning to where it was.

After repeating the same action a couple of times, I was convinced.

It reacts when I approach within a certain distance, but when I withdraw from it, it does not chase and returns.

‘About 50 meters… … .’

And small monsters do not approach the boss mob.

It meant that the place I was standing in now was a safe zone.

Should I reorganize here, or go immediately to kill that guy who is absorbing mana?

I looked at the two connected magical powers and organized my thoughts.

‘There is no noticeable increase in magic power.’

So the choice was easy.

‘Enter after recovering all attribute magic.’

The mana that is estimated to be a boss mob is 100 units.

I can’t even imagine how strong the monster would be.

Even if they were in the best condition, they could not predict the victory.

After making my decision, I sat down with my butt on the ground.

It’s already been half a day since I entered the mission site.

I sat down with the food I brought and waited for my mana to recover.

“Tsk.”

Just today, elemental magic has been depleted four times.

It was fortunate that I had time to recover in this way in the middle, otherwise the battle would have been more difficult.

‘The attribute magical power is too small.’

The power is excellent, but it is frustrating to use it up when you finish hunting.

At some point, attribute magic became more desperate than normal magic.

Ordinary mana now feels like currency.

‘Because my body doesn’t change with magical power anymore, and there are so many of them that I have too many materializations.’

When you go up to level 3, normal magical power only has an indirect effect on the increase in combat power.

‘By purchasing technology or equipment.’

On the other hand, elemental magic directly leads to an increase in combat power, such as increasing the power and duration of combat.

That’s why I’m looking for a way to collect a lot as quickly as possible.

But no sharp numbers came out.

Even if I searched my memory, the only time I got elemental magic was when I succeeded in the mission.

Having another homework assignment, I caught my breath while watching in the direction of the boss mob.

* * *

After filling up the elemental magic, I ran to the place where the boss mob was without delay.

Just in case, I made it invisible and tried to approach it, but he reacted as if he had waited.

‘It’s coming up.’

After unlocking the invisibility, which was of no use to her, her running speed became even faster.

Because I had to get a seat before him.

Fortunately, the reaction itself was for containment, and the speed at which the boss mob came up to the surface was not that fast.

Thanks to that, I was able to get to the huge swamp before he emerged from the water.

The area seemed to be about the size of a school playground.

‘What’s so wide?’

I quickly checked my surroundings and focused on the monster’s presence.

The weapon in hand is the spear obtained in the tutorial.

I rarely used it after getting the cross bladed spear, but I needed it today.

This was because it was more advantageous to javelins than cross-bladed spears.

‘When it comes out, put in a shot and start.’

I took a javelin stance as I watched the black shadow get closer and closer in the muddy water.

Every time the boss mob moved, the muddy water shook quite loudly and soaked the ground.

But he never came out to the surface.

I waited patiently for the monster to come out of the water.

But the boy’s patience was not easy.

It’s been in the water ever since I found it.

‘Does this mean I don’t have to breathe outside the water… … .’

If that’s true, it would be dangerous to be dragged into it.

Unlike him, I have a chance of drowning.

The place where I dealt with the little guys was only up to my knees or thighs, but this place is deep enough to be several tens of meters.

It became clear why I shouldn’t go into the water.

However, it is not possible to maintain this confrontation forever.

We need to find a way to stimulate him.

‘Come to think of it, it seemed that he didn’t want to fall next to that vortex magic.’

While pondering the behavior patterns of the boss mob, I lowered the spearhead.

And like when I first entered this mission, I dipped the spear point in water.

Of course, he didn’t use elemental magic like he did back then.

‘There’s no need to waste magic.’

If the electric shock doesn’t have much effect on that guy, it’s just like blowing mana.

Fortunately, just dipping the spearhead in was enough to respond.

The movement of the creature in the water became more rough.

As a result, the level of turbulence in the water intensified.

A reaction as if angry.

‘I don’t want to come out, and I don’t want anyone to invade this place.’

Realizing that fact, I immediately jumped in and dipped my feet into the water.

Chow!

At the same time, water surged in the direction of the monster, and something about the thickness of my forearm came out.

‘come!’

I caught my tongue moving like a whip.

“Suck!”

It felt heavier than I thought.

But not enough to hurt me.

I wrapped my tongue around my left arm and pulled hard.

Feeling considerable resistance, my feet dug into the soft ground.

In that state, when I gritting my teeth and giving strength, the guy hiding in the water began to be pulled out.

The appearance of the monster that emerged from the water resembled that of a small monster.

But the head was almost the size of my torso.

‘The whole body should be about 2 or 3 meters long.’

It’s several times the size of the smaller ones, and as soon as I frowned, the spear I threw stuck near its left forepaw.

“Shaaagh!”

I was aiming for the head, but he twisted and missed.

Moreover, it was hammered shallower than I had hoped.

If it was similar to the skin of a small monster, it would have been able to pierce it.

To make matters worse, as he struggled, the spear stuck in his body was pulled out.

“Tsk.”

The impression was crumpled. getting tired of it unnecessarily.

‘Then I have no choice but to pull closer.’

From then on, the boss mob and my struggle began.

It was not easy because the strength to endure was considerable.

“Tsk.”

I used attribute magic to stiffen him.

“Huh!”

When I pulled the hardened one with all my might, the body of a monster that seemed to be about 3m tall floated into the air.

After a while, he flinched, and the stiffened guy cut off his tongue with his teeth.

“This bastard?”

A mischievous laugh came out. There was no hesitation in cutting off my body.

I was shocked, but he was already out of the water.

They say they’re going to cut themselves off, but there’s no need for me to dry them off.

I ran to the one who was plummeting toward the ground.

He held a longsword in his right hand and a dagger in his left.

When I had almost closed the distance, there was a thump and the heavy body fell to the ground.

The muddy water that was sparsely pooled around it soared in all directions.

Because of that, a tail about the same thickness as my waist flew in from the direction where the view was blocked.

‘right!’

The longsword covered in red mist pierced the monster’s tail.

‘I’m going to tie my feet like this!’

Right after that, he drove his longsword into the ground as if pinning paper with a thumbtack.

Its tail was slippery, covered in a strange slime.

However, as long as it is pierced with a sword, there is no need to worry about missing it.

My tail wriggled as if it was desperate, but I suppressed the monster’s resistance with my strength and blew attribute magic into the long sword.

I was thinking of severing my breath while tying my feet together to make them stiff.

But at the same time as a blue spark occurred, another laugh came out.

Because the monster ripped off my tail and ran away.

The tail that was left behind was cooked and spit out smoke.

‘A tail this time?’

Now I see that it was a lizard, not a crocodile.

While kicking my tongue, I immediately caught up behind the fleeing monster.

Since he gave up both his tongue and tail, he has no choice but to fight in close combat.

As I pressed myself closer, the monster turned its head.

If I were bitten by him like this, my body would be split in two.

I kicked the monster’s muzzle and cut the dagger horizontally in my left hand.

The monster’s side was torn open and black blood gushed out.

Just cut off the neck that comes within range of the longsword, and you can finish it!

“Shaaa!”

You suddenly turned over, shook your head in all directions, and opened your mouth.

The distance between me and his muzzle wasn’t far.

I was close enough to cut off his muzzle with my longsword just by drawing it down.

But before I could even use the sword, a thick green liquid began to ooze from the monster’s mouth.

“What… … !”

I hurriedly created a barrier while pulling back.

The bodily fluids the monster spat out instantly covered the shield.

“under!”

Right after that, white smoke rose from the shield and began to melt.

Chi profit.

It sounded just like the sound you make when you put meat on a grill.

‘… … It’s a mountain.’

I don’t know if it’s hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, but it’s dangerous if you touch it.

Fortunately, I got out safely while the shield melted.

He stood on the bodily fluids I spat out, but he looked fine.

‘How could it be so slippery?’

It seems that the mucus on the epidermis allows it to withstand acid.

I frowned and the monster started spraying bodily fluids in all directions.

As if he wanted to make me not come close at all.

I had no choice but to take a few more steps back from the liquid.

At that time, the monster started moving stealthily.

My expression hardened.

Because water was in the direction the monster was going.

‘I’m trying to bounce.’

That guy is trying to hide in the water now.

‘no way.’

If you go into the water, you won’t come out on your own feet again.

There may come a situation where I have to go into the water.

If that happens, it becomes too disadvantageous.

Without thinking further, I took out the spear and gathered elemental magic at the tip of my toe.

I used invisibility at the same time as I hit the air.

boom, boom.

As he leaped through the air avoiding the acid that was spread around him, the monster also began to sprint his feet.

Even so, it spewed bodily fluids everywhere as if to keep me in check.

There were more flying to the wrong place because I couldn’t pinpoint my location.

Fortunately, bodily fluids flying nearby twisted in the air to avoid it.

In the meantime, I was close enough to touch the monster with a spear.

‘Injuries are unavoidable.’

When the shield is used, I cannot attack either.

That’s why the moment you stab him, you have to remove the shield.

I risked my injuries and landed on his neck.

Sensing a presence, the monster raised its head in my direction.

A red mist bloomed from the blade of the spear, and at the same time the monster shot bodily fluids out.

After that, I kicked the air with my left foot and turned around.

Land on the monster’s side to create a barrier.

Bodily fluids constantly spouted from the monster’s mouth, which turned its head, and reached the shield.

A spear fired through the melted shield pierced the monster’s neck.

Until I was covered in green bodily fluid.

followed sequentially.

“Whoa!”

“Kyaaak!”

The left shoulder, back, side, arm, hand, and even the thighs were hot as if they were on fire.

The skin began to melt and there was an acrid smell of burning flesh.

Even though I felt terrible pain, I did not loosen my grip on the spear.

Rather, he squeezed the spear stick tighter and poured out all the remaining elemental magic.

When approximately 100 magical powers of the lightning attribute materialized at once, blue light flashed in all directions.

The body of the monster with the spear stuck in its neck convulsed.

Every time the monster’s huge body moved, I swayed back and forth while clinging to it.

The blue spark started to fade, but no system messages popped up.

So, I took out my longsword and used materialization.

The longsword wrapped in red mist rushed towards the neck of the monster, which had been split in about 1/3.