chapter 16
16 – Kind of a Munchkin
But what made me feel better was knowing that she wasn’t attached to the White Knights Guild for any other reason.
“If you want to travel, you need to increase your mana first!”
‘Hmm? Why is the connection like that?’
“Ilwol is fine, but Wangwangi still costs mana to maintain!”
“I’m saving money to buy artifacts that speed up mana recovery or craft equipment!”
‘Hmm… It wouldn’t take that much magic to maintain that ground dog.’
“I saw a guy on You Tube with 9 Welsh corgis, and he was so cute, right? I need to increase the amount of mana to do that too.”
“Tak-“
I kept my mouth shut without realizing it at the absurdly immature thought. There are 9 wild wolves in that outbreak… Even thinking about it for a second, a frenzied sight comes to mind.
‘Even if I say that, I’m sure everyone has an idea…’
hehehehe- How much belly fat does our king have!
Wow-! Heh heh heh-
‘······· I can’t do it. I need to wake up too.’
While the two of them were busy playing, I thought about where to go after the goblin dungeon while training to move the body parts where the senses were concentrated.
‘Next is the Big Bore Dungeon. Big bores, goblins, slimes, puppies…’
This is a place where wild boars with huge horns compete for power with goblins, but this place was also a single-story dungeon.
‘If you go here, you’ll probably find it.’
There are often places with hidden passages in dungeons, and that dungeon was like that.
‘There’s a place where you can only detect it if you have a sense level of 15 or higher.’
In the first place, sensory level is a very rare ability level. I know that there are less than 100 holders in our country, but except for a few people including myself, they were all early Awakeners.
However, in the early days, the dungeons were exploding and they were focusing all their efforts on preventing monsters, so they said they couldn’t afford to invest in sensory values.
In the end, when they realized the usefulness of their senses later, they had already become monsters beyond human limits, so they could not enter the newly created low-level dungeon.
This is because hunters whose stats differ by more than a certain level from the monsters in the dungeon cannot enter the dungeon.
Most sensory Awakeners, with the exception of early Awakeners, begin with a natural number between 1 and 5.
However, since I was awakened, I was a talented person in that line, which had a sensory level of over 20, so I was able to thoroughly scan the lowest dungeons and, of course, there were many hidden places that I knew about.
‘There were quite a few hidden spaces when I started exploring, so maybe I’ll find more now.’
Because the past self awakened a year from now. The problem is how to get Yeon-hee to that place. Naturally, there were many hidden places that were far from the normal route.
‘Let’s just turn around and go.’
Then ‘what’s there?’ Wouldn’t he follow me by asking?
I wondered if I was thinking too much out of my own convenience. Seeing him lying on the floor right now, I thought it would be possible.
– Hahihe, the king has a very rough tongue hehehehe.
– King! Panting- heap-
‘The world is peaceful.’
For the sake of her mental health, I thought that I should quickly find an item that could increase the amount of magic power.
“Ah- magic…! King, I’ll call you later, so stay inside for a while, okay?”
“Kiing-Kiing-“
“Heukheuk- I’m sad too.”
‘You are very Romeo and Juliet.’
My stomach was boiling because Wang Wangi quickly took away the title of my favorite pet, but it was also funny to feel this way towards a dog. Suddenly, Wang Wangi ran up to me and greeted me.
Is this guy finally recognizing the advanced?
Wait, come to think of it, why is this bastard allowed to roam freely? Anyway, the guy who approached me looked at me with meaningful eyes.
‘Hmm?! This bastard?!’
Little by little, I began to feel Wang Wangi’s intentions, and I felt absurd.
“Wang King!”
“Tick-!”
“Wow! Friendship between summoned beasts! I need to take a picture of this! Wait a minute!”
It may have looked like that in Yeonhee’s eyes, but in reality.
[I will chew your bones someday.]
[Hey! Boy, it’s still too early.]
It felt like this.
In the end, it wasn’t until after I took a few pictures with Wang Wangi in my arms that the cheeky puppy was summoned, and only the two of us were left in the room. After being dazed for a moment, she took out another item of hers from her inventory.
Paralarak-
‘Hmm?! Didn’t you have another summons? They’re different colors too?’
“hehehe- They were given after completing the 100-player battle achievement? The summon scroll earlier was a level-up reward, and this one is a bit different. Look- It’s light brown, right?”
“Tick-click-!”
‘Oh, did you see this crazy class?! Even if you achieve an achievement, you still give a summons?’
So, it felt like the Summoner class would receive additional rewards with a summon scroll no matter what level of achievement it accumulated.
‘Isn’t that a fraudulent class? It’s like there’s one more reward than other classes.’
It seemed that there was nothing to worry about as long as one could find a way to protect oneself.
“But I’m going to try this tomorrow.”
‘Hmm? Why?’
When I tilted my head, Yeonhee smiled and spoke again.
“I just feel like nothing good will come out if I use it all in one day.”
Nod-
‘It’s nice to create your own routine for something.’
If you think of it like a game, that summon book will come from at least a low-level summon. One level higher than me.
“And if I don’t become strong, won’t it be meaningless?
As I clapped for her words, Yeon-hee playfully wrinkled her nose and said.
“If you react like that, it’s like I said it to get compliments from Il-Wol! Do you know that I’m the owner?”‘
“Tick-click-!”
“Huh, yes. I’m not trustworthy, but wait and see. I’ll become the best hunter, just like my mother said.”
“Tak······.”
‘Mother, what the hell did you say that made your daughter have such aspirations…’
What is certain is that the Lee Yeon-hee I thought of was the result of being buried in my own judgment and the evaluation of the public and hardened into a wrong image. She was a person with pretty big ambitions.
“I’ll be able to achieve the Goblin Achievement soon. The achievements after that will be difficult to achieve, but um- I guess I’ll have to explore the possibilities, right?”
‘I can’t do something if I spend time, but it will take a long time.’
It would be more profitable to head to the next dungeon quickly than to die in one dungeon for several months to get an achievement. Even so, the reason why she doesn’t miss the slightest chance is probably because the achievement reward is a summons.
“First of all, starting tomorrow, let’s move on with a sense of speed, Sunwol-ah. I also want to quickly move on to the next dungeon.”
“Clack!”
“Aung- I just shot my bow, but I don’t know why I’m so tired- haam-“
‘Since I’ve used my mana to the limit, I can’t help but feel tired.’
She waved at me and went into the room.
‘Hmm- There’s nothing to do, so let’s do some simulation training for the goblins.’
Eventually, I could hear the faint sound of her crickets, and I trained alone until the day dawned and the cold air permeated.
Bung- Booung-
If I could move even a little better, my current struggle would not be in vain.
A few hours later, Yeon-hee came out of her little room, stretching herself.
“Hello~ Aren’t you bored when you’re alone? Shall we just sleep together from today?”
“·······.”
“Why? You don’t want to sleep with me?”
“Crick-“
“Huh- I’m done.”
‘Why don’t you just let me practice. It’s all for you.’
Shoot ah-
Yeonhee takes a shower and comes out with her hair wet, covering her body with a towel.
“Don’t look, Sunwol. Turn your head.”
Poof-
I wondered if even a summoned person needed to do that, but my body had already returned.
* * *
After entering and exiting the dark space, I came back to the familiar forest. And start exploring right away.
‘Well, now I have some free time.’
There was no one we couldn’t catch in this dungeon with all our power, unless it was a large group of 10 or more at a time.
(I’m in front of you-)
A group of six goblins found in 20 minutes.
Two-woong!
Chow!
Starting with arrows and acid, my club, which became faster, now put the goblin to death in one shot.
I killed 3 at the start of the battle, and the remaining 3 rushed at me, but I lightly spread the distance behind me and turned around in a circle.
Poouk- Puff-!
Of course, the arrows flew incessantly, and [Strike] To the guy who was left alone before he knew it.
Pyo-!
Keek!
– Your level has risen. As a reward for reaching level 5, the increase in the selected stat increases.
In 5 levels, the increased ability per 1 stat goes up to 5. Since it was 2 points higher than usual, it was worthy of compensation. And with a very rare probability, new skills or characteristics are added.
[Skeleton Soldier Ilwol – Lv.5]
Strength: 20 (+5) Agility: 19 (+5) Stamina: 20 Intelligence: 24
Magic: 17(+5) Resistance: 1 Sense: 16 Restoration: 2
I invested in Geun, Min, and Ma without difficulty, and set out on the road again. Unfortunately, only his stats rose, but he didn’t care much. It was because I had thought that I had used up all my luck as a Hunter in the first place.