NOVEL NEXT chapter 17
17. Episode 17
A battle on a branch sticking out between the cliffs.
If he fell, his life would be in danger, but Seun’s movements were unobstructed.
It naturally jumps between the branches as if it were a real monkey.
Grab a branch with one hand and wield a sword with the other.
If you can’t handle that, just use magic to wipe it away.
Then, before I knew it, all the monkeys in front of me had disappeared. It seems that all of them fell down the cliff after being hit by Seun, or took refuge in caves.
good.
The moment Sewoon brushed off the blood from his sword and inserted it into his belt, a message announcing the end of the monster wave appeared in front of his eyes.
[Tutorial Chapter 1 – Adaptation]
– Successfully passed the 5th wave.
– 100 points are given to everyone who participated in the wave.
It seems like it ended a little late, but just finishing the wave without any help from Sewoon was great enough.
I don’t know how many people were injured, but I didn’t have to worry because Sewoon could restore them with his healing magic.
A tally of personal achievements that came soon after.
[ 1st place: Jeong Sewoon 5,220 points ]
[ 2nd place: Yoo Seo-ah 1,150 points ]
[ 3rd Place: Gang Cheol Kang 1,110 points ]
Until just before, it felt like Kang Han-cheol was behind Yoo Seo-ah in terms of public achievement, but he seems to have been quite active in this wave, perhaps thanks to his contract with Agares, the second-ranked king of the demons.
‘Well, this time we fought in the forest.’
It was said to neutralize the wild boar’s rush, but the forest was an unfavorable place for Yoo Seo-ah.
Every time you wield a sword, you have to pay attention to the terrain and trees around you, and there are bound to be restrictions on the radius of your swing.
This is probably one of the reasons why Kang Han-cheol made a special commitment this time.
‘Then, shall I go get some public value?’
Through this journey, as much as I couldn’t join the wave. No, you have to build public value beyond that.
Although I am in first place in the tally of achievement points by an overwhelming margin, the moment the first chapter of the tutorial ends and the second chapter opens, it will be added to the overall ranking of the tutorial, not just the camp, and there will definitely be a big change in the ranking.
“Are you the boss?”
top of a rocky mountain.
Not the small rock caves we have seen so far, but large enough for three or four people to enter.
Climbing up there, the boss monster finally caught my eye.
-The constellation ‘The Hungry Prince’ glistens at the tasty-looking prey.
A monkey with gray fur like a rock.
Unlike normal monkeys who thought they would be 1m tall, he was about the same height as Sewoon, and had a neatly polished weapon in his hand, not a crude one.
“Bong. Not Son Goku.”
Rocky Mountain Monkey. It’s a monster that reminds me of one of the constellations, ‘Jecheondaeseong’.
However, I didn’t think that there would be traces of Jecheon Daeseong at the very beginning of the tutorial.
Does that mean he has nothing to do with Jecheondaeseong? that’s not it either
If Seun’s prediction is correct, he will have the tower and system mimicking Jecheondaeseong to complete the tutorial.
Of course, its power is incomparable to Jecheondaeseong.
Kang!!
“But it’s nice to hear no more of that squeak.”
The monkey guy rushed at Sewoon.
With his mouth tightly closed, he swings the stone stick in his hand.
I could tell with just one attack. It had powers that were on a completely different level from the boss monsters in the forest or on the hills.
“It’s a bit like a battle now.”
The wolves and wild boars we met in the tutorial. Every time he faced them, Sewoon had to taste the feeling of hunting, not fighting.
The same goes for dealing with monkeys.
No matter how much they wielded their weapons, their movements were inferior to those of the goblins.
Even when hunting other boss monsters, the mindset of hunting rather than attacking was stronger.
Now, for the first time, I felt like I was fighting someone.
Kang, Caang!
The guy was showing off some pretty good weapon skills on the subject of the tutorial’s boss monster.
There is no trace of the martial arts used by Seun, but he wields the stick naturally like a well-trained soldier.
‘If I just block it like this, I’m at a disadvantage.’
The rod made of stone is hard and heavy, and there is a risk of damaging the blade of the sword just by bumping into it.
Thanks to Ko Chang-seok’s care, my teeth won’t come out easily, but it’s hard to get them back once they’ve been damaged.
Since then, Seun’s fighting style has completely changed.
“… … !”
Rather than countering the attack, I avoid the attack as much as possible with the footsteps of the Shiro Damtou.
once, twice.
You can see him panicking every time his attack misses.
The moment when the guy who became impatient without even knowing himself read the calm and tried to poke Sewoon’s gap.
chuck!
The guy’s bong was caught by Sewoon.
Tai Chi (太極拳).
Using the technique of countering the opponent’s attack, he grabbed the weapon.
The power of the grip was so strong that far from losing the weapon, it was barely able to maintain its current state by holding it tightly with both hands.
Seun’s choice in such a situation.
puck!
It was each law.
Using the stick in my hand as the center, I reach out my legs to the guy’s abdomen and face.
He tried hard not to let go of his weapon, but the more he tried, the more defenseless Sewoon kicked him.
“It’s filthy hard.”
Sewoon, who had been repeating each method several times, clicked his tongue.
This heavy touch felt through the shin and the sole of the foot. It was similar to what I felt when dealing with Kang Han-cheol.
However, even that did not last long.
Quick!
“Kikki!”
Sewoon held the bar and put both feet together and kicked the guy in the face.
He made the first monkey-like noise and fell backwards.
Of course, the stone stick that was in his hand was in Sewoon’s hand before he knew it.
“Heavier than I thought.”
Sewoon lifted and released the stone pole to feel the weight.
Because it was made of stone, the weight was heavy, and the flexibility was the worst.
At this rate, no matter how hard it is, if you hit it right in the center, it would break right away.
Probably, the durability has increased due to the correction of the system.
– Opened the treasure house of greed.
[ Hitting stick method ]
– As a vision of opening (開放), it was created to chase the mad dog that is said to be the most threatening when beggars are begging.
Sewoon fixed the pole.
I didn’t like the stick, which was just hard, unnecessarily heavy, and had poor elasticity, but it was enough to catch the monkey who had lost its weapon.
“Kikkik… … !”
The monkey’s eyes widened. It seems that Sewoon never imagined that he would use his own weapon.
The battle after that was pitifully one-sided.
Puck, puck!
Quick!
Truly a hitch.
True to the name of the batting stick method, which was made to chase mad dogs, one-sided beatings continued.
From the moment he lost his weapon, he was unable to demonstrate his power as a boss monster.
Still, the boy never ran away.
‘There’s something.’
It was known through his actions.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t moving at the top because he was simply a boss monster. It was clear that he did not show up even when his subordinates were being cut by Sewoon’s hands to protect something.
‘That’s it.’
Sewoon’s eyes shone as he watched the space desperately blocked by the monkey.
There was a rock that protruded in an exceptionally three-dimensional way behind him. On the side, there was a mark that seemed to be dragged by something.
It was clear that the rock was moving and blocking something.
Now that I’ve figured this out, I don’t have to deal with this monkey anymore.
Quick!
A heavy stone rod hit the monkey’s crown.
The sound of something breaking resounded through the cave, and the guy died without a single scream.
– Defeated the boss monster of Monkey Rock Mountain, ‘Monkey Climbing the Cliff’.
– The level has risen.
-Personal merit increases by 1,000 points.
-Obtained ‘Hazel Stone of Monkey Rock Mountain’.
Compared to the previous two boss monsters that gave 500 points of public value, this guy was paid twice as much public value.
This proves that Seun’s idea that he was stronger than other monsters was not an illusion.
pass-
The stone rod in Seun’s hand scattered like sand.
As expected, it seemed that it was thanks to the recognition of the system that it performed properly even though it was made of stone.
Instead, he obtained the material ‘Hazel Rock from Monkey Rock Mountain’.
‘I’ll have to hand this over to the elders later.’
This is also a material type item, so it is a pretty good material to use when making equipment.
In order to save time and to improve Ko Chang-seok’s skills as a player, he planned to entrust all work to Ko Chang-seok instead of Sewoon handling the equipment himself.
– Predated the ‘cliff climbing monkey’.
-Absorb nutrients to increase Agility by 5 and Intellect by 5.
Using the power of gluttony, like a boss monster, its stats rose a lot more than expected.
A total of 10 stats.
The Power of Greed was great, but the more I looked at it, the more it seemed that the Power of Gluttony was also a seriously good ability.
Even if you have only one of the two, it seemed like a set procedure to go up to the top ranker.
Do you have two such powers?
It wasn’t intentional, but in this state, it wasn’t unreasonable to look beyond a ranker.
“Now, next… … .”
Right behind the corpse of the monkey that had disappeared neatly through the Power of Gluttony, I placed my hand on a rock that blended in with the surrounding background and pushed it as hard as I could.
However, the rock refused to move and did not show the slightest movement.
If it wasn’t for the image the monkey desperately tried to protect, or the traces of being swept next to the rock, I’m sure I would have thought it was nothing.
However, Seun’s actions after realizing the truth were unstoppable.
Hard!
Dantian was activated and internal air was blown into the legs.
After investing all the remaining points in strength, I pushed again vigorously, and the rock began to move little by little.
1 cm, 2 cm.
The moment the rock, which had been slowly moving, gained momentum, Sewoon let out a spirit and raised the strength of his whole body.
OK.
thud!
The rock opened completely with the sound of something engaging.
and between them.
– Discovered the Hidden Dungeon, ‘The Forgotten Hero’s Ascetic’.
– Achieved amazing achievements.
– Acquired 1,000 points as a reward.
A pitch-black passageway was revealed.