NOVEL NEXT chapter 25
25. poker
Baldwin.
D-class adventurer.
Even his nickname is D-class adventurer for 10 years, he is a person with an inferiority complex.
Baldwin, who is soon looking at the 40 line, gave up everything at a young age when he hit his limits.
I did enough. You can’t get any stronger here.
He thought so himself and let go of everything, but he was dissatisfied with his position and was jealous of others.
‘You bastard like a dog…!’
Baldwin didn’t like Luke.
Continued from the moment I first saw it in the adventurer’s guild.
He thought that the aristocrats of the academy came to make fun of him, who looked at everyone except himself as if they were bugs.
Of course, not all aristocrats despise commoners, but most of them had that kind of personality, so most of the adventurers, mostly commoners, hated nobles and academy students.
Aside from what kind of person Luke was, the fact that he was a different elite came to Baldwin as an inferiority complex.
In the midst of that, we got into a fight, and the guild leader even took notice, and this time, the damn guy took our money.
It was Baldwin who promised to straighten his nose from the day we met at the Adventurer’s Guild today.
Even if I didn’t kill him, I thought I’d break at least an arm or a leg and cripple him for a while so he wouldn’t be able to do any adventurer activities.
But the plan went awry from the start.
I quickly arrived at the giant ant’s lair and pretended to catch the monster, deliberately sabotaging or stabbing it, but on the way, goblins and war wolves, which are hard to find in the morning, interfered.
I felt like the world was interfering with me.
‘That bastard… didn’t help until the end…!’
Some, but not all, of the money I brought was stolen from him.
However, the guy didn’t help until the end and just watched.
‘I’ll show you that there’s a difference between a cradle and a real fight, kid…’
Whoops, Baldwin clenched his fists.
“Arrived.”
There was a lot of work on the way, but we arrived at our destination anyway.
Even if he killed Luke, he had to be nervous as he was D-class and this request was D-class.
Because it’s a plan and if you do something wrong, you could die.
So, at first, I pretended to be commissioned and decided to execute the plan at the right time.
“Are you just watching this time?”
“······No. This time, you take the lead.”
I used my stamina while coming, and it was better for him to lead the way for the plan.
‘I don’t know if I’ll play with words again like before.’
It’s to prevent something else from happening in the middle.
***
“Wow, the entrance is filthy big.”
Befitting its name, Giant Ant’s entrance was large enough for an adult man to enter with his back straight.
I would rather believe it to be an underground passage rather than a den.
‘It has to be this much to taste hunting.’
If it was a lair, there would of course be a lot of monsters inside.
When I killed Goblins and Warwolves earlier, my level didn’t go up.
I can’t seem to level up that much anymore.
Even if it’s the same E class, if you push it with the quantity, it seems that you can suck up the experience.
We had a battle all the way, but we went right into the lair without taking a break.
That bald head who is having a hard time just because he caught some goblins and warwolves is strange.
With me leading the way, we entered the den.
There was nothing special to see, but it was amazing because it was the first time I had ever been in a cave made of dirt.
It was more interesting that it was an ant nest.
“Wow. Luna, come to the ant nest for the first time.”
“…It’s not an ant’s den, it’s a monster’s den.”
“An ant monster is an ant.”
In the past, there was a video on YouTube showing the structure of an anthill by pouring molten aluminum into it.
I just looked at it blankly, but if you think it’s that wide here, wouldn’t it be hard to rob everything?
You just have to shake it moderately and break it down.
“You know, Luna. If there’s only one C- or B-class person, can’t this be handled in an instant? Is it really necessary to send a D-class person?”
“That is—.”
“Heh. Maybe it’s because he’s a kid, but he only knows one thing and doesn’t know the other two.”
After Luna had stopped talking, the bald head interrupted.
“Everyone has their own place, you idiot. Don’t you think it’s a waste of manpower when a C-class adventurer comes with a request that a D-class adventurer can do?”
“Aha.”
Is it similar to calling the firefighters because you left the house and forgot to turn on the light?
“But is that cancer? I won’t ask.”
“·······.”
I asked Luna. When did I ask you?
I guess I know what I can do just by staring hard.
– Hard.
“?”
At that moment, the sound of something colliding came from inside the cave.
“Luke-sama, it seems that he has come.”
what? A large army of dentures?
– Hard.
While we were still, the sound grew louder and louder, and we began to hear several sounds instead of just one.
– Hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard. hard.
I came to catch a monster, but my dentures keep making clashing noises. Could it be that there is a large group of people who have been kidnapped and brainwashed by monsters inside?
Before long, the identity of the sound inside was revealed.
Long antennae. three pairs of legs. An inverted triangular face with a pointed chin.
A monster that looks like it took an ant and enlarged it.
It was the Giant Ant.
‘Hey, you crazy writer.’
No matter how much there is no ant cry, it’s not like the sound of dentures hitting the jaws.
It’s called Giant Ant!! Wherever you look at that, it’s a Giant Ant!!
Giant or Ant!!!
I’m really freaking out.
It’s a material that doesn’t even exist in reality called monsters.
It is a writer’s expediency setting that becomes official when the writer attaches it.
Despite this, the only sound the monster made was the sound of teeth colliding.
suddenly loses enthusiasm
“I don’t like it.”
“Luke! We’re coming!”
Just as we were contemplating whether to return, the ants rushed at us, wriggling their antennae and crackling in groups.
“Luna! Friend Shield!”
I naturally fell into the back of my bald head.
No matter how I found out, Luna also naturally fell for me.
“······What!?”
Thanks to this, he is bald and has to deal with the crowd of dentures.
He quickly grabbed the double-edged ax and struck it straight down on the floor.
Then the rocks come up.
The rock that rose like a simple barricade was able to block the rush of the denture army for a while.
“Ugh…!”
Of course, I didn’t say anything was wrong.
In order to maintain that wall, the bald head must maintain that posture.
He keeps moaning in pain, but it seems that the wall and his body are connected.
Why, if you watch a cartoon about collecting dragon balls, don’t you keep screaming as if you’re throwing already-made Wonki-ok, as if you’re getting stronger if you work hard?
I guess it’s the same principle.
“You bastard! If the avant-garde runs away, what will happen to the rearguard!!”
“The rearguard will become the frontline, right?”
Originally, there are candidates in sports, don’t they?
If I fall out, the bald man, who was a candidate, naturally puts it in and it’s done.
“The front line should protect the rear line!!”
“Kingchiman. I don’t want to protect men.”
If the rear guard behind you is a small and cute female wizard, you’d want to stimulate your protective desire and devote yourself to protecting it, but if there was a muscular bald head carrying a large double-edged axe, who would want to protect it?
“Okay bald! Keep it that way! We’ll help you soon!”
In that state, I turned my back and got out of the den.
Then Luna, who followed me without saying anything, asked a question insinuatingly.
“Didn’t you say you would help me…?”
“Yeah. You’re here to help.”
I randomly took out a sack of something from my inventory.
“what is this?”
The identity of this battery that makes you happy just by imagining it is.
“flour.”
“···no way.”
“When did you get lost after looking all over? Let’s just blow up the whole nest.”
“If you do, the people inside will get caught up in it too…”
“I’ll live on my own.”
Even if you don’t think about that bald guy, he seems to be preparing to stab us in the back, but it’s better if we die together.
I gave my all, gave me experience, gave money, and even pulled aggro. There are no golden goblins.
“Keuheuk… Bald head, I won’t forget your sacrifice…!”
“…That’s not a sacrifice, it’s a murder, isn’t it?”
“Bitter! Luna! Don’t nullify his will! He’s a great man worthy of respect!”
They tore off the sack and scattered it all over the inside of the lair.
“Luna. Raise some air and make it go inside well.”
“It’s because I feel like I’m becoming an accomplice…”
Even so, the words raised a wind and sent a lot of water into the lair.
The batteries piled up next to me are shrinking one by one.
By now, the white powder would have filled the lair so that even the ants and bald heads inside could feel it.
I lit a match
A famous villain I know said.
“I hope your death pays more than I thought.”
Then, from a safe distance, he threw it into the lair.
The match flew slowly, spinning like something out of a cartoon.
-pop!!!!!!!!!!!!
A cool explosion rang out, scattering dirt in all directions.
The first explosion set off a chain reaction that pushed the flour away, making a pleasant sound like stacking dominoes with TNT.
As an analogy, it feels like sticking firecrackers into the ground and watching them explode.
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ You have defeated the Demon Borg! Acquired skill strength! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
It seems that a strange notification popped up in the middle.
“It’s a rice cake like a bald coin dog!!!! Ahhhhh!!!!”
Even though I knew it was rude to laugh in front of the deceased, it was so sweet that I couldn’t help but laugh.
All the stat points obtained from leveling up are invested in strength.
-Brush.
“yes?”
A pile of stones standing between the collapsed piles of soil collapsed, revealing a human figure.
“Coke! Coke!”
Shiny egg-shaped head.
He was a person I knew by chance, who stood tall even in the evening and had enough brightness to light up the world.
“You’re alive! Juenjiang~ I believed you~”
As I approached, the bald head fell back in fright.
I reached out my hand to him.
“·······?”
“Give me the dope.”