Chapter 25
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The two buses began to crawl on the road entangled with the bodies of goblins and people as well as cars.
After the buses disappeared, Sungwoo, Hanho, Jisu, and 9 skeletons were left behind.
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“Where are we going now? Oh, where is your house, Jisu?”
It wasn’t normal to think about going back home in this situation, but there was no other question to ask now.
“I used to live in the school dorm because my house is on Jeju Island…”
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“I see.”
It was literally impossible to go back to Jeju Island at this point. Hesitant about what to say next, she opened and closed her mouth a few times, then looked at Sungwoo.
“Hey, Sungwoo, can I come with you?”
Watching that cruel scene, Sungwoo realized that he alone was not strong enough.
But he could be stronger now.
“…Jisu, you can come with me if you accept one condition.”
“What, what is it?” she asked tensely.
“We’re going to hunt the monsters actively. We won’t avoid them.”
“…Really?”
“I told you that you have to adapt yourself to the situation, right?”
“Ah, yes.”
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“You should not be content with just adapting. In that case, you can only change your fate from an easy prey to a difficult one.”
Humans finally came to dominate the Earth because they controlled nature, which was beyond adapting to nature.
Sungwoo prepared for hunting on a wider hunting ground.
-Your tutorial is now complete.
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The goblin was running. Frightened, it ran like crazy to survive. It believed it could be safe once it reached the village by running a little further.
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Thump!
The goblin opened the glass door. It was a franchise sundae (Korean sausage) house.
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Now it was now a new home for the goblins, and it was made like a tent by putting all kinds of clothes on the table. In some respects, it was their own personal space.
Squeak! Squeak!
As there was a big fuss when the door opened, several goblins crawled from underneath the table. At that moment, a shadow appeared behind the back of the goblin who just fled into the house.
Rattle—
When the goblin slowly turned its head, two giant skeletons stood in front of the glass door.
Squeak! Squeak!
The goblins, frightened, started running away. They didn’t dare to fight because they instinctively knew that the skeletons were too tough for fighting, so they didn’t challenge them. The goblins took their weapons and ran into the kitchen. In the corner of the kitchen was a back door leading to an alleyway. The goblin at the forefront hurriedly opened the door.
“I knew it.”
Surprisingly, there was something blocking them at the front door. It was a big shield.
Puk!
A longsword pierced the goblin’s neck. The face behind the shield was also Sungwoo’s.
He pushed into the kitchen with an expressionless look.
Tramp, tramp.
The goblins never dreamed of dealing with shields as tall as their height. They just stepped back, but Sungwoo brandished the saber at them mercilessly.
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-You have earned ten gold by hunting goblins.
Besides, two orc skeletons were moving forward, blocking the goblins’ escape. At that moment, the goblins, inferior to the orcs intrinsically, had no choice but to fall prey to them.
“Oh my…”
Hanho, who came in late after Sungwoo, smacked his lips. Kitchen tiles were stained with blood all over, but it was a familiar scene to him.
“Sungwoo, you have got them all by yourself!”
“Well, I didn’t enjoy them, though.”
One day passed after they escaped from campus. For the past two days, they seemed to have hunted as many as hundreds of goblins, so much so that low-level monsters were piled up as the day passed. And the number of goblins caught in those two days seemed to be piled up like a mountain in alleys and malls like bugs.
-You have leveled up. (LV. 6)
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“I don’t think I focus on hunting goblins only.”
‘Actually I hunted countless times for two days, but I only went up one level.’
It was too slow. From a gaming perspective, it was time to move hunting grounds.
-Choose a level-up card.
1) Stat (Random)
2) Skill (Random)
3) Items (Random)
4) Other (Random)
5) Muscle strength increased by 3 (Confirmed)
This time, Sungwoo was interested in No 5, the confirmed bonus.
The confirmed bonus he got until now was only one ‘Muscle Strength’ increase at most.
‘Muscle Strength 3 is an opportunity that I can’t miss.’
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If it was inflated by threefold, it was clear that he could not get it through random selection.
-Muscle Strength has increased. (+3)
The moment he selected Muscle Strength, he felt his whole body getting hot.
It felt as if his muscles were heating up and swelling. Sungwoo looked down at his palm.
“I feel different.”
He found it hard to explain, but his body felt like it was full of strength, just like what he felt right after weight training.
[Player profile]
-Name: Sungwoo Yu
-Level: 6
-Occupation: Necromancer
-Ability: Muscle Strength (8), Agility (5), Physical Strength (5),
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-Gold Reserve: 5,837
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-Trait: Demon
Meanwhile, some messages constantly appeared before his eyes.
-You have gained ten gold by hunting a goblin.
-You have gained eight gold by hunting a goblin.
-You have gained 20 gold by hunting a goblin warrior.
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A big noise came from the shop over the wall. Divided into teams, they hunted the goblins.
When Sungwoo and Hanho went into the store next to the restaurant, the situation was already over. Jisoo was wiping the blood of the blade with a dishcloth in the middle of the messy restaurant.
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“There you go! There were nine goblins here. I got them all.”
As she pointed at one corner with the blade, several goblin bodies were seen under the feet of an orc skeleton standing there.
“Good job. Hanho, collect the daggers.”
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