Chapter 14
As soon as Sungwoo shouted, it stepped on the wooden stairs and began to climb up with incredible speed.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, tramp—
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Jisu, who was closest to the orc, drew her saber, then boldly clashed against its axe.
Clang!
“Ugh!”
Jisu collapsed and helplessly dropped to her knees. Fortunately, she didn’t lose the saber she was holding.
At that moment, she saw the monster smiling at her faintly while looking down, then the shining blade of the axe was pointing toward her head…
Bam!
“Good, now’s the time!” Hanho shouted. Then the five skeletons and Hanho’s three daggers flew toward the orc at the same time.
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Clang, clang!
Most of them were blocked by the axe, but Hanho’s dagger pierced its back. The moment it flinched, the four skeletons started crazily attacking it with bare hands, which was something completely unexpected.
Obviously, the orc was not quite ready for this kind of blitz. Attacking with bare hands? Was it their suicide attack?
Thud!
The giant monster broke the skull of the skeleton attacking head on, and smashed another one attacking on the left. But its arms gradually got heavier.
In fact, two skeletons were holding its arms tightly. It tried to break loose from one of them by grabbing the legs hurriedly, but it barely pulled out its legs.
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At that moment, Sungwoo, Jisu, and the one-armed skeleton rushed for a coordinated attack. The orc tried to wield the axe, but it could hardly do so because of the two skeletons stuck on its arms like leeches.
Avoiding the slow-moving axe, Jisu brandished her saber which cut the orc’s thigh and dealt a blow to its vital points, namely a long cut on its quadriceps. No matter how strong it was, the orc could not help but collapse with the fatal wounds.
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Argh!
As expected, the orc fell, going down on one knee. Seizing the chance, Sungwoo cut its arm holding the axe with his sword. Lastly, the one-armed skeleton sprang at him to stab its neck deeply.
With a screech, the orc’s eyes darkened.
<You have earned 110 gold by hunting the patrol leader orc.>
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It was a perfect joint attack.
“Patrol leader? This orc was tougher than the ordinary ones?”
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“Whew…but I think it was not as tough as the boss monster,” said Jisu, dusting off the blood on her blade. Sungwoo was preparing to resurrect the fallen orc.
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“Well, I think our teamwork was good, right?”
<The dead cannot respond to your summon. ‘Due to your low level, you cannot summon a mid-sized monster.>
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It seemed that Sungwoo could not control the orc as his subordinate yet. So, he resurrected a goblin’s body to make a skeleton.
“Let’s take a brief break here. If we see such monsters wandering in droves, we have to run away,” Sungwoo said.
While taking a break, Sungwoo thought about using <Bone Weapon Formation (basic)> by using the orc’s body.
“By the way, I forgot to ask you until now, but which card did you choose, Jisu? I was so absent-minded… Well, you might know it, but I’m a Necromancer.”
“I thought you were. I’m a Tiger Warrior. Since I like pink best after red, I picked the pink card. It had three stars!”
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The Tiger Warrior was part of the regular army specializing in hunting beasts including tigers during the Chosun Dynasty in Ancient Korea.
It seemed that there was a wide variety of occupations in the cards, not just those that appeared in general fantasy stories.
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“As for me, I had one star…” said Hanho.
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It was not clear how much difference there was in the grades of the occupation cards divided according to the number of stars, but the demonstration of their fighting competence up until now seemed to roughly display it.
After a brief rest, Sungwoo stood before the orc’s body after confirming that his mana was filled to a certain point.
“Bone Weapon Formation.”
When he murmured the words, the remaining mana was all used up, and the orc’s skin and intestines turned into ashes and dissipated. A small menu appeared before his eyes.
<Bone Weapon Formation (basic)>
Sword (lowest grade/six swords)
Blunt Weapon (low grade/five blunt weapons)
Spear (lowest grade/two spears)
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Arrow (lowest grade/four arrows) >
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The classification criteria were unknown, but it seemed that the quality of weapons depended on the weapon material available at the moment. After thinking deeply for a moment, Sungwoo chose the blunt weapon, which had a higher grade compared to the rest.
Then orc’s bones shook before they were entwined with each other and made some shapes. Soon, five blunt weapons fell on the ground.
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“Wow, even that’s weapon material?!”
“You bet.”
Sungwoo picked up one of the blunt weapons.
<Item information.
Name: Orc femur hammer
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Grade: general
Classification: blunt weapon >
As the skill grade was low, they could not expect good performance, but it was much better than the ‘crude daggers’ that the goblins used.
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“Take it.”
Rattle, rattle.