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Episode 6 The Client (3)
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Kang-hu bought the necessary materials at the black market near Osan Station.
‘Seviuro’s flatfish. Cobalt blood. And monster-specific anesthetics. I bought them all.’
I put the materials in an old backpack that I bought cheaply at the market and slung it over both shoulders.
The flesh of the monster Sebiuro, which resembles a cow but whose meat is so smelly and tough that it is difficult to eat.
Here’s the blood of a kobold, which is completely useless for anything, including making potions.
It wasn’t an item for Kang-hoo.
“Do you have any strange hobbies? I like selling things I would otherwise throw away, but I feel bad about selling them.”
Maybe that’s why the seller scratched the back of his head and made an apologetic expression.
From the seller’s perspective, it was like receiving money and selling something that should have been disposed of.
But Kang-hoo was absolutely necessary.
If you have these materials, you can block the ‘variable’ that will suddenly appear when you find Kim Mok-Hyeon in the dungeon.
“······.”
The seller did not respond to my questions.
Silence was a familiar expression of intent for Kang-hoo.
It is most often used when there is no need to answer.
“Click click. Seeing that you even bought anesthesia, I think you have another intention. Which woman are you going to use it on?”
“If you open your mouth one more time, I might use it on you. So shut up.”
“······Eek!”
Kang-hoo made a clear expression to the friendly attitude of the seller who spoke to him while tapping him on the shoulder in an unpleasant manner.
Then the seller stepped back in embarrassment and kept his mouth shut.
Boohoo!
I closed the backpack zipper.
Now it’s time to leave.
Kang-hoo walked briskly towards the abandoned ruined dungeon.
As an open dungeon that does not require a separate license, it is always crowded with hunters.
As expected, there was a sea of hunters waiting outside the entrance, not inside the dungeon.
“Hey kid, is that your seat? The dungeon doesn’t have an owner to begin with, so how can you tell who owns that seat?”
“If you’re a groundless brat, just shut up. My cousin is a member of Eclipse. Do you know that?”
“These days, even dogs and cows talk about Eclipse. I guess they accept a punk like you there?”
“It’s not me, it’s my cousin!”
Among them, there were quite a few hunters who were already in the middle of a fight.
Everyone stopped and watched the fight, saying that watching a fight was as fun as watching a fire.
But Kang-hoo didn’t even glance at them and went straight into the dungeon.
‘also.’
The expected picture appeared.
At Osan Station, hunters from ‘Osan Guardians’, a fairly famous gang, were seen.
They were positioned at a point about 300 meters from the entrance of the dungeon.
They even set up a perimeter around the area and took turns controlling it.
One hunter approached without thinking and was beaten to death by the hunters of Osan Guardians.
There was a reason for the control.
Because monsters appear much faster than in other places.
This is the so-called ‘Foxen’.
“after.”
Kang-hoo let out a short sigh and tucked the longsword into his waistband.
First of all, I changed my weapon because it seemed like a dagger would be more suitable for attacking the monsters I would encounter right away rather than a longsword.
【Basic Dagger for Practice】
【Rating: None】
【Strength +1】
Because I still didn’t have enough money, I couldn’t even buy the lowest level 9 dagger item.
However, Kang-hoo thought that as long as he got the attack point right, the weapon didn’t matter.
So I equipped myself with a cheap practice dagger.
Of course, once you earn money, it’s also the first weapon you’ll change.
at that time.
Squeak. Squeak squeak.
A monster that acts as a sort of mascot, indicating the entrance to the abandoned ruins dungeon, has appeared.
【Thorn Claw Rabbit】
A monster rabbit with particularly long and sharp claws, making it a very threatening attack weapon.
The monster level was 35, which was by no means low.
Even more so for a level 10 hunter like Kang-hoo.
“······.”
Swish.
Kang-hoo, who was looking at the rabbit whose gaze was directly facing him, naturally cut the tip of his left index finger with the tip of his sword.
Then, a wound was created that would drip a drop of blood once every second or so.
Squeak!
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The rabbit’s eyes turned redder than usual after smelling blood.
The aggressive instinct is stimulated.
He was originally a very cautious and difficult to approach guy, but now his personality has changed.
Kaching!
All of the rabbit’s claws grew back in an instant, and each joint became a threatening weapon.
The thorn-clawed rabbit’s defining characteristic is ‘acceleration’.
It is better to avoid a long-term battle because the more time you give them, the more they will run wild.
Kang-hoo didn’t move.
The guy is so agile that even if you charge at him with determination, he will dodge and apply the medicine.
It was a picture that wasted all his energy. So Kang-hoo looked at the reversed picture.
Kkiing!
That’s right, it makes the rabbit rush in first!
Thanks to the stimulation, the rabbit moved as Kang-hoo had thought.
The rabbit started to run, kicking its hind legs hard, then ran with all its might and flew towards Kang-hoo.
When the parabola peaked and soon entered the descending phase, he aimed his entire sharp claw at Kang-hoo.
Pfft!
Kang-hoo hid his appearance perfectly by using the activated horizontal movement.
I’ve been waiting for this.
Because lateral movement cannot be used in the air, a target must be present.
Kkiing······?
As Kang-hoo disappeared from sight, the thorn-clawed rabbit tilted its head. Its long ears also fluttered.
But that was only for a moment.
Phew!
Kieng!
Kang-hoo, who was hugging the guy from behind as if giving him a back hug, stabbed him with a dagger diagonally under his left chest.
It was an instant death without any further confirmation.
The dagger, which perfectly avoided the strong pectoralis major and ribs, pierced the heart.
【You have reached level 11. The next basic skill acquisition point is level 20.】
It’s been a long time since I’ve gained experience.
It was a full-on experience gain that I had never gained even a speck of while in the Qingming camp.
He was close to reaching level 11, so he leveled up right away, and Kang-hoo put 1 bonus point into his stamina.
‘If I can just manage my congenital mana hypersensitivity well, I don’t really need mana stats.’
For the time being, I plan to just put bonus stats into stamina.
This way, when your stamina is depleted and you are exhausted due to overload caused by hypersensitivity, you can recover quickly.
【A mid-boss monster is detected within a 500m radius. This is an automatic warning for a threatening entity.】
When Kang-hoo received a request from Lee Ye-rin to track down Kim Mok-hyun, the reason why he gladly complied was revealed.
It was the appearance of a monster called the intermediate boss monster or middle boss.
It is also a target of skill theft.
‘For me, people with a quick temper are easier to cook.’
Kang-hoo’s eyes shone coldly.
If you look at it only in terms of its body, it is a much more difficult enemy, but if you look at it only in terms of its head, it is an easy opponent to deal with.
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“What was that just now?”
“What is it?”
“Didn’t you see? You were just sneaking up on a thorn-clawed rabbit and then immediately cutting its heart out from behind?”
“Really? Who are you?”
“That guy. The one walking alone towards the Forest of Storms.”
At that time, one of the hunters of Osan Suho, who had witnessed Kang-hoo’s ‘one-man show’, stuck out his tongue.
They are the ones who are taking the lead in the battle and having fun easily.
Each of them was a hunter with basic skills, at least level 50.
Considering that Kang-hoo has just reached level 11, these are hunters of a very high level.
When they were level 11, I couldn’t even think about coming to this dungeon. I was no match for them.
So, the hunter who brought up the subject, Osan Suho, naturally saw Kang-hoo’s level as similar to his own.
“Yes, Daesung. I saw it too.”
“You saw it, brother?”
“uh.”
Jo Young-jae, the third in the Osan Guardians’ hierarchy and a level 65 hunter, nodded to his subordinate’s words.
He had a special class called the Light Warrior, and he was also a skilled player who concluded a contract with the constellation early.
When I have free time in the dungeon, I often look around, but there’s usually nothing to see.
But today was different.
Although it was a brief moment, the clean movements that Kang-hoo showed remained vivid in everyone’s minds.
The Thorn Claw Rabbit is level 35.
Even Youngjae Cho couldn’t kill the thorn-clawed rabbit in one go because he hadn’t yet created an optimized route.
It’s not that I don’t know how to stab a rabbit in the heart. It’s just that the guy doesn’t give his heart away easily.
But Kang-hoo too easily took the lead on Rabbit’s rear and struck his vital point with minimal movement.
The subordinate said to Jo Young-jae.
“Judging by the skills, it seems like it’s definitely an assassin class.”
“That’s right. No one but the assassin class can get such a quick stealth option.”
“But isn’t the stealth skill a basic skill you get at level 200?”
“Right. Then where on earth did that stealth skill come from? I have no idea. I really want it.”
He has great skills that no hunter of his level would have in this dungeon.
That was Jo Young-jae’s idea.
This is because even if there is a network of assassins around, there is no case of them achieving the highest level of skill proficiency.
Even the so-called named hunters are now at the level of having only one or two basic skills maxed out.
Even though it has the title of ‘Named’, a normal hunter might not know what is at the maximum proficiency level.
The subordinates, who immediately noticed Jo Young-jae’s interest, rubbed their palms together and acted cute.
“Shall we bring it over and see?”
“If you want, hyung, catch that guy right away and make him kneel in front of you, hahaha!”
“Should I just take off my clothes? Do you want to have some fun with me?”
“Okay. We’re going to be eating this point in front of the entrance anyway. When he comes out, let’s see his face one more time.”
“Haha, if I wait, it will come to my brother’s arms on its own.”
Jo Young-jae looked again at Kang-hoo’s back as he quickly walked away.
It was closer to jealousy than admiration or envy of him.
How do you have such skills?
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On the way to the middle boss, we hunted four more rabbits.
Dead monsters don’t talk and can’t share information with each other, so they all die in the same pattern.
Thanks to that, I reached level 13.
Since Kang-hoo’s level was low, catching a few rabbits that were relatively high level was a great gain.
“Click click click.”