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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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I soon arrived at the settlement. Beyond the Gobulins, who were wearily crawling around, a cave came into view. It seemed like three of them were outside the cave, looking so peaceful that my heart warmed.
This is where things are going to get messy.
“Good. They haven’t noticed us yet. Run when I give the signal. We will take down those in front of the cave by surprise.”
Gasp…!
Pant, pant!
Oh Geunsik, Jang Yeomin, and Do Samcheol. The three warriors, each gripping their weapons, exhaled with excitement.
We quickened our pace, advancing steadily.
If we could just take out the ones in front of the cave with a surprise attack, things would be much easier.
But then.
Thump!
“Urgh!”
Suddenly, Jang Yeomin, who was walking in front, tripped over a tree root and fell!
“Kerk!”
“Keryaaaak!”
And with that, the Gobulins became aware of our presence!
This guy really is a screw-up until the very end…!
“Damn it! It can’t be helped! Let’s fight! Form a line-”
“Uh, Uwaaaaaaaa!”
“Kraaaaa!”
But then, these bastards, as if they’d taken drugs, suddenly started charging while yelling!
“Hey, hey! Wait! Stop! Line! Form a line!”
I shouted, but the excited warriors didn’t listen. Oh Geunsik and the rest, instead of forming a line, just charged into battle, yelling as they pleased.
“Uwaaaa!”
“Die! Dieeee!”
The bravely charging warriors tangled with the Gobulins.
“Damn it! I told you to gather! Form a formation!”
I yelled, but the situation was already beyond my control.
I quickly ran and joined Oh Geunsik, who was excitedly swinging his sword, and swung my own.
Swish!
“Kerak!”
A hapless Gobulin fell to my sword before it could even thrust its spear. I then surveyed the surroundings. Gobulin reinforcements? For now, they were coming out of the cave. There didn’t seem to be any outside.
Where were my teammates?
“Kraaaaap!”
“Haat!”
Do Samcheol and Jang Yeomin were each charging ahead in different directions, wildly swinging their weapons.
“Oh Geunsik! Let’s join Jang Yeomin over there and then link up with Do Samcheol! It’s dangerous to fight separately! Form a line!”
“K, Kuu! Understood!”
“Keryaaak!”
A Gobulin to my left thrust a stone spear at me. A face full of malice, and a spearhead imbued with killing intent.
Catching it precisely.
“Hah!”
I deployed the technique I’d successfully used before, raising my sword to deflect.
Thwack!
The Gobulin’s stone spear flew upwards, and I struck down the creature with a downward swing.
“Oh…!”
I succeeded again!
Now this technique was completely mine. I’d succeeded twice, so the feeling was clear in my hand, and I had more confidence. I could use it freely anytime.
Feeling that rush, I moved towards Jang Yeomin with Oh Geunsik.
“Hraaaap!”
Jang Yeomin, alone, was jumping and rolling around, putting up a meaningless fight against multiple Gobulins.
That’s why I told him to form a line.
“Jang Yeomin! Get over here!”
“Hu, Huck! I’m saved!”
Even an armed human male couldn’t do much when three stone-spear-wielding Gobulins attacked at once.
I integrated Jang Yeomin into the line and eliminated the Gobulins.
It was a bit bumpy, but it was stable. The information about it being a small settlement was correct. There didn’t seem to be many reinforcements, and Do Samcheol was fighting over there, so we’d win smoothly.
“Then let’s join Do Samcheol-”
Whoosh!
Just as I was about to shout something.
Thump!
Suddenly, Do Samcheol, who was over there, flew over here and crashed to the ground.
Huh?
“Kuhuk!”
Do Samcheol rolled on the ground.
For a moment, time seemed to stop.
Do Samcheol, who was over there… suddenly flew over here? Did Red Bull give him wings? Red Bull in this world? That’s strange.
“Kryaaaaaaaak!”
And then an even stranger creature appeared.
Wider than the other Gobulins, with a head that seemed one size bigger. Its body was adorned with ornaments and armor made of animal bones, and in its hand, it held a stone hammer.
“Boss…!”
That thing had sent Do Samcheol flying!
“Kuhuk!”
Do Samcheol was trying to get up while coughing up blood… I had to quickly rescue him and fight together! If I showed fear just because it was the boss, it would be the end!
Just as that sense of crisis amplified and ignited my fighting spirit.
“Chieftain, it’s the Chieftain!”
“I didn’t hear about this, Huwaaaak!”
Oh Geunsik and Jang Yeomin, who were flanking me, turned and ran!
These fucking bastards?!
“You sons of bitches! Where are you going!”
Should I run too?!
I thought that for a moment, but because I was already prepared to fight, my escape was delayed compared to the others. And that meant I was in the most danger.
The moment I ran from here, I, with my back turned, would become the target!
Thud!
“Kerhuk!”
The Gobulins gathered around the Chieftain stabbed Do Samcheol’s back repeatedly with their stone spears. A horrible stench of blood. He was dead without a doubt.
“Gurgle!”
Whoosh!
At the same time the Chieftain gave the order, the few remaining Gobulins ran past me. That’s right. He ordered them to kill the fleeing Oh Geunsik and Jang Yeomin.
“Kruk!”
The Chieftain, seeing me, snorted and strode towards me.
“Damn it…!”
Was it challenging me to a duel?
Let’s do this!
“Kraaaaaaaaaaa!”
The Chieftain roared once and charged towards me. Its speed was very fast. A speed comparable to a decent sprinter. And it was moving like that barefoot? Could it have internal energy?
If I had turned my back and ran against this thing, I would have been done for.
But, I didn’t run.
I would fight and kill it.
That’s what the hero Himmel would have done!
“Heup!”
Just as I learned. Standing firm as if rooted to the ground, putting strength into my lower body, aiming precisely at the opponent, aiming for the neck area of the charging creature holding the stone hammer aloft.
Whoosh!
I stepped forward and thrust my sword.
The superior reach compared to the stone hammer. And the foolishness of the Chieftain charging blindly. Those two factors synergized, allowing my sword to pierce the creature’s neck-
Whoosh!
But it didn’t!
The creature suddenly jumped, and the tip of my sword scraped against its bone armor and slipped to the side, only slightly cutting its forearm!
“Kryaaaaak!”
“Huck!”
The Chieftain swung its hammer. I hurriedly raised my arm to block the hammer, but.
Wham!
“Kuaaaak!”
I got hit!
Even with the Monster Hide Vambraces, there was no way it could completely block the impact of a hammer blow. It felt like the damage reduction didn’t work at all…! An overwhelming pain seared my arm!
“Gryaaak!”
But there was no time to groan in pain.
My arm?
It wasn’t broken!
It just hurt like hell!
If I hadn’t bought the Monster Hide Vambraces, it probably would have broken, and then I would have really been dead!
“Downward Dragon!”
I immediately threw myself down and rolled on the ground. It was an ungainly roll, but I managed to avoid the Chieftain’s second attack. If the result is good, then ugliness is rather good. It can even be romanticized. So, this isn’t Downward Dragon, it’s Fairy Dragon.
“Gurgle, gurgle!”
The Goblin Chieftain chuckled at my appearance.
How dare it!
“This bastard…!”
“Gurruk!”
A creature smaller than me dares to mock me!
I quickly lowered myself and swept my hand across the ground. At the same time, I threw sand at the Chieftain’s face.
Fwoosh!
“Guruk?!”
The Chieftain covered its face with its arm.
Dishonorable? Such a thing doesn’t exist in this world. I was in a life-or-death struggle with this creature. I couldn’t understand why I was in this shitty place having a deathmatch with a monster, but if I didn’t kill it here, I would die. Debating honor was a luxury.
“Uwaaaaaaa!”
I swept my hand across the ground again and charged. The Chieftain lowered its guard to react, but.
“Take this again, you bastard!”
Fwoosh!
I threw another handful of sand in its face!
“Kruk!”
This time, the Chieftain took the sand to the face, forcibly opened its eyes, and lunged at me. However, perhaps because it was hasty, it swung its stone hammer too wildly, and that allowed me to dodge its attack.
And so.
In that dodged state, I raised my sword like lightning!
“Dieeeeeeee!”
Just as I put all my strength into a diagonal downward slash.
“Guruk!”
The Chieftain desperately raised its arm to block my sword. That arm was covered in animal bones. The most primitive armor.
However, those haphazardly attached bones couldn’t stop my sword.
Swish!
The sword, bypassing the bone, deeply cut the creature’s arm.
Bone.
I could feel my blade hitting the creature’s bone.
“Keeeeeek!”
Blood splattered. The injured Chieftain wildly swung the stone hammer in its other hand. I took a gamble. It was better to take a hit to one arm than to have my head smashed by that blind swing.
I swung my arm, and luckily, instead of getting hit in the forearm, I managed to hit the inside of the creature’s wrist. The moment the stone hammer was neutralized.
“Uwaaaaaaaaa!”
I yelled and tackled the Chieftain, dropping my sword.
Once in close range, it’s grappling time!
“Gerurruk!”
The Chieftain, falling backward, struggled desperately to throw me off. Instead of punching its face, I thrust my armored forearm at it.
Crunch!
As expected, the Chieftain bit down hard on my vambraces. It was almost an instinctive attack, and I had anticipated it.
Shing.
I drew my dagger with my other hand.
“This is the end for you!”
Just like that.
Thud!
Avoiding its bone armor, I stabbed the dagger into its torso!
“Gwak?!”
The sharp dagger pierced the creature’s flesh. At the same time, the Chieftain convulsed like it had been struck by lightning and its eyes went wide.
I won’t hold back!
“Die! Die, damn it!”
Stab! Stab!
I repeatedly stabbed with the dagger, pulling it out and thrusting it back in. At first, the Chieftain thrashed and struggled, but after about five stabs, it seemed to lose its strength and released its grip on my armor.
“Gek…!”
Swish!
I drew an arc with the dagger. Blood sprayed from the blade, and I raised the reverse-gripped dagger high.
And then.
“It’s over!”
Thud!
I plunged the tip of the dagger into the Chieftain’s eye.
Shudder…!
A strong convulsion.
And then.
Thump.
Confirmed kill.
The Gobulin Chieftain fell.
The moment I realized it.
“Uwa, Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
I roared like Luffy witnessing Ace’s death.
An intense feeling of victory filled my mind. And a powerful exhaustion from the explosive use of strength. I poured all of that out in the form of a roar.
I killed it, I killed the Gobulin Chieftain!
I killed a boss mob that looked obviously strong!
I defeated a powerful chieftain of the Baekpal Yokwae Gundo!
If I had chosen to flee, I would have been the one to die! But I forced myself to fight, and by unleashing all the experience I had accumulated, I managed to subdue and kill the Chieftain!
“Kraaaaaaaaa!”
After roaring for a while, I opened my canteen and gulped down the water.
“Huu!”
The water helped me regain my senses… I couldn’t stay here like this. It wasn’t safe. It would be a disaster if there were any remaining Goblins.
Just as I was about to escape and plan to regroup with my comrades.
“Hmm?”
Suddenly, a faint light emanated from the Chieftain’s head. As if something luminous was inside, and the light was penetrating its flesh.
“Wh, what is this?”
Caution welled up inside me.
At the same time, curiosity also surged.
What was that…?
“…”
I swallowed, carefully placing my hand on the creature’s head. Could I feel warmth? There was definitely something inside.
“Damn it!”
I hated feeling frustrated. I immediately stabbed the dagger just above the Chieftain’s forehead, cut away the surrounding flesh, and pulled out what was inside.
“This is…!”
It was a small, green, glowing orb.
An orb.
An orb…?
“A core?!”
Could this be a core?!
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