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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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Crazy skeletons!
No, really, skeletons!
Skeletons were standing on two legs and approaching, their jaws clattering!
Of course, they looked weak, and I’ve seen them a lot in games and such, so I didn’t receive a transcendental shock. However, seeing real skeletons moving on their own was a shock in itself.
“Clack.”
“Clack clack.”
Skeletons are walking!!!!
Skeletons are walking!!!!
“Aieeeee!”
I had no choice but to scream while clutching my head. Of course, it wasn’t just me, but many wandering swordsmen who let out terrified screams.
“Ha! Don’t be scared, you fools!”
The squad leader’s shout awakened my panicked mind.
“Bone Golems are classified as the weakest among monsters! Even if they came out of the labyrinth, there’s no need to be afraid! There are quite a few of them, but we can deal with them!”
Low-level monsters?
That’s right. Come to think of it, there’s no way these skeleton bastards are strong. If skeletons were strong, then living people with muscles would be even stronger.
“Go and crush them!”
At the squad leader’s shout, the wandering swordsmen regained their composure and aimed their weapons.
But something strange caught my eye. The Bone Golems’ attire was a bit strange. They were wearing armor that looked like it came from an ancient ruin. Among them, there was one with a flag.
“Wait, squad leader! Those guys have a flag!”
“A flag? Ah. They were soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty.”
“The Yuan Dynasty?”
“They’re just the remnants of a fallen kingdom. Even the Yuan Dynasty’s soldiers, who once made the Han people tremble, are nothing but a joke in that state! Go and kill them! Avenge your ancestors! Quickly!”
I don’t know much, but it seems clear that those Yuan undead are weaker than us living people.
“Uaaaaah!”
“Kuaaaaah!”
I charged with the wandering swordsmen, letting out a war cry.
Honestly, seeing these crazy skeleton bastards actually getting up and moving makes me so scared that I feel like I’m going to collapse.
Still, I managed to regain my composure by raising my fighting spirit as much as my fear. You think you can beat me? That’s not going to happen. I will never lose.
“Haaap!”
I flew my body very valiantly.
“Die, you Sans bastard!”
At that moment, I kicked the Bone Golem’s ribs with a powerful shout.
Crack!
The bones shattered, and the Bone Golem collapsed.
“What…?”
Even so, a one-hit kill with a kick?
I did learn Taekwondo to 3rd dan(black belt), but even so, if I can take them out with one kick, it means that these guys’ durability was lower than I imagined.
Is their HP lower than a mud ghoul’s?
“Kekeke, as expected, you’re bold. Still, crush the bones thoroughly. That way, they won’t be able to rise again.”
“Ah! That’s right!”
Jaemison said he had experience fighting Bone Golems.
If someone like him did it, there’s no way I can’t.
Thud thud thud!
I frantically tap-danced and looked around.
Creak!
Jaemison stabbed a Bone Golem with his spear, hooked the blade between its ribs, and swung it around, hitting other Bone Golems.
“Uaaaaaaah!”
“Die!”
The wandering swordsmen were also swinging their swords and extending their fists and feet, smashing the Bone Golems. I also added my momentum and crushed the Bone Golems.
And so, the dozens of Yuan Dynasty remnants were quickly defeated by the ragtag wandering swordsmen. Compared to their terrifying visuals, their combat power was pathetic.
“We won!”
I picked up the tattered Yuan Dynasty flag and roared. In ancient warfare, the military flag was the life of the unit.
I defeated the Yuan army!
These pathetic skeleton bastards!
“Well done! There’s no need to fear the Bone Golems that appear in the labyrinth! Kill them as soon as they appear!”
The squad leader who watched our struggle said so.
“Yes, sir!”
“Yes!”
That squad leader.
He’s quite reliable.
He has a violent tendency, but that’s normal for a pre-modern martial artist, and it can be said to be a proper virtue befitting a squad leader leading wandering swordsmen.
Moreover, seeing him raise morale by providing accurate information about the enemy, there seems to be no need to doubt his leadership.
That squad leader is also a martial artist I can respect as much as Song.
“Squad leader! I have recovered the enemy’s flag!”
“Ah, we don’t need that.”
“I was impressed by your leadership! With accurate information and sharp commands, we were able to defeat the Bone Golem army without any problems! You’re amazing!”
“What? Hmph, that’s obvious. Unlike you wandering swordsmen, I’m a martial artist who received specialized training from the noble family.”
Perhaps because he was pleased with my flattery, the squad leader grinned.
If you act this friendly, you can slightly lower the other person’s guard. If you have a conversation in that state, you can obtain various useful information. Therefore, such conversations are essential.
“I would like to know your name, Squad Leader!”
“I am the Weary Administrator Mun Hyeonggi.”
“W-Weary Administrator?! Could it be…!”
“Yes. Even a mere wandering swordsman understands.”
I had no idea what it meant, and it was the first time I’d ever heard of such a title, but when I reacted as if I knew something, Squad Leader Mun Hyeonggi’s lips curled up.
“But, Weary Administrator, are you not a Namgung?”
“Hmm? What do you mean?”
“Since you’re a martial artist of the noble family, I thought you were a blood relative of the Namgung family.”
“Ah, it’s not always like that. There are such units. For example, there’s the Muchangdae, which consists only of the collateral lines of the family. And there’s the Changgungdae, which consists only of the direct line.”
Feeling good, the Weary Administrator gave me some information.
“But we’re a combat unit composed of outsiders, so to speak, a hired combat unit.”
After listening to a detailed explanation, it seems that they are a military group that was noticed by the martial artists of the noble family during their adolescence and was collected, receiving martial arts and salary in exchange for absolute loyalty to the Namgung family.
The name of the unit is Hacheondae. It is said to be a unit that Jade Flower Sword, Namgung Serin freely commands, so in other words, she is the platoon leader.
“If a wandering swordsman develops his skills, can he join the noble family’s external combat unit?”
“There is a possibility… The rest is over! We’re moving again!”
“Yes!”
The unit moved again.
Under the command of the Weary Administrator, we easily defeated the Bone Golem armies we encountered, and we moved forward as if we were literally cleaning the labyrinth.
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Then we joined the vanguard.
It was the Jade Flower Sword and the martial artists of the Hacheondae who entered first.
None of them looked like they had been in a battle. Did they clear the path first and have the wandering swordsmen clean up the rear? Whatever it is, they seem very familiar with the labyrinth.
“Good work, Weary Administrator. Were there any unusual occurrences?”
“No! We defeated a group of about a hundred Bone Golems and gathered materials! There were no other issues!”
“I understand.”
While I was resting with Jaemison, listening to the Weary Administrator’s loud voice.
“Oh, Geun-hyeop.”
“Celestial Being?!”
“Did you finally reach it? The depths of this labyrinth?”
“I have indeed reached it.”
When I answered solemnly, she also spoke solemnly.
“How is it? What are your impressions of entering the labyrinth for the first time?”
“I was scared at first, but seeing you, Celestial Being, makes me feel like I’ve seen a Bodhisattva in hell. Hehehe.”
“That’s a very fitting expression.”
“Also, destroying Bone Golems was a bit fun.”
Honestly, it was a bit fun because it felt like playing a labyrinth exploration game, with everyone rushing in together and smashing up weak monsters.
“It seems it suits your aptitude. Still, be careful from now on.”
“Huh? Is there something more?”
“Bone Golems are just corpses that have risen, they are not true beings of hell.”
True beings of hell?
“We found the way!”
A martial artist shouted.
“However, hungry ghouls are blocking the way, so it is estimated that it will take time to break through!”
Hungry ghouls?
“Take your positions. We will lure them in and deal with them.”
“Yes! Everyone, take your positions!”
At those words, the martial artists of the noble family moved quickly, and the Weary Administrator shouted to the wandering swordsmen.
“Everyone, follow me!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
Following the command, we soon took positions at a suitable passage, but looking at the formation, I felt a little like we wandering swordsmen had become a barricade.
Huh?
“Hey! Jaemison! Are we the barrier?!”
“Kekeke… You finally realized it.”
Son of a bitch!
“The hungry ghouls will soon be upon us! They are demons of hell, but other than being numerous and a bit violent, they are just insignificant pieces of trash! Kill all the hungry ghouls that attack!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
That’s right!
There’s no way only easy guys like Bone Golems would appear!
“Hungry ghouls!”
What kind of monsters are they? Are they the same hungry ghouls that appear in Buddhist hell? I asked Jaemison, but he only knew roughly and had never actually seen them.
Whoosh!
Soon a whistling arrow flew in.
It seems that the lure team sent a signal with an arrow.
“The hungry ghouls have been lured! They will be here soon, so prepare!”
The Weary Administrator shouted.
Soon.
Thud thud thud!
Thud thud thud!
Thud thud thud!
A commotion began to be heard from the other side. I swallowed as I listened to the sound. What are these hungry ghouls?
“They’re coming!”
“A, a horde of hungry ghouls!”
“Hungry ghooouls!”
Soon the horde of hungry ghouls appeared.
“Oh my!”
They looked very bizarre.
Some crawled on the ground, while others ran on two legs, and they looked just like hungry ghouls.
A large head that doesn’t fit their body type. However, the neck below was thin like a duck’s neck, and they were so skinny that their hideous ribs were exposed. Their arms and legs were also thin as if they were made of only bones.
However, the hungry ghouls’ bellies were abnormally swollen, proving their hunger.
“Hungry, hungry! Hungry, huuuungry!”
“Foodgivemefoodgivemefoodgivemefood!”
“Meat, meeeaaaat! Meatmeatmeatmeat!”
And they can talk!
A crazed cry! The army of hungry ghouls, driven mad by hunger, rushed forward, their hideous maws wide open and their eyes glaring!
“There are so many of those bastards!”
My ear rose as I watched them rush in. There was a reason why so many wandering swordsmen were needed. To deal with such a large army of those trashy monsters, we also need to pour in numbers.
They’re using the wandering swordsmen as a shield to subdue the hungry ghouls…!
I can’t be afraid!
I have to raise my fighting spirit to win!
“If it were Song…!”
Song would surely have slaughtered them mercilessly!
I have to be like Song!
“Graaaaaah!”
“Aaaaaah!”
“Kiyaaaaaaaah!”
And so, we collided with the army of hungry ghouls.
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