The female elf looked at the villains with compassionate eyes. She knew that the man had a severe dog mania. He had never seen anyone who loved dogs so much. No matter how angry he was, he would smile and stroke a dog if he saw it. These days he was also raising dogs so she was sincerely worried. Didn’t he also go to an animal hospital to play with the dogs? Anyway, those dog otaku tendencies were also applied to the game. No, those tendencies were even further expanded because of the game. No matter how rare the item in front of him, he would leave it to chase after rabbits and squirrels.
“That a fool like that is one of the top 5 warriors in Bristania……”
The female elf sighed and mumbled. While the man was indeed skilled, he had a particularly severe love for animals. It’s because of his love for animals that he switched to the druid profession ‘Beast Master.’ Beast Master! Yes, the man and female elf arguing about the cat and dog was Bread and Redian.
“Although is a pretty good guy, he becomes quite strange when it comes to dogs.”
Redian complained with pouted lips. She initially knew Bread from New World’s beta test, where they were the last two remaining from the battle royale. She encountered Bread right before the beta test ended and he was the only opponent she couldn’t win or lose against. After the game was commercialized, the frequently kept in touch and hunted together by chance until they became quite close. In fact, Bread was a pioneer who earned quite a lot of respect from other users. Even though he normally looked quite foolish, he completely changed when battling. As the leader of a party, he showed a surprising ability to take charge and he always took the most dangerous roles. He would also run to help colleagues without any concern about the danger. So word spread among the pioneers that ‘Bread is the one to capture a dungeon with.’ It was natural for Redian who was constantly around him to get a good impression of Bread. She also realized that Bread didn’t hate her. Therefore they rapidly became close……It was around that time. Bread’s weakness was that he was a dog otaku….. Of course, she could understand the feelings of someone who liked dogs. She also didn’t hate dogs. But Bread’s love of dogs has long surpassed common sense and was at an almost psychotic level.
“I really have little luck. The only decent man I found is strangely obsessed with dogs……”
That was why she didn’t like dogs. If Bread’s head wasn’t so strange about dogs then their relationship would’ve certainly developed more by now. It was because of that rebellious heart that she suddenly mentioned cats to Bread. While Bread seriously loved animals, the only one he showed an adverse reaction to was cats. Anyway, beating a dog in front of Bread….. she didn’t have to see the results to anticipate it.
“I don’t understand. How annoying. I’ll just continue eating the barbecue.”
After a short hesitation, Redian sat back down at the barbecue. Empty plates were already piled up on the table.
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“Ah, Baekgu!”
“Ack, M-master!”
Baekgu stumbled as he was cut by the sword again. But Baekgu showed his commitment to his master by stabilizing his balance and showing his fangs.
“Grrrrrr, I’ll protect Master!”
“Damn, this annoying stray dog…..!”
The bandit group surrounding Buksil stared at Baekgu with irritation. After exiting the lake a step ahead of Ark, the thieves managed to catch up with Buksil. But they ran into unexpectedly strong resistance from Baekgu and were unable to capture Buksil yet.
“But he is now in a critical condition. Let’s deal with him before that fellow comes!”
The thieves raised their swords and ran up to Baekgu. The thieves had an average level between 250-300. On the other hand, Baekgu was level 310. In addition, Baekgu was a member of the Wolrang clan. He was able to endure even when surrounded by 10 thieves. But even if there was a 60 level difference, there were still 10 of them. Even though a number of them had split up to search, there were still 7 thieves surrounding Baekgu. With that many people, it was only a matter of minutes before Baekgu entered a critical condition. When pushed by the thieves, it wasn’t possible to endure.
“Sob sob sob, Baekgu. Somebody help!”
Baekgu looked at the bloody Baekgu and whined pitifully. However, a frenzied parade was occurring outside the alley. Buksil’s voice was buried under all the noise. Also people weren’t very interested in looking in alleys. Even if someone saw it, the situation wouldn’t change. Magical Princess Minky Momo, Ultraman, Taekwon V, etc. Lots of stores in Bosaga sold those types of masks so who could imagine the situation if they came across the thieves masquerading as heroes. If others saw the sword then they would think it was just for show.
“Just hold on a minute. I’m almost there!”
Ark’s voice was heard in Buksil’s ear. But Ark wasn’t in the area. His voice was coming through the eyeball.
“No. Baekgu is already in critical condition!”
Buksil yelled tearfully. Meanwhile, Baekgu had been forced into a corner by the thieves and shouted.
“Master, don’t worry about me and just escape. Keuaaaaang!”
“Ah, no. Baekgu! Even if I die, I can’t just leave you and run away! Ack!”
Buksil screamed and ran towards Baekgu as the sword descended.
Hwiiiing, kwa kwa kwa kwang!
Then there was a sudden tremendous wind and the thieves attacking Baekgu fell down. Buksil and the thieves looked at the entrance of the alley simultaneously.
“Ah, Ark-nim? Eh? Who are you?”
“Huhuhuhu, just a dog lover passing by.”
The person who attacked the thieves wasn’t Ark. He was a huge man wearing leather armour with a bayonet leaning against his shoulder. Despite their confusion, Bread just calmly uttered those shameless words. Yes, the reason Bread did those things was because of Baekgu. Baekgu was a member of the Wolrang clan with a wonderful outer appearance.
‘Huck! This was the person leading the pirate fleet……!’
Buksil flinched after he saw Bread and retreated one step. When the ferry was raided by pirates a while ago, Buksil had seen Ark fighting against Bread. Fortunately, Bread failed to recognize Buksil. At that time, Buksil and Baekgu had been hanging on from the mast. They didn’t even dare to breathe in case Bread or Redian would attack them. Anyway, Baekgu looked at Bread through bloody eyes. Bread raised the bayonet and showed his teeth before making a threatening posture.
“I deal with them so you two retreat.”
“Huh? H-how come?”
“The dog.”
“Huh?”
“I have no interest in people killing each other. But I can’t allow them to attack a dog!”
Bread answered while staring at the thieves. Then the words Bread said to the thieves popped into Buksil’s mind.
‘What the? Isn’t he just a fool?’
But that thought disappeared after a few minutes. The group of thieves rushed towards Bread with their swords withdrawn.
“I don’t know who you are but I won’t allow you to interfere!”
“You won’t allow me to interfere? You really are bad guys. Then I don’t have to explain. This skill might be a bit excessive for guys like you but I’ll show you the greatness of the dog. Beast Spirit Possession, power of the dog rise!”
Keuaaaaang!
The shape of a huge dog appearing around Bread and he roared, causing a small earthquake. After being possessed by the soul of a dog, a huge blast of wind appeared whenever he swung his bayonet. It was an alarming momentum! The thieves flinched and took a defensive posture. But when Bread’s weapon collided with them, the thieves’ defensive posture collapsed and the thieves flew to the ground. Thanks to the dog beast spirit possession, his attack increased by 50%! As a dog enthusiast, it was the skill Bread had the most confidence in. Bread was also a level 400 character who invested most of his stats into strength. It was a reckless strength which cut the mast of a ship in half and freaked Ark out, so the level 250~300 thieves had no chance of defeating him.
“Hik, this monster like fellow!”
“Hahaha, this is the power of the dog that you ignored!”
Bread burst out and started to step on the thieves.
“Hyaaaaa, protect animals! Love dogs!”
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
……The seven thieves lying on the ground cried and babbled as the level 400 Bread continued beating them. Of course, it might’ve been a little bit different if there was a combination of professions such as warrior, archer and healer. However, they were so flustered from chasing after Buksil that there was no time to consider professions when separating. The thieves who found Buksil were 5 thieves, 1 magician and 1 archer. The roughly made party were disorderly and had no proper chance against Bread.
“Huhuhu, how is it? Can you feel the love of animals in your heart?”
Bread raised his bayonet to his shoulder and laughed.
“Huk huk huk, I’ve arrived!”
Someone jumped between the parade wagons and shouted. Bread who was kicking the body of the thieves flinched and looked with surprise.
“Eh? Y-you!”
“Ah, those guys, it’s already over for them.”