“Yes, but Buksil-nim is…..”
“Buksil?”
Ark noticed that Buksil wasn’t there. Then Lariette pointed down the hill with a dark look. Ark followed the finger with his eyes and frowned.
“That bastard…..!”
10 Nakujuk and one user were gathered in a group at the bottom of the hill. It was Duke! Duke had used his various tracking skills to supervise the search. And lying next to Duke was Buksil with half of his health already gone. His beaten face was swollen and bruised.
“What happened?”
“We were hiding in a cave when the Nakujuk suddenly appeared. Fortunately Dedric and I managed to stop the Nakujuk’s attacks and ran away. But then that guy called Duke suddenly appeared. Dedric and I was no match for his strength…… We were almost caught when Buksil who had been watching suddenly blocked him and allowed us to escape. But we would’ve been surrounded if we ran off so we just hid here.”
Lariette explained. Ark had seen dozens of Nakujuk in the forest when coming here and Lariette didn’t have a stealth skill like him.
‘But even so…..’
It was surprising that Buksil threw his body to save them.
“This bastard, why won’t you hurry up and talk?”
Duke was kicking Buksil at the bottom of the hill. Buksil screamed like a child and rolled around on the ground.
“D-damn…..I already told you that Lariette-nim and Bona have left the forest!”
“Bah, don’t make me laugh. The forest is already surrounded. They wouldn’t have been able to leave without getting captured. Obviously they’re hiding somewhere around here. Foolish bastard.”
Duke pulled out a scroll and showed it to him. Buksil turned pale with terror after seeing the scroll.
The [Track] scroll…..that’s right. It was a scroll that could determine the relative position of the target within a 1km distance.
“Now do you understand? They will be caught anyway. But I don’t want to know about a girl and a child. Do you think I’ve forgotten? You…..were with that Ark bastard before!”
“Ah, Ark-nim isn’t here!”
“I know that. I’ve already tried to use the [Track] scroll on Ark. But how can it find here when the Netherworld is so big? Tell me, where is that bastard Ark hiding?”
“D-dunno, I don’t know!”
“Do you really want to die?”
Duke raised his hand and a Nakujuk immediately lifted its sword. But he changed his mind with a light laugh and said.
“Okay, then let’s make a deal. In fact, killing you won’t do me any good. I’ll let you live if you tell me where Ark is. There is no point in being loyal to Ark. That guy is a despicable and vicious bastard……”
“I know, I know! I know a 100 times better than you do. Ark is a gruelling task master and a really stingy man. He is a wicked person who uses violence after a meal and secretly poisons you. I have no intention of protecting such a person!”
‘T-that bastard is seriously backstabbing me…..!’
Ark’s face warped as Buksil’s words rang through the forest. But Duke was delighted and nodded.
“Oh, I understand. Then have you agreed to the deal?”
“But, but…..”
Buksil suddenly tackled Duke and punched him.
“Aish, he’s not vicious like you guys! He’s not unscrupulous enough to whip a child! Take this….you damn bastard!”
“T-this bastard…!”
Buksil had used to element of surprise to land a hit on Duke. But the fists of a merchant only dealt 1% damage….. When Duke kicked him, Buksil instantly rolled across the ground. The normal Buksil would’ve moaned and acted like he was dying. However, today Buksil was different. Instead of crying, he just got back up and rushed towards Duke.
‘Son of a bitch…!’
Ark clenched his teeth together tightly. He looked like a messy pig covered in tears and not but that didn’t matter. Ark was just grateful that Duke’s attention was focused on him.
But…..but……why was his anger rising? Why? He had no loyalty towards the pig…..
“Aish, kill you! I’m going to kill you. You son of a bitch!”
“Are you crazy? Okay, if you really want to…….”
Duke cursed and got out his bow.
Then an arrow flew towards Buksil’s neck!
Jjeok-!
Duke’s jaw went back 90 degrees. Duke received massive damage and fell down. A man wearing a thick cloak stood in front of Buksil. Ark! Yes, Ark had jumped down the hill and kicked Duke’s chin.
“You…..this bastard…..!”
He glared at Ark. Ark smirked and murmured.
“Hey, Duke. Who told you to hit this guy?”
“Ah, Ark-nim!”
Buksil looked at Ark with tearful eyes.
But his joyful expression disappeared at Ark’s next words.
“This guy might look like this…..but he’s not a wild boar.”
“Eh? Wild boar?”
“This guy is a house pig that I’ve been raising!”
‘What is this? I don’t understand…..was I considered a house pig that could be eaten at any time?’
Buksil became seriously worried about his identity.
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[Translator’s: The raws were missing the stats for resilience and affection so I just used their previous values but they’ve probably increased.]
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