Chapter 2: Final Secret Sculpting Technique Quest
2) Final Secret Sculpting Technique Quest
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Pale was carrying a bow in the mountains.
“I knew it would become like this.”
Weed wasn’t among them so it was common to separate for adventures. But this time, they had to recover one of the four treasures of the Niflheim Empire! Mapan had obtained a clue that led towards the Halmerun Mountains and after patrolling it, the environment was really no joke.
His companions had their own opinions.
“We need to sneak into that tree fort.”
“We don’t have a profession that can secretly infiltrate it. It would be hard work even for someone with the profession.”
“Yes… Someone needs to draw their attention.”
And everybody’s eyes fell onto Pale.
Romuna said.
“An assassin won’t be easily caught but….”
Irene nodded her head.
“We need someone who won’t die if hit multiple times. If a person has low health then they can’t be the bait.”
Surka felt remorse for 0.3 seconds before saying.
“A counterattack should also be possible! I think that Pale oppa is the only one possible.”
Pale’s name was mentioned directly!
Hwaryeong and Bellot took it for granted.
“I will feel very reassured if Pale-nim is the one to do this. A man should do this much.”
“Leadership in adventures can be very attractive….”
Pale was always surrounded by women so his senses were quick.
‘They are pushing everything to me. Bellot-nim, your tone of voice right now is like when you are acting in a prime-time weekend drama.’
Other men were usually envious of Pale. Gazes were often stuck to him when he was drinking in a tavern in Morata.
‘He is a sought after bastard.’
‘He must be from a family of independence fighters.’
‘How happy he must be. I would like to be so popular. Well, that probably won’t happen.’
Ironically, the person they were envious of didn’t think it was a good thing. The women ate food while making him pay for it and talked about complex or boring things he didn’t understand.
In particular, the atmosphere when talking about handbags was so serious, it was like they studied tannery or leather craftsmanship at university. The women would also nag him about chores.
His girlfriend, Maylon, also recommended him to undertake the dangerous task of acting as an assassin to lure the enemy.
“I believe that you will come back alive and unharmed.”
Maylon was a ranger so she could also undertake this mission. That’s why she wanted Pale to do it instead.
Another man surrounded by the gorgeous women was just drinking water quietly. A fisherman had high health but low movement speed so he wasn’t suitable for the role of luring the enemies.
Zephyr normally came to the front in battles.
Cheerful whispers were sent towards him.
-Take them far away. It will be risky if we’re nearby!
–I believe in you.
-Show a cool appearance.
No matter how the girls cheered or complimented him, Pale realized something. Pale was an unfortunate man among pretty girls! But his true character became known once he was alone.
“Regression Arrow.”
Pale ran forward while shooting an arrow. The arrows heading in front of him suddenly changed to the opposite direction. The arrow shot into the heart of an enemy chasing Pale.
“Kyak!”
They were a tribe similar to humans but with blue skin.
Pale shot five arrows at once while running. He had experience with repeatedly inserting arrows into his bow. And he only felt a moderate tension.
‘This crisis is nothing. When I’m with Weed, every moment is like the crossroad between life and death. This degree is only a little dangerous.’
Then the guy next to him grew larger.
“Dispersion Fire!”
Pale turned like lightning and aimed the arrow in the direction of the assassin. 20 arrows covered the assassin that had grown.
“Keet!”
“Kwaack!”
Pale listened to the screaming as he dodged poison daggers, chain scythes and poisoned arrows.
Pale used the trees and bushes as obstacles. Quick judgement as well as speed was very important.
‘Those fellows aren’t simply pursuing.’
More than 10 people among the assassins headed elsewhere. It was to form an encirclement.
‘Left, right? Left side.’
Pale made a short decision after analysing the terrain. He had improved his improvisation and accurate judgement from battles and adventures.
An assassin jumped out of a tree and stabbed a dagger towards him.
“Kuhit, die human.”
Pale retreated one step and fired an arrow at the head.
“That will be you!”
And an assassin appeared right under his nose!
Archers were known to be weak at close range. Therefore they usually had an additional weapon apart from the bow. Elves used elementals while humans selected magic or daggers.
But archers didn’t invest a lot of stats into strength so the power of their dagger was much lower. It was unusual for someone to have Weed’s outrageous stats in both strength and agility.
So it was preferable to stay at a favourable distance while shooting arrows. It was considered a fai