Zephyr yawed.
“Huaam! So boring.”
“Still, you’re hunting a lot.”, Hwaryeong said as she braided her hair in two plaits.
“Not like we used to. It was real fun when hunting with Weed-nim.”
“True, it was just an endless repetition of charging and charging.”
“When I think back to it, I feel as if my body is still covered with bandages.”
The death hunt they did for eight days when they were with Weed and the Geomchis! The terrifying memory of intense labour was becoming beautified as time went by.
After that, most hunting didn’t feel tiring.
Looking at a mob of Skeleton Knights running toward them, Romuna snorted
“Something like this is a piece of cake.”
“I don’t feel the excitement like I used to,” Surka said, as she punched Skeleton Knight’s face with her cutesy fists.
The tension that makes one’s spine and neck chill!
Such tension had disappeared.
Now, they chat while hunting monsters and even when monsters pop out from somewhere while they’re resting, they don’t get surprised.
Romuna, the magician, moves between monsters, binds them and casts magic.
Pale’s arrows never miss, and he can shoot three arrows at the same time and make them hit different targets.
In Hwaryeong’s case, she can now fix her make-up when fighting a monster.
Zephyr said, “Irene-nim. It’s boring. Bless the monsters. I think I’m going to fall asleep from boredom.”
“Yes, I will. I was going to for skill mastery. The strength that burns one’s fighting will, will bring out the strength that exceeds one’s limit. The whole party will strengthen.”
Irene raised the monsters’ strength.
She raised their ability by 20%.
Even though a priestess raises a monster’s strength, no additional experience points are given, nor do any special items drop.
Just for fun.
To have more fun fighting, Irene and her party raised the monsters’ ability.
Seechwi’s face turned blue.
‘You monsters!’
She never thought she was weaker than anyone else.
But, Skeleton Knights are monsters over level 320. They’re not easy to hunt even when in a party.
They were hunting such monsters in a very dangerous way.
Seechwi became very alert.
“Unni, now.”
“Yes, alright! Chichik!”
On Surka’s signal, Seechi dived into the group of Skeleton Knights.
To someone with a low level like her, she could only pick up items.
Picking up items while moving between Skeleton Knights!
Because of the huge number of monsters, it wasn’t very easy. And since they didn’t succeed in every hunt, they had to get all the items when they were available.
Although she had Orc Commander as her job, her Charisma or Leadership stat didn’t give much to benefit the party because of their large level difference.
Only to the point of raising physical damage by 3% and recovery rate by 2%!
Her ability would’ve had a bigger effect if she was leading orcs, but she was the only Orc in the group.
***
But who would have thought that a sister-like girl painter would want to beat cute rabbits mercilessly?
“Die, die!”
When rabbits resisted, Yurin used her feet to beat them up.
They worked for money during the day, and hunted at night.
Hunting at night was to gather more experience points.
But to Yurin who was a painter, her life and attack wasn’t very strong. It was hard for her to hunt just a rabbit.
“Hunting is harder than I thought.”
After hunting a rabbit, she rested.
Before she levelled up, hunting was hard for her even when she had good equipment.
At that time, she got a whisper from Pale.
Hello. I’m Pale.
Yes. Hello.
Yurin politely greeted him. She always acted politely towards people she didn’t know.
You’re Weed-nim’s sister, right? I’m a friend of Weed-nim who hunted with him ever since we were beginners.
Ah, the one who is skilled at shooting arrows!
Hahaha! Seems like Weed-nim already told you about me. Skilled at shooting arrows, that’s an overstatement. Did he say anything else?
Yes, he told me never to tease you. That you’re very timid.
Ah, is that so. I’m a bit timid. Other than that...?
I heard you sometimes play alone digging in the ground.
Kuuk!
Yurin had fun talking with Weed’s friends. The polite, gentle way he talked gave her the feeling that he was a nice person.
‘Still, to hunt with Oppa, even I didn’t get to do that yet.’
Out of jealousy, she played a prank that had no ill intention.
But she was smiling, enjoying it.
Anyway where are you?
Rhodium.
You’re at the city of artists. We’re at Yuroki Mountains.
It’ll take about a week to get there.
You’re coming here?
Of course. If there’s anything we can help with, we will.
You don’t have to. I’ll go over there.
Sorry?
Could you explain the surrounding?
Yurin took out charcoal and paper and readied herself to draw.
Pale became speechless at Yurin’s absurd idea.
Just how long did it take to come from Rhodium to the Yuroki Mountains?
Plus, because monsters came in groups, it wasn’t somewhere a beginner could go.
Still, Pale answered Yurin’s questions.
Behind us, there are two tall trees. There’s a boulder in front of us. It’s a normal boulder, light grey in colour.
What’s the ground around you like?
There are a lot of weeds around. There are also plenty of wildflowers, there’s more on the right side. A mountain we can see far away that isn’t very steep, and it has lots of trees. There’s the Dark Elves’ Castle after going over about two mountains.
Weather?
Clear. There are some clouds though.
Pale was confused even when he was explaining the surrounding.
“Pale, what’re you doing?” Romuna asked
“I don’t know. Yurin-nim is asking me to describe the surrounding, so I’m describing it for her.”
“Is she that curious of this place?”
Romuna tilted her head, unable to comprehend.
Judging solely by the scenery, the place was quite extraordinary. When the sun came up in the morning and went down at night, there was nothing more beautiful.
The mood when it fogs over or rains was great. Looking at the rain forest, one can fall into one’s own thought.
To those who are sensible, it was best place to spend their time.
Zephyr approached Pale.
“But what is her voice like?”
“Huh?”
“Is her voice gentle?”
Zephyr, who didn’t have a girlfriend yet, was naturally curious about Yurin.
‘If she’s Weed-nim’s younger sister, she would have strong ability to maintain livelihood. She wouldn’t starve me in any situation.’
So far, he had met various women.
Beautiful, confident women!
Still, they were busy giving their numbers when they learned of Zephyr’s background. Zephyr didn’t want to meet women like that again. A woman he can meet heart to heart without a care for money or status.
Like the naive heart of a man who just started dating, he wanted to make a girlfriend.
Pale looked at Zephyr as if he pitied him.
There were things that cannot be done even with a handsome face, sharp eyes, and elaborated speech.
“I’m sorry. Zephyr-nim”
“Hm?”
“To prepare for such a situation, Geomsamchi-nim told me.”
Zephyr’s heart became heavy.
He remembered Geomsamchi’s angular face and muscles.
He was a man scarier in real life than in Royal Road. If there was an Orc in real life, the one who would be able to catch it with ease, would be Geomsamchi.
“What did he say?”
“I will relay the message as it is. If anyone dares to touch Yurin, he’ll kill him.”
"........"
“Geomshachi said more than that. He said that if a man makes Yurin cry, he’ll break his spine.”
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