chapter 232
232 – Guerrilla Warfare
Yeonhee seemed to be growing both inside and out, so I touched her ears one more time out of surprise.
Bibijeok-
“Ah yes- why do you keep touching my ears… Huh…”
‘… You like it, right?’
I touched both of her ears a few more times and returned to her seat with her face slightly red.
‘How will I survive the remaining time…’
I was fortunate to have found a position that was easy to defend, but as an undead, I felt a little tired, so I wondered what other hunters would be like.
When I have no idea what to do, I look at the status window.
‘It has increased a lot.’
As my sensory level entered the 90s, the distance I could be separated from Yeonhee suddenly increased to 800 meters.
Below the status window, a reward message received for exiting the hidden dungeon was blinking.
‘Oh, there was this.’
I’m sure I’m not out of my mind.
– Hidden Dungeon rewards have been paid.
– Obtained military gaiters from the Forgotten Kingdom!
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Incomplete Military Gaiters from the Forgotten Realms
– It is one of the numerous military supplies developed by the court engineers of the Tanemoro Kingdom, but unfortunately, it is unfinished.
– When you jump with your own strength, you can climb 1.5 times higher.
– When chased by an enemy with stronger magical power than you, movement speed +30%
—-
‘Uh…? Tanemoro this?!’
It was another artifact created by the same people who developed the gliding cloak I was wearing. This wasn’t the case in my previous life, but this was the first time the reward changed.
‘Well… The dungeon difficulty has changed that much, so we need to make this amount of correction.’
Anyway, I was excited to see it, and when I looked at it, I saw that the option matched well with the cloak, so I was hoping that the hidden functions of the military cloak, which was still at level 1, would be unlocked .
The cold gray gaiters, completely unpainted, were suddenly floating on the palm of my hand.
Without waiting, I immediately put the gaiter on my leg, and as expected, it stuck to my leg and adjusted to its size.
‘I can’t help but be excited about this!’
I think it’s the best artifact in situations like now where you often have to run away.
Cheok- Cheochuk- Cheok-
Not only me, but I saw hunters everywhere wearing artifacts with happy faces after receiving rewards.
Half of the people collapsed due to exhaustion without even being able to check the reward. Does this mean that the people who are awake now have that strong desire for material things? Anyway, it was amazing.
Most of them were very excited as it was their first time wearing the artifact, and I felt good about it as well.
‘Sometime.’
I hid myself so as not to startle people, activated [Stealth], And jumped up as hard as I could toward the sky.
Seeek—!
‘Wow! Crazy?!’
The last time I ran as hard as I could was when I met Lee with Yeonhee. I couldn’t help but be very surprised as he jumped to a much higher position than before.
How long did you run? Is it going to be around 40 meters?
Since the height of one floor of an apartment is roughly less than 4 meters, it means that it has jumped almost 10 stories or more.
Oh my…
The top hunters of the reinforcement type lived in this kind of world.
– Military Cloak of the Forgotten Kingdom, level 2 perks have been released!
‘Yes! It would be unreasonable if it couldn’t be opened at this height.’
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Military Cloak of the Forgotten Realms
– A cloak that enables gliding, developed with great effort by the court engineers of the Kingdom of Tanemoro.
– When you jump high with your own strength, an additional effect occurs.
Stage 1: Awareness-impairing magic is activated for 10 minutes after the start of gliding.
Stage 2: When in stage 1, flight instead of gliding becomes possible and flight speed increases by 20%.
Step 3: ?
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“Crack, crack, crack!”
‘This is so amazing!’
Since I was in a place where no one was watching anyway, I danced my shoulders in the air.
I was already feeling the limitations of simple gliding. This is because there were quite a few cases where [High-Speed Flight] Was used when it was not necessary to change direction.
‘Hmm… At this rate, there’s no need to wait here.’
As it slowly fell to the ground, the waves of sensation spread far away.
The number of undead caught within the range of senses is increasing compared to crossing the bridge, and there are still dagger quests left.
Although my mental strength was low, I had to work harder because I was the only one without the concept of stamina.
(Ran, let’s go together.)
(Hmm? I just want to be by my master’s side.)
(If something happens, I have to return quickly, so I think it would be better for you to be here.)
(Hmph…There’s nothing I can do.)
I explained to Yeonhee what role I wanted to play, and she quietly nodded and said.
“Can’t I go too far? If something happens, I’ll come right away. Is that right?”
Nod-
The hunters who were not yet asleep showed concern that I was leaving, but when they heard that my going out would divert the enemy’s attention away from here, they even cheered in a quiet voice.
Lan, the spirit riding on my shoulder, immediately applied [Acceleration].
It jumped forward at once, along with the message that the body had become lighter and more agile.
Movement like living lightning.
– Wow!
Putting aside someone’s admiration, I moved as far as I could go.
‘The reason they singled us out earlier was because we just came out of the dungeon?’
The huge herd that was charging at them with ferocious force was nowhere to be seen, and only small herds of around 50 people were present.
Of course, these guys were coming together to create such a big force, so I eliminated all the guys I could see.
Bombs were made and stockpiled, and enemies were dealt with with fireballs and daggers.
Thanks to the artifact I acquired this time, my magic power increased to 423, so I didn’t feel much pressure from firing fireballs wildly.
– Acquired the Rune of Fury.
– Acquired the Rune of Fury.
‘It seems like the runes appear better because I hunt alone.’
The figure was low, but if you sell it, it’s all money.
If you think there are lumps of money lying everywhere, you can have more fun clearing them out.
Did it sweep around like that for about 20 minutes?
A group of giant skeletons came into view in the distance.
They were different from the guys who chased us earlier. How fucking many are there?
‘The number will not be infinite, and should be reduced as much as possible to minimize damage from any possible dungeon breaks.’
I entered flight mode using the cloak’s ability to open stage 2, and flew in [Stealth] Mode, overlapping flame marks on their bodies.
– Bwouhuh?!
Maybe they were so big that they couldn’t feel me hitting them with a dagger? The response was very late.
[Fire explosion]
Wow!
Three fire explosions exploded in succession, and the Giant Skull was completely destroyed without leaving a single bone fragment behind.
The aggro of the surrounding monsters was immediately concentrated on the enormous flames.
– Control over thorns increases slightly!
– Control over thorns increases slightly!
If you kill three Giant Skeletons, one of them gives you Thorn Control as a reward.
‘Hmm… Maybe it’s because he’s weaker than the guy I first killed in the canyon. It’s rising slightly.’
Still, it felt good to have more control over the bone thorns. It seems like there is a lot to be gained from this dungeon.
A guerrilla war was waged by luuring the flocking monsters away from the base in the opposite direction.
One hour.
Three hours.
And five hours passed.
‘Whoo-whoo-whoo-how many did you kill?’
Still, I ran away while waiting for my magic power to recover, and when my magic power rose, I repeated the scribble again. It wasn’t very efficient, but it seems like it destroyed more than a thousand.
However, turning off aggro in my own way seemed to have reached its limits.
‘There are two skeleton knights… There’s that guy in the back.’
Two of those troublesome guys were wandering around the field, keeping a certain distance between them.
Of course, they fell faster than the guy in the Hidden Dungeon, but it wasn’t easy to deal with two of them at the same time when a lot of mana had been lost.
The command of thousands of people under him was also the same.
In addition, Nargul was also there, and unlike the Skeleton Knight in the Hidden Dungeon, the two were not hostile to each other and respected each other’s territory.
They were gradually narrowing their formation towards where our main base was located.
Five hours have passed since they came out, but their recovery is still not complete.
If we were to fight a battle with that many troops now, it would be clear that our alliance would completely collapse.
‘There were other groups around here that could fight together.’
There are thousands of hunters entering Nargul’s dungeon.
When this space was first distorted, there was no way that everyone would be affected, and they would be fighting to the death somewhere like us.
‘There are the most here. How are you keeping this number of people?’
A semicircle was drawn around where our main camp was located, and a little less than a hundred people were gathered at the far right corner.
A small island rising in a circle in the center of a bubbling swamp.
Although the area was too small to be called an island, there was still a place where 100 people could comfortably sit and rest.
Hunters packed into the island were dealing with undead crawling across the swamp.
‘You’re smart.’
As long as the water and food supply was smooth, it was the perfect terrain.
I don’t know how they got across there, but I’m sure there’s someone out there who has the ability to cross over the swamp.
I wanted to get closer and look at the people’s faces, but I felt like there was a circular barrier around the island, so I didn’t go any further.
‘The expression is a bit… Dark.’
The battle seemed to be easy, but the food problem seemed to be a big one. And since it is confined terrain anyway, the mental pressure will be considerable.
It was like that just looking at the fact that they were divided into two groups.
The ones who are more anxious are those who are short on food.
‘Okay. If it doesn’t work out, I can lure you here.’
I ran again towards where the Skeleton Knight and Nargul were.
Bombs and magic power are fully charged.
Not long after moving, they were seen.
A Nargul and two skeleton knights were caught together in sight, getting along well.
I approached in stealth mode, but a flash of light came from the staff held by Nargul in the center, and my stealth was removed.
‘It was a wand with a detection barrier as standard.’
More precisely, it was the power of the jewel embedded in the wand socket.
[Swooooo—!]
Nar Gul was the first to notice my presence and ordered her subordinates to erase my presence her.
Kugugung—!
A spectacle unfolded where an earth-shattering army was rushing towards me to capture just one person.
There are also skeleton knights, leading a thousand people, spreading out to the left and right and running towards me.
‘Is my presence that annoying?’
Honestly, it was a bit absurd.
I was waging a guerrilla war with the idea of leaving about 20% of my strength, and if I had to, I was going to jump to the place where the hunters were protesting earlier. Are you concentrating all your forces on me? Are they crazy?
‘Hey!’
[Skull Bomb]
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!
It always starts with an explosion!
– Defeat the skeleton heavy infantry…
– Defeat the Giant Skeleton Spearmen…
– Defeat the Skeleton Archer…
A message for killing monsters of the skeleton soldier series that constantly emerges.
Among them, the [Lesser Correction] Skill obtained by defeating the Skeleton Archer is fused with [Dagger Throwing], And the level increases by 3 to Max.
As I gained [Level Correction] Through the [Pioneer] Achievement, my ability level gradually increased by 1.