The Fighting Dog of a Ruined Organization

I take out the sashimi knife.

I unwrap the bandages.

I raise my Body Energy.

『Combat Power: 790』

And, I observe.

I hear sneers from around me.

Hey, old man. You came to kill goblins with just a sashimi knife? Do goblins look like humans to you? You can never kill them with such a small knife.

I ignore it.

That’s right, Mr. Incompetent. If you don’t want to die, don’t leave my side. That’s how you’ll survive. You, who are scared and looking for reinforcements, should do just that.

I ignore them and observe.

I look for goblins I can defeat. Every single one of them has a combat power over 1,000. There are no goblins below 1,000 anywhere.

Winning is realistically impossible.

But who am I? I’m Fantasia’s fighting dog. I’m Fantasia’s ultimate fantasy.

I dream of fantasy.

Looking for a fantasy that could happen in reality.

Whoosh!

“Ah, Mr. Incompetent! It’s dangerous to charge in alone like that!”

I charge towards a goblin with a combat power of 1,002.

Can I win?

No, I can’t.

But Baek Ji-hwan could, right? Since Baek Ji-hwan is the party leader, he’ll try to protect me, and he’ll have no choice but to use short-range teleportation to follow and attack the goblin.

Slash!

“It’s dangerous to act alone, do you understand?”

Baek Ji-hwan appeared in front of me using short-range teleportation and swung his sword. A long, deep wound appears on the goblin’s chest.

“Keeraak!”

Surprisingly, Baek Ji-hwan is smart. If he had appeared from behind for a surprise attack, the goblin might have quickly turned around to attack, but by appearing from the front, he reversely surprised it and stiffened its actions.

Is the goblin still not sure what happened to it? It looked confused and then fell to its knees.

“Now, Mr. Incompetent. Let’s quickly return to the formation. Even if the goblins surround us, that’s much safer…”

“It’s not dead yet.”

“What?”

Being careless thinking the enemy is dead is enough once. There won’t be a second mistake in my life.

Whoosh!

I turned at a right angle in front of Baek Ji-hwan, dodging him, and swung my sashimi knife towards the goblin behind.

The target is the neck.

Slash!

『Original Combat Power: 420』

『Opponent’s Combat Power: 1,002』

『Combat Power Difference: 582』

『You’ve won against an opponent that was almost impossible to defeat. Your combat power increases significantly.』

『Combat Power Change: 420→920』

And when I apply Body Energy.

『Combat Power: 1750』

Done.

Now it’s my time.

“Keeeeeek!”

One goblin went berserk and rushed towards Baek Ji-hwan. Does it think Baek Ji-hwan killed its comrade rather than me who dealt the final blow?

『Combat Power: 1390』

It was the strongest among the goblins. But to human eyes that can’t see combat power, it would just look like the same goblin.

“You goblin, rushing in without knowing how precious your life is!”

Baek Ji-hwan disappeared again, probably using short-range teleportation. This time he appeared behind, there’s no better surprise attack than stabbing the back of an enraged opponent. He seems to be quite human when it comes to striking at the opponent’s weak points.

But the combat power difference is 388? Even the banana men who died from one of my punches didn’t have that much difference.

“What?!”

The goblin was enraged, and no matter how stupid it is…

When the combat power is that high, it gains a certain level of sense. Having seen Baek Ji-hwan teleport once, did he think it would fall for it again?

Far from it. The goblin immediately turned around and grabbed Baek Ji-hwan’s collar.

“Keeek!”

And then it clenched its fist, preparing to throw a punch at Baek Ji-hwan.

I’d like to tease him a bit. All goblins are the same, you say? Puhaha! Does this look like the same goblin to you? This is why stupid disabled idiots are no good, I tell you.

But I can’t play such pranks when someone’s life is at stake. If Baek Ji-hwan was a bad guy it would be different, but he’s just a stupid guy.

Whack!

I quickly brought down my sashimi knife on the goblin’s arm. The arm that grabbed Baek Ji-hwan’s collar had its tendons cut and couldn’t move,

“Keaak!”

The goblin screamed in pain. Not missing that opening, I punched the goblin’s big nose.

Whack!

Is it because the combat power difference isn’t that big? The goblin didn’t die easily.

But this feels good to hit?

Since its nose is big, I thought of a game I want to play. The nose-nose game that you play with babies.

“Nose, nose, nose, nose~”
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

“Eyes!”
Bam!

“Keeeek!”

Our goblin baby seems to like it, shaking its head excitedly like peek-a-boo.

It’s been a long time since I felt this kind of impact. It feels like hitting a sandbag when I was learning kickboxing.

What did I do when hitting the sandbag?

One! One-two! One-two-three-four! Jab-jab! Soy sauce kick!
Bam! Bam-bam! Ba-ba-ba-ba-bam! Bam-bam! Baaaaam!

“Ku, kumang…”

“Kuma? Why are you suddenly looking for a bear? Are you perhaps Japanese? Are there Japanese people in this world too?”

“I said… I’m dying…”

“Strange? Can goblins speak human language? This is news to me. Right, Mr. Baek Ji-hwan?”

Baek Ji-hwan nodded blankly.

“See? Even the veteran goblin hunter acknowledges it. You can’t speak human language.”

“Ki, kieeng…”

I pull out the sashimi knife still stuck in the goblin’s arm,

Final blow, throat slash!

『Original Combat Power: 920』

『Opponent’s Combat Power: 1,390』

『Combat Power Difference: 470』

『You’ve won against an opponent that was almost impossible to defeat. Your combat power increases quite significantly.』

『Combat Power Change: 920→1170』

『Current Combat Power: 2223』

“H-how, an incompetent…”

Baek Ji-hwan muttered in disbelief.

Kid, it’s because I’m actually not incompetent.

Come to think of it, what did you say earlier? Mr. Incompetent? This bastard, I can’t let this slide.

I need to pay him back quickly.

“If you don’t want to die, don’t leave my side, okay? Mr. Superhuman. That’s how you’ll survive, you know?”

“Y-yes…”

Baek Ji-hwan, probably because he almost died, answered while trembling. Who’s calling who a coward now, huh?

“W-waaah! These bastards really ate the Black Spirit Pills! I can smell the Black Spirit Pills!”

Meanwhile, Mr. Gu Ja-gon couldn’t even swing his staff and was screaming while running away from the goblins. Other people are also busy running away in fear rather than fighting the goblins.

Pathetic bastards, at this rate, it looks like I’ll have to kill the remaining 98 by myself.

But I can’t resist teasing Mr. Gu Ja-gon. I quickly ran over to Mr. Gu Ja-gon’s side and snickered.

“What? You say they ate Black Spirit Pills? That can’t be. Maybe your nose is mistaken because you’re scared?”

“Nooo! I’m sorry about earlier, old man! The smell of the Black Spirit Pill my senior ate before, these bastards’ mouths have exactly the same smell!”

“Sorry, old man? Hey, old man. Your words are a bit short, aren’t they?”

“W-what?! I’m older than you, so I can speak informally a bit, right!”

“Is there age in the face of death? No, since you’re older, you wouldn’t feel wronged if you died first, right? I’ll go save the others~”

As I said that and was about to leave without any lingering attachment,

“W-wait! No, please wait a moment! Brother, please save this poor younger brother!”

The level of honorifics naturally increased, which was an excellent change-up. I’ll give you 100 points for literature.

Crunch!

The goblin that was harassing Gu Ja-gon died from one of my punches. Oh my, I’ve become too strong.

“Th-thank you, brother…”

The now polite Gu Ja-gon bowed his head repeatedly to me.

“Sure thing. If you’re grateful, make sure to respectfully call me brother whenever you see me from now on. Got it?”

“This son of a… showing off so much…”

“What did you say?”

“Ah, nothing. How could I possibly curse at you, brother?”

“Seems like you did curse, you bastard.”

“Eek!”

As I slightly raised my fist, Gu Ja-gon flinched and hunched his shoulders in surprise.

Of course. The goblin that remained unscathed even after he beat it with his staff died from one punch of this fist.

“Anyway, having to save our allies while also killing all the goblins…”

Body Energy makes me stronger.

But Body Energy also makes me hurt just as much.

The longer the Body Energy circulates, the greater the pain becomes. It’s fine so far, but I can’t guarantee I’ll be okay after killing the remaining 97.

Is that all? The goblin shaman is intelligent. He’s not the type to sit still while his soldiers are dying.

If I were in the position of commanding the goblins, what order would I give now?

Isn’t it obvious?

“Comrades! From now on, don’t worry about the other humans. Kill the man with the sashimi knife first!”

Honestly, the combat power increase of the fighting dog is a bit inconvenient. Because the increase is greater the bigger the combat power difference, I’d like to fight while taking that into account to maximize my combat power as much as possible.

But realistically, I don’t have enough stamina to fight while considering that. It’s already a fantasy that I’m leading this situation to my advantage, so wanting more fantasy is greed.

Even if starting a fight is fantasy, the progression should be realistic.

Fighting 97 of them alone with a sashimi knife is insane.

“Mr. Gu Ja-gon?”

“Yes?”

“Can you hold onto this sashimi knife for a moment?”

“Ah, yes…”

“And can I borrow that staff?”

“This staff?”

Gu Ja-gon handed over the staff with a bewildered expression while receiving the sashimi knife. As I was casually swinging the staff around, Gu Ja-gon asked.

“Um, brother.”

“What?”

“I have something to ask.”

“What is it?”

“Have you ever learned staff techniques?”

“No.”

I’ve learned kickboxing, but never staff techniques. I’d like to show off by spinning the staff flashily, but I can’t because I don’t know how.

“Then why are you holding the staff? An unfamiliar weapon is more of a poison!”

Theoretically, that’s not wrong.

But there’s a more perfect theory that surpasses that correct statement.

“Then let me ask you one thing?”

“What is it?”

“Mr. Ja-gon, do you like games?”

“Games? I’ve never played those.”

“There’s a saying in games.”

“What saying?”

“DPS nuking.”

It means to just nuke them down with DPS.

I ran towards the charging goblin horde.

If I stop here, the distance should be enough.

I grab the staff with both hands and swing it like hitting a baseball with a bat, twisting my waist.

Whack!

“Kek!”

Hit one!

And while pushing the one I hit, I keep swinging,

Ba-ba-ba-ba-bam!

“Keeeeeek!”

I beat them all up and send them flying like sweeping autumn leaves with a broom. About 5 goblins were caught in that one attack and fell.

“Now do you understand?”

『Current Combat Power: 2375』

“That hundreds of strategies mean nothing in the face of one overwhelming DPS.”