episode_0030

I heard that the expedition was accompanied by many external mercenaries, but I never imagined that I would encounter Ojik here. Of course, my tone of voice and actions were completely frozen.

Ready to scream at any moment, suppressing my heart that felt like it was going to jump out of my throat at any moment. I tried to speak calmly.

“Rain… .”

“Huh?”

“Rain, can you please get out of the way?”

The passage between the barracks was narrower than I thought. If Ojik was standing in the center like that, it was so wide that no matter which direction you went, you had no choice but to brush your shoulders.

“Hmm… .”

A gaze as black as the night sky looked down at me. I secretly hid my slightly shaking hands behind my back and puffed out my chest to look more confident.

“… Yes, there are other clan members as well. It won’t be like last time.”

“Clan member? Did you even join the clan? Hey, it’s amazing, isn’t it?”

Ojeong talks, giggling. Because of the light tone of speech, I couldn’t tell if it was admiration or ridicule.

“No, I stopped it.”

“You? ah… but. Because I have that skill.”

Her gaze suddenly falls on my lower body. As I unconsciously take a step back, Ojik shakes his head and raises both hands as if he is surrendering.

“No, no. From now on, I have no intention of doing anything that might get me caught. Same goes for you too.”

“… That one?”

I couldn’t believe it.

I have a unique personality. I don’t know much about what kind of person she is.

However, I knew about her career. Theft, handling stolen goods, transporting goods, etc. Just by catching them, other vigilantes can widen the gap between themselves and their clans. As I was sure, it was truly a brilliant career.

“It’s true. I was caught by a vigilante group and my entire income was stolen. Ah, write. Thinking about it makes me irritated again.”

She speaks in a light tone and scratches the back of her head.

“Even though I gave away all the money I had saved up, they said I would really hold on to it the next time something similar happens. what… . Even if you don’t want to wash your hands, the time has come”

Ojik muttered as if complaining. He rubs the nape of his neck, which is covered in golden hair, and taps the choker around his neck.

“Do you see this? This also tracks your location, but you can’t remove it anymore. No matter where I go, they will follow me. ha… ,”

Oji slowly moves to the side and opens a path.

“Anyway, I don’t know if I will believe it. Speaking of the bank, I don’t know why I did that… . I was sorry.”

As she spoke, lowering her head, I unconsciously bit my lip and tightened my jaw.

Is that something that can just be said in four letters: ‘I’m sorry’? If it had been someone else, it could have resulted in lifelong aftereffects.

However, her expression is visible in the dim moonlight. He seemed truly guilty.

There was no way to determine whether it was sincere or not, so I stopped thinking. Biting my lip, I forced my head to nod.

“I didn’t tell anyone about the skills. Both you and I would feel uncomfortable if we only apologized verbally. I will definitely show you something in action later.”

Still keeping my head down. Now I bend down to my waist and talk.

… This is only our first expedition. I couldn’t cause trouble in a place like this and cause trouble for other clan members.

Even if I handed him over to the vigilante group, I could easily guess that they would release him since he didn’t do anything this time.

I clenched my fists and walked back to the barracks. Not saying hello to her was the best revenge I could get.

“I was sorry. Really.”

Trying to ignore the apples flying at the back of my head again. I quickened my pace.

*

“Mr. Park Jeong-woo. Are you okay? My complexion is blue.”

I suddenly came to my senses after hearing Chae Seo-ah’s words.

I was a little dazed after meeting Ojiri. I thought it would be a bad relationship that would last forever. When I received the apology like this, I felt uncomfortable rather than happy.

“Ah, yes. are you okay. Have the reconnaissance team returned?”

“No. No one has come yet.”

Let’s answer in a loud voice without realizing it. Chae Seo-ah lightly waved her hand up and down as if to lower her voice.

“And… Ojichi is also calm. Even though he’s not looking in this direction, you still have to be careful.”

What he said the day before when he called them over was that Ojiri was here. And after hearing the story, the image of them discussing and whispering suddenly came to mind.

In the end, the conclusion was that if we don’t do something on that side first, we shouldn’t do anything on this side either.

When I expressed that opinion, the expressions on the faces of the clan members, who were collectively shaking, struck me. I quickly shook that thought away. Because there was nothing I could do right away.

“Uh, I said it yesterday too… . Because he seems like someone you can’t trust. Don’t believe what I said yesterday too. Jeongwoo… .”

Moon Ha-yeon’s gaze, which was more subdued than usual, crossed the people sitting in the field, glanced at O-rok, and then fell.

As she said, sit a little away from other people. I was just stretching out peacefully.

However, it was the only thing here that seemed so comfortable.

The hunters sitting huddled around weren’t even having a conversation. An atmosphere as dangerous as thin ice hung over the plains in the afternoon.

The advance team sent out to scout does not return. There was no sound of fighting or the cries of monsters. A gentle breeze blew eerily, as if hinting at something.

Almost two hours have already passed since we left around lunchtime and wandered around the gate. Nevertheless, the hunters who sit and rest have clean bodies without even a scratch. He had the same anxious expression.

“Even if you don’t have something, it’s not too much… ?”

As an unknown hunter sitting next to him muttered, a murmur containing similar content spread like wildfire.

As I look around and listen, Yang Ji-hee, who was sitting next to me, taps the back of my hand.

“So, now… .”

“Everyone is panicking because they can’t see the monster, right?”

Yang Ji-hee closed her mouth. Even during this, he smiles proudly and reaches out his hand to pat my head.

“Usually, at a gate just before overload, it is normal to see at least one monster every 10 minutes.”

“Hehe, you already know that. Are you proud of me? that’s right. This is my first time experiencing something like this… .”

Before becoming a hunter. As I recited exactly what I had seen while gathering interviews here and there, Jihee Yang, who was sitting next to me, hugged me tightly.

Although I was fully dressed in leather armor, the rest of the group was mostly dressed in casual clothes. I could clearly feel the feel of my breasts touching my face through the thin fabric.

“I will praise you more when you go out.”

A languid and sweet voice rang in my ears.

Suddenly, I wondered if I would stay in it longer like this and then come out when I needed to move. Every time Yang Ji-hee showed maternal love like this, I was reminded of the day I first met her.

Contrary to the gentle voice. When the image of Yang Ji-hee, who was quietly threatening me with sunken eyes, came to mind, I came to my senses as if I had been poured ice water.

As I hurriedly escaped from his embrace, Yang Ji-hee, who was spreading her arms, looked at me with a slightly regretful expression.

“Ji, not now. We’re not at the gate yet, and the situation is a bit… .”

“Hehe… .”

She was looking at me with a smile on her face, covering her mouth with one hand.

“Ah, me too. Can you praise me… .”

Ha-yeon Moon joins. I kept my mouth shut. It seemed like he was fine until just now, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he had the ability to blow away the slight improvement in his impression.

After last night’s conversation, Ha-yeon Moon and Ji-hee Yang seemed strangely close. Should I say that there seems to be a common connection? Of course, I could easily tell that the connection was through me.

“I’m fine. All you have to do is sleep all day and let me touch your thighs.”

“No, yes?”

What kind of crazy thing is this? I turned my head and looked at Chae Seo-ah. It was an effeminate tone, as if talking about what to eat for dinner, but what he was saying wasn’t very normal.

“I was only able to touch it for 30 minutes yesterday. It’s necessary to make up for a week’s worth of absence.”

Her pink eyes were calm, as if she was claiming it as a very natural right.

“Well, then, shall we three touch it together? ?”

“Oh my, is that so?”

“After the expedition is over, I will have no schedule for a while. It seems like a good idea.”

“Then… .”

Yang Ji-hee’s gaze returns to me. There was a subtle look of anticipation in his blue eyes.

… I already knew that none of them were normal. Usually, why. If you look at things like novels or comics. Didn’t they fight a little or even fight?

In the friendly atmosphere of these women who declared that they would empty my balls in unison, I caught a glimpse of a slight bit of madness that I had never experienced before.

As if ignoring the women who were looking at me with bright eyes, I turned my head in a completely different direction again.

“Ah, the advance team!”

at that time. Far beyond the horizon. Several small black dots began to appear on the side of the forest.

All of the sitting hunters craned their heads and were looking in the same direction.

The mole, which was initially smaller than the little fingernail, gradually becomes larger. As I gradually began to see their expressions, a look of puzzlement appeared on the faces of others, including me.

Their expressions looked so urgent. About five people were limping or had panicked expressions. It was running towards this direction at full speed.

However, something was strange. I frowned and looked at the horizon, under the strange illusion that the size of the forest seemed to be getting bigger every time the advance team looked bigger.

“Huh? Hey, wait a minute, that… .”

The hunter next to me stretches his finger forward.

His finger was not pointed toward the advance guard. The forest behind it. Looking at that place, he muttered in a dazed voice.

“Not all of them are monsters… ?”

Hunters all draw their weapons. The complexions of the clan members who were joking suddenly hardened. I also quickly got up from my seat and pulled out my pistol.

The forest stood still.

The green wall seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. It was a tidal wave of countless monsters running towards us, chasing the advance party.

*

Sounds like flesh and blood exploding come from everywhere. Is it your own blood that has soaked your body, or is it the blood of a monster? I couldn’t even tell them apart.

The fishy smell of blood stings my nose. The sound of skills exploding. My ears were deafening from the monsters’ screams. Because of my tinnitus, I couldn’t hear the sounds around me properly.

“Go further back!”

I suddenly came to my senses when I heard Chae Seo-ah’s urgent voice. Holding a long rapier, she was literally running across the plains like a comet, slaughtering monsters.

bang!!

As soon as I step back, an ax made of stone falls right where I was standing a moment ago. The ground burst open, and the soil and grass roots that rose upwards poured out.

“Ugh… !”

I quickly aimed the pistol in my hand. Aiming between the eyes of the orc who was grinning and trying to raise the ax again, I urgently pulled the trigger.

bang!!

Slurp. A huge green body fell down, lightly staining the green lawn.

The current situation, so to speak, was as if monsters that had been split into a hundred pieces to be hunted separately were forced into one room and the hunters were thrown into it.

Oak. Goblin. Monsters that look similar to wolves. This place, filled with all kinds of monsters and hunters, was literally a place of chaos.

Ha-yeon Moon was firing magic in all directions without a break, and Ji-hee Yang was running around in all directions, giving treatment, while glancing in this direction the whole time.

There was no composure on the faces of all the hunters here, including me. Smeared with embarrassment, he was waging a desperate fight.

Without even having time to understand the situation, the goblin’s claws flew out, aiming for the side.

I kicked the floor and launched my body forward. My shoulder, which had been forced to rotate at an angle it could not rotate, screamed.

“Ugh… !”

With a gunshot, the goblin collapsed.

What Chae Seo-ah is creating around me. I felt the invisible circle that was eliminating the monsters getting smaller and smaller. There were too many monsters, but there were too many. Even if the hunter is a superhuman and the seeding is fraudulent. There was definitely a limit.

If this expedition had gone normally. Or, if only I had the skills to protect myself during this time. The battle would never have lasted this long.

But the situation was different. Chae Seo-ah and Moon Ha-yeon were giving top priority to dealing with the monsters approaching me, and Yang Ji-hee’s assistance and recovery were also being delayed because of me.

I had become too complacent.

Sowing is a morale skill. However, receiving that effect did not mean you could instantly become a 100 per day ranker.

Nevertheless, I had become complacent. Like when I met Ojiri at the bank. With confidence that was beyond me, I was reassured that no matter what happened, I would be okay.

I swung my arms wildly to avoid being consumed by my helplessness. A wolf-type monster that had been hit on the head with a heated pistol made a loud noise and ran away.

Shoot. Running. Load it. Since I was out of bullets, I switched my weapon to a sword.

It was funny to move around holding an unfamiliar piece of metal, but it was much better than doing this with bare hands.

The battle continued for a long time. There were no dead or seriously injured hunters, but the monsters came endlessly, giving no time to reorganize their formation.

My grip holding the sword went numb and I was about to lose strength. One hunter looked at the sky and shouted.

“Um, that!”

Clouds flowing gracefully across the blue sky, as if they had nothing to do with the chaos on the ground. One of them. There were pitch black clouds.

The black cloud grew bigger and bigger. You can see small movements forming a larger shape. Bright red eyes filled with beads came into view.

“That… !”

Standing at the forefront of that cloud was the newspaper and the monster we had seen time and time again on the news.

Streamlined body. Sharp teeth, bright red eyes. A huge skin and a tail with blade-like thorns. Huge feet with claws that resemble those of a bird, but are much larger and more vicious.

My head is panicking and won’t turn straight. Why are monsters that sometimes appear at B-class gates here?

There is only one difference between this and the monsters of the same species that I have seen on screen so far. That monster was black. No one has ever seen-

“It’s a wyvern!!”

As someone’s shout shook the battlefield, all hunters’ eyes turned upward.

and. I received all those eyes at once. That dark-colored wyvern was at least twice as large as other wyverns.

On this wide battlefield, straight towards me. It was descending as if it were falling in a straight line.