episode_0039

Hurry up.. Hurry up..

The snow that fell from time to time had suddenly reached my waist, and moving around felt quite difficult.

The worst situation is that even visibility is not fully secured.

I couldn’t even feel my toes, as if they had already been frostbitten, and maybe the problem was that I had only drank cold water for a few days… I was so weak that I couldn’t move due to severe stomach pain and hunger.

To make matters worse, the group of [Tululpo] who threatened me often appeared, adding to the psychological pressure. What on earth did I do wrong?

It’s probably as if he wants me to collapse from exhaustion.

‘Well.. I have to eat something..’

I went under a tree where there was no snow for a moment and shook my head! After sitting down, I took out the [Birch Fruit] that I had packed away in my bag and started drooling. Looking at it again, it is a fruit that seems like something from a dream.

It’s so clear that you can clearly see the other side, and it’s a translucent red color.

The square, heavy shape is so appetizing that it fills your mouth with saliva just by looking at it.

I almost lost my temper for a moment, so I hurriedly put the [Birch Berries] back into my bag and popped the icicles hanging from the tree trunk! Cut it off and point it toward your mouth.

Oh no, no, no, no, no..

Not only did eating [Birch Fruit] not satisfy this extreme hunger forever, but it also had other uses, so I held on to reason and endured it.

For example, it was clear that it was the only way to secure vision in the dark of night, and it was prepared so that it could be taken when the inevitable moment of attack by monsters came.

‘I have to go..’

As I almost ate the icicles, which boasted such a hard texture, I started moving towards an unknown destination again.

***

How many hours did you walk like that?

The sun was still high in the sky, but I could feel that even the feeling in my face was disappearing, as if it was not merciful enough to melt the extreme cold.

My fingertips began to turn a light blue color, and the maddening cry of my empty stomach made me extremely sensitive. Moreover, sharply.

It was that moment.

Susssseu..

＇Monster..??＇

It was never a misperception.

The ominous magic of the monster that I had been feeling for some time… I was clearly feeling it right now, at this moment.

And naturally, as if my instincts were leading me, I began to use my {sixth sense} ability to select the sense that suited the situation and forcibly raise it.

＇Visual.. Hearing..＇

□{Sixth Sense}▼

Part of the senses of touch, taste, sight, hearing, and smell can be adjusted to a balanced level.

□{Tactile} 10%↕ □{Taste} 00%↕ ■{Visual} 30%↕ ■{Hearing} 40%↕ □{Smell} 20%↕

□ Demonic Sense: As the user’s sixth sense, a new sense was acquired by safely implanting the refined magic stone of the [Slime] magic stone.

Addition – [Slime] slime can be created through the implanted magic stone, and can be controlled freely as well as transformed into the properties of various minerals through {consumption}.

However, this does not mean that all senses can be infinitely increased. If I increase {vision}, which is the sense I currently need, by an additional +10%, an equivalent exchange is applied where I have to take -10% into account for the other senses.

What this meant was that whenever necessary, multiple senses could be extremely coordinated to suit the situation.

Excited.. Excited..

“haha..”

A heartbreaking cry.

By increasing my hearing by 40%…almost double, I was able to clearly distinguish the sounds of human beings, but my body was already quite exhausted, so even moving properly was difficult.

‘Come on… we have to move.’

That moment when you feel like you’re going to pass out at any moment…

‘Whoa.. my eyes are hot.’

[Slime] As a side effect of transplanting the magic stone into my left hand, the black pupil of my right eye, which was left behind, began to shake like crazy, and countless cracks that I could feel around it began to form and split… as if someone was controlling my body. had no choice but to lose the initiative.

＇My body feels strange.＇

Since I was already half-conscious, I thought this phenomenon was an illusion caused by my survival instinct, so I had no choice but to let my exhausted mind do what my body did.

Movements so agile that I don’t even recognize them lead me.

With a split-second decision, I quickly climbed up the tree next to me, lowered {sense of smell} from 20% to 00%, set {vision} to 50%, and was able to immediately check the information of the monster slowly approaching through the invisible distance. there was.

[Tag fog]

It is omnivorous and can consume and digest anything. It is a wild boar-type monster that particularly enjoys eating meat and likes the smell of blood.

Its body is a little over 3 meters long and its meat is of high quality, making it an ingredient for high-end cuisine.

Many people go hunting because it possesses an “Earth” attribute magic stone, but it has the tenacity to suddenly attack an enemy when it discovers it through its keen sense of smell.

So, as if guided by instinct, I immediately began to carry out everything I had thought about but could not do.

dump..

In one fell swoop, he came down from the tree and, without a moment of hesitation, made a slight cut on the right arm with his sharp left hand {armed} with titanium slime.

Grumbling..

[Tagfog] and my location are approximately 500m away.

Due to the falling snow, the smell has been dispersed and my location has not been discovered yet.

The red blood flowing down my forearm was smeared onto the wooden pole that came down a little while ago. So that the smell can spread far away.

Stinging.. Throbbing..

Could it be the effect of the throbbing right eye?

If not, is it a side effect from the implanted [Slime] magic stone?

All the things I had not had the courage to do for a while began to feel insignificant and came very naturally.

I just expressed gratitude for this, which allowed me to take the most necessary action in this situation.

‘I’m ready.’

So I climb up the tree stained with red blood and begin to watch [Tagpog]’s reaction.

‘The distance is 300m..’

After a while..

just as expected. When [Tagpog] smelled the blood on the wooden pole, his nose became especially shiny, and then he slowly changed direction, accelerated, and began to rush faster and faster.

Tudduduk!! Tudutuk!!

The height is 3m…

It was massive, measuring over 5m vertically, and its power was immediately recognizable from a distance due to the acceleration it charged at.

What if… I take that charge head on.

It was obvious that it would be crushed to the point where its shape would be unrecognizable.

But why?

Even though I was looking at the [Tagfog] charging at me with tremendous power, I could only express an infinitely calm emotion… My vision was filled with only the calmness to subdue the target.

＇A little closer.. closer..＇

Throbbing… Throbbing…

My right eye, now discolored black, became even hotter in response to the sound of [Tagfog]’s footsteps running towards me as if it were a fetus. Thanks to that, I gained perfect composure and used the [defense shield] of the ‘nothing’ attribute that my mother had told me about a while ago. The left hand, which is armed with titanium slime, is transformed to become sharper and thicker.

Tudduduk!! Tudutuk!!

＇100m..＇

If a huge [Tagpog] hit a tree at full speed, it was certain that the tree would not be able to withstand the impact and would shatter.

Of course, I took action considering the situation…

Tudduduk!! Tudutuk!!

＇50m.. now.!＇

The moment when [Tagpog]’s head was about to hit the blood-stained wooden pole…

＂Inhale!＂

I tilt my entire body toward the floor and at the same time forcefully push the tree branch I was stepping on, bringing out my not-so-perfect strength.

thud!!!!!!!!

I aimed at the eyeballs of [Tagfog], who was momentarily unconscious due to the impact of the tree hitting him head-on, and stabbed them in with my left hand, which was tightly armed with titanium slime.

Phew!!!

That’s right, with the sound of [Tagpog’s] skull being split open through an eyeball the size of my fist… the sense of killing began to spread through my entire body through my {armed} left hand. So blatantly.

The sensation was vivid, as if I was splitting open a hot, hard coconut and grabbing the jelly-like flesh inside.

The analogy is like this… It was never a good feeling.

[Tagfog], who had died so needlessly, was crushed by a fallen tree… and a part of a foreign organ that appeared to be the brain was clearly attached to my forearm, which was sticking out between [Tagpog]’s eyes.

‘I did it…’

The fishy smell of blood passes the tip of your nose…

For the first time in my life, I had harvested a living being with my own hands… Maybe I had finally come to my senses, but I sat down with [Tagpog] blood stains all over my body.

＇It’s warm..＇

There is no guilt about killing.

Now, at this moment, the only emotions left to me were relief that I had survived and the possibility of living.

{Dexterity +1} {Magic Power +1} {Strength +1}

Throbbing… Throbbing…

The skin of my right eye, which was cracked with black cracks, has returned to its original state, and I am determined not to forget this strange sensation I felt a moment ago.

Grumble…

‘First of all, let’s start with rice.’