Chapter 10 – Hunting
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“Lee Cho-rin.”
“Yes?”
“There is something I want to ask you.”
Chorin, who responded indifferently as she chewed and swallowed her fish, recognized the seriousness and put down her fish skewer when her gaon made a serious face.
She puts her hands on her lap and opens her mouth as if to listen.
“Yes. Tell.”
“When you kill a goblin, by any chance. Didn’t you feel something strange?”
“If it’s strange…”
“It’s like my physical abilities have gotten stronger.”
“… I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
It was a natural reaction from Chorin’s point of view.
Killing a monster makes her physical abilities stronger? This is a setting that would only come out of a fantasy novel. The problem is that this is a fantasy world.
“At first, I didn’t even recognize it well. But the more goblins you kill, the stronger your power becomes. As proof, compared to the first day, my stamina has improved a lot.”
“Is that so?”
On the first day, obviously, when she ran away while being chased by five goblins, Gaon was quite exhausted and her breathing was rough. But now, after only a day, she was much more stable in her breath.
As a member of her group, there was no way we wouldn’t feel the change. Chorin frowned.
As if following that, Gaon’s follow-up shot flew.
“So that’s what I mean. How about hunting goblins starting tomorrow?”
“Yes? Yes, hunting?”
“Yes. You may need a few more canteens, and if you’re sure you’re getting stronger, you should definitely do it. The more you do that, the higher your survival rate will be.”
“…”
There was nothing wrong with Gaon’s words, so Chorin couldn’t easily bring out negative words.
Biting her lips hard, she pondered, but she struggled to agree.
“All right. So, are you going back to the goblin territory tomorrow?”
“Yes. How about eating a hearty breakfast, skipping lunch, and returning here after hunting.”
“Hmm… All right. Instead! There are conditions.”
Chuck your index finger! As she stood up, Gaon tilted her head with a puzzled expression.
“Conditions?”
What conditions are you going to put up?
I hope it’s not just weird.
To put those concerns to shame, Chorin’s words weren’t negative at all.
Rather, she had to be welcomed by Gaon.
“Yes. To me… Teach me to fight!”
“Fight… You mean?”
“Four! I know my ability is useful, but it’s an ability that can only be activated once injured. So please teach me not to get hurt.”
“…”
If Chorin makes an offer first, Gaon has no reason to refuse.
She simply agreed.
“All right. Then we’ll delay our departure a little and teach you at dawn. Will it be like this?”
“Yes! Please take good care of me!”
“I really appreciate you.”
The story unfolded quite easily.
Now it was time to reverse the position of the prey and the hunter.
***
“Whoa, whoa—”
He let out a long breath and let go of his concentration.
The rubella type that Gaon learned doesn’t have to be a fortune-telling breakfast, but the storm that settled in the danjeon pulls in mana and boosts her inner strength, but it doesn’t expand to the mana road.
In order to express internal energy externally, all the mana roads that must be passed through to reach that point must be widened. If you don’t do that, mana will not reach you, and you may become a vegetative person or die if it flows backward.
Gaon was currently developing a mana rod that could extend through his arms. Only by opening this place can you raise your realm even further.
Levels range from 1 star to 12 stars.
Gaon in his previous life achieved 11 stars, and he could not reach the 12 stars, which is also called the final destination and the state of half-gods.
So, you must do it in this life.
Resolving inwardly, Gaon got up from his seat and headed inside the cave.
When I turned inside, which was not visible from the outside, I saw a bed made of soft grass. Above him, Chorin was soundly asleep.
I don’t know if it’s because she’s adapted or because the warming has become more comfortable, but it must have been that she tossed and turned so badly that her skirt turned upside down, exposing her underwear.
Seeing it for the second time, Gaon’s lower body tries to raise his head arbitrarily in his flimsy black underwear! After hitting him, he approached and calmly woke Chorin.
“Lee Cho-rin. Wake up. You must learn swordsmanship.”
“Ugh… Mr. Gaon, wait a minute…”
As if he didn’t want to show his appearance immediately after waking up, Chorin put his back on his back, moved her hands hard to steal her face, tidied up her hair, and then faced Gaon.
“Good morning.”
“Yes. Do you remember what we said yesterday?”
“Sure. She said she trains for about two hours in the morning, right? I’m fine, so let’s start right away!”
“No. Let’s start with stretching.”
“Ah yes!”
Chorin stood up bravely at Gaon’s words.
And there was a problem getting up and leaving the cave first. She had, quite unfortunately, the skirt behind her back rolled inward while sleeping.
Her black stockings and her plump buttocks wrapped in her underwear revealed her face to Gaon. She even felt tempting at first glance, with her bouncy twitching as she walked.
Not knowing this, Chorin, who excitedly moved her steps out of her cave, glanced back. Gaon doesn’t follow, so he looks puzzled.
“Miss Gaon. Why are you like that? Let’s go to training soon!”
“… Chorin Lee. I can see her ass.”
“… Yes? Uh, her ass… Ah, ah! Now, hold on. Please don’t look!”
Gaon turned her head and turned away, and in response to her words, Chorin, who took her hand to her hip, realized the truth about her belatedly and tangled her skirt in her shirt. And made her cry.
Her shame caused her face to turn red.
The pupils stared alternately at Gaon and her cave, unable to hide their agitation. In an instant, the atmosphere turned awkward.
After remaining silent for a moment, Gaon, who had been waiting for her to calm down, took her steps only when her Chorin face regained its original color. Without saying anything, she headed outside to get out of her cave.
With her head down, she took a look at Chorin, who was following her, and then stopped in the clearing next to the cave.
“… Lee Cho-rin.”
Chorin jumped up at the low call.
“Eww… B-yes!”
“For now, to put it bluntly, she won’t be able to properly teach swordsmanship.”
“Well, then…”
“I intend to teach only the basics. I’m sorry to say this, but Lee Cho-rin is not in good physical condition to learn weapon skills.”
“I can’t help it. Am I thankful for that much? I’ll do as Gaon said.”
Whether Chorin herself was aware that her motor skills weren’t good, she didn’t dare to insist on her own. Seeing Chorin nodding her head willingly, Gaon held out her hand.
“Will you give me the dagger first? I’ll start by telling you how to hold it.”
“Here you go!”
Gaon held the dagger he handed over without hesitation with an appropriate grip. This is a method that is mainly used when performing a surprise attack, and holds the thumb so that it is on top of the fist. Useful for stabbing or stamping with force.
Although the short range is a downside, I didn’t think that Chorin would go head-to-head with the goblins in the first place, so I chose this gripping method.
“Wow… It’s amazing that he knows how to use swordsmanship as well as spearmanship!”
“It’s not that difficult. I will explain it now, so please don’t miss it.”
“Yes! I will focus!”
Perhaps the exposure of her panties and buttocks had already been forgotten in Chorin’s memory, and her awkward attitude was gone, leaving only curious eyes.
It was better for Gaon as well, so she explained with some relief.
“This gripping method is for a surprise attack—”
… The first day was carried out in a way that basic deception was roughly crammed into the brain.
***
“Hey-“
Gaon, who was walking ahead, saw a group of goblins and stopped. At the same time, he gestured to Chorin to be quiet and then slowly began to observe.
They were looking all over the place looking for something. Unlike the last time, the rather serious atmosphere informed me that reconnaissance was not the goal.
I saw it and guessed.
‘It turns out that the scouting party is dead.’
To be precise, it must have been known that he had gone missing.
It’s only been a day, so they must have come looking for the scouting party that Gaon killed didn’t return.
When this happened, the neutral zone was no longer a safe place. There is no big regret because the wood pit is not a good nest anyway.
It’s a bit risky, but it seemed better to just move to the cave where we stayed yesterday.
It was close to the lake, and the orcs didn’t seem to roam around that area, so it wasn’t a bad choice.
“Lee Cho-rin. I’ll go to the other side. While I’m attracting attention, Lee Cho-rin is looking for an opportunity and then surprise me.”
“Yes, yes!”
Hunting goblins is also to improve her physical abilities by absorbing karma, but in fact, the intention was to have Chorin learn her practical skills more than that. Because she had to take responsibility for her own life when she was in trouble.
After exchanging glances with Chorin for the last time, Gaon seeped through the bushes and overtook the goblins’ path. Chorin was also slowly moving towards the goblins’ blind spot to make it easier to ambush.
Gaon arrived at what he would pass by in advance, and figured out Chorin’s place through the movement of the bush, and as soon as the goblins came within range, they sprang out with an elastic movement like a spring.
The archers were in the back, flanked by two spear-wielding goblins. The other two were on guard with shields and swords in front of them.
But those weapons were pretty familiar.
In particular, the spear perfectly matched what Gaon was holding now.
In other words, all those weapons were taken from the people who were summoned here. I didn’t have to imagine what their end would have been, but it was good in my eyes.
“Suck!”
With all the weight, along with the force of the charge, he powerfully threw the spear. What I’m aiming for is the neck. The spear blade, which tore through the soft flesh and pierced through it, soon broke the neck bone and pierced through the other side.
But it didn’t end there.
Another goblin that overlaps in that trajectory is attacked one after another, and even cuts off its breath.
I threaded through the two goblins, retrieved the heavy spear, and took a step back while shaking off the blood.
Wedge love liquid—!
An arrow passed the place where Gaon had been before. Had she stayed still, she would probably have been lodged in her chest, causing serious injury.
Gaon didn’t rush further and backed away. The two men who guarded the archer stepped forward at that strangely tempting gesture.
Grabbing the spear, he exhaled violently and threw it out, but the trajectory was too simple.
Gaon continued to pass the time while leisurely cutting them off.
Pussuk-
And the bush behind the goblin archer began to shake. Chorin attacked the archer, who became defenseless after the escort disappeared.
“Haap!”
As I was told, I rushed at it with a grasping method that was easy for a surprise attack, and drove the dagger into the goblin archer’s back as he struggled in surprise.
“Keew!!”
However, the goblin didn’t die right away, probably because it failed to pierce the heart. While staggering, he struggled to push Chorin away.
Goblins’ claws are quite sharp.
Chorin did not think of holding out there any longer and fell without regret. Her dagger came out as well, and blood gushed from the goblin’s back.
After that, I immediately rushed to the goblin next to me. Taking advantage of her superior weight class, the archer could not stand it and rolled on the floor as he put her weight on her as if pressing down. Of course, this is not the end.
The two entangle each other and roll on the floor, continuing a physical fight. Under the same conditions, Chorin probably couldn’t have easily killed the goblin archer.
The problem was that the difference between the two armaments widened.
The goblin archer had a wooden bow that didn’t do any damage on its own, and Chorin had a dagger that had just pierced the goblin’s back.
In the end, the goblin was caught in a one-sided defense under the ground, and after allowing the dagger aimed at the gap, the breath was cut off.
“Ha… Ha!”
Chorin struggled to get up and lifted her body, and she took a long breath after cutting off the goblin archer who was crawling on her floor with a wound on her back.
Seeing that, Gaon simply swung his spear, dealt with the two men standing in front of him, and approached Chorin.
Chorin’s gaze, looking down at the blood on her hands with her trembling eyes, turns to Gaon.
“Lee Cho-rin. Well done. It was great.”
“Is that so? Haha…”
“Let’s go back. I am satisfied with this today.”
“Yes…”
Chorin did a lot better than she thought.
It was thought that killing one of them with the first surprise attack would be enough, but Chorin did not stop there and fought the other one, even killing him. Goals can be viewed as overachievements.
Packing a canteen, a shield and a spear, the two went on their way home.
