Chapter 20 – Tracking
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“So, you want us to see you there?”
“How many times do you say let’s hurry. Isn’t it the same as having to walk around the forest all day anyway?”
“It’s not like that. It’s annoying.”
Kim Min-joon walked through the forest, listening to the man’s grunting voice.
He remembered the pheromone because he had interacted with the missing 5 members several times as the same search team.
Perhaps thanks to the detection of pheromones, Kim Min-joon was able to visually accept half of the smell. He hurried along, following footsteps that glittered as if they had been luminescent all over the ground.
There are a total of five people in Search Team 1. All of them are male, and it is rare for females to be organized in combat teams in the first place. There are only a handful of women who are gifted with fighting skills, so they show a tendency to be extremely male.
In the search team that exists up to 10 groups, there are only 4 women, so I said everything. Of course, there were no leaders among them.
Kim Min-joon skimmed the trail and got his bearings, but Lee Chan-seong, a man holding a halberd next to him, frowned and said,
“But did those bastards really run away? Aren’t you crazy?”
“How do you know that? Isn’t that an orc territory? Then you might have followed.”
“It is, but. Still, they don’t do surprise attacks, do they? Can’t you run away?”
Oak. I don’t know the details, but it was true that the search team was unlikely to die, considering that the monster was named for its appearance and characteristics like the goblin.
It has strong strength suitable for its large size, but perhaps because of that, its body is sluggish and its running speed has slowed down. Of course, even if it exploded slowly, it was as good as a decent adult male, but it couldn’t be compared to a search team.
Two weeks was enough to figure out karma in the New World. I didn’t know the detailed principle or the fact that karma works, but the fact that catching monsters makes you stronger.
Thanks to that, his stamina also improved, so it couldn’t be better for Kim Min-joon.
How many hours have passed At that time when the sun slowly rises in the middle of the sky and shines a stronger light than ever, I saw a peach tree.
“Oh! It’s a peach Hey, it’s lunch soon anyway, so let’s take a break here.”
“Okay. Then the guy whose turn it is today will watch and rest!”
At Kim Min-jun’s instruction, the members of Team 5 each sat around the tree and began to take a break. Of course, one guy in charge of today’s sentry picked only a few peaches from the tree and ended up on the lookout.
“Oh, fuck. I just wish it was a quick search.”
“That’s right. If you find it, you can just kill time and return.”
Kim Min-joon continued to vomit his dissatisfaction, but his eyes followed the traces. And, he smelled something unexpected.
‘Uh? This…’
Familiar yet unfamiliar.
Kim Min-joon wondered if he was mistaken, so he was convinced only after checking the smell of extensions.
This is Chorin Lee’s pheromone.
“You were alive?”
“Ok? What?”
“Oh, no. Be quiet for a moment.”
Kim Min-jun looked at the traces of stretching, and soon realized that there was one more person besides Lee Cho-rin.
The pheromone was also familiar, and when he realized that it belonged to Hyugaon, Kim Min-jun let out a dejected laugh.
“It’s ridiculous.”
“What is it?”
“Just. It seems like the 5th group bastards have been fooling around here.”
“Really? They’re crazy people. What if I get caught?”
Kim Min-joon hid the fact about Lee Cho-rin from his teammates. It was obvious that if I told these horny bastards, they would make a fuss about it right away.
She can’t share a woman like that.
Minjun Kim burst into cheers inwardly. She is on vacation, because she thinks she is much better than her idiot. She was confident that if she met Lee Cho-rin, she would convince him.
‘Once the tracking is over, I’ll have to sneak back later alone.’
It’s a sign that hasn’t been a few days right now.
There was a good chance she would still be here. Kim Min-jun let out a sullen laugh alone, under the illusion that within a few days she would be able to meet Lee Cho-rin’s inner flesh.
After making that conclusion, Kim Min-joon took a break, and eventually, about an hour later, they resumed their pursuit. And even there, traces of Lee Cho-rin and Hyuga-on could be found.
“Hmm… No way.”
Was it Lee Cho-rin’s group that killed Team 5?
Kim Min-joon wondered, but he couldn’t completely rule out the possibility. It doesn’t matter how he did it. It doesn’t matter that their tracks overlap.
Minjun Kim continued to pursue them with the possibility in mind, and soon he was able to arrive in front of the cave they had been staying in.
“Fuck…”
Full of corpses
Corpses, already frozen in blood and hardened, were scattered all over the place. All of them are familiar faces.
“What the fuck is this! Aren’t you a monster?”
“If it were those bastards, you would have taken it to eat? This… A person.”
“… That’s right. I just in case.”
I can’t hide it anymore than this.
If you don’t intend to silence all members of the crew, it’s right to reveal it. If I hid it for no reason, something annoying like a spy could happen.
Whether you are a woman or not, self-reliance is the most important thing.
At Minjun Kim’s meaningful words, Halberd Nam, who was walking next to him, tapped him on the shoulder and asked,
“Have you ever done it? Did you know?”
“That is. I saw traces of people I knew, so I wonder if they lived near here. Fuck… I didn’t expect this to happen.”
“Are you close?”
Are you friendly? Kim Min-joon trembled at Halberdnam’s words. I still get angry when I think of that time. If it wasn’t for that guy who came on vacation, maybe he wouldn’t be living like this by now, but he might have been with one force.
“That’s not what I said, right? He said he ran away from trolling when he first came here.”
“It did. So you said you missed out on the pretty bitch?”
“Okay. He was with me that year too.”
“Oh! Really?”
All the members of the group were lively when they said that she was a pretty woman. As befits members of the New World, they were full of beasts overflowing with sexual desire.
Kim Min-joon, who laughed at the sight, looked around at everyone with a thought that came to his mind. Their thoughts were clearly visible. If I tracked her down, she’d think that if she was there, she’d eat it once more before killing her.
It bothered me that I couldn’t monopolize it, but when I went to clubs, there were many cases where I ate a bitch the next day that my friend ate yesterday, so I was tolerant of that.
Wouldn’t it be better to just share it with everyone?
Based on that judgment, I handed over the proposal.
“Hey, can we just bring her back instead of killing her?”
“What?”
“That bitch really fucking kills me? You are prettier than most celebrities. Wouldn’t it be a shame to die?”
“You kill the sucker too? Are you sure it’s worth it?”
“Therefore. Why don’t you just take it and eat it once a day instead of killing it? Aren’t we the only ones like that? Because other guys do that too.”
Search teams are hard. But as hard as it was, the reward was sure. There were a number of other search crews who took a woman they found during her search and took it to their quarters and used it as a private toilet.
Of course, in Lee Cho-rin’s case, it’s a lot of trouble because she’s on the same team as the guy who killed the search team, but that’s because if all the members of the team kissed each other, they could just cover it up as an accidental encounter during the chase.
Even Park Kyu-Wan wouldn’t feel the need to kill him if he had to come out like that. Then, instead of picking and killing once, he can continue to commit crimes.
The other members of the team nodded their heads in agreement with Kim Min-joon’s logic.
The man with the shield gently rubbed his chin.
“But are the two of you finished? Any more?”
“Uh. Are the two of you finished?”
“… Then you’re saying that one guy is fucking strong. Are you okay?”
“…”
Kim Min-jun frowned at the words of the shield man.
That bastard on vacation is that hot? When I saw it back then, I was just a crazy person, wasn’t it?
Even while thinking about it, I couldn’t just be careless, so I fell into trouble.
As long as the 5th group was hit, there is no law that they, the 1st group, will be safe. There is no significant difference in force, so additional support is needed after all, but doing so will make things difficult.
As Kim Min-joon remained silent, his halberd man opened his mouth with a shoulder to his shoulder.
“How about group 3? Aren’t there only guys who are crazy about sex? I think it will be okay if you give it back once in a while.”
“Part 3? Isn’t there a genius there? She’s a woman.”
“Anyway, that bitch is so timid that she can’t do anything. Article 3 will take care of it.”
“Hmm… It certainly makes sense.”
Excluding Cheon Jae-hee, there are 9 males. If you can get Lee Cho-rin by spinning it only 9 times, it’s a surplus business. It will be eaten hundreds or thousands of times in the future, but is number 9 a big number?
Kim Min-joon concluded that and opened his mouth.
“Okay. Then, let’s go back and report first, and ask for support for Team 3.”
“Wuhyo— I’ll try fucking a celebrity-level pussy too.”
“Don’t be shy, let’s go quickly. We have to hurry before the traces are erased.”
At Kim Min-jun’s prompting, everyone left the cave and returned to the new world. And the next day, they became 10 and started chasing Gaon and Chorin.
***
Kwajik-!
The spear pierced the goblin’s heart and pierced the dirt floor. Taking a deep breath, he drew the spear and turned his head back.
“Whoa… Chorin Lee. Are you all right?”
“Ah… Yes! I’m fine. It’s all thanks to Gaon.”
Chorin, who had scratches here and there, staggered towards me. His shirt and stockings also had cut marks all over the place, but for some reason, they looked strange.
It was an uphill battle.
Of course, this was from Chorin’s point of view, but Gaon also worked hard to protect Chorin.
Who would have known that another group of goblins would invade? After killing 3 of them with an ambush, when about half of the 10 remained, a new group joined and Chorin almost became isolated.
Fortunately, I noticed her with her temper and joined her, so it’s a shame. If it was wrong, Chorin would have been seriously injured. No matter how crazy the goblins are about breeding, there’s a possibility of using them as hostages when their lives are in danger.
Gaon and Chorin took a breather for a while, and thought that the goblins might attack again, so they roughly searched them and left.
As soon as he took a breath after walking for about five minutes, Chorin leaned against a tree and sat down.
“I should be more careful. I can’t underestimate them as goblins.”
“Still, Lee Cho-rin has become a lot stronger. Didn’t she kill five of them by herself?”
“That’s because Mr. Gaon drew her attention. … It hurts more than that.”
After regaining her composure, Chorin, noticing Gaon’s condition, gave her a puzzled expression. When the new group first joined, Gaon was wounded by a barrage of arrows.
Even during the fight, more than 10 goblins passed, and the wounds were all over the place. Among them, an arrow stuck in his right arm and three or four stab wounds made it difficult to move.
Chorin himself has quite a few wounds, but it is impossible to heal them all. That means she has to replenish her mana halfway through.
As Chorin blushed at the thought of having to eat semen again, Gaon opened her mouth.
“Please treat Lee Cho-rin’s wounds first.”
“Yes? But is Gaon more serious than me?”
“Anyway, my wounds cannot be healed immediately. So, it is right to treat Lee Cho-rin first.”
“… Yes… All right.”
Chorin began to heal her wounds by unleashing her rust-colored magic. Even if the clothes cut and torn by the blade could not be helped, the wounds all over the body healed little by little as the mana permeated, and then completely disappeared.
What I learned while healing her was that several small wounds were more efficient compared to the consumption of mana than one large wound.
After examining her body closely and confirming that all the scars were gone, Chorin raised her head and stared at Gaon.
Seeing that gaze, Gaon quietly stepped backwards and stood with his back to the tree.
Chorin, who came right in front of him, slipped to his knees and grabbed hold of his trousers.
“Then, I will.”
“Yes. Please.”
In the quiet forest where not even the chirping of birds could be heard, the breaths of the two men and women mingled.
