Chapter 22 – Tracking
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Gaon slowly climbed the hillside.
By squeezing and opening your hands, recalling the grip of the spear, calm your mind and sharpen your nerves. She focused on her senses and identified the place where they were hiding.
‘I didn’t expect to be pursued…’
I think he was careful enough.
They didn’t leave any footprints, so how did they find it? If you hadn’t mastered the tracking technique quite deeply, you would never have been able to find the traces of the two.
Does it also have a unique ability related to tracking? If so, I can fully understand the current situation. Because he has no special abilities that deviate from the general laws of physics.
In fact, I thought about just running away, but that was just a handshake to avoid the immediate crisis. It’s doubtful whether the chaser is still attached, and it will continue to follow once its tail is stepped on.
So, it is wise to end it now.
I don’t think there are many people in the New World with unique abilities related to tracking. When the opportunity came, it had to be done in advance.
Gaon recalled the conversation from five minutes ago.
‘Lee Cho-rin. We’ve been tracked down.’
‘Yes? A chase?’
‘Yes. They probably have special abilities. It looks like I’ll have to get it out of here.’
‘… All right. Then what should I do?’
Now, Chorin is secretly following from behind.
Perhaps if the tracking party had found the cave, they would have built a siege around it, but there was no need to risk taking Chorin into it.
Now that he knows how to handle a crossbow quite well, it’s enough to support him from behind. Things are different with goblins. Earthlings basically have one unique ability. You don’t know what variables each of those abilities will create, but you can’t expose Chorin defenselessly.
‘Is this the end of our relationship with Shinsegae?’
Gaon intends to kill the entire chasing party.
There is no option to keep him alive since he came this far. And if that happens, Park Gyu-wan, who leads the Shinsegae, could not stay still.
I’ve already killed 5 people, and if it’s a chaser, there’s probably at least twice as many. If he loses more than 15 of his subordinates, he must avenge that. Even if you don’t want to do it, people around you won’t let you do it. If you just try to skip it, a big crack will occur in the organization.
In the end, whether it’s Park Kyu-wan or Ga-on, they have no choice but to fight to the death.
While he was thinking about this and that, before he knew it, Gaon climbed all the ramps. Through the bushes, he sees the cave where he spent several days. And within the gigam, the presence of 10 people lined up in a circle was caught.
‘Not that many.’
First, kill the archers.
Dealing with them would lower the difficulty of the fight even further. If Chorin’s support continues there, you can win without any problems.
Gaon slowly approached the cave and stood with his back to a tree. As they stood there for about 30 seconds without moving, the bushes swayed and a group of people appeared.
There were three people with crossbows, two with shields, and five with spears or swords. Among them, a man with a crossbow stepped forward.
“Hey, where did that slut Lee Cho-rin go?”
“Mop?”
“Okay. That fucking bitch. Did you suck your dick so damn hard? She pretended to be clean, but she was just a bitch.”
A moderately handsome face and a height of just under 180. Big eyes with no double eyelids in a strangely mean-looking impression. It was Minjun Kim.
Gaon, who did not know that he would be caught in the tracking team, twitched his eyebrows. It is because he was not happy about facing a part of the black history he committed.
But that’s it, and this is this.
Gaon raised the corner of his mouth and laughed at Chorin, seeing him acting like a slut.
“A slut? It’s not that, it’s just that you didn’t like it. Is not it?”
“What? You bastard!!”
“Hey, calm down! How are you reacting to that kind of provocation? Did you say you were on vacation there? Lee Cho-rin, where did you go? I want to see you.”
“…”
A man stopped Kim Min-joon, who had a seizure at the provocation. The rat-like man spoke soft words that seemed polite at first glance, but there was a sticky desire in his eyes.
I know roughly what their purpose is.
There is also chasing the criminal who killed the search team, but rather than that, they are aiming for Chorin. And there is no need to worry about the motive.
‘I have to kill them all.’
Originally intended to kill, the will has changed from simple necessity to absolute. Chorin is a colleague who will become a great strength in the future. I had no intention of letting him become a plaything for such garbage.
Gaon raised the blade of the spear that was facing the floor and pointed it to the front. At the same time as that action, bolts flew from their side.
“Keep!”
The bolt lodged in the shoulder of the guy who was aiming Gaon from the back row. Everyone’s eyes gathered there at the sudden scream, and Gaon immediately ran forward, aiming for the gap.
And just before the collision, Gaon threw a dagger he pulled from his waist and pierced the back of the man holding the shield. As his body stiffened in pain, a spear pierced through his side.
Watching the blood splattered, I turned and hit the temple of another shield-bearer standing next to me with my elbow. I fire the spear I retrieved back at the man who stumbles with his brain shaking.
But the spear didn’t take his breath away.
It’s because the rest of the guys came to their senses and rushed at once.
“Kill the fuck!”
“You go in the direction the arrow flew! Don’t kill me, catch me!”
Kim Min-jun and the rat-sang man each raised their weapons while giving orders. At that instruction, the guy with the sword started to move in the direction where Chorin was.
Gaon, who caught that figure, immediately stepped back and threw a javelin. The mana of the storm, which was concentrated in Danjeon, was concentrated on his right shoulder. As a result, the more strengthened power appeared through the window intact.
The spear furiously ripped through the air and tore through the side of the man holding the sword. It stopped only after the blade, stained with blood and internal organs, was driven halfway into the tree behind it.
It was so powerful that the spearhead made of iron trembled. The appearance of the entire window dyed in red creates a sense of spookiness.
It was time to fix the spear on my back in order to respond to the guys surrounding me in all directions. Two bolts from the front aimed at the chest and stomach, respectively.
Tsk, Gaon, who clicked his tongue, quickly corrected his posture and swung his spear at them.
‘It’s bothering me.’
There was no chance that Gaon would lose, but he couldn’t be careless either.
He’d almost missed one of the bolts just a moment ago. This is because the trajectory was suddenly bent in the middle. It is undoubtedly a unique ability. It’s a very simple and feeble change, but that alone can kill a human being.
Immediately following that trajectory, I hurriedly bent my wrist and felt a sharp pain.
Even thinking like this is extravagant.
In the meantime, the guys who approached approached with shields in front and attacked from all sides.
Chaeeng! Kang! Keying-
As if striking from the lower right side up, he cuts off the cutting sword, deflects the stabbing spear from the front, and dodges the halberd from behind.
In the meantime, the crossbowman’s attack flew, so he couldn’t stay still. It was not easy to shake off the warm air from the wave of attacks that flew in without a chance to breathe.
‘Teamwork is better than I thought.’
It has only been two weeks since I was brought to this world. It was quite a skill to say that they matched the sum during those two weeks.
They must have worked hard to hunt monsters, and each person’s physical ability matched Chorin’s.
Of course, he would not be able to defeat Chorin, who was taught spearmanship directly by Gaon. I had no intention of leaving it in the first place.
‘But I can’t just leave it alone.’
As for Gaon, he had no intention of creating what-ifs. He threw away his attitude as much as possible and recklessly dug into them.
Fit! Pibit-
The spear blade grazes and draws long lines of blood on the skin.
However, due to that risk, Gaon was able to seize the opportunity. The attack missed and he lost his balance, grabbed the man by the collar and threw it at the shield man.
The moment the brake was put on the movement of the guy who had just rushed forward with his shield, and he lost the time to protect his comrades accordingly, Gaon dug into the gap.
Their attack method is basically a way for each other to fill in the gaps after the attack of the person next to them.
And, in case of a mistake, Bolt flies in and checks and passes the crisis.
It’s very effective, but on the other hand, it means that it loses a lot of usefulness the moment even one of them is out of sync.
Not to mention, now even a single shield is incapacitated.
Gaon’s spear, regaining his composure, flew in like a comb, suffocating the man who had just come close to his turn.
It was the moment when the passing team collapsed.
Since then, it’s been a breeze. With just one person emptying, a huge hole was created for them, and Gaon relentlessly aimed at that hole, gradually expanding its size.
“Mister Lee, fuck! Get ready quickly!”
“N-yes!”
It was only then that the man in the shape of a mouse gave instructions to the woman who was shooting the crossbow. I don’t know what the number is, but he won’t let me use it.
Gaon’s movement accelerated further.
It was when one or two of them collapsed and half of them became cold bodies. The crossbowman, who had been incapacitated by the first bolt fired by Chorin and was lodged in his shoulder, slipped back and soon ran away.
“I-I don’t want to die! Aaaaa-“
“That madman! Hey, don’t come back here!”
“Traitor bird— gagging!”
When the crossbowman ran away, Halberdnam, who was confronting Gaon, looked at him and talked about the traitor. After taking advantage of that gap and killing him, Gaon immediately took up his stance.
I have no intention of saving a single person.
That was no exception, even if it was an opponent who had lost their fighting spirit and was running away. He threw his shoulders back as far as he could, then took his stride and threw it vigorously.
The crossbowmen were already more than 20 meters away, but Gaon’s physical strength was enough to reach them.
The strengthened muscle strength from the mana gave the spear great power.
The spear, which drew a parabolic curve that was almost straight, pierced the crossbowman’s stomach and pierced the ground.
If you look at it from a distance, you will mistake it for kneeling and bowing your head.
“Whoa…”
Gaon caught his breath.
Mana is close to omnipotence. But that doesn’t mean it’s not really omnipotent. His shoulders were sore after he had concentrated his mana twice and exerted more than the limit.
The body still couldn’t withstand that much force. This is why training of the body and mana rod is essential. At the time of the 2nd round, there was a time when I neglected these things and ate only the elixir ignorantly, and there was a time when I almost became a cripple due to mana regurgitation.
It means that you can’t become strong without end if you monopolize technology.
Gaon caught his breath and immediately approached the shield soldier who hesitated. He hid behind his shield and lightly dodged the incoming sword, and after taking one to his side and one to his chin, took the sword and ended his life.
And he turned his gaze to the other two.
“Sir, fuck. Does this make sense!”
Minjun Kim met Gaon’s eyes and tried to deny the reality with a genuine smile. But he’s the cold-hearted type. He was just as good at grasping reality as he was when he first came to this world, so he now realizes that soon he will die.
That’s why he continued to spit out words that denied reality, but he drew a sword from his waist and aimed it at Gaon.
Confronting him, Gaon shifted his gaze to the other person.
She was a woman with gray hair and eyes. Her features were blurry, and her presence was really faint. She has a bunch of what she’s doing, her frightened eyes and her mouth muttering.
Could it be that you are looking for God? It is doubtful whether the things that did not listen to their followers on Earth will really help in this world.
While Gaon was watching the woman, Minjun Kim rushed at him. No, he pretended to run, then threw his sword at Gaon and turned around and ran away.
“I didn’t expect this to happen.”
I don’t think you could run away like that in a situation like this.
If you’re going to try, you should have been aiming for the crossbowman to run away earlier. It is too late now.
Thinking that way, the moment I got into my posture to throw the sword, I sensed a strange energy in Gaon’s spirit. A chunk of mana with no sense of existence flew like a comb aiming at the heart.
