Chapter 603 – Robbery
Nora and I used the pickaxe to aggro the monster a few more times to collect magic stones.
Not all monsters had magic stones, but there weren’t that many hits.
It seemed to be at least 70% higher… Compared to the level of difficulty, the level of magic stones produced was ridiculously high.
The F-class monster you caught on Earth spits out magic stones like this?
There is no reason to catch high-grade monsters.
When you have collected a certain amount of magic stones,
Nora said, shaking off the monster’s white bodily fluids from her mace.
“Let’s go back, right?”
It’s a somewhat early return.
Still, I decided to follow her opinion.
This is because I had a mountain of magic stones piled up not only in my inventory but also in the Great Demon Castle, so there was no reason for me to covet the magic stones.
The reason I came to the mine with Nora was to obtain information rather than the magic stone.
Not only information about how to mine magic stones, but also information about how much magic stones I need to mine in the future when I come to the mine to be able to live without getting lost.
“The mined magic stones… Are 23 in total. I have 11… And Bark distributes them to 12.”
With 23 magic stones, you can say that you have collected more magic stones than you thought.
Among them, there are 12 of them.
Even if I hit the jackpot during my time as an unawakened hunter, it is a harvest that is difficult to obtain.
Although they are all the lowest level…
Even if it is an F-class magic stone, it is said to be the lowest price among magic stones, and the magic stone itself was a very expensive item.
Considering that the lowest level magic stone on Earth was worth around 1 million won depending on the amount of magic power, it can be said that the income was close to 10 million won per day.
If you mine this amount of magic stones every day, you will be able to pay off all your loans within a year or a month.
“Are you really digging this much?”
“Hmm… I don’t know exactly because this is my second time. I think the harvest was good because Bark was better than I expected. Furthermore, I harvested more than when I mined with my executives before.”
It seems that my powerful pickaxe attack was able to attract the monster’s aggro better than expected.
We walked back to the tunnel we entered. Since the tunnel wasn’t that complicated, there was no need to worry about getting lost.
Nora, who was moving with a torch in front of her, stopped. This is because the sound of footsteps was heard from the other side of the tunnel.
“Hasn’t he already left?”
“What trouble is this because I took a wrong turn because of you?”
“So let’s go left.”
“Huh? Over there?”
“Fuck… I finally found it.”
Four men appeared with grumbling voices.
I met another human being. It’s possible.
It’s not like we rented out the tunnel, and there was no law preventing other people from entering.
But the problem was that someone was blocking the road and approaching… The atmosphere seemed unusual.
Their eyes were not those of miners who had come to mine magic stones, but rather those of greedy marauders who seemed to have found their prey.
Nora looked at them and told me.
“I heard that there are prisoners who rob in the mine shaft.”
The man in the middle of the gang blocking the road took a step forward and said with a mean smile.
“Give me all the magic stones you have. And…”
The man’s eyes turn to Nora.
“Leave that year behind…”
Then he pointed between his legs and said to me.
“Crawl past here, and I’ll let you go unharmed.”
“…”
Rather than being angry at his absurd request, I was more curious.
4 to 2.
I admit that they have a numerical superiority.
But his excessive confidence was also absurd.
Even though I was hiding my strength… Anyone could see my strong-looking body as a threat.
I approached the guy.
But instead of showing fear, his eyes were overflowing with confidence.
His eyes are full of confidence that it will be natural for me to crawl between his legs.
What is this guy’s confidence?
They looked like people who had been imprisoned before we came here.
I heard that this is a place where people sentenced to life imprisonment come as slaves, or people who cause accidents in the military come here as punishment.
That means there is a high possibility that they are soldiers.
It must be rare for ordinary people like us to come in like this…
Soldiers and ordinary people who received combat training.
Even if the magic power is suppressed, the difference in combat power between the two is clear.
… So are you looking at us as a piece of shit?
Probably the most likely.
But today they will taste bitter failure.
In short, I met the owner.
My pickaxe splits the air.
The guy didn’t notice until the pointed end of the pickaxe dug into his knee.
-Right!
The leg of the guy hit by the pickaxe was bent in a bizarre way.
“Aaaaah!”
“What the fuck?! Lord, kill me!!”
The guy on the left is running at me.
Perhaps because he was a soldier, his reaction speed was fast.
When he kicked the chest of the guy who was running at him, he tangled with the man behind him and rolled on the floor with a sound like a heavy drum exploding.
The man on the right cuts me with a sword.
I pulled out the pickaxe that was stuck in the knee of the guy in the middle.
The pickaxe rose and raised the sword that struck me.
The man on the right opens his arms.
My pickaxe goes up and falls on the defenseless guy’s head.
“You can’t kill me!”
I changed the direction of the pickaxe when I heard Nora’s urgent voice from behind.
The pickaxe that was trying to split the top of the head fell on the guy’s shoulder.
-Right!
“Aaaaah!!”
The man with the pickaxe stuck in his shoulder was screaming, and the guy who had kicked his chest and rolled on the floor had come to his senses and was running towards me.
I pulled the pickaxe from the shoulder of the guy on the right and swung it at the guy on the left who was running towards me.
The guy raises the shield he wears in his left hand.
The shield was made of metal and looked sturdy.
However, the pickaxe penetrated the metal shield like a sheet of paper, shattering the guy’s arm and sending it flying away.
It was a one-sided battle.
My pickaxe moved in all directions, smashing the robbers’ arms and legs.
It didn’t take long for them to become completely incapable of fighting.
“… We shouldn’t kill these guys?”
In response to my question, Nora kindly explains the reason.
“Yes, I heard that if inmates commit murder, not only will they be punished, but they will also have to pay a hefty fine.”
The magic suppressor on the ankle probably has a location tracking function.
It won’t be difficult to find the suspect with that…
I don’t know how much the fine for murder is… But that means the loan amount will increase.
“They probably didn’t intend to kill us either. The military didn’t seem to care about taking the magic stones if they didn’t kill us.”
They say they turn a blind eye to robbery…
That applied not only to these guys, but also to us.
I decided to pack the bags of those who fell to the floor and groaned.
They tried hard to avoid having their bags taken away, but after hitting the back of their hands with a pickaxe a few times, they became calm.
When I look at it, I suddenly remember the bag of money I left at my dorm. Nora came to visit in the morning, and I was so disoriented that I forgot and left.
Almost all the money was spent, so there wasn’t much left…
“You left money in your room? It would be better to carry it with you if possible…”
Considering the level of locking in the room, I think I made a mistake.
The robbers’ bag contained a much larger amount of magic stones and a bundle of banknotes than what we collected when we came here.
In an instant, I earned profits that easily exceeded my entire official assets in Karaz.
Is this why you are robbing?
“Wait a minute.”
As I packed my bag and tried to leave, Nora caught me.
“…?”
I looked at her with puzzled eyes.
“They seem to be the ones who mess with women too, so wouldn’t it be better to make sure?”
After saying that, Nora approached the robbers who were writhing on the floor, then she settled down and raised her mace.
The position Nora was aiming for was brutal.
She was aiming for the crotch of the guy who was looking at her with her sinister eyes.
“Well, don’t do that!”
Her man looks at me with his earnest eyes.
It is an earnest look in the eyes that hopes for sympathy between the same males.
I closed my eyes tightly and looked away from his gaze.
“Repent!”
Nora’s mace falls into the guy’s groin.
-Right!
-Quaaaaa!!!
“No, it was weird because I was moving, but I got hit. Just stay still!”
Nora didn’t give up until she hit her target with her mace.
It was… A gruesome sight that made my balls shrink.
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After that, I left the tunnel and came down the cliff without encountering any more robbers.
Honestly, I hoped we would never meet.
Seeing Nora’s groin being crushed by Nora’s heavy mace made me feel a little bit of sympathy for the robbers.
When we came down from the cliff, we saw a small airship heading toward the side of the cliff.
A large white cross was engraved on the fuselage of the airship.
It was significant that the location was near the shaft where we mined.
Nora said after seeing the airship.
“They probably knew their lives were in danger and sent a medical ship.”
It seemed like the magic suppression device was also performing a bio check.
“They will take on huge debt for treatment costs.”
“Treatment costs?”
She nodded her head.
“Yes, there is no insurance… And it looks like the treatment costs are doubled. It probably won’t be easy to repay the money.”
Since it was a serious injury, the cost of treatment would be unimaginable.
What this means is that the difficulty of Karaz’s life in prison increases several times…
Maybe we’ll see them in the slave shop later.