## Chapter 0 – Prologue. Kim Katte, the Foreign Worker in Another World
I had a feeling I was screwed.
“God damn it!”
Goblins were swarming in from every direction.
—Techiaaaaa!
It was all because the mage had accidentally blown up a goblin nest. The enraged goblins were charging in a frenzy. I tried to apologize to defuse the situation, but of course, human language wouldn’t work on these savage reptile bastards.
“What are you doing?!”
The mage saw me apologizing and started yelling at me like I was crazy.
If she had the mind to do that, she should have just cast a defensive spell. It was her who blew up the nest in the first place, so I couldn’t understand why she was yelling at me. It’s so hard to understand people. Above all, it was only natural for a troll to blame others.
I was too tired to argue about who was better. Now.
“Gyaaa!”
—Techiaat! Techiaat!
There were only four of us in the party to fend off the swarming goblins, and above all, we were all low-level adventurers who could be called noobs. It was a bit too much to handle, so I, who was tanking at the front, got beaten like a dog on Boknal.
“Please, no! It hurts so much! God damn it!”
My scream triggered similar sounds from all over the place.
“Kyaaak!”
“Someone, please save me!”
Of course, I wasn’t the only one getting my ass kicked.
The troll mage. The apprentice priest, who was getting on in years. The swordsman kid who aspired to be a hero and hadn’t seemed promising from the start were all getting completely destroyed in real-time.
I was doing my best, swinging my sword to hold them back, but all I could do was kill a few. It wasn’t effective against the relentless onslaught.
“Hey, hey! Ouch! Get off, you bastards!”
I screamed.
—Teeheeing!!
One or two was manageable, but when four, five, six of them clung to me, I couldn’t shake them off, no lie. I never thought I’d learn the lesson that there’s no match for numbers so deeply.
Lessons are always bitter.
Mostly all over the body.
“You sons of bitches! This armor is brand new!”
The angry goblins were biting me like crazy. Seeing my precious quilted armor, which I had saved up for, getting ruined, it felt like my heart, not my skin, was being torn apart…! You sons of bitches!!!
“Please stop biting me, you motherfucking bastards!!!”
—Techiaaaaa!
“Ugh! God! Please save this humble servant!”
“Kyaaak!”
The priest and the mage were just screaming.
Perhaps because their armor was flimsy, blood was gushing out from the places they were attacked, and it looked damn painful. Seeing that, I felt a strange sense of satisfaction. Armor was important after all. But damn it, I shouldn’t be happy about this.
This party was a bust.
But had there ever been one that wasn’t?
This wouldn’t do.
“Let’s ditch the baggage and run!”
I shouted with all my might.
Our quest was originally to transport an unidentified lump of ore from the cave to the guild. But on the way back with the ore on a stretcher, we had disturbed the goblin nest, so it was impossible to continue the quest.
It wasn’t just ten goblins, but dozens, making it impossible to break through. It was a larger goblin nest than we had imagined. It was impossible to escape with the baggage in this situation. If we didn’t get out now, we would be surrounded. Then we would lose our chance to escape.
Even if the goblin bastards were weak, there was no answer when they swarmed in.
If we didn’t admit that, we would really die.
“Huh?! What about the quest?!”
The swordsman kid, with five goblins hanging off him, replied stupidly.
I felt like I was going to explode. Worrying about the quest in this situation where we might die at any moment? Even if it was just now, if our escape route was blocked, we would die and end up on the goblins’ dinner table. No matter how armed I was, it was impossible to shake off dozens of goblins clinging to me.
And if that happened to me, you’d all be dead, you bastard!
“Screw the quest!!!”
Enraged, I rolled hard on the ground to shake off the goblins attached to my body and kicked the one attached to the mage, spewing curses.
“We have to live first, you bitches!!!”
Retreat!
“Uooooooo!!! God!!!”
—Peogeong!
As if using his last strength after the retreat was confirmed, a wave of light erupted from the apprentice priest’s body. It was the novice priest’s divine skill, the so-called Holy Wave. The goblins hit by the wave were thrown back towards the burning nest.
—Tetchung?
Now is the chance while the stunned goblins are confused!!!
“Run!”
Taking advantage of the goblins’ confusion, the priest and the swordsman kid ran for it. I quickly picked up the mage, who was still out of it, and ran.
“Kya, kyaa! What, what are you doing!”
She was a terrible person, but I couldn’t leave her to die here. There would be huge disadvantages if a party member died. And if it was a mage from the Magic Tower, not just a regular adventurer? Then I’d have to quit being an adventurer. Not only that, but there was almost a 100% chance I’d be lynched by the mages.
“I’m rescuing you! Stay still! Please! Ouch! Don’t hit my back!”
The quest failed. And we screwed up something so simple.
I won’t get paid, so what am I going to eat for dinner tonight? I felt like the dark circles under my eyes were already reaching my chin. God damn it, really.
“Huk! Huk!”
“We’re far enough away from the nest, right?”
The goblins stopped chasing us when we got far enough away from the nest. Only then did we, the defeated soldiers, breathe a sigh of relief and return.
The mage seemed unhappy that I had carried her like a bandit. She kept nagging me all the way back to the city, but I had nothing to say.
If I didn’t hold back here, I would punch her. Then I would never be able to party with mages again. No, beyond that, I would be collectively lynched by the mages. Who could mess with a mage? Those crazy thugs could kill a noob adventurer like me without anyone knowing.
Well, I didn’t even have the energy to hit her in the first place.
I was exhausted and my pace was a bit slow, so I didn’t arrive in the city until just before sunset.
I saw the guards preparing to close the city gates. I shuddered at the thought that if I had been a little later, I would have had a wonderful ending of sleeping outside. Sleeping outside while injured was like risking your life. It’s cold and bloody, and you’re sleeping outside? You could really die if you caught a cold.
It was good that I had saved my life… but that was it. Our party returned gloomily. The guard saw our wounded appearance and let us through without much restriction.
I was really ashamed when I saw him looking at us with pity.
I was seriously envious of those iron rice bowls.
I want to stand still and earn money without doing anything.
“I will never party with you again!”
When we finally arrived in front of the Adventurer’s Guild building, the mage screamed as if she had done something great. The words “You fucking asshole” were stuck in my throat, but I barely held them back. This bitch. Does she still not know it’s her fault?
I was horrified.
“Oh, Mage, please don’t be like that…”
Even if she looks like that, the mage is a high-level asset. It’s me who will be at a loss if I let her go like this. She had a terrible personality and didn’t seem to be good at anything, but I desperately tried to hold onto her as she tried to leave. People gathered just because there was a mage in the party. Not only that, but there was nothing good about looking bad.
“Get your hands off me!”
Of course, the mage fiercely slapped my hand away. This bitch, she’s already forgotten that I saved her, you son of a bitch. That’s why mages are no good. They don’t know gratitude, they look down on people, and their personality is terrible.
You fucking bastards.
“I’ll be going now…”
As the mage strode away, the swordsman kid said goodbye this time. I probably won’t party with that kid again. Both sides probably think so. The boy disappeared into the city without regret.
It was an overall fucked up party.
The novice mage, who hadn’t received any personality education, did not know her place and constantly complained, and the swordsman kid, who was an apprentice at the Swordsman’s Guild, was weaker than me, an E-rank adventurer. It’s amazing that the party lasted three days.
The only one who was okay was the apprentice priest, who was balding and I didn’t know why he was still an apprentice, but other than being a bit of a꼰대, there was no problem, but our party’s dealer was so bad that the healer was also ruined.
There was no problem with me.
I’m not lying, there’s never any fault with a good tank. This isn’t blaming others. The swordsman kid, who was hired as a melee dealer, was a 발컨 who couldn’t deal as much damage as the tank, so my pain was indescribable. Let’s just skip over the mage. I’m already stressed out.
In other words, the dealers were all 병신 bastards who couldn’t deal as much damage as the tank.
“Haa.”
Well, it’s everyone’s fault, so who can I blame? This world isn’t an AOS game. Blaming others for a crushing defeat in harsh reality is just painful self-consolation.
“Priest, what do we do now? The mage is gone, not to mention the kid.”
“I don’t know. I’m leaving too. Live well.”
“Hey, damn it.”
The request failed and the party broke up. The priest reflected the brilliant light of the setting sun with his smooth head and returned proudly. That monk is so cool. He must be walking lightly because he has a place to return to. I’m envious of church life.
“Ah, fuck.”
A curse came out. I wanted to curse a few more times, but I stopped because I was a little self-conscious about cursing loudly as an E-rank.
The worst part was that I was the party leader. As the party leader, I had to report the failure of the request.
Nothing’s working out.
I opened the door to the Adventurer’s Guild with a lonely heart.
Screw this other world.
