## Chapter 370 – The Troll’s Song
ㅡKkyaaaaaaaak!!!!
I sprint towards the source of the scream.
Can I handle a troll alone? No, probably pretty difficult. I can’t guarantee victory. Even though I’ve gotten quite strong, I don’t think I can win against a monster I’ve never even seen before.
But I’m getting paid for this.
I agreed to get paid, and I came here to take down the troll.
If the village pays a lot of money to the guild for a request, and then a resident gets killed by a troll? That’s a matter of trust. Civilian casualties are a problem.
Then I’m going.
At the very least, I have to buy time by throwing myself at it until Cloudy and Winia arrive!
ㅡThat is the duty of a Chunma.
“Save meeeeeeee!!!”
“Adventurer! Where’s the adventurer!!!”
Running at top speed, I quickly reached my destination. I could see people with farming tools screaming over there.
Are you fucking kidding me, you crazy bastards!
If a troll showed up, you should be holed up at home! What the hell are you doing outside?!
“I’m here, you fuckers!!!! Why aren’t you hiding at home, you sons of bitches!!!! You all wanna get killed by a troll!!!”
I shouted as loudly as I could, drew my sword, and ran to the scene. If you don’t want to die, don’t watch and just run away!
“Wow, he’s here! The adventurer is here!”
“Save us!”
“Jake!”
“Stop talking shit and run away, you idiots!!! Go home and lock the doors!!!”
They seemed to be in a panic, so I shouted threateningly again, and only then did the residents come to their senses, grab their heads, throw down their farming tools, and run away.
I was a little harsh, but there’s no time or opportunity to explain kindly right now!
Where’s the troll!
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!
Just then, I heard the roar of a beast.
It’s very dark right now because it’s night. Only a few scattered torches on the ground faintly illuminate the secrecy.
ㅡA shadow cast on the wooden fence.
“You son of a bitch…!”
ㅡIt was.
A monster from mythology.
Its hunched back resembled the hunchbacks who wouldn’t listen, but the size was decisively different. Over 2 meters tall. If it straightened its back, it would be even bigger.
Its tough, bumpy skin was like a dark green, inhuman toad, and its muscular, long arms were reminiscent of the cruel, deep-sea crabs that are said to live crouched in the abyss.
ㅡIt’s a troll.
“Kkeueueueueuaaaaaaaak!!!”
The troll was grabbing Jake with both hands and lifting him high into the air! Is it planning to kill the older brother after killing the younger one?!
This bastard is no different from the imperialists who tortured black people in the sugarcane fields!
ㅡKuooooooooh!!!!
“Giheeeeeeeeeegh!!!!”
It seemed like it was going to crush Jake with pure brute force, pour the flowing intestines and blood into its huge maw, and devour them ravenously.
I quickly assessed the situation.
“Keueuk…!”
“Keuhak!”
There were two residents collapsed nearby.
I considered giving up on the one already caught and rescuing the living first, but judging from how hard they were crawling, they didn’t seem to be dying immediately.
Then I have to save Jake.
“…Fuck.”
Should I charge?
Honestly, I’m scared.
It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t scared with that kind of fucking monster standing there.
“Yo… You, you mother!!!!!”
Nevertheless, I raised my sword and shouted.
“You motherfucking son of a bitch!!!!!! Let him go!!!!!!!!”
ㅡKuruk?!
It’s a monster that seems more solid than I thought.
Of course, I’m not running away. No, of course not. There’s no reason for that kind of monster to run away from a mere human.
It was planning to fight me.
ㅡClench!
It was bare-bodied without any armor, but the troll’s bursting muscles and tough skin were like a fortress in themselves.
Weak humans rely on equipment.
A real monster’s body is a weapon!
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!
The troll also raised its murderous arms while letting out a threatening roar.
ㅡLong arms.
The swordsmanship I’ve learned is purely a killing sword technique used to kill people.
It’s not useful when dealing with muscle monsters with abnormally long arms.
Of course, the fist and kick techniques and martial arts are the same. Those are only effective against humans and small monsters, and they’re useless against large monsters.
“Come on.”
All I can do now is rely on my past experience and improvisation in a primal bloodbath!
“Monster.”
Saps Macho Kim Kat doesn’t give in!
“I am Chunma Kim Kat.”
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!!
As soon as I charged, the troll’s huge, long arm came down.
ㅡKuoong!
The fist that struck the ground like a meteor was definitely a tremendous blow, but the trajectory was too obvious, so I was able to avoid it without difficulty.
I’ll stab a liver shot into its arm!
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!
“You bastard!”
However, it quickly retrieved its fist from the ground and swung it like a whip.
ㅡWhoosh!
It’s a deadly attack with tremendous physical force. The power from its long arms and tightly packed muscles cannot be ignored.
But this was also not an attack that I, who had trained my body and mana to the limit, could not avoid. I used the footwork of the Vice Captain, which is characterized by change and compatibility, to slip and retreat to avoid it.
ㅡKuwoh?!
The troll’s arm furiously struck the space where I had been just moments before.
However, the attack doesn’t end there. The troll, who advanced as much as I retreated, now spread its palm to grab me and unleashed the first move of its palm technique.
ㅡFast.
Explosive speed erupting from tremendous muscles. ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh! The troll, with its mouth wide open, charged at me, even jumping a short distance with its relatively short legs compared to its arms.
You lose the moment you flinch.
You die the moment you give up on making decisions.
“You fucking short-legged bastard!”
Based on my past experience, I immediately used the Chunma Imperial Step to evade to the side. The troll had charged at me by jumping in a straight line, so when I moved out of the way, it couldn’t react and crashed to the ground.
ㅡKuwoht!
The troll’s back and lower body were completely exposed!
“Vice Captain Slash, dejaaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!”
I’ll hit it once before it gets up and then back off!
Immediately, I stretched out my leg to brake the Chunma Imperial Step, twisted my waist with all my might, grabbed the hilt of the sword tightly, and unleashed my mana!
ㅡSwaaek!
A strike focused purely on power ㅡ the dark blade, swung with all my might, tore through the air and rushed towards the troll!
ㅡKuooooh!!
However, the troll was more agile than I thought.
“What the fuck!”
Immediately, the troll turned its fallen body, performed an M-shaped split to terrorize my eyes, and moved its legs out of the attack trajectory. It then stretched out its long hand towards me to launch a counterattack.
A hand reaching out towards me!
In a moment’s judgment, I decided to slam the Vice Captain Slash into the troll’s palm without stopping the momentum, with a do-or-die attitude.
Either way, it’s all or nothing in this situation!
ㅡChwajak!!
And my judgment was successful.
Although the Vice Captain Slash entered awkwardly due to the ambiguous trajectory and posture, the powerfully extended blade severed the troll’s palm.
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!
The troll’s scream erupted, and hot blood splattered.
At the same time, the severed half of the monster’s palm flew into the sky. The attack worked wonderfully. But monsters tend to have a higher tolerance for pain than humans.
Even though its palm was severed, the troll’s arm didn’t stop and shot towards my torso.
What great hip strength and tenacity.
“Shit-chaaaaaaaang!!!!!”
ㅡThwack!
The pain I felt in that instant.
By the time I realized that, I was already rolling on the ground. I was blown away by the tremendous impact. Fortunately, I protected my vitals, so it wasn’t a fatal wound. Motherfucker, it hurts like helllll!!!
“Gyuaaaaaaaak!!!!”
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!!
But lying down is a sure way to die!
Suppressing the pain, I rolled to the side and quickly got up ㅡ the troll?
“No! That fucking ball of pubes!”
The troll had already broken down the poorly constructed wooden fence and was running away.
I could hear the sound of footsteps fading into the darkness.
“You fucking son of a bitch, where the hell are you running off to, you bastard!!!!!!”
I also ran to chase after the troll. I drew up my fighting spirit from within. The Chunma does not forgive those who show their backs, and Saps Macho never forgives those who run away!
Winia and Cloudy will be here soon.
They’ll quickly notice which way I went. I trust them and start the pursuit!
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!!
As I got out of the hole in the wooden fence, I saw the troll running across the rice paddies.
I can feel the pain from where I was just hit.
I’m also feeling a slight dizziness because I’ve used up half of my mana.
“Unfettered Steps!”
Nevertheless, I run.
Suppressing the pain, I chase after the troll!
ㅡKuook?!
The troll also noticed that I was chasing it and started running even faster. I also increase my speed. Mana allows me to transcend human limitations!
As mana was rapidly secreted, even the pain began to fade.
“Come here, you bastard!!!!”
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!
The forest is coming up soon.
It’s one thing to be in a wide open space like this, but the forest is the troll’s home ground. Even a dog eats half of it in its own territory, so I can never face the troll in a terrain full of trees and bushes!
ㅡKuoooooo!!
That’s when I was doing a sudden game of murderous tag.
ㅡThe clouds parted and the moonlight shone down.
The troll is running away in front of me.
I can catch up at this speed.
But there wasn’t just a troll in front of it.
“Hunchback!”
Something hunched over was moving in front of the forest!
It’s a hunchback!
“That, that fucking bastard, I told you to stay home, you son of a bitch!!!”
He’s digging his own grave to the end. No, he’s crawling into his grave! Because he was standing right in the path of the troll’s sprint!
Of course, I can’t let him die.
I can’t allow the death of a resident!
“Get out of there, you son of a bitchaaaaaaa!!!!!!”
As I shouted with all my might, the hunchback finally started running away. But something’s strange. He’s not running away properly, but rather running towards the troll in a panic.
I’m fucked, shit!
ㅡChunma Imperial Step.
I increase my running speed by releasing mana. The feet that explosively kicked the ground infused me with inhuman speed ㅡ
“ㅡKkieeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!!!!!!”
As I quickly closed the distance, I saw the troll raising its arm. In front of it was the hunchback. If that arm is swung, it’s clear that he’ll become a burst pizza instead of a hunchback!
“N, no! M, monster! Don’t come near me!”
“Don’t come near me, my ass!”
If you die, there’ll be a problem with the commission fee, you fucking son of a bitch!!!
ㅡSwoosh!
It was the moment the troll’s arm was swung. I strongly stepped forward and flew towards the troll with the blade in front.
ㅡMy body floats.
If I stab its back with this momentum, I can not only block the attack on the hunchback, but also land the finishing blow, or so I thought.
ㅡKuaaaaaaaaargh!!!!
Suddenly, the troll, who had turned its body, aimed for me instead of punching the hunchback.
ㅡSwoosh!
The huge, long arm, with added rotational force, flew towards me. The sight looked bizarre, like a screen from a really glitchy old video.
Ah.
Shit.
I can’t dodge this.
“ㅡDeghyaaaaaaas!!!!!!!!!”
With a tremendous impact, I flew away like a baseball.
ㅡThwack!
At the moment of impact, I threw away my sword and curled up my body. I tried to defend as much as possible, but I could feel the gauntlet getting fucked up, so I must have been hit properly. This is 100% a broken arm.
Yeah.
I felt an unbelievable pain.
“Propulsion force that far exceeded the creator’s expectations!!!!!!”
ㅡThwack!
I screamed miserably like a terrified child and crashed into the rice paddies. I tried to get up immediately, but the pain was too severe. It hurts so much that tears are about to come out…!
The troll?
ㅡThump, thump, thump!
It had already run away towards the forest.
The hunchback?
“U, uwaaaaaaaa!!!”
He was also screaming and running somewhere. That son of a bitch is running away now, that fucking bastard. I should have hit him harder, it’s my fault for being considerate and not hitting him as hard as I could have.
“Ah, shit.”
I missed the troll.
And it hurts like hell.
“My image is all ruined, shiiiiibal.”
As I was about to lose consciousness ㅡ
“Kat!”
“Blackie!”
ㅡI heard their voices.
Looking over, I saw them running towards me, fully dressed. Still, I bought enough time. Did it take two or three minutes? I forcibly woke up my darkening mind and shouted.
“Shibal, I’m okay! It’s going into the forest! We have to chase it!”
