Chapter 3 – Trollers
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Hot air. Bushes brushing your legs and lush trees towering over you to block the sun. All of that eats up stamina.
Gaon thought as he followed Chorin through the mountain path.
‘Why did this happen?’
I thought it would definitely work out.
Everyone who heard his explanation regained their sanity and took advantage of it to deal with the goblins skillfully. That way you can defeat it without taking any damage.
But the result was just the opposite.
Rather, morale fell to the bottom even before the fight broke out, resulting in a loss of power.
And in the end, they split apart.
To begin with, it couldn’t have been worse.
It’s messier than ever.
‘How was I then?’
She remembered herself in her first life.
It reminded me of my reaction before enlisting in the military, when I was dragged into this world without knowing why, when I met strangers, and when I saw goblins for the first time.
And I realized
Why were others so agitated by his words and trembling with fear? Perhaps he felt defeat and ran away before he even fought.
Recalling Yeokjisaji’s words, I changed my position and thought about it, but I got a rough idea.
Gaon raised his eyesight and stared straight ahead.
I saw Chorin’s face running desperately, sweating profusely.
I feel fear and dread.
It was only after I saw him wandering around in confusion, not knowing what to do in this place where he didn’t even know where he was.
‘I see.’
To them, the world itself was just foreign to them.
The goblin also knew that Gaon himself was a weak monster, but the others were not.
Moreover, it was a mistake to think that there was no way to escape. When he thought rationally, there was no guarantee that he would be safe somewhere else.
That’s why he thought he would fight alongside everyone in the end, even if he naturally felt fear.
However, not everyone could be rational in such a situation. Sometimes people make stupid choices without even realizing it.
It must have been a painful mistake.
While Gaon realized his mistake alone and blamed himself, Chorin, who had been running hard, slowed her pace.
I bent down on her back, put my hands on her knees, glanced at her past, and wiped away her sweat.
“Haha… Mandible! This should be done now, right? Flaw… You probably ostracized the goblins, right?”
“… Well.”
Apparently Chorin was relieved that he couldn’t even see the goblins, let alone feel them, but that was just a hopeful observation.
She wasn’t unintelligent as bastards.
They are not stupid enough to openly pursue their prey.
Just like Chorin now, he just waited until he stopped safely.
Perhaps they split in two.
One group was chasing us, and the other group must have started tracking in the direction where Longsword Girl and Tire Lady disappeared.
There will be enough food, so he will focus on catching women to be used as breeding tools.
As evidenced by such predictions,
Sssss-
Goblins appeared through the bushes.
“Kekekekekek!”
“Size Gig…”
When they saw Chorin, they tore her mouth open and laughed.
It was a disgusting grin with yellow teeth rotting here and there. Chorin jumped up and reacted to her desire-filled eyes.
“Ah, ah! Uh, how… !”
“Calm down.”
Five in total. Exactly what I predicted.
Gaon pushed Chorin, who was trembling at the sight of the goblins, into a corner and stood in front of them.
Chorin was relieved to see her figure as her warmth blocked her own path. She sighed in relief at the fact that she had someone to turn to, and pulled back behind her.
No, she tried to back off and bit her lip.
She has nowhere to retreat anyway.
Watching her quietly here is just to secure a very brief comfort.
In the end she can’t get good results.
Having made that decision, Chorin took out her dagger from her arms and headed for Gaon while trembling at the sight of the goblins.
Gaon checked the grip by repeatedly squeezing and unfolding the pole of the spear made of solid iron, then turned his head at the approaching presence from behind.
Chorin was staring at Gaon with trembling eyes. She told me how nervous she was that even her hand holding the dagger was shaking.
“I-I’ll help too.”
A woman named Icho Rin was more determined than she thought. She never expected that she would be here to help herself.
She had thought about it since before, when everyone ran away, she dared to come back and run away with Gaon, but she was a woman with a pretty good heart.
It is usually difficult for such a woman to survive long.
It’s because she gets involved in something she shouldn’t be involved in with useless sympathy and gets harmed for nothing.
Nine out of ten you’ll end up with a bad ending.
‘But it’s not bad.’
For the month she will spend in this forest, she will probably have to stay with her and depend on her.
At least she won’t have to stab her in the back.
Though thinking so, Gaon rejected Chorin’s offer.
“It’s okay. I am enough alone.”
“Ha, but… !”
To be honest, it’s rather intrusive.
He must have been unable to react properly to a sudden surprise attack in such a tense state.
Moreover, since it was clothes that had a huge impact on mobility, such as skirts and shoes, it would be fortunate if I did not get caught.
Did he feel Gaon’s gaze?
Chorin examines her own attire, then bites her lip and she does something unexpected.
Shaking off her ankles, she threw off her shoes, then, holding her dagger against her back, bent over at her waist and tore the side slit of her skirt.
With a booming sound, the side of her skirt parted long, revealing her thighs wrapped in stockings.
The goblins giggled at her exposed legs, but Chorin didn’t care and faced Gaon directly.
“Is this okay? I won’t disturb you. If I get caught… It’s okay if you just run away.”
“…”
It seems that he underestimated Chorin a little.
Powerlessly, she was still weak, but at least in terms of her soul, she was much harder and stronger than most people.
Of course, there is such a thing as a wall that cannot be crossed by willpower alone, but it is better than those who give up and stagnate in their place by guessing.
A faint smile is drawn on Gaon’s mouth, which has been hardened ever since her return.
Gaon thought he was lucky.
He had been like that since he had taken the huge opportunity of regression twice, but he was grateful to have met such a good person even though he made a fatal mistake from the start.
Should I say it’s a phone call?
Even though the whole group is scattered and only Chorin is left, it is fortunate that one person is a reliable ally.
Gaon spread his palm out in front of Chorin as if to block it and took a step forward.
“I think you are misunderstanding. Really, you don’t have to help.”
Taat-
“Oh! Wait!”
With the blade pointed at the floor, he immediately charged into the goblin horde. Chorin’s urgent voice could be heard from behind, but at that time, Gaon had already reached one point.
“Keek!?”
He let out a bewildered cry, as if he had thought that he would trust the number and never attack first.
A single flash of light penetrated the gap.
The spear, which traveled straight and without the slightest shake, drawing the shortest trajectory, tore the soft flesh and shattered the bones, protruding its blade backwards.
“Kegegge…”
The guy whose throat had been pierced by his spear pulled out his tongue for a long time and closed his eyes.
Soon, as Gaon retrieved the spear, his body rolled on the floor helplessly.
I’ve just taken down one, but there are still four more left.
Wedge liquid-
There is no time to rest.
Gaon turned his body toward the goblin thrusting the rusty dagger from the side, and using the rotational force, he grabbed the spear upside down and swung it vigorously as if playing baseball.
Booung-
The spear hit the goblin’s head with the sound of cutting through the air.
Puck! The skull caves in with a sound.
You can tell without having to check.
It was an instant death.
Without the slightest hint of regret, I grabbed the spear again and moved on to my next goal.
The guys also noticed that Gaon wasn’t easy, and rushed at the same time. Two left and right, and the other hovered around, looking for an opportunity.
I don’t know if I thought there was a chance of winning if I attacked at the same time because I had only one weapon, but that was a big mistake.
Although Gaon learned to use spears, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to use other weapons at all.
Even more so, taijutsu is a skill that any martial artist must learn the basics of.
Tae Aeng-
As I slashed the dagger swinging from the right with a spear, the one on the left approached with a chuckle. He seemed to think he was defenseless, but the dagger he swung was too simple.
Gaon, who avoided the attack by bending his upper body without even having to move his feet, grabbed his dagger-holding hand.
The goblin’s weight was at least the level of a lower elementary school student. Gaon picked it up and sent it flying to the goblin who was preparing to attack him from the side.
“”Kyaaak!””
They entangle each other and scream.
Coincidentally, the two people rolling on the floor were overlapping each other like sandwiches.
It was a really good pose.
Woowook!
I slammed the spear down, pierced a hole in my heart one by one, and raised my head.
There is still one left.
“Huh!”
The guy who was hovering around was running away in a hurry as if he got scared when his teammates searched all over. Staring at his green skin that shimmered over his bush, he thrust forward his arm, which had been bent behind him.
Wedge love liquid—!
The spear that left his hand fiercely cut through the air.
Hearing that bloody sound, I saw him turn his head.
At the same time that his eyes were lifted open, the spears pierced his eyeballs and shook his brain in a mess, cutting off his breath.
Fluff-
It stopped moving only after killing the last one. Before silence settled in the forest, Chorin’s voice rang out.
“Hey, what the hell is this?”
It’s an expression of disbelief.
After all, how can a man who seemed ordinary be okay with slaying five monsters with a spear in the blink of an eye?
It’s a natural reaction.
However, Gaon did not particularly care about Chorin.
After retrieving his spear and killing the fallen goblins, he raised his head and met his gaze.
“Lee Cho-rin.”
“N-yes?”
“It’s late. We need to find a place to sleep before the sun goes down.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Although it is full of confusion, Chorin voted in favor of Gaon’s opinion. It was because humans were creatures that must sleep, and Chorin couldn’t possibly have the confidence to sleep in the middle of the forest.
“Then hurry up. Smell the blood and their companions might come.”
“Ah, I get it!”
After wiping the blade with the rags the goblins were wearing, Gaon picked his way and moved on. While rummaging through the memories of his previous life, he came up with a suitable nesting place.
