206th
Hassan and Luna in the Newspaper
206 ? Hassan and Luna, in the Newspaper. #1
With an explosion. Fly away!!
As he finished speaking, a huge roar filled his ears.
beep-.
Ta-da!
Soon my body felt as if it was floating in the air.
What appeared before my eyes were unfamiliar letters.
『Armor of the Night of Grace』 consumes task value +10 to prevent critical damage.』
『Armor of the Night of Grace』 consumes task value +10 to prevent critical damage.』
『Armor of the Night of Grace』 consumes task value +10-.』
However, the countless floating letters were soon covered by the sight that was turning pure white, and nothing could be seen.
Everything surrounding me was pure white.
Is this exactly what it feels like to be floating in a pure white universe with no sense of direction or anything?
What the heck.
Am I dying?
I was scared for a moment, but it didn’t seem like my life was in danger or anything.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be thinking and using my head like this.
As expected.
As the white light sources that had been filling my eyes slowly began to diminish, the appearance of old, broken caves began to appear here and there.
“What the heck, dammit.”
The first thing I checked was my body.
The task was to check whether the limbs were attached properly. If they were attached properly, the number of fingers and toes was unchanged.
I couldn’t tell for sure because the Night Armor was still attached to me, but my body seemed to be fine and I didn’t seem to have any major injuries.
The only thing that bothers me is that I feel a little dizzy.
Of course, the reason I feel dizzy is because I resurrected dozens of goblins at the same time. I had the resurrected goblins investigate here and there.
“Search everything.”
Click, click.
However, neither the ugly Gogrid nor the Mesaia that possessed his body could be found.
“and-.”
It was a really fucking huge explosion.
It was a huge storm, like the C4 explosion I saw in the military.
He survived without a single injury even though it hit him right in the face.
Honestly, I’m so shocked that it doesn’t feel real.
I wonder if it was quite effective to use all the goblins as shields?
Of course, that could be a factor, but I think it’s probably because the new grace that Nox-nim gave me, the Night’s Armor, was so effective.
“Long live chaos-.”
I recited a strange spell for the first time in a long time. Then, letters floated into the air.
Deering-.
『Name: Hassan Lv. 22
Strength: 12
Agility: 4
Stamina: 6
Task: 355 235
Grace: Blessing of Chaos》 Shining Hands》 Night Armor》
The task value, which had been easily over 350 until just now, has now dropped to 230. This is because the Night Armor nullifies the impact and consumes the task value.
I never knew task metrics could be used in this way.
I was really worried about whether I should level up using Sval and Sval’s numbers, but I decided to save them just in case something happens, and my choice was right.
If you had run out of task points along the way, you might have lost an arm or a leg, and if you were unlucky, you might have died here.
“Wow, this is truly a great blessing.”
Armor of the night.
If the task level is sufficient, then I really don’t envy the armor.
Is this what a mother-in-law’s love is?
They say that if your wife is pretty, you will bow down to her parents’ house even if you see their house picket fence. Well, isn’t this proverb a bit different from the current situation?
Anyway, because of the situation, my head was so excited that I couldn’t think properly.
The important thing is that I survived in the end.
And the thing was that he never got his hands on Gogrid’s corpse, which seemed destined to be resurrected as a good undead.
All that remained on the floor were torn pieces of cloth, dust, and the remains of the goblins they had seen.
Twinkle.
After looking around for a while, I picked up an object that was glowing among the debris.
It was an object with a fairly large crystal ball embedded in the staff, and it was also the object that the Goblin King Gogrid swung like a mace.
Flash.
As I picked it up from the floor, the black orb seemed to flash with a strange light, giving me goosebumps.
It’s not like it’s some kind of cursed item, is it?
Passover.
At that very moment, I felt a noise behind me.
Is this the bastard Mezair trying to ambush me now? Is this the start of Phase 2? As I was thinking that, I lowered my stance.
“Here, Hassan will be. By now, Hassan will have defeated the goblin king-.”
At the entrance to the dusty cave, Paranoy and the Small Shield adventurer were seen timidly following behind him.
Oh, that’s a waste.
Right now, I’m wearing the Night Armor, and I look like a villain necromancer. It was obvious what would happen if I showed this to those guys.
So I hurriedly released the grace and then also released the summons of the bone goblins that were filling the surrounding area.
clattering-.
Paranoia revealed with crumbling bones.
“Hassan, I have a paranoia. Just now, something like a great shock shook the cave. What the-.”
Paranoy, who was guiding the female adventurer while looking back, enters the room and makes eye contact with me.
“Hassan, where did Gogrid go?”
“That’s it, I blew it up.”
“explosion…?”
It was Paranoy who narrowed his eyes as if he didn’t know English. He must be confused because the story was different from the scenario he had promised himself.
Then, as if he understood everything, he let out a single word, “Ah-!”
“You really did blow away that powerful silver-grade monster without a trace!? You are truly a merciless warrior-!!”
“Well, that’s what happened.”
I could only awkwardly scrape my shoes against the cave floor. At that very moment, I heard sounds from far away.
“Kashiya! Kashiya, be here! The rescue team is here! Kashiya! If you’re here, answer!”
“There was an explosion. It must be here, in this cave! Find Kashiya!”
“What, why are there so many goblin corpses…?”
It seems like they’re looking for the missing female adventurer from Iron Tier. Could they be her companions, Scarji or something?
I was glad that I could leave the cleaning up to you.
The plan went awry in many ways. But I had to be satisfied with surviving without injury and obtaining information. When I convinced myself of that.
The adventurer who was shivering behind Paranoy, an Iron Tier woman named Cassia, spoke.
“You, are you Hassan of Samaria, an adventurer from the Mars Guild?”
“Then you are Cassia of the Scarz party.”
“Do you know my name? And what party I’m in? We’re still just an Iron Tier party-.”
Cassia put her hand up to her mouth, as if she was very surprised that I knew about them.
Come to think of it, was this the first time you’ve met me without a mask? We’re officially meeting for the first time.
So I was worried that I might be arousing unnecessary suspicion, but instead, Kashiya’s reaction was something I never expected.
“I can’t help but be so honored. Could it be that you came into this cave to save me…?”
“Well, let’s just say that’s the case.”
While they were having such a pleasant conversation, several armed men burst into Gogrid’s room.
They are all armed with swords, shields, torches, etc., and wear iron-colored and copper-colored necklaces around their necks.
Are you adventurers of the Minerva Guild?
“Kashiya! You’re here! You look safer than I thought.”
“Just in case, there might be some injuries. More importantly-”
They soon looked at Kashiya and then turned their gaze towards me.
“You, who are you? What are you doing down here in the basement?”
They did not hide their open hostility towards me. I understand that if I met someone in this dark cave, I would have immediately started swinging my club.
I was wondering how to explain this.
“Stop being rude to this person!! This person, this person is the one who came into this goblin nest alone to save me!”
Small Shield adventurer Kashiya, who was wrapped in something like a long towel and surrounded by people, raised her voice for me.
People who are slightly loosening up the weapons they were aiming at him.
“You came here alone?”
“There must have been a hundred goblin corpses nearby. Are you saying you killed them all by yourself?”
“To be exact, I didn’t come in alone. That paranoia was with me too…!”
“You killed over a hundred goblins by yourself? Wait, black hair and black eyes. And a bronze plate from the Mars Guild. Are you Hassan of Samaria?”
“That’s roughly correct.”
“That’s right! Hassan, the one who can kill a hundred goblins! Wow, I never thought there would be someone in the world who could kill a hundred goblins by himself.”
“There wasn’t even a speck of dust on your clothes. That’s amazing skill.”
Even without me having to explain or clarify anything, they seemed to have no doubt that I had single-handedly slaughtered the goblins in the cave.
“Anyway, since I saw you safe, let’s go back!”
“You said Lord Hassan? I will go back to the city and find out more about this matter!”
* * *
“Hassan, look here. The newspaper is here.”
Early morning.
Luna looked through the mailbox she had made herself. It seemed like she had finally found the newspaper that had been delivered.
“Hassan, the newspaper is here!”
Luna held it out in front of me, but I honestly didn’t have the courage to open it.
“Nothing will happen. The reporters wouldn’t have written a story that didn’t happen!”
Still, Luna comforted me by stroking my back, so I unrolled the leather scroll.
Then the first thing you see is.
Minerva’s new adventurer’s guild, Scarge? Enter their nest to solve the problem of the increasing number of goblins.
Their journey to save their fellow adventurers-.
It was a story about the Adventurer’s Guild Scarz. Their story spreads out over a wide area.
From their dangerous journey into the caves to find their missing comrades, to the story of how the captured adventurer Kashiya was able to endure for so long.
It decorates a wide surface like a true tale.
“Hassan, as you said, there’s a story about a party called Scarzie! Isn’t there a story about Hassan?”
“Hey, why are you looking for that again?”
Just as I was thinking that.
“Ah-! Hassan’s name is written here…!”
When I looked at the part Luna was pointing at, I saw that on the next page, in very large letters, there was a story about me.
Hassan of Samaria, who single-handedly killed a hundred goblins to rescue the Iron Tier adventurers of another guild.
Are the long-standing differences of opinion between the Minerva Guild and the Mars Guild of no concern to the new sprout?
“flaw….”
My name is actually in the newspaper. I’ve heard a lot that rumors and songs about me are often spread in the back alleys.
This was the first time my story had been revealed officially to others, so I felt somewhat embarrassed.
“Hassan, that’s really great! But, it doesn’t say anything about fighting the Goblin King.”
“Yeah. We fought really hard.”
“Hassan, was there really a goblin king there? A really big goblin?”
“Yeah, it really happened. And I knocked it down. I’m sure of it.”
Late last night.
I was embarrassed when merchants, reporters, and Minerva Guild officials came to the yard.
They asked me about the whole story, but I couldn’t give them the full story, so I just told them that I defeated the goblin king and barely survived a huge explosion.
I clearly said that I defeated the Goblin King.
It felt like reporters were only focusing on how many goblins I killed or how I saved another guild’s newbie party, leaving out such stories.
It must be because I couldn’t retrieve the head, which was the proof that I had defeated the Goblin King.
The King of Goblins.
If you hear it without evidence, it might sound like a lie made up by a child, but the giant orb object in the room on the second floor serves as evidence for my story.
“Oh, man, I really knocked him down.”
“I trust Hassan. And I’m glad he came back safely-.”
Luna hugged my head tightly like that.
Has Luna ever been the first to make skinship with me lately?
Even when I tried to hug Luna, she refused, saying, “Hassan, it’s too hot!” This is because Luna is vulnerable in the summer.
In that sense, it was touching in many ways that Luna tried to comfort me. It also felt like my heart got a little bigger.
Anyway, just like Luna said, I’m glad I came back alive and safe.
As I was turning the pages of the newspaper with trembling hands, wondering if there was more to be said about me.
A necromancer appears?
I saw a title written in very large letters. For some reason, the title caught my attention, so I turned my gaze to the content of the article.
Detect magical powers found within goblin lairs as traces of necromancy.
As you scroll down, you’ll see additional explanations.
Minerva Guild’s forensics team detected a significant amount of hellish magic in the cave they had entered, and through cooperation with the Temple Knights stationed in the city-.
As I was scanning those letters anxiously with my eyes, Luna said.
“It looks like there are still some cultists around. It’s scary.”
“okay?”
“I don’t know what’s going on in the world. My business is finally getting on track! But these cult guys keep showing up.”
Luna probably feels uneasy about the terrifying danger lurking in the city she is settling into.
I wonder what Luna’s expression would be like if she found out that this was me.
I’m afraid to reveal it.
“Luna, don’t worry. I’m here.”
But I thought I could say that much. That mysterious necromancer would never threaten Luna’s safety, or the safety of the citizens of Sodomora.
I know better than anyone.
“Anyway, it’s funny that Hassan’s name is in the newspaper. Hassan, you’ll become even more famous!”
“I know.”
Although it wasn’t the intended story, could this be considered fame? Luna kept turning the pages of the newspaper as if she was really enjoying it.
“I never knew reading a newspaper could be this much fun. Is there a story about me in there?”
So Luna kept turning the pages of the newspaper with a rustling sound.
That image reminds me of myself searching for my own name on the Internet.
However, since Luna lived a relatively quiet life, it was unlikely that Luna’s story would have been written about in the newspaper unless they had put an advertisement in it.
So, at that moment, when I was about to open my mouth, I told myself not to expect too much.
“Ah-! Here, here, it seems like there’s a story about me written here too-!”
Luna pointed to a small page in the newspaper.
“Luna, your story is written there?”
Luna and I looked at the small page together to see what the story was about. And here’s what was written there.
It was quite an amazing story.
[Work Review]
By the way… If you compare Luna and Hassan’s fame as YouTubers, they would have around 50,000 to 100,000 subscribers… If they’re famous, then they’re famous, and if they’re not famous, then they’re not famous…!!
