71. High Oak
[The orc has been defeated!]
[Experience +0.27%]
[Gold+40]
[Current kill count: 2,415/100]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
[Attack speed increases by 25% due to the effect of the Skull Bone Necklace.]
Ryumin, who cut down the orc’s body like a machine, checked the time.
[Time remaining until round end: 00:30:41]
With about 30 minutes remaining, Ryumin put away his scythe.
I decided that there was no point in killing orcs anymore.
‘It’s time to move on. It seems difficult to level up during the remaining time.’
Ryumin’s current level is 39.
If I had just raised one more level, I could have learned skills and become much stronger than I am now… … .
‘Unfortunately, it’s going to be difficult because we don’t have enough time.’
Still, I have no regrets.
Because I did my best.
I caught over 2,000 fish in just 7 hours of hunting.
‘During that process, I had a hard time with Min Joo-ri chasing me around… … .’
Since we removed more than 100 animals, there will be no complaints.
He was applying the buff because he wanted to in the first place.
‘Thanks to you, I was able to hunt quickly. Raise your level to 39 and increase your stats by 9 with the Orb of Immortality.’
Ryumin hung a bead around his neck and killed 900 orcs.
Since 1 stat was given per 100 animals, 9 stat points increased.
In addition, 99 more animals were caught and the stack was filled to [99/100].
If I had to catch just one more animal, the stats would go up, but instead of doing that, I kept it in my inventory.
‘If you catch more, the durability will decrease to 0 and the orb will be destroyed.’
The remaining durability of the orb is [1/1000].
In order to recover durability and reuse later, I had to stop using the beads.
“Black Scythe. Aren’t you going to hunt more?”
“I think this is enough.”
“So are you going to go catch the remaining bosses now?”
“That’s right.”
“Do you know where it is?”
“I have to look for that.”
Ryumin looked at Minjoo-ri for a moment and suddenly held out his hand.
“Let’s just leave here. I had a hard time chasing you.”
“Ah… is this the end now?”
Minjoo-ri’s face became glum as they held hands.
When we broke up, I felt a sense of disappointment.
It seems like they became attached for a short period of time.
– Should I ask if I can stay with you until I defeat the final boss? no. If you stay next to me for no reason, it will only be a distraction. It’s right to part ways here.
I heard Min Joo-ri’s thoughts of wanting to be together until the end, but I tried to ignore them.
The final boss, High Orc, is dangerous.
There is no need for democracy to follow suit.
“Finally, I’ll apply the buff again.”
When Min-ri Min stretched out her hand, Bless and Swift’s time was reset.
“Now… are you going?”
“okay.”
“Thank you again for your help with the hunt. It must have been really difficult for me alone. It’s small, but this….”
Minjoo-ri held out a blue magic gem from her inventory.
“It’s an item I got while working hard. I don’t know if you’ll need it, but I’ll give it to you.”
“You take it.”
“No, just receiving experience points is enough for me.”
Even if you don’t read the thoughts, you can feel their sincerity.
Thoughts were transmitted regardless of will.
-Originally there were two, but Min had to give me one… … .
I laughed a little when I saw him trying to take care of me without even knowing that they were the same person.
‘Besides, I think I owe the Black Scythe a debt.’
This was why Minjoo-ri tried to help until the end.
Because I thought I received more help than I needed.
“I also received help. So stop paying off your mental debt.”
“yes?”
Min Joo-ri was taken aback without even realizing it by the words that seemed to see right through her thoughts.
Meanwhile, Ryumin took the magic stone.
“I’ll take what you give well. Then, I’ll see you next time when I get a chance.”
Leaving behind the embarrassed Minjoo-ri, Ryumin accelerated his steps.
It was urgent to catch the High Orc.
* * *
Of the four bosses that appear in round 5, High Orc was by far the strongest.
It’s so strong that even if 20 level 20 players fight against it, it won’t be able to win.
‘What if about 100 people risk their lives to attack us?’
But that didn’t happen, it never happened, so it wasn’t worth thinking about.
‘That’s why I can feel at ease even now that the round is coming to an end. ‘Because there is no fear of being stolen by another guy.’
No one captured the High Orc during the last episode.
No one could even think of challenging its overwhelming majesty.
‘No one but me.’
At first, Ryumin was not good enough to catch the High Orc.
I set out to complete some side quests, but I ended up dying four times to the High Orcs.
However, perhaps because I learned with my head broken, I found a strategy and also learned the time attack rules.
‘Since then, I have conquered the High Orcs without dying even once.’
The catch time was shortened with each episode, and a new record of 43 seconds was even set.
‘This time I’m going to break that record.’
Ryumin’s feet quickly pushed off the ground.
Thanks to Swift, I was able to run 100 meters in 7 seconds.
While running, Ryumin’s eyes focused on one place.
[The location of the target ‘High Orc’ has been discovered.]
[It is currently 1,121m away.]
Basically, High Orcs are bosses that roam the field.
Since his residence was not set in stone, Ryumin did not know exactly where he was.
Until I use the tracking skill.
‘Tracking doesn’t just work for players. Monsters are no exception.’
Of course, the conditions are the same.
You have to remember faces and names.
But is it only useful for finding bosses? no.
It can also be used to find regular monsters.
If you think of a random orc and say you want to track it, it will find the closest one.
This is the secret to fast hunting.
‘Seeing as it can be traced, it looks like they haven’t been caught yet.’
Well, who else but Ryumin could capture a High Orc?
However, there is no way the players who fought to the death in the previous round will join forces now.
[It is currently 585 meters away.]
[It is currently 321m away.]
[It is currently 160m away.]
… … … … … …
… … … …
As the distance from the High Orcs got closer and they finally came into sight, Ryumin felt relieved.
‘thank god. They haven’t been caught yet, so if you deal with it quickly… … .’
However, an unexpected situation caused Ryu Min to slow down.
After all, the High Orc was already fighting with other players.
* * *
Any player who has ever dealt with an orc knows this.
It’s hard to fill 300 by yourself.
There’s no choice but to party.
“Orcs are flocking around, so is there any way we can’t do that? Let’s hunt together!”
In that sense, it was a hastily organized party.
Because I couldn’t come up with an answer to dealing with the Orcs who had formed a village and were running around like gangsters.
“Let’s understand each other clearly! Can you see his nickname? [Eom Jun-seok]. He’s level 12, a warrior.”
“He’s on the same level as me. Nice to meet you. This is [Brady Pitt]. My job is an assassin.”
“Level 13 martial artist, [Bwibwibbnb]. Isn’t it a bit difficult to pronounce it? I was so embarrassed that I just made it up….”
The five people finished their statement in a warm atmosphere.
Since it was a hastily organized party, of course there were unfamiliar faces.
They just temporarily joined hands for each other’s benefit.
But other than that, the atmosphere was good.
We didn’t say a single common swear word to each other and our hands and feet got along somewhat well.
“Eom Jun-seok! Please show some aggro!”
“Yes, I’m coming! Hey! You ugly orc bastard than my wife, look here!”
“Brady Pitt! It’s time! Take him out!”
“Bwibwib! Watch your back!”
The five of them faced the Orcs like a team that had worked together for a long time.
Perhaps because they all had experience of being attacked by orcs, they calmly dealt with them one by one without letting their guard down.
“Whew. Dealing with six of them at the same time is a bit tough.”
“But isn’t it worth doing since the five of us are together?”
“That’s right. I wouldn’t have been able to do it on my own.”
After working together for two hours, tearing down a small orc village was no problem.
“Now shall we try in a bigger place?”
“No, don’t take the risk.”
“Yes. At first glance, it looks like there is a guard post at the entrance.”
“Having a guard post means there is some level of system in place. It will be on a different level from the Orcs we’ve dealt with so far.”
“Then let’s go rob a village safely.”
Because I knew my level well, I thoroughly avoided dangerous situations.
After hunting for over 6 hours.
“We filled all 300!”
“me too!”
“Congratulations! You all survived!”
I don’t know if I made it to the rankings, but for now, I saved myself an hour.
“It’s a shame we have to part ways like this, but shall we hunt some more?”
“That’s right. I also want to get to level 20.”
Eom Jun-seok and his party resumed hunting again.
Since I had already completed the main quest, I was mentally relaxed.
I killed the orcs with much more confidence than before.
“I’m level 20!”
“me too!”
“Congratulations!”
“I learned that skill, are you like that too?”
“I learned it too.”
“It looks like a combination function, but what should I combine it with?”
“Well? We’ll find out later, right?”
Existing skills were strengthened and one more skill was created.
As my level went up, I was able to buy stronger items at the store.
“Do you want to continue breaking the orc pots?”
“Sure. I still want to try out my newly learned skills.”
The party did not split up and continued hunting until the remaining time.
“Chwiik!”
“Chwieeek!”
The speed at which orcs die has noticeably accelerated.
It feels like it has become 1.5 times stronger.
“Orc bastards, are you now eating dog food?”
“Tsk, I’m embarrassed to be embarrassed by these pigs.”
“That’s right.”
When I reached level 20, my confidence peaked.
Now I thought I could move into a bigger village.
“The last thing we want to do is attack a large village…”
“Huh? Wait a minute. What is that?”
In the direction Eom Jun-seok pointed, an orc I had never seen was wandering around.
Dark skin, height over 3m, muscles that seem to explode, etc.
It was an orc that looked strong at first glance, but it didn’t seem to be carrying a weapon.
“What is that? It looks like an orc….”
“It’s my first time seeing a guy like that.”
“Could it be the boss?”
“boss?”
In the past, I would have been scared of the word boss.
However, Eom Jun-seok and his group’s confidence is currently at its peak.
Without any basis, I just thought it was worth doing.
“Do you want to catch that guy? I think it would be worth it if there were five of us.”
“Is that so?”
“Since you’re the boss, the rewards will be generous, right?”
“When the compensation comes out, it will be divided exactly by 1/n?”
“Okay, call!”
Did you hear yourself shouting with confidence?
“Kruk?”
The High Orc turned his head towards the group.
“……!”
The moment they encountered the eerie yellow eye light, the group instinctively felt it.
The opponent was not prey, but death itself.
“Cwikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!”
The High Orc, who was making a strange sound, jumped up.
The guy who rose 8m high boom! It made a sound and landed in front of the group.
Flutter-!
I just threw a punch and one person’s head exploded like a balloon.
Byak-!
With one kick, another person’s spine folded like a folder, killing him instantly.
Two people died in an instant.
The remaining three were so caught up in fear that they couldn’t even think of using their skills.
Squeak-! Sigh!
Brady Pitt and Bubble Bubble died one after the other.
Neither of them could close their shocked mouths as their chests were pierced and they both died.
Crackle crackle-
Eom Jun-seok’s teeth chattered as if they were broken.
‘Die, die, die, die!’
My mind was filled with the fear of death.
There was no thought of running away or time to fight back.
“Chwikwiik! Chwikkiik!”
The High Orc made a sound while looking at the one remaining prey.
The corners of his mouth were raised, giving the appearance of a sneer.
Being laughed at by a monster.
It was something that hurt his pride, but to Eom Jun-seok, it was nothing more than a luxury.
‘Please save me, Orc, please save me, please…’ … .’
If possible, I felt like I wanted to kneel down and pray, out of pride and all.
I just can’t move because my body can’t move.
“Squeak.”
Seeing such a weak appearance, the High Orc smiled pitifully and raised his fist.
I was planning on hitting the person in front of me with a bullet.
“Quick?”
The High Orc could not swing his fist as he wanted.
Suddenly, I saw the sky, then the ground, and then my own body.
Kuung-!
The body fell before the head could even reach the ground.
After that, the High Orc’s head fell as if it was bouncing.
“Whew.”
Ryumin seemed to have come closer before he knew it, and he let out a short breath.
A scythe swung with all its might from behind and cut off the High Orc’s neck cleanly.
‘I never thought I’d die with just one hit.’
The time taken to kill the High Orc was 1 second.
It was a new record.
