Chapter 8: (1): Season 1 Preparation

Chapter 8: (1): Season 1 Preparation

Jong-won and Hyun-seok decided to form a temporary guild. One of the things that Jong-won talked about endlessly, until his mouth went dry, was the freedom that comes with being a slayer. Although he belonged to IUET, he often established temporary guilds to go slaying outside of his designated work hours or allocation.

Hyun-seok asked Jong-won to join him in slaying on weekends. They usually went after the male deer monsters that appeared in the Bukhansan area, and Hyun-seok, with his immense strength, achieved the exhilarating feat of a one-shot one-kill repeatedly.

It was winter.

Min-seo achieved the promised feat of being in the top 10 of the entire school, and she was able to go slaying with them at least during the winter break. With a quite pleased expression, Min-seo and Hyun-seok, who was not at all happy about this, established a temporary guild and headed to Bukhansan, where they had previously surveyed the terrain and monster appearances.

As soon as Jong-won of IUET gathered a temporary guild, people quickly joined in. The combat slayers were Jong-won and Lee Chae-rim. Chae-rim, a female combat slayer, used a thin rapier-like sword, and mainly performed the role of dispersing the monsters attention through fast attacks rather than strong blows. However, Chae-rim viewed Hyun-seok very unfavorably. She saw him as not even a slayer and only following along as if he were protecting his younger sibling, rather than actually being a part of the team.

So, although there was a brief scuffle in the beginning, they were able to quickly settle it by using the excuse that they knew the terrain well. As recovery slayers, Kang Boo-reum and Go Bum-soo, ordinary men, participated as auxiliary slayers. They succeeded in slaying about three male deer monsters in Bukhansan, and everyone was delighted, especially Min-seo, who was participating in slaying for the first time. She was extremely happy about the achievement of slaying three monsters in just one day.

Dont be so cheerful. Theres a guy like Jong-won whos comfortable slaying monsters, but in general, even a male deer monster is a very dangerous creature.

Upon hearing those words, Lee Chae-rims mood seemed relatively sour as she retorted, You seem to know a lot for someone whos not a slayer.

Hyun-seok simply chuckled in response. He didnt need to advertise himself as a slayer unless it was necessary, especially since he wasnt planning on living his life as one anyway. If Hyun-seok were to put his name in as a combat slayer, there would be three combat slayers in total. However, male deer monsters were part of a weaker species with strong defenses but low attack power, making it unnecessary to have three combat slayers for them. In fact, one of the combat slayers was already Jong-won. When slaying male deer monsters, most teams would exclude recovery slayers, so the composition of having three combat slayers was a bit excessive.

If Hyun-seok were to add his name to the list, the composition would become incredibly inefficient. Even Jongwon would have a hard time finding a team with such an inefficient composition. Rewards would be wasted unnecessarily, as income is usually divided by 1/N, reducing the overall income.

At that moment, Lee Chae-rim discovered something. But what is that?

Jongwon frowned. I dont know. Its my first time seeing it too. It looks really strange. Its not an animal-type monster?

Lee Chae-rims expression became even more serious. That form She had seen it somewhere before. It was similar to the orcs that appeared in the movie The Lord of the Rings!

What should we do about that?

Jong-won smirked.

What can we do?

Excuse me?

We run.

Run?

Look at it. It doesnt seem particularly fast. We wont be able to outrun it.

The monster standing before them had two legs, a reddish-brown body, held a club in its right hand, and had a face that resembled a squished pig. It was a monster that even Jong-won had never seen before. In situations like this, there was no need to rush in. There was nothing wrong with being cautious when there was no information available.

Well report back and come back with more firepower.

Fortunately, monsters tended to have a habit of not straying too far from their spawn point. It wasnt true for all monsters, but it was generally known to be the case. There were even claims that stronger monsters had a wider radius, but that was not yet confirmed.

Isnt it too dangerous?

Are you scared, you idiot?

Shut up.

They were confident. They were the ones who, despite the usual practice of five or six combat slayers teaming up to hunt a male deer monster, had the skills to take it down with just three people. In fact, they were not particularly strong compared to others, but rather, because others prioritized safety, they were able to team up in groups of five or six. Nevertheless, they were the best in the area at hunting male deer monsters with just three people, and above all, they were not afraid.

Whats the worst that can happen? Well just die.

So the three of them charged at the newly appeared monster. They did not use any weapons separately. They were the type who fought using their fists and feet, relying on their stats, which were quite decent.

Eat this!

Park Su-hyung was the first to throw a punch. His fist collided with the face of the monster that seemed like an orc.

Great. Its hitting well!

With a smirk of confidence, Park Su-hyung exclaimed,

Ahhhh!

He immediately let out a scream. Park Su-hyungs fist seemed to be shattered due to the recoil from the monsters shield. In a situation like this, its best to run away. He had embedded his fist in the weakness of the most confident authority, his face, but if his fist had been crushed, he would have to run away first. This means that he needs to find another way, whether its going to get a weapon or learn a new skill.

But they didnt run away. This is not a game, but a reality. Such behavior is reckless. It was neither more nor less than proving that they were beginners, even though they thought of themselves as intermediate or higher.

Damn it! This bastard got Su-hyung!

Following that, Oh Jun-hwan kicked the orcs thick calf with a low kick.

Bang!

With a loud noise,

Ahhhh!

Jun-hwan had to feel tremendous pain in his ankle. The orc gritted its teeth and breathed out hot air. He swung his right hand, which was holding a large wooden club. Fortunately, the attack was directed at Su-hyung, whose legs were still intact. If it had been Jun-hwan, whose legs were broken, he might have been a corpse by now.

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