Moving the carcass was... painful. He took out a large rope in his inventory, which he found when the viewers told him, and tied all the carcasses to pull back to the base.
Tying it was the hardest challenge. Moving the large monster to the base was another, especially since he dissected its wings and cut its gut.
"It would've been better if I only took the important part. Why can't I do that?" Max complained while dragging the monster's remains behind him. "Ah, yeah. Client's request, right? I won't take any material collecting quests when this tutorial is finished."
— You can hire a helper lol
— Don't forget that you aren't alone in this game
— There are indeed various quests, but this is the easiest and most direct one.
"Hah." Max huffed as he threw the rope to the ground.
After a few minutes, he arrived at the base. He wiped his forehead as if there was sweat and looked at the camera.
"No matter what you say, I won't take such a quest again. This is final."
After he said that, he heard a loud noise from afar.
Boom!
By instinct, he turned to the source of the sound and gripped the sword's handle on his back. His movement was smooth, as if he was a veteran who had done this many times already. Even the viewers were impressed by it.
Still, he had no time to read the chat. There was an immediate danger hauling toward him.
From the source of that loud noise, a large boulder was flying. Looking at the trajectory it was flying to... It would crash right at him.
"Holy! What the fuck is that?!"
— Moly
— Guacamoly!!
— HOLY MOLY, that turd is so huge!
— That shiet is huge!
— Run Breeze, Run!!
Even without the chat telling him, he had already done so. Ignoring everything else, he ran toward the direction where the boulder came from while moving slightly to the left. However, the boulder in the air seemed to follow him as the trajectory changed.
"How the hell is that possible?!"
The monsters in the sky scattered. They were running away from the boulder, saving their lives. That was how big the boulder was. It could also be called a small mountain instead of a boulder.
With that shockwave, the large boulder in the midair was sent back to wherever it came from. The shade it created was gone, and the blue sky replaced the brown turd that was about to crush him into a paste.
Caesar, as if everything wasn't a problem to begin with, looked over his shoulder at Max. He offered his hand and pulled him to stand up, patting his shoulder. The strength in that pat was like having a boulder crushed against him.
"Welcome to Stronghold Mercenary, kid."
With that word, the giant walked away toward the tied-up carcass and inspected it with interest. Max watched it while standing still, speechless at what just happened.
Was it possible for a human to punch a large boulder away just by a shockwave? Not to mention, did a punch create a sonic boom? Where in the universe could someone do that?
"Haha... ha... That was ridiculous." He muttered with a wry smile. "Do I have to be that strong in order to hunt a Large-Class monster? Naaah, that's inhuman!"
— We understand you... We truly do
— Caesar is the man. THE MAN!
— In Mercenary Quest, he's one of the strongest characters who successfully hunts a Colossal-Class monster. At least, that's the backstory that I read
— For your record... A Colossal-Class monster is not necessarily colossal, but its strength can crush a single nation.
— That's how ridiculous Caesar is...
— Ah... Ahhhh, I want to be bred by Caesar!
— My brother in chat! What are you saying?
— How disgusting...
[FreakingNoob has donated 200 diamonds!]
[Be like Caesar! Live like Caesar! You will rip your pants, but live like Caesar!]
"Thank you for the donation, FreakingNoob. But I think I am good with my current lifestyle. I don't want to be ripped or have that kind of inhuman strength. It must be hard to open a door without destroying it if we have that kind of strength."
Facing Max's sound argument, the chat began to question it. That made sense... Inhuman strength was just inconvenient in real life. Anything he touch would break. And controlling a huge strength would certainly be troublesome.
And so, after talking with the chat for a while, Max returned to the train. The other mercenaries had also returned with their spoil of wars, dragged behind them. All of the monsters were easily bigger than Garrador he hunted, making him question this game designer's sanity.
At that moment, a notification rang in his ears.
[Tutorial complete!]
[Now you're able to explore Paradise Island freely by taking the Mercenary Freeway!]
[Enjoy your mercenary life, player!]