Chapter 11

Episode 11. First practice (2)

-What is it?

“When you defeat the boss of a dungeon, it drops an item that can be used by a skilled person. “You might come across a good item, but you can’t miss the lottery right in front of you.”

-Ah...

As I was chasing Jeok Yeon-hwa while explaining things to Heuk-am, a hologram window appeared in front of me.

[An unexpected quest has arrived.]

Defeat the dungeon boss faster than anyone else.

Condition: Defeat the vine rock mole.

Reward: 200 point unexpected reward.

The hologram window that appeared was an unexpected quest. After reading the content, there was no need to reject it. It was exactly the quest I wanted.

“accept.”

[You have accepted the unexpected quest.]

Baek Woo-jin, who accepted the quest, quickly warmed up. Preparation for power generation.

“I risk my life!”

-How dare you risk your life!

Baek Woo-jin ran forward without even listening to everything the darkness said. A vine mole appeared in the middle and I saw the mole’s corpse, but I ignored it and rushed forward.

-Are you sure you were really a turtle?

“ok? “What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

-Why is a guy who was crushed in his previous life and only trained, going crazy like this? Didn’t you have a problem with your head while regressing?

“ha ha ha!”

Baek Woo-jin burst into laughter at the words of darkness. I understood what he was trying to say.

“Think about it.”

-What are you telling me to think about?

“Have you seen what the atmosphere is like in our house?”

-okay. It’s not bloody.

“that’s right. It’s a really harsh environment, especially for people without talent. I lived there for 25 years. “Wouldn’t it be weirder if I had a normal and quiet personality?”

-Um...

“The prosecutors ignored me and my brothers laughed at me. I even directly harassed the seventh, sixth, and fifth. “It would be difficult for an average person to endure in a place like that.”

Baek Woo-jin’s expression hardened like the bark of a tree as unpleasant old thoughts flowed in.

“Even back then, I said what I had to say and wasn’t intimidated. “Thanks to you, I had a harder time.”

-I see...

Baek Woo-jin maintained high self-esteem even though he knew that he was the only one with no talent in a family full of geniuses. That’s really great mental strength.

“Well, let’s talk about the bittersweet stuff later. “It’s starting to get clogged now.”

-okay. It’s going to be hard to just pass by.

As we got closer to the boss and Red Lotus disappeared, the vine moles were blocking the path forward.

-The vine mole looks unusual. This is the first monster I’ve seen.

The vine mole looked similar to an ordinary mole, but was much larger and had thick vines wrapped around its neck and wrists.

“It hasn’t been that long since that monster appeared here.”

-So you don’t know its weaknesses or how to easily hunt them?

“It’s not a very strong monster, so its weaknesses haven’t been studied very much.”

-Well, that’s a shame.

“But it will be different 10 years later.”

Although moles have not been fully studied in 2020, there is a clear strategy for attacking creeping moles in 2030, before Baek Woo-jin returns.

Slurp.

Baek Woo-jin drew his sword. I smiled involuntarily at the feel of the handle I was holding for the first time in a long time.

-So do you know your weaknesses?

“You’ll know when you see it.”

Baek Woo-jin quickly ran towards the place where the moles were gathered.

“Kick!”

“Quick!”

The moles that discovered Baek Woo-jin struck down the vines and swung their sharp claws.

Ugh!

Baek Woo-jin lowered his head to avoid the vines, then raised his sword and deflected the mole’s claws.

Phew!

Baek Woo-jin rushed forward and thrust his sword into the mole’s neck, which was protected by vines.

Patter.

The multiple layers of vines unraveled like a broken rubber band, revealing the mole’s soft neck. Without delay, Baek Woo-jin stabbed the mole with his sword and cut off the mole’s life.

“under! great. I’ll take that bet. “If you catch the boss within 3 minutes, I will grant you any wish.”

“I promised.”

“of course. “I don’t lie.”

Baek Woo-jin nodded. Jeok Yeon-hwa keeps her promises no matter what. It was a bet I made because I knew that.

-Are you confident? Isn’t 3 minutes too short?

‘are you okay. Bosses also have weaknesses. What are 3 minutes? ‘I should have caught it in a minute.’

-What a con man...

‘Hahaha!’

The rock mole, the vine mole boss, also has a weakness. It has a fatal weakness that can kill you in an instant if you stab it.

“Then let’s open the way together. “Can you do that much?”

“Of course.”

Jeok Yeon-hwa nodded, then went to Baek Woo-jin’s side and struck down the gathered moles.

‘What on earth are you thinking?’

Jeok Yeon-hwa observed Baek Woo-jin catching a mole. His skills weren’t bad for a young age, but that was it. I’ve just reached level 1, so if I keep using Aurors like this, I’ll be exhausted before I even get to the boss. This bet was an unlikely one from the beginning.

‘Are you really trying to get my attention?’

Jeok Yeon-hwa made eye contact with Baek Woo-jin and frowned. Now I felt like I knew why the man in front of me had come all the way here and was acting so unreasonable.

‘The expression you were looking at earlier seemed strange.’

This one-day puppy fell in love with him and came out in such a reckless way to attract attention. A similar case happened not long ago, and these people are very frustrating.

“Huh...”

A sigh full of patheticness came out of Jeok Yeon-hwa’s mouth.

– Baek Woo-jin.

‘why?’

-That woman suddenly looks at you with blatant disgust?

‘Of course.’

Baek Woo-jin glanced at Jeok Yeon-hwa behind him.

‘Think about it. I ran like crazy to catch the boss, but he said I would come and catch him first. Of course I would be upset. Still, it’s no use. That’s mine.’

-Hmm, I don’t think so...

**

After moving for about 10 minutes, we reached the end of the dungeon and the boss of the dungeon, a vine rock mole, appeared.

It was slightly smaller than an adult male, and its fingernails were sharp like blades, so much so that it seemed as if flesh would fall off with just a touch.

The mole had a long vine on its right hand that was used like a whip, and the vines were wrapped around its head and neck with hard marble-like things, making it difficult to attack.

“Are you sure you’re going to do it? Please step back now. “You can’t win.”

“We decided to make a bet, so what are you talking about all of a sudden? “Are you scared?”

“direction? Are you scared? I?”

“Otherwise, just stay still. “Your time starts in 3 minutes.”

“Ugh...”

Jeok Yeon-hwa frowned at Baek Woo-jin’s words. I gave him one last chance, but he kicked it away.

-You seem very angry.

‘Never mind. ‘It will be over in 3 minutes.’

Baek Woo-jin was not interested in Jeok Yeon-hwa at all. All he is aiming for is the rock mole in front of him and the reward he will get after that.

‘Hmph...’

Jeok Yeon-hwa looked at Baek Woo-jin who stepped forward and turned on the stopwatch. It’s just 3 minutes. In just three minutes, I’m thinking of kicking that guy and catching the mole.

‘There’s no way I can win at that level.’

At first, I thought Baek Woo-jin was the youngest member of the Shingeombaek family, but he had a standard sword and an ordinary outfit. The elites of the White House would not walk around like that, nor would they come to a dungeon like this.

‘Tsk...’

Jeok Yeon-hwa felt annoyed by Baek Woo-jin, but she had no intention of causing him serious injury. Ready to go out at any time.

‘It’s pretty good.’

Baek Woo-jin dodged the vine whip wielded by the rock mole by jumping in place. If I ran forward with the intention of approaching, I would get caught in a vine, but I stayed calm as if I knew that.

‘But that’s not all.’

The scariest thing about the rock mole is not its whip but its sharp claws. Jeok Yeon-hwa took a stance. This is because the moment he gets cut by his fingernail, he has to go save Baek Woo-jin.

“uh?”

A deflated sound came from Jeok Yeon-hwa’s mouth. This is because Baek Woo-jin, who was charging at the rock mole, used the back step to avoid the mole’s claw attack. It was amazingly perfect timing.

Huh!

Jeok Yeon-hwa could hear the sound of the wind blowing through her ears. Suddenly, just as I was wondering what the wind was, the rock mole fell down with its head on the ground.

The solid rock surrounding the mole’s head split in half and the vines broke into pieces. The cheap sword Baek Woo-jin was holding was stuck in the rock mole’s head.

“How...”

While Jeok Yeon-hwa was opening her mouth with a mesmerized look on her face, Baek Woo-jin turned around.

“It’s over. I won the bet.”