chapter 21
21 – Expanding the scope of activities
“I have finished the tactical part with the other teams. Yeon-hee just needs to do the role I mentioned earlier.”
Yeon-hee heard Helen’s words and nodded her head as she prepared to carry her arrow. At a distance of 30m ahead, you can see a small village with several huts that have not even been installed properly.
For a town that is just in the process of being built, there are quite a number of them. The robed wizard straightened his bent knees and slowly raised his staff.
Instantly, the sound of the incantation began to fade, and Yeon-hee also threw an arrow and fixed the aiming point. After a while, the wizard nodded, and all the tankers holding shields rushed into the village.
Nearly twenty hunters rushed in unison and reached the goblins’ base, only then did the goblins recognize the attack and hurriedly gathered their weapons and prepared themselves.
At that time.
Challenge!
– Keruk?!
– Kiek?!
The sorcerer’s restraint spell was activated, and the feet of about 10 goblins, who were the first to settle in the lead, were tied to the stems that pierced the ground.
Tooung
At the same time, Yeonhee’s arrow curved and pierced the bound goblin’s eyeball.
Khehehe-!
– aaa!! Hit!!
– Die you dirty bastards!!
Now that the goblins knew of our existence, there was no need to keep their mouths shut. I screamed as hard as I could, distracting the goblins, and at the same time aiming for a confusing effect.
‘If I catch a few, I’ll be able to level up. Let’s step out a little bit.’
My mission now is to escort Yeonhee. However, I had no intention of ending it without any income.
‘I picked up a lot of stones when I had time earlier.’
I only took stones a little smaller than my fist because my strength was still low, but if I hit the goblins even with these, I should be able to gain experience points. And I definitely don’t have a throwing skill.
[Dagger Throw]
Huwoong-
f*ck!
– Ki-Hit?!
When the goblin, staggered after being hit in the back of the head by a jjang stone, turned his head towards me, a shield the size of a manhole cover hit his face.
‘You should have looked around carefully, son.’
Kwadangtang-!
Peruk!
The battle between the goblins and the hunters in earnest was, of course, a dogfight.
In the first place, compared to the hunters of the Shield Guild who had an accident last time, they only received a better evaluation, but they were also the lowest level hunters in the end.
– Kyashahahaha!
– Profit!! Eat this!!
Light with blue mana flashed from the shield, the main weapon of the tanks. The swordsmen and thieves, who showed sharp movements in between, were holding long swords and medium swords, finishing off the goblins who were caught in bondage.
Jjallang Jjallang-
[Steal], A passive attribute of the thief class, was activated, and the goblins’ silver was seen entering the hunters’ pockets.
Tooung- Towoong-
Yeonhee’s old bow was shooting arrows hard, and the goblins had a fairly high probability of getting stuck.
‘It’s not easy to pick and hit just the goblins in this melee, but I’m really good at concentration. Anyway, it’s about time to come out…’
And not long after that, there were guys who looked like detached troops rushing towards Yeon-hee. There were only three of them, but they must be the best in the village.
But I was already paying close attention to the presence of those returning to the outskirts. Approaching in a state of stealth, he split the acid between the two and spat it out, then immediately delivered a [Blow] To the back of the head of the remaining one.
– hehehe!!
– Yaaha…!
The two guys covered in acid fluid seemed to be greatly surprised and jumped up and down, not knowing what to do.
Bagak!! Kwajak!!
Those who had their eyes exposed to acid ended their lives vainly without being able to do anything with my club. Of course, there was resistance, but my stats weren’t low enough to withstand such a blinding attack.
His agility increased, his reaction speed increased, his strength and mana increased, and his movements became faster. Soon, the blue magical membrane surrounding my body glowed softly.
– Your level has risen!
‘I should invest in my senses.’
—–
[Skeleton Soldier Ilwol – Lv.10]
Strength: 29 Agility: 36 (+5) Stamina: 32 (+5)
Intelligence: 24 Power: 23 Resistance: 1
Sense: 21 (+5) Restoration: 2
Attributes: Calm down, Protection, Kleptomania, 98 lives, Adsorption
Skills: Bash, Stealth, Dagger Throw, Acid Spray, Beginner Conversion
Equipment: Roughly Hewn Wooden Club
—–
I invested in sensory values that are expected to increase agility, stamina, and range of motion. As expected, 2 was added to the number going up at level 10.
‘Where…How far can you go?’
Stand tall-
When I moved away from Yeonhee, I was able to move about 25m.
‘I can’t move my feet from now on. Alright, I’ve got a rough idea.’
When the senses increased by 1 after being strengthened as a Skeleton Soldier, only the movement range of about 1m was expanded. However, this time, seeing that it increased by nearly 20m, it seemed that the higher the number, the greater the increase in the range of movement.
‘This is enough for now. I don’t know if I have something to do apart from Yeonhee.’
I felt a little liberated from the shackles and my steps became lighter.
“The sun and the moon are nice!”
“Tickktoktaktak!!”
Yeonhee encouraged me even while I was frantically firing my bow, and I checked the battle situation in the village again.
Ahh!
‘It’s going to hurt a bit, but that’s it.’
A swordsman who was finishing off the bound goblins was injured in his thigh by an old ax that the goblins wielded desperately.
Pi-Yung – Fu-Uk!
A man who pushed away the goblins that had been killed by Yeonhee’s arrow, and then took refuge in our direction.
‘It was the man who had a quarrel with a woman named Gyeongjin.’
He soon settled behind me, took a low-grade potion from his inventory, and poured it over his wound.
“Keuuu! It hurts.”
In my opinion, the word goblin-like bastard was more like an insult, but it’s an idiomatic expression, so you shouldn’t tackle it.
“Hey Skeleton Soldier? Please take good care of me. I’ll introduce you to a pretty female skeleton later! Fuhahahahaha!!”
‘Will I say something stupid like that even if I get hit by a blow?’
With that kind of thought in mind, I turned my gaze back to the battlefield.
‘As expected, one wizard is big.’
It is safe to say that half of the battle they were pushing to the point where the word “One-sided” Fit perfectly was the magician’s credit.
What I don’t like is that the wizard who first announced the start of the war is also sitting behind Yeon-hee.
‘He asked me to help with ranged attacks, but he also played the role of a babysitter. I should have paid more for this…’
She looked at Yeon-hee for a while, but she didn’t show any signs of discomfort even though her injured people were coming one by one, and she was concentrating on her work diligently.
I looked ahead again. A showdown between the shield soldier and the goblin, who looked a little tired.
Whoops!
The shield splits the air.
Pureeouk!
The goblin’s club strikes her empty side.
“Ugh-!”
If you get hit in the abdomen like that, you will not be able to breathe for a moment, and your mobility will be greatly reduced. However, all the team members who can help around are in a confrontation with two or three goblins.
In the end, the wizard who was preparing sighed and cast the second spell.
Puetchwi-! Kihik?!
The goblin, who had been bludgeoning the man on one knee, sneezed and began to stumble.
‘Hmm?! Sleeping powder? Is it real?’
A plant the size of a 5-year-old child was growing on the battlefield, but the plant scattered white glittering powder around and soon withered away.
‘He was a talented wizard.’
I don’t remember the exact name of the magic, but it was an effective magic that puts monsters to sleep.
Taking advantage of the goblin’s staggering gap, the man behind me limped and ran and dragged the man who had fallen after being hit by his side.
‘Advertise that this place is full of delicious food, you bastard.’
I didn’t hit a sleeping creature, but I groaned and dragged the injured, drawing all the attention of the goblins. That said, the goblins couldn’t run straight towards us.
There were at least 7 goblins that were directly or indirectly affected by magic, and the power of the goblins that were preemptively attacked had already weakened considerably.
The battle was still overwhelmingly driven by hunters, and the injured hunters around us could be regarded as those with the lowest fighting talent among F-class hunters.
– Kihyaaa!!
Somehow, there was a goblin who ran toward us with a club, avoiding the hunters.
“Aagh! Go Skeleton Soldier! Headbutt!!”
‘Damn, I tried to ram it with my torso, but thanks to you, I couldn’t.’
He sighed inwardly, grabbed the soldier’s shield, and stepped forward.
‘It’s heavy. It’s still a bit difficult to combine swordsmen.’
Kaang!
I swung my club at me at the same speed as he charged, but the goblin’s movement looked like a slug, probably because the agility stat was over 30.
After lightly pulling my body back, I raised my shield at a right angle and hit the guy’s neck.
Kyungeu!