chapter 4
4 – Stealing
Goblins, Orcs, Ogres. The monsters, called the three humanoid commanders, have a very warlike tendency that does not avoid battle.
I felt the air tighten quite a bit when I saw them glistening with red-eyed eyes looking for an archer they didn’t know where they came from.
I cautiously approached the one closest to me and activated an attack skill for the first time in my life.
[Strike Lv.1]
– Hit hard with 250% of attack power.
mana: 3/6(-1)
When he blows the stick, which is said to be the least useful among the normal skills, the surface is subtly covered with blue magic. And straight away, he struck the goblin’s exposed back with all his might.
Pooh-!
“Khehehe-!”
I hit him with poor stats, low-grade weapons, and the lowest-grade attack skills. Even so, it seemed that there was no problem in defeating at least one goblin.
Could it be a fatal blow because it suddenly came from behind?
I hit the guy who had fallen on the floor like a kite with a string off, and hit him with a club. The message to kill came to mind.
But he shook his head and blew away the letters, blocking the escape route of the remaining one.
The guy who was flustered and flustered when the two comrades who came with him were attacked in an instant, bent over and turned around to escape, but I blocked his way and blew the opportunity.
Fussiung!
Puff-!
“Kyaaah!”
This time the arrow pierced the guy’s kneecap, and the tip of the point that pierced through was lodged deep enough to be seen. It is also a skill with penetration correction.
While he struggled, he swung his club at me, showing his filthy teeth after I was released from hiding.
However, contrary to my thoughts, my body did not follow my heart at all.
Digging-!
‘Such a bat…!’
I hurriedly defended myself with my club against the swiftly pushing attack, but it seemed that the durability of the club had already run out.
‘To the point where you can’t even avoid a goblin’s stick wielding it while sitting down, my God…’
This was a fresh shock.
A goblin raising one corner of his mouth while watching my bewildered appearance.
‘Wouldn’t that be a laughing matter? After all, the level of intelligence is true…’
Fu-wook!
“Keuk…!”
Focusing on me, the goblin, not paying attention to the arrows flying from the line of fire, screamed in agony.
Was my presence enough to make the archer forget? It won’t be. Could it be that this was his first battle?
Rustling-
Yeon-hee moves to the flatland, wary of the sandbar with her bow tied in the bushes, despite having finished the battle that was not very difficult.
‘From this point on, the basics are strictly adhered to…’
When I saw the side of her who wore modifiers such as a walking manual, a young old man, and zero flexibility, I felt rather welcome. And she also had questions.
‘Isn’t it this dungeon that hurt you? He doesn’t seem to be very careless.’
Anyway, I wasn’t worried because I was wary of my surroundings by developing my sensory levels as much as possible, but I decided to keep an eye on it.
“Just…”
Then, with a trembling heart, I checked the pushed message.
‘What makes you nervous…’
I was really looking forward to what he would have stolen with his talent [Kleptomaniac]. Could it be that you don’t have any skills?
– You killed the goblin!
– Acquired a small amount of EXP.
– You have obtained the lowest grade magic stone. Manastones are moved to the summoner’s inventory.
‘Hmm, the magic stones you get go to Yeonhee. This must be natural.’
– Attribute [Kleptomaniac] Is activated.
– Randomly steals a goblin’s skill.
– Acquired the skill [Dagger Throw]!
‘… Hmm? Throwing daggers? Goblins use daggers?’
Going back to the Hobgoblins and Goblin Champions, who are the higher ranks of the Goblins, I couldn’t see them using daggers even when I tried to retrace my memory…
– Helped to kill goblins.
– Acquire a small amount of experience.
The last guy I killed seemed to have been credited with blocking the road even though I didn’t hit him directly.
“It’s so relaxing! hehehe.”
Yeon-hee threw and received three magic stones with her tiny hands and skillfully robbed the goblins’ pockets.
“Sunwol-ah, take your weapon too. It’s broken.”
I nodded and put the three bats they were using into my inventory.
—–
Roughly trimmed wooden club
– Attack Power +2
– Durability 15/20
—–
‘Oh! Still, it was better than decrepit!’
It felt like the tension went up a little after I got the equipment with twice (?) Higher attack power than the existing equipment.
Jjallang-
“It’s only 2 silver… Disappointing goblin friends.”
‘Where did you learn the manly comments…’
As I stood next to Yeonhee who frowned and tutted away, she reached out her hand towards me.
“Let’s see what skills Ilwol got? Now-“
She nodded as she held my hand bone, then tilted her head and said,
“Throwing daggers? Did they even have that skill? But why aren’t they using it?”
Probably 100 out of 100 hunters would react like this.
“Well, they may not be aware of what they have because their intelligence is low. By the way, you are stealing real skills! Awesome!”
After a long fuss, she began cutting off her goblin ears with her sword.
“Now, Ilwol, look closely. If you cut off the tips of the goblin ears and take them out like this, they will give you money as a subjugation reward?”
She was accustomed to cutting off the goblins’ ears, putting them in brown leather pouches, tying them with string, and putting them in her inventory.
“Can you do it?”
“Tick-click-!”
What did I do the most as a guide in my previous life? It was to collect these tokens of subjugation and dismantle the by-products.
This is a system to motivate hunters to subdue monsters, because if monsters accumulate in a dungeon beyond a certain level, the gate explodes and the monsters run out.
If you carry a token like this, you will receive a confirmation at the office at the entrance of the dungeon, and you will receive a settlement a few days later.
‘Maybe it was 3,000 won per goblin…’
It’s not much money, but it’s a great mountain by collecting dust.
“Let’s go, Sun and Moon.”
We moved from place to place again and searched for the lake. Because there are many monsters near the lake. She was more restrained in her words than when she was in her room.
Some people are wary of monsters hearing the noise and swarming around, but the scariest thing in a dungeon is, of course, people.
Goblin dungeon is the lowest level dungeon, so hunters who enter it do not see much, but even more incomprehensible accidents happen.
Just like those six men fighting right in front of us.
While on the move, I heard a wild argument that shouldn’t be heard in a dungeon. When I came, six men were fighting each other.
One of the biggest reasons to fight in dungeons is because of the [Rune] That drops with a very small probability.
All of them are so talented that they are bleeding all over with cuts, but no one has been fatally injured.
A leather bag between the men, and a stone the size of a baby’s fist in a dark red color that fell beside it.
‘Rune of vitality…’
A familiar intaglio with three overlapping circles. It is a rune that increases your HP by a certain amount just by putting it in your inventory.
The gazes of the six people were constantly glancing at the stone, wary of the other side.
‘Did something go wrong trying to kill the person who ate the rune to drop it?’
The loot given in the dungeon is unconditionally determined by the owner based on the battle contribution, so it cannot be taken until it belongs to the person in question.
However, if you kill it after it is bound to someone, it will drop equipment or runes with a chance.
Unlike equipment, which has a high probability of evaporating when the holder dies, runes have a high probability of dropping, so that kind of thing often happens.
The reason why it fell on the ground was probably because it was attacked and dropped while looking at the runes.
‘Still, risking one’s life for a low-level rune from a goblin dungeon… They must be quite brainy.’
But like those broken heads, I was also greedy. I already have incontinence in my skull, so wouldn’t this be fine?
I naturally met eyes with Yeonhee.
(Sunwolah… Can you do it?)
I knew right away what she meant by her whispering, many omitted words.
Nod-
mana: 1/6 (-2)
After consuming 2 mana to activate stealth, I ran forward without hesitation.
Stealth consumes an additional 1 mana every 30 seconds, so speed is the key.
Yeonhee had already secured an escape route and was slowly moving backwards.
– Do these f*cking bastards have to go through this sh*t with only one normal rune?
– hehehehe, wouldn’t this happen if I just put it out? You’d better put it out before you really buy it properly.
– Damn you!! You have to die to drop the runes, but quite nicely they will let us go! Who do you know as an asshole?
Phuong-!
– Kehehehe-
– Cool Cool – Damn!
One of the team members, who seemed to be the owner of the rune, threw a small bottle at the enemies, and light green smoke billowed from the bottle that fell to the floor.
‘Independent? The timing is awesome.’
Having already reached the corner of my bag, I grabbed the rune that had fallen on the floor and immediately sprinted towards Yeonhee.
– Huh? Where did you go my runes?!