Chapter 123
Chapter 123
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 123
Chapter Title: Guild Quest (2)
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The moment the Iron Golem launched its attack, the melee squad soldiers who had been lying in ambush behind nearby rocks let out a battle cry and charged out.
The melee squad had prepared several small iron pillars in advance, placing them at the golem's leg joints and hammering away at them furiously with blunt weapons like hammers.
Klang! Klang! Klang!
"Argh, fuck! This thing's rock solid!"
"Hey! One's in!"
💥 ROAR! 💥 Pierced leg joint!
"Uwaaaah, run!"
"You fucking idiot! We haven't gotten the order yet!"
"Ji-hye, the soldiers' training looks pretty solid."
"Hoo... Sorry. I should've cracked down harder on discipline."
The fleeing soldier was grabbed by an orc waiting near the rocky area.
"Melee squad, fall back and regroup immediately! Keep the aggro while retreating—mind your distances! Ranged squad, fire your casted spells in 10 seconds!"
Im Ji-hye's commands continued without pause.
"Eh, it's decent enough to watch."
Splitting into roles like melee, ranged, healers, and so on was praiseworthy. Even in the real world, large raid parties formed similarly when hunting named or boss monsters.
However, real dungeons were usually enclosed structures or one-way corridors, making those tactics effective. Classifying by roles in a completely open field like this wasn't the best choice.
If a monster got close to the healers or ranged attacks came in, you could lose key forces in an instant.
But for a world outside the Tower with no 'abilities' or 'monsters,' this level of tactics was more than sufficient for a first try.
"At this rate, when the hell are they gonna take it down? I could end it with one shot. Want me to help?"
"Leave 'em be. It's all experience for them."
Fodder had their own way of fighting. Challenging an angel quest at the guild level was something ordinary summoners couldn't even dream of.
No one knew how the Tower was structured, but gaining more experience than others on the relatively safe 1st floor before heading up held tremendous value.
'Just giving them this chance is a huge boon... but they wouldn't get it.'
No time to make them realize it. They didn't have the talent for it anyway. And I wasn't some overflowing genius who could teach others.
'The soldiers are averaging around level 17, so roughly 51 stats total.'
Assuming they dumped everything into one stat, they'd surpass D-rank hunters easily and could scrape by against C-rank with luck.
'Overall stats aren't bad, but the way they handle their strength is pathetic.'
Through the spirit's vision Im Ji-hye lent him, watching the soldiers felt like seeing game characters on a monitor—stiff, rigid movements when using skills.
'In reality, three C-rank hunters clear a C-rank dungeon, but these 59 idiots are struggling against one golem.'
Truly hopeless.
It was the limit of ordinary humans suddenly granted great power. They didn't even grasp the basic principles of using it efficiently.
'Well, I'm not much different.'
I could beat the weak no problem. Peers were a struggle, and anyone stronger was impossible.
Like facing that knight from the Forgotten Altar without Warp— no chance.
But nothing to be done.
Talentless as I was, I couldn't figure it out alone; I needed help. My only formal education was freshman year, first semester at Namtian University Hunter Department.
'Sigh... Any fateful encounters out there?'
Ideally, a pretty, demure female master over some sweaty, grubby guy. Pay with dick service, maybe.
Reality was harsh—even finding any master, pretty swordswoman or not, was like winning the lottery.
⚙ QUEST COMPLETE! ⚙ Experience will be distributed evenly to soldier ranks based on contribution: 10,000~100,000 EXP! Level Up! messages popped up over most of the soldiers' heads.
"We did it! We actually did it!"
"Woooo! Long live Sex Empire Guild!!"
"Oppa, how was my command?"
Im Ji-hye looked at me expectantly.
Saying something nice was easy. But settling here would waste her spirit summoner talents.
"It was okay."
"Really? I thought I put in a solid effort... Guess if it doesn't meet your standards, nothing to be done."
Im Ji-hye pouted.
Self-deprecation wasn't great either, so I added,
"The command was fine. The soldiers are the problem."
Golems often resisted or were immune to physical attacks. With even one mage of Im Ji-hye's firepower during the opening salvo, the quest would've ended fast.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Im Ji-hye sighed in relief.
"Don't try to do it all alone."
"Ah! You're right! I was too narrow-minded...! You need a crisis scarier than death itself to motivate them naturally...!"
"?"
"Just hit me! Ask Orc Kralta to run joint training! Strength: arm-wrestling with orcs. Agility: male summoners only—tag with horny female orcs; get caught and get fucked! Intelligence: solve arithmetic quizzes mid-training. Luck: six glasses, five poisoned! Good luck ups it, and with healers, no death risk...!"
She rattled off stuff that'd horrify Kralta without batting an eye.
"Shouldn't we stop her?"
Han Yu-ra whispered, eyeing the rampaging Im Ji-hye.
"Let her go. She's fired up for once; she'll handle it."
The day Im Ji-hye's plan became reality, many male soldiers traded stats for their virginity.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ With the guild system providing a solid foundation, things went so smoothly I could trust Im Ji-hye and extend the time compression.
For reference, her diabolical plan yielded stellar results: most summoners gained 1-3 points in strength, agility, intelligence, and luck.
Luck training especially shone—six cheap orange powder juices shaken with poison; when six guys drank simultaneously, at least one got +1 luck minimum. Amazing efficiency.
"What were my parents' names?"
"No way! I can't remember my girlfriend! Kieeeek! Ah... Right, I never had one."
"My identity wasn't a combat helicopter?!?!"
Minor poison side effects, but whatever.
"Heh heh, yesterday I did three of 'em! The orcs looked at me jealous-like!"
"...They say the runner envies the flyer, the flyer envies the enjoyer. Fine, you're the king."
Some soldiers got weird tastes from female orcs, but we tolerated it. Female orcs looked nearly identical to males visually, just 1.5x bigger.
Meanwhile, Special Grade Slave Piss Pants was the only male soldier to keep his virginity. Rumor was he escaped five horny female orcs bare-handed, boosting agility and luck simultaneously...
Special grades were special, indeed.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "O-cum♥ Cumming buckets♥"
On the 25th day of time compression, balls-deep in a favorite female soldier in the barracks.
Knock knock knock.
A knock at the door. "Come in," and in walked not Im Ji-hye or Han Yu-ra, but Piss Pants.
"...Gah! Joo-hyuk-nim! Sorry! I'll leave right now!"
"Forget it. What's up?"
Piss Pants kept his head bowed to the floor, avoiding the naked female soldier, and spoke.
"A patrolling soldier caught a middle-aged man and woman stealing hardtack from the food warehouse."
"Oh? And?"
"We've restrained them, but no set punishment level for theft, so I came to ask. Vice Guild Master is in ritual purification for a mid-grade spirit contract, so I had no choice but to bother Guild Master."
'Wondered why Ji-hye stopped nagging for nighttime sex. Up to some cute shit on her own.'
She hadn't forgotten my old words.
"Good. Lead me to the criminals."
"Yes, sir!"
Smack!
"Hng...!"
I left the squirming female soldier ass-spanked on the bed, dressed properly, and headed to the criminals myself.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ In the village square, the middle-aged man and woman knelt surrounded by soldiers.
"We offer points every day! Stealing a few hardtacks—ain't that too much? You know who I am out there?"
The middle-aged man bellowed. The woman beside him nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Right! Who do you think we are, treating us like this? Release us now!"