A Level 50 Advantage and a Fiend's Scythe
The Fafnir party hunted the Living Armors without a hitch.
Their levels were high enough that the experience was generous.
Of course, one person did most of the work.
"Truly extraordinary."
"Some kind of sacred power..."
Drexler and Veron stared at Lihana with eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
While her personality was a bit much, her skill level was so astonishing it was almost scary.
If it was just about specs, it was unbelievable.
The instinct to land skills precisely on the Living Armors' weaknesses and legs.
The ability to keep moving without pause and evade the approaching Living Armors.
"Thanks to her, we're holding our own against elite Living Armors that are nearly fifty levels above us."
Thanks to Lihana's abilities, the party hunted smoothly.
By quickly clearing high-level monsters, experience accumulated at an incredible rate.
Even without the discoverer buff, they rose four levels in just three days.
This fact was even more surprising.
*Is it really that our entire party is hunting at a speed similar to Fafnir-nim alone?*
Fafnir had deliberately set out to hunt, and the results were terrifying.
No flashy skills, but he made the perfect choice with every single movement and cut down the Living Armors one by one.
Of course, it wasn't easy even for him to do all of that alone.
But Fafnir had other companions besides his party members.
No, they were almost like subordinates.
*Clink, clink!*
Elite skeleton soldiers blocked the Living Armors trying to flank them.
At the same time, Penelope and Bell held the rear, blocking enemy reinforcements and forming a pincer formation.
Fafnir never missed the opening created by that.
**⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙**
**Experience Acquired!**
**Level Up!**
**Cursed Iron Fragment (Magic) 1 acquired!**
It was like a ghost sweeping through monsters while starving for items and experience.
Even so, whenever the party looked like they were being pushed back, he always sent Penelope to help.
"A future priest of Ruan."
"Uh... no Maul is here? Do you really think I'll be happy to hear such praise from an NPC like you?"
"Then it's settled. More are coming. From above."
"Haa... you didn't really think I wouldn't know, did you?"
During the hunt, the main communication with Lihana was handled by Fafnir and Penelope.
Penelope didn't really care about barbed words to begin with.
Fafnir wanted to build a relationship with someone who would go far in the future anyway.
"Let's keep going. We're still near the entrance."
They moved deeper in, and a crowd of monster skeleton soldiers appeared.
"Cuckoo! Humans who want to die!"
"Our skeletons are different from the human soldiers we met earlier!"
They were far stronger than the Living Armors—monster skeleton soldiers!
Wrapped in mana barrier armor, they resisted even holy attacks and were formidable foes.
They blocked the narrow passage, and their bizarre appearance filled people with fear.
"This is..."
"Holy power won't work well here either."
"Should we retreat for now?"
Among the party members hesitating.
Fafnir, watching the monster skeletons, drew his Blood Blade.
*Skill settings are complete.*
Fafnir summoned skeleton knights and mounted his skeleton horse.
"Hyah!"
He charged straight in.
The moment the skeleton soldiers raised their spears, Fafnir's eyes gleamed.
*Weak points are empty, as I thought.*
The skeleton soldiers were monsters in life, so their bone structures differed from humans.
Compared to their upper bodies packed with overwhelming muscle and bones, the weight shifted to their lower bodies, particularly the ankles and shins—those were their only real weakness.
Especially now, their supporting muscles and skin had rotted away long ago.
"Kiki!"
"Croaaar... cough!"
The skeleton soldiers charging Fafnir staggered and fell.
From the ground, elite skeleton soldiers reached up to grab them or trip their legs with swords.
"Hyah!"
The skeleton soldiers were scattered and toppled.
Fafnir's skeleton horse trampled them as they fell.
"Kyaak!"
"Cough!"
The skeleton soldiers couldn't resist at all and were crushed.
Above them, elite skeleton soldiers wielding Pandemonium Nepenthe stalks swarmed.
**⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙**
**Experience Acquired!**
**Experience Acquired!**
When Fafnir returned proudly, Hilde's eyes sparkled.
"Huh, what did you do? That was really cool just now!"
Veron and Drexler felt the same.
"What on earth were those guys..."
"It wasn't just equipment, right..."
The three of them glowed with light.
Fafnir didn't hesitate to share the weakness.
"Their legs are the weakness. If they sweep them with downward attack skills, they'll fall, and we can finish them off while they can't get up."
Experience was shared anyway.
It was better to hunt together and gain more experience than to hide a strategy.
"Haa? You really didn't think I wouldn't know that?"
Lihana answered gruffly, but the corners of her mouth and her expression clearly showed her gratitude.
Next came Drexler and Veron.
Focusing on the legs as Fafnir said, the movement of the monster skeleton soldiers was nearly paralyzed.
"With your advice, it's working really well."
"Indeed."
The two people exchanging words.
Fafnir didn't stop there.
During rest time.
While the others rested, Fafnir headed somewhere alone.
"I need to supplement the skeleton soldiers' bones, so I'll handle night watches or nearby monster hunts myself."
Around the Tomb of the Nameless Swords.
He voluntarily walked alone through several sub-dungeons and fields, blocking intruders and monsters.
"I'll come with you."
"No. Hilde-nim is a monk, so it's better for you to block the Living Armors here."
"But you're doing it all alone..."
"You came here from far south because of me, so this is something I should do. If it's really bothering you, just ask for dungeon boundary patrols."
Watching Fafnir take on hard work alone, the others wore expressions of deep emotion.
With their gazes upon him, Fafnir set out and toured the other dungeons around.
*Since they're already open, I just have to clear them.*
It was impossible for him to hunt the Tomb's Living Armors alone anyway.
It was better to spend this time while the party members recovered their energy.
"You are a priest of Hades. Then, will you not grant my final request?"
While Fafnir was busy circling the dungeons.
The ghost knight Manson, watching him, spoke up.
"These soldiers here died hundreds of years ago, yet they still haven't been given a funeral. If it doesn't bother you, please send them to the underworld."
A funeral request to send soldiers to rest!
"There is no reward worth mentioning... but would this do?"
After speaking, the ghost Manson offered a sword and a female statue.
"My ancestral sword and the goddess statue and voodoo doll I obtained in my youth. They are from the northern and southern barbarian hunts... I don't know the origin, but I'm using them as lucky charms."
"..."
If it was only about reward or profit, it would be natural to pass by.
But something felt off.
*Even in-game setting, it's sad that they can't even be given a proper funeral and are buried without it.*
Beyond gains and losses, Fafnir wanted to finish what he started.
"There isn't much time... but I understand. I'll try."
"Thank you!"
From then on, Fafnir's schedule was divided into three parts.
When the party hunted, it was main dungeon hunting.
During rest times or when someone was missing from the schedule, he hunted nearby dungeons and performed funerals for the soldiers.
*Like my pro-gamer days.*
Even with three bodies, it was hard work.
Fafnir meticulously divided his time and performed the party hunting without a single mistake.
Days passed, and results appeared.
**⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙**
**Experience Acquired!**
**Level Up!**
Fafnir's level jumped by 11, reaching 167.
Compared to the others' 6 to 7 levels, it was double the amount.
It was only natural.
He had hunted by circling almost every nearby dungeon alone.
Item acquisition was the same.
Gold accumulated from party hunting alone: 130 gold.
Cursed Iron Fragments (Normal) and Armor Skeleton bones (Normal) from Living Armors and Armored Skeletons neared 1,000.
Normal and Magic equipment: 20 pieces.
Rare knight equipment: three acquired!
"By the way, Fafnir-nim gets 10% more."
Hilde, distributing loot, spoke.
"Is this okay?"
"You discovered this place, and the work here is at least three times what the three of us did combined."
The others nodded.
"With the monster skeletons, it's easy to catch them too."
"Compared to that, we're actually underpaying."
"..."
Fafnir glanced at Lihana.
Surprisingly, this time Lihana said nothing.
"..."
She only nodded.
*Why is she like this?*
If it was just following game settings, it would be laughable to demand she not laugh.
*She has no particular thoughts about this hunt. Or maybe she received something special from Hilde-nim.*
Fafnir could understand his own settings, but for the others, it could feel like they were being shortchanged.
*I should give them more tips later to Hilde-nim and the others.*
A little extra tip wasn't too much.
After all, Fafnir had already collected hundreds of items like herbs and snake skin while circling nearby dungeons.
*When combined, that's over five rare items, and more than forty normal equipment pieces.*
Rare knight longswords from Baron Valen or skill books gathered by grave robbers.
And that wasn't all.
**⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙**
**The Demon King Hades is pleased with your actions.**
**Intelligence Stat +1**
By performing funerals and occasionally receiving the Demon King Hades's blessing, stats and dark attribute resistance rose.
Thanks to the hard work, the reward was definitely received.
"Then I have no choice. Thank you."
"Keep it up. We'll do our best too."
In a five-person party, 10% was no small amount.
*At this rate, it's almost like 500,000 won.*
He felt he had received the wages for six hours of labor for free!
He hadn't shown it outwardly, but he knew that even the slight upturn of his mouth when alone was enough to feel good.
***
Lee Sungbok, a sales agent at Daesan Mulsan.
In reality, in his mid-twenties, he was a plain employee at Daesan Mulsan.
But in the game, it was different.
Chilheok Jinwon.
A warrior character at level 208, he was one of the top 200 ranked players on the Korean server.
His main playstyle was bold and simple brute-force melee combat.
With his overwhelming specs and innate power, his strength was even more terrifying than expected.
It proved in the Orc War and battles against other guilds.
Other guild players nicknamed him "Human Tank."
When the subordinate reported, Chilheok Jinwon flinched.
"Eh! So there are other users here too?"
"Yes."
The subordinate bowed.
"We gathered a lot of monster skeletons for two days, but a while ago they all disappeared."
"Did they go somewhere else?"
"Then they should have respawned."
"...Ugh... this is such good hunting ground."
Currently, not only the Chilheok Guild but also elites from various subordinate guilds were booming here.
They were all customers who listened to the president or chairman in reality.
If intruders stole the hunting grounds, they would never get good reports from those people.
"This rumor spreading would be annoying... what to do?"
"Should I pull out a few guild members and kill them?"
Scratching his head, the subordinate proposed to Chilheok Jinwon.
"It won't take long. Our specs are specs."
"..."
"Anyway, they don't have respawn points near here, so they'll have to walk a long way."
If only the Chilheok Guild members were here, he would have investigated more.
But the problem was the subordinate guild members receiving "buses" here.
Chilheok Jinwon, firm in his resolve, stood up.
"Alright, let's look at their faces."
If they were Five Star, Arc, or named members of a guild union, he would back down.
Otherwise, he would just clear them out.
"Everyone, change your settings."
Chilheok Jinwon, brushing off the dust from his rear, said.
"Time for some PVP?"
**# I Became a Necromancer Villain in a Game Novel**