Chapter 9
CHAPTER_TITLE: Green Tower (2)
Shit!
Whoosh!
The sword slicing through the empty air.
The Hero dodged every strike coming at him by just half a step, then half again.
Too boring.
Next, the street thug kicked off the ground and lunged in, swinging his club.
The Hero planted his fist right in the thug’s gut.
Wham!
The flying blonde thug rolled across the ground and immediately passed out.
Wow, one-shot kill.
Who the hell is that?
Not just some little punk, right?
No, not a little punk.
That’s our main combat unit.
The street thug finally realized what was happening, grabbed his short sword, and activated his skill.
Before his whole body could turn invisible, the Hero’s fist blasted him away.
Who the fuck talks during stealth? Idiot?
After wiping his hands a few times, the Hero looked at the last remaining thug clutching the staff and said coldly.
Next.
You fucking bastard!
I was the one who kicked your phone!
Ah… so that was the last one left.
The thug started chanting magic in a panic.
Oh great.
Who the fuck is chanting a spell right in front of their enemy?
Yeah, right.
The Hero kicked off the ground and charged.
He grabbed the thug’s hand holding the staff and kicked it away.
Crack!
So this is eye for an eye.
My hand—!!!
The staff shattered instantly.
No, it wasn’t just the staff, was it?
Ugh… aaah my hand!
Why did you break my phone?
It wasn’t my phone, it was yours…
Crack.
While clutching the kicked hand, the Hero stomped on the other thug rolling across the floor.
Ar… ar…?
This isn’t a bit much, is it?
Ugh! You arrogant bastards won’t get away with this!
Crack, crack.
Aaaaah!
That line from a villain?
Crack crack crack.
The Hero was stomping the unconscious thug’s hands over and over with an expressionless face.
How pissed off is he right now?
Should I drop the buff right now?
But if I drop the buff, I won’t climb the tower today…
Even if I drop it mid-buff, the cooldown is exactly one day, no exceptions.
Haa… shit.
I can’t do that.
If I don’t clear the tower today, I won’t even be able to eat dinner.
For growth, I can’t give up.
Ugh, what now…
Insane… he’s going to break his hand like this?
Yeah, these little punks are ruthless.
The other hunters watching all swallowed hard and backed away from the Hero’s overwhelming aura.
Eh, whatever.
Memories of the Throne Room flashed through my mind.
If those two little punks had stopped even for a second while they were going crazy and beating each other up!
Deep breath.
Then I clenched my stomach hard.
Let’s do this!
I shouted with all the strength in my lungs.
‘Snap out of it, you idiot!’
The sudden roar echoed louder than expected.
The Hero, and everyone nearby, all froze and turned to look at me.
Um, that hit hard.
Then I ran up behind the stopped Hero and calmed him down.
Hey… calm down, calm down.
I’ll buy you a new phone.
A brand-new one, dedicated just for you.
…Ah.
The Hero’s face finally relaxed a bit as he scratched his head awkwardly.
He seems to have come back to his senses.
Feeling better now?
I’m… sorry.
Oh, he’s actually apologizing this time.
Those guys broke my phone, so I was pretty mad.
It’s fine.
They broke their own hands.
That’s called reaping what you sow.
The Hero is still such a crazy bastard.
The Demon King was chewing on the last piece of fried fish and muttered.
In Estera, demons would just react that way.
Here, when they see villains, they react like this?
The equipment of the fallen thug was rolling around on the floor, but…
This is outside the tower.
Pick it up and it’s instant theft, straight to jail.
Damn, if there were no people around I could grab a few things…
Wait, no time for that now.
The buff time is ticking.
The remaining buff time is about forty-five minutes… let’s hurry!
Eh? This time we’re not picking up the equipment rolling around there?
Not looting like last time?
Once again, all the hunters’ gazes turned toward us.
Oh shit.
What the hell…? L-let’s hurry and get inside the tower!
Run! Run!
I grabbed the arms of both the Hero and the Demon King and sprinted toward the entrance of the Green Tower.
Kikik, look at their pitiful state after falling.
How embarrassing. Getting robbed by little punks.
That’s why if it were me I’d quit being a hunter for real.
After the Tamer party entered the tower,
They passed by the unconscious thug party in the square in front of the entrance, each one laughing.
Cr… cr… that little punk that fucking bastard…
Hyung, the Chunshik guy is completely out cold, right?
Weapons broken, arms too…
Shit!
Crack.
He slammed his fist into the stone floor and ground his teeth.
Cr… I’ll kill you for this!
Probably some Tamer’s hired party or something.
His skill level is so low he can’t even be called a skill, one-punch kill with bare fists.
At least he must be C-rank.
Yeah, if he had that level of skill he couldn’t be one of the Tamer’s kin.
Then why say that?
Probably just hired mercenaries for guarding the mana crystals or something.
Contact the guild master.
Yes!
Even if you’re C-rank, you touched the wrong person.
I’ll make you regret messing with the Green Gang at the Green Tower.
The blonde thug stared at the entrance of the Green Tower and grumbled.
These bastards! They’re running away again?!
As soon as I entered the tower, the goblin group I ran into immediately turned and fled the moment they saw us.
Sigh, of course.
Even in the Beginner’s Tower they do this, so same here.
We knew this would happen, so I prepared everything.
Then, Formation A.
Walk!
The one thing I learned while circling the Beginner’s Tower for money is that these monsters probably flee from us, not Nabi.
…I don’t know why they run from wolves, though.
That means if there’s no Nabi, the monsters won’t run, right?
Go! Nabi, go get expensive-looking gear?
Walk! Walk!
They’re not listening.
I let out a bitter smile and stepped aside so Nabi could dash out.
Go! Nabi! You’ve been chosen!
Great! Walk!
The moment they were released, Nabi chased after the fleeing goblins.
Don’t go too far?
Yeah!
At the same time as the answer, he vanished so far I couldn’t see his back, but
Well, it’s fine.
Since agility was buffed, he should be able to run well if needed.
The moment Nabi disappeared, rustling sounds came from beside me.
Here he comes! I have to protect him, got it?
Kieeeeeeeek!
The goblins who had been hidden in the bushes burst out holding old swords.
Shut up already.
Yeah, right.
One punch from the Hero and the goblins exploded like popped balloons.
Damn bastards.
Still, I feel relieved.
That’s just the composure of a dominant strong person.
Eh?
But.
Following the goblins that came out first,
Kiruruk?
Kieeeek?
Kirk! Kirk!
An countless number of goblins poured out.
Ah, everywhere is green.
Oh well, it is the Green Tower after all.
Surprisingly, not even a single mana crystal?
How many goblins did we catch and not even a single mana crystal dropped?
No matter how I searched the corpses of the burned goblins,
Not even drop items, not a single mana crystal.
Today’s my unlucky day.
Well, there are days like this.
But where did these little punks go?
I wandered around looking for drop items and suddenly the little punks who had been swinging fists and magic disappeared.
Wham!
Patzutzuch!
Sound of battle coming from here?
The buff time for Kin Reinforcement is almost up.
It’s a shame, but it’s time to head back.
It’s too bad we couldn’t even catch the tower boss.
I wondered if the tower boss was hiding among the goblins, but
Since no system notification appeared, it wasn’t that.
Ah damn, those bastards earlier cost us fifteen minutes of buff time.
One hour and fifteen minutes used up.
Sigh. The buff effect is good, but the duration feels a bit short.
‘If I raise the skill level, the duration will increase too?’
Well, I’ll find out when I level it up.
Anyway.
Where the hell did these guys go? Tsk, annoying.
The buff effect will wear off soon, so I’m worried.
Should I go look for them?
Wham!
Patzutzuch!
As I pushed through the bushes toward the direction of the sounds,
Here it is?
I saw the little punks fighting a group of goblins that looked like hundreds.
Hey, you guys, your buff time is almost up…
Eh? What’s that?
Kiya yaaaak, help meee!
Help! Help! Overwhelming help!
Holy Jesus Christ!
Behind the Hero and the Demon King,
Frightened women were trembling.
What the hell is this?