02 Is This Job Name for Real?
02 Is This Job Name for Real?
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In that sense, I ended up picking up a sword.
The bow was quite fun, though.
"Hmm."
The sword I'm holding is really just a basic supply item. By name, a Beginner's Sword...
Naturally, its attack power is only 1~2. It feels like it's barely there; wouldn't it be better to just fight with my bare fists?
"If you're planning on getting covered in monster blood, that would be fine too."
"Ugh...."
Yuna-ssi snaps back, as if she saw right through my thoughts.
"Anyway, a job change... that's so out of the blue...."
Hana-ssi approaches stealthily.
It feels like this is the first time she's spoken to me.
"I barely managed to change jobs at level 10...."
Uh-oh... you're not about to cry, are you?
"That Hannam is just an anomaly. Usually, people change jobs around level 10, so don't worry about it. Besides, Hana-ssi, you have a Hidden Class too."
"Th-that may be true, but...."
"There's no end to comparing yourself to others. If you do well, that's all that matters. Including Hana-ssi, our team members are all people with potential. I guarantee it."
"Yu, Yuna-ssi..."
She tears up, moved.
She's incredibly cute...
By the way, Yuna-ssi is a misandrist, but she seems a bit different. She's competent, and maybe her calling me 'Hannam' is just talk she doesn't mean? Maybe she actually respects me as a team member? Maybe she even likes me...!
[[Lee Yuna]]
Affection: 11
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Yeah. Nope~
Anything below 10 is hostility, but my affection is 11? Haha.
"Heh... So, Sora-nuna will be fine, right?"
"Hm? Me, what?"
[[Yu Sora]]
Affection: 35
Oh, oh. That's pretty high!
This counts as affection! Of course, it's probably not sexual attraction, but hey, I'll take it.
"Why?"
"Ah... it's nothing."
"What is it. How boring."
I heal the heart wounded by Yuna-ssi by looking at Nuna. Nice.
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Hmm....
Everyone stared at me, frozen.
Even the monster tigers....
"...Hey... isn't this too broken?"
When Sora-nuna finally managed to open her mouth, everyone nodded.
"Tsk...."
As expected... I've become too strong.
We came straight down to the 5th floor today. They said they used to hunt here before I joined, but since I changed into a Hidden Class, we came back down.
The monsters on the 5th floor are tigers. Naturally, they aren't just regular tigers; they are monster-fied, bigger and stronger. Plus, they travel in packs.
Their attack and defense are quite high, making them a real pain for novice adventurers, and they say even Hana-ssi, our team's main dealer, has to slash them a few times to barely kill them.
And yetㅡ.
"For a mere level 5 to one-shot them, that's just too much."
I had killed it with a single punch. And I didn't even put my heart into the swing. It just lunged from the side, and I was startled, so I hit it reflexively.
-Keureung....
Hmm.. the tigers are slowly backing away.
Can't have that.
"Let's just kill them all."
At my words, the Nunas nodded and attacked the tigers with their respective weapons, quickly killing them while the tigers were in confusion.
Just like that, in less than a minute, we hunted 6 tigers. Amazing.
"Whew...."
Yuna-ssi sighs deeply.
"Can you see me for a moment?"
As the Nunas started skinning the tiger hides and pulling teeth, she approached me.
It wasn't like she was dragging me off to some shady place; she just stepped slightly away from the group.
"You are too strong."
"Eh...."
"If we were an official team and going to keep working together in the future, that would be a good thing, but as I said before, this is a tutorial team. Power that is too great is actually not helpful."
"Th...that's right, isn't it?"
"But you are also still in the tutorial, and it hasn't even been a week. If a guardian deems that no more training is needed, it could be terminated, but in my view, you just have high stats; you're still a greenhorn. We can't end it here."
So that's the dilemma.
She has an incredibly troubled expression.
The best method would be to lower my attack power a bit and experience various strategies and situations, literally going through the 'tutorial'... but how could that work? When they explode and die even if I swing casually....
"Excuse me, but what is your attack power right now?"
"Uh... it's 422 at level 5."
"Tsk...."
Yuna-ssi clicks her tongue as if she doesn't like it.
She thought about it deeply, then let out a deep sigh.
"Whew... I have no choice. We'll have to move to the next dungeon."
"Ah, really?"
"Yes. To be honest... Yu-eun-ssi, you could be active in an E-Rank Dungeon right now. If your attack power is that high, your defense is probably similar. Plus, you're only level 5...."
Oh, oh. Next dungeon!
Not even a week since becoming an adventurer, and already a breakthrough!
I walked back to where the group was. They must have finished looting already, as hides and teeth were piled up on one side.
"No items dropped."
"Yeah. Unfortunately. Anyway... what are you going to do?"
Sora-nuna asks casually.
"We have no choice. Let's hunt moderately today, and tomorrow we'll pack up and move to the next dungeon."
"Oh, oh!"
"Wow...."
Everyone seems happy.
"Alright, then let's move...... what are you doing?"
"Yes?"
Yuna-ssi suddenly makes a menacing expression.
"Come out."
"Hehehe... fck, they're so fcking pretty. Wow... so this is why everyone tries to f*ck adventurers."
A voice soaked in lust, and giggling sounds from all around.
As they said that, they started to reveal themselves one by one.
"Hey, I'm taking that b*tch first."
"What are you saying, you idiot. Obviously, I'm first."
"Bullsh*t."
"Oh? I'm going to take that big-breasted b*tch over there."
"We're going to eat them all anyway, what does the order matter."
No matter how I look at it, they don't seem to have good intentions. Their expressions are filled with nothing but lust and murderous intent.
Is this that... 'mugging' I've only heard about?
A dungeon is a closed place. No one other than adventurers can enter, and there are various restrictions like being unable to communicate. Furthermore, the dungeon resets every certain amount of time, so destroyed things, dead monsters, etc., all return to their initial state.
In other words, even if you install something like CCTV, it all disappears when it resets.
So this place is a lawless zone. As one measure, all adventurers have a small black box attached to their clothes, but if you just kill them and break it, that's the end of it. It can't be called a proper countermeasure.
"Filthy bastards... this is why all Hannam need to die."
"Hahahaha! Did you hear that? She said Hannam."
"Hehehe. Well, keep saying that. I wonder if you'll be able to say that later while you're pinned down and moaning?"
Everyone in the party's faces stiffened at the blatant sexual harassment.
It's not just that it's unpleasant, but those guys... there are over 10 of them.
"Hey. Even though we look like this, our average level is 19, you know? We're not people that novices like you can dare to oppose, so just quietly spread your legs."
"Kikikik."
The guys laughing and giggling among themselves.
But they messed with the wrong people. Our team has two super-strong individuals who can't even be compared to the likes of you. One is obviously Yuna-ssi, and the other is me.
It would be over if I just applied a stun and went around slashing them.
"Hmph. Looking at you, you're typical Hannam-chung who only have sexual desire without any ability... know your place and get lost. Ah, and take off all your equipment."
"Heh. Bullsh*t."
They still don't grasp the situation.
Wait, but... there are a lot of tutorial teams here, and that means there are high-level guardians, so mugging here... does that make sense?
"Yuna-ssi, do any of them have a Hidden Class?"
"No. They don't. They're all pathetic Hannam-chung."
"Heh... not even Hannam, but Hannam-chung."
"Hannam are at least worth putting up with and dealing with, but Hannam-chung are bugs, so they aren't even worth that."
She's firm.
"Then Yuna-ssi. I'll cast a stun skill, so let's run out and attack then."
"...Are you going to be okay?"
"What do you mean?"
"You haven't killed anyone before."
Ah. That.
"It's fine. It's something I have to do eventually anyway, right?"
"...That's right."
Yuna-ssi nods and says to the rest of the team.
"Listen well. As it happens, practice teachers have arrived today. In higher dungeons... right now in E-Rank Dungeons, the main monsters are humanoid. That means murder. And there are a lot of muggers too. So, inevitably, you'll end up killing. Today, since we have enemies like scarecrows, it's a good thing."
She smiles bitterly.
"They won't even be able to move, so slash them down mercilessly, and feel guilt or PTSD or whatever at home."
After saying that, she gives me a look.
I should say something cool too, right?
"Hey you guys. You were so stupid that you made one big mistake."
"...Why are you being so cringey."
...Please be quiet, Sora-nuna.
"What is that bastard saying?"
"Hey. I'm not interested in men, so hurry up and kill yourselves."
I spread my right hand forward like a chuunibyou.
Hehe. I wanted to try this at least once.
"This place ahead is hell, you know?"
"...It's annoying, so hurry up and do it. Hannam."
Tsk. None of you know how to have fun.
I stepped forward one step.
Those guys have completely stopped paying attention and are playing rock-paper-scissors among themselves.
"You rude bastards. Where do you think you are standing?"
Kuung!
[It is My Presence.]