C-Grade Shelter Plunder Battle (1)
“Are you trying to eat that right now?” “Of course. That’s my ability.”
I lifted my fork and tore off a piece of the Sphinx’s flesh, and Geum Bit-na-ra stared at me with an expression that seemed to ask what kind of nonsense I was doing. Holding the fork with the Sphinx’s corpse, its blood dripping red, and looking at it with a bright smile, anyone with a normal sense of self-preservation would find this bizarre.
But what could I do? It tasted better than I thought. No, it was an extraordinary taste. Don’t talk to me if you haven’t tried it. Do you even know what the taste of a monster is?
“Even so, eating that just like that is a bit….” “You gave me items, right? So this guy’s corpse is mine to handle.” The items from the Sphinx I caught. It was a 5-star extraordinary item, but honestly, I didn’t catch it alone; it was with others. The HP was all cut by Geum Bit-na-ra, so honestly, I only got the finishing blow. Of course, without the Voice Storage Potion I had, I might have died without catching this Sphinx. That’s why I gave the items to Geum Bit-na-ra.
Yu Mi-ri also didn’t swallow an item, whether she really took it or not. But this guy’s corpse. For me, it could make me much stronger than the items. This I couldn’t give up.
Munch munch. Slurp slurp. Chew chew. I was chewing, tearing, tasting, and enjoying the Sphinx. The Sphinx. Since the parts were different, the tastes when eating were varied. The chewy texture from the lion’s body. From the snake’s tail, besides the texture, the vitality that bubbled. From the bird’s wing, the odd crunchy taste. And the head part… I skip that. Actually, since I didn’t need to eat all parts, that part I didn’t feel like eating either. With that, the Sphinx eating spree ended.
Gourmet Predation Completed.
Complete Gourmet Predation of Sphinx★
Gourmet Predation Completed. New stat generated.
Newly acquired ability: Wind Attribute Resistance
Wind Attribute Resistance increased by 50.
Special Ability Acquired: Quiz Quiz
Special Ability: Quiz Quiz
- A quiz will be given.
- Answering correctly grants a special ability.
Summonable monster added.
※ Sphinx★
“You’re done eating?” “Yeah. So you can look around.” People who had never seen someone eat a monster directly would find it disgusting. Thanks to that, Geum Bit-na-ra and Yu Mi-ri, who had been staring curiously at first, turned away the moment the predation began and didn’t look back.
“Then we should do this. The purpose of coming here is this Golden Dartboard.” Yu Mi-ri pulled out the Golden Dartboard she had been carrying.
“How do you use this?” “Let’s try using the Golden Dart once.”
First, I took out the dart that had been stored in my inventory as per Yu Mi-ri’s instructions. Suddenly, the Golden Dartboard began to glow.
A Golden Dartboard that can use the Golden Dart is nearby.
Throw the Golden Dart to obtain a special item.
The Golden Dartboard is valid for 10 minutes starting from the moment the Golden Dart is thrown.
10 minutes. The Golden Dartboard would disappear after that time. It seemed like a measure to prevent repeated use. It looked a bit harsh, but it was far better than a limited count. If the number of throws was only one or two, I would have to go searching for that Golden Dartboard again.
“So I just throw it?”
First, I, who had taken out the Golden Dart first, threw the dart straight toward the Golden Dartboard.
Please use it from a certain distance or more.
“……”
It didn’t work when I just stuck it right in front. It wasn’t usable. Why make it so that even regular darts follow the rules like this?
“Yeah. Do as instructed.”
I put some distance between us and threw the dart toward the Dartboard.
Calculating score.
16 points. Double. 32 points.
Congratulations.
A-grade item box has been awarded.
With that message, an item box appeared before my eyes.
“So that’s how it is?”
Geum Bit-na-ra followed exactly what I did.
18 points. Single. 18 points.
Congratulations.
B-grade item box has been awarded.
“Tsk.”
Geum Bit-na-ra showed no sign of losing anything in such things. Of course, even if the item box that came out here was B-grade, it would definitely be a decent item. Still, it was a fact that it was disappointing.
Observing Geum Bit-na-ra throw, Yu Mi-ri confidently pulled out her own Golden Dart.
“Heh. Watch your unnie.”
Yu Mi-ri threw her dart with perfect form.
16 points. Triple. 48 points.
Congratulations.
A-grade item box has been awarded.
“See?”
“See what?”
“I should at least do this much.”
“Seriously. It’s all luck.”
Even with a single dart, they were fighting. It wasn’t a full-on brawl like before, but a subtle competition where they seemed to get along fine. Whether their relationship was good or bad…
The world of women was really impossible to understand.
“Then let’s go.”
“Ah. I have one more.”
“You have another dart?”
“Yeah.”
I had two Golden Darts. Since the Golden Dartboard had a time limit, I should throw all of them, right? But there wasn’t much time left. So I just threw it roughly. And…
Brrapppp!
Congratulations.
You have obtained the highest score.
S-grade item box has been awarded.
“Whoa.”
“Wow. Is this true luck?”
The Golden Dartboard disappeared as I received the item. After the Dartboard vanished, I slowly exited the cave.
“Then I have somewhere to go.”
Yu Mi-ri said she had somewhere to go as soon as she came out of the cave, and disappeared from her spot. She was probably going to look for something else.
After Yu Mi-ri left, Geum Bit-na-ra examined the items she had obtained here and then spoke to me.
“You’re going back to Busan as is?”
“Yeah. What about you?”
“I should go to Busan too.”
At my words, Geum Bit-na-ra took out a return scroll to Busan and was about to use it when something occurred to her.
“Ah. You heard about that?”
“What?”
“The C-grade shelter that appeared in Busan this time.”
Shelter.
Currently, the grade of the school shelter that our guild has as its main is F-grade. Of course, it wasn’t just the school; among the shelters we had secured a little at a time since then, there were also E-grade and D-grade ones. It was definitely a shelter on a different level from the F-grade shelter. The facilities inside were impressive, and the abilities the shelter itself possessed were enormous.
“Good. People can become safer.”
Even D-grade was equipped so well that there was no need to worry about incursions by ordinary monsters. And with C-grade, the people inside could live comfortably without worrying about monsters.
“Heh. Really?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“The ones who secured the C-grade shelter this time. They don’t seem like the type who would look that happy.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, the rest you can find out for yourself.”
With that said, Geum Bit-na-ra used the return scroll and disappeared from her spot.
“Why did she tell me that?”
The reason Geum Bit-na-ra had told me that story. Of course, she might have done it without any reason, but she probably didn’t. From her actions so far, it didn’t seem like she was just throwing out words without meaning.
“Then I should head back too.”
After coming to Seoul, it had been a long time since I returned to Busan. When I used the return scroll, my body was wrapped in bright light and disappeared.
***
Three days had passed since returning to Busan.
A warm time spent with the family gathered after a long time. When this incident first happened, it had seemed impossible to ever spend such peaceful times again. It was to the point where I wondered if the current situation was a dream.
While enjoying the long-awaited happy time, someone knocked on the door of my room.
Knock knock.
“Min-seong. Can I come in?”
“Yeah. Hyung. Come in.”
The one who came looking for me was Kang Hyuk.
“Hyung, I looked into what you asked.”
“Yeah.”
“How was it? The people in the C-grade shelter that appeared this time.”
The story I had heard from Geum Bit-na-ra. It had been a bit unsettling to just ignore it, so I had asked Hyung to investigate.
“They’re complete bastards.”
“Why?”
“They set conditions for entering their shelter, and that was…”
Hyung couldn’t open his mouth easily. Hyung’s face was filled with anger to the point where I wondered if I should even tell him this, and his hands were trembling.
“What exactly is that?”
“…Killing people.”
“What?”
For a moment, I thought I had misheard.
They set the condition for entering their shelter as killing people.
“They advertise it as a shelter safe from calamities and only accept those who authenticate by killing people.”
Even while speaking, Hyung’s hands trembled.
How could they set the condition for entering the shelter like that?
“We can’t just leave them alone, right?”
“That’s right. I think the same.”
“Hyung. You have a Shelter Plunder Ticket, right?”
“Yeah.”
In normal circumstances, I would never have used the Shelter Plunder Ticket. Plundering someone else’s things didn’t sit well with me. But I couldn’t watch the actions of those bastards who had a special shelter and accepted people with such crazy conditions.
“Use that plunder ticket on their shelter.”
“Okay. I knew you’d say that. That’s why I prepared this in advance.”
Hyung smiled with satisfaction at my decision and patted my shoulder as he pulled out the Shelter Plunder Ticket.
And immediately used the Shelter Plunder Ticket.
Please specify the shelter to plunder.
Now, the number of shelters had increased enormously. Thanks to that, a filter effect was created.
Only one shelter appeared. The main base of those who were the only C-grade or higher currently.
“Apply?”
“Okay. Let’s go take their shelter away. So they can never do that again.”
The plunder of the C-grade shelter in Sajik-dong Baseball Stadium has begun.
A message has been delivered to the shelter master of the corresponding shelter.
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