Volume 1 Chapter 8 (1/2)

《Polluted spirit, ”Brat”》

Just as Renny s provided

Unlike sta, the trainers opened lectures that would be necessary for the mercenaries, and trainees were free to take whichever they want But most of the trainees didn't really need to take most of the subjects, as they already learned those in thesubjects like Si methods was not really need for the accountant and officers; Searching, setting or disasse traps was not popular for the combatthe level of quests, or how to conclude favorable quests; so-called 'profitable lectures'

'I ht Haroon

So he registered for every single subject It was hard to e the time as he was a work-trainee, but not all lectures were open for whole month, so he wouldn't be able to take it if hefortune to hi to the others

”That guy is trying to gather attention again”

”Maybe he is a spy to collect information about this course”

But Haroon didn't care it h stress from the Quad wankers, Sevona's suspicion

'Even if I a to be revealed, I need to learn as much as possible when I have chance'

Haroon kneell enough how precious the chance of education is He already suffered fro it in real life What he learns in the Academy was quite different from what he learned in the real life, but it will be the base of the living in the world of Beyond

Hiswasn't so differ fro, he participated the course teaching the intellects that every , Scouting/Searching, Setting up/disseistered for every class the trainers provided

On the afternoon, He participated si throeaponry

The first lesson of throeaponry There was various types of throeapons displayed in front of trainer Bottus Froers, many fancy weapons attracted the trainees' eyes Alistered for this course

”As you can see, there is lots of types of throeaponry and hidden weaponry in the world Every weapon has different purpose, so the way to handle theht look easy, but size doesn'tti swordsmanshi+p”

Everyone brightened their eyes Maybe throeaponry could be most necessary skill for the trainees participated for the basic training course

”The basic of handling throeapon is finding the center ofthe trajectory and revolution fundaroups with explanations of your group's trainer In this course, you will be learning six bladed shurikens, flying knife, or last but not least, daggers So it needs training, effort, concentration and repeating those three over and over Since the ti said, you will be throwing all three types today, and choose which one you will train for the rest of the course Do you copy?”

”Yes, sir!”

The trainees' voice got louder unlike before Since this trainees are not capable of co weapons or hidden weapons rather than training swords ropes later on, so their attitude toward the training couldn’t be same

After the trainer's explanation and deave some ti, Haroon nodded alone as he thought he understood what Bottus, the retiredthe throw

Swords need its center ofweapons were very different Depending on its center ofradius and trajectory all differed He was too quick to think that it would be easier than the swords weapons had different properties, and he even noticed that each one has slightly different center of mass after he threw some of them It was another score rip of weapons were autoood feeling about it

After practicing the throwing, he practiced his sith the enchanted dummy with Chief Trainer Schultz's per lunch time

He asked Moggle, Mannen and Rose to do the evening labor In return, he didand noon labor all alone Since the size of the radually increased, so the amount of left-overs are decreased, he was able to do it alone

The tiraduation day

It rain on and off for few days And on thatso much as somebody drew a hole into the sky It wasn't the circu Some courses were already finished, so trainees could take a rest in a while But Haroon couldn't enjoy the unexpected holiday, because unexpected labor was ordered

”Seeing how it s, or so the drainage, but the smell is so bad that even I couldn't prevent the labor ordered froetic expression

”Don't worry, sir We knoell how you have been considerate to us Thank you for that”

Moggle replied, representing the work-trainees

”The air ht be toxic, so be careful”

The four trainees left the Schultz's office, and went to the tool house There was rubbery working clothes and tools to pick up the rotting objects

”Rose, take sole

”Got it,” said Rose, returning to her room with hurry

As a trainee ant to be a healer, she had different kinds of antidote

The four trainees walked side by side to the entrance of the drainage Just as Schultz said, the foul smell numbed their nose

”It feels like ”

”Woah, I'm dizzy”

Mannen's and Rose's face went pale Moggle endured it well, but as soon as he arrived the entrance, he fell down to the ground The rain was preventing the smell to be spread, but still the smell was very murderous, and caused dizziness

”Hey, Moggle, Wake up Moggle, MOGGLE!” Mannen shouted, shaking Moggle violently”

Moggle couldn't wake up easily He sees Rose was already holding her nose not knohat to do about him

”Oh osh Haroon, I will carry hie with Rose first I will catch up soon”

Haroon nodded slowly

Moggle he knoouldn't fake illness in order not to clean the drainage He thought it le is When he saw Mannen and Moggle's appearance fade out in the fog of heavy rain, he prepared to enter the drainage Since he worked at the creh He was intending to check what is going on in the drainage before Mannen comes back

”Rose, if you think you can endure the sether We don't knoe need, so let's only see what it looks like”

”Ogay Led'z gou,” said Rose,her nose et clothes

Haroon went first holding the iron sword he brought just in case

The wet footsteps echoed in the drainage They wasn't sure when it was built, but the scale of drainage was quite big Not even the real life drainage would be built this well There were lue It didn't seeht for Haroon and Rose Nothing is more scary than the intense darkness When they could see, there was nothing to fear of Haroon even saw the corpses torn wide of by Harks, or flattened corpses by traffic accidents

Squick! Squiiick!

The sudden appearance of two people scared the rats and they ran to every direction screae

”Holy!” cried Rose

She sttuck to the Haroon's back as she was disgusted by thes Haroon could feel how terrified she was from the vibration he could feel

”Rose, wait me at the entrance I will see what's inside”

”Got it, Oppa”

Rose ran to the entrance as she aiting his order

Haroon kept going forward There definitely was soiant sized ani As he walks in more deeper, he could smell sour and smoky water with bad smell He walked into little square

It here water froether and leave to where Haroon walked in from But a lot of du chunk of water That here the rotting s from

Haroon ht Trapped water rushed its way out to sot carried away, so the so way yet

Haroon went deeper

Squiiick! Squick! Squick!

Rats ran away between the rotting water and wastes, into the cracked walls and in every direction Because the drainage wasn't cleaned for a while, and it was too close to the food-waste du site, it became a habitat for the rats

After a while of walking, when he arrived the passage the foul s appeared froht couldn't reach It was a giant rat, brown and shag furred, red eyed and it was as big as a cat It was staring at Haroon, and was giving his

Squiiick! Squick! Squick!

”That's really big I think people should call it cat-shaped rat monsters”

He didn't feel any fear froht But Rats didn't run away seeing Haroon approaching them Instead, their little eyes turned red as if they were preparing the attack

”Well, I guess it is rat hunting season now”

Haroon put down the iron club which was too long to be used And he firmly hold his favorite iron sword Even if his first eneood practice targets of what he learned from the enchanted dummy

There were h they are just rats, that size and sharp fangs and claws ht hurt him, so Haroon was inwardly nervous

SQUICK!

With sharp cry, one of them ju vertically at its head without any hesitation, and the rat's body fall down to the ground, being cut in half It act as an aggro to the rest of the rats, so they attacked as a whole

'One at a time'

Haroon swung his sword and twisted his upper body to face and cut two of the rats attacking froht fro the bodies He actually could feel he was cutting soainst the ti from every direction

Haroon punched a rat ju his sword With a short bursting sound, the flesh and blood splatted to everywhere

”Ugh!”

There was a sudden pain in his left shoulder He could see a rat's head when he turned his head to the shoulder There was his blood stained on its fang

”You freak!”

He tried to pull of the rat with his left hand, but he couldn't as it felt like his whole shoulder is being torn off

”Blast!”

He couldn't give all his attention to the one on his shoulder Another rat has already approached to bite his right thigh Haroon roughly spun his body and swinging his sword Three of the rats got into the swords track, and got killed crying out sharp noises But the one biting his sword as still there

”You dirty rats! You are all dead to me”

Haroon got mad when he saw the blood Not only the blood, but the pain bullying his whole body And he felt like he was getting weak

'What is wrong with me?'

He was sure that he was getting sick Haroon violently swung his sword to expel the rats, and re-enabled the UI sound It didn't take long until he could hear the notification It probably repeated for several times already

– You are deeply poisoned by the rat bite

[Receiving 15 dae per 10 second]

He never heard there is poison in rat's fang But he couldn't let the rat to bite his shoulder anymore Haroon moved his sword to his left hand, and pulled rat's head with his right hand Strong burning pain still left in his shoulder There was a lu

”You vicious……”

Haroon couldn't think straight anynash his teeth with unbearable anger He couldn't let himself be fed by the small creatures like rats

”Die, rats!”

He threw the rat at the wall as hard as he can The rat's head got crushed, and the blood blurred to the dirty water below

'These are not just ordinary rats These are monsters'

He wasn't going to spare those rats anyway, but now he didn't have any reason to let the that he had to stop the bleeding, he straightened the pose he hold the sword It will be different this time

With a strong kick of the water, his sword fleith a tremendous speed The sword penetrated the rat that was already juht next to him

'This isn't any ordinary rats'

As if rats has sensed that Haroon has great skills, they surrounded him and they attacked hireat combat experience

Haroon's body started move fast and precisely

He couldn't waste ti radius, so hehis body at the sa sharp cries

”Huff…Huff……”

Haroon breathed heavily killing all 20 rats He used too ular attacks, which was very differ from the enchanted dummy which had dedicated skill routes

”Ugh, It hurts too much”

His shoulder was bleeding too much Fortunately, he didn't lose too much flesh, but the poison has discolored the clothes into black Haroon decided to retreat for now Haroon felt dizzy, but he wasn't sure if it was because of the poison, or if it was because he e, but the pain and dizziness co fro the fresh air

”Oh osh Oppa, What happened to you?”

Fortunately, Rose hasn't returned to her roo him

”Just, give

Rose healed hi out the section of cloth, and took a pocket out of her cloth, and sprinkled what it contained on the wound Haroon couldn't help but to screa pain

”Hang in there, even it hurts It is detoxing the wound”

A sweat of pain for to hurt, he would have lower the sync rate a bit It was autoh capacity of the current state of his body Because of that, the pain was so vivid

Ne out the wound with a cloth torn out from her sleeve

”All right I can see your blood is clear now The detoxification was successful And since this ood, you will be cured in just few days without living any scars”

Rose added, tearing out the other sleeve and applying it on his shoulder with some kind of medicine

Haroon felt he was losing control of his body, and he forced it to linger in He bled too much blood in such a short ti He was tee woke him up

”What happened, Oppa? Don't tell me it was the rats”

”Are you serious? Rats, attacking humans……?”

Rose dreaded the thought of facing them

”When I went deep into the drainage, there were rats as big as the cats But those were not just any ordinary rats I believe those were some kind of monsters They probably tasted the flesh and blood of humans They won't have attacked me unless they haven't”

Rose shuddered saying nothing

His body recovered after some time Just as Nemion said, the medicine Nemion applied was very effective He still could feel his body burning, and the pain came back sometimes, but it wasn't uncomfortable to use his left arm

”It's show time”

Haroon put away his sword, and checked the throwing knives leather holder which he couldn’t even think of using it during co, and noas fortunate that he brought it Cross belted leather holder had 20 daggers It was quite reassuring to see them

”Oppa, It is dangerous to go alone”

Rose stopped hi back in

”No, I was just careless last tiht they were just big rats”

”We will report, but not noill come back if I don't think I can do it alone Let's report after I come out”

Haroon gnashed his teeth He deter, so he didn't want to flee froer is That didn't hts or risk himself to be in unfair battle, but he determined not to step back that easily

'And they ate my flesh and drank my blood'

Rose retreated seeing how determine Haroon was She suddenly took out two little sacks from her chest and handed it to Haroon

”Oppa, this is some antidote, and this is injury remedy Bead shaped one is the antidote, and injury remedy is a powder that you can sprinkle on the wound It will be very effective, but it won’t prevent the pain too”

”Got it But do you really think this is good idea?”

”I told you I was just careless I will run out as quick as I can when I think it is going to be dangerous, so don't worry”

Saying that, Haroon cae Rose was left alone, but she wasn't brave enough to follow him

Haroon's boots splashed water, and the sound of it echoed in the drainage It was after the commotion of the co out It didn't take long for him to arrive where he had combat since he knew the way so he walked faster than before

”Hmmm”

Curiously enough, there was nothing there The corpses has disappeared while he was curing his wound, which means there is another party of thethe luminous ores An offensive smell from the water kicked in his nose, but he still could endure it

'Don't let me catch you, 'cause I will smash you into ashes'

His anger risen up to the top of his head allowed him to endure the smell It took five more minutes for him to reach another square

It seee It was full of indescribable sas exhaled from the bubbles of rotted water Haroon torn off one of his sleeve and covered his nose down He wasn't able to endure them anymore It was at that moment when he heard a familiar voice

– You have found a dungeon of Catrats

'What? Dungeon of Catrats?

Seriously, where did that caeon so easily He opened his eon

Dungeon of Catrats (E Class, Teeon)

Dungeon of Catrats that eat rotten and polluted stuffs When their number increases, they eat each other in order to control the population When its nuets tense, and as they eat each other, the sets weakened Catrats are cat sized rats, and they are ar bio-poisons stored inside created by eating polluted materials

The dungeon shall be cleared by killing a Boss Monster 'Polluted Ratcat'

As a very first discover, you will be rewarded with 20 Soul Points, and doubled iterant you a random chance to acquire a mystery item

– You will gain 100 faeon

Do you want to register the dungeon?

”No,” said Haroon

Even if he coincidentally found it, he didn't want to register the dungeon A norases on their way to the dungeon And he doesn't know the true value of it, so he didn't dare to register it

'Undiscovered, and temporary…… I am so lucky that I found it when it was on And Finally, Soul Points! And possibly a mystery item! Huhuhu!'

Befoer he knew it, he was laughing with joy that he found a dungeon Temporary means it needs specific circumstances to be opened No other users will be able to enter this dungeon in short period of time Haroon smiled and stepped forward to the central part of the square It was then when he could sense soht sound of that swier out and looked for a move

Squuiick! Squick Squick!

Yes, it was Catrat Haroon suffered by being surrounded by theers

Squiiick!

As the blade of the dagger penetrates the flesh of its head, itsound and stuck its nose at the rotten water But at the back and side of it, there was tooat him

”Bring it on”

By fighting the his sword, and he was confident with it Even though he was outnus and claws He knew he shouldn't be using formulaic swordsmanshi+p By extinct, he learned the swords the vital points What he only need was being careful, and nothing would be hard then But he couldn't risk being surrounded

Haroon backed a wall, and rapidly threw the daggers He only needs to deal with three side now He thought he wasn't experienced enough to face his back as well As it only took an blink of an eye to kill about 15 catrats, the rest of the sound and rushed their way to Haroon, not fearing death

”Yeah, that's the spirit!”

Mad catrats were not hard enemies like the first time His experience htforward to be not able to avoid, and their size was too big that he couldn't miss Haroon's sword only consist of basic , but Catrat's corpses were being piled up around him as a wall

'It was onlyI can see their moves very clearly'

A little enlightenment He was able to find out how he should move, if he throay the fear and see the situation with clear-headed eyes And also, the enlightenment came with a reward

–ESP is increased by 1 point

'ESP' seems to be related with the dynamic visual activity As the stat rise, he was able to see catrat's ht, and it felt like they were even slower His sword kept

Squick! Squiick……

Noas al hiet short of breath at all By extinct, he was learning to use only the minimum movement needed Haroon was exited, and started to slowly move forward

He was being attacked by four side now, but he could sense the attacks from behind him His sword moved more swiftly, and e along the way Haroon moved, the attacks stopped Was all catrats killed?

– Learned how to use swordsmanshi+p 'Sense Sword'

Sense Sword (Passive)

Lv1(2000)/Lv5

Sense Sword is basic swordsmanshi+p, and it consist of 5 levels It's a swordsap to attack by extinct with strong concentration and extrasensory perception(ESP) Mastering this skill will evolve it to advanced swordsmanshi+p that allows you to use an aura

Haroon laughed like a crazythe skillIt was a passive skill, but he learned his personal swordset a class yet He would not able to learn the swordsht with a enchanted dummies with exact movements the trainers told him

S-QU-I-CK!

With a terrifying roar echoing around the square like a whistle, one side of the wall of the square opened

”Oh!”

Finally, the boss monster appeared

Catrat boss appeared in front of hier It started at hiht with its back paws and roared several tier of its subordinates death

”Are you the bossit on then!”

Haroon taunted it bobbing his index finger Like its name, Polluted Catrat, it exhaled awful sh he taunted it, it felt dizzy enough of breathing just a few ti his lower face Thinking he did well covering his nose andas possible

But ultimately, he only knew because of the UI sound

– Your skin and respiratory organs are polluted by strong polluting materials

[Poisoned You are receiving 20 dae per 10 second]

He couldn't face hi tiht with uncountable catrats So before it can position properly, he threw a dagger His target was at its open chest

SQUICK!

With a sharp noise, the freak avoided the dagger with swiftto attack first, but it charged at Haroon with itsodor

”Thap!”

Haroon let out the breath with a shout, and thrust his sword to stab its eye But with a metal sound, the sword bounced off its claws it raised to protect its eye Haroon spinned his body the direction the sword bounced off to avoid its attack Its attack iant scratch on the floor

Haroon's Adaets, it will be ripped off nospirit is dead Haroon kicked the ground and ju down the sword to its head

The sword hit its claws again and made metal sound Haroon's whole body bounced back by Catrat boss's great force As soon as Haroon landed on the ground, the Catrat jumped on him and Haroon reacted quickly He ht hand

Squick! Squiuik!

The dagger flew like a lightning and stuck deeply in its right eye It screamed so hard that Haroon felt like his felt was like deafened But Haroon didn't stop there Another dagger flew in the air It was heading a part that it seemed weaker than the other part It was between the two front paws that were holding its right eye With at clear penetrating sound, Catrat's big body started shaking As if it couldn't believe it was getting defeated, it lower down its paws and stared at HAroon with anger with its er in its mouth

”And now, begone!”

The catrat started to falter Haroon didn'this sword at its neck Its vicious looking head fleay, and its headless body fall down to the ground, splashi+ng the water

– You have cleared Catrat's Dungeon!

Good to hear that But that wasn't the end

– You granted the title 'Catrat Slayer'

– You have acquired reward items