Chapter 123. The Kobold Hunting Competition (4) (1/2)
Chapter 123 The Kobold Hunting Coroup hiked the htfall After the first battle, the kobolds didn’t attack again
The knights Weaver and Rhodi stopped when they discovered a large clearing
“We will set up ca watch in rotations, so finish your supper quickly and get so nonstop since they left the city when the sun rose until sunset Not only that but they had battled against hundreds of kobolds halfway through Even though all the participants were veterans, they couldn’t help but feel a little tired
“Phew, I’ here It’s so tiring…”
“I know, right? I thought I’d be able to gain a lot of levels and EXP”
“All we did alk all day! I should’ve just done a Quest or so”
Complaints started to spill out everywhere
Tsk, tsk
The Frost Queen clicked her tongue
“Those weaklings They have so many complaints,” she said
“They probably didn’t have this in ned up for the competition”
Frankly, this wasn’t what Seo Jun-Ho had in mind either But that didn’t mean he was disappointed like the others The encounter with the blood kobolds had put hie
“Contractor, look over there” The Frost Queen tugged on Jun-Ho’s hair and pointed There, Baek Geon-Woo was sitting at the foot of a large tree, eating riceballs by himself
“The best ti alone,” she commented
“You know your stuff”
As Seo Jun-Ho strode over, the other Players started to look at him
“Is this seat taken?” he asked
As Baek Geon-Woo looked up at him, he started to stand up
Embarrassed, Seo Jun-Ho quickly shook his hands “Oh, no I’ you to move”
“”
Baek Geon-Woo stared at him His eyes were as clear as a creek on a summer’s day A moment later, he spoke “No” His voice was plain Baek Geon-Woo turned back to his riceballs and resumed his meal Seo Jun-Ho immediately sat down beside hi out his meal
“”
Baek Geon-Woo focused on his meal as if he didn’t hear Seo Jun-Ho speak He had no desire to get close to other Players
‘They only ever come approach me for one of two reasons’
They either wanted to feel a sense of superiority, or they pitied him
It had always been one of those two…
‘Seo Jun-Ho… The articles and rumors about him didn’t leave a bad impression’
He was famous for his heroic deeds He had saved dozens of Players in the Burning Dunes and then pulled Players from a crisis into victory in the Wild Forest In other words, he would be too self-secure to approach Baek Geon-Woo for his own ego
‘Then… Is it pity?’
Baek Geon-Woo didn’t feel any particular eot h the sympathy was unsolicited, the people who pitied him never really had bad intentions
But sometimes, that sincere kindness hurt even more
Baek Geon-Woo knew this all too well fro to create relationshi+ps with people
However, his ied when the latter spoke
“Why don’t you use any weapons?”
“?” Baek Geon-Woo’s hand paused, riceball in hand He slowly turned to Seo Jun-Ho and stared into the latter’s eyes, trying to understand as his intention behind the question
“I’enuinely curious” Seo Jun-Ho explained
Huht with tools instead of their bare hands This had always been true since ancient tier than rocks
Spears were a good option too The spear was known as the king of prihty
“”
Baek Geon-Woo lowered his riceball He got the feeling that Seo Jun-Ho wouldn’t leave him alone until he answered
“It’s related to my skill, so I cannot tell you”
“Oh… I see I’ized He started to eat with an eh, I can’t breathe! This is suffocating!” Trapped between the two, the Frost Queen, clutched her throat, trying to breathe At that moment, Baek Geon-Woo finished his riceballs and stood up before he disappeared
“Phew…” She let out a deep breath “That man is quite hard to approach Unlike you, he is not a pushover”
“It’s not good I want to get closer to him,” Seo Jun-Ho muttered
“May I ask why? I do not quite see the benefit of that”
“Just… Instinct? I get the feeling that he’ll get stronger at some point It would be like an investment” He explained
Of course, he didn’t knohen or how et in the future There had been , so this could just be a dud
‘But…’
The most important detail was that they shared the same pain For that simple reason, Seo Jun-Ho wanted to watch over him
“Anyway, those fiend bastards They really don’t knohen to stop,” Seo Jun-Ho whispered, looking up at the hazy crescent ot the first watch He had a suspicion that Weaver had placed hi hiht tomorrow Thanks to that, Seo Jun-Ho felt nice and refreshed the next ht’
He had actually been preparing for one If he were the ruler of the kobolds, he would have seized the chance to attack when roup were asleep
‘But why didn’t they attack? Did they think the terrain was disadvantageous for theeous for the group Even if they ed to successfully snuck in, the Players could easily launch a counterattack
“Wake up, everyone! We’ll have a brief breakfast before we start oal today is to reach the kobolds’ cave at the peak of the Hainal Mountains!”
The two knights woke the group, loudly banging on their breastplates
“Ow… My muscles ache”
“Dammit, my calves hurt It has been a while since I’ve walked for so long”
“Ugh I was too laid back about this”
Everyone was gru to leave without much protest
“Wake up,” Seo Jun-Ho said to the Frost Queen She couldn’t use the fancy dollhouse in the woods, so she had gone back to using tissues as her bedding
“Mhmm… Contractor…” She thu away froo back…”
“It’s just one et to their cave later”
“Ah, well…Even if there are blood kobolds there, I suppose it won’t be too dangerous,” she muttered
“Yup”
671 veteran Players and Adventurersas they didn’t let their guards down, they wouldn’t be bested in battle
‘As long as we don’t let our guards down…’