Chapter 88 - Monster Tamer Choi Kayoon 2 (1/2)

Unlike humans, the expenses needed to sustain a monster army weren’t high and they didn’t feel fear.

However, it was far too difficult to tame monsters.

They acted according to their instincts and were far too ferocious.

Even Klaus, the genius strategist of the Holy Aperian Empire, gave up trying to tame and train monsters into an army.

There were only certain adventurers with the monster tamer class who managed to operate small units of monster.

However one day, Choi Kayoon went through her second class change and received the Monster Lord class. It was the beginning of an event no one had ever seen.

She gathered monsters from all 4 corners of the world and trained them into an army.

All the nation rulers were astonished and tried to bring the woman to their sides and made ridiculous offers.

‘But Choi Kayoon refused them all.’

She probably had trouble trusting people.

Watching the nervous Choi Kayoon next to him, Woohyuk spoke up.

“Why don’t you calm down a bit?”

“There's no way I can do that when my arms and legs are tied.”

Choi Kayoon’s limbs were bound and she was sitting on the carriage.

She had mobilized her monsters and had tried to escape, but to no avail.

“As long as you don’t misbehave first, I don’t plan on hurting you.”

“...Are you going to sell me as a slave? Then I’d rather you kill me now.”

Choi Kayoon was aware of the treatment female slaves of the Eeth continent received.

She had conversed with many slaves at Port Delpha.

As she stared at him with an earnest look, Woohyuk took out his Memory Pendant and poured mana in it.

‘Looks like she has some kind of deep trauma.’

As a slender woman, she must’ve experienced quite a lot of terrible things.

However, she would probably never tell him what had happened to her.

“I won’t kill you. I also won’t sell you as a slave.”

He first tried to reassure Choi Kayoon.

He then put his hand on her shoulder and a vivid scene appeared in his mind.

‘Is this the Primordial Forest?’

He found the answer to his own question by observing the surrounding scenery and Choi Kayoon’s equipment.

She was being chased by someone.

He wasn’t certain of the circumstances, but something grave was happening to her.

“Agh…!”

As she ran without paying attention to her surroundings, she tripped over a protruding rock.

She groaned and turned over, when…

“Kekeke… I finally caught up to you.”

A nasty-looking middle-aged man approached her with a disgusting smile on his face as he pulled out a rope.

Choi Kayoon was fervently trembling as he began to overpower her, but…

Whoosh!

An arrow had stabbed the man in the head.

The man died without even getting the chance to groan and fell over. Soon, a group of people emerged from behind the bushes.

“Wow~! Your aim is truly amazing, Mr. Shin Dong-il.”

“Well, this wasn’t much…”

A handsome young man holding a longbow cleared his throat.

The other person approached Shin Dong-il and whispered in his ear.

“What should we do with that woman? I don’t think she belongs to our camp.”

“Hm…”

Shin Dong-il’s eyes silently scanned Choi Kayoon’s body as she failed to stand up due to a twisted ankle.

He thought to himself quietly before speaking up.

“Let’s take her back to the camp for now.”

“Oh, will you use her as your toy? She definitely is a lot prettier than the women at our camp.”

“You’re right. But she’s not my type, so I think I’ll get bored of her in 3 days.”

A woman of Choi Kayoon’s level didn’t catch his attention.

As he expressed his uninterested opinion, his teammates began to drool.

“Then will we get a chance to taste her as well?”

“Of course. It’s proper manners to share good things in life.”

The group led by Shin Dong-il was fully composed of men.

The men began to approach Choi Kayoon with lustful eyes and a dirty expression, when the memory suddenly ended.

‘She went through a horrible experience.’

Woohyuk sighed deeply as he exited Choi Kayoon’s memory.

He now knew why she refused to join any clan until the very end.

She wanted to keep men away from her due to this trauma.

“Don’t… Don’t touch me.”

Choi Kayoon’s body began to tremble as Woohyuk’s hand didn’t budge from her shoulder, her face white as a sheet.

He quickly removed his hand from her body.

“I’m sorry. I had no impure intentions.”

“...Then why did you kidnap me? The monsters who attacked the carriage weren’t mine.”

“I need your help regarding the monsters’ movements.”

“I already told you everything I know. I don’t know more than that. It’s not like I can converse with monsters or anything…”

Talking with monsters was an ability that depended on each individual monster tamer’s skills.

However, Woohyuk did not care much about it as he knew Choi Kayoon had the potential to one day have her second class change into a Monster Lord.

“Didn’t you do horse riding before being summoned to this continent?”

“How… how do you know that?”

“Try to remember how you talked with horses and use that experience. I’m certain you have the innate talent of a monster tamer.”

“...Huh?”

Choi Kayoon blinked several times as she did not expect Woohyuk’s praise.

His eyes showed his confidence and trust in her, as if he had known her for a very long time.

But in reality, she had just met Woohyuk for the first time.

“How many monsters have you tamed?”

“About 30 of them.”

“That’s a lot. Other monster tamers probably can’t tame more than half of that number.”

It was proof that she had a special disposition as a monster tamer.

At Woohyuk’s fervent urging, Choi Kayoon nodded.

“I understand what you mean. But why are you interested in monsters?”

“Because there are some unknown forces that are trying to secretly control them.”

Woohyuk told Choi Kayoon about the incident with the Cohen Merchant Group.

He even showed her the pouch with the monster breeding substance as proof, and her eyes widened in surprise.

“Are, are you for real? I didn’t know something like that was happening.”

“If you cooperate with me, we can reduce the casualties amongst the innocent and the harm done to the land.”

“But it’s hard for me to survive on my own right now, so helping other people is...”

“I’ll promise you one thing. If you help me out, I’ll take responsibility for your safety.”

Being active as a monster tamer required a lot of funding.

At Woohyuk’s sudden offer, Choi Kayoon began to think deeply.

‘Wha, what should I do…’

When she finally reached the Eeth continent after her dark experiences, she made a promise to herself never to trust anyone again.

She had gone through too many horrible events caused by her own teammates.

However, she didn’t seem to have another choice this time.

“A-alright. I’ll do as you say. So take off these bindings first.”