Chapter 233 (1/2)
The Giant Guild’s leader, Kim Donghyun, had bloodshot eyes due to Mido’s stab.
“...Keuk. Wait and see.”
Finally, Kim Donghyun disappeared like a collapsing sand castle. One Power Stone fell where he disappeared. Mido quickly picked it up and consumed it.
“Phew,” Mido sighed with relief at the battle that passed like a storm. It was such a fierce battle that she didn’t even know what happened. Perhaps it was just like a flash of lightning.
Then Eun Jeonghyeok’s voice was heard from behind her, “You’ve worked hard.”
“No, what do you mean by working hard? Oppa, I think you’ve worked harder?”
Mido looked at Eun Jeonghyeok’s bloody clothes that appeared after he released the stealth. Eun Jeonghyeok simply shrugged. He packed all his arrows in the quiver and gave a usable one-handed sword to Mido.
“One of the people we fought dropped it.”
“Oh, thank you, Oppa. I will use it well.”
[Well-forged One-handed Sword]
[Rating: Rare
Durability: 89/100
Attack Power: 30
A sharp one-handed iron sword.]
It was a sword with a rare rating. Mido threw the wooden sword in her hand to the ground. She was more familiar with the wooden sword, but this wasn’t enough to give up the high attack power of the iron sword.
“I think we need to move,” Eun Jeonghyeok stated while looking around the forest.
The poisonous fog on the beach was covering the forest. In the near future, it would be eroded by the poisonous fog. It was probably the same for the others. In the end, the final place to meet would be the spacious basin at the top of Hallasan.
“Do you still have the map?”
“Yes, it’s fine,” Mido responded while using a potion to restore her lost health.
“Can you find a shortcut?”
“Leave it to me. I’m a professional at it these days.”
Mido smiled confidently and drank the potion like it was beer. Eun Jeonghyeok looked at the sunny smile and felt relieved for some reason. It always felt good. Mido’s clear smile had the power to make people feel comfortable. This was why Mido was a good match with the other guild members despite being a woman. Well, in fact, she had more of an old man charm.
“Go quickly. The poisonous fog is getting closer.”
“Gasp. Already? Run!”
Mido and Eun Jeonghyeok started to run deep into the island. Eun Jeonghyeok spoke to her as they ran, “We will have to take the shortest route to gain the advantage of the high ground first.”
“Do you think I don’t understand? You’re talking like I’m someone who has only worked with you once or twice. I’m sad.”
“Haha. Sorry. I’m sorry.”
The two of them smiled and ran to the top of the high Hallasan.
* * *
The sound of branches breaking through the mountains was heard. This person was wearing the typical armor of a paladin. It was white sheet metal with gold paint. However, his greatsword and armor showed signs of a fierce battle.
“Gasp. Where should I go?”
Kim Hyeonu sat on the ground while gasping for breath. The mountain named after Hallasan was steeper than he expected. It was like a labyrinth. In the beginning, Kim Hyeonu thought he just had to go there and endure using heals. He thought it would be easy, but he encountered big trouble. Furthermore, Park Taehyeon, who he met in the middle, stupidly went charging into the enemies alone and eventually died. The enemy team had a priest who could use heals and the others had various assassination skills conducive to survival. Therefore, it was very complicated from Kim Hyeonu’s point of view.
He managed to escape to Hallasan, but he wondered if he would be caught along the way.
“Most of the guild members are from special forces... it is a complete foul.”
The enemy was a new guild participating for the first time this year. Kim Hyeonu heard from the news that due to the failure in last year’s World Competition, the South Korean government made a guild composed of special forces members who had retired from the army. However, it was the first time he had encountered them.
‘The name of the guild is Sudden Force...’
It was the name of a FPS game that was popular long ago, but was now ruined. The funny thing was that all the guild members used guns as their primary weapons, just like special mercenaries. They must’ve come from the Parta Principality, a sacred place for magic engineering.
“Ugh...”
Kim Hyeonu felt pain from the gunshot wound in his thigh and used divine magic on it. The power of warm mercy gained as a knight of Lupeon permeated his wound and gave him a sense of peace.
[The power of warm mercy is healing your body.]
“Sigh. My magic power is almost exhausted.”
According to the host’s explanation, in order to verify the correct usage of skills and physical ability, there were no potions to restore magic power. Therefore, once his magic power ran out, Kim Hyeonu wouldn’t be able to endure it any longer.
“I can’t find a single box. I’m not very lucky.”
Kim Hyeonu sighed at his bad luck and stood up. The gunshot wound was still present, but it had been slightly healed. He wanted to fully heal the gunshot wound, but unfortunately, the bullet that hit him had the bleeding attribute. Kim Hyeonu dragged his body to the top of Hallasan while confirming his health had started to fall again.
10 minutes passed...