18 Episode 18 - Creation of a Clan, Part III (1/2)

Chapter 6. Creation of a Clan, Part III

Translator: Khan

Editor: RED

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Kim put a red gem in his mouth and swallowed it. His breath, after he swallowed it and breathed out, smelled of blood.

Through the bloody smell, Kim Tae-hoon put in another red gem.

”Whew…” Behind him, Bang Hyun-wook's long sigh came out. ”I can't eat anymore… I can't eat.”

Following the sigh came a short speech. He was not really talking to himself.

They were words spoken to let Kim Tae-hoon know.

Kim Tae-hoon swallowed another red jewel, instead of answering. He was like a machine.

Bang Hyun-wook, watching him, stuck his tongue out.

'You're a great brother. I've hardly eaten thirty, and you've almost finished with more than eighty.'

Bang Hyun-wook recollected what had just happened.

After finishing the Mud Troll hunting, Kim Tae-hoon declared the creation of the clan on the spot and received applicants.

Of course, the applicants were forced.

There was not a single person who wanted to be thrown into a world full of monsters.

After that, Kim Tae-hoon took the nearby church as a base camp and started collecting monster stones.

The monster corpses were everywhere. It was hard to collect all the monster corpses in a short time.

Also, the number of monsters still surviving on the base was not small in number, so only the monster corpses were collected.

Nevertheless, the number of monster stones collected exceeded a hundred.

Kim Tae-hoon ate most of the monster stones collected.

It was a monopoly.

No matter who looked at it, Kim Tae-hoon's greed was beyond excessive, and they could not help but think that it was too much.

Kim Tae-hoon knew that well.

Gulp!

A strong smell of blood rose from his gut. There was always some left on the stone after digging it out of the corpse of a Goblin. They hadn't really bothered to clean them properly after collecting them.

Kim Tae-hoon closed his mouth to endure his rising disgust. He looked around with his mouth clamped shut.

Soldiers resting in the church … He felt the gaze of those who had become his subordinates now.

When Kim Tae-hoon tried to meet their eyes, they hurriedly avoided his gaze.

It was only a moment later when they exchanged glances. But it was not hard to read their gazes.

'They see me as a greedy monster.'

He was sure that his men did not see him as a great leader who they could trust, follow, and respect.

That was why he could be confident.

Their new leader, in their eyes, was skilled, but a greedy dictator. It was normal to see it that way.

So far, Kim Tae-hoon's actions had been self-righteous, and right now Kim Tae-hoon was right to be greedy.

'This will be a risk someday, but…'

The reason why Kim Tae-hoon was greedy, even though he knows it was disturbing, was because he was assessing the situation more realistically than anyone else.

Gulp!

'I can't help it, for now.'

Kim Tae-hoon took the last jewel into his hand, and snapshot his hand with a smartphone camera.

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[Basic Abilities]

- Strength: 60

- Health: 42

[Special Abilities]

- Energy: E Rank

- Mana: E Rank

- Telekinesis: A Rank

- Defense: E Rank

- Mana Resistance: E Rank

[Achieved abilities]

- Black Skin (Grade 6)

- The vitality of Troll (Grade 6): The power of the Mud Troll consumes Energy to increase recovery speed.

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He saw his Strength had exceeded 60 points and the ability, [Vitality of Troll] he had newly acquired.

Kim Tae-hoon clenched his fist after confirming the data.

'This is great.'

He knew, even without breaking anything, that his power was already beyond human.

At least now, Kim Tae-hoon would be able to show enough power that he will not lose even if he fought the beasts with his body.

This was the result of a monopoly!

If Kim Tae-hoon had shared the monster stones according to a fair or very reasonable calculation like someone else, there would not have been such a result.

Of course, it was not bad to distribute monster stones fairly and rationally. No one hates rationality. Most things must be treated reasonably, because what is not rational is eventually distorted, and one day it will collapse.

The problem is that the situation in which he was in now was a state of insane reason.