Chapter 46 - Orc Hunting (1/2)
[Your satiation has dropped below 50%]
“Ah, that surprised me.”
Was it because of the PK incidents with Adilo? Soo Hyuk almost thought that he was being attacked when an unexpected message popped up.
After checking the message window, Soo Hyuk opened his inventory and took out a piece of honey bread. Although it was quite expensive at 2 gold per piece, Soo Hyuk had collected quite an amount of gold through hunting. Plus, he thought that it was worth the price. (TL: honey bread)
After finishing the honey bread, Soo Hyuk checked his rising satiation. Not long after eating the bread, he arrived at the Northern Gates of Matab city.
“Who wants to hunt goblins!”
“Looking for people to go orc hunting!”
Like the Eastern and Western Gates, the Northern Gates also had a lot of players looking for parties.
‘There are less people than yesterday?’
If there was one difference that he had to point out, it would be the number of players the Northern Gates had compared to other gates. The Northern Gates had fewer players than the other gates. The other day, Soo Hyuk had figured out the reason behind this.
It was because there were other better hunting areas for players around level 100, so there was no reason to hunt here. That meant the players would just move to the better areas in other regions.
There was also the fact that Matab was a horrible environment for partying. There were only Magicians here, but in other regions, there were other classes such as warriors and thieves. Players would be able to find better-balanced parties in other regions, that’s why many players were leaving Matab each day.
‘Looks like I can hunt comfortably today.’
Of course, it was the best situation for Soo Hyuk who didn’t want to be in a party. He could also avoid conflict with other players if he had less chance of running into them. Soo Hyuk entered the Bulam Mountains while listening to the echoing shouts of the other players.
“Lightning Spear!”
“Ice Fog!”
“Quickly heal me!”
“Heal please!”
The first place Soo Hyuk arrived at was a place called the Goblin Fields. Goblin archers and warriors around level 20~40 resided here.
Due to the fact that goblins had a high item drop rate and were relatively easy to hunt, there were a lot of players hunting here.
Soo Hyuk didn’t even have to use any magic, because as soon as a goblin respawned, they would be instantly locked on and hunted down by a nearby party. That meant that Soo Hyuk didn’t have to waste any mana killing level 20~40 goblins.
‘Me skipping this area was divine will.’
Soo Hyuk thought as he looked at two parties fighting over a goblin. He had previously skipped this area and instead hunted the Bloodless Forest. Watching the intense competition, he knew he had made the right choice.
After crossing the Goblins Fields, Soo Hyuk finally arrived at the entrance to the Bulam Mountains. Looking at the tall mountains stretching into the distance, he thought.
‘What should I hunt?’
To the East was the orc territory, to the West was ogres, and in between them was the trolls. Orcs gave less experience than trolls or ogres, but there were many of them. Trolls gave a decent amount of experience and he could also find them relatively easily. Finally, ogres gave lots of experience, but only if he managed to find one.
‘With my skills, orcs would be the best.’
Soo Hyuk decided after looking over his skills, as they were suited to fights against many enemies.
‘I can wipe out a group with Firestorm. If there’s a boss, I can cast Inferno.’
Of course, he had also learned Firestorm and Inferno with his gold.
[Inferno]
Proficiency: Beginner Level 1 (10%)
Special Effects:
100% chance to burn the target.
Mana: 200
Cooldown: 1 minute
Activation Time: 3 seconds
Effect Duration: 20 seconds
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[Firestorm]
Proficiency: Beginner Level 1 (22%)
Special Effects:
50% chance to burn targets
Reduce targets speed by 20%
Mana: 500
Cooldown: 1 minute 30 seconds
Activation Time: 15 seconds
Effect Duration: 1 minute
The spell that dealt the most damage, Inferno, and the spell with the biggest effect range, Firestorm.
Before he had learned these skills, he had been hunting fairly easily, but now hunting was as easy as walking. After checking the skills, he turned towards the east and entered the mountain range.
– Eeek! A human!
Soo Hyuk met an orc the moment he stepped inside a forest.
‘It’s a scout.’
The orc was wearing a helmet with one feather attached to it. One feather meant that it was a scout.
– Intruder! Eeek!
The orc rushed towards Soo Hyuk while yelling.
“Magic Missile.”
Soo Hyuk muttered, and a blue ball of energy flew out of his hands and crashed into the orc.
Bang!
The orc was blasted away after only taking a few steps. Soo Hyuk collected the item drops from the orc and continued walking further inside the forest.
‘Where could it be?’
Soo Hyuk thought as he looked around at his surroundings. Ever since he ran into the orc scout, he had been searching for something.
‘What village was it this time?’
Soo Hyuk was searching for an orc village. Orc scouts always patrolled around an orc village, so that meant a village was near him right now.
– Hee?
– A human. Hoo.
– Intruder!
Soo Hyuk suddenly ran into three orcs.
“Flame Dance.”
He quickly cast Flame Dance before the orcs could attack him. The small ball of fire flew towards the orcs and reduced them to ash instantly. Was he getting closer to a village? He was encountering more and more orcs as time passed.
The orcs weren’t a danger to him since they weren’t high leveled or a boss. Soo Hyuk, who was hunting orcs as he searched for a village, came to a sudden stop.
He was currently standing on top of a cliff. When he looked down the cliff, Soo Hyuk said to himself while smiling.
“Found it.”
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– Huh, what’s that?
The Orc Chieftain Talon of the Sun Tribe, exclaimed while snorting.
– It looks like a fire. Hurr.
Vice Chieftain Ados replied in response to Talon’s words.
– Hmph, I know that already.
Talon said as his expression crumbled.