Chapter 54 - Troll Blood (1/2)
Soo Hyuk felt the ground shake along with a loud boom. Then a system message appeared.
[Warning!]
[Twin Headed Troll, Arger has appeared.]
It was the appearance of a boss monster.
‘Ah, the boss has already respawned.’
Soo Hyuk thought of the conversation between two men 10 days ago as he read the messages.
‘The boss respawns today.’
The two men had said that the respawn time for Arger, the Twin Headed Troll, was 10 days. It seemed like Soo Hyuk managed to meet Arger again on the day of its revival.
‘What should I do? They could already be chasing this boss.’
The two men knew about the respawn time of Arger, so they could be approaching this place right now. No, they could already be here. What if he attracted unnecessary resentment because he hunted the boss?
‘Wait.’
Soo Hyuk frowned as he thought.
‘The boss monster doesn’t belong to them in the first place, so why am I mulling over this?’
Soo Hyuk realised that he didn’t need to brood over this issue anymore. Twin Headed Troll Argor was a boss in Pangea. It didn’t belong to them in any way, so they couldn’t say anything about it.
‘I’m sure there aren’t that many stoneheads.’
Of course, there was the possibility of the two men not showing the ‘proper’ manners inside Pangea, but it couldn’t be as bad as Adilo.
After finalising his thoughts,Soo Hyuk headed in the direction of the boom earlier. Not long after, he could see Arger advancing in his direction through the thick tree branches.
“Firestorm.”
Soo Hyuk cast Firestorm while staring at the nearing Arger. 5 seconds after, a tornado of flames appeared around Arger.
-Uuaaaa!
-Uuuaaaa!
Arger’s two heads roared in pain with a painful expression.
“Inferno, Magic Missile, Firebolt, Fireball.”
Soo Hyuk quickly cast his spells one after another before Arger could recover. He wanted to defeat Arger quickly.
“Flame Dance.”
When he cast Flame Dance, the left head slackened while closing its eyes. The right head followed not long after.
[Twin Headed Troll, Arger, has been defeated.]
‘It’s a lot faster than before. My stats aren’t that much higher either.’
The stats of Soo Hyuk 10 days ago and the current Soo Hyuk didn’t have a huge difference. His wisdom had only risen by a little bit, but the boss hunt had become shorter compared to 10 days ago.
‘Maybe it’s because of the skill proficiency?’
Although his stats weren’t that different, most of his spells had risen to the intermediate proficiency from beginner. That meant his skills were stronger than before.
Soo Hyuk checked the drop window.
-Twin Headed Troll’s Hide
-Twin Headed Troll’s Head
-Twin Headed Troll’s Tendon
-Twin Headed Troll’s Blood
‘Huh, it dropped again?’
Soo Hyuk tilted his head after he checked the drop window.
‘Does the drop rate increase for boss monsters?’
The rare troll’s blood appeared again. Of course, he wasn’t complaining. Soo Hyuk pressed OK and collected the drops from Arger.
“Ah, fuck!”
“What! How?!”
At that moment, Soo Hyuk heard two people’s voices nearing him. Soo Hyuk first hid behind a thick tree and checked the source of the voice.
“Shit, it was hunted again!”
“This, how…”
“This bastard moves so fast.”
They were the two men from 10 days ago.
“Hah, what guild did this? It’s obvious that it’s one of those top guilds.”
“Top guilds don’t grow from trees you know.”
“Shut up.”
“Nmm…”
Soo Hyuk cast Archmage’s Subspace like before. He had no need to keep hiding.
[Warping to ‘Archmage’s Subspace’.]
The distorted space was repaired. After arriving at the subspace, Soo Hyuk stared at the nine doors. He then checked his inventory while walking towards the tunnel on the right.
‘I only have to buy 80 more.’
There were 420 troll’s blood in his inventory. If he collected 80 more, then he would be able to complete the skill quest.
‘I’ll just buy the rest.’
Soo Hyuk decided to buy the rest of the blood and closed his inventory.
‘Ah, I forgot.’
Soo Hyuk then opened his friends window.
‘Good, he’s online.’
After checking Doran’s status, Soo Hyuk sent a message to him.
– Doran: Wow, thank you for the information!
– Soo Hyuk: You’re welcome~
After thanking Soo Hyuk, Doran faced Pavi, who was resting next to him and said,
“Hey, jackpot.”
“What’s a jackpot?”
“A title that gives 100 stamina!”
“…What?”
Pavi almost doubted his ears.
“100 stamina?”
A title that gives 100 stamina? Pavi couldn’t believe it. It was plausible if it was an item, but since it was a title, he couldn’t believe it.
“Bullshit…is it true?”
Of course, Doran had already expected Pavi’s reaction.
“What kind of title gives 100 stamina.”
“It’s true! Someone told me just now.”
Pavi stared at Doran with suspicion in response to his words.
“…From who?”
“Yeon Jung-nim’s friend!”