Chapter 84 - Luring (1/2)
Translator: MagicFishCat
Proof-reader: Girondono
The ogres watching the fight didn’t act like normal ogres either. They were crossing their arms or sitting on rocks while watching the fight.
‘Wow. I actually saw it myself.’
Of course, Soo Hyuk already knew that the ogres here acted differently from other areas. It was just that now he had a chance to see it with his own eyes.
Bang!
-Uoooh!
Bang!
-Uoooong!
‘One, two…’
Soo Hyuk started counting again as he the fight went on.
’10 ogres.’
There was a total of 10 ogres.
‘How should I hunt them?’
Soo Hyuk pondered after counting. The Crimson Mountains ogres were around level 200~250.
‘Oneshot seems unlikely.’
Currently, his wisdom was over 3000 however even with his overwhelming stats, he didn’t expect to kill the ogres in one hit.
‘Actually, this is good.’
Soo Hyuk smiled as he thought of something.
‘I can finally try that.’
Until now, the monsters he hunted were mostly oneshot. Even if it wasn’t they would still die quickly from the poison. As a result, he couldn’t try his combo magic, but now, it seemed possible.
“Poison Fog.”
Ending his thoughts, Soo Hyuk first cast Poison Fog.
Shuaak!
Then after a few seconds, a fog of green revealed itself between the two brawling ogres.
-Uoooh?
-Uoooong!
The first ones to react was of course, the two fighting ogres. With a panicked grunt, the ogres began flailing around, trying to escape the expanding fog of poison.
-Uooong!
-Uooooh!
Then as if it was staged, the two ogres burst out from the fog at the same time. However, the fog was still expanding, and the two ogres were swallowed up again. They didn’t appear again, seemingly paralysed by the poison.
‘They don’t die fast as expected.’
Although the ogres didn’t escape again, Soo Hyuk knew that they were still alive, because the drop window didn’t appear.
-Uooh?
-Uoooargh!
Soon, the ogres on the rocks also noticed the potency of the fog, and started backing away with flustered grunts.
“Firebolt.”
Soo Hyuk fired a Firebolt at the expanding fog as the ogres tried to escape. The Firebolt flew at high speeds towards the fog, and the moment that touched.
Bang!
A massive explosion.
He felt the shockwave from the explosion, even though he was quite a distance away. His jaws dropped as he stumbled from the impact.
‘This powerful?’
He had known that an explosion was going to happen, but he didn’t expect that it would be this big.
‘Although it’s a shame that the poison fog disappears after.’
Although they could create an explosion this big, fire and poison didn’t have the best synergy, as the poison would evaporate after.
‘This’ll be good for when I need an instant AOE attack.’
The overall damage was lower than the poison fog, but on the other hand, its range and casting time was shortened. The synergy between poison fog and firebolt could be said to be excellent.
Soo Hyuk decided on its future use, then turned to stare again at the ogres. They were all dead.
‘Well, it can be counted as two hits.’
Soo Hyuk then turned from the bodies to the new notification.
[Level Up!]
‘I also levelled up.’
After hunting 10 level 200 ogres, he had managed to level up. Since they a huge level difference, it was obvious that he levelled up. Soo Hyuk then checked the drop window.
-7 Ogre Tendons
-2 Ogre Eyes
“…”
Soo Hyuk frowned as he looked at the drop window.
‘What kind of drops…’
He could see even now, that he had hunted 10 ogres exactly however, they had only dropped 9 items. Meaning that one of the ogres hadn’t dropped anything.
Cheering himself up, Soo Hyuk checked his character window next.
Class: Archmage’s Descendant
Level: 127 Experience: 3%
Health: 111600 Mana: 66200
Satiation: 64%
Strength ： 40 (+10)
Agility ： 35 (+16)
Stamina ： 1108 [554 (+10)]
Wisdom： 3310 (+10)
Stat Points: 5
“Oh…”
Soo Hyuk sighed in admiration at his character.
“3%?”
Even after levelling up, he still had 3% experience. He had previously been level 126, so 10 level 200 ogres could be said to be only equal to 1 level and 3%.
“It was getting frustrating because I needed 5 times more experience…”
However, don’t forget that Soo Hyuk needed 5 time more experience as other normal users. In other words, he had gotten 5 normal levels worth of experience.
“Should I level here for a bit?”
Soo Hyuk thought as he stared at his new level.
“The experience is quite good.”
Ogres gave more experience than other monsters around the same level, as the ogre species was strong.
“They also move in groups.”
The ogres in the Crimson Mountain range moved around in groups. In other words, he could hunt many of them at once.
“And they’re not hard to hunt. It’s a decent idea.”
The more he thought, the more he liked the Crimson Mountains as a hunting area.
“Let’s first complete my quest.”
Soo Hyuk quickly assigned his stat points and closed the character window. He then started wandering around, searching for more ogres.
-Uooong!
-Uooooh!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A few minutes after he began, Soo Hyuk could hear the roars and stomps from ogres. They were gradually getting louder. In other words, getting closer.
‘Is it because of the earlier explosion?’