Chapter 6 (1/2)

So, the joint attack between Kang Joo-ho and Kim Seok-joo began. They were two people who had been teaming up for a long time. Although it wasn’t perfect because it was virtual reality, it was enough to make the stone fox stop whatever it’s doing.

Cling! Thud!

Soon the stone fox fell down with a powerless scream.

[Level up!]

“Wait. I leveled up.” Kang Joo-ho spoke to Kim Seok-joo as he saw the message. Then he opened the character window.

Character name: Kang Joo-ho

Nationality: Paraville Kingdom

Occupation: Beginner

Level: 7

EXP: 2%

Health: 1000

Mana: 200

Satiety: 77%

Power: 25

Agility: 10

Health: 20

Wisdom: 10

Bonus stats: 5

The bonus stat given when leveling up is 5. Currently, Kang Ju-ho was investing alternately in strength and stamina. And this turn was physical strength.

‘Let’s invest in strength.’

However, Kang Joo-ho invested all his bonus stats in his strength. Not a single one was hit in the battle a while ago. And even if it was correct, it could withstand enough life if it was 1000. Investing in power and catching it quickly was a situation that helped the pace of growth. If you haven’t invested now, you can invest later.

Kang Joo-ho, who closed the character window, checked the drop window.

+1 stone fox claw

The dropped item was the material item ‘Stone Fox’s Claw’, which was the most expensive item among the items dropped by the Stone Fox.

When will it open? Kang Joo-ho, who finished looting by pressing OK, tried to remember if the auction house has already benn opened to the players. As far as he could recall, it has not been opened yet. In other words, it was impossible to trade yet. But it could be possible if one uses an external trading site.

However, Kang Joo-ho had no intention of using the trading site. There were a lot of scams, and the transaction method was too cumbersome. Instead, one could use someone to make a purchase, but the auction house would open through an update two weeks later anyway.

Money wouldn’t be pouring in for two weeks, but Kang Joo-ho decided to wait.

“Hyung, should I stay still?”

“…?” Joo-ho gave Seok-joo a puzzled look.

“They’re all on the alert.”

“Ah…” He soon was able to understand Kim Seok-joo’s words. If they stay still, they would be safe. However, that means they wouldn’t be able to participate in battle; thus entering the ‘watch’ state.

In the alert state, monsters take a turn only with an attack motion. Only magic could preempt the state of alert.

The stone foxes in the vicinity were already on alert and staring at Kang Joo-ho and Kim Seok-joo. If they attack in the current situation, numerous stone foxes will rush to them. No matter how good and powerful they were, it was impossible to deal with such a large number of monsters simultaneously.

“Go.” Kang Joo-ho signaled to Seok-joo and took the lead.

Fortunately, the defenses of the stone foxes were not high, and as they took a step closer, the critical hit chance became higher. After more steps, the defenses of all the stone foxes were decreased, and Kang Joo-ho stopped walking.

“Let’s go like before.” Kang Joo-ho told Seok-joo. Then going unnoticed, he slowly approached a sleeping stone fox in front of him

“Yeah!”

The moment he heard Kim Seok-joo’s answer, Kang Joo-ho swung his iron sword.

Shing!

The stone fox, who was sleeping quietly, was amazed by the sudden attack and woke up.

Splat!

Meanwhile, the iron sword burst again.

Waking up and realizing that it was being attacked, the stone fox quickly stepped back to understand the situation. And looking at Kang Joo-ho, it revealed its teeth. However, it did not attack with its teeth. The stone fox jumped and swung its front paws.

Kang Joo-ho stepped back and swung his iron sword.

Cling!

The stone fox’s attack was blocked by Kang Joo-ho’s iron sword, and Kim Seok-joo joined in the battle, after waiting for the perfect time to jump in.

Splat! Splat!

Like the first stone fox, who died in a joint attack between the two, it also died without a hit on its enemies.

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Character name: Kang Joo-ho

Nationality: Paraville Kingdom

Occupation: Beginner

Level: 9

EXP: 97%

Health: 1000

Mana: 200

Satiety: 51%

Force: 40

Agility: 10

Health: 20

Wisdom: 10

“If I catch it, I can finally level up to level 10!” Kang Joo-ho said, who was looking at the character window. He was referring to a stone fox he saw in front of Kim Seok-joo.

Currently, Kang Joo-ho’s experience is 97%, so if he could catch one more, he would be able to reach level 10 and change his job.

“Go.” Kang Joo-ho, who closed the character window, took the lead as he always did.

Upon enough distance, he swung his iron sword at the stone fox. When Kang Joo-ho’s attack hit three times, Kim Seok-joo, who was waiting, joined the battle.

At first, there were little flaws in the joint venture, for they were playing in the VR version now. However, after several battles, the flaws gradually disappeared. They became a perfect duo.

Cling! Thud!

[Level up!]