Chapter 4 – Enlightenment (1)

“Whoup!”

Strike down the prepared wooden sword. It consumes all the muscles in its upper body to create the fastest blow.

Whoo!

He cuts through the air, raises the wooden sword that had been struck down, and strikes it down again.

Repeat this dozens of times.

“Whoa…….”

Breathing was also important. Spit out once for each swing. If the sword is constantly swinging, the breath is also uninterrupted.

Widely!

As soon as I finished my morning training, I leaned on my wooden sword and took a deep breath. I felt that my stamina was lower than when I was in modern times.

‘Hey, what’s the difference in what you eat…….’

The memory of the present day flickered. If I could go back, I would go back right away, but even then, I don’t miss it that much.

If other kids heard it, they would think it was crazy, but surprisingly, the other world didn’t feel bad either.

─Kkokkiooooo!

The chicken crows. The morning sun began to rise.
It’s already been a month since we landed in this world.

* * *

A lot happened as the month passed. The biggest change was that Hanyoung and his party left the party.

“Hey, Deokgu. Be careful on the road at night?”

Excited when they got their paychecks, they announced that they would take the money and leave. Of course, Han Young was behind them.

“Do you want to go too?”

He offered me the same, but he declined. Are you going to organize a party with black men just because I’m crazy?

“Unfortunately… Hey deokgu Give me some money.”

“Why me?”

“Why why? I was able to survive until now thanks to going down to the dungeon and hunting every day, so I have to pay that debt, right?”

“What is that…….”

“I’ll only take a quarter.”

“Can you stop the bullshit?”

As soon as Deokgu showed fear, I intervened. It was true that he went down to the dungeon together, but it wouldn’t have made a big difference whether he was there or not.

“Anyway, Seoyoon caught most of them, and at most you caught ten a day…… Did you know that you can pay for a night’s accommodation with that money?”

“Sheesh, then the price of the life I saved in the first place. Give me that.”

I glanced at Deokgu.

“Take care of it.”
“What? Why not…!”
“It’s Deokgu.”
“…… Let’s not see each other again.”

Deokgu protested, but soon gave up and took out the money. About one-tenth of the money raised so far.

“Okay, good night.”

After taking the money, Hanyoung left the party with his bullies. Coincidentally or not, it was true that he saved our lives.

However, as if he didn’t like that fact, Deokgu started to get annoyed.

“Why did you give it to me?”

“What?”

“Money! If it wasn’t for me anyway, I wouldn’t have come out of that dungeon, and I wouldn’t have found a way to make a living right away!”

“Do you really think so?”

I looked at him. He was weighing gains and losses like a psychopath.

“Dukgu. If you only pursue immediate profits, you will get burned.”

“…… Yes, whoops Should I put up with the weak me again? Like in real life?”

“I’m not saying that…… Well, that’s it.”

I had no intention of clearing up his misunderstanding of him. His head his ached as he thought about finding someone to enter the dungeon right away.

‘It won’t be a problem if three people enter, but…….’

If, if.

Let’s assume that Nana and Seoyoon were injured while hunting.

Then Eunha had to run away carrying me and Seoyoon on her back. The other person will have to be careful not to be attacked by monsters.

There is no way that would be possible for Eunha, who seems difficult to support, let alone carry on her back.

‘As expected, I need one more person.’

Risks must be reduced to a minimum. When I brought this up, Deok-gu seemed to think for a moment.

“…… How is the class president?”

“You know the class president is the only healer, right? If the class president gets hurt, there is no answer.”

The class president has the ability to restore inorganic and organic matter to their original state. She even used that ability to heal Hanyeong.

However, the problem with that ability was quickly discovered, and she was unable to heal herself.

If the class president gets injured or dies, we lose our only source of healing. And he would have to use absurdly expensive priests and potions.

We do not have such a large amount of money to earn and live day by day.

“You can’t take the other kids with you. As for the rest of the kids…….”

However, at the same time, it was an ambiguous situation to bring other members other than the class president.

After Hanyoung and her gangsters left the party, our party was eight. Me and Deokgu, Seoyoon and Eunha. The class president and Han Ga-hee. And even the two girls who followed Kahi.

Kahi was doing her singing above her party her, and the two followers of her following her her possessed abilities that were pretty useless for her battles her.

“Dukgu, if you go?”

“I?”

“It won’t help in battle, but there’s nothing to do up there anyway, right?”

“…… I’m sorry, but I have something to do up there.”

“Okay?”

Now that I have adapted to a different world to some extent. I wanted to ask what he needed to do with his useless skills of his, but I kept my mouth shut.

‘A coward.’

He was right. He hasn’t changed at all, he’s still a coward.

* * *

Headed to the dungeon today.

It was impossible to rest just because one person was reduced, so in the end, three people decided to go down to the dungeon.

Passing by the darkness of the dungeon, where I felt comfortable even though I was not used to it, I opened the map.

‘I think I can go to the second floor soon.’

If you go past the first floor where the goblins appear and go up to the second floor, it is said that a giant turtle called King Turtle will appear.

Yes, it’s a turtle

‘Since Seoyoon is here, there should be no problem with hunting.’

A typical warm-blooded animal. Turtles that are sensitive to temperature changes could be caught without much difficulty if there was Seoyoon who handled ice.

Even if it was a turtle that had received a different world buff and adapted to the temperature change, it wouldn’t matter.

A big, dull turtle would be better than a small, nimble goblin.

“Do you want to go to the second floor today?”

“…… Second floor?”

“Uh. A turtle appears…… It’s a little bit, but I can make more money.”

“As you please.”

With Seoyoon and Eunha’s permission, he guided them to the second floor.

The road to the 5th floor was so widespread that it could be found even on the street, so it was easy to find with Deokgu’s ability.

‘Turn right here…….’

Passing through the dark dungeon road, I found the stairs and signaled to the children.

Climb the stairs slowly Every time I stepped on the stairs I didn’t know what they were made of, I felt like they were eating away at my mind.

When we reached the 2nd floor through the winter, we found the King Turtle waiting for us at the 2nd floor entrance.

Chuck, our eyes meet.
Whirik pulls out his sword right away.
The King Turtle shoots spines from its carapace.

His body her moved instinctively, and he struck the head at the same time as he slashed the thorn.

Kwadeuk!

“…… It’s a surprise.”

Looking at the decapitated King Turtle, I muttered that. Eunha, who heard my words, refuted with a small laugh.

“You didn’t seem surprised at all…….”

“Surprised.”

I never thought a monster would be waiting at the entrance. Is it even possible to attack a turtle from a distance?

‘Why are you doing this here?’

As I was thinking about that question, I heard the sound of cutting the wind from somewhere.

Whiik!
Damn-

“Be careful.”

“…… Thank you.”

I drew my sword and looked at the ice curtain that had formed in front of me. A large thorn had been lodged in the middle of the glass-transparent curtain.

It’s a bit blunt, but enough to stab a person to death. Needless to say, if it flew at a high speed like before.

“No, some kind of turtle has a ranged attack…….”

It’s not even a Pokemon, it’s got spines stuck in its carapace, so it makes sense for a creature that shoots them out.

But regardless of whether it was realistically possible or not, the King Turtle slowly stretched its legs towards us.

Oh oh oh

When we saw it, we burst out laughing.

“…… Slow.”
“Yes. It’s slow.”

It was slow enough to understand the blow of the thorn. Without that ability, it would be impossible to survive at all.

Seoyoon stretched out her hand toward the turtle that was slowly crawling like a baby crawling.

The King Turtle wriggled for a moment, then stiffened and fell on its side.

I couldn’t even hide in the hard shell. The rapid change in body temperature caused rapid hibernation.

“What do you think?”

“Um…… It will be fine.”

As she said that, she spread her hands wide. Thin threads of ice spurted from her palms.

“Prepare to pick up the magic stone.”

The moment she said that, the temperature inside the dungeon dropped below freezing.

* * *

The unit price for King Turtle is one Daedonghwa. So, it was roughly 10,000 won.

The ransom price increased by about 20% compared to the goblin, but the money he actually earned was less than that.

‘There are few…….’

Goblins swarm by dozens at a time. That meant that if you could wipe out the goblins, you could get dozens of magic stones at once.

But King Turtle did not. If you catch one, there are several around, but in the end, one at a time was the maximum.

‘Move higher? Or should I go down as a goblin again?’

If you think about money, it was right to go back to catch goblins. But why did he come up to the second floor in the first place?

Wasn’t it because there weren’t enough people to hunt in the dungeon? Thinking about it…….

‘This is not a problem that I have to worry about alone.’

Having made that decision, I went straight to Deokgu. Being a coward, his ability has become a nuisance.

He still knew most of us.

“Hey, Deokgu…….”

“Uh, uh! Why!?”

“…… Did you interrupt?”

Upon entering the room, Deok-gu, who had his back turned with his pants down, hurriedly puts on his clothes.

Even if I came in a little late, I would have rolled my eyes.

“We are back.”

“That, is it? Good work.”

“They said there was something to do, so let’s do it. Only you can do that.”

I understand the buildup of sexual desire. It was a huge deal to ask a male high school student to be patient for a month.

However, if he said that he had come to this world, he would like to tell him not to solve it alone, but to embrace a woman.

“It’s not that I don’t have money. Even prostitutes are legal here. Why don’t you go to a whorehouse?”

“…… It’s kind of like hanging out with a prostitute.”

“Why? No one cares whether you are a virgin or not.”

“…… Then, would you like to go with me?”

“What?”

Deokgu suggested to me in reverse.

“If you go with me, I will go too.”

“Well….”

I was definitely afraid. Prostitution is a crime in Korea, and you wouldn’t want to go around wearing a name tag that you went to a prostitute village alone in a situation where all of your companions are women.

It seems like they are trying to lighten the burden by bribing me, the same man…….

‘Shall we go?’

I said that I would go with you to test my abilities.
Actually, I just wanted to go.
Aren’t you curious What kind of creatures are prostitutes in another world?