Chapter 1 – Kobold Hunt

Shaggy hair touches her shoulders of her.

Seeing that it had grown this much before I knew it, it seemed that I had come to another world for quite some time. It looked messy because it was grown indiscriminately, but unfortunately, there was no money to invest in a haircut. However, if I organized myself, there was nothing more ugly than that, so I am just raising it without being able to do this or that.

Oh, I have to cut it.

“Chew.”

To put it bluntly, the last skirmish had slashed the blade and slashed the armor.

Not to mention the scars on his face. All the money I didn’t have went out for repairs and treatment. Even the appearance that seemed to be absent became even more sinister due to the quilted armor patched here and there. There was no such thing as cheap in the world. It was to the point where tramps thought they were friends and greeted them.

The damage was not insignificant.

Even if the quest failed, the medicine cost was chewed up.

Gremlin’s fingernails are mildly toxic, so if the wound is left unattended, the area will suffer severe itching. I couldn’t go through that again, so I robbed my wallet again. So it became a mess.

“Ah, fuck Amchang.”

I couldn’t live without swearing.

This world is a fucking place beyond imagination.

I couldn’t figure out why Madecassol was worth 2 silver. It’s nonsense. The other world was too savage, poor, barren and ferocious for a meticulous and kind modern person like me to live in. It was a kind of bonus that the rice was fucking tasteless.

Fucking alchemists. Medicines and ointments were monopolized by the Alchemist Guild, so there was no alternative other than folk remedies. However, since I am not a local, I don’t know much about folk remedies. So I had no choice but to live with tears in my eyes.

Alchemists, these bastards sell something that doesn’t even cost ten coppers for 2 silver and eat it. It must be true typical swindlers. My heart is already broken. I suppressed the hot tears that burst out and forced myself to swallow the sadness.

“Ha, the face is really…”

But even more depressing was my face.

Since I came to this world, I have been rolling wildly every day, so I have scars here and there, so I should call it my face, not my face. Or maybe it’s a double decker. I was worried that my family would recognize me when I returned to my hometown one day.

“Eww, fuck.”

While grumbling and swearing about this and that, I tasted the soup that was served for breakfast at the inn, and it was beyond my imagination. I felt the taste of the deep Middle Ages. It is said that it is not very tasty.

To give a specific evaluation, the soup at the inn was bland, as always, and puzzlingly crude.

In fact, all kinds of vegetables, fruits and potatoes. Also, it might be old conscience to want something wonderful to the grotesque monstrosity that was just boiled for a long time after hitting a small amount of unknown meat or dried fish and the bones of unknown monsters.

It seemed that the owner of this [Tumbled Hat Inn] Where I was staying had a negative quirk of throwing everything he was tired of every day into the cauldron. I guess it’s something like PTSD from going through the ups and downs of the world.

“Fuck.”

These fucking tasteless things are my regular meal.

I realized the importance of ramen here. Still, it was a satisfying meal in that being full is the best value in the other world.

It was soup in the first place. Since everything is included, there must be nutrition. Seeing as I don’t get scurvy, it must be because I have vitamins. But these days, I eat well even if it’s a meal like this. Compared to the old days when people lived by begging, it was no different from a delicacy.

Still, it was fortunate that people were just like pigs.
If you put some food in its mouth, it can be satisfied.

After eating, I went to the well attached to the inn and brushed my teeth.

This administration in this savage world was really as important as it is in modern times. If there is a cavity, there is no way to treat it other than rough extraction. Implant? Do you fucking know how much that is?

Of course, there is a proper method, but since it is used only by wealthy nobles, it is out of the question in the first place. I’m not rich, I’m on the same level as a beggar. You know, all my neighbors are either beggars or cheap. Or just crazy

Anyway, since it’s a fantasy world, I thought that if I put a heel on a tooth that had been pulled out, it would cause a new tooth to grow, but when I asked the priest once, he said no. Anyway, I cleaned it thoroughly.

ㅡKaak, tup!

After preparing breakfast, I came out to the plaza.

It’s a hellish world.

Hell Joseon, where I lived, was not like this. Compared to this other world, Hell Joseon is just a dream village where kind-hearted and pure Teletubbies live.

It was fortunate that sanitary facilities were in place. If there wasn’t even a public bath in the city, I probably would have lived without washing until I searched. Many people in this neighborhood didn’t seem to wash well, but I, who has the sensibility of a modern person, need to wash even if I spend money. Of course only when you can afford it.

Anyway, I was an adventurer who lived day by day, so I went straight to the [Adventurer’s Guild].

He had blown away the money he had been collecting little by little and hadn’t even received the request fee, so if he didn’t find a new job right away, he would starve from tomorrow.

It’s a complete asshole now. The balance is less than 10 coppers.

He got used to the life of an adventurer, but he couldn’t get used to poverty.

It’s not ‘those who don’t work, don’t eat’, but if you don’t work, there’s nothing to eat. Occasionally, there may be bread sprinkled on the poor in church, but even that is an occasional event, so it is too unclear to live in expectation of that only.

If I didn’t want to starve, I had to move my body desperately to work.

In this heartless world, the moment you stop is the day you enter the grave.

ㅡ Kikkiik.

Uncomfortable, I opened the swing door of the adventurer’s guild building.

It was awkward every time I went in.
Not very good eyes were stuck on me.

Ignore those gazes.

“…”

It’s a little early, but this neighborhood is where the day begins when the sun rises. I crossed the already crowded interior and lined up at the reception desk. I should have come a little sooner Orders are placed on a first-come, first-served basis. It was similar to a labor market, so there was no quest if you came late.

After waiting a little bit, it was my turn.
I cringed and approached the reception desk.

“Is there an E-class quest?”

I asked, looking at the receptionist’s eyes, which I had grown accustomed to. It wasn’t just one or two corners that got stabbed. Seeing my hesitant appearance her, the receptionist answered with tears in her eyes.

“Hey, Mr. Katt. You always take care of the work you’ve entrusted with, so do you think I’ll trust you so much and give you a request?”

As soon as he saw my face, the receptionist, whose face immediately distorted, said so in a soft tone. People living in this era were characterized by biting a rag in their mouth. In fact, the term ‘sappy’ belongs to the refined side.

“In the last quest, a large number of gremlins appeared, so I raised the difficulty by one level and passed it on to another party. Of course, not to mention the increase in the request fee and time delay. Thanks to that, I was a bit broken by my boss.”
“That, that, that, that’s not my fault…”
“Yeah? What about hair? Dude, he just said hair.”
“No. I’m sorry.”

Just thinking about that time makes me shudder.

Who would have known that a wizard would suddenly have a seizure and fire a fireball? What kind of fucking bastard is not even Kim Jong-un, and if he looks bad, shoot a missile. Do you have a habit of turning Seoul into a sea of ​​fire? I really thought it would fly to me. Being the party leader was a sin.

“Tsk, eh. Well, Mr. Katt is a human being, and he can make mistakes. But listen for a second. What did your boss say to me?”
“…”
“Your bitch told me to put one more eye on my forehead. He told me to look at people properly with that third eye and hand over the request, but I knew how brutally he said it that he would really die on the spot.”
“Sorry.”

I was ashamed and couldn’t lift my face.

“Wouldn’t it be a little like that if a woman had three eyes? Even though she has such a peculiar taste, I don’t think she would be a normal man.”
“I’m so fucking sorry.”
“It’s fine. But Katt-san, if you continue like this, you might be demoted?”

When I heard that, I was shocked as if I had been struck by lightning!

“Demotion!”

Demote!

Deep sea!

Bronze!

Looking back, it seemed that the time had come. After I was promoted to E rank, I didn’t let the quest come again, so I was worried that I might be demoted someday…!

“Never do that!”

It’s never like that!

How did I get promoted from F-class to E-class even while doing fantasy shit?

You can’t go back to F-class again. There are many reasons, but the decisive reason was that it was harder to save a party than to pick a star in the sky.

The moment you are demoted, you become a guild-certified idiot. The breadwinner comes to an end.

Since I’ve been doing this adventurer thing for a little while, I’ve been familiar with the E- and F-class adventurers in the guild.

Never put it

In terms of games, even the silver guys cover the bronze quite a bit. Likewise, when he was demoted to F-class, he was 100% sure that he would never join the party because he would be stigmatized as an asshole.

Even so, I recently released a few quests, so my image was a bit cheesy, so it was a shame. But even getting demoted? It’s really over.

This adventurer society was like a loosely closed society with a sense of ‘knowing it’, so there was nothing that spread as quickly as negative rumors.

The main concern is that someone went somewhere and failed a certain quest, or that Katt bastard came back with a dog shovel.

Talking behind your back while drinking is the stigma of life, and the stories that adventurers tell are pretty much the same thing, so the speed at which rumors spread was literally as fast as the Internet. Perhaps rumors about yesterday’s quest had already spread.

“Yes, it’s not possible. But right now, there is no party to take Mr. Katt to. Are you planning to host the party yourself again this time?”
“Such a civar.”

E-class adventurer Katt, experienced swordsman, wearing quilted armor. Life sucks, really.

Well, that’s why I personally gathered the party members the other day…
I was fucking fantastic.

Along with my life.

It is truly an illusionary piece of shit.

“Please give me an F-class quest… I should take a newbie with me…”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have that. At least hunt alone! Next!”

Thrown away, I trudged over to an empty table and sat down.

I felt like my heart was about to break after hearing the news that was so shocking. At times like this, I wanted to drink at least one beer until my nose crooked, but now I don’t even have the money for that. It’s cheap because I bought a fucking 2 silver madecassol.

I guess it’s kind of fucked up.

Normal hunting is cheaper than quests. Catching and killing monsters and selling their body parts to magic towers, smithies, general stores, and other stores is called general hunting.

How many monsters can one person kill in a day while shooting unexplored lands? More than anything else, they might buy the things I brought with them. Even if he were to buy it, he would undoubtedly hit the unit price, citing one reason or another.

That’s why quests with specific achievement conditions, such as ‘necessary items’, are more profitable. That’s why bar hunting pods are not popular.

Heading into the ground is a last resort, but now it seems to be the only way left for me.

Suddenly saddened, I sat down at the table and reminisced about the past.

“…I miss my mother.”

If I recall the time when I suddenly fell into a different world without knowing anything and went through all the hardships and hardships, I would be able to endure no matter how cruel the reality surrounding me was. It was a real bottom hell back then. But it seems not anymore.

[Begging] – [Manual labor] – [F-class adventurer] – [E-class adventurer] I really regretted riding the fantastic opening tech. I should have just committed suicide on the day I came to this world.

“What are you doing now, the fuck?”

Should I gather herbs? Or should I catch a giant spider that can still receive 1 copper per spider and tear off its shell?

As I was swallowing my sadness and thinking, someone called me.

“There.”

Who is it?