Chapter 3 – Kobold Hunt

After a short thought, I made the crucial decision of a two-person party.

I’m mostly a tanker, but I’m a tanker who’s good at dildo, so I’m confident that I can overcome adversity without any problems as long as I have a healer. Good night. I will show this nun my true skills. For 1 silver I could sell my soul. I will clearly show you what the power of a warrior who sold his soul means.

“Are you two talking?”
“Is there anything special? I don’t think it’s that difficult.”

In my opinion, all I had to do this time was to go and beat up some fucking kobolds, then destroy all the idols, which were obviously crude, and bring the fragments. The kobolds that crawled out are no match for me.

Elise pondered a little on my words, and then she made the same decision as me.

“Okay. If only two people succeed in the mission, I’m sure they’ll get a good evaluation.”
“No way.”
“Then, let’s leave before it’s too late.”

That’s how we left the adventurer’s guild building.

I stood next to Elise and asked which direction he was going, and he said he was going towards the eastern gate. The eastern gate is a place directly facing the unexplored region, and since most adventurers go this way, it is a place where various shops are lined up.

All sorts of general stores and armor stores. Shopping streets lined with armor stores and street vendors are lined up, so what can I say to convey a little nuance? Roughly, it is like a market that opens every season. Everything you need can be purchased there.

We walked and talked about this and that.

“Ah, Sister. By the way, you said you were testing your ability, but what is an intermediate nun test?”
“I have several more years to pass the Intermediate Nun exam. This mission is a personal test of my abilities.”

The church seems to be a bit tight.
The Kwangmyeong Star Cross Society has a little something like that.

Anyway, to continue the explanation, catching and killing monsters requires more preparation than expected. He needed not only his own weapon, but also food to eat outside. Also, since this and that happens, it was necessary to bring various miscellaneous medicines and tools, and in some cases, homeless goods must also be prepared.

Homelessness is something you have to do more often than you think.

In the game, it would be a single inventory, but unfortunately I don’t have an inventory. There are all wizards here, but I’m not sure if there is such a thing as an inventory. But even if it is, it has nothing to do with me, so let’s move on.

Anyway, all I had to do was buy the necessary supplies and put them in my pouch. And don’t bring too many things. The heavier the body, the more it interferes with battle. That part should be adjusted according to your own judgment.

That’s experience and skill.

“Do you need anything in particular?”

Soon after, we arrived at the eastern gate.
I asked Elise.

“Maybe we need some food and… Oil.”
“Oil? Do you need oil?”
“Because we need to burn the idol first.”

There’s nothing like fire to destroy something for sure. Above all, fire can come in handy at any time during battles with monsters, so it would be a good idea to bring it with you.

“Then let’s buy oil and groceries.”

I went to a nearby general store and bought two dry rolls and a bottle of oil. Of course, half the calculations. Other than that, I checked to see if there was anything else to buy. I kind of agreed and bought a few more.

“Then, if you leave now, you can do it.”
“Before that, would you like to look at the map together?”
“I see.”

Elise said as she took the map out of her arms.

[Map]

As soon as I received the map, I wanted something like this, but somehow it seemed to be something like a map. If you look closely, you can see the castle gate and a clumsy contour line drawn… Who the hell is this? I can’t draw too badly. Even if I drew with my feet, I thought I would draw better than this.

“Is the circled point the point?”
“That’s right.”

I tried to find a barely recognizable mark, but it seemed like there would be a lot of trouble for me to interpret this map.

That’s why, the kids who can’t write dirty handwriting were more serious than not being able to read what Ji wrote the next day. There were always one or two people like that in the class. Anyway, they were crazy kids.

“It is estimated that it will take about two hours to walk from here to the destination. It is not very far.
“Two hours.”

Even if it only takes two hours to come and go, at least four hours. It was a bit late in the morning, so even if I said I would go and finish my work quickly, I would be homeless.

When the sun goes down, the eastern gate is completely closed and does not open until the sun rises again. So, it is common to hit shimai and return before the sun goes down. If it’s later, I’ll just sleep overnight and leave.

“Then I guess I’ll have to be homeless? Sister, have you experienced homelessness?”

It doesn’t matter because I’ve been homeless a lot, but Elise asked because she didn’t know. If you can’t sleep, you’d be better off just leaving tomorrow when the sun rises.

To my question, Elise replied with a node of her head.

“I’m used to it. But since there’s only one symbol, I think I can finish it in a day if I work hard. If I’m in a bit of a hurry.”

Even if it were to be finished within today, when the sun goes down, there would be no choice but to lean against the wall and sleep. The time was a bit ambiguous. I guess it’s wrong to sleep at an inn today. Shall we resolve to become homeless?

“Let’s go, Katt.”
“Let’s go.”

The guards left the gates without much restraint. In fact, I don’t even know why the guards are standing here. You must have been inspected before. They seemed to just stand still and work with their eyes.

What a dream job this is. If I had a chance, I wanted to change my job to a guard. Doing nothing and being still was my specialty.

“Hmm…”

Elise took the lead, glaring at her map. I was worried about whether I would be able to get to my destination properly after looking at that graffiti-like map, but seeing those strong steps gave me some faith. No matter how developed it is, it’s yours, so what could happen? She had to trust her.

In fact, in this world, who else can you trust other than religious people?

Although they may look like psychos, they are fundamentally good people who follow rules and order. It is different from mercenaries and adventurers who only have self-indulgence. Those who maintain a life pattern according to the rules are just as pure in heart.

“How long has Katt been an adventurer?”

As I walked while watching Elise’s back her, she asked me that.

Come to think of it, how much did she eat this … Judging by how long her hair was her, it definitely took a while. She didn’t really count the days, but seeing as she went through the winter twice, it must have been over two years. Or can you say about 3 years? As for the temporal part, my memory is a little unclear.

Anyway, to serve in another world following military service is to the point of giving goosebumps. But what’s more creepy is the fact that there is no military campaign. This fuck.

“I’m not sure, but it’s probably been about three years… Or more than that? It’s roughly like E, what. What about the nun?”
“She’s lived in the church since she was very young, so I think she’s over 10 years old.”
“Ohh… Then you’ve mastered lesser divine spells, right?”

First of all, in order to become a nun or a priest, you must have the ability to handle the divine power, and if you do not use the divine power, you are just a follower. Come to think of it, what skills do you use in the Gwangmyeong Star Cross Society? First of all, each religion has slightly different skills, so I don’t know the details.

“Of course. All we do in church is prayer and discipline.”

In fact, isn’t the church just like an armed group?

I guess it took about an hour. It’s not the usual road, so the scenery I’ve never seen before appeared. The mountains are all there, but there is a route I take often, so I’m more used to it that way, so I couldn’t figure out the direction of the first place I saw. People get lost like this.

“Are you sure you’re on the right track?”
“You don’t have to worry. Would you like to take a little rest?”
“Oh, thank you.”

After looking around, I sat down on a moderately flat rock and drank some water. I ate a little bit of dried seaweed. There are several types of dry weight, but usually the cheaper it is, the less tasty it is, and it can be preserved for a long time because it is dry. Among them, the ones I bought were dry biscuits because I was going to eat them today anyway.

“Sister, eat some too. You’ll have to move soon, so it’s better to fill your stomach.”

Elise didn’t seem to have much thought of eating, but after hearing my words of her, she took out a biscuit and started chewing it. Eat to gain strength. After taking a break for about 10 minutes, I started moving again.

“Annit.”
“What happened?”

But what is this, as she walked carefully along the four weeks boundary, she had an unexpected windfall.

“Ohhh, here it is.”
“What is that?”

Resisting the urge to jump and express my joy, I collected the rake mushrooms growing on the stump. This rare mushroom was an alchemy material that cost 3 coppers, and it was a treasure-like mushroom that would be purchased by the alchemist guild.

When you live an adventurer’s life, you accumulate this kind of knowledge. This is an era where knowledge becomes money. Intelligent people, like me right now, when faced with a valuable opportunity, can fully exploit it without thinking it through.

“This is a mushroom that is used as an alchemy ingredient called a rake mushroom. Adventurers often make extra income with it.”
“Ohh… That was helpful. New knowledge.”

Other than that, I arrived at the point without anything else happening. The sun was overhead. It seemed to be around noon or a little after noon.

“We arrived soon, so prepare your mind.”
“I’m already nervous.”
“From here on, we will search for it.”

After putting the map into her bosom her, Elise took out the Morning Star from her bosom her again and said, No, is that’ware’something like an inventory? Does this make sense?

“…”

Anyway, now was the time to make the most of it. I searched, staring at the floor. And I found the footprints of something.

“Footprints…”
“Kobold footprints. Looks like they’re nearby.”

Seeing that it had three toes, it looked like a kobold footprint. It’s a bit odd. Oysters they made. In other words, the fact that there were so many footprints of kobolds living only in dungeons outside. It’s clear that they’re crawling out and doing nonsense.

What kind of wind did the blind bastards hear?

“I will go up there.”

Elise pointed to the hill. The footprints were not on the side of the hill, but under it. If you look from above, you will see the route.

Sneakily.

She crawled up the hill and looked down cautiously, bingo.

“Sister, those bastards.”
“Yes… I see it too.”

We could see our target below.

ㅡGyusasat, gyusasasat!
ㅡKyusaaa!!
—Gyusagyusat.

A terrible monster that looked like a wrinkly old human with a hunched back and the head of a disgusting rat attached to it. It was a kobold. Three wailing kobolds were roaming at the foot of that hill.

“These are truly hideous monsters. Mr. Kat, look at those blasphemous monstrosities. You mustn’t listen to their cries. They will certainly corrupt humans.”

It’s the first time I’ve heard such a word since I was born, but hitting the candle at this timing was a little bit so I took an over-action and cheered.

“Their existence must be true blasphemy… Demons must have created it. It is truly hateful. Sister, what should I do with this seething disgust.”

Religious people seemed to like this kind of word for some reason.

“It’s a good attitude. You just have to punish them with that momentum.”
“Punishment! It sounds good! But I guess those guys look like scouts. Let’s see where they go first, shall we?”

If you follow them, you will reach your destination.

“It would be okay to think about it after killing them. Then I’ll go!”
“Ah yes.”

Holding up the Morning Star, following Elise down the hill without hesitation, hmm. After all, I thought that the crazy person was right. Well, if you’re a priest, it’s probably normal. Anyway, I also drew my sword.

ㅡ Gyusat?

At that point, they also turned their heads toward us, perhaps noticing our presence. So what are you doing you blind-eyed bastards? Unlike the cave, there is no sound, so it will be a big problem to get our position.

“Die, you filthy monster bastard!”

ㅡ Aww!

Elise’s morning star smashed the kobold’s skull in front.