Chapter 54 – Warlock’s Request

Gyaaaaap!!!

Since it was a surprise attack, I decided to keep my spirits inwardly. I charged at the scale wolf, who was frantically devouring the corpse of the gnoll, with the tip of my sword extended.

ㅡ Kreuk?

But his wild sense was faster.
As soon as he saw me, he tossed Gnoll’s body down and ran in the opposite direction.

“Gibson!”
“Yes!”

But on the other side, Gibson was already waiting.

This is the magic of party hunting. Scale Wolf turned to the side again, applying the brakes like a startled cat when he saw the sudden appearance of Gibson.

But at that point I had already caught up with Scale Wolf. I slashed the bastard sword at the back of the running guy. The blow that carried the weight of the upper and lower body was the momentum itself of a double-dip.

ㅡPeruk!
“Damn!”

A swear word came out of my mouth.

The blade had only penetrated halfway through his spine. He was not completely amputated. Damn it It was obviously cut with the intention of splitting it in two with one blow, but it was a bit shallow. It seems that the protective power of the scales is the cause.

ㅡQueueek!!

Even if it was shallow, a critical hit is a critical hit. He rolled on the floor and screamed. It looked really fucking painful. Even if it were me, if someone had come and hit my backbone with an axe, I would have shyly twisted my body and screamed.

ㅡKireeeee!!!

The guy continued to vomit pain and rolled over on his stomach as he slammed his body against the floor. It seems that the blade has hit a nerve.

The belly of his had no scales, so vital points were clearly visible. I tried to stab him there with a knife to ease his pain.

“Get out of the way!”
“To?”

Then Maurice appeared raising her ax.

ㅡDeng Kang!

He pushed me away with a violent shoulder punch and separated the head and body of the scale wolf with an ax. It was an admirable ax stroke. I admired it because it was an effortless movement like that of a professional woodcutter.

Mainly in the part where I was hit with a shoulder bun. All the admiration comes out. Why is this bitch doing this to me?

“Whoa! I killed one!”

Maurice said, wiping the sweat from her forehead with her forearm. Ami looks so fucking refreshed, this man is real.

“Mister. Why are people pushing all of a sudden? Huh? You almost fell.”
“Eh? Ah, I’m sorry. It was inevitable in order to kill the monsters.”

This bastard has been a bit unlucky since a while ago. In my experience, these guys always end up causing trouble. To prevent that, I decided to inquire in advance.

“Isn’t there a reason to do that in a situation where I can kill myself too?”
“Seriously. I killed him, so it’s okay. Maybe you didn’t.”
“A kid is stabbed in the back and is twisting his body in a state of disrepair. What can’t you kill?”
“…”
“What I said earlier in a commanding tone was that I was just trying to draw it, but if you keep being so rude, I’m in trouble too.”
“…After that, it’s done.”

Maurice turned her around.

Born in a Confucian country, I basically have an idea of ​​treating my elders, but that doesn’t mean I’m accepting nonsense. Even being treated as an adult should pay the price of one’s age.

Up until now, because of the party members, I have seen blood and lived a lot, so now that I have gained strength, I have to say something and live.

“It’s that simple.”

Gibson came over and said.

“Then let’s take off the skin. The value of a scale wolf comes from this scaled hide.”

I took out a knife to peel off the skin. That’s what I extorted against the robbers the other day. It was not sold, but kept in a pouch.

“Hmm, how do I take this off?”

Just like that, he cut open the scale wolf’s stomach. I don’t have the knowledge of professional exfoliation, but I have a clumsy level of knowledge I’ve learned from watching over my shoulder while living my life as an adventurer.

Carefully exposing the flesh and slicing through the tissue to remove the skin… It’s harder than you think. It didn’t go very well. In the first place, he’s about the size of a tosa dog, so it would take a year just to take it off.

“I’m not doing that. Give it to me.”

Cloudy, who was watching me, took my knife and said. For some reason, she felt that she would do better than I did, so she moved out of her place.

“I’ll show you a demonstration.”

Cloudy inserted the knife between his flesh her without hesitation.

ㅡSwish.
— Shh.
ㅡ Chi profit.

“Oh oh.”

A gasp came out of my mouth.

She very skillfully skinned the Scale Wolf. His hands were unstoppable like those of a professional first-class butcher. In an instant, she peeled off the scale wolf’s skin and returned the knife covered in blood to her.

“The blade is dull. You’d better sharpen it.”
“Wow, that’s perfect. I’m sure you’ll get what you pay for without looking further?”
“I’m a little concerned about the scar on the back, but I mean.”
“Oh, right. There was that. Damn it.”

A monster’s leather is more valuable when it is unblemished and well peeled. Still, since only the protruding spine was cut, it wouldn’t be too much of a loss.

“Where did you learn skin peeling? Your hand movements are unusual.”
“It’s basic in our hometown. But shouldn’t you do well too? I know that Mirkesha are nomads.”

Actually, I’m not a nomadic savage, but a modern Korean, so I don’t know how to skin.

“I will… I left my hometown after being scolded for not being able to do anything…”

I pretended to be depressed and said. No one knows the ecology of nomads in detail, so it’s okay to make up my past setting.

“Ah, I’m sorry for some reason. I must have stabbed a sore spot.”
“No. It’s nothing special.”

She put on a compassionate expression, but it does n’t matter because she’s Gura anyway.

“Wash your hands anyway.”
“Yes?”

In return for peeling off the skin, I opened the lid of the canteen. Her hands were already bloody from peeling the hide. In situations where combat may occur, it is good to remove foreign substances from your hands whenever you have time.

“Come on, put your hand.”

When I handed out the canteen, she looked at my face her with a curious expression and quietly held out her hand her. I tilted the canteen and let the water run, washing her hands her.

“…Thank you for something.”
“I’m more grateful that you took off my skin.”

Afterwards, I searched the corpse to check Noll’s pepper, but it seemed impossible to cut the pepper out of Noll’s corpse because it was already chewed up in many ways. It’s what Scale Wolf ate anyway, so let’s just do body manners this time.

“Looking at how easy it was to hunt the scale wolves, it looks like things will go smoothly. Let’s try to find the next guy.”
“Umm… Let’s do that. Is there a place nearby where they can be?”
“I’ll have to look for it now.”

Gibson and Morris said. We moved right away. They also have their own territory for each object, so I don’t think they’re in the immediate vicinity.
The Scale Wolf, who was dead with his skin peeled off, just ignored it. I was afraid that if I left it as it was, it would probably become a bait to attract other monsters.

As we were walking along the shore, we found a moss zone that gave off a fishy smell. Some areas, such as swamps, are so humid that they often appear covered with this type of moss.

It was kind of lucky.
Magic plants grow in places like this.

“Oh, wait a minute Sudop.”

I stopped the party.

“There’s bound to be grassroots money growing in places like this. Let’s explore for a moment.”
“We came to catch scale wolves, didn’t we come to collect grassroots? It seems like a waste of time.”

Maurice’s comments were justified. But I have a separate request. It is necessary to somehow persuade the party to mine the magic plant now.

“Is that so? Then, mister, take a look at that for a second.”

I pointed to the blue weeds that bloomed under the rock and said. I was lucky. It was easy to find the magic plant. It catches my eye It was full of moss, which was only green, so the blue stood out.

“That’s 1 copper per root. Wouldn’t that be perfect for a side income? It’s not only growing from one root, but it’s growing all over the place. Picking up lost money isn’t a waste of time at all.”

After saying that, I looked around at the party, and the reaction was that it was okay. When the sound of money came out, Morris was also convinced.

“It reminds me of the old days of magic grass. These days, I live without thinking about it, but if it grows this much, it would be okay to explore it once.”
“Hey, does that grass make money? I know it’s good.”

We immediately reached out towards them with greedy hands. Along the line under the rock, there was a magic plant about the size of a heat root. I needed five things to take as a request, so I thought I would just have to find a little more.

By the way, coming out to the forest far away, I see that there are a lot of these materials growing there. Back in the days of mediocrity, I couldn’t dig anything except near the city, so my income was poor.

The roots of the weed-like magic plant were as thick as a small deodeok. It was carefully dug up and collected. After spending about 30 minutes like that, each person acquired more than five magical powers.

“What else is this?”

And there was also a bizarre mushroom like a goblin’s hammer, so I secretly kept it. What is this? Let’s ask Lisa one more time later.

“This should be enough for a side income. Cut. Where do you go to sell it?”
“You should take it to the city alchemist’s guild.”
“I’m going to have to pick up the family that I see in the future.”

Cloudy didn’t live here, so he didn’t seem to know about magic plants.

—Gyusat.
—Gyusagyusat.

As I was about to leave the moss, I saw kobolds in front of me. They ran away in shock as if they sensed our presence. If there are kobolds, there are bound to be predators that eat kobolds nearby.

Kobolds rarely come out of their burrows. When food is scarce, they sometimes release walkers to collect it. If so, there is a high probability that the scale wolves have a meat plate at a nearby restaurant. Since they have eyesight close to that of the blind, they should be able to easily catch and eat them.

“Looking at them, there must be one around here.”
“Shall we follow along?”
“Ah, that would be great. Let’s go, Mr. Gibson.”

The kobolds followed. There are also gnolls and kobolds nearby, and the ecosystem seems to be in good condition, perhaps because it is a swampy area. Unfortunately, I needed to get the kobold’s brain out. It’s really sad…

Anyway, since I’ve got all the magical herbs, if I just bring the leather, pepper, and head, the quest progress rate is roughly 40%.

The footprints of those who had just escaped were stamped, so tracking was very easy. Following the footsteps, I crossed a hill, and there was a small cave in front of it.

“It must be the cave where the kobolds from earlier live.”

Said Morris.

“Then there must be a high probability that there are scale wolves around here. Let’s wait for a while.”

As Gibson said, we went up the hill to take a break and sat down among the bushes where we could hide. I think we can wait here and move when the Scale Wolf appears.

“Turn it off… It’s hard to walk for a long time.”

Oh damn it. Are your knees sore already?

According to common sense, there’s no way the scale wolf doesn’t know where the kobolds live, so if you wait a little bit, a hungry guy will come to visit you.