Chapter 68 – Cupid Rye

#068.

“What? What is this.”

It’s been a month since I met a guy named Ben.

It’s been so quiet in the meantime, I’ve given up halfway, but something is unusual.

Even though it was late at night, the whole group was gathered in one room.

It’s not like they’re trying to have a gay orgy.

As I focused my mind and my senses, all the sounds came vividly through the thin walls.

In addition, when the mana sensor was extended, all movements were grasped.

“Are you sure you want to?”
“Why. Don’t you like it?”
“No… It’s me. Long time no see?”

One of the gang laughed at Ben’s words.

Another gang member spoke to him.

“I liked it when I put both holes in at the same time.”
“Asshole.. I see?”
“As you like. Do I have a good ass?”

That way, they started talking dirty about Lina.

Of course, I could have graciously passed on.

‘I’ll have to forgive him one life at a time.’

I just need to use their lives well with karma.

That’s enough of their existence value.

“Oh, but isn’t that kid there?”
“Huh? What a kid.”
“That Lina or whatever, the kid next to her. I heard he was a rookie who came out a few months ago?”
“Okay? Ben. What should I do? Rumor has it that you can manifest an aura.”

At the conversation between the two of them, Ben frowned randomly and took out his pocket.

“Hire him to the Assassins Guild. If you tell me there’s a 5-star one, I’ll send it to you. I’ll attack them tomorrow when they return after completing their request.”

Then, when I handed it to one of the pickers, he asked back.

“Are you asking me to come?”
“…Don’t you like it?”
“Ah.. When did I say no? Give it!”

Takari immediately erased his reluctance at Ben’s low warning and accepted his pocket.

As it was, Takari left the room, and I tried to find the location of the Assassin’s Guild by following her, but then I gave up.

‘It can’t be that easy…’

Besides, I wasn’t particularly good at stealth, so there was a high chance that the Jintobaegi assassins would find out.

“It’s possible because Ben’s gang is fucking rice..”

After observing the situation for a while, I returned to the inn when I saw that the gang had dispersed to their respective rooms.

“By the way, 5 stars..”

When I received the skill verification at the mercenary guild, I was good at showing only 5-star level on purpose.

I did it because it was useless to show an aura anyway, but it was a good thing.

Maybe even in the Assassins Guild, they would send it to a level where they could catch a 5-star swordsman.

Then I just have to deal with them moderately and harvest karma.

“I’m looking forward to it…”

The fact that tomorrow is the long-awaited harvest day naturally made me smile.

***

Chow!

“Ugh… I’m tired of Orcs too.”
“Is that so? Then, will you go to the Marquis of Yurinas? I hear there are lizardmen installing them these days.”
“Are you a Lizardman?”

As Mark and I were talking about other estates, Lina interrupted.

“Lizardmen are monsters that live in swamps. He looks like a lizard Instead, I have to live in the depths of the swamp and be homeless.”
“…Just catch orcs.”

Sleeping in the swamp…

‘I can’t stand it because I’m embarrassed.’

I felt uncomfortable with the sticky feeling of the clothes I was wearing.

“Then let’s go back. The sun is slowly setting.”

As he pulled out his orc fangs and pointed to the sky, Mark nodded.

“Okay. Let’s go.”
“Ahh~ How much is all this? It’s nice to be able to fight with peace of mind thanks to Rai.”

Usually, no matter how much energy you have left, you don’t hunt monsters until your physical strength reaches the limit.

But because of me, the two of them hunted to the point of danger, and as a result, they were able to catch more than 30 orcs.

Of course, this is the number the two of us caught, and the number I caught alone is over 50.

‘My karma only went up by 30..’

At first, I gave more than 3 per dog, but now I don’t even give 1.

I don’t know what the reason is, but as expected, I shouldn’t keep catching the same guy.

‘Should I go catch the Lizardman?’

It would be hard to stay homeless in the swamp, but the rewards are sure to be as sweet as that.

After thinking for a while, I got up from my seat and walked towards the Libran territory.

“Haa~ The weather is nice!”

After hearing Lina’s words, she looked around and saw colorfully dyed trees.

The leaves were blooming profusely, showing off their beauty.

“Is it September already?”

It’s already been two months since I started working as a mercenary.

Two years have passed since I came to this world.

I almost got emotional for a moment, but I came to my senses.

‘It’s time to come soon…’

There are no other people around because it is a deep mountain, and Lina and Mark are in a state where their stamina is quite low from catching orcs.

If you want to surprise, it couldn’t be better than now.

I braced my senses and continued to hurriedly walked.

And when the sunset slowly set and the shadows stretched.

The sixth sense sounded the alarm.

‘Where is it?’

The moment I looked around while concentrating my mana detection—

Peeing!

From the shadows of the trees on either side, two figures in all-black outfits protruded like springs.

Lina and Mark didn’t even notice the secret yet fast movement.

Shush shush—

Their daggers pierce through, exhaling a dark aura.

Watching the bloody attack, I diligently measured the angle.

Caang!

“Awesome..!”

Having knocked out one, I pretended not to succumb to the shock, revealing a gap.

Then the one remaining dagger ended up lodged in her side.

─Pu-wook!

“Aagh!”

Fain!

As I screamed in pain and swung my sword, they retreated.

I sang joy on the inside while acting full of pain on the outside.

‘It worked just fine.’

They’d think they’d gotten a fatal wound in their side, but that’s just a brief optical illusion using an illusion.

Then, as if it were a fish that had caught me, one guy took off his mask and licked his own blade.

Serb-

He even opened his mouth.

“Hehe.. The blood tastes like pig, so your mother must have been a pig.”

The assassin deliberately provoked him by mentioning his parents, but to no avail.

First of all, I don’t even have a mother.

‘That’s a real pig..’

It was because it was a fake using pig blood.

The ‘fake’ blood, which he worked hard to act on purpose, worked wonderfully.

‘Cancer…How hard I worked.’

I concentrated my senses as much as possible to make them as similar as possible.

Still, I felt sorry for the guy who was eagerly licking it thinking it was my blood.

“Ra, rai..!!”

As I was confronting him, Lina turned her head to my screams and shouted.

“Shit!!”

Mark quickly drew his sword and tried to intervene, but he couldn’t.

Wedge-breaking— Puck!

Arrows flew from Mark’s back and created a boundary between me and the two.

In response, Mark quickly raised his sword while looking in that direction.

“Who is this! Come out!”

There is no idiot anywhere who would normally show up for such words.

Mark probably didn’t want that either.

But the guys showed up with a smile.

“Hey, Lina. Long time no see?”
“…Ben. It was you.”
“What. Did you wait for me But what? It’s already late.”

When Ben winked at the thugs, he immediately surrounded Lina and Mark.

“What is this?”
“What are you doing? Haha! I will show you that in the future.”

Ben laughed, saying he was rather happy when Mark let out a growl as he watched the gang that surrounded him.

Visor! Chae Jae-jae! Caang!

And the assassins pushed harder, as if to keep me away from them.

“Keugh!”

As I grabbed him by the side and staggered back, Ben grinned — and looked at me.

“Sorry. Kid. You should die here too. It’s a bit of a waste of skill, but… There’s nothing you can do about it, right?”
“Fuck… See you later.”

As I spent my life frowning as if desperately enduring the pain, Ben exploded into a frenzy as if he couldn’t contain his joy.

Haha! Heh.. Haha!”

What was so funny, he laughed for a long time.

Then, with a cold face, he ordered.

“Conquer!”

Tatter-

At that order, eight thugs rushed at once.

“Shit. Lina run away!”
“No! How can I leave you guys! It happened because of me.”
“They are like dogs.”

After a brief conversation, Mark and Lina immediately began to endure their attacks.

“Die!”

And while I took a moment to open my eyes, the assassin who had been enjoying the pig’s blood approached and brandished a dagger.

Caang!

“Big..!!”

Pretending to brush it off, he retreated to the bush.

Then another guy stabs the dagger as if taking turns.

In that way, I continued to move my seat while receiving the pass of the two guys.

“You bastard!”
“…”

As the assassin continued to withdraw without fighting properly, the assassin gnashed his teeth and licked the pig’s blood again.

‘Is this enough?’

I could barely hear Lina’s and Mark’s voices even in my ears, so it was obvious that other people wouldn’t be able to hear them either.

“Done. Now.”

As if chasing a prey I had caught, I saw the defenseless guy and immediately used the ball.

“What happened? Don’t talk nonsense.. ─Gagging..!”

Fu-wook!

Then the guy who was about to attack again raising his dagger opened his mouth wide as he saw the sword protruding from his chest.

“Shit!”

And as soon as the other guy saw it, he realized that his request had failed and tried to run away.

But..

“Where are you going?”

Shiriririk!

A whip-like aura erupted from the blade piercing the assassin’s chest and stabbed the assassin.

Caang!

“Hey!”

He somehow managed to block the surprise attack, but to no avail.

Shririririk— Fuuk!

It was because another whip rose from the side of the whip and pierced the guy’s chest.

“Kahak…! Zen..Jaang..!”
“Die well.”

Jwajwajjoop!

I immediately spewed a total of 8 aura whips from my sword and drove 4 of each into my heart.

Then they trembled for a moment like epileptic patients, then stopped moving and lowered their heads.

“Oh.. Does it give you 70 karma? Honey~”

The yield is quite good today.

But there are still others left.

“How much will you give me?”

I hurriedly headed to the place while spying on Lina and Mark, who were staggering dangerously, with my mana sensor.

Taat-

Stepping on a tree, climbing up a branch, and returning as stealthily as possible, without making a sound, I saw Mark about to fall after being struck by the spearhead of one of the thugs.

“Mark!”
“Where are you looking? It’s been a while.”

Ben, who was dealing with Lina alone, expressed an aura at the same time as he said that, and severed Lina’s sword.

“Ugh, ugh… Kyaaak!”

Then, after hitting Lina’s stomach, she grabbed her hair and caused her to fall out of strength.

Haha.. How dare an insignificant bitch turn me down? When I see a bitch like you, I can’t stand it. Just like her.”

‘Um… What should I do?’

Although she made a plan, she hesitated when she saw Lina being humiliated by her.

“Shit! What are you going to do! I’ll give you all the money!”

Mark, who had been subdued by the thugs before he knew it, shouted that.

Her face was distorted, as if she had guessed what was going to happen.

And Ben did what he expected.

“What are you going to do? Look at that now.”

Aww!

“Kyaaaaa!”

He immediately tore off Lina’s clothes.

Then, underwear was revealed along with immaculate skin that was not suitable for a mercenary.

“Reena. You shouldn’t have refused huh?”
“I-I was wrong! Therefore. Save Mark and Rai. Huh?”

Lina, who couldn’t stand up because her legs were broken, pleaded so while her face blushed in shame.

Then the guy laughed, tearing his mouth open to see if it was more enjoyable.

Haha! Okay. That fits But what? I want to violate you in front of him.”
“Ugh, no.. Stop it. Stop..”

He stood up and slowly took off his pants.

“Shit! Stop! Stop!!”

Seeing the scene, Mark’s eyes were stained red, as if a blood vessel had burst.

If living alone could kill a man, maybe Ben would have his body torn into a thousand pieces.

That’s how Mark’s momentum was bloody.

‘Should I step out now?’

That’s enough.

It is only after going through a crisis that it becomes more desperate.

You will no longer be able to suppress your feelings for each other.

I expected that, but Mark’s reaction was more intense than I expected.

Sigh-

As soon as he drew his sword and was about to jump down, Mark ran out of control.

“Aww! Kill! Kill it!”

‘What? Shouldn’t it be like that?’

Mark gathered all of his auras and sent them into his hand.

However, it was not properly organized yet, so there was no way the mana rod of the narrow and rough mark could withstand it.

Of course, there was no space, but when I pushed it in, it cracked and bounced in all directions.

“Kuaaaaa!!”

Blood flowed from Mark’s mouth and eyes, but he didn’t stop.

He concentrated his aura as if he would pour his all into it, and in the end…

Paaang!

The aura inside exploded magnificently and was released as it was.

─Aaaaagh!

It was so powerful that all of Mark’s auras exploded at once.

The guys who were suppressing Mark all fell away.

And Mark stumbled and began to stand up.

“Keuuuuu”

And then she moves her steps straight to Lina.

That will alone is commendable.

However, when the human body reaches its limits, it is bound to betray its will.

Mark took a few steps and fell to his knees.

That’s right, since all the auras went out at once, he must be feeling a great sense of exhaustion.

In addition, the mana rod was damaged and even suffered internal injuries, so it was natural.

‘I was lucky.’

Normally, the moment the aura is released, all the limbs should have exploded and died, but fortunately Mark did not.

And Ben, who was staring blankly at Mark, retrieved his hand that had been extended to Lina and picked up his sword.

“…I must kill him.”

Perhaps judging Mark as a danger, he let go of Lina’s hair and went straight to Mark.

Then Lina stared blankly at Mark and shouted.

“Run Mark! Because that’s enough. So please stay alive! Someone… Someone help me!!”

Lina shed her tears as she saw Mark covered in blood.

He desperately asked for help as if he didn’t care what was going on.

When she saw it, she thought that this was her chance and she jumped straight down the tree.

‘It’s my turn this time!’

Taat─ shriririk!

Jumping down from the tree, I cut down the thugs who were trying to subdue Mark again.

The elongated black aura draws a line on the reddish ground as the sunset sets.

Widely!

The moment you land on the floor…

Cheer la la rock!

All but Ben were dismembered and fell to the floor.

When I raised my head, I saw Mark staring blankly at me.

“Lie?”
“Mark. Great job. Rest now.”
“Ha.. Thank you.”

When Mark confirmed that it was me standing in front of him, he closed his eyes as if relieved and lay down on the floor.