Chapter 24 – Chapter 3

A Wolf mercenary corps that roamed the outskirts of the city where the greenskins were trying to gather.

In the midst of a crisis where the greenskin army could swarm and be annihilated if he twisted, Kenneth was recognized by the mercenaries.

He always leads by example, standing in the forefront and preventing the Greenskins from uniting, becoming one of Wolf’s mercenary tactics.

When Kenneth stirs up his superior personal strength, Frederick’s heavy armored mercenaries divide the enemy, and Wolf leads the remaining mercenaries to defeat the divided enemies individually.

It was a winning tactic that was created when the number of strong players who could use prana increased to three.

Of course, the faces of the mercenaries were full of smiles as the loot increased along with the necks of the greenskins.

“The wagon is almost full, so let’s go back.”

Wolf decided to return to Munratel, announcing that if the wagon became too heavy, he would have to throw away the loot.

“Did you earn a lot this time?”
“I’ll know once I get it, but a few silver coins are the basics.”
“Shall we collect some more and save the mana rod?”
“Isn’t the martial law of the people of the Murim also good?”
“But it’s very difficult to do anything with blood.”

This world basically has a fantasy worldview, but there are also knights who came over from other fantasy worlds due to dimensional rifts.

Among them, there were several knights from around the world who used a mana rod, and it was a method of collecting mana similar to the martial arts method of the Murim people.

Murim people have their own firm worldview, so words and contexts that humans in this world cannot easily adapt to are common.

On the other hand, Mana Road is a little difficult, but you can understand it if you roll your head.

“Shall we save some money and get a nameless mana rod?”
“Are you crazy? Tell me if you want to die. I’ll let you go without pain.”

As 150 years passed, some of the knights with mana rods made books and sold the mana rods they knew for money and survival.

The problem is that there are also pseudo mana rods that copy them and make them plausible.

If you learn this kind of pseudo mana rod, you will realize with your body what it means that the five organs are twisted.

That is why the stereotype that proper mana rods are expensive and pseudo mana rods are cheap has become stuck.

“Ah, should I just get prana? The mana load gives me a headache.”
“Crazy bastard. Do you have money to buy crystals?”
“Prana requires a lot of money, so a mana load is the best.”

Prana, which can be called the mana road of this world, needs something called ‘crystal’ to go up to the next level.

Special herbs, monster body parts, etc. Are made with alchemy, but the problem is that as you go up to a higher level, the number and quality of materials and materials change exponentially.

In addition, it may fail in the process of absorbing crystals, in which case you will have to buy new crystals.

Instead, if you succeed in absorbing crystals and rise to a higher level, all of your abilities will rise at once.

It takes six months to adapt to each level, and the body cannot accept it even if it eats a new crystal until then.

Mana Road and Internal Power slowly increase your ability, but Prana can quickly reach a high level if you have money.

Of course, in order for both sides to rise above a certain level, it is necessary to have an absolute condition that they must eventually be talented.

“By the way, how high is Kenneth?”
“First of all, since it’s a knight, the standard is certain.”
“If you have that level of skill, wouldn’t it be standard 2?”
“Isn’t it too low? It looks like it’s about 4th grade to me.”

Those who have mastered prana are divided into six realms.

Novice, a beginner who has just started.
A stander who grows up to be able to stand up.
An expert who has become an expert.
A master who has reached the limits of humanity.
Origin breaks free from limitations and carves out its own path.
Ascension, an ascendant completely stripped of his human mask.

Each of these realms is subdivided into 6 levels, with level 1 being the lowest and level 6 being the highest.

The mercenaries laughed and chatted happily thanks to Kenneth’s performance, and began to hope for the things they usually wanted to buy.

On the other hand, Kaicent, who was able to spend half of the march in the wagon thanks to Wolf’s favor, because he was in charge of accounting, cooking, and chores, checked the last page of the botany book he had obtained and closed it.

‘I can’t see the plants in the forest where I was with Seol-young. Even though there are all confirmed heterogeneous plants, the fact that they are not there means that the forest has come to this world just like us.’

If I knew where the forest with Dang Seol-yeong was, I would go to explore the area, but unfortunately, I couldn’t find out from this book.

‘First of all, let’s find out where the forest is and how far it is. After that, I’ll focus on becoming even a little stronger.’

Dang Seol-young, who has already risen to the ranks of masters and is a poison himself, will be able to survive in any situation.

Right now, you have to focus on becoming stronger yourself in order to survive.

And the opportunity to become stronger came like luck.

‘If you accept Kenneth’s offer, you can train as a knight under him. If I become a semi-noble knight, I will have a chance to get along with other knights as well as his sword skills.’

No matter how you think about it, it’s better to accept Kenneth’s seed offer.

However, all of Kaicent’s instincts violently expressed a sense of resistance.

You shouldn’t hang out with that guy.
You should stay away from that man.
Don’t accept that man’s offer.

In response to constant rejection, Kaicent decided to maintain a relationship with Kenneth as a mere mercenary ally.

“Leader!”

At that time, the mercenaries who had been scouting ahead returned looking for Wolf.

“What’s going on?”
“The Orcs are approaching! Armed well and even have riders, they seem to be looking for us!”
“Tch. Did you come in the end?”

In the meantime, the number of greenskins alone exceeded 300.

There have been quite a few goblins who have escaped so far, so it’s not strange that their existence is known.

“What about the numbers?”
“It’s about 50, but…”
“If we wait, more greenskins will come.”

After thinking about something for a moment, Wolf ordered the mercenaries to throw away the heavy, low-value items.

“If you get caught here, you’ll be swallowed up by the quantity. We’ll handle it quickly and escape, so everyone be prepared.”

As they faced a situation where they had to prepare for annihilation if they made a mistake, the atmosphere of hope until earlier quickly became heavy.

Wolf ordered the Greenskins to rest until they found them.

If it was a normal human-to-human war, they would have to strike first because they could find themselves and retreat, but the greenskins don’t have to think about that.

“Kuaaaaa!”
“Slick!”
“Soft flesh!”

Orcs who don’t think about anything because they’re violent and strong will charge first.

“Archers!”

As soon as they saw the greenskins, the archers who had formed a line of barrage and were drawing protests leaned back at Wolf’s call.

Now, when it reached the effective range, it was about to give the order to fire.

Tarak!

“Huh?”
“Uh?”
“What?”

When everyone’s eyes were on the orcs, something unexpected happened.

Kenneth ran toward the archers.

“Uh, sleep. Whoa!?”

Kenneth cut down the mercenary in his way and grabbed the back of the target he had been aiming for from the start.

“Aww!”

Caught by the back of his armor, Kaicent could not resist Kenneth, who was carrying him with overwhelming force, and disappeared into the forest with his shrieking scream.

‘Quit! Did you aim for Kaicent from the beginning!’

For unknown reasons, Wolf, who learned that he had joined the mercenary corps targeting Kaicent, was confused as he alternately saw Greenskins running from the front and Kenneth running away.

Some of the greenskin goblin riders riding wolves broke off and began to pursue them, as if they thought they were messengers calling for cheering forces.

The wolves, whose acceleration is equivalent to that of horses, chased after Kenneth, but Kenneth, who had shown standard-level skills so far, ran quickly with expert-level skills.

He had been deceiving himself from the start.

Are you chasing the traitor?
Are you fighting the greenskins with the mercenaries?
Her choice was to catch both of her rabbits.

“Ahhhhh!”

Wolf, who drew his greatsword with wild spirit and rushed forward, swung at the orcs armed with machined iron armor and weapons.

Cyan caca cac!

The greatsword filled with high-purity mana roughly cuts down the orcs who rushed at it.

“Frederick! No tactics needed!”

At the same time, being told that there was no need to use tactics, Frederick threw down his shield and charged forward holding a sword.

Shush! Tsukak! Pujik!

“Kuhak!”
“Ooh!”

Frederick cut down the orcs while attacking areas that were not covered by the eyes or armor in a simple, non-flashy manner.

The damage of the mercenaries would be reduced if they operated shield soldiers, but since there was no mercenary to hold the center, Frederick took on the role.

“Let’s go too!”
“Kill!”

Encouraged by the bravery of the two men, the mercenaries charged to break through the greenskin encirclement.

Wolf, who felt victorious while facing the armed orcs, ran in the direction Kenneth had fled.

“Wolf!?”
“I will punish the traitor! You go back to Munratel!”
“Kuu… I get it!”

If he had just run away quietly, he would have ignored it, saying it was a waste of time for such a coward, but he couldn’t leave the traitor who kidnapped a member of the mercenary corps alone.

If that happened, the discipline of the mercenaries could be messed up.

Wolf began pursuing Kaisent into the woods to retrieve him and make Kenneth pay for his betrayal.

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Crisp! Thud!

“Aaaaagh!”

Kai Sent, who was being dragged into the woods with his scruff of the neck held, was distracted by the impact of the shock hitting various parts of his body.

‘I can’t be dragged away like this!’

Confused by the speed of the unexpected kidnapping, he regained his cool belatedly.

Kai Sent, turning his hand into a dragon’s, clawed at Kenneth’s hand that was holding him by the scruff of his neck with fang-like claws.

“Ugh!?”

Embarrassed by the unexpected pain, Kenneth instinctively let Kaicent go.

It was a chi cent that became round at high speed, but it spun in the air and steered, and landed stably by kicking his tree.

“Hoo.”
“Don’t move!”

Kaicent aimed his bow at Kenneth, who exclaimed at his feat-like landing.

Hehe. You’re so cute.”

However, when he smiled at his warning, Kaicent felt the unpleasant feeling he had felt somewhere.

“This sense… Were you watching me at Munratel?”
“Huh. Did you feel that? It’s a pretty good feeling.”
“Why? Why did you kidnap me?”
“Why? Of course you’re doing this to be nice to me.”
“…Yes?”

Kenneth lowered his stance and slowly closed the distance with a ready-to-dive attitude.

“I ejaculated as soon as I first saw you. Skin that looks whiter and softer than a woman’s, and a cute appearance that makes all the boys I’ve seen greenskin! If there’s such a thing as love, it’s this feeling!”

Oh so so so so —-

Kai cent, who found out that he was looking at himself as an object of sexual desire, felt a sense of discomfort with the hairs all over his body standing up. No, he felt a terrible feeling that these words can’t explain.

“Don’t worry. The old ‘squire’ took advantage of the chaos of battle and was killed by bandits while fleeing, but I’ll protect you from such a thing. Ugh, uh uh uh heh heh heh~~”

Peeing!

Kaicent, who was about to vomit if he talked to him any longer, suddenly fired an arrow.

However, Kenneth, an expert-class knight, simply swung his sword and deflected it.

“Ohhh! Are you being mean? How can you do something that pleases you so much!? How do you know you’re happy to ‘discipline’ the bad guys!”
“Shut up!”

Kaicent, who even threw out honorific words, opened the distance and quickly fired arrows.

I tried to stimulate his defensive instincts by shooting his face intensively, but Kenneth didn’t blink an eye, as if he had experienced countless battles.

“First of all, I’ll teach you bad hands that play carelessly! After that, I’ll break the tendons and growth plates in your legs so you can’t run or grow! Don’t worry!

Kenneth charged forward, brandishing his sword with his scabbard.

Deciding that there was no point in using a bow, Kai Sent threw away his weapon and followed the steps taught by Seon Dang Seol-yeong to get out of the sword’s path.

‘Scared! Scared!!’

Seeing Kenneth’s bloodshot eyes up close as he wielded his sword, revealing his hideous desire toward him, Kai Sent focused on evading him out of fear.

If you go on like this, you’ll get hit someday.
Even knowing that fact, Kaicent was afraid of close combat.

-Above!-

At that time, in Kaicent’s memory, the last voice of Dang Seol-young calling him anxiously appeared.

If you get hit here, you will never be able to find Dang Xue Ying.

The fear of eternal separation succeeded in overcoming the fear of close combat, and he cut off the scabbard with the Baesanjang method.

Tuoong!

“Hmm!?”

Afterwards, aiming for the gap created while being careless, he dug in and succeeded in counterattacking by striking the abdomen.

Fuck!

“Ouch!”

However, as the magic armor absorbed the shock, Kenneth, who received only a slight shock, slashed Kaicent’s abdomen with his knee.

“Collock! Whoop! Hook!”
“It wasn’t just a bow and arrow. It’s similar to the skills of other species called Murim people.”

As Kenneth learned that Kaicent had learned martial arts, he became wary.

On top of that, I just kicked my stomach with my knee, and I felt the rebound as if I had hit steel.

It is clear that the internal organs were strengthened to receive the shock.

‘I should have caused damage while I was careless… !’

Unexpecting that the magic armor would absorb this much shock, Kaicent took a deep breath and thought of the next move.

But Kenneth didn’t sit still.

“Resisting will be annoying, so I’ll knock you out first!”

Once Kai Sent was stunned, he decided to cut the sinews in his wrists and legs so that he could not resist, and quickly approached him, brandishing his scabbard.

When Kaicent tried to resist it, unexpected people created a variable.

“Kyakyakyakyakkyak!”
“Die slicks!”

The Wolf Riders who had been chasing the two broke in.