Chapter 61 – Cleaning Up Around the Hideout

“What the fuck…”

Swearing escaped spontaneously from between his teeth.
I went hunting with a light heart to clean up my surroundings, but it was because I sensed that it was fucked up from the start.

『Titling ♪ Sudden Mission Occurred! Hunt the jaguar.』

The alarm sounds like it’s teasing me.

“Shut up the fuck.”

Grinding my teeth, I aimed my bamboo spear at the predator glaring at me from the front.

-Grrrr.

Okay. I mean, this is a Jaguar.
It looked like a leopard, but somehow it seemed different.

The leopard had been seen at the zoo with her mother when she was a child.
But it wasn’t that big. Wouldn’t this size be closer to a tiger than a leopard?

Above all, there is no barbed wire, which is the most important here.
The only thing between me and the jaguar staring at me is weeds and piles of rocks.
The distance is only 2-30 meters. It was a distance where you could attack at any time if you looked away.

“Chi, there’s no way it would work out so well with my subject.”

Cell phone maps show life forms.
It can tell whether it is a survivor or another animal, but not the type of animal.

After hunting, I first followed the mark on the map where only one animal was separated.
And I was just about to run into this guy.

-Grrrr.

Jaguar lowered his stance and glared at me.
Feeling intimidated is no joke. It was on a different level from Hyena.
I felt like I was not the slightest bit off guard even though I was regarded as prey.

“Sue.”

Breathe slowly
Sweat is caught in the hand holding the bamboo spear. Beads of sweat ran down his cheeks and fell from his chin.

– Zapak.

I didn’t back down.
Rather, it narrowed the distance by one step.

“Oh, yes. Let’s stick together somewhere.”

I kind of laughed.
Have I gone crazy too?

What is Jaguar thinking right now?
Do you think the prey will come on its own?

It’s a pity, but the bamboo spear in my hand is not an ordinary bamboo spear.
If you’re going to run away, it’s only now.

– Zapak.

The moment I take another step.

-Kiyao–!

──The guy attacked.

“Big!”

Terrible resilience unique to the cat’s teeth.
For an instant, our eyes meet. The moment I recognized it, he had already risen to the same eye level as me.

But I was faster than that.
Because before our eyes met, I was already firing a bamboo spear.

-Queek, Kieiik!!

The jaguar that rushed in and tried to hit me in the face with its claws.
However, because I rushed in first, there was no way to avoid the bamboo spear I fired.
Just as he rushed towards me, the Jaguar pierced his chest below his neck with a bamboo spear.

“Kuk!”

It takes a lot of repulsive force on the arm.
I immediately let go of the half-stitched bamboo spear and rolled aside.

-Hey hey hey–

The jaguar, which has become a bamboo skewer, rolls across the floor screaming grotesquely.
Blood is splattered and dust is scattered. However, he did not know that the bamboo spear stuck in his chest would be pulled out.

“Whoa.”

I got up from rolling on the floor and pulled the machete from my back.
In order to end the breath of a beast suffering from immortality.

“Suck!”

I hit him on the neck with a machete.

-Puck! Puck!
-Kei!——!

He got hit twice, but in a rampage the blade bludgeoned his shoulder.

-Puck!

And third.
Finally, the blade landed on the jaguar’s throat.

Blood spurts. His head dangles from the half-severed neck.
It was terrible.

“Ha. Seed…”

Won
Realizing it, his shoulders finally lost their strength.
His tense arms were shaking.

『Titling ♪ Sudden Mission Success! Rewards are given!』

A system message officially announced Jaguar’s death.
Then the jaguar, which had become a corpse, disappeared into smoke. Only bamboo spears were left in its place.

“After. I thought you were really behind.”

This time he really thought he might die, but judging by the outcome, he simply let it go.
It was also a moment to kill if you passed the danger of a moment.

Bamboo spear.
It’s all thanks to Jukchang.

At first, I thought it was just a simple ignorant jukchang.
But as I wrote it, I felt that something was different.

Once stabbed, it will pierce unconditionally. It’s not as sharp as a spear made of iron. With just a stab, it penetrated even the toughest leather.

And once plugged in, it won’t come off.
While plugged in, dot dem continuously enters.

Moreover, with such a thick bamboo spear embedded in his body, he could not move properly. Those who have been stabbed once by the bamboo spear have no choice but to die after receiving a second attack like the jaguar that died a moment ago.

It is also a rare item. Good to eat
If there was no bamboo spear, it wouldn’t be strange if he died three times.

I picked up a bamboo spear from the floor and took out my phone to check the system message.

Then, an item popped up in front of me.
Maybe this is a surprise mission reward.

“What. A bathing suit again?”

Black swimsuit. This time it was not a bikini, but a black one-piece swimsuit.

[*Battle Leotard Swimsuit]
[A combat swimsuit specialized in improving physical abilities. For women only.]
[Option: Increase body power by 20%. The defense is stronger than it looks.]

“Sheesh.”

Is it for women only? There was nothing like that in a bikini.
It was as if I had hit the ball knowing I was going to wear it.

Damn. Gender discrimination in this day and age.
As an option is an option, I tried to test it once, but it seems that it will not work.
Too bad.
If mom wears it, will she help during sex?

After stuffing the items into my backpack, I set out for my next prey.

*

Fortunately, another giant like Jaguar did not appear.

The least dangerous thing was two hyenas.
It was a bit difficult to catch, but I’m used to it, so it wasn’t too scary.

The food chain in this area is roughly like this.
Weasel 〈 Raccoon 〈 Boar 〈 Hyena.
And the jaguar was added to the food chain.

The difficulty suddenly jumped up.
Well, there is Tyrannosaurus, but there is nothing great about Jaguar.

Wild boar. Hyena. Jaguar.
What else will be added next?
Lion? Tiger? Brown bear?

… At that point, I think I’ll need a real gun.
No matter how strong the bamboo spear is, it doesn’t seem like it would work against a bear or a tiger.
But buying a rifle that costs 500 coins per bullet is a bit…

In the corner of his head, he aims at a stone while thinking about something else.
And, throw

– Poof.

– Right! Keying!

“I like it!”

The weasel, who was doing something stupid, fell down after being hit by a stone I threw.

I don’t think there’s anything special about this. It is said that a roughly thrown stone hits strangely well.

Small animals, especially weasels and raccoons, run away as soon as they see people.
It was more efficient to catch them with a sling like this rather than chasing them with two legs.

I walked up to the weasel rolling on the floor and swung my machete.

– Queek!

Weasel is dead.
In the place where the weasel disappeared, something like weasel skin was dropped. I picked it up and put it in my backpack.

I don’t know if it’s necessary to kill such a small animal, because we also have Peep.
Even if no one gets hurt by a weasel, Peep might be bitten. Then Seunghee and her mother will be sad. So there’s nothing you can do Don’t feel too unfair.

“Is this enough?”

One jaguar, two hyenas.
Two wild boars, three raccoons, and two weasels.

This was the creature displayed on the surrounding map.
The following is a bit far. You won’t even have to go to catch it.

“Hmm… Shall I go back?”

It took longer than expected to catch the little ones.
If you don’t come back soon, your mother will be worried.

I was about to go back to the hideout, but I suddenly turned my head to the west.

West.
This is the direction in which a mother who has lost her son is in.

A day has passed since her son died.
How are you doing now?
Even though it was a relationship that only passed by for a moment, I couldn’t help but feel it.

“…”

Soon I turned my head and moved her steps to the hideout where her mother was waiting.

*

“Wow! How much sunlight is this!”

Seung-hee, who has been out of the hideout for the first time in a while, makes a fuss about her.

– Beep! Beep!

Peep came out and flapped his wings as if he was happy.

They are both on the same level.

“It’s Changjae. Are you really not hurt?”
“No. This much is chewing gum now.”
“Really? You can’t hide it from your mother.”
“No way. What do you have to hide?”

Mom was very worried.
Because it took more than 2 hours to return within an hour.

She shortened the time to not worry her, but the delay caused her to worry more.
It’s all my fault. I will reflect.

“Huh. The garden is gone…”

When Seung-pil was still alive, he planted the mysterious seed in the vegetable garden.
Now it was devastated as if the boar had dug it all up.

Seunghee seems to have paid attention to the vegetable garden.
I sat sullenly in front of the ruined vegetable garden.

“Huh… My melon…”

… Will something like a melon open?
I’ve lost money by worrying.

Meanwhile, Mom was watching Peepyak wandering around her front yard, following her around.

-Beep beep…

“What do we do? I think Peep is disappointed because there are no bugs.”

Just like her mother said, Peep would cry as if she was disappointed while pecking at the bare ground.

“On the topic of chicks, what are worms? They tell me to eat fodder.”
“He is. You’re still pitiful.”

-Beep…

Listening to her mother, she pretended to be pitiful and lowered her head.
This guy… It was clear that she understood what people were saying.

“… Ha.”

I can’t.
I rummaged through my phone to find a snack to feed Peep.
Not because I felt sorry for Peepee, but because I didn’t want to see her mother pitying her.

[Large Seed Set (Random)]
[Price: 50 Coins]

This is good
You can feed Peepy and spray it in the field.

When I bought it, it came in a fairly heavy envelope.
Is it about 1kg of large and small seeds mixed?

“Mom. Give me this beep.”

She takes a handful of seeds from the bag and hands them into her mother’s hand.

“And! Thank you Changjae! After all, my son is the best!”

She is a mother who rejoices as if she received a present.

After watching my mother happily feeding Peepy the seeds for a while, I headed to the vegetable garden where Seunghee was.

“Seunghee, you’re roughly digging and planting this. I will float the water.”
“Hi-Hi. Yes~.”

He handed a hoe to Seung-hee and handed over her seeds in an envelope.

But after a while.
When I brought water, Seung-hee was already gone.

“…”

Seung-hee was sitting next to her mother feeding Peep seeds.
Of course, the whole bag of seeds I entrusted.

“Ha…”

It’s my fault for entrusting it to Seunghee.
Who to blame

– Beep! Beep!

Peepee was excited and pecked his mother’s hand and Seunghee’s hand alternately.
Every time that happens, the two of them giggle and laugh side by side.

“… What, is it?”

Seeds are not expensive.
If the two of you are happy, that’s it.

Today was a peaceful day.