Chapter 7: Gangnam Station (3)
“Wait a moment!”
Taesoon, who was already annoyed due to Hansoo’s slow movement while he checked the walls and the ground carefully, replied bluntly.
Monsters are living beings too.
As Hansoo checked the ground he found a mark that looked like something had been dragged across the floor.
Plus if you take into account the mucus then it is reduced to three kinds.
It isn’t Chopped Up Zombies either. Because then the markings on the ground would be half mucus and half intestines.
‘Land Mermaid?’
Land Mermaid.
Their upper body was a unique shaped human and their lower body was like a grub, from one angle it would look like a mermaid that had been dropped onto the land.
Their lower body was heavy and the speed of dragging themselves across the floor was only slightly faster than walking but if you aren’t ready and get shot by the paralysis poison, you will witness the sight of your body getting ripped apart by these guys.
‘This is a tutorial area with a high difficulty’
If every tutorial area’s monsters were different then their difficulties were different as well.
The Goblin and the Green Worm are similar in terms of physical ability and aren’t that bad when dealing face to face but the consequences could be dire if you don’t know about them.
When he had first come here, the tutorial stage ended before he came to the train station so he didn’t know but it was set up with rather troublesome mobs.
Hansoo stopped and then returned back to the convenience store.
“…It is that psychic power again.”
“You guys come and help too.”
Hansoo returned, gathered all the Soju (Korean Alcoholic Beverage), flipped them upside down and started to empty them.
‘They did say it would be here…. but why is something like this here.’
After he emptied the Soju bottles, he filled them with the paint thinner.
Hansoo just replaced it with a cheaper version and poured some of the sesame oil in the corner then plugged the top with tissue.
“…Where did you learn how to make a molotov cocktail?”
When the four made it together, it was done quickly.
“One will throw the molotov and the three will stand in the front. The Rune displacement will be less for the person on the back who is on the safer location. Anybody up for it?”
Hansoo looked at the two and spoke.
“Get into a consensus, as to who will throw.”
Sangjin knitted his brows for a moment but since he couldn’t bicker with the beauty he was about to lower his hand.
“As a reminder, it will become much more dangerous from now on. Instead of saying let’s trade during the fight decide carefully now.”
Mihee looked at Sangjin with a desperate face but when Sangjin had no looks of backing down she just gave up.
“…Alright.”
‘Should I just go up…’
It felt like if you followed Hansoo something amazing will come out. He also wanted to be part of that.
If he lent a hand, would they throw him out.
Sangjin gulped his saliva then slowly headed into the darkness.
Kuduk
Taesoon screamed as he saw the monster crawling towards him over the stones.
Even if they were scratched they would still turn and twist around their bodies.
But the problem sprang out somewhere else.
Taesoon had already been shot in one of his legs so his movements were not completely free.
‘Goddamit! I fell for it even though I knew about it!’
Even though Hansoo had gone out to the front and showed how they spat it out but since the look of them crawling over the ground was funny, he was caught off guard.
Them, who had looked slow before, are now almost like grim reapers.
Sangjin who had been fumbling around, barely lit the fire then threw it towards the location where the Land Mermaids were gathering.
As the molotov exploded, pieces of flame scattered everywhere.
As their skin dried up, they twisted their bodies as if it was painful.
Kudududuk
And at that moment Hansoo ran around between the Land Mermaids and smashed the heads.
One strike One kill.
The poison on the blade stimulated their nerves and gave them insane amounts of pain.
‘Does that guy have eyes on the back of his head?’
Taesoon spun his tongue around as he looked at Hansoo.
As Hansoo finished them off and all the enemies disappeared they finally sat on the ground as if the tension was released.
“Rest a while then bring the runes.”
At first he was suspicious that he would cheat them but as he perfectly distributed them he stopped worrying.
As if he was looking at the whole warfield the whole time, he knew exactly how many one killed and how much one contributed.
‘Goddamit, it isn’t much.’
After getting shot by the paralysis shot, he fought while dragging his foot so the amount of runes he acquired was much less in comparison to the floor above.
The one who killed takes the runes.
And thanks to that the speed at which he hunted increased more and more.
As Hansoo’s physical stats rose, it was like he cast off iron chains and was flying around.
“Eey, fucktard!”
Sangjin couldn’t even throw a molotov properly because he got scared by a Land Mermaid that was walking towards him.
“Uuuu…”
“Come and take the runes. The recovery will be faster after you raise the stamina”
And after Hansoo concluded his words, he started to cut the belly of the Land Mermaids.
Hansoo took out the paralysis poison sac from between the slit of the stomach, carefully shrouded with goblin leather then started to carefully squeeze it out as if he was making medicine and poured it into an empty shampoo container he brought.
Though it wasn’t useful against the Land Mermaids it was definitely useful against the life forms of the third floor.
Taesoon then looked at his and Sangjin’s runes by Hansoo’s side.
Taesoon’s eyes shone as he screamed and marched on.
A sword stopped his way when he stomped towards the runes in anger.
“The distribution must be fair. You’re not supposed to touch the food line.” (*TL: Food line = a way for someone to survive)
Mihee, who was sighing, asked Hansoo cautiously.
“Isn’t it annoying or anything?”
Though they were fighting zealously but to Hansoo it was probably frustrating to no end but he did not get angry a single time and kept on heading down steadily.
“If it’s this much it could be considered gentlemanly.”
Half were female.
Will it make sense to fight like a special forces warrior on the first day here against monsters who want to rip them apart.
If it wasn’t such a dire situation like this they would have never thought of holding a sword.
‘Well I was crazy in the past so…’
Because he was not in a situation where he could afford to not learn it.
Hansoo, who had finished his thoughts, looked at the three in front of him.
As he lived through the abyss life, he found out that the ones that latched onto your ankles in the end were not the ones who were scared or weak near the beginning.
Rather it was the ones that were fearless and strong that made problems.
‘It doesn’t matter if they can’t do it”
“You aren’t abandoning us, right?”
Because they felt it through their body.
Then Hansoo smirked.
He never took them in so what would he be abandoning?
“You three are doing well enough so don’t worry. Since we’ve rested somewhat let’s continue forward.”
Even if Hansoo fought alone the speed would’ve been around the same. From another point of view he was able to move about more freely because the three took away some of the attention.
‘Let’s see’
Hansoo checked his stats as he picked up his runes.
[Kang Hansoo] Strength: 25.3
Agility: 14.1
Perception: 15.2
‘As I expected’
The Land Mermaids had high strength and stamina. It seemed like he had gained a lot of strength and stamina in a short amount of time.
Rather strength and stamina were more important right now.
But on the other hand the strength to get through the armor and the stamina that helped with healing and the duration of how long one swings their sword was more important during the fight.
‘And another thing’
Hansoo moved his hands towards the last stamina rune on the ground anxiously.
‘It’s above 50’
And that the same time a familiar yet unsightly face came out.
Hansoo smiled at the Fairy that had appeared in front of his eyes.
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