Chapter 14
Chapter 14 – You Have a Skill Too? (2)
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Translator: HH
The voice continued to speak regardless of the blabbering ghost .
[Please select a skill card . ]
This was real!
Two orange bronze cards started to fly . They began to speed around me enough to make me dizzy, but my mind was one something else .
-Shit . What kind of cheat is this! Getting to copy all the monsters’ skills as well is unfair . Hey . Who’s the person that manages this Tower! Why didn’t you give this skill to me and to this lame-ass kid!’
‘Ah . Let’s be quiet now . ’
-Come out! This doesn’t count . Ahh, my anger!
Bae Hu-ryeong whipped his arms and legs around in fury . It was…just hideous . He was no different from a child that was angry because their candy was stolen . He was so hideous that it was a wonder he could be that hideous .
‘Sheesh . I should just focus on my cards . ’
I observed the two cards flying in the air .
‘Both of them are poop-colored cards so it’s not gonna be a good skill, but…’
But my heart pumped . Goodness . The skill of a monster . I could share the same skill as a monster! I felt like I had done something covert, like I played a prank on someone .
‘I’m curious . ’
I stretched my hand out .
‘Let’s just pick one of them!’
And it was then, when I was just trying to grab any one of them .
-Huh? You’re getting that?
The ghost bastard couldn’t stay out of it and interfered again . My excitement faded away . Geez . His ability to bring someone down was really amazing .
‘Yes . It doesn’t matter which one I pick anyway . ’
-Why doesn’t it matter?
Bae Hu-ryeong looked at me past the cards .
-Since you’re getting a free ride anyway, you should get a good skill while you’re at it .
‘I can’t tell which is the better skill . They’re both poop-colored . This is just a game of luck . ’
-What? How come you can’t tell which is the better skill?’
‘Geez . You’re especially bad at understanding today . ’
I shouted in frustration .
‘The colors of the cards are the same! I can only see their backs! There’s no way to tell between them, so how should I know which one’s the better one . ’
Then Bae Hu-ryeong tilted his head .
-But I can see it?
‘What?’
-I can see the front of the cards .
Bae Hu-ryeong spoke in a shameless voice . I was stunned into silence .
‘What kind of bullshit…’
Is that, is what I was going to say, but I realized in the middle of my sentence .
Location!
From my location, I could only see the back of the card . Even when I tried to look around, the cards looked the same . Like how you couldn’t tell which was the back of the moon on Earth, I could never see what was on the back of the card .
But that was just me .
Bae Hu-ryeong moved as he wished in this dark space .
Yeah .
He could move to where he saw the cards!
‘Goodness…’
I muttered .
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‘Can you really see it there? Can you see the card summary?’
Bae Hu-ryeong furrowed his eyebrows .
-Of course I can see it . What are you saying, looking at my eyes . I was famous for having good eyesight since I was young . There was a guy called Dog Poop in my village, right? So he shot a firecracker at me, but my sight was already good enough to avoid it . Eventually, I raised it up to Heaven Eyes . Haa, that was how perfect I…
‘Eureka!’
-Fuck! Did this kid go crazy! Why are you screaming?
Bae Hu-ryeong was surprised but I didn’t care .
‘Eureka! Eureka! Eurekaaaaaaa!’
I was just happy at the luck that came my way .
Bae Hu-ryeong looked at me strangely and clicked his tongue .
-This kid’s brain really rotted like a zombie after calling him Zombie . Tsk tsk tsk…
2 .
What Bae Hu-ryeong told me was this .
[Blessing of Reproduction]
Rank: E
Effect: Ah, nature has given us shelter, but also trials! This cruel world . Orc reproduction has amplified to defeat nature . An orc was killed? Don’t worry . There’s still 9 more where you can’t see ‘em!
※However, you are frequently aroused .
[Chiik, Chik]
Rank: F
Effect: ‘We added a chik to the end of our sentences chik . We don’t know why we do this either chik! But you should get some of this chiik too chik . ’ The orc lifts his thumb . ‘Then you won’t be able to escape from the chik chik fun chiiik!’
※However, chiik chik .
‘Wow…’
Poop-colored cards .
They were all lunatic poop skills . I couldn’t stop being amazed .
-How’s that? If I didn’t stop you, you would’ve chosen the [Chiik, Chik] . Gong-ja, you were born as a man . You should experience the power of an orc at least once . Say ‘thank you’ to me . Go ahead!
I was even amazed at what the ghost said . That meant I was out of it enough to be amazed .
‘Mm . ’
I ignored Bae Hu-ryeong, deep in thought .
‘If I have to pick, I think [Chiik, Chik] is better . ’
-Huh? Are you crazy?
‘No . I’m right . ’
I nodded my head . I was completely sure .
“No matter how much I think about it, I think [Chiik, Chik] is more useful than [Blessing of Reproduction] . ’
-Hey, hey! Wait! Think about it a bit more . You have to be cool-headed…!
Smirk .
I laughed at the fumbling Bae Hu-ryeong .
‘I think you’re thinking the same thing as me . ’
Before Bae Hu-ryeong could try to convince me anymore, I grabbed the poop colored card . The cards quickly flew around, but it didn’t matter . Since there were only 2, anyway .
[Selection complete . The skill is being copied . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
-N, No!
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‘Yes!’
Bae Hu-ryeong and I shouted in harmony .
[Your current hunter rank is F class . ]
[You will not receive a penalty based on your skill . ]
At the same time, the dark world became brighter .
My eyes burst open .
“Hm!”
I felt refreshed .
“Ah, this is nice . People need to sleep well to relax . ”
This was no longer the 2 pyeong room that I used to stay in . It was the room that I requested of Sangryun . It wasn’t spacious, but it was a big enough hotel room . After being chosen for the 1st place lottery ticket, I decided to stay here for the time being .
Meanwhile .
-Damn! I thought you would fall for it, but you’re uselessly smart!
“Hehe . ”
Bae Hu-ryeong kicked the air around me . I guess he was angry that he wasn’t able to prank me . Mm . Just by looking at him, my mind became relaxed like I was looking at a painting .
“Let’s see, let’s get the elixirs…status window . ”
I know longer had any reason to waste my time . I checked my status window on the way to the hunting ground .
Name: Kim Gong-ja
Rank: F Class
Skill (4/4)
I Want to Be Like You(S+):Passive
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Returner’s Clockwork Watch(EX): Passive
Sword Constellation(): Passive
Chiik, Chik(F): Active
“Good . There’s no problem . ”
My skill slots were full . But it was okay . I could just replace it with [Chiik, Chik] .
I’ll use you as much as I want to until I get my next skill .
-Gong-ja . So I was thinking…I think it’ll be okay to train just sitting criss-crossed . There’s no need to train until you die, right? Criss-crossed . Mental training . How cool is that?
“Hoohoo . ”
We arrived at the 3rd floor hunting ground . I could see orcs roaming around from far away .
-Grrr…chik .
I observed their locations and pulled out the elixir . I drank it all in one gulp from the warm thermos .
-Hey . Gong-ja? Can you hear me? We should just quietly train . Even if we train in a criss-crossed position, I’ll help you understand Aura in half a year . Hm? Just trust me .
“Kya! Tastes good . ”
It was only the 2nd time drinking it, but I already got used to it . It seemed like the pharmacist had specially taken care of the flavor when she made the elixir as well .
I waited for the effects of the elixirs to take over me .
“Sword Emperor . Did you know?”
-Huh? What? You’re gonna sit criss-crossed?
“You call me Zombie when it suits you, but you call me Gong-ja when you have the shorter end . And from earlier, you were calling me Gong-ja, and not Zombie . ”
Thump .
“I’m kindly telling you that so you fix that habit of yours . ”
As soon as I stopped speaking, the world flowed slowly .
My heart thumped . I could feel a faint flow in my heart along with it .
Aura!
The effects of the training definitely showed . Unlike last time, I immediately clearly grasped Aura right away .
“Hoo, oo…hoooo…”
I controlled my breathing and approached them . Flinch . The orc’s ears twitched after feeling someone’s presence . The large green monster slowly turned around .
-Grk?
The orc’s eyes were bigger . He seemed confused . From his perspective, prey was walking on its own feet towards him .
-Krrrrrr!
The orc lifted his club like he decided to gladly accept this luck .
That was when I smiled to myself .
[Your skill is being activated . ]
I opened my mouth .
“Ch…ik! Chik!”
Pause . The orc’s eyes were bigger than before . His club stopped midswing .
-Chirk…chiik? Chi . . ik?
The orc tilted his head . He seemed to be wondering how to accept the fact that his prey was speaking his language .
Of course, it was impossible to understand with the IQ of an orc, and my IQ wasn’t lacking enough to throw this chance away .
“Chiik!”
The language of orcs perfectly poured out of my mouth .
It was a skill that made native-speakers defenseless!
-Krr? Ch…irk?
The monster in front of me was even more surprised . It was clear he was so confused that he didn’t know what to do . When I ran at him, he couldn’t properly react .
My sword smoothly cut the orc’s throat . I added a single drop of Aura on the sword blade that wasn’t too much or too little . A fountain of blood exploded and the orc fell over .
-Ch…irk…? Gr…chik…
Like it felt wronged .
If it was translated to human language, it would’ve been equivalent to ‘Even you, Brutus!’
“Chirk . ”
I had a victor’s smile . Forcing Aura out of my body still hurt…but the condition of my body was incomparable to last time . I was okay . If I used just this much Aura, I was fine .
-You cheating bastard! I knew you would do this!
Bae Hu-ryeong trembled .
-Do you lie tricking the nice orcs like this! Huh?! You don’t even think about how the orcs feel! The innocent orcs are hurt because of dirty humans like you!
I didn’t repeat what he said about it being fine to train using any method .
Instead, I just said a single word with a smirk .
“Chiik!”
-Argh! This is! So annoying! Why did you give such a cheat skill to this weak ass guy, o Tower?!
When one week had passed .
I passed the hunting ground on the 5th hunting flood .
[TN: In regards to the Auror confusion, in the raw, they have the Korean word and then the word ‘Auror’ in parentheses . But after reading the comments, I decided to flip a coin to decide whether to use Aura or Auror, and Aura won, so Aura will be used from now on chik chik . ]