Cursed item (1)
Not too long ago, Sang-woo made a lot of money hunting horned rabbits thanks to the performance of No. 2.
I felt very good then.
However, a question in the corner of his heart made him feel uncomfortable.
‘Why is the alter ego good at shooting?’
From the fact that he passed the hunter license test, it could be seen that Sang-woo is good at shooting. But it didn’t do very well. In fact, Sang-woo himself was not good at catching horned rabbits.
However, it was said that the alter ego could only display 50% of Sang-woo’s own abilities.
An ironic thing happened that the alter ego, which can only use 50% of it, shoots better than the main body.
‘… but it makes sense.’
However, as a result of observing while ordering exercise delivery, part-time health, slime hunting, shooting, etc., it was difficult to say that the clone’s ability was 50% of Sang-woo’s own.
Even at the gym, Sang-woo used to exert strength close to the maximum weight he could lift.
Sang-woo found several reasons while sharing his senses with his alter ego through the Familiar skill.
‘The alter egos… are really pretending to die.’
The absolute obedience of the alter ego, which always carries out the commands it tells, draws out the power to the limit of the alter ego at every moment.
Like the anecdote of a mother who lifted a truck by herself using her superhuman strength to save a baby trapped under a car, if an ordinary person with less than 1 ability can use her strength to her limit, she will look much stronger than she is now. .
‘Above all, it’s not in the description of the skill, but the characteristics of the alter ego must be an open spell.’
Although there is no explanation of the clone technique skill, the mechanical mentality of the clone that has no emotions, such as the fact that when the clone grows while training, it is passed on to Sang-woo himself, was the fraudulent strength of this clone technique skill.
‘Among them, he’s stronger than me because he moves like a computer-programmed robot.’
Humans have a limited ability to concentrate.
Because you have feelings and thoughts. Therefore, no matter what you do, you quickly think about something else, daydreaming, anxiety about the future or current situation, fear of an imminent crisis, and so on.
But the alter ego is different.
Because of the mechanical mind that must carry out the command, it perfectly executes the given command without stuttering under any circumstances.
‘Like a computer that outputs input as it is.’
Sangwoo, who realized after seeing No. 1’s movements in the gym, has periodically observed No. 1 and No. 2 with his familiar skill over the past few days.
And he found the best way to strengthen his alter ego.
‘okay. I just type in all the moves.’
It’s like entering data into a computer.
So Sang-woo watched the hunting strategy videos of famous hunter BJs for the past few days.
If Sang-woo’s idea is true, the alter ego should now be able to hunt according to the hunting strategy.
‘Now, all that remains is to test whether No. 1 can actually hunt according to the strategy video.’
To this end, Sang-woo and No. 1 took a taxi to a hunting ground in Incheon.
No. 2 asked Kang Jun-mo to return the horned rabbit hunt, and school was closed.
‘The money must be paid back diligently. Status window.’
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[Abilities]
Strength: 0.734 → 0.741
Quickness: 0.521 → 0.533
Stamina: 0.680 → 0.687
Endurance: 0.565
→ 0.573 Magical Power: 0.144 → 0.148
Vitality : 0.313 → 0.315
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Ability values that are steadily rising. In particular, the instantaneous power was rising steeply.
However, the horsepower has risen less than expected.
‘Because I hunt by shooting, my magic power goes up less.’
The power of firearms is so strong that firearms are essential at the level of F-D hunters, but if you kill from a distance, there is less chance to absorb the mana scattered around when the monster dies. It is an ironic situation that the more you use firearms, the slower they grow.
‘That’s why this hunt is important.’
Because this hunt was going to focus on melee combat, unlike the horned rabbit hunt.
Eventually, they arrived at a hunting ground located in Namdong-gu, Incheon.
The taxi fare was 30,000 won, which was less than Sang-woo expected.
The hunting ground was a water purification plant that supplied water through water and sewage to Incheon.
A facility that is now abandoned and not in use.
If you enter the open portal here, a bipedal fish monster will appear.
The bipedal fish was a fish with two legs, 1 to 2 meters in size, and used both legs to walk on land as well as in the water. In addition, the muscles of the legs are developed like a frog, and the joints are bent in the opposite direction like a grasshopper, so the jumping power was great. It was a monster that used the strength of its legs to find its prey, jump forward, attack it like a bullet, and devour its prey with its large mouth full of teeth like a shark.
It dies easily when hit by a bullet, but because of its speed, it is a monster that F-rank hunters cannot easily deal with. Why did Sang-woo choose a bipedal fish?
‘It’s fortunate that there is a nearby hunting ground in the Solple strategy video.’
The reason for choosing the hunting ground was just because it was close. Everything else was so far away that it was inconvenient to go there.
Anyway, Sang-woo took No. 1 and looked around the water purification plant, came down from the water purification plant, and took a room at a nearby motel.
Afterwards, he prepared No. 1 with a forearm-sized bayonet and a Glock pistol, not a palm-sized military bayonet.
Then, No. 1 departed for the Namdong-gu water purification plant.
The situation was confirmed by video call where No. 1 was going.
Eventually, No. 1 entered the portal through the guard post.
The inside of the portal did not receive radio waves, and only special equipment using magic stones could communicate, so the phone call was cut off there.
Only then did Sangwoo close his eyes and activate his Familiar skill.
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With his eyes closed, Sang-woo’s dark vision brightened and No. 1’s vision became visible.
‘Oh, it’s also possible through the portal.’
I was worried that the Familiar skill would not work beyond the portal, but fortunately it was used properly.
Looking at the surroundings through No. 1’s field of view, the back of No. 1 was a portal, and the front was a forest.
And on the tree in front of it, there was a sign that said < ↑ Biped Fish Habitat 120m >.
Sang-woo moved No. 1 following the signs.
Then, with the sound of rushing water, a valley appeared. Because of its strength, the streams of water appear to break in pure white.
However, the valley was covered with moss and the overall atmosphere was dark, probably because the trees were dense and did not allow light to shine through.
And there, already a group of people were already hunting.
“Stop! Tanker what are you doing!”
“You’re attracted to it. Stop the deal!”
“Give me some heels!”
I saw hunters and porters hunting while properly distributing their positions between the forest and the valley.
Sang-woo moved No. 1 toward the upper valley to avoid them.
It was because of the strategy information that the bipedal fish that went up the valley lost their stamina because the water stream was strong.
‘No. 1. Is there a video of a BJ zombie hunting a bipedal fish? Now let’s go to the place shown in the video.’
The video Sang-woo watched was a video titled < [Revealed for the first time!] E-class hunter's complete capture of the bipedal fish dungeon solo! > uploaded on YouTube by a hunter named BJ Zombie.
When Sang-woo, who reached a place similar to the one in the video, gave an order to No. 1, No. 1 looked around and settled down at the place in the video.
It was a large rocky hill, relatively narrow, between a ravine and a dense forest of trees.
When No. 1 stood in a position to enter the forest even if it stepped back a little, Sang-woo ordered.
‘Come on, No. 1. Now let’s hunt as we saw in the video. start!’
As soon as that thought was over, No. 1 suddenly pulled out a Glock pistol.
bang!
A loud gunshot reverberated through the valley, and bipedal fish began to crawl out of the valley water one by one, perhaps attracting aggro.
The blurry eyes and the sharp teeth that appear in the open mouth are disgusting.
The bipedal fish, which had walked off land for some time, began to bend their legs.
Leg muscles of a bipedal fish that swell tautly.
Kyaaah-!
Then the three bipedal fish jumped with a scream. no it flew
No. 1, who had already been watching the bipedal fish bend its legs to jump, quickly stepped back and stood behind a tree in the forest.
Then, the bipedal fish that flew in a straight line aiming for No. 1 couldn’t handle their momentum and crashed into the trees in the forest.
thud!
The impact was so great that the bipedal fish, which were temporarily immobilized by the impact of hitting the tree.
Heading towards the bipedal fish, No. 1 stabbed his greatsword between the gills with neat hand movements.
Fuhak –
At the same time as the blood flowed, No. 1 swung the greatsword again at the other bipedal fish next to it.
At that time, the bipedal fish on the other side trying to get up to see if the stiffness was relieved.
Number 1 aimed the pistol in his left hand.
bang!
[Magic power increased by 0.001.]
No. 1 killed 3 bipedal fish in a matter of seconds.
Its appearance is like
“Can you see the guests? A bipedal fish is a goldfish head, so there is almost no thought, only instinct, isn’t it? So what is the point of dragging aggro and getting it stuck in a tree? It’s a fish skewer~”
The hunter BJ zombie Sang-woo saw exactly resembled the attacking process shown in the video.
‘Yes, this is it! My prediction was correct!’
Sang-woo’s prediction that if the alter ego had the data of dungeon raiding, it might output it as it is, came true.
However, bipedal fish are monsters that live in groups. Aggro was attracted, so the hunt had just begun.
Dozens of bipedal fish jumped toward No.
The sight of the bipedal fish leaping up to cover the sky was spectacular, but it made Sang-woo, who was watching it with No. 1’s eyes, sick of it.
‘…fucked up.’
Fortunately, since the situation was with No. 1, his alter ego, rather than himself, Sang-woo was not surprised and calmly watched the situation through No. 1’s eyesight.
The first one easily stopped the breath of five or six bipedal fish wriggling in a tree.
However, in the meantime, when the bipedal fish that had recovered and woke up began to attack, they began to retreat back frantically, crossing the trees in the forest.
A bipedal fish that jumps up and down on both legs and opens its mouth wide.
No. 1 fed a bullet into its mouth.
At the same time, he swung his greatsword while running to the right to avoid the bipedal fish rushing from the left.
The greatsword was quickly recovered after slitting the bipedal fish’s eyes and piercing its head.
‘Uh… disgusting.’
Sang-woo felt that the eyeballs of the bipedal fish that were pulled out of the eyes of the bipedal fish were disgusting.
It was so disgusting that the goosebumps started from the tailbone and spread all the way down the spine.
However, No. 1 was not agitated at all, probably not paying attention to such trivial things.
Of course, if we stop now, the bipedal fish will have our flesh ripped off.
Backing away from the tree, No. 1 took a step to the side when the bipedal fish rushed at it. Then, instead of No. 1’s body, a bipedal fish chews up a tree.
Kwajik!
The strength of the teeth was so strong that even the outside of the tree was crumbled.
Instead, the bipedal fish became stranded with hundreds of teeth lodged in a tree. But No. 1 couldn’t finish him off. Because the other bipedal fish kept running at it.
Still, No. 1 continued to cook one by one using wood, never giving the bipedal fish a situation to jump into.
How much time had passed like that?
Sang-woo felt that maintaining his familiar skills was becoming more difficult.
At the same time, the pain in No. 1’s lungs that were about to burst due to lack of breathing, the pain in his grip that seemed to be cut off from swinging the greatsword, and the pain in his thighs that were shaking from moving without a moment’s rest tormented him.
‘Ugh… I’ll follow you. Are there two left now?’
The magazine was emptied almost twice, but fortunately there were enough bullets left, about 50 rounds.
‘He’s only got 10 feet in the vitals, so if he’s like me, 50 shots would be short.’
Bullet consumption was reduced thanks to No. 1’s shooting ability, which was precisely inserted into the head or gills.
bang!
Now only 1 left.
The last bipedal fish jumped into the tree, ignoring it. However, No. 1 took a leisurely step to the side and brought the greatsword to the head of the bipedal fish that passed by him.
A bipedal fish that splits at once, leaving long scars from the head to the belly by the power of the flying bipedal fish.
Finally, No. 1 had all the bipedal fish taken care of.
‘Finally it’s over. Good job. No. 1.’
Sang-woo was relieved that the hunt had ended successfully. Now it’s time to bring number 1 back.
Now it was too difficult to maintain the familiar skill.
‘I’ll have to call a porter to find the body of the bipedal fish.’
The time when I was thinking about this and that and trying to end the familiar skill.
< < Kyaaaaaagh! > >
A cry similar to that of a bipedal fish, but more terrifying, came from nearby.
‘What the fuck? What is it?’
