135. Tracotti Village 1
“The atmosphere is gloomy?”
“Everyone is strangely alert. The number of people who don’t like outsiders has also increased.”
Le Peny muttered with a confused face.
Originally, Tracotti was a relaxed and lively village, but recently it has changed into a village with unknown tension.
The number of monsters roaming around the village also increased significantly.
“You seem to be in a bad mood.”
“I’m going to cut it out, but do I have to say that the town has become stuffy? Strangely, there is often fog. I didn’t originally.”
“Is that so.”
There is no way that a normal village would change without reason.
“Above all, there is a really annoying guy…”
“An annoying guy?”
LePenny clicked her tongue lightly.
Judging by the expression on his face, it seems that something happened in Tracotti.
“Anyway, it would be easier to just finish the business and leave immediately. If an outsider gets entangled in the town’s affairs, it’ll be annoying.”
“Thanks for the advice.”
“Don’t take it too seriously.”
In fact, most of the Tracotti people were doing fine. Red Road is the only one who thinks that the atmosphere in the town has become strangely strange.
“We haven’t been to Tracotti for days.”
“Awakening the symbiote?”
“yes. It’s been two weeks since I last went, so it might be different now.”
Although Le Peny was uncomfortable with the change in the village, she didn’t care much because she couldn’t see anything right away.
“It’s our situation, so it’s not a situation to intervene in village affairs.”
Above all, Tracotti was the only village in the Red Forest where the Adventurer’s Guild was established.
“Once something happened to the town, the adventurers’ guild would have moved first.”
– “Did you take care of everything? Anything missing?”
“The only thing missing is Kim Ho-jung’s strange pillow.”
“Oops. I almost missed this one!”
“I thought you would throw it away this time.”
After a brief conversation with Le Peny, Kang Seung-hyun and his party packed their belongings to leave for Tracotti.
Yesterday, when I crossed Lake Pitsta, I consumed a lot of potions and various items, so I didn’t have anything to take with me.
“It would be better to have a meal at Tracotti.”
“It’s not like I’m in a situation where I can cook.”
If Red Road’s hideout was fine, he would have eaten, but now Red Road is homeless.
I can’t afford a decent meal.
“What if I hunt wild beasts in the forest…?”
“Wouldn’t it be better to go to the village and eat warm potato and mushroom stew at that time?”
“After all, this is my breakfast today.”
Kim Ho-jeong sighed deeply and took out a dried black lingonberry.
Now there is only about one fist left.
“Would you like some teacher?”
“no.”
“I see…”
Kim Ho-jeong put a black lingonberry into her mouth.
There was not even one fist left.
‘Should I take a look at the patients before I leave?’
Kang Seung-hyun approached the patients lying in the corner of the secret base. Patients were lying on blankets on the floor.
“How are the patients?”
“Not much has changed, but it’s not bad.”
Rosent, who was taking care of the patients next to him, answered.
“I’m glad I brought a first aid kit and medicine when I ran away from the hideout.”
Next to him was a medicine for phantom pain made by Kang Seung-hyun.
“It wouldn’t have been easy to carry the fallen colleagues on their backs.”
“It worked because everyone worked together.”
Rosent said with a slight smile.
Even in the midst of everyone running away, he said that he did not miss the medicine for the patients.
“It’s much better to pack medicine than items or treasures.”
“Well, most of them came out of bed and brought only blankets or pillows.”
“I’ll bring a few jewels, though.”
chin chin chin.
Some of the Red Road members who had gone outside entered the base. Everyone said that as soon as the day dawned, they went to the forest to dig edible herbs or pick small fruits.
‘I thought they would be like beggars in the forest, but they all have good vitality.’
They are a group of thieves who originally lived in the Red Forest. That’s why even if the hideout is blown away, it doesn’t panic and seems to act as usual.
“I can get water from Lake Pittsta, so it won’t be a big problem if I stay here for a while.”
Rosen muttered with a relieved face.
‘I think everyone will get along just fine. There’s nothing to worry about.’
There were all sorts of chaos yesterday, but Red Road persisted and survived.
“I think I will be staying in Tracotti for a few days, so if you run out of medicine or something urgent, come to the village.”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
“Then shall we depart soon?”
Kang Seung-hyeon said to the gathered party.
“I’m finally going home…”
“If I had known this, I would have just stayed in Kamar…”
The Balik couple shed tears with old, weary faces.
It had only been a day since they left Camar, and it seemed like 10 years had passed for both of them.
“Oh, are you going now?”
“Seniors!!”
When Kang Seung-hyun and his party came out of the secret base, Nickel and Gascoin, who had been fetching water from the lake, came running in a hurry.
“Thank you so much! In fact, it was my dream to join the Knights!”
“My dream is simple.”
“I will repay this grace at the Catailer Knights!”
Gascoin, who ran over, confessed things he hadn’t even asked. As if he was deeply moved, he saluted and shed tears.
“This is nothing special, but eat it while relaxing in Tracotti!”
“Stamina Cocktail?”
“yes! I just made it!”
Nickel held out a homemade cocktail.
Even in the chaos, it seems that cocktail ingredients and shakers have not been forgotten.
“thank you. I will drink well.”
The image of Nickel, who was active as a cocktail maker even after joining the Catailer Knights, flashed through Kang Seung-hyun’s mind.
“Then be careful!”
“The next time we meet, he will be wearing a Catyler uniform!”
The two saw off Kang Seung-hyun and his party.
– trudge trudge.
“It’s the way I go every day from here.”
“I know the way, so leave it to me.”
“See that sign over there? It was installed by my grandfather.”
The old and exhausted Balik couple quickly regained their energy. As they got closer to the village, they seemed to be motivated.
“Then I’ll leave the guidance to you two.”
“yes!”
Kang Seung-hyeon walked through the forest and opened the status window.
When I checked the skill window, the newly acquired [Decomposition] skill caught my eye.
‘Is this the 3rd skill with a black star?…’
You have to collect all 4 skills with the mark, so there is only one left.
‘What will happen if I collect them all?’
Now Kang Seung-hyun is collecting [ ] skills little by little as the manager tells him, but he hasn’t heard why he needs to collect [ ] skills and what happens when he collects them.
‘What are the conditions to get this guy in the first place?’
So far, while living on the Azul Continent, I have encountered many dimension movers, but I have not met anyone who has acquired the [ ] skill.
‘The only person other than me who got this skill is the guy named “Kim Jae-hyung” mentioned by Kim Ho-jeong.’
That guy gathered the [ ] skill one step ahead of Kang Seung-hyun, and when I saw him at the end, he had collected the 4th skill.
‘The manager said no dimension movers have returned to Earth yet… Even if you collect 4 of them, you won’t be able to go to Earth right away.’
Of course, even if I could collect all four skills and go to Earth, I had no intention of returning right away.
‘I have to grab the manager by the collar.’
Kang Seung-hyun thought about this and that and flipped the status window. When I flipped the screen, a special quest window appeared.
[Q] [Please collect 12500 points.]
[Reward]: [ ][?]
‘Is it 12500 points this time?’
A new quest appeared in place of the existing 10,000 point quest.
‘I thought I would have to collect 15000 or 20000 points, but I’m surprised. Is it because it’s the last quest?’
The reward was always [ ], but [?] was added next to it.
‘This time, if I collect points, let’s start with the quest…’
Kang Seung-hyun is about to close the status window,
but bang!!
A loud noise echoed through the forest.
“Everybody run away!”
“This is stronger than I thought!”
“damage!”
And from the front came the urgent voices of several people.
“teacher! Looks like a monster has appeared over there!”
“Oh my God, a little further from here is a village!”
The Balik couple stopped walking with a surprised face.
This is because it was less than 10m away from the entrance to Tracotti Village.
“Let’s go, sir!”
“I see.”
Kang Seung-hyun and Kim Ho-jeong ran forward without hesitation. There, a huge red rock monster was attacking people.
“Wow what is that?”
“I’m a rock man.”
A rock man is a rock-type human mimetic type monster that is often born when a lot of mana clings to a rock.
“The entire body is made of rocks, so its defense is quite high, but it is heavy and slow.”
So, people who approached the rock man by mistakenly thinking it was a person while walking around the forest late at night often get hurt.
“It’s a rock-type monster, so if you attack it with a shovel, you should be able to break it easily.”
“Oh okay!”
Kang Seung-hyeon took out the silver glory and Kim Ho-jeong took out the golden glory and rushed.
Koo Goo Goo!
The rock man, unaware that Kang Seung-hyun and his party had approached, tried to attack the people who fell on the floor.
Pak!
Kang Seung-hyeon was the first to kick a stone rolling on the floor to get the rock man’s attention.
Kugu Palace!
While he glanced at the rolling stone, Kang Seung-hyeon approached behind the rock man.
‘It’s normal for humanoid monsters to aim for the head or heart, but this is no different from a statue that only looks like a human on the outside…’
Digak!
Kang Seung-hyeon swung his silver glory and attacked the rock man’s leg.
‘It’s better to attack the bridge and destroy the body!’
Great!
The Silver Glory cut off the ankle bone of the left rock leg at high speed.
In the aftermath, the rock man could not keep his balance and stumbled forward.
cooong!
Wow!
The fallen rock man tried to stretch his arms right away.
This is because the rock man can restore his broken body by using stones.
‘I can’t do that.’
Of course, Seunghyun Kang didn’t give a chance.
“Mr. Kim Ho-jeong.”
“yes!”
“Break his arm.”
Kang Seung-hyeon slapped the rock man’s left shoulder with silver glory.
[Cutting]
The silvery glory embedded in the shoulder shone sharply and shattered the rock.
shred!
Seeing that, Kim Ho-jung swung his golden glory and smashed the rock man’s right shoulder.
Grasp!
Both arms of the rock man were detached from the torso.
The joint attack of the two was successful.
Koo Goo Goo!
The rock man wriggled his huge body, but he couldn’t move because his arms and legs were broken.
‘I have a strong body, but my weakness is that my movements are slow.’
The rock man’s standard strategy is to damage the limbs first in this way rather than attacking blindly.
“He is still alive.”
“To completely kill a rock man, you have to shatter it into pieces until the magical energy within the rock dissipates.”
“Oh, that’s really annoying.”
“I’ll leave it alone because it’s a waste of time.”
If the rock man cannot restore his broken body, his magic power will continue to drain and he will return to a normal rock.
In other words, if left as it is, it will die.
“Is everyone okay?”
Kang Seung-hyeon put aside the broken rock seal and approached the injured. They were badly injured in the confrontation with the rock man.
‘There’s no special way to attack a rock, but it’s because the attack and defense are pretty high.’
In the first place, removing rocky limbs like squid legs is a technique used by dimension movers, not ordinary citizens of Azul.
“How can you handle that neatly?”
“Thank you! Thanks to you, I live!”
“I really thought I was going to die. With the village in front of me…”
The people who were attacked by the rock man stumbled over. They seemed very surprised to see that Kang Seung-hyeon and his party treated the rock man lightly.
‘I don’t have red hair. They don’t seem to be from Tracotti Village… are they adventurers?’
One of them was being helped by his colleagues, but he was unconscious from having lost quite a bit of blood.
“Oh, you are seriously injured.”
“First of all, the village is right in front, so let’s go there.”
The place where they were attacked by the rock people was very close to Tracotti.
I don’t know if that’s fortunate or unfortunate.
