Chapter 21 - The Boss Is Too Weak (1)

Chapter 21 - The Boss Is Too Weak (1)

Whoo! Whoo!

When I woke up, Choi Ji-Won was swinging a sword beside me.

The distance was much closer compared to before, but did he finally open his heart to me?

Finally, did my efforts bear fruit... !

"... No."

No. It's just that there are more people, and the vacant lot is narrower.

"You woke up."

Choi Ji-Won looked at me as he drew his sword and straightened his hair.

She rummaged through the grass and threw a large shovel at me.

"What is this?"

"Don't you see? It's a shovel The army must have been there."

"... So why are you giving me this?"

"The space is narrow. I think we need to dig up some grass outside."

"..."

I messed around a lot, but now I am Angel Junho.

He chewed on an energy bar and picked up a shovel.

Ha. Are you sure you want to come back?

Pak! Pak!

The tower's climate was tropical, so the grass roots were relatively shallow, so there was no great difficulty in digging up the grass.

Pak! Pak!

If he had me do the work and he was wielding a sword, he was going to just say let's get together.

Choi Ji-won, who digs grass next to me, whether he still has a conscience.

"Uh... We will help too."

"That's right. You gave me food, and I gave you a place to sleep... "

A few men who had been silently bruising joined in, and the task of digging up the grass went easier than expected.

Come to think of it, what is the old digger doing now?

Oh, they're still digging on the other side. However, I frowned because there were a lot of people, so I think I was a bit stressed.

Uncle, I'm sorry.

So, around the time the vacant lot size was widened by about 20%.

Choi Ji-won said that this was enough, and he sent the other men back.

"Whoa, take a good sigh... "

"You must stay."

"Uh?"

I was going to take a break too, but Choi Ji-won grabbed my shoulder as I was getting farther away.

"Food. I have to go get it."

"Ah."

3 days later.

To describe the past three days... It was similar to the military.

When the time is right, we eat and get food.

With the feeling of Hanshin crawling between the gangster's legs, he followed Choi Ji-won's words.

So, did you just eat like a hogu?

Thats NO NO.

I, Kim Jun-ho, a cool-headed and rational regressor, a man who takes advantage while bending over for a moment for his own purposes.

I took two big benefits.

First. He constantly annoyed Choi Ji-won and dug up enough information about Choi Ji-won's 'that person'.

The person Choi Ji-won misses is her father and teacher. Now he's dead

He probably died while saving someone else... But he didn't tell me more than this.

However, even with this much information, it could be useful in the next episode.

And second. Fence.

'I'm helping people, not you. If you want to pamper me, teach me swordsmanship!' When he threatened, Choi Ji-won reluctantly accepted.

This time, the quality of the advice was literally on a different level, perhaps because he taught me swordsmanship properly according to the contract rather than to kill time.

Receiving Choi Ji-won's sincere advice, my skills rose steeply.

It feels like a potential dish called Kim Jun-ho and a spoonful of Choi Ji-won's oyster sauce are added to complete the dish with umami.

If my skill was 1.0 Kim Jun-ho at the beginning of this episode, now it seems to be 1.25 Kim Jun-ho.

In terms of stocks, it is almost the upper limit. If I were an investor, I would invest in Kim Jun-ho right now.

"Whoa... Whoa... "

So what am I doing now... He is running through the forest following Choi Ji-won.

It's been 3 days since I did this, and it's still hard.

Choi Ji-won's running speed was amazing, but his stamina was also amazing.

We were obviously running together, but when I came to my senses, the situation where I was far away was repeated.

"Hehe... "

Thanks to the achievement level, my physical strength has improved dramatically, but it's human level.

That's not human A monster that knows how to use a sword.

"... You are late."

"Heh. Heck. You are fast."

When I arrived, Choi Ji-won had already decapitated a deviant goblin.

A goblin's corpse slowly disappears, and a small box containing food and golden marbles slowly appears.

Choi Ji-won naturally took the golden beads into his bosom and handed me a bundle of food.

"You can't carry food all the time, so hide it somewhere. You can carry it if you don't have confidence."

After speaking, Choi Ji-won runs away again.

"Seed... Monkey."

I almost cursed instinctively, but that woman might even hear this.

I roughly hid the food in a tree and followed Choi Ji-won.

"You are late."

"...Osoi."

"What?"

"No..."

Choi Ji-won, who also decapitated a mutant goblin.

Doesn't that woman think that this movement is strange?

A question lingered in a corner of his mind wriggled.

Yeah, but I've been wearing it for about 3 days, so it's okay to ask about this much.

"... Jiwon Choi. Didn't you run in a straight line all the way here?"

"Right."

"But how did you know that a mutant goblin was here? It's not just today... Isn't it like that every time?"

"... "

It was Choi Ji-won who did not answer with an expressionless face, but his eyes were shaking here and there.

"... Please wait a moment."

Choi Ji-won asked me to wait and whispered something softly. I couldn't understand the meaning, but the tone seemed to be consulting with someone.

What. Do you have any imaginary friends?

Choi Ji-won, who muttered for a long time after that.

"... Okay. Let's be honest. From what I've seen, he doesn't seem like a bad person."

As if she had finally finished consulting with her imaginary friend, she slowly lifted her head and met my gaze.

"Junho Kim. I asked how to find out where the mutant goblins are? That is the ability of my characteristics."

"... What trait is it?"

"It is the ability to roughly detect the enemy's level even from a distance. Instead, it can only be detected by those who are stronger than a certain level."

Choi Ji-won answers meekly. It seems to be a separate ability from her sharp senses... I'm going to take this opportunity to ask more questions.

"Then, can you feel the monsters stronger than you nearby? Or are they all weaker than you?"

"... There is one monster on the same level as me."

"Then isn't he the boss?"

"It is not. He... Because it is too strong."

Indeed. Did Choi Ji-won already feel the presence of the Minotaur?

But then the question arises.

"Then can't you feel the presence of the 'boss'?"

If you repeat the regression, this message always pops up at a certain point.

〈Tutorial Stage〉

-Clear Condition 1: If you swallow the 'Golden Orb' hidden somewhere in the forest, you can move on to the next stage. However, there are only 50 golden orbs.

-Clear condition 2: Defeat the boss and goblin shaman to create a portal to the next stage.

The boss I'm talking about is the goblin shaman here.

If you have the ability to detect strong enemies, wouldn't it be simple to find a goblin shaman?

I guess I can just kill the boss and go through the portal?

Even if the boss was strong, I didn't think it would be stronger than Choi Ji-won. At most, a level that will end in the 3rd 'student' line.

"... "

Surprisingly, Choi Ji-won goes into trouble without answering right away.

She was scrutinizing my face.

"You... What is the purpose? Why are you following me and putting yourself through this hardship?"

Choi Ji-won, who uses a fantastic style of answering questions with questions.

Until I answer, he won't open his mouth.

...What is my purpose?

Simple.

"Breaking the tower, saving the earth. Getting stronger."

"...Under."

No matter how he interpreted my words, Choi Ji-Won let out a small laugh.

"... It's easy to say."

Choi Ji-won turns his back cynically.

Whew. You asked something meaningful, so I thought you were giving me important information. Was it just a whim?

The moment when I was trying to pick up food.

Took.

In front of my eyes, a small wooden box fell.

"... This."

It's a familiar design, so I felt like I could understand the contents without even opening it.

This is a box containing golden beads. But, why is this...

"There was one like you. A person whose reality is at the bottom, but whose gaze is looking up high in the sky."

Choi Ji-won talking to me with his back turned. It wasn't the hard tone ending in 'da' that she had used to me until now, but a normal tone that a female college student would use.

"When a crisis comes... Just swallow If you die for others, that is dog death."

"... "

"You don't have to think of it as grace. I'm overflowing with marbles, so I'm scattering them all over the place."

After those words, Choi Ji-won moves away chicly as if indifferent.

Did that woman give me a precious golden bead?

He must have seen his father and me again.

The feeling was somehow complicated.

"Wait, wait... !"

I had something to say, but Choi Ji-won has already walked away.

No... I've already stocked up with 3 golden marbles...

And Boss... Where's the boss, bitch! Why do you just say what you want to say and don't answer!

"I don't know."

"What?"

"I don't know. In the first place, finding the boss is my purpose."

On the way back with food.

To my question where the boss is, the answer to my surprise was 'I don't know'.

"No, I heard you can feel the strongman's presence?"

"That's right."

Choi Ji-won could know the approximate location and level of the strong enemy.

That's why they feel the presence of the Minotaur, and also feel the presence of the mutant goblin.

"The problem is... There is no in-between."

"You don't have a relationship?"

"Isn't the boss weaker than a very strong monster and stronger than a variant? But there is no such person. I can't locate the 'Goblin Shaman' in my abilities."

"... "

This is because Choi Ji-won's radar only works on strong players above a certain level.

There are two main possibilities.

First. In case the boss has a different name and is at the same level as the mutant goblin, so it is hard to tell them apart.

In this case, all you have to do is kill all the variant goblins, but...

And second.

Boss... If you're so damn weak that you don't get caught on Choi Ji-won's radar at all.

"Ha."

I let out a sigh without realizing it.

I thought Choi Ji-won would know the location of the boss...

It feels like the reason I've endured so far is disappearing. I didn't do anything to follow you.

Gradually, I pulled out and ate everything I had to eat, and the Minotaur will appear soon... , Around the time I was contemplating whether to return and try another route.

"For a moment."

Choi Ji-won stopped me from thinking.

Her gaze was fixed on a tree.

"... Come out."

Rustle. Rustle. A man who really walks out saying he wants to come out.

"... Your impression matches what you heard."

The man who appeared... On the second day, it was Ajae, a firefighter who led a group of about 20 people and left the vacant lot.

Was your name Park Cheol-jin? I remember his face because it looked scary like a tiger.

But what is this man doing here?

"Are you guys the general manager of the clearing group?"

"... It's okay to be in charge, but the person in charge is right."

Surprisingly, Choi Ji-won uses honorific words for elders. It seems that he is the type of person who carefully protects Jang Yoo's will.

"...My name is Cheoljin Park. It was a fireman..."

Park Cheol-jin struggles to speak.

"You two. I heard you're incredibly strong. You need help."

"What help?"

"...We found the boss."

Day 6 after returning. Afternoon.

The world began to flow differently from the previous rounds.