Chapter 005 – Greenskin Wildlands(5)

Sungjin gripped his katana tightly . The Orc charged straight towards him as if it saw food for the first time after a long period of starvation .

Sungjin stabbed hard and fast towards the charging Orc’s neck and heart .

‘Stab stab’

Sungjin’s blade found their mark . Except, the red Orc did not respond at all . Despite aiming for vital points, there was no response from the Orc .

Orc continued his charge and swung his arms . Sungjin was forced to jump back, and the arms missed their mark .

But, just as Sungjin was going to counter attack, he saw that the chains attached to the arms were flying towards him with slight delay . Sungjin ducked in haste .

“Voom”

Sungjin felt something metallic sail through the air above his head . When he looked up, he saw the Orc swinging his arms once again . The problem wasn’t just his hands .

Each time he swung his arms, the chains attached to his arms also flew towards him like whips . Sungjin was forced to look at the chains and predict their path .

He backed away and concentrated on defense . .

“How annoying . ”

The main boss traded speed for great power, whereas this boss had tremendous speed and reach .

It was the worst possible enemy for Sungjin, who had committed all points to Dexterity .

Because he put no points in Endurance, getting hit once or twice by the chains meant that it was game over .

“Whoa, whoa, whoa…”

As Sungjin retreated backwards while dodging and parrying, the other three men were busy escaping at full speed to avoid interrupting Sungjin’s fight . To be fair, Main boss nor the Secret boss was meant to be taken on alone .

But the others were absolutely of no help at all . Even as Sungjin slowly backed off and dodged the chains, he kept an eye out for mistakes . Once his arm became vulnerable, Sungjin took the opportunity and stabbed it three times .

‘Papapa’

But as if taking no damage, the Orc continued to swing away . His nickname “mad” was probably due to his rapid and wild swinging of arms and chains . Sungjin concluded his rapid attack, and immediately switched back to defense .

‘Something like this guy isn’t common even later on…’

Even though his every stat point was on Dexterity, the boss moved and attacked at a comparable speed .

‘First, I’ve got to do something about those arms…”

Once he established his plan of attack, he waited for a chance . He ducked from an incoming attack and then kicked the Orc’s shins .

“Bam!”

With the sound, the Orc fell over . But despite being downed, he didn’t let up the attack . He kept on swinging the chains from the ground .

Sungjin had to jump up to avoid chains coming at his feet . The chains rapidly passed by him . Once, twice, Sungjin leaped up into the air, as if playing high-risk jump rope . He embedded his scabbard into the ground between jumps .

When he jumped up, the chains from the Orc wrapped around it .

‘Did it work?’

But after just a brief pause, the scabbard was pulled away by the force of the chains and it flew away .

‘I need something heavier . ’

Meanwhile, the mad Orc stood up .

“Kruagh!”

The Orc began attacking with his arms and chains even faster than before . Sungjin had no opportunity to counter attack and had to focus entirely on defense as he slowly backed off .

‘…Any way to stop his attacks…?’

Sungjin took a look around his surroundings, but he only saw the three men trying to escape from collateral damage .

Then Sungjin noticed the Policeman’s weapon . It was a club made of metallic material . While dodging chains with inhuman speed, he yelled at the policeman .

“Hey, Officer! Throw me your club!”

Baltren, who was watching from a distance, panicked when his name was mentioned . Sungjin yelled louder in frustration while dodging the Orc’s attacks .

“Damn it! The club!”

Baltren hesitated for a moment because the red Orc’s chains were destroying everything within 4~5 meters range . But once he made up his mind, he approached the two combatants

“Catch!”

After yelling loudly, Baltren threw his club towards Sungjin . Sungjin dodged the chains acrobatically by jumping backward and caught the club with his free left hand .

Holding Katana on the right and the club on the left, Sungjin bid his time until he could kick over the Orc again . Once the Orc was tripped, he flailed wildly from the ground again .

Sungjin planted the club deep into the ground and leaped up to dodge the chains, and landed on it, like some sort of martial artist from Murim . (see note)

When the chains came flying, it hit the Club and wrapped itself around it .

“Clink!”

It spun around few times and then became stuck on the club . For the first time since combat started, his arms were immobilized . Sungjin easily cut off his arm .

“Graaagh!”

Even while screaming in pain, the Orc continued to swing his chains about wildly . But he could not land a hit on Sungjin with two chains; dodging just one was a piece of cake . Sungjin dodged the chains with ease and cut off the other arm as well .

“Kaaaa!”

The Red Orc could no longer stand nor attack due to his loss of arms . Sungjin strolled up to the Orc .

“Be at peace . ”

After bidding goodbye, Sungjin beheaded the Orc . Moments later, the Operator announced his victory .

[Hidden boss ‘Mad Orc Ruark’ Cleared . ]
[Congratulations! You have managed to complete all objectives in this chapter!]
[Disregarding remaining timer and ending the raid immediately . ]

“Haaa…”

Sungjin let out a long sigh . He finally found the secret location and hunted every monster .

It was Sungjin’s first time fighting a hidden boss . First time around, the top priority for each raid was merely survival .

After a breather, Sungjin sheathed his sword back in the scabbard . He picked the club out of the ground and tossed it back to the Officer .

Once the Officer caught the club, all the cubes spoke out in unison in the Operator’s voice .

[Calculating Rewards Earned . ]
[Monsters Slain . Goblins: 100 . HobGoblins: 30 . Orc 20 . Troll: 10 . Total 390 points . ]
[Boss Monster Slain: Orc Chief cunning Kamul: 50 points . ]
[Hidden Boss Mad Orc Ruark: 50 points . ]
[Final point count: 490 . Distributing points . ]

Now each cube spoke individually, starting with the Asian man first .

[Your contribution is 3 . 0% . 15 Stat points, 15 Black Coins awarded . Raid Clear Bonus 100 Stat points and 100 Black Coins awarded . Distributing 115 Stat points and 115 Black Coins . ]

“…”

Asian man frowned and looked around, as if not believing what he’s hearing . Next up was the White man .

[Your contribution is 5 . 1% . 25 Stat points, 25 Black Coins awarded . Raid Clear Bonus 100 Stat points and 100 Black Coins awarded . Distributing 125 Stat points and 125 Black Coins . ]

And then the Black Police Officer .

[Your contribution is 9 . 1% . 45 Stat points, 45 Black Coins awarded . Raid Clear Bonus 100 Stat points and 100 Black Coins awarded . Distributing 145 Stat points and 145 Black Coins . ]

Finally Sungjin’s turn .

[Your contribution is 82 . 8% . 405 Stat points, 405 Black Coins awarded . Raid Clear Bonus 100 Stat points and 100 Black Coins awarded . Distributing 505 Stat points and 505 Black Coins . ]

“Whoa…”

The three men stare at Sungjin in envy and respect . But Sungjin ignored their response and calculated in his head .

‘19 Coins from before and now… 524? With this, I can get…’

[And now we will distribute items . ]

Once again, it began with the Asian man .

[Recovery Potion – Small x1]

A small potion bottle appeared in front of the Asian man, and he obediently picked it up from the ground, but he looked unhappily at it .

“This is it?”

White man’s turn .

[Recovery Potion – Small x2]
[Orc’s worn cloak]

He received his items with both hands but likewise looked fairly unhappily at them . Next was Baltren .

[Steel Shield]
[Troll’s Blood x1]

A large shield dropped by the Police Officer’s feet . He quickly picked it up . Because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, it looked just as if he was carrying a riot shield . Sungjin’s turn was last .

[Yanhurat – Mad god’s voice]
[Free Ark – Freeman’s shackles]
[Skull Romabel – Skull Crusher]
[Troll’s Blood x4]
[Recovery Potion – Small x5]

A bunch of items dropped in front of him, and Sungjin bent over to pick them up . The Asian man spoke to himself .

“Wow, what a contribution hog . How selfish”

It was just a complain expressed under his breath, but Sungjin heard all of it . He frowned in annoyance .

“You . If it weren’t for me, all of you would have died here . Either by monsters or by running out of time . Understood?”

The Asian man didn’t know when to give up and kept on complaining .

“… you don’t know that . ”

That moment and that phrase, it finally pushed Sungjin over the edge . He had enough . Sungjin drew his katana and approached the man .

“Listen well . I will teach you about a hidden characteristic of the raid you don’t know about”

“What… what?”

Asian man backed up in surprise, but Sungjin swung his Katana few times at him .

‘Slash Slash Slash’

Following the sound of the blade cutting through the air, the Asian man’s shirt and pants were reduced to rags .

Once the Asian man realized what was going on, he grew pale and fell over . Sungjin got right into his face and spoke vehemently .

‘In raids, there is no rule forbidding a hunter from hunting another hunter . Understood?”

When the Asian man heard, he nodded vigorously . Sungjin stood up, still holding his Katana out . “Raids” were like this after all .

As one kills and murders, one’s notion of ethics and morality fades . Sungjin was no exception .

Sungjin had long forgotten ordinary ethics and morality after participating in raid after raid in his previous life .

Wielding his katana to take the man’s life posed no qualms to Sungjin, but he put away his blade .

With his nonexistent reward from this raid, he will die in the next one . No, he’ll probably die before the next raid even begins .

Once Sungjin put away his sword, the Operator resumed with the last briefing .

[Last but not the least, you will be awarded with titles you’ve earned on this raid . ]

(Translator’s notes)
Murim

This is korean version of cultivation/kung fu genre . Basically he’s standing on the club like shown in chinese movies .