Chapter 146

The sudden death message panicked Ming Hu.
[Do you want to use the resurrection scroll to resurrect?]
A resurrection invitation appeared in Ming Hu’s panicked vision. Ming Hu looked at the resurrection invitation and saw Themus.
Siaak
Themus looked at the shield with a bit of surprise. The golden shield with the strange pattern that had blocked his attack was shattering and disappearing.
“I think it’s because of that…
Ming Hu looked at the shield and thought. He wasn’t sure, but it seemed to him that his death was caused by the golden shield crumbling and disappearing.
“It’s either instant death or damage reflection.
You have over three million health. He is dead. It was either instant death or a damage reflex that killed the target regardless of health. Ming Hu thought so and used the Resurrection Scroll.
[You used the resurrection scroll].
[Resurrect].
After using the Resurrection Scroll to revive himself, Ming Hu quickly stuck his fist out at Temus and shouted, “I’m not going to let you get away with this!
“One punch!”
Boom!
But Themus, who was expecting Ming Hu to come back to life, quickly dodged Ming Hu’s fist and fell backward.
“So, you’re like Radis, too.”
Themus, who had fallen backward, looked at Ming Hu and said. As he said this, Temus drew from the magic pouch he wore at his side the golden shield with the strange pattern that had shattered Ming Hu earlier.
“…I’m sure.
Ming Hu frowned. That shield must have been the one that killed him.
Dakdakdak
Pulling out his shield, Themus smiled again and began to walk toward Ming Hu. Ming Hu thought to himself as he watched Themus move toward him.
‘Let’s see if… I’ll see if it’s a reflex or an instant death.
Ming Hu stretched out his fist toward Themus, who was moving toward him. As expected, Temus raised his shield to block Ming Hu’s fist, and Ming Hu quickly fell backwards as his life force was sliced away. As he watched his life force shredded, Ming Hu thought to himself.
‘It’s a reflection.
The reflection was clear.
Siaak
The shield that had blocked Ming Hu’s attack began to crumble as it had earlier. Temus frowned as the shattering of the shield did not kill Ming Hu.
Sigh
Temus reached into his pocket again.
“Moving Strike!”
Ming Hu quickly used a moving strike against Themus, who was pulling something out of his pocket.
Puck!
“Bam!”
Themus shrieked at Ming Hu’s attack and jumped back, pulling his shield from his pocket. Themus grinned wickedly as he drew his shield.
“Never mind.
You just took 900,000 health from a flat hit. Even if that shield deflected his attack, he wouldn’t die. Knowing this, Ming Hu turned to face Themus, who was running toward him with his shield in front of him.
“But does it only reflect when it hits the shield?
As he ran, Ming Hu looked at the golden shield and wondered, though it didn’t matter, if it only reflected attacks that touched it, or if it reflected the damage Themus had taken.
“Flip the ground!”
To answer the question, Ming Hu quickly ducked down and used a ground flip.
Woohoo!
The ground rumbled loudly, lifting Themus out of the air as he ran toward Ming Hu. Ming Hu watched Themus slowly fall to the ground and checked his vitals.
Thump!
“Ugh.”
“Is it just a shield?
When Themus crashed to the ground, his health was not reduced. Apparently, the shield only reflects attacks that hit it. Realizing this, Ming Hu leapt to his feet, roared, and ran toward Themus, who was watching him, fists outstretched.
Bam!
As expected, Themus blocked the punch with his golden shield, and Ming Hu, knowing it would be blocked, struck the shield and threw punch after punch.
Swoosh!
The shield shattered, and a series of flying punches landed on Themus.
“Bam!”
Themus screamed and fell backward under Minghu’s attack.
Sigh
“Radis! What are you doing!”
Themus, who had fallen backward, glanced at Radis, who was watching from the side, and shouted. Radis flinched at Themus’ shout, but was unable to move.
‘Holy shit. How am I supposed to hold that thing?
Radis watched in shock and horror as Ming Hu and Jian Chen battled. This was not something he could do anything about; he had already given up when so many ogres were killed by Jian Chen. Radis looked at Themus and Ming Hu.
Wham! Wham!
Ming Hu continued to attack, and Themus quickly dodged Ming Hu’s attacks.
“Minghu, I’m out of mana! Can you help me?”
“No, I’ll get him, you take care of the rest of the ogres.”
“Yes!”
In response to Delay’s question, Ming Hu answered and continued to attack Temus.
Whiz! Whiz!
‘You’re really good at dodging.
For some reason, however, Themus was untouched by Ming Hu’s fist. Just then, as he was dodging Ming’s fist, Themus suddenly roared.
[Stunned for 3 seconds].
With a roar, a stun message appeared. Ming Hu looked at Themus. Temus looked at the immobilized Ming Hu, then stepped back and closed the distance.
“I’m backing off this time, but…”
Siaak
As he said this, a magic circle appeared at Themus’ feet.
“Warp?
The warp was clear to the magic circle. In time, Ming Hu, stunned out of his stupor, called out quickly before Temus disappeared.
“Bloody explosion.”
“I’ll never let this happen again.”
Suk.
The circle of magic glowed brightly for a moment, then faded. And a message appeared.
[You have slain Themus, prince of Ouka].
[Only prestige 6 will increase].
When Ming Hu saw the message, he looked at Themus. Themus was slowly collapsing.
“…I should have written that a long time ago.”
I’d been saving up for something like this, but I didn’t expect to be killed in a bloodbath. Ming Hu looked around. The remaining ogres had been cleaned up by the delay, and there was only one person left, the user, Radis.
“Excuse me.”
Ming Hu called to Radis. Radis hesitated and hesitated, but then he opened his mouth cautiously and said.
“M-me?”
“Okay. What do you want to do?”
“What? What?”
“Are you just going to walk away? Or do you want to fight?”
Radis looked a little surprised.
“Are you…sending it to me?”
“…?”
Ming Hu could only shake his head at Radis’s words. To be honest, if Radis wrote a letter of return, he couldn’t catch her. And he didn’t want to. He couldn’t understand what was driving her to say that.
“Can I go?”
Radis opened his mouth to speak again when Ming Hu shook his head at his words.
“Okay… But how did you get here? You seemed to be in league with the ogres.”
“Oh, that’s…that’s…”
At Myung-Hoo’s question, Radis hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth to speak.
“Because of my job.”
“Occupation?”
“Yeah, I got the nationality of this city by doing quests, and after I got the nationality and did a couple quests, they gave me a job.”
“Was that quest… did I wake up and change jobs?
Radis’s words reminded Ming Hu of a quest he had once been given by Olad the Purple Ogre. Perhaps if he followed that quest to the end, he could get the job Radis was talking about.
‘Hidden Advancement Quest… A shame.’
Despite the fact that I couldn’t figure out what she did for a living, I somehow felt bad for her.
“Can we go now?”
“Yes, have fun.”
“Yes, have fun. Ah! The–”
“…?”
Ming Hu shook his head at Radis’s words and reaction. Radis looked at Ming Hu and Delay, who were scratching their heads, and thought.
“Should I say this…
Radis paused for a moment, not sure if she should say what was on her mind or not, and then opened her mouth to speak.
“You’re the Twin Axes Guild, right?”
“The Twin Axe Guild?”
Ming Hu frowned slightly when he heard the name of the Twin Axe Guild come out of Radis’s mouth. Radis flinched slightly at Ming Hu’s reaction, but there was no stopping him now, so he continued to speak.
“Yeah, I was searching for you after you died, and I talked to an officer of the Twin Axes Guild, and he said they’ve got something planned for you, but I don’t know the details, so be careful.”
“Oh, right. Thank you.”
Ming Hu smiled slightly at Radis’s words. Radis then quickly tore up the return scroll and said, “I’m sorry.
“Th-thank you, then.”
Siaak
With a flash of light, Radis vanished. Ming Hu looked at Jie Li. Jian Chen was eagerly picking up the items the ogres had dropped.
Sigh
Ming Hu turned his gaze away from Jie Li and looked at Temus, then walked over to Temus and looked at the dropped item.
‘It’s the tendons…’
The first thing that came into view was the tendon.
-You have mastered a special ogre tendon.
“Special?
It seemed to be just a tendon, but it had a special label on it, so it wasn’t an ordinary tendon. Ming Hu picked up the dropped tendon and slowly turned his gaze to check the dropped items. It was a boss monster after all, so there were quite a few other items besides the tendons.
-You have mastered the Scroll of Power.
-You have acquired special ogre blood.
“Huh?
Ming Hu, who had been looking at the dropped items and picking them up, stopped in his tracks, a little surprised at the items that came into view.
“Chapter… a golden shield?
A golden shield with a strange pattern on it dropped. It was unmistakably Themus’s shield. Ming Hu quickly reached for the shield.
-You have acquired the Golden Shield of the Returner.