Chapter 245

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A clearing in the Valguras Mountains.
“Dad, Dad, there are orcs coming!”
Sigh
At Lafide’s shout, Ming Hu looked up and saw where Lafide was pointing.
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
In the distance, red-skinned orcs were rushing toward us, their footsteps tremendous. There seemed to be more than a hundred of them, no matter how few we captured.
-Gulp! Kill! TAKE!
-Human! Take!
-Chew! Tear!
Soon the distance grew closer and I could hear the cries of the orcs.
“Yikes.”
Ming Hu let out an exclamation of admiration at the shouts and expressions of excitement on the orcs’ faces. Then he turned his head to the side and looked at the totem embedded in the ground.
“That’s great performance.”
It didn’t attract much aggro, but the totem stuck in the ground was the reason the orcs were running in the distance. Ming Hu once again checked the information on the embedded totem.

A totem with a pig’s head imprinted on it. Orcs become extremely agitated and hostile toward users who use this totem.
“You really nailed it.”
After confirming the totem’s information, Ming Hu smiled broadly and opened the quest window. Ming Hu hadn’t come here with Rafid just to hunt.
[Territory Quest]
Slay the orcs of the Valguras Mountains as they make their annual incursion into the realm!
[red orc: 0 / ???]
[green orc: 0 / ???]
[steel orc: 0 / ???]
Difficulty Level: B
Quest Reward: Helioca Merit ???, Manor Asren’s Stability + ???
It’s because of this quest that Ming Hu is here with Rafid, trying to capture the orc by smashing the totem.
“I’ll just hold on until the totem is smashed and get it done.”
The totem had a time limit of 2 hours. Ming Hu decided to catch the orcs in the two hours before the totem would auto-destruct and closed the quest window.
That was the moment.
“Dad, the orcs are coming from over there, too! Whoa!”
At Lafydd’s shout, Ming Hu turned his head again to look where Lafydd was pointing.
Thump, thump, thump, thump!
On the other side of the red orcs, Lafydd’s words were true: a huge number of orcs were running toward them.
“Is it a steel orc?
The running orc was obviously a steel orc, as its skin was gray and shiny.
“Dad, can I catch those shiny orcs over there?”
Ming Hu nodded at Lafydd’s words as he moved to catch the onrushing orcs.
“Hehe!”
Ming Hu nodded, and Lafydd grinned broadly and began to run toward the Steel Orcs. Ming Hu smirked as he watched Lafydd run toward the Steel Orcs, then turned back to look at the Red Orcs.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
-Gulp! Human! Gulp!!!
-Take profit!!!!
The orcs were even more excited, perhaps even maddened, by the increased distance between them and the totem. Ming Hu turned on his heel and began to walk toward the orcs, who were rapidly closing the distance.
“A pool of blood.”
Moving toward the orcs, Ming Hu stopped walking when he was within 50 meters of them and cast Blood Puddle.
Siaak
Soon there was a pool of blood five meters across and five meters deep. Ming Hu turned away from the pool and looked at the orcs. The orcs, who had been about 50 meters away, were now 20 meters in front of him.
Quick
Soon, orcs with faces filled with madness began to step into the pool of blood.
-take…
-in…
As expected, the orcs were dead in less than two seconds.
“Are you holding on?
Ming Hu saw the orcs dying like moths to a flame and turned back to see how Lafydd was doing.
“…?”
Turning around, Ming Hu couldn’t help but wonder.
“Hehe.”
Lapid stood before the pool of blood, a wide grin on his face. Ming Hu looked away from Lafydd with a puzzled expression and looked toward where the Steel Orcs had come running.
“…huh?
To his dismay, there were no Steel Orcs in sight. Ming Hu turned back to Lafydd with a puzzled expression.
“You can’t be serious…
He opened the quest window with a puzzled look on his face.
[Territory Quest]
Slay the orcs of the Valguras Mountains as they make their annual incursion into the realm!
[red orc: 89 / ???]
[green orc: 0 / ???]
[Steel Orc: 121 / ???]
Difficulty Level: B
Quest Reward: Helioca Merit ???, Manor Asren’s Stability + ???
“…”
After checking the quest, Ming Hu had nothing to say, for Lafydd had already hunted down all the Iron Orcs.
“In that short time, we’ve killed 121 birds…
Less than a minute had passed, so it was hard to believe, but believe it or not, the Steel Orc was undeniably dead.
“Dad, the orcs are dead!”
Ming Hu, who had been staring blankly at Lafydd, was jolted back to reality by Lafydd’s shout. True to Lafydd’s word, the red orcs had been neatly obliterated by a pool of blood.
“… it’s not the point.
But Ming Hu soon remembered that the Red Orc’s death was not the most important thing, and he turned back to look at Lafydd. Lafydd was smiling, as always. Lafydd is smiling, Ming Hu thought.
“What skill did he kill with?
Lafydd’s abilities are mastered by anyone with a skillbook, so I was very curious to see how Lafydd, whose stats were lower than mine, used his abilities to wipe out 121 Steel Orcs.
Thump, thump, thump!
Just then, footsteps began to sound in Ming Hu’s ear.
“Huh? Dad! Over there!”
At the same time, Lafydd pointed behind him and called out. It was almost an orc, but Ming Hu turned his head to look where Lafydd had pointed.
As expected, a large number of red orcs were running toward them. After confirming that the footsteps were coming from the Red Orcs, Ming Hu looked at Rafid again and said.
“Do you want to catch it?”
“Can I grab it?”
Ming Hu nodded slightly, wordlessly.
“Hehe.”
Lapide grinned and began to run toward the orcs. Ming Hu looked after him.
Boom!
Lapid, who soon arrived in front of the orcs, swung his fist wildly into the air. Ming Hu, puzzled by Lapid’s behavior, could not help but be baffled by what happened next.
Tsk!
Suddenly, a giant fist of earth shot out of the ground and slammed into the running orcs. That was the end of it. With a single blow, nearly a hundred Orcs were dead. Ming Hu looked at the orcs lying on the ground and thought.
“What is that skill…
I was so embarrassed, but not because of the power of the fist.
“Did they have a skill like that…?
Ming Hu, who can view Rafid’s information through the Family window, checked all of Rafid’s skills. However, none of them were related to the Earth Fist.
“Did I miss something?
Wondering if he had missed something, Ming Hu opened the family window again, selected Lafydd, and began checking his skills.
“…I don’t have it.
Ming Hu furrowed his brow as he carefully checked the active and passive skills. He hadn’t missed it. The earth fist Lafydd had just used was nowhere to be found in the skill window.
“What’s going on, is this a bug?
It was definitely not a basic attack. It was definitely a skill. Ming Hu began to ponder what had happened.
-Goldstone: Hey, what secret quest are you on?
Just then, Minhyung heard a whisper.
“…?
At Minhyung’s sudden whisper, Myung-hoo abandoned his thoughts of the clay fist and whispered back to Minhyung.
-GoldStephen: Secret Quest? What do you mean?
-GoldenStone : There’s an article on GongHome right now that says you’re breaking secret quests.
“Article?
Ming Hu frowned at Min Hyung’s whisper.
-Gold to JungSeok: Is the article up?
-Goldenstein : Uh, the article said that you were in charge.
“…No way.
Minhyung’s words suddenly triggered a memory. Ming Hu whispered to Min Hyung in disbelief.
-Gold to Jungseok: Minhyung, is the reporter who posted that article named Choco?
-Goldstone: Yes.
“…”
After checking the reporter who posted the article, Myung-hoo was speechless with disbelief. I thought I would never post something like that, but I did.
-GoldenStep : Hey, but you’ve got this article… Maybe you should take a look at it?
-Gold to Jung-Seok Chung: Why?
-Goldman Sachs: That’s… Just look at it. I don’t know what to say about this…
“…?”
Ming Hu was puzzled by Min Hyung’s words. He couldn’t understand why Minhyung was reacting the way she was.
“I’m going to go check it out.
It wasn’t going to take long anyway, so Ming Hu decided to log out for a while to check the article and looked at Rafid.
“I’ll be right back. Hold the orc.”
“Yes, Dad!”
Rafid replied with a wide grin.