Chapter 128

After checking the quest content, Ming Hu smiled.
“I should have caught it.
Ming Hu, who had been trying to capture the ogre in order to have a full complement of options for the otherwise finished Ogre Power Gauntlet, nodded and said.
“I see.”
[You have accepted the quest].
After receiving the quest, Ming Hu opened the quest window to see if the quest was shared.
‘It’s shareable. That’s great.
The quest from the Emperor was not shareable, so he couldn’t share it with Jianye, but the quest from Mihad for the City of Ogres was shareable. Ming Hu was relieved to realize that he could share the quest with Jianye.
“I’ll see you later, then.”
With that, Ming Hu walked out of the general manager’s office.
“…?”
When Ming Hu emerged from the General Manager’s office, he couldn’t help but frown at the sight he saw.
“Excuse me, are you having a party?”
“Do you have a free friend window?”
“Would you like to go hunting with us?”
“I see you don’t have a guild, would you like to join ours?”
A group of male users approached Jie and huddled around him. Ming Hu quickly walked over to Jie Li.
“Minghu!”
Delay, who had been troubled, smiled broadly as Ming Hu approached and called out, causing the huddled mass of users to turn to look at him.
“…”
“…”
The players slowly began to leave, but one player remained unmoved. This was the player who had encouraged Jinyi to join the guild.
“…Hmm?
Ming Hu frowned again when he saw the user’s guild mark. Above the user’s head were two axes crossed.
“It’s the Axe Guild, right?
It was a guild mark that could only be forgotten by trying to forget. Ming Hu remembered the incident in front of the old exchange and smiled bloodily as he took Jian Chen’s hand and said.
“Let’s go.”
“…Huh? Huh!”
Delay flinched slightly as Myung Hu took his hand, but then smiled and began to follow him out of the building.
Stop
But once outside the building, Ming Hu was forced to stop walking again. Ming Hu turned to look at the Twin Axe Guild members blocking his path.
“Oh, wait, I haven’t heard the answer yet.”
After saying that to Ming Hu, the Twin Axe Guild member looked at Jiayi and continued.
“Would you like to join our guild? We’ll be good to you, we’re super famous!”
Ming Hu smirked again at the Twin Axe Guild member’s words. Ming Hu’s laughter caused the Twin Axe Guild members to glare at him. That was the moment.
“Bobobo.”
Ming Hu turned his gaze to follow the Twin Axe Guild as they reacted to the sound. A player was approaching. Ming Hu smiled slightly as he recognized the player’s face. The approaching player was one he recognized.
“Ooh, boogeyman!”
“What are you doing?”
“I was just trying to get you to join a guild.”
“So…”
Stop
As he approached, Sun Tzu locked eyes with Ming Hu and stopped walking for a moment.
“What’s wrong?”
Bobo Bo asked Sun Tzu, who had suddenly stopped walking, but Sun Tzu said nothing to Bobo Bo’s question. Sun Tzu looked at Ming Hu, shook his head, and then opened his mouth to speak.
“Hey, haven’t we met somewhere before?”
Sun Tzu didn’t recognize Ming Hu because of the change in equipment. Ming Hu smiled and replied.
“Yes.”
“Where have I seen this before?”
Sigh
At Sun Tzu’s words, Ming Hu wordlessly pulled a hammer from his inventory.
“…”
Seeing the hammer, Shun Deng was startled and looked at Ming Hu with a puzzled expression. Bobo Bobo, who was also puzzled, stiffened when he saw the hammer.
“Let’s go.”
Ming Hu put the hammer back in his inventory and started walking.
* * * * *
After leaving Dorden, Minghu and Jianli began to walk along the mountain range as Mihad had told them. As they walked along the mountain range, Ming Hu saw a red rock in front of them and quickly approached it.
Zzzzzzzzz
As they approached the red rocks, they began to hear the sound of running water. Soon, Minghu and Jieyi arrived in front of the red rocks and saw a valley with water so clear that they could clearly see the bottom.
“Hey, the water is clear.”
“Yeah, it’s not often you see a valley like this these days.”
Ming Hu and Jie Li walked up the valley, talking about this and that.
“Oh, right! My mom’s been worried about me lately.”
“Huh? My mom?”
“Uh, he’s worried that I’m too much of a gamer.”
“Really?”
Nodding at Jie’s words, Ming Hu suddenly realized that something was wrong.
“How did they get in touch?
It was strange to think about. He thought about how his mom and Delay had gotten in touch, but it didn’t make sense.
“Yeah, he said he’d like to see a movie once in a while and get out and do something.”
“Oh, I see.”
Ming Hu nodded at the delay and continued.
“But how did you get in touch with your mom?”
“Oh.”
Delay flinched slightly at Ming Hu’s words, but then bit his lip slightly and began to answer Ming Hu’s question.
“Well, I called you a while back, and your mom answered, and we hit it off on the phone, so I kept in touch.”
“I see.”
“Anyway, your mother’s worried about you, so don’t just play games, watch some movies, and if you don’t have anyone to watch them with, I’ll watch them with you–”
“Yes.”
Ming Hu smiled in response. As they continued to walk and talk, they soon reached the top of the mountain, and both opened their mouths at the same time to marvel at the sight before them, as if they had made a promise.
“Wow…”
“Wow…”
Before Ming Hu and Jie Li’s eyes, a huge city was taking shape.
“It’s a… city. City.”
“Yeah. Big.”
The city was huge.
“This is where ogres live?”
I couldn’t believe it. There were tons of buildings in the city, and the huge building in the distance was clearly a palace. This was literally a city. I couldn’t believe that ogres lived in a place like this.
“You’re alive.”
However, when Minghu and Jieyi saw ogres roaming the city, they couldn’t believe it, but they had to believe it. They weren’t mistaken; it was indeed ogres roaming the city.
“But… don’t you think she has a different skin color?”
It was then that Delay opened his mouth and said Ming Hu saw ogres roaming the city. He couldn’t see them clearly because they were so far away, but the ogres were all different colors: some had red skin, others had blue skin, and so on.
“Yeah. Different.”
As they gazed at the city, Ming Hu and Jie Li began to walk toward it.
Sigh
As Minghu and Jieyi descended the mountain to reach the city, they stopped at the sound of bushwhacking and looked toward the source.
-Cure?
A moment later, an ogre emerged from the bushes. It had blue skin, and in its hands it held a club and a shield. But that wasn’t all. The ogre was wearing a helmet and armor.
“Oh my God. You’re on patrol.”
Ming Hu and Jie Yi were a bit surprised to see the ogre, as they had only heard about it from the patrols.
-Currrrrrrr!
The ogre shook his head at the sight of Ming Hu and Jie Yi, then let out a roar and began to run toward Ming Hu and Jie Yi.
“Blood Explosion”
-Kitchen!
The ogre that had been running toward you stopped dead in its tracks and began to slowly fall forward, blue blood dripping from the corner of its mouth.
[You have caught the ogre].
[The completed Ogre Power Gauntlet’s options increase Strength by 2].
Ming Hu smiled at the fallen ogre and the power boost message and began to descend the mountain again. As they made their way down the mountain, Ming Hu and Jie Li encountered quite a few ogres, killing each one they came across.
-CureAre…
[You have caught the ogre].
[The completed Ogre Power Gauntlet’s options increase Strength by 2].
“All the guys on patrol are blue.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself as he looked at the fallen blue ogre. Oddly enough, all of the patrolling ogres he’d encountered on his descent down the mountain had blue skin.
“Maybe the color of the ogre dictates what it should do?”
“Is that so?”
Minghu and Jieyi resumed their walk, discussing the color of the ogre’s skin. But as they neared the city, they hadn’t walked far when they encountered an ogre on patrol.
“…Huh?”
“…to?”
When Ming Hu and Jie Li saw the ogre on patrol, they were a bit puzzled. This time, the ogre had red skin instead of blue.
-Currrrrrr!
The red ogre screamed and began to run. Ming Hu finished his run and stretched out his fist at the red ogre.
Puck! Puck!
Ming Hu’s fist connected with the ogre’s abdomen. At the same time, the ogre’s iron club slammed into Ming Hu.
[Stunned for 1 second].
At the stun message that appeared, Ming Hu looked at the ogre.
“…huh?
But when Ming Hu saw the ogre, he couldn’t help but be a little perplexed. The ogre that he thought would fall didn’t fall. Instead, it swung its iron club at Ming Hu again.
“Does the red one have more health?
Ming Hu quickly moved to the side to dodge the iron club as he recovered from his stun, thinking. The red ogre seemed to have more health than the blue ogre, as it didn’t die in one hit. Ming Hu extended his fist toward the ogre once more.
Puck!
-Currrrrrr!
“…huh?
But this time, the ogre didn’t fall.
“I was wondering how much health you had…
Ming Hu frowned, dodged the iron club, and punched the ogre again, but this time the ogre didn’t die, and Ming Hu continued to punch.
Puck! Puck! Puck!
-Currrrrrrr!
“…what is it?
As Ming Hu continued to beat the ogre, he could sense that something was wrong.