Chapter 18

Sssssss
Soon, two great foxes came through the bushes and entered the clearing. The four users, including Fabien, were puzzled by the sight of the two foxes.
“Two, two is a bit much.”
“Fabian, what are you going to do?”
“Oh. That’s…”
Fabian was quite flustered; he could barely catch one, much less two, but he was in a bad position to make a run for it. Fabian glanced at Ming Hu.
“Oh, that’s embarrassing.
Fabian blushed with embarrassment at the thought of being seen like this, especially when he had been so supportive of Ming Hu just moments before.
-Crunch!
-Crack!!!
Two great foxes began to run toward them. Fabien saw them running toward them and cried out, “What can I do?
“Hold on! Stall me! It’s getting late!”
With that, Fabian began to chant a spell toward the Great Fox, which was a bit closer.
“Huh? What are you doing?
As he chanted, Fabian watched Ming Hu approach the Great Fox and thought, “I don’t understand what he’s trying to do.” Then he remembered what he had said earlier and smiled.
“You’re going to die listening to me, I hope I can buy you some time!
It was clear that it had heard him and wanted to die and return to the village. Fabian wished he could buy him some time to die. At that moment, the great fox swung its front paws at Ming Hu, and Ming Hu threw a punch.
Puck!
Ming Hu’s fist touched the Great Fox first, and the Great Fox stopped dead in its tracks. Ming Hu then stepped to the side and threw a punch at the Great Fox that was following him.
“Oh?
Fabien was mildly impressed that Ming Hu, who had been expected to die in one or two blows, had managed to buy more time than he expected.
Puck!
Shake!
However, the moment Ming Hu’s fist touched the Great Fox that was following him, the Great Fox that had been standing still beside him collapsed, and Fabian couldn’t help but pause at the sight.
“…?
Fabian doubted his eyes.
Shake!
As the second Great Fox fell in quick succession, Fabian looked at Ming Hu and the fallen Great Fox in disbelief at what had happened. It was the same for the other three players.
“You’re up two!”
Ming Hu turned toward Fabian and muttered something. Fabian was still staring at him and the fallen Great Fox in astonishment. Ming Hu looked at Fabian and said, “I’m sorry.
“Thank you for the information.”
Thanking him, Ming Hu began to pick up the items that the Great Fox had dropped.
-You have acquired the pelt of the Great Fox.
-You have mastered the claws of the Great Fox.
-You have acquired the pelt of the Great Fox.
-You have mastered the Order of the Great Fox.
-You have obtained the Claw Key.
“Hey, there’s the claw key.”
Ming Hu shouted, holding up the claw key for Fabian to hear, and then looked at Fabian with a sneer.
“It’s so easy to go back, good job.”
Fabian stared at the back of his head.
* * * * *
Moving away from the clearing and through the bushes, Ming Hu stopped in his tracks and looked around as a realization dawned on him.
“Now that I think about it, I think I’ve leveled up a bit…”
Ming Hu saw that there were no monsters around and opened the character window.
Name: Ming Hu
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Warrior
Level: 30
Life: 59450
Mana: 420
Strength : 2930[293(+40)] Dexterity : 15 Constitution : 17 Strength : 10 Wisdom : 11
Bonus Stets: 70
Ming Hu was a bit surprised to see his character window, as he had leveled up so much in the time since he left the village.
“It’s a boss monster, so it definitely has a lot of experience…”
I caught 7 Great Foxes and leveled up 9 times. This would have been unthinkable if it was a normal monster, not a boss monster.
“You can wear bracelets now?”
Ming Hu took two Earth Bracelets of Patience from his inventory, equipped them, and invested all of his 70 Bonus Stats into Strength, as he had been doing all along.
Name: Ming Hu
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Warrior
Level: 30
Life: 89450
Mana: 420
Strength : 4230[423(+100)] Dexterity : 15 Constitution : 97(+80) Intelligence : 10 Wisdom : 11
“Yikes…”
Ming Hu briefly marveled at the leap in power from distributing bonus stats and equipping items.
“My stamina is up, so…”
The bracelets also increased his stamina. Ming Hu thought of all the equipment in the Mugu Store, the rice cake of the painting. He smiled, closed the character window, and began moving through the bush again.
“By the way, it’s the forest of Kumihō….”
Ming Hu recalled the information Fabian had given him. A place where a boss monster, the Great Fox, appeared as a normal monster; a monster fox that was supposedly so powerful that it could not even be compared to the Great Fox; and the forest’s boss monster, Gumiho.
“What would it look like?”
Suddenly, I wondered what a gummi ho would look like. Would he be human or fox-like?
Squeak
As Ming Hu continued to wander through the bush, he came to a clearing. In the clearing, there were three great foxes sleeping and one wandering around.
-croak?
The Great Fox, who had been wandering around, spotted Ming Hu and shook his head.
-Croak…?
-Crawl…?
The sound of the great fox woke up the three great foxes who had been sleeping. Ming Hu was soon able to see eight pairs of eyes staring back at him.
-Crunch!
-Crack!
The foxes chattered amongst themselves and soon began to charge, the one slightly ahead of them lowering his stance and poised to pounce, the two on either side of him raising their front paws, and the one behind him jumping.
“First you!”
Ming Hu stretched out his fist at the Great Fox, who was about to pounce on him. But Ming Hu was baffled by what happened next.
-Crack!
As he stretched out his fist, the great fox that had been running toward him lowered its stance and stopped, ducked slightly backward to avoid his fist, and roared loudly. At the same time, the front paws of the great foxes on either side of Ming Hu shot at him, and the great fox that had jumped fell behind Ming Hu and kicked him in the back with its hind paws.
“Huh?”
Ming Hu was thrown off-center by the Great Fox’s back kick and took two steps forward to regain his center. At the same time, the Great Fox, who had ducked backwards to avoid the punch, quickly slammed into Ming Hu as he tried to regain his center.
Puck!
Ming Hu flew backward with a slight lift in the air, and at the same time, he could only stare blankly at the two front paws flying in from either side.
Pow!
Hot!
As soon as his front paw shot out, the great fox behind him bit him, then turned his head and launched him into the sky.
“…”
Taking to the skies, Ming Hu was bewildered by the situation at the spear point, and could only stare at the three jumping foxes.
Puck!
Soon, three front paws shot out. Ming Hu dropped straight to the ground and could see the great fox waiting for him, crouching low.
Puck!
As the Great Fox charged, Ming Hu flew forward once more. As he flew, Ming Hu checked his shaved health.
‘7700?
Ming Hu wondered if he had seen the wrong thing, but he hadn’t. As soon as he hit the ground, Ming Hu quickly rose to his feet and looked at the snarling great foxes that surrounded him.
“What the… Suddenly.”
I wondered if it was the same great fox I’d been seeing all along.
“If I do this wrong, I’ll die.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself as he watched the great foxes slowly run toward him.
Dodak
After muttering, Ming Hu began to run forward at a brisk pace.
Sigh
The great fox in front of Ming Hu lowered his stance, ready to pounce. The great foxes on either side of him raised their forepaws in unison.
Wham!
“Search!”
Just then, Ming Hu turned and swung his fist at the great fox, which was about to swing its forepaws toward him from the left.
Puck! Puck!
Ming Hu’s fist slammed into the Great Fox’s body, followed by the Great Fox’s head slamming into Ming Hu’s body.
Shake!
[Level Up!]
In midair, Ming Hu smiled as he watched the Great Fox fall. As he hit the ground, he quickly rose to his feet and threw a punch at the great fox as it tried to ram him again.
Puck!
Shake!
[Level Up!]
The great fox fell, and Ming Hu looked at the two remaining great foxes. Somehow, he felt relieved.
-Crunch!
Just then, the larger of the two foxes began to roar and run toward Ming Hu. Ming Hu smiled as he saw the big fox running toward him.
Puck!
-k…lung.
[Level Up!]
“Whoa.”
Ming Hu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the one remaining great fox.
-k..krung
The Great Fox looked back and forth between Ming Hu and the fallen Great Fox’s corpse in embarrassment, then slowly began walking backward.
“…?”
Ming Hu took a step forward, dumbfounded by the sight of the Great Fox walking backward.
-Crack!
At that moment, the great fox turned around and quickly ran through the bushes, disappearing from the clearing.
“…”
Ming Hu stared blankly at the bush where the Great Fox had fled, and then began to circle the Great Fox’s corpse, picking up the items that had been dropped.