Chapter 131

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When Ming Hu saw the message, he quickly turned to where Karot had been, where a male user in his mid-twenties stood holding a sword. Ming Hu stared at the user blankly.
“…Ah.”
The user who killed Karot looked around in bewilderment, then realized he was dead and let out a short sigh.
“…”
“…”
After the lament, there was silence. Neither Ming Hu nor the user who had killed Karot said a word. Ming Hu thought to himself as he watched the dumbfounded look on the user’s face.
“Soma.
The user’s character name in the message was clearly Soma.
“How do I…
The look on his face told me he didn’t kill it on purpose. So I was worried. It was then. After sighing, Soma, who had been staring blankly at Ming Hu, spoke up.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it was a pet, I’m so sorry.”
Ming Hu paused for a moment as Soma bowed his head and apologized, then smiled awkwardly and opened his mouth to speak.
“…That’s fine.”
Of course, despite what it said, it wasn’t okay at all. Ming Hu opened the pet window to check Karot’s respawn time.
“This is crazy.
After checking the respawn time, Ming Hu couldn’t help but furrow his brow.
“How much did you level up…
Karoth no longer had a short respawn time after leveling up from killing ogres. His respawn time was nowhere near what it was at level 1.
‘1 hour and 50 minutes…’
He would have to wait an hour and fifty minutes before he could summon Karot again. Ming Hu closed the pet window and looked at Soma.
“What to do about compensation.”
“It’s okay. You didn’t kill him on purpose.”
“No, it’s not, it’s like… huh?”
Soma says he’s okay, but he knows he’s not, so he says something to compensate, and then looks surprised. Ming Hu shook his head as Soma looked at him in surprise.
“Watch out behind you!”
“What?”
At Soma’s next words and expression, Ming Hu quickly turned around, and saw the iron club flying in front of him.
Puck!
[Stunned for 2 seconds].
Ming Hu frowned at the stun message. He looked at the ogre who had swung the iron club at him.
“Damn.
The ogre wielding the iron club had red skin. Being the red ogre that he is, Ming Hu quickly threw himself to the side as soon as he was stunned.
Boom!
The sound of the blow was so loud that Ming Hu couldn’t help but be a little puzzled, for the sound he heard now could never have been produced by an iron club. Ming Hu quickly stood up and looked away.
-Ku…uh.
The Red Ogre was falling. Steam was rising from the Red Ogre’s collapsing body.
“Are you okay?”
At that moment, Soma walked up to Ming Hu and said, “I’m sorry. Ming Hu shifted his gaze from the ogre to Soma and couldn’t help but flinch slightly.
Soma’s skin had turned red. Ming Hu looked at Soma’s reddened skin and opened his mouth to speak.
“Ah… yes. Thank you.”
“No, if it wasn’t for me, Rich would have caught it, I’m sorry.”
“That’s okay, I’ll respawn later anyway, but my skin…”
“Ah! Job skills. Ha-ha-ha.”
Soma smiled at Ming Hu’s words. At the same time, Soma’s reddened skin returned to its normal color.
“Is it a hidden class?
I hadn’t heard of a skill that turned my skin red. It must have been a hidden class.
“Whatever.
Whether Soma was a hidden class or not had nothing to do with him.
“Okay, I’ll leave you to it then. Have fun!”
Ming Hu gave Soma a quick bow and resumed walking.
“Oh, there.”
Just then Soma called out to Ming Hu. When Ming Hu heard Soma’s call for him, he stopped walking and looked at Soma. When Ming Hu saw him, Soma opened his mouth.
“Are you going to hunt alone?”
“Oh.”
At Soma’s words, Ming Hu paused for a moment, unsure of how to respond. After all, this was a city with a large number of ogres. There was a chance that they would think it was strange to see him hunting alone in a place like this.
“Wait, he’s alone.
But suddenly realizing that Soma was also alone, Ming Hu realized that it was a futile struggle and nodded his head and said, “I’m sorry.
“Yeah, I’m trying to be a little cheap.”
“Hey…”
Hearing Ming Hu’s words, Soma trailed off, then continued.
“So, do you want to have a party?”
“Yes?”
“I’m guessing you’re physical, but red ogres are immune to physical, and I don’t have any reach, and as you can see, I can kill red ogres in one hit, but blue ogres take a while to catch, and besides…”
Soma stuttered once more, and then opened his mouth with a slightly apologetic expression.
“I apologize for killing Richie, but I have a quest to complete in the center. I have a quest to complete, and I need to get to the center, but it’s a little hard for me to do it alone, and this is my third challenge, so I was wondering if you’d like to come with me if you’re hunting.”
Ming Hu smiled when he heard that Soma had been here many times and that he was going to the center.
“I wasn’t going to go.
I was going to go to the center anyway. Based on the behavior of the ogres, the center would have a lot more ogres than here, and the more ogres, the faster the stack could be built.
‘He’ll take care of the red ogre, too, and besides. I don’t think they’d think it too strange to see you kill them in one shot.’
The Emperor was not sure what to do with the red ogre, but with Soma, the red ogre was no problem. Besides, Soma had killed the red ogre in one blow, so he wouldn’t think it strange if he killed the blue ogre in one blow. Ming Hu smiled as he looked at Soma, who was waiting for his answer.
“Good.”
“Thank you!”
Soma smiled broadly at Ming Hu’s words. She seemed to think about something for a moment, then shook her head and said, “I’m sorry.
“Oh, you’re having a party?”
“Oh, yeah, I’ll invite you.”
[Soma has joined the party].
“Let’s go!”
Soma was prompted to join the party, and he took the lead and started walking. Ming Hu walked behind Soma.
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“Bloody explosion.”
-Cure…
-Cure…
[You have caught the ogre].
[The completed Ogre Power Gauntlet’s options increase Strength by 2].
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[You have caught the ogre].
[The completed Ogre Power Gauntlet’s options increase Strength by 2].
Toward the center, Ming Hu was slaughtering the blue ogres.
“That’s great.”
As they made their way to the center, Soma looked at the fallen blue ogres and said to Ming Hu, “You’re right. Ming Hu smiled at Soma’s words and replied.
“You’re faster, Soma.”
True to his word, Soma had already taken care of all the red ogres.
“Ha-ha-ha, shall we go again then?”
Soma smiled broadly at Ming Hu’s words and began walking again. As Soma walked, Ming Hu followed suit. Ming Hu watched Soma walk in front of him and thought.
“I thought I was such a fraud character.
With the Source of Power, a skill that amplifies his strength tenfold, Ming Hu believed that no character could be stronger than him.
“I can’t believe there’s a character more fraudulent than me.
But the moment he saw Soma’s battle, Ming Hu’s thoughts were quickly dismissed.
“There he is, the king.”
At that point, Soma stopped walking and said, “I’m coming. Ming Hu looked ahead at Soma’s horse, where soldier ogres with weapons and armor were running toward him.
“I’ll go first!”
With a shout, Soma turned and ran toward the onrushing ogres. Soma’s skin had already turned red. Soma swung his sword.
Whiz! Bang!
Then a pillar of black fire rose from beneath the feet of the charging ogres and exploded with a roar. The burst of fire caused the ogres in range to pause for a moment.
-Cure…
-Cure…
-Cure..ugh!!!
The red ogres fell instantly, and the blue ogres began to roar and run again.
Whiz! Whiz!
Whether the blue ogres rushed at him or not, Soma kept swinging his sword.
Bam! Bam!
A pillar of black fire burst forth and engulfed the ogres. Ming Hu thought as he watched the black pillar of fire melt the red ogres in an instant.
“Doesn’t that thing even have a cooldown?
The black pillar of fire appeared every time Soma swung his sword, with no cooldown.
‘So it’s a hidden class…’
It wasn’t a hidden class for nothing.
“But… how strong was it that it failed twice?
Ming Hu thought as he watched Soma slaughter the red ogres. Soma’s target was the chief ogre in the center. But apparently this was his third attempt. That meant he hadn’t captured the chief ogre the first two times, so it was hard to believe that Soma, who seemed so strong, couldn’t.
“I’ll know when I get there.
He would find out when he arrived. Ming Hu rushed out to catch the blue ogre, who hadn’t been killed by the black pillar of fire.