Chapter 134

[Rich Karot has been resurrected].
[You can summon a lich karot].
“Oh my God.”
Ming Hu flinched slightly when the real message appeared, but when he saw what it said, his brow furrowed.
“Was that a resurrection message? I shouldn’t have freaked out.”
To his relief, the message revealed that Karot’s resurrection was complete. Ming Hu summoned Karot and opened his inventory.
“Something tells me. I smell a quest.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself as he entered his inventory and checked the information on the Invasion Plan (Prize) that was taking up a space.
<Invasion Plan (Top)
The ogres' invasion plans are partially written.
The information was very brief. Ming Hu closed the information window, pulled out a scroll from his inventory, and unfolded it. A message appeared.
[You can't see it because you haven't learned Ogre].
'…'
Ming Hu glanced at the message and looked at the scroll. As expected, the scroll was crawling with worms, but the message was unreadable.
"Let me get it for you.
It was clear from the item's name that it was a quest item. Ming Hu decided to return to Dorden later to bring it to the frontier headquarters and put the scroll back into his inventory.
Jumbled
After closing his inventory, Ming Hu left the alley with Karot to go hunting again. As they emerged from the alley, they saw many ogres. Ming Hu looked at the ogres and said to Karot.
"Only kill the red-skinned ones."
-Okay.
Hearing Karot's answer, Ming Hu found himself emerging from the alleyway and smiled at the approaching ogres as he began to walk toward them.
* * * * *
Name: Karot [Rich]
Level: 98
Power: 247
Agile: 197
Health: 386
Intelligence: 1985
Wisdom: 1985
After confirming Karot's information, Ming Hu closed the pet window. He then checked the information on the completed Ogre Power Gauntlet.
<Completed Ogre Power Gauntlets [Unique
Limit: Force 6000
Physical Attack: 4500
Physical Defense: 3000
force + 5200
An additional +2 Strength for each Ogre captured (Additional Strength: 1236) (max 2000)
I am Ogre, the Human Ogre! – Ogre Hunter Ogre
"Now we just have to catch what we can."
Ming Hu smiled as he realized that he only needed to catch 382 more to get the extra 2000 power he had been waiting for. He stepped out of the alley to resume his hunt.
But soon after the hunt was over, the ogres were no longer Rizen, and Ming Hu walked inside with Karotte.
Jumbuck
As Ming Hu walked inward, he stopped at a bulletin board that suddenly came into view. On the board was a map.
"City map?"
The map seemed to depict the interior of the city. Ming Hu saw different kinds of symbols on the map.
"Wait."
Looking at the map and symbols, Ming Hu frowned when he saw a red dot that was larger than the others and stood out like a sore thumb.
"You can't be…"
Ming Hu began to look back and forth between the map and his surroundings, muttering to himself in disbelief.
"You are in…? Here?"
Looking around, it was clear that the red dot on the map was pointing to their location. However, the location of the red dot on the map and his hindsight of the entire map were unbelievable. The red dot was almost at the end of the map.
"The center was… Not."
Soma's words led me to believe that the first ogre I captured was in the center, but when I looked at the map, it was in the outskirts.
"Well… Considering the size I saw on the mountain…"
The size of the city I had seen from the mountains before coming down here was enormous. Now that I think about it, Soma's comment about the center was ridiculous.
"But… what's the blue dot?"
Ming Hu looked at the map again and shook his head at the many blue dots on the map. Unlike the single red dot, there were countless blue dots on the map.
"That's pretty close."
Ming Hu turned to the map and saw a blue dot not far from the red dot.
"Take a right there, then a left at the next fork, and we'll be there."
Curious about what the blue dot was pointing to, Ming Hu decided to go see what it was pointing to and started walking.
Sigh
Soon afterward, Ming Hu came to the first fork in the road and took the right.
"Wow. That's a lot."
Turning to the right, Ming Hu grinned broadly as a huge number of ogres came into view.
-Cure!
Whether he heard Ming Hu's mutterings or just noticed them, one of the ogres looked at him and roared. The ogres around him stopped what they were doing and began to move toward him. Ming Hu looked at the ogres coming toward him and said to Karot.
"Kill only the red ones."
-Okay.
"Moving Strike!"
Hearing Karot's answer, Ming Hu used a traveling strike to move to the first ogre that saw him and roared.
"Life explosion! Blood explosion!"
He then began to hunt down the swarming blue ogres with a series of Life Blasts and Blood Blasts. Ming Hu and Karot quickly reduced the number of ogres.
Puck!
[You have caught the ogre].
[The completed Ogre Power Gauntlet's options increase Strength by 2].
After killing the ogre, Ming Hu looked around. There were no more blue ogres in sight. Only a few red ogres remained.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
Soon enough, the remaining Red Ogres were all defeated by Karot. Ming Hu began picking up the dropped items.
-You have mastered Ogre's Tendons.
-You have mastered Ogre's Tendons.
-You have mastered Ogre's Tendons.
"Huh?
Ming Hu, who had been picking up items, smiled at the one that came into view and quickly reached for it.
-You have mastered the Invasion Plan (in progress).
Ming Hu opened his inventory to see the item information.
<Invasion Plan (in progress)
The ogres' invasion plans are partially written.
There was nothing different from the Invasion Plan (Prize) he'd picked up earlier, only the "Prize" had been replaced with "Medium". Ming Hu thought as he closed his inventory.
"I just need to find Harman.
There was a 'high' and a 'medium', so there had to be a 'low'. Ming Hu smiled and walked back to pick up the items. But as soon as he started walking, he was stopped in his tracks by an item that caught his eye.
"You can't be…
Ming Hu stared at the scroll in front of him for a moment, then quickly ran over and reached for it.
-You have mastered the Invasion Plan (ha).
[Invasion Plan (Prize) has been extinguished].
[Invasion Plan (in progress) has been extinguished].
[Invasion plan (ha) has been extinguished].
[You have earned the Invasion Plan (complete)].
The message popped up when he acquired the Invasion Plan (Ha). After reading the message, Ming Hu opened his inventory again to see the information on the Invasion Plan (Complete).
<Invasion Plan (complete)
It contains all of the ogres' invasion plans. Deliver it to Frontier Chief Mihad in Dorden for a reward.
"Oh."
After confirming the information, Ming Hu smiled and admired it briefly, then closed his inventory and began picking up items.
"What do you want to give me…"
After collecting all the items, Ming Hu opened his inventory again and muttered, "Invasion Plan (Wan)." It wasn't just a bunch of information, it was an invasion plan. I couldn't wait to see what the rewards would be.
"Let's just… Let's go."
Ming Hu closed his inventory and started walking again toward the blue dot. Ahead of him was a fork in the road.
"What do you think…"
Reaching the fork in the road, Ming Hu turned left, pondering what the blue dot was pointing to.
"…?"
Ming Hu stopped in his tracks at the sight.
"What…what."
There were ogres from all walks of life, including boss ogres, wizard ogres, soldier ogres, and lady ogres. Of course, Ming Hu wasn't surprised by their presence. What surprised him was the cage behind them.
"S-s-save me!"
"Help!"
Inside the cages were humans. No, it wasn't just humans. There were several cages, and inside them were elves, orcs, dwarves, and other races.
-Human? How did you get here…
At that time, the chief ogre guarding the place spotted Ming Hu and spoke to him. Ming Hu turned his gaze away from the cage and looked at the master ogre.
"…purple?
Ming Hu couldn't help but frown when he saw the color of the master ogre's skin. The master ogre's skin was a color he had never seen before: purple.
'Run? Fight?
Ming Hu thought for a moment.
'I don't think I'm going to die, but… There's a resurrection scroll.'
After all, running away now wouldn't tell him anything about the purple ogre's abilities. After a moment's deliberation, Ming Hu decided to fight.
"But there's a light…
Deciding to fight, Ming Hu bent his head to look down as he saw a light from below. A magic circle suddenly appeared at his feet, and light began to emanate from it.
"Is it magic?
Ming Hu saw the glowing magic circle and quickly threw himself at it to get away, but the light from the magic circle was a step ahead of him.
Swoosh!
The light from the magic circle enveloped Ming Hu. Ming Hu reflexively closed his eyes, and as he fell to the ground, he quickly rose to his feet and opened his eyes.
"…?"
Opening his eyes, Ming Hu is puzzled by the sight he sees; there are no ogres in sight, as there should be. Looking around in wonder, Ming Hu spotted a signpost and knew where he was.
"Dorden…?"