Chapter 138

Fast
-Ku…uh.
The blue ogres that stepped into the pool of blood began to collapse, but the unaffected red ogres walked right past them and out of the pool.
Of course, the red ogres that made it out of the pool of blood were killed by the delay as soon as they got out.
Suk
-Cure…
-Ku…uh
The white orbs shot by Delay flew at high speed and pierced the red ogres as they emerged from the pool of blood. Immediately after the white orbs pierced them, the ogres collapsed in a heap. Ming Hu thought to himself as he watched the ogres fall in a heap.
“Me too… but I guess it’s a hidden class.
A hidden class was a hidden class. Ming Hu looked at Jie Li. The latter was smirking at the ogres, unleashing his skills on them.
“Done!”
Soon, all the red ogres were down. The blue ogres had already been killed by the pools of blood, so Ming Hu and Jie Li quickly began picking up the items the ogres had dropped.
-You have mastered Ogre’s Tendons.
-You have mastered Ogre’s Tendons.
-You have mastered Ogre’s Tendons.
“That’s a lot of tendons.”
Once again, only tendons were dropped. After picking up all the dropped tendons, Ming Hu looked at Jiayi.
Jie had already picked up the items and was looking at Ming Hu. Ming Hu started walking again, accompanied by Jie Li. Not long after they started walking, the ogres came into view.
-Currrrrrr!
-Currrrrr!
“Moving Strike. Puddle of blood.”
Ming Hu approached the leading ogre with a traveling strike, then used Blood Puddle and quickly fell backwards, and as usual, the red ogre that emerged from the blood puddle was hit with Delay.
-Uh.
-Cure…
Soon enough, all the ogres, both blue and red, were down. Ming Hu and Jie Jie naturally picked up the dropped items, and after a few rounds of hunting, they arrived at a bulletin board with a map of the city.
“Ooh, a map!”
Ji-yeon exclaimed as she looked at the map on the board. Ming Hu briefly explained the symbols on the map to Ji-yeon as she looked at it.
“The red dot is where you are, and the blue dot is where the NPCs are imprisoned.”
“I see, so we’ll be there soon?”
“Yeah, two turns and we’ll be there.”
Looking at the map, Ming Hu and Jie Li started walking again and soon reached the first fork in the road. As they took the right path, more ogres came into view than before.
-Courtesy!
-Currrrr!
The ogres roared and began to run. Ming Hu and Jie Li hunted the same ogres they had caught so far and began picking up the dropped items.
-You have mastered Ogre’s Tendons.
-You have mastered Ogre’s Tendons.
After picking up all the dropped items, Ming Hu looked at the fork in the road ahead of him.
“Now we just need to turn there and we’ll be there?”
When he had picked up all the items, Jian Chen approached and asked. Ming Hu nodded and opened his mouth to speak.
“Yeah, watch out for warp when the chief ogre’s skin is purple, because that’s when I got warped before I could even fight him.”
“Okay.”
After a quick note of caution, Ming Hu resumed walking.
“Help!”
“Help me!”
-Human? How did you get here…
Soon, Ming Hu and Jie Li arrived at the blue point and could hear the voices of the people in the cage and the ogre in charge.
Sigh
Ming Hu quickly looked down to see that the ogre’s skin was purple.
Siaak
As expected, a magic circle appeared at his feet.
“Underfoot, Delay!”
Ming Hu shouted to Jiayi and broke free of the magic circle. He quickly began to run toward the chief ogre.
-Gave you a chance to go back… take it.
The leader ogre muttered to himself as he watched Ming Hu rush toward him, and then called out to the soldiers around him.
-Currrrrr!
-Woof!
The soldier ogres who had been waiting began to run toward Ming Hu, but he couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled as they rushed toward him. Unlike before, there was no leader ogre at the head of the pack. This time, the chief ogre was at his post in front of the cage.
“I think I’ll have to catch it first. What can I do?
To make it an easy hunt, he would have to take out the leader ogre first, but this time it didn’t seem to be an option. Ming Hu used a Moving Strike on the Soldier Ogre running in front of him, followed by a Blood Puddle.
-Uh.
-Ku…uh
Ming Hu saw the ogres running toward him across the pool of blood and quickly ducked backwards.
-Retreat! Wizard forward!
The voice of the Chief Ogre reached Ming Hu’s ears as he fell backward. The ogres who were about to enter the pool of blood quickly retreated backward at the shout of the chief ogre. At the same time, the robed mage ogres stepped forward.
“…?”
“…?”
Ming Hu and Jian Chen, who were a bit overwhelmed by this new situation, looked at the mage ogres in front of them with bewildered expressions. At the same time, fire balls, ice spheres, etc. began to appear around the mage ogres. As they watched, Jian Chen opened his mouth to speak.
“Can I grab it?”
“…Ah! Uh, I’ll aggro it.”
Ming Hu, who had been watching the wizard ogres in a daze, was roused by Delay’s words and began to run forward. As if they had been waiting for him to come running, the mage ogres began to hurl magic at him.
Boom!
[Chapter for 5 seconds; -300 health per second]
[Slows you for 5 seconds; -20% Movement Speed, -15% Attack Speed]
A message appeared stating that it had fallen into an abnormal state. Ming Hu saw the message, closed the distance between him and the mage ogre, and used Blood Blast. At the same time, Delay’s skill also fired at the mage ogre.
-Ku…uh
-Cure…
Half of the mage ogres that came forward fell.
-…Wizards, get out of the way! Soldiers, get in front of the wizards!
Looking at the fallen wizard ogre, the leader ogre shouted, “Wizard ogres!” The wizard ogres quickly retreated, and the soldier ogres behind them stepped forward to block the way.
Fast
Ming Hu ran past the pool of blood and straight to the soldier ogre. It was unfortunate that he couldn’t kill them with the blood pool, but the lack of blood pools didn’t stop him from killing the ogres. Ming Hu attacked with skill and flat strikes, while Jie steadily reduced the number of ogres with skill. It was then.
-Power up!
The chief ogre shouted, and the remaining ogres ran toward him with great speed. Ming Hu chased after the returning ogres.
Siaak
A magic circle appeared in front of Ming Hu as he ran, and then a huge earth wall rose up. Ming Hu quickly stretched out his fist toward the earth wall.
Bam!
The earthen wall he thought would crumble was only cracked, not broken. Ming Hu threw punch after punch.
Bang, bang, bang.
Soon, the earth wall crumbled, and Ming Hu couldn’t help but frown. The ogres had already gathered around their chief ogre, a huge magic circle glowing at their feet.
-Strong, human. I’ll be waiting.
The chief ogre spoke to Ming Hu. As soon as he had finished speaking, the Chief Ogre and the gathered ogres disappeared.
“Wait?
Ming Hu shook his head at the unknown master ogre’s words.
“Huh? Did she warp?”
As Ming Hu was pondering the meaning of the chief ogre’s words, Delay approached and asked.
“I think so.”
Ming Hu responded to Delay’s words and turned to look at the cage, where NPCs were staring at them with blank stares. Ming Hu opened the quest window and checked the quest once more.
<Saving a caged human
The soldiers who scouted into the ogre city for preliminary research and the humans who were reported missing are currently imprisoned within the city. Rescue the imprisoned humans before the slaughter begins!
[number rescued: 0 / ???]
Time remaining: 7 days
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Saves X Helioca Merit 5000
"It's 5,000 per person.
After checking his reward, Ming Hu checked the number of people in the cage. With a rough estimate of the number of people, Ming Hu smiled.
"I'll take 200,000.
There were about 40 people in the cage.
'Oh my God. We're gonna hit the blue dot.
Ming Hu remembered the blue dots on the city map. If this many people were imprisoned there, he thought, he could earn a lot of credit for this quest.
That was the moment.
"S-s-save me!"
"Help!"
"Yes, I'm coming!"
As Ming Hu stared at them, the NPCs in the cage began to shout. The NPCs' cries brought Ming Hu to his senses and he approached the cage. The door to the cage was locked with a thick padlock.
Ting! Ting! Bam.
After breaking the lock with a few punches, Ming Hu opened the door. The door opened, and the NPCs inside rushed out of their cages.
"Ha-ha-ha, I'm alive, I'm alive!"
"I thought I was going to be frozen to death."
The NPCs outside the cage chatted amongst themselves, until Ming Hu was approached by a hulking male NPC who appeared to be in his mid-30s.
"Where can I go to find a rescue squad? No, I mean, is there a death squad here?"
The male NPC's question drew the attention of the surrounding NPCs to Ming Hu. After glancing around at the NPCs staring at him, Ming Hu opened his mouth to speak.
"The exterminators aren't here, we're the rescuers."