088. Thorn Meadow (4)

The day before.

After the party launch ceremony, Shin Se-hee called me immediately after registering her party with the Hunter Management Bureau.

“…… Taerin Joo?”

─ Yes, she probably has quite a bit of ill will toward me. It certainly looks like something is going on……. I really need to use Thorn Meadow…… ?

“There’s no place like here to test our level right now, right? And the other empty places are said to be tasteless.”

─ That’s true, but… ….

I let out a chuckle at Shin Se-hee’s hesitant voice.

“You don’t have to worry. I may not know the woman named Taerin Joo, but I know the Darkness Guild. And I can roughly predict how they will come out.”

Darkness Guild.

Although it is one step behind Shin’s in scale, this is also a fairly large trash guild.

They were villains who often came out and interfered with or disrupted the user-controlled party while they were conquering the dungeon.

Back to the present.

I looked with cold eyes at the pony-haired woman in front of me and the black hedgehogs that swarmed behind her.

‘Wow, you brought quite a few monsters with you.’

First, let me hear something.

“What are you guys? This is the route we originally reserved, but why did they even bring a monster to us?”

Then, Joo Tae-rin, the pony-haired woman who was looking at me with a stupid expression, twitched the corner of her mouth and shrugged her shoulders.

“I came here because I was curious about how great these people are since it is a new party managed by Cheonhwa.”

“I guess you were quite curious about our party’s skills? “I see that you have drawn the audience like this.”

I said, glancing at the black hedgehogs standing behind her like zombies.

“Hmm… …. It’s not like he’s stupid enough to not understand what’s going on, and it’s probably because Chunhwa is a man who pushes him. “You have guts and are quite relaxed, right?”

Zoo Taerin spoke in a voice full of mockery.

“Yes, I am a corpse, except for the big liver. “Maybe it’ll be popular with organ traders too?”

Then the party members standing around twitched their eyebrows and glanced at me. The look in your eyes is accusing you of saying something like that as a joke.

Fuha!

However, my gag code seemed to suit Joo Tae-rin’s taste perfectly, and she burst into laughter.

“I like the mask, and I like the guts, but isn’t it a bit of a waste to end it here? “How about joining our side instead of just Cheonhwa?”

She suddenly made an untimely offer to recruit me.

“Aren’t I better than a woman who is as black as heaven on the inside?”

The ugly light of her desire shined in Zhu Tae-lin’s eyes.

“If I go over to you, will the other party members be saved as well?”

“Oh, that’s troublesome. “I have to f*ck Cheonhwa today.”

“Really? “Then I will refuse.”

Ju Tae-lin looked blank as she flatly rejected her offer.

“…… Are you really that stupid? Or the same heroism? “I’m giving you one last chance, but are you choosing to commit suicide?”

“Well, we’ll have to wait and see if it’s suicide or something… ….”

I looked at her intently and smiled at her.

“Because I prefer a woman who is dark on the inside rather than a woman who is dark on the outside.”

At her words comparing her to Shin Se-hee, Joo Tae-rin’s face hardened, and her dealer, who was standing next to her, raised her weapon.

“This bastard is really… ….”

“Stop.”

“…… But, boss!”

“Have you forgotten why we brought these guys here?”

Joo Tae-rin, who scolded the party members in a cold voice, turned his head again and frowned.

“I’m really curious how long that pretty face that’s shaking right now will last.”

I looked at her and gathered her thoughts.

‘If it were a game, it would have been okay if I had just finished it right here…….’

Today is the official first schedule of the Utopia Party.

But I can’t have something unpleasant happen to me by getting involved with a trash guild like this.

So what I chose was the unknown route.

A route I experienced once with soup and rice in Camella’s Forest.

If the original route is normal mode, the unknown route is hard mode.

And the unknown route is connected to all other routes.

In other words, it is possible to move to another route through Midge.

But if you know so well, why did you go crazy in Carmella’s Forest?

Originally, the national rule is to skip the hard mode of such low-level dungeons.

The reward for completing it is not good, and the experience bonus is as small as ant urine, so it is much more profitable to go through another dungeon in that time.

Even though I had the experience of going through it once or twice when I was a newbie, I didn’t bother to memorize the E grade unknown route where goblins appear.

‘But here, from the B-grade Thorn Grassland, it’s a different story.’

It is no exaggeration to say that I know every route thoroughly and have all kinds of short cuts stuck in my head.

If you originally have a poor wallet, you have to work sincerely.

“Gukbap. “Start.”

After I finished thinking, I spoke to Yuri Lee.

Then she, who had been standing holding her shield with her strong stance from the beginning, nodded her head.

Yuri took out her dagger from the holder on her thigh and struck her shield.

Kaang─!!!

Clear sound.

Ripples of magic spread out from the shield, and the Black Hedgehogs, who were standing like corpses with dazed expressions, flinched.

“…… Huh?”

“…… “Crrr!?”

When the light returned to the eyes of the monsters standing behind Lee Yu-ri’s provocation skill.

Joo Tae-rin looked behind her and had a cold expression on her face.

“…… “What are you, this!?”

Seeing the guy’s embarrassed expression, I burst into laughter as I felt like something inside me was falling down.

Kaang─!!!

“Kuuu—!!!”

“Careaaa—!!!”

“Kyaaa!!!”

Soon, the drunk monsters screamed and the whole meadow rang loudly.

“Senior Gaeul, are all party members ready for acceleration?”

“…… Huh!”

Wow─

The skills that Lim Ga-eul brought out with all her might were embedded in the bodies of all party members.

“Okay then, shall we run?”

I tried to turn her body and kick her to her feet, but then she turned her head and sneered at Zhou Tae-lin, who was making a dumb expression on her face.

“Running, you’ll have to work really hard. Otherwise, you might get crushed to death by the guys you dragged in.”

Kaaang─!!!!

We started running, using the sound of Yuri’s shield as a signal.

Too-doo-doo-doo-doo

“Keeek!!!!!!!”

And the group of Black Hedgehogs, mesmerized by the sound of the shield, began to move their bodies in anger.

And the Darkness Guild party that was caught between us and the monsters.

In order to avoid being run over by those guys, we had no choice but to follow our lead.

* * *

Too-doo-doo-doo-doo-du-!!!

“Keeek!!!!!!!”

The cries of black hedgehogs and the sound of footsteps moving in groups can be heard from behind.

The guys who had been following along quietly, drunk on the scent of single people, looked very excited as if they had been hit with a stimulant.

At that, Taerin Joo and her party members turned pale.

“Damn it!”

“Bounce!!!!”

“f*ck!!! Run away!!!!”

‘How did this happen?’ … ?’

Zhou Tae-lin was confused even as she moved her feet.

Originally, her plan was to encounter the Utopia Party,

The idea was to have them attack the Black Hedgehog they had dragged in first.

Monsters who are intoxicated by their attacks will wake up, but since the lingering scent remains on their bodies and the bodies of their party members, they are relatively less attracted to aggro.

It was an easy task to just remove the body in the meantime.

But, the moment I confirmed the rumored party venue.

Greed rose within her.

A new plan derived from that came to mind and she offered to recruit him.

Though Cheonhwa’s party failed, he aimed for the title of saving the party leader who managed to escape.

Then, he could destroy Cheonhwa and receive the favor of the Shin family, so it was like killing two birds with one stone.

Because it was such a calculation, she never expected that Jin Yuha would reject her so sharply.

Because there was nothing he could do in the current situation.

However, this crazy guy poured a whole drum of oil on the straw that was starting to burn brightly.

Even if you want to get sidetracked from here, you can’t.

There were excited looking monsters stomping everywhere, and poisonous arrows were raining down from above.

I am in a desperate situation to even protect myself.

There was no other way than to chase after the Utopia party running ahead.

‘Why are those kids so fast!!!’

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With Jin Yu-ha in the lead, a tanker is running behind, tapping his shield.

Even the woman who appeared to be a supporter in the middle looked tired, but the speed at which she ran was unusual.

So much so that the rain of arrows fired from above could not reach them.

“…… “Wow!!!”

At that time, a thorn bloomed on the body of one of the party members who was running next to him.

“f*ck. f*ck. f*ck. f*ck…… !!!”

The party member continued running while swearing and clutching the area hit by the thorn.

And run for a while.

Jin Yuha’s party stopped her in her tracks.

Heo Eok─

Heo Eok─

Heo Eok─

There was no longer a rain of arrows from above, as if a barrage of thorns had been fired.

Joo Taerin’s party was already a total disaster.

The bodies of the party members were discolored and discolored with thorn marks all over them.

There were no thorns in Ju Taerin’s body, but

Because it was impossible to avoid everything, blood was vomited from scratches all over the body.

Now that the thorns have fallen off, the black hedgehogs aren’t running around, but

Even that was just a moment of leisure.

It is a self-evident fact that these guys will soon fill up their thorns and attack.

“…… “f*ck you.”

In Joo Tae-rin’s field of vision, he saw a man in front of him wiping sweat from his forehead, as if he had done some moderate exercise.

Thick blood vessels sprouted from her forehead.

“This crazy guy… …. “How dare you do something like this!!!!!”

Joo Tae-rin shouted at him in a voice full of her evil.

Then her man’s cold gaze turned towards her.

“What, aren’t they guests you invited? “You just dragged me here and started talking nonsense without conscience?”

“Do you think you guys will be safe!!! “Do you think you guys will be safe from the Black Hedgehog?”

“Uh, um… …. Well, you’re going to be safe?”

The man scratched his cheek and spoke in a calm voice.

‘He’s crazier than you can imagine… ….’

Zhu Tailin chewed her lips.

‘Here, if I stimulate it further…’ …. It’s really a dog’s death…….’

Here and now, I have to somehow appease that man.

Honestly, as I looked at that shameless face, anger welled up inside me, but Joo Taerin swallowed it hard and spoke to him.

“…… “We must join forces.”

“Together? Why?”

Jin Yuha tilted his head as if he didn’t understand what was going on.

“If you don’t, you won’t be safe either. And, if you help me now……. “I will provide ample compensation for that later.”

Zhou Tae-lin bowed her body with the most servile expression possible.

She was, of course, thinking something completely different inside.

‘…… First of all, just get over the current crisis and take advantage of the opportunity to deal with it later on your way back.’

However.

Foot─

The man burst out laughing.

At that laugh, Joo Tae-rin raised her head and made a questioning expression.

“It seems like you are misunderstanding something.”

“…… ?”

“Look around.”

After hearing his words, Taerin Joo looked around.

And her eyes widened.

‘When on earth…? … !? No, how…… ?’

A very familiar scenery.

Before I knew it, I had entered the route she had originally planned to attack today.

I feel like I am possessed by a ghost.

“After all, shouldn’t you clean up the poop you made?”

The man said so and gave an order to the party members.

“Okay. Everyone, take out Monster perfume from the emergency kit.”

Monster Perfume…… ?

That’s for resolving aggro…… ?

It would be very expensive…… ?

‘And, that…’ …. Subspace tattoo…… ?’

Ju Taerin could only watch them spraying perfume on their bodies with a devastated expression.

Chik─

Chik─

The man frowned as if the smell of the perfume he had sprayed on his body was not very pleasant.

“Wow, it smells really bad. Anyway, now we’re going. “You guys work hard to clean up your poop.”

The man waved his hand brightly at Joo Tae-lin.

“Because that’s what you did to us anyway. “There are no complaints, right?”

There was deep despair on Zhu Taerin’s face as he looked at him.

The unused incense that had already been used fell from her hand.

Tuk.

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