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Chapter 16

16angry cowardly ranged weapon

In Leon's world, ranged weapons are cowardly weapons used only by lowly things..

It was an unacceptable weapon for a knight who valued honor, and the only people who used such a weapon were serf soldiers or free soldiers who had no need for honor..

Of course, he is a natural commander and an invincible rising general..

In addition to archers, catapults and cannons were also used..

However, long-range weapons have limitations. There is a thing called tension, and this applies to firearms as well..

Limits of charge, limits of firepower... In the end, it is no different from a weapon with a set maximum value..

But a sword and a spear are different.

Whether you swing it, how you swing it, or how you throw it, is entirely up to the individual's capabilities..

Can't you split a rock with a knife? That depends on the knight's capabilities..

Can’t you blow up the enemy’s square with a mounted charge? Even against pike soldiers, if the knight is good, he can penetrate as much as he wants..

In the end, in order to increase honor and fame, you must achieve it purely with your own strength, rather than relying on weapons such as a bow..

Therefore, for the Holy Grail Knights who completed the quest and were chosen by the Holy Grail, long-range weapons are dishonorable weapons that admit to their lack of power..

"No, is there really something wrong with you?!"

Of course, it was not something modern people could understand, but.

"Chuckle, you're a fun friend.."

Oh Kang-hyuk laughed it off, but other party members did not. They each tried to say something, but the Hunter employee became impatient and shouted..

"You have to leave soon!"

"Okay……."

Leon's position hasn't been decided yet. Koo Dae-seong thought that this test might fail and followed the direction of the association staff..

"This test... How do you do it??"

The association staff kindly answered Koo Dae-seong's questions..

"Basically, you just need to hunt 50 kobolds. There are plays on the field, but if it's really dangerous, I'll step out.."

The employee said he could just hunt kobolds, but Koo Dae-seong wanted to earn a higher score..

Of course, if you play games or hunt boss monsters, you will get higher scores, and the areas in which they appear are set..

"everyone. There is a point I know. How about going there and hunting??"

"You have more experience than us.……."

"Old man is fine."

"……."

The three people agreed, and Leon still remains silent. Koo Dae-seong led the party out of the grassland and into the forest..

Taehoon and Nayeon, who were newbies, tilted their heads to look at the direction he was leading..

"Mr. Daeseong, can you see a village at the end of the meadow over there? I think there are a lot out there.."

"Villages should not be touched hastily. We are small in number and may be surrounded by kobolds and gnolls that move in large numbers.."

Koo Dae-seong is a veteran who is attempting this Seoul Station gate for the tenth time..

Although it is only for testing purposes and cannot come often, kobolds and gnolls often appear at other gates..

"We will attack the kobolds living in the cave.."

Koo Dae-seong explained the benefits of fighting in a cave.

First, there is no need to worry about being surrounded because the seats are cramped and the passage is one-sided. And he said, tearing off a blade of grass he found while passing by..

"We're going to set fire to the grass here and inject smoke. Then you can easily attack the cave kobolds.."

"iced coffee~"

"After all, the experience is different.."

Koo Dae-seong smiled bitterly while receiving praise from party members..

What's so great about coming to the test gate 10 times?.

If the grade went up, of course the gate to test would have changed. For C grade, it's Samjeon Station gate. If it's class B, it's the 63 building gate..

He studied and researched all strategies, imagining that one day he would enter the higher gates, but all he could see was this Seoul Station gate..

'I need to get promoted this time. How long will you be D-grade for 10,000 years?.'

He wanted to become strong. I'm sick of the D-level sound of 10,000 years..

"There are kobolds in front.!"

At that time, Shin Tae-hoon, who was in the lead as a tanker, stopped. But the noise was so loud that even the kobolds spotted them..

"Grrr…!"

Kobolds are humanoid monsters with the heads of dogs. The lowest level monster, with the height of an elementary school student, on par with a goblin..

"Block it with a shield in front of Taehoon.!"

"yep!"

The kobolds' charge was simple. Intuitive and simple. There was a strong tendency to move towards a confrontation of pure power and power..

In that case, unless the number of pages is overwhelmingly large, Hunter will win by a landslide..

"Kiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

The kobold that was running bravely fell to the ground due to an arrow fired by Nayeon..

When a colleague is attacked, aggro immediately hits the archer. The kobold circling towards her crashes head-on into the shield blocked by her taehun, causing her nose to bleed and fall to sleep..

"They're stupid.."

Taehoon plunged his sword into the unconscious kobold. At that time, there was a kobold that threw itself at Tae-hoon, and he was so shocked that he fell asleep..

"Ugh…!"

"Mr. Taehoon!"

The moment he was about to lunge at the fallen man, Daeseong's sword pierced the kobold's neck. Warm blood poured onto Taehoon’s face..

"Don't let your guard down! Although they are weak, they act quickly.!"

There are five kobolds remaining. However, Nayeon's arrow immediately pulls the bowstring and pierces the second kobold..

"Hmm."

Old Man Oh Kang-tae struck the faces of the kobolds with his armored fist on behalf of the collapsed battle line. It's a quick jab..

"keung!"

"kekeng!?"

Kobolds with crushed faces. Immediately Daesung raised Taehoon and joined him, and the kobolds collapsed one by one..

"Phew…."

"Sorry, sorry. I made a mistake."

When Tae-hoon apologized for breaking the battle line because he was so surprised, Dae-seong waved his hand and encouraged him..

"it's okay. It's all like that at first."

He also made several mistakes against kobolds. Considering the time when he was a beginner, Taehoon's mistakes were not even in the category of mistakes..

"Nayeon also took care of two people, and thanks to you, no one was hurt. Well done everyone."

I was nervous at first, but this isn't a bad party. except one person.

"Hey, foreigner. you… We've been fighting and we've done nothing?"

"that's right. Just stay behind and watch! Employee, it’s okay to do this.?"

The arrow was returned on behalf of Leon, who remained silent. I really want to kick Leon out and get another party member..

"haha… Don't worry too much as we will fully reflect this part.."

They said that Leon would get the lowest score, and the others would get extra points. Daesung was disappointed that even one person was missing, but he thought it was okay that he got extra points..

"If that's the case... Let's go further in. There will be a cave soon.."

As he said, we walked further into the forest and came across a cave..

"It really looks like a cave.."

"Umm… Do I really have to go in and fight? I hate that dark place."

Nayeon's complaint says that she won't be able to work as a hunter in the future... I wanted to say it, but Daesung held it back and spoke with a smile on his face..

"no. We will 'attack' the cave."

"It's a strategy"

"Hunter's basic goal is to attack the gate. Everyone, please gather the leaves around you. We'll set these on fire and send the smoke into the cave.."

"iced coffee! They're trying to suffocate her with smoke.?"

"Wow~ awesome. Then we just have to catch the ones that jump out.."

That was it. According to Koo Dae-seong's experience, there are more than twenty kobolds living in this cave..

In the gate strategy where stamina distribution is important, he can kill more than twenty kobolds with almost no stamina loss, so he has been using this method since the 6th time..

As he planned his strategy and collected fallen leaves and grass around him, he saw Leon with his arms crossed and his eyes closed..

"Hey, don't just play, help out.?"

Leon opens his closed eyes. His blue eyes pierce through Daesung..

"In your eyes, does it seem like Jim is lazy?."

Otherwise, what is it... But I couldn't say it directly.

I can't explain it with logic or reason, but strangely, I have a feeling that if I say more here, something big might happen..

"Umm… Ah, anyway! You'll be at your lowest point, so don't worry.!"

The best he could do was avoid eye contact and speak..

"I collected everything!"

"Should I start the fire with a lighter??"

"This old man has a lighter. Oh, don’t get me wrong, it’s been a long time since I quit smoking.."

It was the moment when I was about to light the lighter on the kindling..

"Do you really think that's the best??"

Leon suddenly spoke up..

"No, I haven't helped you yet, so what's the point??"

"Jim asked if that was best. don't make me say it twice."

"……I have used this method three times. It was successful all three times."

"Is it based on experience? Not bad. But the experience is shallow, so how can you rely only on experience?."

"What are you talking about earlier?……."

For a moment I wondered if I had done something wrong, but he didn't know a better way than this..

"Ah, that's it. What is the experience of a pale young crab?……."

He started a fire and pushed the smoke from the surrounding large leaves into the cave..

-Kyaaaaa!

A roaring and pounding sound echoes from inside the cave..

"Oh, it's coming!"

With Taehoon raising his shield and shouting, everyone prepares for battle. And the moment the first group of kobolds burst out of the cave, they stopped when they saw the flames blocking the entrance..

"It's now!"

Nayeon's arrow flew away, and the stones thrown by Old Man Oh and Daesung crushed the kobold's face..

-Kkeak!

-Wow!

A group of kobolds falling one after another. Daesung was delighted when he killed five of them in an instant..

'also! my method was not wrong!'

The next group of kobolds jumped out. Perhaps to avoid being suffocated by the smoke, they jump out in such a hurry that they run out of breath, causing symptoms of dizziness..

"Okay, let's go ahead and process it.!"

It was the moment when the seventh kobold was defeated..

"Crrrrr…!"

Similar but different howling. For a moment, Koo Dae-seong could not believe his ears..

"play?"

When I turned my attention to the sound I heard from the side, there was armor and a shield... A gnome armed with a one-handed ax was staring this way..

It has the head of a vicious hyena and is 1.5 times larger than an average gnoll.…….

"nol captain?!"

Captain Noll. This is the manager who acts as the boss at the gate of Seoul Station. The monster rank is quite C. They are strong enough.

"Oh no. Why now??"

At that moment, what Leon said 10 minutes ago appeared in Daesung’s mind..

'Do you really think that's the best??'

Doesn't it look like this was expected? but how?

"Dae, Mr. Daesung! What should I do??"

Daesung became anxious as Nayeon shouted urgently..

"Old man and Nayeon, stop the kobolds in the cave! Me and Taehoon will deal with the captain.!"

Skilled personnel were needed on both sides. Above all, it is suicidal for a D-class to fight without a vanguard against a gnoll captain..

Even though he is a beginner, I can only hope that Taehoon, who clearly holds a shield, can endure at least a little bit..

"Kraaaaaaa!"

A gnoll that charges while screaming. Taehoon took the lead and raised his shield, but I could see his legs shaking as he screamed..

You can't even block an attack with that attitude.!

"Mr. Taehoon! Come to your senses…!"

Before he could finish his words, the ax he swung struck Taehun’s shield. Taehoon was unable to withstand the blow and lost his shield and fell to his death..

'Holy shit!'

Captain Nol is about to hit Taehoon. Daesung left his position to the momentum of the spur to save Taehoon..

"krr…!"

However, Captain Gnoll easily blocks the charge based on that momentum. The longsword could not pierce the shield from the front, and the bridge spurred him as he stopped..

"Wow…!"

My back bent forward and I exhaled. The ax he swung struck his side..

It rolls around awkwardly. My internal organs hurt as if they were going to burst from the shock that my armor couldn't absorb..

"Ugh, ugh.……."

At that time, I saw Taehoon looking scared. The shadow of a large ax covers his face..

Has our party not cleared out the kobolds yet? Why don't the association's employees come forward??

I couldn't think for long. Daeseong forgets to even hold his sword and picks up his shield..

"Mr. Taehoon! Go away!"

Holding Taehoon's shield, he blocks the ax being struck. His knees buckled as an unimaginable weight was placed on the axe..

"Ugh!"

But he persevered. At that moment, he instinctively adjusts the angle of his shield and throws the ax at an angle..

"krr…?"

When his weapon slipped, the Gnoll Captain let out an annoyed howl and raised his ax again..

Can the second strike be prevented? Even Tae-Hoon could have done something if he came to his senses and fought back..

The moment the ax hits and Daeseong grits his teeth.

-……!

The expected clanging sound was not heard. And Koo Dae-seong's pupils, who stared at Nol Captain's ax without closing his eyes until the end, enlarged..

"Well, it's a passing grade.."

The ax that the gnoll captain had struck was caught in Leon's fingers and was trembling..

"Goo, saved me……."

"try again."

"what… That's it?"

Reaction is slow. Thinking is slow. In my time, I risked my life and set out on a spiritual journey without such kind help.…….

"Raise your shield. Face it again. If you did it once, why can't you do it twice?."

"???"

When Leon let go of the gnoll's ax, Koo Dae-seong and the gnoll captain also tilted their heads..