1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

Chapter 33

1st place in the ranking is the villager

– Volume 2 Episode 8

8. Bulky Clay Worm (1)

After replenishing the potion and Badu’s snacks, Hoya headed back to the hunting grounds.

Badu’s face as he chews dried jerky of unknown meat looks a little dissatisfied.

[Status: Tired of the same snacks over and over again. I want to eat something new. Growth is still low, so it is not showing most of its original strength.]

…were you tired of snacks?

Well, these days, there are only a few places where you can get Badu snacks, so the same kind of snacks are provided in turns.

Hoya exhorted Badu by promising to feed him something delicious when he left Komia.

However, there is a possibility that the same situation will occur in the future…

That said, there isn’t enough space in your inventory to carry a variety of Badu snacks.

‘…Should I ask Sarivan to teach me how to cook?’

If you learn to cook, you can simply pick up a few seasonings and get the main ingredients on site.

It is possible to cook without cooking skills, but the taste does not come out as well as those with cooking skills.

Hoya thought that we’ll talk about it later when we get a chance.

👌👌👌👌

Then, Badu, hanging over Hoya’s head, sniffed his nose.

Then he jumped off Hoya’s head and ran to somewhere.

Embarrassed by Badu’s sudden action, he quickly followed after Badu, and Badu was looking at the players he was seeing for the first time.

He was staring precisely at the skewers of meat being grilled over the bonfire between them.

“……Want to eat?”

“King!”

One of the two players, wearing the wizard’s robe, cautiously spoke to Badu, and Badu responded immediately, saying he liked it.

Without time for Hoya to dry, Badu took a piece of meat from him, fixed it with his front paws, and ate the meat in a hurry.

……Hey, anyone who sees it would think I was starving.

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“No, your pet is so cute, right?”

“Oh, it’s so cute. Can I just touch it once?”

“Ah yes.”

The two players who were grilling meat, Boil and Pedra, called for delight in a whisper.

[Boil: Operation Stage 1 Clear!][Pedra: Okay. Carefully move on to step 2!][Boil: Yesul! Hey, but isn’t this pet really cute? Is it soft?][Pedra: Oh, sir… I want to touch it too.]

The focus was slightly shifted to something else, but they were delighted to see that their strategy worked.

It was worthwhile to use ‘Lean from Gigant Red Bear’.

[Lean of Gigant Red Bear]

Class: Unique

Gigant Red Bear’s most delicious cut of meat, all the fat, tendons and bones.

This meat literally melts in your mouth, depending on the skill of the chef, you can expect a 30% increase in stats for up to 4 hours.

The smell of Gigant Red Bear’s roasting meat has a chance to attract monsters.

I wasn’t sure if the pet would be classified as a monster, but I think the prediction was correct.

Or maybe this black guy in front of you has good eating habits.

Whatever it was, it didn’t matter because it had already succeeded in seducing the pet before the owner.

Since you said that starting is half the job, it’s already half the success!

They both thought so.

“If it’s okay, would you like one too?”

“Oh, no.”

“Don’t be shy, this is also a relationship.”

“…Then I’ll eat it with thanks.”

Hoya didn’t know how to turn down a favor.

When Hoya took the meat skewers from the boil, an item information called ‘Simple Gigant Red Bear’s Skewers’ came to mind.

There was no buff effect because it did not go through the chef’s hand, but there was a text saying that the taste was quite good.

When Hoya took a bite, the taste was definitely good, but compared to what Sariban did, it was a bit mediocre.

Although it is absurd to compare a legendary chef with someone without cooking skills.

“But are you hunting alone?”

“Yeah, what…”

“This is also a relationship, why don’t you add a friend?”

But then something else came to mind.

[The smell of grilling Gigant Red Bear’s meat has a chance to attract monsters.]

Was that temptation even possible?

It was good to discover the unexpected hidden abilities of the item, but the situation itself wasn’t very good.

The strategy of the only bulky clay worm that was hunted two weeks ago and one month before is not known in detail.

Both times, the raid was successful in the Arena Guild.

However, as usual, the guys who would have made a profit by releasing the raid video did not release the raid video.

The fact that the time it takes to respawn is one month was the only information I had found out.

As if others didn’t want to hunt, the Arena Guild controlled the information.

That said, even if you know the strategy, it doesn’t mean that the three of you are not an opponent.

Joong-ki first reported the situation to the guild chat and used the scroll to find out if there was anyone who could come right away.

[Middle Guild Chat: Exactly 9 o’clock south of Komia’s Forest, a 30-minute sprint from the village! Bulky clay worms are out! Who can apply right away?!][Guild Chat Reister: Really? Isn’t it time to come out yet?][Guild Chat Arko: Isn’t it true?][Guild Chat Pedra: Really! Long to explain, but it’s real! Bring everyone who can come right away! If it’s false, I’ll shout the trio of Arko long live!][Guild Chat Beksul: Do you think it’s real? Hmm, I can go for now. Reister, I’ll move first, so level 200…… No, pick those who can move right away from among those who are 210 or higher, and bring them in inconspicuously. Pedra, hold on for 40 minutes.][Guild Chat Rister: Yes.][Guild Chat Arko: Ah, Princess! Come with me!]

Seol Baekho’s elite began to gather in Komia.

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“There… Niem! Nim! If you hold out for 40 minutes, reinforcements from our guild will come! It’s okay to run away, but this is your chance!”

Pedra shouted at Hoya, eagerly dodging the bulky clay worm’s attack.

Joong-ki immediately fell back and was covering only enough to prevent aggro from bouncing.

Although the reason for the appearance of the bulky clay worm was Pedra.

But Hoya was there too, so he deserved to participate in the bulky clay worm raid.Field boss monsters are not easily seen.

He didn’t want him to run away, as Pedra thought he would have a lot of things to fall for if he joined the raid.

The reason that this happened was also the purpose of a quick calculation to make a natural acquaintance with the guild by raiding together.

But honestly, he also wanted to borrow his ability to send Woo finally in one shot.

If he had to join the guild anyway, it wouldn’t hurt.

Faba Baba Baba -!

When the bulky clay worm swallowed a large breath through his mouth, numerous holes were formed in his body and it was closed.

When the hole opened, dozens of mud bullets were fired from it.

The trees and ground where the mud bullets hit are slightly melted.

It doesn’t look like a normal mud shot.

“Oh, damn it!”

Pedra struggled to get his sword out of the bulky clay worm that had been lodged in his body.

He was able to draw his sword, barely dodging the bulky clay worm’s attack.

Blindly swinging the sword deep, the bulky clay worm’s body turned like mud and caught the sword.

It seemed that he had to respond with a shallow and quick attack rather than a strong attack one by one.

So decided, Pedra followed Hoya with her eyes.

Fortunately, he didn’t run away as Pedra had wished, and he diddge the attacks of the bulky clay worms, judging the timing of his attack.

At that moment, Hoya took the sword he took out of his inventory and ran towards the bulky clay worm.

It was about to strike with power at any moment.

“Ah! You can’t dive too deep! You’ll get a knife!”

That way the weapon would be captured by the bulky clay worm!

Pedra didn’t want such a situation, so he shouted at Hoya with all his might.

But it seems that Hoya didn’t listen to him.

Or are you ignoring it?

I don’t know why, but he didn’t stop his movements, he rotated his body and raised his sword high.

And Pedra saw.

‘Oh, that…!’

A sword with a dark blue line like the night sky that crossed between them caught my eyes.

“Ho, lake…!”

It was the sword of the lake that became famous when it completely defeated Black Heaven a while ago.

Maybe that person is a lake?

‘OMG……!’

Hoya’s sword was wrapped in blue light, and the body of the bulky clay worm was cut deep like a tofu.

Scream-!

“Uh-huh-!”

As Hoya’s sword pierced the bulky clay worm quite deeply, the bulky clay worm let out a loud scream.

Immediately, his body procrastinated and filled up the wounds, but the HP gauge floating above the bulky clay worm’s head showed that Hoya’s stamina was maintained as it was.

Hoyado saw Pedra’s sword piercing the bulky clay worm’s body.

However, Hoya did not think that his sword would be caught.