Sage Warrior

Chapter 33

sage warrior

– Volume 2 Episode 8

Jung Daesik realized his level of fitness as he watched the temporary crews crawling into the barracks exhausted and stretching out.

‘Yeah, it’s okay to this extent. He has nothing but the fatigue of a light workout.’

His direct attack power has also increased tremendously.

Some monsters were instantly killed by just hitting them with one punch.

There were no injuries at all.

Whether it was because of the reinforced aluminum armor, or whether it was because of the increase in overall defense as the level of stamina increased, there were no major wounds despite the mayhem.

On the other hand, the majority of the other temporary crew suffered minor and major injuries.

As they belong to a large raid, it seems they expected that they would be able to receive a heal once they reached the base camp.

However, only the basic treatment provided by the medical team and the recovery acceleration potion were given only to those who were seriously injured.

Some of the hunters, including blondes, complained about that fact.

However, since Ki Cheol-min and a few others had foreseen this fact, they did not consume unnecessary energy.

Most of the others were adjusting to the current situation.

It must have been difficult, but there was no room for complaining because there was already a contract and promised pay.

He was busy taking a break with the thought of saving his strength as much as possible, fighting as efficiently as possible, and living safely.

Jung Daesik also lay down for a moment and closed his eyes.

But he couldn’t sleep for very long because he turned around because he had left enough energy.

A few hours later, he woke up and left the barracks with a sense of remorse.

And he looked around him in search of the bathroom.

In a place like this, it seemed like it was okay to urinate on the street, but in fact, it wasn’t.

The act of excretion can summon monsters, or go into the gloomy forest alone and be robbed.

Therefore, there was a simple toilet in the center of the barracks.

Even if it is a simple toilet, it is at the level of using a portable toilet in a partition.

The portable toilet was a kind of paper bag-like object.

If you look inside, the excrement will automatically solidify.

It’s convenient, but it’s hard to aim, so it’s perfect for throwing away your hand if you make a mistake.

Jung Daesik carefully unfolded the portable toilet in the toilet.

And while he was sitting with his pants open and giving him strength, he heard a familiar voice from somewhere.

It was none other than Hwang Mi-gun.

She was passing by as she was talking to someone.

“It seems that the dealers are in good condition today. Are there any casualties among the temporary crew?”

Hwang Mi-gun answered someone’s question.

“Yeah, there’s a kid on our team that we can use.”

Upon hearing the name Ae, Jung Daesik wrinkled his brow.

Hwang Mi-gun looks younger than anyone who sees it, but when did you see it, baby?

Hwang Mi-gun continued to speak her words while babbling like that.

“Because it’s a grade 6 and a reinforcement system buffer. Other dealers have benefited from it.”

“Hey, was there a level 6 dealer?”

“Is it anything special?”

The two of them groaned for a moment, moving away from each other and continuing their conversation.

“Anyway, there were no deaths because the buffer was stuck.”

“Are you going to do the same tomorrow?”

“If you do?”

“Isn’t that a problem? Could it be that you don’t have enough supplies? Usually, the temporary crew is going to die, so they bring it in tight.”

“That’s up to the team in charge.”

Jung Daesik, who had been silently listening to the story, realized in the first place that they didn’t have much in mind for the survival of the temporary crew.

Above all else, human life is given priority only to the outside world.

Here in the dungeon, profit takes precedence over that.

This is because the income earned here is too large.

No, even in the real world, money was more valuable than a human life.

Even if everyone pretended not to be, Jung Daesik did the post-processing with a bitter smile.

After that, he took off his clothes and went out of the bathroom.

And instead of going straight back to the barracks, he summoned entropy from an inconspicuous corner.

“Entropy.”

Looking at the speech bubble floating in the air, Jung Daesik asked a question.

“I want to ask you something. The skill of strong power.”

“Isn’t it better to use a powerful skill once than to use an enhancement skill targeting multiple people?”

“Hmm, isn’t it? Then I’m going to buy the powerful power skill right now.”

Now that income and expenses fluctuate in billions, ten million is nothing.

On the contrary, it felt like it was cheap at around 10 million won.

Nevertheless, the reason why I did not purchase the powerful power skill and left it alone was because Jung Daesik was an old man.

He didn’t want to waste even a single ten won, unless it was absolutely necessary.

However, the reason for purchasing the powerful force belatedly was purely for the efficient consumption of magic power.

I felt it while on the advance squad today, but it was a waste to continue to use strengthening skills for a large number of people.

It is true that the attack power of the dealers as a whole increases when the reinforcement skill is used.

However, since everyone was so arrogant, there was a limit to even feeding them reinforcements.

Just today, monsters like that came out and held up well, but if stronger monsters start to appear from tomorrow, there is a high possibility that even if you receive the reinforcement buff, it will not matter much.

In that case, he decided that it would be better to go out on his own.

Jung Daesik was already quite strong just by applying reinforcement to himself.

Of course, if you feed him a buffer in addition to the powerful force, he would become stronger.

Then he was able to extract the maximum result with the minimum consumption of magic.

There is no need to waste mana just because you use an enhancement skill on someone else.

In addition, you will be able to avoid the glare of why you don’t buff, or why you’re smoking a joke.

Determined to fight this way tomorrow, Jung Daesik returned to the barracks.

* * *

Indeed, as Hwang Mi-gun warned, the level of monsters increased dramatically when they left the randomly assigned area A and entered area B.

The types were the same as yesterday, spiders, caterpillars, centipedes, dragonflies, etc., but they doubled in size.

In particular, dealing with a bed the size of an adult’s forearm was quite annoying.

They appeared in swarms, and the tips of their wings were sharp like cutters, so it was easy to get hurt if they got too close.

The provisional members of the Sagittarius had been using the supplied flamethrower, but it was not easy to kill them because they were flying in all directions.

In just a few hours, the makeshift crews were scarred.

They pant with a tired look on their faces, then complain to Jung Daesik.

“Why don’t you give buffs like yesterday?”

“I’m going to save my magic by myself in a shameful way, right?”

Jung Daesik stared at them coldly.

“Yesterday, I used too much magic power to help you guys. Today, as more powerful monsters come out, you need to conserve magic power. If you’ve already buffed it, you won’t be able to reach your destination!”

The temporary crew kept their mouths shut, but all eyes were blaming Jung Daesik as a selfish bastard.

Jung Daesik regretted revealing that he was a buffer.

As an incentive, just being level 6 would be enough.It’s not like I’m getting paid more as a buffer, but I was just listening to my pet’s grudges after talking for nothing.

Hwang Mi-gun was aware of the feud between the temporary crew and Jung Daesik.

But she only glanced at this side, and she didn’t say much.

She noticed that Jung Daesik had to take care of the buff or not.

If she, the leader of her team, ordered her, she would have no choice but to buff her like yesterday, but since she didn’t say anything, Jung Daesik continued to spare her magical power despite her pouring glares.

Once, the save point has passed.

After a short break, the advance team took a heavy step.

No, it was the temporary crew who had a heavy footing.

Officials who had not yet fought anything that could be called a battle were showing signs of boredom in the slow progress.

Since the location of the nucleus was not yet known, he was saving as much power as possible.

From their point of view, they were simply marching, so it was just boring.

On the other hand, the makeshift crew members shuffled and walked.

At that time, Baek Yang-jwa, who was ahead of him as a tanker, stopped.

All the advance squads that followed them all stood in their places.

The reason is that the reconnaissance team that should have gone first appeared in front of me.

Seeing that progress had stopped, the leaders of each team, including the reconnaissance team, gathered in one place.

They talked to each other with serious expressions on their faces.

I was looking at them wondering what was going on, and Ki Chul-min said a word from the side.

“It looks like a dangerous guy is blocking the way.”

“Weren’t only rank 6 and 7 monsters appearing in this area yet?”

Ki Cheol-min shrugged his shoulders.

“The monsters from another area may have crossed over, and you may have already arrived at Area C because Area B is narrower than you think. As you know, the stronger the monster, the narrower the area. Should I call it an area?”

Usually, the dungeon area was divided into monster grades.

This is because monsters have a territory, and the weaker the monster, the greater the number and the wider the territory.

However, as the number was limited, the area had to be narrow even though the area was wide.

It may not be the case of a very large species, but it was generally the case.

Whether Ki Chul-min’s guess was correct, each team leader came back to the team members and explained the situation.

“It is said that the reconnaissance team that was going ahead found a large species of spiny spider. It is judged to be about level 5 or 6, and it is said to be about the same level as a semi-boss mob in a small dungeon. From now on, the advance squad will approach the thorn spider in battle formation.”

The tanker Baek Yang-jwa took the lead, and the one-dead Sagittarius, Buffer, and Heal-in Haejwa stood apart from each other.

It was followed by Taurus and Leo.

The reconnaissance team was the last to join, and the movement started again in tension.

Before long, there was a sign of something huge moving beyond the bushes.