Lord of the Skill

unexpected encounter

“Huff, huff, huff...! ”

My legs twitched.

My lips were so dry that I didn't know how long they were running, but I couldn't rest my moving legs.

"Find…!!!! ’

‘Spread out...! ’

‘Bastard, just try to get caught...!!! ’

The bridge, which was rattled by the rough voice coming through the trees, moved by itself.

"Damn! I'm crazy...!" ’

The man grips his teeth and spits out a dozen insults in his stomach.

He runs with all his dying might, but his speed is not so fast.

A little better than the average person, at best.

I could tell he was unfamiliar with combat.

"It hurts!! ’

However, it seemed as if he had emerged from the battlefield just by looking at its appearance.

ragged clothes.

Arms, legs, and torso showed large and small wounds, and blood was spilling.

There's a sharp sword.

‘Damn, this is what happens when you do something that people don't do. I'm crazy...! ’

The man made an impression.

The forest is deeper than I thought, so I can't even see the right direction anymore.

Have you lost your way? Shit. Shit. Here we go. We were just going back. ’

If we run like this and run into them, we're done.

He chose to hide under the tree rather than run around anymore.

‘I should have pretended not to see it. ’

Regret was too late, knowing that it was useless but complicated in the head of the man.

I had to.

There's only one life.

‘I don't know if he got away. ’

As he entered the forest, he thought of his scattered colleagues to avoid the pursuit.

‘Well... it was a party I had for a while. ’

I thought of myself as rationalizing.

We can't survive otherwise.

The taste of salty and bitter blood wrapped around my mouth.

“Tsk.”

A handful of black blood protrudes from your mouth.

“If you get caught, you die. ”

What you've done as a result.

In this place where life and life are at stake, he feels that compassion is completely useless.

‘I will never do this again. ’

I shouldn't have taken care of other people's problems.

He sighs.

It is because the word ’never' may not be needed in the current situation.

Like this.

Are you dying...?

“Where is he!!! ”

“Kill him on sight!!! ”

“Did you find the rest of the runaways? ”

“Don't worry. I've seen him put a knife in his back, and he won't last long. The rest of the kids will come for the body. ”

Voices that keep coming.

Not one or two.

“Damn……. ”

Is this the end?

“Here!! ”

An unruly man protrudes out through the grass, yelling at himself.

“ ……!!! ”

At the same time, flying towards the man was a large army boot in front of him.

Phew!!!!

“Huff...! ”

At the same time, he felt suffocated and his back bent like a shrimp.

The man struggled to endure the pain, rolling the floor several times.

Puff!! Puff...!

However, with the elongated kick, the man did not even have a chance to scream, rather than endure it.

“ ……. ”

A person who watches such sights carefully in the bushes.

It was feeble.

* * *

Dead monsters become oxidized and leave their stone behind.

Everyone in the Seven Thorns knows the truth.

But...

It's not just monsters.

Every living creature here drops their own stone upon death. Sometimes the item or skill book you were wearing is not 100%, but it may drop.

The important thing.

‘At the moment of death, the magic stones are always dropped. Everything you own. ’

Say that again.

‘The only way to get the Stone is to hunt monsters. ’

Player Killing (PK).

Kill a man and take the stone he had.

Gold medals when dropped.

Even though the strong represent one or both, the abbreviations are widespread.

Especially if it's only half a year old now.

‘It's a dirty trick. ’

However, it was also the most convenient way to collect horses in a short time rather than trying hard to get a name.

‘ ……. ’

Heatless looked forward.

“One, two, three, four, five…. ”

I counted the number of them beating around the man in a low voice.

‘It's only been half a year and PK has already started. Am I supposed to be late? Human adaptation is amazing. Or……. ’

I don't know if that's really what it is.

The taste was bitter.

Why he stopped by while heading north.

This is where the Player Killers' Node began.

It's not just justice.

It was necessary and necessary.

After a year, the group that built a fortress here and targeted those heading for the spire to rank up, became a massive organization and brutally slaughtered the survivors of the North.

There were no proper monarchs or Nodes at the time.

‘Many people died here before the rule of the Four Commandments was settled. ’

That's why he was not surprised when he saw the first heatless wounded through the bush.

Someday.

The largest intelligence organization on the continent.

Eclipse.

Vikal Garnard, who was a clan master there, always said as a habit.

‘If I hadn't lost my companion in Castellón Forest, this place would be his now. ’

Even those of you who were S rankers, who have not smoked as much, have lost your lives in vain here.

‘I can't think that all of them are related to me……. ’

At least I want to prevent a meaningless death.

There's a bigger, more brutal war ahead of us.

‘Of course, the people here would never think that. ’

Steal the lives of people going back and forth through the forest and steal the stone comfortably.

I don't mind if there are no horseshoes.

It doesn't change its name to red like a game, and there's no way to punish them.

But it's not just because this is a Human Hunter's Lair that surprised me.

Murder.

Death.

I've seen more than that on the battlefield in 15 years.

But this is different.

‘...... I never thought I'd see you in this place. ’

What an unexpected coincidence.

The fever did not take his eyes off the man.

You look shocked.

Phew!!

Phew...! Phew...! Phew...!!

The sound of kicking echoes through the forest. And with him, I hear a blameless scream.

“Ugh... Ugh!! H-help...! Aaaaahhh...!!! ”

It was because I could not believe seeing a man beaten elongated and feverish with both eyes.

It is so sad for the viewer.

That look....

I never imagined it.

No, I couldn't imagine.

The feverless man looks at him and mutters in a low voice.

“…… Choi Hyuk-soo? ”