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chapter-84

Proof-reader: Girondono

The ogres watching the fight didn’t act like normal ogres either . They were crossing their arms or sitting on rocks while watching the fight .

‘Wow . I actually saw it myself . ’

Of course, Soo Hyuk already knew that the ogres here acted differently from other areas . It was just that now he had a chance to see it with his own eyes .

Bang!

-Uoooh!

Bang!

-Uoooong!

‘One, two…’

Soo Hyuk started counting again as he the fight went on .

’10 ogres . ’

There was a total of 10 ogres .

‘How should I hunt them?’

Soo Hyuk pondered after counting . The Crimson Mountains ogres were around level 200~250 .

‘Oneshot seems unlikely . ’

Currently, his wisdom was over 3000 however even with his overwhelming stats, he didn’t expect to kill the ogres in one hit .

‘Actually, this is good . ’

Soo Hyuk smiled as he thought of something .

‘I can finally try that . ’

Until now, the monsters he hunted were mostly oneshot . Even if it wasn’t they would still die quickly from the poison . As a result, he couldn’t try his combo magic, but now, it seemed possible .

“Poison Fog . ”

Ending his thoughts, Soo Hyuk first cast Poison Fog .

Shuaak!

Then after a few seconds, a fog of green revealed itself between the two brawling ogres .

-Uoooh?

-Uoooong!

The first ones to react was of course, the two fighting ogres . With a panicked grunt, the ogres began flailing around, trying to escape the expanding fog of poison .

-Uooong!

-Uooooh!

Then as if it was staged, the two ogres burst out from the fog at the same time . However, the fog was still expanding, and the two ogres were swallowed up again . They didn’t appear again, seemingly paralysed by the poison .

‘They don’t die fast as expected . ’

Although the ogres didn’t escape again, Soo Hyuk knew that they were still alive, because the drop window didn’t appear .

-Uooh?

-Uoooargh!

Soon, the ogres on the rocks also noticed the potency of the fog, and started backing away with flustered grunts .

“Firebolt . ”

Soo Hyuk fired a Firebolt at the expanding fog as the ogres tried to escape . The Firebolt flew at high speeds towards the fog, and the moment that touched .

Bang!

A massive explosion .

He felt the shockwave from the explosion, even though he was quite a distance away . His jaws dropped as he stumbled from the impact .

‘This powerful?’

He had known that an explosion was going to happen, but he didn’t expect that it would be this big .

‘Although it’s a shame that the poison fog disappears after . ’

Although they could create an explosion this big, fire and poison didn’t have the best synergy, as the poison would evaporate after .

‘This’ll be good for when I need an instant AOE attack . ’

The overall damage was lower than the poison fog, but on the other hand, its range and casting time was shortened . The synergy between poison fog and firebolt could be said to be excellent .

Soo Hyuk decided on its future use, then turned to stare again at the ogres . They were all dead .

‘Well, it can be counted as two hits . ’

Soo Hyuk then turned from the bodies to the new notification .

[Level Up!]

‘I also levelled up . ’

After hunting 10 level 200 ogres, he had managed to level up . Since they a huge level difference, it was obvious that he levelled up . Soo Hyuk then checked the drop window .

-7 Ogre Tendons

-2 Ogre Eyes

“…”

Soo Hyuk frowned as he looked at the drop window .

‘What kind of drops…’

He could see even now, that he had hunted 10 ogres exactly however, they had only dropped 9 items . Meaning that one of the ogres hadn’t dropped anything .

Cheering himself up, Soo Hyuk checked his character window next .

Class: Archmage’s Descendant

Level: 127 Experience: 3%

Health: 111600 Mana: 66200

Satiation: 64%

Strength ： 40 (+10)

Agility ： 35 (+16)

Stamina ： 1108 [554 (+10)]

Wisdom： 3310 (+10)

Stat Points: 5

“Oh…”

Soo Hyuk sighed in admiration at his character .

“3%?”

Even after levelling up, he still had 3% experience . He had previously been level 126, so 10 level 200 ogres could be said to be only equal to 1 level and 3% .

“It was getting frustrating because I needed 5 times more experience…”

However, don’t forget that Soo Hyuk needed 5 time more experience as other normal users . In other words, he had gotten 5 normal levels worth of experience .

“Should I level here for a bit?”

Soo Hyuk thought as he stared at his new level .

“The experience is quite good . ”

Ogres gave more experience than other monsters around the same level, as the ogre species was strong .

“They also move in groups . ”

The ogres in the Crimson Mountain range moved around in groups . In other words, he could hunt many of them at once .

“And they’re not hard to hunt . It’s a decent idea . ”

The more he thought, the more he liked the Crimson Mountains as a hunting area .

“Let’s first complete my quest . ”

Soo Hyuk quickly assigned his stat points and closed the character window . He then started wandering around, searching for more ogres .

-Uooong!

-Uooooh!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A few minutes after he began, Soo Hyuk could hear the roars and stomps from ogres . They were gradually getting louder . In other words, getting closer .

‘Is it because of the earlier explosion?’

The ogres probably noticed the explosion caused by poison fog and firebolt and got curious .

‘Oh, can I bait them this way?’

Happily realizing that he had gained an effective method to lure, Soo Hyuk hid himself among the undergrowth watching his surroundings .

Not long after, the ogres appeared . The group this time was a smaller group of 5 .

“Poison Frog . ”

Soo Hyuk cast poison frog at the approaching ogres . The moment he did, a 2m wide and 1m tall green frog appeared in front of the ogres .

-Uooh?

-Uoooong!

The ogres grunted in surprise as they stared at the giant frog that blocked their way . But a few seconds later, the ogre at the front uprooted a tree next to him, and swung it towards the frog .

Pat!

Whether it couldn’t dodge or didn’t dodge, the frog didn’t even react to the tree as it squarely struck its belly .

But at that moment .

Splat!

The frog’s body expanded rapidly, before exploding in a brilliant rain of green liquid .

Chhii…

When the liquid touched the ground, it sizzled and evaporated into poisonous gas .

-Uooooh!

The first ogre to touch the gas screamed in confusion, at the ogre’s sudden scream, the rest of the ogres backed away uncertainly .

“Firebolt . ”

However, Soo Hyuk’s attack was faster . The firebolt flew towards the rising poison gas, then when they touched .

Bang!

Same as before, there was a giant explosion . As the dust from the explosion subsided, Soo Hyuk rose from his hiding spot and approached the ogres .

‘Five . ’

There was exactly five dead ogres . After checking the bodies, Soo Hyuk then checked the drop window .

-2 Ogre Tendons

-Ogre Eye

Soo Hyuk frowned heavily . The dropped items were only a pitiful three . Previously when the drop window appeared in his hiding place, he had wondered if a few ogres had managed to survive, but this wasn’t the case . Sulking, Soo Hyuk collected the drops and looked back at the ogre corpses .

‘Will more come if I wait?’

Would other ogres be attracted by the explosion? Having this train of thought, Soo Hyuk pondered whether he should wait here or search actively .

‘Okay . ’

Soo Hyuk finally decided .

‘Let’s wait . ’

For the ogres to come to him .

‘Hmm, since I’m going to wait, should I go all out with the bait?’

Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but think as he waited for the ogres . He had already decided to wait, so why couldn’t he try to lure with all his might?

‘Firestorm should be visible from afar . ’

Soo Hyuk thought as he recalled his previous firestorms .

“Firestorm . ”

Soo Hyuk muttered, putting his thoughts into action .

Huuak!

A massive fire tornado appeared in the middle of the mountain .

“Burn . ”

The fiery tornado raged across the mountainside . Unfortunately, as if the trees here had soaked up a lot of water, the fire from the tornado didn’t spread widely and only burned directly around it .

It was at that moment .

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

-Kuoong!

-Kuooo!

Roars and loud booms of footsteps sounded from his back . They weren’t like the sounds of ogres he had heard up until now .

‘Don’t tell me . ’

Hiding in a bush again, Soo Hyuk waited for the main characters . Then after a few seconds, the owners of the footsteps finally appeared .

‘Twin-headed ogre!’

He confirmed his guess, as three twin-headed ogres entered his sight

‘Eiahh, I didn’t know twin-headed ogres also traveled in groups’

Being almost field boss-grade, twin-headed ogres normally didn’t travel in groups . But since three had appeared at the same time, it seemed he had successfully attracted the entire mountain’s attention to himself . (TL: For people confused, field bosses are like pseudo-bosses . )

Boom! Boom!

‘Hmm?’

Then a few seconds later, Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but panic at the unfolding situation .

-Kuoong?

-Kuong!

-Kuoooh!

Behind the initial three twin-headed ogres, more and more came pouring into the burning clearing .

‘This crazy…’

Soo Hyuk muttered as he stared at the increasing ogres in front of him .

It seemed he had overdone his bait .

‘How many are there?’

Soo Hyuk started to count the twin-headed ogres, but he couldn’t finish the job .

-Kuoong?

He accidentally met eyes with the right head of a twin-headed ogre . At his gaze, the ogre grunted at his companions, then the other ogres all turned around to stare at Soo Hyuk .

“… Poison Storm . ”

Soo Hyuk cast poison storm under the gaze of the ogres .

Shuaak!

The poison gas erupted around him and swallowed the ogre nearest him .

-Kuoong!

-Koooorgh!

The ogres stared to scream in pain this time as the poison storm expanded to cover the area . Meanwhile, his ears in pain from the endless screams of their twin heads .

“Poison Chains, Poison Sphere . ”

Of course, he didn’t stay still after that . He continuously fired poison spells one after another . He didn’t use fire magic yet, as he was too close to the poison . Even if he wasn’t poisoned, the explosion would still hurt him .

“Poison Frog, Pool of Poison . ”

So after a few seconds of nonstop spellcasting, Soo Hyuk finally stopped .

Shuaa…

It was because the poison in front of him had thickened to the point where it was impossible to even see the ogres’ silhouettes, and that wasn’t all .

‘Are they dead?’

The screams had stopped .

‘No, but the drop window hasn’t appeared yet…’

The drop window hadn’t appeared yet . As Soo Hyuk was fearfully considering that the ogres hadn’t dropped a single item .

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]

[Level Up!]