Chapter 25
As Do-jae and his group were heading toward the structure…
“Chwiik!”
The Red Orc Shaman was sitting in a hut made of intertwined wood and grass.
He was crafting something—a long wooden staff with a white skull mounted at its end.
The skull wasn’t from an orc but from a different monster, with two sharp horns protruding from it.
“Chwiik!”
The shaman decorated the horns with fabric, making a pleased snorting sound.
This was to be the new staff he would use for future ceremonies.
Pat-pat-.
Once the staff was complete, he headed toward the wall.
The wall had his old staff hanging on it.
The old staff, now obsolete, would be broken and discarded.
It was neither a commemorative item nor anything more than a club for other orcs, who would use it a few times and then throw it away.
“Chwik.”
The shaman carefully laid the new staff aside and picked up the old one.
As he was about to break it…
“Chwiik!”
He suddenly threw himself forward, looking up at the ceiling.
Even though the shaman specialized in magic, he was still an orc.
It was an instinctive reaction to detect danger.
Whoosh-.
Unfortunately, the Red Orc Shaman’s reaction was too slow compared to the intruder.
“Chwi… chwiik.”
The shaman’s throat was pierced, and he twitched.
He managed to make a snorting sound, but it was meaningless.
Swoosh-.
A blue sword sliced down from his throat.
The sword cut smoothly through the shaman’s body, as if peeling off skin.
“We’ve killed the shaman. Let’s begin.”
– “Yes, Captain.”
Bang-!
At Do-jae’s command, Song Ji-yoon, who had been quietly waiting on the roof, fired a signal flare into the sky.
Upon seeing this signal, Kang Eun-taek would enter from the left, and Kim Joon-seo would enter from the right.
And in the center, Do-jae and Song Ji-yoon would hunt down the Red Orcs in disarray!
– “Captain, let’s go!”
In this perilous situation, Song Ji-yoon said with a grin.
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Days later.
In the depths of Area 7 stood a Red Orc Shaman.
His name was Kui-ga.
Kui-ga had intelligence far superior to other Red Orcs.
Perhaps because of this.
Kui-ga began hearing strange voices in his head.
[War….]
[Kill….]
[Humans….]
A special language that other orcs couldn’t hear.
A change that occurred when crossing into another world.
Kui-ga believed this was the language of the gods.
Messages from the gods intending to do something through him.
Kui-ga immediately went to see the chief.
Kui-ga: “Chwiik-chwiik, the gods want war!”
Chief Orc: “Chwiik, what are you talking about?”
Kui-ga: “Chwiik-chwiik, we need to expand the village and kill humans!”
Chief Orc: “Chwiik, how? The village is already big enough!”
The chief was a foolish brute.
He didn’t understand Kui-ga’s intentions.
Blinded by the gods’ message, Kui-ga demonstrated tremendous strength and killed the chief.
Since he had killed the chief, it was natural for Kui-ga to become the next chief.
Thus, Kui-ga declared himself the god’s messenger, establishing a theocratic society where he served as both chief and shaman.
“Chwiik-chwiik, surrender other tribes to me!”
Kui-ga waged wars against surrounding tribes, consuming them one by one.
After subduing four out of thirteen tribes in the area with force, the remaining nine tribes bowed down and joined Kui-ga.
It was a good excuse not to lose face, given that opposing would only mean defeat against Kui-ga’s now-massive tribe, saving the lives of the tribe members and facing an unavoidable existence as the god’s messenger.
Kui-ga shared power with the leaders of those four tribes, unifying them into a single large tribe.
Thus was born the great Red Orc tribe.
But today.
News came that three tribes had disappeared.
– “Chwiik! Kaika, Kruku, and Kowak tribes have vanished!”
– “Chwiik-chwiik? Kaika, Kruku, Kowak?”
The Kaika, Kruku, and Kowak tribes were smaller tribes on the outskirts of the large tribe.
They frequently fought with other races, so hearing they had suddenly disappeared was startling.
– “Chwiik-chwiik! Who killed them!”
– “Chwiik! It was humans!”
Humans, who had been left alone while Kui-ga consolidated the Red Orc tribes.
Now, those foolish humans had dared to attack his tribes.
Feeling the time had come with all the tribes in the land unified, Kui-ga declared,
“Chwiik-chwiik! We will kill the humans! Prepare for war!”
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At that moment, in the Third Squad barracks of Chilgok Unit, wailing echoed through the room.
– “Ahh. Please bind it a bit more gently.”
Tight-!
Do-jae tightly wrapped the bandages around.
“It’s all wrapped up.”
– “Ah! Why doesn’t our squad have a healer?”
Kim Joon-seo put on clothes over the bandages that wrapped from his shoulder to his back.
The wound wasn’t very deep, so it would heal cleanly within a few days without leaving any scars.
Snap-.
-“Would a healer be crazy enough to come here?”
-“Ouch! This is…!”
Song Ji-yun smacked Kim Jun-seo on the back.
Judging by the grotesque contortion of Kim Jun-seo’s face, it must have hurt a lot.
-“Yeah, healers wouldn’t willingly put themselves through this.”
Park Jin-ho said, tossing his torn clothes into the laundry basket.
As he mentioned, the number of healers in the extermination squad is overwhelmingly insufficient compared to the guild. No healer would willingly move around to these remote areas if there’s no money in it.
Therefore, the squad members often had to heal their injuries themselves, unless they were severe.
-“But Team Leader, what exactly is that?”
Song Ji-yun asked Do-jae, who had been sitting quietly.
“What?”
-“That thing, the stones covering the Team Leader’s entire body. I thought it was some sort of stone golem!”
-“Rather than a stone golem, it’s more like a stone human.”
As Song Ji-yun exaggeratedly spoke, Kim Jun-seo joined in with a robotic dance.
-“Pfft. Stone human, huh? A stone man?”
-“Well, the Team Leader’s stone golem is blunt and rough, but the Team Leader isn’t like that. So, what is it, Team Leader?”
“Oh, it’s Golem Armor.”
Do-jae straightforwardly revealed the skill name.
He had already shown the Golem Armor to the squad and it was a main skill he would continue to use, so there was nothing to hide.
Song Ji-yun shook her head and said, “Golem Armor? What’s that? It sounds kind of old-fashioned.”
She then seemed to ponder something.
-“Yeah, it does sound off.”
-“Well… I think it’s okay.”
-“Me too. I think it’s an appropriate term.”
-“But calling it Golem Armor for Do-Jae seems weird, doesn’t it? Our leader is ‘Chilgok Sword’ Kim Hwan-soo. That sounds cool.”
While Song Ji-yun was thinking, other squad members chimed in.
Some liked it, some didn’t.
As a result, Do-jae also began to get confused.
He had thought it was just a simple skill name, but with so many opinions from the members, Do-jae started to overthink it.
‘Is Golem Armor really that weird? I didn’t expect anyone to come up with a nickname for my skill…’
Just then, Song Ji-yun, having finished her thoughts, spoke with a bright expression.
-“How about Rock Suit?”
-“Rock Suit? It’s not even Rock Star, what’s Rock Suit?”
-“Yeah, it sounds like a bleach name. Haha.”
-“Hey, I actually put some thought into it. I don’t know either. I just thought of it because it reminded me of a metallic hero.”
-“Oh! It’s somewhat similar, isn’t it? Golem Hero Do-jae!”
-“How about giving the Team Leader a nickname? How about Golem Man?”
Excited members each suggested their own nickname ideas.
It seemed like the discussion would never end.
Do-jae quietly calmed the members down.
“Enough with the nicknames. Just Do-jae is fine.”
While they were laughing and chatting, someone opened the tent door and walked in.
It was a squad member from the headquarters handling administrative tasks.
-“Team Leader Do, the Commander is calling for you.”
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Knock knock.
-“Come in.”
Do-jae entered after opening the door.
“Did you call for me?”
The Commander of the Chilgok Unit, Kim Hwan-soo, was polishing his sword.
-“Just sit for a moment.”
Do-jae sat in the chair as instructed by Kim Hwan-soo.
He then began to observe Kim Hwan-soo.
[Character Information]
Name: Kim Hwan-soo (Alias: Chilgok Sword)
Type: Human
Details: 40 years old, Male, 185 cm, 88 kg, A-Class Hunter (Former), Commander of the 3rd Extermination Unit Chilgok Squad.
Status: Cautious / Detail-Oriented / Focused
Kim Hwan-soo was carefully examining his sword.
His sword was a flexible blade.
It was a flat, long sword with good elasticity, moving like a snake whose path was unpredictable.
The sword didn’t have a specific name, but he seemed to hold it in high regard.
[Chilgok/ Seven-Curved Sword]
The Chilgok Sword is a technique rather than a skill.
It’s named because the straight sword curves seven times.
According to Son Jeong-kyu, he had only seen it curve seven times once.
It was when commander saved the previous Team Leader from a boss monster.
‘I’m curious. What kind of destructive technique comes from this delicate sword?’
Do-jae watched, wanting to see the technique firsthand.
He had seen hunters fighting with various weapons and magic, but never with a flexible blade like this.
How the sword would curve.
How the curved sword would attack.
How fast it would be.
Whether he could block it.
He imagined all these scenarios.
-“What are you staring at?”
“Excuse me?”
Do-jae snapped back to attention at Kim Hwan-soo’s words.
He looked up to see Kim Hwan-soo staring at him intently.
Apparently, he had been staring blankly for too long.
-“You’ve been exterminating three orc villages in the last few days, right?”
“Yes, that’s correct.”
-“Good.”
Kim Hwan-soo sheathed his sword and stood up, approaching Do-jae.
He held a bottle of health tonic in his hand.
-“Drink this.”
“Thank you.”
-“I’m sorry about the exam. I wanted to keep Team Leader Shim by my side.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“I see you knew about that.”
-“Team Leader Shim told me.”
“Heh, he’s not completely useless.”
Kim Hwan-soo then shifted the topic away from the exam.
Do-jae also didn’t want to nitpick and thought it was best to move on since it was a done deal.
-“I’d like to swap areas with your 3rd team.”
“Yes, understood. But why?”
Changing the extermination area wasn’t a big deal.
As long as they could hunt the overflowing monsters, it didn’t matter where.
The question was purely out of minor curiosity.
-“The area currently assigned to Team 2 is the most crucial extermination route for us. Originally, Team 1 was responsible for it, but Leader Jang is currently absent with his team. And Team 2’s members aren’t in the best condition…”
“I see. We’ll take over. It’ll be done.”
-“Good, Team Leader. Let’s work well together.”
“Yes. I’ll be going now.”
Do-jae stood up from his seat.
Kim Hwan-soo waved his hand with a satisfied smile as Do-jae left the tent.
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