24-Hour Friendly Market, Specializing in Dimensional Items - Chapter 84

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24-Hour Friendly Market Specializing in Dimensional Items Episode 84

Episode 84. A Damn Unlucky Day (7)

BOOOOOOM-!

An earsplitting roar shook everything around.

It was such a tremendous sound that all beings sleeping in the snowy field would wake up startled.

Even though I reflexively covered my ears, if it was this loud, even the deeply sleeping directionally-challenged snow bird field boss would have heard it.

‘Of course, people would be sleeping soundly.’

I chose the noise bomb with Kalashi’s tent function in mind.

Actually, if I was going to cause a commotion anyway, I wanted to use the colorful and pretty fireworks you’d see at fireworks festivals.

But Kalashi’s tent was an item specialized only in blocking external noise, so it couldn’t block light, leaving me no choice.

‘I’ll use fireworks someday.’

Thinking of the 20 fireworks sleeping peacefully in my inventory, I calmly held my breath.

It was time to wait for the ruler of the snowy field who could appear at any moment.

However.

“Why isn’t it coming?”

Nothing happened.

The blizzard still painfully struck my cheeks, but I couldn’t sense any sign of the field boss at all.

‘Could it not have heard?’

That couldn’t be.

That roar just now would have unblocked even blocked ears.

I frowned and took out another noise bomb to throw.

BOOOOOOM-!

With another ear-splitting explosion, I was certain it would appear this time.

But this time too.

“…Is this one the type that can’t hear alarms?”

Even after saying it, I let out a hollow laugh at how absurd it was.

My appearance trembling in the middle of the night throwing noise bombs was funny enough, but the situation of just playing with bombs without even seeing the boss was too ridiculous.

What the hell was I even doing.

Though I desperately wanted to just give up and go back, I gripped the remaining 18 noise bombs in my hand again.

“This is your last chance, come out this time.”

After hurling threats into the air, I pulled the pin without hesitation.

BANG-! BOOM!

Instead of stopping at one, I kept throwing all the noise bombs I had without rest.

The ground vibrated from the popping sounds.

My ears became muffled from the consecutive explosions in the blizzard, to the point where I could even hear ringing.

‘If it really doesn’t come out after this, I’ll accept it.’

Then I could cleanly give up, accepting that it must really be sleeping because it’s tired.

At that moment.

Rummmble-

I had the illusion that the nearby ground was shaking.

The vibration that was faint at first gradually grew stronger.

And it got closer.

Beyond the snowy field where I couldn’t even see a step ahead, something was approaching at tremendous speed.

Eventually, a massive shadow flickered through the blizzard.

“…It’s here.”

My heart beat rapidly.

Honestly, it’s not like I wasn’t afraid of having to face an A-rank Sudden Gate’s field boss alone.

But I was a little excited.

That’s what life is like for a 21st-century modern person, a dopamine addict.

Actually, ever since I saw the video of Brother talking with the Griffin, I wanted to try talking with monsters…

Grrrrr-

“Whoa.”

What came through the fierce snowfall was definitely a low growling sound.

But I could interpret it immediately upon hearing it.

It was calling me an intruder!

The translation Skill works properly even against monsters I’m seeing for the first time!

I started feeling elated, as if I had proven a hypothesis that was just speculation.

And at that moment, the field boss fully revealed itself in my sight.

A massive body covered in white fur.

An overwhelming build that seemed easily over 5 meters tall and long arms that dragged on the ground.

Red eyes glowed eerily in the darkness.

And.

‘This can’t be.’

Even seeing the form before my eyes, I couldn’t believe it.

I loudly denied it so the snowy field would echo.

“No way-!!”

It’s a yeti, so why does it have a tail!

A tail as long and thick as its arms that dragged on the ground was standing stiffly, wary of me.

My fantasy about the furry friend yeti I’d encountered through media was completely shattered.

Though it probably wasn’t possible, I had even imagined it might carry around a small blue penguin wearing a crown!

I desperately closed my eyes tight and opened them.

That didn’t make the tail that was there disappear.

But my scream seemed to greatly provoke the yeti.

“Disturber.”

The yeti roared with murderous eyes and raised its arm.

Only then did I come to my senses.

Even if I wouldn’t die, getting hit by those thick arms would hurt tremendously.

I shouted in a voice so loud it put the earlier noise bombs to shame.

“Excuse me, wait a moment-!!”

Even I thought my vocalization was insane.

The yeti also seemed surprised that it could understand my words, stopping mid-swing with its arm still raised.

Red eyes stared down at me intently.

I had an intuition.

It was a gaze that felt intelligent.

I bent my waist about 120 degrees and quickly revealed my identity.

“Hello, I’m a human. I’m not an intruder or disturber. I’m just an ordinary human.”

I wondered if bowing would be seen as polite behavior in the yeti worldview too, but I decided to show the most respectful attitude possible.

The Yeti who heard my words dropped its arm onto the snowfield with a thud and asked back.

“Human?”

Before I could even be happy that conversation was possible, my mouth went dry seeing the huge crater formed where the arm had landed.

But the fact that it asked back instead of attacking me unilaterally was a green light.

Not knowing what kind of thought process this Yeti had, I quickly conveyed only the facts.

“I accidentally fell into this snowfield suddenly. I have absolutely, definitely, no intention of doing anything here! I’ll leave after staying just briefly.”

“….”

“So until other humans come to pick us up, could you pretend not to know about us?”

The Yeti quietly looked down at me.

I had to crane my neck back until it felt like it would break just to see the Yeti’s eyes.

Even in this darkness, my frozen figure was clearly reflected in those red pupils.

After enduring the blizzard in silence for a while, the Yeti growled lowly.

“Different.”

I am a bit different, but your words are rather short, aren’t they?

It seemed to have intelligence but couldn’t speak in long sentences.

I kindly asked back.

“What is?”

“Fear, none.”

“You’re saying I’m not afraid of you, Yeti?”

That’s because the opponent I’m talking with doesn’t seem cruel enough to kill me.

Perhaps displeased by my counter-question, the Yeti spoke in an even lower voice.

“Me, not.”

“Huh?”

“Kusarich, me, Snow Tribe.”

It says it’s not a Yeti.

It says it’s from the Snow Tribe.

“Mr. Kusarich.”

I conveyed my apology by politely pronouncing the difficult name.

I reflect on my narrow-minded thinking of assuming it was a Yeti just because it was a white-furred giant.

“Where is this place?”

“Don’t know.”

I just nodded at the blunt answer.

Even if it told me where this was, there’s no way I would know.

It was just to make this Yeti… no, Kusarich have goodwill toward me and form enough familiarity that it wouldn’t attack until the Rescue Team arrived.

‘Of course, it’ll be subjugated when the Rescue Team comes.’

If this were a scenario, I would have somehow found a way to leave without killing Kusarich.

But as long as this is a Sudden Gate, Kusarich must die for everyone to survive and get out.

Because that’s the rule Babel set.

“But why didn’t you come right away earlier? I set off 20 noise grenades trying to call you, Kusarich.”

“Hallucination.”

“Why? It was such a loud sound?”

“Long time. No one.”

It was the same crying sound as before, but it somehow sounded lonely.

“Were you alone, continuously? Since when?”

“Long.”

“Uh… you must have been lonely.”

“Boring, now.”

Had the time spent alone been so long that it couldn’t even feel loneliness anymore?

While I was thinking that and trying to understand Kusarich, something suddenly moved near my feet.

It was a long tail that I couldn’t believe even seeing it.

The tail that stealthily approached me slowly brushed against my calf and wrapped around my entire leg.

I was tense, wondering if it was trying to grab me.

‘Holy shit, crazy, I thought it was a furnace.’

The tail was hotter than some sauna furnace.

So that’s why it can live well without freezing in this minus 36-degree snowfield.

I struggled to compose my lips that were about to go limp from the warm heat spreading to my lower body.

“Why this tail…?”

“Look cold.”

Huh, really now.

Does a field boss need to be this affectionate?

This Snow Tribe member really has something that makes people’s hearts uncomfortable.

‘Is there no way to fight Babel and save it?’

To break Babel’s rules, wouldn’t I have to fight Babel?

Without realizing it, my heart softened again, and I was making an absurd fighting resolution when.

Grrrr-

Kusarich suddenly stood up and let out a cry full of killing intent toward behind me.

The lonely appearance from just moments ago disappeared instantly, and Kusarich looked like a ‘monster’ made only of wariness and hostility.

Dangerous.

Along with the red alert flashing in my head, I turned around.

But what Kusarich’s wariness was directed at was a familiar presence.

“Guk Min-seong?!”

Guk Min-seong, who had arrived without me knowing when, perhaps having completely silenced his sound with a skill, was frozen with a red, frostbitten face.

It must be because Kusarich’s killing intent, the apex predator in this snowfield, was pouring entirely toward Guk Min-seong.

As soon as I realized this, I broke free from Kusarich’s tail and started running toward Guk Min-seong.

Unlike me who has one chance thanks to Merchant’s Mark, Guk Min-seong is not in a safe situation.

To Kusarich, Guk Min-seong is nothing more or less than an existence that must be killed.

Even if I appealed that he’s my friend, it’s not something I could cover.

Kusarich charged toward Guk Min-seong with a roar.

Wrapped in the maximum killing intent a field boss could show, swinging its long arm toward Guk Min-seong without hesitation.

Just as the sharp, long claws were about to pour down on Guk Min-seong’s face.

“No-!”

I desperately shouted and jumped in front of him.

At that moment.

Light burst from my chest.

It didn’t hurt.

Because the defensive item I had prepared for the 53rd floor exploration, the Guardian Mirror Brooch, activated reflexively.

The transparent barrier that spread instantly bounced back Kusarich’s strike as it was.

Kusarich let out a terrible scream that shook the snowfield.

The attack it had put its full effort into returned as is, creating a deep wound on Kusarich’s chest.

Red blood flowed down over the pure white fur.

Before I could even try to say anything, Kusarich staggered and clutched its wound.

“No, this is…”

I opened my mouth but had no words to say.

For a very brief moment, Kusarich looked at me and stepped back one step at a time.

Then it disappeared into the blizzard.

“….”

Until the thundering footsteps grew distant, I could only watch its retreating figure without saying anything.

It wasn’t a problem that could be solved through conversation.

“…Hey, Lee Hae-won.”

Only after hearing Guk Min-seong’s voice from behind was I able to tear my gaze away from Kuzuarichi.

Knowing that he had almost died just moments ago, Guk Min-seong’s face was pale.

‘Damn.’

I had no idea what to say about what had just happened, so I just kept my mouth shut and stared at Guk Min-seong.

Guk Min-seong moved his lips for quite a while.

Finally, Guk Min-seong hardened his expression and asked in a very serious tone.

“What exactly are you?”

His face was resolute, as if he absolutely would not let this slide.

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