I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 78

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Chapter 78

Though I asked as if I knew nothing, it wasn’t like I had no guesses at all.

The system that claimed it would help me adapt to this world, giving me strange quests and making me do all sorts of things.

Could that system also be a god of this world, like Arke?

“You really don’t know anything at all.”

Arke stroked her chin and pondered for a moment, then shook her head.

“In that case, I can’t answer you either.”

“Why not?”

“Well, when the person involved hasn’t spoken about it, it wouldn’t be proper for me to speak first.”

Ha. I let out a hollow laugh at the absurdity.

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

I glared at the goddess with wide eyes.

“That system bastard dragged me here against my will. And then used me however it pleased under the guise of quests. Just as you said, without any explanation.”

Thinking about what I’d been put through by the system, rage boiled up from within my chest.

“Do I need to show courtesy to such a bastard? I don’t think I need to.”

“You seem to have accumulated quite a lot of grievances. How pitiful.”

When Arke waved her hand lightly, a breeze carrying the scent of flowers began to blow from somewhere. As I breathed in that fragrance, my boiling anger subsided like a lie.

“It’s not that I don’t understand your feelings, but I still can’t tell you anything. Courtesy aside, that’s the law of this world.”

If she had kept going on about courtesy, I would have argued to the end, but calling it a law made it awkward to do so.

“But I’ll tell you one thing – he didn’t bring you here with good intentions. Though it’s not bad intentions either… hmm, I suppose it would be bad for you.”

She said she’d tell me something, but why is she making it even more confusing?

“I know I’m speaking strangely, so don’t glare at me like that.”

When I narrowed my eyes and stared at her, Arke shrugged her shoulders.

“I don’t know why I should be receiving this kind of treatment from you in the first place. I’m not the one who brought you here.”

“If you don’t like it, then tell me who brought me to this world. It would be even better if you could let me meet them.”

“As I said before, that goes against the law, so I can’t. And it seems like you’ve already met them? You said they used you however they pleased under the guise of quests.”

“I only exchanged words with them, I’ve never actually seen them.”

Until now, I’d never thought the system might have a physical form.

“Well, that makes sense. To meet him, you’d either have to achieve his purpose or die.”

The goddess muttered to herself that even then, you might not be able to meet him.

But from earlier, Arke’s body had been gradually becoming fainter.

The space that had been pure white without any boundaries was also turning black in places.

“Ah, time’s already up.”

Arke noticed this too and clicked her tongue.

“I wanted to talk with you a bit more, but we’ll have to part ways now.”

“Why exactly did you bring me here?”

I wanted to ask if it was just to have this pointless conversation, but remembering that she was a goddess, I asked as diplomatically as possible.

There’s nothing good about getting on a goddess’s bad side.

…Though I feel like I already have.

“I told you. You’re the first to endure this long, so I called you out of curiosity.”

“That means there were others besides me that the system brought here.”

The goddess said nothing and only smiled, but I could tell it was an affirmation.

“I hope you succeed this time.”

Arke said this while looking behind me.

I unconsciously followed her gaze and widened my eyes when I discovered Callix Crowbell collapsed unconscious.

“Should I tell that human too?”

I looked back at Arke, but she had already disappeared without a trace.

“That he won’t be able to hear the answer he wants from me.”

With those words, the white void surrounding me began to crack.

The thin cracks spread in all directions in an instant, and soon the entire space shattered and collapsed.

Startled, I reflexively grabbed onto Callix Crowbell.

At the same time, white light engulfed us, and I fell below the collapsed space while holding onto him.

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“Kraaak!”

My dazed consciousness snapped awake at the ear-splitting scream. I gasped and opened my eyes wide.

As my blurry vision cleared, the first thing I saw was a spider monster with flashing red eyes. Multiple legs covered in black fur were mercilessly attacking the elves and dwarves.

What… is this situation?

“Watch out!”

Before I could properly assess the situation, I heard Sola’s urgent shout.

“Aaah!”

Only then did I notice the spider monster charging at me, and I screamed while backing away, still sitting on the ground.

But the spider monster was much faster. As a huge shadow loomed over me, I reflexively squeezed my eyes shut.

At that moment, someone embraced me and rolled to the side. It was Callix Crowbell.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes, yes. I’m fine.”

My body screamed in pain from rolling mercilessly across the rocky surface, but this wasn’t the time for such complaints, so I swallowed the pain and nodded.

He let out a short breath of relief, then stood up. He drew his sword from his waist and charged at the spider monster.

‘He’ll be fine, right?’

That man is strong. I’ve actually seen him defeat monsters in an instant.

So my head said there was no need to worry, but my eyes kept following him.

When he cut off a giant spider leg, I unconsciously let out a cheer.

“Eileen!”

Then, Mireon came running urgently.

“Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“I’m fine. But what happened?”

I grabbed Mireon and asked for the whole story.

“Not long after you two suddenly lost consciousness, the tarantulas attacked.”

“Why all of a sudden? Don’t tell me they got angry because we took so much silk?”

I naturally thought that would be the reason, but Mireon shook his head.

“That’s not it. No matter how angry they get, tarantulas aren’t stupid monsters that would attack even the sanctuary.”

“Then why…?”

“It’s the arachne’s doing.”

Arachne – the monster from mythology with a human upper body and spider lower body?

“Probably the arachne got angry that they wouldn’t listen to her…”

Before Mireon could finish speaking, a furry leg attacked us. Mireon reflexively twisted his body to dodge the tarantula’s attack.

Then he knelt on one knee and took an archery stance.

Red energy gathered at both his fingertips, then transformed into a bow and arrow.

Mireon shot the arrow at the tarantula, but unfortunately, the arrow only made a small wound on the spider’s hard body.

“Damn it.”

Mireon cursed under his breath, then changed his bow into a sword and fought the tarantula.

But the tarantula was several times larger than Mireon and had a hard body, so his attacks weren’t very effective.

Most troublesome of all was the silk.

Swish-

Sticky silk shot out from the tarantula’s abdomen, flying rapidly toward Mireon.

Mireon quickly twisted his body but couldn’t dodge it completely.

“Damn it!”

The sticky silk clung to his arm and sword, making him unable to move at all.

The Tarantula didn’t miss this opportunity and charged toward Mireon with its red eyes flashing.

“No!”

Driven by the thought that I had to save Mireon, I lost all fear and rushed toward the spider.

The only weapon I had was a hammer I’d bought from the System Shop.

I didn’t expect that a hammer could do anything against the hard shell that even swords and arrows couldn’t penetrate, but I swung it anyway.

Kiiiiaaak-

But unexpectedly, my attack worked perfectly. The part where the hammer struck turned black and melted away as if poisoned.

‘What?’

Without time to think, as the enraged Tarantula swung its leg, I brought the hammer down again.

Crack-

The area the hammer touched melted away once more. I still couldn’t understand what was happening or how, but one thing was certain.

With this hammer, I can defeat the Tarantula!

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