I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 79

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Chapter 79

The hammer Eileen bought from the System Shop was certainly effective at defeating the tarantulas, but the problem was her body.

Every time she swung it, her arm throbbed as if it would tear, and her breath rose to her chin.

Without time to catch her breath, new tarantulas rushed at her, and when she barely managed to defeat one, another would reveal itself.

“Haa, haa.”

Eventually, Eileen, who tired first, collapsed to the ground and gasped for breath. Around her were scattered the corpses of tarantulas she had defeated, but there were far more enemies remaining.

‘I don’t have time to sit here like this.’

Her mind screamed that she needed to deal with even one more, but she couldn’t move a single finger.

‘What good is having a good weapon if I can’t use it properly.’

A shadow fell over her head as she was consumed by self-loathing.

“Hic…”

Eileen thought it was a tarantula and looked up in surprise, then saw Callix and sighed in relief, patting her chest.

“Are you alright, my lord?”

Callix nodded slightly, then took the hammer Eileen was holding.

When it was in Eileen’s hands it looked quite weapon-like, but in his hands it looked as insignificant as a toy a child would play with.

Callix struck down on a tarantula’s leg with the hammer as it happened to attack, then clicked his tongue briefly.

“I need to make it bigger.”

Muttering incomprehensible words, he looked toward the opposite cliff.

“Rael!”

Raellion, who was struggling against the spiders, turned his head.

“Make this hammer bigger.”

“What?”

Rael’s eyes crinkled at the sudden request.

“This isn’t the time for jokes-.”

“I’m not joking.”

“Then that’s even more of a problem!”

Rael shouted so loudly that the cliff echoed thunderously.

“Can’t you see I’m fighting without being able to use magic properly? It’s a situation where it’s hard to use magic!”

The Sanctuary Area had twisted mana flows, and Rael had already consumed considerable magical power when creating the bridge.

“Besides, it’s not even an object right in front of me, asking me to enlarge an object from such a distance. No! I mean, I can’t!”

“You can do it.”

At the statement that was tantamount to saying he believed in him, Rael’s pupils shook greatly. He had known Callix for nearly 10 years, but this was the first time he had heard such words.

It also meant the situation was that difficult, so Rael gritted his teeth and stretched his hand toward Callix.

“Don’t say anything to me even if I fail!”

He forcibly drew up his remaining magical power. Then red light gathered at his palm tip and flew toward Callix.

The light seeped precisely into the hammer Callix held. Then the hammer resonated and soon grew large enough to easily surpass Callix’s height.

Seeing this, Rael grimaced deeply.

“As expected, the control is-.”

“No.”

A smile spread across Callix’s lips as he lightly swung the hammer handle, thicker than his forearm, with one hand.

“It’s just right.”

He swung the enlarged hammer toward the tarantula.

CRASH-

The moment the hammer struck down on the tarantula’s head, a thunderous roar like tearing air rang out.

The hard exoskeleton shattered completely, and green bodily fluid splattered in all directions. The writhing giant legs scratched at the air before falling powerlessly to the ground.

“My goodness…”

Eileen was amazed by the destructive power incomparable to when she had used it, and gaped. Mireon also stared blankly at Callix.

“Now it’s finally useful.”

Callix smiled with satisfaction, then leaped into the tarantula swarm with the enlarged hammer.

SCREECH-

The tarantulas that saw their comrade brutally crushed became even more ferocious and rushed toward Callix.

They shot sticky webs and wildly swung their sharp legs in fierce attacks.

But Callix dodged all those attacks as if lightly brushing them aside. And he didn’t miss any openings, swinging his hammer.

CRUNCH—

Three were crushed simultaneously with a single blow.

When he swung the hammer once more, green blood and crushed exoskeletons scattered through the air in all directions.

After dealing with all the visible tarantulas, Callix used the lattice bridge to cross to where Raellion, the Elf, and the Dwarves were.

There too he swung the giant hammer and mercilessly slaughtered tarantulas.

“Magnificent, human!”

“Kill them all!”

Sola and the Dwarves cheered, even whistling, while the Elves squeezed their eyes shut at the terrible sight.

“Uwaaak!”

When tarantula bodily fluids and remains poured from all directions, Rael was terrified and hastily dodged.

Due to the aftermath of the intense battle, the part where the iron stakes were embedded broke, and the end of the lattice bridge dangled precariously.

“It seems we should cross before the bridge completely breaks.”

At Mireon’s words as he belatedly came to his senses, Eileen nodded.

They quickly crossed the lattice bridge. Though it creaked unsteadily due to the bridge’s lost balance, fortunately there wasn’t much wind so they could cross quickly.

As soon as they reached the other side, the lattice bridge that had been barely holding on collapsed and fell below the cliff.

The sound of metal hitting rocks echoed faintly from the distant bottom of the cliff.

‘If I had been just a little later, I would have fallen down there too.’

Just thinking about it was chilling, so Eileen shuddered.

Meanwhile, Callix, who had dealt with even the last tarantula, slowly looked around.

The space that had been filled with screams just moments before became quiet as if by magic. No killing intent or other presence could be felt.

The moment Callix, confirming it was truly over, relaxed his grip on the hammer, the handle crumbled completely as if it had fulfilled its role.

The hammer head, covered in tarantula bodily fluid, returned to its original size and fell powerlessly to the ground.

Callix, who wiped the bodily fluid from his face and caught his breath briefly, looked back at Eileen, who was examining the wounded with Mireon.

Eileen also felt his gaze and turned her head.

Callix, who had been approaching her, hesitated when he saw his own reflection in her eyes.

He was covered from head to toe in tarantula bodily fluid.

Remembering how Eileen had exclaimed that it smelled when she saw monster bodily fluid when they faced the Worm last time, Callix could no longer approach.

“My lord?”

When Eileen tilted her head at his strange behavior and tried to approach, Callix stepped back by the same amount.

“I smell, so don’t come close.”

“Pardon?”

“You said monster bodily fluid smells terrible.”

“When did I say such a thing… Ah.”

Eileen, belatedly remembering what happened when they were attacked by the Worm, sighed briefly.

“You were still concerned about that?”

Callix didn’t answer, but silence was affirmation.

To think he was still concerned about that. Despite appearances, he was the type to keep things bottled up inside.

“It’s fine now.”

She had said that then not because it really smelled, but because being held in his arms was awkward and embarrassing.

“More importantly, are you hurt anywhere? Any uncomfortable places…”

“No. And since it bothers me, don’t come close.”

Callix spoke firmly, then moved far away from her.

‘He’s being stubborn about strange things.’

What a strange person indeed.

Eileen clicked her tongue inwardly and returned to tending to the wounded.

Fortunately, no one had died or suffered injuries serious enough to be life-threatening, but the problem was the tarantula silk.

Because of the silk, they couldn’t properly examine the injured areas, and it was difficult for the injured to move on their own.

“It seems we need to remove the tarantula silk. Is there a way?”

“There is.”

Rael approached and answered.

“If you spray the sap of a Kepa tree, the adhesive strength will weaken and it’ll become like ordinary thread.”

“Where can we get that?”

“It’s in our village.”

This time Mireon answered.

“I’ll go quickly and bring it.”

“In that condition?”

Mireon was also injured.

“I think it would be better for someone else to go.”

As Eileen looked around to see who might be suitable to go, her gaze naturally stopped on Callix.

He was the person who had fought most fiercely against the tarantulas, but ironically, he was in the best condition.

“My Lord.”

She had only called his name, but as if he realized what she wanted, Callix let out a sigh.

“You’re probably the only manager who orders a lord around.”

“Oh come on, ordering around? I’m asking you a favor.”

“Same thing.”

Though Callix spoke irritably, he willingly headed toward the Elven Village.

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