The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 24

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 24

Episode 24: Become My Ally (2)

Kim Ju-yeon felt her eyelids trembling.

It was a physical reaction she had rarely experienced in her life.

It meant she was severely shaken.

‘What was that just now?’

Although Iron Fang wasn’t a large guild, it was a place that received recognition in its own way.

They were accordingly strict about accepting new members. In other words, it meant the level of Iron Fang’s awakeners was quite high.

Yet one unaffiliated awakener had instantly defeated two Iron Fang awakeners.

Though it was a brief battle, Kim Ju-yeon could tell.

From physical abilities to technique and sense, the Masked Man had completely overwhelmed both of them.

Even if they fought again, the result would be the same.

“Did you think you could subdue me with trash like this?”

The Masked Man spoke toward Kim Ju-yeon.

At the same time, she felt rough killing intent.

It was like an angry beast growling.

Kim Ju-yeon felt sweat drops flowing down her cheeks.

“…I misjudged the person.”

Kim Ju-yeon honestly admitted her misjudgment.

“Are you really an unaffiliated awakener? You’re not actually from a large guild but hiding it for some reason?”

No matter how she looked at it, this wasn’t strength that some unaffiliated awakener could possess.

Setting aside combat sense, his stats were too high.

Kim Dae-seong’s axe was a rare-grade axe the guild had lent him for the event battle.

He had shattered it in one blow. Even Kim Ju-yeon wasn’t confident she could do that.

“Think whatever you want.”

The Masked Man seemed to have no intention of convincing Kim Ju-yeon.

That indifferent attitude actually gave her trust.

Kim Ju-yeon decided to honestly accept that Mincheol was unaffiliated.

“Master’s judgment was accurate. Too valuable to destroy.”

Under the assumption he was unaffiliated, there were many benefits to gain if the Masked Man joined Iron Fang.

First, they could gain powerful combat strength.

With this level of talent plus the guild’s support, he could become a domestic ranker in a short time.

Next, they could obtain new training methods.

Surely the Masked Man had become strong through methods other guilds hadn’t discovered.

If they could learn the secret, Iron Peng Guild could become stronger.

“I’ll ask again. Don’t you want to join Iron Fang?”

“Your intelligence seems lacking. I should have said I have no intention of joining such a third-rate guild.”

“Ah, so you’re going to be like that in the end? Then there’s no choice.”

Bounce bounce.

Kim Ju-yeon began lightly jumping in place.

The Masked Man’s eyes changed. They were full of wariness toward Kim Ju-yeon.

“Unaffiliated can’t beat guild members. Not absolutely, but mostly. Do you know why?”

“Too much talk…”

Kim Ju-yeon didn’t wait for an answer.

【Activating ‘Advance Step’!】

Kim Ju-yeon’s figure moved forward as if sliding.

The Masked Man reacted immediately. He retreated backward, creating distance.

But it was a useless action. The Masked Man was already within Kim Ju-yeon’s range.

Kim Ju-yeon threw her body while maintaining the speed of ‘Advance Step’.

Supporting herself with one hand on the ground, she twisted her waist and contracted her muscles to the maximum.

【Activating ‘Charge Attack’!】

【Accumulating power!】

As she released the contracted muscles, her twisted waist straightened and her right foot shot out.

【Activating ‘Ahmada’!】

With a thunderous sound, the Masked Man’s body flew backward.

* * *

“Whew.”

Kim Ju-yeon straightened her body and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

In front of her was a cleared path.

It had been created when the Masked Man flew after taking the kick, breaking through bushes and trees.

“Have you heard of tech trees? It’s a term often used in games.”

Kim Ju-yeon said as she walked along the path.

“Unaffiliated awakeners have no choice but to leave what rewards come from the Tower to luck. But guild-affiliated awakeners are different.”

Guilds had capital and connections. In other words, they had the ability to obtain whatever items awakeners wanted.

“Through the guild, you can exchange for rewards that suit you. Skills, equipment, and even stats.”

In other words, guild-affiliated awakeners could determine their development direction.

In the direction that suited them best.

“My unique skill has the effect of increasing the power of striking skills when barehanded. So I only selected skills related to this.”

‘Iron Bone’, a special skill that strengthens bones.

‘Charge Attack’, a rare-grade skill that can briefly accumulate power.

‘Ahmada’, a rare skill that delivers a powerful blow with rotational force.

“Now you understand? Why unaffiliated can’t beat guild members…”

Kim Ju-yeon’s steps stopped.

Because she reached the end?

The path had indeed ended, but that wasn’t why she stopped.

“…Wow, that really startled me.”

It was because the Masked Man was standing tall with his arms crossed.

“That’s incredible? I have to acknowledge the power at least.”

The Masked Man said as he lowered his crossed arms.

At his calm appearance, Kim Ju-yeon felt speechless.

That technique just now was Kim Ju-yeon’s secret weapon.

It was the most powerful strike she could unleash by combining everything she had.

“…Why are you fine?”

She hadn’t held back just because she was thinking of recruiting him to the guild.

Rather, she had used her full power.

Considering the ability the Masked Man had shown, she thought she might be the one to get hurt if she acted half-heartedly.

“Actually, I’m not completely fine.”

The Masked Man said as he raised his forearm.

Even though it was covered by leather guards, it was swollen enough to be noticeable.

“It seems like the bone broke from blocking that.”

Kim Ju-yeon’s face brightened slightly.

It was painful that her trump card hadn’t worked, but with that level of injury, she could win…

A faint light emanated from the ring on the Masked Man’s finger.

At the same time, the swelling on his forearm began to rapidly subside.

“…A healing skill?”

Kim Ju-yeon couldn’t help but be shocked.

Items with healing skills were so rare that guilds rarely provided them.

Even a promising talent like her hadn’t received one.

Moreover, what the Masked Man possessed was an accessory with a healing skill.

When healing skills were attached to portable items like accessories, their value increased several times over.

“It still hurts a bit.”

The Masked Man opened his inventory, took out a potion, and drank it.

Only then did the Masked Man clench and unclench his fist with satisfaction.

“Seems about healed now.”

The Masked Man’s gaze turned toward Kim Ju-yeon.

The eyes that had been filled only with hostility and anger just moments before now contained different emotions.

Interest, curiosity, and competitive spirit.

“I let you get the first hit, so now it’s my turn, right?”

Kim Ju-yeon felt a chill run down her spine.

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‘Wow, that was a real shock.’

Despite his calm demeanor, Mincheol was still trying to calm his racing heart.

The strike Kim Ju-yeon had shown was that impressive.

‘Are all guild-affiliated awakeners this strong?’

Mincheol’s assumption contained some misunderstanding.

Kim Ju-yeon wasn’t an ordinary guild-affiliated awakener.

She was a promising talent considered core even within Iron Fang.

‘I’m scared I might get hit again if I approach carelessly.’

This thought also contained some misunderstanding.

That technique just now was Kim Ju-yeon’s trump card.

It wasn’t an easy technique that could be used recklessly.

After pondering for a while, Mincheol decided to think simply.

‘Since she specializes in hand-to-hand combat, I just need to maintain distance.’

Coincidentally, Mincheol’s specialty was mid-range combat.

Having finished his thoughts, Mincheol immediately threw a hand axe toward Kim Ju-yeon.

Kim Ju-yeon deflected the hand axe with her scale gauntlets. With a loud noise, the hand axe bounced away.

“…!”

Perhaps it was an unexpected impact, as Kim Ju-yeon’s eyes widened.

But her surprise was brief, and Kim Ju-yeon charged toward Mincheol.

She seemed to have decided that she couldn’t let Mincheol keep throwing hand axes.

‘I can’t let her close the distance.’

Mincheol ran backward. Racing through the Forest, he threw hand axes in succession.

【Using ‘Rapid Throw’!】

【It’s Lv.10! Proficiency will no longer increase!】

Rapid Throw, which had reached max level at some point, fired in succession.

Hand axes flew without pause. The hand axes ran out quickly, but it didn’t matter.

【Targeting ‘DH Workshop Hand Axe’ within a 600m radius.】

【Acquired 4 ‘DH Workshop Hand Axes’.】

【Acquired 3 ‘DH Workshop Hand Axes’.】

All the team members were dead, leaving only him and Kim Ju-yeon.

In such an urgent situation, there was no chance of auto looting being discovered.

In other words, there was no need to hide auto looting.

Bang! Crash!

But Kim Ju-yeon was formidable.

She deflected all the hand axes flying from Rapid Throw.

‘So this level won’t work, huh?’

There were still plenty left anyway.

Mincheol didn’t just use Rapid Throw, but employed a new skill.

【Using ‘Power Throw’!】

The hand axe flew with a sharp sound.

The moment Kim Ju-yeon tried to deflect the hand axe with the back of her hand as before.

Bang!

With a thunderous sound, both the hand axe and Kim Ju-yeon’s fist bounced away simultaneously.

The impact was so great that Kim Ju-yeon’s charge stopped.

“Ugh!”

The distance that had finally closed widened again.

Kim Ju-yeon gritted her teeth and tried to close the distance again.

【Using ‘Rapid Throw’!】

But the pouring hand axes blocked Kim Ju-yeon.

Kim Ju-yeon’s two fists moved busily. Hand axes kept bouncing away.

【Using ‘Power Throw’!】

Every time she tried to lunge forward, Power Throw would come flying.

Because of this, Kim Ju-yeon had no choice but to be pinned in place.

* * *

‘This bastard!’

While deflecting the flying hand axes, Kim Ju-yeon cursed inwardly.

‘Just how many hand axes does he have?’

Even roughly counting, the number of hand axes that had flown exceeded twenty.

It was an incomprehensible number by common sense.

‘How big is his inventory capacity? How can he have this many hand axes?’

No, what was even more shocking were the hand axes themselves.

‘There’s no way common grade could produce this kind of power. They must be rare grade.’

Throwing skills were avoided because weapons were easily lost.

But to throw rare grade weapons so recklessly like this?

‘Someone with this kind of wealth claims to be unaffiliated?’

Kim Ju-yeon was shocked beyond shock.

In fact, contrary to her guess, the hand axe was not rare grade but special grade.

However, throwing attacks were greatly influenced not only by weapon grade but also by the user’s physical abilities.

Due to Mincheol’s excessively high stats, a situation occurred where she mistook the hand axe for rare grade.

That’s when it happened.

The trajectory of one hand axe went off course. In a curve rather than a straight line.

【Using ‘Slider’.】

By the time Kim Ju-yeon noticed, the hand axe had already approached right in front of her.

At this rate, the hand axe would embed itself in her nape.

“Aaah!”

Kim Ju-yeon raised her shoulder to block the hand axe.

The hand axe shattered her shoulder blade and embedded itself in her shoulder.

Kim Ju-yeon gritted her teeth and pulled out the hand axe stuck in her shoulder.

“Shit!”

The curse came out naturally.

She was already unable to break through the barrage, and now her shoulder was injured too.

‘But now that I’ve seen it once, I can block it!’

Kim Ju-yeon extended her field of vision. Then she could see the hand axes drawing curves.

Kim Ju-yeon’s two fists moved quickly.

Despite one arm being uncomfortable, she could deflect them without difficulty.

‘I’ll deflect this and use forward step!’

Kim Ju-yeon swung her fist toward the last flying hand axe.

At that moment, the hand axe’s speed suddenly slowed down.

【Using ‘Changeup’!】

“…!”

Due to the unexpected situation, her fist only hit empty air. This caused her posture to collapse as well.

Simultaneously, the hand axe that came in one beat late embedded itself in her collarbone.

“…!”

Her mind went completely white from the pain that felt like her internal organs were bursting.

When she came to her senses, she was sitting collapsed on the floor.

“Kuk!”

Kim Ju-yeon gritted her teeth.

It was still too early to give up. She wasn’t dead, and she was still holding onto her sanity.

She would pull out the hand axe embedded in her body and immediately counterattack…

Then, Kim Ju-yeon saw Mincheol taking out a hand axe from his inventory in her field of vision.

Kim Ju-yeon muttered in a dejected voice.

“Just how many does he carry around?”

Thunk-

The flying hand axe embedded itself between her eyebrows.

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