The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 45
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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 45
Episode 45: Piece of Cake (3)
“Ge, Gerba! Gerba is dead!”
“This bastard has gone mad!”
The death of their comrade added fuel to the Elite Soldiers’ rage.
The Elite Soldiers charged at Mincheol, radiating murderous intent.
“Kkwaekkwi! You’re in the way!”
Kkwaekkwi, who had been sitting on Mincheol’s head, immediately flew up into the sky.
The moment Kkwaekkwi took flight, one Elite Soldier leaped forward.
“I’ll tear you apart!”
The Elite Soldier swung his twin axes in rapid succession.
Mincheol responded with his twin swords, deflecting the Elite Soldier’s relentless combo attacks.
‘The attacks are heavy and leave no openings.’
‘Technically, he’s quite accomplished. I can’t let my guard down.’
Indeed, his skill matched his title of Elite Soldier.
Mincheol was much stronger than the Goblin Warrior he had fought on the 11th Floor.
Just then, two more Elite Soldiers burst out and surrounded Mincheol’s left and right flanks, launching their attacks.
One in front, and two on the sides.
Mincheol retreated backward, blocking the coordinated assault of all three.
‘They’re moving organically as a group of three.’p>
‘It feels like I’m facing masters rather than skilled soldiers.’
What made it even more troublesome was that they were all armored.
Even when he occasionally landed effective hits, they were all blocked by armor.
‘I can’t use Auto Looting recklessly.’
‘My mana is insufficient. I can’t strip all their armor.’
He couldn’t attack carelessly. He had to aim for gaps in the armor.
But targeting gaps in such intense combat was no easy task.
‘By watching their legs, I can read their movement patterns.’
‘Read the enemy’s breathing. When their movements change, their breathing changes first.’
Mincheol recalled Cardmos Dunwall’s knowledge as he tried to read the Elite Soldiers’ movements.
Gradually, the Elite Soldiers’ movement patterns began to form in his mind.
‘Now’s the time.’
Mincheol’s hand shot out like lightning.
The blade aimed for the gap between the helmet and breastplate.
At that instant, something burst out from behind the Elite Soldier.
A spear aimed for Mincheol’s face.
【Activating Quickturn!】
Mincheol stopped his attack and activated Quickturn.
He spun half a turn to avoid the thrust. At that moment, before the rotation was even complete, his instincts rang alarm bells.
He reflexively threw his body aside, and two arrows flew into where he had been standing.
Mincheol raised his head to look into the distance. He could see an Elite Soldier holding a bow.
‘Their coordination is excellent.’
‘They’re perfectly covering each other’s weaknesses.’
They were much stronger opponents than he had thought.
That said, it wasn’t impossible to handle them.
He was confident he could win once he figured out the Elite Soldiers’ patterns.
However, Mincheol didn’t have much time right now.
‘If I keep dragging this out, reinforcements will arrive.’
‘I need to take them down quickly and get out of here.’
It was time to pour out his full power.
Mincheol took a deep breath and shouted.
“Kkwaekkwi! Buff!”
The moment Kkwaekkwi descended from the sky and landed on Mincheol’s head.
“Kkwak!”
Kkwaekkwi’s body scattered into wind.
Soon after, a gust of wind from somewhere wrapped around Mincheol’s body.
【’Kkwaekkwi’ uses ‘Warm Wind’s Wing Beat’!】
【All physical abilities increase by 10% for 10 minutes!】
【Movement speed increases by 20%!】
He could feel his body becoming dramatically lighter.
The moment he lightly kicked off the ground, his body shot forward.
“He’s coming!”
“What, what? He suddenly got faster?”
The Elite Soldiers shouted in confusion.
“You bastard!”
One Elite Soldier thrust his spear toward Mincheol.
Mincheol simply tilted his head to the side to avoid the thrust.
“Kuk!”
The Elite Soldier tried to retrieve his spear. But Mincheol was faster than that action.
Crack-
Mincheol approached the Elite Soldier, grabbed his helmet, and thrust his blade inside.
“Kek!”
Red blood burst out as the Elite Soldier collapsed.
“Salam!”
“Again, you dare lay hands on our comrade!”
“I’ll kill you!”
The Elite Soldiers charged forward in rage.
Attacks poured in from all directions, but none of them reached Mincheol.
“What, what! Why is he so fast?”
“This bastard!”
Like wind slipping through gaps, Mincheol avoided all attacks.
His physical abilities enhanced by the buff.
And it was a feat he could perform thanks to perfectly understanding the Elite Soldiers’ movements.
Whoosh-
Mincheol bent his waist backward to avoid an axe.
Then he snapped his bent waist forward and thrust out his blade tip.
“Not a chance!”
The Elite Soldier tried to block the thrust with his full plate armor.
‘I can’t strip all the armor.’
‘Then I just need to strip the necessary parts.’
Mincheol activated Auto Looting.
【Acquiring all ‘Steel Full Plate’ within 800m.】
【Mana detected from target. Consuming mana to steal ownership.】
【’Auto Looting’ consumes 50 mana.】
【’Steel Full Plate’ x1 has been stored in inventory.】
The moment the full plate armor worn by the Elite Soldier disappeared, revealing bare flesh.
Crack-
The wrist pierced by the blade.
It dug into the gap in the armor behind it and penetrated all the way to the neck.
“Gwaak!”
“Can’t stop!”
Another Elite Soldier rushed from behind.
Mincheol’s body spun around.
The blade stuck in the neck was pulled out. He struck downward with rotational force.
‘The leg.’
【Acquiring all ‘Steel Greaves’ within 800m.】
【Mana detected from target. Consuming mana to steal ownership.】
【’Auto Looting’ consumes 70 mana.】
【’Steel Greaves’ x1 has been stored in inventory.】
The Elite Soldier’s exposed shin was cut clean off.
“Gwaaaaak!”
The Elite Soldier collapsed, clutching his leg.
Mincheol thrust his blade tip into the Elite Soldier’s nape.
“Why, why does the armor keep disappearing?”
“Co-could it be a mage?”
“Damn it! Do something!”
In the distance, he could see a Goblin Archer nocking an arrow.
Mincheol immediately activated Auto Looting.
‘Arrows.’
【Acquiring all ‘Steel Arrows’ within 800m radius.】
All the arrows in the quiver disappeared completely.
While the archer was flustered, Mincheol rushed toward the remaining Elite Soldiers.
And.
“Uwaaaak!”
“Da-damn it!”
Only despair appeared on the Elite Soldiers’ faces.
* * *
“Kuh, kuuuk!”
The last remaining Elite Soldier inhaled the paralysis powder and collapsed.
“Whew!”
Nasalga exhaled roughly.
His lungs felt like they would burst from moving so intensely after so long.
He realized he had grown old. In the old days, he could have fought all night without getting tired.
“This isn’t the time for this!”
His breathing hadn’t settled yet, but there was no time to rest. He had to quickly help his subordinate.
No matter how strong a Hop Goblin was, it couldn’t defeat Elite Soldiers.
Moreover, his subordinate was a mutant Hop Goblin. It might be weaker than ordinary Hop Goblins.
“Subordinate!”
But the moment he turned around, Nasalga couldn’t help but be bewildered.
“Kuh, kuwaaaaak!”
“Ru-run! We can’t stop this!”
“My, my leg! My leg!”
His subordinate was unilaterally overwhelming the Elite Soldiers.
Every time his subordinate swung the twin swords, the Elite Soldiers’ limbs flew off and blood scattered.
“Am, am I seeing this correctly right now?”
The Elite Soldiers were different from other soldiers – they weren’t from this region.
They were elite troops the Count had carefully selected while wandering battlefields for years.
This meant they were veterans who had survived countless life-and-death battles.
“Even if Hop Goblins are strong, this is…”
What was even more surprising was seeing his subordinate freely utilizing the holy mark.
At the moment of attack, he was precisely using the holy mark to remove armor and inflict fatal wounds.
It looked easy on the surface, but the problem was that he was doing this during combat.
Fighting multiple enemies while accurately activating the holy mark?
Among all the holy mark bearers Nasalga had seen, not a single goblin had shown such skill.
No, his subordinate’s holy mark wasn’t even suitable for combat to begin with.
Yet he was overwhelming Elite Soldiers with it.
This meant his subordinate was an exceptional warrior.
“Kuuuk!”
Eventually, even the last remaining Elite Soldier became a corpse.
Despite cutting down so many Elite Soldiers, his subordinate remained calm.
He simply shook off the blood on his blade as if it was nothing.
“Huh.”
At that sight, Nasalga let out a hollow laugh.
“It seems I’ve taken in a monster, not a subordinate.”
* * *
It was when he had defeated the last Elite Soldier.
Mincheol, who was shaking blood off his blade, felt his spine tingle.
Mincheol immediately took a combat stance.
It wasn’t a rational action but a reflexive one.
He could see reinforcements approaching from the front.
But among the Elite Soldiers, one particularly unusual individual caught his eye.
Unlike other goblins, it was tall. About the same height as an adult male.
Its armor was also different from the Elite Soldiers. Much more refined, covering a wider area of the body.
Humans didn’t exist in the 12th Floor Dimension.
Then there was only one possible identity for that thing.
“Hop Goblin.”
Mincheol muttered quietly.
As if understanding this, the Hop Goblin stepped forward.
It lifted the visor of its helmet up. Intense eyes shot toward Mincheol.
“How dare you cause a disturbance in The Overlord’s Castle.”
The Hop Goblin raised its spear.
As it lifted its weapon, the ominous feeling grew stronger.
Mincheol felt the blood in his entire body turn ice cold.
A formidable enemy.
Even from this far away, he could sense it clearly.
No matter how many elite soldiers Mincheol had faced, they were nowhere near this level.
The ‘life-threatening moment’ that Mincheol had so desperately wanted to avoid had finally arrived.
But absurdly, Mincheol felt his heart racing.
‘How strong could it be?’
That thought came before the idea of running away.
‘Is it as strong as the Phantom Knight? Could it compare to the Successful Golem?’
Mincheol let out a bitter laugh.
Why was he even pondering this? He could just find out right now.
“…Hooh.”
The Hop Goblin wore an expression of interest.
“Looking at your eyes, it seems you’re thinking of facing me. Insolent fool, a savage daring to show fighting spirit against me.”
The Hop Goblin’s killing intent grew even more intense.
Mincheol felt his cold blood beginning to heat up.
‘Kkwaekkwi’s buff still has 4 minutes left.’
‘Ending the battle within that time would be difficult.’
‘Deal critical damage within 4 minutes. Then even when the buff ends, I can fight advantageously…’
Just as his mind was spinning rapidly.
“Why is this idiot just standing there!”
Nasalga’s shout came from behind.
At the same time, something flew over and exploded in front of Mincheol.
Along with the explosion, smoke covered everything. He couldn’t see an inch ahead.
“Quickly, come this way!”
Nasalga grabbed Mincheol’s hand and dragged him as they fled in the opposite direction.
The two escaped the castle and fled into the forest.
“Huff, huff, gasp.”
Nasalga leaned against a tree, panting heavily.
“What kind of hardship is this at my age?”
Truly exhausted, Nasalga collapsed right onto the ground.
Mincheol asked Nasalga with a surprised face.
“If you had something like this, why didn’t you use it from the beginning?”
“When we were blocked front and back, what use would it have been?”
Ah.
Mincheol nodded. Even if they spread smoke, it would be useless without an escape route.
“More importantly, you fool! Are you crazy and want to die? Why were you just standing there!”
At Nasalga’s shouting appearance, Mincheol scratched the back of his head.
‘Right, was I crazy? Why did I try to fight?’
Every time he climbed the Tower, Mincheol’s motto had always been safety first.
When meeting a strong enemy, he should think of running, not fighting first.
He must have been temporarily insane.
“What was that thing earlier?”
“That fellow is a knight.”
Mincheol’s eyes widened.
“Is that the strongest one in this area?”
“How could that be? The strongest in this region is the Count. According to rumors, even three knights working together couldn’t defeat him.”
Though he couldn’t fight it, the knight was no ordinary strong opponent either.
To think there was someone even stronger than that knight in this place.
Mincheol felt his heart racing again.
‘No, what am I thinking right now?’
Mincheol shook his head vigorously.
Then, a strange scene caught his eye. Nasalga was crouched on the ground, fiddling with herbs.
“What are you doing now?”
“I’m re-checking today’s harvest.”
Nasalga lined up all the herbs they had stolen from the warehouse.
He hadn’t noticed while stealing them, but seeing them displayed like this, the quantity was quite substantial.
“Uhahahaha! As expected of the Count’s castle! To think they had such rare herbs stored in their warehouse!”
Nasalga laughed loudly.
Mincheol gave Nasalga an unfavorable look.
‘He should have just quietly gathered herbs in the mountains.’
Because of Nasalga’s reckless plan, their lives had nearly been in danger.
Hadn’t they almost died to the knight while fighting elite soldiers?
“Please take care of me next time too.”
“…Don’t tell me you’re planning to rob that castle again?”
“No, why would I rob a place I’ve already robbed? I need to rob other castles. The Count isn’t called a Count for nothing. He owns so many castles.”
Mincheol was horrified.
Do this crazy thing again? Is he in his right mind?
‘Am I crazy? To do this again.’
No matter how much it was a Hidden Quest, he couldn’t do something life-threatening again.
He planned to clear the 12th Floor like this and leave, never to attempt the Quest again.
While Mincheol made this firm resolution, Nasalga took out a mortar and glass bottles from his pouch.
And using those, he began processing the herbs.
“What are you doing now?”
“I’m making an elixir for my hardworking subordinate.”
The work was finished quickly.
Nasalga held out a purple-tinted medicine bottle to Mincheol.
“Here, drink this.”
Mincheol gulped down the elixir.
【You have consumed ‘True Azure Pill’.】
【Magic Power stat increases by 50.】
【Maximum mana increases by 100.】
Mincheol’s eyes lit up.
The effect was more than twice as good as Nasalga’s previous pills.
The tremendous increase rate was thrilling.
“Uhahahaha, boy. You seem to like it.”
Nasalga burst into hearty laughter.
“This is an elixir I made specially considering your stigma. I heard stigma owners consume mana extremely heavily!”
“…You can make this again, right?”
“That’s true, but the ingredients are the problem. It requires many rare herbs.”
In other words, to drink this elixir again, they would need to rob castles.
‘Thinking differently, doesn’t that mean I can get elixirs every time we rob a castle?’
Of course, robbing castles was dangerous.
But there were more monsters that used equipment besides goblins.
Orcs, lizardmen, and so on.
They were not only stronger than goblins but wore much more powerful equipment.
‘Then the mana required to activate Auto Looting would increase too, right?’
He needed to increase his mana in preparation for that time.
The problem was that elixirs that increased magic power cost astronomical amounts.
“I’ll be counting on you again soon.”
Nasalga extended his hand.
Would he take the risk now to secure future safety?
Or would he seek immediate safety for the present?
After struggling with the decision for a while, Mincheol grasped that hand.
“Please leave it to me!”
At that moment.
【You have cleared the Hidden Quest ‘Nasalga’s Journey’!】
【’Forest Alchemist Nasalga’ shows deep favor toward you!】
【You have achieved a hidden condition! Your clear grade increases dramatically!】
【You have cleared Special 12th Floor with EX grade!】
【You gain massive experience points.】
Lv.27 -> Lv.29
-All stats increase by 2 per level.
【You gain massive skill experience points.】
-Unique Skill ‘Auto Looting’ Lv.8 -> Lv.9
-Range radius 800m -> 900m
-The number of targets you can designate increases. 8 -> 9
【You obtain clear rewards.】
-All stats increase by 20.
-You obtain 1 ‘Inventory Expansion Voucher’.
【You obtain the title ‘Alchemist’s Subordinate’!】
-Effect 1. Magic Power +20
-Effect 2. Maximum Magic Power +50
【You obtain the title ‘Elixir Gourmet’.】
-Effect 1. Magic Power +30.
-Effect 2. Magic Power recovery rate increased by 20%.
【You obtain a Hidden Piece.】
-You obtain 2 ‘Bound Coin of Fortune’.
A storm of messages swept through.
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