The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 48
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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 48
Episode 48: Emergency Quest (3)
Just then, one of the robbers came outside.
Mincheol hesitated as he was about to throw his hand axe.
The robber was holding something like a shield in his hand.
It wasn’t an ordinary shield. It was a shield made of asphalt and concrete.
“…Damn, it’s a Cohesion Shield.”
The Masked Man immediately recognized the skill.
Mincheol asked without taking his eyes off the shield.
“What kind of skill is that?”
“It’s a rare-grade skill that creates shields using surrounding objects. I can’t believe there’s someone who learned that.”
“Sounds famous?”
“Very famous. Even among rare-grade skills, it’s outstanding in terms of defense and versatility.”
As he said, it looked difficult to break with a hand axe.
Led by the Spearman, the robbers began advancing.
‘Should I take out my spear? But if I use Sacred Light Flying Heaven, people might die.’
If he used Sacred Light Flying Heaven, the robbers would definitely be pierced through in a line and die.
‘Should I use ricochet to target blind spots? Or should I use a curveball skill?’
Even while he was contemplating, the enemies were getting closer by the moment.
Mincheol instinctively realized.
The more he hesitated, the worse the situation would become.
‘Ah hell, I don’t know.’
Mincheol gripped his hand axe properly and swung his arm directly toward the Spearman.
【Activating skill ‘Helmet Splitter’.】
【50 mana consumed.】
The moment he released the axe handle from his hand, the hand axe disappeared.
He couldn’t see it flying, nor could he hear the sound of it cutting through the air.
‘Huh? This can’t be right?’
Confused, Mincheol looked straight ahead.
At that moment, he could see it.
The sight of the hand axe already embedded in the shield.
‘What? When did it reach there…’
Mincheol’s thoughts couldn’t continue any further.
KWAAAAANG-
The moment the hand axe struck the shield, an eardrum-bursting roar erupted.
Along with the explosion of sound, the shield was shattered.
The Spearman spat blood from his mouth and was sent flying backward.
“Ugh, uaaaah!”
“Wh-what was that just now? Th-the Cohesion Shield was shattered!”
“C-could it be that an upper-floor awakener came?”
“N-no way. There’s no way an upper-floor awakener would be summoned for something this minor!”
The robbers who had been advancing while relying on the Spearman scattered in panic.
They tried to flee back behind cover, but Mincheol wasn’t going to just watch them.
Mincheol pulled out a pile of chakrams from his inventory.
He threw the stacked chakrams toward the robbers.
【Activating skill ‘Scatter’.】
【80 mana consumed.】
The chakrams scattered and flew toward the robbers.
“Kraaaah!”
“Kaaah!”
One chakram each embedded in the robbers’ backs.
The robbers collapsed with screams.
“R-run! We’re no match for him!”
“Sh-shit, why was such a monster summoned!”
The robbers who were lucky enough not to get hurt turned around and tried to flee.
“They’re escaping!”
Seeing this, the Masked Man shouted urgently.
“What are you all doing? Quickly chase them! Capture them all!”
The bounty hunters who had been hiding burst outside.
The hunters tracked down and captured all the fleeing robbers.
“Stay still, you bastard!”
“Give me some healing potion here. He’ll die if we leave him like this.”
The bounty hunters bound all the robbers and then treated their wounds.
Meanwhile, Mincheol recovered the weapons that had fallen on the ground.
There were too many eyes watching, so he couldn’t use auto.
“Hey.”
During this, the Masked Man called out to Mincheol.
“Here, take this.”
“Oh, thank you.”
Mincheol said as he received the chakrams the Masked Man had recovered.
The Masked Man hesitated for a moment before asking Mincheol.
“Are you really… actually the Butcher?”
“Well, that’s what everyone calls me.”
Mincheol answered somewhat curtly.
Honestly, he didn’t really like the nickname Butcher.
“…I thought the rumors were exaggerated. But meeting you in person, they seem rather insufficient.”
The Masked Man added while looking at the robbers.
“To think you could subdue this many armed robbers by yourself.”
“I was lucky.”
“Thanks for helping. If it weren’t for you, we would have been helplessly defeated by these guys.”
“Right! If it weren’t for you, we would have been in real trouble!”
“I thought my life was ending today!”
The surrounding bounty hunters shouted toward Mincheol. Some were even whistling.
Receiving thanks from so many people made him quite embarrassed.
Mincheol scratched his cheek and asked the Masked Man.
“But are emergency quests usually this unfriendly? They don’t even tell you who you’re supposed to face, and the enemies you have to deal with are too dangerous.”
“The Tower is originally an unfriendly place to humans.”
When he thought about it, that was true.
Isn’t the Tower a place where you never know when, where, or how you might die?
“Still, seeing how they even create emergency quests to eliminate criminals, don’t you think they’re somewhat favorable toward humans?”
“What? Puhahahaha.”
The Masked Man burst into laughter at Mincheol’s question.
“Ah, sorry. I wasn’t trying to mock you.”
The Masked Man wiped the smile from his face and explained.
“Just like how we receive quests to stop criminals, criminals receive quests to commit crimes.”
“What?”
Mincheol shouted in surprise.
“I’ve never seen it directly, but I heard that committing crimes generates quests. Successfully completing the crime gives rewards.”
“But that… isn’t the Tower encouraging crime?”
“Probably not intentionally. In my opinion, the Tower just… gives rewards for achievements.”
Mincheol’s mouth fell open.
It wasn’t a wrong deduction. The Tower gave rewards for whatever you did.
“However, crime quests don’t occur that easily. I heard the conditions are extremely strict.”
“That’s somewhat fortunate.”
“I think so too.”
Mincheol looked over the bounty hunters.
The Masked Man tilted his head at the searching gaze.
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“Oh, well, you see…”
The reason Mincheol was looking at them was to see if there might be any awakened from large guilds.
Mincheol’s reason for volunteering for the emergency quest was precisely to catch the eye of large guild awakened and receive a scout offer.
“It’s nothing.”
But there didn’t seem to be any large guild awakened here.
If there had been, they wouldn’t have been helplessly defeated by the robbers in the first place.
‘It’s disappointing, but I guess there was no connection this time.’
Actually, Mincheol hadn’t expected much.
Awakened crimes occurred frequently, but the number of large guild members was small.
In such circumstances, what were the odds of encountering a large guild awakened?
Even if he did encounter one, what were the chances of being scouted?
Slim, and even slimmer. So he wasn’t particularly disappointed.
【You have captured all the robbers!】
【You have completed the emergency quest. Justice points will be awarded.】
【Justice points are awarded differentially based on contribution.】
【You have earned 87% of the share. You receive 102 points.】
“Oh, what’s this? Something called justice points came in.”
“This really is your first emergency quest.”
The Masked Man answered with a bitter smile.
“When you clear an emergency quest, you get points as a reward. You can exchange these for various items. Of course, you can also convert them to cash.”
“Really? I heard they give money or items directly.”
“There’s a lot of corrupted information about emergency quests since not many people do them.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“But for really dangerous criminals, actual goods are sometimes offered as rewards, so it’s not entirely wrong.”
Mincheol nodded as if he understood.
“Alright, everyone pay attention.”
But suddenly the Masked Man raised his voice.
“You all know what to do, right? If it weren’t for this guy, we all might have died.”
“Kim, no need to say it. We’re not shameless bastards.”
“We’re not stupid enough to forget the rules either.”
All the bounty hunters began manipulating something in the air.
Soon, new messages appeared before Mincheol’s eyes.
【21 justice points have been deposited.】
【27 justice points have been deposited.】
【31 justice points have been deposited.】
“Huh, what?”
Mincheol looked at the Masked Man with a confused face.
The Masked Man grinned and said.
“It’s our rule to repay help with justice points.”
“Is it really okay for me to accept this?”
“Don’t feel burdened. You’re receiving what you deserve.”
“Of course, absolutely.”
“Thanks for saving us! We almost died!”
With everyone saying this, he couldn’t refuse.
Mincheol decided to gratefully accept the justice points.
‘But what can I buy with these?’
He was missing the most important information.
Just as Mincheol was about to ask the Masked Man.
“Ah, found it.”
“This is what was stolen from Goseong Pharmaceutical, right?”
The bounty hunters found something in the robbers’ luggage.
It was a small safe the size of an elementary school backpack.
“What do we do with this?”
“What do you mean what do we do. We hand it over when the Goseong Pharmaceutical people come later.”
That’s when it happened.
“Damn it! Put that down!”
One of the robbers shouted.
“Put it down! If you don’t want to all die!”
“What’s this bastard babbling about.”
“Has this guy lost his mind.”
Two bounty hunters nearby began stomping on the robber.
‘Ugh.’
Mincheol slightly turned his head. It was merciless violence, hard to watch.
It was in stark contrast to how kindly they had treated Mincheol.
“Shit! Put it down! I said put it down!”
But even while being beaten, the robber wouldn’t shut up.
“We’re all going to die! You too! Us too!”
“Hahaha, did you hear that? We’re going to die.”
“What bullshit from someone who lost and got caught. If anyone dies, it’ll be you guys.”
The bounty hunters mocked the robbers.
Still, the robber wasn’t discouraged. Instead, he screamed even more desperately.
“You think we stole that thing because we wanted to? We were forced too!”
“What bullshit…”
“You need to hand over that thing quickly! Or he’ll come!”
“He?”
Just as everyone expressed confusion.
CRASH-
Something fell from the sky.
RUMBLE-
The ground shook, and surrounding buildings collapsed.
It was as if a massive steel beam had fallen from high altitude.
Someone walked out of the suddenly formed crater.
Short stature and narrow shoulders.
A shiny bald crown that had gone completely empty.
Shabby clothing that looked like he’d just stepped out for a neighborhood stroll.
He was an ordinary middle-aged man you could see anywhere.
“Oh my, what is this situation.”
The middle-aged man pushed up his square glasses and sighed.
“Everyone got caught? This makes my effort to draw attention meaningless.”
His tone was polite. His atmosphere was calm.
“Hi, hiiiik.”
“Hieeeeek!”
“Huaaaak!”
But the robbers were foaming at the mouth and trembling violently.
No, it wasn’t just the robbers.
“Shit!…”
“Wh-why is that murderer here?”
The bounty hunters were also paralyzed with fear.
“…Butcher, run away.”
The Masked Man shouted with a face drained of all color.
“Kang Ung-hyeok, a Class 2 criminal designated by the Tower!”
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