The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 78

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 78

Episode 78: Rescue Operation (2)

Mincheol landed on the ruins.

It was on ground that had been deeply gouged out due to the aftermath of the explosion.

‘Wow, the power is insane.’

Not only was the ground completely destroyed, but the soldiers were torn apart to the point where it was hard to find intact corpses.

‘It’s perfect for dealing with multiple enemies.’

Seongwangbicheon was a technique focused on penetrating power, so it was surprisingly inefficient when facing multiple opponents.

Nakseongbungto was different. Not only was its power exceptional, but its wide range made it good for dealing with multiple enemies.

Although it didn’t match Cardmos’s Nakseongbungto that he had seen in his memories, there was no need to be discouraged.

Cardmos was an existence called the strongest on the Rooftop Continent, after all.

‘I like this ring too.’

Mincheol glanced at his left index finger. There was a ring with a large sapphire embedded in it.

【Ring of Blue Moon】

-Grade: Unique

-Description: A ring made by refining crystals of mana. It has the effect of purifying the wearer’s mana.

-Effect 1. When worn, Mana +100 increase.

-Effect 2. When worn, Maximum Mana +300 increase.

-Effect 3. Mana Recovery Rate +100% increase.

It was a ring he had obtained from Cardmos during the second Quest.

The mana increase was impressive, but he particularly liked that the maximum mana amount and mana recovery rate increased.

Thanks to this, the mana that had been consumed in chunks from using Nakseongbungto was rapidly recovering.

‘Let me focus. It’s not time to relax yet.’

Mincheol thought as he looked at the remaining soldiers.

Although many soldiers had disappeared due to Nakseongbungto, he couldn’t be at ease.

There were still far more soldiers remaining.

“Wh-what was that just now? He threw a spear and the ground ex-exploded.”

“They want us to face such a monster?”

However, the remaining soldiers were completely terrified.

They couldn’t even dare to charge at Mincheol and were just trembling.

“Look at these cowards!”

Then, a knight shouted at the soldiers.

“The criminal who insulted His Excellency is right before your eyes! You’re all cowering like dogs with their tails between their legs! Can you still call yourselves His Excellency’s soldiers after this!”

However, the knight’s cry was of little use.

The soldiers were still reluctant to charge at Mincheol.

“These pathetic fools… Anyone will do! To whoever inflicts even a scratch on that man first, I’ll give a bag full of gold coins!”

But at the following words, the soldiers’ expressions began to change.

“You all know well! Once I make a promise, I always keep it! You don’t need to kill him! You don’t need to inflict fatal wounds! Just a scratch, or even just touching him will earn you gold coins!”

At those words, greed rose in the soldiers’ faces instead of fear.

Seeing this, Mincheol noticed that some kind of resolve had formed in the soldiers’ hearts.

“Sir Sutla said he’d give us gold coins!”

“A bag! He said he’d fill a whole bag!”

“The gold coins are mine! Everyone get out of the way!”

The soldiers came rushing in droves. Soldiers charging while surrounding Mincheol.

Mincheol quickly pulled out an iron sphere the size of an adult’s fist from his inventory.

【Gnomes’ Failed Firework】

-Grade: Special

-Description: A firework abandoned by some gnome during creation. Explodes when given a strong impact.

Mincheol threw the firework toward the soldiers.

The firework flew like a bullet and landed among the soldiers.

Kwaagwang-

Then it exploded, spewing colorful flames in all directions.

“Aaaaah! It’s a bomb!”

“Fall back! We’re all going to die!”

The soldiers screamed in panic.

But they soon realized something strange.

“Why… doesn’t this hurt? It just stings a little?”

“The flames definitely spread everywhere though…?”

That was right.

The gnomes’ firework was only flashy; its lethality wasn’t very strong.

If it had been a bomb powerful enough to kill someone, he wouldn’t have been able to obtain it easily.

Mincheol hadn’t bought the firework with the intention of killing the soldiers either.

‘Creating a moment of confusion is enough.’

Mincheol pulled out the dark-colored spear that was stuck in the ground.

And he used Nakseongbungto once more toward the soldiers.

【Activating ‘Nakseongbungto’.】

【Consuming ‘420’ mana.】

He soared high into the sky and threw the spear. The spear struck diagonally into the ground and burst it open.

Kwaang-!

“Kraaaah!”

“Uaaaah!”

The soldiers were swept away with screams.

It was natural that the faces of the remaining soldiers were colored with fear again.

“Da-damn it! I’m going to be rich! I’ll become rich and confess to Kasa next door!”

“Me too! I’ll also earn lots of money and build a house for my parents!”

However, the soldiers’ greed was extraordinary.

To the point where they wouldn’t run away even after seeing hundreds of their comrades die before their eyes.

【Acquiring all ‘Dark-colored Spears’ within a 900m radius!】

【Acquired 1 ‘Dark-colored Spear’.】

After retrieving his spear, Mincheol put his hand into his inventory.

But this time he pulled out something other than a spear.

‘Nakseongbungto consumes too much mana. I can’t use it recklessly.’

No matter how high Mincheol’s mana amount was, he couldn’t recklessly use Nakseongbungto which consumed as much as 420 mana.

Even that was originally 600, but the consumption had been reduced thanks to the trait ‘Boneless’.

‘Next is… this.’

What Mincheol pulled out from his inventory was a large sack.

Mincheol scattered the contents of the sack toward the soldiers.

They were caltrops.

The charging soldiers stepped on the caltrops before they could even identify what Mincheol had thrown.

The thick spikes of the caltrops pierced through the soldiers’ soles and protruded out.

“Ugh, aaaaah! My foot!”

“Kraaah! What is this!”

The soldiers were rolling on the ground or trying to pull out the caltrops from where they stood.

As the front line stopped like this, the rear line had no choice but to be blocked as well. The soldiers were instantly immobilized.

Meanwhile, Mincheol reached into his inventory again.

What he pulled out this time was a hand axe.

‘Originally, I couldn’t pierce armor without using skills, but…’

Right now, Mincheol’s stats were much higher than when he first fought the soldiers.

With his strength stat now exceeding 713, he was confident he could kill soldiers with throwing weapons even without using skills.

Whoosh-

Mincheol threw the hand axe with all his might.

The hand axe hit the helmet of a soldier who was suffering from stepping on a caltrop.

Thunk.

The helmet cracked and the hand axe embedded directly into his head.

The goblin collapsed without even letting out a death cry.

Mincheol cheered inwardly. Just as he thought, he could now kill soldiers without using skills.

‘Should I have some fun like the old days?’

Mincheol began lightly throwing hand axes at the soldiers.

Thunk-! Thunk thunk-! Thwack-!

【Using skill ‘Rapid Throwing’.】

【Throwing speed increases.】

【Consumes 20 mana per use.】

Rapid Throwing had already reached its maximum level of 10.

Mana consumption was reduced by half, and throwing speed had greatly increased.

The axes Mincheol threw flew without pause.

“Urgh!”

“Kraah!”

Soldiers hit by the hand axes collapsed helplessly.

The hand axes ran out quickly, but it wasn’t a problem.

Using Auto Looting would immediately replenish them.

Thanks to this, Mincheol’s hands never stopped moving.

“What kind of disgrace is this! Why can’t you approach him with those numbers!”

Sutteura, unable to watch any longer, shouted, but it was useless.

The soldiers had already completely lost their fighting spirit.

“Ugh, uaaaah! I don’t want to die!”

“Run! He’s not someone we can handle!”

Finally, the soldiers turned their backs and tried to flee.

‘I can’t let them go that easily.’

With the knight still intact, there was a possibility they could regroup even after fleeing like this.

Mincheol pulled out a strange item from his inventory.

【Bandit Group’s Makeshift Smoke Bomb】

-Grade: Special

-Description: A smoke bomb made by the bandit group to ambush merchants. Due to being hastily made, the duration is very short.

Mincheol threw the smoke bomb toward the soldiers.

The smoke bomb exploded, covering the surroundings with thick white smoke.

“Cough, cough.”

“Wh-what is this now?”

As the soldiers panicked, Mincheol appeared through the smoke.

At the same time, twin swords flashed, and the soldiers’ heads fell right off.

“Kraaaah!”

“Aaaaah!”

Corpses piled up each time Mincheol swung his swords.

Thud-

“Wh-what’s happening? Why is everyone dying!”

“Th-this monster bastard! Come out right now!”

As corpses began appearing at their feet, the startled soldiers wildly swung their weapons in resistance.

“Kyaah! Why did you stab me!”

“I-I thought it was him…”

But it was actually a mistake. Only more goblins were being hit by weapons swung by their companions.

The soldiers were helplessly overwhelmed.

All they could do in the smoke was scream.

Shortly after, the smoke dispersed and revealed the scene.

Most of those numerous soldiers had turned into corpses rolling on the ground.

“Ugh, uaaah…”

“Demon… a demon has appeared…”

The few surviving soldiers had completely lost their minds.

Their bodies were intact, but they just crawled on the ground trembling.

Clank-

Mincheol stepped on a corpse and pulled out his sword.

Then he looked back at the knight standing on the gallows.

“…Ho, you’re much stronger than I heard. No wonder Yaki lost his life.”

The knight looked down at Mincheol with admiration.

It was the complete opposite of how he had been excited watching the soldiers die just moments before.

“But watching you fight, I realized something. You have poor compatibility with me.”

When the knight gestured, soldiers came carrying a large shield.

It looked not only large but also quite heavy. It took three or four soldiers gritting their teeth to carry it.

Sutteura lifted the shield with one hand.

Then he jumped lightly and landed in front of Mincheol.

Thoom.

A heavy sound echoed. Both the armor he wore and the shield must have considerable weight, yet his movements were very light.

Compared to the knight he had fought before, he seemed no less capable.

However, there was one thing that bothered him.

“Why did you just watch?”

Because Sutteura didn’t step forward, Mincheol was able to face the soldiers without worry.

No matter how he thought about it, not stepping in during the fight didn’t make sense.

“I couldn’t fight the beast that killed Yaki without proper information, could I?”

Mincheol’s eyes twitched.

“Are you saying you sacrificed the soldiers to confirm my abilities?”

“Soldiers can be replenished, but I only have one life, don’t I?”

Mincheol furrowed his brow.

Even though they were enemies, it was an unpleasant way of thinking.

“To be honest, I have no ill feelings toward you. Rather, I’m only grateful. Thanks to you killing Yaki, my position has risen higher.”

Sutteura drew his longsword.

Shield and longsword.

That was Sutteura’s armament.

“And if I kill you here… I can completely solidify my position!”

Sutteura leaped forward and brought down his sword.

Mincheol naturally dodged the sword as if he had expected it.

“Hup!”

But as soon as Mincheol dodged the sword, Sutteura swung his shield.

It was slower than the sword but had a wider area. He couldn’t just dodge it.

【’Quick Turn’ is activated!】

【’Strong Strike’ is activated!】

He rotated his body while kicking off the ground. As soon as he leaped back, the shield struck empty air.

“Why do you keep dodging? Use that throwing technique you’re so proud of!”

Sutteura laughed loudly as he charged forward.

Mincheol distanced himself from Sutteura again and thought.

‘That shield is much more troublesome than I thought.’

It felt like he was carrying a wall rather than a shield.

Even using Helmet Splitter wouldn’t leave so much as a scratch on it.

‘Let me check just how sturdy it is.’

Mincheol activated Auto Looting to retrieve the Dark Javelin.

As soon as he pulled the Dark Javelin from his inventory, he activated Falling Castle Crumbling Earth.

【’Falling Castle Crumbling Earth’ is activated.】

【Mana ‘420’ is consumed.】

Mincheol leaped backward.

The enhanced jumping power from Falling Castle Crumbling Earth launched Mincheol’s body high into the air.

“Where do you think you’re running!”

Sutteura tried to chase after Mincheol.

But before he could approach, Mincheol’s spear came flying swiftly.

Sutteura quickly covered himself with his shield. At that moment.

Kwang-

The shield and spear collided, causing a violent explosion.

Sutteura’s body was pushed backward. However, only the shield was blackened, and he didn’t suffer any significant damage.

“Not even close!”

Sutteura charged forward as if nothing had happened.

Mincheol glared at the charging Sutteura while retrieving the Dark Javelin with Auto Looting.

‘It’s much sturdier than I thought.’

‘Falling Castle Crumbling Earth is good against multiple enemies, but its destructive power is weak.’

Then the next skill to use was already decided.

【Sacred Light Flying Heaven is activated.】

【Mana ‘210’ is consumed.】

Light pierced through the air. Sutteura put his shield forward.

The light began pushing against the shield. Sutteura put strength into both feet and endured Sacred Light Flying Heaven.

“Hup!”

Just as Sutteura gritted his teeth and twisted his shield.

The trajectory shifted and Sacred Light Flying Heaven soared high into the sky.

“I told you! You have bad compatibility with me!”

To think he could even block Sacred Light Flying Heaven.

A frontal assault wouldn’t work. He needed a different strategy.

But Mincheol chose a frontal assault once more.

【All ‘Dark Javelins’ within a 900m radius are acquired!】

【1 ‘Dark Javelin’ is acquired.】

He retrieved the Dark Javelin.

Then he picked up the spear that had fallen to the ground. A simultaneous gripping stance.

【’Kaela Marbenian’ is activated.】

【210 mana is consumed.】

【Please designate an item from your inventory.】

In the frozen world.

Mincheol selected the Dark Javelin.

At that moment, the Meteor Spear Technique unfolded.

【Sacred Light Flying Heaven is activated.】

【Mana ‘210’ is consumed.】

【An additional skill is activated by ‘Kaela Marbenian’!】

【Mana ‘630’ is consumed!】

A flash of light blazed.

Not one, but two.

They flew toward Sutteura, drawing clear trajectories.

“…!”

Sutteura tried to block the flashes with his shield.

He tried to endure, but it was useless.

Thud- Thud-

Slowly, both feet were pushed backward.

“U, uoooo!”

Sutteura gritted his teeth and tried to endure.

But his body kept being pushed back. He couldn’t even manage the motion to twist his shield.

Crack.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the shield. Sutteura’s eyes widened.

“This is ridicu…”

The shield shattered and the flash pierced through Sutteura’s body.

Where the light had passed.

In the place where Sutteura should have been, only his lower half remained.

“Wow.”

Mincheol looked at the sight and briefly exclaimed in admiration.

“The power is much stronger than I expected?”

210 mana to activate Kaela Marbenian.

210 mana to use Sacred Light Flying Heaven.

And 630 mana for the additional activation.

Having consumed over a thousand mana, the power was exceptional.

Then, Sutteura’s lower half crumbled into dust and disappeared.

Seeing this, Mincheol desperately hoped.

‘Weapons! There must be weapons!’

Sutteura had used a longsword in addition to his shield.

The battle ended before he could properly test it, but it was likely a high-quality weapon.

Thinking about the halberd he obtained after defeating another knight before.

Items left behind after the corpse completely disappeared.

“That’s right!”

Mincheol let out a cheer after confirming the brilliantly shining longsword.

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