Monster Heavenly King - Chapter 51



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51. The Witch’s Forest (2)

I thought he was just some reckless young master who was living off of his ego, but I never thought he would be a Confucian scholar.

I could tell from his gait that he had learned martial arts, but I never thought it was the Heavenly Demon Art.

Who would have thought that we would meet like this?

As I was looking in the direction where the guy disappeared, I heard Kangcheol’s voice.

“So, you came pretty quickly?”

“Didn’t you say that you had a favor to ask?”

“But… who are the two on the side?”

“This is Brin, this is Rashi. They are my disciples.”

Kangcheol looked curious.

If you’re with Hyunseong like this, you’re not ordinary people.

“By any chance these two too…?”

“That’s right, Bryn is a goblin. Rash is an orc.”

When they were told they could take off their robes, Brin and Rash pulled back the hoods that covered their faces.

Kang Chul laughs at the revealed appearance.

“Kuuuuu, a skeleton’s disciple fighting a goblin and an orc. That’s a rare sight you won’t see anywhere else. But, a goblin?”

A completely different appearance from the goblins he knew.

Kangcheol accepted that there were reasonable circumstances and moved on.

I liked this part of him.

If it were anyone else, I would have asked why right away.

“So what is it you want to ask?”

“This is it.”

Kangcheol received the sword from Hyunseong and unwrapped the cloth that wrapped it.

As he looked around, exclamations of admiration flowed from his lips.

“It’s a great sword. It looks like it’s been used roughly, but there aren’t any chips on it.”

As he flicked the blade with his fingers, a clear sound echoed through the forge.

“I’m hearing this for the first time. What metal is it made of?”

To him, it was just the sound of iron striking, but it seemed to sound different to the craftsman’s ears.

When I asked the steel question to Rashi, he opened his mouth and snorted.

“Chwiik, it is made from a special metal that has been passed down from generation to generation to the King of Orcs.”

“That’s what they say.”

“… Indeed, it is the secret metal of the orcs.”

Kangcheol’s gaze, which had been looking around the sword, turned to the cut section.

He looked at the cross-section for a while, then looked at himself with a suspicious look.

“There shouldn’t be a monster on the third floor that can cut this cleanly… maybe?”

-Yeah, he cut it. He cut it like he was cutting tofu.

“… I couldn’t help it at that time.”

Hyunseong mutters cautiously, avoiding the gaze directed at him.

At that sight, Kangcheol opened his mouth with a voice filled with regret.

“But still, is it useless to cut the light in two like this?”

“So you think you can fix it?”

“It can be fixed. But…”

Kangcheol frowned as if something was bothering him, then continued speaking.

“It won’t be the same as before. It’s already been split in two once. Maybe if we melt the whole thing down and make a new one?”

“hmm…”

I would have liked to have it melted and remade, but wouldn’t that have diminished its significance as my father’s heirloom?

Hyunseong called Rashi and explained the situation to him, asking him to choose what to do.

Then, surprisingly, Rashi chooses to rebuild it.

“Originally, it was an Orc tradition to melt down the sword and remake it when passing it on to a successor.”

However, since the Orcs were destroyed, he had no choice but to use the same sword his father had used.

In that case, there was no reason to hesitate.

“Then… can you include this when you make the Tao?”

“What is this?”

Hyunseong handed over the [Great Warrior’s Fang] he had hanging around his neck to Kangcheol.

Rashi looked puzzled at the sight.

“Master, that is-”

“Think of it as a gift.”

Losing 5 strength points is a bit painful, but it’s not like you’ll die without it.

If there is a difference, you can invest the remaining points into strength.

[Name: Kim Hyun-seong.]

[Race: Skeleton Knight]

[Characteristic: None]

[Level:28]

[Strength: 16]

[Stamina: 11]

[Endurance: 13]

[Agility: 11]

[Magic Power: 13]

[Remaining points: 8]

This time, I caught a golem and went up 3 levels, so I now have 8 points left.

Moreover, since the leveling up speed was fast, this was a level that could be given up for the sake of the disciple.

“… Thank you. Thanks.”

A guy who is so moved that he even sheds tears.

Kangcheol, who was watching the scene, wondered what was going on, but then checked the item information that Hyunseong had given him.

“her?”

The grade is Ancient grade, just one level below Hero grade, and has a crazy performance of +5 fixed strength.

It was an item that would catch the eye of any awakened person.

The moment this item becomes known among the Awakened, there will be plenty of people who won’t mind shedding blood to obtain it.

At the same time, his hands were itching to work with these two items, wondering what kind of results he could produce.

“Those two Rashis are both heirlooms of my father. Make them well.”

“I’ll do my best to make it!”

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“Then I need to concentrate, so why don’t you go somewhere else and spend a few days there? Your orc name is… Rashi? You stay.”

“Rashman?”

“He’s going to use it, right? He’ll have to find out a lot of things to make it fit him.”

“Is it okay if we don’t communicate well?”

Brin was able to communicate to some extent, but Rashi wasn’t there yet.

To the extent that you can communicate using body language or have simple conversations.

“I don’t think it’ll be a problem, as long as we don’t have an in-depth conversation… .”

In order to make it optimal for Rashi and not others, it was necessary to check on him from time to time.

Steel’s gaze turned to Brin next to him.

“Your name is Brin? Does he speak Korean?”

“Keruk.”

When Brin nodded in agreement, Kangcheol responded as if he was glad.

“Then I guess I’ll just ask him. As compensation, I’ll give him one of the swords I made.”

“Is that okay?”

“I made this sword, so what does it matter who I give it to?”

Kangcheol’s hands were itching to get to work as quickly as possible.

Your greatest masterpiece could come out, so why would a single sword matter?

“If that doesn’t work, at least use a communicator.”

“A communicator? Oh, that’s it.”

“Because the customers coming here are so international, we have it all prepared.”

Because it was impossible for me to learn all the languages.

That is why, for the Awakened, a communicator was not an option but a necessity.

“Then what are you going to do when another guest comes and sees it?”

“Guests don’t often talk to each other, so if you’re careful, you won’t have to worry about getting caught. Besides, even if you do get caught, I’ll kick you out.”

There would be no Awakened one who would give up the weapon he had created and try to catch it.

They’re not any other rare monsters, just goblins and orcs.

‘If another guy had said something like that, I would have been suspicious…’

I thought there would be no problem since Kangcheol said so.

Because I have seen his skills firsthand.

“But you only give it to your disciples and I have nothing?”

“Don’t you have that sword? If you were to sell it now, it would be a different story.”

“… No, it’s okay”

-Wait, did you hesitate again just now?

Seol-ah’s voice was heard, but Hyun-seong pretended not to hear and clenched his teeth at his disciples.

“Then, I’ll come back after killing some time.”

“Keruk.”

“Okay, I understand.”

The situation was settled, and Hyunseong looked around the area near the blacksmith shop.

‘Let’s avoid that side for now.’

The direction the leader went.

The Cheonma Shingyo will be chasing you, so if you follow them and confront them, it will only cause more trouble.

“Isn’t there anywhere good to go? Anywhere with monsters.”

“Hmm, are you a bit strong?”

Kang Chul suddenly asks, seeming to be thinking about something.

I know you’re good at it, but I don’t know how strong you are, so I had a question.

“It’s so damn strong.”

Kangcheol snickered and pointed to one side with his thumb.

A different direction from where the leader disappeared.

“If you keep going this way, you’ll come across a place called the Witch’s Forest. It’s a place that not only the Awakened but also homeless people avoid, so there are quite a few monsters there.”

“Witch’s Forest?”

The temple of the black magician on the first floor came to mind.

I wonder if there are monsters related to witches everywhere and witches appear as area bosses.

“Why don’t you go and see for yourself?”

If there were no awakened people and only a lot of monsters, this would actually be more advantageous.

Anyway, even if you kill the Awakened, they don’t give you any experience points.

“By the way, you can walk around there without your robes on.”

“… … ?”

Hyunseong had a question mark above his head at the words that he couldn’t understand.

Since he didn’t get any answers even after asking, Hyunseong eventually left his two disciples at the blacksmith shop and headed to a place called the Witch’s Forest.

and,

“Kyao!”

A saber tiger with huge molars.

The forelimbs, with their sturdy muscles that were not even covered by fur, swung around.

As he avoided it, the tree behind him snapped with a loud noise.

“Crunch!”

“Where!”

It tried to extend its front paw again as if it was planning to attack without stopping, but Hyunseong quickly grabbed the creature’s fur, spun around, and climbed onto the saber tiger.

A guy who causes a ruckus and roars in an attempt to get himself separated.

He never fell and lifted Seol-ah high while riding on top of the Shavel Tiger.

Phew!

“Kyao!!!!”

“Oh my gosh, it’s so noisy!”

Seol-ah pierces through the mouth of the saber tiger in one breath and is stuck in the ground.

In the ensuing attack, the guy died without even being able to let out a roar of pain.

“There are quite a few monsters….”

Certainly, as Steel said, this place called the Witch’s Forest had twice as many monsters as other places.

The perfect hunting ground for you right now.

however,

“I don’t know why it’s called the Witch’s Forest.”

Sabre Tiger, Giant Mantis, Blood Bear.

The monsters that appeared didn’t seem to have anything to do with witches.

If there’s a boss in a place like this, wouldn’t it be closer to a druid than a witch?

With that thought in mind, he moved to find his next prey.

and.

“huh?”

Someone I encountered while pushing through the bushes.

It was a woman.

She felt Hyunseong’s gaze on her through the robe and frowned.

“What are you?”

“No… That’s what I wanted to ask. What’s the situation?”

In the woman’s hand was a huge scythe.

The scythe was propped up on the ground, its blade pointing skyward, and just above the blade was—

“Hey, hey! Sa, save me!”

One of the Awakened was lying face down like a condemned man tied to the guillotine.

A man who looks like a third-rate villain at first glance.

‘He looks like a normal guy to me, but what do you think according to your physiognomy statistics?’

-There’s no need to find out more. It’s just the most annoying of annoying things.

The woman who was stepping on the man opened her mouth calmly.

“This guy is a vagrant. Need I explain further?”

“No, I don’t need it.”

“I was wrong! I won’t set foot here again.”

A man who starts to tremble in an attempt to survive somehow with his own sharp answer.

She put strength into her foot that was stepping on the man.

Crunch!

The man’s words were not continued until his head and body became separated.

And she sighs and runs her hand through her red hair as if she’s finished exercising.

Hyunseong realized this when he saw the sight.

I wonder if Seol-ah had the same thoughts as me.

-Just in case. Is there a reason why this place is called the Witch’s Forest?

‘Oh, I just thought of that too.’

This is why this place is called the Witch’s Forest.

It wasn’t named that way because there were monsters related to witches, or because the boss of the area was a witch.

Isn’t it because of the woman in front of you that it’s called the Witch’s Forest?