chapter 3
3.Valendia(3)
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As expected, choosing the bandit was the correct answer.
Even though he was a pawn, the bandit had far more money than 3 goblin magic stones.
Monsters die, leaving corpses and magic stones behind.
When a bandit dies, he leaves behind a corpse, equipment, and possessions.
A monster with a high level of difficulty would be more profitable than a bandit, but to me, a bandit was better than a monster that had to be found far away.
After that, for two weeks, he continued to catch bandits and raised capital.
If you want to defeat the bandits, farm your equipment and money, and make a decent catch, go down to Valendia.
When you arrive in Valendia, give the hood, which is proof of defeating the bandit, to Daisy for a reward.
There was a time when I showed the heads of three bandits with particularly savage faces, fearing that they would be suspicious if I told them that I had just caught a bandit on my first visit to Valendia. At that time, I could see Daisy, who always smiled, shocked.
“Lee Shihan! There’s no doubt about it! So there’s no need to bring the neck from now on!”
I was also fortunate that it was cumbersome to cut my throat one by one.
And even if killing was okay, I couldn’t feel good about cutting up parts of a corpse.
More than anything, it’s gross.
After completing the exchange, you can earn additional money by selling farmed equipment at the forge.
After doing this for two weeks, something unexpected happened.
[Achievement: Acquired the title Bandit Hunter.]
[Reward for achieving achievement: 2 points. Reputation 2]
“Huh?”
While hunting bandits as usual, a message popped up saying that you had achieved an achievement.
‘I never thought the achievement function would be implemented like this.’
In Rupan, if you complete a quest or perform a specific action, a small amount of gacha currency is given along with a notification that an achievement has been achieved.
‘I got points quickly.’
After entering the academy, I thought I would get points like clearing a tutorial, but the opportunity to learn what a point is came sooner than I thought.
In addition, it went up to a reputation that I don’t know what kind of ability it was.
‘Status window.’
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Name: Sihan Lee
Gender: Male
Ability
Stamina: 6
Strength: 3
Agility: 5
mana: 2
Luck:3
Fame:2
Retained points: 2
Possessed Skills: Penetration (EX), Spearmanship Mastery (MAX)
Title: Bandit Hunter.
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There are new points and title fields in stats.
It seems that points can be distributed not only to skills but also to ability points.
First of all, I checked the title column.
[Bandit Hunter: A bandit is just a prey.]
Simple phrases that do not seem to have much effect.
It was literally just a title.
I paid attention to the title and focused on the points.
‘Where to distribute?’
Moving along the trajectory was enough to defeat the bandits.
If you learn the skill, you will be able to attack more powerfully, but….
‘As expected, raising the stats would be better.’
I decided to get the skill after entering the academy and distribute it to my stats.
My stamina is still relaxed, so pass.
Since I’m a badass, I think there’s little chance I’ll use magic, so I’ll pass this too.
Pass because you don’t know how luck works.
Fame passes as well.
1 Point each was distributed to strength and agility.
[Do you want to distribute this?]
When the distribution was finished, a confirmation window appeared.
It’s not applied immediately after taking a picture, but a way to check it.
“…”
I pressed No and clicked Reputation.
[Reputation cannot be raised with points.]
A warning window appeared.
‘I did it by chance, but it was as expected.’
I thought that the fame obtained by completing achievements would be different from other stats.
As expected, reputation has a unique way to rise unlike other stats.
You can think of popularity as the same thing.
Since the confirmation is over, this time I distributed points to strength and agility and pressed the four buttons.
As soon as the point distribution was over, an unknown vitality surged through his body.
I felt stronger and lighter.
‘I have to try it.’
I wandered around the mountain some more to test how much the raised stats affect the battle.
“I found it! It’s you. The guy who’s been hunting our kids lately!”
In the meantime, I encountered a bandit with a scar on one eye and a stern face unique to a bandit.
The bandit had a blue hood on his head, the mark of a bandit officer, and had six men with him.
‘He’s an executive.’
Pawns wear brown hoods, elite wear green, officers wear blue, and bosses wear red hoods.
Up until now, it was only a foot soldier, and sometimes the elite were visible.
But after raising his stats, he met an executive.
‘You’re lucky.’
The bandit elite had more money and better equipment than the foot soldiers.
Then, how much money and good equipment do executives have?
“…! Rubid-sama! Look at that guy’s eyes! Those cruel eyes that think of us as just prey!”
One of the soldiers trembled and spoke to the officer.
“Yeah! That’s what I look like too. Very cheeky eyes.”
A bandit officer glares at me, frowning.
‘… Wait, Rubid?’
At that time, the name of the bandit officer the soldier said passed through my mind.
If that bandit officer is the Rubid I know… You may have the item I was looking for so much.
‘Then you must not miss it.’
We must catch him.
Don’t run away.
Provoke that executive so that he never thinks of running away.
“Hey, you.”
He pointed his spear at Rubid and continued.
“Looks like a bit of a proud bandit?”
Rubid grinned and raised the corner of his mouth.
“Yes. As for me, I am Rubid, an officer of the Belkendan! I’ve done a good job killing my subordinates so far… So today, you know your life is over!”
“Hot!”
Snort once with a feeling of irritation on purpose.
“…What’s funny?”
“Of course it’s funny. Wouldn’t it be funny to say that a bandit is an executive?”
I shook the window with a squeak.
“Don’t talk nonsense, just attack me, piglet.”
It was then.
[The provocation resistance has been penetrated.]
‘What?’
An odd mechanical sound was heard.
“Pig… Ji? You call me a piglet…?”
Just staring at it, Rubid’s face turned red.
The eyebrows, which were originally frowned upon, become more wrinkled, and the sound of grinding teeth can be heard.
He shuddered and snorted loudly.
“Lu, Mr. Rubid?”
The soldier right next to him was taken aback as if Rubid’s change was strange.
“Right now! Kill that bastard!”
“Yes?”
“Can’t you hear me! Kill me!”
“Oh, I see!”
At the command of the executive, 4 bandit soldiers and 2 elite bandits come running.
‘Tsk, I’m not going to do it myself.’
As I fixed the spear and fixed my posture, I felt a familiar trajectory.
‘Oh.’
And the result of raising the stat was immediately felt through the trajectory.
The number of tracks has increased.
Not only that, but the trajectory range and range have been widened.
I instinctively felt what it meant.
As my strength increased and my agility increased, the possibilities for me to act increased.
In other words, it became possible to attack with actions that were not possible with my strength and agility before.
‘I’ll have to try a new power.’
Kicking off the ground, I quickly moved a longer distance than usual and arrived in front of the bandit.
“Ugh…!”
As if I didn’t expect to rush from my side, the bandit pawn panicked and tried to swing his sword.
However, that short period of hesitation.
That was enough.
Fuwook!
Shortly and quickly stabbed the bandit in the neck, and swung the spear blade right to the side to pull it out.
Originally, it was unnecessary to use more force, so the method of pulling the spear back was used.
However, thanks to the increased muscle strength, I didn’t feel like I was using too much strength even though I moved a little crudely.
Thanks to that, I was able to move on to my next goal without stopping.
One of the elite bandits pulled a rope at me.
A new trajectory is created, but there is no need to knock out the arrow.
The reason you can see the trajectory that can be hit is because you can guess how the arrow flies.
The moment the arrow is shot, move slightly out of the range of the arrow and deal with the bandit soldiers.
“Yup!”
“Oops!”
When the arrow was stuck in the tree behind you, you killed two bandit soldiers.
All that remains is Rubid, two elite bandits, and one bandit pawn.
“Ah, ah…”
The bandit pawn got scared and stopped charging.
“Stupid bastard! Why stop!”
The elite bandit with a sword right behind them gets angry.
Aiming at the moment of hesitation, he shoots a spear, targeting the elite bandits behind him.
[You have penetrated the bandit.]
“Cheer!”
“Uh… that’s great!”
I skewered the bandit foot soldier and the mountaintop elite, and immediately pulled back the spear.
‘Even if you pierce it all at once, the mechanical sound only sounds once.’
“You, these pathetic bastards…! Are you just getting beaten by one guy! You! Go now!”
Rubid, still with a red face, got angry at the remaining bandit elite.
“Ha, but Mr. Rubid! That guy is a freak…”
“Are you going against me now! You worthless bastard!”
Rubid swung his sword at the elite bandits.
“Kuk! Lou, Rubid… Nim…”
The bandit elite who cut his throat grabbed his own throat and collapsed.
‘Bandit toughness.’
If you had proper common sense or personality in the first place, you wouldn’t have become a bandit.
“Whoop! Whoop! I’ll kill you myself!”
The provocation effect is still heard, and his anger towards me is still revealed even when he sees his subordinates die.
Rubid approaches with heavy footsteps.
“Die!”
The thick sword from the waist was pulled out and swung at me.
‘A senior official is definitely different.’
Even with his heavy body, there was a clear difference from other bandits in the speed at which he swung his sword.
Above all, the reduced number of tracks showed the strength of the bandit leader.
But.
‘It’s just that the number has decreased.’
Ruby de swung the sword along its trajectory, and then threw his spear at the very center of Ruby de’s chest.
Fuwook!
[You have penetrated the bandit executive.]
[Achievement: Defeated bandit leader Rubid.]
[Accomplishment Reward: Point 1, Fame 3]
“Cool! No, that’s nonsense… My, I… This my… Go…”
I pulled back his spear before the power was completely released from Ruby de’s body.
With a thump, I searched for Rubid’s body on the floor.
And.
‘Today is really lucky.’
I found the item I was looking for.