I Possess Too Many Characteristics

Chapter 53

‘These people are amazing in a different way.’

Kucarocha hunting grounds.

Jeonghyeon was feeling emotions he couldn’t quite put into words as he watched the scene unfolding before him.

Hunting machines?

Cockroach butchers?

There were no casual conversations between party members like in usual hunts, not even the common”Fighting!”or cheers.

Whoosh━

Crack━ Crack━

They simply unleashed their combat skills instinctively whenever a Kucarocha approached.

‘Indeed, disgust and fear all boil down to the same feeling. I’m learning something new.’

Wonhyo Daesa tasted the skull water and realized the principle of”Everything is Mind-Only.”

Jeonghyeon ended up realizing it in the sewers.

But”Everything is Mind-Only”or whatever, the sewer was truly a terrible Gate.

To the point that he wouldn’t want to come back even if he was paid a subsidy.

First, the stench.

Normally, when you repeatedly smell the same odor, your nose gets used to it and the stimulation decreases. But somehow, with every step he took, a new smell, no less intense than the previous one, stimulated his olfactory nerves.

It meant that he had to endure all those stenches, and if it weren’t for the gas mask Daehoon gave him, he wouldn’t have been able to stand it for even a moment.

And second, the Kucarocha themselves.

The first battle in the sewer was a fresh shock even for Jeonghyeon.

Rustle━ Scuttle━

‘Ugh, what is that sound?’

As soon as they entered the Gate, Jeonghyeon could hear those sounds coming from everywhere.

It was echoing off the narrow sewer walls, making it difficult even for him to classify each one in detail with his senses.

Then suddenly, the sounds intensified, enough to give him goosebumps.

Scrrrrrrrrrrrr━

He could feel it instinctively without having to think deeply.

This meant a swarm of Kucarocha were rushing towards them.

And just glancing at them, there were at least twenty!”

“Left passage! More than twenty!”

In the ‘ㅓ’-shaped passage, Jeonghyeon hurriedly pointed to the left.

Normally, he would have waited a little longer until others could sense it too, but there was no time for that now.

Who could afford to do that when dozens of cockroaches, half the size of a human, were rushing at them from the pitch-black darkness?

“……?”

“……!”

At first, everyone seemed surprised by Jeonghyeon’s detection ability, but it only took a moment for them to adapt.

No, they also sensed the presence of the Kucarocha much faster than Jeonghyeon had anticipated.

Because in the sewers, they were specialists whose abilities far surpassed their traits.

Although their faces were hidden by gas masks, making it impossible to read their expressions, the team members formed a formation towards the direction Jeonghyeon pointed without a word.

And as soon as the Kucarocha crossed their line, the battle began.

The attack, of course, began with fire magic.

Fire Wave and Fire Strike, unleashed by D-rank Level 3 and Level 2 Hunters respectively, spread through the sewer.

The brightly burning flames illuminated the sewer and advanced rapidly.

Then, the swarm of Kucarocha, which had been approaching while hidden in the darkness, finally revealed themselves.

Scuttle━ Scuttle━

Insect-type monsters were vulnerable to attacks that could change their temperature.

For example, fire magic or ice magic.

Although the Kucarocha’s vitality was tenacious, they couldn’t overcome the innate weakness of their species.

The vanguard of the Kucarocha, which had been running along the four walls, collapsed on the spot.

However, there were also cockroaches that managed to push through the barrage of fire magic.

Each one had a shiny, dark brown body, about 1 meter long.

They were Kucarocha armed with blade-like jaws and equally threatening claws.

The next thing that poured onto the Kucarocha, who had poked their heads into the fire magic, were Jeonghyeon’s daggers.

Whizz━

Jeonghyeon’s Throwing Technique, which had become noticeably faster after reaching Level 2, shot out daggers at a speed close to a continuous stream.

“Mr. Jeonghyeon, the daggers are━”

Meanwhile, as Jeonghyeon threw the daggers, Daehoon turned his head and tried to stop him.

Daehoon’s team was optimized solely for efficiently hunting Kucarocha.

The reason why there were no archers or other Hunters who attacked with physical projectiles was simple.

Although Jeonghyeon’s Throwing Technique had never failed to instantly kill monsters with a single blow, it couldn’t do that to the Kucarocha.

Scrrrrrrrrrrrr━

‘These disgusting bastards!’

Even though Jeonghyeon’s daggers were deeply embedded in their heads, the Kucarocha didn’t care and continued to advance, only slightly slowing down.

They didn’t have any particular body parts that could be considered vital points from a human perspective.

This was because the nerves that could independently process movement were spread throughout their bodies.

Did I throw them for nothing?

A thought flashed through Jeonghyeon’s mind.

Throwing Technique was a trait aimed at one-hit kills.

If it couldn’t kill, its effectiveness would plummet.

“Mr. Jeonghyeon……?”

However, Daehoon, or rather, all the team members, were surprised in their own way as they watched him.

How could he throw daggers at such a high speed without missing a single one?

Moreover, most of the hits were accurately on the head.

‘At this level……’

Although he hadn’t had high expectations for the Throwing Technique at first, at that level, it was definitely usable.

Of course, Jeonghyeon, who couldn’t read their astonishment, could only curse inwardly.

The already disgusting monsters were still alive and attacking even after having their heads pierced by daggers.

It was to the point where he wondered if they weren’t undead monsters.

The objectively perceived information was telling him clearly.

The ones hit by the daggers were definitely slower than the others.

‘No, is this really considered slower?!’

But the problem was that they didn’t seem to have slowed down much.

Although not comparable to the Tadan Orc, their movements, with their six legs frantically moving, were still fast.

And sometimes,

Flutter━

There were some that even spread their wings and flew.

This made him instinctively flinch, regardless of his tolerance or courage.

As they charged in by any means necessary, the Kucarocha had reached the Tanker and Close-Range Dealers.

The battle instantly shifted, and now it was close combat.

Whack━ Thwack━

‘Oh shit.’

That was Jeonghyeon’s honest impression.

The two Hunters in charge of close-range combat were nonchalantly slaughtering the Kucarocha without batting an eye.

In particular, every time Daehoon swung his axe, it would split the cockroaches in half.

And the Tankers’ performance was also amazing.

Not only did they block the charging Kucarocha with their shields, but they also crushed them against the wall and killed them.

They even used their shields to stab the ones crawling on the floor, demonstrating every possible way to use a shield.

Their brilliant skills were so captivating that Jeonghyeon only drew his mace when the pace of the battle slowed down relatively.

Whack━

Jeonghyeon briefly stabbed a Kucarocha that had reached Daehoon’s vicinity in the head with his mace and then smashed it.

“━!”

Daehoon looked at him with surprise.

But Kucarocha wouldn’t die from just one hit with a mace.

Or rather, he didn’t know for sure, but it didn’t seem like they would die.

Jeonghyeon, now fully engaged in the battle, relentlessly smashed the Kucarocha that were writhing on the ground.

There was no hesitation in his actions.

It was the moment when the saying”Humans are creatures of adaptation”proved true.

‘This is a piece of wood. A piece of wood this size.’

Of course, it required a bit of self-hypnosis.

Anyway, after going through the sequence of magic-daggers-close combat, about twenty Kucarocha were quickly dealt with.

“Alright, let’s take a break since that’s over.”

And with Daehoon’s words, break time arrived.

“Phew.”

At the word”break,”Jeonghyeon tried to collapse on the floor.

Just looking at the cockroach corpses scattered everywhere made his legs feel weak.

But Daehoon’s thick arm grabbed Jeonghyeon’s body as he was about to sit down.

“If you sit down carelessly and get this on you, there’s no cure. Be careful.”

This wasn’t a normal sewer, but the inside of a Gate.

Daehoon explained that deadly poison was smeared everywhere, including the ceiling, walls, and floor, though it was hard to see in the darkness.

In the end, it was a break time where they couldn’t lean against the walls or sit on the floor, and had to just stand still.

After briefly looking around, Jeonghyeon turned his bag around and slung it over his shoulder.

Then he took out a plastic container and a scraper from inside.

Daehoon, who was watching him, asked.

“What are you trying to do?”

“Ah, it’s nothing. You can rest.”

Jeonghyeon waved his hand dismissively and squatted down next to a nearby Kucarocha corpse.

Among the many that were half-mangled beyond recognition from the people’s attacks, there were some that were still intact.

Then he took the scraper to the Kucarocha’s head and started scraping off the liquid on it.

“Oh, no, Mr. Jeonghyeon!”

Daehoon was horrified as he watched.

And although they didn’t show it outwardly, the other team members seemed to be feeling the same way, judging by the way they flinched and fixed their gazes on him.

The Kucarocha were disgusting just to look at.

Of course, there would be countless reasons why they were disgusting, but their shiny heads covered in a unique liquid couldn’t be ignored either.

And the liquid on their heads was the secret weapon Jeonghyeon had learned about at the processing plant.

“I-Is that useful for something?”

“I’ve worked at the processing plant for a long time, and I know this is a material for medicine.”

“Huh?”

Daehoon tilted his head.

He knew that the Kucarocha corpses weren’t completely discarded, as he had spent some time rolling around in the”Kucarocha’s Sewer”himself.

But it was also true that he hadn’t paid much attention beyond that.

A Hunter’s job was hunting, and what happened afterward was a completely separate issue.

Of course, it was also the first time Jeonghyeon learned what the Kucarocha’s liquid was used for.

━ You scrape their heads with this scraper, and the liquid comes out. You just have to collect it in this container.

When Jeonghyeon visited the processing plant, the work team leader showed him the tools and explained.

━ Excuse me? The liquid? Why would you do that?

━ Well, I heard that liquid is used to make some kind of effective medicine.

━ Medicine?

━ You’ll get hurt if you know too much.

There was no way to know what kind of medicine it was used for, but since he said so, Jeonghyeon could only believe it.

In fact, it didn’t matter what it was used for.

The important thing was the price, wasn’t it?

“If you fill this container, they say it’s worth 300.”

“Th-Three hundred?”

Daehoon’s eyes widened at the amount, which was beyond imagination.

Of course, the amount of liquid you could scrape off from a single Kucarocha wasn’t that much.

Maybe about 50ml at most.

The container Jeonghyeon held out was an ordinary 1L plastic container, so it would take a whopping twenty Kucarocha to barely fill one container.

Moreover, it was difficult to properly scrape it off from damaged corpses.

But what if they had caught tens of thousands of such Kucarocha so far?

Just the thought of it made Daehoon’s mind reel.

‘Well, I’d do it for 300, but who would scrape this in their right mind?’

However, knowing how much it was worth and being able to actually do it were two completely different matters.

It was something you couldn’t do without a strong resolve.

Just look at those grotesque legs that still twitched as if they were alive when you brought the scraper close to their heads.

Jeonghyeon wouldn’t have gone this far if his bank account was just a little bit more comfortable.

Meanwhile, Daehoon was exchanging glances with his team members.

They had just learned about the surprising hidden charm of the Kucarocha, which they had been hunting like it was nothing.

Moreover, the fact that they had to hunt here meant that their circumstances were dire.

Daehoon nodded once and approached Jeonghyeon.

“Mr., Mr. Jeonghyeon.”

“Ugh…… Yes?”

“How many more of those scrapers do you have?”

“Huh?”

For almost the first time in his life, Jeonghyeon read the same madness in someone else’s eyes as his own.

And that too, in seven pairs of eyes.

“I…… I have about three more, just in case.”

“Could you lend us some?”

Daehoon.

He and his team members, who had been hunting for a long time in the”Kucarocha’s Sewer,”which others feared would appear in their nightmares, were by no means pushovers.