Hoarding in Hell Novel

Chapter 28 Enemies on a single wooden bridge (2)

After starting the quest, the 7th time.

‘How do I catch him?’

Hyunmoo’s head was full of how to catch a black-handed goblin.

Fortunately, he walked alone, and there weren’t many other monsters as long as he didn’t get out of the crossroads.

The fact that only a 1:1 match was an advantage was an advantage, but the disadvantage was that he was enough to cut Hyunmoo into pieces even in that 1:1 match.

A head-to-head fight is not the answer.

‘No, why are you so strong? The same level is 20.’

There is an unusual corner to his strength. Of course, where there is anything normal in this damn world, this guy was especially so compared to other goblins.

Hyunmoo is well aware of cases where he has to be unusually strong for his level. Because that’s what Hyunmoo did.

Because of items and skills.

“If you raise the level further, you can narrow the gap, but…”

In this way, he is tracked every time, and he does not know how long it will take to live without even a day. Already Hyunmoo stayed here for too long to level up.

In a little while, the record of the first quest overcoming fine dust will be updated.

Above all else, at this point in time when the gnome itself is an obstacle to leveling up, the fact that it is trained by fighting is impossible.

It was necessary to radically change the strategy.

***

Hyunmoo started tracking the black-handed goblin instead of running around.

The pursuer is surprisingly unaware that he is being pursued. Actively looking for the black-handed goblin, the time to survive again increased.

But nevertheless, his senses were surprisingly sensitive, and even the slightest mistake would often be detected.

[Intimacy has risen.]

However, Hyunmoo’s tracking ability was growing day by day.

The secret is not simply the effect of becoming transparent, but the ability to make himself a still life.

He is inconspicuous by reducing movement and breathing and diminishing emotional agitation or presence. At one point, even mosquitoes ignored Hyunmoo and passed by.

It was useless when Lenian put a straw in his forearm.

“I will offer your intestines, Kreuk, to the graves of my friends.”

6th round.

The goblin that cut off Hyunmoo’s stomach, who was hiding, looked at Hyunmoo with eyes burning with hatred.

The only thing Hyunmoo does better than goblins is that they die better.

In other words, even if he dies, he comes back to life like a planaria.

Difficulty of dying just by rubbing the collar: The advantage of being able to respawn in Hell is only part of what makes Hell more Hell. However, Hyunmoo decided to bet ‘stats’ with this only advantage.Hyunmoo’s fight with the Black Handed Goblin wasn’t a fight to win, but an experiment on how well he could kill him. Hyunmoo documented repeated defeats with goblins as a battle helper.

His gait, the trajectory of the dagger, his attacking habit, his breathing method, and the movement of his eyes were engraved in Hyunmoo’s mind in black.

He was good at fast hitting and dribbling, and even a light stab from him was fatal to Hyunmoo, who was weak. However, the more he faced, the more he evaded, and the number of times Hyunmoo attempted to counterattack increased.

At the same time, the number of times Hyunmoo inflicted wounds on the goblin’s body increased.

For reference, Hyunmoo has never had a fair fight.

He lured into traps, set traps, used tools, hurled hell darts from long distances, swooped in swarms of mosquitoes, or even raided while sleeping.

But the Black Hand Goblin was more than that. He was of no use to that extent.

“Kiruk, annoying, human.”

13th round.

The black-handed goblin looked at the dying Hyunmoo with contempt and exhaled.

At this point, Hyunmoo’s martial arts skills were taken to the next level.

The martial arts that Hyunmoo has been learning in the past is a technique created by an ‘ordinary human’ with the limitations of his physical strength and endurance.

But monsters need monster skills.

It was similar to how the Red Butterfly created a unique martial art based on her skills.

Hyunmoo learned the ‘movements he had when he had the ability to transcend his own racial value’ in the fight against the goblins. Hyunmoo felt his fights became increasingly three-dimensional and unpredictable.

Hyunmoo didn’t realize it, but what he reached was a huge wall separating the top-class hunters from the hunters who wandered in low-level dungeons throughout their lives.

People who have lived on the floor all their lives cannot easily leap through the air and fight through walls.

Without realizing it, Hyunmoo had the movement of high-ranking hunters entering and exiting the 3rd and 4th grade dungeons.

“…you, Kiruk, what are you doing, human?”

And the 32nd round.

The goblin looked at Hyunmoo dying and said disgustingly. If this was the case, would it have diluted the desire for revenge against the enemy who killed his comrades?

Hahaha, when the guy who killed 32 times casually appears in front of your eyes, it seems that absurdity or boredom will grow bigger than hatred.

The difference in experience was huge.

The level of the goblin itself is also a level, but the goblin has been fighting many monsters on this street. Yet it survived.

This street has relatively few monsters, but compared to Hyunmoo, he was a senior among seniors.

Above all else, he was getting more and more proficient at killing Hyunmoo.

As much as Hyunmoo got used to the goblin’s movements, the goblin was also getting used to Hyunmoo.

In fact, when Hyunmoo had the best movement within the limits of his abilities, the time to fight the goblins was getting shorter.

The goblin didn’t just use a knife to kill Hyunmoo either.

He also threw an acid potion that melted his face, threw a throwing net, knocked it down, and stabbed him. Or, there were times when he simply killed by throwing a knife when he was in an awkward distance.

In the end, it was more like a battle of who was more cowardly.

Hyunmoo tried to attack by dismantling and crafting all kinds of items to find a way somehow. But at the current level, none of that worked.

Hyunmoo felt one thing.

There’s no way this guy can win.

He’s of no use when he’s never bored and obsessed with chasing, catching, and killing him.

If one day he gets tired of killing himself and gives up, he may be able to level up and attack, but he doesn’t know how long it will take. He was tenaciously interfering with Hyunmoo’s leveling up.

Abnormal abilities, there is an abnormal obsession.

He didn’t seem to have a strong desire for revenge for Hyunmoo anymore.

But how to explain this obsession? Hyunmoo is no match for the black-handed goblin. But he clearly recognized it as a threat.

There, he had a gap that could not be overcome no matter how hard he trained.

Hell darts don’t work. All beaten or cut off.

Poisoned, no contact at all. He already knows himself well.

Battle helper, even if you leave it active throughout the battle, you will be overwhelmed by it.

Take control, it only works for a very short time. It is even getting more and more resistant.

Other than that, I tried dozens of possible ways to do it.

Hyunmoo couldn’t help but admit it. He can never win in the normal way.

However, Hyunmoo rushed in with anger every time as if he were dying for the first time.

And around the 34th round, Hyunmoo finally found what he was looking for.

Finally the time has come.

***

Entrance to the underground terminal.

It was not visible which station was erased by the wind. Hyunmoo was observing the subway entrance from the rooftop of a nearby building.

A goblin looked around, then opened the door that covered the subway entrance and crept inside. For several days, the goblins came in and out, checking the numbers coming and going.

Although the number is unknown, the number of those who enter and do not come out is not a small number.

Not a single black-handed goblin can beat a village. However, Hyunmoo had no intention of having a fair fight anyway.

It has been quite some time since he discovered and observed the village. The fact that Hyunmoo died while fighting the black-handed goblin up to this point was not because he threw himself to death. He was making some kind of map.

He said, ‘If you think about his movement and his appearance points by time, you can tell that there is something protecting him.’

The black-handed goblin was patrolling in a circle around this village.

Then I saw a black-handed goblin coming out of the subway exit.

It was recognizable even from a distance of 100m. Hyunmoo looked at him holding his breath. The black-handed goblin didn’t seem to notice Hyunmoo at all.

It’s been awhile since he’s been able to completely hide his presence against the black-handed goblins. If you get close, you’ll notice it right away.

Weeeing, I heard the sound of flapping wings. When I turned my head, Lenian was standing next to me at some point.”Butler, I came to look around.”

“how?”

“Can I have a drink before that?”

Hyunmoo was disgusted and exposed the inside of his arm. Lenian put a straw in Hyunmoo’s forearm with an excited expression. I was still eating something at other times, and I wondered how it could all fit into that tiny body.

“Tell me.”

“Woah, the inside of the subway feels like a village made by remodeling an evacuation facility. It’s sloppy, but the division and design are good, and there are children and it’s pretty quiet when you see them live in hiding. There was. Maybe something like a drinking water source and aquaculture farm?”

“Are the vents?”

“There’s a gap on the side of the big building over there, but it seems difficult for the butler to get in and out. It seems that the goblins blocked it. Still, it has to act as an air vent, so fairies can get in and out?”

“Where is the drinking water source upstream?”

“The subway itself seems to have been flooded and flowed all the time. Oh, but there is a part that collapsed in the middle to expose the subway. But, you have to go through the upstream? they say.”

“Emergency escape route?”

“One over there. The rest looked like they were flooded or collapsed.”

Hyunmoo nodded his head. This was enough. To be honest, he was a little unsatisfied, but he remembered well what to pay attention to and what to look for. He did better than expected.

“But what? If you go alone anyway, the butler would die horribly.”

“Who’s got in? It’s enough to know that they put a lot of work into this village. Those who have a lot don’t give up easily.”

Then the black-handed goblin appeared. Hyunmoo stopped breathing immediately. It was okay to not have to worry about getting caught on this street because of her well-trained stealth.

However, it is only when he is doing his best to hide, and if he is not paying attention, he will be discovered and killed in an instant.

Hyunmoo checked the time. In Hell, where it is difficult to distinguish between day and night, a watch was essential.

Going out was exactly what I expected. Only the black-handed goblin and the other goblins went out to scout.

‘I killed those scouts.’

In hindsight, it is worthy of displeasure that he killed his subordinates. It must have been a goblin that could be said to be the man of this village.

But Hyunmoo didn’t know.

As soon as the black-handed goblin came out of the stairs, something popped out of the subway entrance.

Hyunmoo looked at it and paused.

It was a little goblin. He was wearing a mask over his mouth. The baby goblin frowned and hugged the black-handed goblin’s legs wide.

“I think it’s a child.”

Lenian whispered beside him. Hyunmoo didn’t answer.

The black-handed goblin looked around in bewilderment. Then he scolded the baby goblin and sent him back to the subway entrance.

He looked around carefully, as if he was paying attention to something again.

Hyunmoo thought for a moment about the baby goblin and the black-handed goblin. But as soon as the black-handed goblin went out of sight, he too began to move.

‘I’ve waited long enough.’