The Returner Wants Complete Victory

7 – 007. Lycanthrope (2)

Crack, thump, thump. Crack, thump.

The sound of someone running quickly woke me up.

The footsteps of several people, not just one, were heard overlapping. Not that many, maybe 3 people.

Embarrassed by a sound I couldn’t have heard during the day, I slightly pulled back the curtain in a half-asleep state.

No sunlight comes in.

It was already dark outside.

Before regression, I could sleep when I wanted to and wake up when I wanted to, but now I’ve become a body that loses track of time and goes to sleep even if I exercise a little… .

I looked at the clock and it was 10 PM.

I felt relieved that it wasn’t that late, but at the same time, I wondered who the people were running around like that at this hour.

Just in case, I peeked my eyes out between the curtains.

A bald man and two young women.

If it’s a composition that doesn’t seem practical, there’s a high probability that it broke away from a larger group.

If there were 3 people divided, would the original group be about 6 to 10 people?

From the first day, it seemed like they had been hiding somewhere and were attacked by a lycanthrope, but seeing as the lycanthrope was not actually visible, it seemed like the lycanthrope was chasing another group.

You’re lucky.

Suddenly, I thought that Seo Eun-ha wouldn’t like it.

If someone pulls out the aggro like that, the scattered guys will still be wandering around here.

There is a high probability that the due date will be postponed to tomorrow.

Then something amazing happened.

On the second floor, I was peeking my eyes out through a gap in the curtains, and my eyes met the eyes of a bald man who was running frantically.

Unlike the other person who was exposed on the side of the road, I was just peeking my eyes out through the curtains, so I thought of course I wouldn’t find it.

That guy, what are his sense stats?

The man quickly looked around, confirmed that there were no chimeras chasing him, and quickly entered the building I was in. Then the two women followed the man in without knowing what was going on.

No, if you find someone while being chased, you have to avoid them on your own.

Why are you dragging me in too?

As soon as I woke up, I felt bad for no reason.

*

“Wow. “Thank you, student?”

The man who came up to the second floor where I was said, wiping the sweat from his smooth forehead.

“No, whatever. are you okay.”

Perhaps because I was in a very upset mood, I unconsciously answered in a blunt tone.

Oh, that’s annoying.

You can’t stay in a building with a lot of people for a long time.

The smell of excrement that lycanthropes smell includes not only feces and urine but also sweat.

This was the best place to monitor the merchant union building.

My head was already pounding as I didn’t know where to move.

At that time, one of the women who followed him hesitantly checked my face and opened her eyes.

“uh? Hey, maybe in the auditorium… .”

After hearing the woman’s words and looking closely, I saw a familiar face.

Slightly wavy light brown hair and flared skirt. This is the woman who suggested that I move with her in the auditorium.

Now I thought I saw the fierce-looking red-haired woman standing behind me in the auditorium as well.

name is… I don’t remember either.

However, the two double date aspirants who were staring at me fiercely could not be seen where they had gone.

I had a rough guess, but I was still curious so I decided to ask.

“Aren’t there other people with you?”

The two women’s expressions darkened at my words.

It was worth knowing. He must have at least imitated a knight when he was attacked by a lycanthrope.

Go first! I’ll take care of this!

When I imagined that scene, I almost burst out laughing without realizing it.

Sad thoughts, sad thoughts.

The reason I returned… .

Actually, if you think about it, I felt like I was no different from those men.

Was it homophobia? I’m so depressed.

At that time, the bald man pulled the circular chair next to him and sat down.

“student. Give me some water. “I’m so thirsty.”

Did you leave it to me, you bastard?

“no.”

Since I didn’t like it from the beginning, I naturally gave a blunt answer.

The smile disappeared from the other person’s face as if he sensed that.

“… “What’s in that bag?”

“Are you stealing money? “One for every sip of water?”

“Student, don’t criticize me too much. “We all have to work together to survive.”

“I don’t remember asking to cooperate?”

“The student is still young. I can’t do everything alone. In an environment like this, we need to help each other… .”

“You speak very elegantly of saying you will cling to me like a parasite. Is it your age?”

Even so, I didn’t like it, but when I saw the attitude in which he tried to teach me, I became even more upset.

His face value looks high because of his bald forehead, but he looked like he was in his mid to late 30s.

How much longer have you lived before you are acting like this?

“Aren’t you doing too much? We can all help each other in this situation… !”

At that time, a fierce-looking red-haired woman who had been quietly observing our conversation suddenly intervened.

The woman’s face was red as if she was angry.

Why are you so angry? I couldn’t understand, and I had no desire to understand.

Instead of answering, I quietly picked up the ax that was standing next to me and shifted my center of gravity forward so that I could get up at any time.

Then the woman flinched and raised the crossbow.

The man was also surprised and stood up and picked up his axe.

I said, glaring at the red-haired woman.

“If you load that thing, it will kill you.”

Only then did everyone’s faces start to turn blue as their eyes caught the blood stains on my clothes.

As the situation became more serious, a woman with light brown hair intervened with an urgent expression.

“Wait a minute, wait a minute. All three of you, please calm down. excuse me… hmm… “Lord of the house?”

Instead of answering, I just stared.

Once the woman seemed to listen to me, she continued speaking with a relieved expression.

“If you have any water or food, wouldn’t you be willing to sell us some?”

It’s definitely better than the guy who was begging for water.

But here, the money we spent has no meaning.

Isn’t this a fact that can be known even if you just listened to the explanation properly in the auditorium?

“I don’t need money. “You can’t even use it here?”

“Not that, we have an item.”

The woman said that and turned her gaze towards the man.

“mister. You know what? Was it a magical power-boosting pill? “It came from the house we were in.”

Oh, did you have that in the house you settled in? Are you lucky?

If it’s a stat-boosting pill, I’m definitely willing to exchange it.

However, the man only gave a shocked look at the woman’s words.

“mister?”

“Mr. Jihye. Do I really have to change it to this one? Just by looking at it, it seems to be a very valuable item, but exchanging it for food is a bit… .”

Then starve, you bastard.

Seeing that they were penniless except for their weapons, I think they were attacked and left all their food there.

The woman called Jihye seemed to have come to her senses, and slowly began to persuade him.

“It is true that it is a precious item, but we are in more urgent need of food right now. That monster may have followed me as far as I mentioned earlier, but I can’t go out to get food tonight. Even if you’re looking for food tomorrow night, don’t you need to have something to eat today in order to move properly then? At least there needs to be water… .”

As I was listening to Jihye’s story, I was suddenly struck by an uncomfortable feeling, as if something was stuck in my throat.

To be precise, in this part, ‘I don’t know how far the monster may have followed me.’

“Hey, wait a minute. “Were you being chased by a monster?”

I thought he ran away while the two men stayed behind to fight.

Didn’t he leave the situation and throw the two as scapegoats?

“yes? Ah yes. Still, I was definitely left out in the middle. But they might still be looking for me around here, so I’ll hide for now and monitor the situation… .”

No way.

Lycanthropes have slightly higher stats than gladiators.

I wouldn’t believe it if I told you that a normal gladiator missed two women who looked like they had less than 10 health right in front of me, but a lycanthrope missed that?

Rather than that, isn’t it more likely that they were let go?

I jumped up from my seat and walked towards the curtain.

When I got up, I could feel the three of them flinching and becoming wary, but I no longer knew how they felt.

And the outside seen through a gap in the curtain.

A gladiator with inverted jointed legs was looking at me even before I pulled back the curtain.

“Holy sh*t… .”

*

“It’s a pity that so many talented people die. Seongho, is it possible for you to intervene?”

“yes. As you know, direct intervention is impossible even if you are a guide. I can give you at least a hint through a message, but… .”

It would be meaningless in this situation where we have already encountered lycanthropes.

Of course, Seongho Kim had no intention of giving a hint even if he could.

If you give hints one by one to people who seem so talented, you never know when they might cross the line, and in the end, something similar to what happened in the past will happen.

And before that, Seongho Kim also had the caveat that tutorials should be fair to everyone.

Seongho Kim looked at the crystal ball with a sad expression.

The crystal ball showed Jinwoo biting his lip after spotting a lycanthrope outside the window, and the lycanthrope leisurely looking up as if he had already caught Jinwoo.

“Is this the person the leader was talking about?”

A woman with ebony black hair neatly tied up said, putting on round glasses.

As your senses stat increases, your eyesight also improves, so in Proa, glasses have no value beyond fashion unless they are special artifacts.

And if you were to look for the most famous person who wears glasses as a fashion statement, the woman in front of you would probably be the first to be chosen.

Sword Demon Melissa.

A slayer who came in two years ago when Proa was in a state of chaos and cut down people and monsters like demons.

She joined Rachel’s Flairy after the mercenary group she originally belonged to was disbanded, and as if to put an end to her past, she deliberately took on only office work and was creating an image by pretending to be discreet.

In Kim Seong-ho’s judgment, she was a crazy woman with whom he should never be involved.

“Does it look like they’re trying to fight?”

However, she was also the only person here to defeat a lycanthrope one-on-one in the tutorial.

A feat that even the strongest Derek in this position could not achieve.

Of course, it wasn’t achieved through pure skill alone.

She was the beneficiary of the ‘tutorial cheating’ that took place two years ago, and before fighting the lycanthrope, she had already raised all her stats except magic to around 20 through status pills.

Even so, no one here could deny that she was talented in combat.

The reason he was able to become the beneficiary of cheating in the first place was because he was talented.

“Do you think there is a chance of winning?”

“well? Didn’t he say he robbed the entire mansion? I heard that two were found in the slums yesterday. If you eat that… “There’s some bait next to it, I think it might be worth a try?”

The gladiator’s physical specifications are about 23 strength, 13 agility, and 20 stamina.

And lycanthropes have slightly higher strength values of 25 and agility of 18.

As Won Jin-woo, it is a difficult gap to overcome right now, but if you take the pill, you can raise the minimum response to a possible level.

“I guess that’s your standard for whether it’s worth a try?”

In response to Derek’s question, Melissa smiled instead of answering.

Stats aren’t everything.

In a big sense, stats are just a tool like swords and spears.

In the end, it is people who move their bodies.

He has accurate judgment, excellent analytical skills, and even has the trait of being a petty thief. He is already a great talent.

Wouldn’t it be too much to expect that he would also have a talent for combat?

Derek sighed inwardly.