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◈ The Seven-Time Hero Goes Live ◈
Chapter 30: I'm a Porter, But... (3)
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‘A Hidden Quest?’
The reason there had been static was the Hidden Quest.
‘If I clear this, the Constellations will sponsor me.’
He did not know what they would sponsor him with.
But the last sponsorship had been a huge amount of experience.
Without that sponsorship, even if Jun-il had spent all night killing Goblins, he might not have reached Level 10.
‘Let's clear this one too.’
He had confirmed that the rewards were substantial, so he really wanted to complete it.
[Hidden Quest]
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Goal: Kang@$ Affinty#
Reward: $##@?@#!
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‘Why is everything censored?’
Nothing was properly visible.
The previous objective, VIP Rescue, had at least been clearly displayed.
* * *
After escaping the Goblin attack.
“W-wow!”
Kim Chae-young let out a cheer.
“We survived!”
She flopped onto the ground and panted for breath.
They had broken through the rear, then collapsed the ground to stop the Goblins approaching from the front, completely breaking the encirclement.
“Phew... We barely made it.”
Paladin Jeon In-su wiped away cold sweat and sat on a rock.
Beside him, another young-looking man dropped to the ground. He was Kim Seong-woo, a mage like Kim Chae-young.
“Damn... I almost pissed myself. What was that weird Goblin from before?”
Kim Seong-woo looked toward Kang Hae-il as he asked.
While everyone else panted like they were on the verge of collapse, Kang Hae-il alone leaned against a rock, looking fairly relaxed.
His answer was anticlimactic.
“Who knows.”
-LOL
-So damn OP
-Hae-il doesn't know either lol
-What would this guy know anyway lol
Kang Hae-il did not actually care much about the strange Goblin from earlier.
‘That's not what's important.’
His gaze swept over the man standing some distance away.
Moon Jun-il, who had joined them as a porter.
‘How did he know?’
Jun-il had suggested breaking through the rear.
It had been a pretty sound call amid all that chaos.
Even if he was F-rank.
“Haah. Hae-il hyung. We can clear this, right?”
Kim Seong-woo asked from beside him, sounding a little frightened.
“If you want out, leave now. The person we rescued earlier left too.”
The person who had first uploaded photos to the community had chosen to leave rather than attempt the dungeon.
“Ha...”
Kim Seong-woo flopped onto his back beside Kim Chae-young and shook his head.
“I'll keep going. Since we came all this way, I should at least see that giant Goblin bastard's face.”
“Ooh, I thought you were a baby. You're a man, huh?”
When Kim Chae-young teased him, Kim Seong-woo replied as though his pride had been wounded.
“What do you mean, a baby? I'm an adult too.”
“Really? I thought you were in high school.”
“No. I'm twenty-one.”
“Then let's grab chicken and beer after this. I'm starving.”
“...R-really? Sounds good!”
* * *
Meanwhile, Jun-il was staring at the Constellations' chat.
He was checking whether they had figured out that he had used Mana Punch on the ground.
-Did he really do that?
-I came because they said the porter did that just now
-This guy isn't a porter
-If an F-rank isn't a porter, what is he?
-That Mana Punch was insane
Of course, a few sharp ones were convinced.
But most were not.
More precisely, they could not be sure.
Even the Constellations were uncertain, so he had used it perfectly.
‘You've still got it, Yulian.’
He chose a spot where the ground was weak, channeled mana into it, and made it explode.
From the outside, it would not look very different from an ordinary sinkhole.
Jun-il felt oddly proud that he had recreated it perfectly even in the modern world.
‘But...’
Something unusual was happening at the same time.
‘Why are they fighting?’
-Are you saying he did that???
-How can an F-rank be L4GS?? There are seriously so many trolls
-Why are there so many people saying this bastard is L4GS?
-Stop talking bullshit and get out
-It just looks like a sinkhole lol
-They're conspiracy theorists lol
-He's just a porter, though?
This was something he had never experienced before.
It seemed the Constellations who had come over from Kang Hae-il's channel were fighting with the Constellations watching Jun-il's channel.
-You can't recognize that? Tsk tsk
-Watch more before you talk
-Of course you can't tell after only a glance, even with all the foreshadowing laid out lol
-This is why all we get are mass-produced stories, because of idiots like you
-If you don't know, piss off back to Kang Hae-il's channel lol
The Constellations insisting that Jun-il was L4GS were being treated like conspiracy theorists.
-It's just a tiny channel with 700 viewers lol Why are these handful-of-fans always so loud?
-These guys are hopeless lol
-You're way too obsessed with an Extra. Stop making secondary content already and at least watch the original properly
-GOAT-tier trolling
-Look at the art style. It's barely sketched in lol
‘They still don't know much.’
Jun-il was an Extra.
The only ones interested in him were the 700 people who had entered this place.
Most Constellations received edited information through the protagonist.
And since the protagonist did not acknowledge Jun-il as L4GS, they thought the same.
‘They'll learn bit by bit someday.’
If he kept making moves near Kang Hae-il, more Constellations would gradually learn that the porter here was L4GS.
‘Once enough Constellations know, Kang Hae-il will be the frustrating one.’
The longer Kang Hae-il failed to notice it, the more the Constellations would grow frustrated with him.
And his Constellations would dwindle.
Just as Yulian had lost Constellations in droves when he failed to identify the traitor in his party.
* * *
“Shall we regroup and set out again?”
Paladin Jeon In-su proposed as he stood.
“Let's do that.”
Kang Hae-il nodded and took the lead.
“But. You there.”
Then Kang Hae-il suddenly looked at Jun-il.
“...Me?”
“Yeah. Have you seen Swarm Goblins before?”
“Huh? Why?”
“You reacted like you had earlier.”
Jun-il considered it for a moment before answering.
It was better to tell the truth than get tangled up in his words.
“Ah... Yes. That phenomenon happened in the direction I came from.”
“I see. Keep up the good work.”
“Ah, yes. Leave it to me.”
-?
-Leave what to you?
-What are you leaving to this F-rank lol
-He means leave the luggage to him
He really did mean the luggage.
“I'll carry all the items!”
Whoosh. Whoosh.
Jun-il picked up every item dropped by the Goblins and put them into his inventory.
-This guy is L4GS? Not a magnet pet?
A comment like that appeared.
A magnet pet.
In a certain famous game, it was a pet players kept around because picking up the coins dropped by monsters was annoying.
It was useful because it automatically collected items and coins like a magnet.
And now, apparently, Moon Jun-il was one.
-LOOOOOOL
-LMAO calling him a magnet pet
-That's insane lol
-The guys from Kang Hae-il's channel are savage lol
-Magnet pet lmao
The Constellations were having the time of their lives.
‘Seriously?’
Jun-il did not bother paying attention to them and followed the party.
Public opinion was noisy right now, but he could not let things like this shake him.
‘At the crucial moment, just once.’
He could give up the small things and take what mattered.
What mattered?
Why did this dungeon exist?
-So who's taking down the Champion Goblin?
-Does anyone know why this guy is even here? Did he come to steal the last hit?
-Moon Jun-il came here for the last hit, right?
A few perceptive ones had already figured it out.
Why Jun-il was following them despite enduring this humiliation.
The boss monster.
‘I need to take the Champion Goblin's experience.’
When this dungeon's boss appeared, Jun-il would reveal his true abilities.
But his gaze lingered particularly long on certain comments.
-L4GS = Lucky Magnet Pet lol
-Magnet pet sure picks things up well
-F-rank? You should be grateful even for a magnet pet lol
‘The magnet pet thing is a little...’
No matter that he was a Hero on his seventh run.
Even he could get irritated by the Constellations' constant attacks.
* * *
“They're here again!”
Before they got much farther, the party encountered Goblins once more.
“Grrrrrr...!”
“Graaah!”
The Swarm Goblins ran on all fours, their eyes bloodshot.
Boom!
Kang Hae-il's flames took them down in one strike.
But there were more this time.
Slash!
Goblin blades cut across Kang Hae-il's upper body.
“Ugh.”
“Hae-il! Get behind my barrier!”
Paladin Jeon In-su stepped forward to buy them time.
“Kyaaaah!”
“Grrrk!”
Crack!
The barrier quickly began to split.
As the frontline tanks faltered, the mages grew uneasy.
“D-damn it, why are there so many!?”
“W-we can't do this. C-can't we just leave, noona?”
As the mages began to lose their nerve, Jun-il reassured them from beside them.
“We aren't surrounded on all sides like before. If we hold formation and fight, we'll win.”
“...Really?”
“Yes. Use a big spell. They're especially effective against Swarm Goblins.”
“A big spell? But they rush us whenever we use magic.”
Kim Seong-woo looked at Jun-il as though he could not believe him.
“Just fire! Don't listen to that guy!”
Kim Chae-young did not even turn around as she cast her spells.
Perhaps because she was panicking, she only used small rapid-fire spells.
Thoom!
Thoom!
‘They'll dodge all of those.’
The Swarm Goblins had completely lost their reason, but their reaction speed was exceptional.
Trying to beat them with speed would get them nowhere.
The best option was to use a high-level spell with a wide enough area that they could not dodge it.
“A big spell...”
Jun-il was about to offer advice again.
But perhaps he was interfering with their concentration.
“Ah! Shut up already!”
Pewww!
Pew!
The mages desperately kept firing small spells.
-LOL
-They finally snapped lol
-Backseating lol
-What is he doing next to them lol
-Damn, I'd be pissed too lol
Getting annoyed when someone talked to you while you were concentrating was the same whether you were studying or casting magic.
‘This is frustrating.’
But Jun-il was frustrated.
Swarm Goblins had lost their reason, so they did not know to disrupt the casting of large spells.
That was why large spells were several times more efficient.
Then it happened.
“Mages.”
Kang Hae-il spoke to his teammates while wrapping a bandage around his wound.
“Yes?”
“This person has fought Swarm Goblins before. Listen to him.”
Kim Seong-woo could not hold it in any longer.
“No, f-fuck, Hae-il hyung! How can we trust an F-rank's judgment!?”
-Fuck, Hae-il hyung! LOL
-For real lol
-He does have a point;
“...Hmm.”
Crack.
Kang Hae-il cracked his neck once.
Then he stepped beyond the barrier to fight again and spoke.
“Just.”
“What?”
“Just trust him. What choice do we have? We've never faced them before.”
“...”
It was not logical reasoning, but it was the right call in the end.
With Kang Hae-il going that far, Kim Chae-young showed that she would accept it.
“You want us to use a big spell?”
“Noona!? You're really going to use one?”
Kim Seong-woo turned around as if asking why she would do that.
He had seen countless mages die to Goblins while taking too long to cast.
But she only shrugged.
“Seong-woo, prepare water magic. I'll use the big spell.”
“Ha... Fine.”
Crackle!
Kim Chae-young and Kim Seong-woo began casting.
Several blue magic circles overlapped.
Big spells took longer to cast, and their brilliant light made them look like they were begging to be attacked.
But Goblins in a Swarm state did not understand things like that.
“Grrrk! Grrk!”
They simply attacked whoever stood in front of them.
As Kang Hae-il and Jeon In-su held them off, Kim Chae-young and Kim Seong-woo completed their casting.
“Here we gooo!”
[Aqua Bomb]
Kim Seong-woo's water-element spell fired.
Dozens of compressed water bombs shot forward under immense pressure, riddling the Goblins with holes.
“Over here too!”
Kim Chae-young's lightning magic.
[Chain Lightning]
A fairly powerful spell that made lightning bounce repeatedly joined the attack.
Bzzzzzt!
The Goblins were seared crisp and collapsed.
Boom!
An explosion followed.
“...Wow.”
Kim Chae-young's mouth fell open without her realizing it.
Kim Seong-woo also glanced nervously at Jun-il and muttered.
“A-a big spell really does work well. Sorry, porter hyung. I shouldn't have said that earlier...”
“Shh.”
Jun-il raised a finger.
“?”
Thud.
Heavy footsteps could be heard.
‘Is it here?’
Jun-il had already prepared himself.
But the others had not.
They had forgotten one thing.
This world might look like a game, but it was not truly a game.
A boss would not enter after warning them like in a game, nor would it wait obediently in a boss room.
Especially the Champion Goblin.
Goblins were already cunning, and this was the strongest among them.
“GRAAAAAAH!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The footsteps grew closer.
‘There is no way that thing will make an honest entrance. Where is it?’
“What? T-to the side!?”
“To the side? That's a wall...”
Crash!
“...Though?”
The wall collapsed, and a massive figure appeared in an instant.
Wham!
“!”
One party member was struck by the Champion Goblin's mace.
The figure flew away like a baseball hit by a bat.
It slammed into the opposite wall with a deafening crash.
Boom!
‘Damn.’
It happened in an instant.
In less than the blink of an eye.
“S-Seong-woo...?”
Kim Chae-young moved toward him as though she could not believe it.
“No.”
Jun-il caught her from behind.
“L-let go! Let go of me!”
“No. We can't lose another mage.”
“What?”
Ding.
Then, as if passing judgment, a notification appeared.
[Kim Seong-woo (C+) has exited.]
Chae-young's eyes trembled.
-Damn
-Holy shit
-Now that's a Champion Goblin
-Fuck, that's terrifying
-Damn damn damn
-Ji Suk-jin, out!
-Oh... shit
-Another Extra exits
Kim Seong-woo was dead.
‘Of course he died after saying they'd get chicken and beer when they got out.’
Jun-il had seen that flag hundreds of times.
So he was not all that surprised.
“Th-this can't be!”
“Sniff...! Seong-wooo!”
The party members were breaking down.
“Dead...?”
Even Kang Hae-il's eyes shook.
‘This...’
Crack.
Jun-il rolled his wrists.
It looked like he might have to step in sooner than expected.
‘I can't just take the last hit.’
[Current Constellations Watching: 712]
-Is he starting?
-Is L4GS going to show us something?
-He's really taking this thing down?
-Oh, he's warming up?
-He'll just take the last hit lol
Footnotes:
“Ji Suk-jin, out!” echoes the recurring elimination call associated with Ji Suk-jin on the Korean variety show Running Man.
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