I Found the Regressor With My Reflexes

22 – Hunting (4)

I was taken aback by Han Seo-yeon who suddenly closed her eyes with her shining hands folded.

Seemingly taking some time, she quickly wrapped Han Seo-yeon back in the mist of her cloak.

And she’s gone.

Ants began to appear in the queen’s room one by one.

Fortunately, the cloak blocks out bright light, so the ants didn’t find us.

– Hey hey!!!!

Instead, they found the corpse of the queen ant and started frantically searching the cave.

– Chiiyi….

The sour smell of acid followed by the sound of corrosion.

“f*ck.”

When I saw it in the documentary, formic acid was usually fired from the back.

Somehow these crazy ants were dripping acidic liquid from their mouths.

The flow of formic acid is scattered on the floor, making it difficult to escape.

Considering that he didn’t do that when we met earlier, he might be doing that on purpose.

Anyway, at this rate, the queen’s room would be full of ants looking for the queen’s assassin.

I had to run away even now, when there were only a few of them.

“….”

But Seoyeon Han was still concentrating, so she had no choice but to pick her up and head for her aisle.

Then we faced a passageway whose floor was completely filled with acid.

… Could it be that an order was given from the moment the queen died?

The acid that flowed down with the force to drown the assassin made me think that.

Although I couldn’t help but step on her.

– Profit.

“Great…”

It also hurt.

My ability doesn’t seem to activate against environmental damage like this.

Still, there is regeneration, and if I strengthen the skin on the feet with magical power, I think I can endure it for a while….

The problem is that the flow of the acidic liquid is getting faster.

At the time I thought that the imagination I had earlier might be real.

[Synthesis completed.]

Han Seo-yeon opened her eyes.

“…Hyeonu?”

“Oh, are you awake?”

“Are you moving?”

“Yes.”

She looked at the situation for a while.

She frowned at the sound and smell of her teeth.

“Take it.”

“I don’t have hands.”

“…Come on.”

As she puts her hand behind my neck and puts on her necklace of bees and ants biting each other’s tails.

In an instant, the pain in her feet disappeared.

“Oh.”

“The name is ‘Glory of the Small Things’.”

“That’s an unusual name.”

“It’s a pretty good item.”

After saying that, Han Seo-yeon jumped out of my arms and started explaining her equipment.

I couldn’t make a temporary status window because I didn’t have paper this time.

As she said, even after dipping her toe in her acidic liquid, she was still fine.

“Gives the wearer resistance to status ailments like poison and burns, and charisma, right?”

“That’s right. Your supernatural powers will cover the parts that can’t be dealt with.”

“It’s the perfect piece of gear for me.”

‘I don’t think charisma suits me.’

There’s nothing wrong with that.

“I chose it because it suits you.”

“Thank you. But if it’s something like this, I’ll tell you in advance.”

If I had known, I wouldn’t have dipped my feet into the acid.

“I’ll be careful next time. And… You did a good job taking care of me.”

“Eh.”

What is it?

Why are you doing this all of a sudden?

“…It literally means that you did well, so why don’t you relax your expression?”

“I never doubted you for a second???”

“f*ck.”

Honestly, I was very surprised when he said he would be careful.

Anyway.

Climbing up the cave again, we figured out where the acidic liquid came from.

It was a fork in the road leading to another cave. The corpses of dozens of giant ants were piled up there.

The liquid that flowed out of there was flowing into all the forks.

“…That’s f*cking sh*t.”

“But this is good enough.”

“This?”

“If they were caught, they would charge and self-destruct.”

“My God.”

I was stunned by the mysterious and f*cking fantasy world.

Even the piled bodies were blocking the entrance.

The moment I approached it reluctantly to clean it up.

The corpse tower collapsed by chance.

It wasn’t actually alive or anything like that.

It seems that the accumulation itself was unstable.

The problem is that the collapsed tower splashed acid in all directions.

I was momentarily worried about the cloak, so I hid it behind my back as much as possible.

… I had no choice but to be hit head-on with the acid.

“Puha.”

I somehow blocked my eyes with a shield, and it seems to be fine thanks to the necklace Han Seo-yeon gave me.

I wondered if Han Seo-yeon was okay.

“It’s okay…”

“….”

“….”

Han Seo-yeon was in a state where she had neatly blocked all the droplets of acid with the sword she had taken.

A strange silence passed for a moment.

“…Sorry.”

“Let’s just leave quickly…”

“Yes.”

Letting go of Han Seo-yeon’s rare apology, we hurried our steps.

After that, when I passed about eight towers and came out.

“f*cking ants.”

I almost felt like I had taken a shower with formic acid.

[Accomplishment]

└ Clear the hidden dungeon (1/1)

└Reward: Get Acuity (F)

[You already have the skill. It will be replaced by proficiency.]

[Sensitive Sense (D) -＞ Sensitive Sense (C)]

As if to appease me, a reward came out, but it didn’t really make me feel better.

Suddenly, the more sensitive senses made the sour smell stronger.

Furthermore, there were holes all over the tights.

If it hadn’t been entrusted to Han Seo-yeon, the hermit’s cloak would have become like this.

“Um. Uh. Perfect preparation will be fine because it has an automatic repair function.”

“…Won’t this cause hair loss?”

“Your hair will be fine as long as you have the equipment you got this time. Don’t worry.”

That’s fortunate.

Listening to Han Seo-yeon’s explanation, who had become very friendly, we headed to the nearby lake.

For your information, Han Seo-yeon brought the clothes she hid beforehand.

Looking at the expression of sorry mixed with the obvious… I really didn’t expect ants to do this.

Maybe he thought that if I assassinated the queen, she would just take care of it and die in confusion.

“Why are you laughing?”

“Just. I like it because I think about washing it.”

“Mmm.”

What would have happened if I said it was because you were laughing at me when I couldn’t help myself.

… I was quite curious. I barely endured it.

On the way back to the village after bathing in the lake on a cool night with Han Seo-yeon.

“No matter how much I wash it, I feel uncomfortable.”

“I can’t help it.”

The expiration date of sorry and conscience is very short. Seoyeon Han, who returned to normal, began to give a cold answer again.

Something is unfortunate.

“I don’t have any shampoo… I want to wash properly in the waiting room. Do you know when I can go back?”

“Right before the duel begins.”

“So how much is left?”

“Maybe… in a few days.”

A few days.

Can Lee Seon-hwa and Kang Dae-san reconcile in the meantime?

… It must be difficult.

Let’s look at the situation and save Lee Seon-hwa.

With that thought in mind, she unexpectedly arrived at the village with Han Seo-yeon, who did not disappear into the forest.

* * * *

And the next day.

As of yesterday, she was in charge of hunting in the village, so she had to go hunting again.

For him, I had to change the weapons that had been destroyed by formic acid.

As I trudged toward the smithy, feeling like I was going to work for the first time in a while.

For some reason, I found Hagtun and Shuhog in the forge.

“Hyeonwoo!”

“Nice to meet you!”

The two still show a strong reaction as they approach.

“Why are you here?”

“I came to ask her father to repair her weapon for training.”

“Haktan training?”

“Yes. The Chief said he would teach us!”

“That’s why we can’t go hunting together anymore.”

“I see. But all of a sudden?”

When I ask a curious question.

The two continued their conversation with emotional expressions on their faces.

“We learned from yesterday’s hunt.”

“Yes.”

“Even if your hunting skills are excellent, you won’t be able to catch the prey if you lack decisive power!”

“It’s all thanks to Hyunwoo!”

“Right!”

… What bullsh*t is this?

“Is it because I caught Zatog at once?”

“Yes.”

“Impressive power!”

That power is supernatural, so even if you die and wake up, you won’t be able to catch it like I did.

Come to think of it, even the orcs who praised me yesterday said that Zatog was a difficult animal to hunt because it was difficult to stop its charge.

It was easy because I could stop the charge at will.

Suddenly, I was worried that these two idiots would suffer.

Come to think of it.

‘It’s not my part-time job for them to suffer.’

That’s right.

“Work hard!”

“Thank you!”

“I will show you the results in a duel!”

“Yes. I am a hunting palanquin.”

“Good luck!”

“You can do it without parents!”

“….”

I watched the two of them leave after resolving even the vague feeling of guilt that almost remained.

I also left my weapon and came out.

I have been waiting for a new weapon since they said they would give it to me soon.

“Seolah?”

“Brother…”

At night, a more emaciated Seol appeared than yesterday.

“No, are you okay?”

“Brother…”

“Huh?”

I wondered how on earth a person could change like this.

Actually, there was a part that caught my attention.

Because Han Seo-yeon and Seol-yi were strange yesterday.

‘… Have you been possessed by something?’

Remembering those ominous possibilities, I tried to listen seriously.

“Yesterday, the two of you finally… Did it?”

“Ah. Yes. It wasn’t too difficult.”

“….”

Unexpectedly, a normal conversation came out.

Am I hesitating?

Or something that’s hard to say here?

Perhaps it was the latter.

Because Seol-i suddenly closed his mouth and was looking at me with an unknown resolution.

“…Brother.”

“Huh?”

“Will I be a nuisance to you if I take you to my room?”

As expected, a secret story was necessary.

“Of course not.”

What the hell is going on?