The Returner Wants Complete Victory

6 – 006. Lycanthrope

When hundreds of people gather, there are bound to be special people among them.

27-year-old Sergeant Kang Jun-hyuk.

His nickname in the unit is Terminator.

My hobby is reading web novels while on duty.

As Junhyuk listened to the explanation in the auditorium, he was convinced that he was the main character of this world.

Shining copper-colored combat muscles amidst the fashionable muscles that look insignificant at first glance, and abundant background knowledge accumulated through web novels.

The only penalty is that if you die, you return to Earth.

That fact became the driving force that allowed me to move actively without fear of dying like other web novel protagonists.

In fact, on the first night when everyone was busy hiding, Junhyuk actively went out to hunt the chimera.

There are valuable items in places guarded by strong enemies.

High risk, high return. Isn’t this kind of Korean-style other-world stuff common sense?

“Brother, there’s nothing here either.”

A man said, walking out of the house behind the chimera corpse.

My name is Minwoo Kim.

When Junhyuk saved him from almost being killed by a chimera, he followed him, saying he would repay the favor.

This is already the third time killing the chimera blocking the door and searching the house.

Unfortunately, I haven’t gotten any items yet.

This was true even though I had to endure disgust and look through the chimera’s corpse to see what was inside it.

Isn’t it the basis of this world’s work to get results in proportion to the effort you put in?

The current situation, which is not getting any better no matter how much we try, has overlapped with reality.

Junhyuk began to feel angry beyond nervousness.

“f*ck, isn’t this it? hey. “You didn’t say anything because something came up, right?”

“Oh, no, that can’t be possible. Brother, I’m not that kind of guy. “If you’re really worried, I’ll watch over you next time, so you can go in.”

Junhyuk shook his head at Minwoo’s words.

It was not expected that someone would be killed by mistake while searching the house.

“It’s okay, dude. “I just tried it.”

Junhyuk stopped talking and quickly pulled Minwoo into the alley.

Clutch, crunch. Gigigigigi-gi-gi-gi-geek─.

The sound of restraints tied to wrists and the unpleasant noise made when a great sword scrapes the ground began to be heard from somewhere.

Junhyuk, who was hiding in the corner of an alley, opened the emotion app on his phone and turned on the camera.

When I held out the tip of my phone and looked in the direction where the sound was coming from, I saw a figure slowly approaching from afar.

At first glance, it was a chimera as it was large and was carrying a great sword.

“… “What is that bastard doing that makes you moan?”

Junhyuk confirmed the assumption he had made after seeing people being massacred during the day by taking action at night.

Their senses, except for sight, are abnormally damaged, their intelligence is also considerably reduced, and, crucially, they constantly let out pain-filled groans when they are awake.

The more violently they moved, the louder their moans became, and Junhyuk had now reached a point where he could tell whether they were sleeping or awake, or whether they had found someone, just by hearing the sound.

“Brother, doesn’t that kid’s legs look a little strange?”

When Junhyuk heard that and checked closely, he realized that unlike other guys that actually looked like people, the monster’s legs were in the form of inverted joints.

Special guys give special rewards.

Junhyuk decided to trust his common sense one last time.

Junhyuk whispered to Minwoo.

‘When I give the signal, run to the opposite alley. When that guy catches his eye on you, I hit him from behind.’

‘yes? Really? Wouldn’t it be better to just hide?’

Minwoo looked worried, but Junhyuk was determined.

‘Just by looking at him, he looks like he has something to give. Think carefully, man. This is literally a tutorial. Are you sure they put a guy that you can’t catch? If you don’t get anything here, you can’t do anything in the main game. ‘Let’s give it a try.’

At Junhyuk’s persuasion, Minwoo nodded with a firm expression.

In fact, Junhyuk has shown himself to be quite trustworthy ever since he saved her.

‘now!’

When Junhyuk gave the signal, Minwoo ran without even looking back.

The chimera’s head followed the direction where Minwoo disappeared.

Junhyuk moved to insert the spear into the back of the chimera’s head.

And, for a moment, Junhyuk felt puzzled that the chimera’s eyes met his own.

Kwasik!

The chimera’s great sword pierced Junhyuk’s body as he closed the distance.

Junhyuk, who was stabbed by a huge sword, was crushed to the floor without even being able to scream.

“He’s my brother!!!!!!!!”

Minwoo, who was watching the scene from the other side, cried out.

Chimera slowly turned his head towards Minwoo.

That action seems to be telling you that you can’t run away anyway.

Minwoo felt as if the chimera was smiling at him.

*

Brother─Brother─Brother─… .

Someone’s heartbreaking cry tore through the silence of dawn and rang out.

No, which crazy person are you?

Hmm…

Off─.

Wow!

And as if they had promised, gladiators began to stand up here and there.

Holy sh*t. There is no separate wake-up call.

I could still wander around for another hour.

I had no choice but to start running towards the building I had already seen.

*

“… Too bad. If only I had acted a little more carefully… .”

Derek swallowed his sleep as he looked at Junhyuk, whose form was so mangled that it was hard to recognize him.

Rachel, who was watching the scene, twisted her lips as if she liked it.

“He was a person who suited your tastes, walking around without even knowing where to die. “It’s a shame?”

“Seeing how you’re grumpy, I guess you’re very heartbroken?”

However, Derek just chuckled as if he understood Rachel’s provocation.

“Who are you talking about?”

In response to Derek’s ridicule, Rachel asked back with a still smiling expression.

However, the eyes were not smiling at all, and anyone could see that the smile was forced, so it felt even more cruel.

Derek turned his head without any response, and Kim Seong-ho also fixed his eyes on the crystal ball for fear of sparks flying… .

Rachel has been in a low mood ever since Won Jin-woo revealed that he had the trait of a petty thief.

The decision to go to the mansion without any information, the search ability to find 9 out of 10 pills, and finally, the movement that seemed to know almost exactly the Gladiator’s weaknesses.

If the guide had not denied it, it would have been expected that he had ‘intuition’ in many ways, a fairly high level intuition, but it turned out that the person in question had the trait of a petty thief.

Of course, the Shoplifter trait only tells you the location of the item.

Situational judgment and analytical skills are definitely useful.

However, there are many talented people like that in the top three mercenary groups.

A power beyond humans that transcends all that.

Kim Seong-ho’s mercenary group, Vegetable Team, became the strongest mercenary group in Proa within two years thanks to the power of leader Chae Yoon.

Even though Chae Yoon joined the company a year later than Rachel and Derek, she rose to that position with an unbelievable growth rate.

It was obvious that if a few more years passed like this, it would become the first mercenary group, not the third.

A card that could counter that trend was needed.

Although Won Jin-woo was an outstanding talent… Unfortunately, it seemed to be far from being enough to surpass that standard.

“I’ll just go. “Melissa will be here later.”

Rachel left with a disappointed look on her face.

“Yes, please go in carefully.”

I can finally catch my breath.

Seongho Kim was just thankful that one of Rachel and Derek, the two kites who made noises when they encountered each other, had finally disappeared.

*

Grrr.

My elbows are shaking like dragonfly wings.

How many pushups did you do?

I’m not sure the number is important.

The important thing is to push your body to its limit right away, and then take it one step further.

By repeating the action, the stat increases.

You can’t be active during the day when the sun is up anyway.

So, exercise during this time to raise your stats a little.

The sun is up for almost 14 hours from dawn to night, and you can’t just sleep during that time.

After sleeping well like this, if I drink a bottle of potion before leaving, I have no trouble working at all.

Potions are something that others may think of as an extra life, but what can you say? Not for me.

“Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

dump.

The last push-up, I couldn’t come up from the down position, and after shaking around for a while, I ended up falling down.

Tiring-

– Strength increases by 1.

Then my phone made a beeping sound that only my ears could hear.

If this happens, today’s quota is over.

Other stats were difficult to raise in a cramped room.

I roughly cleaned up the place and sat down on the bed.

I couldn’t see what was going on outside because the window was covered, but I could feel that the atmosphere was definitely different from yesterday.

The only thing that can be heard outside now is the gladiator’s groans and the sound of metal hitting metal.

Now that I think about it, the lycanthropes have been active for a few days.

These are the guys that say they give bonus stats to the mission, but I didn’t really plan on catching them, so I paid no attention to them.

From the second day, the survivors are divided into three.

A person who is not afraid of battle with chimeras.

A person who avoids chimeras and searches for food and items.

A person who is currently hiding out and trying to survive for 5 days.

Five days is a period in which you can survive by just drinking water if you want to.

Even if you’re running around with a party in a light-hearted way, like a game, you can’t help but regain a sense of reality when you see the person next to you literally being torn in two.

When you die you go to Earth? What does it matter?

Fear, imprinted in instinct, trumps reason.

Of the 300 people on the first day, usually more than half die, and half of those who survive lose their will to fight and go into hiding somewhere that seems safe.

And Proa doesn’t need those people.

What Proa, or Irene, wants is a warrior who will fight against the hordes of chimeras who have become servants of an ancient evil god, not a carnivore who only eats food.

The tutorial is a selection ground for selecting such warriors, and of course there is a filter to weed out the cowards.

Lycanthrope.

A gladiator, a hunter with wolf legs.

Except that the stats are a little higher and the combat skills are a little better, it is not much different from the existing gladiator.

They are equally dependent on their eyes, their ears have deteriorated, and their noses are also unable to detect most smells.

There are two differences.

Unlike ordinary gladiators, it is nocturnal,

You can smell human excrement.

The place where several people are hiding will probably be attacked starting tonight.