Damned 13th Regression – 36



Episode 36 – Joy that is few and far between

“great. good. There are achievements. “Now we can reap our first harvest.”

Gonghyuk claps his hands and encourages the sweating hunters.

Nearly 200 hunters were each summoning an avatar and working hard.

The water attribute avatar and the earth attribute avatar drew groundwater and river water to create waterways while the plant attribute avatar and light attribute avatar helped the growth of a variety of tropical fruits.

A vast orchard that opened up part of the dungeon.

It started with thousands of small saplings but now it has grown into a huge tree full of delicious ripe fruits.

It was harvested only three days after planting.

[We pioneered the ‘Ceratopsian Forest’ and started farming]

[Hidden quest ‘Uninhabited Island Farming’ accomplished. Achievement rate 91%]

[10 navy blue coins are given as a reward]

[Obtained the title ‘Dungeon Farmer’]

[When wearing the title. When attacking plant monsters with metal weapons additional damage is inflicted.

Becomes resistant to plant attribute attacks]

Tiny Nathaniel sat on Gonghyeok’s shoulder and spoke bluntly.

– You didn’t do anything but come and shout sometimes but you take the achievement with you.

‘Originally the general director is the most important law. Look at the barbell. Because the angels who are the general supervisors have eaten it all humans are dying and suffering so much. ‘It’s more important how successful you are than how hard you work.’

– I don’t know who you are but you really have a bad personality.

“huh. “Possession of the Holy Spirit.”

[Holy Spirit Possession (A) activated. Target ‘Spoon’]

Gonghyeok possessed Nathaniel with the spoon he took out of his inventory.

Then he scoops out a spoonful of the sweet honey-like fruit and sticks it into a rolling rotten piece of wood.

‘Kyaaah! Bugs! A caterpillar! Ladybug! A beetle! ‘Hercules beetle kills me!’

Various insects crawled up and ravaged Nathaniel’s whole body.

While appreciating Nathaniel’s vivid screams before they were worn out Gonghyeok decided to pet him step by step again this time.

At that time a group of hunters approached the orchard.

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Now it was Soma and the commanders under him who were leading the 300-strong assault force.

“As expected Gonghyuk. I had no idea that the food problem could be solved in this way. “Farming using plant-based avatars…”

“what. 2 300 people need to be looked after for several days making it impossible for a small group. Don’t ignore the potential of hunters. “You can do anything if you put your mind to it.”

Killing the Demon King and destroying the Earth.

Gonghyuk said swallowing the last words.

“Have you found any of the killers from the west?”

“We caught about two people but failed to capture them alive. There are also traces that come and go. They say it is impossible to detect even reconnaissance avatars.”

“Yes yes…”

The killers of the west were more like public enemies to the hunters.

An entity that will be the biggest source of anxiety in the long term when living on an uninhabited island.

Of course there are 20 to 30 people at best. Now that Gonghyeok’s forces have increased to nearly 1500 people there is nothing they can’t catch if they decide to do it all at once but if they decide to run away it was obvious how long it would take on this wide uninhabited island.

Of course the killers were also reluctant to cause friction with Gonghyeok’s forces.

The killers’ main tactic was to attack hunters who had separated from the group but they never touched the hunters in Gonghyeok’s group.

In addition Gonghyeok also deliberately did not catch the murderers.

Their presence was indispensable in order to lead the uninhabited island to the situation Gonghyeok wanted in the future.

‘From now on I’ll never be able to catch those guys.’

They collected five pieces of floating stones a week after the uninhabited island mission began.

As of the 12th day at least two floating stones should have been successfully completed.

‘If there are two arks filled with rare materials it will be difficult to trace them.’

“Are you worried about something?”

“worry? I don’t worry about anything. “Stop going to work.”

Gonghyeok turned around anticipating something that other hunters didn’t yet know.

“Just a moment Gonghyuk.”

“huh?”

“There’s something I’d like to ask you.”

“okay? Then follow me to my barracks. “Nathaniel stop crying and come with us.”

‘no···. I really hate you…’

The palm-sized creature was crying so sadly that if anyone had seen it they would have condemned it for belittling Gonghyeok as a savior.

The problem is that the only person who can see Nathaniel’s voice and appearance is Gonghyeok the crystallization of his bleak personality.

Gonghyeok returned to his residence with Soma. Gonghyeok’s residence was a large mountain cabin made of stone and beautifully finished with high-quality wood which was rare among houses on an uninhabited island.

As he is the head of the uninhabited island’s largest force the hunters under his command even use avatars to show his majesty creating a luxurious mountain lodge.

Of course even though it was luxurious it was poor compared to modern pensions and to Gonghyeok it was just a place to sleep whether it was a mountain lodge or a hut.

A hunter intervened in front of the two people entering the luxurious residence.

“Gonghyeok! My name is Rajiv Mukesh from Punjab and I just joined! “For putting me to good use as a plant-based avatar with weak combat skills…”

The more people he had under his command the more people came forward to attract Gonghyeok’s attention.

There may be people who do it out of genuine gratitude.

Gonghyeok who was already used to this and had experienced this more than anyone else in the world opened his mouth without thinking.

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“huh. Okay so turn it off…”

“yes?”

“···.Let’s see Jin Buldo again. Hahaha. “Well then I have something to talk about with Mr. Soma so I’ll go inside.”

“yep! As Gonghyeok said always look back on fires that have been extinguished and prepare to prevent anything from happening…”

“Haha yes. is it so. That’s it. Our Rajiv fighting!”

Gonghyuk responded with a friendly smile his neat teeth shining.

Gonghyeok who entered the residence after defeating Rajiv lost his smile from before and mumbled with a sad expression on his face.

“You almost came out with your original personality. “If I was of Korean descent I would have been caught.”

“hmm? What do you mean? Gonghyuk.”

“no. “It’s okay if you don’t know.”

The barracks were spacious and useless but there was one good thing.

The huge boss corpse fits comfortably. Thanks to this I was able to destroy all the walls that the hunters had worked so hard to build.

Even in the humid tropical weather the corpses showed no signs of decomposition or even odor.

This was thanks to the holy beast production skill included in the Holy Spirit Summoner skill book.

Gonghyeok approached the lying dead body.

[Production of Seongsu (B+) in progress]

[The air conditioning bird art is currently 78% complete. Title ‘Holy’]

[Black Panther Hamilodon currently 59% complete. Title ‘Holy’]

[Giant Crocodile Kampsus is currently 43% complete. style···.]

[Progress becomes faster when you invest additional magic power or use purification skills.]

After applying additional purification skills Gonghyuk pulled out a nearby simple chair and sat down.

On the small table next to it various cigarettes were divided into jars.

“It looks like the variety of tobacco has increased again.”

“You get sick of eating the same thing every day. “Only an alchemist can make the tobacco I really like.”

As I put the pipe in my mouth I looked at Soma with very drowsy eyes.

“so? “What do you want to say?”

Soma closed his eyes for a moment and opened them.

“If we put our minds to it. “Can you catch that Tyrannosaurus?”

“then. “If we all rush in we can catch it.”

“I’m not talking about other hunters.”

Soma looked straight into Gonghyuk’s eyes.

“I’m asking if the two of us can catch it together.”

Gonghyeok’s mouth curled in a mocking tone.

“Didn’t you decide to become Geumgang Yacha to destroy Babel?”

“Isn’t it better to walk to hell as two people than to go there with 1000 other people?”

Soma who had been speaking quietly was shocked.

This was because the strange smoke from the pipe reached Soma’s nose.

“Gonghyuk. This smell…”

“ah. this? “It’s a mix of some of the feel-good stuff that comes out around here.”

“ah···. “Are you on my side?”

Among real-life hunters it was not uncommon to see hunters calmly entering dungeons while chewing marijuana or running into battlefields while taking various combat stimulants.

The closest drug to Soma while living in Tibet was the cheap opium smoked by his colleagues.

Gonghyuk still muttered with a drowsy look on his face.

“Not exactly that weird dungeon plant. Don’t make that face. “Because of the SS-level mental strength my mind is extremely intact.”

“Your body is hurting.”

“It hurts my body. If my stamina were just a little higher I would be fine even if I drank dozens of times the lethal dose right? These days you have to act like a good person and be completely immersed in it. Then shouldn’t you feel good too? So it really has no choice but to bloom. “Really?”

– Another excuse for human waste.

Nathaniel who was sitting sullenly in the tobacco jar at the beginning of the year said something.

“Nathaniel. Can you imagine how much of a stench the panties of a hunter who has been exploring a dungeon for three days can emit?”

– sorry. I was wrong. Wrong. wrong···.

Gonghyeok who felt good after torturing the innocent Socheonsa said with a smile.

“You two are Tyrannosaurus. well. Originally that guy was created assuming a raid with at least 50 people. “We need a collective amount of damage not just a single counter attack to get through the head.”

“Is that so? It certainly felt like its gigantic appearance was such that hundreds of people could attack it at once. but···.”

Soma swallowed his words for a moment.

Didn’t the man in front of me almost single-handedly destroy that existence a few days ago?

The words he wanted to say lingered in his mouth but in the end Soma couldn’t get them out.

The man in front of me was not a man who moved for a small Tao but a man who did anything without hesitation for the greater Tao.

“I am···. I won’t blame you if you don’t catch it on purpose. “Someone has to go to hell.”

I understand everything. Soma spoke like that.

‘Tsk.’

Gonghyuk couldn’t hold back his laughter. I put away my pipe and got up.

“Thank you for understanding. The road to hell won’t be uncomfortable. Well now it’s time to go for a walk with the scouts so I’ll go first. “Go back and rest comfortably.”

“yes. All right. Gonghyuk.”

Before Soma could stand up Gonghyeok opened the door of the lodge and went out.

“Foot fuhaha. Hahahahaha—”

“The captain is smiling. “Is something good happening?”

“Well he’s actually a good person. I heard that you and three scouts are going to patrol the killer hunter that has been appearing around here lately. “You are truly amazing.”

“Gonghyeok! We are always grateful that you accept us!”

Gonghyeok welcomed people who approached him with goodwill with a smile on his face.

‘Soma. Wouldn’t you really blame me? ‘It’s still ringing in my ears?’

The words you cursed me while coughing up blood.

The sight of the great pretense and strong will at the end of your heart being broken by reality is one of the few joys of my return.

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