Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior - Chapter 147

Before the Storm (1)

A dark, low street alley.

A place where hundreds of thousands of lives pass by, along with sediment of unknown origin, between the sewer walls covered with yellow moss.

From the common drug addicts to the third-rate thugs who were pushed out of the Bronze Zone, where the number of refugees has recently begun to increase, to the hermits who are hiding from the eyes of the world.

There were rumors that there was a commotion in the western district not long ago, but the lives of people here did not change much.

In these dingy sewers, scraps of bread have always been rare, and the deaths of drug addicts were common in the past.

Damir Putin, one of the most famous drug dealers in the lower streets, also thought so.

Until just recently.

Good luck!

A fire catches fire in empty space.

The flame quickly grew to the size of a watermelon.

“What the fuck, muscle pig savage is doing a chantless spell…!”

A mouth that doesn’t stop even as it runs away with a white face.

The pursuer chuckled at that and snapped his thick fingers.

「Ignition」

「Red flame sphere」

Burning fire!

The fired red fireball rushes in, blowing away all the moisture in the sewer.

Putin, who was at the end of the trajectory, freaked out and barely escaped the line of fire by turning the corner.

Quagwagwang!

“Kwaeook!”

Although he avoided a direct hit, he could not avoid the aftermath of the explosion.

Burning debris and dust swept through the passage like waves, and Putin’s massive body also floated and flew several meters.

with a splash!

A body stuck in a puddle full of sewage. Even though the thick flesh acted as a cushion, my bones throbbed.

Putin gasped and took out a small piece of paper from his pocket. It was an amulet with black and red letters.

“This…fucking shield amulet. It was expensive, but they said they would block any type of order, so it was a pure scammer…”

“It’s not a scam.”

Paget—!

At that moment, a bolt of electricity strikes in front of my eyes.

The blue lightning was deflected as if it had been hit by something just before it pierced the head.

At the same time, the amulet in my hand emitted intense light and was torn to pieces and scattered.

“Uh huh…?”

“Drug dealer Damir Putin. From southern Tsardom. When he was ten years old, his village was looted by bandits, and while he was being sold as a slave, he escaped and entered the labyrinth city and started a drug business.”

In front of a pot-bellied drug dealer who is looking at the missing amulet in confusion.

A large warrior appeared through the dust that had not yet settled.

“This is my 24th year in the drug business. In recent years, its influence has grown significantly by targeting refugees as customers and members of the organization. Am I right?”

“How?”

“The saying ‘pearl necklace on a pig’s neck’ fits perfectly. “Do you think the head that was working well when selling drugs is not working well in this situation?”

“Okay, you’re a pig! How dare you say such nonsense…!”

The drug dealer, who had been shaking with fear until just now, has disappeared and stands up with his eyes shining blue.

Warrior Dallon smiled slightly and took a step back.

“this. “Did I touch on a very painful truth?”

“You fucking bastard!”

the drug dealer shouted. The guy began to roughly rummage through his arms, looking for something.

The sight of miscellaneous things in my arms jumping out here and there and splashing into the dirt due to misaligned movements.

[Hoo…]

The demon from subspace, who saw the scene, licked his lips at the fallen items.

[An emerald ring with runes engraved on it, a high-quality ink bottle with a built-in self-defense function. That is a spell stone from the Elgaia Tower, and the one that just fell is a high-grade soul stone that will be sold at a high price to warlocks. Master, I guess that pig has more money than I thought.]

‘Of course. ‘He’s one of the biggest drug dealers around here.’

Damir Putin.

A boss mob who used the wealth he had accumulated over decades as a drug dealer to equip himself with various powerful magic tools.

Although Ilshin’s abilities are mediocre, his comprehensive power is far superior due to his expensive magic weapons.

In normal play, he would be perfect to deal with in the early to mid-game.

“I found the car! Hehehe, no one has ever insulted me and gotten away with it. “You too.”

A drug dealer takes out a bracelet with ominous energy from his chest and forces it onto his thick wrist.

There was no other reason why Dallon found this guy at this time.

Nominally, it was to resolve a request made by Philopon to the Crow’s Nest.

The more fundamental reason is, of course, to retrieve the dead body from the bastard.

“Clacaros – se glam!”

In a short chant, a delicately engraved black magic formula is activated, and the soul stones densely embedded in the side of the bracelet become a sacrifice and open the gates of hell.

Kwazijic!

What appeared through a gap in the air was a wolf-like beast so large that it filled a sewer passage.

Crrrrr…!

The eight-eyed wolf roared lowly.

The sharp thorns sprouting up all over its huge body and the force felt from its sparkling eyes were anything but ordinary.

He is a top-level monster that is not commonly seen even in the labyrinth.

Because it was so powerful that it even had its own exclusive contractor.

[Changsha’s body was found wandering through the sewers.]

Of course, Dallen’s eyes were focused on the notification window flickering above the wolf’s head.

“Hahaha! How are you? The majesty of one of the guardian dogs that guard the uneven throne of Clakaros!”

The drug dealer shouted in an excited voice. Dallen put the hatchet he was holding into his belt.

“Yes, it would be better to die gracefully with bare hands than to resist with such a piece of iron! Go, hell’s watchdog! “Bite the enemy who insulted me!”

The drug dealer, who still didn’t understand the situation, shouted and the contracted wolf charged forward at his command.

Kwagwagwagwa –

The walls and ceiling of the passage are scratched by the wolf’s massive size. There was absolutely no room to avoid.

Of course, from Dallen’s perspective, there was no reason to avoid it in the first place.

Seup-

take a deep breath. There was no need to come up with a separate image.

He gathered his strength, which was over 40, into his fist, took a step forward, and punched it right into the wolf’s snout.

Crackling –

the sound of the monster’s hard skin and bones crunching.

The shock that starts from the tip of the upper jaw travels along the skeleton and muscles, crushing the internal organs.

Buck!

The end was an explosion of flesh and leather.

The wolf, whose back half had been torn apart around the waist, sat down without even making a sound.

The sound of heavy breathing driven to the end by the monster’s tough vitality.

Dallen pulled out his hatchet and struck it down. The sound of heavy breathing also ended.

***

“Oh well. Is this any more…?”

The drug dealer stammered in disbelief, covered in the monster’s blood and intestines.

Dallen lightly slapped the guy.

A sunken chest. Broken ribs and crushed heart.

The defensive spells built into the luxurious fabric could not block the impact, and the same went for the various self-defense magic tools in his arms.

“Squeak…squeak…scammer….”

“Scammers are a piece of cake.”

Nevertheless, the fact that he did not die immediately is proof that dozens of magic tools played their role in their own way.

“Deal with it.”

[Yes, master. human! [Give me the treasure.]

A black hand extends out from the empty space and grabs the dying drug dealer by the collar and begins to search inside his chest.

Churrrrrr…

Likewise, the holes that opened inside the pool stretched out dark blue chains and snatched up the magical tools in the water one by one.

After fully assimilating Calkas’ power, the role of an automatic rooter was added to the devil.

A desire for material things that I had before I was captured. It is the result of adding the stronger abilities of the main body.

[Ahem, I will organize it well and upload it as a document later.]

Dallen left the cleanup of the surrounding area to the devil and placed his hand on the gray seal next to the body of the guardian dog.

[Changsha’s body was recovered while wandering through the sewer. The ability is inherited.]

[Inheritance reward: Strength +1 Hwayoung Spear (D)]

“Hmm.”

I wasted two days on the low streets trying to catch a drug dealer, but it didn’t feel too bad as I was looking at the reward.

Anyway, it was something I had to do at some point. This time, it was also an opportunity to gain the favorability and reward of the reclusive transcendent Philopon.

It was a small reward compared to the corpses of the strong who reached the latter half, but considering the effort that had to go into leveling up in the first place, it was overwhelmingly efficient.

“Anyway, is this the end of the southern district?”

Dallen paused for a moment and counted the numbers.

After exterminating the witches in the Western District, he devoted himself to carrying out requests and retrieving corpses.

Even though he never came out and revealed himself, his reputation soared as if it were growing day by day.

Requests poured into the crow’s nest every day, and naturally, among them were requests related to the place or person where he died.

From Dallen’s point of view, he is grateful that they are even giving him money since it is a body that needs to be recovered anyway.

After working hard to recover bodies for two weeks, we were able to recover all the bodies throughout the southern district. A total of eight corpses, including

‘the corpse of a magic tool craftsman intoxicated with hallucinogenic drugs,’

‘the corpse of a back-alley musician addicted to sex,’ and

‘the corpse of a low-street grave robber.’

The total ability scores obtained from the recovered corpses exceeded 10. To organize what he had acquired, Dallon opened the status window.

――――――――

Name: Dallon

Level: 29

[Strength: 43] [Skill: 38] [Stamina: 34]

[Sense: 34] [Intelligence: 33] [Magic Power: 36]

Skill: Dehaman’s Armor Fighting (D) Night Vision (E) Leaping (E) Flame Arrow (D) Lapanthella’s Crushing Blade (C) Hegaleus’ Rain of Flame (C) Lightning Bolt (D) Signet of the Curse (D) Rere Dao’s Secret Sword (B) Flame Ember (C) Dark Red Dragon’s Blood (A) Key to Hell Gate (C) Ackerman’s Drawing (C) Field’s Wind Barrier (C) Fire Spear (D) * Unique

Skills ( 10)

――――――――

Level 30 was just around the corner.

After leveling up once by defeating the witch, I was able to level up once more by completing quests for two weeks.

In addition, I acquired two skills as a succession reward and obtained a unique skill by twisting the Seonghwa’s Spark skill.

‘I would like to take a look at other Earths, but…’

It was clear that I wouldn’t have the time to do that.

After the last attack through the witch, the demons remained silent for about 15 days, perhaps because of the shock of failure.

However, if they were willing to give up this much, there would have been no reason why they couldn’t prevent the apocalypse for hundreds of episodes.

There was a need to prepare for their movements that would soon resume.

‘And only if they move at the right time will it be possible to grow in the direction I think.’

Anyway, we never know when we will have this kind of leisure again.

That’s why I’ve been wandering around every corner of the sewer for the past two weeks.

[The arrangement is complete, master. What should we do with this guy?]

“Put it in a sack and take it. “I have to hand it over to Philopon.”

[I understand.]

After the devil quickly collected the drug dealer’s body, Dallon walked towards the ground.

In the half-destroyed passageway of the low street, only the corpses of top-level monsters remained, crumbling to pieces in the flames of the Holy Fire.

***

Boom.

A large sack was placed on the table.

Judging by the dark red blood scabs sitting here and there and the size of just one person, the sack doesn’t look like its contents are ordinary.

Shania Philopon, the owner of the cabin, opened the spout of the sack and looked inside.

She quickly nodded and said with satisfaction.

“With this, all troublesome cockroaches are over. Since ancient times, if you are going to do business, you must have business ethics. “Isn’t that right?”

“You are right a thousand times over, sir. “Even among merchants, there are lines that should not be crossed.”

“The young fellow has a wide insight. “There was a reason why the Elgaia Mage Tower was keeping an eye on him.”

“Hahaha! “To receive such undeserved praise from an apothecary whose name will go down in history makes me think that all the hard work of the past 30 years is for today.”

Shania and Volkma exchange well-wishes.

Or, at least for this moment, should we call it apothecary’s Philopon and Galios top liquor?

I never thought there would be an unexpected passenger at the cabin in the orchard where I stopped by to collect my request reward.

They said they had made a lot of good business partners in the herbal city of Lvivbach, and it seemed that the sales route to Falcion had been decided on the Philopone Orchard.

[In my opinion, the nickname ‘Face of Cheonbyeon Comics’ suits that merchant more.]

‘That’s what I said.’

It’s already been 10 minutes since we entered the cabin.

He was already a very chatty guy, but when I entered the business partner mode, I didn’t expect the conversation to stop.

“Hol ho ho. Oh, please don’t tell Sienna. “I will give you a generous reward.”

The old man hummed as if he was feeling better and poured a lot of unknown powder into the teacup. The weight of the money bag handed over was half times heavier than promised.

If I leave it like this, I’ll just end up saying a lot of useless chatter. Dallen opened his mouth to change the subject.

“I heard that Philoperine’s magic circle suffered serious damage not long ago. Do you know how this is being resolved?”

“…Holhol.You are asking a difficult question.”

The expression of the old man who was savoring the tea hardened slightly.

Sweet.

The moment the teacup is put down, a noise spell separates the two people and Volkma.

“If you come to me and ask that question, it means you know about my blood, right?”

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