Return To Player - Chapter 5

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“All right….. So, I just have to lure those goblins away?”

“Yeah, then I’ll go inside the opening and kill the Goblin Captain.”

To be precise, it’s a Hobgoblin, but I want to explain it as simply as possible, Jisoo’s head nodded slowly.

“Then how can I lure them in? If those goblins are being ordered by a leader, they wouldn’t follow me even if I tried to lure them away.”

“There’s a good item I got.”

The package I bought at the DLC store earlier was the ‘Starter Package’.

Simply put, it was a low-cost, high-efficiency package with a lot of helpful items at the beginning of the game.

The price was 500 points, so there was no need to hesitate to buy.

“Spray this on yourself and the goblins will start swarming towards you.”

All I gave her was a bottle of perfume and a potion.

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Perfume of Temptation:
Attracts monsters around you. Impervious to strong monsters. Duration 30 minutes.
==

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Stealth Potion:
When consumed, completely hides the user’s presence. Duration 5 minutes.
==

The perfume of temptation only works with low-level monsters, so it doesn’t work for the Hobgoblin, but for normal goblins, it was enough.

And if you drink the stealth potion, even if you spray the perfume of temptation on your body, the smell disappears at once and you will also disappear.

“Simply put, you can spray it on your body, lure the goblins from a distance, and then take a stealth potion when they come near.”

“All right.”

“But then, the goblins will be back soon, will you be okay?”

“As long as I have time to get to their captain, it’s over.”

Killing the Hobgoblin itself is not a problem.

And when the Hobgoblin dies, they won’t be able to fight properly due to the shock of losing their captain.

“All right. So can I go right now?”

“Wait, first stand in the direction I gave you, and when I give you a signal, spray the perfume on yourself.”

After estimating the distance at which the scent of perfume spreads, I placed Jisoo in an appropriate place.

“Okay.”

The physical abilities of the goblins are no different from those of ordinary humans, and Jisoo has quite good physical abilities, so it will not be easy to catch her at this distance.

If it gets dangerous, she can drink the stealth potion.

‘Now, then.’

I stared at the vacant lot where the goblins were huddled together and signaled to Jisoo.

‘Run.’

Jisoo nodded her head, sprayed perfume on her body, and started running.

“Keeek?”

“Kiik, Kiik!”

The goblins began to wrinkle their noses.

The effective range of the perfume of temptation is about 100 meters.

Nearly half of the goblins turned around at once, and the rest began to roar.

“Kyaaaak!!”

Naturally, the Hobgoblin’s reaction to this as the captain of the Goblins was intense.

He roared wildly and swung his large great sword, but the goblins were not listening to the Hobgoblin anymore.

“Kyaak! Kyak!”

The Hobgoblin’s control collapsed and the goblins began to move.

As the group moved in the direction where Jisoo was, Jisoo saw it and started to run away faster.

‘It won’t last long.’

Even if there was a certain distance and Jisoo was good at running, I don’t think she would earn much time.

A person who lived a normal life until recently is being chased by monsters.

If the Goblins were to get even a little closer, she should consume the stealth potion right away.

Sussuk!

‘I need to kill the Hobgoblin as fast as possible.’

The moment Jisoo’s presence is gone, half of the goblins who pursued perfume will either return or disperse.

When that happens, their eyes would be drawn in this direction.

“Cruck?”

The Hobgoblin’s eyes moved when it sensed my presence.

The Hobgoblin was a goblin, but its size was comparable to that of an orc.

In addition, the Hobgoblin was stronger than most orcs.

‘Well, it’s not a hidden boss for nothing.’

A hidden boss is literally a boss that is hidden in the stage where the main quest takes place.

There is no need to kill them, but if you do kill them, you can get special rewards.

This Hobgoblin was such a hidden boss.

‘Of course, he’s not that strong for a hidden boss.’

If people say it’s hard to kill this boss, it’s not, but it is a very difficult opponent for those who just became players.

In addition, the real problem lies in the countless hordes of goblins commanded by the Hobgoblin.

Originally, the Hobgoblin appeared last and took on the role of leading the horde to annihilate the remaining humans.

The people who were waiting for the rescue, unable to face the change in the world, all died.

‘That’s why the first quest had the highest number of deaths.’

But that won’t happen this time.

Boo-woong!

“kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

The Hobgoblin swung the large great sword he was holding.

The sword’s large size is more for ripping things off, rather than cutting.

‘20 points for Agility.’

I invested in Agility to match its speed and increased my speed.

“Kieek?”

Qua Qua Qua Qua Qua!

As I twisted my body to dodge the sword, a look of embarrassment crept into the Hobgoblin’s eyes.

It seems that he did not think that a being who had just become a player could avoid its sword.

While avoiding the great sword, I penetrated the Hobgoblin’s chest.

Then, while he was adjusting his sword, I poked my finger into the eye of the monster who was just standing limply.

“Ugh!”

Pooh!!

A soft texture was felt on my fingers.

Hobgoblins have thick skin, but the cornea of its eyes was not as thick.

“Kyaaaaaaaa!!”

The guy screamed loudly.

Blindly swung his large great sword, I pulled out the finger I from his eyes and grabbed the guy’s right arm, and twisted it as hard as I can

The Hobgoblin, whose field of vision was narrowed by losing one of his eyes, had no choice but to allow me to attack.

Puk!

“Kak!”

Because I invested points into my Strength while throwing the stone earlier, when I put all my strength into my arms, the Hobgoblin’s arm twisted and made a dull sound.

I didn’t manage break it, but it was enough to make the sword in his hand fall.

“Goodbye.”

Picking up the fallen greatsword, I kicked the Hobgoblin’s crotch.

To decapitate the Hobgoblin with my strength, the only way was to hit it down with the weight of the sword.

“Kaaak!”

I slashed the great sword vertically towards the neck of the hobgoblin, who lost his balance and bent his knees.

Kwajik!!

The Hobgoblin’s head was cut in half with a hoarse sound, like an ax cutting wood.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead when I saw the figure of a Hobgoblin that died without even being able to get over what was happening.

“Fuuuh….”

I was a little tired because my body had yet fully to adapt to this world.

[You have defeated the Hidden Boss.]

[You have defeated the first Hidden boss.]

[You have acquired ‘Hobgoblin’s Girdle’ as a reward for defeating the boss.]

[500 points are paid as a bonus]

The rewards were savory.

It was truly a hidden boss.

==
Hobgoblin’s Girdle:
Strength increases by 10 points. This number is not affected by the main quest limit.
==

‘The item is also worth using.’

10 points were not that high, but the fact that it was not affected by the main quest was excellent.

I put on the girdle and checked my current stats.

==
Name: Kim Se-Han
Title: 2nd chance player
Traits: Single Player

Strength: F (17 +10)
Agility: F (26)
Magic: F (3)
Stamina: F (6)
Owned Skills: None
==

You can increase your stats from F to SS, but there are limits to what you can increase it to for each main quest.

Now, the first main quest, F rank 100 is the limit.

If you exceed 100, your rank will go up, so you have no choice but to increase it in the next quest.

‘The higher the rank, the more points you need to increase your stats.’

I closed the window, thinking if I should raise my stats a little more.

It was better to raise it when it was needed, and my body had not yet fully adapted to this world.

[The goblins who lost their captain are perplexed.]

All the players on campus have probably received this message.

‘I’ll have to get out of here quickly then.’

The Gods and the GM would have noticed the anomaly that happened to the Hobgoblin, so It’s understandable if the Observers start arriving here soon.

‘Is this the direction Jisoo ran away to?’

I followed the direction Jisoo had run in earlier, but strangely, the goblins were nowhere to be seen.

“Weird. The goblins should have arrived here.”

Maybe I killed the Hobgoblin too quickly?

As I was thinking about it, I heard the cry of goblins in my ears.

“Kyaak! Kyaaaah!”

A huge number of goblins were rushing in this direction.

‘Now they’re here……huh?’

I approached the goblins thinking that they had finally returned, but their behavior was strange.

‘They don’t look lost or confused….’

It’s like they’re running away in fear.

My eyes narrowed and I started running towards the place where the goblins were fleeing from.

When I arrived at the back of the building a little far from the Hobgoblin, I finally understood why the goblins fled.

“Ah……Sehan-Oppa. You’re here?”

Because Jisoo was standing there, soaked in green blood.

Of course, that blood was not Jisoo’s own blood, but the blood of goblins.

Dang.

“Haha.”

Whisk.

Jisoo dropped the rusty sword in her hand to the floor and sat down.

She looked quite exhausted and was panting quite heavily.

‘Even with how weak goblins are….killing so many by herself?’

The number of goblins lying around was not just one or two.

More than ten goblins were lying there and were turned into corpses.

Of course, it was a small number compared to the mass of goblins that Jisoo was dragging, but it is not easy for her to kill more than ten goblins by herself.

‘This is a woman who has only just became a player?’

I could kill as many goblins as I want to, but it’s possible because it’s me.

“What the hell happened? What about the stealth potion?”

“Well, I met some people while I was luring the monsters…”

Jisoo pointed to a corner.

There was a couple, a man and a woman, who had fainted.

‘Lee Jonghyun.’

I’ve seen the woman before, but I didn’t expect to see her again like this.

“If it was a face I didn’t know, it would have been fine, but since it was a face I knew, I was taken aback for a moment.”

Jisoo, who accidentally dropped the potion on the floor, was forced to fight the goblins because she found them while taking out the stealth potion.

The pair of men and women were terrified and fainted when they saw Jisoo fighting.

‘How the hell did you fight?’

Was so gorish that it was enough to make people faint and goblins run away screaming?

No matter how many goblins are killed, the number of goblins was more than that.

Yet, with their superior numbers, they still ran away, I couldn’t figure out why.

“Han Ji-soo.”

“Yes?”

“If it’s okay, can I see your status window?”

“Status window? How do I let you see it?”

Jisoo caught her breath and looked up at me.

Had it not been for this situation, she would have looked pretty cute, but she was currently soaked in green blood, so I couldn’t find her adorable.

“You could just say ‘status window’.”

“Status Window.”

“I’ll request your information so you just need to accept.”

“Alright.”

Jisoo immediately opened her status window and accepted my request.

I sighed inwardly at Jisoo’s action of showing her status window willingly.

‘It’s pleasant for me, but I’d better ask her to be careful when showing it to other people later.’

Your status window should not be displayed recklessly to others. In a world that has changed, it is easy to get stabbed in the back if you accidentally expose your information.

‘Anyway…..’

I turned the status window of Jisoo toward me and looked at it from the top to bottom.

At some point, my eyes widened.

‘What, why is this here?’

Jisoo’s ability level was quite high, but there was nothing special about it.

But her skills were different.

[Thousand Deaths]

The moment I saw the passive skill located at the top of Jisoo’s skill box, I couldn’t help but be astonished.