Genius Corpse-Collecting Warrior Chapter 5

Low range hunter (3)

money and corpse recovery.

The reason Dallan visited Sienna was for those two reasons.

Most of the requests given by Sienna, an information merchant in the back alleys, are carried out in quiet places in the Bronze District or on low streets.

It was perfect for recovering the corpses of old characters left behind in back alleys and low streets.

Earn money, gain experience, and even retrieve corpses whenever the opportunity arises. The picture Dallen drew was in this form from the beginning.

One thing I didn’t expect.

‘Who knew I would find it this quickly.’

Falcion is a huge city with millions of people. The width of the low streets of the slums was insufficient to describe them as vast.

A low street, half overhanging a sewer, and intricately tangled like a maze. What are the chances of finding a body here after the first request?

‘You were lucky.’

Dallen smiled with satisfaction in front of the monster who was drooling at him.

“Grrrrr. “I’m hungry.”

The monster’s eyes met Dalen’s. Dallen was able to recall memories of him without difficulty.

‘It is one of the boss-level enemies at low range. He’s the one who says he’s hungry. Normally, it should be a monster that destroys buildings like sand castles.’

At the time, Dallon was developing a hunter character. A character specialized in night sniping with excellent sense values and night vision.

That was why I accepted the request with confidence after seeing that a bounty was placed on a monster who was massacring the residents of the Bronze District.

‘And it failed spectacularly.’

The monster, which grew to the size of an ogre, rushed forward without any hesitation even after being hit by dozens of arrows.

His hunter character was reduced to just one meal for the bastard that day.

“hungry. hungry. “I’m so hungry.”

But why?

The current monster seemed infinitely weaker compared to what he knew.

Although it was a bit distorted, it still had an overall human-like appearance.

Even though he is hunched over, his height is close to 2 meters. An unbalanced body that is muscular yet has small areas here and there. Hair growing in clumps here and there.

The monster’s appearance was clearly unfinished.

“Oh, there’s a lot to eat today. “I can’t fill my stomach with small things anymore.”

“I guess it’s because the tutorial has just finished. “No wonder I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

Before falling into this world, Dallen had insisted on only the basic characters.

And the basic character at this point is weak. So much so that I couldn’t even set foot in a deep back alley, let alone a low street.

However, Dallon’s body, with its additional abilities, has enough specifications to be active even at low distances.

Because of this, he came face to face with the monster earlier, who would have been growing quietly without any contact with him.

‘I guess I can nip it in the bud before it becomes a proper boss mob.’

The initial snowball rolls better than expected.

Dallen smiled and took a natural stance.

Take your left foot back and turn it slightly. Move your right foot a little further forward with your center of gravity on it. Rest your shoulders comfortably. Raise your arms slightly and raise them to chest level.

Dehaman’s armor fighting skill, which he acquired yesterday, was already naturally melting into his body.

Even though I only had one actual battle last night and a brief training this morning, my proficiency level has already exceeded 10%.

His superhuman intelligence ability was helping him progress by disassembling and recombining skills in his head.

‘The quality is deceptive.’

The moment a random thought crossed my mind, a monster rushed towards me.

“Woah!”

The guy’s movements were the exact opposite of his stupid speech. The monster narrowed the distance in the blink of an eye.

Movement like a four-legged animal, using both feet and hands.

Additionally, the black fur and dirty skin were almost like camouflage in the dark.

The guy who was right in front of me swung his sharp claws. It was a blow that would have cut off even a trained soldier’s neck without being able to react.

Huung –

That blow split the air. This is because Dallon pulled back.

Dallen slightly shifted his center of gravity to his left foot and stretched out his hand to grab the monster’s chest. Then he twisted his back and threw the guy away.

Craddangtang!

The monster hit the wall, bounced off, and rolled on the ground.

“Ugh! Wow! Oooooh!”

This thing is extremely sturdy.

Even though he hit the wall with Dallan’s speed and strength, the guy didn’t die and was still jumping around.

Judging by the blood stains on the wall and the fact that one side of the guy’s head was almost crushed, the body itself was not solid.

Rather, it was regenerative power.

Thanks to the closer distance, Dallon was able to see the monster in more detail.

A slimy fluid was flowing out from its crushed head, covering the torn skin and muscles, creating new tissue in an instant.

In just a few minutes, the half-crushed head would be completely restored. This is truly a monster.

“it hurts! it hurts! hungry! “Grrrrr!”

“Do the damn thing.”

Dallen drew his sword. If it regenerates even after being beaten, all you have to do is cut it into pieces.

The monster seemed to shrink for a moment when it saw the flashing sword, then screamed and rushed at me once again.

Dallen measured the timing for a moment and then simply slashed his sword horizontally. The monster’s belly skin was split in half.

“Ouch! Argh!”

Tsk. It was shallow. Dallen clicked his tongue.

I was planning on cutting him off at the waist, but at the perfect moment, he pulled back. The monster’s reflexes were more agile than I thought.

“Ugh wow!”

The monster was crawling on the ground, clutching his wounds. However, the stomach was completely split open and the internal organs were flowing out uncontrollably.

Even the fluid that was leaking out seemed like it couldn’t do anything to the intestines that had already leaked out.

Dallen approached the monster to finish. Then the guy shouted.

“Oh, it hurts! No, I’m human! “It’s a person!”

A voice that has almost lost its animal growl. At this level, I could have just had a hoarse throat due to a cold.

Dallen lowered the hand that was raising the sword. He said.

“Have you come to your senses?”

“Uh huh huh huh. I heard. “I’m fine now.”

Dallen crouched down in front of the monster.

The guy was shedding tears with one good eye and kept raking up the spilled intestines with his long fingers.

“It’s not because I want to. They eat people. Who would want to do that! They planted a beast inside me. “When that beast wakes up, I won’t be able to control myself.”

“Who are they?”

“I don’t know either. They were guys wearing black robes and masks. “They made me like this with strange drugs and magic!”

“What did the mask look like?”

The monster stopped his hand. His eyes trembled. It was as if I was afraid just thinking about it.

“A golden mask with a very large mouth drawn on a plain surface.”

“hmm.”

Dallen scratched his chin. It’s a mask shaped like a big mouth.

‘Those are the kind of guys who will become a pain in the ass over time. It would be better to prepare for them in advance.’

Dallen thought as he looked at the monster holding his head with trembling hands.

“How can I? “I treat people…”

“It’s not your fault.”

The monster stopped.

As if I had pressed pause.

“Oh no?”

“The people who made you like that are the culprits. I will destroy them.”

The monster’s eyes wavered. For the first time, a firearm appeared in my half-opened eyes.

“…Are you saying you’re going to get revenge?”

“okay. “For what they did to you.”

Tears flowed from the monster’s eyes again. He slowly lowered his head and muttered.

“They fed me my daughter’s flesh. They forced my mouth open and ripped my flesh, muscles, and intestines…”

The muttering soon turned into sobbing.

Dallen stood up. He sheathed his sword and fastened his fingers to his belt.

The monster looked up at it with a sobbing face. And the sobbing changed again.

“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Growling! hungry!”

The monster rushed towards me. I didn’t care about the flowing intestines, I swung my nails covered in flesh and blood.

Instead of dodging, Dallon took a step forward. The hatchet pulled from his belt flashed.

Tuk degurrr.

The monster’s head fell off. The headless body stumbled a few times and then fell down.

“Fuck.”

Hehe. Dallen spat on the ground. My mouth felt bitter.

***

Feeling dirty was dirty, and a request was a request. Dallen took the monster’s head and put it in a leather pouch.

When the monster died, a gray corpse was created next to it. Dallen’s old hunter character. It was a face that had melted into something thick.

[The corpse of a hunter who was eaten by an experimental subject]

– This is the corpse of a hunter who was skilled at night hunting. It was eaten by a wandering test subject in a low street.

‘Body recovery.’

[The body of the hunter who was eaten by the test subject was recovered. Ability is inherited.]

[Inheritance Reward: Senses +2 Stamina +1 Night Vision (E)]

Dallon opened the status window.

――――――――

Name: Dallon

Level: 4

[Strength: 23] [Skill: 12] [Stamina: 12]

[Sense: 15] [Intelligence: 18] [Magic Power: 8]

Skill: Dehaman’s Armor Fighting (D) Night Vision (E)

――――――――

With this, you already have two skills. Additionally, his sensory abilities reached the border of superhumans.

“Whoa.”

Dallen took a deep breath. My senses became more sensitive, and numerous stimuli tickled my five senses.

Footsteps across the alley. The vibration of rats crawling inside the walls. A beam of light seeps in from a tiny crack in the ceiling.

The stench of sewage and blood wafting through the humid air of the sewer. And a faint smell of drugs.

Even subtle sounds and smells that I had not noticed before were clearly etched into my mind.

High intelligence levels accepted this and selected it. Stimuli were broken down into small pieces, combined, and replaced with information.

“hmm.”

Dallen slowly closed his eyes. Closing his eyes, he became aware of a new sensation awakening within him.

It’s still vague, but I feel like I can reach it if I stretch out my hand a little more.

Some strange sensation, different from the five senses, was just barely within his reach.

‘That’s it for now.’

Dallen opened his eyes.

The feeling of elation I felt every time my strength became stronger was definitely more addictive than anything else.

But right now, requests come first. The increased abilities were something I could appreciate later.

As my senses became more sensitive and my night vision increased, I could clearly see traces that I had not seen before. Dallen followed the monster’s footsteps in the dark.

Before long, a place that could be called its nest appeared.

“…Tsk.”

The monster’s nest was a small space inside the cracked wall of the sewer.

There was evidence of an attempt to start a small fire in the center. When I touched it with my foot, it seemed to have already become hard and I stopped trying at some point.

Perhaps as the transformation of the body accelerates, the need for fire no longer exists.

Inside the nest, there were numerous bones rolling around.

Broken and crumbled bone fragments. Even if you can’t do it, it’s ten. He seemed to be around twenty or so.

Dallen bowed his head in silence for a moment.

Then a subtle twinkle caught his eye. Dallen looked away.

Even inside the nest, I could see that the floor in the most corner was raised unevenly.

As if something was buried.

I went over and dug one up. A piece of cloth, a stained silver ring, and two coins were found.

When the one next to it was dug up, some money and a bronze bracelet tooth were similarly buried.

“Rotten.”

This was a tomb.

A tomb created to commemorate the victims eaten by the monster when he briefly regained his senses.

Since you never know when it might lose its mind and run wild, it was buried in the most corner of the nest to prevent it from being torn apart by its own hands.

“…”

Dallon thought for a moment and took out another leather pouch. Then he tore the hem of his clothes into small pieces, wrapped them together with those buried in the same grave, and put them in his pocket.

After gathering all of the victims’ belongings, Dallon meditated once more toward the bone fragments and then left the nest.

Not long after, the rats realized that the owner of the nest had disappeared and gathered around.

To feast on bone fragments and bits of flesh attached to them.

***

When I came to the ground, the sun was setting. Even in this world, the sun sets early in winter.

Dallen headed straight to the crow’s nest.

The store door was not locked this time either. However, unlike the day when there were no people, two people were busy preparing for business.

One was Siena and the other was a man who wasn’t there before. Sienna found Dallan and opened her eyes.

“Why didn’t you go back to the inn? “Do you want to have a drink?”

“We caught the bounty.”

thud.

Dallen placed the leather pouch on the bar table.