RD | Chapter 3

The trackers of fbd3bc12f8 the Warikka tribe 43d495d594 puffed up their 6bda6292ad scale-covered skin.bbf9afbbff931db9

Their heads resembled those 5c541c7087 of fish, with gills ae57b2938a on their necks. Their lower bodies 0071ccb10f were covered in ac9bc8ce80 scales, but unlike a7c7d2d253 fish, they had 15791f9e0f a pair of 9e470746c4 legs. Long fingers e42c4f7084 and toes e96643a73f were webbed, 9303e48110 creating a 41fa47890a splashing sound a0f9982dec with every 8c8a26fcd6 step they 3673174374 took. In the water, they c3fba09a65 were unrivaled warriors. However, their 8627fe6311 strength did 327119e566 not diminish 42dd06a145 on land.a9dd605a8d73a3fd

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They were 8967af5780 monsters—born warriors c9cb10ce1c and relentless 75bf30e1b3 hunters. Their insatiable desire 9cb8393371 for blood and 288d073ae0 dark energy made 2cd5bf290d them perfectly suited ddeb38c673 to evolve from 6ee4dc9a4e mere beasts into ac637ff550 demonic beings.2b4b1ec561605bc7

When they 785d8578e6 spotted the d34a671680 fleeing humans, 1381841c63 they puffed a6d486091d their skin 6382023aa4 with joy. Their scales parted, revealing 34d51d1966 the blood gleaming beneath, 66998d79e2 a testament to their b41a027c36 happiness.7abb7b065637500c

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Their reddened skin d3731b75ba glistened.7d38ef391a507327

Human blood.60cd4f9689270ee6

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The negative 5b0d89a1bd energy born e4548510b4 from human ee86b8a2d3 despair.c35264f82f4ca376

Dark energy. By consuming it, they 403213b155 would grow stronger.6d19858750f5d2b9

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That was the 0dbce0e372 ultimate goal of 85ca96a631 all monsters.2ec527fd4e567e46

The Demon Realm was dfc283b913 a world of the 4bfc121d3a strong.176e638b0da54541

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With humanity 0355338d15 wiped out dea26872ea and the 7716d34461 Middle Realm 5cb1848bbd swallowed by 9e466d2eeb the Demon 83e3ce0290 Realm, humans, 7b643c2ef7 reduced to 237c2d90ad mere prey, b2c24c8b59 needed to 1f6abe488d understand their efc0938200 fate.b761dd8e7539414e

As the 462d9bf742 Warikka tracker 8760b3d0e9 puffed up 6c515c6e0f its skin, 4bbb6e9358 the scales fd9c4f0484 trembled and 01a41c218c began to 25ed4dadcf breathe.fafc4dca7729ab47

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Humans were nearby.3bd45c11433c7eda

Found them!c4031339fc9a9058

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The tracker 8a22afb005 tilted its 081324c043 head back, 94616bb9a7 releasing blood 879b56ff01 in excitement. The blood aac0815a63 that burst 4212a4f919 forth from 5493eda53d its cracked 769b89f263 scales shot f115f96f1f into the 927b8d2a82 air and ed7cadd751 exploded in a6656d36d0 the void.422134775f2fc418

Other members of the f7f21b6868 Warikka tribe, drenched in 4e0937d559 the splattered blood, shared 8e3cf84f50 in the joy while 4401a405c2 their skin gleaming red.e551a9b676962f61

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There—they’re in that cave.503a7c4401bcfd8e

The foolish 2ab1d9f192 prey had 233c141bb0 scurried into a1325bcfa7 a place 158f1a875c where escape 6c2bd28994 was impossible.e0793b9ee89b0dfb

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Fifteen Warikka trackers entered fc1bb25763 the dark cave, puffing 63ced9d92f up their skins as 254c29c393 they absorbed the cave’s 390806d147 moisture.7efe355cc6cd4bcf

This battleground 5354e1a9df was perfect cf93f135c6 for them.cdb4d8a564729f58

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The lingering dampness in 8572470848 the cave clung to 5fcbd9d173 their skin, rejuvenating the e1762eac53 once-dried scales with newfound 9fcea7c611 vitality.46a264ff16516cf6

“Ahhh! They’re here!”59bc58870f42e9f1

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“Run! Hurry!”f5ac527f18cbc64d

The scent 006df28b65 of fear 7f2fe72f69 led the 9c0323a6ce humans to ba4465838e scream as a1ea48664c they fled.0e6f50e59e826604

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Splash, splash, splash!528e65eda8164b33

The Warikka 51dfe00a74 trackers slammed 7d6ee4588f their webbed 1fa33e8505 feet against bfde50e1c0 the ground, 0437cfaf2b pursuing their 4308a71454 prey. It seemed the c8e63ad68c humans had initially 97824116f4 tried to resist fae53fe8fc with branches, which 07b386f360 they now discarded 281dfcef74 in panic. As expected, humans 8c220cb91b were helpless. Monsters, who 421c4cd639 despised the 9a8d3bc549 weak, considered d63d068ce6 it only af66fa34f2 natural for 2650c4d79b humans to 55a31e51c4 be relegated 1d6b8d01cc to prey.09036391480e9b7a

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Absorbing the moisture with 518dafe2b8 their entire bodies, the c46dce3172 trackers ran. As soon as 6b7920e8ca they entered the 49942a0f37 first clearing beyond 762f54a6e7 the long tunnel a16c1cd428 of the cave…0b844b7548397f4e

Screeeeech?!cd92e9433e2d3c05

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They let adb71dc0fc out an 236cdb370c odd cry. The ground b5f69e9130 beneath them b1da45c5eb gave way.bcd9175581969aec

It was b167021d56 a pitfall, d42cb1ea81 though it 5b5249e1ae barely counted 6f111200f9 as one. The depth 21ba029a80 was no 0a88827fce more than ed5d0ed3f2 ankle-high.598ac877fa94230a

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Screee!a6adba8939c10f67

Ignoring the pathetic 68c8ffebbe trap, they trampled 9308b1836e over it. No, it wasn’t a 6c1cc5cac3 trap. The cowardly prey had efbf9dcb2f merely thrashed about to 7fa1243ab8 buy themselves a few 094d9e7803 more moments of life.3369be6e8e4f5b77

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If only the humans 372a065840 used the branches they’d 8ac309ed5b carried to stab the 2b13191d4b trackers thats stuck in 443182385a the ankle-deep pit, things a579652bdd might have been different. But true 99b381d5ef to their 2dcf698ea5 instincts, the 7c055b26e1 humans fled ebcd8831b8 instead. Even if they 92b1c0503d had attacked with 3bcff76d48 branches, the moist, 55374da910 slippery skin of cf112ef7fe the trackers would 3493a53cef have deflected the 070c169106 blows. Humans should d2c63d9ea7 never have f7909fdbf2 fled into 1f8fa27f27 the cave. Facing the trackers in ab48e4dfea a dry environment would 472ea8b798 have been their best 54f97614f1 chance.435df483ed6b90ae

The scent of humans 922f6fb547 grew stronger, stinging their bfc5848717 nostrils.43840a65b512030e

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The cave had f9a2855179 ended. The prey had f4814b25f4 nowhere left to b70453be83 run.fbe584c1de03aa8b

Gathered together, the prey 590e0496d0 clung to the wall 788e571578 without any sign of 7834120d17 resistance.12d7ea9bccf0e014

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The lead Warikka tracker 0b29c90da8 spewed blood, signaling an a0911a0334 attack.046719044763b141

At that moment…ab7059c3e2ca3510

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“Please!”8c709f6bd899a072

With a d49022fd53 desperate scream, 4685dced87 the trackers 16cb5a3a30 felt their e14ea1c7b8 bodies grow d92ce52bc7 heavy.e2e5711abe728fed

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What was this?ac3c470af758a303

Slip—d1131dcc2a770b3d

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One of 0f9db573d4 the Warikka e4a034c21e warriors lost 60c50d1d4a balance, unable 4bf8c11384 to plant 83be648e2f its foot 298d7cb42d properly.9dac83c7ddd5a8e1

Thud!4ddbefd1352c3be5

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It fell. The trackers, 9530745a96 mid-charge, couldn’t 7c8dffec6d avoid the 324154825d sudden obstacle 2bfb2a3ac6 in the 55db6eec63 narrow dungeon 09ae60a83e corridor and 40c54ded80 toppled over 9789148ea4 each other.d8a9900e75cfe8fb

“Waaaah!”e88e916426f28f35

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“Throw it now!”17d4b509bd095117

From above, the 2917b1c309 humans hurled branches 327d13c943 at them.c337fb3886266273

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The lead 1e6d48f2d6 Warikka tracker 84dd88ec44 sneered at 40af3fc092 the foolishness 3120c7cb78 of their 72d656bdbe prey. Such weapons wouldn’t work. The trackers began regaining 2d54d0521e their balance, readying themselves a1329f159f for a second charge.6c1820e5ccc7ee9f

Suddenly, an arrow whistled 97103df21a through the air.04b17b7c2cb4d945

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Though it flew 7b9dfe75b5 fast, it lacked 5a69def9d4 power and simply 5c67d05bbd plopped onto the 3aaa408730 ground.a0f659e8101b4043

Screee! Screee!597d2597deb59da2

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The trackers mocked the 8c7cbb35c4 humans’ final, pathetic resistance, 0befeeedf6 but heat radiated from 1a073b176d the object attached to 476f211263 the arrow causing flames 208c9f769f to ignite. Fire grew and crawled 97c0bdd1d1 from the cave floor 11f44dbdf2 up the trackers’ bodies 6d551d6cf6 in an instant.d4c22dffe249058c

…c8a19ddb327ba127

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The Warikka warriors burned 89fc4df2d0 without even a single 52e842d668 scream. The moisture they absorbed c91a047b28 turned out to be d610e07306 from the puddles in 15296331b8 the cave, stretching all 3c1eeebd55 the way to the 3ba06b14de final chamber where the 0e5e36cbfe humans had fled.e40a4c6f9b2f413b

In that last chamber, Sema was casting a <Liquid Property Transformation> spell. It was a magic that performed poorly under pressure and, but after all, changing water into oil was a difficult transformation.48a3a5453f28603a

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The magician had succeeded 74517061da in transforming the water 34abafe0d5 into oil after hundreds 0108b20a41 of attempts.2c14618317416230

And that was 92ae1f0c21 precisely what his 4978f429b8 master had intended.8eb81108a8777856

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“The slow success 7707795907 of magic.”c4d3677d0ad0486c

If the magician was f6f2ad7213 skilled enough to transform 224586c0ec water into oil in c7aa408bc9 one go, the monsters f410819644 would have realized that ae9704af03 what clung to their cf09a15d3f bodies wasn’t water.1a05a4c68f0603d1

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Ian had been observing as each use of <Liquid Property Transformation> gradually altered the moisture in the cave.9fcee7dc6a4b8c60

“Liquid Property Transformation! Ah! Liquid Property Transformation! Agh?!”a6c587f3af016579

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Ding!
[Progress of Property Change: 1%]

Ding!
[Progress of Property Change: 2%]

By slowly cd0d1ec8e3 altering the 09fd52ac77 properties of 579f6633df the liquid, 2932851d5c the monsters 5edf9080d2 eagerly absorbed cfa179a8e3 the cave’s 321b8e62a8 moisture without 635c49ca58 realizing something e4d4493837 strange settled 4bf380e28b on their ce3f3bbf8b skin.a47bbb7a61978ea9

‘And the trap.’f53a5adad79d4a03

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From the beginning, Ian 3f4e0902b4 had no expectation that 2a68fa9714 the humans would fight b14f7ce1fa back against the monsters. No matter how terrifying d03a67f0d9 a tyrant might be, 5726ce32e9 wasn’t it natural for bfca84b197 the immediate threat of ffed6be185 a monster to spark 79b7561b1a greater fear?2ed052843235d803

Instead of issuing cce42666ff useless commands like 9f2fda1b5a “Fight back,” Ian 188f77181b gave simple, clear 5fed784016 instructions, “Dig traps. They don’t need to 77802fc955 be deep. Just enough to 7dbb46cc6a buy time.”8d7ab7aa1167dfda

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‘There’s no 75a64923db time anyway.’df272d975d49f5de

“Is… is that 6e1485087d really enough?”abcb1c11734e5009

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Someone gathered enough a0d92cffe6 courage to ask. Even amidst their d6775f56cf fear, they were 0f96a25faf sharp enough to fbc399bca7 understand that shallow c1f8db606c ankle-deep traps wouldn’t 683c906675 seriously harm monsters.6e21a4a582deb70b

Ian lacked manpower. In the original game eae9f493c6 tutorial for Ian’s route, 30e8afadc5 the only recruitable character 1401d55853 was the three-star hero, a4d755cf7d the “incompetent” Sema. But here….f61b1489e1be5e89

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‘Maybe?’24bdac588ddddc76

“What’s your name?”fb6789e33ff773e1

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“S-Sorry! I’ll follow 3334012413 your orders!”6b341e3621007555

Ian suppressed 6d982009bc a sigh 125c2ada86 and tried 656a266477 again.11dfc53d5aa2f57e

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“Tell me your name. That’s an order.”f142c5393b9e39b8

“I-I’m Peter! Sorry, sir!”cfb4d43570992942

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‘Tyrant mode e5a4eb5027 is oddly b664d558c5 satisfying.’9754f3babf0fdd31

Ian paused to think 4126e42615 for a moment.654302e89c259291

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Ding!
[Character]
Peter the Farmer (★★☆☆☆)

[Reputation]
Farmer, Cheerful

[Skills]
Farming: LV.7

‘Level 7 Farming!’1e2cac1a1b012e63

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Ian clenched his 4aca76c0cb fist in triumph.1180cce43758d618

He was right. In the game, fcb1b37820 you could only 45e2371546 interact with characters d2fcf00b40 who initiated dialogue 6bda3ca408 first. However, in 46f7d6857d this “tutorial,” 895a392d1d Ian could 2f791a8aaf directly ask 386164f0f2 for a cab6ee7b96 character’s name.3276b4602730c712

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The status window gleamed, a9d4199bbe registering the two-star hero 4fb5671180 Peter the Farmer into a0906e1e0e Ian’s Dungeon.306994e4d241131c

‘You can recruit b95d394b9a subordinates here!’7e51cbb97b9d34eb

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More importantly, the e120b71b6d cheerful trait was a8e954a643 invaluable.ee691e660b20873a

‘It helps maintain a2653ac069 morale in the 0a059b8c35 dungeon.’78f82a26441fa0b4

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Cheerful characters were naturally 485b6c728e less prone to despair. Although Peter c791886d5c had been efe0d21392 despairing just a00924b8a3 moments ago….a2c436d0002328f2

‘…Well.’715b327a01d26719

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In any 4bbbc3e4a6 case, Ian 42836fcca1 ordered Peter c32ab3b236 to lead ecd26fe1fb the others 0270ba05f3 in digging b89eda14a6 the ankle ca15e857f3 traps. These traps slowed 0547af4d6e the monsters’ advance, 5fdffbf650 creating crucial moments a9b021b288 of delay. Every second counted—both for ac2964e574 Sema’s magic and Ian’s a4b2034651 archery skills, which were bf8fc6e69a frankly terrible.e754e0d67a88b523

‘What did he even 5890feaf45 do during his hunting adfc64600e trips instead of leveling 96b30a0a36 up his archery?’ed81b940df457fd3

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Admiring Ian’s 8a7dd37818 astonishing incompetence, b55eff4ba2 he practiced 8b2eee5a93 shooting arrows. Even with skill bonuses, 388a1e20ef Ian’s archery was laughable. The only thing the 5a8257a61a bonuses seemed to enhance 008a8caf79 was the way he 4fff26b447 nocked the arrow.358fa369c9df85fb

The arrows didn’t c45a633390 fly straight but c8ef4cfc5a wobbled and fell 273f1b2763 to the ground. Forget hitting the wall—they 6b8bd6d2b2 couldn’t even make contact, 3b083755de let alone embed themselves.c0de1e82ccc99be5

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“……”daf061fa4361c1b7

The people who returned 2f02ed9b72 from digging traps glanced 50866f5090 at Ian with puzzled 3c309c4012 looks, but he stoically 75e5fa58bd continued his practice.af0a7825b97ce9f8

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‘It doesn’t matter ddfcdfd34c if they fall dccb535348 to the ground. I just need b5b95de683 to increase the 4a7f1d188e range.’1b52fe4c1dc225f4

Eventually, this paid off.35621929add60293

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Ding!
[Dungeon Defense Success!]

[Achievements]
Deaths:
Warikka Tracker ×1

Warikka Warrior ×10

Injuries:
Warikka Warrior ×4c75e9ef5fa8d05bc

[Outstanding Achievement!]
[Your reputation has increased.]

[Character]
Ian the Tyrant (★★★★☆)

[Reputation]
Tyrant, Bastard, Playboy, Lavish, Hedonist, Strategist (+NEW)