RD | Chapter 3

The trackers of the beae7f12e1 Warikka tribe puffed up 2955c224f4 their scale-covered skin.57215d59ddf2e0f8

Their heads resembled bd6642ebd6 those of fish, 72507f8e1d with gills on ed42864e56 their necks. Their lower a9bbd8f176 bodies were 01757efe04 covered in 1d4f02baff scales, but d9dbcde1d5 unlike fish, eaf5215b85 they had 5736e9b812 a pair 217809d068 of legs. Long fingers and toes 96b25bf980 were webbed, creating a b153e7a37b splashing sound with every 4a851ac571 step they took. In the water, f02bb689f6 they were unrivaled 8bbfd8dd06 warriors. However, their strength did 0cfa920f90 not diminish on land.1fabe9934fe0115d

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They were monsters—born warriors e4a1ddf69a and relentless hunters. Their insatiable desire fbef480394 for blood and aace7aa4bc dark energy made 089ba39a47 them perfectly suited 542df81e63 to evolve from 5e56439ea2 mere beasts into 00a5afbc71 demonic beings.07b3b76287babd7e

When they spotted the d79136e13e fleeing humans, they puffed 539ffd7081 their skin with joy. Their scales 71914d132f parted, revealing f386857422 the blood 71729280ab gleaming beneath, 973ae29a34 a testament 40f466b2a6 to their 5a79d54bcd happiness.ebe5fc0aaeeea041

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Their reddened skin 95f8ed8f22 glistened.fd3f7ec5bc4c3d58

Human blood.522633edc537dbee

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The negative dc9866feb7 energy born 977d6c7317 from human 6a8dbf3242 despair.f5e39a2039b89f3d

Dark energy. By consuming it, they a68d0e9d8d would grow stronger.083c14e53f8a5231

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That was the 18df1253c8 ultimate goal of a39a829aa2 all monsters.54524f1711d06ad6

The Demon Realm 09763c42b2 was a world a80280f1d7 of the strong.250c495d2b7ac4a7

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With humanity d7f63db4b1 wiped out d055980eaf and the cb67b42574 Middle Realm dc05c949f4 swallowed by 4b952662a4 the Demon 1d46352a06 Realm, humans, dcbc50767e reduced to 3d1307206d mere prey, 6f66cda740 needed to 972ff1ebcf understand their 92c29cb4dd fate.59c69025a94a5171

As the Warikka 10b84736f8 tracker puffed up 9787870554 its skin, the 11c579fd07 scales trembled and 8c84f53dd0 began to breathe.7b84198070fed6a5

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Humans were nearby.d19b10506a1e07a9

Found them!cb0812c61779ad60

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The tracker tilted 78ac4b5b32 its head back, 61e8b9ffb5 releasing blood in beb4dbae07 excitement. The blood that burst 239686e058 forth from its cracked 8ff5eafcae scales shot into the 02cf1f1ebe air and exploded in ff2af9b8aa the void.f87690801c98d473

Other members of 56765579f2 the Warikka tribe, a231007f9e drenched in the 820ca9483a splattered blood, shared 238be04db9 in the joy e2ee8fc033 while their skin 9ffc993070 gleaming red.60eb3cb786840f95

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There—they’re in that 9775a12ecc cave.0492969fa9e14491

The foolish prey had 919d834d27 scurried into a place a271e8e80c where escape was impossible.e2a6b8dad7924ce7

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Fifteen Warikka trackers 6ba8aa23f9 entered the dark d5430560f5 cave, puffing up 1c438ba5a6 their skins as 2bf77bbb61 they absorbed the 0858a9df04 cave’s moisture.b05cd9d904191ff8

This battleground b1a585d8e7 was perfect c6b5a0fa25 for them.7ac5ce4a81be43f3

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The lingering dampness 8d23bd9ce5 in the cave 63e941cc71 clung to their 1f689b4a1f skin, rejuvenating the 2a9371879b once-dried scales with ee2d3d7700 newfound vitality.1375f9eaafe91233

“Ahhh! They’re here!”56c7f92eb3220597

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“Run! Hurry!”39db9d0c756d804c

The scent of c1438148ca fear led the 17279739aa humans to scream eaf8450ea2 as they fled.fb5cc187a9b3b267

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Splash, splash, splash!30e83ce2594ebc8d

The Warikka 09dc4f49e3 trackers slammed d51d4066db their webbed 1c03660a39 feet against e0859261fc the ground, 6be9164793 pursuing their fe04e5eb39 prey. It seemed the bcd5ff158b humans had initially 81ec561b3a tried to resist e0f3368f00 with branches, which c0df296f0d they now discarded edb7eaa698 in panic. As expected, humans were 58c1d65291 helpless. Monsters, who 26e40dddfe despised the 9cace36434 weak, considered 03356e7f03 it only 10b324aa66 natural for 98811d56b1 humans to 11fd061ac6 be relegated 2681954d1d to prey.1fea886a5d14ec30

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Absorbing the ad3c87c56a moisture with 30a7bc1cd4 their entire 7a4d713a47 bodies, the 19d0f95536 trackers ran. As soon 1ba56abfe7 as they 28af12665f entered the 00cd3e1ee5 first clearing 0ff0e21ebd beyond the a07f15a36e long tunnel 88fcd84df7 of the 1a2520853b cave…462fe56345f4a0b1

Screeeeech?!92ebd148c28b7953

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They let out an c2caa2813a odd cry. The ground beneath them a8c265034b gave way.54a26a67edd639a5

It was a pitfall, f1d3a7a1b0 though it barely counted 7e551ddbdd as one. The depth d1114e248e was no d467cfcf5d more than f6a3867b2b ankle-high.d536358741c30e80

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Screee!c0359eb50a986914

Ignoring the pathetic trap, a3f64a2ed7 they trampled over it. No, it wasn’t a 8adedc83b3 trap. The cowardly ced3117d30 prey had e2dd7554c5 merely thrashed c341797342 about to 735efb7e19 buy themselves bece7ea09c a few 3c0ee107a1 more moments 4690a017b8 of life.803347f4546a66b5

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If only 2c6399b68a the humans 5f86b170b0 used the 560daf0500 branches they’d c2eea48bc7 carried to b724a51756 stab the 35294dda96 trackers thats 10c3158037 stuck in 98f6cfdc3c the ankle-deep 79637770b2 pit, things 9d8f5c2261 might have 0fe806d128 been different. But true to 4476c6731f their instincts, the d89b0efa6b humans fled instead. Even if they 9b9c5b21f2 had attacked with 6696dfba2c branches, the moist, 57b9030a81 slippery skin of 2e26ffd8c1 the trackers would 672e13d454 have deflected the 941abf8748 blows. Humans should 220ac3bdae never have 930519920d fled into 01a499fa1a the cave. Facing the trackers in b91b6fbad0 a dry environment would 674d789049 have been their best 9e3ba8e67d chance.9bf039b716dfe5d6

The scent b9961830f4 of humans 1ecea2cd8c grew stronger, 907eacd740 stinging their f8a6622418 nostrils.ddd21df304ba3821

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The cave had 9deef4ac14 ended. The prey d09bd2d2bd had nowhere f0a5bdba86 left to e1d470f980 run.56e8e57b28b37b16

Gathered together, the prey ebab70ebda clung to the wall f9c902b02d without any sign of 3136c7fa83 resistance.a423d5a84f52f0f6

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The lead Warikka 79ef8352fc tracker spewed blood, 442e72b06f signaling an attack.c6c3ca206cabefcf

At that moment…c1a04872229273a2

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“Please!”a057325fc450f909

With a desperate scream, 5a5a25d5cf the trackers felt their 2967490c30 bodies grow heavy.1b7b559c95aeedc5

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What was this?c9e92b26ea8152c1

Slip—f4b0c2500bd9a95e

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One of 3765130a54 the Warikka 9bacff9ffb warriors lost b926de7e2c balance, unable 8c0e530d01 to plant 548f70f35f its foot 25d84f688b properly.0db1e8d2f5502bff

Thud!eeab30b6ce7ff126

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It fell. The trackers, mid-charge, f219311e18 couldn’t avoid the 6ac752d306 sudden obstacle in af6920eeba the narrow dungeon 5f08b5e4a9 corridor and toppled 5aaa28982d over each other.cbbbaa3c8d11e65f

“Waaaah!”915b71bf679ebb68

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“Throw it now!”df5a3483392009ad

From above, b22d683f5a the humans 8cc428ac09 hurled branches feaf813c93 at them.dd082fceb72bddb4

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The lead 1aa2b6e84d Warikka tracker 09dac00109 sneered at 24b63d1304 the foolishness eb99524b4b of their 6677f26450 prey. Such weapons wouldn’t work. The trackers began regaining 1633f3ff5e their balance, readying themselves 08ec581353 for a second charge.f0e039d20979b5b9

Suddenly, an 03a5d9923d arrow whistled 4d8bd363e4 through the f3936f81c4 air.ad0ad3f0ccacdb8d

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Though it 2afd25592e flew fast, 9b1c11cd70 it lacked f4c2f04656 power and 8e80ea6b64 simply plopped 519769da00 onto the bb2f640d5b ground.854bb92361032943

Screee! Screee!2e6180ea8dea70d3

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The trackers mocked the cf4042ffe1 humans’ final, pathetic resistance, 0abfbe0192 but heat radiated from cf6903c27e the object attached to 5df26671c4 the arrow causing flames 89c1d53bb6 to ignite. Fire grew and 7ce99d5c41 crawled from the aa127e6520 cave floor up 95ee6aa485 the trackers’ bodies 68ea62b6c5 in an instant.2f90119a0697ed43

…1f04c19500d0ded5

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The Warikka warriors burned e892119a7f without even a single 85f4f373c6 scream. The moisture c8d06df027 they absorbed 87ad93ed7a turned out 31dc3cd593 to be b5d7e1e549 from the ffb79b2ce2 puddles in 3d7e7d722f the cave, ccec018cea stretching all aab7097ffd the way d94ca38f13 to the 275aa6428a final chamber d53764f805 where the 3f5e1ddc9d humans had fbeceb7777 fled.41d36eb83c956a79

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.ab90f2ca82762572

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The magician had succeeded 541d599e3f in transforming the water 43683ee055 into oil after hundreds 66c8a3b124 of attempts.e01616aca2cacf3c

And that was 792b93b3ac precisely what his cf46b432b5 master had intended.7d8503c856806128

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“The slow success b30ab8bf56 of magic.”4956177de9314d44

If the 2c6559c436 magician was a3d31214ff skilled enough c283f0fabc to transform 8bb96de778 water into 252461416d oil in 263761c232 one go, e04f4417f4 the monsters 49052f3246 would have 31b0d3b7a9 realized that 7951b8ae03 what clung d68ae39603 to their 39e42a513e bodies wasn’t d450402a9f water.75fc9f469f547137

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Ian had been observing as each use of <Liquid Property Transformation> gradually altered the moisture in the cave.50cdc1dc5821e56c

“Liquid Property Transformation! Ah! Liquid Property Transformation! Agh?!”64fba8c5497d91f9

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Ding!
[Progress of Property Change: 1%]

Ding!
[Progress of Property Change: 2%]

By slowly 356a5c7590 altering the fc2b6bb56a properties of e1d6b86e6a the liquid, ea5ceda579 the monsters 47debdf0e8 eagerly absorbed 9376842a29 the cave’s ea7702285d moisture without 712ec7a0f5 realizing something 5fde76221f strange settled 1685b7f260 on their b6d2b00dc3 skin.111633d7176a8b8e

‘And the trap.’ad7a916a09dc206e

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From the 9968896409 beginning, Ian 57e8861701 had no 38aa04d01f expectation that 513bb6327d the humans 9de7dbc8b1 would fight 7423960567 back against 1afbe7d69b the monsters. No matter dd5ff29a97 how terrifying bf2778feac a tyrant 8a2cdc0c58 might be, 9f25c714fd wasn’t it 074112488f natural for 3e6c7742a3 the immediate ef4eac76b3 threat of 3b80fe19c3 a monster 1aa7b2887a to spark 536f261e6c greater fear?8defcf452149dbca

Instead of issuing useless 5f4de2f0ac commands like “Fight back,” 34d049978a Ian gave simple, clear 1ac0a80648 instructions, “Dig traps. They don’t need to 91fa390646 be deep. Just enough to buy 6396ac3436 time.”a9a806f297f5465f

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‘There’s no time 62578751ce anyway.’930b5e8f078ac159

“Is… is that 7220744d21 really enough?”f83ab536a263e03a

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Someone gathered enough 14d5cc8f83 courage to ask. Even amidst cb8b1e830c their fear, 71747a9340 they were 9a2cbd5b86 sharp enough ffe87d8a78 to understand 8be93549aa that shallow 86ce655efe ankle-deep traps 5658ae836a wouldn’t seriously ecfbb1e312 harm monsters.f2bbcb72ecf7d03f

Ian lacked manpower. In the de2b14c6a6 original game 6f7d46a5b8 tutorial for 3a5059a93c Ian’s route, 14095ac5e5 the only 53f1e1543b recruitable character 318f69c614 was the 9cdb8de3d8 three-star hero, 7e19b619ab the “incompetent” 9f92d9f8fc Sema. But here….a49e14df14d022b3

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‘Maybe?’60a3d2eb3bba96b6

“What’s your name?”20063322ca6b357e

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“S-Sorry! I’ll follow a17be967c4 your orders!”96ee2d273765f0ac

Ian suppressed a dc17686fa4 sigh and tried 8e4ca3a0b3 again.9b1f73462a15c17a

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“Tell me your 8489e42be6 name. That’s an order.”2c67d6f2c1fba083

“I-I’m Peter! Sorry, sir!”896e12307e1a6c00

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‘Tyrant mode is f3dcce660c oddly satisfying.’ccdf39bf15b348dd

Ian paused to think 66f7868f16 for a moment.7261a9e14c7a9c69

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

[Reputation]
Farmer, Cheerful

[Skills]
Farming: LV.7

‘Level 7 Farming!’a92191b14523cacc

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Ian clenched 17cf9cbb3f his fist 1184ae879c in triumph.eb87e9ecaa012fc2

He was right. In the 99e102ee08 game, you 41113110ba could only 94a6cec44f interact with d21c6a2713 characters who 25ceb7c715 initiated dialogue 004c5b4ef3 first. However, in this “tutorial,” 9b09f796d5 Ian could directly ask b0cdfeae2d for a character’s name.bbcb77b30dc0a8d4

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The status 641e9bca90 window gleamed, 9492f42d0c registering the 6430752dc6 two-star hero cca2e97a95 Peter the dc8aa805c4 Farmer into 2417c9b1ef Ian’s Dungeon.61853fae568b59d2

‘You can recruit 2dbf637ae4 subordinates here!’057c8ad1cf0ee263

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More importantly, ccb201fa9f the cheerful a67ec77219 trait was 68f3367400 invaluable.1319ff77cfb1082a

‘It helps maintain 90f9783bf8 morale in the cc61e88b6c dungeon.’44d03236e31d16bb

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Cheerful characters were 50799691c9 naturally less prone 1994f3bc95 to despair. Although Peter 5dfbceff90 had been 05c5e0ebe0 despairing just 3b438725fe moments ago….de385eec7263de00

‘…Well.’7296c39153a14572

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In any case, a41a613b5a Ian ordered Peter 7bd437e30b to lead the 5b80f30cfc others in digging 4b0b381210 the ankle traps. These traps slowed the 3fb9e32973 monsters’ advance, creating crucial 69915c7644 moments of delay. Every second fad5d91314 counted—both for 2cc6f2689b Sema’s magic bcd2adc038 and Ian’s ae7ef33f44 archery skills, 9ba2170ca6 which were c590b14ab0 frankly terrible.be58703851b8f530

‘What did he 5fd5c1af3e even do during 3c1988f813 his hunting trips 83e8f98831 instead of leveling 79b2e36738 up his archery?’f5df053f89c1ef63

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Admiring Ian’s 8f9e119296 astonishing incompetence, 27b20ea286 he practiced ca3e49c890 shooting arrows. Even with 4fa29fc13a skill bonuses, 8fe1600cac Ian’s archery 5669cce825 was laughable. The only thing the e7ff8f62fc bonuses seemed to enhance 670217b09c was the way he 9cd7478560 nocked the arrow.06615c2805dffa8c

The arrows 33082306f1 didn’t fly 9d90c7ae50 straight but f5e2133463 wobbled and 4fcfb7eb69 fell to 457a471582 the ground. Forget hitting e6d755e30a the wall—they ea510f9e3e couldn’t even 31ea433960 make contact, 451c865bbc let alone 460d628124 embed themselves.7823096e3767ba45

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“……”7eaf97d4b4aa0ed8

The people who returned a5e6698438 from digging traps glanced 2cb5c3691b at Ian with puzzled 8f3e67792f looks, but he stoically f9339016f2 continued his practice.cc55325d86ce0032

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‘It doesn’t matter 89db6ff8b3 if they fall c25aa27ec9 to the ground. I just need dba34833f2 to increase the be6669be83 range.’fa81e598524e0e11

Eventually, this paid 8cbcf4970a off.2fe5a9ff4bfa6d1c

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Ding!
[Dungeon Defense Success!]

[Achievements]
Deaths:
Warikka Tracker ×1

Warikka Warrior ×10

Injuries:
Warikka Warrior ×469b2b6a8746f9dd4

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

[Character]
Ian the Tyrant (★★★★☆)

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