The Berserker’s Second Playthrough in the Game - Chapter 13



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Episode 13. Black Hammer (3)

“It’s true, Boss! “Please believe me!”

“I saw it clearly with my own eyes, boss! No, four eyes, including this guy’s eyes!”

The two scouts enthusiastically described what they had witnessed. The remaining members glanced at each other with anxious looks. The man holding the black stone hammer leaned back against the backrest and frowned.

As the response was muted, the scouts’ voices rose.

“Oh, it’s true, boss! This kid usually talks nonsense, but I’m not like that, am I? Please, just trust me this once!”

“What, fuck? When did you say I was talking nonsense? These ten bastards can breathe as soon as they open their mouths… … .”

“under. This bastard with a goblin head, I forgot again. The last time she went out with me… … .”

thud!

“Stop. That’s it.”

As the hammerhead struck the ground, the scouts all fell silent. The man rested his chin on his hand and asked again.

“So, the ‘Angry Horn of Agon’ really came here? To help the ‘Blood Cave Clan’?”

“……yes.”

“Ugh… … .”

“Do you think that makes sense?”

The hesitation was not long. His subordinates remained stubborn until the end and nodded. Seeing his confident attitude, the rest of the members began to get excited.

Crevan, the leader of the ‘Black Hammer’, put down his hammer and roughly washed his face.

‘These damn bastards… … . ‘What kind of bullshit are you talking about?’

There have been strange rumors going around for a while now. That the Angry Horn of Agon was close to the leader of the Bloody Caverns. That he would soon come here to help his friend.

Crevan, of course, did not believe it. The legendary champion of the arena is coming to help the leader of a third-rate bandit group? What, he says that even ancient archdemons and imperial paladins are coming here? What kind of nonsense does that seem like… … .

But the guys who were sent out to scout out people to find some passersby suddenly came back and started to brazenly claiming that they had seen the ‘Angry Horn of Agon’. It was a shocking and disheartening sound… … and the fact that the subordinates believed it and were shaken made it even more absurd.

Still, it seemed like the scouts had seen something. Crevan decided to interpret the situation in a more plausible way.

‘Could it be that Graham paid to hire mercenaries? It wouldn’t be hard to find barbarian mercenaries once you cross over to the Allied Territory. I wonder if he just brought in a decently-sized barbarian as a bluff… . . . ‘

There was no time to quietly ponder. Even the subordinate who had been standing guard rushed forward.

“Two, boss, it’s an attack! The ‘Blood Caverns’ are approaching here!”

“… … What? How many people came?”

“T-two… … There are two people. One is their leader, the other… … It is believed to be ‘Agon’s Raging Horn.’”

Despite its ridiculously small size, the look on the sentry’s face was far more one of fear than of absurdity. Whether it was the ‘Agon’s Angry Horn’ or something else, it was certain that he had seen ‘something’ that was truly threatening.

The subordinates murmur even louder. A deep furrow appeared on Crevan’s forehead.

I couldn’t help it. Now that things are like this, I have no choice but to go and check it out in person.

Of course, if it is really ‘Agon’s Raging Horn’, there is no chance of winning in a head-to-head match… … .

“Place the crossbowmen behind the earthen wall. The rest hide in the bushes and wait. “Crossbowmen, fire arrows immediately when I tell them to.”

Crevan stood up, his hand firmly gripping the pitch-black hammer.

*

At first, Kadim thought he had made a huge harvest.

The total amount of cash taken from the thieves’ base was a whopping 3,200 luden. It was enough to buy a luxurious villa and still have some left over. It was surprising how such a small thieves’ group had so much money.

But the peddler woke me up to reality.

“Hmm, 3,200 Luden… … . “Maybe it’s because we’re a small group of thieves, so we don’t have a lot of money.”

“… … .”

Over the past 300 years, prices have risen and the value of cash has fallen. When I asked what I could do with 3,200 Luden, I was told that I could barely buy a pony. A faint look of disappointment passed over the blunt savage’s face.

Still, it didn’t mean there was no income. No, I got a clue to finding a treasure more precious than gold.

Kadim narrowed his eyes and fell into thought for a moment.

‘It’s a throwing ax made by dwarven craftsmen… … .’

As is typical of games with a medieval fantasy setting, this game also features two races: elves and dwarves.

However, the actual weight was not that high. This was because the setting was that they had already lost their hegemony over the continent to humans a long time ago and had become a minor race living in hiding on the outskirts.

However, there were some areas where these minor races could make their presence felt. In the case of the dexterous dwarves, it was naturally in the field of equipment items.

‘The grade was at least rare, and usually unique or epic… … .’

Most dwarven equipment not only had far superior basic abilities, but was also equipped with special effects. It would be rude to compare it to ordinary human-made equipment. It had to be at the level of a ‘blessed soldier’ ​​who had been blessed by a priest to be able to compare its performance to dwarven equipment.

However, it was not very easy to obtain dwarven equipment.

Finding the dwarves who were hiding was a task in itself. Even if they were found, the dwarves hated humans, so they wouldn’t readily sell their equipment. In the game, they could be obtained with certainty through some quests, but in reality, even that was a distant possibility.

But now I had a clue to obtain such dwarven equipment.

This was an opportunity not to be missed. A quality weapon was absolutely necessary to avoid relying too much on demon blood.

However, it was difficult to believe what a bandit from the outskirts was saying. Kadim stabbed the bandit in the back with the tip of his sword.

“How did you get that treasure map? “How did you know that the hidden treasure was a dwarven axe?”

“… … Please, don’t poke me. I’ll explain it slowly… … .”

Graham, who was ahead, repeatedly groaned. He pressed the stab wound on the side of his forearm and struggled to tell his story.

“I took that ‘treasure map’ from a group of travelers passing through this area. When I asked them what the treasure was, they said it was a very fine dwarven axe… … . When I first heard it, I thought it was just nonsense, so I hid the map somewhere… … .”

After that, similar groups came several times to retrieve the map, and later even brought along a group of mercenaries. Only then did Graham realize that the treasure map was real.

The problem is that we can’t get that map back.

“… … The hidden place was previously the territory of our ‘Blood Cave Group’, right? However, not long ago, the ‘Black Hammer’ members settled in the area. Even if we just want to quietly retrieve the map and come out, they kill us as soon as they see us… … .”

Kadim nodded silently.

It didn’t seem like a lie. The context and the back and forth of the story fit together well. Thanks to stabbing him once with a knife, he couldn’t even think about telling a lie… … .

Meanwhile, Graham began to explain to the savages how dangerous the Black Hammers were, hoping that they would scare them away and turn back.

But Kadim didn’t care one bit.

“How many of those guys are there?”

“oh… … Fifty people… … . Oh no, a hundred people! There must be over a hundred people! “They are all cruel and vicious!”

“That’s quite a lot. For a bandit group from the border.”

“Yeah, right? So, why not come back later with other mercenaries… … .”

“I’ll be a little tired after killing everyone.”

Graham’s pupils grew as big as his fists.

Could it be that this crazy barbarian said he could fight a hundred men alone? That wouldn’t be easy even for ‘Agon’s Raging Horn’, would it? No, of course, there are actually around 50 people, but that’s just an exaggeration… … .

Kadim just thought. It would be nice if we could just retrieve the map without friction, but that would be difficult. Let’s negotiate if we meet, but let’s be prepared to fight at any time.

It seemed like it was a good idea to leave the peddler in the cave. When Graham poked his back with a knife and urged him on, he had no choice but to start walking again.

The wide open meadow road ended and at some point, it entered a narrow valley. From here, it was said that the real territory of the ‘Black Hammer’ was established. Graham hunched his shoulders and looked around anxiously.

The faint smell of blood wafted through the wind that tickled his skin. Kadim also narrowed his eyebrows.

It wasn’t long before a low earthen wall came into view.

“… … .”

He kept his breath and hid his presence, but he could not fool the savage’s superhuman senses. There were six things hiding below, the sound of being pulled taut and the tip of his finger brushing the metallic trigger.

‘You’ve prepared a crossbow.’

Next to the earthen wall stood a sturdy man holding a stone hammer. Crevan, the leader of the ‘Black Hammer’, naturally faced his declining rival.

“I never thought we would meet like this. “What business did you have to come here, Graham?”

One second to glance at the savage, two seconds to hide the fear and put on a calm expression.

Graham, like the master of survival, used his brain again.

“Why did you come? That’s a stupid question, Crevan. Isn’t it obvious? I have come to declare the destruction of the ‘Black Hammer’. Here, with my friend by my side, the champion of the great arena, the brilliant name ‘Agon’s Raging Horn!’”

Lee Jae-yi, since it has come to this, let’s have the barbarians and the ‘Black Hammer’ fight each other directly.

‘Agon’s angry horn? Is that really the champion… ? ‘

‘oh my god… … .’

‘… … As I heard, you have a great physique… … .’

A quiet commotion spread through the bushes. It seemed like they had hidden their men in a place like that to set up an ambush. The appearance of the barbarian is so ferocious that everyone can’t help but be shaken. Graham licked his dry lips.

Still, the victory of the ‘Black Hammer’ is certain.

Unless you are a demon or a monster, you cannot fight more than fifty people alone. However, judging by the fact that you slaughtered more than a dozen of your own subordinates, the power of the barbarians is not something to be ignored.

So, when the two of them are distracted by each other’s clash, he takes advantage of the gap and runs away…

“Eww!”

… … I couldn’t hit him. Kadim grabbed Graham’s hair as hard as he could, as if he was going to skin him, and shouted dryly.

“I am not ‘Agon’s Raging Horn.’ As long as I get what I’m looking for, I have no intention of fighting you guys. “If you don’t want to see blood, I hope you’ll cooperate appropriately.”

“… … .”

Crevan’s mouth twitched slightly.

His guess was right. As expected, the savage was not the ‘Agon’s Angry Horn’, but a mercenary hired by Graham. He would have betrayed his employer immediately after realizing that he had put him in danger.

However, I was wondering why he still had such a stiff attitude. Have you figured out the situation yet?

thud!

He hit the floor once with the head of the hammer. All his men who had been hiding in the mud walls and bushes suddenly appeared.

With a group of about fifty members in the background, Crevan spoke in a tone of sarcasm.

“Ah, then of course I should cooperate, mercenary. What are you looking for? My men will help you, so feel free to tell me.”

“… … It’s a map. This guy knows the location, so he doesn’t need any help. “You guys just need to clear the way.”

“Um, a map? Are you talking about this?”

Crevan took out an old map from his pocket and held it up. Graham’s eyes opened brightly.

“Uh, uh, that’s it, that’s it! Uh, how did he get that map… … .”

“Oh, you hid it, Graham? My men found it under a rock and brought it back. I’ve seen a few guys looking for it before, but I guess the thing written on the map is a really valuable treasure? Hehehe… … .”

“… … .”

Kadim had a hunch. That unlucky mockery. There’s no way that thief will just hand over the map.

My hunch was not wrong.

Crevan tore the map apart. Then he stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it up. He swallowed it cleanly, leaving not a single piece behind, and sneered while slapping his stomach.

“Take it somewhere, savage. “If only I could.”

The leader of the Black Hammer expected the face of this savage to be twisted in despair and rage.

However, there was no significant disturbance to the barbarian.

I just thought I should get it out before it goes to my stomach.

“Gladly.”

Kadim raised the hilt of his sword.