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nPiiiing-!

nWith a sharp sound, a blue light pierced through the air.

nThuk-.

nKaaaaa-!

nAn Ogre could not help but scream and fall as an arrow full of a cold air hit him directly in the

nforehead.

nKung-!

n– You have killed an Ogre. You gained 5,910 Experience Points.

nJinsung, no, Ian caught his breath as he slowly approached the dead body.

n“Good, now I am getting fast enough.”

nHe put his hand on the body which then turned into a grey light and vanished.

n– You have obtained 745 Gold from the Ogre.

n– You have obtained Ogre’s Tough Leather.

nAfter checking the system message, he opened his inventory.

n“As soon as I make 100,000 Gold, I’ll get some rest.”

nThe Clik Mountain, the place where Ian was hunting, was full of Ogres. Hence, the users nicknamed

nthe place Ogre’s Farm.

nThe average level of Ogres was about 80. Looking at Ian’s level, who was at Lv. 93, others may think

nthat he would find it easy, unfortunately, that would have been the case only if he was hunting in a

nparty. If you were to play solo in the Clik Mountain, even a high-level player would have trouble. This

nwas because compared to the other monsters of the same level, Ogres had much greater stamina

nand destructive power.

nActually, if you wanted to raise your level, it would be far more efficient to gather a party and go to a

nhigh-level hunting ground. However, there was a particular reason why Ian decided to play solo in the

nClik Mountain. In fact, it was the best place for him to make Gold.

nKailan had his own system to make money. In fact, people could buy the Gold in the game using real

nmoney and, at the same time, the Gold could be used to buy real money. This system was very

nsimilar to the one used in real banks, hence, it could be considered that the money that you make in

nKailard are just as valuable as real money.

nNow, according to Kailan’s money exchange system, the exchange rate of Gold and real money was

nat about 1:2. Considering that an Ogre gave him about 800 Gold, he could make a total of 1,600 Won

nwith each Ogre.

nIn an hour, Ian could hunt at least 100 Ogres. So, he was practically doing a part-time job that paid

nhim about 200,000 Won per hour.

nEven after buying the capsule, he had to work hard to earn money as he had to pay back the student

nloan he took. So, this became a habit of his where he would spend at least an hour on earning Gold

nevery time he logged in.

n“Let’s move again…”

nAfter finding that there was no Ogre left in the area, he started to move somewhere else.

nIan was excited as he could feel the speed of his hunting getting faster thanks to the Dark Composite

nBow, which he had gotten during the Drake Raid, last week.

nIan

nLv. 93: 79,954,300

/ 98,500,000 (81.2%)

nRace: Human

nClass: Archer (Skilled Great Archer)

nTitle: Drake Hunter

nReputation: 158,920 (If reputation drops below 0, it becomes Evil Fame.)

nStrength: 150( 75)

nSpeed: 275( 305)

nIntelligence: 75( 25)

nStamina: 105( 137)

nHealth: 12,420( 5,600)

nMagic: 3,725( 2,215)

n…

nIan checked his statistics window and shook his head.

n“Huh, I have killed countless Ogres since last week, but it only went up by 6%.”

nHe was talking about EP (Experience Points). After Lv. 90, going up by each level required a huge

namount of efforts.

n“Well, I am not hunting them to increase my level, but this is too stingy.” Ian complained. Then he

nstarted to look for monsters around him using Hawk Eye, a special skill of the archer.

nA moment later, Ian’s eyes brightened.

n“What!? Since when we have a Hero Rank monster on Clik Mountain apart from the Ogre King?”

nBy using Hawk Eye, he could only check the location and the rank of the monsters within a certain

nrange. If he wanted to know which monster it was, he had to go and check personally.

n‘A Hero Rank monster can be slightly dangerous for me…’

nThe Ogre King, which was known as the only Hero Class monster of Clik Mountain, was at Lv. 95. Of

ncourse, Ian had hunted it in the past. However, he was never alone.

n‘What should I do?’

nIan was carefully thinking about it. After all, it was a rare occasion to find a Hero Rank monster,

nexcept for field bosses that would appear on their designated spots. It was almost guaranteed that a

nHero Rank monster that appeared randomly in the field had a higher chance of dropping something

ngood.

n“Let’s go!”

nIf he were to be killed, the EP he needed to level-up would be reset and a week’s effort would be

nwasted. However, it wasn’t his style to give up a good chance.

nIan made sure that all his skills were ready to be used and the cooldown time was over. He then

nslowly moved towards the Hero Rank monster.

nA moment later, Ian found the monster. It was a Twin-Headed Ogre which was three times bigger than

nan ordinary Ogre.

n“What! I’ve never seen anything like this!”

nLooking at the rare monster that he had never seen or heard of, Ian’s fighting was ignited.

nThen, he calmly took out a few traps and carefully put them on a few ideal spots. After all, they were

nexpensive expendable items which he had bought to hunt Hero Rank monsters.

n‘I never thought I would be using them so quickly.’

nHe knew that the item had been bought to be used, yet, he couldn’t help but feel a little sad. They

nwere top rank traps, they costed 50,000 Gold each.

n“Well. It would all be worth it if I could get my hands on even a single piece of the Ogre Warrior Set…”

nThe cheapest piece of the Ogre Warrior Set, the shoes, were sold at 1,300,000 Gold. Hence, if he

ncould get even a piece of the set, that would be helpful.

nOnce, Ian finished planning, he took out his bow and aimed at the Ogre’s head.

n– Aiming Weak Spot skill activated. Target’s weak spots are shown. Accuracy rate is raised by 40%,

nfatal blow rate is raised by 37%. 255% of additional damage when attacking weak spots.

n– Lethal Poison skill activated. Movement of the target is slowed by 10% when hitting the mark, and

nHP is consistently decreased.

n-Piiiing!

nThe arrow left Ian’s hand. It hit the Ogre’s forehead. The Twin-Headed Ogre wailed in rage and when

nhe spotted Ian, it started to run toward him.

nKuaaa-!

nIan’s eyes slightly widened by seeing the monster moving so fast despite its enormous size.

n“It certainly is different from ordinary Ogres. It’s very fast!”

nEven the Ogre King was very slow. It was probably part of the nature of Ogres. However, its stamina

nand attack force was greater than other Ogres since it was a Hero Rank monster.

nIan had assumed that the Twin-Headed Ogre would be slow as well, hence, he was slightly confused.

nIan used the Continuous Shooting skill to quickly shoot arrows and drag the Ogre toward his trap.

nKung-. Kung-. Kung-.

nAs the poison kept adding some damage to the Ogre, its face started to get slightly distorted.

nTatat-!

nFinally, Ian lured the Ogre near the trap. So, he nimbly climbed a tree and drew his bow again.

n– Exploding Arrow skill activated. The arrow explodes 1 second after hitting the target. Additional

ndamage of 300% of the attack force.

nThe arrow hit the Ogre’s weak spot, which was highlighted in red by the Aiming Weak Spot skill. Even

nthough the accuracy rate was mainly defined by the class characteristic of the archer and his skills,

nhowever, Ian’s archery skills were already great on their own.

nKuaang-!

nThe arrow embedded in the Ogre’s chest exploded. The monster flinched for a moment.

nThe arrow’s damage had been increased by a total of 20 times: it was a deadly blow, Aiming Weak

nSpot skill had been used and the damage had been amplified because of the explosion. Even a Hero

nRank monster would have gotten severe damage.

nHowever, that lasted only for a while. The Ogre quickly ran and approached Ian. Its frighteningly large

nclub came down at Ian.

nKwang-!

nWith large sound, the tree Ian had been sitting on collapsed.

nLuckily, Ian had already left the tree.

nLooking at the force of the Ogre’s wooden club, cold sweat broke out from his back

n“Maybe just one blow is enough to kill me…”

nIan swallowed hard. He needed to be a little more careful.

nWhile Ian was rolling on the ground to avoid the Ogre’s attack, it finally stepped on Ian’s first trap.

nSnap-!

nWith a thick sound of metal crushing the Ogre started to wail.

n– High Rank slowdown trap activated. The speed of the target has been decreased by 30% for 10

nminutes.

nCombined with the effect of the Lethal Poison arrow, 40% of slowdown was applied. The Ogre was

nclearly slower now. Ian then drew his bow again.

n– Swiftness skill activated. All movements get 50% quicker for 15 minutes.

nPiiiing-. Ping-. Ping-.

nWith fast movement refined by the Swiftness skill, Ian fired three arrows consecutively. He then

nstarted to run. The Ogre had reached him again.

n“Hu…”

nIan breathed heavily and continued to torment the Ogre from a distance.

nIt looked like Ian was easily playing with the Ogre, however, that was not the case.

nIan’s fight with the Twin-Headed Ogre was almost as dangerous as walking on a rope. A single

nmistake would mean death…

nThe truth was that the Archer, along with the Sorcerer, was known as a class hard to play solo. This is

nbecause an archer would be powerless in close-range battles.

nChasing it and being chased by it, this was how Ian was fighting the Ogre for a while until a system

nmessage appeared in front of his eyes.

n– 1 minute left of Swiftness skill duration time.

n“Kmm…”, Ian moaned.

nIt would be hard to fight after the skill’s duration time ended. He had to finish the fight in 1 minute.

n“There’s only one trap left. The knock-off trap…”

nIan started to plan. He quickly decided and jumped to make the final move.

n“Over here, you nasty monster!”

nIan provoked the Ogre and repeatedly shoot arrows. The Ogre was now free from the slowdown

neffect, so it fiercely charged towards him.

nThen…

nSnap-!

nThe last trap was activated.

n– High Rank knock-off trap activated. The target falls unconscious for 5 seconds and becomes

ndefenseless.

nThe moment the trap was activated, Ian knelt on one knee and got ready.

nThe Ogre was unconscious and standing in an awkward position, in the meantime, Ian was aiming at

nthe Ogre’s weak spot that glowed red.

n– Fatal Blow Reinforcement skill activated. Damage is increased by 300% when hitting as fatal blow.

n– Shooting skill activated. You cannot move for 10 seconds. Attack force is increased by 400%.

n– Concentration skill activated. Attack force is increased in proportional to the time you concentrate

non your target with your bow drawn (maximum increase rate: 500%)

nIan used all the reinforcement and buff skills he had.

n“Everything is depending on this one blow!”

nHe was certain that the arrow would bring the Ogre down if it penetrated its weak spot.

nOr at least it would be in a critical condition.

nIan had used the Shooting skill. There was no turning back now.

nIf he failed to hit the target and the Ogre regains its consciousness with HP left, Ian would be killed

nbecause he would not be able to run for 5 seconds.

nIan counted the seconds to bring the efficiency of the Concentration skill to its maximum efficiency. He

nthen let go.

nWooosh-!

nThe sound pierced through the air, and the Ogre’s knock-off effect ended.

nHowever, before it could move, Ian’s arrow was already right in front of its heart.

nThunk-!

nThe arrow with Ian’s desperate power embedded itself in the Ogre’s weak spot and two more of his

nattacks followed which hit the same spot.

n-Kung-!

nThe huge body fell and shook the ground. A refreshing system message came up.

n-You killed the Twin-Headed Ogre. You gained 98,500 EP.

n“Huu, hu…”

nAfter fighting for 30 minutes, Ian had finally killed the Ogre. He was breathing heavily as he was tired

nafter running around for half an hour.

n“Now, let’s check what items it dropped…”

nHe was even more nervous than the moment when he fired the fatal arrow.

nIan then put his hand on the Ogre’s dead body.

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