The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 104

Evening time, when people start to return to their homes.

There are people who are starting to work.

They are the delivery men.

The modern Santa Claus.

Gentlemen who run in the dark.

Specialists who move to give happiness to many people.

And among those delivery men, a suspicious shadow was mixed in.

"Is this it?"

"I think so. The door is open too."

In front of a house, more than ten people continue to check here and there.

"Hmm, the address is definitely correct. Then everyone, let's start working."

"Yep."

Perhaps because it was evening, they answered quietly yet firmly and moved as they were assigned.

They go to where the large truck is and bring the luggage inside one by one to the front of the door and into the house.

Numerous people are diligently moving the luggage from the truck into the house.

And two middle aged men mixed in among those people are moving the luggage and having a conversation.

"Hey, Mr. Kim! Was our role to bring this luggage into the house?"

"Hmm? Mr. Park, were you not listening to the briefing properly again?"

"Ahahaha! You could say that."

At Mr. Park's awkward laugh, Mr. Kim chuckled as if to say, 'you're still the same,' and nodded his head.

"That's right. Our role is just to bring the goods into this house. And we don't even need to bring them into the house, they said we can just leave them in the yard."

"Hmm, compared to what we usually do, it's a much simpler job."

At those words, Mr. Kim laughed cheerfully.

"Keuheuh! That's right! Compared to what we usually do, this isn't even hard work! We just have to park the truck right in front and unload the goods! And there are a lot of people working."

"Is this what the young people these days call a 'honey' job?"

Kuhahaha!!!

Kuhahaha!!!

"Oho, look at this guy, he's a new generation! If I'm not careful, I'll think you're friends with my son!"

"Keolkeolkeol! This guy! By the way, your beard looks great today! You look like an actor from a foreign movie!"

"Kuhahaha! This guy is quite the joker!"

The two middle aged men, who were in a good mood because the work was easier than usual, exchanged pleasantries and moved the luggage from the truck in a friendly atmosphere.

Although the weight of the boxes was considerable and the quantity was enormous, since the middle aged men were also players who had entered dungeons and completed their awakening, the unfortunate incident of throwing out their backs while lifting heavy boxes did not happen.

On the contrary, they moved the boxes briskly as if this much was a piece of cake.

Just then, Mr. Park muttered.

"Hmm, by the way, you. Don't you think it's a little strange?"

"Hmm? What are you talking about all of a sudden?"

Thump-

"No, of course it's about this box."

"The box?"

At Mr. Park's words, Mr. Kim put down the box and muttered.

"Yeah, to ask us to move such a suspicious-looking thing at this late hour... No matter how you think about it, isn't it strange?"

"Hmm, well. It's certainly a little strange."

Mr. Kim also had such thoughts inwardly, so he nodded his head.

To ask them to move goods, even mobilizing them who should have been entering dungeons as usual.

It would be abnormal not to think it was strange.

But Mr. Kim, even if he thought it was strange, had no intention of getting deeply involved or related to it.

Because he knew very well that getting deeply involved in such matters would not end well.

But Mr. Park's thoughts seemed to be a little different.

"Goods that are being prepared secretly without the other guilds knowing. Don't you think it's the kind of thing that could make the guild take another leap forward?"

At Mr. Park's words, Mr. Kim smiled slyly.

"Keolkeolkeol! If it were something like that, they would handle it carefully as if they were carrying a sacred object! They wouldn't have told us to just leave it in front of the entrance! You guy!"

"Kuhahaha! As expected, right?"

The two middle aged men laughed loudly once and spurred on their action of moving the luggage.

As they worked so engrossed, the work was finished before they knew it.

"Whew, there's really a lot."

"That's right. It's 15 large trucks' worth of luggage, so of course there's a lot..."

"And it took even longer because the trucks couldn't even come in properly."

Clap-

As the people who had finished their work were drinking water and resting, the foreman clapped his hands loudly to draw their attention to himself.

"Now, if you've finished your work, you can return to the guild, rest, and then return to your original duties."

"Yep."

With those words, they got back on the trucks they had come in and disappeared from the spot.

And after some time had passed.

"Oh, it's here."

Someone reeking of the smell of blood began to move the goods that were in the yard towards the backyard.

***

Kuuung-

"Now, here's the alcohol and meat, you orcs."

Lee Shin brought all the boxes of alcohol and meat that were piled up in the yard into the dungeon.

"Uwoooooo!!!"

"Krrroooorrr!!!"

"Kyaaaaaa!!!"

The orcs, who had been eating only fruits, shouted and cheered.

Chiiik--!!!

While Lee Shin was moving the goods from outside, they had finished all the preparations to grill the meat, so as soon as Lee Shin gave them the boxes, the meat was grilled.

The orcs clinked their liquor bottles, using the smell of the meat cooking on the fire as an appetizer.

It seemed they had missed alcohol more than meat.

Lee Shin watched them as he poured the liquor into his mouth as if it were flowing water.

'I don't know what those guys' taste in alcohol is... but I asked them to prepare a strong one that everyone can get equally drunk on, so it should be fine.'

As mentioned before, with the appearance of dungeons, numerous businesses had struggled to incorporate the new element of mana stones into their businesses.

And among those businesses, liquor companies were also included.

What was created in this way was an incredibly strong liquor that could even make players drunk.

It was so strong that there was even a warning on the label telling non-players not to drink this liquor.

Lee Shin watched the orcs' banquet for a moment, where they were clinking their liquor bottles, laughing and talking loudly, and singing, and then walked towards where Tarka was.

"Kuhahahaha!!!!!"

Tarka, with his entire body wrapped in bandages, was tearing at the meat and drinking alcohol like the other orcs, and laughing loudly.

At that, Lee Shin let out a chuckle.

"You're a monster. You can drink alcohol with those kinds of wounds?"

"Hmph! I don't know who's calling who a monster. Are you even a real person? With those kinds of wounds, it would be strange if you didn't die."

"Wounds get better quickly if you just sit still and eat good food."

It wasn't a lie.

Because Lee Shin had replenished his nutrients and Irhegue had replenished his internal energy, [Regeneration] had been actively moving and had recovered Lee Shin's body, which had been on the verge of death, to the point where he could move like this.

"You monster."

Tarka said, and threw a nearby liquor bottle at Lee Shin.

Lee Shin, who had lightly caught the liquor bottle, sat on a nearby chair and offered the liquor bottle to Tarka, and at that, Tarka laughed and clinked his own liquor bottle against the one Lee Shin offered.

Kang-

With the cheers, the liquor inside the liquor bottles swayed.

The two poured them down their throats and then laughed so loudly that their respective wounds reopened.

Their fight had ended in a draw.

But both of them thought that they had lost.

Lee Shin's reason was that he had delivered the best possible blow but had failed to kill Tarka, but Tarka's was a little different.

Tarka was a warrior who had experienced numerous battlefields, and he had never felt fear in any moment.

But at the last moment, when Lee Shin had stretched out his spear.

Tarka had felt a fear that he had never felt from any other enemy.

That was the reason Tarka thought of himself as the loser.

'It wasn't just a simple gut feeling.'

If Tarka hadn't instinctively twisted his body and swung his sword, Lee Shin's spear would have surely pierced his heart.

Chuckle-

Tarka was on the verge of being dumbfounded.

There was a significant gap between him and Lee Shin, to the point where it was meaningless to compare.

Nevertheless, Lee Shin had continuously pushed him, and in the end, he had even really threatened his life.

Because the wound that was now drawn across Tarka's chest would have split his heart in half, not his chest, if it had been a little deeper.

'If this guy hadn't accepted my unreasonable demand and had continued to fight, what would have happened...'

Tarka tilted the liquor bottle, thinking about something he could no longer know.

His wounded body accepted the alcohol like a dried-up sponge.

"What was that technique you used at the end?"

"Hmm? It's a technique I made while fighting, so it doesn't have a name. It's also an incomplete technique that still has a lot to be fixed."

At Lee Shin's words, which flowed out as if it were nothing, Tarka was so dumbfounded that he couldn't even laugh.

If Lee Shin's words were true, then he had been pushed to the brink of death by such a lacking technique.

"...Hoo~ Well, alright. Then since the alcohol and meat have set the mood, shall we hear your story now?"

At Tarka's words, Lee Shin shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright. As the loser, I'll obediently follow the bet."

"Kuhahaha!!!"

At Lee Shin's words, Tarka laughed.

"You talk well. Weren't you going to tell us the information in the first place? Seeing as you brought the meat and alcohol so quickly, it seems you prepared it in advance."

"Who knows?"

Lee Shin smiled lightly and avoided the answer, but Tarka's words were clearly the correct answer.

When he first went out of the dungeon.

Because Lee Shin had sent a message to Kim Jae-hyun and asked him to prepare about a thousand servings of alcohol and meat.

"Before we start talking, there's something I want to check. Tarka, do you remember where you were and what you were doing originally?"

"Hmm? I was hunting for things to bring to the clan in the Illian Forest."

"Where is the Illian Forest?"

At Lee Shin's words, Tarka looked at him strangely.

"It's common sense, don't you know? It's the name of the largest forest on the Lagos continent."

"Hmm, I see."

Lee Shin nodded once and smiled at Tarka.

"Congratulations on your reincarnation to another world, Earth."

"Reincarnation to another world?"

At Lee Shin's words, Tarka repeated what he had said with a dazed face.

Lee Shin nodded once and drew a picture on the floor with a nearby tree branch.

A large circle is drawn on the floor.

"First, I've never heard of the Illian Forest, let alone the Lagos continent."

"Aren't you just stupid?"

Lee Shin shook his head.

"No. It's changed a lot recently, but our world was originally a world with only humans. There wasn't a single demi-human like an orc, elf, or dwarf."

"What?"

At Lee Shin's words, Tarka asked back, flustered.

He had only thought he was trapped in a barrier, but it was hard to immediately understand the words that came out of Lee Shin's mouth.

"Now, orc uncle, take a look at this."

Lee Shin tapped the circle he had drawn with the tree branch.

"This is the world I came from. Let's call this circle Earth. And..."

Jijik-

Lee Shin drew a small circle inside the large circle he had drawn.

"This is the separated space where you orc uncle are. On our side, we call it a dungeon."

"A dungeon?"

Tarka repeated Lee Shin's words like a parrot to somehow organize his complicated head.

"Well, take your time. I'll explain it roughly for now."

Lee Shin threw the tree branch he was holding and opened his mouth.

Was it because of the alcohol?

Lee Shin began to explain about Earth in a slightly humming tone, and Tarka and the orcs who had gathered before they knew it were astonished by his story.

This was not something that was happening in only one place.

Elves, dwarves, beastmen.

Numerous races had appeared on Earth.

The governments of each country, famous guilds, and renowned rankers.

Because numerous people had contacted them.

(End of Chapter)