The King of the Battlefield Chapter 78

Chapter 78: Star of the Absolute (3)

TL: Yoni

Edited: emptycube

 

“Talk.”

He hated when people beat around the bush.

As Muyoung coldly replied, Bug gulped down his saliva.

“Then, I will get to the point. Please join our party.”

“The reason is?”

“Isn’t it better to fight with five people than alone? Currently, one spot is vacant.”

Muyoung thought over what happened a few hours ago.

Bug and his other 3 comrades were stirring up the arena.

It wasn’t five people but still that was enough.

Their coordination was enough to call them veteran explorers and they also had the fighting power to back it up.

At the very least, they had 5 years of experience.

On top of that, all four people seemed to have a distinct cla.s.s.

They should be able to easily clear the 5th floor and go to the floor below.

“You probably don’t see me as a human.”

“You are different from other monsters. And even Alice said okay.”

“Alice?”

“Ah, she’s one of my party members. She is a master at detecting danger. She even has as support ability that allows her to recognize an opponent’s habits or their fighting power.”

It was a dangerous to just tell someone your companion’s abilities.

It was a gamble since he was exposing a part of his power.

It just showed how badly he wanted to recruit him.

“The reason is?”

“Oloness, we don’t have the confidence we will win when we face him.”

“You can just forfeit, can’t you?”

“See… We can’t forfeit or lose even once.”

He replied very cautiously.

Right away, Muyoung knew what Bug was talking about.

“They are aiming for Solomon’s Hall of Fame.”

They were trying to break a record and earn a reward.

They were thinking the same thing as Muyoung.

However, there was a limited number of people who could leave a record on Solomon’s Hall of Fame.

‘It’s better to do it alone.”

If he was to join these four, it might be possible to overthrow Oloness. They were strong enough.

However, if Muyoung joined them, Oloness would forfeit again and wait for his chance.

Since he felt awkward coordinating with others and as the conditions of the arena kept changing, he couldn’t say how long they would be comrades for.

“I refuse.”

“Please, think about one more time. You are really strong but Oloness is stronger.”

Bug said it with certainty.

It seemed like the girl called Alice had compared Muyoung and Oloness’s fighting power.

‘Is she a recruiter type cla.s.s?’

Occasionally, there were special recruiters who could see how strong a person was.

Fighting power was literally referring to the power Muyoung could produce using his stats and skills.

Even after realizing and awakening his purity, he was still weak compared to Oloness.

However, he never thought he would lose.

‘Fighting power isn’t everything.’

A fight was made up of continuous minuscule judgements.

Even a small mistake could produce critical results.

One’s experience was the same or perhaps even more important than one’s fighting power.

Experience allowed you to reduce the number of mistakes to a minimum and understand your opponent.

And Muyoung could be called experience itself.

Few thousands or tens of thousands of fights were enough to make simply comparing stats invalid.

“I will not lose.”

“…Ha, I understand. It doesn’t seem like I can change your mind alone. I won’t ask you to fight as my comrade anymore.”

Bug led out a big breath.

Muyoung joining them was like gaining a warrior who could do the work of a hundred men.

Although his other comrades opposed, Bug already knew.

That fighting power wasn’t everything and that Muyoung was much stronger than what others thought.

When he first met him, he disregarded him as he was a dokkaebi but after witnessing all his fights, his thoughts about him changed.

He was strong.

He was a truly strong individual who continuously got strong as he fought.

His goal was to recruit him no matter what but he had failed.

Bug turned his gaze and looked down.

“Then could you lend us the dwarf for a moment instead? We will pay a price. As you can see, our equipment have become tattered.”

“20,000 onz.”

“What?”

“Per person, if you pay 20,000 onz, I will let him fix it.”

“That’s too expensive. Wasn’t the price of that dwarf 50,000 onz?”

Muyoung shook his head.

“Kalmooh isn’t a slave but an expert blacksmith. If he concentrated and fixed the equipment, the stats of the equipment also increase. It was a benefit only the ones who gained his favor can enjoy.”

It meant Muyoung was willing to share this benefit.

Kalmooh was moved by the fact Muyoung said he wasn’t a slave and on the other hand, Bug couldn’t help but be surprised for a moment.

It was especially rare to find an expert blacksmith. They were normally part of huge guilds and only high ranks were able to use them.

If they could even momentarily borrow an expert that great, the price wasn’t a problem.

On top of that, Bug thought that he could buy even a bit of Muyoung’s favor through this deal.

Gulp!

“Please wait for a moment. I will come back after discussing the matter with my comrades.”

Bug hastily ran out the door.

Muyoung pondered as he watched him leave.

‘Just in time.”

He lacked onz to buy the items Kalmooh needed.

80,000 onz was enough capital.

‘It could be used as a trump card when keeping Oloness in check.’

There was another reason for lending Kalmooh to them.

To keep Oloness in check and if it was those four, they would fight well against Oloness and he was planning on collecting data from this.

“Are you really okay with this? You might be fighting with them.”

“I don’t mind. Do your best.”

Muyoung was calm.

If those four were monsters, no matter how much he needed the onz, he wouldn’t have lent them this kind of help.

However, all four of them were human.

And when fighting against humans, there was no one who could catch up to Muyoung.