The Player Who Stand Chapter 229

Taktaktak-

The kid, wearing a worn-out rag that completely covered his face, ran through the alley with both hands gathered to his chest.

In the kid's arms was a small pouch he had taken from the man he had bumped into on the street a little while ago.

The kid, feeling the texture of the pouch with his fingertips, smiled faintly even as he was out of breath.

'I'm glad I took the risk and searched around the rcenary guild.'

It was a re coincidence that the kid was loitering near the rcenary guild.

It was to see if there was anything useful among the things the rcenaries had thrown away.

While he was rummaging through the trash cans nearby, a voice reached the kid's ears.

-Wow, this is sothing I happened to get by chance! If you eat this, surprisingly, your energy will well up and the magic power in your body will increase! I checked by eating one, so it's definitely true!

It was so clear that even the kid who was outside the building could hear it clearly.

'Sothing that makes your energy well up… is it dicine?'

The kid's eyes, drawn by the voice, naturally moved towards the red-haired young man walking down the street.

"Well, I've thrown the bait, so shall we see how the situation turns out?"

'The sa voice as before…'

The kid, who had noticed through the young man's muttering that he was the owner of the voice from before, pondered.

Targeting a rcenary was dangerous.

Since they were incomparably stronger than ordinary people, if he got caught, it was entirely possible that he would be hit sowhere and die.

He didn't want to die.

So it was better not to get involved with rcenaries.

Wasn't that why he had been so careful when rummaging through the trash cans of the rcenary guild a little while ago?

But for a mont, the image of his younger sibling, who was suffering from a high fever at ho and was having trouble even breathing, ca to the kid's mind.

Tak- Tak- Tak-

And at the sa ti as he thought of his younger sibling's face, the kid's feet were moving out of the alley and towards the young man.

At that, the kid gritted his teeth and, with the thought of 'it's now or never', he managed to snatch the small pouch that was the only thing in the man's pocket.

"If I give him the dicine, his fever will surely go down."

The kid who muttered that put more strength into the hand holding the pouch and kicked the ground harder.

He didn't know exactly what kind of dicine was in this pouch.

But since it was said to be a dicine that raises one's energy, he believed that it would at least not be harmful, and the kid ran through the narrow alley with all his might.

As he got closer and closer to ho, he beca more and more out of breath, his heart pounded, and his mind was filled with thoughts.

'His fever was really high before I ca out in the morning, I wonder if he's okay now? I left clean water right next to him, I hope he drank it. I told him to hide at ho and not co out, I wonder if he's okay? Don't tell

a thief broke into the house…'

And because he was so focused on getting ho even a little faster with all his might.

Tuk-

The kid tripped over sothing that suddenly popped out and rolled on the ground.

Even while rolling on the ground, because of his younger sibling's face that flashed through his mind, the kid desperately curled up his body and protected the pouch.

"Cough… cough…"

While the kid was coughing from the impact of rolling on the ground.

"Hoo, you're pretty quick for a kid, aren't you? I almost missed you. By the way, how did you know this kid would co here?"

"I know, right? I told you, if you just trust

and follow , you can catch him."

From the alley where the kid had tripped over sothing a little while ago, two n walked out, chuckling.

The kid forced his eyes open and checked the faces of the two.

Shabby leather armor, a weapon at their waist, a rough face.

Even though his vision was blurry, he could tell.

The two were rcenaries.

And they had co here targeting the kid.

"Hey, kid. You have a rough idea why you're in this state, right?"

"How about you hand over what you stole from that guy a little while ago when I'm being nice?"

'Damn it, as expected.'

The kid cursed inwardly but let out a pitiful voice.

"N, no. My younger sibling at ho is sick with a high fever…"

The kid's mournful voice, along with his trembling arm, reached out to the two.

And the two's answer to the kid's action was.

"Tsk, dirty."

"Ah, so annoying."

Contempt and disregard.

"You're being annoying. Hey, kid. Your beggar sibling and a bright future rcenary like . Isn't it obvious which one is more important?"

"P, please… my younger sibling at ho is so sick he's about to die…"

"If you want to die, how about you just say so?"

At the two's words, the kid lowered his head as if he had given up and held out the pouch he had been holding in his trembling hand.

Pfft-

"At least you seem to know your place, so that's a relief."

The man, laughing at the kid, took a step towards him.

The mont he bent down to take the pouch, the distance between the two beca incomparably closer than before.

Shuk-

The kid, who had been waiting for an opportunity, rushed at the man, swinging a sharp awl made by grinding an animal's fang.

A surprise attack launched at the optimal mont, using the man's blind spot and the gap in his mind.

The fang, moving to aim for the man's neck, contained enough power and sharpness to pierce the skin of a careless adult in one go.

Peok!

"Keuleok! Keuleok!"

But unfortunately for the kid, the two were not ordinary people.

Although they were bronze-ranked, they were veterans of surprise attacks, having hunted monsters.

"I knew this would happen."

And in the first place, the man who had walked towards the kid was not careless.

No, beyond that, the man was sure that the kid would attack him.

"I don't know how you street kids are all so alike. You cling on pathetically and then, with what's in your pocket, whoosh!"

"Kkeuk! Ughhh!"

The man said, kicking the kid in the stomach.

"What, you want to know how I knew? Ah, it's actually a secret, but I'm actually from the streets too. I'm a case where I made so money through rcenary work after I got a little older. Thanks to that, I don't look at you guys with a particularly disgusted eye."

The man said that and stomped on the hand of the kid who was secretly trying to pick up the awl.

"On the contrary, I think you're pretty cute."

The kid gritted his teeth and endured the scream, and the man sneered at the kid's appearance.

"You're so cute that I want to play a prank like this."

The man said that and kicked the kid in the stomach once more.

The kid rolled on the ground once more from the impact.

But this ti, he gritted his teeth, got up, and quickly rushed at the man.

"Ouch, scary!"

'That guy's bad habit has started again.'

His companion clicked his tongue and looked at the man, then said.

"It's fine to hit him, but hit him well. Guys like that always hide one or two dicines on their bodies."

"Yeah, how much is it worth, I can't just crush it. I'm being so careful not to get the kid's dirty blood on ."

At his companion's words, the man said that and shook the pouch he had taken from the kid a little while ago.

At that, the kid gritted his teeth, and the man said with a sneering face, looking at the kid.

"Hey, but aren't you curious? How do you think we knew you were here?"

The kid's face trembled slightly at the man's words, feeling a kind of anxiety.

Seeing the kid's appearance, the man said in a voice full of laughter.

"You're pretty famous in this village."

Grin-

"As a street kid who's taking care of his younger sibling, of all things."

"Don't tell …"

Hearing the kid's trembling voice, the man said teasingly.

"Even though there are many empty houses because of the cataclysm, you can't just live anywhere. A bad person might break into your house."

The man, who had said that, playfully raised his head.

"It's about ti he ca~ Ah, he's here."

At those words, the kid turned his head, knowing he shouldn't.

And there, the worst situation the kid had imagined was unfolding.

"Hah, isn't this so kind of disease? It's so disgusting, really…"

A man who looked like a rcenary, just like the other two, was walking, holding his younger sibling in one hand.

His younger sibling, held in one hand like a piece of luggage, was having trouble even breathing properly, and was just lying limp with his eyes closed, breathing faintly.

"What, I thought you were lying about your younger sibling being sick, but you weren't."

The man said that and tapped the pouch with the dicine in it, as if to provoke him.

In a complete checkmate, the kid gritted his teeth.

This was the first ti a situation like this had happened.

A situation like the one just now was common.

The back alleys were a place ruled by the logic of power and vagrants, and so, many people had co at him, a kid.

But until now, the kid had defeated all of them.

Therefore, he had thought that he could sohow resolve this situation, and in case of an ergency, he had been thinking that he had to sohow take the dicine and run away.

But now, he couldn't use that last resort.

Because he couldn't leave his younger sibling behind, even if he died.

The man holding the pouch chuckled at the kid's appearance.

The guy who had been like a wildcat just a mont ago was now letting his tail droop, knowing that his younger sibling was being held hostage, and was pouring all his attention there.

"Now, I'm not a bad person. If we talk it out, I might let you go."

"Hmm? That's a little troubleso."

At that mont, a light and playful voice interrupted.

The three n and the kid turned their heads to where the voice had co from.

Tabak- Tabak-

At the entrance of the alley, a red-haired young man was walking, his crescent-moon-like eyes sparkling.

"I have so business with him too."

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"Tsk, did I drag it out too long?"

At Lee Shin's appearance, he clicked his tongue, taking the pouch.

"What should we do? That guy is strong."

"Idiot, there are three of us, why are you scared?"

Seuk-

"If you don't get provoked, it's simple."

"I know, right? That guy doesn't even seem to have a proper weapon…"

The man, who had forced himself to be determined, sneered at Lee Shin and said.

"Hey, we'll be using this dicine well now, so how about you just go?"

It was a kind of threat, but in Lee Shin's eyes, it didn't even look like a trick.

So Lee Shin ignored them and asked the kid below.

"I don't know much, but is it okay if a few corpses are added to these back alleys?"

"What are you talking about?"

"This bastard, I was trying to let it go nicely!"

"It seems you're crazy to die."

They frowned and pulled out their respective weapons.

Even in the explosive situation, Lee Shin stared only at the kid without any trembling.

"It's… okay."

The kid, who felt pressured by the strange appearance, nodded his head without realizing it and answered Lee Shin's words.

"Really?"

At that answer, Lee Shin smiled with satisfaction.

Seogeok-

He took out the [Yagong] he had hidden in the [Black Room] and swung it.

A single light swing.

Tuk-

That was the end of it.

Their bodies lost their heads and fell to the ground.

The weapons they were holding broke and littered the ground.

The kid, who couldn't even grasp the situation that had happened in an instant, just stared blankly with his mouth open.

At that, Lee Shin walked towards the kid and said with a bright smile.

"Then it's your turn, right?"

The mont he heard those words, the kid thought.

He was screwed.

"How are you going to take responsibility for taking my things… hmm?"

Lee Shin's eyes, which were staring at the kid, turned slightly.

The pupils that had turned were pointing at the kid's younger sibling, who had been cut down by Lee Shin's spear a little while ago and had lost his life in vain.

The kid who noticed that opened his mouth urgently.

"That eye from my younger sibling…!"

"So noisy."

But before the kid could finish his words, he was blocked.

Lee Shin, who had easily neutralized the kid with a pressure point strike, lightly flicked his fingertip.

'It seems pressure point strikes work even in another world.'

-Strange.

Lee Shin felt a small satisfaction and moved his feet towards the kid's younger sibling.

Of course, the kid tried to stop Lee Shin sohow, but his body, which had been hit with a pressure point strike and even a mute point, couldn't even flick a finger, let alone speak.

"What is this?"

Lee Shin squatted down and looked at the kid's younger sibling with curious eyes.

'What's with this kid, why is he so full of dense magic power?'

In Lee Shin's eyes, he could see the movent of dense magic power flowing from the kid's younger sibling, who was gasping for breath.

At that, Lee Shin reached out with curiosity and lowered the hood that was covering the kid's younger sibling.

At that mont, the kid's eyes widened to their limit.

"Hmm, on the outside, it doesn't look like much…"

At that mont, sothing ca into Lee Shin's eyes.

"A horn?"

The kid's pupils shook greatly at those words.

Lee Shin, just in case, approached the kid and took off his hood.

Then, he could see that there was a single horn on the opposite side of where his younger sibling's head was.

And after looking twice, he could roughly figure out what kind of horn it was.

No, he couldn't not know.

Because Irehgue had been shouting the identity of the horn in his ear for a while now.

-You there! That's a dragon's horn!

What was on the two kids' heads.

It was half, but it was definitely a dragon's horn.