Is this Hero for Real?

f them are gnolls, and if you go past the forest of the gnolls, it’s the orcs’ habitat.
Don’t even dream of it, orcs are much more dangerous than gnolls.”

 

“I get it.”

 

“…are you sure you get it? Your reply is too absentminded.”

 

“I got it, really.”

 

Oh Hanwoo answered again with confidence.

 

Although he was staring at a pretty girl’s butt at the moment, he would surely get over it, as the main character does!

 

[A certain immature God of  Dice waves and calls out to a friend.]

 

[A certain god of wind asks if it’s okay to anticipate.]

 

[A certain immature god of dice urges someone to just sit.]

 

[A certain evil god passes around hot popcorn.]

 

“Hahaha.”

 

There were more gods watching.

 

While the other heroes were growing slowly like a greenhouse flower, he was going to monopolize the gods’ blessings by actively engaging in the real game!

*TN: ‘greenhouse flower’ is a korean idiom meaning a sheltered life.

 

His plan was perfect.

 

“Stop that dark laugh, and get ready to take your sword out at any moment.
From here on out, it’s the gnolls’ territory.
It’s too much for a slime-level mercenary.”

 

“Okay, I’ll follow right behind you.”

 

“That’s my least favorite part.”

 

Slime-level mercenary…

 

It was the lowest level given to every newcomer.

 

Oh Hanwoo had gotten two things after enrolling as a mercenary in his guild:

 

One was a mercenary ID with a round slime drawn on it…

 

And the other was…

 

[Name] Oh Hanwoo

[Level] 1

[Blessings] Hero F, Special F, Mercenary F

[Curses] –

[Dividend] 1.95

 

It was a Mercenary blessing.

 

He was rank F in the ‘slime ranking’

 

As easy as it was to acquire, the effects weren’t that extraordinary, but it was still much more valuable than a simple mercenary ID that only proved his skills and identity.

 

[Mercenary]

> You get extra exp if you successfully complete a request.

> You lose a significant amount of exp if you give up or fail a request!

 

An effect that gave you exp as a reward like in RPGs. 

 

Even though there was a restriction that he couldn’t mindlessly accept or throw out requests, it wouldn’t apply to ‘main character’ Oh Hanwoo, who was only going to go up from there.

 

“I don’t see any gnolls.”

 

“…How strange.
We’re quite deep into the forest, yet we didn’t come across a single one.
Something must have happened in the forest.”

 

“Of course it did.”

 

“What do you mean, ‘of course’?”

 

“Since I came here..
Ahem.
It’s nothing.”

 

Of course, something would happen wherever the main character went!

 

…Knowing he’d be seen as mentally ill if he explained that, Oh Hanwoo saved his breath.

 

“This is bad.
I thought we could complete the request to bring five gnoll ears quickly…”

 

It would be detrimental to give up an easy request like this. 

 

Aside from the cancellation charge, it would leave and be a loss of all of that precious exp.

 

“We’ll just go further in.”

 

The girl knit her pretty brows into a frown and dissuaded hero Oh Hanwoo’s simple solution.

 

“…No.
We will go back to the mercenary guild and come back after checking for new information.”

 

“It’s okay.
Just trust me.”

 

It was a fantasy rule for the main character to enter a difficult situation like that and solve everything!

 

Oh Hanwoo took the lead after staring at a pretty girl’s butt the whole time. 

 

“Where did you get all that confidence… oh?! Be careful!”

 

“Huh?”

 

“#$%!”

 

“#$ $%!” 

 

“#% $%!”

 

Gnolls with iron armor barged their way through the dense forest.

Flash! Flash!

 

Their red, glowing eyes were drenched with fear, and there were all sorts of wounds on their bodies.

 

“Oh Hanwoo! Leave me and run!”

 

“I can’t do tha—”

 

“There’s no time for nonsen—”

 

“$# %^!”

 

“# _^%!”

 

The hungry gnolls all charged at the strong female who guarded the weak human male.

 

Pow!

 

“Kirk?!”

 

Oh Hanwoo passed out from a randomly flying rock.

 

[A certain god of wind is busy rolling on the floor laughing.]

 

[A certain god looks for their missing belly button.]

 

[A certain immature god of dice enjoys their popcorn.]

 

[A certain god…]

 

The festive gods cried for an encore.

 

***

 

[A certain god is bothered by the noise.]

 

“Oh! Was I too loud?”

 

I let go of the demon’s ankles that I was using as a gold club.

 

Flop.

 

“Urrhh…”

 

The demon went silent after screaming every time I swung him into rocks lying on the ground.

 

‘Be thankful the outsider god has sensitive hearing, alright?’

 

Otherwise, I would have swung him until his skull cracked.

 

“My friend…”

 

“…”

 

“Shall we do this again, demon? I almost died in a ditch because of the chief you helped out of sensibility.”

 

“T-talk.”

 

Droop.

 

The demon’s face, which looked like a mashed-up steam bun covered in ketchup, returned back to its handsome state in an instant.

 

Did the demons usually have such incidental traits?

 

I wanted to experiment with it more, but I decided to give up for the day.
The sensitive god was complaining about the noise.

 

“My friend!”

 

“How stubborn…”

 

“Take me to the closest city.”

 

“I can’t.”

 

“Do you want to die?”

 

“I still can’t.
Prologia, the City of Beginnings, is guarded by a terrifying saintess.
I can’t die until I get married.”

 

“That damn marriage…”

 

“It’s more important than my life! If you’re not in a hurry, what about the second closest city from here? I can take you there peacefully.”

 

“It’s decided.”

 

I didn’t tell the demon, but the city guarded by the Saintess was a no from me at all costs.

 

The Saintess was a pawn of the goddess.

 

If she noticed I was alive, it was obvious she’d try to kill me.

 

“Oh! I almost forgot.”

 

The demon leading the way stopped in his tracks and changed direction.

 

“What?”

 

“The knights from the Knight Kingdom blocked the forests two days ago, so we have to take a long detour.
The most that happens to you if we get caught is an identity check, but it’s risky for a demon like me.”

 

“…Too bad, then.”

 

I wasn’t a demon, but it would still be risky to get an identity check because of the language barrier.

 

‘Damn that Goddess!’

 

‘I’ll make her regret making me an outsider someday.’

 

[A certain god is joyful.]

 

“Oh! And…”

 

“What is it this time?”

I answered, on edge.
My mood went down when I saw that the god was happy.

 

The demon shrugged.

 

“It’s nothing.
It shouldn’t be a problem, you slaughtered all those gnolls, after all.
Don’t worry about i— kirk?!”

 

“Say it now.”

 

Hey, everyone! Twist the leg of that suspicious demon!”

TN: “leg twisting” was a common torture method in the past dynasties of Korea.