Chapter 391: Troubles

Joo Joowon was speechless.

Who had ever heard of a bear sleeping until only its skin was left? Couldn't he at least come up with a more believable excuse?

However, Kang Taewoo did not think there was anything wrong with his answer.

The game opened new servers every so often, and the number of races within it had long since become countless. Although many races shared similar habits, there were also plenty with completely opposite behaviors, habits that were entirely unknown to the general public.

This was especially true for a race like his, whose name many people had never even heard of. Who could say for certain that members of his race did not rest this way?

Did you understand my race better than I did? What proof did you have that members of my race did not sleep like this?

This was also why Kang Taewoo dared to leave his territory despite the many obvious flaws in his method of escaping by leaving behind a substitute.

When dealing with an unfamiliar race, even if a Lord discovered something suspicious, at most he would remain doubtful. He would not immediately jump to conclusions.

"...It really is pretty hard to see through," Joo Joowon said. He had not expected the shell Kang Taewoo left behind as part of his escape technique to still be able to sense its surroundings. "How about going back to your room to sleep?"

"No need." Kang Taewoo refused outright. The energy left in the bear hide was only enough for it to speak. It was not capable of moving yet. "I just like sleeping in places like this. It's comfortable."

That was complete nonsense, but Joo Joowon did not bother looking into it. He simply said, "All right, then. Go ahead and keep sleeping. Just be careful not to get roasted by the fire."

The campfire Kang Taewoo had lit earlier had not gone out yet.

As he spoke, Joo Joowon scooped up Byeol, who had become so startled that his fur was standing on end and his face looked as though he had seen a ghost. Then he carried him back to the Lord's Manor.

The bear hide slipped to the ground with a soft plop and lay completely motionless, just like a lifeless object. The moonlight spilled down from afar, making it look like a monster lurking in the darkness.

Kang Taewoo withdrew his consciousness and looked at the monster that had gathered itself together once more. He felt like crying.

Wasn't this just a newly opened server? Why had such a troublesome monster appeared so early?

Perhaps it was because of the red ribbon, but Kang Taewoo had discovered that the monsters were especially persistent in pursuing him.

That was right. Monsters, plural.

When Kang Taewoo first killed the monster that had followed the red ribbon to him, he did not know whether he had triggered some kind of mechanism. Somehow, the nearby monsters had all gathered around him and joined forces to attack him.

For Kang Taewoo, who had no stamina limitations, their ability to revive endlessly was not much of a threat.

After all, just like these red mist zombies, he belonged to the type that was extremely difficult to kill unless he could be taken out in a single blow. There was no possibility of wearing him down to death.

However, the problem was that these monsters seemed to think he was a big fish. Their numbers kept increasing, and the levels of the monsters arriving grew higher and higher.

Kang Taewoo was afraid that if he continued tangling with them for much longer, he might attract the boss behind them all.

He really could not understand it. By all rights, he was not even a flesh and blood creature. Apart from certain Transcendents with specific abilities, other Transcendents had always kept their distance from him, and they usually could not be bothered to pay him any attention even when they saw him.

After all, there was nothing on his body worth coveting. Neither his fur nor the cotton stuffed inside his belly could be used as materials for any items.

These monsters were clearly the kind of creatures that were more interested in flesh and blood. So why were they refusing to leave him alone?

More importantly, it seemed that he had been marked by the red ribbon. As a result, he could not take advantage of the time when the monsters were reviving to escape. Every time he managed to run a short distance away, he would quickly run straight into another monster that was already on its way toward him.

Kang Taewoo could only think that these monsters had something wrong with them.

Normally, when faced with an opponent they simply could not defeat, should they not just give up? By gathering together and rushing over in such large numbers, were they not actually reducing their hunting efficiency?

If they had remained scattered, they might not have been able to hunt especially powerful prey, but at least they would still have had a chance to catch something. But what could they possibly gain by surrounding and attacking him now? A pile of cotton?

Kang Taewoo did not yet know that artificial stupidity existed in this world. Otherwise, he would probably have felt that the scene before him looked strangely familiar.

He did not want to keep wasting time with them, either. Being discovered was a secondary concern. After all, he was only a temporarily hired NPC, so it did not matter whether the Lord became wary of him.

However, he could not obtain any materials from these monsters after killing them, so there was absolutely no point in continuing to fight them.

Furthermore, as their numbers continued to increase, the commotion they made grew louder and louder. Kang Taewoo was also worried that an enemy he could not handle might show up soon.

He was only here to earn some money, not to throw his life away.