[Stella: By any chance… Never mind… Where do you live in real life?]0

Crockta let out a sigh of relief and lied effortlessly.1

[Yi-An: Hahaha! I live in Busan. Busan. Come visit Busan sometime! Let’s eat doughnuts and pork and rice soup! Hahahaha!]0

[Stella: Aha… I see. I met someone who has the same name as you, so I asked just in case. How are you doing these days?]0

Stella had the name ‘Yi-An’ saved in the system, so to Stella, the sender was still Yi-An and not Crockta.0

Crockta passed himself off vaguely as a man who lived next to the ocean in Busan and then quickly ended the conversation. The situation with Jung Yun-Ji was getting worse. He wanted to hide his true identity for as long as possible though.3

“Why are you just standing there?! Let’s go, Crockta! To the north! The land of mystery!” shouted Tiyo while running around excitedly.0

Crockta grinned. The more he got to know Tiyo, the cuter he felt Tiyo was.2

“I’m going!” Tiyo ran ahead of Crockta.0

They were still in the plains. To arrive at the forbidden territory, the Forest of Monsters, they had to venture past the horizon.0

Bursting with joy, Crockta let out a triumphant roar, “I’m goooooinnnng too! Bul’taaarrr!”5

Then Crockta started to run.0

Thus, the orc and gnome ran toward the north.0

***2

Hunting was a quiet task. He took advantage of the forest’s darkness when aiming for his target’s throat. He hid in the shadows, between trees, and in places where his target’s line of sight didn’t reach.0

The prey that he was keeping an eye on was a rare species called the two-headed ogre. A mutant like that didn’t appear out of nowhere. When dark energy tainted an ogre, the ogre turned into a much more heinous monster. However, what he targeted was...0