Solo Resurrection

Chapter 122

Popular Star Kergo (1)

At the training ground of the Badass Guild.

All guild members gathered due to an unexpected general assembly order.

“What’s with this sudden general assembly?”

“Sigh, why is the guild master doing something he’s never done before? It’s troublesome.”

“Still, isn’t it sweet? We get a day off from dungeon raids today.”

“What’s sweet about it? We need to clear dungeons quickly. I need to get incredibly strong and take the guild master’s position.”

“You’re crazy. That’s severe.”

Although it wasn’t too loud, with over 200 people murmuring, it became quite noisy.

“Oh. They’re here.”

“Hey, hey. Be quiet.”

That’s when it happened.

As the doors to the training ground opened, two figures entered.

All the guild members closed their mouths as if on cue.

“Have you all been well?”

Kang Hyeon entered with an evil smile and greeted them.

“Yesss.”

“I’m very sorry for bothering you all by doing something I don’t usually do today.”

As Kang Hyeon spoke, he stared directly at the guild member who had been grumbling earlier.

The guild member who met his burning gaze flinched.

‘He heard that…?’

It seemed that from now on, they’d have to be careful with their words when Kang Hyeon was around.

“There’s a reason I called you all here, so don’t get too annoyed. I’ll keep it short.”

“Yes.”

The guild members answered halfheartedly, but Kang Hyeon didn’t seem particularly upset.

From the beginning, Badass’ policy was to act freely outside of combat and training situations.

“Today, we’ve officially brought in a secret swordsmanship instructor for the guild.”

Some guild members tilted their heads at the strange statement of bringing in an ‘official’ ‘secret’ instructor.

‘Sigh, it’s not the first time.’

Since it was common for Kang Hyeon to behave strangely or say stupid things, everyone just went along with it.

They were only curious about who this instructor could be, teaching the now top-tier Badass Guild in Korea.

“Is it that person wearing a hood in the back?”

“Looks like it, but who could it be? There are already many skilled swordsmen in the guild…”

“Is there really someone who can teach us?”

“It could be a foreigner.”

“Could it be Han Se-yeon from Dangun?”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

As the surroundings became noisy, Kang Hyeon clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention.

“Alright, everyone be quiet. Let me introduce you. This is Kergo, the instructor who will be in charge of sword training for our guild from now on. Kergo, come forward and take off your hood.”

At Kang Hyeon’s words, the man standing in the back walked forward and removed his hood.

“Huh…?”

“Am I seeing things!?”

Simultaneously, shock filled everyone’s faces.

“It’s a goblin…?”

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The day before the guild-wide assembly.

Kang Hyeon visited the C-rank dungeon ‘Knight Training Ground’ alone.

“Will this work?”

-Don’t ask me.

“You came out of a dungeon too. It doesn’t seem impossible.”

While conversing with Veil inside the sword, Kang Hyeon entered the dungeon.

Kang Hyeon strode through the dungeon as if it were his own home.

“Keeee…”

However, no goblin dared to approach Kang Hyeon.

After long periods of beating, the dungeon’s goblins had learned not to mess with Kang Hyeon.

As a bonus, he had gained a title during this time.

Goblin’s Nightmare: From humble beginnings to a grand finale. A petty title given ‘only to you’ who never forgets the initial harassment from goblins and pays it back with interest.

Effect: The title holder instinctively instills fear in goblins.

A title with quite ridiculous content and a rather useless effect.

Honestly, it was infuriating, but nothing would change by getting angry.

By now, even Kang Hyeon had come to accept it.

“Kergo! Where are you!?”

At Kang Hyeon’s words, someone came running frantically from inside the dungeon.

It was none other than Kergo.

He was a very unique goblin who started as a common mob in the dungeon and finally rose to the position of a boss.

Kergo, running towards them, waved his hand and greeted them cheerfully.

“Keeeek, kek, Kang Hyeon. Keruk!”

Translated, it meant, ‘Orc-like Kang Hyeon. You came again.’

“Yeah, yeah. I’m glad to see you too.”

“Keeeek! Keruk, keeek!”

“Okay. I get it, so calm down.”

Kergo babbled something incoherently.

Kang Hyeon calmed Kergo down while fumbling to take something out.

“Hey. Try this on.”

“Keruk?”k

What Kang Hyeon held out was a small ear-worn translator.

It was a gift given by Shin Tae-gil recently.

“You put it in your ear like this.”

Kang Hyeon demonstrated by putting one in his own ear.

Kergo, who had been watching intently, likewise put the translator in his ear.

“That stupid fool. I don’t know why he’s doing this. But if he tells me to do it, I have to.”

Kergo kept muttering as he put on the translator.

“This is uncomfortable. Pig! Orc-like Kang Hyeon. Always bothering me.”

“Do I look like an orc?”

“Yes. Kang Hyeon is an orc. A very stupid orc. Kelkelkel… Kelkel…?”

Kergo, who had been snickering, suddenly paused.

“Kang Hyeon? You spoke..?”

Kergo stared at Kang Hyeon with wide eyes.

“Yeah. I spoke. You were talking too, weren’t you? What was that about me being stupid? A pig orc? What does that mean?”

“Kang Hyeon. Kergo made a mistake.”

Kergo frantically waved his hands and babbled desperately.

“I am Kang Hyeon’s friend. We are friends. Kergo does not insult friends.”

“Friends? You’re talking nonsense. So you’ve been saying such things all this time thinking I couldn’t understand?”

“Kang Hyeon. Misunderstanding. Don’t hit.”

“I won’t hit you, I’ll kill you.”

After that, Kang Hyeon’s beating continued for a while.

“Kang Hyeon. Misunderstanding. Keeeek!”

At first, he made excuses.

“Kang Hyeon. Pig orc. Keeeek! It hurts. Don’t hit. Stupid orc!”

Then he lashed out.

“Kang Hyeon. Kergo. Did wrong. Forgive. Will live diligently.”

After a bit more time passed, Kergo was now clinging to Kang Hyeon’s pant leg.

However, Kang Hyeon continued punching until Kergo no longer said anything.

A few goblins who had been lurking nearby had all fled in fear by now.

“Hey. Wake up.”

In the end, Kergo had completely passed out and was sprawled on the floor.

Kang Hyeon used a skill to splash water on Kergo’s face.

“Keeeek…”

The skill Kang Hyeon used was a magic that shot water from his fingertips like a water gun.

It was a skill he bought at an auction out of boredom.

Actually, the creator of this magic made it for children’s play, but Kang Hyeon was mainly using it to wake up opponents who had fainted from his beatings.

“You should have behaved from the start.”

Kang Hyeon cast an F-rank recovery skill on Kergo, which he had also acquired from an auction.

Kergo, in his battered state, began to recover very slowly.

“Is there anyone else who helps you like this?”

“Crazy bastard…”

For a moment, Kergo forgot about the translator and blurted out his true thoughts.

“Seems like you haven’t been beaten enough?”

“Kergo is crazy. Kang Hyeon is a good human. Kergo who insulted a good human is crazy.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Kang Hyeon wiped the blood off Kergo’s face with a benevolent smile.

“Are you coming to your senses now?”

“I’m fine. Kergo is okay.”

A little while later.

Kergo quickly shook off his injuries and stood up.

Perhaps due to being frequently beaten by Kang Hyeon, Kergo’s recovery ability was truly exceptional.

Kang Hyeon stroked his chin while looking at Kergo.

“Hmm… Kergo, do you want to come outside with me?”

“Don’t know. Where is outside?”

“What do you mean where? Outside the dungeon, of course.”

“Dungeon…?”

Kergo had a blank expression at the mention of outside the dungeon.

Then suddenly, he screamed as a severe headache hit him.

“Outside dungeon… Don’t know… Keek! Head hurts. Kergo hurts!”

Kergo clutched his head and thrashed on the floor.

“Get a grip! Man!”

Kang Hyeon grabbed Kergo by the collar and slapped his cheek.

With a sharp sound, Kergo’s face whipped to the side.

“Keeeek!”

“Are you okay? Does it still hurt?”

“I’m fine. Kergo is okay. Don’t hit.”

Putting Kergo down on the floor, Kang Hyeon fell into thought.

“Is there some kind of restriction on him?”

-That’s quite possible. I was in a daze too when I was in the dungeon.

“But you didn’t have headaches like this, right?”

-The undead can’t feel pain. And that goblin and I are completely different cases. Stupid fool.

Kang Hyeon frowned at Veil’s words.

“This one and that one, they both call me a stupid fool whenever they open their mouths. Maybe I should just throw them into a blast furnace.”

-…

Veil fell silent at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“Anyway, let’s think about what to do with this guy. I want to take him outside.”

-We need to be careful. If it’s a powerful restriction, that goblin might die or become an idiot.

“That won’t do… I’ve been taking care of him for months.”

Logically, it’s hard to call swinging a sword and beating someone “taking care,” but in Kang Hyeon’s embellished memory, he and Kergo were rivals from a boys’ manga, forging friendship and growing together through sweat and tears.

“There are many benefits to taking him out. We won’t have to come and go for training. Other guild members can learn from him too.”

-What about this dungeon?

“Once we take Kergo out, I’ll sell this Knight Training Ground to another guild.”

After much deliberation, Kang Hyeon decided to take Kergo out somehow.

“Hey. Kergo. Wake up.”

“Keek… Kergo is fine.”

“Do you want to go outside the dungeon with me?”

“Outside dungeon. Don’t know. Head hurts.”

As Kergo was about to writhe in pain again, Kang Hyeon raised his palm.

Seeing this, Kergo snapped to attention.

“Kergo is fine. Fine! Perfectly okay!”

“Really? Then do you want to go outside with me?”

“What is outside… Don’t know. Hurts…”

“Then you need to be hit.”

“I think I know. Let’s go, Kang Hyeon. Kergo is sick of this. Hate dungeon.”

After a few rounds of “learning,” Kang Hyeon was able to bring Kergo outside the dungeon.

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Back to the present.

Kang Hyeon smirked at the dumbfounded expressions of the guild members.

“This is Kergo, who will be teaching swordsmanship in our guild from now on. Don’t misunderstand, take a good look.”

“Um, Guild Master?”

A guild member raised their hand.

“What?”

“That’s a goblin.”

“I have eyes too. I can see clearly.”

“How can a goblin teach swordsmanship!?”

“Why not? Don’t be prejudiced. I learned from him too.”

The guild members looked at Kang Hyeon with suspicious eyes.

“Tsk! I brought him here with difficulty, so treat him with respect.”

“Even if it’s you, Guild Master, this doesn’t seem right.”

“That’s right. What can we learn from a goblin?”

“Has he really lost his mind?”

“You there.”

Suddenly, Kang Hyeon pointed out one guild member.

“The one who just said something about losing my mind.”

“Yes?”

“You usually use a sword, right?”

“Yes…”;

The guild member nodded, inwardly surprised at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“Let’s make a bet.”

“What kind of bet all of a sudden…”

“Fight him using only swords, no skills.”

The guild member shook his head at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“Are you telling me to fight that goblin over there?”

“Yes. If you win, I’ll give you 10 million won from my own pocket and chant ‘I am a lunatic’ three times.”

A wicked smile appeared on the guild member’s face at Kang Hyeon’s words.

“10 million won and you chanting ‘I am a lunatic’ three times. No take-backs?”

“Have you ever seen me go back on my word? But if you lose, you have to wear a sign saying ‘I am a moron’ on your forehead for a week.”

“That won’t happen.”

“We’ll see about that. Are you in or not?”

“Of course I’m in if there’s free money. Also, can I record you chanting and post it on YouTube?”

“Do whatever you want. Then I’ll take that as agreement.”

The guild members’ eyes sparkled with excitement at the sudden bet.

“Kergo.”

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“You see that guy over there? Take care of him.”

“Take care?”

“Teach him a lesson. Don’t kill him though.”

“Don’t want to. Why Kergo fight? Many humans here. Scared.”

“Do you want to die? Will you do it?”

“Will do.”

Kergo was top-notch when it came to changing his stance.

“You. You die if you lose.”

At Kang Hyeon’s following words, Kergo nodded with a determined expression.

“I’ll turn him into mush.”