Popular NPC in a Gender-Reversed Game

Fortunately, the distance between us and the opponent was quickly shortened.

The only thing that was annoying was that the imp was only running towards us, but the opponent itself was nothing special.
Even judging from the way he was running, his feet didn't seem that fast.

Thanks to that, the group was able to quickly catch up to him.

"Haap!"

Knock!
Hanbyeol ran with all her might and kicked the guy's back. The guy rolled forward a few times before falling down.

"Keuuuk!"

Chae-rin and Haneul quickly tied up the guy who had fallen to the ground.

Hanbyeol shouted loudly, feeling relieved that she had knocked the guy down.

"I got you, you thief!"

At that time, I also approached the guy, panting heavily.

"Hoo··· haa···."

No matter how much strength I put in, I didn't think I would be out of breath just because I attacked him.
Well, it was a rather extravagant attack.

If I were applying blood little by little, it would be okay, but moving this much blood would be too much for me.

Stamina will improve with a little rest, but I'm worried about the side effects that can come from using it a lot.

If I do it wrong, the pattern on my collarbone will also spread for a while.

I only used it because there was so much holy water these days. Unless there were a lot of monsters like this, it wouldn't be very effective.

As I approached, I saw Hanbyeol fiercely stripping off the opponent's armor.

"Hand it over!"

The vicious expression on her face somehow suited her well.
No matter what their master did, the chat window was still talking about the attack I just did.

[Wow lol]

[What was that meeting just now??]

[Oppa, you're so tough]
[???: You're getting in my way because you're behind me, damn it]
[Why are you using a magician? That's the next great magic lol]
[Did you just see my back red? My lower body really hurts;]

But judging from that reaction, it seems like the performance I tried so hard for wasn't completely useless.
As I was feeling secretly pleased, the robed guy finally opened his mouth.

"Ugh! What are you guys! Why did you suddenly show up and follow me!"

"How could I pass by when you're moving so suspiciously?"

I caught my breath and asked the guy.

"Tell me. How on earth did the imps pass by?"
"These crazy guys...! Do you think I'll just tell you that?"

For some reason, her voice was quite rough, even though she was a woman. The wrinkles on her face every time she frowned, and she didn't seem to have lived a very peaceful life.

Well, that's not something to worry about right now.
Unfortunately, we weren't free enough to have a peaceful conversation. Because of someone, the imps were swarming us right now.

I said I cleaned them up once, but that wasn't enough to clean up all the imps in this kingdom.

So we decided to start by searching the body. Thinking that it might be because of some item.

First, the body search was done by three women, excluding me. Since the guy was female, I was hesitant to touch him.

As expected, when we searched his body, we found several items.
A double-edged sword with a fancy pattern, a thick iron shield, a bow and arrows, and even a staff used by a wizard.

They were all obviously not his.

As you can see from the fact that Hanbyeol's armor was looted, they were all picked up somewhere.

Since it was a popular hunting ground, many otherworlders died here.

Hanbyeol, who finally managed to steal the breastplate, snickered and said.

"I guess I'm a thief. You really stole a lot."

"Ugh, I just picked up what fell on the floor! And what the hell are you guys!"

Even if they were just picked up, this much is enough to call them thieves. Just as I was admiring it,

Bam.

Another object popped out from the guy's body. It was a transparent bead the size of a fist.

However, for an ordinary bead, the energy felt inside it was unusual.

I would have just ignored it if it were normal, but after slaying imps hundreds of times, I think I know for sure.

This bead has a very similar energy to the imps.

Chaerin tilted her head and picked up the bead, wondering if she was the only one who felt it.

“What is this? It’s a little suspicious···.”

“Oh, no!”

The guy who saw that urgently raised his hand to snatch it away, but Chaerin easily dodged it.

For now, you could tell that it was an unusual object just from its appearance.

Chaerin, who thought for a moment, got up from her seat and confidently walked toward one of the imps.

Even though we swept them away once, the imps were still approaching us.
Of course, they would rush at us like animals that had starved for days when they saw us.

“Keeeeee···.”

But when Chaerin picked up the bead, the imp just passed her by.
As if it couldn’t see her. Or, as if it considered her to be its own kind.

We all opened our mouths in wonder as we watched.

I asked Chaerin.

“Do you know what it is?”
“Oh… Wait a minute. I’ll check it out.”

Chaerin answered and checked the information on the item.

Thanks to the ‘Player’s Eye’, I could also see what she was looking at.

[Disguised Imp’s Orb]

An orb that imitates the magic of imps through a specific manipulation.
If you carry this around, you can see different reactions from the imps.

“This seems to be what we were wondering about, right?”

I nodded at Chaerin’s words.
This is definitely a good thing to do with otherworlders. You can quickly identify any object. I still don’t know how that’s possible.

Anyway, my curiosity was satisfied with this… Now it was time to find out where the item came from. I opened my mouth to ask where she got it.

But then.

“···I came here because it was noisy outside.”

“!”

A voice suddenly came from right behind us. It was a rather husky voice for a woman.

When I turned around, I saw a woman standing there for the first time in my life.

She had short, gray hair and golden eyes.

She had a look of annoyance on her face, as if she had come without warning.

I couldn’t help but be startled.

‘When on earth?’

I didn’t even sense any movement, let alone any sound of approaching. It was as if I had teleported to the back.

No matter how chaotic the surroundings were, I, who was so sensitive, didn’t sense anything.

It was an unbelievable level of secrecy.

Only then did the alarm bells in my head start to ring.

The guy’s golden eyes quickly scanned us.

“There was an uninvited guest.”

Soon, the guy’s attacks began to rush towards us.

Swoosh!

A long and thin rapier like an awl rushed towards Haneul’s back.

Cheong!

I hurriedly swung my spear and parried the guy’s attack. Still, perhaps because it was a thin rapier, the attack itself wasn’t that heavy.

After parrying the rapier, I shouted at the people nearby.

“Back off!”

Haneul and Hanbyeol quickly retreated at those words. The guy’s expressionless face suddenly changed.

“Wow, you reacting to that? Your reactions are quite fast.”

“Who are you?”

That relaxed look, and the fact that he suddenly appeared from behind, he was not an ordinary person.
The answer came from the ground, not in front.
Another guy··· That’s what the thief shouted at the ash-haired woman.

“Chief!”
“···Oh my, you. What should I do if you shout that out loud?”

Was it really Lemegeton? Well... I had expected it from the beginning, even with that suspicious item earlier.

My thoughts continued naturally.

'Then which branch leader is it?'

I've already seen 3, 4, and 5 once, so it can't be.

Now, only one of 1 and 2 remains.

Thinking about it that far, a memory suddenly flashed through my mind.

It's a memory that's been around for quite some time now.

When I first met a believer of Lemegeton... That believer drew a pattern with my blood and tried to contact the leader of my sect.

- I got a response.

The voice I heard back then was quite husky. Just like the woman in front of me.

"Are you the 2nd branch leader?"
"... How did you know that?"
"I just took a guess. I guess I was right."

The guy sighed at my words.

“There are so many annoying things happening today… Well, let’s just say that you noticed. But more importantly, can’t you let go of that guy on the floor? If you’re going to do that, you should return the things you took.”
“They’re all probably things you picked up or stole, but you’re talking about them as if they were yours.”
“I need to help with the household. Unfortunately, our Lemegeton isn’t that wealthy.”
“···What if you don’t want to?”
“We’ll have to fight each other.”

The other person who said that grabbed his rapier again.

First, I grabbed the spear.

However··· I just grabbed it, and honestly, I didn’t feel like fighting.

I just followed the thief lying on the ground because he looked suspicious. It’s because I suddenly had no intention of fighting the leader of the tribe. It would be different if it was the leader of the four tribes who directly harmed me.

And honestly, I didn’t have the time to fight.
Because someone was blowing the whistle, the imps were still coming.

Right now, my group is blocking the imps, but I don’t know how long that will last.

There is a limit to human stamina.

That’s why I decided to take a lukewarm stance.

‘First, I’ll pretend to fight and check my skills.’

Then, if I think I can do it, I’ll subdue him, and if not, I’ll just run.

As I thought that, the opponent started to rush towards me.

The sharp tip of the sword was pointed at my heart.

‘···A slaughter from the beginning.’

As expected, the opponent’s attacks were accurate and fast. If you take your eyes off them for a second, you’ll be pierced in no time.

However, if you’re careful, you can react well enough.

Clang!
As I deflected the attack just like before, the guy’s body opened up defenselessly.

I kicked him hard towards his abdomen that was pierced.

Boom-!
With a dull sound, the guy’s body retreated back significantly. A moment of surprise filled my golden eyes. I snickered and said.

“I was surprised when you appeared behind me, but you’re not as good as I thought, are you?”
“Whew··· It’s been a while since I’ve run with my body.”

Of course, that doesn’t mean I was completely useless.

I mean, I could react, the opponent’s sword was definitely fierce.

Maybe because I got attacked once, my attacks became more cautious.

Not only that, but as the fight dragged on, imps would sometimes get involved.

“I’m sorry! “A few of them went there!”

“Haa··· haa··· why are there so many!”

Because of that, I had to deal with annoying imps while fighting.

What made me mad was that the imps didn’t attack him.

Just from that, I could tell that he had the same orb as that thief.

‘Still, this is worth a try.’

To be honest, I don’t know why I got caught.

The enemy’s fighting ability was just so-so.

At some point while we were continuing the fight like that.

“Profit!”

The thief we had captured got up from his seat and started running towards my clan leader.
It seems that everyone was paying attention to the imps, so they didn’t have time to catch the thief.

The thief who went to my clan leader quickly bowed his head and apologized.

“I’m sorry, clan leader.”

“What on earth were you doing that got you caught?”
“That’s because I didn’t know that they would be following you from this imp den···. “I think you let your guard down a bit.”

“Okay. Let’s go back and ask questions.”

After talking to each other like that, he soon said to me.

“I guess it’s time to go back.”

“Who cares?”
“As I care. Unfortunately, I have to give you our living expenses.”

The guy continued.

“Before we go, I’ll give you a gift.”

Right away, the guy reached out his hand towards us. As if he was preparing something.
A huge amount of energy gathered over the guy’s hand.

I immediately took a defensive stance, feeling something ominous. I wondered if he was trying to cast some kind of magic.

However, what the guy did wasn’t something that could be stopped with something like that.

Whaaaaah-!
As soon as something passed through my body, I felt a strange sense of floating all over my body.
It was as if the ground I had been walking on had disappeared.

I blinked once and looked down at the floor.

Whaaaaa···.

I could see the cityscape filled with imps. There was no floor there.
I had already teleported to the sky.

“What the heck···!”

I started cursing.