I finally woke back up . I could hear a lot of things I couldn’t understand .

“Caw!”

“Kweh . Kikikoo . Kiroo . Kirooroo . ”

“Kwellrooroo . Kikoorookookoo . ”

‘Why is it so loud?’

However, I didn’t open my eyes to look around . I had a pretty good idea about who they were .

I’m sure they were being wary of me right now as well . Especially Chief .

I opened my eyes just slightly to peek around .

The first thing I saw was an extremely tall cliff .

There was a wide plaza at the bottom of the cliff with tents that seemed to be made with long gra.s.s .

I could also see Kobbits walking to and from .

Phew . A lot of things were different compared to the story in the game, but this part seemed to be following the story properly .

That meant that everything from here was as clear as if it was happening on top of my palms .

However, there were a large number of Kobbits . I could see at least 400 of them when I peeked out . There were probably close to 1,000 total Kobbits .

‘The Kobbit Village is bigger than I expected . ’

I cautiously looked around .

A bonfire was burning right next to me . I then found Chief .

Chief was observing me at that moment as well . He seems to have remained alert as he knew how dangerous I could be .

Chief jumped up in shock as soon as we made eye contact .

“Kirooroo . Kirookookoorookoo . Kirookirook . Caw!”

I felt something p.r.i.c.k me by my waist again . My mind then started to fade away .

I guess they used the poison again .

But why is it affecting me so much? I wasn’t this weak against poison in the game .

‘Ah! That’s actually not the case!’

My consciousness quickly came right back . I seemed to have quickly become resistant to the Kobbit poison . I was fine after less than one minute .

The ropes around my hands and feet weren’t very strong either . I put some strength into it, and it seemed ready to break .

This meant that I could easily break out whenever I felt like it .

But where are my stuff? The fact that my body felt so light meant that they moved my magic bag and Goonto’s Twin Blades . I didn’t have my Shadow Wolf’s Leather Armor on either .

But I wasn’t in much danger .

Kobbits are barely at level 10 .

Of course, the Kobbits here were different than normal Kobbits . They were stronger because of the demonic aura . If you compare them in terms of levels, they were probably stronger than regular Kobbits at level 100 .

That was why Chief could not defeat them and was kicked out of here .

But it didn’t matter . My level reached 450 as we crossed through the Western District to get here . In terms of abilities alone, I should be able to easily handle monsters up to level 500 .

So, would a level 100 Kobbit be dangerous? It was no problem even without my weapon or armor .

But I just quietly waited . My goal was not to obliterate the Kobbit herd . I needed to use them to complete the Western District quest .

I needed to meet their leader to do that . The Kobbit leader had the Warrior’s Ring that I needed to complete the first quest .

He would hide elsewhere if I acted too early, making it difficult to find him again .

‘Where are you? Hurry up and show yourself . ’

I continued to wait .

I felt a p.r.i.c.k at my side or b.u.t.t every so often . The Kobbits seemed to be using the poison on me at regular intervals .

Thanks to that, my resistance to their poison continued to grow quickly . Now my mind didn’t even feel hazy after getting p.r.i.c.ked .

I just didn’t like the feeling of being p.r.i.c.ked over and over .

A moment later .

“Caw! Kiroogoroogooroo . ”

“Kiki . ”

The Kobbits started to act weird . They seemed to be a bit excited .

I peeked out to see what was going on .

The fire next to me had gotten much stronger than before . The Kobbits were all gathered around the fire and jumping up and down as they moved around it .

Some of them came over and picked up the log that I was tied too . They then put me directly on top of the bonfire .

‘These punks are trying to roast me?’

I scoffed . They were thinking lightly about a Best Blacksmith recognized by Lord Volca.n.u.s .

Naturally, I was fine . This kind of bonfire was nothing compared to the heat of the cedar tree coals . It didn’t even feel hot .

However, I pretended that it was hot . I twisted my body and pretended to be in pain . That was the only way for me to move my body and look around without causing any suspicions .

‘Where is he? Is he still not here?’