Possessing Nothing Novel (쥐뿔도 없는 회귀)

Chapter 52 - Encounter

"What do you mean by that?"

Lee Sungmin tilted his head and asked, but Kim Jonghyun only made a suspicious smile and did not reply. Instead, he asked while taking a glance at Bern.

"But, why are you here?"
"Didn't you say so?"

Bern laughed.

"That you wanted to meet the mercenary that exterminated the ogre chimera in person."
"Ah. Ooooh... so that's it."

Kim Jonghyun nodded his head. He grinned before looking at Lee Sungmin.

"So you are the mercenary that exterminated the ogre chimera?"
"Yes."
"I didn't think so because you were younger than I thought."

Kim Jonghyun waved his hand as he said that. When he pushed against the empty air, the levitating ogre chimera's head flew towards him. Lee Sungmin frowned and took a few steps back. The ogre had been beheaded. The two eyes were dug out, and the thread that sewed the mouth had been taken out and its mouth was wide open.

"Very interesting."

Kim Jonghyun hummed. He extended his two hands to grab the head.

"This chimera has a variety of high-level magic cast on it. Though, I can't completely know what they are since it's dead. However, what's for sure is that the mage that created this chimera is enough to be called an archmage at least."
"That's difficult for me to accept."

Bern frowned at Kim Jonghyun's words and refuted him.

"Archmage isn't a word that can easily be said."
"You can't say that. Even though it's a different field, you must acknowledge that person's abilities, no?"
"Ugh...."

Bern groaned. Grabbing tightly onto his sleeves, Bern sighed before turning around.

"There's no reason for me to listen to it together. I'll be going back to the guild then."

Saying that, Bern left the room. Sungmin, who was left alone with Kim Jonghyun, tried to call Bern back in panic, but the doors had already shut. Behind him, Kim Jonghyun giggled.

"Isn't jealousy such an embarrassing thing?"
"Jealousy?"
"Sir Bern hasn't had any progress for a long time. So what I'm saying is... it's like martial arts. To reach a higher level, one must first climb up the wall. And for a very long time now, sir Bern hasn't been able to do that."

Muttering those words, Kim Jonghyun pushed the ogre's head towards Lee Sungmin. It was as though he was throwing a basketball. Sungming dodged the ogre's head with panic when he saw that it was flying towards him.

"He may be able to reach the realm of archmages once he climbs over that wall, but he hasn't been able to. How stuffy must he feel about himself?"

Saying that, Kim Jonghyun waved his hand again. The corpse and guts of the ogre, all levitating in the air, started floating towards him.

"Well, let's leave that aside. I said a while ago, but this corpse is very interesting. If it were up to me, I want to start explain to you every little detail about how this monster had a variety of magic cast onto it and how many types of monsters were used in the creation of this monstrosity using the ogre as the base... but it should be hard for you to understand since you are not a mage."
"Let's get to the point."
"How was it?"

Lee Jonghyun shrugged his shoulders and asked.

"I heard from sir Ludd, who went with you to the extermination of the ogre. However, I wanted to listen to you, who has actually fought the thing itself. What... did you feel as you fought it?"