𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟎
Yesterday, after finishing the trade with Eris at the guild mansion, the next thing I did was raise my crafting skill. Well, to cut to the chase, I got it to level 15. I spent almost the entire day to barely reach level 15.
Of course, it wasn’t easy at all.
I spent over 35 gold just to get to level 15. Of course, I recovered the gold I spent by reselling the weapons I made, and I put the remaining weapons up on the cash transaction window, so it was a profitable day if anything.
For that reason, I currently have about 20 gold.
In addition, there are nearly 150 weapons listed on the cash transaction window. I listed them at 100,000 won each, but they’re probably all sold out by now, right? I’ll know when I log in, but I can’t help but feel excited.
“By the way, the bulletin board is going crazy.”
Since yesterday, almost every post has been about the Bamut Cult or the Emperor Guild. Honestly, it’s quite awkward. The awkwardness here stems from the fact that I’m a member of the Emperor Guild and because of the video of me wiping out the Bamut Cult.
[Damn, who the hell is that guy wiping out the priests?]
[Wow…… how many people is he killing alone?]
[No joke, it looks like he wiped out 200 people in an instant.]
[I know who that person is. He’s the Vice Guild Master of the Emperor Guild.]
[Vice Guild Master? S**t. If we had someone like that, our guild could have taken down the Bamut Cult too.]
[Thanks to that Vice Guild Master quickly taking care of the priests, the guild members dealing with the monsters were able to push through. Otherwise, the Emperor Guild would have failed.]
[Agreed. I also think that Vice Guild Master’s role was crucial to the success of the subjugation.]
[Speaking of Vice Guild Master, isn’t the Emperor Guild’s Vice Guild Master the guy who caught the Bamut Cult’s High Priest?]
[Right. That’s when he first appeared in the video.]
[But how much damage does that charge do? The priests are instantly killed as soon as they’re hit.]
The video uploaded online was filmed from above, just like the one I saw before. It must have been filmed by the same guy, right? Anyway, the video clearly showed me wiping out the priests alone.
‘It’s amazing.’
Every time I pass, the priests are flung in all directions, creating a path. It’s like Moses parting the Red Sea. Occasionally, I used Phantom Shift to appear in unexpected locations, but no one seemed to mind.
“This won’t cause any trouble…… will it?”
If there was going to be trouble, it should have started yesterday when I was selling the weapons. But considering that I sold the weapons without any problems yesterday, I didn’t think anything would happen today.
“Anyway.”
Let’s log in.
After checking the time, I headed towards the capsule. As I entered the capsule, I suddenly remembered what Yua had said when she contacted me while I was selling weapons yesterday.
‘Did she say she died in the quest dungeon?’
Simply put, it means she failed. To fail after being there for so long. In the end, I said we should go together today, so it was highly likely that we would be going to the quest dungeon.
[May you find what you seek in the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
Soon, upon logging in, the background of the village appears.
‘Is it Friday today?’
A glance around reveals countless players. Perhaps the number of players starting Twilight has increased. Anyway, as I was looking around and waiting for Yua, dozens of message windows popped up in front of me, as if they had been waiting.
[The item you listed for auction, Rudin-nim, ‘ +1 Soul-Infused Longsword ‘ has been sold for 100,000 won.]
[The amount excluding the 20% commission fee, 80,000 won, will be automatically deposited.]
[The item you listed for auction, Rudin-nim, ‘ +1 Soul-Infused Longsword ‘ ……]
‘Wow~ This is pouring in.’
How many are there?
While waiting, I counted them and there were a little over 120. The rest went back to the bank vault because the trading time was over, but just considering the sold weapons, I made over 9 million won.
‘How much have I earned so far? It seems like I’ve earned over 50-60 million won.’
It’s more than the annual salary of most office workers. And since I earned that amount in just half a month, I couldn’t help but feel good.
Thanks to that, while I was waiting with a smile, I saw Yua and Sina log into Twilight.
“Ah, were you waiting?”
“No, I just logged in.”
“Really? I was a little late because I was talking to Sina on the phone.”
“It’s okay.”
After talking with Yua, I turned my head to look at Sina. She looked exhausted for some reason.
“Why does Sina-nim look like that?”
“She seems a little tired from running around the dungeon yesterday.”
“More importantly, we have to go again today.”
At Yua’s reply, Sina answered weakly. Today, including me, we decided to enter the quest dungeon again, but perhaps because of that, Sina couldn’t seem to regain her energy.
“Should we not go?”
“Huh? Ah, should we? Honestly, the reward wasn’t that good.”
Sina’s face brightened as she replied. She really didn’t want to go.
“It can’t be helped. Then let’s go without Sina-nim.”
“Okay.”
“Huh? No, wait!”
In the end, defeated by the majority vote, Sina followed us weakly. However, that didn’t last long, as Sina, who had regained her energy, started asking all sorts of questions.
“Ah, right. I saw the video. You were fighting really well.”
“It’s basic.”
“Wow, shameless. But did you get anything? It’s an event quest.”
“Well. I don’t know if I would have gotten something if I was 1st in contribution points, but I was 4th. Also, the person who caught the Pope in the end was Aizen, so I didn’t really get anything.”
“That’s a shame. You seemed to be the most active.”
This opinion wasn’t just Sina’s; most people felt the same way. However, I, the person involved, didn’t care about it.
“But where are we going?”
I changed the subject and asked. I didn’t know where the quest dungeon was, but it wouldn’t be inside the village. That meant we had to leave the gate, but the place we were walking towards was a bit away from the gate.
For some reason, there was a strangely large crowd of people nearby.
“We’re taking a carriage because it’s a long way. If we take a carriage, we can get there in 20-30 minutes.”
“A carriage?”
Come to think of it, among the patch notes applied yesterday, there was a carriage system……
“Let’s go for now.”
Following Sina’s words, we saw five carriages waiting. When one carriage departed, a new one emerged from the opposite building to fill its spot. Whatever it was, it seemed like we wouldn’t have to wait.
“Can we ride the carriage?”
“Of course. So, where are you going?”
Sina skillfully approached the NPC standing behind the carriage and spoke. Then, in response to the NPC’s question about our destination, Sina moved her finger and pressed something, and the NPC nodded as if understanding.
“It’ll be 50 silver to go there…… How many people?”
“Including these two, 3 people.”
“Pay 65 silver.”
‘It’s more expensive than I thought.’
To think they even charge extra.
Anyway, after paying 65 silver and boarding the carriage, it slowly started to move. Inside the carriage, I asked a few questions I was curious about.
“How did you explain the destination?”
“The entire map appears. I just have to select the areas I’ve been to.”
“So you have to go there once.”
“Well, it’s not a problem since we can just go there for a day. It’s just coming back to the village that’s difficult.”
Increasing the areas you can travel to by carriage can be done in a day, but Sina said that coming back to the village was the real challenge.
‘I have the return scroll Aizen gave me, but……’
It would definitely be difficult for those who don’t have it.
“More importantly, tell me about yesterday. What items dropped? I saw a sword and a cloak drop.”
Is she quick-witted?
I nodded and answered Sina’s question, passing the time. Yua and Sina were quite surprised to hear that the sword and cloak were rare grade, and I can’t say it wasn’t fun to see their expressions.
As we showed each other our equipment and talked, we eventually reached our destination and got off the carriage, moving towards somewhere.
“If we go this way, there’s a lizard monster called ‘ Bark ‘. We need to go to that monster first.”
‘Bark?’
It’s a monster I’ve never heard of. Since it was my first time coming this far, I couldn’t know the monsters in the area.
“What about the quest dungeon?”
“We need to obtain a mysterious note that drops from Bark. Well, Rudin-nim, you’ll probably get it easily.”
“Sina, don’t we need to get it too?”
“Ah, we failed yesterday. Then we need to get a total of 3.”
Then Sina grumbled about how the item rarely drops. Yua also heard Sina’s grumbling and laughed awkwardly, then soon spoke to me.
“What did you do yesterday?”
“Yesterday? I was at the Duel Arena. After that…… I raised my crafting skill.”
“Did you stay in the village the whole time?”
“Yes, I did.”
Then Yua’s expression darkened. Does she think I stayed in the village because of her? It’s not wrong, but I also waited because I had other things to do, so she doesn’t need to make that kind of expression.
“I stayed in the village because I needed to raise my crafting skill. Don’t make that expression.”
“Yes? Yes.”
Anyway, while we were talking like that, after walking for a while, we found the monster Sina mentioned, Bark.
‘It’s farther than I thought.’
It goes without saying that the farther you are from the village, the stronger the monsters become. Thinking about that, I thought Bark might be quite strong, but I wasn’t particularly worried.
How strong could a lizard like that be?
“Krrr……”
‘Hmm?’
The lizard’s gaze seemed to be fixed on me. Was it an aggressive monster? As soon as that thought ended, a long tongue shot out from the lizard’s mouth, attacking me.
Clang!━
[Overwhelming defense! You take no damage!]
‘That surprised me.’
I blocked it with the shield I was holding. It was only the size of a human, but its attack was ridiculously sneaky. Still, the speed of its tongue attack was surprisingly fast, which was impressive.
“Now we just have to pray that the note drops from that lizard.”
“It’ll drop soon.”
“Right. Since there are no other people, we’ll get it quickly.”
I nodded inwardly after hearing their conversation. If the item drops from the monster, then naturally, we have to kill a lot of them. In that sense, now is our chance since there are no competitors.
Thinking that far, I immediately ran towards the lizard.
“Shield Bash.”
Through the battle with the Bamut Cult, I realized that Shield Bash was also a useful skill. And Shield Bash didn’t disappoint me with its damage.
Bang!━
[Skill Damage! 1,056.]
A satisfying amount of damage popped up, but Bark didn’t die. However, after using Shield Bash once more, I was finally able to defeat it.
[Combat experience 650 acquired.]
‘Its health was below 2000.’
As expected, it was a weaker monster than I anticipated. Or maybe I’ve become too strong. Anyway, with a monster like this, I didn’t think I needed to focus too much on fighting. It meant I could just walk around like I was taking a stroll.
“You finished it in an instant.”
“Well, yeah.”
“I already knew Rudin-nim was strong, but……”
“Stop with the admiration and try to get the note quickly.”
Suddenly, Sina’s shout interrupted Yua’s words. As a result, I looked at Sina with a speechless expression and then looked around for another Bark.
* * *
“Shield Bash!”
Kwang!━
[Skill Damage! 1,062.]
[Combat experience 650 acquired.]
[Ding!~ Party member Rudin-nim has acquired ‘ Mysterious Note ‘.]
‘It finally dropped.’
It dropped faster than I expected, didn’t it? We got all three notes in 30 minutes, so it’s safe to say it was quick. Fortunately, those who already had the note couldn’t obtain it again, so we were able to get one note each.
“We finally got them all.”
“Yes.”
Since I was the last one to obtain the note, Yua and Sina already had theirs. Now, once I read this note and the quest is created, we can all enter the dungeon together.
Let’s see……
I unfolded the mysterious note.
[My name is Gaben. I’m a renowned adventurer. I spent countless hours searching for undiscovered ruins, and that time wasn’t wasted, as I discovered a place suspected to be an ancient ruin. Excited about finding the ruins, I immediately started exploring, but I suffered severe injuries due to the ruin’s guardians, who were stronger than I expected.]
‘Hmm.’
Guardians of the ruins? Yua probably knew what they were.
[I somehow managed to escape the ruins with my injured body, but in my panic, I dropped my precious bag in the central part of the ruins. Moreover, I’m trapped and unable to return to the village. My life will probably end at the hands of the Barks roaming around this forest. Therefore, with a glimmer of hope, I leave this note. Please deliver one of the items in my bag to my daughter. You can keep the rest of the items. Please, I beg you……]
[An NPC quest has been generated.]
After reading the note, I saw a quest pop up. Now I have to find the bag in the ruins? I checked the contents of the generated quest.
[Find Gaben’s Bag and Deliver it to Piren.]
Description: Gaben, who found the ruins he desired but ultimately met his demise. As per Gaben’s will, find his bag and deliver one of the items inside to Piren.
“Did the quest appear?”
“Yes. I think we can go to the ruins now.”
I answered and accepted the generated quest.
[You have accepted the quest ‘Find Gaben’s Bag and Deliver it to Piren.’]
[A specific location will be marked on the map. You can check the location with the command ‘ Map Check ‘.]
“Map Check.”
When I checked the map according to the message window, it was a bit far from here. Would it take 20-30 minutes on foot? But in Twilight, this distance was considered close.
“Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
Yua seemed inwardly happy, perhaps because she was tired of hunting Barks. Just like Yua, I was also tired, but looking at my increased skill level, I could endure it.
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