Chapter 1406 – Baekgye
When I went to the meeting place, the wizards were already gathered.
11 people.
Seven people were wearing robes as usual, but the other four were dressed like assassins.
“Welcome, Mr. Dre.”
“You guys came early.”
I also came 10 minutes before my appointment time.
“Haha. I was worried about making Dre wait.”
Cheongtapju trembled jokingly.
I pretended to be embarrassed, scratched the back of my head, and secretly glanced at the wizards around me.
There are times when actions speak louder than words.
The wizards were expressionless or stiff, perhaps because of tension.
Is this tension caused by the quest?
Or are you nervous that you might get caught before swiping at me?
No.
I thought of another possibility.
Perhaps. The ‘split’ may be happening sooner than I think.
Maybe these. It may be that you are anxious to ‘get ahead’.
What. This may be too extreme an idea.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes.”
When Cheongtapju took his foot off the horse, he continued.
“Let’s go meet the client before going to the quest location.”
“The client?”
“Yes. That way you can receive compensation.”
I looked at the blue Tower quietly, then shook my head and smiled.
“That’s okay. Even if I don’t receive the request, I think I just need to take the reward.”
“Ah. Is that so?”
Cheongtapju accepted my words with a smile.
But. Is it my mistake to hear a bit of regret in his voice?
By the way. All you have to do is take the compensation, right?
I just took a picture of this, but Cheongtapju was convinced.
It must be true because it was obtained from the overwhelming amount of information shared between the magic towers.
There may be exception quests, but let’s keep that in mind.
“Then shall we go?”
Afterwards, we walked straight towards the quest location, ‘Forest of Old Beasts’.
Regardless of my purpose, I am quite interested in this quest.
To be precise, it is about a being called a ‘black beast’.
Although I’ve only been there for a little over a day, I can easily see that this white world is a world that emphasizes ‘whiteness’ as the right thing.
Just look at the way they are wary of our players, calling them ‘those who have gone gray’.
We, who have become gray, are also black. Black beast.
It’s also a name that seems familiar. It may be a keyword related to the main quest.
However, this does not mean that the quest you are going to do with the wizards is the main quest.
It’s common to mix up important keyword clues in subquests.
Contrary to its impressive-looking name, the old Beast Forest was an ordinary forest.
Squirrel. Rabbit. Deer and other animals are jumping around.
Deer…
…I want to see Rope-chan.
If you bury your face in my belly and push me away with my hoof, I want to bite my hoof…
Sniff.
“It’s a bear.”
The wizard in light attire who was ahead muttered and placed his hand on the staff at his waist.
Indeed. In front of me, a bear twice as big as a person was wandering around on all fours.
The bear seemed to catch a glimpse of us, then turned his head and trudged away. It went far away.
Is it not a monster that attacks first, or is it full now?
At that time, Cheongtapju opened his mouth.
“They say this forest is where a black beast lived.”
“If it’s where you used to live, isn’t it now?”
“They say they’re not sure.”
Actually. It seemed like an important keyword, so I think it probably doesn’t exist in the early stages.
Still, there will be some hint.
“Let’s search.”
“Yes, Mr. Dre. Then… Excuse me, but would you please stand at the front?”
“Ahead?”
“Yes. Our magic knights are excellent, but they are not as good as Dre-nim. We will use search magic, so I think it will be reassuring if Dre-nim protects us from the front.”
Oh my.
Want to see how far your skills have fallen?
Without saying a word, I stretched out my hand and activated ‘Search Magic’.
“!”
Not only the Cheongtapju but also the expressionless wizards’ eyes widened.
“It’s a shame, but I’m tired because yesterday’s quests were quite tiring. Although it’s hardly a substitute, I’ll help with the search magic.”
“Ah. Yes. If that’s the case, there’s nothing we can do. Thank you even though it’s hard.”
Although the face is smiling, there is a hint of “This isn’t right.”
Why is this like this?
I have spiritual magic.
The reason I don’t usually use magic, games, or techniques copied from other beings is simply that I don’t use cutting swords and space swords because they are more efficient.
By the way. Once again, this is so bad.
While these magics are activated properly, why are the countless techniques I learned with my own body suppressed?
At the very least, it would have been much more convenient if I had only been able to use Ryunar of Clear Sky Lightning.
“Let’s go.”
Taking my words as a signal, we immediately began our search.
Search magic, as the name suggests, is a magic created for searching and is used to detect surrounding creatures or traps.
The range is about 5 meters in radius.
In order to search efficiently, eight people, including me, moved forward side by side, keeping a distance of 5 meters from each other.
The forest is quite large, so I thought I would have to search all day, but surprisingly, I got results quickly.
“Here it is.”
I can feel the presence of people inside a huge tree that seems to claim to be a fantasy world.
There is nothing that appears to be an entrance anywhere.
It’s nothing short of suspicious.
Slurp. The wizards at the front each raised a short staff or a short sword, and the wizards behind me each muttered a chant.
Cheongtapju was the first to reach out to the tree. Ugh. His hand passed through the tree.
“Was it a welcome…?”
Cheongtapju’s eyes narrowed.
Originally, if the caster’s skill in search magic was high, he could sense even subtle energy and thus recognize an illusion, but even the owner of a tower did not seem to notice that the tree was an illusion at all.
Also. Isn’t magic useless because it’s a game system?
Jiyiing.
Cheongtapju went inside and we followed.
“Ugh…”
“Eww…”
People who looked like zombies and people wearing black hoods, who looked suspicious to anyone, were looking at us.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!!
As expected from Cheongtap people who value speed, they were quick to make decisions and take action.
They fired magic all at once without any instructions from the Blue Tower Master, and the speed of the projectiles was also quite fast.
Puff puff puff!!
[Ugh.]
[Ugh…]
The zombie-like looking humans were surprisingly strong, so they were only pushed back by magic such as ice blocks or lightning, but did not collapse immediately.
The wizards calmly prepared their next spell.
[Uuuuu-!!]
The Black Hood suddenly shouted.
As the waves echoed through the forest, a change occurred in the zombies.
Fighting. Tuk. I thought powder might fall on their bodies, but then it cracked and boom! It exploded in black.
The black color seemed to have landed on the floor, but then it clumped together like sticky mud and formed a shape.
[Geuwoo.]
[Ugh!]
To put it in one word, a shadow person.
The transformed guys had unusually sharp fingernails and teeth.
One of the dogs had two heads bigger, and the strength it felt was unusual.
That’s an elite mob.
The wizards hesitated for a moment and then chanted their magic again, and in the meantime, the shadow people rushed in. Wizards dressed in light suits fought back.
Hwaaa!
Blue mana arose.
Fire on a staff or dagger. Water. At least it was surrounded by mana and became a magic sword with a long reach.
Before they knew it, buff magic that increased the speed of Haste etc. Had been applied to their bodies.
Snap clap clap!!
The shadow people were faster than expected, so even the wizards who applied the buff could not easily suppress them.
[Keeeee!!]
While the wizards hesitated at the screams of the larger black human, the head of the Blue Tower spoke.
“Master Dre.”
“Yes.”
Unlike before, I didn’t want to test my skills, but I felt like I was in a hurry.
If things continue like this, casualties are likely to occur.
You don’t know what will happen next, but you want to avoid losing power.
I guess I’ll have to pay for the food I brought here.
Instead of holding a sword, I suddenly relaxed my hands and started chanting.
Shoo! Good luck!!
A fire formed in my hand, and I threw the flame at his head with all my might.
Fuuuuuck!
The shadow human leader, who hesitated with the red explosion, screamed [Keeeee!!] And rushed at me again.
Do you know what the basics of ADC are?
It’s a gap. Interval.
It was easy after that.
The monsters were strong, but not particularly strategic, so they only rushed at opponents who were attracted to them with aggro, and I kept a tight distance and melted the elite mobs with fireballs.
For your information, when the shadow man died, the man wearing the black hood stabbed the dagger into his own throat and burst into laughter. It crumbled into powder.
I never thought I would commit suicide.
There was a box lying where the guy disappeared.
“That’s amazing, Mr. Dre.”
Cheongtapju’s voice was filled with sincere admiration and regret.
Seeing that you’re so eager to check my skills in the White World, I wonder if there’s something there…
“Nothing much to say. Let’s check the box first.”
“Yes, that’s right. Everyone, open it.”
Clients. In other words, the sign said that there was an unidentified group going in and out of the forest.
What did they have?
We opened the shining white box.
What was inside…
“…Liquid?”
As Cheongtapju said, what was inside the box was a black liquid.
After staring at it for 3 seconds, a system window appeared, and it displayed [Blood of a Black Beast].
Would you say that blood is also a part of the body?
I searched further and found a few fangs.
But. The shape of the fangs is like…
“The contents of the box may be used someday. Put everything in.”
At the order of the Cheongtapju, the wizards moved and poured the blood into a prepared glass bottle.
It’s an item that wizards use for mining.
But it was about a minute later.
“Omg!”
One of the wizards screamed and everyone looked at him.
He was very agitated, holding something in his hand that looked like… A human finger.
The fingernails are too thick and sharp to be human fingers, and there are thorns growing here and there on the fingers.
But. The shape is very similar to a human finger.
“Put it all in there.”
“Yes. I’m sorry.”
Hearing Cheongtapju’s calm words, the wizard busily played with his hands again.
Everyone pretended to be calm, but seemed a little agitated.
The only ones who weren’t shaken were me and Cheongtapju.
When I glanced at the blue tower, our eyes met and he smiled.
“Dre served three people. Everyone, please serve more, including the fangs.”
“Yes!!”
I am a man who does not shy away.
After receiving the reward given by the wizards, I said, “Excuse me, but I have an appointment with my colleagues, so I’ll go first.”
Cheongtapju nodded his head with an expression of intent, but there was doubt in his eyes.
What should I do if I have doubts? You can’t even catch my presence.
Although many of my abilities are limited in the White World, I am confident that I can kill without warning.
The magicians’ search magic is ultimately Manana Ryunar. Energy. It detects energy such as divine power, and I am a specialist with no presence who is confident that even if I use a lot of energy, it will not be detected by magic or authority.
…
What a strange thing to say.
Anyway. I pretended to run out of the forest, turned around and came back.
It looked like the wizards were searching the area, but they returned after a few tens of minutes.
I return to the tree where the wizards disappeared. Pak pak pak. I started to step on the floor as fast as I could.
Terrain. And if you look for a place that is easy to move to…
Puck. Wow!
Found.
The dirt on the floor disappeared and a sliding door appeared.
When I opened the door, the basement was revealed.
Good.
Would you like to go and get the real reward?
It seems like I really have no answer.
Even in this situation where I suddenly fell to the white world and my specs were greatly weakened, I became a piece of shit. I’m so excited.
What is a black beast?
What kind of guys are there here?
Ah. Adventure…!
“Mr.
Contrary to my expectations, I did not encounter any beings.
The basement was very large, and there were items everywhere, but there were no monsters.
I was able to find out the whole story from the ‘journal’ item I picked up along the way.
[Journal of the Black Order that follows the Black Beast.
They found the remains of the old beast, but they found that the remains had more power than expected, and that the foolish followers of the White All had taken notice of them.
They decided to return to base.
[Except for one person possessed by the remains]
I guess that hood is the guy who was possessed by the remains.
By the way. Is it here? Harmfulness.
Anticipation rises again.
After searching all over to see if there were any hidden spaces, I ended up at the very end. We arrived at a particularly large interior.
The interior was a place where one word, ‘religion’ came to mind.
Ornaments with three claw marks carved into black rings, which appeared to be symbols of the Black Order, were hanging here and there, and the swaying candlelight illuminated the dark room gloomily.
And ahead. A mummy lies neatly with her hands clasped on the altar.
The mummy had a human shape, but it was three times bigger and its skeleton was slightly different.
I approached Mira cautiously.
It’s hard to imagine that there really aren’t any monsters in a dark horror game like this.
This mummy could suddenly get up and attack…
Jump up!
Shibeol.
It’s true.
For your information, I didn’t wake up, but was in the so-called bridge position, with my waist lifted up.
That too was a bit of a stretch. Deuddeuddeuk! With a twisting sound, the mummy began to crumple her wrinkles.
In the end, it turned into a round bead and floated up from her and flew towards me.
I wrapped my hand around the lunar and carefully took it and stared at it for three seconds.
[Fragment of a black beast.
The fragments attract each other.
When 100 fragments have been collected. A beast that fears even the white truth will come.]
That wasn’t the end.
Wow-!!
A system window appeared with a ‘sound effect’ that had never been seen before.
[Tutorial ends.]
[‘Safe Zone’ one-day pass provided.]
Even if the tutorial is like that, is it a safe zone?
I thought for a moment… Then clicked on the one-day pass in my inventory.
[Once used, there is no turning back. Do you still want to use it?]
I pressed yes again. Soon the surroundings became dark.
I feel my body moving somewhere.
Hwaaaaah…!
When the surroundings became bright, I was standing in a space I had visited once.
“Come on.”
I turned my head to the voice I heard back then.
I said with a smile.
“Hello, white dwarf.”
“Yes. Nice to meet you.”
^ ^ I immediately held out my hand to the look on his face.
And 0 m 0? Said to the white-faced dwarf.
“Bug! Please compensate me!!”
Even if it’s unfair. I will extract compensation somehow.
