Chapter 65 – Choose to Netori or Lag
A strange creature the size of a house, green skin, and a boar-like face.
It radiated an ominous aura even at first sight, and the club he held went one step further, spewing a black, sticky liquid.
A monster that seems like no match for humans.
Ogre.
“Kuuuuu…”
He was foaming at the mouth, and soon the club was released from his hand.
Thud!!
The forest shook and the birds took flight.
The monster stood still and did not move.
It was after all the ominous energy that had been emitted had disappeared.
Instead of energy, blood soaked the ground.
The front of the monster was fine, but the back was terrible.
Then, there was a man who calmly walked out of the back of the monster’s head and jumped over the top of the monster’s head.
He was wearing a black fur coat that was not suitable for the forest, and his black hair, which was the same color as the coat, was covered with a liquid that was presumed to be ogre blood.
Chiyi…
The blood soon turned into smoke and flew into the air.
Tring!
[Clue 9
Find the source of the dirty energy in the Ogre Forest where the Green Roots live (Completed)
Hunt the dirty ogre champion. (Complete)
(New) Let’s find a new clue.
Quest complete.]
[Experience has increased.]
“Hmm…”
The man sighed that it was not fun, perhaps because he did not like the reward.
He immediately kicked the ogre in the head as if it were trivial, and the ogre’s head exploded with just that movement.
“He was quite persistent, but isn’t the experience point too salty?”
It seemed like he was talking to himself, but there was someone who answered his words.
It was the sky.
“The rapid increase in physical ability was a factor in increasing the reward, but the ability to cope with situations was rather worse than that of an ordinary ogre. It is plausible that the compensation was reduced due to the loss of judgment.”
The man flying high in the sky was pure white, seemingly advertising that he was a wizard, and wore a robe full of magical patterns and glasses.
The most distinctive feature is the white hair.
“Have you gained a little bit of experience?”
“Unlike the Gentiles, I can’t know the number of miracles. Do you know?”
The man smirking at the wizard’s words.
“It was easy, though. You also assisted with magic.”
“So the clue? Don’t forget that’s your role. Sword work.”
“Yes yes.”
Swordsman closed his eyes while giving a rough answer.
A blue aura emanated from his body.
It was Ryunar.
Flying like tiny twinkling stardust, Ryunar passed the corpse and soaked into the club that had fallen to the ground.
The club, which spewed a cloudy liquid, shattered and flew away.
Soon, a certain scenery was played in Geomil’s head, and an alarm sounded almost at the same time.
Tring!
[? Found a piece of ?
Achievement rises.]
“Hmm. I expected it, but as expected, this time it’s a joke. The public figures are too low.”
“I see. But I felt that I was too weak.”
Geomil frowned. Weak?
‘I guess he doesn’t feel a sense of crisis because he’s supporting us safely from the rear.’
But he didn’t express himself.
The man in front of me is excellent in status and ability, so it is advantageous in many ways to maintain a close relationship.
“Damn it. So, how high does a monster have to be to increase its achievement?”
“At least it should be a name.”
“There’s no other way to catch mobs, right?”
The white mage shrugged his shoulders when he saw the swordsman making noise.
“If you want to receive a high achievement by catching an existence without reputation, you have to be a dragon class, right?”
“I’m just saying to get back.”
Swordsman laughed bitterly and jumped off the ogre’s body.
It was 7 meters high, but it was nothing to a stranger.
Geomil, who landed lightly on the ground, said.
“Mt. Geumgang is also post-meal, so let’s eat. I’m hungry.”
“…”
The white wizard opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, then closed it.
He slipped down from the air and followed Geomil.
Entering the private room of the biggest and cleanest restaurant in the city, Geomil takes off his coat and bangs! He put his legs on the table.
The white wizard said nothing.
‘At first, I tried to teach you that it’s rude.’
I don’t even care if I gave up.
It was unfortunate for a swordsmith who secretly enjoyed seeing this unlucky but talented wizard angry.
White wizard. The man, usually called White Horse, asked a question instead of getting angry.
“What’s your next destination?”
“Hmm? Ah… Um.”
Geomil stopped talking.
Then he thought hard about something.
“…?”
“No, that… Haven’t we been running too much?”
“What do you want to say?”
“Won’t you take a week off?”
“There’s no time for that. Signs are already happening everywhere.”
Awesome. Geomil, who licked his lips, said as if he had just remembered.
“Ah~ I thought it was a sign, but you know the Valley of the Gods?
It was a blatant change of topic, but the white mage just let it go.
“Of course I know. Why would you ask such a question when you know my magic?”
“Ah~ I’m just in case.”
“If you’re not mocking me, get to the point.”
“It’s a conversation to enjoy the conversation. It’s an information posted on our community, but there was a knife mark in the valley there.”
The white wizard’s face twisted.
“…Gain?”
“Someone said he stabbed it deeply, you know? The place where Primure didn’t move even when he attacked with all his strength.”
“Yes, if you are a stranger, it will be even more difficult.”
In fact, there were only two wounds in the valley.
And those two are powerful beings that are talked about even now.
At least it was just a scratch, but a knife mark?
‘What kind of being…? Monster or demon? No. Such a being would be oppressed by the power of the Valley of the Gods far more than humans…’
After seeing Baekmaju, who was lost in thought, Geomil, who succeeded in changing the topic, smiled.
“Anyway, it seems like they’re looking for who did it.”
“Is the purpose of acquisition?”
“Isn’t that right? At least one of the offensive powers must be a good guy.”
“Sword work. How about you? Can you do it?”
Geomil clicked his tongue.
“Are you asking to tease me?”
“I didn’t mean that. But you’re a powerful presence among the stranger’s swordsmen. So I thought there might be a possibility.”
“I’m really good at floating it. Well, if I put all my effort into it, it might get scratched… I don’t know if it’s possible now.”
“Hmm.”
Although Geomil was well behaved, he was not a man who bluffed or exaggerated his abilities.
‘The possibility that the overlaid rock on top of the Valley of the Gods was stabbed… If the strangers aren’t fools, then of course they would know.’
As the Baekmaju fell asleep in his thoughts, the Sword Worker rested his chin on his chin and became bored.
The thought of taking a break was desperate.
First, a special request. I was fascinated by the rarity of doing the main quest and the adventurous nature of the quest, but it had been stagnant since about a year ago.
You need something fun.
Strength, status, and honor are good, but shouldn’t we live happily?
‘Before… It was more fun when I was weak.’
How tenaciously did he put in to reach the rank of 4th among users?
At that time, I felt alive every day.
It was fun to gain a lot of companions, and to see overhead and move forward.
But now… I felt like a machine.
Fresh news in the meantime. The one who left a deep sword scar in the Valley of the Gods that no one could break.
Sword work was very interesting.
“Yeah. If that person is a stranger, how about the reward?”
“It’s something only you know.”
“Amiraj who was scratched? What did you get?”
“Did the stranger tell others about the reward he received? Besides, he’s a stranger killer…”
Geom-il clicked his tongue again and asked nonchalantly.
“Do you have any interesting stories?”
“…Hmm? What did you say?”
A few seconds later, when Baekmaju answered, Geomil clicked his tongue.
“It’s still something to think about.”
Even so, it was disgusting that the defense magic was thoroughly spread.
When he asked again, the white horse owner nodded his head.
“It’s an ambiguous rumor. There is a stranger who has been given the title of Dragon Slayer.”
“Huh? Dragon Slayer?”
An eye-popping sword.
He killed that crazy lizard? Who the hell
“Uh… Are they the Numbers kids?”
Users who set up to catch the dragon, but couldn’t enter the ‘transcendent people of the other world’ by a single difference.
But the white wizard shook his head.
“If it were them, they would be advertising extensively by now. Dre? Regon? Anyway, that was the first name I had heard of.
“No, you’re a newcomer with experience? How do low-level users catch dragons?”
Right now, even the swordsman, who ranks at the top among strangers, the existence of a dragon is fluid. In other words, if you meet even Hetzling, you have to get nervous.
But what about the newcomer?
Maybe it was against Hetzling, but it’s great nonetheless.
“I heard it happened near the village of Mirf you mentioned.”
“Uh, that, is it?”
I also felt puzzled by the attitude of Geomil, who seemed to be shy.
As if trying to gloss over it, he whistles and opens the system window.
“Are you trying to see the community?”
“Eh. Didn’t you hear that you caught a dragon? Search search…”
A system community where strangers communicate and exchange information.
After looking into the place for a while, Geomil scratched his head.
“Um… You don’t say that?
“I should have said it was an ambiguous rumor…”
“Ah. What is it? I see some idiot exaggerating my achievements. Let’s continue talking about it earlier. At what level do I have to go up in terms of achievement?”
Change the topic again.
It seemed that Geomil didn’t want to talk about Mirf Village.
Baekmaju decided to pretend not to know.
“Well. If it’s directly subordinate to a famous demon king or a top-level demon king, it’ll rise quite a bit… If it’s about Yuna, it’ll be amazing.”
“Huh? Yu what?”
“It’s nothing for you to worry about. Anyway, the demon lords are currently full of difficulties to fight, so it’s close to impossible, so their direct subordinates must be realistic.”
“Then what about the monster kings overflowing with subjugation-related quests?”
The white wizard stroked his chin.
“Eight Kaiju?”
“But are there really eight? I thought most of them were five, maybe six at best?”
Even the informed community of users who perform all kinds of quests has no detailed information about the King or where he lives.
Even its name is not known with certainty except for six.
“At least among humans, this information is known only to me. Among strangers…If there is a potential to become ‘that being’, they may show you detailed information.”
“Aren’t I expected too?”
Since then, I’ve been in 4th place. Thinking so, when the swordsmith spoke, the white mage spoke calmly without any sign of ridicule.
“The standard of expectations they want is higher than I thought.”
“Fucking arm…”
“But sword work. Didn’t you directly encounter one of the eight monster kings?”
“…It’s a bad memory.”
It was a bitter memory for Geomil.
Really, because I wasn’t a match.
“Yes. Even a person like you is an existence to the point of experiencing such humiliation. Among them, the leader is special.”
“Her name was Frostia.”
“Yes. The king of monsters and the god of magic. The pinnacle of dragons. He…”
“…”
“Are you listening, Sword Day?”
I was disappointed with the attitude of the swordsmith, who was a burning white wizard who seemed to be able to talk about magic for the first time in a while.
But he soon had doubts.
It was because the sword work was astonishing.
He is a real strongman who has experienced many battles. He is seldom surprised.
“Why?”
“Uh… I looked at the achievement board, and it’s crazy.”
“Why?”
“That…Isn’t there the frostia I just talked about? There’s a quest called Defeat it.”
“That’s absurd.”
Them.
Because of his status, Baekmaju does not dare to call out…’God’
‘Even they cannot be treated carelessly, they are beings with a high ‘level’ that can literally kill a god… Do you mean giving it to a stranger as a quest?’
Sword work was surprising.
As the White Mage knew, the quest related to its existence would be updated only after the strangers recognized it after it appeared, which means that Frostia appeared in this world in some form.
Of course, if the main body had come out, it would have been in a fantasy-like form, since the world couldn’t be this quiet right now.
However, he had no choice but to harden his face at the words of Geomil.
“The quest to defeat him has been completed?”
The white wizard, who had been silent for a long time, clicked his tongue.
“…I hate jokes.”
Haa, the swordsman who is angry at the white wizard who sighs.
“Ah fuck! I want to show you! It’s a real community madness! Run away, hold on, defeat it under such achievements!! Everything is completed!! The reason why this became a hot topic is because the public value ranking was updated!”
“Renewal?”
Unlike the order of strength, the public value system is divided according to which quests or achievements have been completed.
In terms of strength, he was ranked 4th, but in terms of achievement, he was in the top 10, barely pulling up.
“The public value ranking has changed! Maybe he’s a guy whose name hasn’t even appeared, and he’s listed as ‘Unknown’ in second place. Even with that morbid collector in first place, there’s almost no difference!”
“…”
There are several conditions for increasing public value, and it also rises when achievements are completed.
A nameless person who suddenly appeared and suddenly ranked second in the rankings, and while searching for the cause, Frostia’s name was mentioned.
“Is Frostia dead?”
“No, she doesn’t seem to be dead, seeing as the quest that says she’s dead hasn’t been completed…”
Just because she has no name doesn’t mean he doesn’t have a name to give.
The system, which can only be used by strangers, records the achievements of strangers even if they do not want to.
One case where the name is not listed. If you have not registered with the community.
In other words, it was just that the user who defeated Frostia did not use the community.
“I don’t understand. Isn’t there a name enough to stop Frostia on the list? Why?”
“Ah! I don’t know!”
In the community, registering is an unconditional benefit to strangers.
If you do not give your name, you will not receive any benefits. However…
‘What, something is happening.’
Looking at the seriously troubled Baekma-ju, Geom-il laughed awkwardly and joked, hoping that I would shout.
“Actually, isn’t Frostia a weak guy? It’s just a name…”
“Sword day.”
“Huh? Why are you straight?”
“How would you feel if you fought me?”
Geom-il, who had been blinking her eyes, pointed at her and made blood vessels on her neck.
“…No fuck! Magic-crazed boy! I know that dragons are the ancestors of magic, but is it so angry that you ask monsters for being weak?!”
“That’s not it. I’m purely asking for your thoughts.”
“Huh? Um…”
After thinking for a moment, Geomil opened her mouth.
“It’s a good match… I think it might be. You’re hiding a lot of things, so I’m not sure.”
“Is that so? Let’s say I have 6 billion people. Then how do you think the match will be?”
“What bullshit…”
Even a match won’t be established.
The White Mage nodded at his reaction and said.
“Frostia is an existence that I can’t win no matter how many I have. In the first place, it’s as if he has no level below a certain level, and I can’t reach the standard.”
“…You?”
He, one of the masters of the Magic Tower and a strong man who mixes high-ranking divine power and magic, can’t even reach the standard?
“You fought the avatar of Askatlov, a member of the Eight Kings. And you almost died.”
“Why are you bringing that up?!”
“It’s not that incarnation, but the main body, Askatlov, can’t stand even a few hits against Frostia. It’s a record that can be confirmed in the literature.”
“…”
Sword work shut his mouth.
Only after hearing the white mage’s example did he get an outline of Frostia’s strength.
After searching the community a bit more, Geomil said awkwardly.
“Ah, that… Turns out, Frostia’s Advent is said to be an incomplete Advent…”
“Even so, it is impossible for the current mankind to deal with him.
“…”
“Is there any information from the priestess? That they moved…”
“Well? You know he’s not the only one giving information, right?”
“Ask me.
The white wizard hardened his face.
“Yes why?”
“…The stranger I was talking about earlier. Didn’t you say there were no strangers who killed dragons?”
“Huh? That’s right. You have to kill the dragon slayer to receive the title.”
“And Frostia isn’t dead.”
Silence hung over the table.
“…You’re talking crazy.”
That sounds crazy
So the rookie stopped that Frostia?
“Let’s go to Mirf Village. It’s something that should come first.”
“No no… Uh, is there a reason for that?”
“Yes. If it is the stranger who really stopped Frostia… He will be our hope.”
“…”
Hope.
The hope of a story that only the Sword Master and Baekma-ju know that no one can tell.
“Of course, the Filthy Energy quest you’re doing is important enough to be close to the core. But my intuition tells me that I shouldn’t miss this…”
“…Does it have to go that far?”
“Of course. Think about it. Have you ever imagined?”
“…”
Certainly, the people the White Horse spoke of, the hopes of the gods, and having various information, it was worth contacting just for that alone.
Do you know if we can get some top-notch information from talking?
“A person like that is not participating in the community and is doing something while moving alone underwater. I care so much about this.”
“Is there anything you don’t think of?”
“Do you think so?”
It can’t be. Geomil shut his mouth.
However, they didn’t know that it was the closest estimate to the truth.
“No, ha … Well, I feel stagnant suddenly pierced … Okay. I gave up. Let’s go there anyway.”
“Hmm?”
“The next piece of memory was the Kingdom of Entierre.”
“That’s why you always hated the story of Mirf Village. Because there is Pryunar Academy in the capital of that kingdom.”
“Ah fuck. Stop talking annoyingly.”
Geomil pointed out with his thumb. Soon a waitress came in with a load of food.
“Let’s eat first, then let’s go. I’m hungry.”
“I will.”
