Chapter 148 – Treasure Hunt in the Wild Mountains
The entrance to the mountain.
Hunters participating in the event gathered in the vacant lot.
Hyeonmu Guild Hunter, who ranked 25th, and secretary Jeong Yoon-hwan led the staff.
“Please pair up with the hunter you are looking for an item with and stand in pairs. We will start the event once the personnel and equipment are checked.”
The two of them had to work as a team to find the treasure.
I paired up with Lee Yu-na, and Hong Wol-yeong with Shin Na-yeon.
The problem was how to divide the milking party into halves, but Lee Yoo-na and I decided to find swords and armor, and Hong Wol-young and Shin Na-yeon to find staff and accessories.
Each of them was to search for the item they wanted.
I’ve often been on the same team as Lee Yu-na, but it was the first time Hong Wol-yeong and Shin Na-yeon worked together.
“Almighty Priest, please take good care of me?”
“Yes, sister.”
Hong Wol-yeong smiles at Na-yeon excitedly, narrowing her eyes.
There was no other suitable partner, so the two became the same party while they were milked.
It was still an awkward relationship, but Hong Wol-young treated Na-yeon Shin comfortably.
Shin Na-yeon also followed Hong Wol-young’s words well.
I fight with Lee Yoo-na, but not with Hong Wol-young.
The atmosphere itself was like the eldest sister, so I didn’t feel competitive.
“Yes, the team is all set. Now, I will give you the treasure map and the magic binding ball.”
Jung Yunhwan scanned the people in line.
Everyone, including the hero and the saint, the spear king and the king of kwon, and the hagongcheong and choi tae-hyeon, were paired up and waiting for the game.
Wait, one team is weird?
I can understand the combination of the hero and the Changwang party, but I don’t know why Ha Long-cheong and Choi Tae-hyun ended up on the same team.
Aren’t they the people who belonged to the Yulcheon Guild and the Merchant Union, respectively, who couldn’t eat each other in front of the Awakening Inspector?
It was a strange feeling to see a swordsman and a merchant standing together with blank faces.
“I got a prize that will increase my martial arts, and it’s a temporary party only during the event.”
“I can’t just skip an event where a merchant gives an item for free. It’s the same team this time.”
After hearing the circumstances, it was revealed that Yoon Hak-do of the Yulcheon Guild and Kim Sang-wook of the Merchant Union did not participate in the game and could not find a partner, so the two joined hands.
Thanks to the S-class item, the two, who were usually enemies, prepared a place for reconciliation.
As such, the event held at the Hyeonmu Guild had a positive aspect of making the hunters get to know each other and become friendly with each other.
Well, that has nothing to do with me.
As you can see, that combination is pretty strong.
Hunters competing for items are all within the top 100.
They were all formidable opponents.
You can see the hero and the saint standing affectionately.
They were standing side by side, receiving a treasure map and wearing a magical restraint.
The warrior who was wearing the restraints on his wrist looked around and met my eyes.
Sihoo Lee’s hardened expression loosens up.
I guess I like myself after the showdown.
There was kindness in his eyes.
However, it wasn’t just pure goodwill.
Confident look.
He showed me the treasure map he was holding with his finger.
I knew what that meant.
The treasure hunt was another competition.
Whoever finds the item first wins.
It was a different kind of fight than Dalian.
It seems like they want to compete with me to see who can find more treasure.
I nodded.
Can’t lose
Even if it was an event, I wanted to beat him.
A saintess looking back at me through the hero’s gaze.
His complexion hardened rapidly and he glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.
After briefly glaring at him, he spurns the hero.
The hardened warrior’s gaze.
“… ?”
As we watched their actions, an event coordinator approached us as well.
I took my eyes off the warrior couple.
The attendant handing over a treasure map and a magic binding ball.
Wear the restraints yourself.
Following his words, restraints were tied to both wrists.
It was more like a bracelet than handcuffs, but after putting on the restraints, the mana didn’t show up very well.
And the feeling has weakened.
“Does this restraint also have a numbing effect?”
Asked the moderator.
I knew that I couldn’t use magic, but I didn’t know that it would diminish my senses.
The restrictions that Hunters have to bear in participating in the event have increased.
“Yes, since hunters are very sensitive to the presence around them, you should wear this to feel more realistic fear.”
He explained in detail.
A monster will appear, but the senses of S-class hunters will immediately notice it, so I will increase the thrill by making it partially insensitive.
It was an organizer who was really serious about the concept.
How scared are the hunters?
Since everyone participates in the event under the same conditions, I did not refuse to use the restraining ball.
Feeling weakened like normal people.
The energy I felt around me was blurred.
Originally, I could even hear the sound of needles dropping, but now I can hear only the sound of bugs in my ears.
“Let’s start the Hyunmu Guild event! The game isn’t over until dawn tomorrow morning! Please find items to your heart’s content.”
After everyone put on their magic restraints and finished preparing for the game, Jung Yoon-hwan briefly gave a few precautions and announced the start of the event.
Hunters gradually dispersed to the hills.
*
Right!
Jinhan, who had the music group on standby at the banquet hall, snapped his fingers.
Then the musicians sitting in the chairs started banging on the piano and playing the violin.
Dimmed lights.
In the banquet hall where the grand party was held, solemn music was played.
Phantom of the Opera.
It was a selection that went well with Jinhan’s outfit.
A heavy and tense melody spread.
“The event has begun, gentlemen. Please enjoy the special event held only in Paradise Castle.”
Jinhan speaks with magic in his voice.
As the lights dimmed, a thick shadow formed in the banquet hall.
His white mask looked cold and dangerous as the low, heavy bass sound was playing in the background.
The rest of the banquet hall burst into laughter.
The invited hunters and their escorts.
Of those who were allowed to enter, there are now close to 50 people enjoying the performance.
Jinhan was such a geek.
Why is he, the master of the second largest guild in Korea, so eager to host the event?
From the moment hunters awakened, their personality and behavior were often affected by the given characteristics.
So there were a lot of eccentric people.
He must be a hunter who truly loves events.
People applauded him for trying to maintain the horror concept somehow.
The directing was as good as watching a movie.
A large screen was opened on one wall of the banquet hall, relaying the field where the game was played.
The dusky moonlight shone on the pitch-black mountain path, and the hunters looked like precarious protagonists who had entered the devil’s realm.
Holding a treasure map, they form pairs and enter the dark forest.
As the uplifting music was heard, it seemed that a monster would appear on the screen at any time and destroy the main characters.
It was a great ability to make hunters with thick bones feel this level of tension with a simple atmosphere while hunting monsters.
“Keuheum, Priest Ha has become a team with your guild members.”
Yoon Hak-do, the Master of the Yulcheon Guild, cleared his throat and said.
Instead of participating in the game, he was cheering for his guild member, Hagongcheong, while watching the screen.
I wondered who he was teamed up with, and it was a team with Choi Tae-hyeon of the Merchant Union, whom he had been arguing with so much.
“Um, okay. Haha. I hope the two of you can find a lot of items. Heh heh heh.”
Kim Sang-wook, the head of the Merchant Union, smiled with a puzzled expression.
As much as the guildwins quarreled, they, the representatives, did not get along.
But now I have to support the same team.
I sighed and ate the dessert with a fork.
I leaned back in my chair, looking at the screen leisurely, as if I had nothing to add.
Everyone was swept up in the atmosphere and turned their eyes to the screen as if watching a movie.
*
“We are going west. There are the finest skill books and S-class rings.”
Hong Wol-young pointed his finger at the treasure map and said.
The items she and Shin Na-yeon were aiming for and the items I and Lee Yu-na wanted were different.
The route diverges from the beginning of the mountain.
“We are east. The S-class gloves and belt are over here.”
I pointed out where we were going on the treasure map.
A place completely different from the direction they took.
The paths did not overlap.
“Then there will be very little to see during the game. I’m sorry but I can’t help it. Still, if you find an item for a wizard, make sure to take it and give it to me, and we will give it to you when we find an item for inspection.
Hong Wol-yeong smiled leisurely.
The direction was different, but when a good item came out, it was planned to share it with each other.
As a result, we are a team.
They were all members of the same milking party.
“Yes, be careful not to get caught by the monster and drop out.”
“Are you worried? Then would you follow us and escort us?”
“That doesn’t work. I need to find an item.”
When I firmly refused, she chuckled.
Of course, what Hong Wol-yeong said was a joke.
I don’t know what the monster Jinhan said, but if I got caught by it, I was eliminated.
She simply said hello.
“Don’t talk too much with Lee Yu-na in a dark place at night. Concentrate on finding the item. Understand?”
“Sister!”
Hong Wol-yeong speaks with a smile.
Lee Yu-na blushed at her mischievous joke.
They are full of energy after receiving [Caress].
They quarreled over petty puns.
“Yuna, if you do stupid things to Cheonwoon on this dark night, I won’t let you go.”
“Excited Nayeon! Who is doing stupid things to whom, really!”
“Of course you belong to Mr. Cheonwoon. Could it be that Mr. Cheonwoon will do it first?”
“Eww…”
At Shin Na-yeon’s warning, Lee Yu-na had an angry expression.
But she didn’t fight long.
The game has already started, so you have to save time.
After arguing for a while, they backed off from each other.
Good luck and parted ways.
According to the route marked on the map, it seemed unlikely that we would meet in the middle of the game.
Watching the backs of Hong Wol-yeong and Shin Na-yeon go away, I turned my steps to the east.
Yuna followed.
“Shin Na-yeon, she always does that to me. Anyone who hears it will know that I am a naughty woman who seduces you, heung.”
She grumbled next to me as if it was unfair.
She gave a rough nod and listened, but when she thought about it, it wasn’t even that Shin Na-yeon was wrong.
I still can’t forget the sight of her expressing breast milk into a glass cup in front of me while making me her S-class breast milk constitution.
You were good at seducing.
She struggled to pick up the words that were about to come out of her mouth.
In my eyes, she was always the slutty girl.
She was cute too.
Li Yuna pouting and carrying her treasure map, we quietly walked along the mountain road.
There were two moons in the sky, but it was a dark place.
Hyeonmu Guild’s event has a condition not to ask about the background, so I didn’t know where this place was, but it seemed like it wasn’t Earth.
Inside the dungeon was the environment of another world.
Tall trees and lush bushes I had never seen before filled the space, and strange insects made long cries.
Everything looks dangerous because his senses have been reduced and he has only the cognitive abilities of normal people.
If I had come without even [Feeding], I would have suffered greatly.
It hadn’t been long since he had received the buff, so he still felt overflowing with energy.
Hurry up and go monopolize the item.
My steps were light.
It started in much more advantageous conditions than most hunters.
Rustle.
“Oh!”
“?”
Yuna and I looked back to where the sound had come from.
It looked like a dark doll had passed by, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small animal.
A strange rabbit with folded ears and sharp teeth saw us and ran away.
“Cheonwoon, do you want to join hands? It’s a little scary.”
Lee Yu-na leaned close to me.
He seemed a bit anxious, perhaps because his senses were as far away as those of ordinary people.
It’s good if I hold hands
She walked with her hand in hand.
Yui lowered her head with her blushing face and avoided her gaze.
