1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

Chapter 77

1st place in the ranking is the villager

– Volume 4 Episode 3

3. Reward for Searching Magical Bridge (1)

“Chief Kang, this is the word… Whoa!”

The head of Neo Wars’ development team office and operation team Yoo Dae-hoo went there because he had something to check with Kang Joo-won, the development team’s team leader.

The development team office I visited with a light heart was reminiscent of a battlefield.

“Area C-T-142 yet?! Players will arrive at the venue in at least 30 minutes!”

“Mister, where was C-T…?!”

“You still haven’t memorized that?! It’s Guran Meadow, you idiot! Move quickly!”

“Team Leader! Players have already come close to the A-G-35, which is currently being moved! We can’t make it on time!”

“Ah… I can’t help it! I conclude that it was false information, stop moving it immediately and move it to another place!”

“Chief! Just…”

Perhaps it was a waste of time to go to a seat, and there were loud conversations here and there.

The sound of the keyboard mixed with the loud voice showed no sign of stopping for a moment.

“What, what… Why are you here?”

“Captain Yu, what are you doing here?”

As Yoo Yoo-hoo was a little enchanted by the development team’s appearance, Lee Seok-hoon’s voice came from behind.

Seeing he was holding a cup from the coffee shop on the first floor of the company building, he seemed to be on his way up to buy coffee.

Lee Seok-hoon’s gaze passed over Yoo Yoo-hoo’s shoulder and headed for the development team’s office.

“What, is this the first time you see the status of the development team today?”

“Does that mean it’s been like this for a while?”

“It’s been a few days. If it’s urgent, you’d better come back later. If I talk to the development team now, it’s going to put me in a lot of trouble.”

“No, why are you doing that?”

“It’s because of magic.”

A few days ago, when the magic search quest started to fall through the temple, the development team got an emergency.

As expected, magicians were the ones that began to show their shadows at least two to three years after the opening of Initium.

Of course, in line with it, hints about the existence and traces of magic had been placed in places that had not yet been pioneered.

However, it was discovered less than a year after opening.

The predicted scenario was completely twisted, and if left as it is, all hints in the frontier would be useless.

So, for the first time, the instruction to ‘make changes to the game’ was given from Eve.

Everyone was shocked by Eve’s decision, but soon the development team began the process of moving the hints to a closer location.

In order to prevent confusion of the memories planted in the NPCs, they were moving hints to places that both NPCs and players had not yet gone and places their eyes did not go to.

And the process continued for several days.

“Hey, isn’t this a violation of the Labor Law?”

“Are we going to do that? We’re working 24 hours a day in three eight-hour shifts. We’re also giving them exactly time to rest.”

“Yeah, the president is also strict about that… …but everyone is passionate about it.”

Yoo Yoo-hoo blew out admiration and naturally took Lee Seok-hoon’s coffee and ate it, and Lee Seok-hoon laughed and said to him.”It’s all thanks to the magic spell that came out of the president’s mouth.”

“Magic spell? What else is that?”

“Add 200% bonus, plus 5% for each day advance of the estimated time of completion of a fix.”

* * *

“Ugh……”

Opening her eyes, she looked around.

Her iron grate in front of her and the stone wall beyond her, and her own sides were also surrounded by stone walls.

Judging by the cold feel on her back, it seems that the back is the same.

Woo-. Woo-.

She intermittently made her presence known by emitting her light as letters flowed through her stone walls and her iron bars.

It seemed that she had been treated with something special.

As her mind began to wake up little by little, she felt a suffocation on her wrist.

She moved her head to look at her own wrists and saw that she had been bound by the shackles of something.

Why is she like this in a place like this?

She replayed in her mind what had happened before she lost her mind at a fast pace.

At the same time, his anger grew and his teeth broke.

“Ahhh-!”

She was caught like this, and it was all his fault.

The guy who used strange techniques, so…

-child! now!

-okay!

Yes, a guy with a grinning face called an infant.

At the end, it was a big thing that her body was immobilized because of that guy.

If it weren’t for her, he could have escaped……!

As Natalie was setting fire to herself, she heard the footsteps of several people approaching her through her iron bars.

Tick, tick, tick.

Standing in front of Natalie’s iron bars were soldiers in armor, men in robes, and an elderly man in white priest’s uniform.

“The interest rate is… Well, I understand. I will prepare and send it to you as soon as possible.”

The elderly man looked at Natalie and nodded his head, and he made his own conclusions and said to the wizard next to him.

“…what are you guys?”

Natalie frowned and frowned, she said in an arrogant voice.

He didn’t like the look in the eyes of the elderly man who looked at him as if he was digging into himself.

At Natalie’s words, the elderly man also frowned.

“I am under no obligation to tell anyone like you.”

“What does that mean? It’s pretty bad?”

“Haha, Elder, calm down.”

“Is this something to calm down, Chief Buma?”

“We should try talking first, okay?”

The wizard next to him calmed the elderly man, opened the iron bars, and came in, knelt down on one of his knees and made eye contact with Natalie.

“Now, as I said before, I’d like to see each other easily solve the problem through dialogue. If you don’t accept it, you’ll have to use a slightly harsher method.”

“……”

Main continued to offer Natalie an amicable solution after that, but she never opened her mouth and eventually resorted to harsh methods to interrogate her.

Nevertheless, no proper information came out of Natalie’s mouth.

All that came out of her mouth was sarcasm and laughter.

A few days passed, and no matter who visited, nothing that could be called information came out of her mouth.

* * *

The magic search quest of those who received the quest for the first time directly from the central temple, Ruzeros Royal Family, and the horse tower, rather than the magic search quest that all players can receive, was forcibly completed by distributing Natalie’s work and quests.

Each went to the place where they received the quest to receive the reward, and if they wanted to continue the quest after receiving the reward, they had to receive the quest that ordinary players receive.

Because it was a quest that the entire player could receive, not a limited target, the reward was less than the quest of the first magician search.

However, there seemed to be no dissatisfaction because everyone received a satisfactory reward.

Hoya was also on his way to the royal family to receive a reward.

One day later than the others.

On the way to the royal castle, Hoya reconfirmed the divine magic that had only reached the intermediate level due to the heels he used while walking around with Hieros in the last chaos.

[Intermediate Reina’s Holy Magic]

Proficiency: 0.1%

This is the divine magic that the legendary paladin Reina evolved to suit her.

Her light was warmer and more powerful than anyone else.

Upon reaching the advanced level, she gets a 6th and 7th divinity.

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[The 4th Divinity – Holy Ray]

Fires a pillar of light filled with divine energy toward the front.

Inflicts damage equal to 130% of ATK, and if the target is an undead or dark monster, additional damage is added, and in the case of an ally, HP is restored.

MP used: 700

Cooldown: 30 minutes

[The Fifth Deity – Sanctuary]

Spreads divine energy around you, making a certain area a sanctuary around you.

Sanctuary lasts for 10 minutes and gives a buff of 10% of the caster’s Holy Power while staying in the Sanctuary to allies entering the Sanctuary, even if you do not have the stat ‘Holy Power’.

When an undead or dark attribute monster enters the Sanctuary, it applies a debuff that reduces all stats by 10% and continuously inflicts small damage.

MP used: 2,000

Cooldown: 1 day

The first attack skill of divine magic, not a buff like divine protection, came out.

As a bonus, it was also possible to recover allies.

The other skill, Sanctuary, was also tested as soon as I checked the skill for the first time, and as a result, the area was wider than I imagined.

Also, the ‘Heir of the Legendary Light’ title, which increased the stat by 1 for every 4 of divine power, increased the stat by 1.5.Thanks to that, all stats except for Holy Power and Affinity exceeded 800 or came close to it.

It was a very satisfactory result.

Hoya, who arrived in front of the royal castle, was able to quietly enter the arena where he had been rewarded the day before.

This was my fourth visit to the royal castle.

First to receive the monster wave reward, then to deliver the sword of Adora, and then to the call of Jeffrey Noh.

For some reason, except for one, everyone was receiving something.

“Hello, Hoya-sama.”

I was greeted by a guide who was now familiar with the face and walked after him.

Since he now remembers the exact route from the entrance to the royal castle to the audience, he did not need any guidance, but it is said that it is unavoidable in terms of form.

I walked down the hallway I was used to now and passed the paintings hanging on the wall.

When Hoya arrived near the audience, he could see a woman walking in the opposite direction.

Wearing a pure white dress with a mermaid line revealing her body as it is, she covered her entire body with a pure white cloth.

Her face was also covered with an opaque veil over her head.

The only other color for her other than her white was her pink hair that hung under her veil.

Her guide, recognizing her a beat slower than her hoya, stopped her seat and bowed her back to her, showing her respect.

Hoya also showed her courtesy to her by inadvertently following the actions of her guide.

As she lifted her back, she nodded her head slightly in response and walked out of her hallway.

‘Who is it……?’

“You are Princess Steria.”

The guide told Hoya whether he had read his curiosity from the gaze of Hoya following her back.

there was a princess

With that thought in mind, Hoya turned to the guide.

The guide’s expression, who was still looking at the hallway Steria had walked, was full of sadness.

The guide, who had been looking at the place for a long time, came to his senses and began to guide Hoya again.

When they arrived in front of the audience, the soldiers announced Hoya’s arrival in a loud voice, and Hoya, who entered the audience, lightly bowed.

Having received Hoya’s example, Jeffrey Noh nodded his head with a delighted smile and began to praise Hoya’s achievements.

Hoya was not involved in the process of arresting Natalie to prevent confusion, so the achievements related to Natalie were not great.

Instead, he borrowed the power of Hieros to relieve the fascination of NPCs and players, and contributed more than half of the total to quelling confusion.

Therefore, Hoya’s contribution was higher than those who shared the contribution to Natalie.

“Thanks to you, I was able to prevent a lot of damage in advance. Also……”

Jeffrino continued to praise Hoya for a really long time to see if he liked the result.

Although Hoya halfway replied that he did not do a great job because his praise was burdensome, it seemed to Jeffrey Noh that he was underestimating his achievements for the sake of others.

He is someone who knows how to take care of and support those around him.

That was Geoffrino’s evaluation of Hoya.

[Jeffrino’s favorability has increased significantly.][Jeffrino’s favorability has increased.][Jeffrino’s favorability reaches a certain level, and the stat ‘Affinity’ increases by 1.]