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Chapter 17

Attack on Savage Village (1)

[Get Earth Gem][Quest]

In order to find out the cause of the change that took place in the Cton Sewer, obtain the Earth Gem as requested by the high wizard Steroian. Earth Jewels are discovered by chance in monsters holding the energy of the Earth.

– Time limit: none

-Success Condition: Earth Gem 0/1

-Reward: Normal experience, 3 silver

“all right.”

I told them to come and get them, and the hints were bad, but it didn’t matter. Because we already know who drops the ‘Earth Jewel’.

Lokan accepted the quest and immediately left the Wizards’ Guild.

“Shall we throw the bait first?”

But he didn’t go straight to the hunting ground he knew. He has work to do before that.

“Open the trading board.”

When he shouted the command, a window appeared in front of him, like a monitor screen.

There are still many people who do not know, but Internet access was possible even within The Road.

Although it was just a bulletin board on the homepage, that was enough. Rather, this is why people use the website bulletin board instead of a separate community.

Most of the information is still circulating on the bulletin board on the website, but in the future, it will be even worse.

“Let’s see, we can’t reveal our identity… … .”

Rokhan, who opened the trading board, posted an article about the sale of the cemetery under Wolha. Of course, the name or location of the dungeon was not revealed.

He simply entered the existence of a secret dungeon that can only be entered through a special method, and the level and number of monsters appearing in it.

I think this alone is a lie, so I’ve attached a few screenshots. It was information of the full set of Skeleton Warriors. It’s not a set item, but each name has “Skull Warrior’s” attached to it, so those with a keen eye will recognize it.

“Now, who will bite?”

The transaction price is a closed bid. It was a deceptive post saying that he would sell the highest price to the lowest price among those who sent him a note, but in the end, those who will fish will be fishing. I heard that there are a lot of people who are already raking in game money through Hyeonjil.

“Shall we go now?”

Lokan, who posted such a controversial transaction as if tossing it, moved with an easy mind. Anyway, the auction schedule he posted was until tomorrow. In the meantime, Lokan was about to leave the quest of Steroian.

“If it’s an earth attribute monster… … It’s him, too.”

In the end, the energy of the earth referred to in the quest was simply an earth attribute monster.

For users who do not even have a concept of monster properties yet, it may seem like a floating story, but Lokan already knew its identity from the memories of his previous life.

‘There was a time when it was fashionable to steal other people’s hunting methods or find out how to attack certain monsters through the memory of the earth.’

Because ‘memory of the earth’, which shows the situation in the area again like CCTV, was a basic skill used by the ‘stalker’ classes.

Because of that, Rokhan already knew who to get the Earth Gem from.

* * *

“… … drill hand. It’s a really mean name.”Lokan immediately headed for the outskirts of the city. He visited those who were not protected by the city’s fences and who made a living by farming on the outskirts of the city.

“Do you have any worries for the fortress?”

“Why not? All my hard work is being stolen.”

What he was aiming for was a hand to drill. As the name suggests, he was like a mole, digging tunnels and stealing crops with his drill-like hands.

‘bingo.’

Lokan, who found the location of the nome with a simple keyword, immediately received a quest from the farmer and moved to the area where the nome appeared.

He was a guy with no experience or items to catch, but the problem was that the number of earth attribute monsters was smaller than expected.

Apart from strength, it was difficult to meet him, but he didn’t drop 100% earth gems either.

So, what Lokan chose was quantity over quality.

“Hey there.”

Lokan looked at the small field with only half of the crops left, as if he had already wandered around, and immediately prepared to catch him.

It was the simplest way to buy a trap and set it, but I didn’t intend to. Because it would be in vain if I didn’t get caught in my position. The time was too precious to wait forever.

Shaking up!

Moments later, the crops in the distance swayed and fell to the ground. the guy has come

The opportunity to catch him was right now. Timing to stick your face out of the hole after stealing crops. At that moment, Lokan shouted out.

“Heh heh heh heh!”

The guy exposed defenselessly to War Cry hardened with his face sticking out of the hole.

Then it was simple. It could be easily dealt with by splitting or picking up its head and pulling it out.

“Five ”

Soak Soak!

Whether it was affected not only by him, but also by those who were hiding or moving in other holes, they poked their heads on the ground with their eyes out of focus.

Knock Knock Knock Knock!

Lokan slit their heads with excitement as if catching a mole.

[Earth Jewel][Magic]

A jewel that contains the energy of the earth. It has no value as a gem, but becomes a special magical material.

So when I split the heads of four or five guys, what I wanted came out.

It was the jewel of the earth.

‘Are you really a jerk?’

The drop rate wasn’t low, but it wasn’t too high, and Lokan quickly got his hands on it and turned around with a smile.

He did not have to worry about the penalty for giving up the quest because the drill hand kill quest was rewarding as much as the number of catches anyway.

“Yeah, I’ve already been saved.”

Just a few dozen minutes after receiving the quest, he brought the earth jewel and gave Steroian a bewildered expression on his face.

“Well, that’s good. With this, we can get to know a little bit about their identities. By the way, can I ask you one more favor?”

“Just speak.”

“This time, I somehow knew ahead of time and dealt with it, but I don’t know when they will poison again. So, I’m trying to make an antidote in advance for the improved curse, but I’m running out of research materials. Can you get some of that for me? You know, I have to track them down in a hurry.”

“Yes. What can I get you?”

“Fine of Orc Warriors and Savage. I think we can find an answer in their vitality.”

[Fluttering Life] [Quest]

In order to prepare for a situation where a more powerful curse may spread, the high wizard Steroian has asked for research materials. If it was the blood of an orc warrior and savage with pulsating vitality, there might be some progress in research.

– Time limit: none

-Success condition: Orc warrior blood 0/1. Blood of Savage 0/1

-Reward: Normal experience, 10 silver, title ‘Steroiane’s Sidekick’

This quest was difficult. Because the target itself was an orc warrior and savage.

They say that there is no way for them to just donate blood, so they have to hunt, but Lokan ran into a problem here.

It was because of the title effect of the honorary orc warrior. Currently, as the reputation of the Orc Camp rises to [Trust], there is a restriction that Rokan cannot obtain experience by hunting Orcs.

‘It’s just that you can’t get experience points… … It’ll be alright.’

If you lose your reputation, you have no choice but to fight even if the title is lost. It was far more beneficial to quickly move up the main scenario rather than trust relationships with the Orcs.

“all right.”

After accepting the quest, Lokan headed to the general store first. The ‘Empty Bottles’ sold at the general store were originally consumables for alchemy, but I bought a few and moved on to contain the blood of orc warriors.

“Hey, look at that guy.”

“Are you trying to challenge the Orc Camp head-on?”

“What a jackpot, what a bluff. Where are one or two of those who die while pretending like that?”

There was no reason to bother slaughtering beasts in the yard that even had the title of honorable orc warriors, and to use the dog hole. He didn’t want to draw attention, but Rokhan, who didn’t want to waste his time, trudged through the front door of the orc camp.

And he shouted. It’s like coming to my house.

“Open the door!”

“Chwiik. door, open wait.”

Then the signal came from inside. The gatekeeper orcs confirmed Lokan and opened the door of the orc camp that had been firmly closed.

It was usually wide open for fighting, but this time it was different.

It opened slightly just enough for Lokan to come in and then closed.

“Oh, what is that?”

“What, I wasn’t just a user”

“That’s right… … Is there some sort of password or something? I just said something.”

As a result, it was only natural that there was a commotion outside. It was clear that if there was a way to enter the Orc Camp as if it were my own home, the level-up speed would be significantly faster.

The opening was limited, and there were many and many people who wanted to enter the Oak Camp.

If you think that sometimes you can’t get in because you’re cut-off, or you’re both caught, this was a great opportunity.

“Stay still. I will try.”In the end, one user who could not stand his greed came out. Standing in front of the orc camp, he shouted out with the same temper as Rokhan.

“Open the door!”

Good profit!

And after a while, the door really opened.

Whoops!

However, the results were markedly different. First, he became a hedgehog in the rain of arrows shot by the orc archers, and the orcs who ran out trampled his corpse.

“… … .”

“… … Let’s do whatever we do.”

No one dared to try any more at the horrific sight.

“Come, Rokkan.”

“Honour, Chwiik, a person who knows.”

“What’s going on, buddy?”

Meanwhile, Rokhan strode out and reached the shelter of the orc warriors. The barracks were lit in the distance to see if the orc fighters had regenerated, but I didn’t bother to check. I wonder if there will ever be another fight.

My level has gone up a lot since then, and I think I can definitely win now, but now is not the time for that.

“I have one request. Can you hear me?”

“Please, listen. Tell me.”

Instead of fighting, Rokhan chose a conciliatory measure. This is because if the trust relationship is broken now, he will have to revise the revised plan again.

Because of that, he frankly asked for ‘a little blood’ of them, and the expression of the orcs changed.

“The blood of a warrior cannot be freely given.”

“right. A warrior, Chwiik, bleeds only on the battlefield, Kheung.”

He smirked and politely refused.

‘Is it a failure?’

To bleed without fighting is to tarnish the honor of a warrior.

‘I tried to draw only a moderate amount of blood, but I can’t.’

This is plan B.

“Okay then, let’s have a fight.”

Rokhan’s expression changed like a demon.

[You have obtained the blood of an orc warrior.]

After a while, Rokhan finally forcibly took the blood. Using Dalian as an excuse, he made an orc warrior to a full blow, and then took blood from an empty bottle pretending to be healed.

Of course, I then bandaged him up and made him recover. ‘Cause they’re still useless

Perhaps thanks to that, the reputation of the Orc Camp was still [trusted], and the title remained the same.

‘Yeah, it would be good to put that plan into action now.’

The next target is Savage. Lokan decided to carry out the plan he had only designed.