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Chapter 22

Hero’s Trial (1)

“Girl!”

Maybe it was because they were doing what they were going to do, and they vehemently rejected Lokan’s offer.

“Yeah, then there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Thump thump thump!

When Lokan smiled and slammed the orc battle axe, they could not hold their breath and died.

And poured out a pile of items. PK has a higher probability of dropping items than normal users, and it has a higher probability of dropping multiple items instead of just one.

And, unfortunately, they won the odds.

“You bastards, that’s what you’ll hear. No, scout.”

“You, who are you!”

Carrying all of them, Rokhan looked back at the remaining one. He was the main character of the popular pretender who summoned the three dead PKs.

The guy looked at the net and his eyes weren’t dyed red as if he was just giving a signal when users came.

“Tell me, I don’t know who you are”

What is the common name in the game that is still in the very early stages? As Lokan shook and picked up the remaining items, he hesitated for a moment and then worked his way up.

“detection!”

[Your opponent has used a hostile skill against you.][Your self-defense is recognized for 5 minutes from now.][When there is resistance, self-defense time may increase.]

“You earn a hawk!”

Whoops!

It was the Lokan that he had expected enough up to that point. As soon as he read Rokhan’s information through insight, he ran like Deukdal and smashed his head.

Like the guy who was in charge of reconnaissance, his level was low, and without much resistance, his head was broken and he died.

“yogh! Even this guy is giving me a temp. Are you really a jerk, huh?”

Their names and levels were revealed to them through the detection, but Lokan didn’t care at all. Concentrating on the recovery of the items dropped by them, they even hummed.

The items that were dropped were pretty good, like the guys working in Trinshik.

One guy even dropped a bow that seemed to be his main weapon. The drop rate of the bow is not high, so it would be a bit heartbreaking.

Lokan, who had recovered all the items, waited a little longer without heading to Trin-sik. It was in anticipation that they might reappear or bring a friend with them in return for revenge.

But unfortunately, no one else appeared, whether it was because he was frightened, or because the timing was wrong and he couldn’t summon his colleagues.

“Aren’t they coming any more, you bastards!”

The level of Rokhan revealed through the observation is only 35, so it would be okay to attack once or twice more.

“Damn it, I thought I was going to be a little sassy”

After waiting for another 20 minutes, Rokhan poured a lot of cursing at them and headed back to Trin’sik.

* * *

When most users see Cton for the first time, they feel that it is ‘great’, but Trinsic was a city that was twice as large as that. There were a lot of shops and there were a lot of NPCs.

Although it is a secondary city, it was built to accommodate a larger number of people. In the first place, moving from a primary city like Cton is something anyone can do as long as they have time.

Moreover, the hunting grounds around Trinshik were at the lowest level at level 40, so they were able to level up enough even if they did not graduate from the Wild Forest in Cton.

“There are quite a few”

Perhaps because of that, Trinshik was unexpectedly crowded with people. It’s been over a month since The Road was serviced, so in the meantime, people who said they have a bit of a game sense came over.

‘But being fast is not the best thing.’

But Lokan knew. Among them, most of them are chaff-like like the PKs I met a while ago.

Unless it was the first time, being a little faster than others meant nothing.

“for now… … From the general store.”

It was not easy to memorize all the topography of this big city unless you wander around a bit.

Of course, you can find out by doing all kinds of quests, but Lokan made a rational choice rather than such an inefficient way.

Just buy a map from the general store.

There was a limit to relying on memory, and it was also because the magic map had special functions built-in.

If you buy a map from a general store and add it to the magic map, your current location, the location of the place you want to go, and the shortest distance are displayed with dots and dotted lines.

Lokan said while holding the magic map he had purchased.

“Navigation on. The destination is the Wizards’ Guild.”

Though Rokan recalled his previous life’s memories, he thought that this one was better than stuttering, so he moved on to the Wizards’ Guild.

* * *

“Is that too?”

Unlike Cton’s Wizards’ Guild, where there was no time for people to set foot, the Trin-type Wizards’ Guild was quite quiet. It’s not because the popularity of wizards has declined in the meantime, but it’s because the number of wizard users who have leveled up enough to come here is still small.

This is because, unlike the melee series, where you can run wild without any skills as long as you have vitality, the amount of mana for wizards was the same as a sustainable hunting time.

For that reason, the wizards here were either really good at their skills, or belonged to a guild, or only those who chose a wizard as a secondary job.

Rokhan passed between them and spoke to the magic merchant.

“I would like to purchase a rune book set.”

A rune book, a magic book that allows you to teleport to five remembered locations in a non-combat state.

Because it is bound to the user when used even once, there is no need to worry about dropping it even if it dies, and if you spend a little more, you can remember up to twenty places instead of five.

“The rune book, five mark scrolls, and twenty teleport scrolls. All in all, it’s 5 gold.”

The problem is that it’s terribly expensive. If you look at the runebook that remembers five locations and can teleport ten times, it was expensive, reaching 3 gold, so it was not easy for those who were active in the Trinsic group to buy it.

How much did the PK guys who had three copies of one each eat?

‘Then, they seem to have done quite a bit.’

I felt regretful that if I had come a few more times after taking revenge, I would have been able to pick and eat more.

“Is it the third floor this time?”

Lokan, who took the rune book like that, immediately went up to the third floor. He originally had to be restrained, but again, thanks to the title of ‘Steroian’s First Assistant’, he was able to climb without difficulty.

“Yeah, Steroan sent it”

Materians did not test visitors like Steroians did. Still, he summoned the servant of truth to check, just in case, but he was right.

After receiving the ‘improved antidote’ and ‘Steroiane’s Letter’, he thought deeply for a long time before opening his mouth.

“You definitely need to prepare ahead of time. Yes, you will help me.”

The scrutinizing eyes looked unbelievable. It is also true that Lokan’s level was at least 35. It was natural to not want to because there were 40 and 50 level users in Trinshik.

“Leave it to me.”

“There is a recommendation from a steroid, and you’re talking that far… … Alright, let me ask you a favor.”

[Endless Research I][Quest]

After seeing the prototype of the antidote improved by Steroian, the Materian is looking for materials to increase the effectiveness. Bring him the Forest Goblin Shaman’s Elixir.

-Success Condition: Forest Goblin Shaman’s Elixir 0/1

-Reward: 4 silver, normal experience

‘It’s started.’

This was the real start. Forest goblins are gifted with alchemy and witchcraft. Starting with ‘Forest Goblin Shaman’s Elixir,’ Materian will ask for all kinds of monsters’ body parts and objects, and some of them have nothing to do with actual research, so users have been swearing at them.

But that cannot be denied. Lokan accepted the quest and went out.

“Whatever you do, you have to do it efficiently.”Materian knew roughly what items he would ask for in the future.

Then there is no need to wander or waste time.

“There is only one thing to do. Check the auction items.”

* * *

Lokan immediately headed to the auction house. Using an auction house that doesn’t exist in a primary city like Cton, but exists from a secondary city like Trincik, Lokan swept up everything he knew into an immediate purchase.

Most of them were classified as japtem and put up to earn even a penny, so it didn’t cost much.

“I’m going to have to dispose of these as well. Registration of items for auction.”

Lokan put the loot he got from attacking the village of Savage, the skeleton warrior series he got from the cemetery under the moon, and the items dropped by the PKs at a reasonable price.

Although the amount was deposited after deducting a 2% commission at the time of sale, it was better than spending time in the plaza screaming incessantly. It wasn’t that money was urgent.

As soon as he returned with the auction items he bought, ten quests were completed in a row.

[Endless Research II][Quest]

After seeing the prototype of the antidote improved by Steroian, the Materian is looking for materials to increase the effectiveness. Bring him the forest lizardman blood and heart.

-Success conditions: Forest Lizardman’s Blood 0/1, Forest Lizardman’s Heart 0/1

-Reward: 20 silver, normal experience

‘Now there is something to do.’

As the title of the quest says, it was an endless continuation. Rokhan only leveled up once with quest reward experience.

He’s good because he’s fast, but if he had tried to clear this normally, he would have been under a lot of stress even for Lokan. Even if he used the same auction house, he would have had to come and go again and again to sell.

In addition, he is now treated as a japtem, but when the main quest is activated later, the price is greatly jumped or the quantity is insufficient, so it must be in a state where it cannot be obtained.

Still, it was a trick he could do because he was in a position to chase after Lokan locked up in the training ground.

“Isn’t this guy caught yet?”

But that was until the tenth quest.

The eleventh quest target, Forest Lizardman, was at level 70. Although it was not displayed in the quest, the forest lizardman warrior who gave the ‘heart of the forest lizardman’ was a strong man at level 80. Moreover, it is not strange that the stock has not been released at the auction house yet, as it is being judged by the boss.

“It could have been sold elsewhere.”

Besides, there are many places where you can buy Lizardman’s by-products, so you may have sold them to NPCs without knowing where to use them. Or maybe he just kept an eye on him.

At this point, in order to catch the Forest Lizardman Daejeon, he would have no choice but to rush as a group as if in a raid. Unless you have special powers like Lokan.

“Well, there’s no rush.”

Having organized his thoughts, Lokan put his mind at ease. It is important to clear the main scenario quest quickly, but there were quite a few things to gain from the trin-sik.

Hidden items, hidden dungeons, hidden quests, and information that will grant you new achievements and powers. I remembered them one by one and started looking for the easiest one.