A new good appeared. And it wasnât the normal kind; it was a rarity. After all, how many people could climb to B-rank in just 3 days?
It wasnât impossible, but not anyone could do it. Oneâs ability had to be at least A-rank to accomplish that feat. In other words, the good this time was at least A-rank.
Tock. Tock.
Jackal knocked on the door as when he arrived in front of a room.
âMaster! Itâs Jackal!â
CreakâŚ
Not long after his shout, the door opened and the guild master of Lime Guild, Alex, appeared.
âHmm? Are you going somewhere?â
Noticing Alexâs attire, Jackal cocked his head and asked.
âOh, I have to quickly go to the sewers. Thereâs a possibility that those things could crawl out soon.
ââŚYou mean them?â
âYeah, but what do you want?â
Alex asked back after nodding to Jackalâs question.
âAh.â
At Alexâs question, Jackal exclaimed as he recalled why he was here. Then, he went straight to the topic.
âI have something to report.â
âIs it urgent?â
ââŚI believe that itâs quite urgent.â
The sewers were important, but this matter was important as well.
âHmm, can I hear it on the way?â
âYes.â
âThen letâs go.â
Alex started walking with Jackal by his side, who had began reporting.
âThereâs mercenary who managed to reach B-rank in just 3 days. He doesnât have a guild.â
Before long, Alex stopped in place.
âWhat? Really?â
It was because the report was not what he expected.
âI told Lactone to prepare.â
âDoes Drak know about this?â
Alex asked.
âYes, they managed the agency together with us after all.â
The Lime Guild and the Drak Guild. Hadrac was managed by those two guilds. Althought their area of jurisdiction was separate, they had equal rights over the Mercenary Agency. In other words, it was likely that the Drak guild also knew about this new mercenary.
* * *
âHoh.â
The master of the Drak Guild, Ian, sighed in admiration.
âAt that speed, he could be an A-rank at least.â
At Ianâs words, the person sitting opposite him, Lockon, replied while nodding.
âYes, at least A-rank. If weâre thinking long-term, then he could be a S-rank as well.â
A-rank was already guaranteed. If they thought long-term, then the mercenary was an enormous asset with the potential of S-rank.
âYouâre sure that he doesnât have a background?â
Ian asked. No matter how he looked at it, the mercenaryâs ability was too great. He couldnât believe that they didnât have a background of some sort. Maybe he could be hiding his guild?
âAlthough they donât officially have a background, I hired an information guild just in case. They should be on to it right now.â
Lockon had the same thought as Ian, so he had hired an information guild. The information guild should be investigating right now.
âGood job.â
Ian said with a satisfied expression.
âBut where are we going?â
Lockon asked. Currently, Ian was getting armed even though he usually hated being armed. That meant that there must be a reason for Ianâs actions.
âThe sewers.â
Ian replied after he equipped all his equipment.
âIs it because of those things?â
âYeah. Thatâs why me and Alex decided to check it out.â
Ian then continued,
âAh, does Alex also know about it?â
âYes, since they acquired the information first.â
âOkay.â
Alex nodded in understanding.
âThen Iâll be back.â
He then exited the room to head for the sewers.
* * *
âHmm?â
Jang Yool frowned.
âWhatâs this?â
Still wearing the frown, Jang Yool started typing away on his keyboard.
âWhaâŚâ
Then a forced smile crept upon his face as he pressed enter.
SeukâŚ
Jang Yool turned his head around to stare at Yang Joo Hyuk. Meanwhile, Yang Joo Hyuk also happened to turn around just in time to see Jang Yoolâs forced smile.
âWhat is it?â
Yang Joo Hyuk asked as he met eyes with Jang Yool.
âWell, how should I say this. Itâs a bit unclear now.â
Jang Yool said as he began to reply to Yang Joo Hyukâs question.
âPeople from the Lime Guild and Drak Guild have taken notice.â
âWhat? From two guilds, not one?â
Yang Joo Hyuk couldnât help but be surprised at Jang Yoolâs words. As a city-state and a mercenary state, Hadrac was managed by two guilds. They were the guilds Jang Yool mentioned, the Lime Guild and the Drak Guild. Something had gotten those two guilds to be interested, but exactly what was he talking about?
âDid someone got B-rank in 4 days or something?â
If he had to name an event that the two guilds would take interest in, then a mercenary achieving B-rank in 4 days was one of them. Was it that? Or was it something else?
âYes, someone got it in 3 days.â
Jang Yool replied in response to Yang Joo Hyukâs words.
âWow, 3 days? Thatâs quite fast. Who was it?â
Yang Joo Hyuk asked while sighing in admiration. But Jang Yool hesitated to answer his queston.
ââŚâ
Yang Joo Hyuk felt suspicious. Why was Jang Yool hesitating?
âDonât tell meâŚâ
Yang Joo Hyuk suddenly thought of a figure and frowned.
âSoo Hyuk.â
At that moment, Jang Yool finally stopped hesitating and replied.
Yang Joo Hyuk couldnât say anything in response. After staring absentmindedly at Jang Yool for a few seconds, Yang Joo Hyuk opened his mouth.
âSoo Hyuk?â
âThe Archmageâs Descendant?â
âYes.â
Yang Joo Hyuk watched Jang Yool nod twice then changed his question.
âExactly what happened?â
If it wasnât Soo Hyuk, he wouldâve just noted down their character ID. After all, the two guilds werenât even that big in the grand scheme of things. But the story was different when it came to Soo Hyuk. He had to know exactly what was going on.
âThe two guilds are preparing to rope him in. Because he doesnât have a guild yet.â
The current Soo Hyuk didnât belong in any guild. Of course, he did belong to a tower, but that wasnât a guild, and belonging in a tower didnât affect one from joining a guild. There were also guilds made up of NPCs.
âAlso, Soo Hyuk is currently on a promotion quest.â
âIs he the type thatâs popular with NPCs?â
Yang Joo Hyuk mumbled to himself. Soo Hyuk had already attracted a top NPC of one of the towers.
âMatab then HadracâŚâ
This time, he was attracting the top NPCs of Hadrac.
âBut itâs a relief that he canât become the Mercenary King.â
The Rank 1 Special Class Mercenary King. Soo Hyuk had already become the Archmageâs Descendant, so it was impossible. He had made the first step, which was to attracted the attention of the Lime and Drak Guilds, but it was still impossible for Soo Hyuk to become a Mercenary King. It could be said to be a relief.
âBut he could still gain other privileges so report on the situation regularly.â
Yang Joo Hyuk said to Jang Yool. He couldnât become the Mercenary King, but there were other things that he could get. For example, unique privileges.
âYes, I understand.â
Jang Yool replied to Yang Joo Hyuk and turned back to watch his monitors again.
* * *
âHooâŚâ
Soo Hyuk sighed deeply as he walked up the stairs. The reason he sighed, was because of the promotion quest.
[Unusual Ogres]
Ogres donât live in groups. This is common knowledge. However, rumours have been spreading that the ogres on the Crimson Mountains have been moving in groups. One of the two pillars of Hadrac, the Drak Guild, is trying to locate the source of the rumours. Go to the Crimson Mountains and investigate the ogres there.
[Ogres: 0 / 20 ]
[Twin Headed Ogres: 0 / 2 ]
[Quest Reward: ??? ]
âWhy does it have to be the Crimson MountainsâŚâ
He had thought that he just had to hunt ogres. He had thought that it would end quickly as there was an ogre hunting area nearby Hadrac. But he was wrong.
The hunting area was already chosen. The Crimson Mountains. His kill count didnât rise unless the ogres were hunted in the Crimson Mountains. The problem was the location of the mountain range. From Hadrac, he had to walked south for 1 hours and 30 minutes to finally arrive at the Crimson Mountains.
âMaybe if there were some decent monsters along the way.â
He wouldnât have sighed if there were monsters along the way, however, he hadnât seen a single monster along the way. More exactly, the path was a âsafe zoneâ where monsters rarely appeared. Some users would be relieved, but to him, it just felt like a waste of time. And there were more.
âWill they be oneshotâŚâ
The level of ogres in the Crimson Mountains werenât low. At level 200~250, they were quite high levelled. In other words, there was a high chance that they wouldnât be killed in one hit.
âStill, they move around in groups. Iâll be able to finish quickly.â
It wasnât a huge problem if they couldnât be killed in one hit. He had many spells in his arsenal after all. And more than anything, the ogres here were all bunched up together in groups, therefore, he could use big AOE spells more effectively.
Soo Hyuk closed his quest tab and trudged along quietly. Then after a while, Soo Hyuk stopped walking as he arrived at the Crimson Mountains.
âHooâŚâ
Standing in front of the entrance, Soo Hyuk checked the time while sighing once more.
â1 hours and 20 minutes.â
It was 10 minutes shorter than expected. Of course, even if the walk was faster than expected, annoyed at the fact that the walk had taken him 1 hour and 20 minutes, Soo Hyuk stomped into the mountains with an annoyed frown on his face.
Step. Step.
Soo Hyuk started walking up the mountain range. There were ogres at the foot of the mountains, but there werenât many, and the twin headed ogres resided higher up the mountains as well.
âThey should be starting to appear from the middle area.â
The twin headed ogres only lived above a certain height on the mountains. In other words, he would have to climb higher in order to complete his quest.
It was at that moment.
-Uooooh!
-Uaaargh!
Soo Hyuk stopped walking at the sounds in the distance and stared to his right.
Boom! Boom!
The moment he turned his head, loud booms reverberated through the forested mountain.
-Uoooh!
-Uooong!
Roars then followed the booms. They were ogre roars.
âHow many are there?â
Soo Hyuk wondered as he turned towards the direction where the roars came from. And so, Soo Hyuk arrived at his destination and stopped in place.
âOne,twoâŚâ
Soo Hyuk counted the ogres he could see.
âWait.â
But before he could count to five, Soo Hyuk became suspicious.
âWhat are they doing?â
The reason he stopped counting, was because of the ogresâ behaviour.
-Uooooh!
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Bang!
-Uooooong!
Bang!
âFight?â
Two ogres were fighting each with their massive fists, while the others were calmly watching them.