TL: xLordFifth
ED:
“Kuooong! K-Kuooong!”
Koma pointed at Leeha, then to himself, and finally to Blaugrun.
[It belongs to Leeha. Then me. We are soulmates! You are the last!]
It was, so to speak, the ‘sequencing’.
[Kyuu, kyuuu!]
Blaugrun did not sit still.
He pointed at Leeha and himself several times, and then pointed his little arm at Koma-! And stretched it out.
[Ha Leeha and I are partners! You’re just a pet!]
And Leeha looked at him with an absurd expression.
“It’s been a long time since I summoned it without an enemy to fight, so this is the result…”
Koma and Blaugrun is a recipe for chaos! Leeha didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at their bickering.
‘Should I say it’s lucky that the two of them don’t fight even though they are hitting each other?’
After concentrating on what to do before Koma spat out a fireball or Blaugrun spat out lightning breath, Leeha cut another harpy leg.
What was the best way to end a fight?
“Hey! So you don’t want to get any meat? No matter what, we are all one family, so you should get along!”
[K-kyuu…….]
“Kuong!”
“Now, Koma, there are only three minutes left until the summoning is canceled, so eat first! Don’t worry, I’ll leave some for Blaugrun-ssi as well.”
“Kuong.”
[Kyuu!]
“I don’t know when I can eat my share.”
Leeha shook his head and worked hard to take care of his ‘family’.
***
“Have you not contacted the descendants of the heroes yet?”
“I talked to some, but…… the participation rate is not high yet. Most importantly, since many people live with their ears closed, it was not easy to spread the news, so how many people will gather at this rate……”
“It would be easy to deal with the fragment of the demon king if they were there, but without them, there is nothing we can do. Even at this moment, Le is wandering around the new continent in search of Ghibrid and Pyrot Cocri…”
The pope let out a big sigh.
That frustration was also shared with Fernand.
He wanted to officially launch an expedition to the New Continent but the wall of reality was different.
‘There is not enough time to gather the descendants of the heroes of the Second Human-Demon War. Since they have already risen above a certain level, they have blocked all whispers and are only focusing on leveling… they can’t afford to take weeks or even months off. It would be better to take those with skills and items other than just levels- going with the strongest is also the answer.’
Not every job had a hero’s descendant. And not all of the heroes’ descendants were users.
Some people just got lucky and somehow became a hero’s descendant, and some of them have already quit Middle Earth.
And even if they didn’t quit, they would not spend most of their time in Middle Earth, and if they were forced to participate in the new continent expedition, they might become uncooperative, Fernand also knew that, so he did not have a lot of options. Therefore, he thought that selecting elite members was the next best thing!
It was Fernan’s suggestion, approved by the pope, and communicated to nations by official documents.
“Then, is the current status for the selection of expedition members okay?”
“Yes, Your Highness. A large number of top outlanders from each country are participating. The agreement on the division of work for each country’s expedition to the new continent has almost been reached, so we will be able to launch it soon.”
“So how did it go?”
“Kraven will provide the ship and navigation, Fibiel will provide navigation and supply, Minis will provide supplies and pioneering base construction resources, Shazrasian will provide construction workers and support of relay mana towers.”
It was the result of Fernand meeting the kings of each country.
Since he had the title ‘Pioneering King’ and the name of the pope was added, an agreement was reached quickly.
Nevertheless, Fernand’s expression, who was directly in charge of the negotiations, was not very satisfied.
‘We have the cause of killing the fragment of the demon king, but it is clear what each country wants. The reason they keep coming to me ever since the beginning of Middle Earth-’
[New territories and more resources]
From the beginning of Middle Earth, Fernand, who enjoyed pioneering and exploring the map, knew very well that each country only acts for its benefit.
“Good. Very good. As advised by the ancient dragon…. It’s hard to create a pioneering base in the new continent but once that is done, it will be easier to connect the new continent to the current one.”
“That’s right. Your Holiness. So what’s important now is speed and time-saving. If only the elites and supplies could somehow reach the new continent… Then things will go faster.”
It was also the reason Fernand and the pope did not bother to wait for more heroes’ descendants. It was widely believed that spatial movement was impossible.
‘However, thanks to the person Ha Leeha-ssi introduced to me, we found a clue.’
NPCs would never suggest the way in the first place.
A keyword must be presented to give hints accordingly, gradually leading users to the correct answer.
‘Hyein was it? That was a great idea.’
It was an idea that only a sage could come up with, based on a thorough understanding of space and coordinates.
[Is it possible to move between the current continent and the new continent by building a mana relay tower at a specific point in the Sea of Dawn and another mana relay tower at the new continent’s pioneering base?]
Bailephus nodded to Hyein’s “keyword” to use space movement like a communication frequency.
Even Fernand and Alexander, who were watching from the sidelines, were surprised by the simple answer.
‘Of course, building a mana relay tower in those two places is the assumption when it succeeds…. If we fail, we will become a drifter in the new continent, having to wait for the next expedition without any assurance, as explained in the quest.’
Many elements caused anxiety.
However, in Middle Earth, nothing can be gained without trying.
Fernand decided to trust his intuition and the strength of the expedition.
????: waah, uhihit, Fernand! Are you Fernand? Pippo, pippo! Hello? Hello?
It was around that time that Fernand heard an unfamiliar whisper. What surprised him was not the tone of the voice he heard.
‘Shouldn’t everyone be blocked except for the ones that were allowed?’
It was becaus he was curious about the identity of the person who had penetrated even Middle Earth’s system.
???: Don’t pretend that you can’t hear me, it’s no use! Uhahahat, don’t you need heroes’ descendants of the Second Human-Demon War? Kuhit, I am the successor of the Midnight Circus Ringmaster(Leader)!
Fernand: Petyr! The ranked 5 assassin?
Petyr: Aha-! Can you hear me? Hey, can you hear me? Kilkil, I knew you would hear me! I want to join! You know how much strength I could provide if I join, right? There will be times when you need my strength other than riding a ship, uhat!
What can an assassin do on a voyage to the new continent?
‘There’s no way to know what comes out of the Sea of Dawn’
Fernan knew it all too well. So it was easy to figure out what Petyr wanted to say.
[When you need strength other than riding a boat.]
In other words, he knew how to exploit Middle Earth’s loopholes.
Fernand: You have proven it by breaking through the whisper block and contacting me. Okay, Petyr-ssi. I will include you as a member of the New Continent expedition.
Fernand smiled. Petyr’s reply was instant.
Petyr: indeed! Pioneer King! Adventurers are different, their courage is great! You’re not even afraid of being in the presence of an assassin!
Fernand: But how did you do this? I’ve tried a few times before as well, how were you able to get past the whisper blocker? Is it an OP item? Or maybe skill? If it’s not too difficult, can you tell me how? If I had known about it earlier, I could have whispered the descendants-
Petyr: ukyakyakyak! You are a very talkative person too! More than me!
The 5th rank, who was an assassin, performed assassinations through Middle Earth’s loopholes.
Was not able to handle Fernand’s talkativeness.
***
It had been more than a day in Middle Earth’s time before Kijung logged on.
In the meantime, Leeha’s level, who had camped in the harpy zone of the red mountains, had already risen.
‘Level 176. No, it’s fast considering my level, but…’
Even while sweeping alone in a hunting grounds that needed a full party of the same level of users, Leeha felt that it was lacking.
It wasn’t even hunting to level up. Because Black Bass’ fifth quest was more difficult than expected.
While shooting to practice, his level went up unintentionally(?).
“Aaaaaagh! 3,500m! It’s at the level where I need to use all my skills from joint fixation to sniping to reach the maximum range! Seriously, I guess this game is on purpose to annoy people. Don’t you think so, Blaugrun-ssi? I thought it was going well because I got an item that ignored the wind direction and wind speed… Now I can kill them like flies.”
[Kyuuu?]
“It’s the same with Multi-Warhead Shot. With its deadly destructive power and very short cooldown, I was confident that I would not fall behind Luger or Kidd… but it turned out to be a mana-guzzling monster that I couldn’t even use twice, haaa……”
“Kaaaaat-! All men must-”
“Tsk, don’t bother.”
Baaaaang——–!
Leeha sighed as he leisurely killed a newly spawned harpy.
While looting the miscellaneous items from the corpse and opening his bag, an item came into Leeha’s eyes.
‘Tsk, I need to solve this first.’
Leeha: Kijung!
Kijung: oh, h-hyung! You’re still doing that?
Leeha: Of course. Heuheu, why did you come so late? It took more than a day in Middle Earth, so it’s more than 5 hours in reality, right…?
Leeha connected to Middle Earth as soon as he parted ways with Kijung, Nara, and Bobae.
They parted ways in the afternoon and Leeha immediately logged on, and until now he had been dealing with Gaza City’s business and took care of it.
‘But Kijung did not connect to Middle Earth until past 11:00pm, and now he did it……?’
It was enough to put a wicked smile.
Kijung: Cough, what do you mean? I didn’t. We didn’t do anything.
Leeha: Bobae-ssi is not logged in yet… You obviously went with Bobae-ssi. You must have done something.
Kijung: W-what is that interrogating tone? We didn’t do anything. Just-
Leeha: Just?
Kijung: Some drinks.. We had some drinks.
Leeha: Specifically-? Then, are you also drinking in Middle Earth?
Kijung: We had beer, though we didn’t meet to drink beer, we just wanted to talk.
Leeha: Heuheu, what did you talk about?
Kijung: what do you mean, we just talked about this and that…….
Leeha: Sitting~ down. What did you talk about? Tell me quickly. Did you hold hands?
As he whispered, the corners of his mouth naturally rose. Was there anything more enjoyable than hearing about someone else’s relationship or romance?
Kijung: Ay, hyung! Don’t joke around, holding hands.
Leeha: Ohh? Oh?! Then? What next?
Surely? What next? Did you hug? Kiss?
Kijung: Hug, what hug? It’s just, well, we did. Just.
Leeha: What?! What did you do?
The more Kijung evaded, the more Leeha’s curiosity was amplified.
‘What, this bastard! It’s been a long time since he proclaimed himself to be the love monster, but- no way- ’
Even in the midst of that, various thoughts passed through Leeha’s head.
Words like ‘I envy you for growing up as much as I wonder what you did…’ appeared like a thought bubble.
Floating around.
Kijung: It’s just that- Ah, what should I say? We just had a drink-
Leeha: just?
Kijung: It’s just so so.
Leeha: Hey-! Why is a tank so good at hitting and dodging? You would have done well if you were an assassin.
[Kyuu!?]
“Ah, sorry. I suddenly got angry.”
When Leeha suddenly stomped on the ground, Blaugrun roared.
Kijung answered Leeha with a single whisper.
Kijung: Kek, I’ll tell you later. Ah, the guild members just asked about the recruitment of new continent expedition members.
Leeha: Ah, right. Are you going to apply?
Kijung: Of course! I have to participate in order to raise the name of the guild. Hyung, how do you deal with this?
Leeha had already given advice to the executives of Byeolcho, including Kijung. However, it was at the level of forewarning that this would happen.
Judging from the accurate information he had heard through Madam Ju and Fernand, there was little advantage for Kijung.
(To be continued…)
TL: xLordFifth
ED:
“Kuooong! K-Kuooong!”
Koma pointed at Leeha, then to himself, and finally to Blaugrun.
[It belongs to Leeha. Then me. We are soulmates! You are the last!]
It was, so to speak, the ‘sequencing’.
[Kyuu, kyuuu!]
Blaugrun did not sit still.
He pointed at Leeha and himself several times, and then pointed his little arm at Koma-! And stretched it out.
[Ha Leeha and I are partners! You’re just a pet!]
And Leeha looked at him with an absurd expression.
“It’s been a long time since I summoned it without an enemy to fight, so this is the result…”
Koma and Blaugrun is a recipe for chaos! Leeha didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at their bickering.
‘Should I say it’s lucky that the two of them don’t fight even though they are hitting each other?’
After concentrating on what to do before Koma spat out a fireball or Blaugrun spat out lightning breath, Leeha cut another harpy leg.
What was the best way to end a fight?
“Hey! So you don’t want to get any meat? No matter what, we are all one family, so you should get along!”
[K-kyuu…….]
“Kuong!”
“Now, Koma, there are only three minutes left until the summoning is canceled, so eat first! Don’t worry, I’ll leave some for Blaugrun-ssi as well.”
“Kuong.”
[Kyuu!]
“I don’t know when I can eat my share.”
Leeha shook his head and worked hard to take care of his ‘family’.
***
“Have you not contacted the descendants of the heroes yet?”
“I talked to some, but…… the participation rate is not high yet. Most importantly, since many people live with their ears closed, it was not easy to spread the news, so how many people will gather at this rate……”
“It would be easy to deal with the fragment of the demon king if they were there, but without them, there is nothing we can do. Even at this moment, Le is wandering around the new continent in search of Ghibrid and Pyrot Cocri…”
The pope let out a big sigh.
That frustration was also shared with Fernand.
He wanted to officially launch an expedition to the New Continent but the wall of reality was different.
‘There is not enough time to gather the descendants of the heroes of the Second Human-Demon War. Since they have already risen above a certain level, they have blocked all whispers and are only focusing on leveling… they can’t afford to take weeks or even months off. It would be better to take those with skills and items other than just levels- going with the strongest is also the answer.’
Not every job had a hero’s descendant. And not all of the heroes’ descendants were users.
Some people just got lucky and somehow became a hero’s descendant, and some of them have already quit Middle Earth.
And even if they didn’t quit, they would not spend most of their time in Middle Earth, and if they were forced to participate in the new continent expedition, they might become uncooperative, Fernand also knew that, so he did not have a lot of options. Therefore, he thought that selecting elite members was the next best thing!
It was Fernan’s suggestion, approved by the pope, and communicated to nations by official documents.
“Then, is the current status for the selection of expedition members okay?”
“Yes, Your Highness. A large number of top outlanders from each country are participating. The agreement on the division of work for each country’s expedition to the new continent has almost been reached, so we will be able to launch it soon.”
“So how did it go?”
“Kraven will provide the ship and navigation, Fibiel will provide navigation and supply, Minis will provide supplies and pioneering base construction resources, Shazrasian will provide construction workers and support of relay mana towers.”
It was the result of Fernand meeting the kings of each country.
Since he had the title ‘Pioneering King’ and the name of the pope was added, an agreement was reached quickly.
Nevertheless, Fernand’s expression, who was directly in charge of the negotiations, was not very satisfied.
‘We have the cause of killing the fragment of the demon king, but it is clear what each country wants. The reason they keep coming to me ever since the beginning of Middle Earth-’
[New territories and more resources]
From the beginning of Middle Earth, Fernand, who enjoyed pioneering and exploring the map, knew very well that each country only acts for its benefit.
“Good. Very good. As advised by the ancient dragon…. It’s hard to create a pioneering base in the new continent but once that is done, it will be easier to connect the new continent to the current one.”
“That’s right. Your Holiness. So what’s important now is speed and time-saving. If only the elites and supplies could somehow reach the new continent… Then things will go faster.”
It was also the reason Fernand and the pope did not bother to wait for more heroes’ descendants. It was widely believed that spatial movement was impossible.
‘However, thanks to the person Ha Leeha-ssi introduced to me, we found a clue.’
NPCs would never suggest the way in the first place.
A keyword must be presented to give hints accordingly, gradually leading users to the correct answer.
‘Hyein was it? That was a great idea.’
It was an idea that only a sage could come up with, based on a thorough understanding of space and coordinates.
[Is it possible to move between the current continent and the new continent by building a mana relay tower at a specific point in the Sea of Dawn and another mana relay tower at the new continent’s pioneering base?]
Bailephus nodded to Hyein’s “keyword” to use space movement like a communication frequency.
Even Fernand and Alexander, who were watching from the sidelines, were surprised by the simple answer.
‘Of course, building a mana relay tower in those two places is the assumption when it succeeds…. If we fail, we will become a drifter in the new continent, having to wait for the next expedition without any assurance, as explained in the quest.’
Many elements caused anxiety.
However, in Middle Earth, nothing can be gained without trying.
Fernand decided to trust his intuition and the strength of the expedition.
????: waah, uhihit, Fernand! Are you Fernand? Pippo, pippo! Hello? Hello?
It was around that time that Fernand heard an unfamiliar whisper. What surprised him was not the tone of the voice he heard.
‘Shouldn’t everyone be blocked except for the ones that were allowed?’
It was becaus he was curious about the identity of the person who had penetrated even Middle Earth’s system.
???: Don’t pretend that you can’t hear me, it’s no use! Uhahahat, don’t you need heroes’ descendants of the Second Human-Demon War? Kuhit, I am the successor of the Midnight Circus Ringmaster(Leader)!
Fernand: Petyr! The ranked 5 assassin?
Petyr: Aha-! Can you hear me? Hey, can you hear me? Kilkil, I knew you would hear me! I want to join! You know how much strength I could provide if I join, right? There will be times when you need my strength other than riding a ship, uhat!
What can an assassin do on a voyage to the new continent?
‘There’s no way to know what comes out of the Sea of Dawn’
Fernan knew it all too well. So it was easy to figure out what Petyr wanted to say.
[When you need strength other than riding a boat.]
In other words, he knew how to exploit Middle Earth’s loopholes.
Fernand: You have proven it by breaking through the whisper block and contacting me. Okay, Petyr-ssi. I will include you as a member of the New Continent expedition.
Fernand smiled. Petyr’s reply was instant.
Petyr: indeed! Pioneer King! Adventurers are different, their courage is great! You’re not even afraid of being in the presence of an assassin!
Fernand: But how did you do this? I’ve tried a few times before as well, how were you able to get past the whisper blocker? Is it an OP item? Or maybe skill? If it’s not too difficult, can you tell me how? If I had known about it earlier, I could have whispered the descendants-
Petyr: ukyakyakyak! You are a very talkative person too! More than me!
The 5th rank, who was an assassin, performed assassinations through Middle Earth’s loopholes.
Was not able to handle Fernand’s talkativeness.
***
It had been more than a day in Middle Earth’s time before Kijung logged on.
In the meantime, Leeha’s level, who had camped in the harpy zone of the red mountains, had already risen.
‘Level 176. No, it’s fast considering my level, but…’
Even while sweeping alone in a hunting grounds that needed a full party of the same level of users, Leeha felt that it was lacking.
It wasn’t even hunting to level up. Because Black Bass’ fifth quest was more difficult than expected.
While shooting to practice, his level went up unintentionally(?).
“Aaaaaagh! 3,500m! It’s at the level where I need to use all my skills from joint fixation to sniping to reach the maximum range! Seriously, I guess this game is on purpose to annoy people. Don’t you think so, Blaugrun-ssi? I thought it was going well because I got an item that ignored the wind direction and wind speed… Now I can kill them like flies.”
[Kyuuu?]
“It’s the same with Multi-Warhead Shot. With its deadly destructive power and very short cooldown, I was confident that I would not fall behind Luger or Kidd… but it turned out to be a mana-guzzling monster that I couldn’t even use twice, haaa……”
“Kaaaaat-! All men must-”
“Tsk, don’t bother.”
Baaaaang——–!
Leeha sighed as he leisurely killed a newly spawned harpy.
While looting the miscellaneous items from the corpse and opening his bag, an item came into Leeha’s eyes.
‘Tsk, I need to solve this first.’
Leeha: Kijung!
Kijung: oh, h-hyung! You’re still doing that?
Leeha: Of course. Heuheu, why did you come so late? It took more than a day in Middle Earth, so it’s more than 5 hours in reality, right…?
Leeha connected to Middle Earth as soon as he parted ways with Kijung, Nara, and Bobae.
They parted ways in the afternoon and Leeha immediately logged on, and until now he had been dealing with Gaza City’s business and took care of it.
‘But Kijung did not connect to Middle Earth until past 11:00pm, and now he did it……?’
It was enough to put a wicked smile.
Kijung: Cough, what do you mean? I didn’t. We didn’t do anything.
Leeha: Bobae-ssi is not logged in yet… You obviously went with Bobae-ssi. You must have done something.
Kijung: W-what is that interrogating tone? We didn’t do anything. Just-
Leeha: Just?
Kijung: Some drinks.. We had some drinks.
Leeha: Specifically-? Then, are you also drinking in Middle Earth?
Kijung: We had beer, though we didn’t meet to drink beer, we just wanted to talk.
Leeha: Heuheu, what did you talk about?
Kijung: what do you mean, we just talked about this and that…….
Leeha: Sitting~ down. What did you talk about? Tell me quickly. Did you hold hands?
As he whispered, the corners of his mouth naturally rose. Was there anything more enjoyable than hearing about someone else’s relationship or romance?
Kijung: Ay, hyung! Don’t joke around, holding hands.
Leeha: Ohh? Oh?! Then? What next?
Surely? What next? Did you hug? Kiss?
Kijung: Hug, what hug? It’s just, well, we did. Just.
Leeha: What?! What did you do?
The more Kijung evaded, the more Leeha’s curiosity was amplified.
‘What, this bastard! It’s been a long time since he proclaimed himself to be the love monster, but- no way- ’
Even in the midst of that, various thoughts passed through Leeha’s head.
Words like ‘I envy you for growing up as much as I wonder what you did…’ appeared like a thought bubble.
Floating around.
Kijung: It’s just that- Ah, what should I say? We just had a drink-
Leeha: just?
Kijung: It’s just so so.
Leeha: Hey-! Why is a tank so good at hitting and dodging? You would have done well if you were an assassin.
[Kyuu!?]
“Ah, sorry. I suddenly got angry.”
When Leeha suddenly stomped on the ground, Blaugrun roared.
Kijung answered Leeha with a single whisper.
Kijung: Kek, I’ll tell you later. Ah, the guild members just asked about the recruitment of new continent expedition members.
Leeha: Ah, right. Are you going to apply?
Kijung: Of course! I have to participate in order to raise the name of the guild. Hyung, how do you deal with this?
Leeha had already given advice to the executives of Byeolcho, including Kijung. However, it was at the level of forewarning that this would happen.
Judging from the accurate information he had heard through Madam Ju and Fernand, there was little advantage for Kijung.
(To be continued…)
