TL: xLordFifth
ED:
“Oh… sniping?!”
“Yes. Lee Soobaek-ssi knows it as well, right? Sniping.” Leeha raised his hand in the air, assuming a sniper’s aiming posture. If shadowboxing is boxing in the air, what would be the term for Leeha’s actions – shadow sniping?
The shadow boxing of an elite boxer is said to be visible to third parties as if they were facing an ‘imaginary opponent.’ The same applied to elite snipers.
Leeha’s aiming posture in the air, refined through thousands, even tens of thousands of repetitions, was impeccable.
Gulp. The man felt as if the muzzle was aimed directly at him. The moment Leeha’s trigger finger moved, the threat of the bullet, faster than sound, would pierce through his body.
“Wait, wait! Oh, sorry. Our son has been a sniper in the military for a long time…”
“Ouch! Don’t hit me, Mom!”
The impasse was broken by Leeha’s mother. After giving Leeha a light smack on the back, the man’s gaze finally returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
Sensing the change, Leeha approached, wheeling his wheelchair and extending his hand.
“Haha, what’s this? Please take care of it, President Lee Soobaek-nim.”
“Oh, um… Yes. Of course. Don’t worry and leave it to me.”
At least Kijung, who was by his side, could feel that there was no chance of being deceived.
The contract was drawn up on the same day. Unlike the usual auction contracts, it was a contract that not only guaranteed a 100% successful bid but also included a radical condition of refunding the earnest money in case of failure.
The success fee was only 80% of the industry norm, so it was clear that the man appreciated his mother’s cooking skills.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to justify showing his employees a contract with absolutely unacceptable conditions.
“Bidding – Ketam, sorry. Suddenly, my voice suddenly cracked. The bid is in seven days, and after the bid, I’ll assist with various court-related procedures and licenses. In the meantime, you need to take care of the interior, including opening preparations. If you need a design firm, I’ll connect you directly. I have friends who can do clean interior work without hiring a separate team. But still, you know you’ll have to take care of some things personally, right?”
“Of course! I can’t leave that to Lee Soobaek-ssi. The restaurant is my specialty.”
Leeha’s mother proudly declared. Looking at her shoulders squared and confident expression, he felt a sense of pride.
He could understand how his mother, who finally fulfilled her dream of having her own store, must be feeling.
‘No, wait for a while. Opening preparations? Can’t we go to Hong Kong for a fun trip together?’
Unfortunately, he realized belatedly that due to the timing, he couldn’t go on a fun trip with his mother.
On the way back home, he tried to bring up the topic, but his mother refused as expected.
She said they could go on a trip anytime later, and what mattered now was not that, but she was already immersed in interior discussions, making all sorts of imaginations. He couldn’t persuade her any further.
Although he was disappointed that they couldn’t go to Hong Kong together, seeing his mother happy, all he could do was smile proudly.
“Kijung.”
“Hmm?”
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
Kijung tilted his head, but Leeha didn’t continue speaking. He was thankful to Middle Earth for creating this situation, and I was thankful to Kijung for guiding him into the world of Middle Earth.
The time of arrival at home was 5 PM, and it was soon time for the completion of the construction of the Mana Relay Tower.
“Now, before connecting〜”
Leeha moved his wheelchair and headed towards the computer.
It had been a few days since the Erica Continent was updated on the Middle Earth official website, but there was still no information related to it.
“That’s to be expected.”
The only revealed area on the map, painted pitch-black and with unknown size and appearance of the continent, was the small area on the left edge, ‘Redwood.’
Since updates to the map would only happen when users explored and publicly disclosed information, this was only natural.
Users had to endure staring at the map of the new continent, where nothing was revealed about what items were there, what NPCs existed, or what monsters were present.
The frustration of users who had to look at the map of the new continent without any information on anything was growing day by day.
There was no difference in the fact that this was the largest community that I was observing.
[Title: Alexander and Lee Jiwon, Trash Personalities =«=| Keeping the Good Things for Themselves]
[Title: So what about the new continent? How is it?]
[Title: LRe: Should I tell you?]
[Title: L LRe: Don’t go into the ransomware, ah]
[Title: LLI_Re: It’s not ransom, really. My acquaintance is a member of the new continent expedition.]
[Title: New continent expedition members, anyone there? Not even a word mentioned.]
[Title: ★Advertisement★ When the new continent opens, let’s share information. Open chat room]
[Title: But what about those who can’t even reach level 200? Why
are they talking about the new continent? Ridiculous.]
[Title: LRe: 〇ieo]
[Title: New dragon lair discovered in the northern part of Shazrashian!]
The new continent has been revealed, but the method of getting there has not been disclosed.
Rumors, including unverified stories about some players in the Old Continent building ships in Kraven, have piled up like a mountain.
As one person’s speculative statement crossed their lips, it turned into a confirmed fact. The resulting misunderstandings, spreading like wildfire, were exponentially increasing.
Despite the gathering of many people, there was no one with accurate information about the new continent in the early stages. No matter how many people gathered, there seemed to be no possibility of anything other than rumors and blame.
“Well, getting cursed seems to be in the order of fame. Alexander cursing takes up more than half of the page.”
Top 10 rankers, including Lee Jiwon, were receiving a barrage of curses. While information monopoly had been taken for granted in Middle Earth so far, was the new continent intolerable in that regard?
Leeha felt a renewed sense of relief.
‘If they find out I went to the Dragon Palace alone… Besides, what about the chaos with the paleos? If users know about that, they might wait in front of my house demanding information.’
Feeling eerie, Leeha clicked on the most trustworthy post in the community, releasing his pent-up emotions.
Title: L L LRe: It’s not ransom, really. My acquaintance is a member of the New Continent expedition.
The current method to go to the new continent is by sailing. That’s correct. But now there’s going to be a change. They say they’re installing something so that spatial teleportation will be possible. There were mermaids and NPCs that could transform into animals. And they are helping with the towers being built.
“What spatial teleportation? Going by teleport?”
“L00 It’s going to be like that soon. I heard that members of the new continent expedition are building some tower.”
“Total nonsense. 1_1_ Don’t you know that the timber prices in Kraven have skyrocketed 20 times? =» You have to take a ship for sure, not joking right now. Instead of talking nonsense, go buy wood. It will at least increase 100 times ᄏ ᄏ ᄏ”
“L=i =i =1 =i This is eo. The guy who wrote this is messing with timber prices. Let’s go!!!”
“L LTalking to these crazy idiots is useless.”
“一 Lqqq Yeah〜 Caught you, huh? Getting mad, huh? =1=1=1 Reporting as a price manipulation rumor.”
“ᄂDamn, you idiot.”
“1_ᄂNo, isn’t the guy who wrote this comment a timber merchant? These days, even the forces are doing comment manipulation.”
“Huh? Do you really have an acquaintance?”
The content of the main text was short. No specific evidence, no witnesses, just claims on an internet community. However, Leeha could tell that the content was correct.
Talking about mermaids related to the ‘sea’ might be thrown out vaguely, but the part related to paleos, especially the information that paleos were helping with the construction of the Mana Relay Tower, was truly cutting-edge information.
Knowing even a bit about something that one wouldn’t know without being a member of the New Continent expedition was something to be considered as having a real acquaintance.
But what to do if you speak the truth?
The sadness of the internet is that there is no one to believe.
Moreover, each piece of information related to the new continent was affecting the prices of various items in the Old Continent, making Middle Earth’s gold almost equivalent to real money! It was natural that users were attentive to it.
“There’s no separate Asura Plaza. Other than the fact that dragons appear frequently in the Old Continent, there doesn’t seem to be anything special. No, it’s not that they appear frequently; it might be that the level of users has risen, and they are participating in more raids.”
A post about the discovery of a White Dragon Rare in the northern part of Shazrashian had raid applicants lining up.
Of course, it would be necessary to judge whether this was reliable information, but it was a fact that there were many posts related to dragons.
“Last time there was some Green Dragon Lair in Minis… Hm.”
With the Gold Dragon Bailephus by his side and the Bronze Dragon Blaugrun as his ‘partner,’ even so, when it came to ‘dragons,’ Kuzgunak’sh was the first to come to mind for Leeha.
“Did users discover the lair… or did the dragons reveal the lairs themselves? I can’t answer that right away.”
Unable to get an immediate answer, Leeha quickly logged into Middle Earth, collecting various information and recent ‘gossip’ that was needed for about an hour.
It was 6 PM.
“Ugh!”
As the feeling of descending in the empty air made his muscles tense up, Leeha found himself standing on the ground of Middle Earth without realizing it.
“I’ve logged in over a few hundred times, but it’s still scary.”
As soon as he logged in, a turquoise light flashed by his side. It was the appearance of his partner after a long time.
[Kyukyukyu! Kyukyukyu!]
“Blaugrun-ssi, how have you been?”
Blaugrun wagged his tail and vigorously messed up Leeha’s hair. Even through his playful actions, cheerful snorting sounds could be heard from the pouch on his vest.
“Hello, Jellypong. By the way, how are you handled when I log out?”
Similar to living beings but ultimately treated as an item, would Jellypong disappear for a while in this world? As he pondered over such questions, he heard a voice calling for him from a distance.
“Leeha-ssi! Where have you been and you only came now! I was almost going to log out and call you!”
“Oh, Nara-ssi.”
“Hurry up! We’re almost done! We just need to finish the work and then take a picture with a cutting ceremony as the last step. It’s decided that you can’t miss it.”
“Oh, really? It certainly is very high, but-“
Leeha looked in the direction Nara had come from and saw the Mana Relay Tower positioned prominently. It had an even more majestic presence than the Mana Relay Tower erected on the floating island in the middle of the Dawn Sea.
The black cranes carried materials and flew up, up, while red goats climbed the tower like crazy and received the materials, delivering them to the giants scattered around.
Hyein’s instructions even arranged them in the right places. Hyein’s command, which had suffered once at the buoy, was now more efficient and tidy than before.
“Hurry up. Everyone is waiting.”
“Oh, Nara-ssi. Uh-“
“It’s noisy, quickly, quickly!”
Nara ran, grabbing Leeha’s hand.
The strange sensation of their skin touching made Leeha’s heart flutter. Should they run quickly, given this feeling that his face might turn red? Although his heartbeat was already pounding rapidly, running here might risk his heart exploding.
‘Is Nara-ssi not embarrassed?’
Leeha couldn’t tell.
Grabbing his hand and leading the way, Leeha wondered why she didn’t look back at him. Nara couldn’t show her embarrassed, ashamed, yet excited face to Leeha.
“Uh, you’re late! Oh, Nara-ssi, why is your face like that?”
“Hush! Hush!”
“-Uh! Bobae?”
They were greeted by the members of the expedition who had already gathered.
When Kijung, who had logged in long ago and was talking to Nara, spoke, Bobae next to him covered his mouth.
“Kitkit, it’s starting. Come quickly, slowpoke.”
“But still, Ha Leeha-ssi has worked the hardest, so we should let him off from this level of work.”
“If you’re going to let him off, it would be even better to cut off his head during the cutting ceremony.”
Users who helped build the mana relay tower with their abilities and strength threw in their comments.
Biyemi, Jin Gonggong, Kidd, Luger, as well as Ram Hwajung and Lee Jiwon, Fernand, Alexander, Pyro, Bantal, all had shining eyes. Rubini briefly released her hand and stared intently at Leeha.
(To be continued…)
TL’s Corner:
Fun fact, the name of the author is Lee Soobaek.
TL: xLordFifth
ED:
“Oh… sniping?!”
“Yes. Lee Soobaek-ssi knows it as well, right? Sniping.” Leeha raised his hand in the air, assuming a sniper’s aiming posture. If shadowboxing is boxing in the air, what would be the term for Leeha’s actions – shadow sniping?
The shadow boxing of an elite boxer is said to be visible to third parties as if they were facing an ‘imaginary opponent.’ The same applied to elite snipers.
Leeha’s aiming posture in the air, refined through thousands, even tens of thousands of repetitions, was impeccable.
Gulp. The man felt as if the muzzle was aimed directly at him. The moment Leeha’s trigger finger moved, the threat of the bullet, faster than sound, would pierce through his body.
“Wait, wait! Oh, sorry. Our son has been a sniper in the military for a long time…”
“Ouch! Don’t hit me, Mom!”
The impasse was broken by Leeha’s mother. After giving Leeha a light smack on the back, the man’s gaze finally returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
Sensing the change, Leeha approached, wheeling his wheelchair and extending his hand.
“Haha, what’s this? Please take care of it, President Lee Soobaek-nim.”
“Oh, um… Yes. Of course. Don’t worry and leave it to me.”
At least Kijung, who was by his side, could feel that there was no chance of being deceived.
The contract was drawn up on the same day. Unlike the usual auction contracts, it was a contract that not only guaranteed a 100% successful bid but also included a radical condition of refunding the earnest money in case of failure.
The success fee was only 80% of the industry norm, so it was clear that the man appreciated his mother’s cooking skills.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to justify showing his employees a contract with absolutely unacceptable conditions.
“Bidding – Ketam, sorry. Suddenly, my voice suddenly cracked. The bid is in seven days, and after the bid, I’ll assist with various court-related procedures and licenses. In the meantime, you need to take care of the interior, including opening preparations. If you need a design firm, I’ll connect you directly. I have friends who can do clean interior work without hiring a separate team. But still, you know you’ll have to take care of some things personally, right?”
“Of course! I can’t leave that to Lee Soobaek-ssi. The restaurant is my specialty.”
Leeha’s mother proudly declared. Looking at her shoulders squared and confident expression, he felt a sense of pride.
He could understand how his mother, who finally fulfilled her dream of having her own store, must be feeling.
‘No, wait for a while. Opening preparations? Can’t we go to Hong Kong for a fun trip together?’
Unfortunately, he realized belatedly that due to the timing, he couldn’t go on a fun trip with his mother.
On the way back home, he tried to bring up the topic, but his mother refused as expected.
She said they could go on a trip anytime later, and what mattered now was not that, but she was already immersed in interior discussions, making all sorts of imaginations. He couldn’t persuade her any further.
Although he was disappointed that they couldn’t go to Hong Kong together, seeing his mother happy, all he could do was smile proudly.
“Kijung.”
“Hmm?”
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
Kijung tilted his head, but Leeha didn’t continue speaking. He was thankful to Middle Earth for creating this situation, and I was thankful to Kijung for guiding him into the world of Middle Earth.
The time of arrival at home was 5 PM, and it was soon time for the completion of the construction of the Mana Relay Tower.
“Now, before connecting〜”
Leeha moved his wheelchair and headed towards the computer.
It had been a few days since the Erica Continent was updated on the Middle Earth official website, but there was still no information related to it.
“That’s to be expected.”
The only revealed area on the map, painted pitch-black and with unknown size and appearance of the continent, was the small area on the left edge, ‘Redwood.’
Since updates to the map would only happen when users explored and publicly disclosed information, this was only natural.
Users had to endure staring at the map of the new continent, where nothing was revealed about what items were there, what NPCs existed, or what monsters were present.
The frustration of users who had to look at the map of the new continent without any information on anything was growing day by day.
There was no difference in the fact that this was the largest community that I was observing.
[Title: Alexander and Lee Jiwon, Trash Personalities =«=| Keeping the Good Things for Themselves]
[Title: So what about the new continent? How is it?]
[Title: LRe: Should I tell you?]
[Title: L LRe: Don’t go into the ransomware, ah]
[Title: LLI_Re: It’s not ransom, really. My acquaintance is a member of the new continent expedition.]
[Title: New continent expedition members, anyone there? Not even a word mentioned.]
[Title: ★Advertisement★ When the new continent opens, let’s share information. Open chat room]
[Title: But what about those who can’t even reach level 200? Why
are they talking about the new continent? Ridiculous.]
[Title: LRe: 〇ieo]
[Title: New dragon lair discovered in the northern part of Shazrashian!]
The new continent has been revealed, but the method of getting there has not been disclosed.
Rumors, including unverified stories about some players in the Old Continent building ships in Kraven, have piled up like a mountain.
As one person’s speculative statement crossed their lips, it turned into a confirmed fact. The resulting misunderstandings, spreading like wildfire, were exponentially increasing.
Despite the gathering of many people, there was no one with accurate information about the new continent in the early stages. No matter how many people gathered, there seemed to be no possibility of anything other than rumors and blame.
“Well, getting cursed seems to be in the order of fame. Alexander cursing takes up more than half of the page.”
Top 10 rankers, including Lee Jiwon, were receiving a barrage of curses. While information monopoly had been taken for granted in Middle Earth so far, was the new continent intolerable in that regard?
Leeha felt a renewed sense of relief.
‘If they find out I went to the Dragon Palace alone… Besides, what about the chaos with the paleos? If users know about that, they might wait in front of my house demanding information.’
Feeling eerie, Leeha clicked on the most trustworthy post in the community, releasing his pent-up emotions.
Title: L L LRe: It’s not ransom, really. My acquaintance is a member of the New Continent expedition.
The current method to go to the new continent is by sailing. That’s correct. But now there’s going to be a change. They say they’re installing something so that spatial teleportation will be possible. There were mermaids and NPCs that could transform into animals. And they are helping with the towers being built.
“What spatial teleportation? Going by teleport?”
“L00 It’s going to be like that soon. I heard that members of the new continent expedition are building some tower.”
“Total nonsense. 1_1_ Don’t you know that the timber prices in Kraven have skyrocketed 20 times? =» You have to take a ship for sure, not joking right now. Instead of talking nonsense, go buy wood. It will at least increase 100 times ᄏ ᄏ ᄏ”
“L=i =i =1 =i This is eo. The guy who wrote this is messing with timber prices. Let’s go!!!”
“L LTalking to these crazy idiots is useless.”
“一 Lqqq Yeah〜 Caught you, huh? Getting mad, huh? =1=1=1 Reporting as a price manipulation rumor.”
“ᄂDamn, you idiot.”
“1_ᄂNo, isn’t the guy who wrote this comment a timber merchant? These days, even the forces are doing comment manipulation.”
“Huh? Do you really have an acquaintance?”
The content of the main text was short. No specific evidence, no witnesses, just claims on an internet community. However, Leeha could tell that the content was correct.
Talking about mermaids related to the ‘sea’ might be thrown out vaguely, but the part related to paleos, especially the information that paleos were helping with the construction of the Mana Relay Tower, was truly cutting-edge information.
Knowing even a bit about something that one wouldn’t know without being a member of the New Continent expedition was something to be considered as having a real acquaintance.
But what to do if you speak the truth?
The sadness of the internet is that there is no one to believe.
Moreover, each piece of information related to the new continent was affecting the prices of various items in the Old Continent, making Middle Earth’s gold almost equivalent to real money! It was natural that users were attentive to it.
“There’s no separate Asura Plaza. Other than the fact that dragons appear frequently in the Old Continent, there doesn’t seem to be anything special. No, it’s not that they appear frequently; it might be that the level of users has risen, and they are participating in more raids.”
A post about the discovery of a White Dragon Rare in the northern part of Shazrashian had raid applicants lining up.
Of course, it would be necessary to judge whether this was reliable information, but it was a fact that there were many posts related to dragons.
“Last time there was some Green Dragon Lair in Minis… Hm.”
With the Gold Dragon Bailephus by his side and the Bronze Dragon Blaugrun as his ‘partner,’ even so, when it came to ‘dragons,’ Kuzgunak’sh was the first to come to mind for Leeha.
“Did users discover the lair… or did the dragons reveal the lairs themselves? I can’t answer that right away.”
Unable to get an immediate answer, Leeha quickly logged into Middle Earth, collecting various information and recent ‘gossip’ that was needed for about an hour.
It was 6 PM.
“Ugh!”
As the feeling of descending in the empty air made his muscles tense up, Leeha found himself standing on the ground of Middle Earth without realizing it.
“I’ve logged in over a few hundred times, but it’s still scary.”
As soon as he logged in, a turquoise light flashed by his side. It was the appearance of his partner after a long time.
[Kyukyukyu! Kyukyukyu!]
“Blaugrun-ssi, how have you been?”
Blaugrun wagged his tail and vigorously messed up Leeha’s hair. Even through his playful actions, cheerful snorting sounds could be heard from the pouch on his vest.
“Hello, Jellypong. By the way, how are you handled when I log out?”
Similar to living beings but ultimately treated as an item, would Jellypong disappear for a while in this world? As he pondered over such questions, he heard a voice calling for him from a distance.
“Leeha-ssi! Where have you been and you only came now! I was almost going to log out and call you!”
“Oh, Nara-ssi.”
“Hurry up! We’re almost done! We just need to finish the work and then take a picture with a cutting ceremony as the last step. It’s decided that you can’t miss it.”
“Oh, really? It certainly is very high, but-“
Leeha looked in the direction Nara had come from and saw the Mana Relay Tower positioned prominently. It had an even more majestic presence than the Mana Relay Tower erected on the floating island in the middle of the Dawn Sea.
The black cranes carried materials and flew up, up, while red goats climbed the tower like crazy and received the materials, delivering them to the giants scattered around.
Hyein’s instructions even arranged them in the right places. Hyein’s command, which had suffered once at the buoy, was now more efficient and tidy than before.
“Hurry up. Everyone is waiting.”
“Oh, Nara-ssi. Uh-“
“It’s noisy, quickly, quickly!”
Nara ran, grabbing Leeha’s hand.
The strange sensation of their skin touching made Leeha’s heart flutter. Should they run quickly, given this feeling that his face might turn red? Although his heartbeat was already pounding rapidly, running here might risk his heart exploding.
‘Is Nara-ssi not embarrassed?’
Leeha couldn’t tell.
Grabbing his hand and leading the way, Leeha wondered why she didn’t look back at him. Nara couldn’t show her embarrassed, ashamed, yet excited face to Leeha.
“Uh, you’re late! Oh, Nara-ssi, why is your face like that?”
“Hush! Hush!”
“-Uh! Bobae?”
They were greeted by the members of the expedition who had already gathered.
When Kijung, who had logged in long ago and was talking to Nara, spoke, Bobae next to him covered his mouth.
“Kitkit, it’s starting. Come quickly, slowpoke.”
“But still, Ha Leeha-ssi has worked the hardest, so we should let him off from this level of work.”
“If you’re going to let him off, it would be even better to cut off his head during the cutting ceremony.”
Users who helped build the mana relay tower with their abilities and strength threw in their comments.
Biyemi, Jin Gonggong, Kidd, Luger, as well as Ram Hwajung and Lee Jiwon, Fernand, Alexander, Pyro, Bantal, all had shining eyes. Rubini briefly released her hand and stared intently at Leeha.
(To be continued…)
TL’s Corner:
Fun fact, the name of the author is Lee Soobaek.
