Max Level Newbie - Chapter 108

Chapter 108

The reception room was neatly organized .

It was hard to believe that this room was inside the blacksmith shop which was filled with intense heat . The room was incredibly comfortable to be . At the room, Vulcan was having a private conversation with Parkers .

Vulcan politely had his hands together and sat down as he looked at Parkers .

Parkers had copper tone skin with bulging muscles . He was a giant blacksmith .

[Parkers, Act 2 manager and God of Blacksmith]

[???Lv]

‘As I thought, I cannot see his level still . Do I need to have a level over 1000 to see it?’

It seemed to be the case .

Vulcan gave up on scans . He quietly waited for Parkers to open his mouth .

However, it seemed Parkers was not interested in speaking first .

He just stared at Vulcan with his fearsome looking eyes .

Vulcan complained inside .

‘What the . He called me up here, yet why is he not saying anything . He is not strengthening my items either . ’

Vulcan met gods before . However, it was first time for Vulcan to have a private conversation in such a small room .

So, Vulcan was feeling quite uncomfortable . He wished Parkers would just hurry up, finish the talk and just get the items strengthened .

However, after one minute, after five minutes… Parkers was not speaking . Watching him, Vulcan realized Parkers was not interested in speaking first .

Vulcan carefully started,

“Excuse me…”

“…”

Parkers still just stared at Vulcan in silence .

Vulcan was a little frustrated . However, he realized it could not be helped, so he said,

“Excuse me… I would like to know… . Why did you called me to come in . ”

“… Hm . ”

It looked like Parkers was finally showing signs that he might start talking .

To hear what Parkers was about to pour out, Vulcan tilted his head slightly toward the front .

A god, and not any god but the one who was infamous for being lazy, called Vulcan .

It would had been odd to be not interested in what Parkers had to say .

Soon, Parkers opened his mouth, and heavy low voice filled the reception room .

“It’s done . Let’s head out to strengthen the items . ”

Parkers got up with those words as the end .

Vulcan was dumbfounded as he watched Parkers opening the door and leaving .

‘… What is this? Is this the end?’

This went beyond just ridiculous . Vulcan wondered about Parkers’ mental state .

However, Vulcan couldn’t argue with someone who was a god .

Vulcan was shocked, but he suppressed the emotion that came all the way up to his throat and quietly followed Parkers .

Vulcan thought,

‘Even so called gods are not all right up there . ’

* * *

“Thank you . ”

“Hm . All right . ”

Vulcan bowed and received the equipment .

They felt like they contained power that was far greater than what they had before . The tip of Vulcan’s lips was about to tilt up slightly, but Vulcan put up an emotionless face and finished saying goodbye .

“Well then, I’ll get going now . ”

“All right . ”

Parkers also nodded with emotionless face . As Vulcan left the blacksmith shop, Vulcan put up an irked face .

It was because Vulcan could not figure out what Parkers was really up to .

‘How could I know what gods are really thinking . ’

Still, it bothered Vulcan, so what could he do?

As he walked, Vulcan thought about various possibilities . He then realized that they were all baseless ideas . Vulcan shook his head .

Vulcan got rid of useless thoughts and started to walk faster .

He wanted to go somewhere that he could be at ease and check out the items that were strengthened .

Vulcan was like a kid who just got money from grandparents during the new year and was heading to the arcade . Vulcan quickly disappeared, and Parkers watched Vulcan in silence and turned around . Parkers went back inside the blacksmith shop .

When Parkers went back in, a middle-aged man with long brown hair said to him,

“How was it to see him in person?”

“Ah, you surprised me . Could you not sneak up on me like that?”

Parkers flinched and complained .

However, the long-haired man in long fabrics didn’t seemed to care at all .

The man asked again,

“Was there anything unique about him?”

“Hm . I am not sure . ”

Parkers took a pause for a moment and organized his thought .

However, it didn’t take long . After a brief moment, parkers answered the man’s question .

“He was an ordinary Demi-god . ”

“I see . ”

“Well, perhaps not an ordinary one . Of all Demi-gods, he was on the quite strong side… Well, still… I didn’t feel anything special from him . ”

The long-haired man was Hokulus, the supreme manager of Act 2 . He nodded his head .

Hokulus had similar thoughts, so he didn’t ask Parkers any more questions .

Hokulus said,

“I see . I think so too . Of course, he is a Player who is also a Demi-god, which is unique, but… I don’t think he is worthy of the Greatest God’s interest . ”

“Hm…”

Parkers heard what Hokulus said . The look on Parkers seemed like he was in agreement .

Like that, for a moment, they kept silence .

“…”

The silence continued .

Parkers didn’t like this . It felt like the silence was going to continue for an eternity .

It was not because of anything particular . Parkers was not interested in Vulcan anymore . He just wanted to rest now .

Parkers was quite intrigued when he first heard about Vulcan from Hokulus .

The Greatest God rarely spoke to even the gods like Parkers . However, the Greatest God was showing interest in someone who was just a Demi-god .

Of course, it was not like the Greatest God was exceptionally interested in Vulcan, but it was still indeed a special case .

‘So… I thought there must be an incredible secret . ’

Because of this, despite Parkers’ extreme laziness, he got up himself and observed the man . However, he was not able to find anything special .

As they already discussed, Vulcan was a Demi-god and Player .

Of course, it seemed that Vulcan was known as a human among other humans . However, Parkers didn’t care about that .

What was important was that Parkers didn’t notice anything special or interesting from Vulcan other than those .

With flat face, Parkers said,

“Okay then, I’ll go back?”

Hokulus just stared at Parkers .

Parkers was putting up an emotionless face . However, his gaze didn’t hide his desire to wanting to go rest .

‘This rascal . He is supposed to be a god, yet he doesn’t do anything . ’

Hokulus sighed big and said,

“All right . By the way, about that rascal . ”

“Yes . ”

“Whose son is he? From how he looks like, I can’t think of anyone…”

“Hm . ”

It seemed Parkers was intrigued . He was about to walk away, but he stopped for a moment and pondered at it .

Like that, he rolled his brain for a few seconds . He then gave a careless response and went into his room .

“Well, because there are so many ones who shoot around, I cannot think of an answer . ”

* * *

Now, it had been two weeks since Vulcan started spending time in Espo City .

When the 15th day arrived, Vulcan immediately contacted the Blue Wind and asked how he was . Vulcan heard energetic cursing from the Blue Dragon and confirmed that he recovered his health .

Now, Vulcan was ready to get to his next stage .

However, here were a few things that bothered Vulcan still .

‘Fowaru, Chimera . ’

Vulcan had set aside enough Vitality Marbles to borrow the power of Yur Dong-bin twice more .

So, he was thinking about cleaning up Fowaru and Chimera maker before heading to the hunting grounds . However, perhaps Fowaru and Chimera maker felt the danger . They disappeared without a trace like ghosts .

It seemed they used an amazing method . Even the Oracles, the organization that claimed to know almost everything that was happening in Act 2, said they had no information .

The Oracle apologized to Vulcan for the lack of information . Vulcan gave up on tracking down Fowaru and Chimera maker .

They were Vulcan’s worst enemies . However, Vulcan could not afford to delay leveling up and go chase them down either .

Thinking about them made Vulcan’s inside boil still . However, there was nothing he could do .

Also, there was something else that made him feel infuriated .

‘Oracle… Ugh… these bastards… . I can’t beat the crap out of them even though I know where they are . ’

Vulcan was certain that they fucked him over .

This was not a guess anymore . Vulcan was basically certain of it .

However, Vulcan could not attack Oracle which was stationed inside the Espo City and quietly selling information .

Also, it was also Oracle that told Phantaero where Vulcan was, so, in a way, it could be said that Oracle maintained some level of neutrality .

Of course, regardless of this, Vulcan had quite the animosity and weariness toward the Oracle . However, like the others, there was no way for Vulcan to resolve this one either .

“Ugh . ”

In the end, Vulcan was not able to eliminate all things that were weighing down on his heart . Still, he was leaving the Espo City so he could get to his next hunting ground .

Vulcan sighed and sighed as he walked through the gate . Out of habit, he opened the equipment window and checked the options on his items .

His bitter stomach calmed quickly . His crumpled face evened at an instant as well .

Vulcan even had faint smiling eyes .

‘Still, the strengthening gave the result I wanted, so that’s good .

[God Legend-rate Weapon – Heavenly Lightning Blade + 2]

[Level Limit: None]

[Mastery limit: Lightning mastery SS or above]

Attack Power +1469

Indestructible

Attack speed + 30%

Movement speed + 15%

Lightning type skill’s attack power + 30%

Lightning type training’s efficiency +30%

Lightning type skill’s mana requirement reduced by 20%

*A lightning element blade that was said to be bestowed by an ancient god of lightning to a brave hero who saved the humanity . It significantly amplifies the lightning type skills . The blade was strengthened once by the strengthening stone and another time by Parkers, the God of Blacksmith . The blade demonstrates incredible power . It is rivaling weapons of gods .

The Heavenly Lightning Blade showed off incredible attack power of 941 when it was strengthened for the first time . Now, it was multiplied by 1 . 5, blowing up its stat .

Anyone who could not get excited from seeing this could not be a Player .

This was not the end .

When it came to the blade, it didn’t have another rank to rise to, so its rating stayed as God-Legend . However, as for the Duke Demon Armors set, all of them ranked up from Legendary to God-Legend rate .

‘Where did you get such armors exuding intense evil energies?’

Parkers made a negative comment about them, but it didn’t matter .

It was not like Vulcan was foolish enough to succumb to their evil energies . Everything was good as long as the armors had superb performances .

Vulcan enjoyed looking at his beloved armors and refreshed his mind . He slowly moved away from the Espo City .

Um…”

After completely leaving the city, from a far distance, he looked back .

The city was giant, but from this distance, he could see the entire city in a single view .

‘When I return, will it be in 50 years? 100 years?’

With sentimental eyes, Vulcan looked at the city for a moment . He then turned around and walked forward .

Now, Vulcan was really almost there .

He overcame most of dangers that really threatened his life . Now, he just needed to focus on enlightenments and leveling up .

Vulcan headed to ‘Origin of Evil,’ a hunting ground with 900 – 920 level monsters roaming around freely .

Along with ‘Temple of the Dragon,’ the place was famous for being the hunting ground with most extreme difficulty .

Vulcan’s Demi-god power opposed all evil, hence the place was perfect for him .

‘Well, I’ve heard that no human had made it that far in past 300 years . Is it that tough? Will I be overdoing it a little… I’ll be all right, right?’

Because of the monsters’ deadly stats, not just humans, but most of other beings didn’t dare to set foot in the place .

So, the Origin of Evil only had the most powerful of dragonians and demi-gods . The place was like the heaven above the heaven where only the strongest gathered .

‘It is not heaven above the heaven . It is heaven above heaven above heaven above heaven… Is that about right?’

Of course, that was not going to make Vulcan back down .

On the contrary, Vulcan was excited with anticipation .

The monsters there were not weak ones like the Lava Demon Forces at the cave . They were going to be powerful enough to keep Vulcan’s hands full even if he fought just one .

Just thinking about it made him full of excitements, and the sensation didn’t stop .

Soon, Vulcan was going to feel the thrill from the battles against powerful monsters .

Vulcan was full of motivation, and he arrived at the Origin of Evil in no time . As if he had nothing to look back, he focused on hunting .

His battles were brutal and obsessive as if he was a fanatic of God Powell .

Even after a year, ten years, and twenty years… His passion continued to burn in full force .

Vulcan developed super human patience from completing 100 years of grinding .

Without anyone to talk to, trapped in the cave, Vulcan had to repeat boring tasks for 100 years . Compared to that, this place was no different from the heaven itself .

Like that, Vulcan spent 100 years at the Origin of Evil .

[Demi-God Vulcan]

[930Lv]

Of The Six at the Beloong city, Berunaru was the second most powerful one, and his level was 921 .

After spending 235 years at Act 2, Vulcan obtained power that surpassed even his teacher .