Reader - Chapter 101

Chapter 101

Translator: similarTIGER

Editor: Sotheno

[Summoning Magic Circle C has been destroyed . ]

The notification Soo Hyuk had been waiting for, appeared before him .

‘It’s finally over . ’

Closing the notification, he checked the time .

‘Hmm, it ended faster than I thought . ’

He had expected the quest to take much longer, and they wouldn’t finish until late into the night . However, due to Pavian’s help, the time it took was significantly shortened .

‘I’ll have to stop by the tower . ’

Of course, there was somewhere where he could spend the leftover time, the meeting with Pavian . Soo Hyuk was thinking of using the extra time to meet with the Spire Lord with the extra time .

“You must have suffered because of us!”

Kamian praised .

“Thank you…”

“Thanks . ”

“Thank you!”

After their leader expressed his gratitude, starting from Ketoto, everyone expressed their gratitude .

Naturally, the target of their appreciation was Soo Hyuk .

“No, it was all thanks to your efforts . ”

Soo Hyuk immediately responded to the Koma guild’s thanks, and shortly after, Ketoto, Garen, and K-Cross tore their return talisman’ leaving first . With the three having left, only Soo Hyuk and Kamian remained .

“Soo Hyuk, you have a talisman, right?”

Kamian asked him .

“Yes . ”

Of course, he didn’t possess any return talisman . But he did have a skill equivalent to one, it was his ‘Archmage’s Subspace’ skill .
“Oh, so you have one . ”

Kamian nodded at Soo Hyuk’s answer . Then proceeded to take something out of his inventory .

“Here, take it . ”

Taking out a pouch, Kamian held it out to Soo Hyuk, the pouch clearly contained a large amount of gold in it .

‘‘…”

Soo Hyuk looked at Kamian and the pouch with a curious expression . Why did he pull out a bag of gold?

“First of all, thank you so much . ”

Seeing his expression, Kamian explained .

“If it weren’t for you, we would have given up on this quest a time long ago . ”

What if Soo Hyuk didn’t help them? Then this quest would have never been completed .

“So, a small token for helping us . ”

This pouch was proof of his gratitude .

“You really didn’t need to…”

Taking the pouch, Soo Hyuk smiled, then curiously looked at the contents inside .

“Gosh!”

After checking inside the pouch, Soo Hyuk was surprised .

A pouch full of Gold .

Gold: 10,000

‘10,000 gold?!’

He couldn’t believe the bag held 10,000 gold inside it . He knew that it was 100 won per gold, so he would need 10,000 won for just 100 gold . However, the 10,000 gold he had in his hands was worth 1 million won .

Soo Hyuk thought he would receive at most, a few hundred gold bullion’s . (1) So, he couldn’t help but look at Kamian with puzzled eyes .

“I didn’t help you for something like this…”

He didn’t help them to receive a reward .

“Please accept it . ”

Kamian, who was thinking that Soo Hyuk would return the pouch to him, spoke .

“It’s just a small reward for your help . ”

The quest was quite difficult, neither was it a personal quest, rather it was a guild quest .

He couldn’t compare Soo Hyuk’s help with the 10,000 gold . On the contrary, the benefits that Koma Guild received couldn’t be compared with that gold pouch .

“Let’s stay in contact!”

Kamian said .

Because he wasn’t satisfied with the gift, he had given to Soo Hyuk; Kamian hoped they could meet again later and pay him a little more . As, the golden pouch was all he had on him at the moment .

“…Okay . ”

Soo Hyuk nodded, accepting Kamian’s gift, then put the pouch in his inventory . The gold was automatically added to his current balance; finishing, he closed his inventory and replied to Kamian .

“Then, let’s meet up soon!”

Kamian politely bowed to Soo Hyuk’s words .

“Thank you . ”

Soo Hyuk mirroring the action followed the courtesy .

“Hmm . ”

Soo Hyuk, who was left alone in the underground waterways after Kamian left, once again opened his inventory, and looking at the gold he thought .

‘10,000 gold . ’

What an unexpected amount of reward?!

‘Where to use?’

Soo Hyuk closed his inventory, still thinking about what he could do with such a large amount of money, then he activated his skill .

“Archmage’s Subspace!”

[Transferring to the Archmage’s Subspace . ]

“Should I buy a book?’

Upon arriving in the subspace, Soo Hyuk figured he had no particular need for gold .

‘Yeah, let’s buy a book . ’

Soo Hyuk, who concluded that he would spend his money on books, opened his character window .

[Occupation: Archmage’s Descendant

Level: 199

Experience: 12%

Health: 111600

Mana: 74920

Satiation: 19%

Strength: 40 (+10)

Agility: 35 (+16)

Stamina: 1108 [554 (+10)

Wisdom: 3746 (+10)]

Looking at the character window, Soo Hyuk sighed .

‘It’s a shame . ’

Despite two types of chimera being summoned, he couldn’t reach level 200 .

‘What should I do next?’

‘Where should I raise my level?’

‘Should I go to the Red Mountains?’

The first place that came to mind was the Red Mountains, especially since the ogres residing in the mountains had high levels . Their level was mostly between 200 and 250, so it wouldn’t take long for him to reach the next level .

It would take a similar amount of time to get to the Red Mountains as it would to reach Hadrac . It took almost an hour and a half on foot, and even if he moved quickly, he would take an hour and ten minutes at least .
Soon he arrived at the transportation circle, looking at it, Soo Hyuk thought .

‘I wish I could visit more places with this . ’

What Soo Hyuk regretted about the skill was that whenever he cast the skill he had to remember the coordinates of where he cast it . However, he couldn’t remember everything, so he would note it down .

Since he used the skill at the underground waterways . A permanent magic circle was made near the ‘Chimera Summoning Circle C’ .

Soo Hyuk closed his character window and teleported towards the gate in Hadrac .

Coming out of the Hadrac Teleportation Gate, Soo Hyuk passed by the fellow users and headed towards the mercenary office . Currently, he had two things to do . One was to complete his quest and the other was to meet with Pavian, who was currently at the Hadrac Branch of The Tower of Poison .

‘Let’s finish it and go .

Soo Hyuk headed towards the mercenary thinking of completing his quest first .

〈The Troubled Underground Waterway〉

In the underground sewers of Hadrac, chimeras suddenly began appearing in the waterways . Ian and Alex made the decision to clean up the underground waterways, but the chimeras were strong and possessed powerful poison . In the end, the expedition failed, and the most they could achieve was to prevent the chimeras from escaping . Clean the underground waterways of the chimeras and identify their source!

[Chimera Summoning Circle A: 1 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle B: 1 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle C: 1 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle D: 1 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle E: 1 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Circle F: 1 / 1]

[Chimera: 282 / ??? ]

[Quest reward: S-Rank Promotion, ??? ]

Soo Hyuk, who opened the quest window, looked at the and wondered .

‘What reward will I receive?’

There were two rewards mentioned, one being promotion to the S-Rank while the other ‘???’ was left unknown .

‘I’m already an S-Rank . ’

He knew what rank he would be, but was curious about the other reward that was marked with question marks .

‘Is it related to the number of chimeras I killed?’

He was wondering if there was any connection between the number of chimeras he killed and the reward he received . Since there was a bar counting the amount he killed, his thoughts were valid .

Soo Hyuk, who was walking as he looked at the quest window, soon arrived at the mercenary office .

So he closed the quest window and went straight to the second floor .

Upon arriving on the second floor, Soo Hyuk moved for one of the empty counters and sat down as he took out his mercenary token .

The NPC in charge, checked the token and looked at Soo Hyuk in surprise .

“Sir, could you hold on for a moment?”

The NPC, with the token at his hand, stammered .

“Sure . ”

As soon as he answered, the NPC got up from his seat and walked away .

‘Is he going notifying them of my presence?’

Where the NPC headed towards was to inform the heads of the Rime and Drek Guilds, Ian and Alex .

Thak! Thak!

The NPC, who disappeared for a while, returned . Looking around the NPC told Soo Hyuk in a quiet voice .

“Sir, let me guide you . ”

Getting up from his seat, Soo Hyuk followed behind the NPC . After a while, he was told to enter a room, supposedly where Ian and Alex were present .

“I’ve brought Soo Hyuk . ”

The NPC shouted with the knock, to announce their presence and stepped aside . Soo Hyuk passed by the NPC, opened the door and went inside .

“Hello . ”

As soon as he stepped inside, he was about to greet both guild masters of the Rime and Drek Guild, Ian and Alex . However, only Alex was inside the room; it seemed Ian was out .

“Hey, I got the report that you were in the underground waterways . ”

Alex, without beating around the bush, said . He was wondering why the man who was reported to have entered the underground waterways for less than a day, was standing in front of him .

“We’ve cleared out all of the chimera in the underground waterways . ”

Soo Hyuk too, went straight to the point .

“What? All of them?”

Alex had no choice but to ask . Less than a day! Not even a full day had passed since he entered the underground waterways . Such a reaction from Alex was obvious .

“Yes, there were summoning circles that summoned the chimeras, but they were destroyed alongside the chimeras . ”

Saying that Soo Hyuk also added, “And thanks to that, even if Ian is absent, the other half of the quest can be completed with you . ”

‘Huh, did you do some kind of magic?’

[You’ve completed the quest ]

Just as Alex was about to ask Soo Hyuk if he was serious, he received a message . He along with Soo Hyuk was notified that the quest had been completed . But, it wasn’t just that message, Soo Hyuk received another one .

[Acquire Reward]

It was the message about the obtaining of the reward .

“What kind of reward…?”

Soo Hyuk, who was wondering about what kind of reward he would receive, stopped thinking as soon as additional windows popped up .

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

There were several notifications confirming he had leveled up .

‘Was that the reward?’

He was curious about those question marks, but apparently his questions were solved as soon as he completed the quest . They were ‘Experience’ . Looking at the notifications, he was sure .

‘I have leveled up . ’

There were three level-up notifications that appeared .

Before the messages, Soo Hyuk’s level was at 199 and now it has reached 202 . His goal was to reach 200, so now he had no reason for hunting .