CH 94

[This Is the Way Nouveau Rich Solve Their Problem, Oraaaaaaaaa! Yuri-chan!!!]

“Before we get started, my shitty disciple, I must have you know that I am not living on air. Isn’t it only appropriate for you to first show me your sincerity if you want me to learn my arts?” The hateful Tengu said as he rubbed his hands. The eyes behind his mask were blinded by greed.

–Oh, by the way I’m Yuri-kun, the new disciple of the hateful Tengu, whom everyone may also know as Tengu Hermit!

You’d normally think that hermits were those who had cast away their worldly desires, but this old man started asking for payment out of the get-go! He must be one of those degenerate monks I often heard about!!!

“Well, fine. After I killed the pope and took over his city, I have much more money than I can spend, anyway.”

“You what?! Now I don’t feel like taking your money! It has to be cursed!”

“Well, I’m fine so far, don’t worry so much. Even if, by chance, it is cursed, the money won’t be in my hand by the time it acts up, so it’s not my problem!”

“Just die!”

“By the way, Gramps. Are you really a hermit? I don’t think real hermits would ask for money so bluntly.”

“I don’t want to hear that from an inhumane evildoer like you…!”

Should I kick her out? Tengu Hermit murmured. I couldn’t understand him.

Well, I didn’t plan to stay for long, either. I was going to go home once I learned his arts.

Until I did, I’d stay here even if he didn’t like it.

“…My bad, but there’s someone I gotta beat no matter what. Many people are pinning their hopes on me to be the strongest, too.”

My protegee Seele and Grimm, Zansword, other top players, as well as BSO players who looked up to me.

To meet their expectations, I couldn’t go back without learning his arts.

I must become stronger and defeat Pendragon. Then I’d make the devs shocked speechless by my power.

“So please, Master Tengu. I’ll give you anything you want. So please, help me become stronger.”

“…Hmph. Your Karma Points are beyond redemption, but I admit that you have got fighting spirit.

“—Very well then, as teaching fee and to measure your ability, I order you to bring me some monster materials.” Master Tengu said and a message window appeared in front of me.

It said:

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・Delivery Quest for the master NPC will begin!

By delivering the requested items, you will be able to learn original arts that match the difficulty of obtaining the items!

※However, a rare few NPCs will not teach you their highest level arts unless you meet certain conditions.

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I see, so I just had to give him the items he wanted.

This would be quick, then.

“Item box, open. Now Master, tell me what you want.”

“Hmm, did you prepare some items in advance? It’s pointless. I decide on them based on my mood…

“Then, my disciple, bring me ‘Killer Caterpillar Thread’. Once you did, I will teach you the elementary Tenma School archery art ‘Gale Shot’—”

“Here you go, ‘Killer Caterpillar Thread’.”

“Hmm…?!”

I took out a sticky thread from the item box.

It was slightly acidic according to the description. He sure asked some dangerous shit.

“Hmph, I suppose you have guessed correctly. But don’t think you will be so lucky next time?!”

“Okay, okay. Then how about you just tell me everything you want? After that, you can teach me all your arts at once.”

“What?! …Fine, then bring me ‘Big Bear Cat Claw’, ‘Lightning-Flame Butterfly Scale’, ‘Nostalgic Bird Large Feather’…”

“Here you go.”

“Huh?! W-well, next ‘World Tree Morning Dew’, ‘White Whale Steel Beard’, ‘Divine Lion Jaw’!”

“Here you go.”

“Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh?!?!” Master Tengu screamed hysterically looking at the stack of items in front of him.

He sure was a lively old man.

“H-how?! How did you have all of the items I just thought of on the spot…!”

“Well, you see, I also have a production job and it allowed me to acquire the ‘King of All Things’ skill. With it, I can take out items from my guild’s warehouse through my item box.”

It was the skill I got at the last guild event.

Given that my guild base was a whole city, it was almost like my item box had unlimited capacity.

“As for the items, I robbed them from other players with the ‘Blasphemous Plunderer’ skill. Anyway, what do you want next, Master?”

“Grrr?! T-that’s enough, you shitty disciple! I will teach you all the Tenma School arts up to the intermediate level!”

Master Tengu screamed in disgust. He then picked up his bow and rushed out into the garden, saying, “Follow me!”

Let’s goooo!

Time to learn new arts!