CH 293

“I-Igor, you- Chiyou-nim will not forgive you for being rude like this-“

The attacker’s, Igor’s, expression, contorted for a moment.

To think that even such a piss-poor user ignored him. This is why he didn’t like this group.

Those with low levels, and with even weaker skills, believe in only one leader, and even that leader was an idiot who serves a weak and cowardly woman!

“Blood-”

Swiiiiit, kuwak-!

As Igor was about to suck the user’s blood, a shuriken flew at high speed. It was aimed at Igor’s face, but the giant caught it in between his teeth.

“…… What is this, Igor?”

The person who threw the shuriken was Sasuke. He didn’t throw it to kill him, but he didn’t feel very good when his own shuriken was blocked so effortlessly.

“Thwek! I have nothing to say to that rat bastard. If you don’t want me to blow up your hideout, call her right away.”

Igor spat out the shuriken, threw the player he was holding, and walked toward Sasuke.

His attitude seemed to say that it didn’t matter to him if there were knights, how many there were, and the PK penalties.

‘As expected, a person who has nothing to lose is the most…’

Sasuke’s face wriggled at Igor’s attitude toward Chiyou, but he did not react in particular.

It was because if the third-ranked Berserker started rampaging, this place could really turn into chaos. Other rankers wouldn’t do it for the sake of saving face, but Igor didn’t care.

That thought blocked Sasuke from making any hasty actions.

“I will call Oka-san, so please wait inside.”

“You have 3 minutes.”

Two people who used to need each other but could never like each other stood face to face. Sasuke looked up at Igor for a moment before opening his mouth.

“And like I said earlier……. If you treat her carelessly, you will never be accepted by our organization.”

“Kyahahaha, you’re talking like a wet blanket! You cowardly Japanese bastard.”

Igor kicked the furniture installed and entered the room without hesitation. Looking at the Berserker’s back, Sasuke gritted his teeth for a moment. If he was prepared to die, he might be able to fight him. If only Czar was not with him. Perhaps he could finish Igor off with a surprise attack.

‘After that, if Czar rushes in- no, Oka-san wouldn’t like it. At least not right now.’

It was incomprehensible to Sasuke that she did not dislike Igor’s action and unexpectedness. In the end, Sasuke gave up and went to report to Chiyo.

After a while, Chiyou appeared in a fancy costume.

She had a frown for a moment, but her expression quickly straightened. With a professional smile on her face, she met Igor.

“I wonder what’s going on. This isn’t what I asked for, is it? It’s enough to talk through a whisper-”

Shhhhh

Igor’s frame shifted in an instant. As if teleportation, Igor’s fingernails turned red and grew longer.

“Were you trying to kill me?”

“Oho, I don’t think you have to do this. If you come to someone else’s house, you should be polite. No matter how ignorant you may be, isn’t there an etiquette in Russia as well?” (The etiquette in Russia is that you kill those who try to kill you, lol)

“Shut up and answer me. I asked if you were trying to kill me.”

Compared to his harsh words and actions, Igor’s eyes were calm.

It was natural for Igor and Czar, who had only heard about the Three Musketeers, to think this way. However, Chiyou also did not know all the information perfectly, so she understood Igor’s reaction to some extent

However, why does the ignorant giant in front of him react this much?

‘Hmm, as expected, there must have been something there. What happened? Something entertaining must have happened for you to be here…”

Chiyou did not panic when she saw Igor’s fingernails grow toward her neck. After calmly organizing her thoughts, she just needed to say a word.

“Should I request the fulfillment of the [Contract]? I don’t know what’s going on either, so don’t do anything rash and tell me what happened. If you want to face us, we won’t avoid it, but I am warning you in advance because I don’t think those in “Czar” will like it.”

Czar was a guild in Middle Earth that Igor could control like his own limb.

Even though, strictly speaking, Igor did not belong to Czar. One reason for this is that in the virtual world of ‘Middle Earth’, where real capital and information is concentrated, it was needed for competent people to be able to secretly lead it and to push it towards a greater goal.

Most of the Czar’s personnel were obliged to obey Igor’s words, but those who tried to command and lead the Czar from outside did not.

Chiyou touched on that point.

“…… Damned bitch……. Good. I’ll trust that it’s not your fault.”

“Ohoho, okay, it’s good to trust each other. Right, so tell me what happened?”

Chiyou certainly was not an ordinary user.

Igor had no choice but to release his anger, since their rankings did not differ that much. Shortening his fingernail, Igor sat down on the sofa again.

“A man appeared.”

“Human?”

“Right. Not a ranker. I don’t even know his name.”

“What did he look like?”

“He had a 19th century English suit. The bastard had a disgusting blue beard, find out where such a powerful person appeared from and tell me everything you can uncover.”

Chiyou’s eyes widened for a moment at the words blue beard but showed no further reaction.

“Was he strong?”

“…… Kuhahahaha, that’s why I came. If I can drink his blood, I would be able to kill both Alexander and Lee Jiwon in one shot. There’s a high possibility that he is an outsider, so start digging from there.”

Igor knew very well that he had no chance of winning in a 1-on-1 fight. But there was no such thing as impossible in this world. Everyone has a weakness, and if he attacked his weakness, he could deal with him himself.

As Chiyou listened to Igor’s words, she understood the value of ‘Bluebeard’ in an instant.

How strong was Igor, who refused to acknowledge even those who were a higher level than himself, to the extent that he would say this?

‘As expected of a Fragment of the Demon King……. Besides, to be rated like this, I guess I should focus on this rather than Ha Leeha for the time being? There’s a possibility that he could be connected to Ha Leeha anyway.’

In other words, Chiyo quickly topped the classification system according to the size of its influence. She knew how to prioritize and work. Quickly organizing her thoughts, she looked at Igor and nodded.

“Okay. If I find out about that user, I will tell you everything. Ah, what about Ha Leeha, Kidd, and Luger? Anything special happened?”

Chiyou was Chiyou in the end.

Even if information about Bluebeard came, Igor would not hear it. Bluebeard is not a user.

This is one of her specialties.

She smiled cautiously and listened as Igor unravelled the story about the Three Musketeers.

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“Hmm…… it isn’t here either? Well, if it was in a place like this, Luger or Kidd would have already found it.”

Creaaak, as Leeha pushed the old stone door closed again and exited the dungeon. There was no way Kaztor’s laboratory would appear in a level 100 dungeon.

Two days had passed since he reported to Browless about Crolang.

After hearing that Bluebeard had appeared, Browless was silent for a moment. No more additional quests happened. 

All he said was that he would go to Ezwen for a while to report on the Fragment of the Demon King. Therefore, the Three Musketeers had some free time now.

‘I was going to finish Kaztor’s quest while I had time… and Luger and Kidd seem to be doing the same. Still, it’s hard even if there is an additional clue, which is ‘human’.’

Leeha was in the process of moving his feet, wondering if there would be a hiding place in the dungeon where people would go to quite often.

“Phew, there wasn’t much of a reward……. Anyway, the titles are good, the three musketeers, the descendants of heroes, and so on. It only makes me suffer.”

After completing the Crolang quest, he received Continental Reputation, and a title – Lookout, but those things were not very important to him. In fact, the effects were not very good.

‘It’s a relief that I got to know a little bit about Luger, and that I got closer to Kidd. Should I get closer to Luger in the future-…… Is it even possible? Keung.’

Rather, it was good for Leeha to do the Three Musketeers quest together with the other members of the Three Musketeers and get to know them a little more.

Although the quest ended before they had originally intended, a day spent in a life-and-death struggle was worth more than 7 days doing nothing.

‘The title is not much anyway. I didn’t have any expectations from the beginning, but…’

[Title: Peeker(B)]

Your eyes see through the inside as well.

Effect: You can figure out the information of the target

(Cannot figure out when prohibition scroll is used)

‘If you’re going to do this, you should give it as an achievement instead of a title. Titles don’t overlap.’

It was said that he could figure out the level, stats, and number of achievements, but the tip attached at the end was fatal. This is because users who have reached a certain level hide their information anyway. Therefore, Leeha did not change his title, and still used ‘Fearless’.

He was glad, though.

Because there were still additional rewards other than those listed.

‘Heuheu, I thought the 10 stat points were mine, but-!’

[Achievement: Enemy of the Northern Trolls(B+)]

Congratulations! You have defeated Crolang, the chief of the northern trolls. Your skill at slaying large monsters is admirable! The trolls are enraged at those who killed Crolang, the king and father of the northern trolls. Now that it’s like this, all that’s left is a life-and-death decision, right?

Reward: Strength +10, Agility +5,

Additional damage when attacked by large monsters +10%

Additional damage when attacking large monsters +5%

You are the third one to register for the [Enemy of the Northern Trolls].

The first three registrants of the achievement will be recorded in the hall of fame, and an additional 200% of the existing effect will be applied.

Effect: Strength +20, Agility +10,

Additional damage when attacked by large monsters +20%

Additional damage when attacking large monsters +10%

Kidd and Luger also received the achievement. Even the hall of fame. In other words, the Three Musketeers were amicably elevated to the hall of fame.

Leeha and Luger liked it because of the agility, but Kidd liked it for another reason as well. 15% additional attack power when attacking large monsters!

‘However, the additional damage when hit is 30%, so it can be regarded as the best achievement for melee dealers, but…’

Who were the Three Musketeers?

In fact, even in the previous battle, the northern trolls didn’t hit even one of them. The Three Musketeers were talented people who ignore the penalty of their skills and only take out the benefits.

As for large monsters, Kidd, who did not have a single target of his, killed in one shot during the battle with the trolls, liked it even more. After all, it should be able to help close the gap with Luger, even by a little.

‘He was so proud of himself while scratching his chin pretending to be embarrassed. He should be thinking that [Crimson Geckos] would be more active now.’

Leeha smiled as he thought of Kidd. And he looked at another achievement that he hadn’t told the two of them about.

[Achievement: One Shot, One Kill! — King of the Northern Trolls(A)]

Congratulations! Crolang, the King of the Northern Trolls, had been defeated in one blow! You who enjoy becoming the light in a cloudy Middle Earth. We ask that you continue to work harder for humanity. Before that time comes, I hope you become even a little stronger……

Reward: Strength +8, Agility +8

You are the first registrant of the achievement [One Shot, One kill – King of the Northern Troll]. The first three registrants of the achievement will be recorded in the hall of fame, and an additional 200% of the existing effect will be applied.

Effect : Strength +16, Agility +16

“Wow……! Luger’s bullets didn’t even do any damage!”

Right. Luger’s attack was deflected by Crolang’s weapon. Therefore, his damage was counted as 0. In the meantime, Leeha’s bullet pierced Crolang’s neck and killed him.

‘I’ll keep this a secret for the rest of my life.’

Even the 10 stats points he had put into agility would have sparked jealousy in Kidd and Luger’s eyes. However, if Leeha said that he got the one-shot achievement, he didn’t know what kind of disaster he would suffer. As Leeha left the dungeon, he heard a whisper that made his head dizzy.

-Are you not coming? You don’t need the money anymore, right?

It was an angry and scolding tone of voice as if looking for an argument. However, it was somehow still said in a friendly manner.

After confirming Ram Hwayeon’s location, Leeha activated his crystal ball instead of answering. 

After a while, he disappeared near the entrance of the dungeon and appeared inside Castle Dale. To be exact, it was a place where only a few people could enter in through Castle Dale.

“There’s no way I wouldn’t get my cut of the profits-”

“Kyaaaaak!”