Chapter 69: Akshan’s Legacy (3)

Chapter 69: Akshan’s Legacy (3)

Chapter 69. Akshans Legacy (3)

[Quest: Breaking the Trap].

Avoid the elaborate traps and reach the portal.

You will be rewarded according to your rank.

Current Rank

1st : 1:01

2nd place: 4 minutes, 41 seconds

3rd place: 4 minutes, 50 seconds

The [Trap Breaker] quest.

The reward for that rank.

It was a reward that would directly help me in the next quest, the [Tournament] quest.

A small mechanical device caught my eye when I checked my inventory.

[Quernberg Rising Lever Level 3]

[Rank: Unique]

[Limitations: None]

[Effect : When used in a tournament, earn 9 points].

[Description: An elevation device that can be used in the center of the Quernberg Machine Tower. When combined with a mechanical device, it can be used to ascend three floors in one fell swoop. It looks simple, but its quite a bit of work].

Winning, and winning by three!

Considering that the goal of the [Tournament] quest is 30 points.

The effectiveness of the item was pretty amazing.

But I wasnt fooled.

This is the reward for being alone?

What do you do with 9 points?

Every team Im going to face is going to be three people.

Even if I gave them points, I was sure to forget them.

So I started thinking.

Im going to go all the way.

Im not going to waste anything.

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Just like my motto.

I didnt even bother to read the message in the description.

It looks simple, but it contains a lot of technology.

If I were Lee Ho-yeol, I would have passed it by.

Id take a quick look at the mechanism.

I would have thought, Its more complicated than it looks.

But not Grandfell.

If he opened a magic book.

Id stay up all night to get to the end of it.

He would not stop training until he was exhausted.

Does Grandfells physical body just pass by after seeing this explanation?

Interesting.

It cant be true.

It was.

I picked up [Quernberg Rising Lever Level 3].

I didnt use the item right away.

I stood upright on the mechanism.

From that position, he began to explore.

Intricate circuits. Exquisite technical skills to realize them.

Such was Grandfells talent and aesthetic.

Wow.

Whoever the creator was, this was no ordinary object.

If it were any other object, the search would be over quickly.

But as I said, the lever was extremely complex and sophisticated.

Dozens of different types of minerals.

The design of each part was so perfect it gave me goosebumps.

Its a great tool.

After a long search.

That was my assessment.

I could hardly believe how focused I was.

If it hadnt been for the consolation prize system, I would have been eliminated.

I was so focused on the lever that I didnt have a proper response.

But it was good to be good.

Anyway, I made it through the navigation process.

Thanks to you.

Ive been waiting for you.

Formality.

It means youre confident enough to greet the other person.

The source of that confidence?

Simple.

Ive got the basic structure and circuitry figured out.

Its in the manifestation of magic.

Ive completed the most laborious part of the search.

I could now interfere with the Quernberg machine tower.

Just as I could interfere with a rock that had completed its search.

I could interfere with the mechanical devices that I could see.

In other words.

I see you dont intend to say hello.

I dont know whats giving you that look.

Youve made a big mistake.

You rejected my polite greeting.

Grandfells response to a lack of manners.

My attitude towards quest rewards.

A moment of agreement.

There was no hesitation on my part.

I raised my magic.

In the end, victory or defeat is only as good as the cog in the center. Its a fight, but its not a fight that ends with the cog.

What are my chances of losing if I interfere with the machine tower?

Why not just build a machine wall and take it?

To be honest, Im not sure.

I admit defeat.

But what?

Hes just going to surrender?

I was dumbfounded.

What, some kind of team conflict?

His expression was serious.

Maybe there was a reason, but it was none of my business.

I respect that decision.

I hope he changes his mind.

I grabbed the cogs.

Until then, I was still half-hearted.

Clack!

Yeeeeeeeee!

I watched the other teams machinery descend.

I checked the quest window and realized.

Current Victory Points (W: +3p / L: -2p)

1st place: 18p

2nd : 13p

Then Roxs eyes changed.

Still, its probably too soon to give up.

Its ?

The rule is to get 30 points first.

There was a giant wall of favoritism above me.

It didnt mean we had to break it down.

Why, you could just as easily knock out the other team for three points.

I wondered if Rox had gotten the memo.

The team recovered from their shock.

Yes, because Lee Ho-yeol is bound to be waiting for us!

At least one team.

Until the other team reached the same point.

Ho-yeol would have no choice but to stay put and wait.

Rox was going to take advantage of that system.

Rox grinned at his teammates.

Its unfair, isnt it? Were the only ones who feel his fear.

It is. I couldnt put it into words. It was.

How can you say hello in that situation!

Yes, the game is over with at least 27 points.

But only with one game to go.

I need a strategy.

The moment Ho-yeol faces the team that won 27 points.

They also face another team that won 27 points.

They win before Ho-yeol does.

They reach 30 points before Ho-yeol does.

This is the easiest way. No, this is the only way.

Expect to win against Ho-yeol.

It seemed easier to coordinate the other teams points.

Rox raised his sword.

Ah, no! Mr. Rox. We dont intend to fight to the death!

I asked a question, not an answer, and he drew his sword.

Panicked, the players threw up their hands.

Rox didnt budge.

Last chance.

He had guessed Ho Yeols level.

He realized that competing with Ho Yeol was pointless.

No matter what crack, no matter what raid.

It would be impossible to outperform him.

Maybe this is my last chance to get ahead of him.

Pot!

I cant miss that precious opportunity.

Rox rushed towards the cogs.

But Rox doesnt realize it.

9 points in one fell swoop.

[the Quernberg Rising Lever].

All he needed was three points.

was only three points.

And at the same time.

Its a shame, because you must have worked hard to get up there.

And the fact that Ho Yeol got the last cog!

.

.

.

As I had hoped, I had won.

A wall of machines blocked the players movements.

I reached for the cogs.

, Ho-yeol. Ho-yeol Lee, are you sure youre alone?

Yes.

Uh, how did you get here alone?!

Formality and procedure must be observed.

?!!

He had surrendered before.

This time, the players didnt go ballistic.

They just had the same look on their faces, like they saw it coming.

The result would have been the same anyway.

Well, even if they did, they wouldnt have been able to take down the mechanical wall.

It was an alloy wall made of dozens of different minerals.

It is incomparably harder than a stone wall.

Twenty-one points.

I didnt hesitate.

[Quernberg Rising Lever Level 3].

Coupled the lever to the mechanism.

Clunk!

Pull the lever.

Shhhhhhhh!

The mechanism began to ascend at a frightening speed.

At the same time, the quest window flashed.

[Quest: Tournament]

A scaffolding that moves based on victory or defeat.

Win, earn 30 points and be the first to reach the upper level.

Current Victory Points (Win: +3p / Lose: -2p)

1st place: 30p

2nd place: 16p

3rd place: 15p

[You have met the conditions].

How much faster is this thing going to get, anyway?

Its a gyrodrop, what is it?

How high and how fast is it going to go?

Its deafening, isnt it?!

Of course, he was impressed, but he didnt show it.

The pinnacle of technological brilliance.

Yes, its better to bluff than to gag.

I was thinking to myself.

Suddenly, the scene changed.

!

Like looking through a glass window.

I could see the outside of the Quernberg Machine Tower.

The sight was as bizarre as ever.

But I knew it.

A strange sight.

But that was reality and Arcana.

It was a mixture of both worlds.

So I realized.

Thats the continent of Arcana?

Nam Chul-min, Hakuna, and Baek Yisul.

Why the real world was full of demons.

At that moment, quest windows flashed.

Two of them.