Chapter 67 – Akshan’s Legacy (1)

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There’s no way the noble Granfel-nim.

Would consider the trouble or sincerity of visiting.

‘Regardless of who that is.’

Inazuma.

Although they had come down below Gaon now.

For a long time, it was a prestigious guild that maintained a top spot in the guild rankings.

Hisagi Kazuma?

A staggering 6th place in the Player rankings.

Even his level was higher than Nam Tae-min next to me.

The early days of the Cataclysm.

The sight of him defeating a monster that appeared in Tokyo with a single spear was still vividly remaining in my memory.

Everyone is completely shocked

Right, they seemed incredibly surprised by my words.

But there is nothing I can do either.

If I cared about things like that.

‘I wouldn’t have turned away the Mage Tower’s Senior Mages at the door in the first place.’

Who are the Seniors of the Mage Tower?

Let alone Players, they are powerhouses to the extent of being difficult to compare even with Granfel.

It means I have the experience of making even such Senior Mages make Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage……!

“I have committed a discourtesy.”

Did he perhaps notice my stubbornness?

Hisagi bowed his head once again and then spoke.

“In that case, tomorrow. May we visit at this time?”

Tomorrow, he says.

While making time wasn’t a difficult task.

Would there be a particular need for me to meet them.

‘I can roughly guess that purpose.’

Inazuma had declared not only to cut their link with the Japanese government but also to leave Japan. Hisagi must be thinking of the Yusra Kingdom as a new settlement.

‘If it’s that purpose.’

Rather than me, it is right to meet Hakuna, the King of Yusra.

Because I am the one holding the ‘Authority’ regarding the Yusra Kingdom, that is.

Actually, the level of Inazuma’s entry screening.

It wouldn’t be a problem even if I processed it with my authority.

However, as I said, there are procedures to everything.

“Rather than me, it would be better for you to converse with King Hakuna.”

Right, because the Yusra Kingdom was ruled by Hakuna.

I only used that ‘Authority’ precisely when Hakuna asked for help.

Like the time with the Shadow Mercenaries, you see.

“……Thank you for that consideration.”

“Thank you!”

“……Wow shit, look at how polite they are.”

Everyone bows silently again

The Inazuma Guild members bowing their heads politely.

Just like how Nam Tae-min clicked his tongue.

It wouldn’t be a sight one can see easily.

Of course, since I was considering that burdensome greeting as satisfactory.

Really, I wondered if this is how it feels to become a boss of some organization.

“Did they turn over a new leaf? How did those snake eyes become like that?”

Now that we passed Inazuma.

For some reason, Nam Tae-min was enjoying himself.

That could be the case too.

Gaon and Inazuma.

South Korea and Japan.

Similar guild rankings.

Down to the levels of the Guild Masters.

Because they could be said to be destined rivals.

“If only Ho-yeol-ssi wasn’t here! I would have given them a piece of my mind. I am very confident when it comes to scraping the insides of those Inazuma bastards! Ah, but if Ho-yeol-ssi wasn’t here, those guys wouldn’t have bowed their heads either……?”

It seems a lot had piled up indeed.

A brief moment of listening silently to Nam Tae-min’s story.

I arrived in front of the rift.

“Is the Recommended Level for real?”

“I don’t know what it is but the experience points will be certain.”

“Still, since it’s a rift, wouldn’t it be worth a challenge for us too?”

There was a large crowd gathered.

Even Players and Arcanists.

Looking at that atmosphere……. Some Players seem to have already entered the rift?

The sight of them stepping forward to protect the Yusra Kingdom is very desirable.

[Quernberg Mechanical Tower]

[Recommended Level : Lv.400]

[Collapse Progression : 0.1%]

……More than that, your livers have popped out of your bellies, everyone?

The Recommended Level cannot be more concise than this.

No more, no less, exactly level 400.

I was surprised enough by just that but.

Nam Tae-min added an explanation.

“Quernberg Mechanical Tower. Once, I pondered a lot by myself about what the hell that is. Now we can finally sightsee its interior!”

Quernberg Mechanical Tower.

Those were towers built all over the Arcana continent.

There wasn’t anyone among NPCs who knew of its existence accurately either.

It wasn’t like there were quests related to it either.

There wasn’t a method to open the firmly closed entrance either.

So among Players.

It seemed there were also folks who inwardly anticipated it like Nam Tae-min.

“Hyung-nims. Who am I? I will definitively broadcast the interior of the Mechanical Tower even if I have to sacrifice this one body. Now, so before going in, at least the price for a bowl of spicy beef soup…….”

To the extent that Netubbers flocked to it.

The Mechanical Towers that soared all over the continent.

There was a reason why rifts of the same name generated all over the world.

Of course, the important thing wasn’t reasons and such.

The steps of formal shoes striding forward unhesitatingly.

The gazes focusing on the sound of those shoes.

But to me in this moment, the important thing.

Wasn’t something like Players’ interest.

Quernberg Mechanical Tower?

No, it didn’t matter what it was.

As I said.

“An unauthorized illegal building cannot be tolerated.”

If procedures aren’t followed, there is no choice but to show an example.

[You have entered the Quernberg Mechanical Tower.]

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“……It’s a dreary scenery.”

Nam Tae-min opened his mouth.

‘By the way, to think he would accompany me into the rift.’

For me, there was no reason to refuse.

Because for me, whose [Natural Enemy] didn’t activate, a level 400 appropriate rift was burdened in truth.

But it’s not like we formed a party either, right?

So it’s not like I’m owing a debt either.

‘It’s just that Nam Tae-min followed me voluntarily.’

I shamelessly opened my mouth.

“Indeed, it is a phenomenal scenery.”

As stated, it was a [『Phenomenon』] scenery.

Between the complex mechanical devices and cogwheels.

The sight of the Yusra Islands briefly visible.

First of all, monsters were nowhere to be seen.

“……So the interior looked like this.”

“But why is there so little here? It’s desolate?”

“Don’t loosen your tension. We don’t know when they’ll pop out.”

Sniff-sniff

Nam Tae-min flared his nostrils.

A Barbarian, he must be utilizing his developed sense of smell.

Nam Tae-min tilted his head.

“……What, not even a smell of blood?”

Above all, things like an entrance or exit couldn’t be seen.

Not even things like stairs heading to the next floor.

‘……It’s definitely strange.’

Just as much as I sensed something amiss.

Other Players also felt that it was unusual.

It was then.

Chweeeek!

The stopped cogwheels began to rotate making a loud noise.

Ruuuumble!

Stepping feet shaking from that impact.

Players stumbling upon losing their balance.

“Loud.”

Of course, there wasn’t a bit of shaking for me.

The dignity ruling the physical body.

The ingrained formality made me maintain a straight posture even in this situation.

Even setting that aside, wasn’t I the one who began to go up and down the Mage Tower’s dizzying stairs as if nothing happened?

“To think you’re playing a prank from the start.”

Thanks to that, with my head held high rigorously.

I was able to observe the situation.

‘……Hold on.’

Watching it, I’m gradually getting a feel for this.

Nam Tae-min, who was looking around, flinched.

“Something seems to have changed into very sharp cogwheels?”

It was just as he said.

From the walls, mechanical devices with menacing appearances protruded out.

Players shouted.

“Don’t tell me, a trap?!”

“Crazy. I’ve never seen such massive traps!!”

“……Wait a minute, isn’t that a portal over there?”

The opposite end.

A vivid blue light soaring up.

‘Looking at the degree of Search, Interference, and Manifestation…….’

That’s a magic tool, meaning a portal utilizing an item indeed.

Although it seemed there was a difference from the Mage Tower’s portal in its interference process.

I could tell the effect was identical.

By the way.

Its method might be different but it means it’s at a level similar to the Mage Tower, right, that?

What is this, this Mechanical Tower.

However, the only one who noticed that fact would be me.

Signs of excitement were evident in the Players.

“Looking roughly, it seems we just have to break through the traps and reach that portal?”

As if fueling that excitement.

A quest window popped up before our eyes.

[Quest : Breakthrough the Traps]

Dodge the intricate traps and reach the portal.

According to that ranking, a reward will follow.

─Current Ranking

●1st : None

●2nd : None

●3rd : None

“Ho-Ho-yeol-ssi! Did Ho-yeol-ssi also receive the quest?!”

“Breakthrough the Traps, it definitely popped up.”

“So that’s how it is. Quernberg Mechanical Tower was a competition concept!”

Quests, and rewards are always welcome.

The reactions of the Players including Nam Tae-min were also understandable.

But I was feeling it.

Quernberg Mechanical Tower.

The unusual feeling felt from this space.

Above all, those traps weren’t unfamiliar.

To be precise.

It was a subject so familiar to the extent of skipping the 『Exploration』 process.

‘Everything is made of silver.’

Sharp cogwheels.

Loaded arrowheads.

All of them were ‘Silver()’.

I recalled the characteristics of silver.

Although I was free from durability now thanks to 『Reversal Magic』.

Before that, I was someone who spared the use of silver weapons.

Because the durability of silver weapons was terrible.

‘Unless there’s a special reason, there’s no reason to use them.’

Right, silver was a special mineral.

Unless it’s a special case.

A mineral with not even the slightest reason to be used.

The reason why I used such silver weapons?

That’s because I was a Demon Hunter.

Because silver was exactly one of the fatal weaknesses of demons.

To me who knows that fact.

Those traps couldn’t help but look questionable.

‘There’s only one reason to make traps out of silver.’

Right, those were traps to slay a ‘Demon’.

The moment I realized that fact.

The quest window blinked once again.

“……!”

This time it was a class quest.

[Class Quest : Akshan’s Legacy]

The beacon of survival has been definitively relayed.

The last Demon Hunter.

Reclaim your legacies lost by evil.

─Train your weakened physical body. (Repeat)

─Investigate the final battle weapon, the Quernberg Mechanical Tower. (Ongoing)

I knew it!

Didn’t I say there would be something?

But, wait a minute.

‘……Something is weird?’

The strange sense of incongruity felt.

Right, to think the Quernberg Mechanical Tower is Akshan’s final battle weapon and legacy……. The Akshan base in my memory had nothing to its name, completely destitute……!

‘If we had something like this, the Players wouldn’t have run away either!’

The Akshan base whose only thing to flaunt was a hungry spirit.

If there was something this fancy, shouldn’t you have showed it earlier?

Players didn’t quit the Demon Hunter even to the point of deleting their accounts for no reason.

‘If you did, they would have been less lonely.’

So the question didn’t disappear.

Above all, it was because Granfel’s talent recognized it.

The Quernberg Mechanical Tower.

The technological capability one realizes right from its entrance.

Although it was a technological capability developed differently from the Mage Tower.

Because it meant it was so great that one could dare compare it to the Mage Tower.

‘So the method to solve this question is…….’

In the end, it means there is only one way.

Investigating the Quernberg Mechanical Tower.

If I progress the quest, the question will naturally be unraveled.

Thus, at this moment, what I have to do was simple.

“I will go first.”

Passing the traps visible ahead.

Reaching the portal on the opposite side.

If I record an excellent ranking in that process?

Well, it’s good killing two birds with one stone.

‘Whatever it is, a reward is given they say.’

Regardless, formal shoes with a suit.

No matter who looks at it, it’s attire not appropriate for passing through traps.

However, it doesn’t matter.

As I said.

The mechanical devices visible ahead are all made of silver.

To me, to the extent of even skipping the exploration process.

It meant they were a familiar subject.

Because of that.

Tap

With these kinds of traps.

It meant they couldn’t even touch a single hair on me.

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Quernberg Mechanical Tower.

The quest and traps that popped up abruptly.

That wasn’t something that happened only in the rift of the Yusra Kingdom.

The [Quernberg Mechanical Tower Rift] generated all over the world.

The same quest had popped up for all Players who entered those places.

“A reward is given according to the ranking?”

“To exactly top 3? Wow, that’s intense.”

“The competition won’t be a joke, will it?”

Lining up countless Players into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places.

Even with just that fact, it was sufficiently enough to draw attention.

Rising viewership ratings.

The number of viewers of Netubbers rising in real-time was the evidence for that.

However.

“Ehh, but this isn’t fair, is it?”

Separately from that, there were also folks who lost interest before the trap breakthrough even began.

Because the result looked obvious without even deliberately having to watch.

“It will probably just stamp rankings in order of high Agility stat. Well.”

Although the method of breaking through traps will differ according to the class.

It was natural that Players with high Agility stats are advantageous in recording high rankings.

Advancing while blocking traps with shields or magic.

Advancing while just dodging them.

Since there was bound to be a difference between the two.

In that sense, in the chat windows.

Names of several Players were already being discussed.

-Our Camilla noona’s time to shine has come lolol

-If Nam Tae-min uses Berserk won’t it be unpredictable again? lol

-But where is Rox and what is he doing? Really don’t know

-Fr lol It’s the most advantageous quest for him but he’s not to be seen

-He bet all his money on Camilla lolol Let’s go with the safe bet

However, until that chat window became unified.

It didn’t take that long of a time.

Because shortly after, a record popped up on the Players’ quest window.

─Current Ranking

●1st : 1 Minute 01 Seconds

●2nd : 4 Minutes 41 Seconds

●3rd : 4 Minutes 50 Seconds

Merely a little over 1 minute.

An overwhelming record a whopping 3 minutes and 40 seconds ahead of 2nd place.

The owner of that record was being spammed in the chat window.

-Just Homen

-Just Homen

-Just Homen……!