Chapter 12

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Translated by Jinmu

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– Oh.

– Let’s go quickly.

– Awesome.

– Please broadcast until the slimes come out.

The viewers who had no relation to Atsbel’s quest responded enthusiastically.

Han-bit turned his gaze to Yeon-woo.

“Let’s go. Just ignore the useless messages.”

“Ah, yes. But you aren’t going to push through the main story? You know I saved it to do it with you, right?”

“That’s for later. I’m going to get skills first.”

“Ah, wait a minute! Let’s go together!”

As he immediately moved his steps, Yeon-woo urgently followed behind.

‘… Quite a lot of them attached themselves.’

Walking inside the city, Han-bit noticed the players following from afar.

There were also quite a few who had formed parties.

‘It’s been a while here too.’

Heading near the entrance, Han-bit stood in front of a large house made of wood.

“The NPC for Archery is identically the same?”

“The rest are the same too. You prove it all with your skills anyway.”

Creak.

Opening the door, Han-bit walked inside.

The spacious interior was divided in two.

One side was a place filled with monster materials.

The opposite was a living quarter.

“What’s this, a customer?”

[Hunter Rikner]

The muscular, rugged master looked exactly the same as in his memory.

Standing squarely in front, Han-bit spoke confidently.

“I came to learn some Archery.”

“Really? Do you have some grit?”

– The grit fanatic appears.

– Grit (bowel) fanatic.

– If you say ‘I don’t have any’, he kicks you out.

– He seriously made me shoot the bow so f*cking much.

The viewers poured out their respective experiences.

“I have grit. But isn’t skill more important?”

“You speak well.”

The hunter smirked as if amused.

“The test is simple.”

Ding.

[Quest]

To learn Archery, you must pass a test.

Let’s achieve the conditions presented by Hunter Rikner.

Objective: Acquire points above the baseline.

Reward: 500 Gold, Basic Archery Training Manual (Rank 1 – ?), 1 Stat Point, 100 Experience Points.

A message that popped up along with the hunter’s words.

Immediately accepting it, Han-bit listened to the subsequent explanation.

“Shoot the targets in the backyard to gain points. You have 30 chances. By my standards, a perfect score is 200 points.”

“It’s 10 points per chance, right?”

“Correct. Pick a bow you like from over there and follow me.”

Pointing at the wall with his finger, he disappeared into the backyard.

At the place he turned his head, all sorts of similarly shaped bows were hung in two rows.

– Fourth from the top left go go

– Sixth from the bottom right.

– Information) These bastards are specifically picking out sloppy bows for him.

– Seriously have no tact;

– Even if you use the best one, you can’t pass 100 points anyway. Lol.

– For real, pointlessly high difficulty.

“Can’t pass 100 points? I could pass that even with a cheap one.”

– ?

– That statement.

– Are you provoking the archers?

– You started it first, right?

At the sincere provocation, some viewers flipped their eyes.

Ding.

[NationalArchersAssociation has registered a 100,000 won challenge mission.]

[Surpass 100 points with the second bow from the bottom left and take it.]

– NAA are vicious bastards. Lol.

– Look at the state of the bow. Lmaoo

– Even vanguards would shake their heads at that.

– Just ‘don’t give, won’t do’.

“Oh, how did you know I set up challenge missions? Thank you for the first challenge mission!”

The challenge mission, which is one of the broadcast systems.

It seemed Yeon-woo had added something more.

[Hwarang has supported 10,000 won to the challenge mission.]

[Ah lol try doing it.]

[Jumong has supported 20,000 won to the challenge mission.]

[If you fail, how about you take this and do karaoke?]

“Oh, thank you everyone!”

Amounts gradually stacking up on the registered challenge mission.

By the time the flow subsided, the unit of the amount had changed.

[Challenge Mission]

[Surpass 100 points with the second bow from the bottom left and take it.]

[Prize Money: 335,000 won]

“Wow, it easily blew past 300,000 won!”

– Shivers

– Burning 300k on just Archery?

– NAA makes good money.

– So how do you pass 100 points. Lol.

‘Are they all rich?’

Looking at the amount, Han-bit let out a hollow laugh.

Of course, the majority of the viewers seemed to have a certainty that he would fail the mission.

“Thank you. Can I just do it with this?”

Han-bit grabbed the second bow from the bottom left.

There were cracks here and there, and the bowstring was tattered as if someone had chewed on it.

– He’s really doing it?

– If you tank the score, he just gives you a Common grade?

– Those NAA bastards anyway;

– Black Dragon just got conned.

The chat window already transitioning into a mourning atmosphere.

Inspecting the bow, Han-bit immediately made a judgment.

‘It’s not unshootable, though?’

It was true that objectively, the bow was in poor condition.

However, Han-bit had used even worse bows.

In the battlefields he countless experienced, he even had to somehow bind and use bows that were split in two.

“Let’s go.”

Taking the bow and a quiver of arrows, Han-bit moved to the backyard.

Yeon-woo followed behind and sneaked a question.

“Hyung, can you really do it? 100 points is tough even with a pristine bow, you know?”

“I have to do it absolutely. How much is that money.”

Han-bit was sincere.

Not only the unfamiliar environment inside a game, but there were also limits to the title’s effects as long as he hadn’t learned the skill yet.

To compare it to this situation, he had to trace back to his very first memories.

Because back then, he truly couldn’t even pull the bowstring properly.

“Looking at it again, it’s really far.”

A long path that seemed like it could be 50 meters.

At the end of it stood familiar targets.

“Are you ready?”

“Naturally.”

The hunter with crossed arms transformed into the eyes of a master.

Taking a stance, Han-bit immediately loaded an arrow onto the bow.

“Huh? You’re not going to invest in Agility? You have stat points leftover.”

“I’m not using them right now.”

Screech.

Answering moderately, Han-bit slowly pulled on the loaded arrow.

This sensation he hadn’t felt in a long time.

The heavy tautness was implemented incredibly well.

Even the lacking condition of the bow was felt perfectly intact.

Twang!

As he released his hand, the arrow flew rapidly.

It grazed the corner of the target and lodged into the dirt.

[0 Points]

“Hyung?”

– ?

– Excuse me?

– 0 points. Lmaooo

– NAA 1 win.

A score that floated small in the empty air.

The viewers were flustered at the absurd result.

“Focus! Your posture is good, but the strike point is off!”

The hunter also inserted advice with a booming voice.

Twang!

[0 Points]

The arrow shot once again also missed the target.

“Do not give up! Show your grit!”

– GG

– Guess he was just a one-trick magic pony. Lol.

– It’s pitiful, so let’s stop watching.

The teasing chat window was outside Han-bit’s line of sight.

He merely concentrated only on the required sensation.

Twang!

The arrow rapidly flying once again.

This one lodged into a section deviated from the center.

[7 Points]

– Huh?

– Oh?

– Nope, it’s a fluke.

“Yes, that’s the sensation! Draw it up further!”

The viewers didn’t realize that Han-bit’s movements were subtly changing.

Drawing up his concentration, Han-bit shot the arrow once more.

Twang!

Slightly sharper and more precise than before.

Han-bit was certain.

And.

Thwack!

The arrow finally struck the exact spot.

[10 Points]

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Thwack!

[10 Points]

“Perfect!”

Thwack!

[10 Points]

“Excellent!”

The subsequent 26 attempts all accurately struck the dead center of the target.

[Total Score: 277 Points]

– Pardon?

– What am I looking at.

– Wait, wasn’t 100 points the mission?

– Even the hunter’s perfect score is 200 points;

– OK, seems like a bug was exploited.

– Just straight up pierced through the ceiling;

– Now that it’s come to this, I give up on thinking.

“Veeeeery excellent!”

The hunter slapping Han-bit’s shoulder along with a booming voice.

His expression contained a happiness difficult to express in words.

He handed Han-bit a light green book.

Ding.

[Quest completed.]

[Based on the overachieved score, the paid reward is adjusted upwards to the maximum value.]

[Adjusted from 500 Gold ⟶ 3,000 Gold.]

[Basic Archery Training Manual (Rank 1 – Unique) is distributed.]

[Stat Points increased from 1 ⟶ 5.]

[Experience Points increased from 100 ⟶ 700.]

[Level has increased by 2.]

[2 Stat Points are acquired.]

[An Economy-grade Bow and Arrows are distributed.]

– No, f*ck

– Unique again?

– Is that even Rank 1 anymore.

– It’s coming… the reality check… is coming.

– What gear does Black Dragon use? Is it Level 4?

“Ah, Black Dragon hyung is currently using Level 2 gear!”

– Level 2?

– But he does that?

– Seriously stop talking bull.

– Let’s just kill Loafer.

Unable to accept it, the viewers’ chat gradually grew hot.

However, Yeon-woo simply smirked.

“No, why are you doing this to me… well whatever! Challenge mission success!”

[You have succeeded in the challenge mission.]

[You received the prize money of 419,000 won.]

[NationalArchersAssociation has supported 10,000 won.]

[I leave the future of NAA to you.]

– Gratz Gratz Gratz

– Piled up more while he was shooting;

– The Great Archer Era. Shivers.

“Thank you everyone!”

“Thank you!”

Han-bit delivered a sincere greeting to the viewers.

Just how much money was this even.

“Oh, hyung. The prize money is your share, so I’ll give it all to you.”

“What? We should split it.”

“Ay, that’s the national rule for prize money.”

– Agreed.

– Stamp my approval and highly recommend.

– Loafer knows what’s up.

The viewers also agreed with Yeon-woo’s opinion.

Han-bit could only scratch his head feeling slightly awkward.

“Black Dragon!”

Right then, the hunter’s voice suddenly rang loudly.

His eyes were gleaming intensely.

“Ah, I won’t work under you.”

“Wha…!”

A rejection spat out before he could even finish speaking.

In shock, his jaw dropped wide and his pupils shook.

The man in front of him flips his eyes whenever he sees someone with a talent for archery.

A swift rejection was always the answer.

“See you around then.”

“Wait… Black Dragon! If you work with me, meat is free! Pelts too…”

The pitiful hunter’s voice gradually faded away.

When he vanished from sight, Han-bit flipped the cover of the book in his hand.

[Do you want to use it? (Yes/No)]

Poof!

Upon pressing the button, the book vanished in smoke.

In the skill list, ‘Basic Archery’ was registered.

“See. Not much different, right?”

“What do you mean, see… The results are totally different.”

– The reality check is harsh.

– Why reality check? Just think of it as a different game.

– For real lol. He’s just from another world.

– By this point, I’m just curious about what’s next.

– Fast progression go go

The murmuring public sentiment led to rushing him.

“Then let’s head off right away.”

Han-bit had no intention of delaying either.

He started walking towards the opposite outskirts of the city.

“You’re going to learn Swordsmanship next, right?”

“No? There’s Swiftness first.”

“You’re learning that? There’s nowhere to really use it.”

– Truly useless Tier 1.

– The ultimate ‘moving a bit faster’.

– Doesn’t even have a skill tree.

– Might as well just get a mount later.

The evaluation for the Swiftness skill was stingy, just as expected.

Even if you stack proficiency, the effects are minimal, and there are no subsequent techniques either.

It’s not that such perception is entirely wrong, but the necessity of this technique existed somewhere completely different.

“It’s absolutely necessary before learning Swordsmanship.”

“Swordsmanship?”

“You’ll see. Let’s go.”

“If you say so, hyung, then well… Looks like it’ll be fun?”

Yeon-woo, who knew the quest details, quickly changed his attitude.

It made sense, because what was needed this time was tag.

“But it’s impossible to achieve the conditions for this. It’s tag, but you can’t catch him.”

Yeon-woo emphasized that it was a nonsensical difficulty.

Knowing that better than anyone else, Han-bit simply smiled and moved his steps.