Chapter 131

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Translated by Jinmu

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“Tower of Whirlpool?”

“It’s my first time hearing about it, is there such a place?”

Yeon-woo and Avant-garde made doubtful expressions at the unfamiliar name.

A peculiar whirlpool that appears randomly somewhere on the continent.

If you use admission materials there, you are transported to the tower existing within the whirlpool.

And when and where that whirlpool appears was clearly contained in Han-bit’s head.

“You can consider it a stage-type dungeon where monsters exist on each floor. It’d be a bit difficult, but if you clear it to the end, your level will rise surprisingly much.”

“You’re going there first rather than proceeding with the episode? With a growth speed like yours hyung, I don’t think you need to do leveling specifically.”

“It’s lacking like this. There’s the Adventurer A matter too, and players who are gradually getting entangled like the Nesto Guild or the Advance Party are getting stronger.”

“That is… definitely a point of concern indeed.”

The sudden changes that occurred starting from after the Edlen episode ended.

The forces posing threats beyond simple competition were gradually getting extreme.

If so, there’s no choice but to raise growth values and respond to that.

“It is a fun place. How can one enter that Tower of Whirlpool? Since there’s absolutely no information, it seems the barrier to entry would be quite high.”

Avant-garde who did a quick search asked as if it was interesting.

That guess was not wrong.

“It is a random occurrence, but materials are needed for entry. The problem is that cost exceeds 200 million won per person.”

“…Yes?”

“200 million won per person?”

As he casually threw out the amount, the two people opened their eyes wide.

Even if Black Dragon’s position is rising sharply, it was an amount that was too large.

Han-bit who anticipated the reaction looked at Yeon-woo and spoke.

“I know it’s expensive too. So I also came up with a method to pull this money. Ah, I won’t touch the views revenue.”

Various materials needed to make an admission ticket.

The amount adding all of those up was roughly 200 million won.

It’s an absurd amount for an admission fee, but the Tower of Whirlpool is a place one absolutely must go.

If so, there was a need to create capital a bit more aggressively.

“What method are you going to use?”

At the story regarding capital Yeon-woo tilted his ears.

Han-bit lifting up the RP World Map on his smartphone spoke.

“Of course I have to sell information. There’s still one starting city left right?”

“If it’s another starting city… is it Belmora?”

The allied nation Bastia on the east of the continent.

A starting city identical to Edlen also existed there.

Han-bit knew all the events that start from Belmora as well.

“It seems the web novel also had the story for that side? Adventurer A’s Guidebook stopped at introducing the city.”

“I heard possibly due to that influence that the ratio of choosing Belmora as a starting city dropped significantly as well. Excluding the early players, most flocked to Edlen where a walkthrough exists.”

Like the two people’s explanation Belmora was a city avoided by new players.

Because unlike the early days when there was no amount of info, the appearance of the Guidebook was too great of a temptation.

Regrettably, although that decision led the majority in the wrong direction.

‘But why doesn’t he know Belmora?’

After catching the person tailing him, Han-bit pondered deeply about Adventurer A’s identity.

The conclusion that followed identically no matter how many times he repeated it.

There was a possibility that person also was dragged to the other world like him and returned.

Whatever the Goddess’s purpose may be, it didn’t make sense that among a population of 7 billion he was the only one who had such an experience.

If so, why is the information Adventurer A possesses so poor and incorrect.

Could there perhaps be a difference in the number of times he repeated Regression, Possession, Reincarnation.

‘I have to try bringing up a conversation someday.’

There are two methods to solve this kind of question.

One is meeting the Goddess and her associates.

The other is meeting Adventurer A and asking directly.

He’s using the private investigator mole he trailed, but there should also be a method to meet face-to-face within RP.

Of course for that he needed to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Advance Party.

“The story starting in Belmora is a little simpler. There’s no getting intertwined with the Holy State either, and it’s mostly saving the city or people from monsters.”

“But don’t you need something like a first achievement for this side? It’s a waste if you blow away even something good.”

Yeon-woo focused on the benefits that follow the title ‘first’.

Because looking at Han-bit’s track record until now, its value was enormous.

“You can’t progress the Main Quests of other starting cities anyway right?”

“That’s true. Once you start a story anywhere, the time of the entire world flows together.”

When Edlen’s Main Quest starts, the clock of the world moves aligning with that flow.

That is, their story is naturally progressing in Belmora in the same time zone.

A player with one body cannot influence the other side.

Because Han-bit actually experienced that, he knew better than anyone.

“If it’s not a Main Quest it has no special meaning. No, in the first place there wouldn’t be anything big to gain from the minor stories.”

Things that can be achieved in Belmora at the current point in time are negligible.

Because its true value is revealed much later.

It was more profitable to just sell the information now when the expected value is the highest.

Han-bit who drew a conclusion again asked the two people.

“So, for how much would it be good to sell this?”

“Mmm… it’s ambiguous.”

“Since it’s a starting city not chosen very much I do not know for certain. I think you’ll receive at least 1 billion won, but I think even that is lacking.”

Yeon-woo lost in thought and Avant-garde bringing out his own guess.

The money of 1 billion won is a huge sum, but there’s a high possibility the buyer of this information is a conglomerate possessing an Advance Party.

Depending on the situation they might be able to call a bigger amount.

“Hyung, how about asking that person?”

Yeon-woo who had been agonizing abruptly asked.

“That person?”

“Luna of course. Belonging to a conglomerate in the Advance Party, and even the daughter of the group chairman right? In the first place she’s also the younger sister of the Yeonhwa Gaming CEO.”

“…She was the CEO’s younger sister?”

Han-bit was a little surprised at a fact he didn’t know at all.

He somehow felt he could see the intent behind those words telling him to ignore if the CEO contacts him.

Are they perhaps not on good terms.

‘She’ll be busy right now.’

Around the time they formulated the Snow Drake’s plan, Luna informed him of the Advance Party’s movements faster than anyone.

One piece of information gifted in return.

It was a hint regarding weapon materials obtainable from the north of Peria Island.

Since he heard they were a talented advance party, shouldn’t they be able to successfully obtain it today or tomorrow.

It seemed it would be fine if he sent a message around the time the episode finishes.

“I will try contacting her. There was something I wanted to ask separately too.”

“I’ll also look into it first.”

After that conclusion came out, the topic of conversation changed.

It was about the incident perpetrated yesterday.

“I didn’t know you would use the Advance Party for the purpose of chipping away HP. Specifically there were even Blood and Mars there too.”

Yeon-woo who kept watching the broadcast continuously stood up and sat down on the chair several times.

Especially Blood who uses a hidden skill like Han-bit.

Because it was unknown what kind of situation she, who is a considerably well-known Advance Party member, would cause.

“The video comments and community reactions also seemed like everyone was surprised.”

Avant-garde showed his smartphone screen to the two people.

Starting from the title it was stimulatingly spicy.

Any bastard who didn’t see the Snow Drake battle just now go check the clips right now.

There were about 20 Advance Party members, but they were swept away like ants by magic and tail.

The problem is it’s an annihilation pattern but this f*ck it only pardoned Black Dragon’s party.

Blood went crazy and tried to kill Black Dragon but got frozen and received true education.

Seems it’s a pattern that comes out when a certain amount of HP is chipped away?

Shield guy Mars also just died.

I understand not being able to catch it since it’s a level 500 boss, but is this really the Advance Party?

Conclusion) Black Dragon wins who also gained the Dwarven heritage, also got the Snow Drake loot, also obtained some Spirit King trace or whatever, and survived to escape.

Conclusion 2) Advance Party is cringe. Seems they can’t do anything if they can’t overpower with pure DPS.

– Conclusion is spitting facts. Lol

– Blood and Mars lost? Is it real?

– Since she froze over the big lizard beat her f*ckin much. Lol

– Only Black Dragon’s party survived so isn’t it a lizard cartel?

└Would it be?

– F*ck I’m at the company how do I watch;

└You don’t slack off at the company?

└It’s innocent even if you watch Black Dragon’s broadcast with the CEO.

– Advance Party ain’t sh*t. Lol

└This bastard’s level is 22

└Why are trolls always…….

– Black Dragon this guy makes no sense. Has no one done a background check on him?

└Would the bastards spouting words like contract murder business do it?

└That is the RP user average.

– Shut up and just hit subscribe on Black Dragon’s channel.

– If he clears Ifrit he’ll release info again right?

└Your conscience has died I see.

└If the views come out well seems he’ll do it?

└10 computer barracks going.

The strung-together comments were raw exactly as they were.

The distrust towards Black Dragon that was seen little by little until last time was almost not seen in this situation.

Rather it was full of mockery towards the defeated Advance Parties.

As much as they are existences like nobles within RP, there must obviously be lots of jealousy and envy.

Of course it was also due to not fulfilling the expectations desired of them.

“It’s burning vigorously. Still the image regarding you hyung is definitely changing. At first you were treated as a crazy person, but right now you’re being evaluated completely compared with the Advance Party right?”

“Well, this time couldn’t be helped. Because it was the difference between knowing the gimmick or not.”

Clashing with the Snow Drake was a situation set early on.

Should one say players like Taeyul’s employees or the advance party were helpers assisting that plan.

Like this, the difference in the amount of information is the most important part in competition.

“Ah, come to think of it how did you do the card? I’m certain it would have been random transfer.”

Avant-garde who listened to the conversation asked as if he remembered something.

Because the Random Transfer Card he directly obtained moved identically exactly like Han-bit’s words.

“You remember correcting the scroll in Edlen right? It’s similar to that.”

When the broadcast was turned off, Han-bit corrected the card’s pattern with Ether Ink.

Since it’s the same as fixing a simple scroll it was also possible to change the effect.

“I always think this, but Black Dragon-nim’s memory is to a surprising level. To think you even implemented identically the correction method that would have been written down as a sentence in the novel…….”

Avant-garde’s words genuinely admiring.

It’s not a sentence but a technique directly learned, but Han-bit also holds pride regarding his memory.

However this being maximized was because of the survival instinct to live even a little bit longer.

If he can’t remember properly he meets death in similar situations.

Because that was his life thrown into the other world.

“I plan to use it to the maximum up to where I remember. Anyway it’s not like I read it to the end.”

“Ah, you said you couldn’t read until the completion right? Then you have to utilize it as best as possible until then indeed.”

Yeon-woo nodded his head and accepted it.

Looking at a reaction without even an ounce of suspicion, he somehow felt apologetic thoughts.

Although he obviously wouldn’t be able to confess the truth bringing up the Goddess story though.

“It’s about time.”

The three people sharing this and that conversations got up from their seats without lingering feelings.

Because the 12-hour waiting time to proceed with the Main Quest was about to wrap up.

Now it was time to see the ending of the Ifrit Episode.

“Then we will return and log in immediately. We’ll see you inside RP.”