Chapter 158

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Translated by Jinmu
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“Would information about this bow skill be difficult? I am thinking around this much for the price.”

“Ey, that’s too stingy. Why is a conglomerate’s daughter acting so petty?”

A flow of Luna picking quarrels with the conditions CEO Lee Han-sol proposed.

The transaction was roughly a repetition of this feeling.

‘…She’s appraising it too expensively though?’

Thanks to the transaction with Vestige, Han-bit also had a standard reference point.

But the Yeonhwa Gaming side proposed prices far exceeding that standard.

Of course, it would also be the result of Luna’s intervention playing a part.

“It seems I brought in an industrial spy, not a younger sister.”

After the organization roughly ended, Lee Han-sol spoke while letting out a sigh.

Luna sitting next to Han-bit drank her beverage leisurely and laughed.

“Didn’t you say transacting with Black Dragon-ssi itself is a tremendous opportunity? So spend sincerely without regretting it later. The first impression is important.”

“Haa…….”

Lee Han-sol breathed out deeply once again, but her expression was bright.

The number of pieces of information transacted was five.

The prices of the items paid as their cost reached 3 billion.

The categories were largely 3 types.

One. Dozens of types of items meant to be used as materials for crafting and refining weapons, armor, and magic tools, worth 1.6 billion.

Two. Intermediate elixirs that instantly recover vitality and mana, and consumption items usable depending on situations, worth 400 million.

Three. 5 sets of materials for the Tower of Whirlpool’s admission tickets, worth 1 billion.

All items were things meant to be used inside the Tower of Whirlpool.

Because he became able to prepare things with much higher value than expected, the goal figure also became higher.

‘For this I was thinking of putting in some footwork.’

The Seed of the Storm, the most expensive and hardest to obtain among the materials to make the admission ticket.

Since there wasn’t a listing put up immediately, he was in the middle of looking for Advance Party members active in the region where that material could be obtained.

But to think she obtained all of that.

It is a stroke of luck that he became able to make 5 sets, even up to spares.

“I thought you would naturally want a walkthrough of the Investigation Team’s verification episode.”

Han-bit examining the list satisfyingly asked Lee Han-sol.

The five pieces of information that came and went were contents regarding items, skill quests, and dungeon walkthroughs.

Of course they were things with high value considering the ranks, but there wasn’t a single thing related to episodes.

“Ah, our Yeonhwa Gaming has set our guidelines in the direction of initializing all episodes following Black Dragon-nim’s path.”

“The whole company?”

“Because Luna is already doing so, and we also had a great deal of skepticism regarding the existing walkthroughs. It was the judgment that forcing our way forward has no future.”

Lee Han-sol and the affiliated players’ decisiveness was surprising.

An episode they would have built up over as long as 2 years.

Because completely initializing that would definitely not be an easy decision.

Just like Luna and Odin, honestly only thoughts of them being incredible arose.

“I heard if you initialize the Edlen episode the later parts completely stop, is that right?”

Han-bit threw a suddenly floating question.

Then Luna nodded her head and answered.

“Yes. Episode 8 progressing in Feria had no reaction. It means that if we initialize Edlen, we have to clear it newly all the way.”

The story of the Raven Kingdom has many things intricately intertwined.

It was a structure where the earlier story could give an insignificant influence, or bring about tremendous ripple effects like a butterfly effect.

For stability, the later progression stopping would naturally be a given flow.

“Black Dragon-nim, may I ask around when you plan to proceed with the next episode?”

At that time, Lee Han-sol asked cautiously.

As it’s a situation of having to wait for Black Dragon’s clear, naturally wishing for him to advance quickly was a given.

Sadly though, he wouldn’t be able to fully meet those expectations.

“I am thinking of proceeding with it right away today, but it’d be better for you to look into other business for about 2 weeks. As there is a place I have to briefly visit.”

“Would it happen to be connected with the items you chose earlier?”

A few types of items chosen as the price of information.

From Lee Han-sol’s perspective, it was difficult to find a connection.

“Because I am thinking of going to a place like a dungeon. The episode progression will also be different from existing ones, so I think it’d be better for you to watch for a bit.”

“…I will keep that in mind.”

With that conversation at the end, the three people left the cafe.

Lee Han-sol standing in front of the parked car greeted politely.

“Thank you for today. You informed us so in detail that it seems it will be comfortable to relay it to the employees as well.”

“I am thankful as well. If you have anything you need or want to ask, please contact me.”

Han-bit conveying greetings identically turned his gaze to Luna standing next to him.

As if sleep was slowly rushing in, yawns were continuing in succession.

Since she said she stayed awake exceeding almost 40 hours, she’d naturally be tired.

“It’s still the wait time for the final wave right? It’d be better for you to sleep a bit.”

“You’re right. I think I have to sleep for a few hours at least.”

Luna yawning one more time trudged terminology and got into the passenger seat.

She who lowered the window spoke with her half-closed eyes.

“See you again next time.”

“Yes, see you again.”

The vehicle that departed while leaving behind brief greetings.

Han-bit watching that figure also turned his steps home.

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“I bought everything I needed.”

Han-bit arriving home finished purchasing the items he had looked at in advance at the trader.

Thanks to the things obtained from Yeonhwa Gaming, preparations ended with only small expenditures.

“The community is roaring huh.”

The RPG he dropped by while searching for information here and there was chaos itself.

Undeniably, what covered the popular posts was the subjugation of the Snow Drake that progressed yesterday.

…….

The endlessly continuing posts were a repetition of similar contents.

Han-bit clicked the title at the very top.

Black Dragon’s attack squad succeeded in the world’s first subjugation of the field boss Snow Drake.

The personnel consisted of the attack squad leader Black Dragon and 30 Advance Party members mid-tier and above, and all detailed briefings and on-site orders were given by Black Dragon…….

– Black Dragon succeeding this;

– Look at the lineup. LOL

– If told to lead and order those guys, I’d choose death.

– For real, would get cursed to hell and the squad would blow up;

– No no it’d blow up getting cursed even before the squad is formed.

– In the first place nobody’s interested in you.

– ?

– But seriously what is Black Dragon?

– This guy is just good at games.

– I acknowledge, I thought he was simply an original novel one-trick.

– There’s actually still a bastard believing this. LOL

– I’m f*cking jealous of the rewards.

– For real, Rank 8 is crazy;

– He sprinkled Rank 8 Hero material items to his attack squad members?

– F*ck I should have gone too;

– You?

– LOL;

The contents of the posts citing the article were exactly what he revealed through streaming.

The overall flow leading up to the final scene caused by the explosion.

The reward list and episode initialization contents kindly transcribed were even emphasized with bold text.

“Who will succeed next.”

Being able to proceed with the Snow Drake walkthrough again is 1 week later.

Opinions guessing an attack squad capable of succeeding in the second clear were already busy going back and forth.

Even though the title of ‘First’ disappeared, the expected value of honor and rewards is huge.

A portion would probably want them to participate with a challenger’s mindset right.

Srrk-

Han-bit confirming the time immediately wore the gear and lay on the bed.

Woooong-

The game starting to connect along with the machine’s operating sound.

Before he knew it, the scene of the forest on the outskirts of Ifrit began to be seen before his eyes.

“Black Dragon-nim!”

At that time, a voice heard from a location a little ways off.

Turning his gaze, Avant-garde and Kim Jae-ha were approaching.

“Hello. I feel like I’m seeing you after a long time.”

“I also just had that kind of thought. Ah, I watched the Snow Drake subjugation deeply impressed! Truly it was Black Dragon-nim indeed. The briefing on-site in particular was…….”

Avant-garde having seemingly watched the entire broadcast picked out famous scenes one after another.

Kim Jae-ha watching that also had similar sentiments.

“I was also really fascinated. You commanding those Advance Party members too, and because even Haemu came out I thought what was going on.”

He was most surprised at the existence of a person named Haemu.

Certainly, this part was just simply fascinating to Han-bit as well.

“Luck just followed, honestly. More importantly, where were you, Avant-garde-ssi?”

Avant-garde who refused joining the attack squad saying his skills were lacking.

Since he had other work to do too, he had said he would join once the Snow Drake subjugation ended.

“I tried visiting the collapsed guild site located at the eastern end of the Royal Capital. It’s a place like a black market for players, but the entry procedures were considerably tricky. It seemed like information was shared in hidden locations all across the continent.”

“A black market?”

At the unexpected word Han-bit asked back with a questionable expression.

Avant-garde spoke forming a smile.

“For the past few days, I pondered the direction I could provide help to DD Studio. Loafer-nim and Kim Jae-ha-nim also accompanied me in my worries counseling.”

“Yes? You were already giving sufficient help though…….”

“If you think so I’m thankful, but I felt I was far lacking. Because I can’t just be sitting still riding the bus when accompanying Black Dragon-nim is enjoyable. I wish to be of help by utilizing my identity, adventure.”

He could vaguely tell he was worrying over something.

Even just the Snow Drake subjugation alone, he firmly refused saying he wouldn’t be of help.

Perhaps he naturally had worries regarding his role while considering the growth rate that will gradually diverge.

Furthermore, the path of adventure Avant-garde walked as a streamer is not his alone.

The viewers who had been watching along until now.

It is a natural mind for them to want the streamer they watch to be actively playing a part as well.

“Understood. If you need something, please be sure to tell me.”

“When the outlines are drawn I will inform you of the detailed contents. Bouncing around information of unrevealed Advance Party members or players, I think it will probably be of help to Black Dragon-nim.”

“That is… definitely making me curious.”

As it’s a black market run by players, the information handled also seemed to be of a different scale.

If Avant-garde obtains those through adventures, wouldn’t it be usable in various ways.

“Can you go to the Tower of Whirlpool as planned?”

“Of course. I was even losing sleep because I was anticipating it.”

The eyes full of curiosity were sincere.

Even if his role changes, raising level and stats is important.

It would naturally be a given flow that restrictions in his activities disappear as much as he grows stronger.

Han-bit checked the messages that arrived in his mailbox.

[Edlen – Challenge Dungeon Reward]

[22,381,000 Gold]

The Challenge Dungeon 1st place reward paid every Monday.

Still nobody breaking Black Dragon’s record came out.

“How is it for you, Jae-ha hyung? Is piling up proficiency hard?”

“Thanks to the 5 million gold you gave me I’m already Rank 4. But what were the equipment you wrote down in the message? All of them were so unstable they’d fail at the slightest misstep.”

“Because metallurgy proficiency goes up faster the better equipment you handle and the harder the techniques entered are. Anyway it’s a relief there’s progress.”

Kim Jae-ha’s growth connects directly with Han-bit’s growth as well.

Backing him up with maximum support would probably be good.

“I need to work harder. So, are we going straight to the tower now?”

He grabbed his hammer as if he was ready.

However there was work that needed to be done in advance prior to that.

“No. We’re going to start Episode 3 first.”

“The Main Quest? Isn’t that something we shouldn’t start? If we stay in the tower for 2 weeks, it’ll completely ruin it while we neglect it?”

Kim Jae-ha recalling the principles of episodes expressed worry.

The time of a main quest flows forcibly simultaneously with its start.

Naturally if left untouched, the story has no choice but to conclude as a mess.

“It seems you have some kind of plan.”

Avant-garde looked at Han-bit’s composed expression and asked.

As expected he is a person with good intuition.

“To state only the conclusion, I plan to purposely ruin this Episode 3.”

“Huh? Ruining it? Why?”

“Those words mean…….”

Ruining an episode.

It’s a phrase a normal player has no reason to bring out.

Han-bit watching their reactions spoke while smiling.

“The reason is simple. Because we have to prepare to skip 3 episodes.”