Chapter 212

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Translated by Jinmu
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Sarak—

Han-bit and the twins, who emerged from the black door, faced a completely changed scenery. In terms of outward appearance alone, it looked similar to the forests seen within the Kingdom. But there was one strange point.

“Is this that mana thing? It feels really heavy.”

Haneul, who was waving her hand around, asked as if it were fascinating. Han-bit also nodded while feeling a subtle sensation.

“Right. The Restricted Area has a high mana density.”

Mana, which composed the world, tended to show differences in density for each region. In particular, the Restricted Area had the property of heavy and thick mana, so it was to the extent that it could be felt even on the skin like this.

“High? What’s high? If you can’t even endure this here, you should go out and die.”

Heilen, who was walking ahead with his hands in his pockets, spoke up indifferently. As he said, this place was currently the beginning of the Restricted Area. Specifically, it was the path heading towards Area 1. To players, it was known as the space where the first test started, to the point that there was no one who didn’t know it.

—Info) You have to reach at least level 200 to be able to be active.

—No, if your stats are high, level doesn’t matter.

—It’s fine as long as your items are at the level of the Advance Party though?

—Did your ancestors buy those items?

—Just reset the episode and push through anew.

—Really, re-progressing is the best for level-up efficiency right now.

In the Restricted Area with high mana density, the burden on the body was bound to increase as well. In the other world, he had built up his body through repeated training and actual combat, but here, intuitive values called stats existed. Good equipment also helped, but it couldn’t be the fundamental solution.

‘It’s more popular than I thought.’

As a result of digging through the community a bit, players often floated around for a bit of a long time after clearing Episode 6. Because they had to raise their level in many ways to enter the Restricted Area, the next episode. The opportunity for an episode reset given to them. It was said that even players who had originally cleared the story would obtain results equal to the amount excluding the rewards received in the past. Thanks to that amount being better than expected, it showed extreme efficiency compared to time for people who were deathly chasing fields and dungeons. The number of membership sign-ups for the Black Dragon channel suddenly exceeding 5 million was by no means a coincidence.

Keureuk—!

Kadeudeuk—!

While moving forward, monsters appeared all over the forest. But before their appearances could even be properly seen, they met death.

Kwaduk—!

Ppeudeudeuk—!

The moment Heilen’s gaze reached them, monsters whose waists were sharply bent and folded in half appeared. Those bodies that floated in the air were crushed just like that, scattering blood.

“Wow, seeing it like this, it’s really a cheat.”

“Truly, just by looking…”

The twins were surprised at the situation that occurred in an instant. That reaction was the same for the viewers as well.

—What a cheat skill;

—Investigation Team class…

—Level where attacking is possible just by looking.

—That must be a hidden skill, right?

—Black Dragon, I believe in you.

[Investigation Team has donated 10,000 won.]

[Holding my breath until the Heilen skill guide comes out.]

When the Proctor used his power, the viewers’ reactions appeared immediately. As he was the Investigation Team member with the most contact with players, scenes of his power being demonstrated circulated a lot in the community too. But what it was exactly, and what the name was if it was a skill, was also not properly known. Because even if asked Heilen himself, he only gave a snort.

‘There’s no way he’ll tell yet.’

His purpose as a Proctor lay in finding talented people. Aside from a simple role, it was also a part Heilen was interested in. In order to share stories about techniques, obtaining at least his recognition was a prerequisite. Players who got off on the wrong foot would likely have no hope anyway.

Jeobeok—

A path they moved through smoothly without even the gap to use weapons was traversed. Han-bit and the twins following behind Heilen only quietly looked around. And when about another 15 minutes continued, the Proctor walking ahead stopped his feet.

“Now, this is Area 1. The entrance is 1-1, and that inner part is divided into 1-2.”

A large ruined village seen beyond the collapsed wooden fence appeared. The appearance of the forest encroaching and vines and roots winding around was nothing if not eerie. In particular, the back half area was covered in fog and couldn’t be seen properly.

“Seeing it like this, it’s certainly big. They said 1-2, the inner side of the fog, is the main part.”

“It’s the first test, but the perceived difficulty was known to be quite high.”

The twins, who had come after grasping the content in advance, brought out their respective information. They were things Han-bit also knew, but this place was just a location to pass through.

“The test? Does it start here?”

“Well, it’s a test, but. Let’s have you go a bit differently.”

Heilen, who walked a few steps forward, stood in front of the collapsed wooden fence. And then he lifted his foot and slammed the ground hard.

Kwagagagwang—!

Tremendous power to the point it couldn’t be thought of as a human’s strength was displayed. The wooden fence that received that impact dug into the ground, scattering roars and vibrations.

Kadeudeuk—

Ttuduk—

Right then, something revealed its appearance from various parts of the ruin debris. Grey-colored spiders and wooden dolls with half-broken heads appeared. Name tags were clearly visible above their heads.

[Malice-filled Ruin Spider (Lv.217)]

[Malice-filled Ruin Doll (Lv.218)]

“Still swarming. Perfect.”

Heilen, who lifted his foot, turned around with a satisfied-looking face. Then he approached Han-bit leisurely and said.

“I’ll give you 20 minutes. Go and remove that fog.”

Ttiring—

[Main Quest #1 has been completed.]

[Progression rate rises.]

[Main Quest #2: Ruin Area]

Area 1 arrived at with Heilen. They had to pass the first test he gave within the time limit. What method should they use?

Objective: Remove the fog that has descended on the ruined village.

Reward: 2,000,000 Gold, Experience 10,000,000, 5 Stat Points

Time Limit: 20 minutes

*Current Progression Rate: 1%

—?

—20 minutes??

—Have you finally gone crazy?

—Why is this guy like this?

—20 minutes is mf lol

—Info) Player average clear time is 6 hours.

—Our Proctor is crazy.

The chat window burned hotly at Heilen’s statement. Average 6 hours. It wasn’t that strange for this quest to take that much time. Because no matter how much guide and information there was, it was difficult to overcome problems that couldn’t be helped.

“You said 20 minutes?”

“Why, is it lacking? But I have no intention of giving more.”

Heilen spoke firmly. If his standard wasn’t met, that was it. He was a person who would clearly abandon the expectations he briefly held and pivot to a moderate test. But Han-bit didn’t need more time.

“That’s enough.”

—??

—Huh?

—This development is by any chance…

—You have something.

—Preparing notes.

Viewers who had been together through the previous episodes already noticed that there was something.

“Right?”

When he accepted nonchalantly, Heilen nodded and stepped back. This first test was like a rite of passage to gauge Han-bit. If he satisfied his standard, next he would likely take him to a real testing ground of hardship and adversity.

Han-bit turned his gaze to the twins.

“Let’s go in.”

“Huh? Aren’t you going to make a plan?”

When he tried to move his steps immediately, Haneul followed beside him and asked. No-eul, who was looking at the inner side, was the same.

“It was said that monsters possess the core of the fog. But because the targets are random, even a guide is at a level of being meaningless…”

As he said, the way to remove that thick fog was to eliminate the core. But the inner part was a space where the visibility wasn’t even 1 meter. Normally, one had to go around looking for monsters one by one. Naturally, there was no way to find out where the individual possessing the core was. Because items didn’t work properly either due to the property of the fog even hindering mana. Furthermore, they weren’t monsters that actively made preemptive attacks on enemies, so it was quite tricky.

“Well, normally it’s like that. But what do we have?”

“Yes?”

“What do we have?”

At the question he brought up abruptly, the twins wore puzzled expressions. Han-bit, who saw them contemplating, pointed at the top of No-eul’s head.

“I told you, right? What kind of existence a light spirit is.”

“Ah.”

“Is that guy finding it?”

When reminded of the existence of the spirit, the twins also had faces as if they understood. Han-bit, who took out a bow from his inventory, said to No-eul.

“Use the Path of Light to find the monster harboring the pentagonal object. Haneul, let’s tidy up the guys that approach while moving inside with me. Focus more on the wind spirit than the Dagger of the Silver Moon.”

“Understood.”

“Yes!”

The three people, who finished organizing, immediately ran to the place where the fog was.

Kkigik—!

Ttuduk—!

When enemies appeared within the range, the spiders and dolls creaked and reacted. Naturally, they didn’t become opponents.

Seogeok—!

Chwaak—!

Han-bit lightly kicked off the ground and pierced and slashed the hearts of the enemies.

Tadat—!

Haneul, who had struggled in the maze, changed her combat style while focusing only on the wind spirit. Whether her own thoughts were added in a short time, she appeared to have even adjusted the way she handled the dagger.

Pat—!

Meanwhile, the crystals of light that were erupted dug into the fog.

Kkigik—!

Seogeok—!

Han-bit and Haneul dealt with the monsters while protecting No-eul who was inspecting the interior. And when about 3 minutes of time passed, the result appeared.

“Black Dragon-nim! It’s that way!”

“Good job.”

The left diagonal position pointed out by No-eul’s finger appeared. The Path of Light was clearly leading to that place.

Tat—!

Kicking off the ground, Han-bit rushed while lightly passing over obstacles. The structure of this area was already vivid in his head. A short visibility distance was no problem at all.

“Found it.”

Han-bit stopped his feet at a corner of the upper floor of a half-broken abandoned building. A single spider seen in front of the line of light appeared. It had the same appearance as other individuals, but the core of this fog was hidden inside its body.

Kkigik—!

The spider that felt the threat to its life took a posture while raising its legs. But an unnecessary battle didn’t occur.

Puuk—!

The five-colored sword wrapped in flames pierced the spider’s exoskeleton and was embedded in its chest.

Hwaak—!

At the same time, flames blazed intensely. When that covered the spider’s entire body, a change occurred in Area 1-2.

Seureuk—

The fog that was thickly wrapped to the point that the surroundings couldn’t be seen scattered at a fast speed as if it were a lie. It was soon that the appearance of the completely cleared area appeared.

—?

—Is this for real?

—Didn’t it take less than 10 minutes?

—Spirit m* f* game.

—If you’re salty you should also…

—How do you do it.

—mf I’m becoming sworn brothers with Balder now.

—I was told to stop coming now. lol

Viewers poured out their resentment at the achievement shown by the grace of spirits. It was unfortunate, but it was a mistake not knowing how important spirits are in this world. Of course, the realm of talent couldn’t be helped though.

Tat—!

Han-bit, who lightly shook off his sword, moved to the original position while stepping on the debris. When he returned to the entrance along with the waiting twins, Heilen looked at them quietly with his arms crossed.

“…I heard that you’re a spirit summoner though.”

He wore a subtle expression at the situation completely different from the expected development. But he knew well that that was an appearance of trying to light a bigger fire on the curiosity towards the opponent.

“So, is this enough?”

“Well, the first test is a pass. It seems my evaluation was a bit underestimated.”

Ttiring—

[Main Quest #2 has been completed.]

[Depending on the clear time, the paid rewards are adjusted upwards to the maximum.]

[Obtained 5,000,000 gold.]

[20 Stat Points are given.]

[Experience points have increased by 20,000,000.]

[Level has increased by 1.]

[1 Stat Point is given.]

[Progression rate rises drastically.]

A reward that came in large with the achievement of finishing quickly was added. While he was inspecting that as if satisfied, Heilen continued his words.

“Good. I’ve decided.”

He took out something from his waist. It was a warp crystal of considerably high quality.

“Originally I was thinking of Area 4 though. Area 5 would be better for you guys.”

“…Area 5?”

As much as Han-bit was also thinking of Area 4, the progression changing to Area 5 was unexpected. Heilen, who already made the confirmation, took out another magic tool from his embrace. It was an item to make contact by entering text. However.

“What kind of bullshit is this?”

Heilen, who was checking something, suddenly scrunched his face intensely. It seemed the planned work had gone awry.

Tadat—

Moving his hands quickly while exchanging contact for a moment, Heilen, who had looked to be in a bad mood, gave a smirk.

“Anyway, there’s not a single normal bastard. That’s why it’s good though.”

Tak—

Closing the magic tool, he turned his gaze to the three people. And he brought up unexpected words.

“The test in Area 5 will be progressed together with the Holy State candidates. It’ll be interesting, right?”