Chapter 98

After logging into Legend, Myung-Hoo whispered to Min-Hyung to come to the exchange, and then walked straight to the forge.
“Oh! You’re here!”
When Ming Hu entered the forge, Nerpai approached him as if he had been waiting for him, and then he opened his mouth and said, “I’m sorry.
“There’s something I need you to craft right now! There’s a new order of Blade Knights being formed, and the Emperor is giving the knights new equipment at the initiation ceremony. But the problem is that the equipment is made of iron, and I don’t have a blacksmith as skilled with iron as you are. Can you make it for me?”
<Divine Blade Knight's Armor Crafting
The Blade Knights left for the lush greenery, but none of them returned. The Emperor has decided to create a new order of Blade Knights. All the preparations are complete, only the initiation ceremony remains. The Emperor has decided to equip the Blade Knights at the initiation ceremony, and has ordered the forge to do so. Craft the Knights' equipment by the Initiation Ceremony!
Time remaining: 5 days
[Heavy Iron Greatsword: 0 / 40]
[Heavy Iron Armor: 0 / 40]
Difficulty Level: C
Quest Reward: 60,000 Helioca Merit
After checking the equipment to be crafted and the rewards, Ming Hu smiled. There was no reason to refuse. After all, it was for the quest that he had come to the forge in the first place.
"Yes."
[You have accepted the quest].
"Thank you!"
When Ming Hu accepted the quest, Nerfai smiled and returned to his workbench. With the quest accepted, Ming Hu turned around and left the forge, walking straight toward the entrance of the palace.
'Now… We're finally on the fourth floor…'
He was excited to see what items he could find on the fourth floor, which required 7 million merit points to access. Ming Hu opened his character window and checked his merit points.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 406000 Achievements: 8010410
Level: 230
Life: 1548950
Mana: 6420
Blood power: 759
Strength : 75930 [7593(+1090)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 607(+500) Intelligence : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 249
Bonus stats: 710
"100 won't kill you, will it?
I was worried that I would run out of merit points to buy a pass, so I prepared 1 million merit points in addition to the merit points needed to buy a pass, but I realized that I shouldn't have.
"I'll know when I get there.
He would find out when he got there. Shaking his head, Ming Hu closed the character window and stepped out through the entrance to the city walls. He began to walk toward the exchange, but after a moment, he was forced to stop.
"Hey…"
A burly man stood in Ming Hu's way and said, "I'm sorry.
"By any chance, are you a blacksmith by trade?"
At the man's words, Ming Hu looked over the man's head. He saw the guild mark: two axes crossed. Ming Hu looked back at the man and opened his mouth to speak.
"Nope. A warrior."
"Oh. Yeah."
After Ming Hu's answer, the man in his way moved out of the way again and Ming Hu began walking back to the exchange.
"Buy merit! I have a lot of gold! Cash!"
"Six thousand merit points, first floor items only!"
Arriving at the exchange a short time later, Ming Hu was a bit taken aback by the scene in front of him. It wasn't because of the users buying and selling public maps.
'…Holy shit. Are all those humans here because of me?'
Amongst the users buying and selling merit badges, there was a group of players from the Twin Axes Guild. There were at least ten of them, and they weren't doing anything, just sitting and looking around. That's when it happened.
"You, you asshole!"
Hearing a voice, Ming Hu looked toward the source.
"Huh? Sweetie!"
The voice belonged to Sun Tzu, the deputy guildmaster of the Twin Axes Guild, who had been killed by Ming Hu. He pointed his finger at Ming Hu and shouted, "Ming Hu!
"Hey, asshole, asshole, asshole, fuck you!"
At Shundong's words, the guild members surrounding him began to move toward Ming Hu, but he quickly walked back into the exchange.
"…"
"…"
As Ming Hu walked into the non-PK exchange, his guildmates looked at him, wondering what to do.
"…"
Not expecting Minghu to enter the exchange, Sun Tzu said nothing for a moment. Then he pointed a finger and exclaimed
"Y-you're not coming out, asshole?"
Ming Hu smiled at Sun Tzu's words and actions and began to climb to the third floor. Sun Tzu and a few other users followed him up to the second floor, but that was it.
Reaching the third floor, Ming Hu looked around the deserted interior of the third floor, approached the counter, and opened his mouth to speak.
"I'm looking to purchase a 4th floor pass."
"You'll need 7 million merit points to purchase a 4th floor pass. Would you like to purchase it?"
"Yes."
When the NPC asks if he wants to buy it, Ming Hu nods.
[7 million less public credit for buying a 4F pass].
After the NPC handed him the pass, Ming Hu looked at it with a proud smile, and then walked toward the stairs leading up to the fourth floor.
"Finally. You're coming."
Ming Hu began to ascend the stairs to the fourth floor. As he climbed the stairs, Ming Hu thought about what items might be waiting for him.
'If I had a unique stats boosting elixir…. Hmph. Is that too much of a scam?
Arriving on the fourth floor with many thoughts, Ming Hu quickly scanned the interior to see if the Steady Rising Elixir was there or not, which was his first thought.
"…?"
Many items were densely arranged, but the elixir was nowhere to be seen, and Ming Hu couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he looked inside.
"That's a lot of scrolling."
Unlike the first, second, and third floors, the fourth floor was more than half scroll. Ming Hu began to look around at the equipment.

Limit: 1000 Health, 70,000 Life
Physical Defense: 500
Magic Defense: 500
30% Fire Property Resistance
100 Life per second
Deals 300 Chapter damage per second to enemies within 2 meters.
Kahaha! Burn it all! – Naira, the Crazy Chapter Archmage
Merit required: 1.05 million

Limit: Agility 1000, Health 1500
Physical Defense: 1050
Magic Defense: 1050
Movement speed +30
10% chance to blind the targeted enemy on hit.
Haha! So fast, you can’t see your feet? Oh, you’re too blind to see? – Furya, the Funny Fairy
Merit required: 950,000
Ming Hu couldn’t help but smile bitterly as he looked at the equipment’s required merit, and his suspicions were confirmed. There were some equipment that were impossible to purchase with 1 million merit, and not just a few, but most of them were over 1 million.
“What the hell.”
Sigh
Ming Hu turned his head and looked at the staircase to the fifth floor. The fourth floor is unique. But what would they sell on the fifth floor? What would be the required floor area? He wondered.
Sigh
Turning his attention back to the equipment on display, Ming Hu moved to the side and began to look at the items that he assumed were not equipment but materials.

The tendon of Malpasta, king of the Endless Meadows. It is hard, tough, and has a powerful resilience that is unmatched by the tendons of ogres.
Merit required: 350,000

Horn of Balrog, Thuman.
Merit required: 500,000
Items that were assumed to be materials were, as expected, material items, and they were unique materials that were not readily available.
Sigh
Ming Hu set down Balrog’s horn and picked up the materials next to him to check the information.
“Huh?”
After checking the information, Myung-Hoo couldn’t help but be a little perplexed.

The inner circle of Malpasta, King of the Endless Meadows. It contains a powerful life force.
9000 Life when taken
Merit required: 600,000
“…”
I was able to take it despite it being an ingredient. Furthermore, when I looked at the option to take it, it gave me a 9,000 health boost.
“Huh…”
The problem was that it was exchangeable. Ming Hu looked around at the ingredients. This wasn’t the only ingredient that could be taken.