Chapter 114

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When I saw the walls of the inner city, I thought that I would be able to reach the inner city in no time, but contrary to my expectations, the road was not short and the number of stone soldiers was large.
“Finally. We’re here.”
Ming Hu smiled at the entrance to the inner sanctum.
“It was sneaky long.”
Sigh
Ming Hu, who was watching the entrance, muttered and turned his head to the left.
Woof, woof, woof
There were quite a few users there.
“I’m joining a hunting party for a Lesser Knight. I’m level 220, I’m a tank, and I’m confident of up to three animals.”
“Party members needed! Go as soon as the healer gets here!”
“Party?
From the sounds of it, the gathering of users seemed to be due to the party. Ming Hu, who had nothing to do with the party anyway, turned his head and looked back at the entrance.
“Now the articles are coming out.”
Ming Hu muttered to himself and opened the quest window.
<Dark Knight Prominence
In the center of the Denva Plains lies the Black Castle, home to countless stone soldiers and knights and their supposed king, the Dark Knight Prominus. Defeat Prominus, his gargoyles, knights, and soldiers so that the upcoming siege of the Black Castle can be successful!
[Dark Knight Prominence: 0 / 1]
[senior gargoyle article: 0 / ???]
[Intermediate Gargoyle Articles: 0 / ???]
[Lesser Gargoyle Knight: 0 / ???]
[Superior Gargoyle Soldier: 62 / ???]
[Intermediate Gargoyle Soldier: 52 / ???]
[Lesser Gargoyle Soldier: 50 / ???]
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: ???
It was the kind of quest that always seemed to have a lot of question marks. Ming Hu muttered as he looked at the quest reward.
"What are you going to give me as a reward?"
The reward was a question mark.
"The more you catch, the better."
The quest requirements state that you only need to kill one Prominence. However, the number of Knights or Soldiers is in question marks. This has several implications: first, this quest can be completed without capturing a Knight or Soldier as long as you capture the Prominence.
Secondly, you can complete the quest without capturing a Knight or Soldier, but the more you capture, the greater the reward.
"It's not a landmine, is it?"
Of course, it wasn't all good rewards. Every once in a while, there were rewards that made me furrow my brow and think I'd stepped on a landmine.
"Let's go."
Ming Hu walked toward the inner sanctum. That was the moment.
"Excuse me, my lord!"
"Hmm?
At the sound of his own voice calling out to him, Ming Hu had no choice but to stop walking.
"Who made me…?
Was there anyone here who might recognize him? No, there wasn't. That was normal. Ming Hu turned his head, puzzled, and looked at the four of them as they approached him.
"…who is it?
Ming Hu shook his head.
"I think I've seen this before…
I don't recognize it, but I feel like I've seen it before.
"Hello. I'm Fabien."
As if reading Ming's expression, Fabien approached him and introduced himself with a smile. Then he said
"I saw you in the forests of Lake Kumho once, hunting the great fox… do you remember?"
"Ah!"
At Fabian's words, Ming Hu remembered who they were. They were the first users he'd met when he started The Legend.
"I apologize for that."
Ming Hu shook his head at Fabian's words, then remembered what had happened, and smiled.
"No, that was a long time ago, and besides… It was a situation that could have been avoided."
"Ha-ha-ha…"
Fabian smiled at Ming Hu's words. Then Leren, who was next to Fabian, opened his mouth to speak.
"I'm sorry for the apology, but I really appreciated it!"
"…?"
Ming Hu couldn't help but look puzzled by Lelen's words.
"Did I do something to be audited?
Not at all; he didn't remember doing anything to deserve their gratitude at the time.
"You caught the big fox, and if you had died then, we would have gone our separate ways, but after that incident, we became really close, and we've been together ever since."
"…Oh, I see."
At Leren's words, Ming Hu understood why Leren was grateful.
Sigh
Ming Hu glanced at the entrance, then at Fabian.
"I should probably get going on my quest."
"Oh, I see."
"Yeah, haha. Have fun!"
Smiling awkwardly, Ming Hu bowed and began to walk toward the entrance to the inner castle.
"There he is!"
But as soon as he started to walk, he heard a distant voice that made him stop in his tracks. Ming Hu turned around and looked puzzled.
Sigh
"…?"
As Ming Hu turned around, Ice, who had been standing still behind him just a moment ago, stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry.
"Hello. I'm Ice. I was just wondering if I could ask you a real question?"
"Question?"
"Yes. Do you think…"
Ice looked at Ming Hu's face and shook his head once before continuing.
"You look a lot like the guy in the video I saw… have you seen the latest Gonghome video of the hottest blacksmith massacre?"
"I haven't been on the homepage lately…"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I just took up your time again."
"No, have fun!"
"Yes, have fun!"
Ming Hu turned around and began to walk toward the entrance to the inner sanctum. A few moments later, as he entered the inner sanctum through the entrance, a message appeared.
[You have entered the inner sanctum].
As he read the entrance message, Ming Hu glanced around. There was no sign of the stone knights that were supposed to be here. After confirming the absence of the stone knights, Ming Hu looked ahead. He could see a large building in the distance. It was blurry, but he could make out the palace.
"Is it there?"
Prominus, the boss of this place, was probably in that palace. Ming Hu quickly turned his gaze from the palace to the road.
"Where to go."
There were three paths in total.
"The middle would be the fastest, right?"
Wondering where to go, Ming Hu began to walk along the path that he thought would get him to the palace the fastest. After a while, Ming Hu stopped walking. A stone knight was standing in his way.
"It doesn't look like a statue.
Oddly enough, the gargoyle knight standing in the way didn't feel like a gargoyle, unlike the gargoyle soldier, which felt like a gargoyle.
"By the way… one would be easy.
The number of stone knights blocking the way was one. The stone knight was holding a sword, and Ming Hu thought he could easily pass through.
Jumbled
Ming Hu began to walk toward the stone knight.
Sigh
The gargoyle knight looked at Ming Hu as he came into range, then raised his sword high in the air. As the gargoyle knight raised his sword, Ming Hu slowed his pace and began to watch the gargoyle knight.
"Throw it, or run with it, or magic?
Ming Hu tried to predict how the stone knight would behave. Various patterns of behavior played out in his mind.
-Oh, my soldiers!
Halt.
However, the echoing voice of the stone knight's voice caused Ming Hu to stop in his tracks, a puzzled expression on his face.
"What the…what!
What the gargoyle knight did with his sword raised was not throwing it, nor was it running with it. It was a summon.
Swoosh!
A bright light appeared around the stone knight, and then stone soldiers began to appear. There were three of them in total, and thankfully, all of them were carrying swords.
"One intermediate and two junior.
From the looks of it, one of the three was a mid-level soldier and the other two were low-level soldiers.
"Oh, this is not the time!
Suddenly realizing that he didn't have to stand there and watch, Ming Hu began to run towards the stone knight.
-Come on, my soldiers!
As Ming Hu was running, the summoning ended and the gargoyle knight shouted and began to run toward Ming Hu, followed by the summoned gargoyle soldiers.
Dada Dada Dada
The distance quickly closed. Ming Hu shouted as he saw the stone knights and soldiers rushing toward him.
"Flip the ground."
Siaak
Ming Hu's fist glowed white.
Puck!
Then he struck the ground with a fist of white light.
Siaak
The white light in his fist was quickly absorbed into the floor. But what happened next left Ming Hu baffled.
"…?
The ground should rumble loudly and send gargoyle knights and soldiers rushing toward him. But it didn't rumble. It was too quiet. Then a message appeared in Ming Hu's direction.
[You can't use land-based skills here].
"What the…"
When Ming Hu saw the message, he muttered in bewilderment. Then he heard the voice of the stone knight.
-Goodbye.
By now, the gargoyle knight was standing directly in front of Ming Hu. The stone knight swung his sword at Ming Hu. Ming Hu saw the sword flying toward him and quickly shouted, "Stop!
"Blood explosion!"
Stop!
The gargoyle knight stopped swinging his sword at Ming Hu, but only for a moment before the gargoyle swung his sword at Ming Hu again.
"Ah.
As Ming Hu watched the sword fly toward him, he realized one thing.
'There's no blood in her.