Chapter 116

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The Kaiser, who runs Surrea and holds the title of Viscount, was now entering his mansion in Surrea.
“Welcome.”
As the Kaiser entered the mansion, the butler NPC who had been waiting for him bowed his head in acknowledgment. He then said
“Your friend is here.”
“Who?”
“This is Luther.”
“Oh, yeah. There wasn’t much else, was there?”
“Yes.”
“Yeah, get to work.”
“So…”
The butler started to walk away at the Kaiser’s words, and the Kaiser dismissed him and walked straight to the room assigned to his friends.
Profit
Arriving at the front of the room a short time later, Kaiser knocked and immediately opened the door and stepped inside.
“Hello!”
As the Kaiser entered, Luther, who had been lying on the couch, jumped up to greet him.
“Did you go to the exchange?”
“Yes.”
“Hey, you’re working hard on your elixir.”
“There’s a limit on purchases. Hold on…. Here you go.”
Kaiser responded to Luther’s question by pulling an item from his inventory and handing it to him. Luther took the item, checked the information, and looked at Kaiser in surprise.
“Wow. Is that a bunch of stuff in there?”
“That thing cost a fortune. It’s not cheap.”
“Hmm, thanks. And…”
Luther glanced around, then spoke in a quiet voice.
“I think they’re going to start soon.”
“…”
The Kaiser was silent for a moment at Luther’s words, but then he smiled coyly and opened his mouth.
“Really?”
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-You have earned the Intermediate Gargoyle Knight’s Mark.
-You have earned the Intermediate Gargoyle Knight’s Mark.
-You have mastered an intermediate marble sculpture with life.
-You have earned the Mark of the Advanced Gargoyle Soldier.
“Huh.”
After picking up all the dropped items, Ming Hu let out a short sigh. He looked at the pile of items in his inventory and smiled.
Sigh
Ming Hu closed his inventory and looked ahead. The blurry palace was still blurry, but it was slightly clearer than it had been at the beginning.
“Let’s go.”
With that, Ming Hu muttered to himself and started walking back down the road toward the palace. But not long afterward, he was forced to stop. It wasn’t because a stone knight was guarding the path.
“Another crossroads…”
This was the fourth time.
“Better to go straight.”
Ming Hu looked at the three forks for a moment, then chose the center path and began to walk, as he had always done.
“Hmm?
As Ming Hu walked along the road, he was forced to stop walking again.
-Come on, my soldiers!
“Eye contact! Waves of provocation!”
“Ice Blast!”
“Ice Shot!”
A party was hunting three mid-level stone knights. Ming Hu paused for a moment to watch the hunt.
“AoE Taunt!”
“Ice Cutter!”
“It’s definitely stable.
As a party, the roles were well-divided and they had a steady hunt, but it wasn’t a slow one. The stone soldiers were quickly broken, the stone knights were cracked, and before long, the stone knights were broken, and the hunt was over.
“Is it a sit-and-hunt party?
When they finished hunting, they picked up the dropped items and didn’t move. They rested, seemingly waiting for the gargoyle knight to regenerate.
Jumbled
Ming Hu began to walk back along the path.
Sigh
As they rested after the hunt, they saw Ming Hu approaching and stood up from their seats, looking at him with wary eyes.
“Oh, it’s just someone passing by.”
Seeing the look in his eyes, Ming Hu shouted out loudly. At Ming Hu’s shout, the users looked at each other, shook their heads, exchanged words, and then looked back at Ming Hu. Their eyes were half wary and half curious. Ming Hu saw the look in their eyes and continued walking, soon passing them by.
“Excuse me.”
Just as he passed them, a user who appeared to be the leader of the party called out to him. Ming Hu stopped walking and looked at the user who called out to him.
“Here’s your senior gargoyle.”
“Oh, it’s out now, thank you.”
Ming Hu smiled at the unexpected information and bowed slightly to show his appreciation. The user looked puzzled by Ming Hu’s reaction and paused for a moment before speaking again.
“Hey, if you go forward now, there’s a senior gargoyle.”
“Did you hear that…? Yes, I heard that.”
When the user repeated the same thing, Ming Hu shook his head, answered, and started walking again.
“Sir, wait!”
As soon as Ming Hu turned around, he heard the user’s voice and turned back to face the user. The user scanned Ming Hu’s appearance and opened his mouth to speak.
“If you’re going to die, I’ll give you a return scroll.”
With that, the user approached Ming Hu and made a deal.
“Ah.
The user’s gaze and words made Ming Hu realize why the user had said the same thing.
“I’ll change it after this quest.
Ming Hu thought so and rejected the deal.
“…?”
The user looked at Ming Hu with a puzzled expression as he declined.
“I appreciate the favor. But I’m fine.”
“No, it’s not much of a return, don’t feel pressured.”
The user looked okay and placed the trade again. Ming Hu looked puzzled and declined the trade.
“I’m not going there to die, I’m going there for work.”
“Oh, I see.”
However, the user who heard Ming Hu’s words was still looking at him with a pitying look in his eyes.
“But get a return, just in case.”
Ming Hu realized that the user didn’t believe him when he continued.
“Yes, I will, have fun.”
When Ming Hu finally received the letter of return, he thanked her, turned around and started walking down the street.
Siaak
It was then. A stone knight was regenerated right in front of Ming Hu.
“Uh-oh!”
“Uh!”
The users looked at Ming Hu in surprise, but so did Ming Hu, and he reflexively threw up his fist.
-Oh! My bottle…
Puck! Tsk tsk.
A mid-level gargoyle knight hit by a fist shattered in the same position he was summoning the gargoyle soldier.
-Oh, my soldiers!
-Oh, my soldiers!
But it wasn’t just one mid-level gargoyle knight that was regenerated.
Siaak
The gargoyle soldiers began to appear, and Ming Hu quickly extended his fist toward the mid-level gargoyle knights beside him.
Pfft, pfft, pfft.
The summoned gargoyle soldiers were canceled upon the death of the gargoyle knights, and they vanished. Ming Hu watched the remains of the gargoyles fall to the ground and slowly turned around to look at the users. The players stared at Ming Hu with blank expressions.
“…”
“…”
“…”
Silence began to settle in.
“Oh, that.”
It was Ming Hu who broke the silence first.
“I see you’ve been waiting to catch me. I’m sorry, I’m so surprised. Have fun.”
With that, Ming Hu quickly picked up the Intermediate Stone Statue Mark on the ground and started running down the street. The players stared after him as he ran in a daze.
Dada dada dada!
“Ugh.”
Ming Hu was running along the road, but when he saw the stone knight, he stopped running and looked at the stone knight.
“Ho-ho.”
As the user said, the gargoyle guarding the path was a high-level gargoyle, not a mid-level gargoyle.
“One animal…”
Ming Hu smiled as he saw the stone knight guarding the path by himself. Then he quickly began to run toward the stone knight.
Sigh
The gargoyle knight looked at Ming Hu as he came into range and raised his sword.
“It’s a summons,
Ming Hu smiled as the gargoyle knight raised his sword. He decided to capture the gargoyle knight before the gargoyle soldier was summoned.
“One shot.
While I was disappointed with the items that the summoned gargoyle soldiers would drop, I had to check first to see if the high-level gargoyle knight was a one-hit wonder or not. The mid-level Gargoyle Knight was a one-hit wonder, but the high-level Gargoyle Knight might not be.
-Hail, my knights!
Stop!
“What?
As he ran, Ming Hu was stopped in his tracks by the shout of a higher-ranked gargoyle knight. He turned to look at the summoning gargoyle, wondering if he had heard wrong.
“Hmm.”
It wasn’t a gargoyle soldier. A gargoyle knight was being summoned. And it wasn’t slow. Ming Hu hesitated for a moment, but before he knew it, the summoning was complete. The summoned gargoyles raised their swords high and shouted.
-Oh, my soldiers!
-Oh, my soldiers!
-Oh, my soldiers!