Chapter 159

“Thank you. My lord.”
[You have completed the quest].
[Increased friendship with the Count of Dremen].
[Helioca’s public profile has increased by 122,800].
“No, I’ll see you next time, bye-bye.”
After completing the quest at the Count of Dremen, Ming Hu bowed and quickly exited the Count. After exiting the Count, Ming Hu used the Ring of Memory to open a portal to the Imperial Forge and returned to the Forge. Once back in the forge, Ming Hu walked over to his workbench and opened the character window.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 676000 Achievements: 115770
Levels: 256
Vitality: 13855050
Mana: 85020
Blood power: 6865
Strength : 686530 [68653(+7200)] Agility : 2005 Stamina : 2507(+500)
Wits: 2000 Wisdom: 2001
Dexterity: 319
Currently, Myung-Hoo’s merit is 115,000, and he still needs close to 7.9 million merits to reach his goal of 8 million.
“Let’s make it!”
Arriving at the workbench, Ming Hu closed the character window and checked the quest, then pressed the red button to install the valve and begin crafting the item.
Boom!
[You have succeeded in crafting the Iron Shield].
After a while, when Ming Hu had crafted all the items needed to complete the quest, he pressed the blue button to unlock the valve and walked to the warehouse to complete the quest.
“I… Myung-hoo.”
But as soon as he started walking, a voice from behind him made Ming Hu stop in his tracks.
Sigh
“Ah, Mr. Heimer.”
I turned around to see Heimer standing there with a slight smile on his face.
“Thank you so much for that earlier.”
“Alas, no, I had business to attend to with them.”
Ming Hu smiled at Heimer’s words and replied.
“But thank you so much, I’m becoming an official blacksmith tomorrow, and if there’s anything I can do to help you in the future, please let me know!”
“Oh, you’re going to be an official blacksmith tomorrow, congratulations!”
After finishing his conversation with Heimer, Ming Hu walked straight to the warehouse. As he walked to the warehouse, Ming Hu thought back to the Twin Axe Guild.
“I’ll drop this off and… I’ll be right there.
He also said to remove the horns while you’re at it. Ming Hu completed the quest and decided to visit the Twin Axes Guild immediately afterward. After arriving at the warehouse, Ming Hu gave the items to Cannon and completed the quest.
“Thank you.”
“Good job!”
Bidding Cannon good luck, Ming Hu returned to the forge, accepted the quest from Nerfai, and exited the Imperial Palace. After exiting the palace, Ming Hu made his way to the User Guild District, where the guild houses of the Nexus-based guilds are located.
“It’s expensive again, not much.”
The area of the User Guild District was enormous. However, despite the enormous area, there were only ten mansions that were built due to the high cost of land.
“You mean one of those ten houses is the Twin Axe Guild?”
Ming Hu smiled.
“Judging by the number of guild members and the reaction of the players, they’re pretty famous, so they must have the best buildings, right?”
Ming Hu muttered to himself and looked toward the frontmost and largest of the ten mansions.
Jumbled
After gazing at the mansion for a moment, Ming Hu walked over to it.
“Huh?”
However, some time later, upon arriving at the mansion, Ming Hu couldn’t help but feel a bit flustered.
“This mark is…”
The entrance to the mansion bore the guild mark of the guild that owned it. It was not the guild mark of the Twin Axe Guild, but Ming Hu recognized it.
“I think it’s Soma-sama’s guild mark…”
The guild mark on the entrance to the mansion was the same as the one Soma had used to convince him to join the guild.
Profit
That’s when it happened. The door opened and a beautiful female user walked out of the mansion.
“…?”
When the female user came out of the mansion, she saw Ming Hu standing in front of the mansion’s entrance, she looked him up and down with a puzzled expression. Then she approached the entrance and said
“Hello. I’m Margaret, Guildmaster of the Pacific Guild, and I was wondering if you could tell me what brings you to our guild?”
“The Pacific Guild…
From Margaret’s words, Ming Hu realized that Soma’s guild was the Pacific Guild. He smiled slightly at Margaret’s glare and replied.
“Oh, no, not that. I’m looking for a specific guild for something… I don’t know the building, so I’ve been wandering around.”
“Oh, I see.”
Profit
It was then. From the Pacific Guild’s mansion, someone opened the door again. The person who opened the door was a male user who appeared to be in his mid-thirties, who flinched slightly in surprise at the sight of his Guild Master. He glanced at Ming Hu, who was facing the Guild Master, and swallowed hard.
“Well, have fun.”
Seeing nothing more to see, Ming Hu said goodbye to Margaret and began walking back to the Twin Axes Guild. As Ming Hu walked to the second mansion, a male player who had come out later glanced at Ming Hu and began to say something to Margaret. Margaret looked at Ming Hu with a slightly surprised expression.
“Not here. No.”
Arriving at the second mansion, Ming Hu shook his head when he saw the guild mark emblazoned on the entrance. This wasn’t the place.
Jumbled
Ming Hu walked straight to the third mansion. However, the third mansion also did not bear the guildmark of the Twin Axes Guild, and Ming Hu began to check the mansions in order.
“What the…”
Arriving at the ninth mansion, Ming Hu frowned when he saw the guild mark imprinted on the mansion, then looked at the tenth mansion and exclaimed, “This is the tenth mansion.
“…assholes.”
The ninth mansion also bore the guild mark of the Twin Axes Guild. Ming Hu looked at the tenth mansion, which he had yet to visit and which was the only one of the ten without a wall.
“Wait.”
But Ming Hu shook his head and muttered to himself as a thought struck him.
“Don’t these assholes have a guild house?”
Ming Hu had come here because he thought the Twin Axe Guild’s Guildhouse would be here, not because it was definitely here. At this point, he had a strong suspicion that the tenth mansion he was looking at might not be the Twin Axe Guild’s Guildhouse either.
“…Still, it’s a guild of just over 100 people… there’s no way they don’t have a guildhouse.”
However, the number of members of the Twin Axes Guild who had challenged him at the exchange was easily over 100. It also didn’t make sense that such a guild would not have a guildhouse.
“When I get there… Okay.”
Ming Hu dismissed the thought and headed to the tenth mansion, knowing that he would find out when he got there. Approaching the mansion, which had no fence, Ming Hu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the guild mark on the entrance.
“Good.”
To his relief, the tenth mansion bore the guildmark of the Twin Axes Guild. Ming Hu muttered to himself as he looked at the mansion.
“This is the Twin Axe Guild House… a little big.”
It was small compared to the nine mansions we’d seen earlier, but that was a tale of comparison, and this one, the Guild House of the Twin Axe Guild, was quite large.
Profit
It was then. The door opened, and a member of the Twin Axes Guild walked out of the mansion.
“What are you?”
The Twin Axe Guild member who came out of the mansion spotted Ming Hu and frowned slightly. Ming Hu turned his gaze away from the mansion and looked at the Twin Axe Guild member who had spoken to him.
“How do they all give the same impression?
The Axe Guild member who had spoken to you had a nasty look about him.
“Dude, can’t you hear me? What are you saying?”
When Ming Hu didn’t say anything, the Twin Axe Guild member frowned even more. Ming Hu smiled wryly at the Twin Axe Guild member’s reaction. Then he quickly threw a punch.
Puck!
[You attacked user ‘Axe King’].
[Enter hostile status with user ‘Axe King’].
A punch was thrown, and a message appeared that hostilities had begun. At the same time, the Axe King, who had been frowning at Ming Hu, was killed.
“Let’s go in.”
Sigh
Turning his attention away from the fallen Axe King, Ming Hu turned the knob and opened the door, then strolled leisurely into the mansion.
[You have trespassed on the guildhouse of the Twin Axe Guild].
[Entering hostilities with the Twin Axe Guild].
[All stats are reduced by 10%].
[Active skill is unavailable].
Once inside, I was greeted with a message that I had entered hostile territory, along with additional stats reduction and skill unavailability.
“This is the penalty.”
The unauthorized entry penalty was clear.
“It’s like 10%. I wasn’t going to use any skills or anything.”
Of course, to him, ten percent was a huge number, but even if it was a ten percent reduction, it wasn’t a problem at all, and he hadn’t intended to use the active skill in the first place. Ming Hu looked around the interior of the mansion with an expression of unconcern.
Sigh
“Five people!
Five members of the Twin Axes Guild, who were just about to head out the door, spotted Ming Hu and stopped in their tracks.
“W-what?”
“You, what?”
The members of the Twin Axe Guild looked at Ming Hu with puzzled expressions. But Ming Hu didn’t answer them, only smiling wordlessly as he approached them.
“Asshole.”
“Are you trespassing?”
“My liver is swollen. You know where you are!”
When Ming Hu remained silent in response to their words, the members of the Twin Axes Guild, sensing something was amiss, spoke further and drew their weapons. Then they began to approach Ming Hu. Ming Hu’s smile grew wider as he realized they were approaching him.