Chapter 229

21. Goblin Hunt!
Restriction: Grade F
Challenge Cost: 5 Gold
Reward: 20 gold
Rules: 1. After 10 minutes, add one more goblin.
2. Challenge fails after 20 minutes.
“Let’s go with this.
The reward for an F-ranked challenge was still an F-ranked challenge no matter how good it was. Ming Hu looked at the NPC with an expression that said he didn’t even have to think about it, since he was challenging to raise his rank anyway.
“Let’s go with 21.”
“If it’s number 21… Goblin Hunt. The challenge costs 5 gold.”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu took 5 gold from his inventory and handed it over.
“Please wait a moment.”
After handing you 5 gold, the NPC asked you to wait a moment and pressed the button next to it.
Jumbled
A few moments later, someone walked out from the back of the building.
“This is your guide, please follow him.”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu looked at the guide. The guide bowed slightly to Ming Hu and began to walk away.
“The mask I bought back then…
Following the guide, Ming Hu opened his inventory and began searching for the mask.
“Here it is!
Finding the mask, Ming Hu pulled it out of his inventory and put it on immediately. It was a pure white mask with a very simple shape, with no symbols imprinted on it.
“No one will recognize this.
There were nobles here. He had only seen them briefly during the ceremony, but there was a chance that some of the nobles might recognize him. Wearing a mask to prevent that, Ming Hu figured that no one would recognize him at this point, so he closed his inventory and began to walk quietly behind the guide again.
“This is the place.”
Walking behind the usher, Ming Hu soon stopped in front of one of the rings.
Sigh
“Maybe it’s because it’s rated F.
Stopping in front of the ring, Ming Hu looked around the ring. There wasn’t a single spectator in sight, perhaps because it was an F-rated event, just an empty couch. Ming Hu turned his gaze back to the ring.
-Giggle, human. human. Kick.
There was a goblin in the ring, giggling at Ming Hu and the usher.
“Can I just walk right in and grab it?”
Ming Hu looked at the usher and said.
“Yes, please step in this way and I’ll open the door for you.”
With that, the usher opened the entrance to the ring. Ming Hu stepped through the entrance and approached the cage.
“I’ll open it.”
As Ming Hu entered the entrance, the usher closed the door and opened the bars that separated the ring from the entrance.
[Start the “Goblin Hunt” challenge].
The moment the cage opened, a message appeared.
-Keukkkeukkkeuk! Human! Human!
At the same time, the goblin who had been waiting for Ming Hu in the ring began to run toward him. Ming Hu extended his fist toward the goblin running toward him.
Puck!
-kick…
Shake.
[Challenge Success!]
The goblin collapsed, and a challenge success message appeared. Ming Hu turned around and looked at the usher.
“Please open it.”
“Ah…yes.”
The usher lowered the bars and reopened the entrance. Ming Hu stepped out through the gate, looked at the usher, and continued, “I’m sorry.
“Do I have to go back there to increase my reward or rating?”
“Yes. This way.”
The guide nodded in response to Minghu’s words and resumed walking ahead of him. After a while, Ming Hu was able to return to the building.
“Here’s your success reward. Would you like a proof plaque?”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu opened his inventory, added the gold he’d been rewarded with, and took out the proof plaque, handing it to the NPC.
“Wait.”
After handing Ming Hu the certificate, the NPC told him to wait a moment, then ducked under his desk again to rummage around for something, and soon produced a certificate that looked slightly more luxurious than the F-class certificate that Ming Hu had handed him, and handed it to Ming Hu, saying, “I’m sorry.
“This is a Class E certificate.”
[Arena Proof Plaque [F] has been destroyed].
[You have earned the Arena Proof Plaque [E]].
“Do you want to try again?”
The NPC who handed you the proof plaque asked Ming Hu.
“Yes.”
“Here it is.”
At Ming Hu’s words, an NPC took out a book and placed it on the desk. Ming Hu opened the book and began searching for a Grade E challenge.
34. Battle with 2 Orcs
Restriction: Grade E
Challenge Cost: 30 Gold
Reward: 50 gold and 5 Orc’s Teeth.
Rules: 1. Challenge fails if over 15 minutes.
2. restorative potions can be used, but the challenge will fail if other potions or drugs are used.
“E-levels don’t pay well either…
As it turned out, rank E didn’t seem to reward much either. Ming Hu closed the book and looked at the NPC.
“Let’s go with 34.”
“Thirty-four… It’s a battle against two orcs, and it currently has a challenger, so you’ll have to wait about five minutes, but would you like to challenge?”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu thought for a moment, then nodded.
“30 gold.”
Ming Hu took out 30 gold and handed it to the NPC. The NPC then pointed to the usher, who hadn’t gone inside yet.
“The receptionist who escorted you earlier will escort you again.”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu looked at the guide. The guide smiled slightly and started walking ahead, and Ming Hu followed behind him, soon arriving in front of one of the rings.
“There’s some here…
Unlike in the F-grade, there were a few people around the ring watching the action with excited faces.
“Boom!”
Just then, a shout came from inside the ring. Ming Hu looked toward the ring. Inside the ring, a man and two orcs with brown, shiny skin were in full battle.
“That’s a close one.
The man and the two orcs were fighting a close battle until it was hard to tell who had the advantage, but after a while, the man’s strength waned and he began to lose ground.
“…Hmm?
Ming Hu couldn’t help but wonder at the look on the man’s face as he was increasingly outnumbered. The man was fending off the orcs’ attacks with a look that was a mixture of frustration and relief. It was a look that could never have come from a man in his situation, but he seemed to have a trick up his sleeve.
Siaak
Then a bright light began to emanate from beneath the feet of the men and orcs.
“Magic circle?
Lowering his head to check the bottom of the ring, Ming Hu could see a magic circle emitting light. After confirming that it was the magic circle that was emitting the light, Ming Hu looked up again to see the man and the orcs. The orcs were frozen in place, poised to swing their clubs, and the man was stepping out through the open bars with a rueful look on his face.
‘I’m guessing the magic circle will trigger after a while…’
I was wondering how to stop the battle if I failed the challenge, and now I know.
“Want to get started right away?”
When the man came out, the attendant who had led him spoke up. Ming Hu nodded at the usher’s words and walked through the doorway the man had come from and approached the bars.
-Gulp, human! Run! Gulp!
-Chapter. Tsk! Kill! Tsk!
The orcs, who had been restrained by the magic circle, were frantic that the restraint had been broken and the man had escaped.
“Do you want to open it?”
Seeing that the orcs had gone berserk, the guide asked again.
“Yes, please open.”
“I’ll open it.”
The receptionist replied to Ming Hu’s words.
Siaak
The cage began to rise as the attendant answered.
[Start the ‘Battle with 2 Orcs’ challenge].
-Get it!
-Gulp! Kills quickly. Tsk!
Sure enough, as the bars rose, a message appeared, and the frenzied orcs began to run toward Ming Hu. Ming Hu stepped through the open cage into the ring, faced the orcs running toward him, and punched them in the face.
Puck! Puck!
-take.
-take…rip.
Whisk
The orcs rushed at him in a frenzy, and he fell to the ground, unable to make a single swing of his club.
[Challenge Success!]
The orcs fell, and a successful challenge message appeared. Ming Hu turned back around and began to approach the entrance.
“Please open it.”
“….Ah, yes.”
The usher, who had been standing there staring at the orcs, came to his senses at Ming Hu’s words and opened the gate. Ming Hu stepped through the opening.
“Uh, how…”
Once outside, the man who had been fighting the orcs when Ming Hu arrived muttered to himself in disbelief, looking back and forth between Ming Hu and the fallen orcs. Of course, Ming Hu didn’t answer the man’s mutterings.
“Let’s go.”
Ming Hu approached the usher, who was still looking at the ring with a dubious expression. Having reached the building with the guide, Ming Hu approached the NPC.
“…here’s your success reward.”
The NPC looked a little embarrassed as you approached and placed the pouch with the challenge reward of 50 gold and 5 orc teeth on the desk.
“Here.”
Ming Hu glanced at the reward on the desk, opened his inventory, took out a proof plaque, and handed it to the NPC.
“…Ah, yes.”
The NPC took the plaque from Ming Hu and leaned back down to rummage under the desk. Ming Hu placed the pouch with 50 gold and the Orc’s Tooth in his inventory, then opened the book on the desk and began searching for a Grade D challenge.
Sigh
“…a Class D proof plaque.”
Ming Hu, who was looking for a D-ranked challenge, lifted his head and looked at the NPC. In the NPC’s hand was a metal plaque.
[Arena Proof Plaque [E] has been destroyed].
[You have earned the Arena Proof Plaque [D]].
“Are you going to jump right in?”
When Ming Hu receives the proof plaque, an NPC asks.
“Yes.”
At the NPC’s question, Ming Hu nodded in agreement as he placed the proof plaque in his inventory. He then resumed his search for Rank D Challenges.
“I see…”
The NPC was speechless at Ming Hu’s words and actions. He then carefully pressed a button on the underside of the desk, keeping an eye on Myung Hu.