Chapter 271

“Bye-bye!”
After escorting Rafid to his room, Ming Hu greeted Rafid’s greeting and left the room, leaving the mansion and traveling to the warp gate.
“Where are you going?”
“Go to Nexus.”
Arriving at the warp gate, Ming Hu answered the wizard’s questions and handed over the gold.
“Let’s warp.”
After handing over the gold, with a wizard’s shout, Ming Hu felt like he was floating and was able to warp to the capital nexus.
Jumbled
Ming Hu stepped out of the warp gate and began walking directly to the Temple of Elgav to complete the quest.
“What do I use this for…
As they walked to the temple, Ming Hu opened his inventory and saw the Legendary ranked item Demon Instinct, which he had gotten from Makusa.
‘It’s too good for me to use…’
Changing your race to Demon allows you to gain race-specific skills, stats, and more. However, from Ming Hu’s perspective, it was better not to change races. There was more to lose than gain.
Of course, that didn’t make Demon Instinct a bad item. The only thing it had to lose was if Ming Hu himself used it.
‘Maybe I should get a pet…’
You can also use Demon Instinct on your pet. Of course, Prominus and Karot didn’t need to change their race. To use it on a pet, they had to get a separate pet.
“I’ll use it someday.
It wasn’t something he needed to use right now, so Ming Hu decided to think about it later and closed the inventory.
Woof, woof, woof
Shortly thereafter, Ming Hu was able to reach the temple.
“That’s a lot.
There were still a lot of users in front of the temple.
“Oh, crap. What happened?”
“What quests are solved as soon as they appear?”
“Isn’t your magic level really low?”
“Yeah…”
“Who the hell sealed the door?”
“I wish he’d open it up again…”
“I used to hate him, but now I think he’s a really nice guy.”
Listening to the users’ conversation, Ming Hu entered the temple.
Jumbled
Once inside the temple, Ming Hu made his way to the chambers of Onax, the High Priest of the Temple of Elgav.
“Uh, my lord.”
Heading to Onax’s chambers, Ming Hu found himself in front of him and saw the priest approaching with a smile.
“That’s the priest.
It was not a new priest. The approaching priest was clearly the same one who had escorted him to Onax’s chambers the first time.
“Hello.”
Ming Hu smiled and greeted the approaching priest.
“Hello.”
“Yeah, meh.”
“Are you going to see the High Priest by any chance?”
“Oh, yeah.”
“I happened to have something to deliver to the High Priestess as well, and I’ll walk you through it.”
The priest said so and began to walk ahead, and Ming Hu began to walk behind him.
smart
“High Priest. Ming Hu is here.”
A short time later, we arrived in front of the high priest’s chamber, and he knocked on the door and called out.
Profit
Instead of answering the priest’s shout, the door opened to reveal Onax.
“You’re here.”
Onax opened the door and smiled when he saw Myung Hu.
“High Priest, here you go.”
“Ah, thank you.”
The priest handed Onax something and stepped aside. As the priest moved aside, Ming Hu entered the room with Onax.
“Elgav… Elgav?”
The door closed and Onax turned to Ming Hu.
“Yes.”
Ming Hu nodded at Onax’s question. He needed the Elgav to complete the quest.
“Wait.”
At Ming Hu’s words, Onax closed his eyes, telling him to wait a moment.
Siaak
A blue glow appeared around Onax’s body as he closed his eyes.
‘You’re strong.
When Ming Hu saw the blue light, he knew that Elgav was strong.
“You’re here?”
A crystal-clear voice spoke from Onax’s mouth. It was Elgav’s voice.
“Yes.”
“You’re an amazing human being, I can’t believe how quickly you got this done.”
Elgav’s words indicated that Ming Hu didn’t need to report.
“Is it the system or is it God?
He didn’t know if it was the system or Elgav being a “god,” but he knew it was done.
“Great job!”
Elgav continued.
[You have completed the quest].
When he finished speaking, the quest completion message that he had been waiting for, the one he had come here for, appeared. Ming Hu smiled at the quest completion message, then turned his gaze back to Elgav.
“Proof…!
The completion message didn’t mean it was over. You haven’t yet received the quest reward, the Mark of Elgav.
“And my small way of thanking you for stopping the chaos in Middle-earth.”
Elgav held out his hand. Ming Hu looked at Elgav’s hand.
“…?
When Ming Hu saw the hand, he couldn’t help but wonder, for he could see nothing in Elgav’s hand.
That was the moment.
Siaak
The blue light that had been swirling around began to gather in Elgav’s hands. The blue light in his hand gradually began to take shape. Ming Hu was able to predict that the blue light taking shape was Elgav’s signature.
“Here.”
Soon, the blue light gathered and took on a complete form. Ming Hu looked at the blue light and thought, “It has taken shape.
‘That’s a sign…’
Ming Hu handed Elgav what he assumed to be a token.
[You have earned the Mark of Elgav].
As expected, Elgav handed him his seal. Upon receiving it, Ming Hu checked the item’s information.

If you have Elgav’s token, the token, you gain the following effects
1. +30% movement speed
2. heal for 3% of your total health every 10 seconds at the start of combat.
3. heal for 5% of your total mana every 10 seconds at the start of battle.
4. cannot be preemptively attacked by animal-type monsters.
5. tokens cannot be discarded and are dropped to the user on death.
“Ho-ho.
When Ming Hu saw the option, he couldn’t help but smile.
“This is a zombie item.
For Ming Hu, the Mark of Elgav was an incredibly efficient item.
“3% every 10 seconds.
Ming Hu checked his health.
’19 million… 3%. 580,000…’
Ming Hu’s current health was 19 million. Three percent of 19 million was a whopping 580,000. Just holding the mark would restore 580,000 health every 10 seconds, which, including its own health regeneration, would make it impossible to die.
“Hmm.
Ming Hu smiled, opened his inventory, and placed the token in it.
That was the moment.
[The mark of Agranecto, the Death Demon, and the mark of Elgav].
The message appeared shortly after I placed the Elgav’s Mark in my inventory.
‘…’
Upon seeing the message, Ming Hu felt an inexplicable sense of unease, and then the messages began to appear.
[The Mark of Agranecto, the Death Demon, has been destroyed].
[Elgav’s mark has been destroyed].
The next message that appeared was the destruction of the proof.
“…”
When Ming Hu saw the annihilation message, he was speechless. But the message didn’t end there.
[You have earned the Mark of Death and Darkness].
“…?
After watching the vanishing message blankly, Ming Hu looked at his inventory, puzzled by the acquisition message. Agranecto’s and Elgav’s marks had disappeared, and new ones had appeared.
‘No way… merged?’
It was clear they had merged. Ming Hu quickly checked the Death and Darkness marker options.
<Demigod
A mark of death and darkness. When you carry the token, you gain the following effects
1. cannot be attacked by undead monsters of a lower level than you.
2. You will become enemies with all users. However, the hostile status will not be displayed.
3. heal for 5% of your total health every 10 seconds at the start of combat.
4. 5% chance to instantly kill the target monster when attacking (1% chance to kill boss monsters)
5. tokens cannot be discarded and are not dropped upon death.
"…Huh.
After checking the options in the proof, Ming Hu couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
'I can't throw it away… it won't drop…'
With two Demigod-tiered tokens combined, the options were incredible. Once you have a token, you can't discard it, and it doesn't drop when you die. It's not like before, when there was a slim chance that it might drop, but that's not the point.
'From 3% to… 5%?'
The option to not be attacked by undead and the option to insta-kill monsters are nice, but the increase in health regeneration from 3% to 5% is the most important.
"I don't care if it's mana.
The 5% mana regen attached to Elgav's Mark is gone, but I didn't need the mana regen anyway. I'm better off now with the health boost.
"What's wrong?"
As Ming Hu was looking at the token and thinking, Elgav asked. In response to Elgav's question, Ming Hu closed his inventory, looked at Elgav, and thought.
"But why…
It was weird.
"Death and darkness, right?
Apparently, the materials for the Mark of Death and Darkness were the Mark of Agranecto, the Demon of Death, and the Mark of Elgav. It didn't make sense to me that these two marks would combine to create the Mark of Death and Darkness. No, I understood the death, but not the darkness.
"Something…
It was definitely weird.
"You're thrilled with my proof? Hehe!"
Elgav continued.
"Oh, yeah. I was thrilled."
Ming Hu nodded at first.
"Come to think of it…
As he answered, Ming Hu recalled what Maltario and Makusa had said. Ming Hu looked at Elgav, who was grinning broadly, and continued.
'Let's see… I'll have to look it up.'