Chapter 121

“What do you get?”
When Ming Hu saw the message, he quickly opened his inventory, and after checking it, he was speechless.
“…What.”
In the compartment next to Karot’s corpse was the missing Praminus. Ming Hu checked Prominence’s information.
[Untradeable]
When used, it registers the Prominence as a pet.
After seeing the information, Ming Hu was speechless.
“…”
Ming Hu was quick to use his Prominence.
[prominence].
[You have registered Prominence as a pet].
[You can use the Pet window from now on].
When Ming Hu saw the message, he quickly opened the pet window. The first slot in the pet window was occupied by a very happy Prominus.
“It doesn’t look like this…
It was definitely Prominus, but he didn’t look the way Ming Hu saw him.
“…Why does it look so weak.
Compared to what Ming Hu had seen of Praminus, the one currently in the pet window looked very weak. Ming Hu checked the information on the Praminus.
Name: Prominence
Level: 1
Power: 300
Agile: 300
Health: 300
Stamina: 300
Wisdom: 300
Control: 100
“Level 1?
After checking his information, Ming Hu frowned slightly when he saw that his level was 1. Ming Hu frowned and checked Prominence’s equipment window.
‘There’s nothing…’
I saw that it was level 1, so I checked it out, but as expected, Prominence’s equipment window was empty.
‘You didn’t look weak, you were weak.
It didn’t look weak, it was actually weak.
“Ah! Items!”
Suddenly realizing that he hadn’t picked up the item yet, Ming Hu closed the pet window and turned his attention to the item that Prominence had dropped for now.
“Two?
There were a total of two items dropped. Ming Hu reached for a book nearby.
-Skillbook: You have mastered Summon Palace.
“Summoning a palace? No way.
When Ming Hu saw the message, he looked around.
“Uh, no.
Ming Hu shook his head and put the skillbook in his inventory, then picked up the remaining items.
-You’ve earned the Prominence badge.
“It was a sign.”
With a wistful look on his face, Ming Hu looked around the palace. As is characteristic of this place, the items dropped by the gargoyles and soldiers hadn’t disappeared after quite some time had passed. Ming Hu began to walk around and quickly pick up the items.
“Did you pick it all up?”
After gathering all the items, Ming Hu looked around the palace once more to see if there were any items he hadn’t picked up yet. After confirming that nothing was missing, Ming Hu looked at his inventory and smiled.
Sigh
“I’m going to use this.”
Looking at his inventory with a smile on his face, Ming Hu pulled out a return scroll that he had received from a user before he came here.
“Let’s go.”
Ming Hu ripped straight to the scroll.
Swoosh!
After scrolling to Madran’s central plaza, Ming Hu walked to the frontier headquarters and opened his character window.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 576000 Achievements: 40940410
Levels: 256
Life: 1904950
Mana: 6420
HP : 937
Strength : 93730 [9373(+1090)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 607(+500) Intelligence : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 279
Bonus Stets: 250
“It’s gone up a lot.
Before entering the Black Castle, Ming Hu’s level was 230. Ming Hu smiled at his current level and invested all of his bonus stats into strength.
“Do I have to stand in line?
Upon entering the frontier headquarters, Ming Hu looked at the line of users and hesitated before walking behind them. The line quickly shrank, and soon it was Minghu’s turn.
“What are you here for?”
“I’m here about the Denba Plains.”
“Oh, please hold on a second.”
At Ming Hu’s words, the NPC immediately stood up and went into the Deputy General Manager’s office. A moment later, the door opened to reveal Haim, and Ming Hu followed him into the deputy director’s office. Once inside, Ming Hu 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: 1 / 1]
[Senior Statue Article: 215/???]
[Intermediate Gargoyle Article: 329/???]
[Lesser Gargoyle Articles: 461/???]
[Superior Gargoyle Soldier: 735 / ???]
[Intermediate Gargoyle Soldier: 807 / ???]
[Lesser Gargoyle Soldier: 869 / ???]
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: ???
Seeing the quest, Ming Hu got straight to the point.
"I went to the castle in black."
"Oh, you did! How was it?"
"It's been tough."
"I see."
"We didn't kill them all, but we accomplished our goal."
"With the death squads that will be organized this time… Yes?"
Hearing Minghu's words, Haim questioned him. In response to Haim's question, Ming Hu first opened his inventory and took out the Prominence Mark.
"…?"
When Ming Hu took out the certificate, Haim looked at it with a puzzled expression, then at Ming Hu. Ming Hu handed the token to Haim and said, "Take it.
"Here it is."
Sigh
"What is this…"
Haim, still dumbfounded, took the certificate and stopped talking when he saw it, then looked at Ming Hu with a stern expression.
"It's a sign of prominence."
"…"
Haim said nothing to Ming Hu's words. He just stared at Ming Hu blankly.
"Please wait a moment."
He quickly regained his senses and rushed outside. A short time later, Haim came back inside with two NPCs. The two NPCs who came with Haim were carrying a rather large box. Ming Hu looked at the chest and thought to himself.
'How heavy is it?
The box was big, but not so big that it needed to be lifted by two people, which meant that the box was heavy.
"Put it here."
Thump!
At Haim's words, the two NPCs set down the crates they were carrying in front of Ming Hu and walked out. Haim pointed to the chest and looked at Ming Hu.
"This is just a small thank you for your help."
[You have completed the quest].
"Ugh, what the heck."
Ming Hu heard the sound of the box falling. With a look of anticipation on his face, Ming Hu picked up the box and placed it in his inventory.
[You have earned a gold chest].
"…"
When Ming Hu saw the message, he stopped in his tracks, still holding the box in his inventory. Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at the box in his inventory.
"Gold chest? That sound?
Ming Hu checked the information in the box.
<Gold Box
A chest containing 1.2 million gold.
"…"
Ming Hu looked at the information on the box and looked at Haim wordlessly. Feeling Minghu's gaze, Haim opened his mouth to speak.
"Thank you for your time. We'll see you next time."
"Ah…yes."
At Haim's words, Ming Hu walked out of the deputy general manager's office and walked out of the building with a puzzled expression on his face. Once outside the building, Ming Hu stopped walking and opened his inventory again.
"…"
Ming Hu said nothing as he looked at the gold chest in his inventory.
[I used the gold box].
[You have earned 1.2 million gold].
Ming Hu, who used the gold chest, checked for gold.
"1.3 million gold…
Ming Hu had 100,000 gold, but the Gold Chest gave him an additional 1.2 million gold. Looking at the 1.3 million gold sitting comfortably in his inventory, Ming Hu thought to himself.
"I need to sell some gold and customize my items.
There was no point in carrying so much gold. Ming Hu began walking to the auction house to dispose of the gold.
* * * * *
The Pacific Guild, the founder of the Revere Alliance and the largest guild in the Alliance. In a small conference room inside the Pacific Guild's guildhouse, the heads of the guilds currently part of the Revere Alliance were gathered. Goldbar's Guildmaster, Lenin, was also here, though he was frowning slightly.
"When are you coming?
Lenin's brow furrowed because of the one person who had not yet arrived. Everyone was seated and waiting for the meeting to begin, except for that one person.
Profit
Just then, the door opened and one last person walked in, Margaret, Guild Master of the Pacific Guild and officially ranked #3.
"I'm sorry. Something came up and I'm a little late."
As she entered the breakout room, Margaret bowed slightly. Then she sat down in her seat and opened her mouth.
"I'd like to call the meeting to order, and the first item on the agenda is the gold we've planned for this coalition…"
But Margaret couldn't finish her sentence.
"Oh, well, let's just let that slide, it's what we were going to do anyway, and it doesn't matter to you or me, but there are a lot of people who would be embarrassed if we talked about it, and sweet Amy, don't frown, you're getting wrinkles."
Margaret frowned slightly at Storm Guild's Guildmaster Venom, who had cut her off. As Venom had said, what she was about to say would make all but a few people cringe. But what had to be said had to be said.
"Well, then, I'll just say this: if you're a guild going into this for the first time, you're going to have to be prepared."
The words were menacing, but those gathered in the small conference room said nothing. The reality of the situation, of this place, of her position, was too high for them to say anything.
"Let's get right to the second agenda item."
Margaret shot Venom a cold glare, then continued, "And so it began. And so began the meeting of the Revere Alliance, a gathering of the powerful.