Chapter 147

After defeating Temus, Minghu and Jieyi began to roam the rest of the prison camp, rescuing NPCs.
<Saving a caged human
The soldiers who scouted into the ogre city for preliminary research and the humans who were reported missing are currently imprisoned within the city. Rescue the imprisoned humans before the slaughter begins!
[Rescued: 2524 / ???]
Time remaining: 6 days
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Saves X Helioca Merit 5000
After warping all the NPCs in the last POW camp, Ming Hu confirmed the quest, smiled, and told Jie Yi.
"Done."
"Sure! Shall we go?"
"Let's go!"
After finishing their business here, Myung-hoo and Delay immediately used the letter of return to travel to Dorden.
Siaak
Arriving in Dorden with the light, Ming Hu and Jie Jie walked to the frontier headquarters with smiles on their faces as they remembered their quest reward, and soon afterward, they arrived at the frontier headquarters and were allowed into the chambers of Mihad, the head of the frontier.
"Thank you."
As we walked inside, Mihad bowed his head and thanked us politely.
"All… I didn't expect you to save the day, and now I can go back to ridding the city of ogres with peace of mind. Thank you so much."
At the same time, a message started appearing.
[Warp staff has been destroyed].
[You have completed the quest].
[2524 people have been rescued].
[Helioca's public profile increased by 12.62 million].
[Quest "To Dorden's Frontier Headquarters!"].
"…Hmph.
Seeing the merit increase message and the message that he could complete the quest that brought him here, "To Dorden's Frontier Headquarters!", Ming Hu smiled and opened his character window to check his character information.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Reputation: 676000 Achievements: 19100970
Levels: 256
Life: 3176050
Mana: 11420
Blood pressure: 1573
Strength : 157330 [15733(+7200)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 607(+500) Intelligence : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 284
Ming Hu checked his achievements, closed the character window with a satisfied expression, and looked at Mihad. Mihad was looking at himself and Delay with a smile. Ming Hu looked at Mihad and said
"Let's go then."
"Oh, okay. See you next time."
With that, Myung-hoo and Ji-yeon walked out of the room as Mihad saw them off. As they walked out of the headquarters, they talked.
"Thank you, thank you so much!"
"No! I'll thank you."
"What are you going to do now?"
We thanked each other and chatted in good spirits, then Delay paused for a moment and opened his mouth to say.
"Now… I'm going to sign out, and I'm going to go to the store for a while."
"Ah~"
Ming Hu nodded at Delay's words, then continued.
"Okay, see you tomorrow!"
"Yeah, let me know before I get here tomorrow, I'll be there!"
"Goodbye~"
"See you tomorrow!"
With that, Delay logged out, and Ming Hu turned his attention away from Delay and began walking toward the warp gate. As Ming Hu walked to the warp gate, he opened his inventory.
"Hmph."
Ming Hu opened his inventory to see the information on the item that would be his biggest prize from this quest, the Golden Shield of the Returner.

Limit: 150,000 life
Physical Defense: 700
Magic Defense: 700
When you block a physical attack with your shield, it reflects the physical attack back to the attacking enemy. However, the physical damage received is cumulative, and the shield is destroyed when the accumulated physical damage reaches 50,000. (Accumulated damage: 0)
I thought it would be Unique, but the item was rated Rare.
‘Because it’s being destroyed.’
If the accumulated physical damage exceeds 50,000, the shield is destroyed. This is probably why the item is rated rare.
“Now… Let’s go.”
As the warp gate came into view, Ming Hu muttered to himself and closed his inventory.
“Where are you going?”
“Go to Nexus.”
“I’ll be 9 gold!”
Ming Hu handed over 9 gold to the wizard, and with a sensation of floating, he was able to reach the capital nexus.
Jumbled
After arriving at the Nexus, Ming Hu headed straight to the Imperial Palace. As he walked to the palace, Ming Hu opened the Quests window to see what quests he had to report to the Emperor.
<To Dorden's frontier headquarters!
Dorden, a city located northeast of Helioca, has been actively colonized, but one problem has halted the colonization. Travel to the colonization headquarters in Dorden and meet with the Director to hear and solve the problem!
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: 1.5 million Helioca Merit + ??? (You will receive additional Merit.)
"How much credit do you want to give…
The quest reward is a base 1.5 million merit points. However, Ming Hu is looking for additional merit. When you captured the old Karot, you received 10 million in additional merit. And when he captured Prominence, he also received 5 million in additional Merit.
"Come to think of it, I should summon him too.
Thinking of additional merits, Ming Hu suddenly remembered Prannus and opened his pet window to see him occupying the first slot.
"I'll summon it when we kill the orcs.
Upon seeing Prannus, Ming Hu decided to summon him to complete a quest for Count Dremen's houseguest, Luin Dremen.
Sigh
Arriving at the imperial palace a short time later, Ming Hu walked straight to the emperor's office. On his way to the emperor's office, Ming Hu felt the stares of the nobles and frowned.
"I need to buy clothes.
Every time I got a frowning nobleman's stare, I decided to buy clothes, but I couldn't be bothered to go.
'Later. I'll stop by.'
Later, Ming Hu stopped by a costume shop and decided once again to buy clothes, and soon he was at the emperor's residence.
smart
"Your Majesty the Emperor, Minghu."
"Huh? Come in!"
He knocked and called out, and heard Alkan's voice from inside. Ming Hu opened the door at Alkan's command and entered the office.
"I'm here to report to you."
"Alas, I've heard it, thank you."
But I've already been briefed, as usual," Alkan said, waving his hand.
[You have completed the quest].
[Helioca's notoriety has increased by 1.5 million].
[Earn additional rewards].
[Helioca's notoriety has increased by 4 million].
Seeing the message, Ming Hu opened his character window to check his achievements.
"24.6 million.
This quest has raised your merit by 5.5 million, bringing you to 24.6 million. Ming Hu smiled as he remembered the exchange, closed his character window, and looked at Alkan.
"Let's go."
As Ming Hu walked out of his office, he thought to himself as he walked to the forge.
"I said double…
With this update, Blacksmiths have doubled the amount of Merit they earn from crafting quests and drops.
Jumbled
After some thought, Ming Hu arrived at the forge and entered with a smile on his face. Once inside, he couldn't help but pause at the sight he saw.
"What is it?
At the workbench furthest away from the supply closet, a group of people I hadn't seen before were crafting items.
"Is this a user?
The guild mark floating above his head made it clear that he was a user.
'Well. It's about time you came in.'
Ming Hu thought it strange that there were no users in the imperial forge until now, but then he saw the users working hard at the workbench.
"Hmm?"
It was only then that the user with the workbench closest to the supply closet spotted Ming Hu.
"…"
"…"
Ming Hu and the user stared at each other for a moment without saying a word, and then the user who was using the workbench approached Ming Hu.
"You're a user, right?"
"Yes."
Ming Hu nodded in response to the user's words. The user smiled wryly at Ming Hu's words, then opened his mouth to speak.
"Hahaha, I see, why don't we step outside for a minute?"
"…?"
Ming Hu looked at you with a puzzled expression, but when he saw your expression, he smirked and left the forge. Ming Hu shook his head and followed the user out of the forge. Once outside, the user turned to Ming Hu and said, "I'm sorry.
"You're here for the karma, right?"
"Yes."
"As you can see, we have quite a few users here."
"I see."
"It's not a big deal, but all those users put me to work."
Ming Hu chuckled to himself as the user continued. Then, deciding to see what the user would say, Ming Hu began to listen to the user without speaking.
"I haven't been working here that long, but I'm new, so I tend to have a bit of a strong voice with the NPCs. How I speak can make the difference between being able to work here or not."
"So?"
"Hahaha, well, I'm just saying that if you give me a little example, I can tell you something."
Ming Hu smirked at the user's comment. The user frowned slightly at Ming Hu's laughter. Just then, a very familiar voice came from behind him.
"Rookie, what are you doing off the clock? Who else is in front of you?"
"Oh! Yes! He's here to do some work."
Hearing the voice, the user's face stiffened slightly. The user looked at Ming Hu with a stiff face and said quietly, "I'm sorry.
"Hey, what do you want to do, the boss NPC is on his way here, and I can talk to him right now and get him to work."
Ming Hu smiled at the user's words. As Ming Hu smiled, the user smiled back and extended his hand. Ming Hu took the user's hand and turned around.
"Ugh! You!"
As Nerfai approached Ming Hu and the user, he looked a little surprised to see Ming Hu. Ming Hu looked at Nerfai and said, "I'm sorry.
"Hello, Nerfai."