Chapter 175

After defeating the man, Ming Hu continued to walk inward, but soon came upon a tower, presumably the Tower of the Black Moon, and stopped.
“What do you think?”
Ming Hu turned to Karot, who was following him from behind, and he glanced at the pagoda, and then smiled broadly like a child.
-Good.
“…Good?”
-Ah…
Karot smiled awkwardly, realizing something was off about the question, and spoke again.
-I’m pretty sure that’s it.
After hearing Karot’s answer, Ming Hu opened the quest window to check the quest once more.
<Black Moon
Master Black Nail John wants you to defeat all the Death Mages of the Black Moon. Do John's bidding and slay all the Death Mages of the Black Moon!
[Black Moon Tower Note: 0 / 1]
[Black Moon Butopjou: 0/1]
[Black Moon Cadre Wizard: 0/5]
[Black Moon Wizard: 1/???]
Time remaining: 20 days
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Mark of the Black Nail
"Let's go."
After confirming the quest, Ming Hu closed the quest window and walked toward the tower. Soon after, Karot opened his mouth and spoke.
-Master, there's an alarm enchantment up ahead. Shall I disarm it?
"Uh, turn it off."
Siaak
At Ming Hu's words, Karotte raised her staff forward, then lowered it again, saying, "I'm sorry.
-Done.
Ming Hu was a little surprised that he had disarmed the alarm spell in the meantime, when he had simply picked up his staff and started walking again.
Jab!
After a while, Ming Hu reached the entrance to the tower and stopped walking. The door was firmly closed. Ming Hu grabbed the doorknob and tried to open it.
Profit
"It's not locked?
He thought it would be locked, but contrary to his expectations, the door was unlocked and Ming Hu was able to open it and go inside.
[You have entered the Tower of the Black Moon].
Once inside, I was prompted to enter.
"Who…?"
"The alarm magic didn't work!"
The wizards on the first floor shook their heads at Ming Hu's entrance, then realizing that the alarm spell hadn't sounded, they raised their wands, and Karot strode through the door.
"…!"
"Rich…Rich."
When the wizards saw Karot, they were very surprised. Ming Hu saw the wizards' astonished expressions and said to Karot.
"Go ahead."
-Yes.
Sigh
Karot replied to Ming Hu's words and raised his staff. As he raised it, countless black orbs began to appear around the mages.
"Sh…shield!"
"Shield!"
The wizards stare in amazement as Karot raises her staff to form a black orb, and they quickly form a shield, but it's no use.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The black orbs exploded, shattering the shields in one fell swoop and engulfing the mages.
"Bam!"
"Crack!"
Soon the wizards began to scream and collapse.
Swoosh Swoosh
As expected, black energy began to emanate from the bodies of the fallen mages. The energy flew toward Karot and was absorbed, and a message began to appear.
[Karot absorbed energy and gained 30 hit points].
[Karot absorbed energy and gained 35 hit points].
.
.
[Karot absorbed energy and gained 30 hit points].
[Karot absorbed energy and gained 40 hit points].
The amount of energy each person had varied, ranging from 30 to 40 points per person.
"The stairs are… There they are."
Turning his attention away from the message, Ming Hu found a staircase leading up to the second floor and took it.
"…It's quiet."
Unlike the first floor, the second floor was very quiet. There wasn't a single ant in the hallway.
Profit
It was then. A door in the middle of the hallway opened and out walked a middle-aged male wizard who looked to be in his mid-40s.
"…?"
Stepping out into the hall, the wizard spotted Ming Hu and frowned. Then he raised his staff and muttered, "I'm sorry.
"Intruder."
Poof!
As he spoke, a black orb appeared above the wizard's head and exploded. The wizard raised his staff to do something, but instead fell backwards, and as he had been doing all along, a black aura erupted from his body and flew towards Karot.
[Karot absorbed energy and gained 100 hit points].
'100?
After reading the message, Ming Hu looked at the mage's corpse on the floor, a little surprised to see that his energy had increased more than he expected.
"You're giving me more than I thought.
I knew that the higher the floor, the higher the rising power, but I didn't expect it to be this high.
'How far can I climb if I catch a pagoda or a vice pagoda…'
A smile spread across Ming Hu's lips as he imagined how much his power would increase if he captured the top and vice top lords.
* * * * *
Inside a cave with dark purple flowers.
whisk
A plain-looking man who appeared to be in his mid-twenties knelt down and muttered.
"Finally. It's finally over."
With an indefinable, ambiguous expression on his face, he looked at the purple flowers and opened the quest window.
<Death Flower Ladecia
It is unknown what he is researching, but Magnec is currently in need of Radecia, a flower of death. But he can't be away for his research, so he has a favor to ask of you, the wannabe Death Mage. Obtain the Death Flower Radecia and bring it to Magnek to help him with his research!
Difficulty Level: B
Quest Reward: Advancement to Death Mage.
"Finally, finally. A hidden job, hahahahahahahaha!"
Sana laughed maniacally. How many times have I tried to get this job, the Death Wizard from the quest reward? Sascha continued to laugh and opened his character window.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 25 Occupation: Wizard
Prestige: 3000
Level: 167
Life: 54000
Mana: 65000
Strength : 300 Dexterity : 40 Constitution : 700 (+300) Intelligence : 1600 (+700) Wisdom : 1200 (+340)
"Hmph, now it's going to go up by leaps and bounds."
Muttering to himself, Sana closed his character window. He plucked a purple flower, Radecia, from the cave and placed it in his inventory.
[You have mastered Ladecia, the Flower of Death].
[You have mastered Ladecia, the Flower of Death].
[You have mastered Ladecia, the Flower of Death].
"Now… I just need to finish…. Hmph"
Seeing Radecia in his inventory, he stood up and began to walk out of the cave. Once out of the cave, he headed straight for the Barton Mountains to complete the quest.
"What skills are you going to teach me when I transfer, should I just transfer and start up? No. Do I help them with quests and build up their skills?"
She smiled happily. That was the moment.
[Quest 'Death Flower Ladecia' has been canceled].
Jab!
The message stopped him in his tracks, and his face slowly began to harden as he looked at the message with a puzzled expression.
"…"
Without a word, Sana opened the quest window.
"…What…what."
I was perplexed. The quest was gone, just like the message said. He didn't say anything for a moment. He didn't move. He just stood there, as if time had stopped.
Sigh
"…"
The man closed the quest window without a word. Then he reopened the quest window. The man's expression began to crumple rapidly.
"Shit."
I cursed under my breath. I shouldn't have done this. It should never have happened.
"Fuck!!!!!!!"
Cursing once more, Sana began to walk faster and faster, until he reached his destination, the Black Moon Tower, and could only shake his head.
"I should be out by now…?"
An alarm enchantment was placed around the tower. When someone approaches, a person comes out of the tower to greet them. However, no one came out of the tower even though they were at the entrance.
"…!
Realizing something wasn't right, he quickly opened the door and stepped inside.
"…Huh?"
As he entered, he was once again surprised to find that all of the mages he had greeted and befriended had fallen.
"You can't be…"
She swallowed hard at the thought and quickly took the stairs to the second floor.
"…!"
The second floor, like the first, was full of fallen mages. Sana went through the hallway and up to the third floor. The third floor was the same.
"…Shit."
Sana looked at the corpse lying in front of him, and his face fell.
"It was canceled because…? because you died?"
The corpse that caused the man to look so distraught was none other than Magnec, the man who had given him the quest. As the man looked at Magnec, his face began to crumple. He kicked Magnec's corpse and shouted, "I'm dead!
“Si Fa, what a puppy! Si Fa is just like a puppy! I'm a professional now, I'm a professional now!!!! Shival, even if you're a professional, you should let me die! Shival!”
That was the moment.
Boom!
An explosion sounded from above. The glowing man flinched at the sound of the explosion, stopped glowing, and looked upward.
"…"
He hesitated for a moment, but then, with a look of determination on his face, he started walking away.
"I'd rather die than see your face."