Chapter 275

After acquiring a skill, Ming Hu opened the Skills window to see the information about the skills he learned.
<Blood Wave
Level: 1
Proficiencia : 0
Continuously drains your blood to unleash a wave of blood that damages nearby enemies.
AFFECTS: 7M Radius, X 2% Physical Damage per 1 second to all enemies
Blood Cost: 30 (drains 1 every 3 seconds after 1 minute)
The first thing I noticed was a wave of blood.
"Hmm.
A smile curved the corners of Ming Hu's mouth as he confirmed the details of the blood wave.
"This is a great skill.
Blood Wave was a 2% skill that fired a continuous wave of damage, dealing damage to all enemies within a 7 meter radius.
"No problem with blood.
It seemed like a huge drain, but Ming Hu had an overflowing supply of blood. Blood was no problem either.
"If I carry this around…
Ming Hu imagined himself raising a wave of blood and bursting through the monsters.
"Yikes.
He felt a thrill of excitement at what was about to happen next. Ming Hu shuddered with excitement and checked his next skill, Shadow Shift.
<Shift Shadow
Level : -.
Proficiency : -.
You can use shadows.
Effect: You can move over shadows within a 20M radius. Physical Defense is reduced by 20% for 20 seconds after moving.
Mana Cost: 5000
Cooldown: 2 minutes
Shadow Shift was a skill that allowed him to move over any shadow as long as it was within 20 meters of him. Ming Hu thought as he opened his equipment window and checked the information on his current pair of Santurce shoes.

Limit: 100,000 life
Physical Defense: 700
Magic Defense: 900
Movement speed +20
Costs 10,000 Life to use Blink. (Cooldown: 2 minutes, Blink Range: 20M)
The shoes worn by Dado Santurth, who can use Blink at the cost of his life instead of mana.
“Now we can get down to 40M in one fell swoop.
Santurce’s Shoes cost 10,000 life and allowed him to use Blink. So far, he hadn’t used it because of its vague range, but now that he had learned Shadow Shift, he had a feeling he would use it very often. Ming Hu closed the equipment window and turned his attention to the skills window to check his next skill.
<Indomitable Charge
Level: 1
Proficiencia : 0
Charges and slams into the specified target.
Effect: Target a target within 100M radius and charge, 10% reduced Physical Armor, 300% increased Movement Speed, 300% Physical Attack X 300% Physical Damage while charging
Mana Cost: 2000
Cooldown: 2 minutes
'This is… I'll have to try it.'
The information about the Indomitable Charge skill was not what he expected, so Ming Hu decided to give it a try and closed the skill window.
'Now…'
After closing the Skills window, Ming Hu opened his inventory. He had received quests and learned skills, but there was still work to be done.

It’s a map of somewhere, but you don’t know where that somewhere is.
Relic-level map obtained by capturing a high-level demon, Rebun.
“Let’s go decode it.
Ming Hu thought about deciphering this strange map.
There are several ways to decipher maps. The best way to do so is through the Cartographer system.
The Cartographer system was a system where you handed over gold or materials along with a map and received a more detailed and accurate upgrade of where the map was pointing.
“You said it was in a residential area, right?
Having already searched for the location of the senior cartographer, Minghu began walking to the residential neighborhood where the cartographer lived.
‘Red two-story house… red two-story house…’
Arriving in a residential neighborhood some time later, Ming Hu started looking for the red, two-story house where the cartographer lived.
“Is that it?
Ming Hu soon found a red, two-story house and approached the door. The word “Korank” was written on the door.
“This is the right place.
The tutor’s name was Korank. Ming Hu was certain that the house in front of him belonged to the senior tutor, Korank, so he knocked on the door.
Profit
I knocked and the door opened as if it had been waiting for me, revealing an elderly man in his late 60s with imposing wrinkles.
“Is this NPC a Korrank?
I wasn’t sure, but my gut feeling was that the old man was Korran.
“Who are you?”
The old man asked.
“Hello, I’m Ming Hu, and I’m wondering if this is the home of the Lead Scholar Korank?”
Ming Hu introduced himself and asked the old man a question. The old man nodded in response to Ming Hu’s question, looking puzzled.
“Yes, I’m Korank, and what’s going on?”
It was as expected. The old man turned out to be Korrank, the Guiding Scholar.
“Oh, that’s…”
At Korran’s question, Ming Hu trailed off and opened his inventory, pulling out a map. He showed the map to Korran and said, “This is the map.
“I’m here to decipher the map.”
[Cartographer Korank is intrigued].
As Ming Hu finished speaking, a message appeared. Ming Hu turned away from the message and looked at Korran. Korran’s eyes were sparkling.
“Come in.”
Korank’s eyes twinkled as he studied the map, and he stepped aside as if to invite them in. Ming Hu walked inside, and Korank closed the door behind him and began to walk ahead of him. Ming Hu followed behind Korank and soon they were in the living room.
“Have a seat here.”
Korran sat down at the table and pointed across the room to Ming Hu.
Sigh
“Can you show me a map to decipher?”
When Ming Hu sat down, Korran continued. Korran’s eyes were still sparkling. Ming Hu looked into Korran’s sparkling eyes and handed him the map.
“…”
Handed the map, Korrank began to study it wordlessly.
[Cartographer Korank is checking the map].
Then a message appeared. Ming Hu looked at the message and waited.
“Hmmm.”
Korrank looked at the map and grunted.
[Checking the materials needed to decode the map].
At the same time, the message popped up again.
Sigh
A moment after the message appeared, Korran put down the map, looked at Ming Hu, and then spoke.
“For 10 gold, three Grassroots of Grams, and two drops of Ramu’s Tears, I think I can decipher it perfectly.”
<Deciphering Korran's Map
To decipher the map, you'll need 10 gold, Grams' Grassroots, and Ramu's Tears.
[Grassroots of Grams: 0 / 3].
[Rammu's Tears: 0/2].
[Gold: 11731524 / 10]
Difficulty Level: S
Quest Reward: Deciphered Map
As soon as it was finished, the quest appeared.
"Quest appears?
When the quest appeared, Ming Hu couldn't help but panic a little.
"Why all of a sudden…
According to his search, he wants to decode the map, but the quest doesn't appear. You just need to give him the materials he needs to decode it. But contrary to the information, the quest appeared. That wasn't the only problem.
"Why is the difficulty level S?
It is not known how difficulty is determined. In some cases, D-level quests were much easier than E-level quests, but not S-level quests. Any quest with an S difficulty level was tough.
"Okay, I'll get it and come back."
Something wasn't right, but he needed to complete the quest to decipher it. Besides, it didn't seem like a difficult quest, so Ming Hu decided to take it.
[You have accepted the quest].
Sigh
After accepting the quest, Ming Hu got up from his seat.
'The Grassroots of Grams, the Tears of Ram Mu…'
He began to walk out of Korank's house and toward the auction house, remembering the items he needed to decode the map.
Woof, woof, woof
"I'm buying gold. Seven thousand a gold! High price three!"
I buy all kinds of emergency items. It's more expensive than you think, but I'll give it to you first!"
"Sell gold! 7500 won per gold! I have 300 gold!"
"Looking for guild members in GoldGoldGold. It's a business guild. Only merchant classes can join. Level doesn't matter!"
After leaving Korank's house and traveling to the auction house, Ming Hu was able to reach the auction house in no time. Once inside the auction house, Ming Hu walked past the players and headed straight for the Gold Auction House NPC.
"Let me see the auction house."
Arriving in front of the Gold Auction House NPC, Ming Hu immediately opened the auction house, and first searched for the Grass Roots needed to decode them.
"…?"
After a quick search, I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"None?
Not a single Grassroots of Grams was listed on the auction house.
"Is it because it's not a job item?
It was a Class S difficulty quest. There was no way the quest completion item was a job item. It was probably a very high tier item, which is why it wasn't listed.
"Should I stop by the exchange or the palace?
If it was a top-tier item, it would most likely be in the Exchange or the Imperial Palace. Ming Hu furrowed his brow, searching for Ramu's tears.
"I don't think I have this…
Like the grassroots of Grams, I had a feeling there would be no tears for Ramu.
"…Huh?"
But the search results soon came back, and Ming Hu could see that he was wrong. Rammu's tears were registered, unlike Grams' grassroots.
"There's only one…"
Of course, there weren't many registered, only one. The quest required 2 drops of Rammu's Tears. I was one drop short, but I figured I'd buy it anyway, so I checked the price.
"…Huh?"
After checking the price, Minghu couldn't help but furrow his brow again – the price was quite strange, as it should be.
"Five thousand gold?"
Ramu's Tears were listed for a whopping 5,000 gold.
"It's not even a machine.
Rammu's Tear is not an equipment item, it's an ingredient item, and 5,000 gold is way too expensive, even for an ingredient item in an S difficulty quest.
'No way… Is it something like Alcandeum?
Ming Hu thought for a moment, then shook his head, remembering the exorbitant price of alcandeum for a material item. Ramu's tears were the item needed to decode the map. It was unlikely that the item needed to decipher the map would be so expensive.
'Did you just post…'
It looked like someone was playing a prank.
"I guess I'll just go…
The money was enough. To Ming Hu, five thousand gold was a pittance, but even a pittance was too much.
"We should start with the imperial palace.
After closing the auction house, Ming Hu exited the auction house and began to walk toward the imperial palace.