Chapter 48

When the word “giant wolf” came out of Tilto’s mouth, Ming Hu couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.
“No way?
Ming Hu swallowed hard.
“Yes, giant wolf. If the monster fox’s claws are as hard as steel, the giant wolf’s claws can cut through steel. So…”
Tilto looked at Ming Hu with a slight frown, then continued.
“Can you get me 30 claws from a giant wolf?”
<Tilto's Favor3
Tilto is building something these days. But to make it, he needs the claws of a giant wolf, whose cutting power can cut through steel. Go get the claws for Tilto!
[Claws of the Giant Wolf: 0/30]
Difficulty Level: D
Quest Reward: ???, Tilto's Secret
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Five people are sitting in a breakout room at the headquarters of Myungkyung, the maker of the virtual reality game "Legend," whose stock is on the rise. The topic of conversation was class balance in Legends.
"They're saying, 'We're going to have to fix this.'"
"Right, that's something we'll have to adjust."
"I see."
The conversation was going like this: three people talking and two people listening and answering.
'Ha…'
Kim Mu-woong, one of the two people listening and responding to the story, sighed to himself. He looked at the three people in front of him and thought to himself.
"It's not as easy as it sounds, these guys…
If it were easier said than done, I would have made the adjustment long ago. But it's not that easy. Once you make a small change, there are tons of variables that trigger a butterfly effect.
"That's it."
"Me too."
The three people who had been talking about whether they were done talking were silent. Kim realized that it was time to end the meeting.
"We're done here for today."
Kim stood up and walked out of the breakout room, followed by Jang Moo-yeol, who had been listening to the conversation.
Jumbled
"Ha, that sucks."
Zhang muttered. But the muttering was a little loud.
Sigh
Kim Mu-woong checked to see if anyone had heard. Luckily, no one did, and Kim looked at Jang Moo-yeol.
"Keep your voice down. Someone will hear you."
"Did I say something wrong? Ugh, I really think you just say it and it happens. What are we, lamp fairies?"
Jang Moo-yeol's voice was already quite low as he said that. Kim Mu-woong smiled wryly at the sight of Jang Moo-yeol and started walking again.
Dada Dada Dada
"Hey, Team Leader!!! We're in trouble!"
That's when it happened. A man ran toward Kim Mu-woong and Jang Moo-yeol, shouting, "Hey! Kim Mu-woong and Jang Moo-yeol looked at each other, shook their heads, and then looked back at the man.
"Uh-oh. Big deal."
When the man arrived in front of Kim Mu-woong and Jang Moo-yeol, he was out of breath and unable to speak. Kim Mu-woong looked at the man and said.
"Just catch your breath. What's the big deal?"
"Hmmm…hmmm. That."
Sana, catching his breath at Kim's words, shook his head.
"I'm not sure what the big deal is."
"…What?"
He came running, out of breath, saying something was wrong, and you don't know what?" Kim looked at the man, his brow furrowed slightly.
"What do you mean, something big happened and you don't know what it is?"
At Kim's words, Sana swallowed hard and said.
"W-wasn't that something you told me a while back, that I don't need to do it now, but to keep checking in three or four months from now, in case I forget to do it, and I checked it today, and I got two black codes, and you said that if I get a black code or a white code or a red code, it's a big deal, and to report it right away, so I'm reporting it now."
"…What?"
"…!"
Kim Mu-woong and Jang Moo-yeol's faces instantly hardened at the man's words.
"This is ridiculous!
Kim couldn't believe it.
"Those skills are already unlocked? Two of them?
There are different kinds of codes: white, black, red, and blue. Among them, the black code represented a skill. Kim Mu-woong and Jang Moo-yeol looked at each other.
Dada dada dada dada!
And as if on a promise, they started to run fast. I had to see with my own eyes if the black code was real.
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Oooooh!
The ground rumbled loudly with a magnificent sound.
-Crack!
-k…ugh!
-Crunch!
The fifteen blue rams on the ground jumped into the air with a rumbling sound, and then began to fall back to the ground.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The blueberries began to fall to the ground, making a series of thuds in rhythm. Once down, they couldn't get up.
Jumbled
Ming Hu walked over to the corpses of the Qinglangs and began collecting items.
-You've mastered the Blue Ranger's Hide.
-You've mastered the Fang of Qinglang.
-You've mastered the Liver of Qinglang.
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-You've mastered the Liver of Qinglang.
"Whoa. Picking up items is work. Work."
The number of items dropped by 15 blue rats is a lot. I picked it up more than once.
"I can't pick it up…"
But he couldn't resist picking it up. Ming Hu grumbled and started walking again, looking for the gathering of the Qinglang.
"Now I just have to do it once or twice."
You had 41 livers in your inventory. You needed 50 livers for the quest, and only 9 more to go.
-croak.
-Crawl.
Soon afterward, Ming Hu found a group of chenglangs.
Oooooh!
-Crack!
-Crunch!
With a loud bang, a flock of bluebirds took to the sky.
"I love skills.
Ming Hu thought to himself as he watched the horde of blue langs float through the air and slowly fall. Although the blow was painful, the skill was indeed convenient.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
"Let's go."
All the blue lanterns that had risen into the air crashed to the ground. Ming Hu began picking up items as he had been doing all along.
"Huh!"
After collecting the items, Ming Hu snorted in disbelief.
"How can you be one short…"
This time, she got 8 livers. You had 41 livers, and the 8 livers brought you to 49. However, the number of livers needed for the quest was 50, just one short.
"Ah…phew."
Ming Hu sighed and set off again in search of the blue lang. Soon afterward, Ming Hu was able to spot a group of blue langs, and he hunted them down just as he had hunted before.
"There you go."
After picking up all the items, Ming Hu opened the quest window.
<Gadagu's Experimental Material F
Dr. Kadugu, the chief of Himise and a doctor, is conducting various experiments. He needs many ingredients for his experiments, but it takes too much time for him to get them. Take his place and get him the ingredients he needs!
[Cheng Lang's liver: 55 / 50]
[Giant Wolf's Red Blood: 0/20]
Difficulty Level: D
Quest Reward: 2 Elixirs of Health
<Tilto's Favor3
Tilto is building something these days. But to make it, he needs the claws of a giant wolf, whose cutting power can cut through steel. Go get the claws for Tilto!
[Claws of the Giant Wolf: 0/30]
Difficulty Level: D
Quest Reward: ???, Tilto's Secret
"Now if we can just catch the big wolf…"
Ming Hu smiled. He opened his inventory and pulled out a fang. It was not Qing Lang's fang.
<fang key
The fang of the Great Wolf and the key to the forest. Unlike a normal Great Wolf Fang, it is energized throughout.
The fangs belonged to the great wolf.
"I got lucky."
Ming Hu had met Wei Cha and Luna when he was passing through the wolf colony on his way to the Qinglang Forest. Weiqia and Luna were slaughtering wolves for quest materials, wolf paws, and hunting whenever the Great Wolf was regenerated.
Ming Hu then asked Weiqi and Luna if they happened to have a key to the claws, and Weiqi said, "Yes, you do, and you'll need it! Here you go! That's how Ming Hu got the fangs.
"Let's go!"
There were no more ingredients to be found here.
Jumbled
Ming Hu began to move out of the forest of Qinglang and into the wolf's habitat.