Chapter 127

Sigh
“Work.”
Revil said, handing him the scroll. Ming Hu took the scroll, already expecting it to be a quest the moment he saw it.
“What’s the reward?
The previous two quests rewarded me with a great deal of merit and a key to the Imperial Treasury. I was excited to see what this quest would bring.
“Bye then.”
Handing over the scroll, Revil bowed slightly, then turned and left the forge. Ming Hu opened the scroll as soon as Revil had left.
<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.)
'What's the problem that stopped pioneering?'
Ming Hu frowned slightly. He tried to think of a problem that would cause the pioneering to stop, but he couldn't think of one.
'It wasn't so much as to halt the planting of black saints…'
Blackness was certainly a problem, but not enough to stop the pioneering.
"But when I look at the rewards, it doesn't seem like such a big deal again…
The reward for the quest was 1.5 million Merit plus additional Merit. While this is certainly a huge reward, it's less than the reward for the Blackened Crusade.
"…I should probably go.
Ming Hu ripped up the scroll.
[You have accepted the quest].
After accepting the quest, Ming Hu looked at his workbench and the smiths hard at work inside the forge. Then he stepped outside and began walking toward the warp gate. It was then.
-Delay: Minghuya!
Ming Hu smiled as Jie whispered to him. Then he answered.
-To Delay: Yes, Delay.
-Delay: what are you doing?
-To Jiyeon: I'm going to Dorden to break a quest. You?
-Delayed: I was just traveling, just wandering around, but that place northeast of Dorden?
-To Delay: Yeah, there.
-Delay: Great! I was going to go there this time. Let's go together! Where do you want to see it?
* * * * *
The small conference room inside the Pacific Guild's guildhouse currently held three users. The only female among them, Gilmar Margaret of the Pacific Guild, glared at Venom.
"Why are you giving me such a fierce look?"
Venom smiled at Margaret as she glared at him. As if waiting for the words, Margaret opened her mouth to speak.
"Is that you?"
"…?"
Margaret continued, continuing to glare at Venom, who gave her a puzzled look as if he didn't understand what she was saying.
"I thought we were supposed to stay out of each other's way."
"What do you mean?"
Venom, who had been smiling, furrowed his brow slightly and opened his mouth.
"If that's the way it's going to be, I guess I'll be a stamp buyer on Karts Beach."
"What? I thought we agreed not to do that?"
"You beat me to it!"
"What do you mean, what did I do first? I didn't do anything."
"…"
"…"
Margaret glared at Venom, who looked at her like she didn't know what she was talking about, and then the man who had been silent clapped.
Mate!
At the sudden sound of applause, Margaret and Venom turned to look at the man, who smiled as he saw them looking at him, and opened his mouth to speak.
"Why have you been so desperate to eat each other since you were little?"
"Brother!"
"I didn't do anything, did I?"
"What is it?"
"Soma no, Jin Hyuk, your brother will eat me."
"Hey, Myungjin Park!"
"What? Myung-jin Park, you little shit!"
"Who's the kid!"
"Ha…. What the hell."
At the sight of them bickering again, the man, Jin Hyuk, shook his head and sighed. Then he clapped his hands once more.
Pair
The sound of applause made Margaret and Venom look at Jin Hyuk again. Before they could argue again, Jin Hyuk quickly opened his mouth to speak.
"Myung-jin."
"Why?"
"I don't think so, but there's a user with a black castle who has over 2 million merits from redeeming tokens?"
"What, two million?"
"Yes."
Venom looked surprised at Jin Hyuk's words. But then he frowned slightly and said.
"What, you think I did that? No way, you guys have an exclusive purchase there in the first place?"
"Not until the auction house."
Margaret, who had been listening to Venom's words, shot back. When Venom looked at Margaret again, Jin Hyuk quickly opened his mouth.
"You know those users you've been secretly cultivating? Soyeon thinks that the user who exchanged the tokens is the same user you said you were cultivating. He's hijacking the tokens on the auction site to support you."
"Oh, no way."
Hearing Jin Hyuk's words, Venom threw up his hands and shouted.
"I believe you, but So-Yeon…"
"Brother, I told you to call me Margaret around here."
"…Got it."
At Margaret's words, Jin Hyuk opened his mouth again and spoke.
"Margaret is suspicious of you."
"…"
Venom was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth to speak.
"It's bad enough I'm being misunderstood, but it's not really me, and I've already earned my merit, and I've got enough to raise my kids on the beach, so why would I steal a merit from a black castle?"
"Huh!"
But Margaret snorted in disbelief. At Margaret's snort, Venom looked at Jin Hyuk. Jin Hyuk waved his hands in the air and shouted, "Venom!
"I don't know, but you've explained the situation anyway, so I'm leaving."
With that, Jin Hyuk said and started walking outside.
"Asshole, where are you going?"
Venom called out to Jin Hyuk as he walked out of the breakout room. Venom's words were answered by Jin Hyuk as he continued walking.
"I'm going to break a quest, and no, it's not a mancrasher, it's just a warrior with a bit more stats."
* * * * *
[Delay has joined the party].
Arriving in Dorden, Ming Hu smiles at the goodwill of Jie Li, who has joined the party to help him with his quest.
"Thank you."
"No, I'll help you with the quest and take in the sights. You can buy me a meal later if you want!"
Ming Hu smiled at Delay's words.
"Okay, let's go!"
"Yes!"
Ming Hu and Jian Chen chatted and began walking to Dorden's frontier headquarters. Seeing the signpost, they arrived at the front of the colony headquarters and went inside.
Woof, woof, woof
Compared to Madran, Dorden's Expansion Headquarters had very few players. The NPCs that dealt with players would stare blankly into space because there were no players to deal with.
"I'll be right back."
Ming Hu walked up to the NPC, speaking to Jie Li.
"What are you here for?"
"I'm here to see the general manager."
"Do you have an appointment?"
The NPC's words stunned Ming Hu for a moment. But then he nodded and said
"It should be. Tell them I'm from the imperial palace."
"Ah!"
However, at Ming Hu's words, the NPC stood up to see if he had heard.
"You must be from the Imperial Palace, this way…"
At the NPC's words, Ming Hu followed the NPC inside, and when they arrived at the General Manager's office, the NPC knocked on the door and called out, "Ming Hu!
smart
"Mr. General Manager. You have a visitor from the Imperial Palace."
"The Imperial Palace? Get him inside!"
Hearing a voice from inside, the NPC quickly opened the door and Ming Hu entered the General Manager's office. Once inside, Ming Hu could see the General Manager looking at him with a glint in his eye.
"Hello, I'm Mihad, head of the Dorden frontier."
"Yes, it's called Minghu."
"Excuse me. I was wondering if you could show me the proof…"
At Mihad's words, Ming Hu pulled out the emperor's seal and showed it to him. When he saw it, he smiled and said.
"Have a seat!"
Minghu sat down at Mihad's words. Ming Hu sat down, and Mihad opened his mouth to speak.
"You know…"
"Oh, wait a minute."
Ming Hu quickly interrupted Mihad's words. He then said
"I'm sorry, but I've only been told to go this way, and I don't know anything about it except that there's a problem."
"Oh, I see."
Mihad let out a short gasp at Minghu's words and paused for a moment in thought before opening his mouth to speak.
"All colonization activities at our Dorden colonization headquarters are currently suspended due to a city that was discovered while colonizing."
Mihad swallowed hard and continued.
"There are ogres living in that city."
"…Yes?"
Ming Hu wondered if he had misheard, but as if anticipating his reaction, Mihad opened his mouth again and spoke.
"I didn't believe it myself until I saw it, but there were definitely ogres living in that city, and they weren't just living, they were like… humans."
"…"
"Ogres in business, ogres on patrol. It was just… unbelievable."
Ming Hu was speechless, and Mihad continued to speak.
"I'd like you to reduce the number of ogres so they don't get out of the city before the mopping up is done."
Mihad finished speaking, and the quest appeared. Ming Hu looked at the quest that appeared.
<City of Ogres
Upon discovering the City of Ogres, the Dorden Expeditionary Headquarters realized that the huge number of ogres living in the city meant that it had to be colonized, so they suspended all expeditionary activities and called in the Extermination Army. However, the Extermination Army still needs to be refurbished before it can attack the city. Before that happens, go to the city and reduce the number of ogres so they don't escape!
[ogre: 0/200].
Difficulty Level: B
Quest Reward: ???