Chapter 139

“…?”
The faces of the NPCs who had been pleased by Minghu’s words hardened. The NPC who spoke to Ming Hu opened his mouth to speak with a puzzled expression.
“Are you saying you two are… done?”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu looked at Jie Li. She was picking up the dropped ogre’s tendons. Ming Hu turned his head again and spoke.
“Yes.”
“…”
“…”
The NPCs couldn’t say anything to Ming Hu’s words, until the NPC who had questioned him spoke up again.
“You’re kidding, right?”
“No, it’s really just the two of us.”
“Until…?”
“Yes.”
The NPC who questioned Ming Hu’s answer seemed to think for a moment, then opened his mouth to speak.
“Thank you so much for saving my life. But…”
The slurred NPC glanced at the NPCs behind him, who were looking at him and Ming Hu, and continued.
“Are you… Are you going to come with us to the city, or… Are we supposed to escape on our own?”
“Ouch.”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu realized why the NPCs’ expressions were stony, and he smiled and began to speak.
“Of course I’ll send you one, get in line.”
“…?”
The NPCs looked at Ming Hu with a confused expression on their faces. Ming Hu opened his inventory and pulled out the warp staff he had received from Mihad.
“I’ll warp you to Dorden.”
The NPCs looked at Ming Hu in disbelief as he pulled out his staff, and he looked at them in disbelief as well. They watched him beat the ogres. They had never heard of a mage beating up ogres before.
“…Were you a wizard?”
The male NPC who had spoken to Ming Hu on behalf of the NPCs up to this point looked at Ming Hu and the staff and said, “I’m sorry.
“No, I’m just borrowing this, please get in line.”
Ming Hu spoke to the NPCs again, quickly answering their questions. The NPCs hesitated for a moment, then quickly began to gather.
“How does this work…
Ming Hu checked the information on the warp staff.

Imprinted with warp magic. Hold the staff over the object to be warped and strike the ground twice with the tip of the staff to warp the object.
“Okay.
After double-checking the use of the Warp Staff, Ming Hu looked at the male NPC standing in front of him and said, “I’m not sure how to use it.
“I’ll warp… Oh, can I ask you a question?”
“Yes.”
“I was here once before, and there were orcs and elves and dwarves, do you know where they went?”
“Ah! It’s him!”
The male NPC exclaimed as if he remembered Ming Hu’s words, and then began to answer Ming Hu’s questions.
“Then, after you were warped, the ogres moved the cages that held the orcs, elves, and dwarves… I don’t know where they moved them, but…”
“Oh. I see. Thanks for letting me know, I’ll warp then.”
“Yes!”
Tuck
Ming Hu raised his staff and touched the male NPC, just as the information said.
“…?”
The male NPC stared at Ming Hu with a puzzled expression as he touched him with his staff, as did the NPCs standing behind him. Ming Hu tapped the ground twice with his staff as the NPCs stared at him.
Siaak
“Huh?”
After tapping the ground twice, the staff shimmered and a magic circle appeared at the male NPC’s feet. The male NPC looked slightly surprised at the magic circle at his feet. The male NPC then disappeared with the light from the magic circle.
Woof, woof, woof
As the male NPC warped, the NPCs in line began to chant. Ming Hu thought as he listened to the chatter.
‘Wow. That’s simple.’
I was worried about when I was going to warp these people. But when it came time to warp, it was simple and quick. I didn’t have to worry about it.
“I’ll warp.”
“Thank you!”
At the NPC’s words, Ming Hu smiled wryly, touched the NPC with his staff, and stamped on the floor. A magic circle then appeared and warped the NPC. Ming Hu began to warp the NPCs in turn.
“You look busy, so I picked up yours, too. I’ll give it to you when I’m done!”
Delay said, having picked up all of Ming Hu’s items. In response, Ming Hu stamped the ground with his staff, warping the NPC.
“No, you can keep it.”
“Eh? Can I really have it?”
“Yes.”
“Really? Really?”
Jie looked at Ming Hu with an expression of incomprehension. Myung-hoo shook his head at Ji-yeon’s insistence on asking even though he had given it to her.
“Yeah, you can really have it.”
“…Thank you.”
“Nah, I’ve got a lot of them. By the way, Delay, how many did you rescue?”
“Wait!”
At Myung Hu’s words, Jie Li opened the quest window to check the quest and smiled.
“Yes! It’s coming up!”
“Thank goodness, I was worried it wouldn’t go up.”
At Delay’s words, Ming Hu turned his head again and began to warp the NPCs. Watching Minghu warp them, Jian Chen scratched his head and asked, “What are they?
“But Myung-hoo, I have a question for you.”
“Yes.”
“This thing can only warp one person at a time?”
“…!”
Ming Hu paused for a moment after hearing Jie’s words, then looked at the information on the warp staff again. The Warp Staff only said to touch the object to be warped with the staff and then strike the ground twice, but nothing else.
“Minghu?”
“Oh, sorry, I had to think about that for a second after you said that! Why didn’t I think of that?”
In response to Delay’s words, Ming Hu began his experiment. Ming Hu touched the NPC waiting for the warp in front of him, and the one right behind him, with his staff, and stamped the ground twice.
Swoosh Swoosh
Then a magic circle appeared at the feet of the two NPCs, and with a flash of light, they disappeared. Seeing this, Ming Hu smiled and said to Jian Chen.
“Thank you!”
After expressing his gratitude, Ming Hu began walking and touching the NPCs with his staff. When he had touched all the NPCs, Ming Hu stamped on the ground.
Swoosh!
A magic circle appeared at the feet of the remaining NPCs, and Ming Hu looked at Jie Li. He would have warped them one by one if she hadn’t told him.
“…What did you ask?”
When Ming Hu glared at her, she blushed slightly and touched her face. Ming Hu smirked at Jie Yi’s reaction, “What could you possibly ask in a game?
“No, I didn’t ask. Shall we go?”
With the delay, Ming Hu began to walk toward his next destination. Ming Hu opened the quest window as he walked.
<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: 46 / ???]
Time remaining: 7 days
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Saves X Helioca Merit 5000
"I've only been around the block once, and it's 230,000…
There were a total of 46 NPCs in the cage. At 5,000 merit points per person, that was a whopping 230,000. Moreover, Ming Hu had only traveled a short distance. There were many more places to go. Just then, Ming Hu heard the mutterings of delay in his ears.
"I can't believe how easy it is to collect karma."
Delay muttered in disbelief. Ming Hu smiled at Jian Chen's muttering and said, "You're right.
"How's the quest going?"
"Yeah, I had no idea there was a quest like this. I can't believe it's already 230,000. Oh, right!"
As they were talking, a thought popped into his head, and he looked at Myung-Hoo and said, "I'm sorry.
"We've decided to move our store."
"Huh? The store? When are you moving?"
"In three days! Come by before then. I'll buy it."
"Of course it should go, but where are you moving it to?"
-Currrrrrr!
-Currrrrr!
The ogres didn't interrupt the conversation between Ming Hu and Jie Li. Since Myung-hoo only needed to use the blood puddle, and Ji-yeon only needed to throw her skill at the ogre running past the blood puddle, the conversation could not be interrupted.
"Our shop was on a little corner, so we decided to save up some money and move it closer to the station."
"Is there a station near your shop…? Masu Station?"
"Yeah, six minutes from the station, and that's on foot, okay?"
"That looks like a nice place, but it must have cost a lot of money. It's expensive there."
"It was expensive, really expensive."
Thus conversing and catching the ogres, Minghu and Jiayi were soon able to reach their second destination.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey, help me!"
"Help!"
As expected, there were many NPCs imprisoned here as well. Ming Hu turned his gaze away from the cage and looked at the ogre in charge.
"Delay, it's purple."
"Yeah, I'll be careful."
The ogre guarding it had purple skin. Ming Hu and Jian Chen began to approach slowly, wary of the warp, but the cautious approach was quickly interrupted by the shouts of the master ogre.
-I see you again. I wonder how far you can go. Show me what you can do.
Siaak
As soon as the Chief Ogre's shout ended, a magic circle appeared at the feet of the Chief Ogre and the ogres guarding the place. Soon after, the ogres disappeared with a glow from the magic circle.