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Chapter 83: Two Pillars

Proof-reader: Girondono

A new good appeared . And it wasn’t the normal kind; it was a rarity . After all, how many people could climb to B-rank in just 3 days?

It wasn’t impossible, but not anyone could do it . One’s ability had to be at least A-rank accomplished that feat . In other words, the good this time was at least A-rank .

Tock . Tock .

Jackal knocked on the door as when he arrived in front of a room .

“Master! It’s Jackal!”

Creak…

Not long after his shout, the door opened and the guild master of Lime Guild, Alex, appeared .

“Hmm? Are you going somewhere?”

Noticing Alex’s attire, Jackal cocked his head and asked .

“Oh, I have to quickly go to the sewers . There’s a possibility that those things could crawl out soon .

“…You mean them?”

“Yeah, but what do you want?”

Alex asked back after nodding to Jackal’s question .

“Ah . ”

At Alex’s question, Jackal exclaimed as he recalled why he was here . Then, he went straight to the topic .

“I have something to report . ”

“Is it urgent?”

“…I believe that it’s quite urgent . ”

The sewers were important, but this matter was important as well .

“Hmm, can I hear it on the way?”

“Yes . ”

“Then let’s go . ”

Alex started walking with Jackal by his side, who had began reporting .

“There’s mercenary who managed to reach B-rank in just 3 days . He doesn’t have a guild . ”

Before long, Alex stopped in place .

“What? Really?”

It was because the report was not what he expected .

“I told Lactone to prepare . ”

“Does Drak know about this?”

Alex asked .

“Yes, they managed the agency together with us after all . ”

The Lime Guild and the Drak Guild . Hadrac was managed by those two guilds . Althought their area of jurisdiction was separate, they had equal rights over the Mercenary Agency . In other words, it was likely that the Drak guild also knew about this new mercenary .

* * *

“Hoh . ”

The master of the Drak Guild, Ian, sighed in admiration .

“At that speed, he could be an A-rank at least . ”

At Ian’s words, the person sitting opposite him, Lockon, replied while nodding .

“Yes, at least A-rank . If we’re thinking long-term, then he could a S-rank as well . ”

A-rank was already guaranteed . If they thought long-term, then the mercenary was an enormous asset with the potential of S-rank .

“You’re sure that he doesn’t have a background?”

Ian asked . No matter how he looked at it, the mercenary’s ability was too great . He couldn’t believe that they didn’t have a background of some sort . Maybe he could be hiding his guild?

“Although they don’t officially have a background, I hired an information guild just in case . They should be on to it right now . ”

Lockon had the same thought as Ian, so he had hired an information guild . The information guild should be investigation right now .

“Good job . ”

Ian said with a satisfied expression .

“But where are we going?”

Lockon asked . Currently, Ian was getting armed even though he usually hated being armed . That meant that there must be a reason for Ian’s actions .

“The sewers . ”

Ian replied after he equipped all his equipment .

“Is it because of those things?”

“Yeah . That’s why me and Alex decided to check it out . ”

Ian then continued,

“Ah, does Alex also know about it?”

“Yes, since they acquired the information first . ”

“Okay . ”

Alex nodded in understanding .

“Then I’ll be back . ”

He then exited the room to head for the sewers .

* * *

‘Hmm?’

Jang Yool frowned .

‘What’s this?’

Still wearing the frown, Jang Yool started typing away on his keyboard .

“Wha…”

Then a forced smile crept upon his face as he pressed enter .

Seuk…

Jang Yool turned his head around to stare at Yang Joo Hyuk . Meanwhile, Yang Joo Hyuk also happened to turn around just in time to see Jang Yool’s forced smle .

“What is it?”

Yang Joo Hyuk asked as he met eyes with Jang Yool .

“Well, how should I say this . It’s a bit unclear now . ”

Jang Yool said as he began to reply to Yang Joo Hyuk’s question .

“People from the Lime Guild and Drak Guild have taken notice . ”

“What? From two guilds, not one?”

Yang Joo Hyuk couldn’t help but be surprised at Jang Yool’s words . As a city-state and a mercenary state, Hadrac was managed by two guilds . They were the guilds Jang Yool mentioned, the Lime Guild and the Drak Guild . Something had gotten those two guilds to be interested, but exactly what was he talking about?

“Did someone bet B-rank in 4 days or something?”

If he had to name an event that the two guilds would take interest in, then a mercenary achieving B-rank in 4 days was one of them . Was it that? Or was it something else?

“Yes, someone got it in 3 days . ”

Jang Yool replied in response to Yang Joo Hyuk’s words .

“Wow, 3 days? That’s quite fast . Who was it?”

Yang Joo Hyuk asked while sighing in admiration . But Jang Yool hesitated to answer his queston .

“…”

Yang Joo Hyuk felt suspicious . Why was Jang Yool hesitating?

‘Don’t tell me…’

Yang Joo Hyuk suddenly thought of a figure and frowned .

“Soo Hyuk . ”

At that moment, Jang Yool finally stopped hesitating and replied .

Yang Joo Hyuk couldn’t say anything in response . After staring absentmindedly at Jang Yool for a few seconds, Yang Joo Hyuk opened his mouth .

“Soo Hyuk?”

“The Archmage’s Descendant?”

“Yes . ”

Yang Joo Hyuk watched Jang Yool nod twice then changed his question .

“Exactly what happened?”

If it wasn’t Soo Hyuk, he would’ve just noted down their character ID . After all, the two guilds weren’t even that big in the grand scheme of things . But the story was different when it came to Soo Hyuk . He had to know exactly what was going on .

“The two guilds are preparing to rope him in . Because he doesn’t have a guild yet . ”

The current Soo Hyuk didn’t belong in any guild . Of course, he did belong to a tower, but that wasn’t a guild, and belonging in a tower didn’t affect one from joining a guild . There were also guilds made up of NPCs .

“Also, Soo Hyuk is currently on a promotion quest . ”

“Is he the type that’s popular with NPCs?”

Yang Joo Hyuk mumbled to himself . Soo Hyuk had already attracted a top NPC of one of the towers .

“Matab then Hadrac…”

This time, he was attracting the top NPCs of Hadrac .

“But it’s a relief that he can’t become the Mercenary King . ”

The Rank 1 Special Class Mercenary King . Soo Hyuk had already become the Archmage’s Descendant, so it was impossible . He had made the first step, which was to attracted the attention of the Lane and Drak Guilds, but it was still impossible for Soo Hyuk to become a Mercenary King . It could be said to be a relief .

“But he could still gain other privileges so report on the situation regularly . ”

Yang Joo Hyuk said to Jang Yool . He couldn’t become the Mercenary King, but there were other things that he could get . For example, unique privileges .

“Yes, I understand . ”

Jang Yool replied to Yang Joo Hyuk and turned back to watch his monitors again .

* * *

“Hoo…”

Soo Hyuk sighed deeply as he walked up the stairs . The reason he sighed, was because of the promotion quest .

[Unusual Ogres]

Ogres don’t live in groups . This is common knowledge . However, rumours have been spreading that the ogres on the Crimson Mountains have been moving in groups . One of the two pillars of Hadrac, the Drak Guild, is trying to locate the source of the rumours . Go to the Crimson Mountains and investigate the ogres there .

[Ogres: 0 / 20 ]

[Twin Headed Ogres: 0 / 2 ]

[Quest Reward: ??? ]

“Why does it have to be the Crimson Mountains…”

He had thought that he just had to hunt ogres . He had thought that it would end quickly as there was an ogre hunting area nearby Hadrac . But he was wrong .

The hunting area was already chosen . The Crimson Mountains . His kill count didn’t rise unless the ogres were hunted in the Crimson Mountains . The problem was the location of the mountain range . From Hadrac, he had to walked south for 1 hours and 30 minutes to finally arrive at the Crimson Mountains .

“Maybe if there were some decent monsters along the way . ”

He wouldn’t have sighed if there were monsters along the way, however, he hadn’t seen a single monster along the way . More exactly, the path was a ‘safe zone’ where monsters rarely appeared . Some users would be relieved, but to him, it just felt like a waste of time . And there were more .

“Will they be oneshot…”

The level of ogres in the Crimson Mountains weren’t low . At level 200~250, they were quite high levelled . In other words, there was a high chance that they wouldn’t be killed in one hit .

“Still, they move around in groups . I’ll be able to finish quickly . ”

It wasn’t a huge problem if they couldn’t be killed in one hit . He had many spells in his arsenal after all . And more than anything, the ogres here were all bunched up together n groups, therefore, he could use big AOE spells more effectively .

Soo Hyuk closed his quest tab and trudged along quietly . Then after a while, Soo Hyuk stopped walking as he arrived at the Crimson Mountains .

“Hoo…”

Standing in front of the entrance, Soo Hyuk checked the time while sighing once more .

‘1 hours and 20 minutes . ’

It was 10 minutes shorter than expected . Of course, even if the walk was faster than expected, annoyed at the fact that the walk had taken him 1 hour and 20 minutes, Soo Hyuk stomped into the mountains with an annoyed frown on his face .

Step . Step .

Soo Hyuk started walking up the mountain range . There were ogres at the foot of the mountains, but there weren’t many, and the twin headed ogres resided higher up the mountains as well .

‘They should be starting to appear from the middle area . ’

The twin headed ogres only lived above a certain height on the mountains . In other words, he would have to climb higher in order to complete his quest .

It was at that moment .

-Uooooh!

-Uaaargh!

Soo Hyuk stopped walking at the sounds in the distance and stared to his right .

Boom! Boom!

The moment he turned his head, loud booms reverberated through the forested mountain .

-Uoooh!

-Uooong!

Roars then followed the booms . They were ogre roars .

‘How many are there?’

Soo Hyuk wondered as he turned towards the direction where the roars came from . And so, Soo Hyuk arrived at his destination and stopped in place .

‘One,two…’

Soo Hyuk counted the ogres he could see .

‘Wait . ’

But before he could count to five, Soo Hyuk became suspicious .

‘What are they doing?’

The reason he stopped counting, was because of the ogres’ behaviour .

-Uooooh!

Bang!

-Uooooong!

Bang!

‘Fight?’

Two ogres were fighting each with their massive fists, while the others were calmly watching them .