Chapter 107. < Episode 34. Request (3). >
8.
Mirage Forest.
It is a forest that can be reached through warp magic when you receive a quest from West Castle in the Tunga Kingdom. It is a hunting ground where game slimes appear for level 100 to 110 players.
‘I never thought I’d come here twice.’
Such a mirage forest had some unique characteristics that could not be seen in other hunting grounds.
One was the existence of the aforementioned slime.
‘The slime was a really annoying monster.’
In normal RPG games, it appears as the easiest monster to catch, but not in God Wars.
Even players who reached level 100 in God Wars had a peculiarity that could not be easily dealt with.
‘Well, the mirage phenomenon hit me harder.’
A more challenging feature was the mirage phenomenon, which is the reason why the Mirage Forest got its name.
To put it simply, the mirage phenomenon was like a sudden change in geographic features.
Trees sprouted from the land where there was nothing, and the place I thought was a road was suddenly blocked by rocks, and on the contrary, a road was formed where rocks and trees were overgrown.
‘Because that mirage phenomenon also applies to players and slimes.’
What was more interesting was that the players and slimes that entered the mirage forest also changed their appearance depending on the mirage phenomenon.
The way to return to its original form is to attack or be attacked.
In other words, all moving beings had no choice but to be suspicious.
‘Because of that, the idiots were very determined and gave a damn.’
Of course, players’ bad manners are inevitable compared to other places.
That’s why the nickname was attached to the forest of non-manners.
For that reason, the Mirage Forest was not favored by players, and there were many cases where players tried to level up even if they were in groups in the next hunting ground that was not in the Mirage Forest.
King Kreur!
“Master, it’s a bizarre forest.”
It was for that reason that Midas, with Lucky and Gold, chose the Mirage Forest as the stage for leveling up.
“It’s bizarre, but I think I’ll get diabetes just by looking at it because the milk and honey flowed so much.”
‘There’s no place like this to secretly level up.’
The fact that players avoid it means that Midas can be the best place to hunt while hiding your presence as much as possible.
Of course, it wasn’t all good things.
‘Even though it’s a place where thugs do thugs the most.’
In Wood Village, which comes out after passing through the Mirage Forest, it was possible to develop characters up to level 140.
In other words, in the forest of mirage, it means that level 130 players may be mischievous.
‘Especially, there are quite a few good guys who rob people who just came over from West Castle.’
It wasn’t for nothing that the nickname was Beastman’s Forest.
If it was just at the level of immorality, there would be no such nickname.
It was nicknamed because there were frequent bad manners.
‘It’s not a big deal, but.’
However, Midas did not worry too much about that part.
“Lucky.”
king!
Because it was in the Mirage Forest.
“Doesn’t it smell like something unusual?”
king?
“Take good care of it. It will definitely be around.”
Secret field dungeon.
9.
Sniff!
Lucky, who sniffed the dirt floor, raised his head and gave a short, thick bark.
king!
It was hard to find a big difference from when Lucky used to act cute to his owner.
But Midas could see clearly.
[Master, you have a peculiar smell!]
Along with that cry, a phrase floated above my head.
‘Lucky, I live because of you.’
After confirming the phrase, Midas’ head quickly scanned the surroundings.
‘okay!’
Midas saw two trees crossed in the shape of an X.
Before long, beneath the intersection of the trees, I saw letters that only Midas could see.
[Slime’s Abode (Hidden)]
– Dungeon Rating: Rare
– Dungeon Level: 109 or lower
– It is the habitat of slimes that appear in the Mirage Forest. There seems to be something they ate and left behind
! Quest Reward: Mirage Forest Cleaner Title paid when dungeon raid
! Mirage Forest Cleaner Title Reward: Rune (Magic +3)
Hidden Dungeon.
A smile formed on Midas’ lips when he confirmed it.
‘I never thought I’d find this so easily.’
Everyone knew that a hidden dungeon would appear in the Mirage Forest.
However, no one paid any attention to that fact.
‘When I was hunting here in the past, I eventually gave up on discovering hidden dungeons.’
It was because of the characteristics of the mirage forest.
No one knew when and how the mirage phenomenon, in which the terrain changes every moment, would occur.
For that reason, there were not a few cases where someone found a hidden dungeon and went to pick up a party member and then suddenly the hidden dungeon disappeared.
‘It got worse after being nicknamed the Forest of Misbehavior.’
In the meantime, the notoriety attached to the mirage forest further narrowed the path of the players.
Isn’t it impossible to run wild to find a hidden dungeon in a situation where you don’t know if there will be a PK targeting you at any moment?
‘The final blow was the Ghost Steal case.’
The explosion of such tension was the Ghost Steel incident, the boss monster of the Mirage Forest.
The Hwayang Guild, which was evaluated as a tier 1 guild at the time, was attacked during a ghost raid, and all 14 members of the Hwayang Guild who participated in the raid later suffered an instant death boss monster steal.
‘At that time, one of the kids who succeeded in stealing created a guild called the Hunting Snake Guild. A guild specializing in Steel PK.’
There were several attempts to steal the boss monster, but it was the first time that a tier 1 guild had suffered so disastrously, and since then all players hunting in the Mirage Forest became extremely vigilant.
‘Since then, four or five parties have formed a group, built a fence, and hunted within it.’
Naturally, the hunting method in the Mirage Forest also changed.
A group of as little as 3 and as many as 10 parties gather together to form a group and hunt with mutual cooperation within a certain area.
They gathered in advance to share plans and schedules, and set passwords to communicate.
It was then that the story that more than 10 players were needed in the Mirage Forest came out.
That’s why I couldn’t even dream of discovering a hidden dungeon.
‘very good.’
From Midas’ point of view, it’s like a treasure hunt alone.
king!
“Okay Lucky. Your virtue is great.”
Of course, it would have been impossible without Lucky.
In a world where even looking is dizzy, Lucky’s treasure seeker ability has been more helpful than ever.
king!
“what?”
king!
“Is this just a warm-up and you’re going to explore something more awesome in the future?”
king!
“You’re going to make me get diabetes from drinking too much honey?”
king!
Midas spit out a pleasant joke with Lucky.
“Master, I will show you a better performance!”
“Okay, let’s go inside.”
And Midas entered the dungeon with Gold, who looked at it with a very jealous gaze and uttered a word.
‘It’s the first time my mind is this light before hunting.’
With a lighter step than ever.
10.
Slime.
There was only one external feature of the guy who appeared in the forest of mirage.
Having a body made of hard jelly.
Other than that, it was pointless to mention any external features.
Slime could transform into any animal or monster in God Wars.
What’s even more troublesome is that if you give a certain amount of damage to the slime, it splits, and the moment it splits, it takes on a new form again. It splits 3 times.
In other words, 1 slime could be up to 8.
Even slimes were mostly three or four sticking together.
It means that even if you prepare a strategy in advance, it is unlikely that it will work.
‘It is virtually meaningless to prepare tactics or strategies against slimes in advance.’
Same with Midas.
It is his ability to prepare various attack methods suitable for the monster’s characteristics, but it was impossible to plan in advance against the slime, which was unknown in what form even Midas would come out with.
So, for Midas in the past, the Mirage Forest was a very troublesome stage.
‘Then I have no choice but to catch it with a personal skill.’
Of course, it was completely different now.
king!
“You guys! I can’t touch a single hair on my master!”
Currently, Midas has two very strong strikers, Lucky and Gold.
‘Lucky and Gold are 1-on-1 against slime.’
Moreover, they were strong enough to catch a single slime by themselves.
‘Me too.’
And Midas is also a situation where one slime can be caught without worrying about tactics.
‘It’s funny to come up with a tactic in such a situation.’
Then the answer was simple.
“Just grab it as you did before!”
just fighting!
Of course, in terms of efficiency, the correct answer was to analyze the situation until the very end and draw up a tactical strategy accordingly.
But even if you don’t, you can catch it, so there’s no need to overdo it.
“All the slime babies are dead!”
The battle with the slime that started like that was overwhelming from the start.
“Fireball!”
The long-range magic bombardment from a distance of 60 meters disintegrated the clumps of slime.
K-King!
One of the decomposed slimes was forced to make a life-and-death decision with Lucky without even being allowed a choice.
Of course, only words were a life-and-death decision, and it was Lucky’s one-sided slaughter.
Lucky stormed off the wolf-like slime.
Kwajik!
Every time Lucky’s body passed the slime, dark claw marks nicked the slime’s body, and Lucky’s snout was filled with jelly-like chunks of bitten slime.
In the case of gold, there was no such thing as technology.
Heeing!
Gold just kept charging at the slime without stopping.
Even so, his attack power was much stronger than Lucky’s.
In the first place, the appearance of a centaur that was specialized in rushing ability, as well as giantization and Berserk, as well as the combination of strength and hastran skills, made Gold into a runaway locomotive.
Whoa!
In front of such gold, slime was nothing more than pudding on the railroad tracks.
‘I have nothing to hold on to. I have nothing to hold on to.’
On the contrary, Midas wastes time looking for the target he should catch while holding the fireball in his hand.
Of course, at that moment, a smile hung on Midas’ lips.
‘Yes, I’m wasting my money on this taste.’
It is the romance of gamers to overwhelm the enemy with only overwhelming individual skills.
There was only one thing that pleased gamers more than the romance of such gamers.
[Your level has risen.]
Notice of level up right away!
The moment he heard the notification, Midas shouted.
“Level 89 reached!”
11.
[Midas]
– Level: 89
– Constellation: Word Dragon
– Occupation: Great Mage
– Ability: Strength (5+419)/Stamina (5+383)/Intellect (451+652)/Magic Power (94+509
) I think my basic damage will come out better than melee dealers who are mediocre.’
There was little satisfaction in Midas’ expression as he stared at the status window, which was astonishing every time he saw it.
But it wasn’t deep satisfaction.
‘But I can’t be satisfied here. The difficulty of the game will increase even more in the future.’
God Wars was a game that required cooperation from more players as the level went up, regardless of ability.
If you want to play the role of a single general on such a stage, this level was not enough.
‘This is not the end either.’
Moreover, this result achieved by Midas was by no means the best result that could be made on the stage of God Wars.
‘I wish I could play better and have more energy…’ … ‘
Rather, Midas was at a level that was not even close to the best result.
In terms of mountains, it is about 70%.
It wasn’t a bit of humility.
The ability to see all the hidden information of God Wars, wasn’t that Midas’ ability?
‘There are more hidden things in the game than I thought.’
In the eyes of Midas, God Wars was still full of undiscovered valuables.
‘The main scenario is also a scenario, but there are other valuable things besides that.’
Until now, I couldn’t do it because I was attracted to the main scenario, so I can’t do that forever.
‘I have to eat everything.’
The sentiment was there.
‘Using this.’
Midas took out an item from his inventory.
One is Tunga’s black staff.
[Equipped with Tunga’s Black Cane.]
[Achieved the title of owner of Tunga’s Black Cane.
A window appeared in front of Midas’ eyes along with the notification that followed.
[Owner of Tunga’s black staff]
– Title description: This title is given to those who hold Tunga’s black staff at least once.
– Title Reward: Intelligence and Magic +11
Spear that is so sweet.
But Midas did not pay much attention to the spear.
Because there was only one thing Midas was curious about right now.
“Let’s see how strong Sarn magic is.”
12.
There are two things you need to play God Wars.
Character cards and capsules.
With that, anyone could play God Wars.
There was no problem with status, class, race, or disability.
Also, there was no problem with his criminal record or personality and mental state while playing God Wars.
“Bags like this… is it fun to do? Fun?”
“I’m doing it because it’s fun.”
This was why it was not strange that there were people who enjoyed PKing in the game God Wars.
“You don’t know how much fun it is to talk with only one healer like this, especially after defeating a 3-person party by yourself.”
“Crazy bastard!”
“Now, next time, hunt in the explorer line. Don’t come out without knowing the subject.”
At the end of that conversation, the player slammed the mace in the player’s face and stood up.
That was the moment.
“I’m sure you told me not to run amok before an important beagle hunt?”
The scenery shook, and soon a player appeared.
stealth.
A player called a beagle smiled and said to the masked man who released the skill and appeared.
“Beagles are like that. If you don’t exercise regularly, you’ll be damned. That’s why my character’s name is Beagle.”
“It doesn’t matter if you say shit, but you have to learn to restrain yourself before important things. Even beagles, when trained, listen to the command to wait.”
At that, Beagle shrugged.
“Then show the prey properly or there is still no talk of a guy called BJ Grand Mage receiving a request?”
“If you don’t like it that much, give up. Besides you, there are already four people waiting.”
“Ah, that can’t be.”
At that moment, the beagle, who was talking, slammed the head of the player who had already become a mannequin with the mace in his hand and said.
“Like a guild master, I can’t throw away the opportunity to catch one here and make a name for myself, even if I die.”
The masked man laughed at the sight and said.
“You are full of confidence.”
“Of course it should be overflowing. Five level 130 players have gathered, but if you don’t have confidence against one level 100 player, you should stop playing.”
“Well, there is no business in front of the level.”
The beagle said to the masked man who soon agreed.
“As long as you don’t bring a skill that BJ Grand Mage has never seen before, there’s nothing to fail.”
13.
[You have killed the slime.]
The moment Midas heard the notification, he looked at what he was holding in his hand with blank eyes.
A black snake-shaped staff.
I could see those serpentine eyes emitting a lustrous red light like a ruby.
“Lucky.”
Midas, who saw this, said to Lucky next to him.
“I think I should give up the Ghost Solo Kill live.”
king?
Lucky, tilting his head at his master’s words,
Midas looked at the wand in his hand once more and said to Lucky.
“Because you might be reported for using nuclear weapons.”
