Episode 37
“Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”
Kwakwagwagwang!
When the gate exploded, Joseph was startled.
It was a thunderbolt in the dry sky.
I guessed it from the time I warned you from outside the door, but I can’t believe you really broke down the gate and came in and looked around.
“Aha, are you Joseph?”
“I think that’s right, master!”
And Joseph was wrapped up in the idea that he was not a human, but a half-human, half-beast monster, similar to Damian looking down at him.
“I want to ask you something. Is the time okay?”
“….”
In other words, this madman had not only broken down the gate of his house with his bare hands, but was showing off his tanned, copper-colored muscles and poking a wild boar’s head at himself.
“What the heck… Who are you…”
“Oh no. Come to think of it, I didn’t introduce myself.”
Poof!
When Joseph asked, Damian scratched the back of his head as if embarrassed.
There was no sudden feeling.
Quests were also quests, but if the other person asked who they were, it was natural to answer them.
So Damian raised his body from the squat and gave himself a thumbs up! he said, pointing.
“My name is Damian. A mercenary belonging to the adventurer’s guild.”
“I am united!”
Food Duck!
It was an odd combination.
* * *
“…a wolf appeared. It’s real.”
“A wolf?”
“yes.”
Damian rubbed his chin at the words of Joseph who was sitting on the bed.
It was not a very unexpected answer.
Albert and the villagers suspected him of being a sheep thief, but the person who was a shepherd said it was a wolf.
Except for the fact that he had lost his credibility due to numerous lies, Joseph’s words could be said to be the most powerful clue at present.
Starting with almost managing the village’s sheep alone, seeing the village’s sheep continue to disappear even after he was arrested.
The villagers must have already intuitively felt that the cause was not Joseph.
“It was a huge wolf. A wolf much bigger than most people. The first time I saw the wolf was hunting a bear.”
“Wolves hunting bears?”
“yes. Of course you won’t believe it.”
Damian tilted his head and asked again, and Joseph sighed.
It was a response I had always seen.
Of course, it was the same as his own karma for lying, but it was never a lie to say that he had seen a wolf bigger than a man.
So Joseph had no choice but to run away without looking back the moment he witnessed the wolf.
There was no way he could fight against a wolf that big and win, but it was because wolves were pack animals.
“Behold, you are an adventurer. Is that a catch or a rumor? A wolf that is taller than a human and hunts a bear. So how loud is it?”
“It’s true, mister!!!”
When a middle-aged man came up from behind Damian, Joseph screamed.
He must have been angry at not believing his words.
Seeing that reaction, even as Damian, who is sensitive to people’s reactions, it doesn’t feel like he’s telling lies.
Moreover, judging from his long childhood experience, it was common for quests in this case to be geniuses rather than man-made ones.
There was no reason for Damian not to believe Joseph’s words.
Even more so, it was obvious that various monsters and wild beasts were lined up in such a mountainous countryside.
“Joseph? Where did you say you saw a wolf?”
“yes?”
“The place where I saw the wolf. He said he was the culprit.”
Eventually, the moment Damian crosses his arms as if intrigued and asks Joseph where the wolves are haunted…
“Adventurer man! You don’t need to listen to that bastard?!”
The middle-aged man guarding the log cabin suddenly opened his eyes wide and started screaming at Damian as if he sensed something was wrong.
It was true that he appealed to the government office to solve the disappearance of the sheep in the first place, but what if the mercenary dispatched by the adventurer’s guild willingly agreed with Joseph’s words.
It was because he could have spent his time in the wrong place, contrary to the will of Albert and the villagers.
“Highlands of the Caliph Mountains! I saw you there!”
“Highlands of the Caliph Mountains?”
“yes.”
When the middle-aged man spoke to Damian, Joseph shouted.
It was because he wanted to change Damian’s mind.
The people of Conneil Village did not want to listen to him anymore because of the many lies, but unlike the villagers, Yongbeong standing in front of them is showing interest.
Thus, Joseph instinctively realized that while this was his last chance, Damian was the only solution.
It was an opportunity not to be missed.
“If you head north along the peaks, a wide meadow comes along the ridge. It will not be difficult to find because it is at the end of the forest.”
“okay?”
“yes. Beside it I saw it sticking out of a rocky valley. My eyes are clear.”
Tring!
Then, a system message announcing the quest appeared in front of Damian’s eyes.
[Notice: The quest < Wolves of the Caliphate > has occurred!]
[Notice: Do you accept the quest?]
“Okay.”
It was exactly the quest he wanted.
* * *
“Caliph Gojira…”
“How far do you have to go, master?”
“According to my memory, it won’t be that far.”
Damian quickly jumped in response to Mungchi’s words.
It was like watching Tarzan.
Unlike the look he had been sticking to for quite some time, Damian’s equipment was quite different from before.
Such Damien’s appearance boasted an appearance reminiscent of a seasoned primeval forest hunter or a < druid >, a class that uses natural spells.
“It’s good because I’m sure the money is spent. Because I didn’t have any money.”
“That’s right, master!”
In other words, Damian was able to match the Witch Doctor’s exclusive equipment provided by < The Book of the Black Oath Calling the End > based on the vast amount of goods obtained from Sellars Valley.
And Damian’s equipment is…
[Flame Lizard Bracelet]
Classification: Bracelet
Rating: Advanced
Options: Defense +25 Intelligence +10 Fire resistance +15 When used, consume 1 durability to cast < Flame Feast >.
*Feast of Fire: Creates flames that deal continuous damage to enemies for 30 seconds.
[Nijawalu’s Leather Pants]
Type: Bottoms
Grade: Advanced
Options: Defense +100 HP+100 Intelligence +10 Magic Resistance +10 Consumes 1 durability to cast < Blessing of Dark Green >.
*Blessing of Dark Green: Increases casting mana regeneration and stamina recovery speed by +100% for 1 minute.
[Golden Rabbit Sandals]
Type: Shoes
Grade: Advanced
Options: Defense +50 Agility +10 Movement Speed +5% Consumes 1 durability to cast < Golden Flash >.
*Golden Flash: First step movement speed is increased by 10000%.
Each of them had objectively decent stats worthy of a rarity grade.
For example, items with this level of ability were not things that could be bought with money, and even the creators often wore them on their own without selling them.
It goes without saying that the supply was so rare that it seemed to be non-existent.
“Oops. It’s a bit of a waste.”
Damian licked his lips while looking at the information on the items he was wearing.
They were made with a lot of money, so they were all good things.
Although each of the items in < The Book of the Black Oath Calling the End > had the characteristic of having one active skill, the production costs ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of gold.
Even more so, there were materials that could not be obtained even with money, so even Damian couldn’t help but feel burdened.
There was no feeling made by crying and eating mustard.
But…
“…but I can’t keep taking off my clothes.”
“That’s right, master.”
Tring!
Damian decided to try and forget about the money he had spent on his equipment while clearing the system window.
It was a necessary investment anyway.
It was true that Damian had been picking up what others were wearing or walking around without an item at all, and that he had been sticking to the hardcore style of upbringing due to the curse of -9999999999.
It was said that there is a limit.
Even though he has excellent physical skills and the experience of the past 10 years, he cannot continue to ignore the abilities provided by his equipment.
Moreover, < +9 Sashimi > played a part in the fight against Jeungsan Shinup, so the fact that he spent hundreds of thousands of gold on equipment was not just a waste.
Rather, it was a very late choice.
The place he is now heading is also a place where monsters of level 30 or higher appear, and it is true that it is difficult to cover only with the Witch Doctor’s fraudulent stats… “…I found it.
”
Sarak! Sarak!
And at the end of the boundary between the high forests, Damian was able to see the steep meadows along the ridgeline.
[Notice: New location information has been updated!]
[Current location: Highlands of the Caliph Mountains]
[Notice: World map information has been updated!]
A place where the people of Conneil tend sheep, and a place where the wolves that Joseph mentioned are haunted.
A bedrock area with valleys dug here and there among green meadows.
It was < Caliph Highlands >.
“surely. I would believe it even if there were wolf dens.”
“It’s so big, master!”
When Damian looked up at the high ground with his arms folded, a bunch hit.
It was a place where the word wide was appropriate.
Starting with the mountain ranges rising on both sides, the ridges gently descend to form a meadow like a basin.
It was also a suitable place to graze sheep, but, like hills, it hid numerous blind spots.
It was the same with the fact that rocks the size of a house were scattered all over the place.
And besides…
“…it must be hard to come out once you fall in?”
oh oh oh!
Damian was able to peer into the pitch-black base that didn’t even let in light from the vertical, elongated cracks in the bedrock near his feet.
The rocky terrain of this Caliphate Highlands was split into crevices boasting depths of several tens of meters, like arctic crevasse.
It was a field of narrow and deep bottomless pits where people or sheep could die by tripping, even if they were not beasts like wolves.
“hmm. What is going to come out?”
“Isn’t it too deep, master?”
When Damian looked down at the crack in the bedrock, the group tilted their heads.
It was literally.
The crack in the bedrock that Damian was looking at was so deep that it was impossible to know the depth, but the width was too narrow for a wolf larger than a man to make a dwelling place.
An adult male might be able to squeeze his body down somehow, but shouldn’t a dwelling have to be easy to enter and exit in the first place?
In that respect, it was absurd that a wolf the size of a house would make a home.
It was close to impossible to come and go unless
you became
a ghost.
And the moment Damien focused his mana on his left hand while examining the cracks in the bedrock of the Caliphate.
“Come out.”
Wow!
Eventually, dozens of magic circles appeared centered on Damian, and soon began to spread out in all directions, scattering faint light.
It was his monopoly, The Corpse Code.
