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Chapter 266 - Smith (1)

Chapter 266: Smith (1)

When I checked out the video, however, it looked like they achieved more than 30%.

If their level was 33% in reality, they should have been strong enough to vie with me within Revival Legend, so they should be widely known to the world.

But I’ve never seen them before. In particular, they were strangers not only to me, but also to the Myongjin, Mirae, and Tugal guild members.

Of course, it was possible we might not know him because there were a great many strong guys who hadn’t yet appeared in this vast world, such as Pablo, who first broke through the walls blocking countries and sent me to Region 0, and the Oizuki brothers who I had met during the recent quest.

However, Smith singled me out, so I could not hide myself any more.

I opened my mouth quietly, “Maybe we might have engage in a bigger or fiercer fight than we expected.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

The guy called Smith in the video didn’t hide his hostility toward me, and I was not foolish enough to miss it.

Moreover, he was hostile enough to challenge me to fight it out and determine who was stronger.

Given that none of the people in Study No. 3 responded, my father and others all seemed to feel the same thing as me.

***

The next day I was back at the Cunning Vampire Garrison.

Puck! Puck! Bang! Bang!

I kept hunting as usual.

Of course, I also checked my status, just in case.

[Currently, the maximum actuality realization rate of the one who has reached ‘Level 1200 Privilege-Reality Actualization’ is 33%.

-Lumen Asirante is currently using ‘level 1200 Privilege-Actuality Realization’ as a preview.

It is impossible for you to increase the actuality realization rate above the maximum realization rate holder until you achieve level 1200 and obtain the privilege to do so.]

But I was an exception.

‘Hummm… does he intend to come and see me while using a Trait?’

Since I knew there were all kinds of Traits, I naturally suspected it must be a Trait if he really could come and see me. But I could not figure out what kind of Trait it was.

“Good, I’ll find out anyway because he said he would come and see me in the real world.”

Did I want to go and see Smith first? No, I had no intention of doing so, because I didn’t have to.

On the other hand, I had no intention of avoiding him, either. Even if I avoided him, I suspected he would make all kinds of trouble until I appeared.

Although my maximum reality actualization rate was only 33%, I was confident of beating Smith because I had pretty solid fundamentals to back up my 33% realization rate.

Anyway, I continued hunting very hard, and soon I was able to find out more information about the new hunting grounds.

***

In Study Room No. 3 of the Myongjin Guild…

“We can find the level 1300 hunting ground in Japan, the level 1400 hunting ground in Mongolia, and the level 1500 hunting ground in Korean,” said Director Sok.

My father said, “Then, you mean we can’t access the level 1300 hunting ground, so we have to aim for the level 1400 hunting ground in Mongolia?”

“Yes, sir. All the hunting grounds, starting off with the level 1300 hunting ground, are much larger than the previous ones, but Japan’s Mitsuya Guild will never give theirs up or even consider sharing it. If they learn I’m part of the Myongjin Guild, they’ll deny me even more fiercely.”

Like Director Sok said, the Myongjin Guild has become a fierce rival of Japan’s Mitsuya Guild in one way or another. Moreover, the level 1300 hunting ground was the Mitsuya Guild’s territory, so they would not share it with the Myongjin Guild, no matter what happened.

But honestly, I liked the current status quo because I already had experience hunting at the level 1500 hunting ground, and had confirmed that I could hunt alone.

As if to confirm my confidence, my father said, “Really? Well, it might be better for you. Alright, we’re going to secure the level 1500 hunting ground first. If we move in coordination with the Mirae Guild, even Daesung, Kusan, or Dayu probably won’t be able to obstruct us. After that, we’re going to move to Mongolia and devote all our energies to taking over the level 1400 hunting ground. Of course, we don’t intend to occupy it completely, but we will move to take over at least half of the hunting ground!”

“Yeah!”

“Okay!”

Everybody decided to follow my father’s directions.

Then my father looked at me and continued, “Juyoung, if you take control of the level 1500 hunting ground first, hunt there. We’re going to move without trying to use your help. Of course, if it becomes inevitable that we have to use force to occupy the level 1400 hunting ground in Mongolia, we’ll call you.”

My dad had seen the guy named Smith in Australia declaring war against me, so I fully understood what he was trying to say to me.

I just nodded to him in reply, “Sure, Dad!”

The next day, I went straight to the level 1500 hunting ground with the Mirae Guild.

***

In front of the level 1500 hunting ground…

By allying with the Mirae Guild, our Myeongjin & Mirae Alliance was definitely the dominant one team in Korea, but the Daesung and Kusan Alliance was not to be dismissed lightly.

When we got there, the Daesung & Kusan Alliance was already there.

Of course, I was aware they were there because this was Korea, and we could not avoid being noticed by the Daesung & Kusan Alliance here.

Did the Myongjin & Mirae Alliance fight them for control of the level 1500 hunting ground?

No, we had no intention of fighting them, because we had already grasped the style of the level 1500 hunting ground. Besides, it was the ace players of the Myongjin, Mirae, and Tugal guilds who were faced with a dangerous situation in the level 1500 hunting ground, as they didn’t have even one healer or enchanter.

How could the Daesung & Kusan Alliance skip the level 1300 and level 1400 hunting grounds to move to the level 1500 hunting ground for hunting?

They could try because they had a huge number of players, including numerous healers and enchanters.

However, numbers alone was not the solution in this situation.

Since they were using massive numbers, it was inevitable that they could gain not much EXP despite their efforts. They were also at risk of being annihilated if they moved in small groups, considering that this was a 1500 level hunting ground. If they recieved a death penalty, which increased tremendously in the level 1300 or higher hunting grounds, the Daeseong & Kusan Alliance would feel that this hunting ground was something like a useless evil.

To be honest, I asked my father to leave them alone.

Why? Aside from the above reason, I didn’t want to fight the Daesung & Kusan Alliance, for they were obviously instrumental in maintaining society to some extent, just like Smith and his party in Australia, who killed monsters to save the people. Although it was strange Smith had declared a war against me, who had not been engaged in any social activities since I had been so absorbed in reaching level 1200 back then.