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Chapter 128 New Quest
Chapter 128 New Quest
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/HOWL/ /HOWL/
With the brimming storm that was about to come, there was one young man riding a horse with his cloak over his head.
There was a sword hanging over his waist.
'Wow…. It took a lot longer than I had expected.'
Callius thought on top of his mount.
'I didn't know it would be this effective, though. If this goes on, I think I can reach the three-star mage rank at most one month later.'
Reaching another rank in just one month.
If you said that to someone living in this world, that person would probably be surprised to the core and would just laugh at you thinking you were joking.
However, Callius was seriously considering that because of one thing that happened before he fully absorbed the dense mana Dynamic Mana Pressure Point.
While he was just meditating in the place, suddenly, he felt enormous amounts of energy entering the place he was in.
'What is this? A space crack?'
That was what I thought at that time, considering the spatial fluctuations around.
And the weird thing was the fact that there was no mana being released.
<Ding! The Dynamic Mana Pressure Point was connected to another world.>
<The Essence from another world is being absorbed.>
At that moment, I heard the voice of the system in my head.
'Huh? The essence of another world?'
In the game, it was such a rare phenomenon that you would only be able to see twice or thrice at most, considering how stretched you were playing the game.
But, now that it had just appeared in front of me, there was nothing I could do aside from profiting from it.
Just like that, I absorbed the energy until there was nothing left in the air.
Although the amount I had absorbed was nothing much regarding the quantity, the fact that it was at least 100 times denser than the mana we use in this world generally was something to take note of.
'My Luck stat being unknown came in handy this time, huh? I guess it is not that bad.'
Although it was such a rare phenomenon, this time, its effects were not that strong since I could only use this energy to fill my core, but it was still a good gain nevertheless.
Thinking that, I reached the city.
'I should fully assimilate this energy with my core.'
Entering the same training room I had rented before while I was training with my magic, I started training again, this time focusing on assimilating the raw energy inside my body to my core….
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"Sigh…"
With a loud sigh, I was walking on the town.
'System, show me my stats.'
<Understood, host.>
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Stats-
- Strength – 4.2
- Speed – 4.9
- Stamina – 4.3
- Perception – 4.6
- Magic – 3.3 à 3.7
----------------Hidden Stats--------------
- Luck -???
- Charisma – 7 (sealed)
- Intelligence – 9
- Perseverance – 10
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'It was really convenient to assimilate such an amount of mana to my core.'
Seeing the improvement in my stats, I remembered a saying from Earth.
'Those who are lucky are the ones who would benefit most at the end, huh? Bullshit.'
Even if I am lucky, if I didn't take the risk and tried to explore the mana I had sensed, then none of these would happen.
'In the end, without the guts to explore, luck will take you up to some extend.'
I thought, feeling the cold breeze.
/HOWL/ /HOWL/
With the sound of strong wind and the storm coming, I reached the Adventurer's guild.
/TOK/
And the moment I entered, the surroundings got quiet again.
If, first, it got quiet because of the presence of some unknown person, then now it would be related to the fear of strength.
"H-hello, m-mister Callius. How may I help you?"
With a nervous tone, the same girl that I sold the cores welcomed me.
'Ho… So you have rechecked my name. Seems like guild will report me….'
Well, it is not like they can do something.
In the worst case, a bounty will be placed on the head of an adventurer named Callius, or an investigation will be issued.
But, with the proof of mana oath that was signed by that Damien guy, the officials won't be able to take action against me.
However, of course, Dalton's Family won't stand still.
'I was already planning to get rid of those dogs of demons. Provoking them might not be bad. Let's see how this goes.'
"Brief me about the available quests."
"Ah… W-would you like to see the quests related to your rank?"
"Yes."
"I-I see."
"And get rid of this stutter. It is annoying."
"Hick! I-I understand."
/GULP/
Seeing my serious glare, the girl gulped and cleared her throat.
"Since this is just a borderline town, we don't have many B-rank adventurers here. So, there are a lot of commissions you can find on the bulletin board."
"I can check the bulletin board on my own. Are there any special commissions?"
"There was an escorting mission issued by the Dalton Family, but…."
"Okay. Skip that one."
"Aside from that, there is a new notice came from Capital."
"….."
"There is a huge bounty issued by the empire over a criminal group named The Scarlet Jackals."
'Hmm… The Scarlet Jackals… The name sounds familiar.'
"Hmm? How much?"
"Let me check….. It says the price is negotiable."
"Ho? Negotiable, huh?"
"Yes."
"Any intel about the group."
"Here, you can check the files. There are some entries that came from other city branches."
"Good."
"Will you accept the quest?"
Taking the papers the receptionist showed me while skimming through them. I nodded my head.
"Understood. I will be registering you, then. Would you like to party with others, or will you act alone?"
"I will act alone."
"Understood….."
After that, I left the guild, hopping onto my Night. And then, heading towards the place where the guild employee mentioned, I started reading the document that was shown to me.
'The Scarlet Jackals, huh? It should be those who had recently gained fame around here. I had been hearing about them for a while.'
<New Quest [Criminal Hunting] of the questline Hunter's Path is generated.>
At that moment, I heard the system sound in my head….