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Chapter 58
Chapter 58
Proof-reader: TheMonitor
Shuaak!
The white glow faded away as Soo Hyuk closed the book . His wisdom didn’t rise this time . Soo Hyuk put aside the now dull book and checked the time .
‘It’s 2 pm . They should be ready by now . ’
He was thinking about the materials Pavian had promised, as a day had already passed since he had requested for the materials .
‘Then should I get going?’
Soo Hyuk stood up from his seat and came out of the library after returning the books . He then headed towards the Tower of Poison while checking his skill quests .
[Skill Quest – Poison Blast]
Meet the following conditions!
[Gold : 15900 / 30 ]
[Quest Reward: Skill – Poison Blast]
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[Skill Quest – Poison Fog]
Meet the following conditions!
[Gold : 15900 / 100 ]
[Paralysis Extract : 0 / 10 ]
[Quest Reward: Skill – Poison Fog]
All the skill quests from the Door of Poison were separated into a separate category like the fire skill quests . As he stared at the skill quests, he determined .
‘The ones I can’t complete right now are…’
Not all quests needed various materials and gold to complete . Instead, they required specific achievements like hunting a particular monster .
‘These three . ’
[Skill Quest – Poison Dragon]
Meet the following conditions!
[Black Dragon : 0 / 1 ]
[Black Dragon’s Heart : 0 / 1 ]
[Poison Essence : 0 / 10 ]
Quest Reward: Skill – Poison Dragon
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[Skill Quest – Encroach]
Meet the following conditions!
[Zombie : 0 / 5000 ]
[Dullahan : 0 / 200 ]
[Lich : 0 / 200 ]
Quest Reward: Skill – Encroach
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[Skill Quest – Miasma Release]
Meet the following conditions!
[Hydra : 0 / 1 ]
[Hydra’s Saliva Gland : 0 / 1 ]
[Gold : 15900 / 10000 ]
Quest Reward: Skill – Miasma Blast
Soo Hyuk shook his head after he checked the three quests . The conditions were almost impossible!
‘How much do I have to level up to complete them?’
The conditions for the skill ‘Encroach’, required him to hunt numerous zombies, dullahan and liches . Although it would take a long time, it was barely doable, since he was someone who had hunted 10,000 trolls . But the story was different if it was the Black Dragon or the Hydra . It was almost impossible to raid black dragons and hydras alone, even if his level was over 200 or perhaps even more .
Soo Hyuk moved all the quests that he could complete now into the first section on his skill window . It was to clean it so that he could navigate more easily . And so, Soo Hyuk left the three hardest skill quests in the third section and eventually arrived at the Tower of Poison .
Tap . Tap .
“Soo Hyuk-nim is here . ”
As usual, the women guarding the fourth floor announced his arrival and waited for Pavian’s reply . However, Pavian’s reply was different from what they expected .
“Oh? Wait a minute, I’ll go out . ”
After a few seconds, the door was opened and Pavian strode out of his room .
“Now, shall we go?”
Pavian said to Soo Hyuk .
“…?”
Soo Hyuk couldn’t understand his words . Go where exactly? Then, Pavian, who had read his thoughts, continued .
“We can’t test magic in my room, especially with all the materials .
“Ah, yes . ”
Soo Hyuk replied to Pavian’s words . Then Pavian took the lead and started walking while Soo Hyuk hurriedly followed after him . And so, Soo Hyuk and Pavian kept climbing down stairs until Pavian stopped at the 3rd underground floor .
‘Hmm? Where is it?’
The 3rd underground floor was shaped similarly to a massive hall, and it was completely empty . Soo Hyuk couldn’t find the materials anywhere despite looking around everywhere around the hall .
“Here . ”
At that moment .
‘’This has everything you need . ”
Pavian said while holding out a pouch .
“In here?”
“Hmm . ”
Soo Hyuk received the pouch from Pavian .
[You have obtained Pavian’s Pouch . ]
A message then appeared and Soo Hyuk immediately checked the item information .
[<Hero>Pavian’s Pouch]
You will receive various items when the pouch is used .
‘It’s a consumable . ’
He had thought that it would be a special item, but it was just a consumable . However, it wasn’t anything major, so he immediately decided to use it . As a result, numerous system messages started appearing in his vision .
[You have obtained 200 Grade 5 Mana Stones . ]
[You have obtained 350 Grade 4 Mana Stones . ]
[…]
Soo Hyuk stared blankly at the suuden messages, before recovering and opened his quest window . All the skill quests in the first section had their ‘COMPLETE’ buttons glowing . Staring at them with satisfaction, Soo Hyuk started completing the skills quests .
[You have completed Skill Quest – Acid Spray . ]
[You have learned Skill – Acid Spray . ]
[You have completed Skill Quest – Poison Fog . ]
[You have obtained Skill – Poison Fog . ]
[…]
“Now, try casting a poison spell . ”
Pavian said while Soo Hyuk completing the quests .
“Ah, yes . ”
Soo Hyuk nodded in response to his words and hurriedly completed his quest . He then spoke to Pavian,
“Um, how should I show you the magic…”
The underground hall was completely empty, so Soo Hyuk didn’t have something he could fire his spells at . How could he randomly cast poison magic in this empty space?
“Ah, wait a moment . ”
In response to Soo Hyuk’s question, Pavian pulled out another pouch from his robe . He then pulled something out of the pouch and set it in dront of him .
‘…Iron Scarecrows?’
He had wondered what Pavian had taken out . It was an Iron Scarecorw . A scarecrow with ridiculously high physical defence as well as magic resistance .
‘Oh well, I needed to destroy some anyway . ’
One of the conditions for the stat quest ‘Vigorous Body’, was destroying Iron Scarecrows .
‘But how many is he taking out?’
Pavian didn’t show any signs of stopping . He was still setting up Iron Scarecrows at a set distance from each other . Then after 20 scarecrows were installed, Pavian came back to Soo Hyuk and said .
“You don’t need to worry about them breaking . They’re my specially-made Iron Scarecrows . Since their magic resistance is higher than the normal ones in the market, you can go all out with the magic . ”
Soo Hyuk nodded at Pavian’s reminder, and focused on the scarecrows, while Pavian moved out of the way .
“Poison Fog . ”
As soon as Pavian was out of range, Soo Hyuk cast Poison Fog . It’s original casting time was 15 seconds, but it was cast instantly because of the Archmage passive .
Shuaak!
The poison fog was cast around a scarecrow and then rapidly expanded towards the other scarecrows . At that moment, Pavian’s expression stiffened .
‘…What?’
Pavian stared incredulously at the expanding poison fog .
‘How did he cast it so fast?’
Soo Hyuk had instantly cast the Poison Fog spell, while seasoned magicians could only do it in around 2-3 seconds . Pavian was greatly surprised at this situation .
‘It’s m-melting?’
The scarecrow at the very centre had started melting from the poison . His specially-requested Iron Scarecrows were being destroyed by a beginner magician! It had greatly increased magic resistance, so how was it melting?
At that moment .
“Poison Sphere . ”
Soo Hyuk cast his second spell, ‘Poison Sphere’ . His target was the scarecrow on the far left, which was unaffected by the fog . A green sphere the size of a small soccer ball instantly appeared in his hand and flew towards the scarecrow .
Bang!
The Poison Sphere crashed into the scarecrow and scattered poison in the explosion . Pavian could then see it . His Iron Scarecrow which had half of its body dissolved .
“…Stop . ”
Soo Hyuk was about to cast another spell but stopped at Pavian’s instructions .
“Then I’ll see you next time . ”
“Yes! Make sure to visit once every three months! Don’t forget!”
“Of course . ”
ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm Soo Hyuk left Pavian with a goodbye and climbed up the stairs to the 1st floor .
Pavian stared at Soo Hyuk starting to climb the stairs then looked back at his scarecrows . They were in perfect condition before but now, they were unrecognisable .
‘I was planning to give him advise…’
Unfortunately, Soo Hyuk had completely demolished the scarecrows with his magic .
‘It was perfect, no it was even beyond that . ’
Unlike his expectations, Soo Hyuk’s magic turned out to be flawless, not flawed .
‘It was strong . Especially his casting speed . ’josei
Instant casting . In that scene, Soo Hyuk had looked like an experienced magician, rather than an inexperienced one .
‘Is it an ability of the immeasurable talent?’
That was a plausible theory, although he had no evidence .
‘Well, I was worried for nothing in the end . ’
He had been worried about Soo Hyuk’s affinity with poison magic . Even if he was the immeasurable talent, there was no guarantee that he would be talented in every field . But now, it seemed as though he had been worried for nothing .
‘Hee…’
Pavian smiled widely . He then faintly waved his hand and the destroyed scarecrows were returned to his pouch . After retrieving the scarecrows, Pavian climbed up the stairs to head back to his room .
* * *
Outside the Tower of Poison, Soo Hyuk started walking back to the library .
‘Which library should I go to next?’
It was worrisome .
‘I’ll have read all the books in the library by next month . ’
His family trip was just 2 days away . Judging from his speed and the books left, he would be able to finish the books in Matab Library in a month . The problem was, where would he go next?
‘Also, why are their conditions so difficult?’
The conditions for Matab were easy to fulfil . You just had to be a magician to enter . But the other libraries were different, as they all had difficult conditions . Be a noble, be an official etc . They were quite diverse .
‘Let’s worry about it when the time comes . ’
Soo Hyuk decided as he sighed . It wasn’t urgent so he had no need to worry about it now . Soo Hyuk shook his head to clear his thoughts and continued walking with a more relaxed expression .
* * *
“This is all I can do for you . Sorry . ”
“Haha, no problem . This is enough for me . If you do any more, the others will start complaining and make a mess . ”
Kefan replied to Commander as they walked down the beach . They had just met with Hedlin’s mayor and Raman Kingdom’s marquis, Cavell .
“What about the plan? Do you even have one? As you might’ve seen, Cavell won’t easily give us the representative guild position . ”
“Of course . ”
Commander replied to Kefan’s question .
“Tourist City Hedlin!”
Hedlin was regarded as a tourist city for its beautiful beaches . People even considered Hedlin as a vacation spot even though it was in a virtual reality . It was that beautiful . Every street in Hedlin was bustling with users and NPCs, busily going about their lives .
“What would happen if the merry atmosphere was ruined by an unfortunate incident?”
If an unfortunate incident such as murders happened, from Hedlin’s perspective, it would be a very big hit . It would damage their reputation as one of the best tourist sites .
“They would search for people who can restore the public’s sense of safety . Hehe . ”
Kefan burst into a wide smile as he concluded .
“…As expected . ”
After listening to Kefan’s conjecture, Commander smiled faintly and replied .
“You have great foresight . You’re a very promising person . ”
“Is that a compliment?”
“I wonder . ”
Commander smiled and cocked his head at Kefan’s words .
“Anyway, try your best . Contact me if a problem suddenly pops up . I will try my best to help you then . ”
“Yes!”
“Then I’ll be on my way . See you next time . ”
“I’ll report soon!”
Commander walked away from Kefan after saying goodbye . Meanwhile, Kefan opened his friend window after Commander left .
“Who should I use…”
His friend tab was filled with various users . Kefan scrolled down, trying decide who to choose for this job .
“Hmm, how about this guy?”