“Oh my god! You accepted that quest? Mr. Lee Ha! Besides, bargaining with the king? If you get caught for no reason, what kind of trouble will you face later-”
“Shh, shh! So don’t raise your voice, Nara. “Already, Lotjak was glaring at me and we would have been in big trouble.”
“―Whoop, whoop―!”
As soon as he left the royal palace of Puviel, Leeha explained to Shin Nara what had just happened.
As a member of the Sacred Knights, it was natural for her to be surprised.
As Rotzak said, the ‘Bargaining’ skill doesn’t work for everyone!
In the world of Middle Earth, if you haven’t leveled up enough so far, or if you say something awkward after using a bargaining skill, it’s not strange to be arrested for insulting the king right away.
“First of all, that story is a secret. “You know, right?”
“of course.”
Lee Ha removed his hand covering Shin Nara’s mouth and spoke quickly.
In fact, with Shin Nara’s strength and agility, he could easily remove Lee Ha’s hand that was blocking his mouth. The reason she stayed quiet and pretended she didn’t like it for no reason was her secret.
“Then what are you going to do? Still, the quest content won’t be easy.”
“yes. “More than anything, confidentiality is urgent.”
[We, Pubiel, do not know this.]
Contents: Failure to kill Minis user [Chiyo] at least once within 7 days
Condition: The success condition for the quest to report to Minis Palace by the assassination target
is 7 Middle Earth time. Killing Chiyo at least once a day is extremely simple, but…
Since the most recent part was the part where I put the most effort and effort, I thought of it as an opportunity to get additional rewards, like a ‘linked quest’.
But what are the failure conditions?
‘Now it’s different than when I tried to kill Chiyo because of my personal grudge.’
Don’t get caught.
What if the first shot misses, and what if she runs away right after and reports this to the Minnis palace? The quest is a failure.
‘Because we can’t chase Chiyo into the Minis palace and kill her. In fact, should we consider this as a one-time opportunity?’
Originally, assassination was a one-time thing.
However, there is a clear difference between a case where you fail and can run away and plan for the future, and a case where failure ends immediately.
“Because of the palace warehouse… are you taking this risk just to get one item?”
“Uh, um… of course.”
Shinnara looked at Lee Ha with a worried expression, but Lee nodded naturally.
It’s not a warehouse full of miscellaneous things.
Abbreviated as royal warehouse.
However, in reality, isn’t it a storehouse of the Puviel royal family’s ‘treasure’, to the extent that Puviel’s Vice Minister of Finance is in charge of direct guidance?
‘I got these shoes there too!’
From the time I used the bargaining skill, I had one purpose. An item somewhere on the upper body that can correspond to the Boots of Bulwigifun Tree, an item with the skill 《Joint Fixation: Lower Side》.
‘The goal is 〈Joint Fixation: Upper〉.’
If only I could get that skill.
The [big picture] below was that it would not be unreasonable to aim for Black Beth’s next quest.
“Then I’ll go to City Gaza first. “Chiyo must have returned to the palace of Bonamaminis, and we will have to track him down from there.”
“Are you going to track it yourself?”
“Hehe, Mrs. Nara. There are more ways than I thought. “If everything goes well, I’ll contact you in the meantime!”
The crystal ball was activated below.
Weiying – Nara hesitated before opening his mouth as he looked at the light emitted while the crystal ball was in operation.
“Well, you didn’t forget that, did you?”
“That?”
“You’re going to be busy with this, so I won’t urge you… but if it ends well-”
Shuwaaaa…!
The moment Leeha’s body began to emit light purple light, he had already disappeared. Shin Na-ra spoke to the space Lee Ha had left and said something that would disappear in vain.
“―We were supposed to go on a date outside…”
It’s been a few days in real time since I returned from the New Continent, but I can’t help but feel anxious because I haven’t heard anything.
However, she believed and decided to wait again.
At least she definitely learned one thing from the long voyage to the New World.
* * *
“Achachacha, that’s right, that’s right. “I decided to take a look outside with Nara, right?!”
Lee Ha finally remembered it when he saw her gloomy expression. If the crystal ball hadn’t been activated at the right time, I would have found out what I had forgotten.
‘I’m sure I’ll be busy even after this is properly over.’
Lee Ha did not slow down his steps even as he thought about what to do next.
After successfully capturing Chiyo(?), you will not only have to visit the Pubiel Royal Treasure House, but also go to the Vatican and complete the quest. You will also have to meet Shinnara outside, and if you put in a little effort in managing City Gaza, it will soon be time to go to Hong Kong.
‘What is this… I suddenly feel like I have become something special.’
Lee Ha suddenly remembered the days he spent lying helplessly at home.
Those were dark days when I couldn’t even gain interest in anything, let alone hope for improvement through surgery.
One way or another, no matter how difficult it is, it is certain that the game Middle Earth has made Leeha’s life better.
“Welcome—ah, Lord Seong.”
“Madame Ju is up there, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Okay, I’m going up.”
Lee Ha arrived at the Sacred Grill City Gaza branch with a happy smile.
Following Chiyo’s footsteps is something Leeha does not need to do herself.
If it were a general ‘hunting’ concept, Leeha would have chased Chiyo directly, but since the quest was given, the concept has changed again.
After using the factors of the sacred grill as much as possible to understand Chiyo’s movements.
“kill. this time. certainly.”
Whether he is the head of the Shinobigumi or not.
As long as there was a clear reason to kill him, there was nothing for Lee Ha to hesitate about. Isn’t it the same as turning a private matter into a public matter?
“Madam~!”
Below is a quick-! The door to the sacred grill was opened.
However, there was something that neither Lee Ha nor Shinnara, nor even the ‘NPC Information Guild’ that Lee Ha was currently visiting, knew about.
The day Leeha was first appointed as the lord of City Gaza, the day the entire city was attacked and destroyed by Faust and other minions of the Demon King’s army.
How did they know which city Lee Ha was going to go to Seongju?
Looking at their actions, it was clear that Lee Ha knew ‘as soon as he took office’ as Seongju.
Why were they able to find out in just a few dozen minutes from the royal palace of Puviel to City Gaza through the warp gate?
In a corner of the Pubiel Palace, where both Leeha and Shinnara had left, someone was muttering to himself.
A person wearing the robes of a magician. There was someone else other than Lotjak.
* * *
“―Therefore, although it cannot be considered accurate information, I think there is a possibility that Pubiel gave an order to assassinate Oka-san.”
“There was a rumor like that going around among the magicians?”
“yes. “It is said to be information that he personally dug up, including the mutterings of the magic leader of Puviel.”
“Huh, huh. Good, good. For some reason, Lotzak’s eyes behind him were more harsh than those of the king. “Anyway, it’s a fox.”
“That’s right. “Of all the NPCs in King Puviel’s palace, this is definitely the one you need to be most careful about.”
Sasuke nodded and agreed with Chiyo’s words.
Their agent within the palace of King Puviel. No, I can’t call him a spy. Because the NPCs belonging to the magic group were clearly born and raised in Puviel.
They are not users that they can completely control.
However, it only served as a window through which any information could be extracted. Huge information fee? It was leisure for Chiyo.
“You said they asked for 100 gold, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Give me 200 gold. With the words, “Please take care of me next time too.” ah! Other than gold, if we have any spare magic materials he wants, we’ll bring those as well. “We put enough effort into making sure they never betray us.”
“As expected… I understand, Oka-san.”
In the world of Middle Earth, magic research required enormous research funds.
There was no difference in that regard even though it was a group of magicians belonging to the royal palace. It is a natural situation that we cannot support the research expenses of all members of the magic group.
Chiyo, who figured this out early on, has been supporting some of the most talented members of the magic troupe from various countries since the early days of Middle Earth.
In a game where the performance of users’ skills is divided according to their intelligence and application method, even NPCs’ magical talent is only possible if they are born with it.
An NPC who is smart and smart but has no money? To Chiyo, it was like ‘food’.
“Then how will you respond to Leeha in the future? Wouldn’t it be better to report it to the palace?”
“Uhm… right. I don’t know the content of the quest, but if it’s an order to assassinate me, that would be better. Perhaps they will protect me at the national level, or Minnis may file an official objection with Puviel… Maybe Minnis will use this as an opportunity to take over hegemony in the New Continent while ignoring Puviel. uh?”
Chiyo wasn’t sure exactly what quest Lee Ha received, what the content was, what the success reward was, and what the failure conditions were.
However, with only a rough flow and fragmentary information, Chiyo had the ability to assume all kinds of possibilities and weigh various cases.
“If that happens, of course the Minnis Palace will consider us-”
“Yes. You won’t be able to ignore it. We could appoint the prairie fox as governor and control all interests in the New World. But…”
“But?”
“It’s no fun if you do that. For the sake of Bluebeard-related work, which will become a good keyword in the future, it would be good to include Leeha as well. What should I do?…”
Chiyo, who was sitting, crossed her legs.
Sasuke’s eyes moved like lightning, but Chiyo was oblivious and just smiled.
“After all, the only way is to prove yourself, right?”
“What are you talking about….”
“One of the reasons Leeha doesn’t like me is probably because I seem incompetent.”
“No way. That can’t be possible. Oka-san-”
“Yes, that’s probably it. “Not only do they not know my identity, but I actually did not show my abilities a few times during the voyage to the New World.”
Sasuke’s expression darkened as he listened to Chiyo’s words.
Because I roughly guessed what she meant.
“It’s too dangerous.”
“When was there ever a time when it wasn’t dangerous?”
“But… Leeha is enough to risk Oka-san’s life-”
“He’s a big guy.”
“yes?”
“…It’s that big now.”
Looking at her eyes that suddenly became sharper, Sasuke closed his mouth.
Complex emotions gathered in his heart. Chiyo is everything to him, but does she herself think so highly of Leeha?
Chiyo glanced at Sasuke.
Before I knew it, all the sharp eyes had disappeared.
“I know what you’re worried about, so don’t worry too much. “Wouldn’t it be me if I had no defense?”
“yes. All right. But I hope you’ll think twice about what will happen if something happens to Oka-san.”
How does an NPC accept the user’s death?
In a high-level game like Middle Earth, user deaths can occur frequently.
Therefore, in Middle Earth, when NPCs recognize the user’s death, they set the memory to be transformed only when [related to a specific event].
“Even if I die, the big picture of MINIS will remain the same. Well, if my death is known to the Minnis Palace, my right to speak will be gone as it is ‘limited to the New World matter’… but as long as I don’t fail, that’s fine. It’s simple. “In the worst case scenario, I can have Sasuke move for me, right?”
Chiyo laughed with a tickling voice.
Sasuke couldn’t stop her anymore.
“…All right.”
It was after three more days in Middle Earth time that Leeha confirmed Chiyo’s location.
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