Chapter 176
An archer, huh?
Vela glanced at the Black Trolls corpse.
Did you kill it on your own?
I nodded.
Long-ranged DPSers generally have very low durability, but you managed to kill a variant Troll alone. He laughed with amusent. That has to an youre just that fast, yeah?
...
Let
see for myself just how fast you are, then.
That mont, I felt this fighting spirit exude from the future Fight King.
Hes coming from the left.
Vela was fast. His nimbleness was incomparable to the Black Troll.
I can see it.
But my eyes were faster than even those swift movents. The future-seeing eye, Future Sight, completely decoded Velas approach.
Hell swing his axe here.
Whumpf!
The axe grazed my hair.
Then, hell withdraw his weapon.
Vela stowed his axe in his Inventory, item switching with practiced and skillful ease.
And after putting down his foot hard
Vela stepped in with force.
Hell thrust his spear with his weight behind the attack.
From start to finish, I read Vela like a book. I simply stood in place.
But the thrust is just a feint.
The second attack that ca on the heels of the feint was the real attack. In other words, there was no bloodthirst in the first attack.
A stab thats fast, but powerless.
And because there was no strength in it
Sothing like this should be possible.
I grabbed the spear shaft, turning the feint to my advantage. Vela was taken aback for a mont.
Huh?
I used the spears montum to yank Vela forward, simultaneously putting out my foot.
Vela tripped artlessly. I instantly increased the distance between us and pulled my bowstring, aiming the bow burning with black flas precisely on Vela.
Vela got up with a flabbergasted look.
Didnt you say you were an archer?
Its as you can see, I responded.
The fighting spirit coming from Vela went out entirely.
How can there be soone so busted? the Italian man said, dusting his butt off. No need to keep going. I acknowledge my defeat.
He cleanly admitted defeat. It was extrely fast, a little outside of my expectations.
Id keep butting heads if we were a close match, but I cant even scorch a single tailfeather of yours at my current level. Vela smiled agreeably. Im so happy I t a human this strong.
His own defeat seed to be of zero concern to him. Vela stowed his weapon in his Inventory before putting out his hand.
Allow
to introduce myself formally. My na is Vela Santo
He was cut off by a grimacing Wilson, who had been translating. Vela. Do I have to keep translating? This seems like a pointless conversation.
An Interdiate Administrator continuing to translate despite it being a pain wasnt a normal occurrence, either. Senia stepped forward.
If you find it troubleso to translate, I will do it.
In the end, the translation duty fell to Senia. There wasnt anything astonishing about our conversation. To sum it up, Vela completely submitted to my strength and vowed to defeat
one day.
His You good at fighting? from earlier turned into Youre fookin good at fighting. There was a real sense of disparity hearing those words coming from Senia.
Is that all? I asked. You want to fight
in the future, and thats it?
Did Vela really fly all the way from Italy to co fight ? Also, I hadnt heard any ssages from Guardians even after the fight was over. The Night of Shooting Stars or the White Hunter should have responded in so way, at the very least.
That ans theres sothing more.
Vela gave another agreeable smile. Youre quick on the uptake. Very much like Pedro.
Vela probably ant that as a complint. I wasnt offended by the words. The future Fight King, Vela, began to speak of the real matter at hand.
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The Fight King told
sothing interesting.
The Gran Seoul Dungeon in your server is supposed to have opened.
A Ranker of a country far away knew about a dungeon on Korean soil? And one that hadnt yet opened, at that?
The translating Senia suddenly interrupted our conversation, bringing sothing out.
[Translation Marble]
An artifact enchanted with translation magic that applies to all languages on each of the servers on the dinsion Earth.
This will enable uninhibited communication.
The little tree Strear nad Wilson smacked his lips. Wow, you just pulled out sothing that expensive like it was nothing. Sis, are you rich?
It was sponsored.
Sp-Sponsored? You were sponsored sothing that expensive?
One of the green leaves attached to Wilsons forehead fell off.
Ah! No!
Wilson carefully picked up the leaf on the ground and reattached it to his forehead, gently rubbing it into place.
Its one of my few remaining hairs, he explained. Still cautiously stroking the leaf, he continued. Theres soone willing to sponsor a translation item at this ti?
Yes.
Can I ask who it is? Is the Korean server always like this?
Senia paused for a mont. Goodness, she had really grown. She was intentionally drawing it out right now.
The Fight King Vela was based in the Italian server. Guardians who were primarily active in the Italian server were different from the ones primarily active in the Korean server. Currently, those Guardians from another region were all focusing on this situation, and Senia was pausing for dramatic effect.
I was sponsored by the [Night of Shooting Stars].
He was indeed a 2nd gen Guardian. The fact he gave the item via Senia rather than directly to
ant he really intended on savoring the attention, nouveau riche style. The Guardians attention would gather on him, no doubt.
The little tree bent his inflexible bodyhe was a tree, after allas much as he could before hopping up and down in excitent. His business acun was far more outstanding than Senias.
Please drop by the Italian server as well, sir! Its overflowing with enjoyable and exciting content. I will ensure that you are properly entertained.
And then, he waved both hands, crying out Ting-a-ling! Yellow bells actually appeared on both sides of Wilsons head, tinkling and producing an actual bell sound.
Goodness, sir. Thank you kindly for the 300 Coin sponsorship. Ting-a-ling!
Wilson seed to be quite an exaggerated Strear. Actually, what he was doing wasnt all that special. Senia was just so very taciturn, but Interdiate Administrators more like Wilson were more common.
In any case, we got a translation item and were able to carry on a natural conversation.
How do you know about the Gran Seoul Dungeon? I asked.
Its related to the main scenario quest Im clearing.
What was this, really?
First the Great Explorer Jackson, and now the Fight King Vela.
I didnt know whether Vela visited Korea in the past or not. Vela had never said anything about it to the public.
But the Gran Seoul Dungeon hasnt opened, and a weird scenario like this was triggered. I have the feeling you know why.
Its because the Gran Seoul Dungeons open condition hasnt been t.
This happened because I completely stopped the Fire Giants rampage. It was a butterfly effect I created.
If things had gone like they did in the past
What if nothing had changed, and the Gran Seoul Dungeon opened at the proper ti?
The Fight King Vela would have gone into the Gran Seoul Dungeon.
If things had gone the sa as the past, there was a high chance he would have acquired sothing from inside of the Gran Seoul Dungeon.
But the flow of events has been twisted because of .
That was why he was here with
right now. I would have to talk with him a little more to be able to match the puzzle pieces. We conversed a little longer.
...And thats what happened.
Velas story was pretty interesting. After listening carefully to what he had to say, I said, To summarize, you know the thod to open the Gran Seouls hidden field, but you need an assistant?
Yeah.
And the assistants class must be a non-combat class.
Right.
But its a place where only you and that other person can enter?
Vela nodded. His quest was limited to two people.
But he thinks Im an archer, doesnt he?
Did Vela ntion the non-combat class requirent in order to sound
out? No, I could be sure that wasnt the case. I felt really bad saying so, but Vela was kind of in the idiot camp. To be more precise, once he was set on sothing, he could only see that one thing. He was the kind of person who didnt see anything else.
Does he want to believe Im a non-combat class?
But but still! Could it be that he really was that much of an idiot?
It could be that hes an idiotic single-celled organism, but
Even so, even if we assud that Vela knew a little more about
than he let on, I had to take action. I didnt fully trust Vela yet.
For now, the important thing is the Gran Seouls hidden field.
There was a hidden field with such prerequisites in the Gran Seoul?
Unpublicized info.
I hadnt known anything about it. It could be that it was high-level intel only known by Rankers, info that wasnt told to the public.
How co youre telling
all this like its nothing?
Im telling you I want you to be my assistant. Dont you think that would be perfect?
And if I dont accept?
Vela shrugged. Then one of us will die, I suppose. Though of course, that would probably be .
I couldnt tell whether he was being sincere or not. I could, however, tell that it was a quest that required secrecy.
I unleashed my aura. The Fight King was definitely an impressive Player, but the current
didnt fall behind at all. No, I was actually ahead of him.
[Using the special ability ttle.]
Dont forget that if one of us dies, it will be you.
Vela nodded in good humor. I know. Im happy. Its a great thing to have a mountain I need to surmount. Ill take back what I said about one of us dying. I was just sounding you out.
I also retracted my aura. It seed that my ttle was an extrely pleasant thing to Vela. Apparently, him adoring people stronger than him was true.
Vela grasped my hand.
How about it? Wanna give it a go together? Ill give you the first pick for all the rewards. In exchange, have another PVP with
later.
I thought for a mont, my hands in Velas coarse ones.
Explorer is a non-combat class.
The Great Explorer Jackson was in Korea at this ti. What if the Gran Seoul Dungeon had opened at the planned ti?
Vela would have tried to clear the Gran Seoul Dungeon, and its highly likely he would have t Jackson there.
Jackson had already gone into the Gwanghwamun Dungeon, which could be called Koreas main dungeon, like soone who had known it would open. In that case, he might even know about the Gran Seoul Dungeon.
So its possible that a scenario where Vela cleared the Gran Seoul with Jackson happened in the past.
That much was fine.
If that really happened, then why did they not reveal that?
The puzzle pieces of the past rattled in my mind.
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For now, I accepted Velas proposal.
To think he would make such an offer to soone he saw for the first ti today.
He would concede first pick of all the rewards in exchange for frequent PVP. What was more astonishing was that he really ant it. He really was a battle-crazy guy.
He simply goes and does things that could definitely be dangerous for him. Is he incapable of thinking, or does he just not care?
The Fight King Vela was an incomprehensible creature. He should have realized that I was stronger than him, but he proposed a temporary party with zero reserve. On what basis? In a dungeon, murder could occur without anyone knowing, yet Vela was willing to stride hand in hand with a stranger in such a place. From my perspective, Vela was a difficult person to understand.
I clearly read Velas summary.
Summary:
Coarse Fighter who Knows No Lies
Single-celled Organism who Detests Complicated Things
The current Vela was simply happy. From the start, Vela was recognized as a Player who didnt like thinking about this and that. After eting him in person, I could see that was very much true. He was the epito of simplemindedness.
Could it be that he really thinks Im a non-combat archer?
Kind of like a transgender person, but with class? For the ti being, I gave up on understanding Vela with logic. That was easier on .
You saw soone on the 2nd floor, right? I asked.
A bunch of Players were defending against Orc Warriors and Trolls. It was a bit frustrating to watch.
Dont you think its weird?
What is?
From what I saw of the Wings earlier, they shouldve been more than strong enough to have perfectly cleared the 2nd floor. But this place still wasnt cleared.
There should have been plenty of ti to generate the Clear Crystal.
Now that you ntion it youre right? He looked at
with an expression of What about it?
We just have to find the Clear Crystal, he went on to say. No problem!
From what I know, once all the 2nd floor monsters have been hunted, the Clear Crystal should automatically spawn.
Ah, yeah. Vela scratched his nose, his attitude still wholly unconcerned.
There should have been plenty of ti to generate the Clear Crystal and clear this place.
But it hadnt been cleared, which ant sothing had happened on the 2nd floor.
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