Chapter 92 [Episode 48] The not bad feeling 1
@ The not bad feeling.
At least up to here, everything went smoothly.
Getting the unexpected titles and items, then the Reinforcent that also awesoly succeed.
The start was so good that it seed to be easier to make progress in the second round.
The difficulty of Dark Moon Temple was not that different from Spirit Forest, so it seed that the drops and title could be cleared in a flash at the mont, with at least two items upgraded.
However…
To do that, there was a big mountain that need to be crossed.
“Damn it… Even if she is a legendary NPC, will she be able to do it? I only trust Ilya, though… ”
Ilya, the person Sang Hyuk believed, exposed the limitations of NPCs for the first ti.
Actually, Dark Moon Temple is a dungeon that is impossible to solo clear.
Solo Play was not just difficult but basically impossible. Because of that, Dark Moon Temple progress thod was very unique.
Dark Moon Temple has a forked road… The path to the Dark Moon Square is the main path to the actual boss and at the other side, the secret passage to the hidden Dark Moon control room required soone that has the role of helping to pave the way for the main boss raid force and helping in the hunting.
The important point was that he could not clear both of these roads by himself because everything had to be done at the sa ti. So, Solo Play was impossible.
Sang Hyuk thought that Ilya, a legendary NPC, could help him manipulate the control devices that existed in the secret passage.
But, unlike Sang Hyuk’s prediction, Ilya was blocked from the beginning. After seeing the situation of Sang Hyuk hunting in the main path through the Dark Moon, she had to manipulate the machinery to pave the way through the main path… but Ilya could not do that.
He did not know if it was the differences in the control room chanism or the limit of the artificial intelligence, but anyway, Ilya was not able to take natural actions such as lowering the lever or pressing the switch by seeing Sang Hyuk’s situation.
Even if Sang Hyuk tells her how to behave according to the circumstances, she could only morize it and couldn’t adapt it. If she didn’t adapt it, because there were so many different patterns in each situation, in fact she couldn’t manipulate the machinery.
Eventually, Sang Hyuk gave up without even passing the first gate. The attempt to clear using Ilya was a big failure.
“So, NPC doesn’t work… Should I get a user to help?”
When he thought that he needed a user to help him, the first two that ca to his mind was Kim Jung Woo and Kim Jung Soo.
These twins were the ones who helped Sang Hyuk the most in his previous life.
“But now these guys are slowly working to be on the top.. Should I ask Ilya to try it for one more ti?”
Jung Woo and Jung Soo were reliable guys. But finding these guys and gaining their trust were two totally different things.
Let’s say he returned and approach them then said that they were close in the previous life, it doesn’t make sense.
“Nope, if I don’t get to naturally et them and beco friendly, this can backfire. Jung Woo and Jung Soo are that kind of people who keep their loyalty to the end when they gave their trust, but before they trusted you, they were very cold, so the relationship might be completely different from the previous life.”
Honestly, Sang Hyuk wanted to naturally et Jung Woo and Jung Soo.
“Then what should I do? …. Hmmm, are rcenaries the best answer in the end?”
If he hired rcenaries, they would be able to handle the work neatly in the contract relationship. Of course, hiring a user as a rcenary was not the tactic that Sang Hyuk gladly used.
If he hired a rcenary, the rcenary would not be able to see the list of the One Guild’s mbers, but at least the rcenary would know that he beca a rcenary for the One Guild.
This could cause a strange rumor uselessly.
“rcenaries….. If I look for a rcenary anyway, even with Ilya supporting, I would need at least 2 rcenaries. Saying that I’m hiring active rcenary users in Community Bulletin Board also a bit…. Argh, it’s hard and awkward.”
Because it was unexpectedly a much more important issue, Sang Hyuk thought about it more carefully and decided to make a decision at least after lunch.
* * * *
“Dark Knight and Gye Baek. No matter how I think, they are the best.”
Sang Hyuk, who took and ate his lunch, clean up while muttered a little.
The result was the sa no matter how many tis he thought.
To clear the Dark Moon Temple, rcenaries was needed, and the best suitable as the rcenaries were Dark Knight and Gye Baek.
Of course, this result was thanks to the fact that Sang Hyuk is an antisocial person. Since there were not many people he knows in the first place, there were not many choices.
In fact, this abnormal personality of Sang Hyuk needed to be improved.
He felt disgusted when he beco acquainted with soone because of the trendous betrayal he had suffered in his past life after his return. Originally he was a person who could not be easily close to other people, moreover when it’s joined with the bad mories of his previous life, he beca a really antisocial person.
Sang Hyuk himself recognized it recently that he had a problem with himself. And he was willing to fix this problem.
“It was rather good. You cannot solve all the problems at once, but at least it can be the first step to solve it, right?”
He had no intention to change his personality. But in order to escape the level of distrust he felt for other human beings, at least he was going to make so people who could be called ‘friend’ or ‘colleagues’.
“First… let’s try to contact the Dark Knight.”
Because Sang Hyuk was a fast-paced character when he had a decision, he imdiately logged into the ga and opened up his friend list.
Only one person listed.
[Aspice – Connecting (Heroic Lands)]
Aspice is the Dark Knight.
Sang Hyuk imdiately whispered to Aspice.
(Whisper) – Aspice, maybe you don’t rember but I sold you a secret dungeon long ago. I have sothing to talk to you about, can I talk to you?
Sang Hyuk had no intention of prevaricating or deceiving the other person with lies. The straightforward fastball that tells everything as it is was Sang Hyuk’s style.
Was the whisper was so out of the blue? It took a long ti before the answer ca.
Approximately 20 minutes later, the answer that he waited for ca.
(Whisper) – I rember. I was a bit flustered because of the unexpected whisper, so the reply was late. But how can I help you?
A reply that seems to be careful. But the obvious thing was that Aspice, no, Dark Knight, definitely rembered Sang Hyuk.
In fact, it was natural for Dark Knight to rember Sang Hyuk. Not as bad as Sang Hyuk’s, but his friend list was also quite empty. So, he rembered who he registered as friends very accurately.
(Whisper) – Because it might be a long story, if it is okay, can we et and talk for a minute? I will go to where Aspice is.
If a person who never contacted you in almost a year, suddenly looking for you out of the blue, then it was natural to feel reluctance. However, fortunately, this was not a reality but a ga, so there was less reluctance.
Especially, Dark Knight rembered the user nad ‘Immortal’ with deep impression. Is that so? He pondered for a mont and told Sang Hyuk where he was.
[The things you’ve told …. is it true?]
Dark Knight was still conversing through type-talking as usual. However, the fact that he was very surprised can be felt even in his texts.
“Yes it’s true. Even if you just filled out the contract, why would I continue to lie if I have let the cat out of the bag?”
[So, it ans you really the Guild Master of the One Guild that I know?]
“Yes, I am.”
Dark Knight, of course, knew exactly what kind of guild was One Guild. In fact, there were almost no users who play EL who did not know of the One Guild.
[Actually, I really get flustered.]
Sotis when Dark Knight checked his friend’s list, he thought that the Immortal he saw everyti was an unusual person. But he did not expect him to be the guild master of the One Guild.
“You do not have to be flustered. I told you without any burden that I don’t belong to any special group. Just simply think about what Aspice can get through this contract.”
[But, is that really what I can do?]
“I also did not contact you without thinking. I have already researched Aspice. I knew that Aspice is known as ‘Dark Knight’ among the users and is recognized as a very talented ‘tanker’. I also knew that you were able to get to the Heroic Lands relatively quickly even though you did not belong to a guild, I know that when I passed the Path to Death, you were hired as a special rcenary in the union of the top-level guilds. At least I don’t have any problems with your skills. Oh, I’m sorry if you didn’t like that I checked your background.”
[No, it is okay.]
Sang Hyuk used the Shadowline to investigate the Dark Knight, and the result, he was able to confirm that Dark Knight was a much greater user than he had expected.
He did not know why, but Dark Knight seed to be living a bit different life than Sang Hyuk’s previous life.
“It’s not a guild mbership, it is a rcenary contract. There is no such thing as a penalty, only a clear bonus exists. There will be no rcenary contracts better than this.”
The rcenary contract suggested by Sang Hyuk, in Dark Knight’s eyes was also a very good contract. But the reason why he can not answer was because Dark Knight was an antisocial person like Sang Hyuk in human relationships.
There have been a lot of people who have ever tried to recruit the Dark Knight into a guild. However, not a single guild was successful.
There were many reasons, but ultimately the Dark Knight did not want to belong to a guild.
“If it is a rcenary….”
If Sang Hyuk’s proposal was joining the guild, he would have refused no matter how great the One Guild is. But the rcenary contract was different.
[Alright. Although it’s too sudden to make feel real, but if it is a rcenary contract, I’ll do it.]
Right after Dark Knight nodded and answered, Sang Hyuk pulled out the scroll of oath that he had prepared as if he had been waiting.
“Well, read it thoroughly. It’s easy to understand, so there’s no complications.”
Dark Knight read the ‘rcenary Contract’ on the scroll of oath, and as Sang Hyuk said the content was so simple that he was able to confirm it imdiately.
When the Dark Knight’s seal was stamped into the scroll of oath, the agreent between Sang Hyuk and Dark Knight was completed.
“I told you everything you need to prepare. As soon as the contract with the other rcenaries done, I will gather all of us and explain the attack plan at once.”
[Alright.]
Dark Knight nodded silently to Sang Hyuk’s words.
Sang Hyuk, who finished the rcenary contract with Dark Knight more easily than he thought, imdiately changed to Lone King to talk to Gye Baek, which is the next contract target, and applied for battle to ‘Way of Proof’.
“Call.” (Korean slang for ‘ok’ or ‘agree’)*
If Dark Knight’s rcenary contract was easier than expected, the rcenary contract with Gye Baek was so fast that Sang Hyuk, who presented the contract, did not know what to say.
Lone King who t Gye Baek in Way of Proof introduced ‘Immortal’ which is the guild master, and everything went smoothly until Immortal and Gye Baek registered and t separately.
However, Gye Baek, who t Immortal and briefly listened to the explanation, just directly said ‘call’ as soon as the rcenary contract was ntioned even before he listened to all of the explanation.
“Don’t you have to listen more?”
“What else do I need to hear? Honestly, Lone King is also working with the guild master of the One guild… so this is what I want to do even if I need to pay for it.”
“It’s not easy.”
“It’s my specialty to challenge things that were not easy.”
Even Sang Hyuk couldn’t be as patient as Gye Baek.
Gye Baek stamped his seal on to the scroll of oath handed by Sang Hyuk without any doubt.
Unexpectedly, the rcenary contract with Dark Knight and Gye Baek was ended easily. Because of it, Sang Hyuk was able to work it faster.
Chapter 92 [Episode 48] The not bad feeling 1 – End
*Editor’s Notes: “Call” can be likened to “En” for mandarin. (for all you Wuxia lovers out there.)
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