Vol 4 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Meeting the Girl
”Chiiik, I-I'ry!”
The brawny, muscular Orc collapsed as it trembled At the sa dropped It was a pretty aweso armor, but it wasn't an ite the Orc Thief Gang
”Phew, the thief gang this time took quite a lot of time”
Ark opened his statsas he collected the proof
Character Name
Ark
Race
Human
Alignment
Good +150
Fame
1,335
Level
85
Profession
Dark Walker
title
Cat Knight, Caretaker of All, Jackson's Hero
Health
1,695
Mana
1,295 (+100)
Spiritual Power
100
Strength
212 (+5)
Agility
252 (+17)
Stamina
322
Wisdom
31
Intelligence
250
Luck
42
Flexibility
21
Art of Communication
23
Affection
40 (+10)
Special Stat: Knowledge of Ancient Relics
53
Equipment Effects
Black Bear Mouse Leather Arility 2, Frost Resistance +20
Cat Paws: Attack Speed +10, Agility +15, Critical Hit Rate +10
Crystal Golem's Head: Mana +100
Norad Boots: Movement Speed +10, Evasion +5
Adelaine's Necklace: Defense +40, Affection +10
Resurrecting Spirit: Strength +5, Mana Recovery +5
All abilities will increase by 30 in the dark
You have the ability to hide in the darkness (15 et into combat)
Resistance Fear, Darkness, Blind, and Seduction spells is increased by 50
You can bring out the true abilities from all types of tools
”The level up speed is more or less okay”
It had already been 2 weeks since he started bounty hunting Since he spent five days training the Familiars when he first started, he had only invested 9 days into hunting He had level up from 78 to 85, a total of 7 levels
He had raised his level 10 times in just three days thanks to the event quest, but that was a special circumstance It was i, and for a level 80 character, it was hard to level up once in 2 days It was because the er, so it would take longer to fight and recover One also had to return to the village after a certain a There was equip filled with japte on one's profession, an Archer needed to restock their arrows, and a Magician had to get the reagents used in ic
Town - Hunting Ground - Town - Hunting Ground This was the basic foranizing in the village was considerable The higher the level you were and the the hunting ground was fro up
However, this for a scrub, Sid was dragged in as his exclusive merchant
Sid acted faithfully, as per the contract He kept all the items Ark had scraped up, like a warehouse, then he took thee theot 10 of the sale sum, but since it wasn't money that came out of Ark's pocket, it wasn't a loss for him
The terms were close to slavery, but Sid had no choice
Anyway thanks to that Ark was able to hunt for 9 days and during that tiroups a day
In 9 days he wiped out 18 bandit groups Then, it got to the point where word about Ark spread around the bandits, and they avoided him
'Tsk, if the Orc bandits didn't run away, too, it would've been done an hour ago'
Once the bandits run it gets really hard to find theain
But in it's oay there were benefits
The bandits would run away and then lay an a all of his skills Due to this, many of his skills rose very quickly in proficiency
Passive Skill
Sword-Hand Combat (Intermediate: 252/300) Sword mastery and hand to hand combat have been refined to increase overall attack power
Survival Cooking (Advanced: 332/500) Unknown dishes can be created froredients obtained in nature
Indomitable Will (Intermediate: 134/300) Attack power, recovery capabilities and critical rate increase near death
Indomitable Body (Intermediate: 127/300) Defense, critical evasion, and recovery capability increase near death
Foraging (Interathered from nature
Ingredient Identification (Interredient effects can be identified
Horse Riding (Beginner: 3/100) The higher the level, the more skillfully horses can be handled
Adrenaline (Beginner: 27/100) Reaction rate increases and fear state is released near death
Counter Attack (Beginner: 88/100) Counterattack enemy attack with a critical strike
Parry (Beginner 58/100) Block half of the weapon dae from enemy attack
Active Skills
Nursing (Intere Mana cost:10
Spirit of the Cat (Advanced: 374/500) Mice and small monsters tremble in fear and receive a decrease in their attack, movement speed, and defence Mana Cost: 120
Eyes of the Cat (intermediate: (203/300) Use sharp eyes to identify enemies Mana cost:50
Magic Restoration (Interinal form Mana Cost:10
Profession Skills
Dark Blade (Intermediate: 120/300) assimilate attack with darkness and strike the enemy Mana Cost: 100
Blade Storinner: 10/100) Sword shards create a vortex and tear apart the enemy Mana Cost: 400
Summon Demon (Intermediate: 125/300) Summon up to three kinds of demon familiars Spirit Power Cost: 100
Now, all of the skills he learned in the beginning had reached intermediate level
The job skills, Dark Blade and Sureater effects when they reached Intermediate Level
Dark Blade critical hit dae went up from 150 to 180, Summon Demon was reduced from 1 mana every second to 1Magic Ring which increased en
Because of this, he could use his skills as he pleased even when he had his familiars out And his Sword-Hand Corowth rate, reached advanced level
Ark wasn't the only one to iave him a new excuse to feed the summons food Therefore the summons now reached level 40
'Not bad!'
After Ark had verified the information he wore a satisfied smile
Actually, he had still not gotten the clue or infor robbers However, it wasn't that big of a deal As long as he kept hunting robbers he would eventually acquire the clue
Ark peacefully thought about it Even if he worried about it, the clue would not coht now is to level up and raise his skills And he was having fun hunting bounties one by one
”Well, first let's reorganize and continue hunting, shall we?”
”Oh, are you done now?”
When he walked out of the forest, Sid welcomed him
After Ark passed hiroup and sat in front of the cae appeared
- You have arrived at a caround
50 faster health and eneration 50 decrease in the possibility of a monster attack
This was a skill fro a trader called the 'campsite' effect
Once the thief group was spotted, there was nothing for Sid to do Therefore, Sid would find a safe place andfor Ark But Sid wasn't just playing around
”You didn't find the information you needed this time either?”
Sid asked without stopping his work
Sid was salvaging items one by one with his merchant skill called 'Ite for Ark
He tanned the hide and then cut the leather As for the equip parts and sorted the to their type of material
Although this takes a lot of ti to do Also, he would get more money this way than if he just sold them as is
'Yeah, still this is taking longer than I thought it would”
”Don't worry about it”
”Actually Sid how much debt have you paid so far?”
”I've paid 50 gold”
”You've paid a lot so far”
”Yes,a 15 profit And when I have ti skill also rose Maybe because of that, whenever I go to Giran the clothes I make sell”
Well, at least he hadn't created a incur a bigger debt
The hobbitago But now, he was sewing until his hands blistered, and dis items just to earn a few more coppers and silvers It was a scene you couldn't watch without tears
However, Sid was quite a positive-minded user
”It was hard to even pay the interest, but I am now also able to repay the debt, I can see the hope It's all thanks to Ark-nim”
Sid, as sitting on a tree trunk, inging and sta on it with a satisfied expression
'Well, it's all good if you are satisfied'
”But where are we heading to next?”
”There's a group of Kobold Rogues nearby We should go there first”
”I hope there's a lot of material to make useful dyes”
”There will be, since it's a higher leveled forest compared to here”
”Wow! Thatthis, Sid went back to sewing and started hu to himself
”Now that our Health has been filled, let's start ”
”Okay, right after I dismantle this last item”
Dedric glanced at Sid with eyes filled with pity Even before, the teren't on good ters to anybody except Ark, would call Sid a beggareach other But even so, Dedric couldn't help but pity Sid in this state
”Really, I can't see past my tears”
It was then, while Dedric was shaking his head left and right, heavy footsteps suddenly approached and the nearby bushes shook
”Dedric!” Ark shouted as he stood and jumped up
Dedric quickly flew up into the air and looked around
”It's from 3 o'clock Master, two Trolls!”
Ark, who checked the direction, went through the forest with Skull The two Trolls showed up about 10the campsite
”Grrrrr, human it's humans Let's eat them!”
The person the Trolls were chasing while showing their teeth was a bobbed haired girl A shoe wason one of her foot, and her clothes were torn here and there, as though she had been wandering the forest The girl was full of wound, ran between the trees quickly
'She seems like a NPC, but why in this forest?'
Boom!
Then, the club swung by the Troll hit a tree
The girl, as trying to hide behind a tree, fell due to the surprise She was shaking like a leaf while holding her ankle she seeh her figure looked appetizing, the Troll raised its club while licking its lip
”!”
The girl covered her pale and terrified face with her two hands
And at the moment, the club had been dropped!
Booo-boooom!
With violent sounds, the Troll was pushed back a few steps
The girl lifted her head with a surprised expression
A youngin the as standing in front of her
It was none other than the 'Warrior of Justice,' Ark!
Ark turned his head slightly and revealed a gentle smile
”There's no need to worry anyht away, and I will be right back”
Ah-ah, what a splendid phrase it was!
If it was a user, he wouldn't have spared a glance, but Ark was always kind to NPCs Of course that kind behavior was deliberate for the rewards thatafterwards
”Coirl!”
Ark rushed toward the Trolls while saying such a cliched speech
”Don't bother me Grrr!”
The Troll was angry at Ark for raining on his parade, and swung his club However, Dedric ca, and the Troll staggered and stepped back Then, came the continuous critical strikes fro Troll's ankle, and it fell like an old tree
Taking not even a ered
”Take this, Dark Blade!”
”Kwaaaaack!” The Troll shrieked and disappeared
After taking care of one, the rest was no problem
Under the combine assault of Dedric, Skull, and Ark from the 3 directions, they fell in panic and started to run away in rush But after getting hit on the head with Skull thrown by Ark, it fell down
Ark went over to the girl after grabbing the loot dropped from the Troll
”Are you okay?”
The girl nodded with eyes filled with uneasiness
Then, Ark vacantly stared the girl
Since he rescued her there should be some reward, like a quest, so he waited for her to speak But she just stared blankly at Ark
'What? There's nothing?'
At thather forehead
Ark sighed after staring the girl a while
Apparently, there was nothing to gain froirl However, Ark didn't have such cold heart to leave an injured girl alone
”Anyway, for now let's go to my camp, it's just close by”
When Ark offered his shoulder, the girl blushed while relying on him
”Ark! Huh? Who is that girl?”
”She was being chased by a Troll”
”Is that so?”
Sid, as gazing at the girl while exairl suddenly flinched and stared back with an idiotic expression on her face Although she was dirty, the girl was considerably pretty
She looked like she was around 15 years old, yet Sid, as a Hobbit, had to look up to her while bending his neck back completely because of how tall she was
Ark had asked the girl to sit down and used the Nursing skill on her ankle Nursing was not healing Thus, it wasn't fully healed but the swelling had greatly decreased
When the girl nodded as an expression of thanks, Sid uselessly , he took out a pair of leather shoes off
”Looks like you don't have shoes This isn'tthis off from my pay so please don't worry”
”I don't care that much but”
”Oh, by the way, are you hungry?”
When the girl touched her belly, the witty Sid quickly handed her so a ely
”Why were you wandering around at such place like this? Shouldn't there be a village nearby?”
At thatat her food and suddenly burst into tears
Sid became perplexed, then shouted ”Ark-nim, she's surprised because you asked her as if you were interrogating her!”
”Ah? What have I”
”Apologize to her right now!”
Ark was confused by Sid's behavior which changed drairl wiped away her tears, and wrote soround with a tree branch
- Help me!
”So some bandits kidnapped your father and you barely escaped?”
The girl nodded her head in response to Ark's question
The girl's na to Ark when he rescued her, it was because she was mute And once she found her a little of her composure back in the caround with a tree branch
Her father's job was Cartographer, and he wasthe continent And when he heard there was an undiscovered ruin nearby Giran, he went there to investigate However, a rogue group had already settled on that territory
As a Cartographer, he had a lot of techniques to avoid monsters thanks to his job's characteristic of often travelling to dangerous regions However, he couldn't get away froht by the rogues after he hid her, and the girl was heading to Giran in order to find help
”Wahhhh, so that's what happened And then there were the Trolls” Sid nodded his head with tears in his eyes
- I' you, please help ht