Vol 5 Chapter 2 (1/2)

ACT 2 Take control of the raccoons

“Right? Right? Foreigner?”

Ark gave an aard sround with his tail

“I see! Wow I’ve never seen a foreigner before”

Ark had also never seen a talking raccoon

“But you……?”

“I’m from a raccoon warrior clan, Popo”

Popo proudly repliedWell he looked , warm friendly mascot than a warrior, but Ark nodded anyway

Raccoon clan……Ark realised that they were the residents of the Underground World

Needless to say, he had been very tense and iroup of Beasts However, what he ultiuely disappointed, even though one of his objectives was to find the Beast residents

“I am Ark”

“Eung, you’re called Ark”

Popo nodded with an excited look

“In fact, I really like the foreigners”

“What? You’ve seen foreigners other than me?”

“No, never But I speak to a lot of adults The foreigners are not content to live in one place and travel around the continent fighting against a large nureat! It sounds like a manly life! One day I want to live just like thatUnlike the other adults in this place, I’ to hide down here my entire life”

Popo sounded like a countryman anted to visit Seoul

“Arc-hyung too? Did you enter the Underground world to track down that tree monster?”

“…………That could be a possibility”

“I knew it”

Ark roughly nodded Of course, Ark’s purpose was not only to fightwas to find the Three Marvels as well as a way outsideHowever, even if he told such an i to Popo, the little raccoon was unlikely to be much help

‘I e of raccoons in order to collect information’

So Ark thought that he would ask Popo to guide hie

Popo struggled for a short ti his head

“Ok, I’ll show youBut if other people catch you it could be dangerous”

“What? Why?”

“That……I’ll gradually tell you Once you wear this”

Popo passed his

It was a cloak with a hood and other si

When Ark wore the woven clothes, Popo irass into his lower backWith his face hidden by a hood and a plulance he could be mistaken for a raccoon

The disguised Ark followed Popo out of the caveAfter 10 minutes had passed, Popo pointed in front of him and said

“Here’s our town”

It was a large underground space

Enormous torches were placed in many areas around the cavern with NPCs crowded around it

They were all beasts, with their appearance rese a raccoon, therefore a raccoon clan

The village of raccoons was rustic, unlike the mermaids who preferred flashy splendour

Scattered around the rock walls were raccoon houses nestled in cavesMost of the caves were of considerable size however there were no colourful decorations

On the other hand, the h to account for e of workshops and shops line up on both sides of the market

Ark remembered what he heard from the Meow Elder Hassan

‘Which reood craftsmanshi+p? Where would he see the rest of it?’

Ark curiously glanced at items displayed in front of workshops

Just like in Nodelesse, the items crafted by the raccoon clan were h perforn and craftsmanshi+p orthy of its name

[Rainbow Rings (Magic)Ite with 7 of the ems in the world inlaidIt’s even eht, Flower, Water, Earth, Wind, Mind Resistance to these 7 properties +10}Price: 2,400L]

[Sarita’s Boo weaponDurability: 50/50Attack: 15~25Weight: 10User restriction: Level 100A giant bird that only lives in the underground world The Sarita Boo weapon that will return to the owner’s hand after dealing a blow against the ene technique was used to hollow Sarita’s bonesWhen it flies through the wind, a sharp high frequency occursIf you have low resistance, then there is a high probability that the high frequency would cause Fear

{If the level is lower than the users, there is 20 probability of causing Fear}

Price: 3,500L]

‘As expected, the prices are horrible’

If you look at the experience of selling iteJust like the e was also true to the raccoon family

All of the properties of resistance in the ornaoes for throeaponsIt wasweapons, but the supplies would eventually run outHowever, Sarita’s Boo weapon that you could infinitely use

There were iteician or warrior would freak out about if they saw

However, the price was far above the performance of the itemJust like the mermaid tribes, the raccoon clan as cut off froht, L ……For the first time, Ark spoke about the ores that he sahen he entered the Underground World

“The raccoon clan would occasionally use ore that fell from the sky to obtain more moneyThe ore debris is a material that is used in many craftsmanshi+p, so it is a necessity for the raccoon clan”

It was Popo’s explanation

‘3,500L………Because it was between 20 ~40 silver for one oreIn terold!’

When converted to gold, it was a colossal price

Even if Ark used all the , it would only be possible to buy one of the expensive iteredients were also the sah prices

‘damn, it is just like a pie in the sky’

At that time, an idea came to Ark’s head

‘That’s right The mermaid tribe and raccoon clan were all Beast races that were cut off from the outside worldThen just like the mermaids, the raccoons won’t understand outside items either!’

Couldn’t he sell his japtem to the raccoons at an expensive price just like he did with the mermaids? To confir and showed them to Popo However, Popo’s reaction was not impressed

“The efficiency of that ites like thisI have sharp eyes because we are the race of craftss”

A disappointing ansas returned

Then Ark noticed so weird in Popo’s answer

“Go outside? So there is a o outside from here?”

“Of course The raccoon fa with huo outside we obviously have to hide our identities before engaging in tradeSo gold is also used, but the L currency is the only one that satisfies the raccoon clan so get rid of any idea of using gold Or your true identity would be discovered’

“No, no It’s not that ………I just want to ask if trade with the outside world is not hostile then why all the trouble Why aner?”

“That………in the past, a problem occurred in Subarutalp”

Popo hesitated for a while before he sighed and replied

The raccoon clan said that Subarutalp was in the depths of the Underground World The original Norse round world

Subarutalp was as big as the outside worldThe raccoon world in Norse drasil in the centre dividing the the world into 10 villages, with each living peacefully

“But then ‘he’ caed”

“He?”

Popo ground his teeth together and nodded

“Yes, a huo”

“A redheaded man!”

At the h cold water had been poured on him

The roup of thieves, he had stolen the Heartsoul Bead froined that he would head to the Underground World one step aheadHe couldn’t understand how he caround World and ran into a quest related NPC

Ark had been the first person to discover the underground labyrinth and its contentsIf the opponent was a NPC, then co a trace wouldn’t be difficult

‘Then the Heartsoul Bead is related to the Underground World?’

Everything was complicated and entwined

If so, what is the purpose of the red man………?

Popo’s folloords were even

“He said he was the Truthseeker”

“What? Truthseeker?”

“Eung, the raccoon clan is not human but the Truthseeker was our friend Any raccoon fa to an ancient voe guided the Truthseeker to Yggdrasil”

“An ancient vow?”

“A long tio, the adults of the raccoon clan made a voith the Hero Maban that when the hero returned to the Underground World, ould guide hidrasil to receive a test”

“So? He got the test?”

Ark asked Popo who hastily shook his head

“I don’t know But not long after he left sodrasil was and our wooden statue of Yggdrasil started attacking us And every raccoon clan was attacked by Yggdrasil……… It changed them into monsters that would attack their own people”

“Monster?”

“Originally, there were noin Subarutalp”

What does that means?

Ark looked doubtful before asking again

“Then……what about the monster that attacked me?”

At Ark’s question, Pope angrily snapped

“That’s right, Yggdrasil caught a raccoon clan The raccoon clan caught by Yggdrasil changed into a Kanggeul or a Plant Golees at randouys……”

‘Oh my God, was this the disaster Shannon orried about?’

Now pieces of information were connected

The ic Institute of Giran would no doubt be the same red man In other words, the Red round World

Shannon had warned that the Heartsoul Bead had an oht The fact that Ark met monsters with such absurd levels was because of that

Ark confirmed his idea with the quest information

[Quest has been updatedFind the Heartsoul Bead II= Find the Heartsoul Bead IIIYou have tracked the trail of the Red Man to the Underground WorldAnd you have obtained a clue about the Red Man fro after the Red Man cadrasil went on a crazy raround World which was once peaceful had becoerous place filled with No doubt this would be related to the Red Man who stole the Heartsoul BeadYou have to combine these clues and find the Heartsoul Bead{Difficulty level: C+}]

Ark’s jaw dropped after checking the information

The combination of all the clues for the Heartsoul Bead seedrasil was the culprit that threatened the Underground World by changing raccoon clans into eul around level 150 and Plant Gole the place

With Ark’s current power he couldn’t even head to Yggdrasil while taking them out

Degree of difficulty C+! The difficulty for the Event Quest was C++, which was the highest level of difficulty that Ark had ever gotten

Even if he could organize an attack, he didn’t know if it would be possible with that level of difficulty

‘And besides this quest I also have to find the Three Marvels’

He couldn’t thinkThe raccoons had a voith the Hero Maban that when the Truthseeker cadrasil to receive a test

It is likely that Yggdrasil’s test would give a fragment of the Three Marvels to the TruthseekerEventually the piece of the Three Marvels in the subterranean world should enter his hands

‘damn, do I have to be an alternative to the Red Man?’

Anger welled up in Ark

If it hadn’t been for that fellow, it ht have been easier for Ark to receive the Three Marvels However, because the turned up with the Heartsoul Bead the difficulty level dramatically increased? Of course, he wouldn’t have found the Underground World if it wasn’t for that guy……

‘Anyway, now I can’t complete the quest at this level’

Ark sighed before he re and asked

“You said that you traded with huo outside? When this place becaerous, didn’t you think to flee outside or ask for help from the humans?”

“The only path to the outside world is inside Yggdrasil”

Popo’s answer made Ark despair

For or the tiround WorldAnd he had hoped for a lucky way to go outsideArk had thought that he could go outside and raise his levels before co back in

However, if the path was associated with Yggdrasil didn’t that mean he couldn’t leave?

“The adults are all cowards!”

Then, all of a sudden Popo spoke in an incensed voice

“The other villages have already been sed up by Yggdrasil Together with thousands of kinThe raccoon village where I lived had also been abandoned This is the only place left Nevertheless, the adults are not willing to fight anyone They blocked the entrance but I was able to stealthily dig a tunnel Knowing this situation, it would eventually reach here too!”

The village that Popo had lived in was close to YggdrasilBecause it was only a step away fro

“But I’ht even if alone Will Hyung as well? Because Hyung is different froner! Will Hyung fight with eul earlier?”

Ark began to realise why Popo tried to show a good impression since they first met

“Of course I have to fight But……”

Ark took a moment to answer

Excitement showed in Popo as a raccoon was pushed to the left

The raccoon clan suddenly staggered back as he grabbed his chest

“Eh? What’s up with that? Ajusshi+, are you okay?”

“Yuck, keuuuuk, kueaaaa!”

Popo stared with surprised as the other raccoon’s body starting spas out from the body and completely covered it

“Kanggeul!”

In an instant, a raccoon had changed into a monster

The raccoon clans that had gathered in the market screamed and fled everywhere Popo also stepped back with a screaeul’s body wound dozens of stems around Popo and hoisted him up

“Ah, Ark-hyung!”

“Holy shi+t!”

Ark pulled out his sword

Boooo at the vinesThen Ark changed his target to Kanggeul

The vines poured out continuouslyArk quickly rotated his body for continuous kicks and daed the vines

“Grrrr, Kkago, Namiru!”

Kanggeul was stunned and retreated

Kanggeul’s level was 150, but it was only one opponent

In addition, there were no crickets and no weaponsAnd unlike the vines of the Plant Gole

‘This opponent is not that difficult!’

Ark da forward and cornering it with kicksAfter 5 eul fell into a critical condition and tried to retreatHowever, Ark’s movements were several times faster

“Don’t miss!”

Ark ran and threw his body forward

And quickly folloith a double sidekick! He hit the back of the head with his foot and Kanggeul fell to the groundAt the saet a double critical chance, causing Kanggeul to lose all its health

“A!”

“He defeated Kanggeul all by himself!”

After he defeated Kanggeul, the raccoon clans gathered and buzzed around Ark who had shown incredible skill However, the raccoon clan quickly withdrew, surprised

“Foreigner!”

“How did a foreigner get here?”

In the wake of the shouting voices, Ark’s oops was covered

As a result of his fight with Kanggeul, the clothes iven him were torn

Ark didn’t knohat to do and wore an eroup of raccoons clad in leather armour

They looked between Kanggeul and Ark with surprised eyes

“That…………”

Without saying anything, the raccoon soldiers lifted up their spears

“Don’t move! You’re under arrest!”

“dao!”

“Do not move!”

“What did Ark-hyung do wrong?”

Popo swore and struggled

At that tirily shouted

“Be quiet!”

Pop flinched and looked down dejected

‘I guess that old raccoon is the elder of this village’

Ark looked around in silence

Ark and Popo were dragged by the raccoon soldiers froe cave

It seeathered inside the caveAry eyes

“I specifically told you that you weren’t to go out there……not only did you disobey ? Do you knohat you’ve done? This town could be in danger because of you!”

“Haeng!”

“Do you still not understand?Why Subarutalp changed? It is because they believed the huuy will also do the same! ”

“Ark-hyung is differentHe defeated Kanggeul!”

“Stupid! He is probably a friend of the Truthseeker called to betray us furtherHow can you believe everything this guy says? He ed to come here after it had been hidden for hundreds of yearsIt is clear that he has some other purposeEveryone, immediately confine Popo and the human while we decide their punishment!”

“Yes, they need to be punished!”

The other raccoons shouted with their tails beating the ground

“He is not the Truthseeker”

It was then that Ark opened his mouth

The eyes of the elders widened

“What? What are you saying?”

“I’ll say it again The red haired man isn’t the TruthseekerHe tricked all of you”

“What do you know……”

“How did you recognise the Truthseeker?”

Ark interrupted the elders

“To become the Truthseeker, you ed by the Meow, the descendants of Hero MabanHowever, in the past hundreds of years only one person has been recognised as the Truthseeker by the MeowAnd, of course the Truthseeker was not the man with red hair”

“How do you happen to know this?”

“Of course I would know For the past hundreds of year, I was the only Truthseeker recognised by the Meow”

“Wha-What!”

The elders burst out with a surprised expression

“Ah, Ark-hyung?”

Popo couldn’t believe it and looked stupidly at ArkHe was not the only one The raccoons gathered in the Town Hall looked at his other and mutteredHowever, it seemed that the elders couldn’t believe as they shook their head

“Unbelievable! Even if he isn’t the Truthseeker youas well, how can we tell? Where is the evidence that you are the Truthseeker?”

“This is the evidenceElders, could you examine this?”

Ark pulled out a s

Elder narrowed their eyes and sat dohile staring at the stone

“St…………Star Fragment ……”

Yes Ark had found one of the Three Marvels in the underwater worldIt was a Star Fragment

It was an iteet in his hands

“Do you acknowledge it?”

Ark was confirmed as the elders nodded

Then Popo pushed the soldiers as he shouted

“Hyung! Ark-hyung is really the Truthseeker! Elder grandfather, see? Ark-hyung is the Truthseeker! A friend of the Beasts, he is the hero that inherited Hero Maban’s will!”

“Is that so?”

The elders touched their foreheads with their hands as they blew out a sigh of reliefAnd looked at Ark eary eyes as they muttered

“We recognise that you are the Truthseeker But that doesn’t change anything Obviously in the past we drasil is already corrupted and we don’t knoe can even survive, let alone fulfil the vow Therefore on’t charge you with the crigdrasil corrupted, you can’t leave hereNothing has changed”

“What are you saying? Don’t you understand? Ark-hyung is the Truthseeker! Now is the tiht for Subarutalp to be peaceful again!”

“Shut up! We’re not children!”

The elders shouted at Popo who flinched and stepped back

He wasn’t easily scared

Popo couldn’t believe the elders and kept on shooting them looks as he said

“The other villages are already goneAnd no matter how randfather knows it as well! Kanggeul showed up at the market That means they’ve learnt how to come here”

“Umm……”

A heavy silence filled the Town Hall at Popo’s words

So far, the raccoon clans in the surroundings muttered with low voices

“But ……This situation started frodrasil it would be impossible to win”

“Besides Kanggeul and Plant Gole them too…………”

“Lies!”

Popo yelled wildly

“Tell o ahead! Just continue hiding until Kanggeul and Plant Goleht even if I die!”

Popo pushed the raccoon soldiers and left the Town Hall

“Why are you just standing there? What are you doing? Catch him!”

Two raccoon soldiers hurriedly chased after Popo

Ark silently looked at the sight in front of himHe had wanted to intervene but had no idea how But thanks to Popo he was able to understand the general situation At the same time, he nohat he had to do

‘That’s right, it’s not only my problem!’

Ark realised that he had taken soranted

It was common sense that a quest was a structure only for the user

However, there was no reason to think that

‘New World is not an old RPG game’

When considering the ga

Those ga resurrected at the end If the Devil was resurrected then the world would endEven so, he had ame, even the NPCs that were forame directly

‘What if?’

‘Please help me’

But they would do absolutely nothing and just talk

And it was natural for them to leave the fate of the world in the hero’s hands

The NPC could actively ence, instead the NPC’s behaviour was co a CPU that calculated its performance

However, New World was the perfect garees of freedoree of freedom was also relevant to the NPCs

Of course, although it is not a user, the NPC could also think for itself and have the freedoes to the ex-convicts on Ark’s advice