Vol 5 Chapter 2 (2/2)

‘This is the key to solve this quest’

If the Underground World is destroyed, then that would also be bad for Ark He would lose the three marvels and also the way to solve the quest

But anyway, Ark was a user

It was possible to look for other waysBut not for the raccoon clanThe raccoons think of the game as reality where they either live or die because of the destruction of the Underground World It daht

‘If I try to do it alone, I won’t be able to handle YggdrasilBut it ht be possible to win if I can incite the raccoon clans to fight together”

Ark came to that conclusion

He had already identified in Jackson that users could fight together with NPCs

‘Yes, for sure This is the only solution’

Ark looked at the atmosphere and slowly opened his mouth

“To be honest I agree with Popo”

“What?”

“I’ve listened to Popo talk The other towns in the Underground World have already been attacked and annihilated And even if the subterranean world is wide, it is limitedNo matter how much you hide you will eventually be found and when that happens, you’ll be involved just like Popo said ”

“We know that We also know there’s no chance”

An elder said a nervous voice

“Since ere born, we are a species that hasn’t had to fightDo you knoe live in the Underground World? In order to avoid conflicts We’re just a race that kno to s”

“But ………”

“It is done I don’t want to talk about the problem”

No matter how many times Ark tried to talk to them, the elders did not want to hear it

After all Ark had just entered the village of raccoonsIn addition, their relations had been hostile until just nowFortunately, thewas resolved and the relationshi+p wasn’t hostile anymore however their intimacy was still low

It would be iht with a feordsThere was also the risk that intimacy would fall instead

‘Let’s withdraw and find another method’

“Ark-hyung……”

Popo approached from the side as he exited the Town Hall

He had esture to run away and hide around here

“You see? Wasn’t it like I said? The adults are all cowardsThey ht theis different? The Truthseeker is the one that receives Hero Maban’s will Will you fight against the monsters?”

Tears were heard in Popo’s suddenly young voice

Ark looked at him in surprise as Popo wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said

“They’re dead Dad, Mu……I know The village where I lived was the first to be attackedObviously eul But I will never die like thatI will find the exact cause of the corruption and regain ……will you help me?”

A feeble ache revived in Ark’s chest

He had forgotten

Popo had lost his parents o

Why hadn’t he noticed? NPCs are also alive

At least that’s what Ark thoughtAnd who doesn’t understand the grief of losing a parent?

Ark was like that as well When he lost his father and his mother was hospitalized, Ark couldn’t cryHe had forced down his grief but going on a nightlife spree He was grieving, but he was so sad that he couldn’t feel the grief at all

Ark kneeled down beside Popo and stroked his head

“Yes, I will help But no th aloneYou actually know that don’t you?”

Popo sed his tears and nodded

“So I’ll have to convince any raccoon clanThe adults will understand if I talk calmly If that doesn’t help……then you and I will join forces and find a way So just believe and trust in ”

“Thank you, Hyung”

Ark laughed and lightly patted Popo’s body

He also felt like a brother

” Now, that we’ve said that……’

Once Ark calanized the situation in a deserted alley

He easily spoke to Popo, but he actually thought it was hopeless

The raccoons were different from the other beast species that he had metBy default, the Meow and Mermaid species arriors

In the same situation, even if Ark tried to stop theo out

However, the raccoons were craftsht

‘The most likely way to incite them is to raise my intimacy……’

The problem was how to raise intimacy

In the past, the mermaid species was completely isolated from the way so when he sold them some outside iteh the raccoons were isolated, there could secretly trade with humans on the outside worldHe didn’t look at his japtem

He also used survival cooking with the mermaid clan

Tasty food was somewhat effective but unlike the mermaids, the raccoon clans were used to fire and would not freak out about it

When they ate so once or twice then they would quickly tire of it

The other way to raise intimacy with to complete quests But it was impossible to receive a bunch of quests from the raccoons in this situation

‘But what other methods could be used to raise intimacy……’

Suddenly a brilliant idea popped into his head

‘Only? What about food? The food ……perhaps……No, it is the only way I have no choice but to try it, even if it is a hit or miss’

Ark quickly took out his pot and placed ingredients in

And he redients to create new dishes As always, one dish was barely a success after dozens of failuresArk put the successful dish in a pouch for the time and immediately made a new dish

He spent the whole day cooking

Although he was dozing halfway through, his hands redientsSuddenly, a loud sound battered his eardrums

Kwadang, delgureok, bugulbugul!

The half-asleep Ark quickly lifted his headInside the pot, a black liquid was bubbling like crazy

“What, what the?” What’s up with that? Why is this?”

Ssak ssak ssak!

Then Snake flicked its tongue and licked the floor

“Eek? Don’t tell me I just shoved in the pot………? ”

Ark quickly woke up as he turned his head

Next to hiredients and japteredients to redients had been taken outHowever, he had mixed in a few japtely put a few japtem into the pot

“What the? What on earth did I put?”

Ark hurriedly opened his bad and checked the list of japtem

All of the five weapons are there……arhly correct but the number……what did I put in? Eh? Which reminds me ……Huck, don’t tell me?’

Ark ruThe ‘Essence of shi+ning slime’ that he had obtained froround labyrinth

[Essence of shi+ning Sliredient)The Polluted Slih the sliy is still unknown, only one in a thousand would produce these special crystals in their bodyThese crystals have a unique icians and artisans drool over the expensive ic reagent or you can use it to create ic items]

Although you couldn’t tell froe source of money for him

Because he was unable to send it to Sid, he left if packed on one side of his bag………only now he placed it in the pot while he was sleeping It wasn’t an ingredient but a general item! The result was so unstable it see stomach trouble

“I can’t believe I !”

‘No, I don’t knohether the essence of slime had completely melted yet’

Ark picked up the potAnd just before he flipped it over! Suddenly there was a belch and thick ss rose from the pot

Ark flinched and looked down stupidly into the pot The bubbling black liquid that was overflowing had just disappeared like a lieAnd black lumps like jelly fell into the pot

“Wha, What it this?”

Ark picked up the jello with a bewildered expression

At the saepopped up

[You have found a hidden Survival Cooking dishIn New World, there aretime and built up a lot of experienceA monster with these attributes and experience sometimes forms an ‘essence’ Essences are soredient in the production of various general items, but it also has another hidden useOne of the uses ifdish with itWhen co, the essence can be for theredients then jello with special properties can bechef would be able to instinctively grab the materials required to make it]

[‘Sli Slime Jelly 1/1

Unicorn horns 0/1

Corrupted Fairy Wings 0/100

The roots of a Mandragora that has received ht 0/100

Tooth of a hook bat 0/100]

Ark looked at the information ith a stupid look For a while he couldn’t understand what had happened

‘A hidden survival cooking dish?’

It was a result from a mistake he made in his sleep

The probleood or notUntil the result was complete, he wouldn’t have any infore

However, Ark’s advantage was his optimistic personalityAfter he conte

‘ThisAnd I’e benefit in the game! And because the materials required to complete it seem fairly difficult, the result should be beyond ht It’s obviously an extravagant prize!’

Ark placed the sli and smirked

Survival cooking was involuntarily learnt in the novice town, and he had learnt the skill with the idea that he could saveit to cook rice and eat cheaply, however the skill had more uses than thatIt was fun to think of what other methods there could be later on

It was a mistake that happened while he was asleep, but if the result was this sort of thing then it elcome at any time

He had discovered information that other people didn’t know yet It will soon be connected with huge profit

‘I would love to see the cos that you could just ask or look for, it can keep for the tiood atmosphereShould I make an effort and cook more new dishes?’

Ark had an excited expression and ian to make a new dishAnd finally 24 hours had passed and he could suain

With a serious expression, Ark summoned Skull

“Skull, are you prepared?”

Clack…Clack clack clack!

Skull moved back and forth as he made his resolution

Then Ark started feeding Skull the dishes that he had made

Skull fainted straight aith dark rings that looked like he struggled with over drinking on the docksHowever, the food also had a positive effect and raised his abilityHowever, it wasn’t what Ark was hoping for

‘It’s great to see, but this is not the effect that I wanted’

Ark shook his head and made him eat another dish

Eventually the food redients had almost disappeared

“This is it!”

Once again, the positive effect of the food raised Skull’s statsThanks to that, Skull’s stats were raised be 7 and he instantly reached level 47 However, that was not the reason that Ark had cheered at Skull It was due to the additional effects of Skull eating cookies

‘This is it! This one is the key to the quest!’

Ark created a bunch of cookies with delightAnd he put it all in a leather pouch and headed towards the Town Hall

“What is going on? If you have so to say about earlier”

As soon as Ark entered, the elder welcomed him with a troubled expression However, Ark had a friendly smile as he approached

“No I have a different request today Soo out and come to think of it, I experienced a new situation when I was thereWhen I find a new place, the elders always offer lass of waterSo today, I have prepared cookies to apologize for my previous mistakes

“Cookie? There’s no needPlease leave”

The elder said coldlyHowever, Ark didn’t listen and took out the leather pouch

“Eh, why are you so shy? There’s no need between comradesJust have a tasteI made elaborate cookies”

Ark opened the leather pouch and a sweet scent drifted around the Town Hall

The seductive scent was e variety of different spices!

“If you think it is necessary? Hurry, and take it out!”

The elder made an effort to turn his head and look away However, Ark was convinced that he had caught the elders in a trap His nose itching and his tail swinging up and doithout stopping

‘Huhuhu, in the end he is still just a raccoon’

They can’t hide their beastly instincts

“Co and just eat”

“Heh, that’s true ……nowhere else to be so yes ……”

The Elder couldn’t pretend and took one cookie

Ark’s eyes flashed

‘It took It took A raccoon is snagged!’

That was Ark’s plan

Once he ate one, the elder tried to shove as much as possible into his mouths The other elderly raccoons in the Town Hall also did the sah they had no interest in the cookies at first, they wanted to eat it after seeing hi a bunch in his mouth with both hands

An elder exclaimed as he was buried in cookie powder

“Yes, the cooking skill is a In my lifetime, this is the first time I’ve tasted such delicious cookiesMore, anymore?”

“Of course there is enough”

‘Game over’

Ark handled the leather pouch with an evil smileWithin a few minutes the leather pouch had been emptied and the elders had satisfied looks on their faces

“Okay, it’s really brilliant Are you going to ain?”

“It’s now!”

Ark then exposed his true colours

“Of course But before that………I’d like to talk about the earlier topic?”

“What ere talking about earlier?”

“Yes, I’ve been thinking about it I also think that the elders’ idea is a bit wrong Of course I understand your viewAfter a lifeti to be afraid to fight monsters”

“I am afraid? You mean someone else!”

The elders shook the table and shouted

“There’s nothing to be afraid of, it’s just a little s Instead, we can arm ourselves with excellent armour and weaponsWhen mobilized, we can deal with any number of creatures”

“Yeah!”

The other elderly raccoons also beat their tails on the ground as they shouted in unison He fixed an expression on his face that see and muttered

“Then why are we hiding in a place like this?”

“That’s right Why the hell would we think that the monsters are scary”

“Our patron Yggdrasil turned evil because of a curseIsn’t now the tiet up?”

“Yes, the time has revealed itself Ardrasil fro”

He noticed that the attitudes of the raccoons had undergone a 180 degree change

‘The effect of the medicine was accepted’

A satisfied smile appeared at the corners of Ark’s mouth

The reason why they changed was because of the cookies Ark had fed them

The raccoons couldn’t fight because they didn’t have enough courage Because they knew that the e, they couldn’t bring theht about one of his ingredients

The Nurunma leaves that he found in the thieves’ lair

The Nuruno it was also used to stimulate warriors Therefore, if he cooked the Nurunht, Ark coredients with the Nurunma leaves to create new dishes Then he used Skull to confirm that it was the food that he wanted

[The Warrior’s CookiesThe Nurunredients in this cookieIf a person without excitehtAlso they won’t lose their fighting spirit even if they are injuredThe exciteradually decreases with every battle the person entersHowever, when the effect disappears, the subject will be in a weakened state for a long period of time due to withdrawal effects{Fraud +100, In battle it decreases by 1 every 2 minutes}{However when the effect disappears, for 4 hours resistance -50, which is recovered when eating a cookie}]

Thanks to that, the elders’ oes away they would blas

“Come on, let’s quickly prepare the residents for action”

“Then I’ll gather all the inhabitants”

Ark left the town hall and conveyed the gathering orders to the residentsOf course, he didn’t forget to distribute a bag of cookies as a gift

The raccoons took the cookies without any suspicionAnd soon became racoons that were addicted to the stimulant

Therefore, the situation was easily solved

“…………Therefore, we should take back Subarutalp with our own hands! Coet up Kinsmen arise!”

“Ooh oh oh oh!”

The elder’s speech delivered the taste to the crowd The crowd of 300 raccoons gave a shout of joy and aligned themselves with the taste And started war preparations at an absurd speed

Popo looked at Ark with a strange expression

“Ah, Ark-hyung How on earth……”

“Sincerity is said to be a way to connect with people”

Ark grinned and stroked Popo’s head

Ark continued sree of wickedness was only the tip of the iceberg When they finished the war preparations, the elders and residents flocked to Ark

“However you Is it possible for you to make more cookies?

I feel like eating a cookie for some reason”

“Oh, you mean this? Well, there is still an excess………”

Ark shook the bag containing the cookies before taking one out Then the raccoons forgot and followed the cookie with the eyes and htly for the poisonous effect to activate Then Ark put it back in the bag and said

“By the way Before I do, isn’t there a problem to be addressed?”

“What, what is it?”

“Once the troops are gathered ……you’re not going to just randomly and recklessly attack the monsters are you? Doesn’t someone have to command the troops? I’d say I have the experience necessary to lead the troops”

“Oh, that? Then I’ll leave co to you”

As if it was troublesome, the Elder transferred the command immediately

This is why drugs are horrible Once you are addicted you could even sell your daughter for drugsOf course, it wasn’t so much the cookies that were addictive But anyway, the only person with coht about it calht person to be commander was Ark

Ark was satisfied as he grinned and nodded

“I understand Although I am insufficient, I will lead the raccoon clans

“Yes, yes, so a cookie ………”

“It is 1L for a bag”

“What? One bag costs money?”

“Oh, it’s because I don’t have that redientsThis means that I can’tat a time But if the elder doesn’t want to buy this then I will be forced to sell it to someone else”

“Ah, no! 1L did you say? Here it is”

The surprised elder pulled out an ore and calculated quickly

The nu of Warrior’s cookies was one He also used other ingredients and spices but those were readily available in the raccoon villageIn the end, the actual cost of the ingredients was one Nurunma leaf Ark calculated that it was approximately 10 silver for one leaf

By selling the cookies for 1L, the ore orth at least 20 silver which meant that his profits would double

After all, it was a drug Noa proper place to sell it But now additional money was received so it was a windfall!

All this because he ’s effect into a cookie!

Of course, more addictive cookies would raise the price from now on However, when it came to money it couldn’t be sold recklessly Ark only prepared 1,600 Nurunma leaves He had to steadily supply 300 raccoons while they were fighting

Sort of…………it was possible to call him a clever demon

‘Huhuhu whenever I see Nurun off them

Ark smiled with satisfaction as a new information ed up

[You used excellent communication and clever tricks to discover the ‘Lore’ quest

The Lore quest exists in several areas in New WorldIf it isn’t possible to receive a quest in the normal way, a Lore quest occurs when special conditions are satisfied The quest rewards given for Lore quests are different froeneral quests, as it is an iends and history of New WorldHowever, if unsuccessful you may be subject to a substantial penalty

{Wisdom + 10, Art of Communication + 10}]

[Reclairound World!

After a lot of trouble you have finally entered Subarutalp, a world hidden in the depths of the earth However, the Underground World wasn’t a peaceful place like you iround World and its residents the raccoons are on the verge of annihilation As the Truthseeker, you are obliged to help the Beast residents Fortunately, you ed to convince theround World togetherYou et rid of its curse and bring back peace to the Underground WorldYou will also find the Three Marvels that you are searching for once you deal with the curse on Yggdrasil

{Difficulty: ☆ ☆ ☆ Quest is limited to: Dark Walker}]

“As expected, the correct ansas to persuade the raccoons’

Ark checked the quest information related to the Three Marvels and was convinced that his choice was right In the end, the goal was the same but he had to look for the Heartsoul Bead as well as the Three Marvels

Of course these two objectives were registered as different quests

‘But a Lore Quest? Is the degree of difficulty special? What the hell does it mean?’

While Ark was thinking, an elder had studied his face and asked

“So what should we do?”

“For the ti………”

Ark replied with a wide grin

“It has to be training”

In the afternoon of the saether to co

The Warrior’s cookie was li athered the raccoons together, a sigh naturally flowed out

The Kanggeul was level 150, but the average level for a raccoon was level 70 In addition, they had never been in battle before and didn’t even kno to hold their weapons properly But Ark soon shook his head

‘It’s not The roup combat How quickly and accurately the commander can lead them is the key’

He had already experienced the ie the arulations and then show that the ability of the commander was 100

Therefore, Ark dealt with them severely from the first day

“There, the raccoon that was gossiping come out!”

Ark pointed to one of the foot soldier raccoons

And after he made a horrible soup medley, fed him the awful food

Ark as in command also switched the cookies sold to a distribution system Because there were lie the quantity dispensedThanks to that the raccoons were always struggling with cookies Ark was holding the cookies, so of course there wouldn’t be any raccoons that would disobey hiht to buy more cookies Ark introduced a reward and punishn death at Ark’s words

A perfect dictatorshi+p was born

Ark seized the raccoons and separated them into branches of service based on their quality The elders had said that the raccoon species didn’t understand battle at all but Ark soon shook off that notionOf course, there was no battle related skill for the raccoons However, he was able to take advantage of the NPCs by applying the characteristics of craftsmen to battle When the father of all the races created the species, they had so that equipment plays an important role in battleIn particular, Ark paid attention to the portable artillery weapons The cannon had a slow charging speed but its range and power far exceeded that of an arrowAn additional bonus was also applied when used against a large monster, which increased the offensive power by 10 times The problem was the price of the bullet for the cannon as it was 1L or 20 silver However, Ark didn’t care Anyway, thecame from the pockets of the raccoons

‘Until now, I couldn’t have such weapons………”

If he thought about the outside then he wasn’t motivated

Anyway, the raccoon clan that produced weapons and armour all boasted considerable abilities Unfortunately, the ingredient supply wasn’t satisfactory because they had been hidingTherefore, they couldn’t produce a significant number of equipment items

‘I guess I have to divide the branches of service based on the equipment available’

“OK, fro to divide the branches of service The first group will be lieutenants”

Ark pointed towards the group of raccoons that had a higher level and staiven the best armour and weaponsThat number was approximately 120

The 2nd group was chosen based on their high agilityThey were given arroup was the rear support engineers who took exclusive responsibility for cave destruction using the raccoon only racial skill

‘Wasn’t it quite fascinating to equip NPCs with items?’

The elder raccoon NPC supplied a war chest that was quite generousIt was public money that Ark couldn’t take because who knehen he would have to buy an item necessary for battle

So the raccoons were clearly divided Without sleeping, Ark began to train the raccoons in the different divisionsAs practice gradually continued, the raccoons rushed back and forth as they followed the training systeame time and it was the second day in reality, practice finally finished Ark gathered the soldiers around hian to speak

“Everyone had suffered Maybe there would be sos about uys redrasil to rescue your kinsain peaceIn addition, it is co harder would reduce casualties in battleIt is my duty to ensure that you are ready for it, even if I had to push you”

It was sincere There was no chance of doing this quest twice

If the raccoon troops iped out then his quest for the Heartsoul Bea