Vol 11 Chapter 4 (1/2)

ACT 4 Buksil the House Pig?

“Character information !”

Character Name

Ark

Race

Human

Alignment

Good +400

Fame

9,125 (+ 500)

Level

280

Profession

Dark Walker

title

Cat Knight, Caretaker of the Abandoned, Jackson’s Hero, Great Adventurer

Health

4,360 (+150)

Mana

4,350

Spiritual Power

200

Strength

563 (+28)

Agility723 (+55)

Stamina

823 (+20)

Wisdom

107 (+10)

Intelligence

842

Luck

103 (+30)

Flexibility

112

Art of Communication

46

Affection

152 (+10)

Resilience

305Special stat: Knowledge of Ancient Relics

138Equipment item effects

Guardian Armour of the Merpeople: Water Attribute Resistance +100, Penalty based on water is nullified

Cat Paws (Gloves): Attack Speed +10, Agility +15, Critical Hit +10

Raccoons Pith (Helility + 10, Wisdom + 10

<king> Set effect: Strength + 10, Agility + 10, Stamina +10, Defense +20

Warrior’s Transcripts (Shoulder Blades): Strength + 3

Wind Spirit’s Boots (Shoes): Agility + 30, Movement Speed +30, Attack Speed +10, ‘Slide’ available

Galgashi+’s Fur (Mantle): Cold resistance +100, Agility +20, When health is less than 50, ‘Magic Protection’ automatically activates

Adelaine’s Necklace (Necklace): Defense + 40, Affection +10, ‘Blessing of the Sea’ available

Resurrecting Spirit (Ring): Strength + 5, Mana recovery + 5

Rarukan’s Ring (Ring): Agility + 10, Attack Speed +10, Critical Hit +8, ‘Dark Protection’ available

Amulet of Vitality (Bracelet): Health + 50, Health recovers by 5 every 20 seconds

Gladiator’s Honour (Bracelet): Strength, Agility, Stamina +10, Fame +500, Sword-based Skill Growth +5

All abilities will increase by 40 in the dark

You have the ability to hide in the darkness (20 et into combat)

Resistance to Fear, Darkness, Blind, and Seduction spells is increased by 50

You can bring out the true abilities from all types of tools

Shock absorption is increased by 20

Poison resistance has increased by 50

10 increased attack and defense

Ark had gained 7 levels after defeating Magaro and he gained 4his level to 280

‘It is a lot better than hunting be myself’

Ark nodded with a pleased face He was quite satisfied with the current party It wasn’t necessary to explain, but Ark had been sceptical of hunting in parties The reason was very sia in parties Depending on the nue frolance it seemed like a bonus, but it was a problem once he considered that the experience had to be shared by the party ive between 1,000-4,000 experience When divided by 10 people, that was only 400 experience at most Of course it was quicker andalone

That wasn’t the only disadvantage of hunting with a party The biggest proble but what happened after the ames knew that there were several types of item distribution The most widely used approaches were the ‘Turn and Roll’ based methods The ‘Turn’ method used rotated the members ould receive the itemAnd the ‘Roll’ her iteiven to the related profession and the user who rolled the highest number would obtain the ite at it But the actual situation wasn’t that fair After hunting so eons, the items that monsters dropped weren’t completely random What he meant was…for example, if he joined a party in order to clear the thieves in a mountain hideout Thieves would mainly dropped weapons and armours for thieves

So if a thief joined the party then they would end upall the items On the other hand, a different profession would only receive japteht even experience a loss since they had to buy potions and pay for repairs to their equipment And those users would have no choice but to watch other people with the right profession take the ite was better If a rare item dropped and he was deprived of it, he would die fro a 10 won coin in that situation was the ine

‘In that sense, this party is truly ideal’

Ark sinning it was uncomfortable but now Lariette had eased into her role And she accoh Buksil couldn’t help in coredients However, Ark’s favourite thing about this party was the substantial profit While hunting in a party, Ark had to share the experience between the three of them However, there was one loophole The syste power levelled When there was a huge difference in levels in the party, hest levelled user Currently Ark was approxiher than Lariette and Buksil After they killed a ot 50 of the experience On the other hand, the party received an additional 100 experience As a result, he received 50 of the 200 experience, which was a little bit more than when he hunted aloneThat contributed to why Ark gained 4 levels in three days But was that all? They already agreed that Ark would get all the ite So items were more likely to drop in a party, Ark obtained more items than when he hunted alone

‘Huhuhu, it can’t be better than this!’

Since the party depended on Ark, it could truly be called Ark’s party

“Ah, Ark-nim!”

While Ark was thinking, Lariette and Buksil ran from the forest with a panicked expression

“What’s wrong?”

“M-monster, the red monster!”

Buksil shouted with a stricken face

“Red Monster?”

Ark was puzzled until Lariette added

“The Nakujukin the Abyss of Despair”

“Nakujuk! In this area?”

“Yes,more than twenty of them”

Ark was confused by ti The Nakujuk clan lived beyond the northernto Beseutyu, the terrain of the northern mountains was so difficult that the Nakujuk hardly ever cael Forest passed with the help of the Deurakan

‘At that time, they came to hunt for the deceased But after I disposed of Tamura, what reason would they have to come to the south? In addition, there is a hostile relationshi+p between the Nakujuk and the Baran clan So why are they roa on?’

Ark was thinking that when so interrupted

Grrrrrrr

He heard a threatening beast’s cry frorabbed their swords At the sa with a red mane appeared Ark’s forehead wrinkled when he saw its appearance

‘Eh? Haven’t I seen this e’s kennels…?’

The dog was the hellhound that the Baran clan bred The hellhound Ark previously saas black, so this one appeared red because it was tinged in blood That wasn’t all The faltering hellhound was also carrying a boy with serious injuries on its back Surprisingly the boy was…!

“B-Bona?”

Ark exclaiured out the boy’s identity The boy flinched then he painfully lifted his head

“Ah…Ark hyung?”

“Yes, it’son? How did you become like this?”

“Ah, Ark hyung……help! The village……Grandpa…”

“Village? Grandfather? What the? What do you e?”

“H-help Please help…!”

Bona grasped Ark’s hands andoff At the say and collapsed Ark approached quickly and examined BonaFortunately, the hellhound and Bona were only unconscious because of their injuries

“Ark-ni on…?”

Lariette asked in confusion But Ark also didn’t know The Nakujuk were also wondering around……clearly soe had happened He shouldn’t act recklessly before finding out the reasons Ark organized his thoughts for a

“Hurry and clean up We have to avoid them and find a safe place”

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-‘Shadow’ has been applied and ‘Stealth’ has been maintained

‘Those bastards…’

Ark hid behind a rock and looked down at the valley village

Rattle, rattle

The people in shackles wereAll around the thee seemed like a medieval movie The Baran clan were reduced to slavery while the Nakujuk were the supervisors

“That guy, what are you doing?”

“Can you move faster?”

The Nakujuk shouted and used their whips Then, a big bull carrying a big rock passed out The bull was a eNot only the Baran clanabused When the Bolkanasu fell down, the Nakujuk ran towards it

“How dare you fall down! Take this!”

“It is impossible Hold on, please let it rest for a moment!”

AHowever, the Nakujuk just kicked hi the Bolkanasu Then the trainer embraced the Bolkanasu

“What? How dare this slave resist?…Okay, I’ll let you taste it once!”

“Ugh, aaaaak, p-please…!”

The trainer’s back immediately became bloody as the whip tore it open But the Nakujuk seeed by the screa deeper woundsJust as the trainer reached a critical condition

“Stop!”

A sharp voice was suddenly heard Ark reflexively turned his head and flinched The person approaching the Nakujuk was surprisingly Jewel

‘It’s just like Bona said But how on earth did those guys……?’

Ark sed his saliva and replayed a o, Ark had avoided the Nakujuk in the forest and hid with Bona inside a small cave In fact, Ark could actually handle 20 Nakujuk by hi Bona’s injuries, he instinctively sensed that the situation was ic for a while, Bona delivered soo which o days in reality The peaceful village was attacked by 400 Nakujuk They occupied the village in an instant and drove the Baran clan to slavery

Ark still couldn’t understand anything at this point First of all, Beseutyu told him that the Nakujuk lived beyond the northern mountains And the terrain was so steep and coh a s the Draken, it was impossible to move a few hundred troopsThat’s why the Nakujuk had never a threat to the Baran clan so far But how did 400 troops suddenly climb over the northern mountains? Bona just shook his head

“I don’t know But Grandpa said that it obviously had so to do with them”

“Them?”

“The foreigners that passed into the Netherworld along with Ark hyung”

Ark becaners that caroup dedicated to killing Ark Then Jeorked with the Nakujuk to attack the village? The Nakujuk was a species of nment But why did they ally with the e to transport hundreds of Nakujuk across the northern mountains? There were numerous questions that popped into his head But he didn’t know any of the answers All he kneas that it was a complicated and twisted situation

‘For users to ally with e……’

He never i was possible However, it wasn’t that ih it step by step Of course, it would be absolutely impossible in middle earth If a user did that then it would be i, Sinius and Bristania kingdodom would be dispatched to smash them But this was the Netherworld While the Nakujuk had established a kingdom in the north, the south was filled with different communities and a major NPC force to protect the town didn’t exist

‘Even so……’

Ark thought for aonto the second question It was clear that Jewel’s group allied with the Nakujuk to invade the village The problem hy? He couldn’t think of a reason for why they would do that

‘Even if Jewel noticed that Beseutyu tricked them, it’s still weird that they allied with the Nakujuk to attack the village They came to the Netherworld in order to catch e so ould they want to occupy it? And what reason would the Nakujuk have to occupy this se?’

Ark considered all the possibilities He came to the conclusion that there must be soroup first Occupying a village had clear benefits However, they would have to share the profits with the Nakujuk In addition, this world relied on bartering so there was no money All they could obtain was at most japtem Would they provoke a hostile relationshi+p with the Baran clan who lived in the south just for so more than profit The sah they had taken over the town, they clearly couldn’t go back and forth between the northern mountains yet More than 400 troops would’ve come over if that was possible It also wasn’t easy to plunder the loot and then send it back home There was no reason for them to travel over the northern e

“They took control of the town and aretheBut Grandpa didn’t knohat it was either”

Bona also couldn’t answer this part

‘Create so… That must be their other purpose’

Ark was thinking that when so interrupted Bona shed tears and suddenly spoke

“Ark hyung, please help us If the villagers are harassed by the Nakujuk, they will die They ed to escape with me but then Grandpa and Guran were recaptured…”

After the village was attacked, there were a lot of Baran survivors The reason was si And there were also 400 Nakujuk coers couldn’t afford to fight back In addition, they used the children as hostages as soon as they attacked So the villagers didn’t dare resist and becaed to use a hellhound to escape with Bona They planned to notify the other villages and ask for help However, they were caught by the Nakujuk and only Bona barely escaped

“Um…”

Ark saw the bruises on Bona’s body and was speechless Thanks to Lariette’s healing, Bona had recovered but there were still injuries on his body He had received those wounds after being chased by the Nakujuk He didn’t even knohat happened to the village after it had been occupied After thinking about that situation, so rose in Ark’s heart

“How dare they do such things to a child…son of a bitch!”

“Huh?”

Clack clack clack clack?

Dedric and Razak sent Ark a strange look

“What? Why are looking at me like that?”

“No……Master talking like that……”