Vol 13 Chapter 5 (1/2)
ACT 5 Seutandal’s Hero
[TL: For people who read the previous chapter when I first uploaded it, I’ve edited it a little bit so that Haman fortress is actually close to the harbour Not far away Ark also finally used a male pronoun for Radun in this chapter so froender neutral]
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“Bah, trying to trick me?”
Ark muttered as he snorted Ark hadn’t believed Isyuraht between Ark and Garam then he should’ve done it in Reuben However, Isyura difficulty It was obvious that he was trying to protect Garam
‘Yet he dares say they’re not colleagues?’
So Ark had doubted Isyura so as Ark Wasn’t that why he quietly leaked information as they approached Seutandal?
‘They clearly plotted to keep me on the boat I don’t knohy they want me on the boat but there is clearly a hidden scheme I don’t knohat types of methods exist in New World so I should always be careful’
Their goal was to prevent Ark fro the boat Then obviously he had to leave the boat to prevent their schenored Isyura And after he was surprised, Ark immediately checked Isyuram’s name with Eyes of the Cat Grey… Isyuram had also stabbed Ark in the back Thus Ark was convinced that his idea was correct
‘As expected, he is accomplices with Garam!’
Ark was also angry that Isyuram ate the flatfish sashi+ic incident Anyway, he had no time for these trivial matters There were hts for no reason In any case, Ark erased the incident at the harbour from his memory
‘There’s no need to pay attention to such things in the gaed’
Ark exclaimed as he looked around the harbour and Haed in just four days When Ark left for Giran, there were only 10 wooden buildings around the harbour while the foundation around the castle was still being constructed But Ha flow of users, construction of hotels and inns were in full swing Of course, there were still areas that needed attention but it was only a matter of time After the construction was completed and the systereat city A large bulletin board at the entrance of the fortress caught his eye
-Welcome to Haman Fortress!
This is a suide for first time visitors
The inhabitants of Seutandal, the Baran clan suffered under the threat of the wicked Nakujuk for a long tihtered thousands of Baran, causing a tragic incident Fortunately, a great leader led the Baran clan and constructed Haman fortress to oppose the Nakujuk
Hooray our great leader!
“Huhuhu, great leader…… My face feels a little hot”
The great leader written on the board was Ark Ark had learnedAlan Alan turned into a celebrity in Schudenberg after his appearance on TV But Ark decided that it wasn’t a good thing In this world, there were many people ould feel envious of so a celebrity was no different fro an enemy If Alan wasn’t so famous then he wouldn’t have been ruined sodown Alan’s route Therefore he thoroughly hid his na con
‘It will become more troublesome if I’m a celebrity’
Ark praised his foresight as he passed by the people reading the bulletin
-Sadly, the threat of the Nakujuk still hasn’t disappeared Therefore Isabel, the representative of Seutandal is asking for the help of courageous adventurers Adventurers who fightt for justice against the Nakujuk will receive a token whenever they kill one When they provide proof of the ‘Nakujuk’s red hair,’ compensation will be provided
Co 10 Nakujuk (Copper medal: without this medal, you won’t be able to trade at Ha 50 Nakujuk (Silver medal: 10 discount on all shop trades)
Co 100 Nakujuk (Gold medal: 20 discount on all shop trades)
Co a Nakujuk chieftain (Gold ticket: you will acquire a h a lottery)
“Anyway, it’s now truly begun?”
Ark was also the person who cah the on, the Nakujuk could still send troops through letter e With the Baran clan’s power growing, the Nakujuk were engaged in a last desperate struggle It wasn’t enough for him to be worried, but he couldn’t just leave it alone If their nurew then they could threaten Haman fortress Thus the only method Ark could think of to reduce the Nakujuk’s numbers was to use the players Seutandal’s current situation h the Eastern Nation had a lot of funds, a lot of it is focused on construction So they didn’t have the ability to give a decent compensation all participants However, they couldn’t delay the development of Seutandal
‘Apart from warriors, merchants also came here’
Therefore Ark designed the medal system When players first come to Seutandal, they couldn’t use the stores run by the Baran clan They had to at least receive a copper medal to use the stores And the discount would increase with the silver and gold medals Thanks to that, users who came to Seutandal had no choice but to defeat the Nakujuk The average level of users who came to Seutandal was level 200 On the other hand, the Nakujuk was between level 250~280 Therefore there werefor parties
“I’ people to hunt the Nakujuk!”
“Are there any icians here?”
But the profession that suffered theto trade in Seutandal, being prohibited fro on a clear day Moreover, they had to receive a discount in order to truly receive a profit froold medal but the Nakujuk was a fair distance away from the fortress and not many parties wanted to take merchants
“Buying Nakujuk’s Red Hair, 20 silver for one!”
“Buying a set of 100 Nakujuk’s Red Hair for 190 gold!”
The ht the tokens Thanks to that, there were quite a fearriors who stayed around Ha tokens But if looked at closely, it wasn’t that different fro people with petty tricks
‘Huhuhu, the Nakujuk are the Haman’s war enemy so the discount would auton of appreciation for people who killed a lot of them’
The ive the appearance of co to spend money on users! That was Ark’s speciality However, Ark’s ant scheme……!
‘Once everyone possesses a nificant, but at the moment not that many users have them The Nakujuk aren’t easy to hunt for level 200 users and the token won’t drop that often’
So there were many users who couldn’t use the stores However, the users needed consumables to hunt the Nakujuk Of course, the merchants who came from the continent sold consue of supplies for warriors
‘This is a chance to sell the consuaro’s laboratory!’
Thanks to the Seutandal stores being sealed off, Ark e price Abuse of power! Hoicked…… Ark was indeed good at being wicked
‘Well, it can’t be helped even if the actions are dirty There are 20 days left until I need to pay the balance for the house I have to organize everything and make some money And volunteer troops are necessary for Ha things to prick my conscience’
Ark finished fir his mental stateAnyway, the bulletin board also posted new developments and events
-This week’s events
Find the hidden Eastern Nation clan: Find the Eastern Nation clan‘Stealth’ in Haman fortress
This is a challenge for the foreigners visiting SeutandalThe Eastern Nationso and collecting some documents froners with skills such as ‘Sensing, ‘Tracking’ and ‘Sixth Sense’ are encouraged to participate
-Facilities Guide
One day far various Seutandal plants or visiting the cattle It can be a great opportunity to pick up leather extraction or butchering from the kind farm owner (Currently in business)
Beseutyu’s information centre: It is possible to hear the history and information about Seutandal from the wiseti new adventures in Seutandal (Currently in business)
Monster Safari: Learn the tendencies and weak points of various monsters as you travel around Seutandal An ideal chance to learn what yousoon)
Seutandal Sightseeing: Have you arrived in Seutandal only to find a gloo the skyrays,and uncovering your map (Business is closed for a while due to various circumstances)
Not only Lancel village, but Seutandal also seemed to become more and more like an amusement park
‘Well, it’s good that there are lots of ways to enjoy themselves’
Ark laughed and entered Ha district, the various Baran clan rateful but it was a little stressful as the users’ attention would focus on hiht that Seutandal had completely become his home town Anyway, Ark hadn’t returned to Seutandal to view the develop the last Three Marvels and reclai his summons
‘The last piece of the Three Marvels is alrasp……’
The proble to Ha Yuzuria The world tree should know about the distribution of each species in Seutandal But Yuzuria shook her head
-Of course my roots used to stretch across all of Seutandal The world tree can obtain a lot of inforh those roots However, you didn’t allow a lot of room for my roots to stretch when you planted me in here
Anyway, the world tree wasn’t useful in matters like these He was more likely to find information from Beseutyu who has recorded the history of Seutandal That’s why Ark contacted JusticeMan before departing
‘Is it here?’
Ark looked at the wooden building situation to one side of Haman fortress This was the information centre that Beseutyu had created after Seutandal rose
“Welco!”
Bona’s eyes widened when he saho cah the door After Seutandal had risen, soe returned Bona also returned as well to help Beseutyu Therefore, his <find the=”” settlers=””> quest unfortunately stopped at 98
“Wah, when did you arrive?”
“Just now Where’s your Grandpa?”
“Grandpa went to another elder’s house to collect the materials you required He hadn’t been able to recover the data froe yet You came faster than expected”
“You’re looking after the business alone?”
“Hehe, I also know quite a lot I’ll show it to Ark hyung for free”
Bona pushed out his chest and spoke firmly
“Ooh, really? Then please guide me furtherWhat new information is there these days?”
Ark playfully asked an embarrassed Bona who scratched his head
“H-hyung still knows , did you know about this?”
“What?”
“Soo”
Bona looked around and lowered his voice
“I heard it from Lariette noona……”
“Ah, Lariette-niht that Lariette-niroup as they surveyed the area What’s going on?”
The soldiers who fought the Nakujuk had changed their naroup was led by JusticeMan, the rehabilitation group and Lariette Their dream of an autonomous police force that couldn’t be achieved in Lancel was finally fulfilled in Seutandal But Bona was showing a discontented expression as he talked
“You should let me tell you”
“Okay, okay Continue”
“There was an incident where a group of tourist who visited the Eastern ruins in Seutandal was exterth and died”
“What?”
“It’s not just that Several days after that incident, aoffice”
“They came inside Haman fortress?”
“Yes, isn’t that absurd? There were 20 staff working there and six people lost their lives Soldiers were iht They’ve probably already escaped to the continent”
Bona added that it was the reason JusticeMan, the rehabilitation reet him The co enough so they went out to chase directly The Nakujuk and Baran didn’t have any NPCs that could use et into the city, how many NPCs would be massacred?
“But hoould they have escaped to the continent? The autono the harbour Shouldn’t the criminals be unable to use the ferry?”
“That’s……”
“Recently there are rulers”
At that moment Beseutyu had entered and answered Then Bona shouted with a sulky face
“Grandpa, Ark-hyung is my customer!”
“Hehehe, sorry How have you been doing Ark? I’reet you I was looking for theBona but then the store would’ve been empty”
“No it’s fine I never asked for it And I’rateful but it is a little hard There is no need for it next time”
“Well, you are hiding your own achievements…… As expected, you have the qualities of a true warrior”
Beseutyu once again firmly misunderstood
“By the hat did you say about slers?”
Ark asked with curiosity while Beseutyu sighed as he sat down in a chair
“Yes, that’s what I said Registered criminals aren’t allowed ride the ferry would have to sneak into Seutandal But there’s even o there was an incident when a boat was attacked by a group of pirates entirely consisting of those criathering The authorities have been investigating the coast but still haven’t found anything I also believe that they have contact with the Nakujuk”
The situation turned out to be surprisingly serious after listening But when he thought about it, it was entirely possible Although Haman fortress treated the Nakujuk as monsters, they were also residents of Seutandal There was the precedent of the Her with theer to coame ned er to bring chaotic players to Seutandal for h levels of maritime trade, a lot of chaotic users also take up piracy
‘The Her these actions’
Hermes had already made an alliance with the Nakujuk If there were outlaws living in Nakujuk territory then Heruild definitely hadn’t given up on Seutandal yet The three kingdooodith the Baran clan, yet scheed secretly
‘This is why JusticeMan, the rehabilitationfor the culprits Seutandal still has a long way to go before it becomes stable’
The path to true peace was distant and steep
“Although that information is true, there’s still no need to worry that much”
Beseutyu coughed and changed the subject after seeing Ark’s serious expression
“Here is what you were looking for”
“Did you find it?
“Not exactly, but I can guess the area”
Beseutyu opened the map and pointed towards one spot
“You said that your summons are a vampire and undead? In my opinion the vampire lives here He is located in the northwest of Seutandal This is a place that no one has ever been to But an elder had an ancient docue”
“Strange passage?”
“Yes, a long tio … I think it was before the Dark Century One traveller explored the northwest territory of Seutandal and discovered a land enveloped in darkness And a race that relied on drinking human blood lived there They are hostile to outsiders and will capture them for their blood The traveller would be drained of their blood until they died of old age”
“The traveller died? Then hoas it recorded?”
“They placed theAn ancient record keeper found the document The location on that document points to this area”
Blood-sucking species The vaain and tilted his head to one side
“Wait? Isn’t this……?”
Ark noticed soe and opened his own map
‘There’s no doubt This is the area pointed out by Yggdrasil and Yuzuria that contains the fragment of the Three Marvels! What the? Then the last beast clan is the vae into people Maybe they live together with the beast clan keeping the final piece? Or did the beast clan bury the fragment somewhere in the territory of the vampire?’
Ark was confused but it wasn’t bad news
‘This ment of the Three Marvels at the same time
“Do you kno to get there?”
Although he had been living in Seutandal for a while, he still hadn’t explored a lot of it He had only explored the east and south around Haeiron in the north That wasn’t even 1/5th of the entire area of Seutandal Therefore most of his map was still black Since Seutandal was surrounded by es, it wasn’t possible to wander around blindly That hy the Seutandal sightseeing business received a lot of profit
“Um…… Actually, that’s the problem”
Beseutyu took out an oldthe land seeraffiti drawn by a 13 year old Of course, the terrain was still recognizable on such a map
“Now, look here This is the northern es Thanks to these es, Seutandal is clearly able to be divided into north, south, east and west Thanks to the high es the air floeather and ecosysteet to is surrounded by the es”
Beseutyu shook his head
“This area is also filled with steep cliffs and there are ainst each other Thus it also won’t be possible to use the skyrays to fly over a land route Even the Nakujuk can’t use the Drakens to approach this area”
“Then there is no way to get there?”
“……It would’ve been impossible in the past”
“You’re saying it is possible now?”
Beseutyu worried for a
“You know that Seutandal had been caught in the dimensional storm until now Because of the storm, it wasn’t even possible to approach this area froht of that place as the end of the world But then Seutandal rose It is now an island”
“As expected, it’s the sea”
Ark instantly knew the answer Yes, the place where Ark had to go touched the coast If he couldn’t cross over the mountains then he could enter by the sea
“Honestly, I would like to stop you Like I said, there is no information about this place Only that the dreadful vampires who suck human blood live there”
“I have no choice but to go”
He had no choice, even if the destination was a dragon’s lair
“Is that so……”
“Then do you have any information about the territory of the undead?”
“Yes, that place is quite well known Didn’t I previously tell you that the undead had a significant effect on Seutandal? Because of the diap, the undead were freely able to travel in and out of the underground In fact, the underground had been gradually widening because of the dimensional storms But the rate of erosion had decreased ever since Seutandal rose”
Beseutyu explained while pointing to another spot on the map It was located on the north end of the East Moon Mountains
“Ah, the conversation got side-tracked for a moment Anyway, this is the place where the undead will appear ‘City of the Dead’ It is the territory of the undead This was originally underground but it returned to normal after Seutandal rose But it is the territory of the undead so there is still danger”
“Thank you You’ve really helped me a lot”