Vol 14 Chapter 4 (1/2)
ACT 4 Land of the Dead
Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa!
Radun shook his buood and no troublesomeRadun wasn’t that bright
“Ugh…I still feel sick”
Ark frowned and shook his head The effects of the nightmarish alcohol bombs caused by the jealousy of the rehabilitationhim In fact, Ark wasn’t the type to beco after had been a little difficult but it see it off Therefore Ark enthusiastically tried to start a new adventure
‘damn those dolphins!’
The dolphins he summoned at the Dark Earth was the proble to Dark Earth but riding the dolphins was the worst Aside from that, it took an incredible aed Every time that happened, Ark’s stoh he didn’t get seasick, he had to endure the motion sickness fro pain in his lower back
‘No matter how free it is, I’ll be worried if I have to ride the dolphins regularly’
So Ark showed his superhuman patience and endured for 4 hours Of course, there was the possibility of a land route after he left Dark Earth However, the land route was surrounded by et back to Seutandal He would rather suffer from motion sickness
‘Anyway, I’ spree with expensive alcohol then of course it won’t be good for my body Plus……’
His face becaical warfare between Roco and Lariette Ark wasn’t stupid At the time he had been puzzled, but he understood the situation after the alcohol wore off It was caused by Roco’s
‘That Roco, ere you thinking……?’
Ark h it would be difficult to understand when looking through Ark’s eyes, no men would look at it objectively No, these days Ark unexpectedly thought of Alan as a decent guy He never asked directly but Ark was under the impression that Alan was Lariette’s boyfriend Naturally Lariette would have a handsome boyfriend with lots of money Why would she be interested in Ark? Roco hadn’t known the situation and unreservedly exposed her jealousy But Ark was really puzzled by the situation that unfolded fro about that incident caused his face to become hot
‘I should avoid Roco and Lariette-nim for the moment’
He didn’t have the courage to face them
“Uhh, I don’t like it”
Then Racard’s voice was heard from Ark’s shoulder
“Huh? What?”
“I don’t like seeing that pig’s face That stupid pig!”
Racard stared at Buksil and murmured with dissatisfaction Buksil turned his head and s that expression was because of his pet dog, Baekgu
‘It is an really surprising combination’
In fact, Buksil had initially disliked it when Baekgu was er than him? Even if he was taht’ve sworn an oath of obedience to Buksil but it wasn’t enforceable Buksil wasn’t assured by Ark’s words No, it was a wolf and a pig He was lucky if the wolf didn’t eat hi Buksil Baekgu’s owner
‘Now they I’ve fulfilled his current wish for a subordinate, he won’t ask for another one in the future I can also reduce the u to Buksil
Although they were travelling together again, Ark and Buksil’s relationshi+p was different than before Even though Ark had previously been unpleasant to Buksil, this time it was necessary that he hire Buksil It could be said that Buksil had been promoted from a slave to a free person As the exclusive cameraman, Buksil had made a request
“I won’t do any labour”
“What does thatyou a monthly salary”
“Yes, obviously I would film the video if I receive a monthly salary But I refuse to do any other type of labourYou’ll have to pay me the same amount if you want other types of labour”
Buksil’s request was natural in a capitalistic society Of course, Ark was angry about paying for a position he norot for free but he had no choice He could threaten hi At the end of their negotiations, Ark and Buksil athering ingredients Ark agreed to pay hi price of the store for the ingredients after 30 daysThat was an expense of approxiet Of course he had to pay for the labour, but thinking about buying the ingredients that he previously got for free athered were necessary Ark had to feed Buksil, Racard and Radun who needed an enor Thanks to that, it was easy to start lacking ingredients When that happened, Ark’s travel speed would decrease by half
‘Isn’t there a method in which I can save money?’
Then Ark subsequently
“If you’re my employee then why do I have to feed your pet for free?”
That was the reason why Ark put Buksil in charge of the expenses for Baekgu’s ed 50 silver per day for Baekgu’s regular three50 silver for gathering the ingredients The redients
“I was tricked again da!’
It was natural that Buksil thought like that But after travelling with Ark, Buksil’s thoughts changed by 180 degrees In fact, Buksil had been u would listen to hiu obediently followed Buksil’s coht that Buksil was better than Ark ould randou was quite useful As a Wolrang he had so ability so he could be used as Buksil’s bodyguard during fights In addition, his keen sense of su’s redients that they could receive 1 gold for it But it was the riding function that was Buksil’s favourite Just like Radun, Baekgu could be used as a mount
Pa pa pa pat, pa pa pa pat!
Now Buksil could ride Baekgu instead of Radun Ark hadn’t expected it but having Baekgu as anotherto carry Buksil, their travel speed became 30 faster
‘The result of entrusting Baekgu to Buksil is quite good……’
‘That’s strange? Buksil is a nice fellow? Why does anger well up whenever I see his face?”
Racard tilted his head like he couldn’t understand He agreed In fact, Ark also didn’t like itHe couldn’t understand why but it felt like Ark would be disadvantaged when Buksil was happy
“What are you doing right now?”
Ark asked with uncohed and raised the memory crystal
“Huhuhu, do you want to see?”
“Theunusual about it?”
“Nothing like that Just take a look at it”
Buksil activated the e that was stored The scene shohen they were riding the dolphins
“What is this?”
“Just wait and see Oh, it starts now”
Ark turned his head at Buksil’s words but there was no special change What was he meant to see? Ark e It wasn’t necessary to say again, but Buksil took the video using the e was taken from behind Ark But this video was different There were also situations where the scene was filht
“How is it? Doesn’t it feel completely different?”
“What on earth is going on? You were behindthe dolphins”
“I applied the Vampire’s Eye”
“Vampire’s Eye?”
“It is the skill I learnt after Karakul sucked my blood”
Of course Ark also knew that It was a skill which could use the eyeball to scout the area
“I don’t understand what it has to do with fil the video?”
“I thought it was a skill thatits various uses Then I accidently found a new use for it”
“New use?”
“This is it”
When Buksil smiled and tapped the back of his head, one eyeball popped out No matter how many times he saw it, it really was an uncomfortable scene However, Buksil was already accustoe for him anyer and inserted it into the back of the eyeball
“Ugh, that was slightly painfulAnyway, now the eyeball will act like ait sees will be preserved in the memory crystal Huhuhu, isn’t it awesome?”
It was a the reat Thanks to the Va Buksil popped out his re eyeball and embedded it with a crystal Then the two eyeballs with crystals in them circled around Ark When the eyeballs were collected and the video played, the scene which showed looked like it had been filmed from a helicopter
“So I can also edit the scenes taken earlier Not only that I can use the eyeballs to fil place soency”
“But how can you see when your eyes are removed?”
“The ic projector”
Buksil laughed and took out theand inserted it into the back of his head
“This allows me to see all the scenes shot”
With the hed as he spoke The eyeballs floating on either side of hi Not a cyborg……little by little he was becoe monster
“It is wonderful”
“Isn’t it? Isn’t it? Having my blood sucked turned out to be a benefit”
Baekgu snorted at Buksil’s exclamation
“Huhuhu, this will revolutionize ga stations will drool over this”
That was the reason for Buksil’s excessive exciteood aah it was eventually discovered by Ark and they made a contract for him to receive 50 of the video income from now on
“Now the possibility of an exclusive contract with the broadcasting station isn’t a dreaood situations”
Buksil did a thuhed Buksil had been forcibly compelled to become Ark’s exclusive cameraman and he had been seriously worried about his future in Dark Earth He had conte with Ark in New World But after thinking about it, he realised that it wasn’t so bad to stay with Ark Anyway, he had raised his level quite a lot by conducting the sales for the iteredients he gathered and a pet that he normally would’ve never received
‘Plus……’
In fact, Buksil had a si station…… That hy Buksil had been carrying around an expensive ic projector which he used to shoot videos of Ark And he was one step closer to his drea his video appear on the TV
‘The broadcasting station is interested in videos of Ark If I becoain’
In addition, he would receive 50 of all fees It was an opportunity to earn h it was soretful experience, Buksil was also a little thankful to Ark Thanks to that idea, Buksil changed his ations But noeyeballs still see from a horror movie
‘The person appears satisfied by himself……’
Ark scratched his head and clicked his tongue If the videos sold well then Ark also received so extracted eyeballs with crystals e like a cyborg made his eyes water Racard looked at it with upset eyes and muttered
“Master……I can’t stand looking at that guy”
“Yes……”
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-You have entered the Land of the Dead
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“This is the undead territory?”
Ark confirmed the informationas he looked at the expanse of swamp stretched out in front of him If it was the Land of the Dead then it should be infested with undead There was still a considerable distance to travel before he reached the City of the Dead Perhaps the undead only infested the city and not the areas surrounding it
“Well, I don’t have to worry about the special area environmental effect”
In New World, special environion The first time he experienced it was the ‘cold wave’ effect when he entered the snowy mountains of Seutandal Then there was the ‘heat wave’ effect that was previously applied in the lava cave However, it wasn’t sih Dark Blood would apply enoreneral users, it was actually a bonus to Ark If he explained it more deeply, the impact of environmental effects could be divided into two types
First, it was based on attributes or skills For example if soic was in the snowy erOn the other hand, that skill or ic wouldn’t be able to exert its full power in an area with a ‘heat wave’
And the second type was based on species In a dense forest, general characters ht have a bonus of ‘natural resilience increased by 20’ but the forest elves would receive an effect like having their ic increased by 30 On the other hand, dwarves would receive bonuses in underground areas such as dungeons In the past, the rehabilitation round labyrinth and received penalties such as ‘depression’ If a dwarf like Buksil had spent that tiround labyrinth, they would receive a bonus instead Thus the co on the area they were in That was the reason why Ark chose a hunificantly affected by environ on the area but there was no significant penalty applied They weren’t particularly resistant or vulnerable to certain states So it was possible for stable play Of course, there were also areas where the environ to do with species such as the Land of the Dead
“This standard is nothing to worry about but……”
Natural resilience affected the rate at which his health recovers without the use of potions orto worry about since he could use food at the end of each battle for recovery The saue He actually had a separate worry
“Baekgu, you stepped on some poo”
“Eh? Uh, where? Ugh!”
Baekgu let out a cry of distress and retreated at Ark’s words Then his foot entered the swamp and his health quickly decreased
‘As I guessed’
Ark grinned and nodded In fact, Ark had been to a similar area before It was a black swa fro he had to pay the most attention to wasn’t monsters but the swamp If he fell into the swamp then he would instantly be affected by deadly poison
“Ah, I’ht it was poo but it was actually just mud”
“Ah, Ark-ni? Detoxify him quickly!”
“Don’t you know? A herbal antidote costs 70 silver”
Ark held the antidote and laughed
“daive it to me!”
Buksil snatched the potion and poured it over Baekgu Thankfully, Baekgu was cured of the poison and he stared tearfully at Ark
“Huk huk, I’m alive Phew, Master-nim
“Yes yes I know, I know”
“As expected, I only have one Master”
The friendshi+p between the wolf and the pig was deepening every day thanks to Ark Anyway, Ark was able to determine that the sas poisonous from that small incident However, the entire area wasn’t covered by swamp There were fields between the swah
“But the path through the swamp is too complicated If there are no monsters then I should ride on Radun’
It was natural since Radun had a high iu so it wasn’t a probleainst poison, he could juth of the souldn’t be a proble had passed since entering the swa and twitched his nose
“Baekgu, what is it?”
“No, I s corpses all of a sudden”
“Rotting corpses?”
Ark looked around the area warily This was the Land of the Dead If there was the s corpses then wouldn’t there be undead monsters nearby? Indeed, they were already deep into the swamp It would be around this time that anyreturned and shook his head
“I went and looked but I can’t see anything”
‘Hu reacted to it……’
Ark was thinking that when so interrupted him
Ssak? Ssak ssak ssak ssak!
All of a sudden Radun screamed and fell into the swaround He was able to grasp the situation after turning around A rotten ar
‘Thein the swamp?’
“Radun, release transformation! Dark Blade!”
Ark swung his sword and cut off the ar onto Radun Meanwhile, Radun returned to his snake form and slipped around Ark’s waist However, Radun was barely able to sigh with relief before Racard screamed
“M-master, the swamp……!”
Ark’s face stiffened as he turned his head
Bugul bugul, bugul, bugul
It wasn’t just one area All around the swa and so one after the other The stench of rotten flesh travelled over the distance as the shapes revealed the exposed bones, withskin It was like the disgusting sight of food left to rot for three years! However, Ark wasn’t horrified by the monsters
“Oh my God, this is……!”
The nu Eyes of the Cat, he confirmed that the name of the monsters was Mould Zombie and they were level 300
“daht 100 of them in such an inconvenient terrain?”
But the situation wouldn’t iht if ht
Kuaaaa!