Vol 16 Chapter 9 (1/2)
ACT 9 Hwaryong Mountain
There was a small island located on the east coast of Seutandal It was a seely ordinary rock island However, there was a cave in the centre of the island where dozens of shi+ps were docked While the various shi+ps had all types of crazy patterns like a s Yes, this was the ho Seutandal Not long ago, 40 battle shi+ps from Seutandal surrounded the area and blocked the lawless port However, the atmosphere of the pirate shi+ps docked in the lawless port was so laid back it was enough to make someone sleepy This was because the battle fleet couldn’t enter the port due to the reefs and whirlpools strewn around like landmines
“Heh, those guys are still relaxed”
JusticeMan pierced through the darkness and observed the lawless port through a telescope
“But that relaxation will come to an end today!”
JusticeMan put away his telescope and unfolded a map Complex lines were drawn on the scroll Thanks to an ‘anonyate to the lawless port After obtaining the chart, JusticeMan anized the troops Finally, the fate of Seutandal would be decided in a decisive battle against the pirates on ‘D-day’
“We can now enter the lawless port with this chart! Now, spread all the sails! Divide the fleet into units and enter the lawless port! It’s time to expel the outlaws from Seutandal!”
After JusticeMan gave the orders, the sailors busilyat the rope, the anchor was pulled up and the ropes bounding the sails released Then the 40 shi+ps anchored started to , the Baran clan on board drew their weapons The rehabilitation roup in Seutandal was present There was also the assassin Shae professions to ‘God Killer’ interrupted
“How dare these guys trouble Isabel?”
Shaers in both handsAside from the Baran, there were quite a few people from the Eastern Nation on board In fact, the majority of the pirates included the Nakujuk clan, the Hered that the Baran clan would be insufficient against them so he persuaded Isabel that this mission was important for Seutandal
-Pirate clean-up! (Seutandal Mission Quest)
In the few ainst the threat of the Nakujuk But in recent tiain threatened by the appearance of the pirates Fortunately the Military Commander had discovered the location of the lawless port but volunteer troops were needed considering the scale of the pirates As the representative of Seutandal, Isabel is asking for assistance from the heroes in Seutandal If you help the Military Coiven according to the achievements
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Basic Co in the operation will be given a ‘Golden Ticket’
The athered users like clouds Aside fro in the operation, it was also possible to obtain a golden ticket by hunting the Nakujuk co Haman Fortress had decreased so there weren’t that many chances for users to obtain it But there were quite a few users ould’ve participated despite the mission quest
“Ughhh When I think about uys……”
“At that time they took my armour!”
“I’ to pay them back this time!”
Most of the people participating in the operation had encountered the pirates before In order to pay back the grudge from that time, they participated voluntarily So the battle fleet had 4,000 people that were all split into troops! They were all strong users level 300 or more The Baran and Eastern Nation had a co of 7,000 troops advanced on the lawless port However, the pirates scouting at the lawless port’s watchtowers still hadn’t grasped the atmosphere
“Eh? Those guys are trying to enter again?”
“Heh, just leave theht by the reefs and the whirlpools”
“Only the selected people can enter this place Like us”
“Kukukuku, that’s right So let’s just leisurely watch as they rush to their deaths”
When the battle fleet approached, the pirates just picked their noses and laughed In contrast to the pirate’s expectations, the battle fleet weren’t caught by the reefs even after a long time passed When the battle fleet came within a short distance, confusion spread over the face of the pirates
“What, what the? What is going on?”
“There’s soh the deadlock…”
“Hasn’t it been a long time since they’ve entered the deadlock area? Wait? Don’t tell me the information leaked?”
“What? Is now the ti about this?”
“It is an eency! We need to inform the headquarters!”
The pirates grasped the situation too late and hurriedly entered the cave to inform the headquarters
“We’ve entered the range! The leader of each battleshi+p target one watchtower respectively!”
“Mark!”
Lariette used holy ic to mark the watchtowers around the lawless port with different colours And a shi+p at the forefront fired its cannons and started spewing flames
Ka kwang, ka kwang!
The pillar of flame roared across the dark sky towards a watchtower It received a simultaneous attack fro the lawless port was engulfed in flames and crumbled
After the battle fleet neutralized the watchtowers, they entered the lawless port inside the cave When they entered the cave, 30 pirate shi+ps docked at the harbour could be seen The pirates had noticed the situation too late and were only now boarding the shi+ps However, JusticeMan’s eyes were turned towards the gun turret inside the lawless port
“There is no need to rush The pirate shi+ps docked at the port will require 5 minutes for preparations before it is ready to attack Instead of the pirate shi+ps, we’ll concentrate our attacks on the gun turrets for now Attack!”
Ka kwang, ka kwang!
The battle fleet lined up in the port fired without taking a break The lawless port was enveloped in flaun turrets also fired, it was no use against the battle fleet that had already invaded The cannons which were shot in a blind rush weren’t effective
“Mark, et, 2nd unit the blue, 3rd unit the yellow!”
On the other hand, the battle fleet was attacking in an orderly fashi+on Once Lariette et and shouted, 10 battle shi+ps would concentrate their fire on that target Therefore the 20 gun turrets were all destroyed while only a few coed The battle fleet then started cleaning up the pirates
“All troops disembark in the lawless port The fleet will seal up the harbour while the combat troops will take control of the pirate shi+psAttack!”
“”Wah ah ah ah!”
7000 users, Baran and people fro out of the battle shi+ps The pirates screamed as the combat troops landed
“Huk, what, what the?”
Originally the lawless port had a total of 6000 Nakujuk and pirates gathered However, there weren’t that many pirates in the lawless port at present The pirates had been full of tension when the battle fleet surrounded the lawless port for the first time But when the battle fleet couldn’t enter, they had co because of the siege, a lot of the poker
“T-these guys are froet in?”
“Run, everybody escape……! Aaaack!”
So the 7000 coh a relatively empty port Furthermore, JusticeMan, the rehabilitationthem!
“Warrior’s Willpower, Virtuous Vitality, Pure Light!”
Warrior’s Vitality increased health and stamina, Virtuous Vitality recovered a certain aht sped up mana recovery! When Lariette’s buffs overlapped, the capabilities of the combatants rose tremendously
“Batter the rotten pirates with the hammer of justice and smash them to death!”
Furthermore, the special qualities of JusticeMan’s Guardian profession increased various stats The morale of the troops rose to an absurd amount
“Hahaha, finally a fight after a long time!”
“We’ll settle the stress fro the Baran clan!”
But was that all? The rehabilitation members all had special profession qualities as a Guardian and added various bonuses to the troops Thanks to the bonuses, the capabilities of the Seutandal battle troops doubled
“Oh, my power has increased!”
“I’ve been waiting for the day I could get revenge on those who plundered from me!”
“I’ll smash them quickly!”
The 7000 troops split up and storh the port Meanwhile, an eerie aura surrounded the masked Shambala Sha the pirates
Ka bang, flash-!
At the saht which looked like a net rose from Shaht penetrated the pirates, they received enore and there was a fountain of blood
“What the, what is that?”
“The sword, no dagger is used so quickly that it looks like he is brandishi+ng a net of light!”
Overwhelth! The pirates and even Seutandal’s combat troops were entranced for a moment Then 1000 masked people suddenly appeared at the pirate’s back The members of the Eastern Nation had waited for a chance and used ‘Stealth’ to approach the pirates fro the pirates to screaround The users stared at Sha mouths
“A-a! They seemed like ordinary NPCs in Seutandal……”
“I heard they played an active part in the Seutandal War……”
“Now’s not the time for this We receive rewards for thisto our achieveet taken away by that masked fellow!”
“OkayWe should group up and take care of one person!”
The users who participated more actively in the battle would receive more rewards Thus the pirates of the lawless port were cleaned up in only two hours 15 pirate shi+ps were destroyed in the clean-up operation while 17 pirate shi+ps were seized And JusticeMan was also able to obtain the stolen goods within the warehouse worth 27,000 gold When the value of the pirate shi+p was changed into gold, it was equivalent to 120,000 gold Every user and NPC who participated in the operation arded according to their achieveoods worth 10,000 gold were delivered to Ark’s Coe
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Kiaaaaah!
A cry of distress rang out frousts of wind A red warning e floated in front of Ark
-The ‘Hair-raising Scream’ was used!
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“Ouch!”
Ark flinched and looked at the sky with irritation The ind also stirred up the rough sand, causing him to be battered by a sandstorh the sandstore could be seen It was the fors
‘Encountering soe in a place like this…”
Pabababa, pabababa!
While Ark was co and a projectile flew at him It was feather which was as sharp as an arrow!
“daain”
Ark rolled and hid his body behind a rock while cursing After escaping fro the Necromancer’s Immortality Pill, Ark had been filled with motivation
Although there were so was put in order as plannedThe only thing he had left to do was the <hoan to cross the dom of Bristania to the destination of his quest in the north In fact, Ark hadn’t been that worried about the quest <home of=”” the=”” fire=”” draconian=””> was a quest he received from an item with a level 120 restriction Of course, he couldn’t have confirmed the item when he first received it So he delayed the quest and now Ark was over level 370 Who would be worried about a level 120 quest in such a situation? He was only worried that he would be wasting ti the quest
‘No, I still don’t know’
But Ark soon shook his head<home of=”” the=”” fire=”” draconian=””> was from a quest item so it wasn’t an ordinary quest It was a quest item from the Event Quest where thousands of people participated That is to say, it was a unique quest which only one person in New World could start! Then of course the reould be a unique item Even if the level was a bit low, a unique iteic item The value of unique items wasn’t their attack or defense but the special effect attached to the item
‘Considering the background of the quest, there is a chance that the quest will lead to one with a higher level of difficulty’
When considering that point, he couldn’t ignore it even if it was a low level quest With his expectations of the quest, he was eager to start it After living in the dom of Bristania for a bit, Ark’s knew that the environs, NPCs and even the quests were co and Seutandal It really felt like he was on an overseas trip Therefore Ark was really able to enjoy the feeling of the online ga at the northern mountains that Ark started to become upset
“Dammit, why did those monsters chose here of all places to inhabit?”
Ark glared at the feathers flying continuously and sighed After travelling through Bristania for a week and arriving at the Hwaryong e, Ark had encountered a level 350 monster the Harpy
‘Fortunately I can collect a lot of experience……’
The quest had a restriction of level 120 so he had thought theMountain would be low levelled If the monsters were level 200 then he wouldn’t receive any experience Although he thought this, he wasn’t really worried about the level 350 Harpy But after he fought with the Harpy, Ark would’ve rather preferred a low level monster The Harpy was a s But it absolutely didn’t look like a pretty woman With a deep blood skin colour and ned to look scary However, the problem wasn’t the Harpy’s appearance
Even though he would rather it not look like a woman, it was ait The reason for Ark’s annoyance was not the Harpy’s appearance but its wings Wings… Yes, the Harpy was a flying monster which Ark found theraphical conditions However, the users in Bristania didn’t have any probledoicians were experts in long ranged attacks, flying monsters were an easy opponent However, Ark was a warrior so it was a nuisance for him
‘I have to avoid the flying monsters that inhabit this area as much as possible…’
If he avoided the quest destination Hwaryong Mountain then it wouldn’t be a problem In particular, Ark was forced into a corner thanks to the ‘Hair-raising Screa Screa down a chalkboard Thanks to that, Ark’s ht fell Furthermore, the technique was classified as a ‘Sound’ attack so it couldn’t be avoided or blocked Hunting flyingthe ‘Hair-raising Screaish
Ark hid behind the rock and didn’t h the sandstorm with its claws extended It was an attack which fell vertically through the sky froh probability of being a critical hit if Ark was daed by it Ark rolled out from the rock and twisted his blade
Chwarararak, ttadadadang!
The Saw Blade separated the wind and subsequently dealt dae The Harpy stuain swung his sword However, the Harpy instinctively perceived the crisis and flapped its wings quickly Ark changed the direction at once but the Harpy had already escaped fro speed of the Harpy exceeded iination On the other hand, Ark couldn’t even bend properly thanks to the rough winds on the mountain When the Harpy moved so quickly in such a state, he couldn’t deterave Ark a considerable penalty while granting an advantage to the Harpy Once the Harpy flew like that, not even the Saw blade that changed into a whip could reach it
Kikikiki, kikikiki!
The Harpy se
“OkaySo you want to die?”
Ark stared at the Harpy before clenching his fist fir
“I’ll hit you this time you stupid old crow, ‘Lock on’ Soul Extortion!”
At that ed fros and tried to escape But Arkthe Harpy’s htly Then like a rubber band, the transparent hand returned to Ark while holding souely resembled the Harpy
-You have taken away a part of the Harpy’s soul using Soul Extortion!
“Huhuhu, this use of this skill is quite surprising”
Ark laughed as he checked the eIt was the newly learned ‘Soul Extortion’ that he gained after eating the Necroht it was slightly regrettable when he first checked the informationof the Soul Extortion skill But after he used it a few tihtly insufficient When utilized in an actual fight, the effect was quite good
While the skill only raised his Spiritual Power and no other stats, Ark’s favourite part of Soul Extortion was that it had a range of 30~40 e of archers who had mastered Advanced Archery Ark was able to deal with the Harpy thanks to Soul Extortion Although it only did 50 dainner’s ArcheryFurthermore, Soul Extortion was a skill which didn’t consumeSoul Extortion was that he had to ‘Lock on’ to the target first Lock on required a certain aet but it wasn’t easy with the Harpy flying around in the sandstor, Ark had to stare at the o away until the end of the battle
“Now shall I start attacking earnestly? You are already screwed Soul Extortion! Soul Extortion! Soul Extortion!…No, it’s not enough Soul Extortion!”
Ark ran after the Harpy and fired Soul Extortion blindly The transparent hand shot forward like an arrow every time and removed a part of the soul Since it was infused with the spirit of theit but he didn’t question it too closely Eventually its health would fall below 10 and the Harpy would try to run away It was a cowardly ain Before escaping to a place he couldn’t reach, Ark had to reduce its health
Kiiiiik, kiiiik!
When the Harpy’s health fell to 7, as expected it instantly fleay up the rocky mountain
“Now Racard Dark Dash!+”
“Okay!”
Racard who had been hiding behind the rock at Ark’s order shot forward and impacted with the back of the Harpy’s head The Harpy who had been hit wobbled and shook However, Racard was a ruthless bat Racard soared through the sky and continued head butting the falling Harpy Each hit was like a nail being beaten by a hammer
“Make it descend so that I can finish this!”
Once the Harpy entered his range, Ark swung the Saw blade and wound it around the Harpy’s ankle When he flipped the Saw blade over his shoulder, the Harpy was flung and iround This was the method he devised to capture the Harpy who ran away When he first arrived at the rockyht However, the Harpy was aobject first No matter what Ark did, if Racard was visible than he would die first Since aerial combat was often dozens ofRacard’s current ability was at a level 270 standard Noa 1 on 1 fight against the level 350 Harpy Thanks to that, Racard had diedMountain So Ark didn’t utilize Racard during the battles after that He instead made in lie in aainst the Harpy
Racard faithfully played the role this time
Once the Harpy had been caught by the Saw blade and thrown into the ground, Racard started head butting it and staround Even a flying et back upArk also realized this
“Now it is time to finish this!”
Ark used Sprint and pierced the chest of the Harpy with his Saw blade He could feel it as the sword penetrated the ribs The Harpy’s wings flapped a few more times until it couldn’t last any more
-Your level has risen
When the Harpy collapsed, he received the wonderful e
“Phew, I gained one level The experience gained is quite good when co the time it takes to hunt”
Ark nodded as he browsed the character inforh the Harpy was lower levelled than Ark, as a flying eneral h it takes a lot of tiain is si monsters of the same level
“Character information !”
Character Name
Ark
Race
Human
Alignment
Good +500
Fame
2,365 (+500)
Level
371
Profession
Dark Soul
title
Cat Knight, Caretaker of the People, Jackson’s Hero, Great Adventurer, Magic Institute Member, Seutandal’s Hero
Health
6,965 (+225)
Mana
7,155 (+25)
Spiritual Power