Vol 19 Chapter 3 (1/2)

ACT 3 Dark Eden’s Second Co

[TL Note] I’ve changed the skill proficiency levels to Beginner- Interh Grade- Master So the previous Master has been changed to High Grade I’ve fixed the ones I found in previous chapters but please let me know if I’ve missed one

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Thump, thump, thump, thump!

Isyura when he finished his profession change quest The place he was running to had 1,000 troops e variety of people was a troop of usersBut there was one person full of individuality He was a black wolf ht It was Ark who had transformed into Dark Wolf

“You really gathered 1,000 troops in three days……”

Bread said as he looked at Ark

“You don’t understand the circumstances”

“What don’t I understand?”

Ark laughed and reo

“I’m sure a lot of people already knohy I came here This is New World Like e continent where you can go around freely and live with NPCs But now so to ainst the people ant to steal what belongs to others!”

A few days ago, Ark had transformed himself into Dark Wold and shouted towards hundreds of users in Selebrid square

“The daer than the users would no doubt suffer I can’t forgive them As a player in New World, I can’t afford to let the balance break And that is not possible without your help Please Please help me!”

“Waaaaahhhhh!”

“Dark Wolf is finally !”

“Okay, I will enter the war to protect New World’s peace!”

The users gathered in the square cheered at Ark’s speech ended

‘Huhuhu, it is a success!’

Ark looked at the supporters and laughed But this reaction wasn’t just because of Ark’s fame To be precise, it was the result of the work Ark iathering 1,000 users fro but it wasn’t 100 certain that he would succeed Ark wasn’t naive enough to think that users would unconditionally support him if he was famous Of course, he had already secured 1,000 users from Bristania and 700 users fro Ark While they were influenced by Ark’s faathered because of Bread and Redian while the users from Seutandal followed because of JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members

‘Redian and JusticeMan were friendly with the users for a long tiather 1,700 users in a short period But I’m in a different position I can’t ht be famous but he has no connections’

Ark clearly knew that Besides, this battle was different frouys weren’t attacking first Therefore it could be considered an unnecessary battle Even if he was famous, the users wouldn’t like it if he suddenly talked about fighting the Heret a bad impression of him like they did Alan

“He thinks he can do anything just because he appeared on TV?”

Ark assus like that after beco famous This hat Ark was anxious about Once they became famous, a celebrity would receive followers and jealousy at the same time It was because of this that Alan was in an unrecoverable position afterone mistake

‘It’s not as bad as Alan but I’ve reached a dangerous stage If I use h troops’

Moreover, the uild was 250 Ark didn’t have a network of users so it wasn’t easy to gather 1,000 of them So Ark seeded some plans when he became determined to retake Silvana It started with the TV

– (Voice Modulation) Lancel’s NPC: The bad people attacked the village and my father died They are really bad people My father didn’t do anything wrong… Sob sob sob

– (Voice Modulation) User who participated in the Lancel defensive war: Ah, it really sucks In fact, I had received a quest froroup attacked and I ended up failing From the viewpoint of the person as played with, I’m furious But I’ame

The Dark Wolf broadcast on the game exclusive neas more like a documentary this time The title was ‘Wounds left by the Lancel Defensive War’ Ark went around Lancel and filed by the war In particular, the scene of a little NPC girl stirred the users’ compassion At the end of the broadcast, a scene of Dark Wolfwith a pained expression was shown

“The battle is won but not everything has ended No amount of compensation can heal the wounds of the residents and users I can’t forgive thee are in jail but their ringleaders are still watching and laughing As long as those guys are out there, it can happen to anyone!”

While the broadcast didn’t specifically uild, all the users who heard the ru to Thus the users started blaain It was the reason why Ark produced the documentary He suddenly became a celebrity so he was bound to receive jealousy But if Ark gave them a clear enemy to hate then the situation would be different Since then, the users’ anger concentrated on the Heruild

‘Now it is an opportunity!’

Ark changed the feelings of jealousy to anger towards the Hermes alliance! Then he concentrated their sympathies on the NPCs in Lancel It reached the point thatto Giran and Selebrid spread ruroup Thus the users supported Ark’s idea to go and directly punish the Herhly branded as evil both offline and online after Ark had increased the atnation

‘But that is not oal’

That’s right There were two reasons why Ark spent all that time and effort One was to avoid the jealous looks and create an atmosphere where troops can be collected And the second reason was to isolate the Her troops from Giran, the Her to attack Silvana Naturally the Hermes alliance would prepare its own forces

‘The Herain an overwhel victory in this battle to show their power So of course they would scrape into their funds’

Then the competition of resources would start No matter how bankrupt they were, the Herather a lot more troops than Ark Currently Ark had 4,300 users and NPCs That was the limit Meanwhile, the Hermes alliance exceeded 5,000 peopleHe was already inferior Yet if the Hermes alliance added a few thousand more troops then they could definitely win

‘But this time the Hermes alliance has incurred the users’ opposition!’

In such a situation, there were no players that would want to help the Heruild They would be treated as villains if they sided with the Heraran While the ood skills and abilities that could be taken advantage of in a siege, their eh compared to users

‘The Hermes alliance already has serious financial problems While they could pay users for the help, the NPCs are risking their lives so they need more payment With the Hermes alliance’s limited funds, they can only hire a few hundred people at most’

That was Ark’s real purpose After Ark ed the users’ jealousy towards anger at the Hermes alliance, he had liht The siege warfare had already started before he even departed froe Bread hadn’t realized that and was really astonished

“You really are fearful as an enemy”

“Then you should continue to be my friend”

“Why does that sound like a threat?”

“It is your iination”

Ark showed his teeth and laughed Then Racard as sitting on his shoulders picked his nostrils and muttered

“Che, by the way his is quite a boring place Before it used to give off the sweet smell of blood while now it only smells like soil”

“Well, I don’t know if it was good but the ated”

Ark nodded and looked around When he ca place But this tiuilds in Nagaran had also decreased No, to be exact all the suilds were absorbed into the alliances In addition, the powers inside Nagaran were settled so there were no more small scale battles In the past the Lordshi+ps used to change but recently there were al 12 different castles in Nagaran, soed once a aran had already occupied their estates for 1 year

‘And the Hermes alliance is one of those 5 powers They are an alliance which has ht by weakened but they’re not an easy opponent’

“Can we really win?”

Roco asked anxiously Ark looked at Roco before replying in a low voice

“I have to win No, I in”

Then Roco looked at hihed

“Oppa is wonderful in reality but he is even cooler in New World The form of a wolf also isn’t bad”

“Saying that all of a sudden…”

“Hehehe”

Roco laughed and folded her arms

“Why are you saying that? There are other people as well”

“What’s wrong? Bread oppa, are you envious?”

“Yes that’s right, I’m envious Ah, I really want to see my lady Redian”

Bread sighed and grumbled

“Silvana castle!”

Then the voice of a scout could be heard from the hill ahead Ark raised his head and exclaimed

“Radun!”

Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa!

Radun rushed forward at tremendous speed Then a voice filled with emotion flowed out after he climbed the hill

“Silvana!”

He looked at the territory spread out underneath hi tio! But the Silvana in front of his which used to be scattered along the far-term rule of the Hermes alliance, the territory had becoe castle! The size of the castle had doubled since Ark had been the Lord The walls were much thicker and the various defense facilities couldn’t be conified feeling these days

‘The castle changed to a C rating so naturally it would look different’

Out of the 12 estates in Nagaran, only 5 had been proaran In other words, the alliance had to control the territory for at least 10It was probably because they poured enor the estate

“The estate you developed…… I’ll soon eat it with this body!”

Ark who had transformed into Dark Wolf murmured in a tone that really sounded like a wolf Despite the atathered the troops faster than expected, there were still several days until the prearranged date of the siege Bread who had also clis and said

“The other troops still haven’t arrived?”

“They contacted me just then and said they had just passed the border so they should arrive soon Bread, please wait here and reorganize the troops when the support ar to visit Sid at the Continental Commerce Firm”

“Huhuhu, you cameFollow me”

Sid said as he walked forward In fact Ark really didn’t like his attitude But he needed the hobbit’s help so he had to endure the conceited attitude

‘dae ends!’

“Ark, welcome!”

Wolkosu and Lorenzo ran up to him as he arrived

“I received word and aiting for you My decision has been made already”

Wolkosu grabbed Ark’s hands and said At one time he was just an NPC of a small store in Cairo and noas the president of the Continental Coaran He was clearly proance in the hobbit was completely absent froe their attitudes, a NPC wouldn’t easily change their attitude once there was a high degree of intiain, that was the reason why he trusted NPCs more than users But Ark didn’t have time to enjoy the reunion with Wolkosu

“Are the things I requested ready?”

“Of course, I used the full resources of the Continental Coh quality products”

Wolkosu guided Ark to a warehouse All the items he had requested were piled up like a ic arrows and whetstones, scrolls, dolls etcIt was the necessary supplies for a siege

“Thank you for the trouble”

Ark nodded as he scanned through the list of items

“What are you saying? It is because of you that ive you these iteive you the good stuff”

“That will be enough”

Ark answered with a laugh There was a reason Ark purchased thethe same price the items could have different performances A typical example was the potions produced by the Seirun workshop in Ciel Even though they were the same price, the Seirun potions healed approximately 100~150applied to the ic arrows and the whetstones So he had used the vast information network of the Continental Cooods Moreover, Ark’s store already did sos with the Continental Coh the store, it was possible to buy the items for 30 cheaper

‘But even so……’

He sighed as he looked at the number at the bottom of the list The price of the old! 70 of histhesuch an astronomical amount

‘This is only the beginning’

Once again, this siege was a war for justice If the siege succeeded then Ark could finally become the Lord of Silvana If one person profited from the entire battle then there was bound to be coe succeeded then he would have to pay a participation fee to the users

‘Well that problem can be left until after I become the Lord’

His head was already throbbing before he even won But it didn’tto reclaihtly and paid the price for the military supplies

“Here”

“I hope you win”

Ark received Wolkosu’s encourage the goods onto a rental carriage, he returned to the campsite where several people ran towards him

“Hahaha! Ark, hyung-nim has arrived!”

It was JusticeMan and the rehabilitation brothers

“It’s been a while… Hasn’t it?”

Redian who had also arrived at a sihed and waved JusticeMan and the rehabilitation members also sreeted each other so there was no need for Ark to introduce each of them Ark suddenly flinched and looked around He finally found Lariette a the rehabilitation members

“Oppa, did your visit go well?”

When he looked at Lariette, Roco instantly ran out and grabbed his arm Then Lariette looked at the couple scarves around Ark and Roco’s neck and s away While Ark was puzzled by Lariette’s expression, Roco’s grip on his arhtened When he turned around, Roco’s expression seemed like she was close to tears

‘There’s so!’

Ark intuitively sensed It was clear that so occurred between the two of thee sense of s before co here And his heart had already sos for Lariette were one-sided so he had no proble a serious conversation with Lariette when he saw her He wanted to get along with her so he didn’t want to becos clearly then it could start unravelling and in Ark carefully withdrew the arrabbed However he didn’t head towards Lariette

‘Someday… But now’s not the time!’

Ark drew in a deep breath as he looked at the bottom of the hill The 3,000 troops froathered underneath the hill And the users Ark had gathered along with the Lancel troops numbered 1,300 people! That was a total of 4,300 people! That’s right Noasn’t the tis! He had to concentrate all his energies on recapturing Silvana

“Bread, is the organization of the troops finished?”

“Huh? Ah yes, I’ve divided the troops according to their specialities Now all we have to do it register the troops”

Bread replied with surprise as he had noticed the subtle atmosphere

“Okay, then I’ll go finish the registration as quickly as possible”

Despite gathering 4,300 people, they weren’t a guild so they could only register as units In order to register, Ark had divided the troops into 20 units Now the only thing left was to send a declaration of war to the Heruild! Ark headed towards the Shrine of War with a determined expression

“I have to go…”

Sid approached and suddenly said

“What are you talking about? You came all the way here and now you want to leave?”

“That’s what I said Like Ark-nim knows, I am a person who runs business deals here If I participate in the battle and the Hermes alliance wins then it will be difficult for me to do business with them”

“What the, what are you saying?” Wasn’t I the one who got you that position?”

“Ah I don’t know I’m a businesse in business here anymore then Ark-nim will also be troubled It will all be in vain if I have to leave the Continental Commerce Firm”

‘This brat really……!’

Fire burned in Ark’s eyes at Sid’s words But was anything Sid said wrong? Ark pouted his lips He really wanted to beat up that face However he couldn’t say that his words rong During a siege, there was quite a few things forthe supplies The reason Ark hadn’t recruited anythe work to Sid But if he suddenly withdrew then how could he get a merchant to replace hi about the siege?

‘I can’t stand it anymore!’

Ark’s patience towards Sid’s impertinence suddenly broke Just as he was about to start his

“Ark!”

When he turned around, so towards the hill at a tremendous speed Ark’s face became astonished as he saw the face of the person rapidly approaching

“Eh? Teacher?”

“Huk huk huk, I feel like dying Anyway, I’lad I’m not too late”

The person who appeared like the as Isyuram Ark looked at him with a bewildered expression and asked

“What is going on? Weren’t you going to Ha castle? Did you fail?

Even if the profession change quest is short, it should still take longer than a week Isyuram had started four days before Ark but he had used the Letter Move Since there was a ic tower in both cities then ithe could think was that Isyuram had abandoned the quest when he failed and headed towards Silvana But Isyurahed with a proud expression

“Fail? Huhuhu, there is no way I can fail I already finished it”

“Already? Then it wasn’t a profession change quest?”

“It was”

“Huh? Then you coe quest in a few days?”

“It took one day in game time so to be exact it was 8 hours”

Isyuraantly stretched his neck and said

“Frankly, it was thequest I’ve done in the entire tiame”

Isyuram proudly tried to explain the quest contents Then JusticeMan approached and interrupted

“Ark, who is this? You called him Teacher……”

“Ah, is this the first time you’ve seen him?”

When Ark tried to explain, Isyuram hurriedly jumped and blocked Ark’sin a low voice

“I-idiot Have you forgotten that I’ve currently a part of an infiltration investigation?”

“Huh? But……”

“No The investigation still hasn’t ended If a lot of people know ate later? I’ll explain it to Gwon hyung-nim later so let’s just leave it for the moment”