Vol 8 Chapter 5 (1/2)

ACT 5 Alan Stabbed to Death

“Hr?”

Hyun-woo scratched his head The tiain for him to submit his report As always, Hyun-woo only sat down in front of the computer once the deadline was nearIt was the last day of the winter holidays and he had to hurriedly finish his homework But since he could finish the report in 1~2 hours, time wasn’t the issue His problein

‘How much should I edit?’

Talking about the siege wasn’t an issue But the process he used to sell the estate was one Under the current systeal It could beco the castle was no different than fraud And he also used ‘Dual Registration’ at the trading post Not to et into the castle later Ultial While Hyun-woo firmly believed that there was justification for it, he had no idea what Global Exos would think

‘I’ll just leave that part out’

It was better to avoid any possible problems So he summed up the eventful ith one sentence, ‘the castle was taken away’ Although it was somewhat flat, the truth was that he had lost the castle

“Okay, the report is now finished………”

Hyun-woo sent the eeon and selling the castle……it really was a busy here he hardly had any ti refreshed after finishi+ng everything he had to do After sub and realised that one month had passedHowever, there was still thethat he had to do after one month

“Tianize my household accounts!”

Hyun-woo sht finances but this ers into two His real household finances and New World’s finances It was impossible to separate them since they were so closely related When one rose, just like a seesaw the other had no choice but to fall The reason was that if he didn’t sell an item then it wasn’t possible to obtain a substantial incomeBut this was the first time that formula had broken

‘20,000,000 won!’

That was the bidding price for the ‘Sacred Steel shi+eld’ after several days He actually hadn’t expected that muchIn the past, his unique mace ‘Fire Slayer’ had sold for 7,000,000 won and the price for unique armour couldn’t even compare to weaponsAnd shi+elds norht it would be good if he received 15,000,000 And after 10 days the bidding price was 14,000,000 won But then someone had suddenly bid 20,000,000 won and requested to purchase it immediately

“Huk, D……deal!”

Hyun-ho had accessed the auction site quickly agreed The buyer i auction period But he requested that thetricked by other people After taking off the handling fee, 18,600,000 as deposited into his account While he couldn’t possibly understand the person ould spend 20,000,000 won for one item, thanks to that Hyun-ould be warm this winter

“This will last me two to three months!”

Whether it was good or bad luck, it always see in at once Hyun-woo put his household account book in order and opened Ark’s account bookThe number there was also as beautiful as his household finances The first iteold that he received once Sid was released Since he couldn’t entrust Sid with large a to how old Then there was the 4000 gold he received from the sale of the estate! Unfortunately, Hyun-woo couldn’t keep all of the estate sale moneyHe didn’t occupy the castle by himself He had to concede the majority of it to the NPCs since they made up 80 of his forcesThe rehabilitation e

‘Cross and the Sylphid Knights also did a lot of dae I have to prepare the proper compensation for the NPCs While the Meow, raccoons and thieves didn’t openly deive theht not know but NPCs could be lethal’

Hyun-as a man ould bet his life for 10 won However he wasn’t stupid At a young age, he had experienced all sorts of things There was no part ti that he learnt during that process……it was that two types of money existed In other words, if he eat and worked alone then he would be able to obtain 100 of the money

‘But the foundation of e was the NPCs I met in New World’

He keenly realized what a reliable presence they were through the siege If he ignored their efforts and didn’t give the then a problem would definitely occur An NPC was like a human If they did a favour then of course they would want so in return

‘For the sake of the future, I shouldn’t be stingy’

Thus Hyun-woo decided to boldly invest 3000 gold that he got froave JusticeMan and the rehabilitation old between Cross, the soldiers, the thieves, the Meow and the raccoons

“You don’t have to do this……”

“We ca to defend you because of justice”

“Of course I know thatIt really is a pure friendshi+p But ues who died on the battlefield,Please take it and look after the families of the deceased

Ark said with a warm tone

“If you say it like that then I can’t possibly refuse I won’t say anything else”

Cross sighed and accepted theslowly shaved away but being too greedy would cause trouble

‘I’ve still old this time!’

With the 40 gold he received froold In total, he earned 4,060 gold! He felt an excited current flow through his bodyIf the NPCs were compensated then they would have a reason to look after him

‘The compensation this ood would it be if I could do this every month? This world is not that kind to poor people……’

Hyun-woo packed up his ledger and looked at the unit Although he wanted to connect to New World, he checked the clock and turned on the TV It was tiame Information was power And unlike the false rumours on the information sites, the information on the TV broadcast tended to have more credibility Since it was broadcast once a week, the freshness of the information was low but it was quite useful as it dealt with a wide range of inforaan

“hello everybody in the audience”

The now fareeted theic expression and said

“This ti news to tell you For those who are not aware, I would like to show you a video obtained by our reporters in Selebrid, the capital of Schudenberg Kingdom”

Soon the screen was replaced by an iathered and chattered excitedly in the square where a spokes loudly

“After we obtained information from Silvana, the truth that the church of Asyeosu had coes of the church to further their own interests as well as covering up several acts of blasphemy, until it reached a point where it could not be tolerated anymore”

The spokesh

“After His Majesty investigated the church, he has decided to deal with those involved harshly Therefore if you are offering the them”

‘In the end the truth was covered up’

He feltthe conversation on the TV Anyway, the King was taking care to hide allevents, if the God Ankh was ht fall into a chaos similar to the Dark Century He also had to worry about the role of the Asyeosu church Because quite a large nuion The situation wasn’t bad for Hyun-woo When all the truths come out, it would be natural for Hyun-woo to be mentioned The interest of other users in this ood

“Is the incident truly that shocking?”

The reporter on screen said back in the studio Then the male host nodded his head

“Yes, if you look carefully at New World then the role of the Cathedral is not light The Holy place of the 12 religions has soest influences on the continent That’s why it is called the Cathedral But now one of the churches is closed due to corruption For the followers of Asyeosu it is like the sky collapsed”

“So it will send a large shock wave through New World?”

“Of course” When the believers of the church of Asyeosu, all the authorities said was that it was a cri the details There are a lot of people who don’t understand so they’re talking about it”

“What about the users who have a job related to the Asyeosu church or have a sub-profession related to them?

“Right It is not just NPCs affected but users as well But it will not be a big change If they select a different religion then their profession will remain intact”

“What will happen to it in the future?”

“According to the inforion have escaped Searching for the remnants will not be easy But ’s decision was very sudden, all the other religions were quiet They didn’t protest when the King used his authority to invade the Cathedral”

The ht face

“I think there were other reasons besides the one they told us And in the future it will clearly be connected to so event”

The female reporter asked in a curious voice

“So you think this will lead to an event in the game?”

“We’ll see Global Exos hasn’t given a formal reply yet”

“They have quite a lot of secrets”

“Well, I understand The point is to stimulate the curiosity of the users”

The ed the topic

“But in this case, so else was revealed?”

“Yes………It is really disappointing”

The fehed as she mumbled

“If the event regarding the Asyeosu church made NPCs feel betrayed, this neill ht Sir Alan”

“I hear there was a problee?”

“Yes, they discovered so the results in the Shrine of War During that tie by creating a ghost guild, accepting their challenge and then not fighting in the siege”

“So that was the reason why he didn’t want to release any video about the siege……”

“He was afraid that his plan would be revealed”

Then the feloomy face

“Frankly I’ with many other female users, I was a fan of Sir Alan Since Sir Alan always insisted that people should play fairly and honestly, it is a big disappointment”

“Reporter Lee Hye-won is not the only one who thinks like that Sir Alan was respected by er Our hoes slandering Sir AlanOn the other hand, quite of few of theh it wasn’t a proper method, the method itself does not break the rules Rather, soht it onderful that Sir Alan found a blind spot in the systearan in this future?”

“The Shrine of War has overhauled the old rules that applied to Nagaran, and they announced that they will delete the Lord’s right to specify the challenger A e will occur if the Lord can’t avoid the challenge of a powerful guild”

‘Ha, everything in this news scoop is related to me’

Asyeosu’s downfall and Alan with the ghost guild Hyun-Woo uncovered all of it Because it was handled seriously by the TV, thousands of people posted co but they were also frightening

‘I’ht up’

He inwardly sighed with relief The male host continued

“Anyway, Sir Alan is in a pretty difficult situation”

“Yes, although the users are offended, I was told that creating a ghost guild isn’t actually a criminal offence in New WorldHowever, Sir Alan also has a relationshi+p with the Asyeosu church While the church was being investigated, it was revealed that Alan had been secretly helping the higher ranked NPCs This is an obvious transgression Sir Alan knew about the hidden corruption of the church and hid it So Sir Alan has also been branded as a follower of Asyeosu”

“Then Sir Alan has become a wanted criminal?”

“Yes, there is a bounty on hiuild has been disbanded and its uild leader is thewhen he is severely criticized by every NPC”

“I guess Sir Alan’s thoughts will probably be complicated”

“You’re right His face has also been publicized on TV When I went to find him for an interview, he wouldn’t meet with me As everybody knows, in New World you can only create one character We’ll have to see if he can recover and overcome this situation in the future”

“The higher they fly, the worst the i Since Sir Alan had been so famous, it will be difficult for hiaaht recover enough to have users call hiain……”

“…………It won’t happen”

Hyun-wooabout the standard ame, but a situation that occurred in reality would be different in the gaame that would cause a user to abandon itThey’ve prepared lots of methods to recover If you nitive his crih it wouldn’t be easy to gather his forces again, Alan was clever and had a lot of funds so he ht somehow recover

…………But Alan’s opponent was Hyun-woo

‘Alan, didn’t you hearopponent’

Although his agreement with the rehabilitation members was already over, Hyun-woo had no intention of withdrawing like this Of course, the first reason was because of his grudge Although it was only because of Lariette and Roco, his grudge about the 3000 gold was truly fearful And the second reason was because of Alan Ark had a grudge against Alan but Alan also had a grudge against hiain his forces then his knife would be aiht towards Hyun-woo If he was like Hyun-woo then he would be evento wait politely until that happened

‘The end? No, it is only the beginning’

I’ll have to kick him until he is trash in the dirt In other words, I have to kick him as much as possibleAlan’s recovery will slon if he kept on stepping on him and Hyun-ould be safe for a while

”But since the situation isn’t good, Alan ht not connect for a while’

Hae Gyeol-sa, Bul-kkun and Tazza had already been searching for Alan for a week It wasn’t an easy thing to find a user if you didn’t know the resurrection point, and it er if Alan didn’t connect at all

‘But Alan is a candidate He will have to connect soon’

Then the phone rang

“It’s me, Alan was found”

The voice heard on the other end was Bul-kkun

“You found Alan?”

“Yes, daaran since he was a fugitive……but he had gone all the way to Selebrid”

“Selebrid?”

Ark repeated in a strange voice Ark had also thought Alan would hide near Nagaran Since Alan was a fugitive, he was a target for the guards If so, it would be easier to escape if he was in Nagaran Instead of an ordinary village, he had gone all the way to Selebrid which was tee to die? Ark couldn’t understand his behaviour

‘Anyway, it is an opportunity for me!’

“Hae Gyeol-sa is chasing after him Since we can’t defeat him, we’ll try to hold him until you reach Selebrid”

“Yes!”

Hyun-woo hung up and entered the unit

Alan (Foreigner)

The criminal who conspired with the Asyeosu church

Since he had the ability of a Holy Knight, special care is needed

Area last seen: His location after Nagaran is unknown

Difficulty: ???

Bounty: 300 gold

Bounty payer: Chancellor of Selebrid

‘That’s fantastic!’

When he arrived in Selebrid, he idom, the bounty posters were updated every few days on the board The members of the Asyeosu church were NPCs Usually NPCs were only wanted in the area the crihout the whole continent Alan also occupied a spot on the board His bounty was 300 gold! That was an unprecedented price compared to other NPCs The amount of the bounty deterold for 24 hoursIf Alan was iht for athen he would obviously fall behind Since Alan was a candidate, he had no choice but to run away until the bounty somehoent away

“Sheesh, this bastard, he was so s when he appeared on TV……”

“Obviously he would win if he used such a lousy method”

“At one tireat”

“I’ood face!”

People were gathering around the bulletin board and hurling abusive language at his poster In fact, there was no reason for the at the Shrine of War, it was revealed that Alan used a ghost guild to win the siege Since it was just a game, they had no reason to care about the Asyeosu church Even so, the reason they started excessively cursing Alan……since he appeared so great on TV, the shock of his fall was huge Since Alan had been so big, the bloas even larger Of course, he didn’t feel compassion for Alan

‘I’m not some hero who puts on a mask of justice’

Ark was laughing at the poster when his name was called

“Ark!”

Bul-kkun had contacted him

“What about Alan?”

“He is hiding in the mountains not far fro him”

“Then I’ll go now”

“However, will it be okay since Hyung-nim and the others haven’t arrived yet?”

“Don’t worry Alan is not a very difficult opponent anymore”

Ark smiled and left Selebrid with Bul-kkun Bul-kkun used ‘Feather of Whispering’ to contact Hae Gyeol-sa as chasing after Alan And 10in a dark forest Alan’s equip e, he couldn’t repair his equipment or buy food so he was forced to rely on wheat bread that thieves dropped to fill his satiety It had been 1 week since Alan and the one thousand coalition e

‘His appearance makes you want to throw a coin at him’

Ark sincerely felt syuild members that had stuck around in the vicinity If it was Alan when the gaht have defended hied, Lariette wasn’t the only one who becauild members were treated coldly and like accessories The uild were candidates Since Alan was famous, their probability of success would increase But now Alan had lost all his reputation There was no reason to risk themselves for no reward Alan’s power relied on the pros and cons that he could give them

‘Poor guy……sitting with that appearance……I kind of don’t want to step on him’

But Ark was a ruthless human

“Hyung-niuy and don’t let him escape”

“What? You’re really going to face him alone?”

“I’ve already done it once”

“………Understood”

Hae Gyeol-sa, Tazza and Bul-kkun scattered around the place Once they were in position, Ark leisurely walked outAlan ihtened rabbit and stood up The piece of wheat bread he was eating fell to his foot Alan really felt like crying

“You……how are you here………!”

Alan said after he saw Ark’s face

“Didn’t I tell you? I have no intention of ending it like that”

“You bastard, well met!”

Alan swung his sithout any notice Ark stepped backwards and blocked the sword Since it was a sudden attack, he failed to completely disperse the impact But a small smile still spread on Ark’s face