Vol 11 Chapter 8 (1/2)

ACT 8 Ark’s Trading Business

“Galen ajusshi+”

“Huh? This voice…Ark, is it Ark?”

Galen instantly looked away from a pile of documents when Ark entered the Town Hall

“Why are you here I never heard that you came back?”

“I only arrived a short time

“Anyelcoood to have you back? You’re now a resident of LancelDon’t you also share a stake in the village? Oh, do you want a cup of tea?

“It’s okay I actually wanted to ask for a favour”

“A favour?”

“Yes, I’d like you to take in a few people”

The place Ark thought of when drawing the e It eird to see people with blue skin in e was a place that would unconditionally accept 50 people regardless of their race or past After going through the di centre a short distance away fro caration It was tradition for Lancel to prepare empty land for people to settle it but that didn’t apply to the Baran Then Ark thought of the training school Since the 300 thieves had already graduated and went to the village, it was very quiet So Ark wanted the Baran to live there for the moment But there was still one proble centre But people also had to eat in order to live However, Ark didn’t have enough food to feed 50 people And it was i centre without introducing thee so he went to find Galen

“Can you help me?”

“Hnore it after hearing that their village had been attacked by ood harvest the village is overfloith food”

It was thanks to Ark finding the Sacred Soil and pouring it into the fields

“So there is no need to worry about food The town’s commerce has also developed a lot since you’ve been away The town’s finances can afford to look after 50 people with no problem I’ll decide once I’ve met them”

Galen spoke frankly and stood up Unlike the Netherworld where the weather was unpredictable, middle earth had normal concepts of seasons And currently New World was in the middle of winter so the weather was quite chilly

“The town has changed quite a lot since I’ve been here”

Ark said as he looked around Lancel village He felt like the village was truly developing now Every ti After the raccoon clan joined, the buildings in particular became incredible flashy and made it look like a theme park And apart from the NPCs, there were also a considerable number of users

“A rumour started to spread in the area so our number of visitors has increased a lot”

“Rumour?”

Ark tiled his head to one side and Galen laughed before pointing Despite the winter air, the Meow Elder Hassan was fast asleep on a rooftop Users watched avidly as the tail

“Kyaaa, look Over there as well”

“The tail is so cute”

Hassan…where was the Meow’s pride?

But it wasn’t just Hassan A group of users was also gathered around the saw They pretended to do other things while gawking at the raccoons

“Why are people gathered over there?”

“You’ll understand if you keep watching”

One of the raccoons grunted and lifted a piece of timber

Bbeong!

The raccoon’s tail suddenly popped out Although they usually transforuise of a person, when they were surprised or used a lot of power than their tails and short beards would pop out

“Did you see? Did you see?”

“Kikikik! I saw it, a round tail The short beard also briefly appeared”

The users aiting for such a scene When the raccoon turned his head at the sound of giggles, the users inorance

“We thought that the raccoons would go unnoticedBut foreigners soe and spread it around Anyway, now our village’s specialities are the Meow and raccoons To the extent that some people visit from far away just to see them Thanks to that, the Meow’s leather and the raccoon’s business are selling like hotcakes”

Galen said with a happy se to develop into the intere’s value would also increase Ark’s share in Lancel village and his real estate would then be worth more

‘Popo also had a considerable influence’

Ark looked at Popo situation in the town centre Popo’s effect continuously raised the value and development of the town Apart froe The Meow, raccoon clan, rehabilitation thieves and Popo……all of it hted every tih he wanted to look around the town some more, he had to solve the problem of the Baran clan first

“Oh, is that them?”

Galen asked curiously when he arrived at the training centre Ark had explained the Baran’s blue skin to hi it in person

“Yes, Bona This ajusshi+ is the e”

“Ah, hello?”

Bona greeted huentle s in astonishment

Grrrrrrr

“M-monster! Hik, over there? There too? There too? Ah Ark, what is going on?”

Galen screamed and pointed at the hellhound next to Bona After the trainers left, e returned to the wild But a the 30 children, there were 3~4 who had the trainer ability just like Bona Just like Bona, those children were given little e, they brought theit in their arms Ark explained that to Galen whose eyes suddenly lit up

“Hooh, hooh! They have the ability to make monsters obedient? They’re blue and have such a reat”

Galen had the hobby of collecting unusual people

“Good, very good Ark As expected fro people? Okay, I’ll take in this people I’ll take care of the residents to prevent any discomfort”

“No, like I said these people don’t want to move here……”

“I know that Of course I know You said they cae from the war?It doesn’t really matter Naturally ill help But are they truly attached to their hoood place to live Hahaha, I’ll say it in advance but I hate people who discriainst race the most If they decide to settle here then they’ll receive a job, welfare and even a house How about it? Would any of you want to live here?”

……Galen didn’t pay any attention to Ark’s words He was like a business to entice the Baran clan with his promises Then Bona approached Ark and murmured

“Ark hyung, this ajusshi+ is quite scary”

“Well……he’s not a bad person He just has a strange hobby”

Ark

Dududung, and the quest informationpopped up

-<find new=”” settlers=””> quest has been updated

You have brought the children of the Baran clan froe

They’ve only fled the chaos of the Netherworld and don’t want to e so he would want to accept this unusual species as a part of the village There is a possibility that some of the Baran would want to becoe

<new settlers=”” found:=”” 90=”” (+20)=”” complete=””>

You have found settlers with special skills

A the residents of the Netherworld, there are children of the Baran clan with the ability to tame monsters

This is a very unique ability so if the children settle in Lancel village then it’s ‘Distinctiveness’ and ‘Rarity’ will increase Distinctiveness will affect the industrial value of the village while rarity will affect the value of the villageYou’ll have to incite them well if you want the children to become residents

‘Eh? The Baran clan can also become residents?’

Ark read the inforht of this quest when gathering the Baran clan Thanks to the thieves being rehabilitated, the achieveather settlers so it was just a temporary evacuation

‘But isn’t the valley village completely occupied by the Nakujuk? They’ll have to find a new home even if they return to the Netherworld And there are likely to be a lot of orphaned children!’

Even if he only delivered half of the 20, this long quest was likely to finish In addition, the town’s industry and value would also increase

“Yes Bona This is an incredibly nice place The residents are very kind and it is very safe Now it is now cold because it is winter, it will be a very nice place to live in spring Galen ajusshi+ is also welco you If you ever want to live here then just mention it anytime”

Ark changed his attitude and ihed and nodded

“Hahaha, that’s right You recognize it as well”

“If the Baran clan feels co here then please consider it”

Please trust hyung-nim!”

“We will receive you like a family”

“You can call me uncle from now on”

At the end of his words, Ark grasped the hands of the Baran children and sraduated, some of them left but most of them stayed behind And the thieves possessed their own past pains They called Ark hyung-nih they were older than him Well, the bandits had eventful lives similar to a drama On the other hand, there are quite a few children orphaned in the Baran group It ly well Of course most of the children who lost their parents would want to heal the wounds in their heart not adapt to a new environment, so it would probably take some time

‘Now that the problem of the Baran clan is solved…’

“Bona, how long will it take to solve the password on the scroll?”

“…It should take a few days”

“Okay, please work on it Hey, don’t just stay here and follow me”

Ark stroked Bona’s head before ordering Buksil to follow him

“Dedric, you return to the Netherworld”

“Come to think of it…isn’t it possible to return here?”

Dedric who had been dozing on Ark’s shoulders asked with amazement Yes, it wasn’t possible to recall his summons in the Netherworld but now they were in middle earth There was no reason for them to stay in town Besides Dedric had felt quiteable to return home for a while

“It o home…”

He had watched enviously as Razak died

“Hahaha, I’m finally able to return Master, don’t call ent Understood?”

Dedric quickly returned to his home in the Netherworld Then Galen had work to do and they returned to the Town Hall

“I have to go I would love to stay but the village has been so busy lately I’ve barely had tio and have a drink later”

So now only Buksil and Ark remained

“That…is it really alright?”

Buksil looked around the street with uneasy eyes

“What?”

“I…that……I’ to town…”

“I told here, here is okay”

At that tie approached and Buksil panicked and hid behind Ark A chaotic player was uards because they would be sent to jail if caught However, Ark said there was no need for such worries in Lancel village As long as he ith Ark

“Eh? Ark hyung-nim, when did you come back?”

“A little while ago I had some errands to run”

“Why didn’t you contact us? By the way…the pig like guy hiding behind you…”

‘T-they noticed I’m screwed!’

Buksil treuards then smiled and nodded

“A freshman?”

“He’s not a new student but so”

“You still have a lot to suffer”

The guards tapped Buksil’s shoulders as they muttered

“There will be a lot of work so hang in there Hyung-nim won’t treat you too badly”

“Huh? Huh? Huh?”

“So hyung-ni If you have tis”

Buksil was stunned as the guards left hied by guards

‘Looks like it was because of Ark……why kind of hue ers all recognize hireeted a chaotic player?’

Ark was a very strange huht this as all the residents cauards, construction workers…not just Buksil but all the users visiting the village also looked at Ark with puzzled eyes

‘It’s slightly inconvenient that there are so many users’

Ark also felt aard feeling all those gazes

‘I should go visit my house and see what the extension looks like’

Ark walked towards it with a sense of expectation Then he suddenly heard a cheer from the side He turned around and saw that users and NPCs were gathered in the centre of town And a fae The woman had cat ears and a tail, it was the Meow shaman Jana The cheers subsided when Jana closed her eyes for a while And……Ark witnessed an unbelievable scene Jana’s body started slowly uitar was heard Then a diht appeared wherever the cat moved

Nyang, nyanyang, nyanyanyang, nyang, nyang, nyang

It was the dance of the Meow priestess! After the cat dance ended, the crowd cheered and threw a bouquet of flowers

“The best!”

“That artful motion of ears and tail!”

“Oh, it never beco it a few times!”

“da rumours in the Sinius Principality!”

“Jana-nim, please look over here!”

‘What the hell is going on?’ What’s with that dance and those people?’

Ark looked at the scene with astounded eyes Jana bent down to pick up the bouquet when her nose suddenly twitched

“Omo, this scent is…?”

Jana grinned widely and turned her face

“As expected, it’s Ark Hohoho, he ca!”

Jana rushed towards Ark Then like a cat seeing its owner after a long tiainst him

“Heung, heung, it’s been a while nyang You’ve beco Did you see ?”

“Show? That was a performance?”

“Hohoho, this body is already a celebrity nyang”

Jana twiddled her ears around and bragged Not so long ago, so ru cosplay enthusiasts and many fans came to see her show Thanks to Galen’s request, she performed several shows a day

“But what’s with that way of talking?”

“Hohoho, these words nyang?”

Jana confidently smiled and thrust out her chest

“Elder taught o nuts over it nyang It is very effective nyang Now Jana is theNyahahaha!”

That old cat, thinking of an idea like this……

“Now the world sees the beauty of ”

…How is it? Are you now a little ?”

……Not at all, he was just a little embarrassed

“Tell ”

Jana spoke towards Ark in a really sweet voice Ark felt breathless as his jaw dropped Why? Because the lares at Ark No, it was to the point that they aled him to a duel

“Hey!”

It was at that ti woh the crowd and pushed Jana

“You naughty cat! Why are you causing an uproar every ti your tail?”

“Sheesh, I s”

“Who’s a kid? Oppa, you don’t have to be so nice to sos up!”

“What nyang? Hey you! What did you say nyang?”

“Bah! Every day being surrounded by men… Oppa, you should’ve visited your house first when you came back to town Or contacted ossip?”

The girl Roco pulled Ark’s ar for the Slime’s Immortality Pill, Roco had spent e Then she heard that Ark had come back

“Sheesh, what an annoying girl”

Jana glared at Roco and then waved to Ark

“Co A cat doesn’t care about the past nyang”

“Shut up you erotic cat!”

“Hahaha, what does a little girl like you know about erotica nyang?”

He truly had no room to talk between the tomen Then he felt death stares in the back of his head as Roco dragged him away

‘If you have a girlfriend…if you have a girlfriend…if you have a girlfriend…’

It was the curse e sent by Jana’s fan club

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“Here is Oppa’s new home”

Ark’s eyes widened at the end of Roco’s words Ark had given money to the raccoon clan to expand his house while he was in the Netherworld Of course, there wasn’t a mail system in the Netherworld so Sid had to pay the prices Ark asked the funds Sid owed him for the debt to pay for the expansion But the otten about it When he saw it, his expanded house was beyond his expectations It was like the TV shohere the shabby cottage had been transforarden in front of the house and even a balcony on the 2nd floor

‘This h…!’

No wonder why the raccoons he met before mentioned that there wasn’t even a penny left They didn’t just extend the house but also changed the foundations It was definitely good to make friends with NPCs

“Oh Ark-nim, is that your house?”

Buksil’s jaw dropped as he sent it an ad a house! That was a merchant’s dream But Ark was a warrior type profession not athat he would own a two-storey houseRoco tilted her head to one side and finally noticed Buksil

“Eh? That person is?”

“Let’s enter while I explain”

Ark entered his house The good looking interior was styled very well The raccoons had also gifted him with several pieces of furniture Thanks to that it didn’t feel bare and empty Ark entered the house and explained what happened in the Netherworld to Roco Since they’vethat ti However Ark felt strange while describing it to Roco It wasn’t so he intended But he realised that he neverabout the Netherworld Although he often stayed in touch with Roco, he never thought of her as a girlfriend In addition, Lariette was so Lariette to Roco A man was indeed an unknown animal

‘Well, it’s good to avoid useless s’

Ark scratched his head and asked about the present situation

“Where are the rehabilitation hyungs?”

“Last night they et 12 Slime’s Essence I headed to Lancel first since I heard Oppa was co to Jackson now”

Jackson? Why there?”

“JusticeMan originally left Jackson to build his reputation in the Evil Silrion However, various things happened so that he couldn’t participate in the Evil Silrion Thus he decided to go back and explain it to Lord Jackson

“Jackson…It’s been a long time since I was there”

Ark becaht of Jackson Jackson was a special town for Ark He spent most of his newbie days there In addition, the Lord sent soldiers to help when Ark was in a crisis He utilized Lancel as his base for various reasons, but in the game he felt like Jackson was his real home

“Sid?”

“Sid oppa is co to Lancel”

Anyway, he saw e

‘But what now?’

He was lost for what to do after he suddenly cao anywhere until Bona deciphers the scroll and hunting around the village was impossible The monsters were around level 100 while Ark was level 282 so he wouldn’t receive any experience froe that he wouldn’t be able to obtain any iteue

‘But I can’t stop playing…ah,I can make the medicines?’

Ark could use the spare time to raise his Herbal Decoction skill Herbal Decoction required certain conditions to be fulfilled before the skill proficiency would rise to advanced He needed to , he could only make it in his spare time

“There are a huge nuather the ingredients and raise his Ingredient Foraging skill at the same time’

Then Ark suddenly thought of so

‘Wait? Aren’t there a lot of users here compared to the Netherworld? So I don’t have to take the herbal medicine Herbal Decoction makes medicines that don’t have an expiry date so it can be carried for a long time Then can’t I make the herbal medicines then sell them?’

Ark’s spirit felt refreshed In fact, Ark hadn’t been thinking of itsthe herbal medicines At the moment he could make effective salves, tonics and herbal teas The salve had a low rating so it couldn’t treat anything beyond the inter period of time in order to increase the stats The herbal tea had peculiar effects but there was no draw for a user to buy it But Ark overlooked one thing All his thoughts about the items were based on his level A low level user must hunt for low level monsters of course And the abnormal conditions caused by low level h-level users would require her abnorinner level state could be fatal for a low level user Didn’t Ark almost die many times when low levelled because he was affected by an abnormal condition? Eventually the Remedy became precious to low level users That also applied to tonics and herbal teas Taking the tonic for 30 days would increase the dae by 1, but that one point could have an enormous effect at low levels In addition, low level users were still raising their production skills so they would be thankful for the effect of the herbal teas