Chapter 17. How Many Tails? (1) (1/2)
The inside of the Burning Dunes Gate was a desolate desert The only sights were the color of the sky and the sand The Players who didn’t expect a desert environment erupted in complaints
“Dammit, I wore metal ar a lot of drinking water”
“What’s with this sand? My feet keep on sinking And we’re supposed to fight here…?”
“It’s crazy hot”
There weren’t many people who had been to a desert before On top of that, they had to fight on the sand
Some of the Players started to panic at the reality and started to curse loudly
“Please lend me your ears!” At the voice, all the Players turned
“For now, please gather here”
“Who is that bastard?”
“I dunno Oh, is he a Player from a Guild?”
“Huh, a Guild?”
With uncertain looks on their faces, they gathered around the athered behind him “Let me introduce myself I a-Hae”
“C-Cheong-Hae?”
“What the heck Cheong-Hae is the Guild that will participate in the attack today?”
“They’re really good”
“Isn’t that the place that only takes elites?” In an instant, their suspicious attitudes changed Cheong-Hae wasn’t good enough to be part of the Big 6, but it was still a faious Guild
“As you all know, there’s notGate”
“WellThat’s true”
The Players nodded in agreement
“Because these Gates aren’t meant to be conquered alone I would like to make a proposal”
“A proposal?”
“100 ive 100 million won to every Player that follows our orders Of course, ill also guarantee your safety” [1]
“Geez100 ht”
“What do you think?”
“Well, it’s a small sulanced around at each other They all entered the Gate with the hopes ofwith the Cinder Fox’s core There were even those a them who hadn’t even mastered the fundamentals and couldn’t be called actual Players Usually, when those types of people entered through a Gate, they would always be met with a harsh reality
‘Good -Hae Guild really was an elite Guild They already
‘If these Players had successfully completed their hunt, then they would refuse the offer, but even if they had succeeded, 100 ive up’
In other words, they had baited the beginner Players very well In such a dangerous and desolate place, the guarantee of safetyoffer
Seo Jun-Ho slowly raised his hand “Then, hoe divide the reward? The Cinder Fox’s core, I mean”
“Of course, our Guild will take it”
With his response, everybody immediately protested“Wait a minute You can sell the Cinder Fox’s core for however much you want, so how can you keep that for yourself?!”
“That’s not right! Even if you give 100 million to everyone here, it would just be 3 billion Don’t you think you’re being too ht Don’t you think that you’re going too far?”
Cha Min-Woo frohen public opinion began turning against him “Then do you have the confidence to hunt the Cinder Fox without our help?”
“”
They closed their mouths They had never hunted one before so how could they know?
Cha Min-Woo took advantage of the silence and drove the nail in “Huu, alright then Those ill join us right noill receive 200 million won But those that will join us later will only receive 50 million”
It was time to choose
Would they follow the Guild Players and receive 200 o down the dangerous route and attempt to hunt the Cinder Fox on their oith a potential reward of billions?
The practical people raised their hands first
“I accept”
“So will I It’ll be hard to fight alone in this heavy ar water too? If so, I’ll join”
Those ere unprepared joined next When others began joining or began showing their intent to join, the re people had no choice but to nod
“What, they’re all going over?”
“Tsk I wanted toI can do couess I’ll have to settle for 200 million won That’s also a lot”
“Then, I’ll join too”
22 of the 23 Players joined the Cheong-Hae Guild’s group Cha Min-Woo turned to the last one, Seo Jun-Ho, with a satisfied look “What will you do?”
“Ioh” Seo Jun-Ho bent over and tied his shoes tightly before standing back up He looked to the others “I’ll go alone”
As they watched him disappear in the sand, the other Players started to whisper
“That’s Seo Jun-Ho? I heard he cleared two Uncleared Gates…”
“I guess he’s still greedy for the core”
“I wanted to see hiht It’s a waste”
As he listened to the others talk, Cha Min-Woo looked surprised
‘That was Seo Jun-Ho? The one who cleared the Curse of Dawn and the Leuf’s Garden?’
Cha Min-Woo had never seen a picture of hi forward to ly shabby and didn’t exude any particular pressure[2]
As if they were thinking the saht, the ruenius, blah blah blahHe doesn’t even see”
“He’s not worth your concern, Tea? I was never concerned about him in the first place” Cha Min-Woo erased Seo Jun-Ho from his mind and joined the others
After escaping from the crowd, Seo Jun-Ho started to climb the dunes without a particular destination inbetween a monster and a mythical creature’
The Cinder Fox he had defeated in the past had six tails It could grow up to nine over the course of a thousand years Once it grew all its tails, it would ascend to the heavens and become the Millenium Fox that would watch over its kind
“The Cinder Fox is stronger the more tails it has…” And they could command Fire Fox soldiers
There was no way to tell how many tails the Cinder Fox had at the ood idea to find a scouting spot first
‘I have to find a good vantage point’