Volume 1 Chapter 6 (2/2)
Difficulty level: E
Quest requirement: Failed if you are killed
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“You have a day left until the troops leave tomorrow Why don’t you coies, Instructor I should run errands for the mission”
“Too bad I wanted to invite you to dinner”
“Dinner?”
“Yes My wife said thisto cook pork barbecue”
Weed’s ht of pork barbecue Savory and spicy barbecue! This temptation was irresistible
“To be honest with you, I alanted to visit your place”
“Haha, I knew it, too”
“Hehe”
Weed was never asha an obsequious or subservient life
But… He—he was just sick and tired of rye bread Royal Road reproduces every aspect of reality, even taste, to the extent that sushi+ o actually tastes fresh, and outdated food hardens and rots Rye bread is no exception
For the last two ue was flavored with rye The sight of rye breadA pork barbecue would be especially refreshi+ng Plus, it was a free meal—priceless
“Then, I will co, Instructor”
“Sure, Weed-nim See you later”
Weed had accepted another quest in the Training Hall
‘Now all three slots in the questare filled up’
The top quest was about Zahab’s will, which was out of sight for nohereas the other two quests were a couez’s quest isn’t what it appears to be… but it doesn’t e
In the worst scenario, he would die, so what? He didn’t want to die lessly, but some difficulties were always expected
‘Now I need to get ready, First, I go shopping for the trip to the Lair of Litvart’
Weed walked don Pedestrians in chic costu vibrant conversations A bunch of users set up kiosks on the street and sold things
Weed went to the blacksht a bow and many quivers of arrows
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Bow of Theo Grande:
Durability: 50/ 50
Attack: 5-6
Multiple shot speed: 4
A short bow that is strung with an Orc’s muscle, crudely built, it has low accuracy but substantial attack power convenient for novices in archery
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The bow cost 1 gold and 20 silvers, but Weed would never pay the full price for anything By presenting a butterfly-shaped statue to the cashi+er lady, he surrendered no old
He had discovered accidentally that he could win ladies’ hearts with sculpture gifts
‘Sculptureoccasions’
Weed also bought a stock of rye bread, though he was sick and tired of it, bread is at least better than starvation, and when a fight breaks out, it reduces the rate at which the health factor declines When the health factor falls below 30, a user slon, and loses a chunk of life temporarily
His backpack was filled with quivers, herbs and bread As soon as Weed was happy everything was present and correct, he went back to the instructor
“I ao to ”
“Guest? Did you invite someone else to dinner, Instructor?”
“Didn’t I mention her?”
The instructor looked soained his coirl I ah it sounded, Weed casually put the matter to one side and relaxed
The instructor held Weed’s hand and walked to his place His hand was as hairy as a gorilla’s
Weed wrinkled his forehead “You o of my hand, Instructor”
“Surely not I’m afraid you could lose me”
“Excuse me?”
Weed finally arrived at the instructor’s house
He had no doubt that when he opened the door, he would see the world’s happiest fa room arm air
Weed had already been told that the instructor hadthe barrier of race, but they had not borne any offspring yet
When the door opened, however, Weed was startled at a girl sitting by the dinner table
‘Incredible’
For a irl’s beauty took Weed’s breath away The scene that confronted him was idyllic But he soon cairl was invited to the instructor’s place, Weed had assuh, just like hi sword and arh-level user
That alone was not what shocked Weed
The girl’s na in red
A user can hide his true identity, so as he wants it that way, but a murderer who has PKed one or ht to privacy
A red nan of a n of one who has killed a fellow user
“My, my Take it easy, Weed-niht”
Weed tried to run away, but his desperate atte his hand
“Instructor”
“Huh?”
“I didn’t know you were so eager to get rid of me”
“So now you know”
The instructor sed that if the instructor wanted him dead, this o to someone else for it
“Please be seated, let me introduce you to each other This is Weed His level is low, but he passed the basic training prograhtly but she ignored hi her head, “This is Seoyoon She also passed it recently She visits my place once a month to have dinner with us”
“Hi Nice to reeted Seoyoon politely, but blank-faced, she didn’t even botherher eyes in his direction It was a plain show of unfeigned unconcern
‘You don’t want to hang out with lowly newbies or what? If I didn’t have to be in the same room, I wouldn’t want to associate with you either’
At that very ed Weed into a coize for her rudeness”
“No, it’s fine, sir”
“She’s basically a good girl She just doesn’t kno to speak She is the closest thing I have to a baby sister It seems she is distrustful of people I invited her because I believed she could open her mind to you Whew”
“It’s okay, I don’t mind at all”
Nevertheless, Weed had no reason to extend his hand to this Seoyoon girl He found it pointless to get to know a murderer, not even an NPC
“By the way, do you ood at cooking?”
“Not at all Still, a hand is a hand in the kitchen She can teach me how to cook”
“Do as you please”
As a barbarian by nature, the instructor’s as a giant Following her orders, Weed diligently sliced pork sirloin and dipped it in sauce As he orking hard in the kitchen, Seoyoon rolled up her sleeves and entered the kitchen She felt asha idle alone at the table
She ca the meat She stepped in to help, but she didn’t knohat to do first Weed directed her to a mountain of dishes
“Clean these dishes, please”
Weed expected that Seoyoon would tum him down, but to his surprise, she took the dishes and squatted on the floor rinsing them They earned credit fro well”
“Thank you, Ma’aifted hands Do you want to learn cooking skills?”
This proposal was exactly what Weed had been waiting to hear Or ould he ever bother soaking his hands?
“Of course, ma’am Thank you soSkill
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As if so had occurred to her as she watched Weed, Seoyoon also asked the instructor’s wife to teach her how to cook
Cooking Skills—they are si aan apprenticeshi+p in a restaurant No doubt it pays off well
Pork barbecue on a large tray was finally served to the table It was roasted yellow, stealed with reality in the virtual reality Weed promptly picked up a knife and a fork
Glare
Suddenly, the instructor took it upon hiuest, Weed-nim Do not eat too much”
What kind of host would criticize an invited guest at the dinner table?
He was no longer theHall In his place was a vicious Orc exposing his greed for food on the table An Orc at level two hundred, that was
But Weed wasn’t the type who easily succu to differ, Instructor”
“You are not agreeing with me?”
Weed felt suddenly pressurized, which wasthe knife was shaky
‘dalanced sideways
He had a look at Seoyoon to see how that fragile-looking girl was coping with it This was the world of a fantasy RPG gairl has at least two hundred And the barbarian wife, too’, Weed thought
The instructor’s wife, one of the barbarians who venerated the laws of nature, especially the survival of the fittest, ignored the plight of weaklings
Since a barbarian was physically superior to other races, it was only Weed as threatened by the instructor’sfrom his eyes nobody sided with him
But this was Weed Was he not the person who could turn enemies to friends, and friends to apostles?
“Honorable Instructor, letin his body, Weed just about ed to open hisat all to say, drop the knife and fork first, then we can chat pleasantly until the end of time”
“Your beautiful wife displayed such exceptional cooking sense and skill in this meal I am already intoxicated with the smell, and it fills my head hat it will taste like Once I eat this, the memory shall be treasured forever”
The instructor burst into his tradereat cook I am proud of her”
“Absolutely She is your wife, after all The barbecue looks gorgeous”
“Honey”
Mrs Lancer poked at her husband
She was apparently flattered by Weed’s sweet coet a chance to lay your hands on such a delicious oes, a wife is the pride of the husband
The instructor proved he was a sucker when it careat Not only the pork barbecue but also side dishes that the hostess had cooked using recipe froue
“Yuood, ma’am You’re the best I am envious of Mr Lancer that he can eat your delicious meals every day”
“True, true,” the instructor said, grinning approvingly
Weed loosened his belt and eased hihed heartily, and Seoyoon dutifully finished her plate in silence like a French doll ht in the house, and left for the gale of the Citadel early next
Sir Midvale and his army of thirty foot-soldiers ere dispatched to conquer the Lair of Litvart were encas Are you Weed-niht asked
“Yes, sir,” Weed said
A little investigation prior to the quest never hurt Froed to the Red Order, the key unit of Rosenheih profile missions He was recently proht He was a pride of the kingdom, revered as the epitome of chivalry
“Our destination is far away It takes three hours on horseback,” Sir Midvale said
“…”
All the other foot-soldiers, except for Weed, were riding on brown horses He was carrying the backpack, and it never crossed his mind that he needed a horse
It would not have made any difference if he had been told otherwise, anyway A horse was a high-priced coold
“Docke asked ,” Sir Midvale said
“Thank you, sir,” Weed said
“Vance, bring the horse”
A soldier brought a sad-looking colt It was dragged forcefully by its reins, resisting with its two rear legs Showing two golden teeth and panting, the colt looked like a rascal
‘If I ride on that horse, ood as dead for the next seven years’, Weed thought
“Till the ned to you,” Sir Midvale said
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Name
arse
Type
Neutral
Level
3
Species
Horse
title
Stallion
Reputation
-300
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Health
30
Mana
0
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assigned to the punitive force bound to the Lair of Litvart This quick-witted colt often tries to outfox the owner It hates water and refuses to gallop in rain It needs extra care, or it may die of sickness
PS: Beware, it farts very often
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“…”
The statfor the colt was frustratingly colorful Weed had once heard that thoroughbreds were difficult, but he found it outrageous that this fragile colt orse
“It won’t be for long, but let’s get along, anyway”
Weed lifted his hand to pat the colt, but it bit his hand ilared at it, the colt turned around and lowered its rear legs
“Good boy,” Weed said soothingly
Theal a funny s bottom –the colt suddenly dropped its head forward, then kicked backith its two rear legs
“Ouch!”
Weed was thrown by the action and landed on the ground le attack took seventy points off his life Obviously, the colt had tried to kill him with that action
“You damn arse!”
Snort
Between Weed and the colt a bond was formed They stared at each other as if they wanted to break the other’s neck
“I will never let you get on my back, you stupid human,” the colt seemed to say
“I’ll beat you to death someday,” Weed’s expression said
An unheard-of face-off between ly disaster, Sir Midvale said,
“If you are ready, let’s depart now”
Sir Midvale and his troops began to march eastward Weed hopped on the colt’s back quietly and rode on
Seoyoon also stayed in the instructor’s cabin She could not reject his wife’s persistent suggestion to stay over
She ran across Weed several tiuest room, he happened to pass by it
But theynot to notice the presence of the other, and excused the
When Weed left the house, Seoyoon followed him out because she was too embarrassed to be left behind by herself
With dead eyes, she stared at an e o now?” she asked herself
“Anywhere I want to go…” she replied
There was no such place At the sa as I can get away froan to walk toward the South Gate Not that she wanted to go there
She only wanted to go to the wasteland, a land yet to be fully explored, somewhere rampant with monsters
She had started her journey near the center of the continent, er ht
“I want to seethe”
“Even the irrevocable truth that I was never loved in ”
Even though Seoyoon spoke to no one, it was far from the truth that her mind, too, ceased to function
Below the frozen surface, water irling faster as she asked questions of herself, and answered then of expression, as though carved from ice
A repeated conversation Said this, heard that Echoes within her ht aht bloody battles in a dungeon full offor deadlier monsters, she feared no death She never let the blood flow from battle dry out
A berserker who showed herself worthy of a life soaked inpeace on a battlefield