Chapter 68 (1/2)
Chapter 68: Result of the Bet (1)
TL: Haku
Editor: Hungry Panda
On the other hand, Ian, who had no idea as going on in the i hard deep down in the base Land
‘damn it! What the hell is this?’
Frole as if it was chipped away, Ian was,just above a pit of lava, digging out so a tool similar to a pickaxe
‘When will this crazy, endless gathering end?’
The quest that he received just after the conta
As it was a quest requiring him to kill 100 contaminated monsters
‘The reas a little salty, but it was ok since it was a quest that I could do while hunting anyways’
However, after that quest, the connected quests up until noere quests that required hiather minerals or medicinal herbs
‘The quests I hate the most are these kinds of quests’
Ian o around the dungeon and gather , where he couldn’t gain EXP or raise the Proficiency of his skills, nor did he even get a lot of gold
Of course, depending on the reward he received at the end, his mental attitude could be different, but as he didn’t even knoas at the end of the connected quests, a characteristic of quests like these, it was even
‘I dare you to try and giveuseless Whether you’re the Guardian of Lava or whatever, I’ll destroy everything!’
He had already come too far
Ian had already spent 24 hours in full unable to level and had only been doing quests However, as he had already come this far, he needed to see the end of this
Ring-
You have succeeded in gathering the ‘Root of Red Moss’
Gathering of the Root of Red Moss (35/35)
You have reached the requirement needed to complete the quest
As Ian looked at the , he let out a deep sigh
‘Please tell me this is the end…’
Ian, who had crawled up the cliff, headed towards the Source of Lava again
His footsteps that went towards Helian were out of energy
‘It’s the end, right? It’s probably the end, it has to be the end’
Ian, whoit, handed the ingredients to Helian with shaking hands
“Here, I’ve brought the ingredients”
His voice was incomparably weaker than when he first started the quests
Helian smirked as he saw this Ian
Good work, wait here a moment
While watching Helian, who disappeared into the lava again with the items he was handed, Ian collapsed on the floor
‘Ha, it’s the same pattern’
He was certain that the bright red luathering quest
Ian gave out a deep sigh
“Hoo…”
It was to the point where Ian was seriously considering giving up the connected quests if another gathering quest was to come up
‘It’s alright if there’s still quests left to do, just please noquests…’
Ian closed his eyes as he sat down
And he began to desperately pray even though he didn’t even have a religion
‘God, Buddha, Allah Please just listen to my prayer this once You know that I usually don’t expect much in life Heuk-heuk…’
The desperate prayer of Ian, the easygoing gamer; would his prayer reach the heavens?
The lava of the fall that poured down in front of Ian began to rage left, right and centre
Kwaaah-!
At the boo out at an unbelievable loudness, which sounded as if the dungeon would collapse, Ian was frightened to death
“What, what the hell?”
And he felt despair
‘I don’t want to beco onto them…’
Just when Ian was seriously considering logging out, the vibrations that violently shook the whole dungeon gradually began to calm down
And the lava that poured like a fall right in front of Ian’s eyes disappeared, and a calm lake of lava appeared
Ian stared at it with a dazed expression
‘Is it finally the end?’
Many things definitely changed
The heat was the say that took over the whole Source of Lava htened, and the blackish lavas that spilled here and there in the dungeon had recovered into a bright red colour
And lastly, the calm lake of lava shook and the Guardian of Lava, Helian’s form was revealed
Thank you for listening to my requests up until now, Ian
“Don’t mention it”
Ian, who responded with a bitter expression, carefully asked
“But is the purification of the Source of Lava completely finished now?”
Helian nodded his head
That’s right, it’s thanks to you doing more work than I expected
Ian, who felt soain
“What do you mean by I’ve worked more than you expected?”
‘I just did what he asked, though?’
While looking at Ian, ore a puzzled expression, Helian shtly
I told you before, but there’s an enormous nucleus of lava at the bottom of this lake of lava
Ian listened to Helian’s story without saying a word
The ingredients I asked from you up until noere required to make an essence that would purify the nucleus of lava
Helian continued his words as he gazed at the bubbling lava
I was given exactly 24 hours to purify the nucleus of lava Originally, if you just made one complete essence, then it possessed the qualifications to purify the lava
While listening to Helian’s words, Ian’s expression slowly began to contort
However, Helian, who didn’t catch that, opened hisa touched expression
However, thanks to your diligent gathering, I was able to make five essences Thanks to you, I’ll be able to purify this nucleus of lava that periodically gets contaminated about 5 more times without any issues
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As Ian’s legs lost their strength, he iround
‘Ah… For it to have been a quest with a fixed time’
If it was based on Helian’s words, it h with the quest until he made one essence
He felt like tears would fall from his resentment
‘No wonder, he redients multiple times…’
Ian had siathered them in order to completely finish the connected quests as fast as possible
He didn’t grind this hard to do a good deed for Helian
‘If I knew this was the case, I should have hunted in between instead of just gathering’
If he had done that, he felt he could have filled his EXP gauge at least up to around 40-50
However, he couldn’t getwhy he deceived him here
As he couldn’t throay his Affinity with NPCs that he collected well up until now just before he received his reward
Strictly speaking, Helian hadn’t deceived Ian, he had simply just not told him
And Helian, ouldn’t know Ian’s current ood mood
Ho-ho, thanks to you, I won’t have to worry about the Source of Lava for a while My heart is truly at peace
Ian, who heard those words, mumbled inwardly
‘Then give me my reward now, dude’
And as if Helian had somehow heard those words, his words continued
You’ve truly done a great job This isn’t ift to you from me
And a notification that notified the end of the connected quests rang out to Ian’s ears
Ring-
You have completed all of the connected quests of the Source of Lava Clear Rank: SSS