Chapter 69 – (4) The Result Of The Bet (1/2)

Chapter 69: (4) The Result of the Bet -1

Ian, unaware of as going at the i

Land

‘shi+t! What a here?'

The cliff was very sharp

He was hanging on the cliff where a pool of lava was right under hi

with a pickax

‘When does this crazy gathering quest end?'

After the Capturing Polluted Monsters quest, the next quest Ian received was quite satisfactory

It was about killing 100 polluted monsters

‘The reas small, but I had to hunt anyway, so it was fine'

However, every related quest he had to do after that was a gathering quest Ian had to go around in

the dungeon and gather herbs and minerals

‘I hate this kind of quest the most!'

He hated gathering quests which required searching and gathering all kinds of ingredients

Not only he wouldn't get any EP, but he also couldn't raise his skills' Proficiency, additionally, he

couldn't even get money!

Of course, the way Ian will feel at the end of the quest will depend on the reward However, as it was

a series of quests, he didn't knohat he would get when all the quests were completed This

irritated him even more

‘If he gives uardian of lava!'

Ian had already spent too much time

He had been working on the quests without doing gaining a single level for almost 24 hours

He had worked for that long, so he had to get to the end

Ding-

– You succeeded on getting Root of Red Moss

– Quest: Gathering Roots of Red Moss (35/35)

– You have fulfilled the requirements necessary to finish the quest

Ian sighed at seeing the

‘Please… tell me this is the end…'

Ian climbed up the cliff and headed back to the Source of Lava

‘It is the end, right? It has to be… it has to be…'

Ian keptlike that He then went to hellyan and handed hiredient items with shaky

hands

“Here, I've brought them…”

His voice eak unlike when he had first started doing quests for hellyan

Thethat

– You have done well Wait for a while

hellyan disappeared into the lava with Ian's iteround

‘Ha… the saain'

That red fire creature would co quest

Ian sighed heavily, “Hu…”

Ian started to even seriously consider giving up the series of quests if he received another gathering

quest

‘It's fine forquests, please…'

Ian closed his eyes

Then, he started to pray earnestly even though he didn't believe in any religion

‘God, Buddha, Allah… please listen to my prayer just for once… it's not like I always ask you

so from you…'

This was an earnest prayer froamer Ian!

His prayer was answered, the lava fell in front of hie

Kwaaaa!

The sound was huge as if the dungeon was collapsing Ian panicked, “What-what?!”

Then, he despaired, ‘I don't want to be the first Kailan user to be killed by a collapsing dungeon…'

Ian considered logging out

Then, the vibration started to fade

In front of Ian's eyes, the lava that flowed like a waterfall disappeared and a still lake of lava

appeared

Ian stared at that blankly

‘Is it over?'

A lot has certainly changed

It was still hot but the Source of Lava, which used to be a little grihter The

blackish lava that flowed here and there turned red again

The quiet lake of lava shook and hellyan, the huge guardian of lava, appeared

– Thank you for fulfilling my requests, Ian

“That… was nothing”

Ian answered and carefully asked, “But is purifying the Source of Lava over?”

hellyan nodded

– Yes All because you have labored more than I expected

Ian couldn't understand He asked back, “I worked more than you expected?”

‘I did only what he told me to do…'

Ian looked confused At this, hellyan smiled

– As I said earlier, there is a giant core of lava at the bottom of this lava lake

Ian didn't say anything and listened to hellyan

– The ingredients I have asked you to gather were necessary toWater that purifies the

core of lava

hellyan looked at the bubbling lava and continued

– I was given exactly 24 hours to purify the core Originally, I just had to

Water to purify the lava

Ian's face started to distort as he listened

However, hellyan didn't notice that He just spoke again

– But as you so worked hard on gathering, I couldWater I will be able to

purify the core of lava, that is regularly polluted, 5 times

Ian's legs turned to jelly He sat down

‘Ah… the quest had a time limit…'

According to hellyan, he only needed to do the quest enough toWater

He felt it was unfair He almost cried

‘No wonder he redients multiple times…'

Ian had worked very hard in order to finish the series of quests as fast as possible

He didn't work hard to help hellyan

‘I should have been hunting in the intervals instead of only gathering…'

If he had done that, he would have filled at least 40~50 of the EP progress bar

However, Ian couldn't yell at hellyan for deceiving him

He had worked hard to get Friendshi+p with the NPC He couldn't blow that away just before he got his

reward

Plus, strictly speaking, hellyan hadn't fooled Ian

He just didn't tell hi

hellyan, unaware of Ian's feelings, looked very happy

– Haha! Thanks to you, the Source of Lava will be fine for a while That is so relieving

Ian ive me my reward now'

As if he heard Ian, hellyan spoke again,

– You have done so well This is ift to you

A systee announced the end of the series of quests

Ding-