Chapter 69: Chapter 68: Find the Duck Duck!, Part I (2/2)
”Good. They're not here.” I took out two Blank Warp Scrolls.
”Save current location. Current location name: Seorak Mountain Dungeon entrance.”
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[Would you like to record your current location to this Warp Scroll?
Yes/No]
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I pressed the Yes button.
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[Seorak Mountain Dungeon entrance has been recorded in this Warp Scroll.]
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The two scrolls shone from white to blue, indicating that they had turned into Rank 4 items.
”Item check!”
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[Activated Warp Scrolls (Rank 4)
This Warp Scroll has been activated. Ripping this Activated Warp Scroll will teleport you to its recorded location.
Name of recorded location: Seorak Mountain Dungeon entrance
Consumed after use
Unable to use during fights]
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”Perfect.” I recorded two scrolls to make it easier to come back here. It took me more than two days to come here. If I could come back in an instant with one scroll, it was damn well worth it.
”Besides, I doubt I'll be lucky again if I make the trip.” It was really lucky that I didn't encounter the twin-horned griffon at least once.
I was confident that I could avoid crowns of griffons, but I wasn't too sure about the griffon boss. It was probably thanks to the Yung Gong Guild's dumb charge all the way here that I didn't get to see the griffon boss. Either way, I had decided to activate two scrolls to make my life much easier.
I put the activated scrolls into my inventory.
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I carefully descended the side of the mountain. A few crowns of griffons flew by me overhead, but I was able to hide between the trees and they flew past without noticing me.
I was able to safely make it to Inje on the first day and to Chuncheon on the second. On the third day, I left Chuncheon and sprinted for Gapyeong.
On the way to the dungeon, I had heard that the griffons were slowly encroaching on the area, but I saw no sign of them and sprinted at breakneck speeds.
On the fourth day, I left Gapyeong and headed for Pocheon by crossing the Yeonin Mountain National Park.
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”Wow… Pocheon is being used as a stronghold as well.” I had planned to cross through Pocheon City and Dongducheon to get to Paju, but I hadn't expected that Pocheon had become an outpost like Namyangju.
I remembered that Gimpo and Ilsan were outposts in the past. The land to the north of the Han River wasn't safe. The Sunbin Guild had poured all of its resources into securing the south side of the river. I didn't expect the border to be this far north.
”I wonder if it's a testament to the Sunbin Guild's new strength.” I thought that it was nice that the guild was able to push the monsters this far back.
I had been out for more than three days and decided to shack up for the night here at Pocheon.
”Hold there!” As I got closer to the city, I noticed that there was a border barricade set up with guards posted.
”Who goes there?”
”I was out hunting and missed curfew.”
There were two guards posted at the gate, but only one of them came forward and scanned me with his eyes.
”You may enter. It's dangerous to go out alone at night. Leveling is good and all, but you'll lose all your hard work if you die out there.”
”Yes, thank you.” The guards let any deva in as long as they weren't criminals and worked at clearing out the fields for them.
It was 10 PM when I entered the city, but the streets were still full of people. Most of them were devas, but there mortals here and there. I also saw several groups of friends drinking and singing jovially.
”I guess Pocheon is pretty safe, or there are a lot of strong devas around here.” The outpost had to be more than safe to see such activities.
I walked down the street until I came across several motels. I walked into the biggest one.
”Welcome!”
”I'd like a room for a day, please.”
”It'll be 85 golden rings.” I took out the golden rings to pay the man and went up to my room. I first took a shower, then left the motel to eat at the attached all-hours restaurant. After stuffing myself, I went back up to my room.
”Eating real food is way better than eating Store bread.” I had eaten Store bread and drinks for six days straight. They weren't bad, but they also didn't taste like anything. They were just enough to fill me for a day.
I laid down on my bed and stared up at the ceiling.
”Paju isn't a bad choice, but maybe I'll check around the area here first. That way I can easily rest at night.”
I would have to stay out in the wilderness while hunting in Paju, but I had just done that for six days straight now. I didn't want to go right back into it. Paju was also about forty kilometers away from Pocheon.
It was only a thirty-minute run away, so I decided it wasn't a bad idea to stay at Pocheon for a few days.
I knew that the Hitman Guild couldn't get to me here, so I was at least free of that worry. This outpost wasn't that big, and the guild that ran the outpost seemed to be very hands on in dealing with any problems that arose. Had the guild been lax in its security, this outpost definitely wouldn't have lasted this long.
I decided to stay around Pocheon for a little longer to stay away from the bugs that were probably still after me.