Chapter 140: Chapter 139: Time Attack, Part II (1/2)
Chapter 140: Chapter 139: Time Attack, Part II
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
”It's a pain, but what can I do?” I said to myself outside of Store 72.
The Time Attack quest was much more important than normal dungeon hunting, and I wanted to get first place by a mile. I quickly made my way to Cairo's Store, but when I got there, I had no choice, but to leave right away. The only way to participate in the quest was to buy an entry pass to either a one-man or a sixteen-man dungeon.
I had to keep my promise to Anton and Marie to keep buying from Store 72. It was a bit of a pain, but they did help me out quite a bit. Besides, it took less than a minute to get from Cairo to Seoul now. I already had the cash to use.
I left Seoul's Teleporter Zone and headed for Store 72's general store.
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”Hey! Are you actually going to do it?”
”Of course I will! You saw the rewards; there's no way I can pass it up.”
”Dude…if all we needed was motivation, then everyone would do it. But look at the rewards yourself. Do you think it'll be that easy? You're going to get ripped apart by the monsters.”
”Oi. Are you telling me to pass it up?”
”No, do it. Knock yourself out. The entry passes are 1 golden ring each, anyway. Just don't expect anything. You should look in a mirror. You actually look like you'll get first place! Puhahaha!”
”Tsk. You…you never know! I might not get first place, but I could at least rank high! I may not look it, but I'm the ace of my team!”
”Ha…sure, whatever. The rankings are going to come out after today so good luck with whatever you're going to do.”
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Everyone was talking about the Time Attack quest.
-Yeah, it always gets noisy when these types of quests appear.-
These quests were perfect for people to compare themselves and find out who was really stronger, even for average devas. In the past, I didn't have anyone to do that with, but now, at least I had a few people I could show off to.
I quickly headed up to the general store and bought 60 one-man entry passes and 60 sixteen-man entry passes. I knew I could only enter 60 dungeons in the next month, but I bought 120 passes just in case.
”Entry passes aren't resellable and will expire in thirty days.”
”Okay, got it.”
As I browsed through some other items, I heard a loud bang that sounded every time I came to this Store. I left the general store and looked up to see Anton.
”It's you again, Lee Jiwon?”
I decided that it would be best to visit his office first next time. He was attracting way too much attention.
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I found myself back in Anton's office, sipping on tea and talking with Anton and Marie.
”Ha… you always give me a fright every time you come to my Store.”
”I can see that. I'll make sure to visit your office first. It's getting old.”
”I know, right? Please do that from now on,” Anton said, taking my joke seriously. ”Anyway, what did you do this time? There aren't that many things that could give me these many points.”
It could only be Absolute Destruction. I doubted that Altered Equality could make Anton this excited.
”Hehehe.” It was always nice being able to surprise someone like this.
”Why are you laughing? Well, whatever the reason, it's good for me too. If my best customer's happy, then I'm happy too.” Anton started laughing too.
”It's nice to see you've been doing well, Master Lee.”
”Thanks, Marie.”
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After a few more words, I left Anton's office.
”Hey, that's him, isn't it?”
”Yeah, it's Lee Jiwon.”
”Is he here for Time Attack?”
”I guess so. But wouldn't he be super helpful in a sixteen-man dungeon?”
”Of course he will. Even if half of his rumors are true, having him on your team would be one hell of an advantage. Someone of his caliber could easily make short work of the quest.”
”Then, since he's not part of any guild or anything, there's going to be some fierce competition to get him on a team.”
”Who knows? It's only the first day, and there's still plenty of time left. All we can do is wait and see.”
”Damn…all those guys who had been saying that they're the top players must be freaking out. Everyone's going to see the results right away.”
”Hah! You're right. It's going to be fun to watch.”
Again, people were staring at me and talking to themselves. I quickly wove through the crowd and left the Store.
”Blink 1. Blink 2.” I Blinked away to get as far away from the Store's vicinity as possible. ”Looks like there aren't any records out yet.”
Next to both Cairo's Store and Anton's Store were two large thirty-meter tall display boards. One was for the one-man dungeons and the other was for the sixteen-man dungeons.
”Then again, the quest did just drop.” Only an hour had passed since I first heard about the quest in Alexandria.
”The highest record back then was…huh, I don't know.” I racked my brain but it didn't come to me. I didn't really care about the quest back then, so it was obvious that I didn't know.
”Oh, but I do remember that all of the deities monopolized the one-man dungeons.” The memory came to me as I looked back at the display boards from atop a building overlooking the Store.