Volume 3 Chapter 8 (2/2)

Haroon was once again surprised by the level of detail the developers of Beyond has achieved

The unexpected gifthi for them to arrive to one of the three Hall of Warrior

The first one they visited had a giant shi+eld nicely painted on the gate The party found the painting quite odd It wasn't an ordinary shi+eld, but it had blades sticking out fro a scary theme

”We've caate

The gate was already opened, and the party could see an e at the end of it So

”He looks like an ogre”

Like how Serinn whispered, the re Oddly, he was quite fast, probably because of his wide stride When he ca unusual armor

There were blades attached to the ar the armor The blades were formed on shoulders, elbows, buttock, back and chest It looked ridiculous, but soon they realized it'll be ridiculously effective in close-range combat

Without a word, he looked over eachtheir bodies With a carefree and e Even Serinn and Ritrina had to avoid his eyes

His eyes stopped on Gitan, as hiding behind Haroon and Philip

”We can get you in Hey, you! Pay 50 gold”

He was pointing at Gitan Gitan was knocking his knees already

”We were lucky We had a qualifying one”

Haroon handed the old without any hesitation

”Followwill take a week”

Thehim, and headed inside

”B-Boss, I'm scared”

And everyone in party could tell, even if he didn't mention it

”Train hard Who knows? Maybe you would be able to slain an orc with a single blow after training”

”R-Really?”

What a kid

”You can do it Just see how big you are So train hard, and come back to the Viscount's mansion after a week”

Gitan was still shaking, but he clenched his fists hard enough to h he may be a cowardly one, it didn'thi into the butcher's house

”I wonder what he'll learn,” Serinn said to Philip

”I have no idea”

”I'd say shi+eld techniques”

As soon as Philip spoke, Teeno answered his question

”People say you can tell froate”

”Hmm”

That actually explained a lot for them

”Well then, let's check out the next one,” Teeno suggested

Because Teeno knew the layout of Viscounty castle so well, it didn't take long for theot into the one which had the syet into the one with the sy

Serinn got upset that she never got accepted by any Hall of Warriors In fact, both Halls of Warriors found Haroon qualifying He simply refused Serinn was the only one as not chosen

”Don't think about it There were only three of them here anyways We can always check the next city”

Haroon tried to cheer her up After going through pain and happiness together, he couldn't dislike her anyuesthouse of Viscount Paros, Serinn sobbed over and over in sorrow, so Haroon had to help her walk When they got to the guesthouse, Haroon sent her to her roo he needed to take care of He was going to exchange gold before the exchange rate dropped even lower

The total old and 10 silver He has spent 50 gold on Hector, 50 gold on purchasing weapons, and 150 gold on the Halls of Warriors So he had 406 gold in inventory

If Bell's prediction is right, then after about a e rate would stabilize at around 20~30 per gold In worst case scenario, it'll drop to 10 per gold It was always better to exchange it to cash as soon as possible

Most of it was from the Quad wankers, but they were rich anyways And noas trying to pay it back, so he wasn't feeling guilty about it anymore

Haroon visited a bank, and only changed 400 gold

'damn! I should have come earlier!”

The exchange rate had already dropped to about 60 per gold Itvitalized as the number of users and their levels rises

'Still, that's 24000,' Haroon thought

An average civilian in district F would have to work for 10 years to earn that much money He earned it just in two ht, but he didn't even knohere to spend thathow expensive the herbs – especially the wild ginseng – were, he realized that it wasn't enough

'I et another chance to earn thisable to play ga any job,' he added

While heading back to the guest house, Haroon turned around and left the castle He didn't care to hear Serinn cry for several days He thought it'd beinstead

The old sun was setting for the fifth day after the

For the last few days, Haroon had been training his Messenger Walking skill on the plain field near the riverside, which was full of thick, tall grass He couldn't care anyas he knew the effects of it He washow the mana capacity increased continually

Thanks to his efforts of walking non-stop, he's gained 3 stats for sustenance, and 3 stats for focus He even gained 2 stats for Extrasensory Perception as he had to focus on the breathing and movement of muscles

That wasn't the end

As he was solely focusing on training the skill, he was able to level up the Messenger Walking skill in a short tirass, he was able to hear a UI sound, alerting the level up

[You have leveled up the Messenger Walking skill]

[You have unlocked a skill – 'Messenger Running']

Messenger Running

Messenger Running is a skill that utilizes the h your feet On the absorbing stage, you can now choose to absorb or spurtyour body forward at full speed Mana will not be accue

It was surprising to hear the news from the UI sound The system of Beyond didn't tell users if they have leveled up their skills He never heard from the UI sound that he had leveled up Sense Sword nor the other two throwing knife skills This only er Skills are exceptional

'Messenger Running? So the Messenger Walking skill does have other skills related to it as it levels up, just like Bell guessed I can't believe how a skill can be evolved to different skills'

When he first learned the skill from Devron, he was fascinated by the fact that he could accu, as he was always short of mana because of how much mana Brat has to consume Moreover, Haroon was able to , and his htly so he couldn't afford to spend less ti the skill

'So Bell's guess was right'

Haroon was surprised by Bell's ability once again

Bell washis life in Beyond

The first was learning about the world What she told him was that she connects to the Whole Global Coe fro the name of it, Haroon expected it to have an exceptional security systeet into it But he realized, that wasn't his business after all

The second was s where parts or the whole body is ical body that can still connect to the capsule, which is her main body That seemed impossible in common sense, but he had already seen a physical shell of Bell that wasn't any hologram of some sort

The third was searching for intel on Beyond and predicting where it is heading This task was crucial for Haroon The quality and aence she was gaining due to lis out So her current goal was to be able to transfer data via brainwave

So she ure out the skill syste on the internet

– ”The details are too specific, even considering that it is a passive skill It is too massive to be a simple passive”

That's what she told hi about the new skill he learned, when he was still out of the gaame penalty

”Is that so? Well, yeah, I still don't understand why it needs a description of everythat you can accu?”

– ”I don't think it is that si her head

”How can you tell?”

– ”The other skills I've analyzed on the internet didn't have great details with this much volume The passive skills that need to be trained physically, filtered to advanced levels, have a volume of description which is less than one third of what you've just told me”

Haroon told her his opinion, partially agreeing to Bell's analysis

”Wouldn't that be simply because the skill needs delicate ”

– ”Yes it could be But it is my perspective, the skill seems to be made out of several, even uess what those exactly are, but it is uess that they will be revealed as you understand the skill more”

”Haha, that'll be awesoht”

And she was right

'Messenger Running, huh……'

Haroon thought about it, but could not think of anything else than that it has evolved fro

'Let's think about it after casting it'

If one cannot picture so mentally, one should experience it with the body first

Haroon started walking slowly by ht aathered around the sole of his feet

'Let's run!'

As the i at full speed caround with his toes The body leaned towards the ground with great angle It was quite an unstable pose which looked like he would fall over at any second He was leaping about 2 h

As the heel touches the ground, he gently tilted his foot so the sole would fully contact with the ground, and quickly kicked off the ground with his toes again Just as he did aanother 2 meters

It was the very next moment that he realized the distance he just covered by two steps, causing hi

”What the hell was that?”

It was simply unbelievable He couldn't believe that he ht, that it felt

'The mana did burst out of my feet'

At the round, the round with his toes, thea whirl-likeodd about it If he supposed that the aathered is 1 unit the amount of mana that boosted him was more than 5 units But it didn't feel like he has used the mana that he accumulated

At first, he thought he wasn't understanding the flow of mana – where he accumulates mana and how to effectively use it – in his body, but it simply didn't feel like he has used his mana

'Could it be related to the whirl-like movement it made?'

Maybe The feeling he had with Mana was quite similar to flow of air Then it explained how the whirl-like y

'That's si I could run like the wind!'

Haroon suppressed his excitedand movement After a few failed atteain

Because of the 3 stats of focus he newly gained fro he had done for the last few days, he was able to look around while still casting the

Although itstance was quite si Well, it couldn't be co any sta momentum from mana, not from his muscle power

A rass field was a mysterious view, more like an arcane scene Sadly, there was no one to witness it

Translated by Channy_

Edited by Tom and Kmatt

Footnotes:

Editor's notes:

Channy_: Finally done!

Kmatt: Now he can run away from his problems XD

To snow like crazy It's only like, one h