Chapter 76 - Nelf Bay Ghost Ship 1 (1/2)

Although he was unaware of the Golden Rose Society’s ultimate goal, he did know that they were scouring the continent in search of something.

‘Is it the Dragonstone?’

A legendary artifact which is said to have a secret power sealed within it. It had never been found, even in his past life. That was the case despite the Dragons eventually returning from their dimension to fight against the other races.

As he left Bruno’s residence, Woohyuk summarized in his mind the current situation.

‘There no pawn within the Rhine Kingdom which the Golden Rose Society has any hold over.’

The traitorous nobles had all been wiped out, and the same went for those dirty merchant groups. Erica and Adonis were not likely to fall out of line and get involved with illicit merchandise.

Although it was difficult to predict how the Demons might act, he still had Aris and Loengreen on his side, so it wouldn’t be easy for them to simply invade.

‘I can now head to the Izuna kingdom.’

Bruno, who was the main culprit behind this entire incident, was sent to the underground prison beneath Blackburn, escorted by Leifina.

It was a place where countless criminals were held, including Count Gwain. It was basically an impregnable fortress, that one couldn’t escape from.

Shortly after arriving at the docks, he spotted a few ships which were preparing to take off.

Woohyuk made his way over and inquired as to their fare.

“It’s 38 silvers to port Delphoa.”

Said an old man from atop his ship, named ‘Cambell’

Based on how he was dressed, he was surely the captain.

“That sounds a bit expensive for such a short journey.”

“Sea travel has become more dangerous these days.”

The Nelf Bay which stood between the two kingdoms, had seen a lot of tragedies in recent years. One common sighting was that of a ghost ship appearing be it in the day or at night.

These ghost ships would attack any ship they encountered, surrounding them in a black mist. Naturally this led to a sharp decline in trade and transport between the two kingdoms.

In essence, the increased price was reflected by the higher risk the captain had to take.

“Okay, I’ll pay.”

Hearing the captain’s explanation, Woohyuk acquiesced.

As he paid his fare and climbed on board, the crewmen hoisted the sail and they were off.

‘So there are ghost ships.’

There was a pretty high probability that this was connected to some kind of event quest. This meant that there would be a time limit, before it would disappear forever.

‘I can’t afford to wait that long though.’

In order to not draw any attention to himself, he hadn’t revealed his Abyssal Ship. At worst, he could always count on Triton to deal with them.

If somehow many of them attacked at once, he might even lend a hand.

As Woohyuk stared out into the horizon, someone approached him.

“Hey there, aren’t you not here with your party members?”

It was a white man with blonde hair. Considering that he had an Adventurer’s watch, he was likely in his mid-thirties.

“No.”

“What Clan are you in? We are the Pitbull Clan.”

It had been three months since they’d all arrived on the Eeth continent, so Clans were required to select a name for themselves.

Woohyuk glanced at the guy’s party members and answered.

“Ragnarok.”

It represented the end of time for the gods. His clan’s name embodied his will to achieve the Divine Throne this time around.

“Give me a moment, I want to check your ranking.”

The man before him tapped his finger in the air. There was now a new Clan tab from the Adventurer’s watch. This allowed a player to view any information about his own Clan, as well as the name of the Clans in the top 35%.

After trying to search for it, the man started to laugh.

“You guys must have a low ranking, are you a small Clan?”

“It indeed isn’t very large.”

“If your leader is killed, come over to our Pitbull Clan. Of course we are all full at the moment, but you can enter the waiting list.”

What great confidence the guy had. His Clan barely made the top 35% cut off, and yet he seemed to brag about it as if it was some great achievement.

“Jacob, don’t go around giving internal information to others. What if he was a spy from one of the Clans hostile to us?”

“It’s okay, can’t you see that they are also promoting.”

Jacob shrugged as he pointed to a brunette with glasses.

Upon seeing the two Pitbull Clan members discussing among themselves, he thought back to the past.

‘Back then there had been some Clans that had put it all on the line, just for the sake of improving their rank.’

No one really had a goal or direction, because they lacked any general information. That was the reason everyone was so focused on the rankings.

Of course, if they were able to properly make use of the Clan system, they could obtain nice rewards. But it wasn’t worth getting into meaningless competitions over.

‘This time around I’ll try to stay away from the Clan War as much as possible.’

It was one of the reasons that he had prioritized taking over the Rhine kingdom so quickly, so that he wouldn't’ have to engage in this war for territory.

But that alone wouldn’t be enough.

Clan that were highly ranked would attract a lot of attention, so at this stage he preferred to keep his member count low. Either way, the number of people that could join was fixed, so one’s individual prowess was still a determinant factor.

“Ah, sorry about that. I had a little disagreement with my clanmate.”

As Woohyuk was busy looking over the Clan rankings, Jacob spoke up.

It seemed like he wanted to boast some more.

Woohyuk looked over with an annoyed expression.

“Was there anything you wanted to add?”

“Don’t be so uptight, I’m just trying to pass the time since it takes a full three days to arrive at Delphoa port.”

“....”

“I used to be a police officer in America. I’ve dealt with all kinds of people throughout the course of my career, which allowed me to quickly adapt to life in this world.”

As he had expected, the man continued bragging about himself.

Although he seemed like an okay guy and was at a decent level, compared to Woohyuk it was like night and day.

Jacob had no idea who the man standing before him truly was.

“Why is it that you are leaving the Rhine kingdom all by yourself? The noble’s rebellion had been taken care of, and the monsters had all been wiped out.”