Chapter 173 (1/2)

Kyongsu and Inho were carrying out the necessary job with a sense of responsibility. While Sungwoo was away, they were taking care of the survival groups in Suwon and playing a new leadership role.

“Captain, I don’t think there are any new monsters nearby.”

Also, the former biker gang members such as Taesung and Yujin regularly patrolled the village and its surrounding area.

“Well, there are still goblins hiding in the mall and Kobolds crawling out of the basement, but it seems that Direwolf is almost gone…”

While managing stores in Suwon Station, they kept acquiring various items, among which were two magic drones, an important surveillance tool, and seven radio items.

They cleared the vehicles left unattended on the roads.

Finally, they made sure all the players should sign a “Vault of Oath” to raise funds to run the facilities.

[Item information]

-Name: Vault of Oath

-Grade: Special

-Category: Finance

-Effect: Some of the gold earned by the ‘contracted players’ is automatically deposited.

-Description: You can ‘register a contract’ by placing your palm on the safe. The vault owner can set a ‘collection rate’, and the amount of gold earned by the contractor is automatically deposited into the vault.

* Collection rate: 10%

* Registered contractors: 226 people

* Current Gold: 1,655,048

“It looks like their living environment is getting better, although we can’t enjoy it because we keep moving around outside Suwon all the time,” said Hanho, looking around the village.

Now, the Suwon village was no longer a temporary shelter, but it was growing as a large community towards their common fate.

Sungwoo stood at the center of the huge flower bed.

The time had come for him to plant the seed of the world tree. The villagers lined up around him and watched.

Sungwoo pulled out the seed of the world tree. That small object shone so brightly that it was difficult to describe. Then, a little sigh came out of the villagers.

“That’s the world tree?”

“Wow, I feel it’s different from typical seeds.”

Sungwoo put the seed in a small hole and carefully covered the soil.

Soon, golden light started to soar into the sky, and Sungwoo slowly stepped back.

-You have planted the seed of the world tree (Shindansu).

-A spiritual being begins to take root in this land.

[Hidden Quest]

-Title: For the Spiritual Tree

-Type: Protection of Goal

-Goal: Protect the world tree until it grows to a certain size.

-Reward: First Fruit, Permanent Buffs

*It is a world tree, a transcendental being, but its sprouts are still helpless. That is why the monsters who have sensed the existence of the world tree will come to this place in droves to covet its spirituality and nobility. Defend the tree by all means until it grows enough to protect itself.

* The world tree can take monsters as its nutrients. The more monsters you defeat, the faster the world tree grows.

* If the target (world tree) is destroyed, it causes irreparable disaster.

As expected, nothing was easy. The world tree was not just something that Sungwoo could raise by simply planting it in a sunny place and giving it water.

-This quest applies to party players in the same way. (Total 226 people)

“So, we also should protect the world tree?”

“What the heck? Does it mean that the monsters are rushing toward us now?”

And everyone who witnessed this scene, and the players in the village, were also given the same quest. It meant that the level of the difficulty of this quest was very high.

‘Something changed a moment ago.’

Sungwoo looked around, standing on the flower bed. Although he was not sure, the atmosphere in the area was very serious.

He felt as if some terrible energy was coming to this place. His foresight was almost right.

“Look over there!”

On the rooftop watchtower on a nearby shopping mall, the security guards began to move busily. It was an ominous sign. And one of them shouted to the square.