Chapter 23 - Spire Lord Pavians plot (1/2)
[Special Quest – Vigorous Body]
[Complete the conditions below! Your body will be exponentially strengthened!]
[Iron Scarecrows Destroyed: 0 / 50 ]
[Drink the Mad Alchemist Kora’s potions: 0 / 2 ]
[Quest Reward: Stamina Stat Upgrade]
“Stamina stat upgrade?”
The reward for the quest was surprising, a stat upgrade. Of course, Soo Hyuk couldn’t know how it was going to be upgraded, but it’s enough that it was going to be upgraded as it was the only stat that Soo Hyuk bothered with anyway. However, his confusion was still not cleared.
“The conditions……”
Soo Hyuk’s pleasant smile faltered as he read the conditions again. Although the reward was good, the conditions made it immensely difficult for him.
“It’s 50 gold coins per scarecrow though……”
The iron scarecrow, which had a massive amount of defence and magic resistance. It was also 50 gold coins each. And the condition was to destroy 50 of them. 50 scarecrows.
“2500 gold coins?”
Soo Hyuk needed 2500 gold coins to get 50 iron scarecrows. But the second condition was what baffled him.
Drink 2 of the Mad Alchemist Kora’s potions. That was the second condition, but Soo Hyuk was still missing an important detail.
“Who the heck is Kora?”
Soo Hyuk had never heard of Kora before as the name wasn’t even mentioned in the book.
“It seems that I have to spend time on this quest as well.”
The reward was enticing as he needed stamina to increase the satiation efficiency and read more books. However, it wasn’t a quest that he could do in a short amount of time, whether it was because of this Mad Alchemist Kora or gathering 2500 gold coins.
“Will I be able to complete it?”
Soo Hyuk thought as he closed the quest tab. Could Soo Hyuk fulfil the conditions?
“I’m sure I’ll be able to someday.”
The good thing was that like ‘Pavel’s Inheritance’, there was no time limit. Soo Hyuk stopped thinking about the quest and started reading the second blue book.
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The Tower of Poison.
“An immeasurable talent appeared again? Kekeke.”
The Poison Spire Lord, Pavian, laughed menacingly.
“Finally! Finally!”
The Tower of Poison had never even once possessed an immeasurable talent in all its history. How long had he waited for this day?
Even the founding ancestor of the Tower of Poison hadn’t been one, much less the current lord, Pavian.
“I have to rope him in no matter what!”
While immeasurable talents occasionally popped up in all the other towers, the Tower of Poison had never even had one. How long had they endured humiliation and frustration over this?
“Hah! That bastard Orek won’t be able to bully us anymore!” What Phantasm Citadel?! They’re also just a tower!”
The tower just in front of the Tower of Poison, the Phantasm Citadel. Spire Lord Pavian was always bullied by the Phantasm Spire Lord Orek, whenever they met. But Pavian couldn’t do anything about it because Orek was also an immeasurable talent.
The Phantasm Citadel always either ignored or ridiculed the Tower of Poison. The tenth Poison Spire Lord was suffering the same fate as he was just an ‘exceptional’ talent.
“No matter what I have to sacrifice!”
Pavian was prepared to pay anything for Soo Hyuk. Just to shut Orek’s mouth.
“Kale!”,
Pavian called his Vice Spire Lord.
“What do you require, sir?”
“What’s the plan?”
Pavian asked Kale. As expected of the Tower of Poison, Kale’s abilities also fell behind other Vice Lords.
Kale wasn’t actually number 2 for magical ability in the Tower of Poison, but Pavian had promoted him because he had the brains.
“I do have a plan, sir!”
Kale smiled as he replied to Pavian’s words. He had instantly come up with a plan as soon as he heard of the news from the Matab Spire.
“Oh, really?”
Pavian also erupted into a smile.
“Then let me hear the plan!”
“Yes, sir. First we must set the gathering at the last possible moment.”
“……huh?”
Pavian tilted his head in confusion at Kale’s words.
“Why?”
Why did they have to set it late?
“Don’t we have to grab him as soon as possible?”
Pavian wanted to go to the gathering as soon as possible. He thought that arriving first and roping him to the Tower of Poison before the others arrived was the best course of action.
“No, we can’t do that. The other lords will also arrange it early so we must arrive as late as possible.”
“Okay, but why?”
Pavian made an irritated expression. Seeing his superior’s face, he immediately replied,
“Because he’s SSS, the immeasurable talent.”
“……?”
Pavian still couldn’t understand Kale’s words.
“The other lords definitely won’t give up. That means, the gathering is naturally going to take a long time and that means a stamina race.”