Chapter 48 - Networking (2/2)
A lot orcs were roaming around the previously empty village.
‘What?’
Soo Hyuk met eyes with a snorting orc in the distance.
“Firestorm.”
Soo Hyuk immediately cast Firestorm.
Firestorms cast time was 15 seconds. Of course, Soo Hyuk had the skill ‘Archmage’ which reduced cast time by 10 seconds, so Firestorm could be used within 5 seconds of casting.
But that 5 seconds was a problem.
‘Can I make it?’
Soo Hyuk looked at the casting bar progressing in front of his eyes.
‘Can I hold on for 5 seconds without being attacked?’
-Human! Human! Die!
The orc tilted its head and began to run towards Soo Hyuk with a club in its hands. It was right in front of him since it was running quickly.
-Human! Kill it! Die!
Soo Hyuk cast Magic Missile and eagerly watched his spell blow up the orcs club.
-Suaak! Stick!
‘Nice.’
It made a big difference. The orcs could easily cancel magic casting if they didn’t spend time screaming.
-Swoo Heok!
Soo Hyuk watched the huge tornado of fire. While watching Firestorm, he cast Firebolt on another orc trying to attack him with a club. Soo Hyuk turned back to see the orc falling to the firebolt. Firestorm swept away the orcs in its radius.
-Human! Human!
-Intruder! Kill it!
-Kill it! Kill it!
Was it because of the firestorm or the screams of so many orcs dying in the firestorm? Orcs ran out of the buildings behind him and rushed at Soo Hyuk alongside the orcs who were already outside.
“Firebolt, Magic Missile, Flame Dance, Firebolt.”
Soo Hyuk fired his magic at the coming orcs.
[Warning!]
[The Chieftain of the Red Orc Tribe Kauso, has appeared.]
-Human! How dare you attack our village!
Soo-Hyuk, who was casting magic and slaughtering orcs looked at the massive orc screaming from the buildings entrance.
Kauso started running at him with a club in each hand.
“Inferno.”
He didn’t know a boss would appear now. Soo Hyuk quickly ran away after casting Inferno on Kauso, he had to buy time for his skills cool downs.
“Magic Missile!”
Soo Hyuk quickly cast magic missile. Of course, he didn’t have to wait long. Magic Missile’s cooldown was short.
-One human…
Kauso, who lost much of his life to Inferno during his charge, fell to a magic missile.
[The Chieftain of the Red Orc Tribe Kauso, has been defeated.]
[The Red Orcs will fall into ‘Chaos’ state for 10 minutes.]
[The Red Orcs’ attack will be increased by 50% due to their ’Chaos’ state.]
[The Red Orcs’ defence will be decreased by 50% due to their ‘Chaos’ state.]
A message appeared and Soo Hyuk started cleaning up the rest of the orcs in the village.
“Hey!”
It was then.
After Soo Hyuk had finished cleaning up the remaining orcs, he heard a voice behind him and quickly turned back.
”…?”
Soo Hyuk confirmed it was Doran’s voice.
‘Didn’t he say he was going to hunt trolls?’
Why did Doran, who was going to hunt trolls, come here? Doran shouted at Soo Hyuk who was puzzled.
“I was looking for you!”
“Me?”
Soo Hyuk responded to Doran.
‘No way PK? How did he find me?’
Soo Hyuk wondered as Doran asked.
“Yes, do you want to join our guild?”
“… Your guild? ”
“Yes, I want you to join my guild.”
“Sorry.”
Soo Hyuk told Doran, who was waiting for his answer.
“I have already decided to join a friend’s guild…”
Soo Hyuk already had a guild waiting for him. A top ranked guild, at that.
“Oh, so be it.”
In response to Soo Hyuk’s answer, Doran murmured with a sad expression. Then he said to Soo Hyuk.
“Then can you add me as a friend?”
Soo Hyuk stared at Doran.
‘What? It’s weird to just ask that suddenly. We didn’t hunt together, and have only met once. Should I add someone who doesn’t know my name?’
Doran didn’t know Soo Hyuk’s character’s name and unlike Doran, Soo Hyuk didn’t reveal his character name.
Sending a friend request to someone you don’t know…
‘Why does he want me to add him?’
Soo Hyuk thought about it.
Meanwhile, Doran was thinking.
‘Honestly, Pangea’s networking is important, so I want to be friends with him. There may be some benefits in being humble.’
“Ah…”
‘It’s a network.’
Soo Hyuk thought again.
‘Yes, Pangea is a network.’
In Pangea, personal strength is important, but networking is also important. Doran is not weak and is strong enough to kill an Elite monster in one shot.
Soo Hyuk wasn’t forced to accept so he didn’t reject Doran’s request.
‘It’s not difficult to remove a friend if you don’t want to be friends anymore.’
After thinking, Soo Hyuk responded to Doran.
“Yes.”
“Thank you! What’s your character name? ”
“Soo Hyuk.”
“Just wait a bit!”
Doran responded with a smile. Soon after, a friend request window appeared. Soo Hyuk accepted.
Soo Hyuk then opened the friend window and checked Doran’s level.
‘… Huh?’
Soo Hyuk did not panic and confirmed Doran’s level.
‘321?’
321… Doran’s level in the friends status window was clearly 321. The only thing you can see through the friends status window is the level and 321 was his level.
Soo Hyuk looked embarrassed and looked at Doran. Doran was too embarrassed to look at Soo Hyuk.