Chapter 78 - Heron (1/2)
Translator: MagicFishCat
Proof-reader: Girondono
“He said that he would arrive soon.”
Lynx told Soo Hyuk.
“Alright.”
Soo Hyuk replied to Lynx and thought,
‘I obtained some information at an unexpected place.’
Soo Hyuk had never expected to learn more about the Demon Guild on this mission.
‘But I’m wasting a lot of time here.’
Other than the travel time, it was taking a lot of time for Baal to arrive here.
‘How many more mission can I complete?’
The sun was going to set soon. How much more mission would he be able to complete before log out time?
Step. Step.
While Soo Hyuk was locked in thought, the sound of footsteps emerged from the distance. Snapping out of his thoughts, he looked up and saw Baal approaching them.
Baal stared at Soo Hyuk silently as he stopped in front of him. Smiling at Baal’s gaze, Soo Hyuk opened his mouth.
“It’s been a while.”
Truthfully, it hadn’t been that long. Even 3 days hadn’t passed since they made a truce with each other.
“You could say that 3 days is a while.”
Baal replied in response to Soo Hyuk’s greeting.
“I’m curious about something…”
Soo Hyuk then said as Baal’s voice faded. He cut straight to the point of this matter.
“I want to know what quest you got, who gave it and how much you know about the Phantom Thief Celta.”
What kind of quests made you kill NPCs? And who was the NPC that gave out the quest? How much does the Demon Guild know about Celta? Soo Hyuk had too many things to ask Baal.
“Is it necessary for you to know?”
Baal questioned back in response to his words.
“Yes, I have to know. More than anything, it’s connected my current quest.”
Baal then fell silent Soo Hyuk’s answer.
‘This rotten bastard.’
He thought as he stared at Soo Hyuk’s face.
‘Asking in such a straightforward manner.’
To be honest, he had intended the quest information to be an excuse, but currently Soo Hyuk was shamelessly asking for it. It was too decisive and straightforward. However, he couldn’t do anything about it, because if he did, Soo Hyuk might turn up on their doorstep with Poison Fogs tomorrow.
‘Hoo, I have to tell him.’
Baal had to satisfy Soo Hyuk’s curiosity. After settling his thoughts, Baal opened his mouth as he stared at the waiting Soo Hyuk.
* * *
Soo Hyuk silently stared at the departing figures of Baal, Lynx and Slam. Then when they disappeared into the horizon, he turned back to Henkins’ house.
‘He doesn’t need to know.’
There was no reason to tell Henkins about his conversation with Baal, thought maybe if he was Romian. Soo Hyuk opened his quest tab.
[Flowers on the 7th Peak]
The monsters who resides on the 7th Peak of the Kamain Mountains, the Conda. Collect the flower of life, the Helid, which grows on the Condas’ back!
[Condas: 20 / 20 ]
[Helids: 15 / 20 ]
[Quest Reward: 900 Gold]
‘5 more.’
He just had to gather 5 more Helids. Soo Hyuk started walking around and hunting more Condas. Then a few minutes later, he managed to gather the 5 Helids and teleported back to Hadrac through his subspace.
‘Let’s first deliver the letter to Romian.’
Walking out of the warp gate, Soo Hyuk decided to visit the Copine Corps first instead of the Mercenary Agency. It was also because he had information to give, no, sell to Romian.
‘He should tell me about the cave with this much information.’
Baal had known about the existence of the secret cave, but he didn’t know its location. But that didn’t mean Baal’s story was worthless. He believed that he should be able to get a lot of things out of Romian with Baal’s story.
A few minutes later, Soo Hyuk arrived at the Copine Corps. At their entrance, an unfamiliar guard was stationed.
“Hello.”
Soo Hyuk greeted the young man guarding the entrance.
“I’m here to meet with Romian-nim.”
The guard at the entrance jumped in surprise at Soo Hyuk’s words. Then after looking around cautiously, he whispered,
“What business do you have with Romian?”
“…I have to deliver a letter to him.”
“A letter?”
“Yes.”
“Is it something you have to deliver personally?”
“Yes.”
Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but feel suspicious at the guard’s reaction. There was something off about his tone and conduct.
“Could you wait a moment in the reception?”
“I can.”
After replying to the guard, Soo Hyuk was lead to the reception room and he waited for Romian there. Then after a while, two men entered the room.
‘Who are they?’
One of them was the guard he had just talked with. But the person next to him wasn’t Romian. He never seen him before.
“Hello.”
When the men arrived in front of Soo Hyuk, the unfamiliar man smiled and greeted him.
“I’m Heron, the vice-director.”
The man’s identity was Heron. At his introduction, Soo Hyuk widened his eyes in surprise and stared at Heron.
‘This NPC is…’
Soo Hyuk knew who Heron was. It wasn’t because Heron was particularly famous. No, he had just found out about him. He was the NPC who had hired the Demon Guild to kill the NPCs living on the peaks.
‘Why didn’t Romian come…’
He had clearly conveyed to the guard that he was here to see Romian. So why had Heron come instead?
‘Don’t tell me Romian was done in as well?’
Did Romian suffer the same fate as his friends on the peaks?
‘In that short amount of time?’
They had only met a few hours ago.
“I heard that you had a letter for the 1st Commander Romian. Is that true?”
Heron continued.
“Yes.”