Chapter 82 - Delay (2/2)
“Here!”
Soo Hyuk climbed up to the 2nd floor and handed his token to the NPC on the counter. After the NPC received his token, a notification appeared in his eyes.
[You have completed the quest ‘Bandits on the Kerin Plains’.]
[You now have the qualifications to be promoted.]
[You can now attempt a promotion quest.]
“…!”
Soo Hyuk’s widened to their limit as he read the notification.
‘It’s here!’
He could now be promoted.
‘Huh.’
Who would think his fantasies would come true?
“Here is your token.”
While Soo Hyuk was staring absentmindedly at the notice, the NPC had brought back his token with the rewards for the mission.
“Ah, yes.”
Snapping out of his thoughts, Soo Hyuk hastily grabbed his token and rewards, then raced down the stairs to line up at a line on the 1st floor.
“Next please!”
His turn came a few minutes later, and as Soo Hyuk sat down in front of the counter, the NPC asked,
“What can I do for you?”
“I want to see the promotion missions.”
Soo Hyuk replied as he held out his Mercenary Token.
“Hmm?”
The NPC let out a flustered sound as he received the token. Noticing the NPC’s reaction, Soo Hyuk stared curiously at the NPC.
‘What’s going on?’
Why was the NPC so agitated?
“H-here it is…”
Noticing Soo Hyuk’s gaze, the NPC held out the mission list while still exuding agitation. Soo Hyuk looked at the NPC suspiciously, before looking down to check the list.
‘A linked quest that isn’t tedious.’
For B-rank promotion missions, they were always 100% guaranteed to be linked quests. Right now, Soo Hyuk wanted a quest that wasn’t tedious and didn’t take long, even at the cost of higher difficulty.
‘Oh!’
A few moments later, Soo Hyuk discovered a decent mission on thelist.
-Unusual Ogres Conditions – Ogres: 30, Twin Head Ogres: 2
‘There’s a hunting quest?’
The previous pages he had looked through were dominated by item and request missions, but the ‘Unusual Orcs’ mission required only hunting.
‘That was lucky.’
Through the posts on the official Pangea homepage, Soo Hyuk had found out that pure hunting promotions quests were almost non-existent on the lists. In other words, he had been really lucky this time.
‘Let’s go with this.’
Soo Hyuk also knew one more piece of information. That a linked pure hunting quest was always followed by another hunting quest. It wasn’t false. Not one or two, but tens of lucky people had posted about this. Having made his decision, Soo Hyuk said to the NPC while handing back the mission catalogue.
“I will do this mission.”
[You have selected the ‘Unusual Ogres’ quest.]
* * *
Lactone hurriedly moved his feet, one by one.
‘I have to report quickly.’
He had to report to his superiors.
‘The Drak Faction could snatch him first.’
Tock. Tock.
“It’s Lactone!”
Arrving at his destination, Lactone banged on the door while shouting breathlessly.
“Come in.”
When the voice inside called out, Lactone immediately opened the door and walked inside. Then Lactone could see the room’s owner, Jackal, rising from his bed.
“What is it?”
Jackal asked Lactone with a yawn.
“I have something to report.”
“Report?”
“Report? Yes, there’s a mercenary about to be a B-rank. He doesn’t have a guild.”
Jackal frowned heavily at Lactone’s words.
“Did you just wake me from my sleep just because of that?”
Maybe for S-rank, but making such a ruckus because of a future B-rank? Even if that person wasn’t in a guild, Jackal still couldn’t understand.
“Well, it’s 3 days.”
But expecting Jackal’s reaction, Lactone continued with his report.
“3 days?”
Jackal couldn’t help but ask back.
“What 3 days?”
“It’s only been 3 days since he registered as a mercenary.”
Jackal widened his eyes at Lactone report.
“What? 3 days? 3 days today? Since he registered?”
Jackal continuously fired question mark after question mark at Lactone with widened eyes.
“But B-rank today?”
“…Yes.”
Lactone replied with a nod at Jackal’s question.
Jackal fell in thought. Of course, his state didn’t last long.
“Is it real?”
Jackal asked Lactone, snapping out of his thoughts. B-rank in three days? No guild? He couldn’t believe it.
“Yes, I personally gave him the mission list.”
Lactone replied confidently in response. If others had told him, he wouldn’t have believed it either, but he had personally given him the mission list.
“Are you sure he has no guild?”
“Yes, I’m sure.”
At Lactone’s reply, Jackal climbed down from his bed, then asked Lactone again.
“Which mission?”
“Ogre hunting.”
“Prepare. I will see the master.”
“Yes.”
Jackal exited the room together with Lactone. Then Lactone walked down the right passage while Jackal took the right,
‘B-rank in 3 days…’
Jackal thought,
‘A fine ware. It’s been a while.’