Chapter 90 - The Library of Hadrac (1/2)
‘But, I didn’t complete the quest.’
The quest reward was an S-Rank Promotion. Does it mean, even if the quest isn’t completed, he would be promoted?
‘That reminds me!’
Suddenly, he recalled what Ian said.
‘He said he could promote me if I accept the quest.’
So, basically, it was a matter of accepting not completing the quest. In other words, one needs to accept the quest, to be promoted to an S-Rank.
‘This made me all confused.’
He was just momentarily confused because for the first time in a quest the reward was an S-Rank promotion. Then, Soo Hyuk took a mercenary token out of his inventory and handed it to Ian.
“Please, wait a moment.”
Ian smiled, and with the mercenary token in his hand, he walked out of the room.
“Soo Hyuk”
Just as Ian walked out, Alex spoke wanting to ask something.
“Yes.”
“Can I ask you one thing that I am curious about?”
“Yes, please do.”
“I was wondering, why would you want to go to the library?”
The requests Soo Hyuk receives were all so crazy, but the question was how they were solved and it was resolved by Soo Hyuk himself.
However, Listening Soo Hyuk’s answer, Alex had a new question bothering him. He wanted to know Soo Hyuk’s reason for wanting to visit the library.
Why, the library? Is there something special in Hadrac’s library? He had several questions to ask.
“I love books.”
Soo Hyuk answered.
“Books?”
Alex, who was perplexed by the latter’s answer, asked.
He was surprised at Soo Hyuk’s nod.
And from that moment, a long silence dominated the air for a long time. Soo Hyuk had nothing more to say and Alex who was long lost in his own thoughts.
‘Just to read books?’
Even though it was embarrassing, all his questions were resolved. Alex couldn’t believe the man in front of him, accepted all those requests just to read books.
‘Well, mages are always quite peculiar.’
Though, Alex still couldn’t understand such reasonings.
A few hours later, the door opened, and Ian came inside with a golden token in his hand. Soo Hyuk’s token had been upgraded to the S-Rank mercenary token.
“Thank you for waiting.”
“No problem.”
“Here it is.”
Soo Hyuk rose from his seat and took the token that Ian was holding. Then, said his goodbye greetings to both Ian and Alex.
“Then I’ll see you next time.”
And reciprocating[1], both Alex and Ian bowed. After the formalities, Soo Hyuk walked out of the room.
“I’ll guide you.”
The NPC waiting outside, took the lead and guided Soo Hyuk down to the second floor of the Mercenary office.
“Good luck.”
Soo Hyuk thanked the NPC, who guided him, and came down the first floor. There he saw a user standing in line to receive a quest.
‘Now I don’t have to stand in the line.’
He wasn’t here to get his commission rather it was to level up his ranking. Now that it was done, he had no reason to stay here.
He no longer had to carry out the missions. In other words, Ian and Alex’s request was his last calling.
Soo Hyuk headed out of the mercenary office. Then, he opened his inventory and looked at his mercenary token kept at the first row of the first column. For him, it was the most important item in his inventory.
‘Should I go and give it a look?’
[You now have access to the Library of Hadrac.]
‘Yeah, first I need to listen to Kamian.’
Soo Hyuk was in a dilemma, between the underground waterway and the library. Well, it wasn’t like he could enter there alone. To be exact, he could go, but first, he needed to have a look at Kamian’s answer.
With this, Soo Hyuk ended his agony and headed towards the Library. Entering Hadrac, he opened his friend’s list and checked if Kamian was online and found he was. Soo Hyuk, who was thinking about getting out of the library if he wasn’t online, sent Kamian a text with a slightly disappointed look on his face.
– Soo Hyuk: Kamian?
Kamian pinged not long after the message was sent.
– Kamian: Yes! Soo Hyuk.
“Wo-wow!”
Kamian sprang up from his seat.
“?”
“?”
Looking at Kamian, the Koma guild executives gave him a suspicious look.
“Enough! That’s enough!”
Kamin shouted with a wide grin at the executives’ puzzled eyes.
“Well, Mr. Gilm?” [1]
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about…”
“What is going on?” the executives asked, eyes full with curiosity. Did he hit a jackpot or something?”
“It’s fixed!”
When the executives asked again, Kamian yelled.
“Do you mean the ‘underground waterways’?”
One of the executives, Loa, asked at Kamian’s scream. This was the main topic of the meeting that all the executives gathered together for. Until just now, they were having heated discussions about the waterways. So, it was clear that it was about the waterways if it’s been resolved.
“Yes!”
At the words of Loa, Kamian nodded and said.
“Soo Hyuk will be helping us with the underground waterways!”
“!!!”
Hearing this, Loa was surprised.