Chapter 92 - The Underground Waterways – 1 (1/2)

Soo Hyuk was startled at what Rhino said.

‘Help?’

That was so out of the blue. Soo Hyuk eyed Rhino’s expression and saw that the old man was serious. For him, it wasn’t a joke at all. In other words, Rhino must have come to earnestly aid him.

‘Why?’

The problem was that this was his first meeting with Rhino. Soo Hyuk didn’t know him, but for the latter, it seems like he knew Soo Hyuk.

‘Why on earth would you want to help me?’

Is it?

‘Are you thinking of me as the next leader?’

Is it because he knows that Ian and Alex believe I am the next poison tower’s master?

“Yes, if you are going. We, the Tower of Poison would like to help you.”

At Soo Hyuk’s reaction, Rhino waited with anticipation and was filled with solemnity as he awaited Soo Hyuk’s answer.

“Oh, but it’s okay.”

Looking at Rhino’s grim expression, he would have been fine without all the help. No, to be honest, he didn’t want the help, it was annoying.

Though they could be helpful, they also came with a lot of inconveniences as they were just some NPCs. In the first place, if he intended to get some help, he would have prefered Alex’s help instead of Rhino’s.

“No, please give us a chance to help…!”

However, despite Soo Hyuk’s refusal, Rhino didn’t back down.

“But, we’re really fine.”

Of course, Soo Hyuk didn’t back down either, and before Rhino could speak again, he quickly changed the subject.

“But I have a question.”

Rhino, who opened his mouth to reply, was surprised at Soo Hyuk’s sudden change in topic.

“How do you know me?”

“Ah…”

Rhino exclaimed at Soo Hyuk’s words. Then he put a smile on his face and proceeded to answer.

“I went to the tower a few days ago and accidentally happened to hear a few things about you.”

Frankly, it wasn’t an accident. In the first place, the reason why Rhino went to the tower was to get information about him. But it was impossible, to tell the truth.

‘A few things about me?’

Soo Hyuk thought.

‘What did you hear?’

At first, he thought that just like Ian and Alex, Rhino too wanted Soo Hyuk to be the next head.

But if you have heard the rumor, he should know that Soo Hyuk was not the next master of the tower. But why does he react so modestly? What on earth did he hear?

Rhino was the head branch manager of The Tower of Poison located in Hadrac. A branch manager is under no circumstances a low position. So, why was Rhino being so modest?

There must be a reason.

‘Did he think I was a disciple of the tower?’

Soo Hyuk was able to learn magic from Pavian, the leader of The Tower of Poison. Perhaps because of that, the tower is mostly known to learn magic from Pavian. Is he doing this because he thinks Soo Hyuk was Pavian’s student?

‘I’ll have to ask him later.’

Soo Hyuk, while thinking, nodded toward Rhino who was waiting for his response.

“Oh, I see.”

Then he told Rhino.

“Then later I’ll visit you at the branch office.”

Rhino who was shocked with such a response nodded and said.

“Okay, I’ll be waiting.”

Rhino stopped nodding, continued with a scary and spooky look, said.

“If you need any help…”

“Yes, if I require help, I’ll be sure to let you know.”

That’s how the conversation with Rhino ended.

Afterward, Rhino disappeared, leading the poison mages who waited behind him away.

After Rhino left, Soo Hyuk moved back to the entrance of the underground waterway. He could see both Kamian and his Guild members looking at him with a puzzled look on their faces.

Kamian and his guild members knew about Rhino. He must have been embarrassed by the reaction he showed to Soo Hyuk.

“You’ve been waiting for a long time, haven’t you?”

Soo Hyuk spoke sheepishly toward Kamian and the other Koma guild members.

“No, no.”

Kamian shook his head as the representative answering Soo Hyuk’s words.

“We just got here and it wasn’t like you were late!”

It was just that Kamian had arrived a bit early and had been waiting for about 30 minutes but it still had yet to strike 9 as there were still 10 minutes remaining. So, Soo Hyuk wasn’t late either.

It was just then.

“Hello!”

Roa, who was standing at the back, came forward and greeted Soo Hyuk. And with her as the lead, all the Koma Guild members one by one came out and introduced themselves with greetings.

“Good morning. My name is Ketoto!”

“Hello, my name is Garan.”

“This is Healer.”

“It’s K-Cross but you can call me K.”

Finally, when all of the self-introductions of the Koma Guild ended, Soo Hyuk opened his mouth.

“I am Soo Hyuk. Nice to meet you.”

Soo Hyuk’s greeting ended it and they all went back to the business.

“Let me show you the quest we’ve received.”

Kamian said then suddenly, a quest window appeared in front of them.

[The chimeras have been causing havoc within the underground waterway. What happened? Find out why the chimera showed up!]

[Reasons about the Chimeras appearance: 0 / 6]

[Time Remaining: 46 days]

[Quest reward: ???]

It was the S-Class Guild Quest that the Koma Guild received. It seems that there are six reasons why the Chimeras had started to live in the underground waterways.

‘We have to check out the Magic Circles.’

Soo Hyuk knew why the Chimera appeared. It had been listed in the quest “The Troubled Underground Waterways.”

The reason the Chimera had appeared was because of the magic circles and the number of magic circles that had been summoned by the mages had been six. If they could check them all, then the quest would be completed.

‘This quest will be completed.’

Of course, the quest “The Troubled Underground Waterways” would be finished as soon as the Guild quest is completed.

“Thanks, so, shall we begin?”

After looking over the quest, Soo Hyuk questioned Kamian.

“Yes!”