Chapter 15 Part1 (1/2)
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'I didn't think I'd get a quest here. Not to mention that it's a quest that pretty much read my mind...'
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo examined the quest details and was speechless. Of course, it was true that he wanted a high rank administrator's authority in order to create a high rank administrative seal, but to think, it was connected to his Joker's karma. What's worse, it showed up as a quest?
Plus, the quest acted as though it was only natural that he should possess an ability like that as a Joker, so he did feel a bit spiteful.
”Huh? A quest?”
”That's right.”
Kratia, whose mana affinity was comparable to Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's, sensed the flow of mana before her.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo nodded his head and Kratia's lips slightly budged, but she soon slightly shook her head. It seems as though she was going to ask him about the quest but decided not to.
”It seems like your mana has increased considerably.”
”You're right. It's because of you.”
”Mm... It feels like I'll succeed too.”
Kratia froze the mana in the air and attempted to make a statue. He couldn't tell in any detail what she was talking about just by watching her draw upon the ice element and utilize some sort of magical catalyst.
”I feel like I'll need to try the magic out in battle. Let's go hunting.”
”Party hunting?”
”Yeah.”
It wasn't an item originally included in their contract, but... Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had just received a new, worrying task; though as worrying as it was, her offer didn't sound so bad. In other words, he was escaping reality right now, but it wouldn't be so bad to empty his head out first.
”Jin, what about you?”
”I'd like to run a bit, too.”
Jin was in full agreement, as his head had been crammed with complicated theories regarding mana all week long. His ability to handle mana had improved significantly as well, and he wanted to apply that knowledge in live combat.
”Then, shall we go? By the way, I was thinking we should start skipping to the level 2 danger zones (commercial cities).”
”I feel like we could go directly to the level 3 zones.”
”What's your level, anyway?”
”6.”
He had a rough idea before, but she was at a much higher level than them. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo recollected their previous encounter and broke out into a cold sweat thinking, 'I sure blocked her magic well, despite her being such a higher level than me.'
”We can't, since we're still too weak. In any case, let's go at it step by step.”
”Mm.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo got on Jin's back and Kratia used her magic to float into the air. When Lee s.h.i.+n Woo asked her how long she could stay in the air like that, she replied that she could maintain it all day.
”The mana consumption isn't severe, so long as I don't use teleportation magic.”
”Magicians sure are scary.”
”It's not something that any old magician can...”
”Then, let's get going!”
Jin pretended to listen to Kratia, who was overflowing with pride, and began to sprint. It was a perfect dash, befitting one who used to be a sprinter! It seemed like the shock would unearth the ground, and in the next instant, the landscape had already begun to change.
”Oh...!”
”Hey.”
Kratia was about to say something more, but stopped in shock and followed behind them. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo softly flicked Jin's head, who had elatedly dashed forward ahead of her. He wasn't a little kid teasing the girl he liked, so what the h.e.l.l was he doing?
”Let's go south. There should still be a commercial city down there that our seniors haven't found yet.”
”It'd be nice if there was a dungeon there. A dungeon with growing fruit trees.”
Because Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin were undead, they didn't need to eat, but that wasn't the case for the other heroes. So after they ate the provisions they were given at the beginning, they would have to look for dungeons with either plants or animals, or buy supplies from the secret shop.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo only went to the secret shop whenever he leveled up to buy some good bones... he thought of it as a more of a butcher's shop, but the other heroes considered it a place to buy food, a facility with more importance than any other.
”I like fruit too.”
”Jin, you can't start thinking like that.”
”...My bad.”
”It's not your fault.”
The most saddening thing from becoming undead wasn't the loss of s.e.xual desire, or even the loss of their hair. It was that they couldn't eat anymore. They didn't even have the desire to eat anything, so that in itself was shocking to them, but if they started to think deeply upon the subject, they would truly become hopelessly depressed.
They had been ok until now, since it had only been the two of them, but they'd become pointlessly conscious of it since traveling with a living being who requires nutrition, Kratia.
”I'll kill that G.o.d someday.”
”Yeah, that's the way to think.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin were fostering a hatred towards G.o.d. Who the h.e.l.l could look at them and call them heroes!? Kratia was just startled by their vigor.
How long had they been running like that? If he was still in South Korea, it felt as though they had travelled from Seoul to Busan, and at that time, Kratia, who had been floating in the air, at a higher alt.i.tude than them, discovered something.
”Undead troops.”
”Good. That means we're slowly getting closer to the city.”
Fundamentally, the undead had a tendency to repeat what they had done while they were still alive. The undead troops would flock to the cities to defend them, and it was highly likely that they were in the vicinity of a city.
”The undead are fighting amongst themselves, though.”
”Huh!?”
Soon, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo sensed it. Countless undead were fighting against a small minority of undead, possessing a powerful energy... to be exact, it was the magic of level 3 elite undead! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo suddenly realized what this magic was, which seemed to be drawing him somewhere, and yelled.
”Is it the Pauls by any chance!?”
”Could you please do something about that naming sense of yours...”
”Pauls...?”
”Jin, run fast!”
”Tch... Full speed sprint!”
At that moment, Jin, who was plentifully fast enough, got even faster. Whether it were a tree, a rock, or even a forest, he would break through it all and run in a straight line to reach his destination!
Through training, Jin could use his stats to their utmost for an instant, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo inwardly named his ability to run like lightning the Pope [1] Sprint.