Episode 111
111. Dwarf Top
The Dwarf upper level is the least difficult of the three.
‘The monsters that appear are mainly groups of orcs. Current level players over level 20 will easily block it.’
But only the returnee Ryumin knows that fact.
Players who chose the upper level of Dwarf will not know what the difficulty level is.
So the tension was evident on my face.
“Is this another world?”
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
“You idiot. “It’s been a different world all along, not just here.”
“Oh right. It did?”
There are rocky mountains in the distance and stone towers rising here and there.
The players looked around at the environment, which was different from anything they had seen before.
“what? “But I can’t see your nicknames?”
“Iknow, right? “Can’t you see my nickname?”
“Yes, I can’t see it.”
The nickname that should have been hovering above my head has disappeared.
However, there were players who did not panic.
This is a group of traitors who were instructed by an angel.
‘If you stay calm like that, won’t you be showing that you’re a traitor?’
Ryu Min was calm on the inside, but he still gave a surprised look just in case.
Because once you are suspected of being a traitor, you will always be suspected.
‘You have to be careful not to raise suspicion as much as possible. Of course, if the traitorous group reveals my identity, it will be revealed right away.’
Although others may not know, there is no traitor who does not know the face of the famous Black Scythe.
‘We have to deal with them before Black Scythe goes on about being a traitor.’
I said it was handled, but I had no intention of killing him.
Not only was he not a quest-crazed killer, he had nothing to gain or lose by killing him.
‘Just read their thoughts and block them in advance.’
You already know the faces of the 28 traitor group, so don’t worry.
All you have to do is control the situation well.
Ryumin looked around and roughly counted the number of people.
‘There are roughly 200 people who chose the dwarf top.’
Of course, this number excludes traitors, so the actual number of people gathered would be around 230.
just as expected.
“uh? “Look at this.”
A message appeared before the players’ eyes.
[Escort the dwarf top]
└Escort the dwarf van safely to its destination.
└If the escort is successful, everyone will receive experience rewards.
└One person who has made a high contribution to punishing the traitor will receive a sub-quest reward.
└If you kill every traitor, you will receive additional rewards.
The quest you are currently looking at is not just for the general group.
‘If the traitor group succeeds in escorting the group, they can receive experience rewards.’
However, there will be no traitor who will simply try to succeed.
If you fail this time, your success rate at the next level will drop drastically.
‘Needless to say, it’s the top of the human race.’
A group of traitors fails the mission to reach the top of the dwarves and elves?
In addition to suffering a 20% stat drop twice, you have to stop the escort at the highest human level, which is the most difficult.
‘You probably think it’s impossible.’
But Ryumin was confident.
This is a round that I have conquered not once, not once, but several times, but more than anything, my current condition is the best.
‘There is no problem with hunting even if you experience a stat drop twice. It’s also a debuff that disappears when this round ends.’
While Ryumin was looking at the progress window with his head down, the players were surprised.
[Current personnel status]
└Participants: 230 people
└Traitors: 29
“What is this?”
“Can you see the number of traitors?”
It was because the personnel status was clearly visible.
“There are 29 traitors among us?”
The players looked at each other.
I couldn’t tell who was who because I couldn’t see the nickname, but one thing was certain.
‘There is a traitor among these. That’s 29 people.’
There were 230 people, so roughly 1 out of 10 people was a traitor.
It was natural for them to look at each other with suspicion.
Well, in the eyes of Ryu Min, who knew the face, he could clearly see where the traitor was stuck.
“uh? Black Scythe?”
At that time, Ryumin turned his head when he heard a voice that seemed to know him.
The owner of the voice was none other than Min Ju-ri.
“Wow! Never thought I’d see you here! Did you choose the Dwarf top? “Are you really following me?”
“Well, your buff is quite useful.”
I was so happy to see him that I couldn’t say no.
However, the answer seems to have a slightly different meaning to Min-ri Min.
I suddenly saw his face blushing and getting embarrassed.
Min Joo-ri must have been embarrassed and continued speaking hastily.
“Uh, um. But Black Scythe. Why can’t I see the players’ nicknames?”
“well. “I don’t know.”
Ryumin, who pretended not to notice, turned his head and made eye contact with one of the traitors.
Sigh-
The guy smiles meaningfully and turns his head.
Reading your thoughts, it seems like you wanted to pretend to know something because you felt like you were in the same group… … .
‘crazy. ‘Do you want to show off that you’re in the same group?’
I can’t be angry about this out loud.
Ryumin could only laugh incoherently.
“There are 230 people at the top of the dwarves. “A smaller number gathered than expected.”
“I know.”
230 out of 2,166 people is definitely a small number.
Choosing only 10% means that the remaining 90% was concentrated in the other two tops.
This was also proof that the Dwarf upper class was not popular.
‘There are probably the most human merchants. ‘Because it’s happened before.’
Is it because there aren’t enough people?
Someone who recognized the black scythe approached cautiously.
“You are Black Scythe, right?”
“huh? Seo A-rin?”
Seo A-rin opened her surprised rabbit eyes and smiled happily.
“I didn’t expect to meet Black Scythe here. Really nice to meet you… … .”
Seo A-rin’s gaze naturally turned to Min Joo-ri next to her.
The smile disappeared like a lie.
“But democracy was there too?”
“Actor Seo!? hello. nice to meet you!”
“yes.”
Unlike Min Joo-ri, Seo A-rin does not seem very pleased.
For some reason, I had noticed Minju-ri walking around with a black scythe for a while.
‘I don’t even know why I’m doing this.’
It’s natural that he feels attracted to the black scythe who saved him, but it only goes so far.
I don’t think I would be more attracted to it, but strangely, I feel jealous of democracy.
“But where is that person who was always with you?”
“ah… … Constable, no. Are you Sangcheol Ahn? “He went to the top of humanity.”
“Human top?”
When Ryu Min asked again as if he was puzzled, Seo A-rin also looked like she didn’t know the reason.
“For some reason, he said he really wanted to go there.”
“Right.”
Although he spoke calmly, Ryu Min was secretly surprised.
‘Even though I told you it was the hardest difficulty, you still went to the top of the human level… … ‘That’s surprising.’
Did you want to kill strong monsters and gain more experience?
We’ll have to hear the reason, but it was an unexpected choice for Ryu Min, who had underestimated Ahn Sang-cheol.
It was then.
Suddenly, I turned my head at the sound of a rumbling and saw a carriage procession approaching.
Clap-clap-clap-clap-dock-
There weren’t that many carriages, 10 in total.
230 people are more than enough to provide care.
The players were relieved to see that there were fewer carriages than expected.
Given the circumstances, it would be clear which carriage they were supposed to escort.
Soon the carriage stopped.
“Oooh, you’re here? “Warriors from another world.”
A stocky bearded dwarf, just like the image I had in mind, got out of the carriage, chuckling.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Blacksmith Hymer of the Dwarf Merchant Marine. It looks like they are warriors from another world who will protect us… … “Are you sure?”
As the players nodded, Hymer tapped his knee with his short hand.
“As expected, my prediction was not wrong! They were somehow different from a group of bandits, so they were warriors from another world! “Khahaha!”
Haimer smiled brightly and pointed at the carriages as if bragging.
“The cargo here is a variety of iron ore and metal materials that must be transported to the Kingdom of Albitz beyond the mountains of Cargago. But there were so many monsters along the way that I had no choice but to ask for help from the temple.”
Even though it was clearly a language they had never heard before, the players understood what the dwarves were saying.
It was only by looking at the message that I could understand how that was possible.
[The round characteristic ‘Interpretation’ is activated.]
[You can talk to otherworldly races.]
A kingdom, a temple.
Listening to the dwarf’s explanation, I thought it was quite detailed.
‘what? ‘He probably doesn’t really exist, does he?’
‘no way. ‘It must be a fake made like a monster, right?’
Now that angels already existed, it didn’t matter whether aliens existed or not.
Players just need to complete the quest and leave.
But Ryumin knew that it was not such a simple matter.
‘Round 8, the first encounter with a race from another world. At this time, you need to start building your reputation so that you can receive preferential treatment when you meet other races later.’
Most people will neglect relationships with otherworldly people, thinking they are just passers-by… … .
‘Otherworld races don’t only appear in this round. It will appear often in the future, and the reputation it has built will continue.’
That is why the first step is so important.
If you were to be viewed in an unfavorable light, it would not be difficult to restore your reputation.
The traitor group was bad in that respect.
Kill the dwarves to prevent the upper deck from arriving?
At any rate, the traitor group’s reputation will fall to the worst.
‘Then, when you meet a dwarf later, not only will there be a useless fight, but you may also be at a disadvantage in receiving preferential treatment in many ways.’
Dwarves also provide legendary-level weapons and divine-level materials.
There would be no player who would forsake such benefits and have a strong will to deal with dwarves.
‘There is no way they would know that, so the traitors’ eyes are like that right now.’
Where Ryumin looked, traitors were watching the dwarves with murderous eyes.
If I get the chance, I’m ready to stab him and kill him right away.
But even the traitors know.
Killing him in front of the players would be like advertising that he was a traitor.
That’s why you can’t move quickly and just stare at it like that.
Wondering when would be a good time to kill the dwarf.
‘If possible, it would be better to assassinate without others knowing.’
There are a total of 20 dwarves at the top of the dwarves.
Two people are seated in each carriage.
If they all die, the traitor group wins.
‘However, if there is at least one dwarf left, you will be able to reach your destination.’
In that case, the traitor group will have no choice but to aim for the next top spot.
This is an elf clan that specializes in elemental magic.
‘It’s easier to target dwarves who don’t have combat skills than elves who are on alert with spirits.’
While I was thinking that, the dwarf shouted loudly.
“Warriors of this world! Then, I would like to ask you to escort me!”
[Arrival time to destination: 04:59:59]
As if the quest had begun, the remaining time came to mind.
Now you have 5 hours to protect the top until you reach your destination.
From a horde of orcs.
‘It’s about as good as oak or gum.’
Players who didn’t know this fact were nervous about where and what kind of monster would pop out.
On the other hand, Seo A-rin, Min-ri Min, and Ryu-min had faces full of leisure.
Clap-clap-clap-clap-dock-
As the carriage moved, the players standing on both sides took a step.
The players, who were on guard with each weapon in hand, soon encountered a group of orcs.
“Chwiik- Chwiik-!”
“what? “You’re an orc, right?”
“These bastards are the ones I saw in Round 5. Nice to meet you?”
The tension disappeared from the players’ faces.
In the 5th round, the Orc was one of the strongest, but not anymore.
As most of them have reached the late 20s, they have the skills to easily eliminate orcs.
As if to prove this.
Creep – Creep!
“Chwieeek! “Chwiek!”
“Chung!”
The orcs screamed and fell.
Even those tough muscles were easily cut by a level 30 sword.
“But there are a lot of orcs?”
“Why are these guys coming out endlessly?”
Orcs were constantly popping out from everywhere, to the point where players were already sick of it.
The situation ended after about 5 minutes of fighting.
Countless corpses piled up like a mountain.
Ryumin knew exactly how many that number was.
‘There must have been 4,600 animals.’
Orcs appear in proportion to the number of players.
For each wave, 20 times as many numbers appear in a row.
‘In other words, each person has to deal with 20 animals.’
This type of monster attack continues 30 times.
In short, monsters appear every 10 minutes.
You would think there would be quite a lot, but the players’ faces were shadowed.
“This is the experience… … .”
“It comes in like a rat’s tail, right?”
Players were disappointed because the experience value was less than expected.
This is not because the orcs’ experience points were being distributed equally among the 230 people.
Because it was a party.
‘Strictly speaking, 29 of them are excluded.’
The traitor group is not a party but individuals.
Therefore, the experience points and items from the monsters caught were entirely his own.
Ryumin was like that.
[The orc has been defeated!]
[A 3x experience buff is being applied.]
[Experience points increase by 1.5 times due to the title effect.]
[Experience +0.18%]
[Gold+40]
[Current kill count: 463/100]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
Ryumin smiled when he saw the message that appeared in the corner of his eye.
‘We’ve already caught 463 fish.’
After slaughtering them with overwhelming inaction, he single-handedly caught 10% of the 4,600 animals.
And the result.
The level has already risen.
