00189 Just a moment, Barbara ———————————————– ————————–=
Hall Plain’s seasons have a climate similar to that of Korea. Even in this world, there are phenomena caused by natural phenomena, such as snow and rain. Although the cycle between spring and fall is a little short, at least it was not so much that the climate interfered with life.
If we compare the current date with Earth’s date, it would be roughly around June. It was safe to say that it was early summer weather. The weather was nice. It was an afternoon when the sun was just setting, but the beautiful colors of the sunset and the calm sky were providing comfort to users for whom survival had become their daily routine. however.
“Those who have completed the transmission will come out quickly!”
“What are the representative clans in the southern city doing? “That’s the closest to the Steel Mountains!”
“I sent a message to the Blue Wolf, the representative clan of Khan, a normal city! But it seems like they were embarrassed too!”
“f*ck! If you’re in a panic or something, and there’s a rescue request, you have to dispatch a rescue team right away! “In the small towns of Coran and Monica, they just suck their fingers?”
“that is… . As you know, the Koran is jointly managed by several clans… . The Sui clan is currently representing the Koran, but it seems to be a bit hesitant. Istantel Row said they would first consult with the Blue Wolf Clan… .”
“what? Are you being aesthetic? Are you going to discuss it? Are you kidding me? “Users’ lives are going back and forth right now, so what?”
As soon as we came out of the warp gate, a lot of murmurs greeted us. Several users with a golden lion emblem on their upper right chest were busy moving around, and sometimes harsh shouts were heard. Obviously the weather is nice. However, when I saw the desperation of the people coming and going in this peaceful weather, I felt an unbalanced yet strange sense of contrast.
“You bastards! This comes out every now and then, right?! “Clud!”
When I saw a Golden Lion Clan member gritting his teeth next to me, I couldn’t help but snort. They don’t seem to even think about what they did. Clearly, they had enough power to control the northern continent during their heyday. However, it was not controlled by a single force. To be precise, there were friendly clans that followed the rule of the Golden Lion Clan, and along with them, they were able to influence clans in other cities that valued control. In other words, the pendulum of power was tilted to a certain degree even before the expedition.
However, the pendulum has now swung completely the other way. The users who participated in this expedition were elite level users from each participating clan. The survival rate of the expedition team during the first round was about 10%. The plan to exterminate the vagabonds primarily depleted his strength, and he lost all the strength he had saved during the expedition to the Steel Mountains.
It was literally self-sufficient. They were 100% confident in the success of the expedition, so they focused their main forces on themselves and their friendly clans. Perhaps, if the expedition had been successful, they would have been able to tilt the pendulum further in their favor, but they failed miserably. And that too with enormous damage.
Looking at the user continuously shouting, “Who wants to form an expedition team like that?” I wanted to say that, but I just kept my mouth shut and left the warp gate with my clan members.
As I left the warp gate, the scenery was completely different from anything I had seen before. Ah, since I went through the User Academy, I guess there isn’t much there.
“and.”
“Wow~”
Outside the warp gate. You can see the huge size of the large city of Barbara and the many users filling the space. Both Ahn Hyeon and Yu-jeong Lee rounded their eyes and let out admiring voices. In the children’s eyes, it will certainly be a very different scene from the small town of Mule that they have lived in so far.
“… … .”
At that moment, I didn’t hear another familiar voice, so I turned my head and saw that one person’s seat was empty.
“What about Ansol?”
“Uh, where did you go? “We definitely came out of the warp gate together earlier.”
In response to my question, Anhyun looked around for a moment with a blank expression on her face. Then, when it was truly out of sight, it started emitting energy as if it were going crazy. Fortunately, Go Yeon-ju, who has a sharp eye, raised her pretty finger and pointed in one direction.
“It’s over there.”
“Uh, where! ah. Phew. Solaaaa!”
Anhyeon sighed heavily as if he had confirmed Ansol’s location. Then, immediately, he started waving his arms wildly and screaming at the top of his voice. When I also turned my gaze in the direction pointed by Go Yeon-ju, I could see Ansol staring blankly at the warp gate. She turned her head in response to Anhyun’s shout and soon came towards us with a toddling step.
“What if I lose sight of it? Then you get lost!”
“I’m sorry.”
“really. Get your mind straight. Then, Soohyun gets scolded by hyung for calling me this bastard.”
“yes. I won’t do that again. “I’m sorry.”
Next to me, “Isn’t it this bitch, not this guy?” I heard Yujeong’s voice chattering. I looked at Ansol with a bored gaze. She bowed her head when our eyes met. And, looking at her attitude, I tilted her head for a moment. Normally, she would have immediately become sullen or pouted her lips, but the expression on her face now was not her usual reaction. A face that has something to worry about and is worried.
But I quickly turned my head away thinking it was probably nothing special. It seemed like they were doing this because of the conflict with the Beech Clan just now. She wasn’t a vagabond or a monster, and fellow users had their heads cut off, but given her personality, it was far-fetched to expect her to laugh it off like Go Yeon-joo. So, I decided to take steps towards my target.
It was then. Someone grabbed my collar from behind and then jumped forward. Then he spoke to me in a voice full of curiosity.
“brother Brother. “I have a question.”
“I’m curious about what. “Where are we going now?”
“no. That’s what my brother will take care of. “Not that one, but the warp gate.”
“Warp gate?”
When I asked Yujeong again, she nodded her head sharply.
“I learned when I was at the User Academy, that each city is connected to a warp gate. And you pay a fee depending on the distance. But why do you have to pay the fee? “You just used it for free during rites of passage and when you came into Hall Plain.”
Yujeong blinked and looked up at me with eyes full of curiosity. I gently stroked her head and thought about it (she smiled brightly and bumped her head approvingly).
If you look at it in detail, you can distinguish between the rite of passage and the thing that connects the city as a warp gate, and the thing in the inn or temple of beginning as a portal. Rites of passage can be seen as a setting managed by angels, but the warp gate in the city was not a setting.
To put it simply, the warp gates in the city can be seen as a legacy of the ancient Hall Plain. And the responsibility to activate and maintain it was entirely up to the users. To be precise, to the representative clans that manage each city. The efficiency of ancient magic is already well-established, and as such, it does not cost much to maintain. All that was needed was a constant supply of magical power.
Of course, warp gates connecting cities are not perfect. There was a clear limitation, which was that there was no compulsion. For example, if you look at the warp gate in the large city of Barbara, it consists of a total of 12 magic circles. What was important was that the equation forming this magic circle was bidirectional, not unidirectional.
Of course, if I told you these things now, there was no way they would understand, so I only summarized the important parts. Yujeong pouted and pursed her lips.
“Ah. I see “So these kids are just looking out for their own interests?”
“It’s probably a burdensome price for users who don’t have money to use it. In any case, it is true that it costs money to maintain it, but it does not cost as much as you think. The profits from use far exceed the maintenance costs. As such, the warp gate is nothing short of a bonanza that always generates high profits in each city. It’s fortunate that prices have been frozen by distance for now, otherwise it would have gone up a lot. “I think I heard that at the time.”
Warp gates are convenient. It allows you to travel between distant cities in an instant. Then, the risk of being attacked while moving around the city is completely eliminated.
In any case, the fact that users manage the warp gate meant that they could arbitrarily disable its use. The method is simple. The gates in each city must interact with each other, but if one side unilaterally cuts off the magic power of the magic circle connecting the city, the warp gate cannot be used unless forced. And, at the current level of users, coercion cannot be imposed. So, in effect, they said that if the gate was cut off, there would be no choice but to use the land route.
And the day will not be long when the warp gate will no longer be available. Soon after the vagabonds come down and a civil war breaks out, the gates of each city are closed. This is because if a large number of enemies use it to warp into the city, they can suffer great damage.
This is something that will happen later, there is still more than a month left. So before that, we needed to quickly move to the city where we would be settling down.
As I walked and explained various things, my clan members and I were able to arrive at a large pub. It was a bar that looked classy at first glance. As we slowly tried to climb the stairs, we could feel the sloppy-looking users passing by us looking at us with envious eyes. I feel sorry for Go Yeon-joo, but just comparing her outward size, she was incomparable to the courtly lady she was.
“Breeze. I heard this place is very expensive. “It sure looks good.”
“Ho ho ho.”
When Hayeon spoke in a clear voice, Go Yeonju smiled slightly. I led my clan members into the pub breezeway. For some reason, Go Yeon-ju’s laughter didn’t sound that good.
At that time, someone next to me said, “Mr. I could hear the sound. When she turned her head in the direction from which she heard the sound, Vivian was frowning. Meanwhile, he seemed to be conducting research on elixirs as he was constantly moving his lips. It was truly the concentration of an alchemist.
Perhaps the reason for the swear words was that coming from Mule, which was always quiet and quiet, to Barbara, which was suddenly overflowing with users, seemed to interfere with my concentration. Biting her lip and wheezing, she ended up screaming.
“madam! There are so many people here! Annoying. “It was nice that the lady was so polite that there were no people around.”
“like. like. like.”
Go Yeon-ju laughed once again. Vivien, you are so clueless.
I was worried what would happen if there were no seats, but fortunately, there were empty tables all over the first floor. It wasn’t completely empty of users, but it wasn’t crowded either. Literally in a moderately full state. The reason I came here even though it is an expensive place is because pubs and high-end bars are the best place to get information.
If a user was able to enter this place, it meant that he or she had some financial power, and there was a high probability that they were already established users. Rather than stopping by a cheap bar and listening to unfounded rumors from random idiots, it is much more helpful to listen to what users who have the skills and resources to come to these places have to say.
“welcome! How many people came in total?”
“There are eight people.”
“Hmm~.”
As we opened the door and entered, a cute looking user with curly hair greeted us. She must be a waitress who works here. Her eyes were smiling brightly, but the gaze that leaked through her slightly opened eyes quickly scanned all of us. She was now evaluating us,
As soon as she finished the review, she smiled brightly. And she opened her mouth in a more friendly voice than her first greeting.
“welcome! “I’ll show you to your seat right now!”
The waitress soon guided us to a seat with a good view. Drawn by her, I sat down on her fluffy chair and several of her employees rushed in and started setting up her table. Eventually, after finishing all the settings, the waitress who first guided us said, “Then take your time and look at it, and when you have decided, please call us.” He said and made her smile. She bowed her head politely and laughed for no reason when she saw her children looking at her back and scratching her head with awkward expressions. I don’t normally think of this kind of thing well, but it didn’t feel too bad after receiving the treatment.
“Shall we eat something first?”
“brother! The waitress from before. Are you a user by any chance?”
When they picked up the menu they had left behind, Ahn Hyeon quickly joined in.
“Then of course you are a user. Do you look like a resident?”
“Then why are you here?”
“huh? You must be working to make money. Don’t you know about part-time jobs? part time job.”
“yes? Why do users work part-time here? “This is Hall Plain, right?”
“Well, even users have to make a living. “You need money to make a living.”
I snorted and then sighed. Looking at the reactions, not only An Hyun, but also Lee Yu-jeong and An Sol had question marks floating over their heads. okay. You guys don’t know what you heard. From rite of passage to now, have you ever sailed a ship or saved up money to buy one piece of equipment?
I’ll say it again, but this was the daily life of all users who were not very skilled. Mayflies who worry about making a living each day. In the meantime, even though I am adjusting my equipment, I live really fiercely, not eating or sleeping. The kids may think they have had some difficult experiences, too.
Now that I think about it, it seems like there have been a lot of questions since I came to Barbara. It was a testament to how much I had locked my children inside and raised them like gold and jade. As I laughed bitterly, Go Yeon-joo clicked his tongue and sighed.
“You grew up so beautifully~.”
“wow. I see This is what they do here too. Well, since the bar is big and nice, I guess I could use some waitresses. “Well, you can also use users as employees.”
“… … .”
Anhyeon didn’t pay any attention to her words. She seemed to be interested only in satisfying her own curiosity. And Go Yeon-ju didn’t laugh anymore. She just had a big smile on her face, and it seemed like she had criss-crossed blood vessels sprouting up on her forehead.
After handing over the menu to Hayeon to choose what she wanted to eat, I slowly looked around. Clearly, “I’m a pretty skilled user.” I noticed a few users who looked like they had written this on their foreheads. What they had in common was that they all had very serious faces.
I swallowed a sip of water and quietly activated my third eye.
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hello. This is Ro Yujin.
oh my. I wrote a bunch of reviews once and then they flew away. Oh my, oh my. Whoosh whoosh. T0T First of all, I will update the review and re-ripple separately. (This XX Internet! Why! Why! Why!) Whoa. Calm down. yes. As of today, the exam is over. To celebrate, I came home late because I had a pork belly + pork stir-fry party(?) in the evening. Still, I worked hard to write this, so please consider the 11 minutes late as a cute gesture. 😀 Oh, and I did well on the exam! Thanks to the support of our readers, we were able to solve everything without leaving a single blank space or missing anything. I also filled out all the subjective questions. Hehehe. Anyway, I feel really good because the exam is over. 🙂
Well then, I will leave for today. I can finally sleep well! Ole!
『Reripple (Episode 187)』
1. Congratulations on first place. These days, the nicknames of those who take first place seem to be becoming more and more familiar. Of course, Hwieul is one of those people. Oh, no. I wrote it as 600, but then added ~ to the end. In other words, more than that is possible. 🙂
2. GradeRown: Of course. I plan to take all of those aspects into consideration. The focus will be on recruiting or killing, but depending on the situation, there may be cases where
3. Let’s go! : There can be both. If we limit it to the incident in Mule. Because we don’t know what variables there may be in the hole plane. However, the latter is slightly more likely. This is because one of the rangers’ abilities is
4. Offiturup 19: The power of a swordsman expert is
5. Demon Temple: No! Why do you leave the things in front of you aside! ha ha ha. Yoohyeonah, you don’t need to worry. ah. I really want to tell you honestly, but if it becomes a spoiler, it won’t be fun. ㅜ.ㅠ Ugh.
『Reripple (Episode 188)』
1. Daisuke: Congratulations on first place. Don’t cry. ㅜ.ㅠ Next time, I will definitely repay you with annual installments.
2. Jjini~: I did well on the test! You can’t curse! I enjoyed it so please pat me on the head! Hehehe.
3. saksin: Do you have any carrots? Why prepare only for scary things… .
4. Toranoanal: Wow. You’ve been commenting again lately. ㅜ.ㅠ I was sad(?) because I didn’t see any comments for a while. ^0^ I did well on the exam! Please leave more comments in the future~. 😀
5. Those who wander in the dark: Thank you for the coupon. (__) lol. I wasn’t able to serialize it, but readers gave me a lot of coupons, so I’m just very happy. If I get the chance, I will repay you with a surprise attack(?!). 🙂
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