class quest (2)

[Name: Grandfell Cloudy Arpheus Romeo]

[Class: Demon Hunter]

[Level: 67]

[ability level]

Strength: 23 / Agility: 28 / Horsepower: 18 / Luck: 2

[Retained points: 0]

Fortunately, Grandfel's brilliant brain accurately remembered the previous figures.

Thanks to this, the change in stats could be seen at a glance.

[ability level]

Strength: 25 / Agility: 30 / Horsepower: 18 / Luck: 2

[Retained points: 0]

Strength and agility increased by 2 points.

… … can i take this?

It's big enough, this one.

A stat increase of 4 points.

It was as if the level had risen by 4 steps.

But it's not something that can be calculated so simply.

'Because the actual level remains the same.'

I am four steps ahead of players of the same level.

No, it was possible to go further than that.

Consider the price of an item that raises a stat.

'Even if I raised it by just 1 point, the price per point fluctuated.'

Maybe this is a compensation that is not enough even if I bring my annual salary in my office days.

But that wasn't the end.

I was startled while looking at the quest window.

—Train your weakened body. (repeat)

The quest that raised the stats was a repeatable quest.

Of course, there is no law that the reward of the quest will be the same as now.

However, if you can increase your stats through training even by just one point... … !

This was a quest that had to be done over and over again whenever possible.

At that point, I understood.

Just because I started the class quest, articles were pouring in, and it was said that I could aim for the top of the rankings.

I looked at the quest window.

-Kill the devil. (success)

—Train your weakened body. (repeat)

'Since this is the first quest reward... … .'

What awaits you as a reward for the chain quest?

People had no choice but to expect it.

'Can not be done.'

But I didn't expect

This wasn't the influence of Grandfel, it was entirely my will.

The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Yes, don't forget to figure out the subject.

… … Still, wouldn't it be okay to be purely happy at this moment? How hard I've been! The aftereffects of the hard training of the past week were still lingering in my body.

However, I didn't show any emotion.

Sweat-soaked shirt and slacks.

Two legs that look like they're about to collapse at any moment.

However, I got up without the slightest delay.

The current appearance was the most appropriate expression of the dark history of Lee Ho-yeol, who is called Grandfel.

What's the point of pride? Is there anything I can't honestly express?

I thought about it, but I quit thinking about it because it was a problem.

Adolescence is all like that. what.

.

.

.

Stats went up.

There was no such thing as a side effect that made the fatigue of the body disappear neatly.

therefore… … .

Returning home, I had no choice but to prepare the meal with hands shaking like tremor.

The menu is flawless.

Chicken breast and fresh vegetables.

A very good meal with even rye bread.

The problem was the knife.

drip-

I looked at the diced vegetables.

Then he shamelessly said.

"Sometimes it's not a bad thing to do something different."

Holding up an unusually crooked piece of carrot, he continued his speech.

"It looks like it embodies the stars in the night sky."

you'll be tough

I feel like I'm getting more and more shameless.

This too was something I had to adapt to.

Like I said, what's more than spitting in my face?

… … Still, let's make up an excuse.

It was a menu that would have been served within 5 minutes in the past.

Cut the rye bread in half and put the chicken breast salad in it.

Because I could get a simple meal with a sandwich.

But I ate a very elegant meal with a fork and knife in each hand.

My forearm was shaking and I spilled the chicken breast salad on the table.

"… … Poisoning."

Even a small mistake my pride did not allow.

"It looks like pesticides were left in this part."

I couldn't help but think seriously.

'… … What about the excuse that you hurt your head?'

It's not like I'm doing some kind of stand-up comedy!

After all, wouldn't it be better to look at a pity than to look at a madman?

After the meal, which is fortunate that there are no eyes to see.

I immediately picked up the wad of paper on the table.

There was written the concept of magic that I wrote down while watching netube videos.

It's what I wrote, but every time I see it, I'm dumbfounded?

'Above all, it's even more absurd that this is understood.'

──────

Magic is not creating something out of nothing.

"Explore" the target.

By "interfering" with the target.

It is to "emerge".

Most magic starts from searching for and interfering with mana. Mana has a significant impact on exploring and interfering with that mana... … .

──────

It was plausible in its own way.

It is not simply classified as a 'skill',

Doesn't the concept of "magic" really exist?

enough to make me want to.

'Well, I don't know if I understood correctly.'

I was in a state where I understood the process of 『Search』 and 『Interference』 just by looking at the video.

However, I haven't yet "manifested" my magic.

Even though stats were invested in horsepower, in the nettube video,

It was because it was not enough to manifest magic.

'Because that wizard was close to level 300.'

It goes without saying that magic power should be a similar number.

Of course, it's simply because of the lack of horsepower.

Or is this also a defense mechanism to protect pride?

As of now, I had no way of knowing.

Even so, wishing that my magical power would rise to the level of that mage would have been unconscionable.

In the end, the easier magic 『Search』,

It was said that there was no choice but to dig to the level of 『interference』.

'Study that is not even worth selling... … .'

The time it took to analyze one magic in the video, three days.

My head was already pounding as I tried to analyze another magic.

But apart from those feelings, there was no hesitation in my actions.

I play the video on nettube again.

He immediately began writing on a blank piece of paper.

"Once you get used to it, the time will also be shortened."

Please, I hope this confidence is not a bluff.

I earnestly prayed that I could keep my words.

*

8 o'clock in the evening.

International organization, Anti Arcana United.

The lights in the AAU Korea branch office have not yet been turned off.

"… … Damn it, Thursday."

The overtime shift continued every Thursday.

Seong Hyeon-jun lay flat on his desk.

Every Thursday I missed the past.

Those days when Arcana was still just a game.

"Where did you go? My work life balance!!"

The world's best virtual reality game, Arcana Continent Electric.

When I got a job at Cosmo, the company that developed that arcana.

It felt like I had the whole world.

What kind of company is Cosmo?

From the CEO, Raymond Shen, to the believer in work-life balance.

Even so, the salary is the highest level in the industry.

It was a dream job for every developer.

But everything changed when the CEO went missing.

Arcana is no longer a game, but a reality.

It was only a matter of time before Cosmo closed.

From the executives to the bottom, at least to the cleaners.

Except for the missing CEO, all Cosmo employees went in and out of courts around the world as if they were at home.

At the end of that long trial, what was handed down was insufficient evidence.

And now it was.

"… … The real Rayman, you know you will die if I hold you in my hands."

Seong Hyeon-joon was forced to work at the Korean branch of AAU.

yes, thank you

To take care of a position at a public company in an era of job shortages like these days.

It was also something that could contribute to international peace by making use of the experience.

However, gratitude and resentment were separate emotions.

Seong Hyun-jun asked the senior sitting next to him.

"Senior, there won't be any new updates until this week, right?"

"Please, I hope so."

"Looking at the fact that there is no notice until 8 o'clock, it must be true that there is no notice, right?"

new update.

That's a different way of expressing Arcana's erosion of reality.

The appearances of Arcana being overlaid on reality.

There's no better expression than a new update.

Of course, Seong Hyeon-jun and his colleagues in the same situation could not know whether the update had been made or not.

"Not Nandle. That whim must be so severe."

I wonder if Rayman is the only one who knows.

I guess so.

Rayman wouldn't have died.

The proof was the official website of Arcana, which has been operating normally.

Arcana's homepage allowed the world to know the players' levels and rankings.

It was also possible to know which player cleared which rift, and through it, players could be rewarded.

Because of that homepage, the world was able to roll.

What are you thinking?

Sung Hyun-jun scratched his head.

"Ramon, that person… … . No, is it a person? anyway. What the hell are you doing this for? Is it bad taste? Overtime work every Thursday. It feels like I am still servicing Arcana."

But even that grumbling did not last long.

There was nothing to say where.

Sighs erupted from all over the office.

"Miss Ha. Updates are out!"

"Oh really. I wrote my annual leave for tomorrow."

"I can't. I write a letter of resignation and Rayman is going to hunt the chicks."

Yeah, because there hasn't been an update in over a month.

I was kind of expecting it.

Seong Hyun-jun got up slowly and accessed the Arcana official website.

As my colleagues said, the update history was actually uploaded to the homepage.

The author, of course, must be Rayman.

"… … crazy?"

"Is this a true story?"

"No, Rayman, are you insane?!"

Those who read the update history couldn't help but be astonished.

This was an incredible update.

『A new demon is coming to your side.

A new crack, 'The Count's Fortress' is added.

New Named Monster, 'Earl Asscura': Lv.430

A new crack, 'The Count's Mansion' is added.

New monsters are added.

'Ascura Count's Servant' : Lv.390

'Askura Count's Knight' : Lv.350

'Soldier of Count Ascura' : Lv.300

A new crack, 'Outside of the Territory' is added.

New monsters are added.

'Blood Beasts' : Lv.220~Lv.250

'Bandit stained with blood': Lv.230』

"You said Count Ascura was already taken out?"

It was a named monster of a whopping level 430.

The current number one player ranking, Skaarl's level was only 401.

A whopping 30 level gap.

Even Count Ascura was a demon-type monster.

Growing monster.

A state of ignorance.

If you think about the characteristics of the demons released in reality... … .

"… … Senpai, didn't you update this to clear it?"

New cracks will never be cleared.

"that's right. This is just saying suck your fingers and watch."

It didn't matter if this was an update history from when it was a game.

How are you doing the balance patch to the players?

I'm sorry, but I'll get a little bit.

In the end, players will die dozens and hundreds of times to discover strategies.

But this was reality.

When you die, it ends just like that.

Furthermore, if you fail to attack the rift, that terrible demon will be released into reality.

That is a terrible reality.

Follow-

Calls pour in from all over the place.

But no one answered the phone.

Because everyone realized the seriousness of the situation.

"… … Would it be difficult for rankers to join forces?"

"I know, but it won't be easy. As you know, the demons aren't opponents that can be defeated just by attacking them with force, right?"

"If you get help from the NPCs in that Mage Tower... … ?"

"Those NPCs will move well. According to the setup I know, the magicians of the Mage Tower only move when a crisis comes to the Mage Tower. whether or not the earth perishes. As long as the magic tower is intact, they won't move."

Seong Hyun-joon said.

"Then put aside the Count for now. What about the other mobs?"

"A guild, and even if it moves as an alliance, you can try it."

"It is not that there is no solution at all. By hunting and leveling up trash mobs in the outskirts or fissures of the manor. All you have to do is challenge the fortress rift where the Count is!"

"Well, will it be time? I think the rift will collapse sooner."

"… … ."

Seong Hyun-jun was at a loss for words.

Really, is there no way?

Then how are we going to be?

Follow-

"First, let's answer the phone."

Seong Hyun-jun answered the phone with a blank expression at the senior's words.

An excited reporter's voice came over the receiver.

But I couldn't concentrate.

"… … sorry. I have nothing to say right now."

*

early morning.

"?"

As I was sitting at the table filling in papers, my vision flickered.

"!"

[Class Quest: The Beginning of Counterattack]

The last demon hunter.

Let the demons know that the time to strike back has come.

-Kill the devil. (success)

—Train your weakened body. (repeat)

-Hunt the vampires. (in progress) ▼

be a vampire

I put down my pen

"An inferior race is interfering with precious time."

he muttered softly.

"I will take responsibility for this and punish it severely."