Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 46



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046

Grim-Seeker.

A group that outwardly carries out religious activities similar to missionary work while leading the poor.

‘If you say it’s a religious group, then it may be a religious group. But… … Should I say that it’s just hiding its true beliefs?’

As an ‘adventurer’, users will become entangled with them in their true goals and the activities to achieve them, sometimes cooperating and sometimes opposing each other.

And the starting point of such a relationship is the place where the adventurer user first becomes aware of the existence of a group called the Grim Seekers.

That’s right here, Neuerfera.

‘It’s a confusing part because it appears so absurdly. What on earth does this group do, is it beneficial or detrimental to me as a user, is it an ally or an enemy… … . Nothing is clearly revealed, and it’s a part where you literally clash with the group called Grim Seeker with your bare hands.’

Therefore, Jinseong was also listed as one of the areas where contamination was likely to occur.

The character belonging to the Grim Seeker doesn’t tell the adventurer, or the user, everything he wants to say.

Or you say things you shouldn’t say.

Because such a situation would clearly be toxic to the future flow of the main scenario quest, Jinseong thought that he had to step forward and take action.

‘But… … That wasn’t the case. I just said everything I wanted to say.’

And even in light of that situation, there was nothing Jinseong had to pay attention to.

They said they didn’t know that the magic circle they had created was preventing the plague in Direji from spreading further.

He also dropped a hint that he would eliminate anyone who threatened the apostle, or in other words, that he would protect the apostle.

If you think that those two statements are the concepts that will lead to the main scenario quests in the future, then you could say that there was no contamination in the first place!

“Crunch.”

“Yeah, I guess there’s no need to come forward.”

Seeing the male priest user and the dark elf NPC Minette preparing to return after already having overcome the welcome of Direji, Jinseong had no choice but to prepare to return together.

Jinseong scratched his head.

‘What? Is this the end? If it’s the end, I’m glad.’

Compared to the time of Sky Castle or Behemoth, it wasn’t particularly difficult, so it’s still fun.

Of course, the flow of this main scenario quest was not completely over.

‘After that, an epidemic spreads in a certain area of ​​the Duchy of Bel Myer, and the adventurer who finds out that it’s not an illusion of Diregie but a real Diregie is there, accepts the queen’s request and goes to defeat Diregie. If you look at it that way, there’s still a possibility of contamination occurring… … .’

However, at least in the land of the dark elves, the Kingdom of Fennes, shouldn’t we consider all quests to be practically over?

Moreover, if there were no problems with the welcome to Diregie, Jinseong could not help but expect that the main body of Diregie would also be relatively easy.

‘I wonder if the , this guy, has lost some power? Has he become unable to create pollution or something?’

There was a reason why Jinseong made such a guess.

Because I’ve been through the Apostle Lotus thing.

Just because he is the “cause of pollution” doesn’t mean he has infinite power.

So, if we consider that the contamination of the apostles consumed a considerable amount of resources compared to other contaminations, then it will not have much of an impact this time?

Jinseong returned to Underfoot, carefully following behind the user.

And since returning to Underfoot, the capital of the Kingdom of Fennes, things have been going smoothly.

We have verified the effectiveness of the anti-epidemic drug and have observed that the epidemic is not spread by humans.

NPC Minette, who was a guide and watcher, reported about the vision of Direji that she had seen with the user, and Saffron, the elder of the black elves, believed her words.

“Diregiera… Fortune-teller, everything is as you said.”

“I have come only to clear up misunderstandings with humans and warn of an approaching threat. There is no reason to deceive Saffron with lies.”

The one who gave the oath to the Dark Elf Elder Saffron was none other than Iris Fortunesinger.

Since Jinseong also remembered that part, he was able to take out the teleportation potion with a satisfied expression.

‘Okay, Iris has also come along well~ Now, the Dark Elf Queen will suggest that we begin communication and cooperation with humans while urging the elders with a bit more dignity. The user and the cloner will take the letter of cooperation and go to see the queen of the Duchy of Bel Myer… ‘

At least it is clear that Jinseong himself has no role to play here.

Jinseong was able to drink the potion with a sly smile.

“Hehe, maybe, this, this… I guess I can just suck up to this honey and rest for a while?”

Paralock, paralalock.

Even Taco was wagging his tentacles as if he knew that was nonsense.

* * *

The first place Jinseong stopped by was, of course, the West Coast Wizards Guild.

“I’m back~!”

He greeted them loudly and went in, but when he was a user, Jinseong, a member of the Magician’s Guild, didn’t even know their names and the NPCs he had never seen before only nodded and avoided them.

Sharan, who had noticed the fact that Jinseong had just stepped foot into the magician’s guild, was nowhere to be seen.

‘Is Lady Sharan… … still in the Kingdom of Pennes? Or perhaps in the Alfraira Garrison area – well, I guess so. She’s probably still out of her mind.’

Sharan’s role will also be significant in efforts to ease the hostilities between the two countries and return to peaceful exchanges.

Even she, who played a major role in the cure for this epidemic, could not possibly be back already.

Jinseong headed to his office while secretly observing the surrounding NPCs.

[Emergency Response Committee for Abnormal Phenomenon], it was a subtle name that he still had difficulty getting used to, but Jinseong was not in a bad mood right now.

‘Hehehe, oh my… … my safe, my lovely safe.’

Even though Jinseong himself had a rough idea of ​​where he should go next and what he should do, there was only one reason he stopped by the Magician’s Guild first!

Swish, swish, swish… … .

Gold coins poured into Jinseong’s safe.

The safe also had a similar function to [Inventory], and was accepting an overwhelming amount of gold coins compared to the space it took up.

‘Okay, okay. You will be my strong foundation in the future.’

Right now, one million gold or ten million gold would not be particularly lacking.

But when you think about the things you have to do in the future, doesn’t it feel like no matter how much gold you have, it’s never enough?

In that sense, Jinseong could think of it as watching the gold bars being sucked into the safe.

‘This is, for me… … Serada. In a way, this is the real thing, something I can utilize as a possessed being.’

The Sera Shop, where users of the game Dungeon & Fighter can use cash to purchase in-game items. And the special item used in the Sera Shop, Sera.

For Jinseong, who cannot buy or use Sera, let alone browse the Sera Shop’s products, the gold from the gold mine collected by the dwarves is like a lifeline.

‘No, it’s better than Sarah. There’s no limit to my salary!’

More specifically, it means the ladder of salvation, the elevator of salvation!

Knowing that, Jinseong was able to smile happily.

“Hehe, looks good, taco?”

“Gulp!”

“I honestly don’t understand what you’re saying, but I definitely understand that you agree.”

Jinseong smiled as he stroked the shape of the temple covering Tako’s head.

‘But isn’t this petting a taco? It looks fun, but what on earth is the ruling, huh?’

Taco smiled as if he was pleased even though he was caressing the round architectural part of the GBL temple, not the smaller body of the Apostle Lotus.

Now, even this point was just a pleasure to Jinseong.

“Make sure to set the password correctly… Hehe, okay!”

Only after the storage was completely finished could Jinseong stretch and feel satisfied that his work in the Kingdom of Pennes was over.

Of course, that wasn’t all.

As Jinseong himself had already thought and known, this was not the end of the matter regarding the 6th Apostle and the Direzier of the Black Disease.

‘Next is Northmire, a provincial city of Hendonmire, in the Duchy of Belmire.’

A commercial city located in the northwest of the capital, Hendonmyer.

However, after Diregie was transferred to Northmire, most of the residents died or mutated, and those who barely survived have already evacuated, leaving the area completely scorched and lawless.

‘… … The news that Northmire had been destroyed in an instant must have reached the Queen’s ears. That must be why the adventurer called for help as soon as he returned from the Kingdom of Fennes.’

The problem was that Jinseong himself had to go there.

When Sharan returns, I plan to get a lot of anti-epidemic drugs from her, but I know that even that won’t be enough.

‘Even that cure won’t work properly once you get close enough to Direji. In that case… …I need to raise the stats related to poison and magic defense. This time, even the potion I bought from Kanna won’t be enough to recover-.’

The silver lining is that there was no obstruction to the true nature of the idea.

He immediately took out a teleportation potion and held it.

‘The ingredients are ready. All that’s left is… … .’

Gulp, and then he drank the potion straight away.

The place he moved to was a back alley in Hendonmyer, near the Moonlight Tavern, and also on the way to Northmyer.

In front of one of the buildings there was a table.

The old man who had been sitting leisurely on the table with a tea set said as if he had sensed something.

“……Is that you?”

As expected, he could tell without even looking.

Jinseong smiled and nodded towards him.

“My disciple has come to greet you, GSD.”

The person Jinseong found was GSD, an NPC he had a connection with in the Sky Castle and one of the strongest swordsmen in Arad at the moment.

* * *

The corners of GSD’s mouth twitched as if he found the words of his self-proclaimed disciple funny.

“Isn’t that disciple’s play all over?”

“Even so, can you really break off a relationship that you’ve already formed so easily? Hehe.”

“Crunch.”

“…Interesting. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long since we left that Sky Castle…but your aura when dealing with ghosts isn’t the same as before. And being around them is the same.”

“I tried. I feel embarrassed now that you noticed.”

Jinseong walked over and pushed his buttocks against the table where the GSD was sitting.

It was Jinseong’s characteristically sly personality to shamelessly take up a seat and pretend to be friendly, but that wasn’t all.

And it was not something that could be hidden from GSD, who understood everything through waves.

“It doesn’t seem like you came to see me… and it doesn’t seem like you want to ask for my teachings. Let me get to the point.”

GSD knew that there was a special reason Jinseong had come to see him, and Jinseong smiled awkwardly for no reason before quickly turning his head away.

Not far from the table where GSD and Jinseong were sitting, a hot atmosphere was rising from the building.

And there was another old man sitting nearby, feeling the full force of that heat.

“……I came because I have business for you, Shinda-sama.”

The person Jinseong found was NPC Shinda Philip.

He was the one who ran the weapons and armor shop.

GSD got up with a snicker. Jinseong couldn’t help but admire the back of GSD as it walked slowly towards Shinda.

‘That’s great. Does this mean you’ve already figured out my intentions?’

If you had business with Shinda, you could just go to him.

“Aren’t you going?”

However, GSD saw Jinseong sitting next to him and volunteering to be his ‘disciple’, and he realized that he had to say something to Shinda, so he was already walking towards him.

“I’m going, yes, I have to go, hehe.”

Jinseong also quickly got up and chased after him.

Shinda laughed as she watched the approaching GSD and Jinseong.

“Welcome.”

“Shinda, my disciple has something to tell you.”

“Disciple? Are you saying you have a disciple?”

Shinda asked, pretending to be surprised, but GSD just laughed.

Shinda turned her gaze away from him, who was no longer responding, and looked at Jinseong.

“It doesn’t seem like you’re ordinary, but you don’t seem like a great adventurer either…….”

“Yes, that’s right, Shinda-nim. I am not an adventurer. As a disciple of Master GSD, I have come to speak to the famous blacksmith, Shinda Philip.”

Jinseong spoke without paying any attention to Shinda’s blatant evaluation right in front of him.

Confidently and cheerfully.

“I would like to request the production of an item.”

That’s why Jinseong came here.

Shinda said, stroking the hair sticking out from her nose.

“I can’t produce it.”

It was a merciless answer.

But rather, Jinseong’s smile did not disappear.

‘Of course. I expected this to happen anyway.’

Because we already confirmed through Linus that asking NPCs for something isn’t something that can be done with just words.

In other words, the strategy for blacksmith NPC Shinda Philip starts right now.