Episode 84
Kang Jin-hyeok, who stayed up all night until morning, used Silva’s power to evacuate the villagers.
The people who had been called out early in the morning huddled behind Lucia, yawning and drooping.
“What’s going on in the morning breeze?”
“I’m going to experiment with something, so if you don’t want to get involved, get out of here first.”
“What experiment?”
“I don’t know, there’s a barrier or a wall that only they can see through.”
The villagers simply followed what they were told without even knowing what was going on.
After all the inhabitants of the southern part had finished evacuating, Lucia took out her arrow.
And he concentrated his aura to the limit that the arrow could withstand.
The target is the southern road leading out of the village.
There was no need to aim precisely, so Lucia just focused on applying force.
Ppaang!
The bowstring, which had been pulled back with all its might, returned powerfully and shot the arrow forward.
The arrow, which was enveloped in an aura as if it had been shot by a ray of light, flew in a straight line to the very place where Kang Jin-hyeok was blocked and could not advance any further.
It soared into the sky, hitting an invisible boundary.
“Oh.”
“That’s incredible.”
As the townspeople were amazed, the arrow bounced off the transparent ceiling once again and flew back towards Kang Jin-hyeok.
“Ugh!”
Kang Jin-hyeok was able to dodge the arrows by ducking down thanks to the two bounces that greatly reduced his speed.
Fortunately, there was no Su-in standing behind Kang Jin-hyeok, so no one was harmed.
Kang Jin-hyeok felt like he had endured ten years when an arrow passed over his head.
“You can’t get through that. You absolutely can’t get through that.”
Lucia said with confidence.
Although it wasn’t an all-out shot, it was still an arrow shot with sincerity.
It seemed to her that adding the strength she had been saving up would not break through that wall.
“As I said earlier, the space itself has been cut off. We can never interfere with the space behind it.”
“It’s a 3D game, but I feel like I’m stuck on the map.”
A map that looks good on the outside but you can’t actually go there.
The area south of town was no different.
“What could be the cause of this?”
“What could it be? This must have happened because I accidentally activated the dimensional magic circle.”
A situation where a connection to another dimension is made, but not completely, and only certain parts can be traveled.
As Lucia said, the cause could only be explained as a malfunction of the dimensional magic circle.
“Are other directions like this, besides the south?”
“The distance you can go may be different, but the result will be the same.”
“Then how far can we go? We need to investigate.”
“I have to finish what I was commissioned to do before that.”
Lucia had a professional consciousness as an adventurer.
No matter how urgent the work is, if there is a request you received first, it is proper to finish that first.
As Lucia continued speaking, Kang Jin-hyeok tilted his head as if he found it strange.
“Didn’t you just coolly skip the dwarf man’s request to find a mine?”
“There are exceptions to everything.”
“You must be foolish.”
Kang Jin-hyeok also had no intention of postponing Silva’s request.
On the other hand, you can always investigate the invisible wall.
The lives of the people are becoming more and more miserable with each passing day.
The constant attacks of monsters and the biting cold every day.
If this kind of life continues, the people will become unbearable and abandon the village.
Then one day you will catch the eye of the empire and become a slave.
“Okay, then let’s go right away.”
Kang Jin-hyeok checked the inventory and luggage he had prepared in advance and took out the map Silva had given him.
Lucia was carrying a compass to find directions.
Kang Jin-hyeok also had the compass itself, but in this other world, the Earth compass did not work properly.
Perhaps because the magnetic field was different, only the compass that Lucia had been using since her adventurer days was able to point the direction properly.
“Are you leaving right now?”
As Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia prepared to leave, Silva approached them with a worried expression.
“It’s better for us if we finish quickly.”
“That’s true, but… … .”
Silva would have wanted nothing more if the quest was resolved and the area returned to its former condition.
But when it came to sending Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia away, I began to feel anxious.
“I know it’s embarrassing to say this now, but our opponent is a dragon.”
“Yes, I know.”
“Aren’t you scared?”
Lucia let out a soulless laugh at Silva’s question.
Then he took out the platinum plate from his bosom, proving that he was a platinum-level adventurer.
Silva gasped as soon as he saw it.
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“Oh, you’re a platinum-rank adventurer?!”
Lucia, seeing Silva’s reaction, turned her gaze towards Kang Jin-hyeok.
Her eyes seemed to say, ‘This is the right reaction.’
It seems that the fact that Kang Jin-hyeok was indifferent to the platinum plate when they first met still bothers him.
“How could someone of platinum rank come to such a shabby place for a woman’s business… .”
“Don’t worry about it, it’s personal. And keep it a secret from the villagers.”
“Oh, why? If a platinum-rank adventurer takes on the task, everyone will be happy.”
“That’s not right. It’s illegal for someone like me to take on a request without going through the guild.”
In this world, a platinum-rank adventurer was considered an important force, treated more highly than an S-rank hunter on Earth.
If you leave such people alone without any management, you never know where they might end up. Platinum-rank adventurers are under the strict management of the guild.
As Lucia had said, only those commissions carefully selected by the guild could be accepted.
If it is discovered that you have accepted a request without permission, you will be penalized.
“Okay, I’ll keep it a secret.”
Silva, who understood the situation, nodded with a serious expression.
After receiving the promise, Lucia put the platinum plate back into her bosom.
“Don’t worry about the dragon and just wait leisurely.”
“I wonder if it will be possible. I will believe and wait.”
Silva sent Kang Jin-hyeok and Lucia off with a much lighter mood, as if a great burden had been lifted from his heart.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was not from this world, could not sympathize with Silva’s change in attitude.
“I guess dragons aren’t a problem for a platinum-rank adventurer?”
“It’s easy, as long as they don’t go out like Agent Dragons.”
“Wow. I always thought elves were a weaker race than dragons.”
“That’s right.”
“What do you mean by right?”
“It’s true that elves are weaker than dragons.”
Kang Jin-hyeok’s mind became complicated after hearing Lucia’s words.
Clearly Lucia was a half-elf.
Half elf blood flows through him, the rest human blood.
It may be rude of me to say this, but Kang Jinhyuk thought that half-elves were weaker than pure-blooded elves.
I thought it was natural, since half of my blood was that of a normal human, not of another race.
But the words coming out of Lucia’s mouth were completely different.
“Elfs have innate magical talent and are sharpshooters, but they have limits.”
“Limit? What is that?”
“If we compare it to you hunters, it’s like there’s a level cap.”
If the average person’s level is 10, then elves are naturally level 50 or higher.
However, unlike humans who can grow infinitely, elves cannot grow beyond a certain level no matter what they do.
The elven nature of valuing harmony and balance over life has hindered their growth.
“Even if an elf dies and wakes up, he can never be stronger than a dragon.”
“But you are different.”
“Yeah, thanks to being half human.”
Lucia was a rare case where she inherited only the strengths of an elf and a human.
Usually, people are born with neither this nor that talent.
Lucia has little magical talent, but possesses outstanding archery and limitless growth potential.
Thanks to this, we were able to continuously grow and reach the platinum level.
“Were half-elves really that great?”
“It’s not that half-elves are great, it’s that I am great.”
Lucia was just telling the truth, but to Kang Jin-hyeok’s ears it sounded like nothing more than bragging.
“If humans and elves unite as villages, wouldn’t they be able to wipe out the empire and everything?”
“That will never happen.”
“Because elves have strong pride?”
“No, the chances of having children between different races are virtually non-existent.”
“Then you?”
Lucia closed her mouth as if she did not want to answer.
Although he couldn’t know the full details because the person involved didn’t say anything, Kang Jin-hyeok at least realized that it wasn’t a story he could laugh about.
Kang Jin-hyeok, who felt like he had brought up something unnecessary, racked his brain to find a way to change the subject.
“Anyway, the important thing is that you are stronger than the dragon. Then that’s okay.”
Lucia smiled faintly as she heard Kang Jin-hyeok’s words, who was trying to wrap things up quickly.
“Well, as I said, it doesn’t cover up to the Agent Dragon.”
“By the way, what is that Agent Dragon? Is it an old dragon?”
“No, they’re just dragons that are stronger from birth.”
Just as there are exceptionally strong high elves among elves, there are also stronger dragons.
That was the agent dragon.
“They say it’s a pure-blooded dragon that has been around since ancient times… …. There aren’t many of them, so there’s not much proper information.”
“So if the dragon we’re about to meet is an agent dragon, then it’s dead?”
“No way. I just said that there are so few of them.”
Agent dragons are beings that even other dragons rarely encounter.
Unlike ordinary dragons who run wild as they please, they build their nests in inconspicuous places and maintain a secluded lifestyle.
“The dragon the village chief was talking about is the one that changed the climate of this area. There’s no way that one who just leaves can be an Ancient Dragon.”
The reclusive life of the Agent Dragon is as quiet as a mouse.
Unless someone told you, you wouldn’t even realize that a dragon was sleeping there.
The dragons that make their presence known so openly are usually newly-formed dragons.
Just as humans go through puberty, dragons that have just shed their hatchlings go through a period of turbulence.
They can’t control their great power and run wild in all directions, so when they receive a subjugation request, nine times out of ten, they are dragons who haven’t yet shed their childish nature.
“It must be a white dragon since it uses ice. Then it’ll be easier.”
“What’s different about the white dragon?”
“You’re stupid.”
Dragons were originally known as a race that sought knowledge, but there were exceptions.
The exception is the white dragon.
Despite their beautiful, shining white appearance, they were naturally lazy and even stupid.
The reason Lucia is so relaxed even when she has to deal with a dragon is because the thing that Suin is afraid of is most likely the white dragon.
Lucia was confident that she could defeat a white dragon without any problems, even if it was a fairly old adult.
“He’s nothing special, so let’s just finish this quickly.”
Lucia’s confident attitude continued until she went directly to the dragon’s nest.
“Somehow this feels ominous… … .”
Kang Jin-hyeok felt an inexplicable sense of anxiety every time Lucia shouted loudly.
But since he felt like his words would become seeds if he expressed those feelings out loud, Kang Jin-hyeok swallowed his anxiety inside.
