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“Phew.”
Dojin, who had finished the third scarecrow, took a deep breath and got up.
It felt refreshing to be using my body after such a long time, but my whole body felt dirty because of the black, sticky liquid that the scarecrow had spilled.
[Quest objective achieved.]
But such minor annoyances disappeared as a cheerful alarm message sounded.
Dojin roughly wiped the liquid off his face with his sleeve and walked toward the exit.
The newbies who were already watching Dojin retreated, terrified by the brutality.
Nothing impeded his steps.
As we exited through the training grounds portal, we saw Rami holding a crystal ball that she used to inspect the inside of the training grounds.
Her face was filled with astonishment as she watched Dojin’s quest progress through the crystal ball.
“Instructor, I’m done.”
“… … .”
There is no answer even if I call.
Dojin called her again, her face half-empty.
“Um, sorry.”
Only then did Rami clear her throat and regain control of her expression.
“… That’s great. Who would have thought that a trainee would defeat a dummy without even a training weapon… … .”
“It was nothing.”
Dojin answered lightly and spoke with his eyes.
Give me the quest reward quickly. And give me the next quest quickly.
Rami, hurried by Dojin’s glaring eyes, put the crystal ball in with a trembling face.
“I have confirmed that you have completed the first training. Then the reward will be… … .”
Then Rami trailed off.
It was because I remembered what Dojin had said.
‘You clearly said that you can’t bear arms because of your religious beliefs, right? Hmm… So that means that your barbaric fighting style is a way you devised to protect your beliefs.’
Thinking about it that way, I felt ashamed of myself for being so caught up in stereotypes that I failed to respect someone who was trying to stick to their beliefs.
So, Rami decided to take care of this trainee as much as possible.
If it is a weapon that cannot be used even if given, it is better to compensate with something else.
“But we need to decide what kind of weapon we will be given… If it is inconvenient because of religious beliefs, we can replace the weapon with something else as compensation-”
But her considerate words were cut off.
“No problem.”
“yes?”
There was no time to ask, “What’s the problem?”
“While I was knocking down the scarecrow, I thought about whether it was really meaningful to not hold a weapon. The conclusion was that it was meaningless.”
“What the heck is that… … .”
Perhaps because the absurdity was too much, vulgar language that she would never have imagined coming out of her mouth came out.
Rami shuts her mouth in surprise at the harsh words she blurted out without realizing it.
Dojin’s words, or rather, his sophistry, continued without missing a beat.
“Every time I slammed the scarecrow’s head into the ground, my heart would swell.”
“… … .”
It didn’t seem like it. Rather, it seemed like he was enjoying it. Rami narrowed her eyes and looked at him with suspicion.
But it was impossible to break through Dojin’s thick skin to that extent.
“I thought that if I had given up my beliefs and taken up arms, Scarecrow would have had a much more comfortable end. He would have been able to meet his end a little more completely.”
“… … .”
I want to deny it. Rami wanted to deny the words the man in front of her was saying until she died.
But even though it was strange, it was true and it was not easy to deny it.
It’s clear that this is bullshit.
But why on earth is it logical?
“Don’t take up arms. This is probably meant to be a call for peace. However, if you can’t avoid fighting, wouldn’t it be better to show at least a little mercy?”
Rami felt like she was getting a headache from the continued illogical arguments.
She asked, gritting her teeth and clenching her fists.
“… So what’s the conclusion?”
Dojin confidently reached out his hand to Rami.
With a charming smile hanging from her lips.
“Give me a weapon. A heavy blunt object.”
Finally, Rami gave up thinking rationally about the human in front of him.
* * *
Dojin received a beginner’s mace and other rewards from Rami, who had a relieved look on her face.
Of course, experience points also increased and so did the level.
Since Dojin had already planned out his early growth route in detail, he invested all of his bonus points into stamina without hesitation.
In the meantime, he moves on to receive the next quest.
It was a quick process with no wasted time or movement.
“Forest of Trials Quest-”
“yes!”
Dojin cuts off NPCs as soon as they start talking, just like in a classic game cutscene.
The middle-aged instructor who had spoken to her opened his mouth and cleared his throat.
“Ahem, hm. What a lively guy! Good! My name is Kruger and I am in charge of the trainees who wish to challenge the Forest of Trials.”
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Kruger, his large muscles flexing and his arms crossed, stroked his handsome beard.
“Of course, you can’t challenge the Forest of Trials right away. There are some basic things you need to know. If you’ve already completed the dummy slaughter mission, your level will have increased, and there are bonus points-”
“I’ve already done the bonus point distribution. I also asked Instructor Rami about each stat, so I know.”
“What, what did you say?”
A flustered Kruger held out the instructor’s crystal ball toward Dojin.
Then, Dojin’s status window appeared in the crystal ball.
And there were numbers displayed that clearly showed that Dojin had distributed bonus points.
Kruger’s moustache twitches.
He didn’t like Dojin, who had been cutting off his words from the beginning.
But now, you’re cutting me off again by claiming that you’ve done some advance learning…
But what can we do?
It’s not something you can punish for learning in advance.
Finally, Kruger moved on to the next thing he had to explain in a displeased voice.
“I can’t help it since you’ve already learned it. But you still don’t know this, right? It’s about the arrangements that the first shining star, the Creator Bella, has prepared for you strangers.”
This time too, Dojin pretended to know and tried to skip the explanation.
But he shut his mouth when he saw Kruger’s hand slightly reaching for the sword on his waist.
I had a strong feeling that if I opened my mouth any more here, they would teach me in a ‘different way’.
“Listen carefully. You foreigners here… no, in Rostania, are called Regenians. It means ‘the resurrected.’”
“okay.”
“… Aren’t you surprised?”
“I’m surprised.”
There was an awkward silence between them for a moment.
“Tsk, just listen to the explanation and go. You boring brat.”
Kruger shook his head as if he was surprised and began to speak as if he was reading a Korean textbook.
‘Regenian, who is both a living being and a spirit, is resurrected when he dies. This is because the star Bella, who possesses the power of creation, recreates Regenian’s body.’
‘But it is not completely free from death, because the soul is wounded during the process of death and resurrection.’
Same, obvious, but related to the settings for players to immerse themselves in the given role.
As soon as the explanation was over, Kruger took out a healing potion for the quest from his bosom and threw it at me.
“Take this. This is a special potion that you will use in the Forest of Trials quest that will begin from now on. It is a simple quest where you just have to enter the Forest of Trials and find the exit, but just because it is simple does not mean it will be easy.”
Kruger chuckled as he explained the quest.
As if he was looking forward to seeing Dojin suffer in the future.
In fact, he was looking forward to seeing this bald stranger suffer so much.
‘Haha, the more arrogant a guy is, the more likely he is to struggle in real combat. If you think the shock of death will be lessened because you can be resurrected, you’re very mistaken, you punk. Go suffer for a while.’
However, it is impossible for Dojin, whose only goal is to quickly finish the tutorial and receive the corresponding reward, to be interested in the hot gaze of a middle-aged man.
[Quest]
Forest of Trials
Rating: Tutorial
[Let’s go through the Forest of Trials!]
Objective: Get through the Forest of Trials safely.
Rewards: Experience, Gold, Beginner Armor Set, Letter of Recommendation
As soon as the quest window opened, Dojin ran straight towards the portal without even looking at the middle-aged instructor with a lot of hair.
“For your information, most of the trainees I sent to the Forest of Trials retried on average eight times, and even the fastest one retried three times. In other words, they had the shocking experience of death at least three times… … .”
The movement was so abrupt that Kruger, who was trying to scare Dojin by starting the engine, gasped in surprise.
“Keep on, keep on!”
While Kruger was coughing, Dojin had already jumped into the portal.
“What, what kind of guy is that?”
Even if you say you can survive, it won’t be like that.
Kruger swore he had never seen a madman jump into a portal so thoughtlessly.
Most of them are either nervous in front of the portal, making plans of their own, or trying to get some information from their instructor, Kruger… … .
“Are you a guy without fear… … ?”
Or is he just out of his mind?
To confirm this, Kruger took out his crystal ball.
* * *
A safe zone at the entrance to the Forest of Trials.
The first thing Dojin saw when he arrived there was a crowd of users huddled together.
“Who wants to do the Forest of Trials quest together? Those who received the Sword of Honor as a reward from the Dummy or those who received the Recovery Staff are welcome.”
“Looking for a party member who is at least level 6 and has completed at least 3 trials in the Forest of Trials.”
“Looking for a party member who can unconditionally clear the Forest of Trials. Only those who have experience progressing to a place where a portal is visible or have reached level 8.”
They were looking for party members to go through the Forest of Trials together.
Some users were seen loitering around the area, hesitating.
They were people who asked experienced users, or if that didn’t work, they tried to get some information.
Those who have already experienced the Forest of Trials are cautious because they know how difficult it is, and those who have entered here for the first time and have not experienced anything yet are cautious because they do not know anything.
Dojin turned his eyes away from those users and looked at the dense forest spread out before him.
At the end of the safe zone, slimes were seen gathering at the entrance to the forest.
It is loitering around, waiting for users to enter the Forest of Trials.
Right now, there is no one outside the safe zone, so it is quiet, but the moment you leave the safe zone and step into the Forest of Trials, it will rush at you.
‘There are about 15 slimes wandering around the entrance… It’s definitely a forest of trials.’
The nickname of the Forest of Trials was the Newbie Mixer.
It was a nickname given to newbies who kept getting kicked out when trying to take on the quest.
It can’t be helped, as you can see just by looking at the scarecrows, even beginner monsters are not easy opponents in LOST.
However, the Forest of Trials is quite densely packed with monsters.
For users who have barely reached level 3 as a reward for the dummy quest, the structure is such that they will inevitably die from exhaustion from continuous battles.
However, it is not that there was no easy strategy.
It was relatively easy to clear the quest by hunting until the healing potion for the quest ran out, returning to the starting point, abandoning the quest, and then re-entering, which is called a reset.
However, Dojin had no intention of ending the tutorial in that way.
‘I’ll break it in one go, no matter what.’
Each user is given only one opportunity to challenge and clear the Forest of Trials.
Dojin had no intention of passing over content that he would never have another chance to challenge in such a boring way.
The thrill of tackling a difficult challenge head on and breaking it.
Dojin thought it was stupid to waste the opportunity to feel that.
And above all.
‘Strictly speaking, I did it twice… but if I don’t beat it on the first try, it looks like I can’t play the game.’
I don’t want to hear that I’m not good at games, not even from others or myself.
Isn’t that the mindset of a true gamer?
Dojin, who had made up his mind that no one would recognize him, ran towards the Forest of Trials with his mace slung over his shoulder.
The horse was heading towards the Forest of Trials, but to others it looked like they were charging at the monsters wandering around the entrance.
To put it simply, he was just crazy.
