[Episode 04] Quest Reward (3)
Busan.
It was a region with so many mountains that the name included the character for mountain, moe-san (山).
In addition, during the Korean War, when a large number of refugees flocked to Busan, one unique feature was observed: many households were formed in the mountains.
It was a shantytown formed by refugees who settled down and developed into a mountain village.
Because the houses were built close together across the entire mountain, it was also an area with numerous alleyways.
“Run!”
The Hadonggun party was moving quickly through the narrow alley, and behind them, dozens of goblins were following them, glowing.
Despite their small size, they were so agile that the distance between Hadonggun’s party and the goblin group gradually decreased.
At that time, Kang Deok-su, who was running at the very back, turned his back and shouted.
“You little shits!”
Woohoo!
Kang Deok-su emerged from the pure white light, wearing a splendid full body armor and a halberd.
“Ugh!”
He stabbed his halberd at one of the goblins that was rushing at him.
Phew!
“Pretty cute!”
The goblin, impaled on the tip of the halberd, flew into the air, spurting blood.
But it was no use subduing just one.
What makes goblins truly scary is that they know how to use the group’s strengths to their advantage.
“Keeeek―!”
“Kyaaaaak!”
Two goblins attacked Kang Deok-su from both sides at the same time.
One of them was holding a sharp cleaver and was quite dangerous.
however.
Bang!
“Keeek?”
“Ouch!”
Goblin claws and kitchen knives were useless against Kang Deok-su’s full body armor.
“Get behind!”
Chomp!
In comparison, Kang Deok-su was surely taking a goblin’s life with every swing of his halberd.
Goblin blood splattered everywhere.
Crunch!
After losing several of their comrades, the goblins realized that attacking Kang Deok-su was pointless. The clever goblins immediately changed their tactics.
They started to ignore Kang Deok-su and just pass by.
“These kids!”
Kang Deok-su blocked the narrow alley and tried his best to block it, but it wasn’t enough on his own.
Phew!
While he was killing one, three or four passed him by and followed the rest of the party.
“Kick!”
The goblins who escaped from Kang Deok-su laughed at him, but the laughter did not last long.
Phew!
It was because the arrow shot by Kim Ga-young cleanly pierced the bastard’s head.
“Don’t worry about those who fall behind!”
“okay!”
Even if they managed to get past Kang Deok-su, the goblins were killed in real time by the barrage of arrows fired by the rest.
Thanks to that, Kang Deok-su was able to run wild without any worries.
“Everyone, come at me!”
Crunch!
Even the goblins gradually changed their minds at the sight of him swinging his weapon unilaterally under the protection of his sturdy armor.
That’s because their numbers have dwindled to about fifteen.
More than half of them had already been defeated by the Hadonggun party.
“Squeak! Squeak!”
“Squeak!”
The goblins, sensing that the situation was unfavorable, began to march in a line.
However, the goblins’ operation was completely blocked from the start.
Because a black beast appeared from the alley on the other side and blocked the passage.
“Khuu …
Owen Ju, who had briefly left to clear out another group of goblins, joined late.
The goblin horde was suddenly surrounded from the front and back, and from that moment on, a one-sided massacre began.
“Kyaaaaah!”
“Get in!”
In front, a human wearing silver armor brandished a spear, while behind, a black beast was tearing apart its comrades.
This is a narrow alley.
There was nowhere for the goblins to run or hide.
Even when they tried to run away, arrows flying like ghosts took the lives of the goblins.
“Keeeeeek!”
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It only took a few dozen seconds for the remaining fifteen goblins to be wiped out.
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[Citizen Owenju completed the quest.]
‘Okay. This time it worked.’
After several experiments, I was able to find a point where hunting goblins did not cost anything.
‘I have to hunt 100 goblins to get 0 won. It’s harder than I thought.’
I was experimenting with when the base salary of 30,000 won would disappear when the quest reward was not set.
The first 10-horse hunt cost about 23,000 won, and the 30-horse hunt cost about 50,000 won.
So to be exact, somewhere between 30 and 100 would be the point where you don’t need to spend any quest costs.
[Citizen Owen has used up all the quests he can perform today.]
[Evaluate the quests performed by Citizen Owen.]
[······ Under evaluation······]
Even while checking the notification, the Absolute’s Eye skill was still maintained.
Now that I’ve gotten used to this state, I can even eat while maintaining the Eye of the Absolute skill.
Slurp-
I calmly watched the situation at Ha Dong-gun’s party while eating ramen.
As I walked through the alleyways, I occasionally encountered groups of goblins, but nothing came of it.
Because Owen Ju’s performance was overwhelming.
Kang Deok-su and Moon Byeong-ho also showed sufficient performance compared to others, but they could not compare to Oh Eun-ju.
She killed over 140 goblins on her own, so that says it all.
‘That’s amazing.’
The sight of the personified Owen tearing apart the goblin was similar to that of a beast.
That’s why when Ha Dong-geon and his group saw her, they mistook her for a monster.
It looked like we would be able to get to Moon Byung-ho’s grandmother without much trouble.
That was when.
[Citizen Kim Ga-young completed the quest.]
[Quest cost is 2,142 won.]
“Two thousand won?”
Of course, it wasn’t just Owen Ju who gave the quest.
Hadonggun gave the entire party a common quest to hunt 10 goblins.
Quests where the content, time, rewards, and penalties are all exactly the same.
However, the cost when Owen Ju cleared the quest and when Kim Ga Young cleared the quest were very different.
I had expected it to some extent, but it was showing a bigger difference than I expected.
‘This makes it clear. The efficiency greatly varies depending on the level of the person carrying out the quest.’
Owen Ju, who is level 33, can barely afford to cut the basic cost of 30,000 won by slaughtering dozens of goblins, but Kim Ga-young can cut the entire basic cost by slaughtering only about fifteen goblins.
‘Give Kim Ga-young a quest: Hunt 13 goblins.’
It was when I increased the number of goblins appropriately and gave the quest again.
[Evaluation completed.]
Owen’s daily quest evaluation has ended.
[132,966 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house.]
‘Huh?’
I tilted my head for a moment at the unexpected reward.
In the case of Kang Deok-su, all three quests were related to strength, and he was given a ‘small amount of strength’ as a reward.
All the quests given to Owenju were related to hunting goblins, so I thought he would give me a ‘small amount of experience points’ as a reward.
But when I actually opened it, it was not experience points but a settlement amount that popped out.
‘That seems strangely high. Are the additional rewards random?’
When I think about it, I think this might actually be more natural.
Unlike Kang Deok-su’s quest, which only required him to do push-ups and squats, Owen Ju’s quest required him to hunt a total of 140 goblins.
‘The reward must have been that much greater.’
It was at that time that I was trying to pass it over without giving it much thought.
Finally, Ha Dong-gun’s party arrived near Moon Byung-ho’s grandmother’s house, and Moon Byung-ho used teleportation to enter the house.
At the same time.
[Citizen Moon Byeong-ho completed the quest.]
[Quest cost is 40,930 won.]
A quest completion alarm appeared.
Unlike the others, Moon Byung-ho was given a quest with the condition that he would use teleportation 10 times.
The reward, of course, was an increase in teleportation proficiency.
All of this was to increase Moon Byung-ho’s teleportation ability as quickly as possible.
[Citizen Moon Byeong-ho has used up all the quests he can complete today.]
[Evaluate the quests performed by Citizen Moon Byeong-ho.]
[······ Under evaluation······]
‘What kind of reward will I get this time?’
Honestly, I was a little excited.
Moon Byung-ho was given a quest related to all skills. The reward was to increase his proficiency in teleportation.
Considering that there are additional rewards related to the quest content, it was clear that it would increase skill proficiency.
‘There’s nothing special about the store or warehouse, but I wonder if the skills of maintaining dignity or the Absolute’s Eye will increase in proficiency?’
In the case of maintaining dignity, surprisingly, proficiency was an important skill.
It was while I was hunting goblins that I felt the importance of this.
The moment I released electricity and hunted the goblins, I realized another possibility for the Maintain Dignity skill.
‘It definitely felt like I had some degree of control over it.’
When the electricity was released towards the goblins, it felt like the will to emit strong electricity was being realized.
It may not be an illusion, as the power supply is actually controlled by the skill of maintaining dignity.
I am confident that as my skill level increases, more things will become possible.
‘It would also be useful to increase the proficiency of the Eye of the Absolute.’
At first, it was difficult to take any other actions when using the Absolute’s eyes.
Now he uses the eyes of the Absolute and even eats food.
As your skill level increases in the future, you will be able to maintain the Absolute’s eyes as naturally as breathing.
‘Or is it that new skill you just acquired?’
As the House Corner Declaration reached level 7, one new skill was added.
Health of the Absolute in the Corner (Passive) Lv. 1
-Immunity is greatly increased.
I still don’t think it’s that good of a skill.
The effects of increasing immunity were limited to not getting sick as easily and having less risk of secondary bacterial infections when wounded.
‘I’m just saying that it seems to have great potential.’
Of all the skills released so far, this is perhaps the one I’m most excited about.
The reason was simple.
‘If I level up, won’t something like immortality pop up?’
At level 1, it was only an increase in immunity, but no one knew how it would change as the skill level increased.
‘It’s all good, but in the end, those skill points are the problem.’
Skill points.
Of course, in order to upgrade the performance of skills, you had to level them up.
Even though the level of the corner proclamation had increased to 7 through the hunting, no new skill points were gained.
‘It seems like they give 3 skill points every 5 levels…’
This means that in order to receive skill points, you need to raise your Cornerstone Declaration level to 10.
‘Even then you’ll only give me three, right?’
Honestly, it was too salty.
Now that the store’s inventory slots are almost full, I absolutely had to invest in the store at least once.
Because there are so many things that need to be registered in the future.
‘That leaves us with 2 points.’
I had few points left, but there were so many skills I wanted to invest in.
The skill that piqued my curiosity the most was the skill of maintaining dignity.
The power to control infrastructure such as electricity, water, and gas right now was enormous.
But the skill that popped out when I reached level 2 was the skill of Gashin.
‘It’s a skill that can mass produce people with superpowers.’
Although there are conditions attached such as trustworthiness and loyalty, being able to grant superpowers in this world is a huge merit.
Just looking at Kang Deok-su’s actions against the goblins, I could feel that there was a huge difference between having superpowers and not having them.
‘Honestly, it would be beneficial if the registration limit was increased.’
The current number of people who can register is 10.
Even if the number of possible registrations increased without adding any other features, it would have been worth investing skill points into it.
‘Ha. What’s the use of worrying like this? I still have a long way to go before I reach level 10.’
Just when I was feeling skeptical about the sudden realization, Moon Byung-ho’s daily quest evaluation finally ended.
[Evaluation completed.]
‘Okay, which skill do you want to increase your proficiency in?’
At that time, I was waiting for the reward with a heart full of anticipation.
[Jackpot Winner!]
[Congratulations.]
[Acquire skill points.]
‘What? Jackpot?’
It was the appearance of a notification I had never imagined.
‘Skill points come from here?’
I was so surprised that I forgot to even maintain the Eye of the Absolute skill.
I was blankly staring at the message in front of me, so I opened the skill window and checked.
[Skill Points Available: 1]
The corners of my mouth pointed to 10:10 as I looked at it.
“···This is awesome.”
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