BJ Archmage Chapter 5: 41-50, a 13 tzameti fanfic

Chapter 41 - 11 (3)

11.

Pro players required three things when participating in a raid.

Items, level, and skills.

Items were the highest priority.

The reason was simple.

A player could sell it for cash anytime when he doesn't need it or when he needs money urgently.

The next was level.

It wasn't about preparing. It was because a player's value comes from his level.

Even though everyone knew skills were also important, they couldn't help being pushed back due to those reasons.

Especially, high-rank skills that were over 10,000 gold which was equivalent to 10 million won were not easy to get.

If a player could spend money on skills, he wouldn't work so hard for 3 days to earn 200 to 300 thousand won and wouldn't waste his life on the game.

Midas was the same.

He had a family to feed, so it wasn't easy for him to buy items while saving up.

[ Ballista ]

- Rank: F

- Effect: When attacking with magic in the same place, you can get the following additional effects. The effects disappear once the caster moves from the casting place and there is a cooldown period before the effects can be applied again.

- Magic attack power increases by 20%

- Speed of casting increases by 10%

- Cooling time of magic decreases by 10%

! When attacking monsters more than 333 times while Ballista's effects are invoked, you can acquire the title 'Bombardment'.

! When hunting a boss monster while Ballista's effects are invoked, you can acquire the title 'No Retreat At a Battlefield'.

! When hunting more than 50 monsters while Ballista's effects are invoked, you can acquire the title 'Unable to Move'.

Midas felt unusual while looking at the information about Ballista at that moment.

'I've collected all 3 bombardment skills in the magician's set!'

Ballista, Long Toss, and Bullseye. One of his skills was even the higher rank version, Dragon's eye.

Of course, the world is wide and the sky is high.

There were even higher rank skills.

'If I have Double Casting and a legendary skill, Revolver,…… I can collect Cannon Style.'

Cannon Style.

Gustav, the top bombardment magician, was second to none. Cannon Style was the reason for his nickname, cannon.

He was a distant star to Midas.

'He gets paid more than 100 million won whenever he participates in a raid.'

Gustav worked as a freelancer and got paid an inconceivable amount.

Comparing Midas to him was the same as comparing an unknown extra and a famous Hollywood star.

'With these three skills, I can't be like him, but I can be like a supporting actor.'

That was why Ballista was a great skill since it reduced the distance to someone like Gustav.

'Plus, Fire Elemental Mastery.'

Besides, there was one more skill he had acquired.

'I can hunt zombies sufficiently with only these two skills, Fireball and Ice Arrow.'

His fighting power increased with the new skill and it changed his situation.

'I can fight against three at once.'

He didn't have to avoid a group of zombie orcs or goblins.

Woof!

At that moment, Lucky barked to let Midas know his presence and Midas became confident when he saw Lucky.

"Yea, Lucky. I can hunt four or even more with you."

Midas smiled.

12.

It wasn't easy to get a nickname in God Wars.

Players couldn't get one just because they were talented. They could only get one after producing results.

Midas got his nickname that way as well.

Cockroach.

It didn't sound good, but he got it as a nickname because he survived well.

In reality, Midas's survival rate was higher than anyone else's when fighting.

He kept his survival rate while raising his level steadily.

It meant he didn't survive by just running away.

At the same time, it also meant his calculations about a fight were accurate and fast.

When he couldn't determine a fight, he gave up.

However, he hunted with certainty when he could.

His methods weren't for fighting monsters stronger than him.

He just gave up when he wasn't certain.

On the contrary, Midas showed his abilities over 120% against monsters that he could hunt.

Midas was weak against the strong, but he was a horrifying existence against the weak.

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"Come!"

In the Cursed Forest, he didn't hide his presence anymore.

Also, he kept his place in the area where everyone was busy running away.

"Fireball!"

He didn't hesitate to use the magic towards zombies approaching while keeping his place.

Bam!

He hit a target far away with a fireball.

"Ice Arrow!"

He hit a close target that approached within 20 meters with an ice arrow.

Woof!

The closest targets were Lucky's.

Of course, he didn't forget to calculate the damage thoroughly while fighting.

'Let's let that one approach.'

Zombies came from everywhere repeatedly and Midas attacked following the monsters' HP.

His calculation was perfect.

[ Ballista's effects are being invoked. ]

Keeping the effects while repeating the fight was the evidence.

[ You have killed a zombie orc. ]

[ You have acquired the title 'Unable to Move' ]

Even while hunting as many as 50 monsters, Midas didn't move at all.

"Yea, this is a game!"

The game was becoming enjoyable to him.

Howl!

Lucky stood above a dead zombie and howled to agree with his owner.

Midas threw a fireball towards a zombie goblin that was approaching.

Bam!

The fireball exploded and threw the zombie goblin's body.

[ You have killed a zombie goblin. ]

[ Your level has risen. ]

It was a happy alert.

[ You have accomplished the condition for the quest. ]

And the next alert made Midas put his right hand high up above his head.

13.

"So, what have you found out?"

What the NPC, Sahalin, said was not an answer but a question towards Midas who came to get a reward for the quest.

The situation was weird enough to wonder.

However, Midas wasn't bewildered and just answered.

"The rotten orc in the Secret Altar was the main culprit of the smell in the Stinky Forest. I anticipate that there is a connection between the rotten orc and the zombies in the Cursed Forest."

This scenario was the main scenario quest. There was a story just like its name.

"I expect that there is something that has the nameless god's power in the Cursed Forest and we need to find it."

Sahalin stared at him without any words and soon nodded.

"Right, there is something that the nameless god left."

Midas smiled inside.

'A game is just a game. Yea, let's move on quickly.'

At that moment.

"What you have to do is to find and bring it."

Midas's face got stiff a little bit.

'Wait, isn't it too fast?'

According to the conversation, a new quest would appear before he got a reward.

As far as Midas knew, getting a reward for a quest hadn't been a problem.

The AI never had a bug.

However, this was the main scenario quest that no one had done before.

Something might happen.

"Wait a moment."

"What is it?"

Midas stopped Sahalin from talking and made a polite posture.

"I guess Ms. Sahalin already knows about it, but I've hunted zombies in the Cursed Forest."

Midas stopped the quest from progressing for the moment and rubbed his hands against each other.

"I've fucking suffered to hunt 1,000 of them……"

"What?"

"No, I mean I've suffered……"

"What do you want?"

Sahalin's next words made Midas frown.

"Anyways, what you need to do is only one thing. Find the reason why the Cursed Forest became like that."

The conversation continued again.

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'This can't be. Was I being too much?'

While Midas was surprised, Sahalin snapped her fingers.

Then one of the books in the bookshelves flew in front of Midas like a butterfly.

"Well, it's certain that you are going to run into trouble with the zombies at your level. So, I'll give you some help."

Only after Midas got the book, he finally smiled at her.

"Oh, thank you."

He found his modesty again.

[ A new quest has been uploaded to a list of the main scenario quest. ]

Soon, a new quest appeared.

[ The Cursed Stone ]

- Rank: Main Scenario

- Level: Level 25 and above

- Content: Find a stone that seems to be left from the nameless god in the Cursed Forest. There must be a clue from a monster that was cursed the worst in the forest.

- Reward: Unknown

! Reward: Sahalin's wand (unique)

! When finishing the quest, you can continue a quest, 'The Cursed Necklace'.

Midas's face was astounded after checking the quest.

'It's hunting a boss monster again.'

The ragged magician was the boss monster in the Cursed Forest.

'It's not easy to hunt.'

The difficulty level of hunting was very high.

'Its Zombie Control skill that starts with the third phase is…… unspeakable.'

Especially when Zombie Control skill was invoked at the last phase, all the zombies around gathered in one place.

In other words, it means he'll get into trouble if he doesn't hunt the zombies in advance.

However, it wasn't easy to hunt zombies while hunting the boss monster because it was highly competitive when hunting it.

Most of the players hit the boss monster as soon as they found it so that they could get priority.

'The best way is pouring fire attacks and killing it in one minute.'

Players saved their firepower until the third phase started and then exploded all at once.

'I have to have a party of five or more.'

To secure enough firepower, a basic party of five was needed to conquer the ragged magician.

Midas's firepower was extraordinary, but he couldn't avoid party playing this time.

'If I need to, I should play with a party.'

Of course, it wasn't difficult if he thought about party playing.

'Oh, I could earn another 10 million won for a video of solo killing again.'

He only thought about solo killing because the previous money he tasted was too sweet.

"Got it. I will find it and come back."

Midas slowly moved towards the door.

But he didn't go through it.

"Lucky."

Ah uh ah uh!

He stopped in front of the door and looked at Lucky.

"Can you howl once?"

Howl!

Lucky started to howl long.

Midas looked at a skill card book in his hand.

'Mr. Lucky. Please bring me a good one.'

He asked for a howl from Lucky because Lucky howled when a good skill came out.

'Please a good one.'

In other words, Midas was desperate.

He couldn't buy a unique rank skill without this kind of chance.

Skill cards appeared in front of Midas's desperate eyes.

He looked into every single one of the 10 cards.

There was nothing bad.

'Summon Salamander, Freezing Ball that slows a target, oh, Chain Lightning.'

Unique skills couldn't be bad.

It was full of valuable skills.

'Huh?'

However, they were meaningless in front of this skill.

[ Double Casting ]

- Rank: Unique

- Effect: You can cast two magic spells at the same time.

'Holy sh*t, I can't believe it came out!'

Double Casting.

It was every magician's dream skill.

-Chapter 42 - Level Up (1)

When God Wars first started, no one knew about the value of things that existed in God Wars.

Especially, the value of skills was unknown.

For example, Long Toss.

The explanation and effect let people know that it was meant for the magician class, but it took a long time to figure out its true value.

In the past, some people bought up skill cards and waited until the market price went up.

Of course, there were exceptions.

Some skills immediately proved their value, so people posted them at a very high price or the skills never showed up on the market.

Double Casting was like that.

Everyone knew about the value of Double Casting even without enough knowledge of the RPG game.

Even if it came out on the market, it disappeared so fast like a crab going to hide. So, the market price couldn't stabilize.

'There is no current record of any trades with the Double Casting skill card.'

Five years have passed since then, and there are still no trade records on G-bay.

The price was all up to the seller.

Even if someone had enough money to buy it, the skill card was so rare to find.

[ Double Casting ]

- Rank: F

- Effect: You can cast two spells at the same time.

! When using Double Casting 1,111 times, you can acquire the title, 'A Crime of Shooting Magic'.

! When using 10 kinds of magic in a row with Double Casting, you can acquire the title, 'Chameleon'.

That skill was in Midas's hand.

He couldn't be happier than this.

'Indeed, this skill is entirely different.'

Double Casting lets magicians fight differently.

It wasn't just using two skills at the same time or reducing cooldown time.

The skill was used for defense and attack at the same time or to use a strong skill that has a long casting time while using another skill that has a short cooldown and casting time as support.

Also, players always stood by with skills like Teleport or Blink to maximize survival or they approached a target and gave a critical boost at the same time.

The skill was on a whole other level to Midas who played only with the idea 'just hit well'.

He couldn't dare to dream of having this skill.

However, it didn't mean he didn't dream about it.

'I didn't expect that my dream would come true.'

A person with 1 billion won doesn't think deeply about how to use his money, but a person who dreams about winning the lottery imagines how to use every single won perfectly.

Midas was the same.

'I thought about all the ridiculous things……'

He dreamed about his days with Double Casting and thought about his own ways how to use it.

Of course, what he thought was only a fantasy, but it wasn't anymore.

'Yea, let's buy some skills from now on!'

His fantasies became reachable.

"Hyunwoo, did you have fun?"

Hyukjoo spoke the customary greetings when Hyunwoo came out of a capsule.

It was the same for Hyunwoo.

"Did something happen while I was gone?"

He didn't expect an answer while greeting.

"Something is happening on G-bay right now."

However, Hyukjoo brought up the subject as if he was waiting for it.

"G-bay? Why? Did a legendary show up?"

"No way. If it was legendary, it wouldn't just be an issue. There is a unique on G-bay."

"What is it?"

"A Double Casting skill card."

Hyunwoo's mouth wiggled a little bit.

'I guess someone got a tradable Double Casting skill card.'

There was one more person who got lucky besides Hyunwoo.

"How much?"

"You know the price for Double Casting. It's up to the seller. It's up for auction and the price is crazy."

"How much is it so far?"

"60,000 dollars."

"What?"

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Hyunwoo clicked his tongue at the vast amount and Hyukjoo did the same.

"It's still going up. It has been a while since a long time ago, so everyone is trying to get it. This is definitely a crazy game."

Hyunwoo nodded in agreement with Hyukjoo.

'Wow, this is insane.'

The situation made Hyunwoo feel renewed about the value of what he had gained.

'That valuable thing came to me.'

Also, it made his heart palpitate.

Hyunwoo got his phone from Hyukjoo and connected to G-Bay right away with his agitated heart.

The first search word was obviously Double Casting.

'The price is going to go up more.'

As Hyukjoo inferred, the price for the Double Casting skill card was increasing madly.

'Well, the seller has already been offered a higher price from his messages for sure.'

There was more than meets the eye.

There had to be people who offered an enormous price instead of participating in the auction.

That was how valuable Double Casting was.

'I don't know who that person is, but it's a jackpot.'

Hyunwoo envied the person because his Double Casting skill card was untradable.

'If my skill card was also tradable, I could've posted on the market right away.'

Hyunwoo wouldn't keep Double Casting unless it was untradable.

Therefore, he had to play the game desperately because it wasn't going to be easy to exploit the value of Double Casting.

'Yea, I should use it well since I've acquired it.'

Hyunwoo changed what he was looking at.

He searched skill cards only for magicians.

There were several skill cards and Hyunwoo's face got wrinkled.

'……The market price is making me feel insulted.'

There was nothing under 1,000,000 won.

The card that was 1 million won was also not for sale but for auction.

'Oh, it's driving me crazy.'

The screen crushed his will to buy.

Hyunwoo eventually turned his face away.

'Let's just check the miscellaneous items that I sold.'

Instead, he logged in to check if the items that he had gathered were sold.

Then he found a message.

'Huh?'

It was from the Rising Star Channel.

'It can't be they want a refund because they didn't like it.'

The moment he saw the message, he became nervous at the thought that he might have to give the money back.

He agonized for a moment.

'Should I ignore the message and delete my account? Anyway, it's a temporary account. I think I heard somewhere that it's legally ok if I say I didn't know………'

It was like 'What about I hide for a while?'

'Whatever.'

But Hyunwoo checked the message.

'Please, don't talk about a refund. Please……'

He sincerely hoped.

"Huh?"

Soon, he could see an unspeakable offer from the Rising Star Channel.

'Wh, what is it?'

"I've sent the message to BJ Archmage, sir."

Yeongjoon Park's employee continued.

"By the way, are you really sure it's ok to send him this?"

"What?"

"You know the message that you would like to make a contract for a video of solo killing the ragged magician at 12,950 dollars……"

Yeongjoon nodded at his employee's question.

His employee shook his head.

"Why on earth are you giving him this offer?"

It was reasonable doubt.

What BJ Archmage had shown so far was only the video of solo killing the slayer orc. That was only possible thanks to his items, skills, and holy beast and not with his exceptional ability or control.

Offering 10,000 dollars as a downpayment was already an error.

Then he offered a much higher amount of money for the next solo kill.

It was obvious that his employee was doubtful.

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Yeongjoon tapped his head and answered his employee's question.

"First, what's the next boss monster after the slayer orc?"

"The ragged magician."

"Right. Then do you think BJ Archmage can solo kill the ragged magician?"

"The ragged magician's type and level are different from the slayer orc, so…… I think it's impossible."

The employee thought about something for a minute and continued.

"Well, it's going to be possible only if he spends as much as Azmo did to solo kill the ragged magician."

"Then let's move on to the second question. What do you think BJ Archmage is going to do after getting our offer? Do you think he's going to be like 'I'm so sorry, but I don't think I can solo kill the ragged magician.' or 'Are you asking if I can do this? Of course, I can! Who do you think I am? I will hunt it right away!'? Huh? What do you think the attention seeker who loves to brag about his money will say?"

"He'll accept it."

"And next?"

"He'll buy items."

"Then, let's put it together. We asked BJ Archmage for a video of him solo killing the ragged magician and he'll accept it and invest in items to solo kill. I expect him to spend at least 50,000 dollars for skills and items."

"Yea."

"In short, he'll invest 50,000 dollars for the contract that we offered at 12,950 dollars."

Only then did his employee look surprised and Yeongjoon tapped his employee's shoulder.

"At the end, BJ Archmage and we will have a better relationship so that we can spend money on each other. It's like people on a blind date talking about their next date."

The employee exclaimed after understanding Yeongjoon's plan and threw another question.

"Then why is it $12,950, not just $10,000? $15,000 sounds more simple."

Yeongjoon tapped his head again and answered the question.

"Let's say there is a pitcher who gets paid $10,000 yearly. If we give him $15,000, it just feels like we raised his annual income. What about we give him $12,950? It will feel like oh, they tried so hard to increase my annual income."

"Oh……"

The employee nodded at his plausible answer and Yeongjoon smiled.

"This is the kind of person that made it into the Wharton school."

The employee threw out another question.

"By the way, what if BJ Archmage fails to solo raid the ragged magician?"

"Then we just get the downpayment back. It's going to be better if we have a detailed conversation during the refund process. For example, investment."

Yeongjoon answered and twisted his smile.

"At the moment, I will leech off him. A leech that graduated from the Wharton school."

'No way.'

Hyunwoo shortly took a deep breath and then looked at his phone screen.

There were neat sentences, but he saw only one.

'12,950 dollars!'

He only thought one thing while looking at the number.

'Why on earth?'

Why does the Rising Star Channel suggest this kind of condition with a large sum of money in advance?

He couldn't understand with common sense.

'Oh!'

At that moment, Hyunwoo came up with a memory of when he was a pro baseball player.

At one of the minor league matches, his team was winning 5 to 4 at the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs.

A hit would reverse the situation at that moment, but his director ordered Hyunwoo to take the mound.

The director's decision wasn't understandable since Hyunwoo only threw well and nothing else.

He had only one reason.

'He's testing me.'

The director wanted to test if Hyunwoo Jung was worthy enough.

Hyunwoo considered the situation at that moment like that time in the past.

He thought that the Rising Star Channel was trying to test if BJ Archmage was worthy to be of concern and an investment.

In other words, it wasn't a one-time event.

It was a chance to be a star.

What about the pros and cons?

Hyunwoo Jung was a very calculating person, but he wasn't stupid and lacking in ambition.

'I have to hunt it.'

It was the same in the past.

When his director told him to take the mound, he took the mound with his determination to show what he could do.

He ended up allowing a reverse hit since he lacked the ability, but it was only at the mound.

Instead of a mound, Hyunwoo Jung was now standing in God Wars.

Besides, Hyunwoo already had a power that was above himself.

'I'm going to hunt it at all costs.'

Hyunwoo was full of fighting spirit.

He instantly changed his phone screen again.

Hyunwoo Jung. He started shopping.

-Chapter 43 - Level Up (2)

Hunt the ragged magician alone!

What Midas bought first was an item to perform the task with his limited budget.

[ The Slayer Orc's Mask ]

- Grade: Unique

- Level to equip: Level 30 and above

- It has the slayer orc's bloody stench.

- All stats 20

- Attack power 3

- Slayer orc set items unlock the additional options

! When equipping 2 items, all stats 12

! When equipping 3 items, all stats 25

! When equipping 4 items, attack power 7

! When equipping 5 items, all damage 10%

He started with the slayer orc's mask and then he bought the top, bottom, gloves, and shoes.

They were the slayer orc's set.

He had to spend more than half of his money on the items.

'…I was going to get them anyway.'

The item set was what he had to buy even without the task.

The goblin champion's set Midas was wearing at that moment was good for level 10.

He had to upgrade his items.

'I can sell them later.'

Indeed, it was easy enough to get cash when he sells the items later.

He had to use a large sum of money, but he didn't hesitate or agonize while buying them.

'It's better than skills. Of course.'

However, skills were different.

In fact, the best way for magicians, especially Archmages, to strengthen their fighting power was by gaining skills.

Azmo was a typical example.

If cooldown time is a problem, you can use another spell while waiting for the cooldown time. Everyone has 5 or 6 legendary attack spells. What? You don't have money to buy them? Then you shouldn't have played the game.

His logic applied for other magicians too.

Most of the famous magicians who reached the peak of magicians, for example, Merlin, Cannon Gustav, had so many strong spells that they couldn't count them.

However, Midas didn't have that much money.

After buying the slayer orc's item set, he could only buy two skills.

He couldn't choose which one to buy easily.

'Unless I solo kill the boss monster, I don't really need to buy them…'

He didn't have to spend excessively if he wasn't trying to solo kill the boss monster.

Also, the efficiency wasn't that good.

When investing, the damage will go up for sure.

However, the damage is just too much for normal monsters.

Midas didn't have any problem hunting zombies in the Cursed Forest.

It was the same against the boss monster.

If Midas asks to join a raid party for the ragged magician, who will reject him?

Players will beg him to join their parties.

He didn't have to invest unless he planned on solo killing the boss monster.

[ Lightning Bolt ]

- Rank: F

- Effect: You can cast three arrows that are made of lightning bolts. The higher the skill's rank is, the more arrows that you can cast.

! When hitting 10,000 times with Lightning Bolt, you can acquire the title 'Tingle Tingle'.

! When hunting 555 monsters with Lightning Bolt, you can acquire the title 'Death from Electric Shock'.

[ Fire Spear ]

- Rank: F

- Effect: You can cast a spear that is made of fire. The higher the skill's rank is, the bigger the spear gets.

! When hitting an enemy 444 times, you can acquire the title 'Javelin'.

! When hitting an enemy's head 99 times, you can acquire the title 'Master of Javelin'.

Midas bought two new skills after some thought.

"Lucky, I must solo kill no matter what happens. I've spent everything on this. If we fail, I am going to go bankrupt."

Woof!

He was determined to succeed in this task somehow.

Midas was going to do anything for that.

"No matter what……"

Normal players had love and hatred for the Explorer's guild.

No one denied that the game became convenient thanks to them.

It was a privilege for players that they could hunt without worrying about PK and also the Explorer's guild didn't request too much.

However, they also felt like they were watched by the Explorer's guild at the same time.

They didn't especially like to meet a member of the guild at a hunting field.

There were many players who avoided the members.

"They treat us like sh*t."

"What can we do?"

It wasn't pleasant for the members as well.

"We do our jobs since we're paid."

The members of the Explorer's guild were basically players who liked to play God Wars.

It was drudgery for them to standby near hunting fields while not playing the game properly.

"I'm thankful that I can make money while not doing anything like this."

They wouldn't have gone through the drudgery without money.

"Oh, they are members of the Explorer's guild."

At that moment, somebody approached them first from the dark fog in the Cursed Forest.

Ah uh ah uh!

The next one that approached them was a fluffy dog.

It was enough to know who the player was.

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'He's BJ Archmage or something.'

Some players knew Midas was active in the Cursed Forest.

The members of the Explorer's guild had to know about that well.

As they expected, Midas showed up with the goblin champion's mask.

The two members of the Explorer's guild questioned why he appeared.

'But why?'

'What's the reason?'

Midas had never bought the Explorer's guild's services since the Beginner's village.

He also didn't use their service at the Cursed Forest not even once.

It meant they didn't have any interactions.

"You guys are from the Explorer's guild, right?"

However, Midas familiarly asked them a question.

"That's right."

One of the members answered with a brusque tone.

"Do you have a problem?"

Midas shook his head at the businesslike tone.

"No, I don't. Thanks to you guys trying so hard day and night."

The members contorted their faces a little bit.

'He doesn't like us?'

'Sh*t, he's acting up with his money.'

What Midas said only sounded like sarcasm.

"Thank you so much."

However, the atmosphere instantly changed when Midas handed over something to them.

"This is?"

"This is nothing, but just potions."

What he handed over were potions.

"I would like to buy you guys some coffee, but there is no such a thing like that. I chose potions that taste close to coffee."

They were not ordinary potions but rare potions that increase stats temporarily.

The price for it was 10 gold which was 10,000 won.

"Oh, isn't it expensive?"

"Coffee costs almost the same these days."

"This is…"

"Anyways, I play the game comfortably thanks to you."

The gift was enough for the members to become friendly and their facial expressions changed.

"Not a problem."

"That's our job though."

After that, Midas and the members of the Explorer's guild had a conversation.

They talked about small things and the atmosphere was harmonious.

"What are they? Aren't they the members of the Explorer's guild? Who's in front?"

"By the looks of the dog, isn't he BJ Archmage?"

"They look so friendly to each other."

Anyone could feel the friendly atmosphere.

The players who saw them thought that BJ Archmage and the Explorer's guild were close.

"I guess the rumor about BJ Archmage buying the Explorer's guild's VVIP service is true."

"Indeed, he spends so much on items. He would definitely buy their service."

"If somebody does something to BJ Archmage, he'll be in trouble."

"They should expect to throw away their characters as soon as they hunt him and take his items."

They also thought the Explorer's guild would take revenge if someone attacked BJ Archmage.

That was what Midas aimed for.

'I can use the Explorer's guild's halo effect for now.'

He had an important hunt ahead and had to reduce variables as much as possible.

The Explorer's guild's halo was the best way for Midas to reduce variables at the moment.

The rumor that Midas is a VVIP from the Explorer's guild would spread and the players who were after Midas would hide their teeth for a while.

'I must avoid being robbed while hunting the boss monster.'

Especially, the rumor would become a safe shield at the boss monster raid.

Disturbing a rich VVIP from the Explorer's guild wasn't something that people could easily do.

'Well, it won't last for more than a week.'

Of course, the shield wasn't for a lifetime.

The rumor will spread around and reach the Explorer's guild. Then the truth will come out.

As Midas said, it would last for a week.

'So, let's finish it in a week.'

Midas decided a week from then as d-day.

"See you around! Let's go, Lucky."

Woof!

Midas finished working and started hunting.

Everything is expensive in God Wars.

None of the items or skills were cheap.

However, not many players could do anything about the high price.

Everyone knew that spending money wouldn't betray them.

Midas thought the same.

"Fireball and Ice Arrow!"

Midas cast two skills at the same time with the Double Casting effect. Then he threw a fireball that was cast first toward a zombie orc that was 40 meters ahead.

Bang!

The fireball made an explosion sound. As soon as the sound disappeared, Midas aimed at a zombie goblin that was 20 meters away with the ice bow in his left hand.

Midas pulled the bowstring and shouted.

"Lightning Bolt!"

Then he released the bowstring.

Thwap!

He hit the zombie goblin steadily with his ice arrows one by one.

At the moment he used all the ice arrows, the ice bow started to break in pieces.

Crash!

And soon, it turned to an electric bow that sparked.

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Lightning Bolt was invoked.

"Fire Spear!"

Midas cast the new skill and aimed at another zombie orc with an electric arrow.

Spark!

The electric arrow made a rough spark sound after hitting the zombie orc.

Ergh!

The zombie orc stopped moving for a second.

It was paralysis from the effect of the electric spell.

Spark!

When Midas hit the zombie orc with three arrows, the electric bow turned into the original wand.

Midas grabbed the wand and shouted.

"Fireball!"

Fireball finished its cooldown time and appeared on Midas's right hand. Then Midas threw the fireball to a zombie orc 40 meters ahead.

The fireball flew fast and directly hit the golden target on the zombie orc's head.

[ Fire Spear is ready to cast. ]

At the same time, the alert rang to notify Midas that Fire Spear finished casting. Midas opened his empty right hand.

Then a fire flame that looked similar to Fireball appeared.

Midas threw it towards the zombie orc.

Crackling!

The fire flame left Midas's hand and instantly turned into a 1 meter length spear in the air.

Woosh!

The fire spear finished turning into a spear. It made a sharp sound that was totally different from Fireball and pierced the zombie orc's head perfectly.

[ You have killed a zombie orc. ]

One kill.

Midas clenched his fist at the end of the cool result.

'This is why I spend so much money.'

He could actually make the same result with the Ice Arrow and Fireball combo.

However, the excitement from using magic continuously was incomparable.

Of course, there was a disadvantage.

[ Your MP is under 10%. ]

It was obvious that the energy he spent increased as much as the output increased.

His mana was enough so far, but it started to run out.

'Here we go.'

Magicians in God Wars experienced the same trouble.

The trouble wasn't difficult to overcome.

The way to overcome it was very simple.

"Phew."

Midas started to glup a MP recovering potion from his waist.

'I'm wasting 3,000 won like this……'

Recovering MP with a potion.

There were other ways as well.

He could learn skills that rose the amount of MP or the speed of recovering MP. He could also equip an item that has an option related to MP.

Those cost more.

'Still, it's better than getting a set for recovering MPs.'

Krrr!

While Midas was recovering his MP, Lucky hunted zombies instead of his owner.

Midas was able to save the MP that he was going to use to finish hunting.

'I'm thankful that I have Lucky.'

He felt more than just thankful.

At that moment.

[ Your level has risen. ]

[ You have reached level 30. ]

[ Wardragon is offering you a chance to grow. ]

The alerts rang in Midas's ears.

Midas shouted as soon as he heard them.

"There was no point in drinking the potion."

He complained because leveling up recovered all the HP and MP.

Midas wouldn't normally complain since he could expect when he leveled up.

'I didn't know it was going to be this fast.'

It meant the speed of leveling up was much faster than he expected.

'Awesome.'

That was why he was admiring even though he complained.

[ Would you like to get a card reward? ]

The system notified Midas about a reward for level 30.

"Yes."

As soon as Midas answered, 100 cards appeared in front of Midas's eyes.

'It's going to give me some trash for sure.'

He didn't expect that much.

Properly speaking, he was already finished getting ready to hunt the ragged magician even if a strong skill didn't come out here.

Midas intended to lower his expectation.

'This game is trash. It's obvious.'

He had ridicule in front of the cards.

'Huh?'

There was something with a red light.

Midas saw the light and talked alone.

"Oh, I have no problem hunting the ragged magician without it……"

While saying that, his ridicule became a big smile.

"……Well, it won't be bad to have it. Right, Lucky?"

Woof!

"I hope some attack magic comes out. I don't really need it though."

Midas wouldn't deny the gift obviously and he checked the unique skill card soon.

"I don't need it but……"

At that moment, Midas's face got stiff.

"What? Strength?"

-Chapter 44 - Level Up (3)

[ Strength ]

- Grade: Unique

- Effect: It increases an object's strength and increases the range of all the skills that are affected by strength.

When Midas saw the one unique skill, Strength, among the 100 cards, he came up with an idea.

'It's going to be good for Lucky to use.'

It wouldn't be bad.

Considering Lucky's skill, Strength's buff would be a big help to Lucky.

'However…'

Midas couldn't ignore the other 99 skills and just choose Strength because of that.

Even though it was a unique skill card, Midas didn't have any reason to have buff skills since he was a ranged damage dealer.

Of course, magicians who could buff others had a high income.

First, a buff type magician and a buff type priest were different.

A priest who had a healing skill mostly followed the tanker or the melee fighter, however, a magician with buff skills moved with the ranged fighter.

Because a magician could be a ranged attacker and also a buffer, they received extra pay.

However, it wasn't attractive for Midas.

'I would rather have an attack skill……'

Additional attack magic would be more helpful.

'Wait.'

At that moment, Strength's other effect passed through his mind.

'It also affects a magician's range.'

One of the Strength's effects was increasing the range of skills that were affected by strength.

Ranged fighters who used a bow or a throwing weapon liked the Strength skill for that reason.

An interesting thing was that magicians were also ranged fighters.

'The affected range is bigger for magicians.'

Most of the magician's skills, for example, Fireball, Ice Arrow, and Fire Spear were thrown.

They were also affected by strength.

Midas didn't put too much importance on it since he didn't have to rely on strength once it rose to a certain amount. Also, throwing hard didn't increase the damage.

In addition, the range didn't mean that much unless a magician had Long Toss.

However, there weren't many magicians who had Long Toss. Also, 60 meters was enough for them even if they had it.

They didn't need to try to throw that far since the accuracy decreased geometrically.

If there is a shooter in basketball, whose success rate for a three-pointer is 80%, and he throws a ball from the centerline, the accuracy rapidly decreases.

Midas was the same.

He already showed enough accuracy within 60 meters that made Long Toss effective.

'…How far will the range be?'

What if the range becomes 70 meters or 80 meters?

It was useless if he played with a party.

What if he solo plays?

What if he could hit one more time with another spell within the few seconds that he earns from the extra 10 meters.

Also, what if he could raise the accuracy and range of his weak attacks, which are arrow and bolt types?

[ You have chosen a skill card. ]

When Midas thought about that, his hand was already moving.

Players mostly looked around to see if there were other hunters around when they hunted.

It was one of the reasons why the Cursed Forest was abandoned because they couldn't find players around the monster they found.

Owl and his comrades were in the same situation.

"Hey, it's alone. Right?"

A party of three who were at level 26 shared their opinions while looking at a zombie orc standing alone in the Cursed Forest.

"I think so."

"I don't see anyone."

"You sure?"

Their voices sounded worried.

They couldn't do anything about it.

"Look closely. I don't want to die like last time when we touched something we weren't supposed to."

The tanker, Owl, had already experienced the bitterness of the Cursed Forest.

So, he had to be sure about their situation.

Of course, they couldn't keep looking at the situation forever.

"I'm sure. I used the Eagle Eye skill. I checked 50 meters around us and there are two more zombies other than that one. No players and even no dogs around."

After the ranged fighter, Sauru, explained, Owl nodded and adjusted his helmet.

"Ha!"

Owl adjusted his breath shortly and mumbled quietly while putting his shield forward.

"Shield Up!"

At the moment he shouted his skill, a translucent barrier started to appear around Owl's shield.

The barrier became as big as half of Owl's body.

Only then, Owl shouted towards the zombie orc.

"Let's get it!"

At the moment he shouted,

Bam!

A huge explosion woke up the normally quiet forest.

Krr!

The zombie orc screamed and fell to the ground right away.

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"Argh!"

Owl saw the scene the closest and shouted.

Soon, he looked back and yelled.

"Hey! You told me there was no one!"

His comrade, an archer, turned his head around and then answered with a shaky voice.

"There's no one. Seriously, there's no one within 50 meters."

"Then? Where did it come from?"

"Obviously…… from further than 50 meters."

At that moment, everyone turned their heads towards the direction where the fireball flew from.

10.

Bam!

When the explosion sound echoed far away from him, Midas stared at his right hand.

And he turned his head towards where the sound came from.

'Wow, I hit it.'

80 meters was about the same length as a soccer field.

The distance was ridiculously far when trying to hit an object by throwing a ball. Midas looked at his hand with his surprised eyes.

'I didn't know Strength's effect was this good.'

It was a miracle that Strength made.

Properly speaking, it was a result made from many factors.

First, Midas's strength stat was very high and it increased Strength's effect.

However, his accuracy wasn't related to that.

The secret of his accuracy was Midas's eyes.

He could clearly see an enemy's HP from far away and also the object's weakness using Dragon's Eye's effect.

It was very important for him when throwing.

Hitting the middle of a wall without a target mark and doing it with a target mark are on an entirely different level.

Besides, the most surprising thing was that he tried to do it.

'Well, I don't normally do this.'

Hitting from further than 80 meters wasn't a necessary talent in God Wars.

There wasn't much benefit when succeeding because 60 meters was a limit even with Long Toss.

There were some advantages when a monster was far away, however, most magicians used their magic under a tanker's support.

They would rather have a tanker and attack a monster within a distance that they could certainly hit than get far away from a monster for their safety.

There was even more benefit for Midas.

'The accuracy of Ice Arrow and Lightning Bolt also became higher.'

His weakness, the arrow type magic skills, now had a longer range.

'This is cool.'

It was a big deal.

Midas's previous range of 60 meters now became 100 meters.

He didn't even need Dragon's Eye.

Just hitting a target itself would make the damage overwhelmingly higher.

Strength was that impressive.

Krr!

Lucky gained the most benefit from the effect.

Woof!

A zombie orc was just like a toy in front of Lucky whose strength was now much higher.

Whenever Lucky threw his body towards the zombie orc, its body was torn like ice cream that was scooped by a spoon.

Plop!

Not only Lucky's mouth but also his nails left a deep wound on the zombie orc's body.

Lucky actively used the benefit of the skill.

He continuously bit and clawed the monster.

It wasn't a weird scene.

Lucky was a holy beast under the god, Fenrir, the best amongst the fighting gods.

His software was at a different level.

[ Lucky has killed a zombie orc. ]

Hoowl!

Lucky hunted a zombie orc all alone and howled to celebrate his victory.

'Then I'll have to calculate again.'

Midas heard Lucky's howl and started to recalculate.

'Let see, the range has increased. Also, if I add Lucky's attack stats…'

He calculated and then tilted his head.

'……Wait.'

Then he recalculated.

'It's weird……'

He repeatedly doubted his calculation.

'Solo killing can't be this easy.'

He was playing above his level.

11.

The ragged magician.

It wasn't that popular to players as a boss monster in the Cursed Forest.

The difficulty was high, but the items from the ragged magician weren't that valuable compared to the slayer orc.

Above all things, a party of five was a requirement, but players mostly hunted in a party of seven to ten.

They divided the earnings according to the number of players. So, they felt like the hunt wasn't worth it.

Of course, it didn't mean that players didn't care about the boss monster at all just because it wasn't popular.

"How much time is left until the respawn for the ragged magician?"

"Not much left."

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Several parties were waiting for their turns to come.

"Can't they show us the respawn time in seconds? I wish they had an item for that!"

"I don't care about that. I wouldn't care if they just let us know which area it'll appear at. The forest is too big to guess where the boss monster will come out!"

"This game is all about luck."

They waited endlessly.

Then someone brought up news.

"Hunting the ragged magician has started!"

Some players yelled at the news.

"Sh*t, I've wasted my time again!"

"I told you we should wait here first!"

We missed it again!

The atmosphere was messy with complaints, and someone threw a question.

"So which party is it?"

"It's not a party."

"What? What bullsh*t is that?"

"It's a solo kill!"

His answer instantly made the atmosphere frosty.

12.

Two heads on a big body that looked like various bodies were attached to each other.

Krgh!

Ergh!

The two heads, a goblin and an orc's head, emitted a bizarre sound and four arms moved limply.

The ragged magician.

It showed why its name was ragged by its appearance.

It looked really horrifying.

At the same time, 5 zombie orcs and 5 zombie goblins appeared.

Err!

Erhh!

They surrounded the ragged magician like a fence and didn't allow players to challenge the boss monster.

What made the challenge more difficult was that the monsters were hard to see due to the black fog.

How can I approach?

How can I hunt?

The scene didn't give the answers easily.

"Okay."

Of course, the black fog didn't bother Midas at all.

Instead, within the darkness, he could clearly see the numbers, the data, and the golden target that only he could see.

It was like someone turned off the room light and turned on a spotlight on his target in an indoor shooting range.

He couldn't help but be confident.

'I've already hunted the monsters around here.'

One of his reasons why he was so confident was that he had already hunted the zombies in the area and made his stage perfectly.

'Hunting isn't a problem.'

His confidence gave him the conviction on this hunt.

Therefore, Midas was able to go one step forward.

'The hunting method is what matters.'

When the result is outstanding, people focus on the process that produced the result.

'I gotta push strongly here.'

Midas experienced that when he was a pro baseball player.

When baseball pitchers got a number of outs, the spectators' reaction was entirely different for a player who just threw ground balls and a player who threw a 150km/h fastball at the end of a strikeout.

Their salaries were also different.

'I need to prove my value here.'

So, Midas didn't hesitate.

"Hello, everyone? This is BJ Archmage. I'm here to solo kill the ragged magician today. I didn't think about hunting it, but the Rising Star Channel requested that I do."

Woof?

Midas started talking and then looked at Lucky.

"Of course, their offer was only as much as I spent on my dogs' food. However, they tried their best to offer me that much. So, I thought I could grant their request since they asked me politely."

Woof!

Lucky barked as he agreed and Midas continued.

"So, I decided to buy a new car next time and instead bought some items. I wanted to buy all the legendaries, but there was nothing for sale. Also, it's bothersome to sell and buy another one again since I'll level up soon."

He tried to fool everyone into thinking that he was someone who couldn't control his spending.

It was literally just acting.

A fucking asshole was more popular than a polite guy in this world.

Being provocative was the most important.

"Now, I'm going to start solo killing the ragged magician."

Midas didn't want to stop there.

"I'll try not to get hit even once while hunting it."

Woof!

"Excuse me? What am I going to do if I get hit?"

Woof!

"As soon as I get hit, I will do a drawing and give away a Mercedes for free. Of course, with full options. I don't treat cars without options."

Midas gave an empty promise and shouted to start the war.

"Fireball and Fire Spear!"

Howwl!

The show has started.

-Chapter 45 - Level Up (4)

13.

"I'm giving away a free Mercedes!", he pompously shouted.

However, the face behind the slayer orc's iron mask had no confidence at all.

'Sh*t, was it too much?'

It wasn't easy for him to say that when he couldn't even buy a used Mercedes even if he sold everything he had.

He would be living in debt again as soon as he fails to solo kill the ragged magician.

It was a moment where he put everything on the line.

'I'm glad I took a Cheongsimhwan.'

He had already taken a Chungsimhwan.

In other words, he was ready to go.

He ran through countless simulations and found the perfect route to success.

His plan was flawless.

'If I do it well, I can hunt it.'

If there was a problem, it would be Midas himself.

"Fireball and Fire Spear!"

Midas steeled his resolve and started the war.

14.

90 meters.

A fireball flew through the far distance between Midas and the ragged magician.

Woosh!

The fireball flew through the black fog that looked like the night sky and finally hit the ragged magician orc's head.

Bam!

The explosion didn't match with the beautiful arc of the fire.

Err!

Kkruh!

After that, two short screams came out of both heads of the ragged magician.

Erug!

Aruh!

At the same time, 10 zombies around the ragged magician began moving towards the source of the attack.

Thuck!

At that moment, a fire spear hit a zombie orc's head directly.

The zombie orc collapsed right away.

The remaining 9 zombies didn't get scared and moved to the person who attacked their boss.

Err!

Krr!

The ragged magician also prepared for its counterattack on the attacker while making grotesque sounds.

Black clouds started to form around the wand held in one of the four hands.

It was a sign the ragged magician was casting the spell, Blind Curse.

The curse was troublesome.

Sight was already limited in the Cursed Forest due to the black fog, but the curse completely blocked a player's sight.

Someone had to stop it.

Woof!

Lucky showed up.

He instantly threw himself towards the goblin head's neck of the ragged magician.

Crush!

Then he bit it off and went over the ragged magician.

As soon as he landed, he bit its left arm and Achilles tendon.

Erug!

It eventually stopped casting and its four arms bustled to catch Lucky.

Bam!

In the meanwhile, Midas hunted the zombies approaching him one by one.

There was obviously a limit.

The distance between Midas and the group of the zombies became 60 meters when he used the second fireball.

'Okay.'

He waited for the right distance.

"Ice Arrow and Lightning Bolt!"

Midas was able to hit with the arrow type skills within the distance.

He finished casting the spells and threw the ice arrows at the zombies one by one.

He didn't try to show off.

He didn't hurry.

He knew the cooldown time didn't decrease if he hurried.

He steadily hunted the zombies.

Bam!

When he hunted them all, his eyesight followed the ragged magician that was fighting Lucky.

'60 meters.'

The distance between the ragged magician and Midas was 60 meters.

Midas shouted in front of the distance.

"Now, I'm going to attack without moving! Focus, everyone! I'll show you damage that you can never see at this level!"

15.

"How's he doing?"

"He passed the first phase easily."

Players gathered one by one around Midas's raid on the ragged magician.

Of course, there were some hyenas amongst them.

However, they didn't look like they would attack Midas soon.

There was no reason to commit a difficult crime.

"Good. Hunting those 10 monsters is the most bothersome in the raid."

Especially, players who were after the ragged magician knew conquering it wasn't easy.

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"Yet, the second phase is worse."

The ragged magician's first phase was called Summon Zombies.

It wasn't a special skill. It appeared and summoned 10 subordinate zombies. The strategy of conquering the ragged magician was to hunt the zombies first.

The problem was the second phase.

"Indeed, it uses Double Casting as soon as the second phase started."

"The two heads aren't for nothing."

The two heads cast at the same time when the second phase started.

It was literally Double Casting.

There was only one way to stop it.

"To stop it, he must attack its head. A normal attack won't work."

The only way was to damage its head hard.

It wasn't an easy task.

"It's never going to be easy to hit it correctly in the darkness."

The unique environment in the Cursed Forest made the difficulty worse.

'The second phase starts.'

That part was the biggest reason why Midas was confident.

'This is a piece of a cake.'

At the moment the ragged magician's second phase started and the two heads started casting, Midas steadily attacked only its heads.

Bam!

Thunk!

A fireball and a fire spear hit its heads in that order.

His attack didn't falter.

'I had practiced throwing more than a thousand times.'

It was thanks to his long time practicing.

'Also, throwing thousands of times doesn't hurt my shoulders.'

Being able to practice was only possible since he was in God Wars.

If he practiced throwing in reality, his shoulders would have been injured.

His practice produced good results.

Midas consistently focused on attacking the ragged magician's heads with 4 magic spells.

Nevertheless, the ragged magician didn't express its hatred towards Midas.

Ro-ar!

Life and Death!

It was thanks to Lucky's skill.

Besides, he didn't stop at just holding down the ragged magician.

Grrr!

When Midas aimed at its upper body, Lucky conquered its lower body.

"Wow, the holy beast is on fire."

"What kind of holy beast is he?"

"How much does he spend on the holy beast?"

Everyone was captured by Lucky's brilliant performance.

Kruh!

At that moment, a bizarre sound came out of its mouth.

Its cries was a sign that the third phase had started.

"The third phase is starting! Zombie Control skill is invoked!"

"All of them are going to gather here."

"Everyone, run away before you guys attract their aggro!"

Its cries summoned all the nearby zombies.

16.

When the ragged magician's HP drops to under 20%, the third phase starts. At the same time, Zombie Control skill is invoked.

Everyone knew that fact.

For this reason, parties cleared up the zombies around them before they hunted the ragged magician.

Midas did the same.

He already knew about when and where the ragged magician would appear. He didn't only clear up around the area. It was more like cleaning up the entire forest.

Kkrr!

However, Midas became nervous when the third phase started.

'The zombies that have followed the crowds are coming now.'

He did clean up the forest.

However, zombies chased the crowds while Midas was waging the war.

Besides, all the zombies around forcibly targeted the player who attacked the ragged magician as soon as Zombie Control was invoked.

It meant they were going to fly only at Midas and Lucky.

It also meant at least 30 zombies would close in on all sides.

"Haa! I'm in the middle of the third phase now."

Midas caught his breath.

He didn't hurry since it was urgent.

"Oh, I did lots of damage so well. I didn't expect the third phase would be invoked so soon. I'm going to stretch a little bit. Everyone, stretch with me now."

Midas acted like he was so relaxed and took a good look at the situation around him.

Then, he saw a group of zombies rushing towards him and also some players hiding amongst the zombies.

'I knew it. The hyena assholes are standing by.'

The thieves who were after the ragged magicians were one of the reasons why the Cursed Forest was troublesome.

Any crimes were caught easily in normal hunting fields.

However, it wasn't easy to chase them in the black fog of the Cursed Forest.

What if some range fighters attack the ragged magician from far away now?

'The Explorer's guild isn't a guaranteed solution.'

The insurance he made in advance was meaningless.

Insurance is sold since there are accidents. Even though the Explorer's guild was outstanding, criminals who ignored them were everywhere.

Plus, Midas was conquering the ragged magician far away.

Midas was already expecting them.

He also prepared a solution for this.

'I won't let you steal what's mine.'

Midas figured out the situation around him and shouted.

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"Now, I'm going to cast the fifth spell I have."

17.

"Do you think it's possible?"

"I understood enough about his damage and cooldown time. I think we can give it a try."

50 meters from the ragged magician.

Two archers were having a conversation with shiny red lights in their eyes.

The red light was from Eagle Eye, the archer's skill.

It was evident that they were not part of the audience but hunters.

"We've already come here. Of course, we should hunt the ragged magician."

What they wanted was obviously the ragged magician.

Their goal wasn't to steal kills or items.

That was difficult to achieve.

"Well, we'll have no losses even if we fail."

"We can just flee."

What they would like to earn was mere personal satisfaction.

People might ask why they were doing that, but they only did it for fun.

It was commonly seen in God Wars.

"How could the Explorer's guild find out?"

"I can't leave the Cursed Forest because it's fun."

The Cursed Forest was the best place to play around.

"Let's fuck around with the rich asshole."

"Ok."

They waited for the right time when Midas attacked the ragged magician several more times and its HP dropped under 10%.

The timing was when it would die by only a few of their arrows.

Bam!

They heard an explosion sound towards the ragged magician.

"Soon."

"Yea."

The sound let them know it was almost the time for them to pull their bowstrings.

Bam!

Soon, another explosion sounded and they pulled their bowstrings slowly.

'Huh?'

'What?'

At that moment, they couldn't help being surprised.

"What is that?"

"Why is he running?"

Midas was moving towards the ragged magician.

"An axe?"

Also, he was holding an axe.

18.

Pro baseball players mostly thought the same way.

"I should show everything I have when I get the chance."

When they got the chance, they did it at all costs.

It's easy to say.

However, most of them destroyed themselves when they got a chance.

Midas was the same.

He did everything at all costs and mostly destroyed himself.

Nevertheless, he prepared to do everything whenever he had a chance.

He was the same this time.

'Remember me well deep in your memories this time.'

It was a chance to be a supporting actor, not an extra.

What if he did as usual on the stage where he can show himself?

He didn't want to miss this opportunity like that.

So, he agonized.

How can I attract the audience's attention, raise my recognition, and appeal to the Rising Star Channel?

'Very deeply!'

That was why Midas was swinging the slayer orc's axe that he hadn't sold yet towards the ragged magician.

Smash!

He displayed his experience of over five years in the game and wielded the axe.

Surprisingly, the power of the axe was pretty good.

Midas's strength stat was basically high, but Strength skill made it even higher. So, Midas's stats resulted in better damage than the damage from other normal melee fighters.

'It's working so well!'

That was why Midas was certain because it was better not to do that if he only thought about displaying his showmanship.

The hyenas showed their teeth but stopped due to Midas's actions.

First, there were many who were surprised at his actions.

At the same time, aiming for the ragged magician became difficult.

What if they accidentally attacked Midas?

The gravity of the crime between stealing a monster and attacking a player was totally different.

That was what Midas was aiming for.

'There are no real hyenas here.'

There were real hyenas who were ready to lose everything while stealing a monster and PK. Other than them, no one let go of their bowstrings or threw magic towards a player in this situation.

Finally, Midas finished the game with his axe.

Crush!

The ragged magician made its last sounds, shook its body, and fell on the ground.

[ You have killed the ragged magician. ]

[ You have acquired the title, 'The Ragged Magician Hunter' ]

[ You have acquired the title, 'Man who Killed The Ragged Magician Alone. ]

The alert ended.

Midas chopped the dead ragged magician's head with his axe and showed his thumbs up.

"Close combat is definitely the best."

Midas. He succeeded in solo killing the ragged magician.

-Chapter 46 - The Dorido Mine (1)

There were many variables to consider when starting a war in God Wars.

A war was always tense.

Audiences who came to watch were the same.

It wasn't easy to relax in a situation where you couldn't expect when a monster would appear or when someone would try to PK you.

There was only one reaction when facing an unexpected situation while being nervous.

Staying still like a turtle hiding in its shell.

"He ran towards the ragged magician?"

"With an axe?"

"Is he trying to melee attack? He's a magician, though."

The audience was reacting at the unexpected action where Midas ran with an axe towards the ragged magician.

"He's insane!"

The audience couldn't contemplate the situation.

The hyenas weren't any different.

They waited for an opportunity and their last chance to hunt finally came, but they also hesitated.

The silence wrapped around the audience.

"Oh, it's dead!"

The hunt for the ragged magician was over.

That was also unexpected.

"What are you talking about? Already?"

"He was wielding the axe, you said!"

A magician couldn't deal damage well when attacking with an axe.

Of course, everyone considered Midas's actions as mere performance.

Nobody imagined that he would hunt the ragged magician with the axe.

Except for Midas.

'No one's making a move as expected.'

He also expected the situation.

'This is my only chance.'

Midas started to finish up quickly while everyone was stiff.

[ Looting has started. ]

[ 5 items are added into the inventory. ]

Midas finished looting the items first.

[ You have satisfied the condition of the quest. ]

As soon as he heard the alert, he looked around.

Then, he saw zombies surrounding him.

'This is the beginning.'

The only thing he had left to do was to run away from the group of zombies.

It wasn't that difficult.

'If I get attacked here……'

The real problem was that some players might attack Midas when they got a chance.

If someone was really after Midas, this moment was the last chance for them.

Therefore, Midas shouted.

"Everyone, thank you for helping me."

He shouted as loud as possible so that everyone around could hear him.

"You guys are good to go. Next time we gather again, everything will be on me! Thank you so much!"

He shouted repeatedly and clearly.

At that moment, players thought that Midas hired helpers just in case for his solo kill and they were standing by around him.

'Oh, he made helpers standby here.'

'Are they from the Explorer's guild?'

Their thoughts were understandable enough.

'Indeed, that's why he was that confident.'

'Money sure is the best. I'm trying my best to do it alone and he does it with insurance(the helpers).'

Who wouldn't buy a safety net if they have enough money?

'If I attack him, it's over for me.'

'Phew, thank god. I'm glad I didn't attack him.'

Midas's shout made players who were about to attack him let out a sigh of relief.

"Now, Lucky will say goodbye."

Midas left with a final greeting.

"Lucky, say something."

Hoooowl!

Lucky's howl echoed in the Cursed Forest.

Midas. He perfectly succeeded in solo killing the ragged magician.

A storm, named Midas, passed through the Cursed Forest.

The storm appeared in Wiga city next.

He tried his best to hide his identity and came to the city.

"You are here."

He wore a large robe and came quickly to Sahalin's place. Sahalin greeted him.

"Haah!"

However, Midas exhaled out roughly instead of answering at Sahalin.

"Ha, fuck!"

After that, he continued spitting out what he had in his mind, for example, anxiety, nervousness, and restlessness that were accumulated while hunting the ragged magician.

"Phew, for real. Wow."

He was supposed to express those feelings after he finished hunting. However, Midas had to hold everything in until he got here. So he couldn't help but let it out roughly.

After spitting out everything, elation at his achievements started to fill up his mind.

'I did it.'

No one could say that he did it easily.

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He felt an unspeakable shudder at the fact that he did something that was not easy.

Besides, the result wasn't the only thing that was important.

'I did it at an important moment.'

He achieved it at a very important stage in his life.

'I did it for the first time!'

The chances came to Midas several times, but he never succeeded before. So, he felt extraordinary.

Of course, all the results hadn't come out yet.

Since he succeeded in solo killing, he would get paid. However, if the Rising Star Channel would accept it or not was their decision.

'I hope the result is good……'

Anyway, it was better than failing.

A profit at least as much as his investment was guaranteed.

"Hey, you."

Plus, there was an additional gain.

"Did you bring the thing I asked for?"

Midas picked up his head when Sahalin asked.

It was time for Midas to get the reward for the quest.

"Yes."

As soon as he answered, the quest was processed.

"Give it to me."

[ You have given Sahalin the cursed stone. ]

Sahalin opened her hand with the alert and a stone appeared on it.

It was a very tiny stone.

It was as small as a pinky fingernail.

The size was so trivial.

However, Sahalin's face started to distort when she held it.

'Huh?'

Midas didn't ask why because unusual black stems started to spread on her hand.

Soon, she clenched her fist.

"I guess this is the real piece."

Her sweat started falling from her forehead to her chin.

Drop!

Her sweat dripped and echoed in the quiet space.

Sahalin shook her right index finger in the air.

Woosh!

Then a dried-up wooden stick flew directly towards Midas's face with the sound of the wind.

Smack!

Midas unconsciously snatched the wand.

"What was that? Fu……"

He looked at the wand he held and almost spoke out a swear word at her.

[ Sahalin's Wand ]

- Grade: Unique

- Level to equip: Level 30 and above

- It's one of the wands Sahalin has. It has strong magic inside.

- Attack power: 52

- Intelligence 25

- MP 25

- All magic power increases by 10%

- The speed of casting all the magic increases by 10%

- All magic cooldown time decreases by 10%

- Nontradable

"……ucking awesome."

However, his swear words went down his throat as soon as Midas checked the options.

'It's nontradable again.'

He saw the non-tradable option, but he didn't doubt this time because he had already experienced it before.

'Well, I understand since it's a reward from the quest.'

Above all things, he had another expectation.

What Sahalin showed him was a sign that the story's scale from now on was going to be bigger.

The bigger its scale, the better rewards he'll get.

'Good, let's get something strong.'

The question mark above Sahalin's head started disappearing.

"You."

Then, a new question mark appeared.

"You got lucky."

"Pardon?"

"You found the piece that I was desperately looking for so easily."

Sahalin opened her hand at her words.

"I tried to put my mana into the piece just now and it showed a rejection. It didn't become mine. Do you know what it means?"

"Does it mean there is a different owner?"

"Yes."

She showed the cursed stone to Midas.

The tiny black stone was now gentle.

"It means this stone is still connected to its owner."

"Then…… if we try to find its tail, we can get to its body, right?"

When Sahalin heard his answer, she clenched her fist again.

"I gotta make a compass. The Dorido Mine. Find Juga there."

[ A new quest has been created on the list of the main scenario quest. ]

A new quest appeared in front of Midas's eyes with the alert.

[ The Cursed Necklace ]

- Rank: Main scenario

- Level: Level 30 and above

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- Content: Go to the Dorido Mine and make a necklace that can contain the cursed stone with Juga.

- Reward: The Cursed Necklace

! When completing the quest, you can continue a quest, 'The Swamp'.

! When completing the quest, you can acquire the title, 'The Trace Discoverer'.

Midas held the wand tightly after checking the quest content.

'The Dorido Mine, it's not going to be easy.'

The Dorido Mine.

It was a hunting field for players in the level 40's.

'It's the dividing line for people who play the game for fun and people who play the game for money.'

Midas realized that he was a nobody in the hunting field.

Of course, it was just the past.

"So, can you do it?"

Therefore, Midas didn't hesitate to answer Sahalin's question.

"Yes, leave it to me."

"Yes!"

After Hyunwoo Jung came out of a capsule, he celebrated his gains while drinking coke.

It was such a satisfying day.

It was a day he achieved many things.

However, he knew everything hadn't been finished yet.

'Now, I should download the video from the cloud and then send it to them.'

He wanted to send the video of solo killing the ragged magician to the Rising Star Channel as soon as possible.

'I should send it quickly to make them feel good. Of course.'

As always, people who are waiting for something feel taken care of by the other person when they get it fast.

Hyunwoo downloaded the video on his phone and then started to prepare to send it to the Rising Star Channel.

The preparation wasn't difficult.

Uploading a video didn't take a while.

'What should I say?'

He thought that only sending a video felt like lacking sincerity.

He should leave some words at least.

'If I leave something cliche, it's going to be a minus.'

He didn't want to leave a cliche or an unmanly comment.

After thinking about it for a while, he typed some sentences. Then he used a translating machine to translate it to English and sent it to them.

'Please be easy on me!'

He sincerely hoped that it would give him a good result.

Yeongjoon Park watched the video through a tablet and spoke to his subordinate.

"Did you see this?"

"I did."

"How was it?"

"Well, it looked like he did ok? What he did was similar to what Azmo did last time. Oh, I recognized his accuracy because it's never easy to hit from that far. If we edit it well, the video will come out nicely. You are definitely from the Wharton school. You have different eyes. You won't lose much from the $13,000 you have invested."

It was quite a good estimation.

However, Yeongjoon didn't make a pleased expression.

Instead, he turned his head with a stiff face and checked the phrase from the email that was sent with the video.

[ I hope our relationship improves in the future. The video I sent with this email will hopefully make a good result. ]

The email didn't look special.

"You've read the email, right?"

"There was nothing special."

The subordinate also thought it wasn't special.

However, Yeongjoon was different.

"This is a test."

"What?"

"He's testing us."

His subordinate made a confused look and checked Yeongjoon's face to see if he was joking.

As soon as he saw Yeongjoon's serious face, he realized that Yeongjoon wasn't joking about what he said.

"Is there any problem?"

"What has changed since the slayer orc?"

"His item setting is all changed. I've confirmed the slayer orc full set. And his skills…… look like three new skills were added. Fire Spear, Lightning Bolt, and……"

"Double Casting. Do you know how much the last bid was?"

The subordinate answered right away.

"It became $100,000 and then the article for sale at auction disappeared."

"Why do you think it disappeared?"

"Someone offered a higher price by a message I think."

"Then who do you think bought it?"

"Well………"

The subordinate slurred at the end of his sentence and looked through the tablet Yeongjoon was looking at.

Yeongjoon nodded and continued.

"Now, you don't object that BJ Archamge didn't hesitate to spend about $150,000 on strengthening his power and sent us the video of him solo killing a ragged magician as soon as we requested it, do you?"

The subordinate nodded.

"Moreover, he added those sentences while sending the video. He hopes our relationship will get better and the video comes out well. Right?"

"Yea, that's right."

"Then, do you think he's just saying that? Huh? He spent $150,000 right away, sent the result to us without looking back, and said that. Do you think he really meant to be close to us?"

Only then his subordinate's face became stiff as well.

"……There will be no relationship between him and us if he isn't satisfied by the quality and advertisements of the video we make."

The answer Yeongjoon waited for came out.

"Make the video of the slayer orc again.'

"Pardon?"

"Make the quality of the video higher and spend more money on the advertisements."

Yeongjoon slightly smiled between his stiff face.

"If he's a passionate person, of course, we should treat him that way. Only then will he passionately invest in us."

-Chapter 47 - The Dorido Mine (2)

'It was deposited.'

Hyunwoo Jung's eyes became so wide when he checked the amount of money that was deposited into his account.

'It was really deposited!'

He still had some doubts left.

The Rising Star Channel might break the contract and they might make weird excuses to not give him money.

That kind of thing commonly occurred in this field.

No one believed anyone until they actually saw the real bank statement.

The amount of money in front of him washed away those doubts.

'By the way……'

However, Hyunwoo's face was still unpleasant even though he checked the amount.

[ We will sincerely reply to you soon. ]

The phrasing in the email from the Rising Star Channel was the reason.

He didn't think much about it since it was in plain language.

'Are they saying it couldn't live up to their expectations?'

However, Hyunwoo wasn't a newbie who didn't know anything.

He was a player who played the game long enough even though he was at the bottom.

He already knew that the phrase wasn't a normal cliche.

'The Rising Star Channel isn't welcoming me with open arms for sure.'

Everywhere was like that.

People don't bet on uncertain things.

Baseball was the same.

When baseball teams tried to scout a high school pitcher who could throw a 150 km/h ball, none of them tried to negotiate terms.

Instead, they caused trouble by making empty promises because they were afraid that he would go to another team.

This time wasn't different.

If the Rising Star Channel thought that BJ Archmage was a sure bet, they wouldn't ever use that vague expression.

'Indeed, there was nothing special.'

Also, Hyunwoo knew better than anyone that he lacked a specialty.

Of course, he didn't think about giving up here.

'I must properly showcase myself one more time at the Dorido Mine. I'll show them what I can do and beyond that.'

Even if he falls, he was going to make a frantic last-ditch effort.

"Hyunwoo! It's ready!"

Hyukjoo Lee notified Hyunwoo Jung that it was time to get desperate.

The Dorido Mine.

The mine was located in the far South of Wiga city. The scale was different since its size was twice of Yeouido. (Note: Yeouido is a large island in Seoul in South Korea.)

Moreover, the hunting method was a little bit different from the earlier hunts so far.

"It's not hard. When you walk around the mine, you'll see a dungeon. Just go inside."

Holes appeared often at the mine and players went inside the dungeons to conquer them.

In other words, it was an instant dungeon.

"We don't have to compete for monsters in this field."

"Monsters that appear in this dungeon are kobold miners, kobold warriors, and a rare monster, dog mole rats. They weren't that hard to hunt compared to orcs. They were more like an upgraded version of goblins."

The difficulty of hunting wasn't hard.

That was why players skipped the Cursed Forest after leveling up in the Stinky Forest and then went to the Dorido Mine right away.

At least for players who equipped average items, nothing serious happened when they went into the dungeon with a required party.

"Of course, the story is going to change if you try seriously to level up here."

The problem was when there were too many players.

As inferred, all the dungeons in the Dorido Mine limited the number of players that could go in.

What if a party of 6 finds a 5 person dungeon?

Will they try to find another dungeon that allows 6 people, or exclude one player who's not that talented?

What if the dungeon is meant for 3?

Players who dreamed big in God Wars started to distinguish other potential party members as worth their weight in gold or not.

'In the end, I wasn't worth gold.'

Midas did the same.

When he was raising his character before, he played with very talented players before he came to the Dorido Mine.

Even though he felt a gap in ability between the players and himself, he worked with them.

However, he was excluded at the Dorido Mine in the end.

He wasn't bad, but he wasn't outstanding. Besides, he didn't have good items to makeup for his ability and he wasn't lucky enough to be an Archmage.

Those factors eventually made the gap bigger.

Talented people achieved synergy and developed faster. On the contrary, the untalented people seized each other's ankles and sank deeper.

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'Well, the situation has changed since then.'

Of course, it was different.

Midas solo played even in the Cursed Forest.

His power would be enough at any dungeons in the Dorido Mine.

Besides, his power was stronger than ever.

'Also, I got the new item.'

Sahalin's Wand!

Midas had already checked its damage and didn't feel any problems while hunting at the mine.

'The problem is finding Juga……'

His worry was about continuing the quest.

The difficulty of the quest wasn't low at all.

This quest might take more time than the other quests he had before.

The Dorido Mine was two times the size of Yeouido. The number of dungeons that appeared was uncountable.

He was supposed to find an NPC named Juga while searching the dungeons one by one in there?

It was similar to finding a ruby on a sandy beach.

It was almost impossible.

If other people received the quest, they would have visited the head office of Alpha company first, not the Dorido Mine for sure.

'Oh.'

Of course, it didn't apply to Midas.

"Lucky, It's right there."

Woof!

Midas had eyes that could see what the others couldn't.

There were several advantages to the instant dungeons at the Dorido Mine.

First, the difficulty of a dungeon was predictable through the required number of players to enter.

Second, intervention from outside was unlikely.

Third, players could hunt easily if they knew how to handle the mine.

The problem here was obviously the third one.

If a player didn't know how to fight in a cave type dungeon like a mine, it was unexpectedly troublesome.

"Hey! hunt quickly!"

"Wait!"

"Why are you saying wait! Hunt it quickly! Blocking it is too hard!"

"You are blocking the way!"

"What? Hey! I'm blocking because I'm a tanker! Are you going to block it?"

Players who weren't used to hitting a monster over a tanker couldn't do it easily.

However, experienced tankers used their ability to make space and experienced range fighters aimed through the little space to attack.

Of course, Midas was different.

Woof!

Lucky aggroed better than any tankers and his small body made for a good stage for his owner.

"Lightning Bolt!"

And Midas used the chance perfectly.

Zap!

He hit the golden targets on the monsters with his spell quickly and perfectly.

[ You have hunted a kobold miner. ]

Midas and Lucky's speed was unspeakably fast while hunting.

"It's not about producing good results. It's about getting results with strong items."

It wasn't about a player's ability.

Woof!

"Good, very good."

Midas felt pleased.

Wasn't it an ideal picture that Midas had dreamed about since a long time ago?

'Who would care about my ability? It's better to aggro them.'

Midas looted items and stared deep inside the mine.

'Let's meet Juga first.'

Midas and Lucky moved again.

Midas met the NPC, Juga, 20 minutes after he came inside the dungeon.

"Oh my, I didn't expect a person deep inside here."

A dwarf with a pickaxe happily greeted Midas.

"Are you perhaps here to visit me?"

"Miss. Sahalin told me to find you. She needs your help to make a compass with the cursed stone."

Midas kindly explained his purpose in coming without dragging on.

"I understand why you are here."

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Juga postured to boast when he understood why Midas was here.

"You've been through such a hard time with the mean gnome magician, Sahalin."

Midas shook his head.

"No, sir."

He denied it, but his mouth was twitching.

'I feel like I can get along with this NPC.'

Midas was starting to get satisfied with Juga.

"No, I can see that she gave you ridiculous tasks by the looks of her mean personality. She must have told you to find something that you could never get unless you're lucky. Also, she must have told you to hunt 1,000 monsters to test you and give you unnecessary tasks to waste your time for sure."

"She should have reasons."

Midas shook his hands to deny, but his mouth already had a deep smile that anyone could see.

"Well, I won't waste your time gossiping since you look busy."

He handled the job swiftly.

Juga removed a necklace he was wearing on his neck and threw it to Midas.

Midas caught it.

Hiss!

At that moment, a pendant hanging on the necklace moved towards Juga like a live snake.

"The necklace is made of a rare ore, soul metal, that is found at the Dorido Mine. As you can see, it reacts towards an owner of the magic power if it's processed with special care."

Midas could guess what the new quest would be about.

"Then, do I mine to find the soul metal and come back?"

This quest would be about collecting an ingredient again.

'It's labor again.'

Midas frowned at the situation.

"You don't have to. I can mine."

However, Midas rejoiced at Juga's words.

"Really?"

"You can't mine a soul metal anyway."

Then Midas smiled.

"You are right. I'm not skillful with my hands."

Midas was certain that this main scenario quest would be solved easily.

'Juga, I like him!'

Midas was about to like Juga, but now, Juga became his favorite. Midas's smile grew bigger.

"Then what should I do for you?"

"While I'm mining, why don't you clean up the mine? Just clean about 111 dungeons."

"Oh yes, of cours…"

Midas realized at that time that Juga was also no different from Sahalin.

"I'm sorry, how many?"

"111. This is a very rare ore. If you do that many, then I can fill up the amount for one necklace."

"Why? Can't you do that?"

"……Yes, I can."

"Once you clean up all 111 dungeons, find me. It's simple. The necklace I give you will tell you where I am."

Midas came outside after the last conversation and let out a deep sigh.

'111.'

Conquer 111 dungeons.

'Conquering one normally takes about 20 to 30 minutes, so three dungeons for an hour. Then…… at least 37 hours for all of them?'

"No way."

Midas ended up speaking aloud his disappointment about the mission that would take a long time without considering the difficulty.

"I didn't like his name when I heard it the first time. Fuck Juga. Also, he could've made it simple like 100. What's 111? Did he have to add another 11 like this? Huh?"

Midas complained for a moment and then shook his head.

"Ha."

'I don't have a choice.'

Even if he complained, 111 wouldn't change into 100.

Besides, he couldn't give up on the quest.

He couldn't help but to conquer 111 dungeons no matter how.

"Yea, it's a good chance. Let's call it project 111 and show him how I conquer the dungeons overwhelmly."

If it was already happening, it'll be nice to make it better.

"Solo playing 111 dungeons! The way to conquer dungeons in the mine super easily with strong items! Conquering dungeons was the easiest! How to conquer the dungeon? Cast a magic spell. Easy, right?"

Midas tried to make this chance into a course to appease himself.

"Lucky, how's it? This concept isn't bad, right?"

Woof!

"Huh? What did you say?"

When Midas turned his head towards Lucky, he could see a question mark above Lucky's head.

"………Oh, are you saying that you'll carry me so shut up and follow you?"

Woof!

It was time for Lucky to evolve again a second time.

Chapter 48 - Debut (1)

[ Hunting alone ]

! When hunting 99 higher leveled monsters alone, the holy beast evolves.

! When evolving, the holy beast stats improve and a new skill is acquired.

Hunting 99 monsters alone.

That was Lucky's evolution quest.

From the looks of Lucky's fighting power, it wasn't a difficult task.

However, Midas considered Lucky's life more precious than his own life. He had to reduce risks for Lucky.

That was why Midas supported him with everything he could.

[ You have invoked the Strength skill on Lucky. ]

He frequently invoked Strength on Lucky.

[ Lucky drinks a colorful mushroom potion. His HP increases by 15. ]

[ Lucky drinks a black herb potion. His strength increases by 20. ]

[ Lucky eats a wind berry. His movement speed increases by 10% ]

Midas fed Lucky with the expendable items that he couldn't use for himself due to the price.

"Lucky, run away when it's dangerous. Don't forget I'm right behind you!"

He stood by with a spell all the time just in case Lucky fell into danger and maintained his concentration.

Midas supported Lucky as much as possible.

Lucky answered his owner's support.

Woof!

He said he didn't need it.

It was reasonable.

First, a kobold miner wasn't hard to hunt.

It had a higher level than an orc, but players who leveled up while hunting orcs felt that a kobold miner was easier to hunt.

That was why players skipped the Cursed Forest.

However, Lucky's god was a first-tier battle type, Fenrir, whom all the players in God Wars recognized.

[ A kobold miner was hunted. ]

Lucky instantly made a kobold miner lifeless on the ground.

Ah uh ah uh!

Then he walked towards Midas while straightening his tail up high and rubbed his head on Midas's leg.

'I might lose if I fight him sincerely………'

Midas conceded that he would lose if he fought with Lucky.

'Should I make a Lucky TV channel instead?'

He even thought, 'If the situation came this far, isn't it better to put Lucky forward and to stick myself in a corner?'

Many players thought that way in reality.

Some players made money with the content of their holy beasts since holy beasts were rare in God Wars.

Moreover, Lapo and Tori Tori had the most popular holy beasts content and their profit was above common sense.

Just because Lapo told Tori Tori to sit, he received a donation as big as someone's part-time monthly income.

A few rich fans of Tori Tori sometimes donated more than 1,000,000 won at once.

Ah uh ah uh!

It was hard for Midas to ignore Lucky staring at him for a rub.

"Lucky, let's do as much as we can."

Of course, Midas resisted Lucky's temptation.

"I will make money to feed you. Trust your owner!"

Woof! Woof!

Lucky answered his owner.

Midas smiled and continued.

"Now, only one more left. Let's finish it up. The sacrifices are coming just in time."

At that moment.

Kang!

Grrr!

Kung!

As soon as Midas mentioned the sacrifices, a rough barking sound came out from the darkness in the cave at the mine.

Three kobold miners appeared.

Midas threw a fireball he was holding in his hand towards one of them and aimed at another one with an ice arrow.

"Take care of the middle one!"

Midas trusted Lucky to make a clean stage since there was only one more left until Lucky hunted 99.

Woof!

Lucky happily accepted.

After that, the battle was unilateral.

While two kobold miners fell by Midas's strong attacks, Lucky rushed towards the other one.

"Lightning Bolt and Fire Spear!"

Midas cast the spells with Double Casting and waited.

As soon as Midas finished casting, he threw the fire spear he was holding towards a kobold miner.

The fire spear flew and hit right at the shiny golden target on the kobold miner's chest.

Kang!

[ You have hunted a kobold miner. ]

When the kobold miner was killed on the spot by the attack, Midas aimed at the other one with a lightning bolt arrow and started to shoot it.

Zap!

The arrow hit the kobold miner's body and shocked it.

"Fireball!"

Midas cast another spell.

Zap!

When the third lightning bolt hit the kobold miner's chest, a fireball appeared on Midas's hand.

Midas threw it to the kobold miner with little HP.

Bam!

[ You have hunted a kobold miner. ]

[ Your level has risen. ]

He heard the pleasant alerts.

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However, he didn't express joy at them.

[ A kobold miner has been hunted. ]

[ The god's power is overflowing in Lucky's body. ]

[ Lucky's body is changing. ]

The real pleasant alert was this one.

Hoooowl!

The cave started shaking at his strong howl.

At the same time, Lucky's body started to grow bigger.

His size grew from a Jindo dog to a real wolf.

Hooowl!

His howl now sounded like a wolf's.

While he was howling, Midas heard some alerts.

[ Your holy beast, Lucky, has received a new power from the god. ]

[ Choose Lucky's new skill on your own. ]

Soon, 100 cards spread in front of Midas's eyes.

"Wow."

Midas couldn't help freaking out.

More than half of the cards shined with yellow and the others shined with red.

He could expect a rare grade skill even if he closed his eyes to choose.

It was full of legendary cards.

"Lucky is lucky."

The result fit Lucky's name.

"Oh, I can't help agoniz……"

It was time to agonize over what to choose.

"…Nope. I don't need to."

Of course, he didn't have to worry too long.

[ Lightning Speed ]

- Grade: Legendary

- Effect: When using the skill, the holy beast's body shines with a golden light. Attack power and moving speed increase rapidly.

A golden card was exuding its presence.

Legendary!

Midas saw the skill card and looked at Lucky slowly.

Hooowl!

Lucky was still howling and Midas shook his head at him.

'I'm going to end up filming Lucky TV later.'

Midas reached out his hand towards the golden card while shaking his head.

[ Lucky has acquired Lightning Speed. ]

Lucky who grew a lot bigger came to rub his body on Midas after the alert.

Ah uh ah uh!

Midas pet Lucky's body.

"Good job, Lucky."

Woof!

Lucky's voice was now much heavier. Midas repeatedly rubbed Lucky's body and continued.

"What did you say?"

Woof!

"You want to show me how strong the new skill is?"

Woof!

Midas picked up his head after that.

Then he could see a group of kobolds approaching them from afar in the darkness.

"Yea, let's see how strong it is."

A special scene was unfolding at the Dorido Mine where instant dungeons were the main hunting field.

"Oh, it's done!"

"I'm finally outside!"

Everyone released their feelings when they came out of the mine after conquering dungeons.

"Finished!"

"Oh, we did it well."

"Good job, guys!"

It wasn't a normal hunting field since players couldn't predict when new monsters appeared and attacked.

Of course, the atmosphere wasn't always good.

Most of them shook their hands after hunting.

"Sh*t, you should've tanked well! Why did you avoid it?"

"Then should I have died there? Huh? I backed off because you weren't damaging well. What do you want me to do?"

"Oh, both of you, stop!"

"You lied about your skill to us and joined our party. How dare you raise your voice that much?"

The team that ended up with bad results was about to fight while blaming each other.

"Move to the next one."

There were also people who didn't have any emotions and moved to the next dungeon like machines.

Most of the scenes were not that special in the mine.

However, one scene was definitely special.

"Who is he?"

"What is he doing? He held a dog right after coming out of a dungeon."

"He said something."

As soon as the player came outside, he kneeled and held his holy beast tight. The scene was a rare sight.

However, the scene's main character, Midas, didn't care about anything.

"Lucky."

Ah uh ah uh!

"No, Mr. Lucky."

Midas thought about Lucky invoking Lightning Speed in his mind.

'He made a 9 second cut.'

Lucky finished a kobold miner within only 9 seconds.

Midas spoke sincerely to Lucky while remembering the scene.

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"Mr. Lucky. I'll pledge my allegiance."

Woof Woof!

Lucky answered his owner.

[ Owner, I smell something unique over there. ]

Midas turned his head and scanned the area. Soon, he stared at a hole that appeared 5 meters from him.

[ Mine dungeon (Hidden) ]

- Grade: Unique

- Level to enter: Level 45 and under

- The maximum number of players: 10

- The bizarre energy flows out of the dungeon. It seems like a strong monster is hiding inside.

- Reward: Skill card book(unique)

It was a hidden dungeon that appeared rarely at the Dorido Mine.

It was literally a hidden dungeon that had a hidden treasure.

Midas checked it and pet Lucky.

"You are really the best."

Midas moved quickly towards the dungeon.

He didn't want anyone to go inside before him.

"Oh, I forgot!"

Midas realized something and instantly turned his body towards Lucky.

Then he held Lucky.

"Mr. Lucky. Let me escort you inside."

Woof!

A player was watching them and threw out words.

"This game is definitely only for lucky people. That kind of weirdo has a holy beast, but I don't."

Midas's happy game play just began.

BJ Archmage's debut also just started outside of the game at the same time.

"Sir, it's been an hour since the video was uploaded."

The subordinate reported and Yeongjoon touched a tablet screen he was holding.

Then he checked the new video that was uploaded on the Rising Star Channel on WarsTube.

From the beginning to the end.

Only after checking all the videos without skipping or stopping, Yeongjoon opened his mouth.

"The quality is good, but there is no impact."

"That was our best. As you know…"

"No, I'm not scolding you guys. I'm saying that's the reality. And we need to see our reality."

Yeongjoon closed his eyes slightly.

"Our job is to show our future investor our capability anyway."

He started to recount the scenes of the video he just saw in his mind.

A wolf springing out at the slayer orc and a magician throwing a magic spell towards it.

"BJ Archmage. Honestly, his naming sense is bad. It's worse than the worst of the worst."

Yeongjoon thought about the debut video of BJ Archmage and clicked his tongue.

"So, how's the reaction?"

"The number of views is rising quite well. I think it can achieve 300,000 views within a week with this speed."

Yeongjoon made a surprised look and his subordinate continued like he was waiting for that face.

"I think the videos, related to solo killing the slayer orc on other channels, were efficient somehow."

"The WarsTV or whatever?"

"Yea, that one won the jackpot so others uploaded it too. Plus, a rumor about solo killing the ragged magician is already spreading."

Yeongjoon opened his eyes.

"Definitely clever."

"Pardon?"

"It's planned."

"Planned?"

"Before opening the video of solo killing the slayer orc to the public, he did that in advance. I'm sure. The person who reported to WarsTV or whatever must be related to BJ Archmage."

His subordinate tilted his head.

"No way. He spends his own money and becomes the subject of gossip?"

"Did you see any famous people who printed their faces on Times when they appeared for the first time in the world?"

His subordinate shook his head.

"Yea, they can't. However, they can be on Tabloids anytime. Also, Tabloids are more efficient to raise their recognition."

Yeongjoon tapped his temples.

"It's a basic common sense that the Wharton School doesn't even teach."

Only then did his subordinate understand and nodded.

Yeongjoon stood up.

"So, it's not going to finish here. Probably, one more action will happen soon."

"An action?"

"It's his debut, right? He won't directly advertise it because it can cause the opposite effect. However, he'll definitely mobilize his people and toss lightly."

At that moment.

"Mr. Park!"

An employee hurriedly ran to Yeongjoon in the planning office from a monitoring room.

Yeongjoon frowned at the employee.

"I feel something bad. Did you see a cockroach again? Sh*t, why the fuck do cockroaches show up? The rent here isn't cheap!"

The employee handed over a tablet he was holding to Yeongjoon.

"Sir, did you request this?"

"What?"

"The comment."

"Comment?"

Yeongjoon checked a new comment under a debut video of BJ Archmage.

- Azmo: It was true. I've never seen that wand design.

Yeongjoon shrunk his shoulders.

"What about it? This is just an ordinary comme……Oh, fuck!"

Yeongjoon freaked out and accidentally missed the tablet he was holding.

Then he hurriedly picked it up.

"A, Azmo?"

Chapter 49 - Debut (2)

Azmo was the biggest spender in God Wars.

In other words, he had the most items and had used the most items.

Part of his content was showing unknown, unique, or high grade items and their options and powers.

"Oh, someone told me this item is good. I'll try it."

This was an unboxing video.

Therefore, he was always confident that there was no one who knew better than him about magician items.

"I've used all the weapons for magicians."

Of course, items below rare grade were excluded by his standard.

"But only above unique grade items. Rares aren't even items, are they? Normal? Is there an item like that?"

A producer could set the design for a rare item while producing it.

Anyway, Azmo was so certain that there was no item he didn't know, but he had commented that he had never seen the item.

- Azmo: It was true. I've never seen that wand design.

It was an enormous event.

- Is he really Azmo? Isn't it fake?

It's really Azmo.

It's real, dumb.

Mr. Azmo, give me 1 dollar, please!

It was enormous because Azmo reacted to this.

He didn't hide and made an appearance on all the issues. He even argued with other players when he got mad. However, he was in third place in terms of popularity.

- By the way, Azmo doesn't know about this item?

- Is there any item Azmo doesn't know?

- It's a magician item though.

Moreover, Azmo personally said he didn't know the item.

- Isn't it because it's a rare item that's produced?

You moron, do you think a rare item can make that much damage?

Do you fucking have eyes? It's at least a unique item by the looks of the slayer orc's phase changing so quickly!

It's not unique. It's at least legendary.

Also, they couldn't know if it was a rare item. However, no one would think that it was a rare item if they saw the video of BJ Archmage hunting the slayer orc.

Anyways, it was an amusing situation for those who loved watching and playing.

"What happened?", Yeongjoon's subordinate asked.

Yeongjoon tapped his head several times and answered, "He might not know."

"Pardon?"

"Don't you think so? There might be an item Azmo doesn't know about. Also, that's not the important thing right now."

"His expression, 'It was true', is important."

"What about it?"

"Hey, think about it. Do you think Azmo spends his time watching WarsTube? Huh? Do you really think he's going to subscribe to our channel and be like 'Wow! A new video uploaded on the Rising Star Channel! I should watch it!' when a video is uploaded?"

"No way."

"That's what I'm saying. Then the answer is obvious. He heard about BJ Archmage from someone. Properly speaking, he might've been questioned. He was interested in the question 'There is a player who spends lots of money on the game and his items are unique. Do you know anything about him?'. Then he saw the video and commented."

The subordinate nodded at Yeongjoon's theory which was reasonable.

"The point is who was the one that threw the question to Azmo. He wouldn't react like this if I asked him, right?"

"Who do you think it is?"

"I don't know."

Yeongjoon shook his head shortly.

"But one thing is certain. That person is not ordinary, and…"

"And?"

"The extraordinary person is observing BJ Archmage closely."

Then his subordinate closed his mouth.

"Or he might've used Azmo. He threw the question as bait and expected Azmo's reaction like this."

Yeongjoon continued his monologue and started to twitch his lips.

"I have to concede that I was wrong. I'm sure that he's influential beyond what I thought."

Soon, Yeongjoon started smiling.

"And that this influencer did this for us means he liked our quality.", Yeongjoon said and ordered his subordinate.

"How long is the video of solo killing the ragged magician going to take?"

"Probably, we are going to work on it for 5 days."

"Finish within 3 days."

"Sorry? However, the cost is going to be…"

"Look, this is not a normal situation. If the fact that Azmo commented spreads, the number of views is going to go crazy. What do you think people are going to be curious about next?"

Yeongjoon checked the number of views that had risen in real-time.

"Also, offer BJ Archmage that we'll contract the next video at $10,000."

"$10,000? It's lower than the last time."

"Instead, tell him that the profit distribution of the video is going to be 6:4."

"Isn't our distribution 7 now? Then should I change it to 6?"

"No, we are 4."

"Sir, there is nothing we have left then."

Yeongjoon answered him with his confident face.

"I guarantee that BJ Archmage will prepare an item that'll pour gas on fire as soon as we offer this condition."

"Ahh!"

A capsule door opened in the capsule room and Hyunwoo came out while stretching.

Hyukjoo Lee wasn't there somehow.

It was weird Hyukjoo didn't know people were going to log out and came outside.

However, Hyunwoo was relaxed instead of doubting the situation.

It was obvious since he calculated the logout time.

'I came out on time as I planned.'

That meant everything went perfectly.

'It's very good.'

Hyunwoo's situation was very good for real.

'I guess I can conquer the hidden dungeon today with this pace.'

First, he was conquering a hidden dungeon where he could get a unique skill card.

'I won't fail since I have Lucky.'

Also, he had a certain trump card that he was confident in conquering the dungeon.

Hyunwoo had never been so certain in God Wars.

"Oh, Hyunwoo! You came out on time."

Hyukjoo appeared at that time.

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"Hey, why are you so late?"

"Sorry. I was watching a video."

"A video?"

"This one is so popular now."

"Popular?"

Hyunwoo tilted his head at Hyukjoo.

"Was there an important raid? There shouldn't be at this time."

There was no popular event that Hyunwoo knew about.

"There is one video uploaded on the Rising Star Channel."

Hyukjoo explained and Hyunwoo's eyes started to shine.

"Yea? What is it?"

"The same one. You know that, right? The player on WarsTube."

At that moment, Hyunwoo's heart began to beat fast.

"The player? Who?"

Hyunwoo already guessed who that was but pretended not to know.

"You saw the player who brags about his items that he bought. The rich asshole we should beat up and kill."

Hyunwoo made a sour face and said, "Hey, speak nicely. What's the point of talking bad about someone you don't know?"

Hyukjoo was surprised and asked back.

"You are the one who always said we need to kill all the rich assholes and establish a beautiful society in God Wars, didn't you?"

"Yea, that's right."

Hyunwoo answered and changed the topic soon.

"So, his video came up on the Rising Star Channel?"

"It's official. This is why the rich are fucking assholes. If someone edits his video on his own and sends it to them, they don't even look at it. But the rich asshole isn't that talented and he debuted on the famous channel right away."

Hyukjoo explained and Hyunwoo shook his hand.

"Give me my phone."

"Sure."

Hyunwoo got his phone, turned it on, and then threw out words.

"So, what did you mean by the video is so popular? Is the number of views high?"

"Yea, it's really high."

Hyunwoo Jung held his smile at Hyukjoo's expression.

'Is it over 10,000 views?'

Hyunwoo expected his video to record about 100,000 views.

'I'm glad I debuted on the channel that has name value.'

Hyunwoo's standard was that much.

"Yea? How high?"

"I think it's going to be 1,000,000 views soon."

"Oh, 1,000,000! A million……"

He couldn't help stopping his rationality when he heard the number.

"What? 1,000,000?"

"Yea."

"The video of nothing except for a holy beast and items recorded 1,000,000?"

After his rationality started working again, Hyunwoo realized that something weird was going on.

"That is 1,000,000? It's bullsh*t."

'It doesn't make any sense. Did they manipulate the number of views?'

It was right that solo killing the slayer orc was tough.

However, there wasn't anything special about the process that Hyunwoo showed.

'Rising Star Channel isn't on that kind of level though.'

Besides, Rising Star Channel awareness wasn't as high as a major channel.

Nevertheless, the debut video recorded 1,000,000?

'Why?'

There had to be some other reason.

Hyunwoo's hands started to maneuver with the phone.

"Well, Azmo commented."

Hyukjoo explained the reason in advance.

"He said he hasn't seen the item before."

And Hyunwoo could also check with his eyes.

- Azmo: It was true. I've never seen that wand design.

Hyunwoo's face got stiff as soon as he saw it.

'I'm fucking doomed.'

The goblin magician's wand.

It was a reward Hyunwoo got from the hidden dungeon, the goblin magician's hideout, that appeared in the Beginner's village.

The item was so good that it came close to a legendary item.

'Oh, the main scenario.'

Plus, it was a reward from the main scenario quest that only Hyunwoo was conquering in God Wars at that time.

In other words, only Hyunwoo had experienced the item.

That was why Azmo commented.

'It's my mistake.'

It was obviously Hyunwoo's mistake.

'I left a clue for the main scenario quest by accident.'

It was an unavoidable mistake.

It was understandable that he sent the video to them when they offered $10,000.

Also, the channel was quite famous.

'But why did an influencer like Azmo comment?'

Who could imagine that a magnate like Azmo would be interested in a hunting video of an unknown player at level 20?

The famous Azmo, opened WarsTube since he had enough time and there was Hyunwoo's video. He clicked it and the item caught his eyes, so he commented. What is the probability of that happening?

'Azmo didn't find it himself.'

Hyunwoo was certain after thinking about it.

'Someone asked Azmo if he knew about the item.'

Azmo didn't doubt the existence of the main scenario.

Powerful players in God Wars maintained a friendship with Azmo and asked the question. They had sensed something weird.

'There is a group that is looking for the main scenario.'

"Argh……"

Hyunwoo grabbed his hair when he reached the answer.

At that moment, he only had one worry.

'Should I sell it? Should I break the contract before it's too late?'

It was either sell the information about the main scenario quest or hide it and bear with it.

"Hyunwoo."

Hyukjoo called Hyunwoo.

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"Why?

"Jackpot."

"What?"

"The video hit the jackpot."

"What are you talking about?"

"The rich asshole's video's number of views has risen by a lot."

"It was already a lot."

"I mean a lot more! Everyone is going crazy to find the identity of the item here!"

Hyunwoo turned on his phone and checked the number of views again.

'What? Already 1,200,000?

The number of views consistently rose.

- Is this video the one that Azmo said there was a new item?

- He has an item Azmo doesn't have, doesn't he?

- Wow, is he more affluent than Azmo?

Hyunwoo was checking the comments that were constantly written under the number of views and Hyukjoo said, "By the looks of it, it's marketing."

Hyunwoo stared at Hyukjoo instead of saying 'What the hell are you talking about?'.

Hyukjoo read Hyunwoo's facial expression and continued, "Isn't it? It doesn't matter what the item is. It looks like Azmo is trying to support another rich asshole he knows and tricking everyone. This is why I hate those old players. They were too old and became rotten. Right, Hyunwoo?"

Hyunwoo didn't answer Hyukjoo.

"Hyunwoo?"

"Wait a second."

Instead, he started to calculate.

'The Rising Star Channel will (hire) me for sure.'

There was no reason for the Rising Star Channel to not treat BJ Archmage favorably in this situation.

'The quality is also good.'

Even if he didn't think about this incident, he could see that the Rising Star Channel expected a lot from BJ Archmage just through the quality of the video.

It meant they could announce their product, BJ Archmage, through their channel.

'Also, nobody knows yet.'

There was a high probability that people didn't know about the existence of the main scenario quest.

If they knew, they wouldn't ask a question like this.

'If I open Sahalin's wand to the public……'

What if Hyunwoo Jung opens Sahalin's wand in this situation?

Also, what if Azmo comments on that again?

Hyunwoo's only had one worry.

'If the number of views is a million, how much do I get paid a year?'

How much would the money be?

One thing was clear.

If he sold the information about the main scenario quest now, he would never be famous like this again.

At that moment.

'I'm sure the Rising Star Channel has emailed me.'

Hyunwoo thought the Rising Star Channel wouldn't just stay and watch this situation so he checked his email.

'I knew it.'

There was an email from the Rising Star Channel as he expected.

He checked the email right away.

'What? $10,000 is the down payment and I get 6? Wait, then if the number of views for the next video is about 3,000,000…… Wait, it also includes the advertisement and a sponsor fee if I get a profit from the video……'

The condition was outstanding.

Hyunwoo didn't think about it anymore after seeing it.

"Hyukjoo."

"Yea?"

"I'm logging in."

"Right now? You should get some rest."

"I don't need to."

"Indeed, it only makes us sick when we watch the rich assholes doing great. They are no match for me if we meet in real life. Ha, my fist is crying. I'm pretty sure the punk, BJ Archmage, doesn't have a girlfriend. He's a eunuch for sure. That's why he's releasing his desires in the game."

"Hey, just set it now."

"Ok, I'll do it now."

Hyukjoo set a capsule again and Hyunwoo got ready to log in and answered inside his mind.

'Yea, they stacked the deck for me. Then I should dance for them.'

He decided to throw away a break.

Woof!

Lucky happily welcomed Midas who appeared at a mine where jewels dimly shined instead of a lamp.

"Hey, Lucky. Wait a second."

Midas answered Lucky and soon checked a window of his stats.

[ Midas ]

- Level: 33

- God: WarDragon

- Job: Archmage

- Stat: Strength (5215) / HP (5210) / Intelligence (175305) / MP (38242)

- The remaining stats: 0

Midas's eyes became sharp after checking the stats.

'I don't know about the intelligence or MP, but the total stats are higher than when Azmo was level 33.'

Midas's stats at that moment were beyond common sense.

'If I try my best, I can make it even higher.'

The surprising thing was that he could even make it better.

When he acquired a skill, he could know how to acquire titles from the skill.

He could always strengthen his stats with runes he got as a reward from acquiring the titles.

The reason why he didn't invest in strengthening his fighting power until now was simple.

'If I spend money…'

It cost too much.

Buying one skill cost over 1,000,000 won and acquiring a title needed an extra investment.

Midas couldn't do that while worrying about living expenses.

Above all, Midas avoided a challenge.

Even if he risked, there was no merit that was guaranteed. Therefore, he always tried to be safe instead of making a new record.

However, his situation had changed.

If he risked, he would get more in this situation.

Moreover, it was a chance for him to be a star player that he had dreamed about.

"Lucky, let me become a star too."

Woof!

'I'm going to conquer the dungeon and get a skill card. As soon as I log out, I'll buy a skill card.'

Midas was clearly determined in front of the chance to invest in himself.

'I'm going to buy a lot whenever I get money.'

Chapter 50 - Debut (3)

Midas's conquest of the hidden dungeon came like a lightning bolt in a clear blue sky.

"Lucky, back off!"

Woof!

Midas steadily hunted kobold miners one by one with Lucky and moved towards the end of the mine dungeon.

"Whoa whoa, stop right there."

Woof?

"We don't need to hunt in a rush."

Woof!

His pace didn't get faster during the process.

He didn't push himself to hunt more monsters quickly either.

His pace was even a little slower than when he came into the dungeon for the first time.

He wasn't ignoring the reality.

'This is a critical moment.'

Midas understood enough that he was at a critical moment and it wasn't going to be easy to break through this situation.

'So, I can never hurry.'

That was why he slowed down his pace a little bit.

'If I rush and screw up everything, that's going to be painful.'

It was the same when he was a pro baseball player.

When a runner was out, the most important thing wasn't outing the next batter quickly in that critical moment.

It was outing the batter perfectly.

It wasn't different in this moment.

Even if he rushed, he could barely reduce the time by 10 minutes.

Kang!

Besides, he was hunting a kobold miner.

He didn't have to spend much to hunt a monster that was easy to hunt.

He didn't have to forcibly spend his energy, mental strength, or stamina.

'Trump cards should only be used at an important moment.'

If he had things to expend, it was better to do it properly at a crucial moment.

Midas and Lucky maintained the pace and slowly conquered the dungeon like driving in fuel economy mode.

'Oh.'

Finally, Midas caught sight of something.

[ Dog Mole (Lv.42) ]

! It uses Rabbit Hole skill.

! When its HP drops below 60%, it increases the number of Rabbit Holes.

! When its HP drops below 20%, it invokes Calling Comrades.

There was a monster far from Midas.

"Lucky, I finally see the end."

Woof!

The boss monster of the hidden dungeon finally appeared.

At a dead-end in the mine, there was a 5,300ft sized dome that had bizarre holes everywhere along the walls.

If someone with trypophobia saw this, they would freak out at the scene.

'The dog mole.'

The dead-end was the stage of the rare monster, the dog mole at the Dorido Mine.

It was famous since it always gave expensive rewards that were as rare as itself.

'The treasure mole.'

Consequently, its nickname was the treasure mole.

Of course, it didn't mean that the monster was easy to hunt.

The difficulty level of the dog mole was quite high.

'It's a troublemaker because it runs away to the holes when it's in danger.'

First, the holes were the problem.

The dog mole used the numerous holes as a refuge.

It was the effect of Rabbit Hole.

The reason why it was such a headache was that Rabbit Hole's condition to invoke was random.

It suddenly ran away into the hole even though it wasn't attacked or it hid inside the hole again without attacking after it came out.

It was an exercise in futility.

The worst thing was what came next.

The hole it came out from after hiding inside was also random.

It was like a Whac-A-Mole.

No one can predict which hole it will come out of.

'But his attack power is strong.'

The difference was that a mole from the Whac-A-Mole game didn't attack but the dog mole in God Wars did attack and had a strong attack power.

It was so strong that it could take out a healer or a fighter from a party.

Krrr!

The dog mole showed its presence as soon as an uninvited guest came into its base.

Its shape was similar to a mole.

Its body length was about 1.5 meters and its legs had nails that looked like a sturdy rake.

However, its head looked the same as a dog's.

Its mouth was sticking out like a hunting dog that could bite off anything and it had ruby-colored eyes, unlike other mole eyes that were degenerated.

Krrr!

Its eyes were emitting ominous and horrified energy.

At that time.

The dog mole suddenly threw itself towards a hole nearby without any reasons.

Rabbit Hole was invoked.

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Woof!

Lucky barked loudly and erected his tail up high at the dog mole.

He looked like a gun with its trigger was halfway pulled. It meant he was ready to shoot at any time.

Life And Death.

Lucky was confident that the dog mole couldn't run away from him.

"Lucky."

Woof!

"Rest."

Woof?

Lucky was surprised at the order, so he looked at his owner.

Then Midas repeatedly said, "It's alright. Just rest."

Midas could see clearly with his eyes.

[ The Dog Mole ]

Midas smiled while looking at the mark.

"It's telling me the cooldown time. I shouldn't reject it, right?"

Whac-A-Mole had started.

The only Whac-A-Mole where he could predict where it would show up.

10.

Midas threw a fireball that he was holding towards a hole that was dark inside.

No one could understand the scene.

Bam!

However, it made an explosion sound as soon as it reached the hole.

Kang!

The dog mole suddenly appeared and was hit.

"Whoa! Lucky, did you see that? The timing was excellent, right?"

Woof!

"Look at it."

The dog mole hid into another hole again in front of Midas.

Midas looked at it and smiled.

"Oh, it's giving me cooldown time again."

Woof!

"Yea, Lucky. There won't be any monsters like this in the future."

Woof!

"What? We should give it a gift like Fire Spear since we're so thankful?"

He relaxedly had a conversation with Lucky and turned his head slowly.

Then there was the dog mole getting ready to come out of another hole.

'I'm almost done.'

Also, its HP had 21% left which meant that the hunt was almost over.

'After one more attack, the third phase will start.'

The dog mole's third phase invoked a special skill called Calling Comrades.

This was the hardest part of the hunt.

'I can't stop it when it invokes Rabbit Hole and Calling Comrades at the same time.'

He could try to stop other monsters with his attack before they invoked their skills, however, there was nothing he could do once the dog mole hid inside a hole.

Besides, the maximum number of kobold miners that came out was 10 when its skill was invoked.

For that reason, the standard method to conquer the third phase was to hunt the dog mole as fast as possible.

'It's time to accelerate the pace.'

In other words, it was now time to burst all the fuel he was saving so far while driving in fuel economy mode.

He could see the dog mole moving towards another hole again.

"Fire Spear and Lightning Bolt."

Midas started Double Casting.

When he finished casting Fire Spear that took the longest, he didn't hesitate to throw the fireball he was holding in his hand.

The fireball turned into a spear while flying towards the dog mole and hit a golden target on its head right away.

Krrrug!

The dog mole made the roughest sound ever.

At that moment, Midas shouted the loudest ever as well.

"Lucky."

Woof!

"Bark!"

Lucky shouted at his order.

Ro-ar!

The strong roar shook the dead-end in the mine.

[ Life And Death is invoked! ]

Life And Death was invoked and the dog mole didn't have an option to run away.

There was only a fight to the death left between the dog mole and Lucky.

Krrr!

The dog mole reaction proved that Lucky's skill was working.

It used to go in and out of the holes, but it started to show its hostility towards Lucky.

Krrr!

Lucky also made a similar sound and got ready to charge at any time.

'He still has the Strength effect.'

"Run!"

Midas let go of the leash he was holding.

Lucky started speeding.

'Let's go for it.'

"Lightning Speed."

And Lucky's speed had a burst.

Lightning Speed!

As soon as it was invoked, Lucky's body turned into a golden flash.

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[ All of Lucky's stats have risen. ]

And Lucky's speed started getting faster like a car already going at 200km/h accelerating more.

He rushed towards the dog mole like a bullet.

Crush!

Then he instantly bit off the dog mole's right neck and moved behind it.

Kruh!

The dog mole tried to chase Lucky and turned its body.

However, Lucky was already in front of the dog mole.

Crush!

Lucky bit off its left neck quickly.

Victory and defeat were already decided because the dog mole was too slow to even react to Lucky's attack.

The dog mole was already bitten five times by Lucky after about 10 seconds.

'This is amazing.'

Midas couldn't be more touched than this when he saw Lucky's Lightning Speed.

'He's capturing it perfectly.'

Moreover, Lucky's attack also had an effect that captured a target completely.

It was like this.

The target reacted to attacks, but it could only move in a dazed state.

When the opponent subdued it, it came to a standstill.

The dog mole at that moment only took the attacks while not chasing Lucky.

There was no better tanker than Lucky to Midas.

And he didn't think about wasting Lucky's tanking.

Midas aimed at the dog mole with a lightning bolt that was already ready.

It wasn't hard for him to aim at a target that was standing still.

Midas let go of the bowstring quickly.

Zap!

The lightning bolt flew and hit exactly in the middle of the dog mole's forehead.

And its body flinched whenever it was hit.

It was a stunning effect from the electric shock.

Of course, the effect was shorter than a second.

However, the chance was good enough for Lucky.

Woof!

Lucky took the opportunity and threw his body strongly towards the dog mole.

Keng!

Midas and Lucky tired out the dog mole so that it wouldn't be able to have time to invoke Calling Comrades.

'It's perfect.'

It was as Midas expected.

[ You have hunted the dog mole. ]

[ You have conquered the hidden dungeon. ]

[ You have acquired the title, 'The Dog Mole Hunter'. ]

[ You have acquired the title, 'The Man Who Hunted The Dog Mole Alone'. ]

[ You have acquired the title, 'The Man Who Knows About The Hidden Dungeon in the Dorido Mine. ]

And the hunting of the dog mole was over as he calculated.

[ You have received a reward for the conquest of the dungeon. ]

[ Choose one skill card. ]

And a sweet reward had started.

Shuffle-

With the alert, 10 cards appeared.

They were all shining with a red light. It was a charming spectacle.

However, Midas only checked the skill cards quickly with his eyes.

'Chain Lightning, Summon Golem, Frozen Ball……'

They were all marvelous.

Their money value was over several million won each.

However, Midas didn't care about the price of the skill cards.

He only estimated which skill would maximize his fighting power.

And his estimation was finished when he looked at the 10th card furthest right.

'……Lightning Shield.'

[ Lightning Shield ]

- Grade: Unique

- Effect: It creates an electrified shield. An object that touches the shield gets shocked.

Lightning Shield.

The skill was very popular.

Especially, tankers loved it so much because one or two seconds to shock their enemy was worth a thousand pieces of gold to them.

That was why it was very pricey.

The money value for the skill was the most expensive amongst the other cards.

However, Midas didn't think about the price for the moment.

'Lightning Shield's electric shock effect is invoked when touching the object. Then it means the effect's going to be invoked when Lucky touches an object with the skill…'

Instead, he drew an image in his head.

'Lucky can attack with at least twice the effectiveness with Lightning Speed and Strength.'

He drew it in detail.

'If I add Haste skill here… Oh, wait.'

At that time, Midas stopped drawing it.

'How many minutes will the conquest of the dungeon take with Haste?'

He asked the question and turned his head towards Lucky.

Lucky stood on top of the prey that he had hunted and answered at his owner's attention.

Hooowl!

When Midas saw him, he didn't imagine anymore.

'……I think I can make a new record conquering the mine dungeon?'

He had already finished drawing a perfect picture.