Chapter 36
[Party] Shotgun: The almighty Sinu volunteering as a shuttle???
[Party] SaltySalt: Are you offering??ㅇㅅㅇ??
[Party] Goyounghee: You guys really get along wellㅋㅋㅋㅋ I’ll come on my holy knight and help too!
[Party] SaltySalt: I’ll come on my alt tooㅇㅅㅇ
[Party] Shotgun: ㄷㄷthen I’ll come on gunner 3
[Party] Girmu: ??? Is everyone coming on their alts to help me?
[Party] Inu: Maybe because we have nothing else to do
[Party] Shotgun: That’s true but why does it hurt my feelings?
[Party] SaltySalt: Whatever, we’ll treat you to the emperor training courseㅇㅅㅇ
Beodeul’s eyes widened at the unexpected VIP treatment.
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[Party] Setgun: There are spots here on channel 3
[Party] HolYounghee: Oh, channel 11 is open too
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Plenty of room~ You can choose wherever you wantㅇㅅㅇ
[Party] Girmu: ㅎㅎ I’ll go to channel 3
[Party] Inu: Did you bring all your buff items?
[Party] Girmu: Yes yes
As soon as Girmu arrived at channel 3, all kinds of buffs poured in. Beodeul received these luxurious buffs while using items that increased experience gain during hunts one by one.
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Setgun, go fetch some mobs so we can set up a wallㅇㅅㅇ
[Party] Setgun: Okayokay
ShinSogeumi, who arrived at channel 3 after Girmu, waved the Holy Knight class shield while giving orders. Shotgun’s Gunner 3, Setgun, jumped out like someone performing a mask dance and shot bang! bang! all over the map, making the monsters react.
[Party] Setgun: Hya, it’s been a while since I’ve seen these jellies
[Party] HolYounghee: I’m setting up the AOE, hurry up
[Party] Setgun: ㄷㄷ I’m already running super fast, what more do you want?
[Party] Setgun: I literally can’t go any faster than this?
[Party] Inu: Too much talking
True to its name “Jelly Castle – Left Corridor 3,” the map was full of jelly-like monsters. The momentum of the bouncing jellies following Setgun, who was sprinting across the straight map, was quite intimidating.
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Trapping three at a time~ㅇㅅㅇ
[Party] Inu: No, six at a time
[Party] ShinSogeumi: ? Ok for now
ShinSogeumi used the Holy Knight skill “Sacred Wall” as the monsters approached. Several pure white shields stuck into the ground, trapping exactly six monsters.
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Now we’ll grill these jellies to a nice golden brownㅇㅅㅇ~
The monsters were placed in front of the AOE damage area HolYounghee had set up. For Girmu, who was standing on the same damage area, it was nothing short of a meal delivered right to him.
[Light Baptism!]
[Dragon Slasher!]
As soon as Inu inflicted dot damage on the monsters, Girmu’s skills rushed in to finish them off.
[Party] HolYounghee: Oh!
[Party] Setgun: One-hit kill, was that a normal skill just now?
[Party] Girmu: Normal skill?
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Skills you can use like normal attacks without cooldownㅇㅅㅇ
[Party] Girmu: Ah yes, that’s right
[Party] Inu: Dragon Slayer’s 2nd normal skill should have a maximum hit count of 6. If you can one-hit kill with a normal skill, we might not even need the sacred wall
[Party] HolYounghee: So Sogeumi just lost his job?
[Party] ShinSogeumi: ㅇㅅㅇ;;; So you called six monsters knowing they’d be one-shot,,
[Party] Inu: Obviously
[Party] Inu: As I said before, with Girmu’s current equipment, field hunting will be smooth sailing all the way until just before max level
It’s good that the enhancements were worth it. While Beodeul thought this, he also considered another possibility.
[Party] Girmu: Isn’t it thanks to Inu’s skills?
[Party] Inu: ;; Not at all
[Party] HolYounghee: Awwㅋㅋㅋㅋ The baptism is just seasoning..
[Party] Setgun: Someone’s actually counting the baptism as damage
[Party] ShinSogeumi: That’s just a skill for getting participation creditsㅇㅅㅇ
[Party] Inu: That’s right, usually when dealer and saint classes party hunt together, it’s used as supplementary damage so it doesn’t make much difference
[Party] Girmu: Ah..
If everyone says so. While Beodeul took time to accept this, the other four people reached a silent agreement.
[Party] Inu: Since there are people willing to help and Girmu’s damage is good, I think we can move to a different map
[Party] Girmu: Where to?
[Party] HolYounghee: There’s a good place for party hunting^^
[Party] ShinSogeumi: The tower? Let’s go quick^ㅅ^
[Party] Setgun: With a Saint class too, we can totally camp there for hours
[Party] Inu: If you trust us and follow
[Party] Inu: You could reach level 105 today
[Party] Inu: What do you think?
Tempted by Sinu, Beodeul weighed the hours he would have to dedicate to hunting against reaching level 105. No, there was actually nothing to weigh.
‘I can’t keep being called a newbie forever.’
Beodeul’s eyes burned with a subtle competitive spirit.
Recently, he had been feeling strange about being treated like a newbie despite being level 103. If he wanted to shed his newbie status among max-level users, he’d have to level up first, wouldn’t he?
‘Right, I should level up while I can.’
Given the situation, it was a time attack until the new semester started.
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Hunting with the Grace guild members went very smoothly. At this rate, reaching level 105 today as Sinu had said didn’t seem difficult at all. The “Experience Blessing” skill from Inu, a Saint class, provided a constant experience gain buff that made a huge difference.
[Party] HolYounghee: The blessing increases the experience gain percentage proportionally to the number of party members in the same map
[Party] HolYounghee: Party hunting is usually less efficient in regular maps, but here it’s quite good if you’re past your second job advancement!
[Party] Setgun: Yep that’s right
After hearing this explanation and realizing the benefits of party hunting, the Grace members told Beodeul that opportunities like this were rare.
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Honestly, it’s not easy to find talented people like us who’ll grind with you in the Transcendence Tower for 4 hoursㅇㅅㅇr
[Party] HolYounghee: If even one person in the party slacks off, the efficiency plummetsㅎㅎ… When parties come here, even ones that were fine before tend to break apart
[Party] Setgun: And if you find a public party, you’ll quite often see people deliberately trollingㅋ It’s more like the Tower of Character than the Tower of Transcendence
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Public party in Transcendence Tower??? Isn’t that just going to the forums to breathe airㅇㅅㅇ
The “Transcendence Tower” they had entered as a party was a hunting ground that required entry tickets to use. It was an area where experience gain modifiers were constantly applied, so there was also a time limit on usage. Each ticket allowed for 2 hours of use, with a maximum of 4 hours per day, resetting at midnight daily.
Regardless of the number of party members, only one entry ticket was consumed per entry, so Inu, who was the party leader, willingly used the entry ticket. Beodeul, who didn’t have an entry ticket, sighed after hearing that they could sometimes be obtained through events.
[Party] Girmu: Then it would be hard for me to come alone
[Party] ShinSogeumi: ?
[Party] HolYounghee: ㅎㅎWe’re here for you!
[Party] Setgun: What happened to all the appealing we’ve been doing?
[Party] ShinSogeumi: I didn’t realize we had to make an appeal for the no-yeah tooㅇㅅㅇ,,
[Party] Inu: Nothing in life is easyㅋㅋ
[Party] ShinSogeumi: Yes, next no-yeah personㅇㅅㅇ!
[Party] HolYounghee: That person really does seem like they’d go “yeah~”
[Party] Setgun: Is this the composure of someone already chosen? Something like that?
[Party] ShinSogeumi: This is my first time with a no-yeah selection system, so I’m nervousㅇㅅㅠ
Even while complaining, the Grace members were busy running around and never neglected the hunt.
[Party] Inu: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] Inu: Girmu, you can come with us, why are you already thinking about other parties
Well……. Beodeul’s gaze naturally shifted to the clock at the bottom of the screen. It was dinner time, but none of the party members had left their seats. They were all roughly eating meals in front of their monitors.
[Party] Girmu: You can’t even eat properly because of meㅠㅠ I feel so sorry…
[Party] HolYounghee: Huh not at all!!!
[Party] Setgun: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋA refreshing concern
[Party] Inu: Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ These people do this all the time, so don’t worry
[Party] ShinSogeumi: ㅇㅅㅇ..
[Party] HolYounghee: That’s rightㅠㅠㅠ None of the people here would die from skipping a meal while huntingㅠㅠㅠ We all live the hunting-hunting-hunting lifestyleㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
[Party] Girmu: …
Is this what all hardcore gamers are like? It was astonishing and even a bit frightening. If he had to adopt such an attitude to shed his newbie status…
[Party] Setgun: Let’s play SOG
[Party] HolYounghee: ?
[Party] Setgun: Let’s play SOG until we die
[Party] ShinSogeumi: And the losing side becomes a dog?ㅇㅅㅇ?
[Party] Setgun: No, let’s play SOG even after death
“Among them, I’ll be the one playing SOG even after death.” Beodeul easily predicted his future.
[Party] Inu: Don’t pressure Girmu too much
[Party] Girmu: Sinuㅠㅠ..
[Party] Inu: You need to hunt tomorrow too
[Party] Inu: What?
[Party] Girmu: ..?
[Party] Setgun: OMGㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Sinu was no different from them. Of course. He was one of the Grace members too.
And so, that day, Beodeul actually reached level 105 with the encouragement and pressure from the hardcore players before collapsing into bed.
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Quite some time had passed since the spring event began. It was now the day before the update that would reveal the use for the golden ticket found at the farm.
During this time, Beodeul had consistently participated in events and hadn’t neglected hunting. Going to the event map and then hunting had become a routine long ago. Now he would instinctively head to hunting grounds without anyone prompting him.
[Friend] Sinu: Girmu, you said you’re going with Youngglory hyung today, right?
[Friend] Girmu: Yes yes
[Friend] Sinu: Is Boat the third person?
[Friend] Youngglory: Yeah, it’s Boat
[Friend] Youngglory: Girmu, please send me a party invite^^
[Friend] Girmu: I just sent itㅎㅎ
At the desperate request of the Grace guild members, Beodeul’s event party members changed daily. Today’s party members were decided to be Youngglory and BoatToBottle.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
